When Lu Ning was going through the formalities at the base gate, a car drove over from a distance, attracting the attention of everyone at the base gate.
These days, unmodified cars are rarely used as vehicles. If someone dares to drive one, they either haven't experienced the dangers of the apocalypse, or they are brave. The car did not drive directly over, but stopped about fifty meters away. Three people got out of the car who looked well dressed and lived well.
That means the latter is more likely - the people at the door immediately made a judgment.
However, as the three people approached, Lu Ning looked more and more familiar with the leader. However, she did not dare to confirm that the leader was wearing goggles. Instead, he raised his hand and waved here after the other party approached.
"Lu Ning? I didn't expect to see you here."
The changes in Ying Caiyi were almost visible to the naked eye. Even when they were reunited, she didn't show much excitement. She raised her hand to take off her sunglasses and nodded lightly to Lu Ning.
"It's great to see you again... Are you here?" Lu Ning looked at the other two, but she didn't recognize them.
"We joined a team. It's a long story. In short, the team leader is Zhao Xihua, who came to our school for recruitment before and is now our immediate boss. Now I have a mission. Come and take a look at the base here. Whatever the situation is, if the situation permits, it doesn’t hurt that we exchange some supplies here.”
"Zhao Xihua?"
"Well, what about you? Didn't I remember that you took leave and went somewhere? It didn't take long after the end of the world, but I just lost contact with you."
"I have returned safely from there. I went back home and found my father. Now I am here to find a base for them to stay safely."
"Then...you are really lucky."
Lu Ning saw Ying Caiyi's eyes darken.
It seems that Ying Caiyi has no chance to find her family at all, and she doesn't even dare to think about it. After the apocalypse, apart from people like Lu Ning, how many people will be separated from their loved ones and not even know whether they are alive or dead? Lu Ning actually couldn't understand Ying Caiyi's mood. Even if she didn't find her father, she knew that this was just a testing ground. Her real father and even mother were still alive and well at home.
But Ying Caiyi only felt melancholy for a moment, and then said, "Are you leaving now?"
"Yes, the inspection is over. Next, I have to go back and pick up my father's people here. After completing this matter, I feel relieved." Lu Ning said with a smile.
"How is the situation at this base?"
"I do have time, so I'll take you to see it. I can be considered a privileged class at the moment."
Ying Caiyi does not need to have a comprehensive understanding like Lu Ning. Her goal is very clear. As long as the base's transactions are not prohibited and controlled, the market management is orderly, and the base is not chaotic, then she can negotiate with the person in charge here. . Ying Caiyi inquired about and handled these affairs with ease, so skillfully that he didn't look like he was a student half a month ago. Maybe this is because frustration makes people grow.
After she came back with a notebook with several pages of records, Lu Ning casually asked about the situation of Lu Chunxiao and Li Xian.
"Sister Lu and Chu Wei have joined the defense team. Chu Wei can't find an organization at the moment, but Sister Lu wants to protect others. She is a little... too kind. But with Miss Zhao watching, she probably won't. What will happen? This is the best result for them. Li Xian is in the collection team. She has no superpowers, so she can't do anything too dangerous. Although collection is hard, there are people protecting her. It’s the safest position besides being in the kitchen.”
"Sounds good." Lu Ning thought thoughtfully, and now that Ying Caiyi mentioned that the two roommates had lost a bit of the familiarity and closeness they had before, "I want to follow you to the motorcade to take a look. Do you have any requirements? "
"That's not the case. Even if you don't join, Miss Zhao is happy to deal with others. In her words...anyone in the world who is not an enemy can be a friend."
Nature is hard to change.
Ying Caiyi took Lu Ning back to the convoy, and occasionally gave orders to two people along the way. The two people did not have any objections, and it seemed that their prestige had been established. Lu Ning actually couldn't remember whether Ying Caiyi was really such a person when he was alive, but now this Ying Caiyi is undoubtedly a reliable team leader.
After returning to the motorcade, Ying Caiyi asked the two of them to return to the team, while he took Lu Ning to report to Zhao Xihua.
The team leader's car that Zhao Xihua was in was an RV. She was currently holding a computer to review the list of people in the team. When she saw someone brought back by Ying Caiyi, who she still knew, Lu Ning, she closed the computer and jumped directly. Got out of the car.
"Long time no see, Lu Ning, have you finally decided to join me?"
"Sorry, I just heard that someone I know is here, and I plan to come and see how they are doing." Lu Ning decided not to act too familiar with Zhao Xihua, otherwise she might really not be able to deal with him.
"Who are you familiar with? Caiyi is a very reliable team leader and has outstanding abilities. I do plan to hand over some important overseas assignments to her in the future. Is there anyone else? There are many people on her team. "Zhao Xihua is not discouraged at all, but is very confident.
"Lu Chunxiao and Li Xian, how are you doing here?"
"Lu Chunxiao is a very responsible person. The stability of a team requires such people to come forward to handle affairs, and Lu Chunxiao is a person who has the talent to give others a sense of peace of mind. I only need to ensure that she does not Just a merciful mistake is enough. As for Li Xian... the situation is a bit complicated. She has a tendency to be depressed. It is roughly judged that it is due to the traumatic psychology of the doomsday and the fact that she has not awakened her superpower. There are several good people in the collection team. Female elders, they can comfort her. But I think the best treatment is to allow relatives to meet her, but unfortunately this is extremely difficult to do in the current situation."
When mentioning two people, Zhao Xihua could casually tell the current situation, which was also a level that Lu Ning could hardly achieve. Zhao Xihua can remember everyone she meets, and even the other person's preferences and mental state are in her heart. This is also an important reason why she can gather people's hearts. But now, this talent has made Zhao Xihua sink deeper and deeper here. Lu Ning can easily tell that she has no signs of waking up at all. Even the distribution center seems to have been forgotten by her. This is not as good as what Lu Ning just came to the scene. when.
"I just know they are doing well." Lu Ning nodded lightly.
"I welcome anyone to join here at any time. You can flourish under my hands. This is a promise that no one can give you." Zhao Xihua said with a smile, "Even if you bring your whole family here, I can still accommodate you here." It will work, I can guarantee it.”
"Yes, I believe you can do it. But I have a question, Zhao Xihua, in this world, what kind of future do you want to pursue? I don't see your tendency to rely on the government, so what do you want? What do you want?" Lu Ning asked the most important question.
"The road of kings." Zhao Xihua answered lightly.
"What?"
"Doesn't it sound far-fetched? Many people believe that the troubled times will end soon. After all, the countries before the end have unimaginable power. This is not a cruel end of the world with genocide. As long as there are new means of communication, , order will be restored soon... But I don't think so." Zhao Xihua's expression turned serious, "I think this doomsday is just the beginning, the collapse of this world will never stop here, will a ruby snow be the end? ?Is the emergence of superpowers in a large number of ordinary people really a normal phenomenon? I don’t believe it is a virus that induces superpowers in ordinary people. There must be a deeper reason, and this reason will continue to cause the world to collapse , until it is no longer even remotely similar to the doomsday we remember. And in order to fight against it, a force that is completely our own is necessary. Since I have the ability to form it, why not embark on this path myself? "
Then, Lu Ning saw her raising her hands, and the shadow of gems vaguely appeared on her arms.
"You grant me divine power, my super power. I will decide everything about the future of those who are loyal to me. When I have the power, I already understand this. Lu Ning, this is not obedience, this is loyalty—— I think you’re qualified and there’s a spot for you on my right hand side.”
"Miss."
At this time, the conversation between the two was interrupted. Lu Ning turned around and saw a young man in military uniform. He had a strong build and handsome features. He was holding a piece of information that should have been collected just now.
"Xiao Ronghai." Zhao Xihua raised his hand to introduce Lu Ning, and then introduced Lu Ning to Xiao Ronghai before asking him what happened.
"The collection team has reported the results this time. The research team has made some breakthroughs in the study of EMK-II samples. I hope you will take a look at it later. Finally, the reconnaissance team was five kilometers away from the eleven o'clock direction. A highly reactive monster individual was found in the place. It is a type that does not produce derivatives. It is suspected to be a powerful entity. You may need to go there in person."
"Okay, give me the information."
Xiao Ronghai handed the things to Zhao Xihua, saluted and turned to leave.
"Ying Caiyi, in the future you must reach the level of Xiao Ronghai." Zhao Xihua said.
"But Captain Xiao is very powerful..."
"The power contained in your superpower is not inferior to anyone else. We need some people who can grow up quickly and take responsibility. I hope you are one of them." Zhao Xihua looked up at Ying Caiyi, "You can do it. "
"Yes." Ying Caiyi responded softly.
"Okay Lu Ning, there is no communication signal. We may have to meet again by chance, but my team welcomes you at any time, and welcomes anyone who has the ability to join me. We will become stronger and stronger, it's best not to be too late ." Zhao Xihua stretched out his hand to Lu Ning again, "Thank you for your assistance this time with Caiyi."
"No, I didn't do anything. Caiyi can already take charge of herself."
When leaving the motorcade and walking back, Lu Ning was a little helpless. She still couldn't defeat Zhao Xihua and was even almost brought in by her. It is estimated that the matters here can only be left to Zhao Chenshuang.
There was nothing to say about the return journey. It took Lu Ning three days to return to the settlement where his father was. However, when she got closer, she found that there seemed to be a little trouble there - there were some corpses outside, and they had not yet had time to collect them. Lu Ning immediately walked towards the settlement and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there were still some familiar faces guarding there.
"Miss Lu Ning!" Han Er took his turn to be on duty at the door today and saw Lu Ning at a glance, "You are back. We are all afraid that something will happen to you on the way."
"I'm fine. What's going on outside? Why are there still bodies? What happened these days?"
"Hey, it's not just the past few days, it's just yesterday." Han Er immediately became excited when he mentioned this, "You also know that there are several settlements near us, and the relationship is good or bad. These people are all former The people over at Station 4 don’t know why they want to launch a sneak attack at night to attack us. I don’t even think about it, where in this apocalyptic world won’t a vigil be arranged? As soon as we found out, we immediately arranged a counterattack strategy, hey , Deputy Chief Lu was able to keep his composure and said to let them attack first, and we will fight back, so that even if we talk to other settlements in the future, we won’t make any mistakes."
"So...we won?"
"Didn't we win? There were forty or fifty people in total. We killed about ten of them, and the rest ran away when they saw that they couldn't beat them."
"Have you captured any prisoners?"
"This... doesn't seem to be there. What's wrong?"
"Take me to see my dad first, don't you think it's strange? No matter how bad the relationship between Station 4 and us is, such behavior is almost a direct declaration of war. People who would do this in the apocalypse are either desperadoes or desperate, but they have A settlement, why do you do this?"
Han Er was speechless and immediately took Lu Ning to find Lu Yuezong.
At this time, Lu Yuezong was discussing yesterday's battle situation with Ke Zhiliang and others. Everyone was very happy to hear that Lu Ning was back. However, Lu Ning did not mention the base when he came in. He first asked about yesterday's battle situation, and then said what he had just said After a moment, everyone's expressions immediately became tense.
"This is also my problem. I just remembered this. I was probably so carried away by the victory that I didn't think about the reason behind it. Captain Ke, has something happened at Station 4 recently?"
"I haven't encountered anyone from Station 4 when I went out to search recently. This is true for every search team. I don't know why they came to attack us like crazy." Ke Zhiliang shook his head, "Now that Lu Ning also feels a little bit Okay, we..."
boom! boom!
The ground suddenly began to shake continuously, and some gravel even fell inside the room. Everyone immediately ran outside the house, and they were all shocked.
"Sure enough... these people failed to attack us, so they attracted the two monsters on the railway with the mentality of dying together!" Huo Bin said through gritted teeth, "Station No. 4 is probably destroyed! These people have long been gone. There’s a long way to go!”
Outside the settlement, the two monsters Lu Ning had seen before were walking towards this direction. The ball monster bounced on the ground, causing a slight earthquake, while the tall monster opened its long legs and walked toward the base at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast. The tall monster's two severed arms also penetrated some human corpses.
