Undead

It took a long time for Zhou Rong and the military political commissar to get permission to send Yan Hao out. As a result, before Yan Hao entered the door of the intensive care unit, several soldiers under Tang Hao blocked the door forcibly.

"The little boy surnamed Yan" leaned against the wall of the hospital corridor, lowered his head in concentration, and played with the PSP that the nurse's sister lent him.When someone called out, he raised his head, his face full of surprise: "Hey, didn't you say that you can handle it?"

Yan Hao smiled teasingly, his expression was very similar to Zhou Rong's - it was a raging army of soldiers and generals.

Then he straightened his clothes, put the PSP in the back pocket of his trousers, and walked steadily into the ward under the indescribable gaze of the deputy battalion commander and several soldiers.

Si Nan sat quietly on the hospital bed, and when he heard footsteps, he tilted his head slightly: "Yan Hao?"

"Hey." Yan Hao greeted casually, treating Tang Hao and the dozen or so soldiers around him as nothing: "Si Xiaonan quickly put the doctor down, what if you strangle him to death later?"

Si Nan loosened his fingers slightly.This force neither made the doctor suffocate nor gave him any chance to break free. He asked, "Where is Zhou Rong?"

"The captain was invited to drink tea by the boss of the Military Commission, you want to find him?"

Simon didn't answer, "Are you injured?"

Yan Hao said, "No."

"Where are the spring grass, Dingshi and the big rooster?"

"It's all in the Military Commission."

Si Nan nodded almost invisibly, and was silent for a while.

Everyone in the ward held their breath, and the dead silence was like countless small bombs, constantly shaking everyone's eardrums.

After a long while, Sinan finally opened his mouth in the focus of his eyes, and said, "How do we get to the Military Commission?"

Tang Hao immediately pointed at Yan Hao and ordered in a low voice: "Take him out."

However, the deputy battalion commander hadn't responded yet, so Yan Hao asked first: "Battlemaster Tang, do you want to do something?"

"...!" Tang Hao immediately realized that something was wrong.

But no matter how fast the body reacts, it is half a step slower than the consciousness. Before Tang Hao could make a move, he only heard a heavy thump behind him.Si Nan pinched the doctor's neck and pushed him hard against the head of the bed, pulled out all the needles on his body with his backhand, rolled over and got off the bed, the landing was as light as a feather, and instantly knocked back the two soldiers who rushed up!

Tang Hao: "What do you want to do with the surname Yan?!"

Yan Hao took out the PSP from his pocket and started playing.

Tang Hao: "..."

Sinan moved his hands as fast as a ghost, and he didn't even need to look with his eyes. Anyone who got close to him would be knocked down within half a step.The sound of the wind, footsteps, and intuition are all his weapons to distinguish the situation around him. The deputy battalion commander cursed and threw the gun, and jumped onto the bed with his bare hands. The Alpha soldiers turned abruptly, and smashed the deputy battalion commander and the bed he was relying on at the same time in a loud bang!

The doctor screamed and ran out, but Sinan ignored him, as if he had eyes behind his back without turning his head, he turned sideways to avoid Tang Hao's knife, grabbed his arm and pulled it forward.The two passed by each other in an instant, and Tang Hao bent his knees and gave a hard and heavy sweeping kick, kicking away the scattered medicine bottles and infusion bags.

Si Nan dodged like lightning, Yan Hao stepped back from the battlefield without raising his head, and said with a loud smile, "Battlemaster Tang! What kind of skill is bullying an invisible Omega?"

Tang Haoxin said rogue unit 118, can't you fucking shut up!

Si Nan stepped on the infusion stand, slipped and hooked the sole of his foot, grabbed the iron stand in his hand, and slashed back without saying a word.The loud crash was deafening, and the iron frame was close to Tang Hao's side face and smashed into the wall, and the wall dust slapped Tang Hao all over his face in an instant!

"——Do you want to fight?"

Tang Hao coughed a few times due to choking, and held down the red-eyed subordinate who was about to rush forward.

The intensive care unit has been turned into ruins, and there are groans of pain all around.Si Nan turned his head, like a wounded and cautious cheetah, threw the infusion stand with a bang, and retreated towards the door of the ward.

Yan Hao was behind him, Si Nan suddenly turned around and held his neck, but released it after only half a second.

"Can you recognize this?" Yan Hao put away the PSP.

"Your skin is smoother."

Yan Hao: "..."

Sinan asked him seriously: "How do we get to the Military Commission?"

·

"You searched and rescued alone in the city center where zombies gather for 48 hours?"

"Yes."

"Not infected?"

"Luckily," Zhou Rong said, "No."

In the meeting room of the aircraft carrier, a long table was placed across the east end. General Zheng, the political commissar of the group army, and the chief of staff sat behind the table, each with a glass of boiled water in front of them.

In the middle of the conference room was an empty folding chair with a backrest. Zhou Rong sat on it. He had washed up and was wearing a new gray and white urban camouflage uniform. The end of his gun was placed on the ground at his feet.

The voice of Lieutenant General Zheng echoed in the empty room: "Did you already guess that he was an antibody carrier?"

"do not know."

"But you risked your life with this move, Colonel," another political commissar said meaningfully.

Zhou Rong looked directly at the long table, seemingly lost in some kind of contemplation.The eyes of the four chiefs fell on him, and Zhou Rong said indifferently for a long while: "At that time, I just wanted to bring him back, and I didn't think too much about it."

"Then did you know that the antibody carrier was on the verge of estrus?"

"do not know."

Several army commanders exchanged covert glances, and Zhou Rong knew what those gazes meant without looking.

They didn't believe a word of it.

But they don't plan to pursue it for the time being.

"Let's go here first today." General Zheng coughed, stood up and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, Colonel."

Zheng Zhongjiang picked up a metal suitcase on the table, strode forward and handed it to Zhou Rong.Zhou Rong was a little surprised, but Zheng Zhongjiang didn't explain, and just shook hands with him: "We all think it's better for you to hand it in yourself."

Zhou Rong immediately said: "I don't need such a compliment. My captain and I just want to complete the task..."

"What are you thinking?" General Zheng was slightly displeased.

Zhou Rong looked at him suspiciously.

Seeing that he really didn't know, General Zheng softened his tone and explained, "This is what the higher-ups mean."

He didn't say exactly where the above pointed, it seemed that Zhou Rong should know it by default, and then he patted Zhou Rong's shoulder vigorously, ignoring his obstruction, leaned over to pick up Zhou Rong's gun, and inserted it into his thigh In the outer holster.

"In this battle of survival, hundreds of thousands of military, armed police, firefighting and scientific research personnel have all died, and the special forces represented by 118 have saved countless people at the cost of flesh and blood. Your establishment has been abolished, but your honorable name will remain forever in military history."

Lieutenant General Zheng paused, coughed twice, and calmed down his hoarse voice, and looked directly into Zhou Rong's eyes: "You and your team rescued the virus research materials and primary antibodies, and found the serum Antibody carriers have saved precious time and resources for the Research Institute of the General Administration of Strategy to study anti-virus vaccines. Major General Qian, General Staff Liu and all the heroic souls of 118 have spirits in the sky, and I will be proud of you."

Zhou Rong smiled sadly, but did not answer.

General Zheng Zhong said gently: "Let your team members go to rest. Someone from above will come and take you..."

A knock on the door interrupted him, and the political commissar asked casually, "Who?"

"Report!" The stammering voice of the guard came from outside the door: "Captains Yan and Yan Hao of the 118 Brigade are back!"

General Zheng was bewildered and pushed the door open himself.

In the corridor, the guards looked strange and helpless. Comrade Yan Hao, the legendary green flower in the army, stood expressionlessly against the wall and stood at attention.

There was a young man on the bench beside him, half of his face was covered by gauze, his upper body was covered with bandages, and his thin white ankles were exposed when he sat cross-legged, with his elbows resting on his knees, as if in deep thought Arched slightly like a beast.

The seriously ill patient who was supposed to be unconscious in the intensive care unit appeared here, and there were obvious signs of fighting on his body. Zheng Zhongjiang shook his body uncontrollably on the spot.

Zhou Rong lost his voice and said, "Sinan?"

Si Nan raised his head, accurately caught the source of the sound, and stretched out a hand.

Zhou Rong walked up quickly, tightly grasping the hand that was still bruised from the infusion, and then Si Nan hugged his waist in a cross-legged posture, buried his face in his fiery arms and took a deep breath .

"Why are you here?" Zhou Rong's voice was unsteady, and he rubbed vigorously on the back of Sinan's head.

Si Nan said briefly: "I can't see it. I want to know where you are."

"The commander and deputy battalion commander of the Ninth Battalion and several soldiers were injured, and no one dared to stop him along the way. Captain Yan helped him point the way and came over..." The guard reported to Zhongzhong Zheng hesitantly. The chief came out of the meeting room and watched Zhou Rong hold the barefooted Sinan horizontally with one hand, everyone was very surprised, as if he saw something completely unexpected.

Zhou Rong didn't expect that Sinan would kill all the way to find him, so he lowered his head and kissed Sinan's soft black hair, Jun blushed a little: "Then I'll go back first, I think he... doesn't seem to need to go back to the ward It's..."

The small half of Sinan's face exposed under the gauze showed no expression.But everyone knew that his eyes were vigilantly observing any movement here through the white veil.

Zheng Zhongjiang deliberated for a few seconds, and unexpectedly nodded loosely: "Okay. But the institute above may have to draw some blood later, please cooperate when the time comes."

The chief of staff frowned, as if he felt something was wrong, but was stopped by General Zheng and shook his head almost invisibly.

Zhou Rong said: "Yes, we must cooperate." Then he signaled Yan Hao to follow him, turned around and walked out of the office area with Sinan in his arms.

·

The aircraft carrier sails on the sea surface without feeling any movement at all, as if walking on a huge island.

Zhou Rong put Sinan in the tea seat in the officer's activity room, went to make a report and got a pair of new shoes, and when he came back, he half-kneeled on the ground and put Sinan on himself.Yan Hao ran out of battery to play on the PSP, squatted on the side to play with the frozen suitcase, and asked casually: "How is the tea? Did you get sunburned?"

Zhou Rong said: "I found that you are a bit of a big deal now, Major Yan, have you become more courageous after being promoted?"

Yan Hao didn't hear clearly for a while: "What did you call me?"

"When I arrive at the headquarters tomorrow, I will issue a red-headed document. Brothers, each will be promoted to one level, and I will be promoted to two levels. Congratulations on becoming a school officer."

Yan Hao was very surprised: "Yo!"

Zhou Rong lowered his head to tie Sinan's shoelaces, and said calmly, "I won't be able to pay wages anyway, it's just a nice call, don't take it too seriously."

Having said that, it is always a good thing to be promoted, at least it will look good if you sacrifice the monument in the future.Yan Hao smiled and said, "Then you have returned to the level you were at before you were sent down, Captain? I think this is a good sign. Let Xiangzi and the others have a celebration party tonight. It will be lively."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Rong said: "I refused."

Yan Hao was taken aback.

Zhou Rong got up and patted Si Nan's face, and gently scratched his blindfolded gauze with his fingertips.

Yan Hao wanted to ask why, but when he saw Zhou Rong's expression, there was no trace of joy at all. On the contrary, there was a cold gloom between the deep brows.

This is not Brother Rong who seems to be joking and unscrupulous on weekdays, but the real, thoughtful and vigilant Zhou Rong deep in his heart.

But in a blink of an eye, Zhou Rong laughed again, and asked in Sinan's ear, "Brother Rong has been a small military officer all his life, do you dislike it?"

Si Nan kept his head sideways and listened intently to what they said. Hearing that a smile flickered across the corner of his lips, he reached into the pocket of Zhou Rong's brand new camouflage pants, pinched his crotch jokingly, and then took out a fruit candy.

"Hey! Little rascal!" Zhou Rong squeezed Sinan's ear and scolded with a smile.

Yan Hao glanced at Zhou Rong suspiciously. Although he was smiling at that face that could be pulled directly to pat him hard, there was no warmth in his eyes at all.If it wasn't for Si Nan sitting in front of him, Yan Hao would have no doubt that Zhou Rong's low air pressure could cause light snow to float out of nowhere on the sea.

"Captain Zhou!" A military officer came over from the activity office, saluted with a slap, then took out his ID card and shook it: "The Military Commission sent me to invite you to go there, the car is already waiting outside."

Zhou Rong grunted, then picked up the refrigerated suitcase: "Yan Hao, send Sinan back to the intensive care unit."

Yan Hao vaguely guessed something, Zhou Rong signaled the officer to wait a moment, knelt down and pulled Rasnan's slender fingers covered with band-aids: "Brother Rong has to do something, come back to see you in the ward at night, okay? "

Si Nan lowered his head slightly, his eyes behind the white gauze quietly looked at Zhou Rong.

"If you don't come," Sinan said softly, "I won't cooperate."

This was almost a blatant threat, and the officer's expression changed immediately.

However, Zhou Rong pressed the back of Sinan's head hard, imprinted a kiss on his temple hair, and said with a smile: "I know, when will Brother Rong break the promise?"

·

The car drove past the long island, and the huge tarmac in the distance was densely packed with fighter jets and military helicopters. The fleet took off and circled under the blue sky, like a group of orderly seabirds, transporting survivors and weapon supplies back and forth.

"The Central Committee and the Military Commission were forced to move out of the B military region, and many people died on the way. Some officers and soldiers went to the northeast to establish a refuge base for survivors, and the other part came to the South China Sea, where they were stationed on large artificial islands and military bases built by the country in the early years. The new military headquarters."

The officer dutifully introduced while driving, Zhou Rong sat in the co-pilot, propped his forehead with one hand, let the sea breeze blow his hair, and nodded thoughtfully.

"After the base and headquarters were established, the entire army was restructured and reorganized. The search and rescue teams repaired the communication towers from the north and south ends of the motherland, rescued the surviving people, and chose suitable places to build refuge fortifications. The military sacrificed countless soldiers. , At a heavy price, six large refuge centers were established on the land of the motherland."

Zhou Rong glanced at him suddenly: "We traveled thousands of miles from North China, why didn't we see any of them?"

"Guangxi, Yunnan, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang." The officer smiled wryly: "Team Zhou must have crossed the two lakes and headed south. The Central Plains is densely packed with zombies, and the army can't advance at all. It is estimated that only your 118 special forces can survive smoothly. "

Zhou Rong didn't answer, and lowered his eyelids heavily.

"If the search and rescue cannot be carried out by this autumn, the Central Plains area is estimated to...be turned into a no-man's land."

In the carriage, there was only the sound of the sea wind blowing in, drowning out the solemn sigh of the officer.

The car stopped in front of the passageway in the center of the island, Zhou Rong got out of the car with a suitcase, and the officer shouted behind him: "Colonel Zhou!"

When Zhou Rong turned his head, he saw him trotting over, with a solemn expression, standing in front of him with a snap.

"At the beginning of the year, the headquarters sent a lot of troops to the B military region to try to rescue the research materials, but they all failed. Fortunately, Colonel Zhou risked his life to bring out the results as soon as the virus broke out. I admire you very much."

The officer was about to raise his hand to salute, but when he raised his hand halfway, Zhou Rong stopped him impatiently and pressed it down: "Thank you, Major, don't shout."

Against the strong wind, Zhou Rong walked into the corridor bridge without looking back, leaving only the officer standing outside in a daze, without recovering for a long time.

Five or six minutes after going deep into the covered bridge, after a series of familiar checks, two reconnaissance battalion guards with live ammunition personally led Zhou Rong into the explosion-proof elevator.

Ding!

The elevator door opened, and the two guards directly opposite nodded in greeting. One of them turned and knocked on the solid wood conference room door: "Chief, Colonel Zhou is here."

Almost as soon as the words fell, an old voice came from inside:

"Come in."

Although he was very familiar with it in his early career, even to a casual degree; but at this moment, Zhou Rong still raised his breath and raised his eyes.

If Yan Hao and the others were there, they would find that Zhou Rong's whole temperament had changed at this moment - he was no longer the lazy, careless, and even a bit wicked smile squadron leader of the special forces.His trademark cunning and sharp demeanor completely receded from the corners of his brows and eyes, and instantly transformed into a well-trained solemnity and calmness.

That momentum could even make people feel oppressed, but it blended with the solemn atmosphere around him, as if he belonged here and was a key part of it.

The guard opened the door, nodded to Zhou Rong, and stretched out his hand.

Zhou Rong drew out his gun and walked in with the freezer.

The door clicked shut behind him.

At the end of the meeting room is a glass curtain wall. An old man with gray hair is facing the door, sitting on an armchair behind a long table, his body slightly bent due to the irresistible years, casting a vicissitudes silhouette on the single glass curtain wall.

Although his appearance has changed a lot in the past few years, no matter who is present, he can immediately recognize this serious and unsmiling face that used to appear on the news broadcast every day.

Zhou Rong stood at attention, saluted, without saying a word.

The old man sat upright toward him, folded his freckled hands on the table, and lifted his chin slightly.Although his voice is not as thick and sonorous as it used to be due to getting older, the calm power when he speaks still makes people can't help but concentrate——

"It's been three years, Colonel Zhou." The old man said slowly, "You haven't disappointed me."