Being a villain in apocalyptic writing

Luan Ning's body swayed slightly due to his actions, but she quickly stabilized.

He turned around and looked at Zeng Huixing, who was also looking at him helplessly: "You have been looking for them for so long, and finally there is some progress, that's good news!"

Luan Ning lowered his head and remained silent.

Zeng Huixing sighed when he saw this: "Have you forgotten what Auntie always told you before? Don't worry before something happens."

Luan Ning was stunned.

"You are always like this, that's why Auntie is worried about you. She has to give me some advice from time to time." Zeng Huixing patted his shoulder, "I know that I am worried, but you have to stay calm. If just a piece of news can make you lose your mind, how can you continue to look for them?"

Luan Ning was silent for a while, then laughed: "Thank you."

Zeng Huixing breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that Luan Ning had taken his words to heart: "Just don't dwell on this."

Luan Ning smiled: "No."

He knows what is more important.

"So what's the news?" After a moment of silence, Zeng Huixing asked.

Luan Ning pursed her lips and said nothing.

Zeng Huixing: "Can't tell?"

"..." Luan Ning hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

"Okay." Zeng Huixing didn't hesitate and patted his shoulder again, "But! If you need anything from me, you must tell me. I will definitely stand by you."

"Okay." Luan Ning's gentle voice was carried in the wind.

Not far away in his room, the white cat was standing on the window sill, taking in everything.

Jiang Ye, who shared the white cat's perspective, also saw the same scene.

"Pay attention to Zeng Huixing's whereabouts in the next two days." Jiang Ye sent a message to Bai Mao.

"Okay!" the white cat responded quickly.

Jiang Ye turned off the system, his eyes darkening in the darkness.

If Zeng Huixing and Luan Ning had such a deep friendship, then why did Luan Ning die alone in Haishi in the end in the novel?

Did Zeng Huixing abandon his friend, or... did he die before Luan Ning?

Either way, it's worth paying attention to.

……

The next day, Jiang Ye finally took office.

In accordance with the speed of "a new official making three big moves upon taking office", she quickly issued a series of orders.

The clinic has opened up its quota for treating people who have been injured in Hai City recently. If there are not enough staff, they can even borrow from the Commander's Office.

With the clinic as the center, all refugees were gathered together, the defense of some streets and remote alleys was abandoned, all garrisons that were out catching spies were withdrawn, and the clinic and refugee resettlement center were guarded at designated locations.

The protection at the city gate has been strengthened, mercenaries are temporarily prohibited from entering the city, and all people in the refugee camp are prohibited from leaving the city.

As soon as these orders came down, Hu Jing was extremely dissatisfied. Jiang Ye's words were equivalent to completely erasing all their previous plans and efforts.

In the meeting room of the Commander's Mansion.

Hu Jing questioned with a grim look on his face, but Ai Jiuwei next to him looked unconcerned and even yawned.

Jiang Ye sat in the main seat, also looking relaxed.

She pointed to the documents that had been piled up on the desk for several days, which reported the situation of the mercenaries outside the city in the past few days: "It's almost the same description. You call this intelligence?"

Hu Jing's ugly expression paused, as if he was a little embarrassed, and then he frowned slightly: "This is the fact, how can it not be news?"

Jiang Ye was too lazy to argue with him, and just asked calmly: "What's the use of these things? You killed so many people, why are the mercenaries outside the city not making any moves?"

"It is precisely because they are unmoved that we need to raise the stakes!" Hu Jing said solemnly, "Only if there is a 'problem' within us will it be possible to attract these rats in the dark to come and pounce on us."

"Well said." Jiang Ye clapped his hands.

Hu Jing: "Are you mocking me?"

Jiang Ye remained calm: "Not that stupid."

"..." Hu Jing sometimes suspected that Jiang Ye was schizophrenic. Ever since she entered the Commander's Mansion, she had become so cold and ruthless that she was completely different from when she was outside the clinic.

"You've been putting out the bait for a while, but no one has fallen for it. You don't even think there's a problem." Jiang Ye said.

Ai Jiuwei and Hu Jing's expressions changed slightly.

"What do you mean?" Ai Jiuwei stood up and asked with some concern.

"You are smart, but don't treat others as fools." Jiang Ye said lightly, and at the same time took out a few documents from the piles of documents next to him.

Those were some of the data that the guards of the refugee camp recorded on a daily basis, including the number of people entering and leaving the city, their gender, whether they were mutated and their abilities, the amount of supplies exchanged daily, etc.

There are also garrisons stationed in the mercenary circle who will report similar information.

But this is a huge amount of data. Without the help of machines, just the daily statistics would be a huge project, and basically no one looks at it.

Ai Jiuwei and Hu Jing were surprised to see Jiang Ye actually touching this thing.

After Jiang Ye took out a few data sheets, he swept away the information on the documents with one hand, and then spread out the sheets seemingly casually.

Hu Jing and the others then noticed that she had circled some data with a pen at some point in time.

Ai Jiuwei looked around carefully, but didn't find anything. She asked impatiently, "What do these mean?"

"What I mean is, you've been fooled." Jiang Ye smiled faintly.

The two of them looked unhappy instantly.

"Don't look at me like that." Jiang Ye raised his chin and motioned for them to look at the data: "Intelligence is summarized by people and is too subjective, but data will not lie.

"Didn't you notice? During the time you were wreaking havoc on the people, the amount of food and supplies exchanged by the mercenary circle increased dramatically, and continued to increase. It far exceeded the amount needed for the new number of people.

"Ordinary coastal mercenaries have long been accustomed to being self-sufficient. Those who would exchange so much food here are basically outsiders. If they really fell into the trap, they should think about a quick victory instead of spending a lot of money to stock up so many things in the mercenary circle.

"This only means that they intend to fight a protracted war with you, but can you afford it?"

The two frowned.

"Also, because of what you did, the number of people in the refugee camp has dropped drastically in recent days. Many people have fled, and you didn't even try to stop them." Jiang Yeye threw down another piece of data.

"They are all a bunch of trash, why should we stop them?" Ai Jiuwei frowned.

"Waste?" Jiang Ye looked at her with a hint of ridicule. "In the past two days alone, the number of ordinary refugees who escaped from the city reached 4,000."

"so what?"

Jiang Ye asked: "How many people can your ability kill at once?"

"No one can get close to me within 300 meters." Ai Jiuwei narrowed her eyes and said proudly, "No matter how many people come, anyone who comes will die."

Jiang Ye nodded: "Is this your full power state?"

"more or less."

"Can it last for a day?" Jiang Ye asked again.

Ai Jiuwei's expression changed, with an expression of "are you kidding me?" "Do you think superpowers are easy to get?"

Jiang Ye smiled slightly and glanced at Hu Jing beside him. The latter's face was pale at the moment, and he had obviously thought of something.