Undead

The interior decoration of the small courtyard is not bad, the windows are bright and clean, the house is complete, there are three double bedrooms, and there is a dining hall.

"The conditions are good, Miss Chen, don't worry about it," Zhou Rong walked around inside and outside, and said with a smile: "Soldiers actually don't need to engage in these specializations."

Pushed by Wan Biao, Chen Yajing stopped in the living room, sat at the square dining table, folded her hands on the blanket, and replied, "You are welcome, Captain Zhou. I am very grateful that you have escorted the surviving people from thousands of miles away, and I will provide as much as possible." The living environment is what it should be.”

She looks very demure, but when she speaks, she has an indescribable bearing, generous, honest and resolute.

——It seems that the so-called cultists are not using mind control to brainwash the people.So what ability does she have to lead this huge base?

Zhou Rong smiled, but looked at her coldly and impolitely.

Chen Yajing seemed unaware of Zhou Rong's scrutiny, and made a "please" gesture to another chair by the dining table: "Captain Zhou, please sit down."

Zhou Rong was leaning against the window sill, watching Sinan and Chuncao who were eating and chatting in the backyard from the corner of his eyes at all times, and said, "No, I'm too tired from driving all the way, I'll stand for a while."

"...Okay." Chen Jingya didn't force it, and changed the subject: "Today's incident was a misunderstanding, and I brought Wan Biao here to apologize. In fact..."

Zhou Rong interrupted her: "Who are the robbers? Why do they call themselves the army?"

Chen Yajing was silent for a moment before slowly saying: "They can no longer be called an army."

Zhou Rong said sensitively: "It's already impossible?"

"Well. Our base was originally a large research institute directly under the G Military Region, so it is inextricably linked with the army. After the virus broke out, some leaders within the research institute and I were working on the resettlement of the nearby victims of the disaster. A disagreement arose on the issue..."

Although Chen Yajing didn't say it directly, Zhou Rong could easily hear her implication - the result of the disagreement was a violent mutiny.

Chen Yajing did not mention the bloodshed and casualties during the mutiny, but as a result, these opponents who disagreed with Chen Yajing eventually left the institute and went to the other side of the peninsula to establish their own base.

Compared with the research institute with well-equipped facilities and sufficient materials, the new base is obviously very barren.While looting the urban area and passing vehicles, the opponents did not give up their attempt to counterattack the original research institute; bloody conflicts between the two bases have become more and more frequent in recent weeks, to the point where Chen Yajing is very anxious.

——Yan Hao acted together with Wan Biao this time, in order to crack down on the other party's carjacking, and guard the only way to the research institute.

However, Wan Biao didn't like Yan Hao's handsome face in every possible way, and he often tripped him up, so that he almost killed Zhou Rong and Si Nan who passed by. This was purely a coincidence.

"Some of them did belong to the military region, but most of them killed the soldiers of the G military region during the conflict, robbed the uniforms and guns and used them to pretend to be Li Kui's Li Gui." Chen Yajing sighed: "Wan Biao's behavior is true. No, he hit people indiscriminately, and almost accidentally injured Captain Zhou. I must apologize to everyone..."

"Oh, it's okay, Yan Hao didn't mind a long time ago." Zhou Rong forcibly hooked Yan Hao over, and said lightly, "Yan Xiaohao, right?"

Yan Hao snorted coldly.

Wan Biao, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, with gauze on his head, raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but feel like going into a fit: "It's obvious that the guy surnamed Yan didn't obey orders, and they still took guns—"

"Rong—brother—!"

When the door slammed open with a bang, Guo Weixiang burst into tears, rolled and crawled, like a giant husky ecstatic, flew in and hugged Zhou Rong, crying loudly: "It's great that you're still alive! Knowing that you are still alive!! We are looking for you everywhere to pray for you every day. Fortunately, you are still alive.

Zhou Rong was caught off guard by his nose and tears, and hurriedly grabbed Guo Weixiang by the collar and pulled him away: "Yan Hao, come and help him get him to the backyard to play with Sinan and the others..."

"Yan Hao, what's wrong with your face!" Guo Weixiang said in shock: "Your eyes are broken, who dares to do anything to your beautiful face?!"

Wan Biao: "..."

"Who!" Guo Weixiang rolled up his sleeves murderously: "I'll ask him to settle the score now!"

Yan Hao hurriedly pulled Guo Weixiang to the backyard, where he went to eat and chat with Si Nanchuncao.

A moment later, a tragic scream came from the yard:

"Si Xiaonan! What did Brother Rong do to you? When did you get off the list? Why the hell no one waited for me?!"

Zhou Rong: "..."

There was an awkward silence in the living room, and Chen Yajing rubbed her forehead for a while.

"As you can see...Captain Zhou." She said helplessly, "Yan Hao and the others have been desperately searching for your whereabouts. Now that you have met, do you have any plans for the next step?"

She finally made the point.

"Yan Hao should have explained to you before that we hope to find a boat to go to the temporary headquarters on the Nansha Islands." Zhou Rong said politely: "If you are willing to send people to assist us, of course it would be great..."

"With all due respect," Chen Yajing said, "the headquarters you mentioned may no longer exist."

She had probably repeated the same words to Yan Hao many times, but Zhou Rong didn't refute immediately, and the two looked at each other quietly.

Guo Weixiang's jubilant yelling and Chuncao's bluffing in the backyard suddenly became very abrupt and obvious.

"Do you know where the first area of ​​the country's virus outbreak was? It's the land under your feet. But what did the government do at that time?"

"Cover up, blockade, suppression, refusal to report, news ban." Chen Yajing said coldly: "Even when the situation became so serious that it became uncontrollable, they tried to use indiscriminate bombing to clean up entire villages and towns."

"Bombing and cleaning are necessary." Zhou Rong replied calmly, "As small as a coastal town or as large as the heart of a country, as long as the spread of the virus can be controlled, all sacrifices are inevitable."

Chen Yajing retorted: "But what happened later? I spent countless manpower and material resources to repair the communication base station. Before winter came, I kept sending signals to surrounding areas to ask for support. Where is the government? Where is the country? Where is the rescue?"

Zhou Rong was silent.

"If we hadn't opened the door to accept the people, the coastal areas would have fallen completely. Captain Zhou, I admire you soldiers with iron blood, determination and conviction, but it's a pity that not all officials and soldiers have the same belief." Chen Yajing said calmly. Said: "The country has abandoned us, we can only struggle to save ourselves in the last days, and use all means to continue the fire of survival as much as possible."

Zhou Rong was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "I have a different opinion from you, Miss Chen... What do you think a country is?"

Chen Yajing did not answer.

"The country is not a changing subjective state, nor is it a fixed objective territory. The country is not only the regime, institutions, armies and territories, but also you and me standing here now, and everyone else struggling to survive elsewhere."

"You are the widow of the deputy director of this institute. You have saved tens of thousands of people in the surrounding areas with the property and resources of the country. Do you think this kind of behavior cannot represent the country? I am the major-level squadron leader of the 118 top-secret unit. Leading 21 team members thousands of miles south, sacrificed [-] comrades in arms to carry out the mission and protect the masses, but never gave up any ordinary survivors, do you think this kind of behavior cannot represent the country?"

Chen Yajing instinctively wanted to refute something, but she couldn't organize her words for a while, so she suppressed it.

"I understand what you think." Zhou Rong said frankly, his voice was still very calm: "The vast land is full of wars, you can't wait for any rescue, and feel abandoned; but now you have seen that we are constantly looking for the government. And organizations, then in other places you can’t see, there must be soldiers like me, who are constantly searching for survivors and slowly gathering into an army.”

"Where do you think the government's power to rescue the people comes from? This is how it is gathered bit by bit. If you stand on the top of the mountain, I will not move forward, and everyone will become a mess; then the country will fall apart, and the government will never be centralized. The power to carry out the rescue, isn't it?"

The living room fell into a long silence. A ray of afterglow passed through the glass window and reflected on Chen Yajing's legs covered with blankets.

After a long while, she finally shook her head, and said in a deep voice, "What you said is quite reasonable, but the South China Sea is so vast, I still don't think it's possible for you to find the so-called...headquarters. It's more likely to die in the sea."

Zhou Rong replied: "That is our business. But I can say frankly that successfully reaching the South China Sea base is a crucial part of our mission. Even if you refuse to provide any cooperation, we will definitely do it."

Chen Yajing stared at him with probing eyes, but Zhou Rong was indifferent.

One half of his profile face was bathed in the golden red afterglow, while the other half was hidden in the shadows, his brows and eyes were cold and gloomy, and the corner of his mouth curled up carelessly.

If you just look at the appearance, even the so-called "army" who mutinied and robbed the road looked a little more righteous than him.

"...Forgive me, Captain Zhou." Chen Yajing finally said slowly:

"In today's apocalyptic world, the important task that allows elite soldiers like you to complete it at the cost of death, is it related to the vaccine?"

"Brother Rong——!"

The door slammed open again, and Ding Shi burst into tears and cheered happily, like a giant Doberman pinscher who wheezed and rolled, he flew in and hugged Zhou Rong, crying loudly: "It's great that you're still alive! Sinan is alive too !Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo you it is..."

Zhou Rong was filled with tears and snot again, so he hurriedly comforted Ding Shi, tried to persuade him, and handed the collar to Yan Hao, signaling him to send the Doberman pinscher to the backyard to play with the husky just now go.

"Yan Hao, what's wrong with your face?" Ding Shi said in amazement: "Who hit you? Who dares to attack the face of our 118 brigade?!"

Wan Biao again: "..."

Yan Hao couldn't bear it anymore: "Who is your team flower!"

"Why not, don't you have to rely on your face to win prizes in publicity performances? An important asset in our team." Ding Shi rolled up his cuffs and said angrily: "Whoever beat you, I will ask Xiangzi to settle the score with him! "

Yan Hao took three steps in parallel, carried him to the backyard, and slammed the door behind him impatiently.

Zhou Rong had already covered his ears with a premonition, and three seconds later a shocked voice sounded again in the yard: "—Sinan! You...don't you hate cancer? You and Brother Rong...when did you do this? "

Si Nan didn't know what to answer, Ding Shi yelled loudly:

"How are you going to do the wedding? How many children are you going to have? Have you decided on your surname or Brother Rong's surname?"

Zhou Rong rubbed his forehead and took a deep breath.

"You are wrong, Miss Chen." Zhou Rong finally restrained himself, raised his head, looked directly at Chen Yajing and said: "For soldiers, any mission is the most important; but our mission has nothing to do with vaccines, It was accepted and executed before the end of the world, and now it just needs to be reinstated."

Chen Yajing nodded irresponsibly, unable to tell whether she believed it or not—Zhou Rong was not interested in probing her thoughts.He knew that people like Chen Yajing would not believe one-sided words.

"I understand. Since you have decided to go, I will try my best to cooperate." Chen Yajing said: "From tomorrow onwards, I will send people to assist you in searching for available ships along the coast, and prepare supplies and manpower. Good luck to all the team members.”

Zhou Rong was slightly surprised, bowed and said, "Thank you very much."

Chen Yajing signaled that he was welcome, and Wan Biao pushed her wheelchair out of the gate of the courtyard.

"Miss Chen," Zhou Rong leaned on the doorway and said loudly.

Chen Yajing turned her head.

"This base will not be your eternal safe haven." Zhou Rong looked at her ferocious left cheek and said, "The virus has begun to evolve, and the zombies have gradually acquired the habit of hunting animals in groups. Once a large number of zombies start besieging this settlement In this land, the situation will become extremely dangerous, and you must be prepared to move at any time."

Chen Yajing laughed shortly.

"No, that's not evolution, it's just a very rare phenomenon, don't worry."

Suspicion suddenly floated in Zhou Rong's heart, and she said calmly again:

"Just as you vowed to find the South China Sea headquarters, I will do whatever it takes to keep this base; even if you don't understand now, one day you will understand my persistence."

Wan Biao pushed her towards a nanny car that had been waiting for a long time at the gate of the courtyard.

That car was obviously specially configured because of Chen Yajing's limited mobility. The driver's window was half down, revealing the driver's side face.

The driver looked normal at first glance. He was a young man in his 30s, with fair complexion, black hair, thin description, wearing glasses, and even a bit of elegance.

It can be seen from his casually resting wrist by the car window that he is wearing a light blue shirt and a white coat.

——But for some reason, Zhou Rong's eyelids suddenly twitched, and his long-standing intuition about danger suddenly emerged.

A certain uneasiness swept over his sensitive nerves in an instant.

The driver noticed the staring gaze, turned his head, and met Zhou Rong.

"..."

Two seconds later, the car window rose slowly, blocking the line of sight.

Zhou Rong narrowed his pupils, laughed indifferently, turned around and went back to the room and closed the door.

·

The car started slowly, and Chen Yajing asked in a low voice, "Ning Yu?"

The driver withdrew his gaze and pointed to the blue and white SUV that was almost scrapped by the shotgun but still clearly recognizable in the small courtyard: "Isn't that the car driven by Romuel and his party?"

"Yes, it seems that those three people from country A... are probably dead."

"What about the guy named Zhou?"

Chen Yajing put her palms together, rubbed her forehead deeply with her index finger, and said wearily after a while, "I decided to send these people away as soon as possible."

The driver named Ning Yu glanced at her from the rearview mirror, a little surprised: "Why, didn't you say try to keep as many special forces as possible?"

"That Zhou...is particularly dangerous."

Chen Yajing's tone paused slightly, as if she was looking for words to describe her feelings, then she gave up and shook her head: "He is different from others, his will is very firm, his insight is particularly sharp, I feel that he has begun to doubt something... ...I don't want to be forced to kill these soldiers in order to silence them one day in the future, I can only let them leave here as soon as possible."

Ning Yu nodded, and then doubted: "How could the Omega that Romuel was looking for be with these people?"

"This is the crux of the problem. Why did Romuel travel thousands of miles to find this younger brother? His distorted emotions are the result of his distorted emotions? Why did Captain Zhou leave the team to save this Omega, and even mark him personally, and then he Bring it all the way?"

The carriage was slightly bumpy, and the survivors passing by along the way stopped and saluted Chen Yajing.

"The important task that Zhou Rong said he must complete at the expense of his life," Chen Yajing said softly, "It should be to control this Omega and escort it to the South China Sea safely."

The nanny car parked in front of the office building, and the last ray of the setting sun sank into the earth. Large pieces of dyes such as dark blue, blue, and dark gray in the sky rendered each other, and the twilight gradually merged.

Ning Yu buttoned up her white coat one by one, and suddenly said out of nowhere: "This person is very important, we can't let him go."

"Understood, I have a solution." Chen Yajing said in a low voice: "There is no turning back when you open the bow, and now there is no other choice."