A cold wind, a light snow.
Lu Ning crossed a deserted street. Judging from the shops and restaurants lined up on both sides of this street, it was probably a bustling area before, with definitely a lot of people, but now there is no one there. Even those who unfortunately died when the doomsday comes are buried in the snow. When I got up, it was completely clean now.
Zhao Chenshuang did not contact her, and she could not take the initiative to contact the other party when the communication was interrupted. In fact, she could have done it if she had driven the power of Judgment Day and returned home directly. However, she only flew about fifty kilometers last time before she developed a strong sense of rejection and her head began to hurt. For unknown reasons, she now only dares to fly every day. Fly twenty kilometers and walk the rest of the way.
However, having a map of the mountains and rivers here saves you the trouble of looking for a map. She now only uses Zhao Chenshuang's two swords, and occasionally uses the pair of aberrant gloves as weapons, but she can still get through with her strength alone as long as she doesn't seek death.
On January 6, Lu Ning finally approached her home city. She saw other people along the way, but she did not take the initiative to get close. The most important thing now is to go home first and sort out the things at home with her father. The situation, even if it is just a scene, she selfishly hopes that her father here can live well, even in the doomsday world.
It still takes about four hours to walk. Lu Ning unfolded the Fatu and took a look at the route, then walked towards home from a road close to the railway line. There are very few pedestrians passing along the railway here, and the chance of monsters being spawned is also much smaller.
But this time, instead of encountering monsters, we encountered people. Lu Ning was not invisible. After walking about five hundred meters, Lu Ning saw two groups of anger appearing in her field of vision. Of course, the anger has not weakened yet, the end has just begun, and it is not the dense monsters that prevent people from going out to search for supplies. It is not yet a large-scale famine.
Two tall men with similar looks came out from behind a short wall holding a fire ax and a nail stick, and raised their hands to signal her to stop.
Lu Ning stopped, stood five meters away, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"
"Sorry, it's dangerous ahead. Don't continue moving forward. This is where we live, and it won't be easy for us if the monsters are alerted. Please take a detour."
"Monster? Why do you want to live near monsters?" Lu Ning asked.
The two men looked at each other and then explained: "These two monsters will generally not leave their territory unless they deliberately disturb them. Living next to such monsters is less risky. Monsters will inevitably pass by in other places. Attack, and there will be no peace all day long.”
Lu Ning nodded and said, "I can take a detour, but I also want to ask you personally, how big are you?"
"Not big, two to three hundred people." One person said straightforwardly, and was immediately slapped by another person.
"We know most of the people you want to ask about," said the more steady one.
"Lu Yuezong, he was around here before the end."
After saying that, Lu Ning found that the two people looked a little strange, and couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Um...how do you know our second-in-command?"
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After possessing great power, many people tend to think that the people around them need to be protected by themselves. Lu Ning also has this psychological tendency. However, if we only look at her during her lifetime, her father's life is undoubtedly richer than hers, and his mind is much firmer. As long as such a person does not die the moment the doomsday comes, he will not be buried in the future.
It is a community close to the railway, but the high-rise buildings have been abandoned. Only the first and second floors are used as activity areas. There are usually some people guarding and patrolling outside, and two teams are sent to nearby places every day to collect various supplies. In this way, the initial stability was maintained... This is the small settlement where Lu Ning's father lives.
The two brothers, whose surname was Han, were residents of the neighborhood. After the apocalypse, they were relatively lucky as not many monsters were born nearby. They escaped for a day and found this settlement. At that time, it was still quite chaotic, and the leader was a young superpower. Although he was not weak in strength, he was not good at management. Two days later, Lu Ning's father came here with more than 20 people. After consultation, he became the second leader here and took charge of coordinating the personnel arrangements here, and everything was on the right track.
"The second boss has never told us about his daughter." Han Da, who was more prudent, asked Lu Ning to wait at the door of the community for a while. "I have to confirm, just a moment."
"Please."
Lu Ning and Han Er stood at the door. From time to time, some people passed by and cast curious glances, but no one asked questions.
About ten minutes later, Han Da came to the door with someone, and that person was Lu Ning's father, Lu Yuezong.
"dad."
"Come back?" A smile appeared on Lu Yuezong's face, "Nothing happened along the way..."
"It's a near miss, you don't have to worry."
"Okay, come in with me. Dahan Erhan, thank you."
"Hey, Second Boss, why are you so polite? Since she is really your daughter, she is one of our own." Han replied with a wide smile.
Lu Yuezong took Lu Ning into a relatively wealthy home to see the decoration. This place has been cleaned, and some traces can be seen, but it is still not much different from the home before the apocalypse. Lu Ning and Lu Yuezong sat down on the sofa, and Lu Yuezong told her about the current situation.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, he did stay at home as Lu Ning said, but only for about two days. After the chaos outside slowly subsided, Lu Yuezong first found a few neighbors in the building and formed an initial team. Then he checked the outside situation and thought that there would be no rescue, so he packed up his things and left. Home, looking for a safer place.
Then we arrived here. The leader at that time, who is now the big leader, was named Ke Zhiliang. He was a young man who was only twenty-three years old. His superpower was reinforcement. He could strengthen a branch to the point where it could pierce the hard shell of a monster. Due to his level, his bravery, and two or three brothers around him, he became the leader here. However, their management of personnel was really bad. They arranged all the people only after Lu Yuezong came to take over. Then some nearby refugees came one after another. Lu Yuezong estimated that they could not continue to accept people for the time being. After discussion, they decided that apart from acquaintances, Except for the people, this settlement will not accept any more people at present.
"Of course, you are my daughter, and I will definitely not refuse to accept you. I will take you to meet the other leaders later. I never thought that I could have such an experience at such an old age." Lu Yuezong smiled. explain.
"Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid, but I'm even more afraid that you won't be able to see me when you come back." Lu Yuezong touched Lu Ning's head, "Your father also has some super powers, but it's a pity that he can't use them in battle. As for you being so confident, you must be You have your own abilities, right? I never worry about you, but I am afraid that I will become a burden to you."
"I'm very powerful." Lu Ning said with a smile, "What is my father's superpower? If you look like you are not suitable for fighting, you may not be able to fight. I am actually quite experienced in this aspect."
"Hahaha, okay, let my daughter help me take a look."
Lu Yuezong raised his palm. After a few seconds, a nearly transparent thread appeared in his palm. This thread floated to Lu Ning's body and was quickly broken in the middle. Lu Ning felt it carefully, but didn't notice any changes in herself.
"this is……"
"By attaching the thread, a person can be lifted up and ignore some physical pain, but this is not a treatment, it is just a mixed effect similar to a stimulant and an analgesic."
"Can this ability be used on yourself? Have you studied the reasons for its occurrence?" Lu Ning asked quickly.
"I can use it on myself, but the effect is not that good. As for research... I don't even know where the superpower comes from, so I can't study it, right?" Lu Yuezong spread his hands.
"I have some ideas. Of course, it depends on how much control you have over your superpowers. How long does this thing take effect?"
"About two hours."
"First aid is still very useful."
Afterwards, Lu Yuezong took Lu Ning to take a look at the leaders here. He is considered the general manager, while Ke Zhiliang is mainly responsible for the combat and collection parts. Ke Zhiliang's three good brothers also held some management and personnel arrangement positions, and they were all from Lu Yue's religion. In addition to these people, there was also a later man named Ma Fusheng who was in his forties. Since he brought fifty or sixty people, Ke Zhiliang had to give him a leader.
In fact, these people were not well-off people, and they did not hide the sizing and inquiry of Lu Ning in their eyes. They were probably trying to estimate how much voice their arrival would give Lu Yuezong. That is to say, Ke Zhiliang was a bit upright. He sincerely congratulated Lu Yuezong and waved his hand to indicate that Lu Ning could take whatever he liked from his personal belongings as a gift.
"Old Lu, since your daughter came back on her own, she must be very powerful. Congratulations to the tiger father and the dogless daughter." Sure enough, Ma Fusheng started to test her.
"Yes, Lao Lu, if such a powerful person joins the search team, our development will probably be faster. These are the first few months, we can survive on nearby supplies. But after all, our place has no resources. So rich, once you have accumulated enough strength, you have to run to the big cities. To put it bluntly, it is better to find the strength of the military or the state to feel at ease." One of Ke Zhiliang's brothers, named Huo Bin, said.
Lu Yuezong glanced at Huo Bin. Lu Ning could tell from Lu Yuezong's narration just now that since Ke Zhiliang was responsible for this part of the search, if she participated, she would definitely be under Ke Zhiliang, not under the leadership of Ke Zhiliang. For Lu Yuezong, this can be regarded as a means of containment, but for an experienced person like Lu Yuezong, he can immediately hear what it means.
"Xiao Ning, what do you want to do?" He asked Lu Ning with a smile.
"It's not dangerous to go out, right? This person is right. It's safe here, but the material reserves are not sufficient. Sooner or later, you have to give up and leave, and it's impossible not to have other people gathering around, whether it's to expand the scale or prepare to leave. We all have to reserve enough resources." Lu Ning said with a smile.
She is indeed not a talent in infrastructure construction, but she can still help her father complete the task of establishing a stronghold.
"In that case, Captain Ke, please take care of Xiao Ning." Lu Yuezong said.
"No problem!" Ke Zhiliang assured him by patting his chest.
Lu Ning didn't expect that there would be such intrigues in such a small settlement. It wasn't a big problem, but she glanced at Ma Fusheng, who probably also liked to calculate.
However, Ke Zhiliang was really a man of action. He quickly took Lu Ning to the search team's barracks, which was actually a relatively large residential room renovated. There are a large number of weapons reinforced by his superpowers, as well as supplies, maps and some pictures of monsters. I have to say that Ke Zhiliang has actually done a good job in searching out. There are a total of twelve people in his team, including Lu Ning, there are thirteen people, including men and women, all of whom are superpowers. However, because it is not yet time to set off, no one is in the barracks.
"Lu Ning, you can choose one of the weapons here. Food, medicine, etc. are usually prepared according to the distance before departure. We will not use vehicles for the time being, but we have also prepared some for possible needs when leaving here in the future. Then There is a whiteboard with the tasks we have discussed these days, including collecting supplies, cleaning up monsters, contacting surrounding settlements, etc. This is what we have to do. If you join my team, you must also be familiar with and Get involved in these things." Ke Zhiliang introduced.
Lu Ning looked at the whiteboard. There were indeed a lot of mission notes on it. Some pictures of monsters were marked with red crosses that needed to be destroyed. There were obviously pictures in two places, and they were probably killed.
"No problem, it doesn't sound very difficult."
"Lu Ning, you must be very capable walking back alone, but I still have to say be careful. Even if you have superpowers, you won't be invincible. Our team is because I reinforced everyone's clothes and added an extra layer of protection. There has been no damage, but not everyone has such an opportunity.”
"I know."
Ke Zhiliang nodded and said: "In addition, in future team operations, everyone must cooperate with each other. Tomorrow I will introduce your super power to everyone, and I will also introduce you to everyone. Can you tell me what your ability is? , to what extent can it be achieved specifically?”
"Stealth." Lu Ning made herself invisible. "No monsters along the way can detect me. If you encounter a difficult monster blocking the way, you can let me sneak in quietly."
"Great! If so, we can collect some more supplies from the previous places. Lu Ning, this work may be very hard. If you regret it now, I can send you back to Uncle Lu. Yes." Ke Zhiliang said happily.
"Since I walked all the way back, of course I don't have to worry about any hardship." Lu Ning said with a smile.
