I looked at the clock hanging on the wall. The hands were already pointing to eight o'clock.
Although it was getting late, it wasn't time to go to bed yet.
With Xu Xiaoxiao's help, Xiao Ran sat down on an empty bed, preparing to wait for Uncle Ni to come back and take a look at the situation.
Lu Yu has Yu Libo taking care of him anyway, so there is no problem if she is not around.
Several people continued to chat in the room without saying a word. I don't know how long it took, but there was a sudden noise outside the door.
The messy footsteps were mixed with unclear words, and it sounded chaotic.
"Huh? What happened outside? Why is there such a mess?"
Xiaoran immediately turned his head and asked everyone.
"I don't know, it shouldn't be so noisy at this time..."
Xu Xiaoxiao didn't know what happened, so he stood up strangely.
Although she is more familiar with the situation in the shelter than Xiaoran, in terms of time, tonight is also the first night she has spent in the shelter.
"It sounds like there was a quarrel. Could it be that zombies rushed to the underground shelter..."
A trace of worry flashed across Shao Xiuqi's face, and she approached her husband with some fear.
Yan Hanben quickly hugged his wife and subconsciously protected her behind him.
After swallowing, the man plucked up the courage and walked towards the door.
"Don't be afraid, I'll go check on the situation..."
But before his right hand could grasp the doorknob, Xu Xiaoxiao walked ahead of him.
"It's up to me. I'm a capable person. Even if there are really zombies, I'll protect you!"
After saying that, Xu Xiaoxiao gently pushed Yan Hanben away and opened the door himself.
As soon as the door opened, the noise outside became clearer. Xiao Ran, who was sitting on the bed, vaguely heard the content of the shouting, which seemed to be saying something like, 'The soldiers are beating the common people.'
Xu Xiaoxiao did not stop at the door and walked directly into the crowd.
The person shouting was a middle-aged man with long hair, with full grievance and indignation on his face. He was shouting something at the survivors beside him.
"What happened?"
Xu Xiaoxiao frowned slightly and took a step forward.
The aura unique to first-level ability users was released, invisibly shocking the surrounding survivors.
For a moment, the originally noisy crowd became silent.
But the deterrent effect was not very good, because when the middle-aged man in the center of the crowd saw clearly what Xu Xiaoxiao was wearing, he still had the courage to yell.
"You, you are also a soldier, you are in the same group with them! Let's bully us common people together!"
The middle-aged man with long hair seemed very aggrieved and had a vibrato in his words.
This is really rare for a man.
"Why are you bullying the people? Tell me!"
Although Xu Xiaoxiao has a rough temper, it does not mean that she is a fool. She will not blindly carry emotions until she understands the ins and outs of the matter.
Of course, she also realized this from the previous incident of mistaking Lu Yu for a perverted murderer.
"Just now, just now, I saw an old man picking wild vegetables in the mountains behind the shelter. I thought I would pick some too and cook some vegetables with rice for dinner."
"Not long after we picked it, three soldiers appeared out of nowhere and insisted on taking away half of our wild vegetables."
"I didn't pick much, just half a bag of shepherd's purse. I gave them a handful.
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I gave half of it. "
"But the old man picked a lot of wild vegetables, a big bag full of wild vegetables. When he saw that the other party wanted to share half of it, he argued with them for a few words."
"As a result, those soldiers started pushing the old man and even tried to beat him!"
"As soon as I saw something was wrong, I ran back immediately..."
After saying that, the long-haired middle-aged man glanced at Xu Xiaoxiao with lingering fear.
"Are you soldiers so barbaric? You take away half of the wild vegetables when you come up, and if you don't give them, you beat them!"
Xu Xiaoxiao was also a little confused when the other party said this.
In her impression, although the soldiers were somewhat unsmiling, it was too exaggerated to beat someone for a little wild vegetable.
Could there be some misunderstanding?
Thinking of this, Xu Xiaoxiao spoke again to confirm.
"Don't rush to shout. Are you sure those people are soldiers? Not survivors? And you saw them beating people with your own eyes?"
"Sure! They are all wearing military green camouflage uniforms, and they all have guns on their backs. How can we ordinary people have guns?!"
The middle-aged man was still excited, and while speaking, his hands continued to make the shape of a rifle.
"Although I didn't see them beating the old man, I could clearly see the pushing and pushing before!"
"And after I ran away, I looked back. At that time, the old man had fallen to the ground and was being kicked by the soldiers!"
"If I hadn't run so fast, I would have been pinned to the ground and beaten!"
The middle-aged man's emotional words quickly aroused the anger of the surrounding survivors.
Although most of them were rescued by troops from the west, they could clearly hear the government broadcasts at that time.
The matter of not taking the initiative to rescue has been suppressed in their hearts for a long time.
Like a barrel full of gunpowder.
At this moment, the incident of soldiers beating someone happened to be the fuse that ignited the explosive barrel!
"Fucking hell, kill these white-eyed wolves!"
I don't know who raised a voice in the crowd, and the already agitated crowd immediately went into a rage. Everyone got emotional and started shouting outside the shelter.
"Hey, wait a minute! Maybe it's a misunderstanding!"
Xu Xiaoxiao shouted loudly, his eyebrows looking a little anxious.
In fact, she could feel that if she didn't have muscles that looked like she had explosive fighting power at this moment, the survivors might rush forward and vent their anger on her.
People, as individuals, are always smart and rational.
But once they gather into a group, they will become blind and ignorant!
"Xiao Xiao, what happened?"
Just when the girl was about to run to the front of the crowd to stop them, a gentle voice suddenly sounded behind her.
Xu Xiaoxiao turned around and saw Yan Hanben carrying Xiao Ran on his back, and Shao Xiuqi with a worried look on his face.
"They said there were soldiers outside snatching wild vegetables from survivors and even beating people!"
"The soldiers robbed wild vegetables and beat people?"
When Xiao Ran, who was lying on Yan Hanben's back, heard this, his beautiful eyebrows like willow leaves suddenly knitted together.
"Could it be a misunderstanding? We followed the army all the way, and we didn't see any soldiers driving us away or beating us..."
Shao Xiuqi said in surprise.
"I don't know. The man said he saw it with his own eyes. Don't run around. I'll go over and stop them."
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Looking at the crowd going away, Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes became more anxious. He said something casually and was about to run over to stop the crowd.
"Sister Xiao Xiao, don't worry. There are soldiers patrolling the shelter. The survivors in front alone can't make any waves. Let's follow them and take a look. It won't be too late to take action if necessary."
Xiaoran spoke calmly, which relieved the girl's panic in time.
But looking at the crowd far away, Xu Xiaoxiao still said with some worry.
"But they..."
"Believe me."
Before the girl could say anything else, Xiaoran interrupted, and at the same time patted Yan Hanben on the shoulder, signaling him to follow the crowd.
Probably because he was aware of Xiaoran's ability, Xu Xiaoxiao didn't say anything else, but just followed calmly and walked towards the outside of the shelter.
The crowd was noisy and soon arrived outside the shelter.
Under the guidance of the long-haired middle-aged man, the survivors quickly arrived at the location where wild vegetables grew in the back mountain.
It is said to be a back mountain, but it is actually a small earth bag in the valley, with a total height of no more than ten meters.
Indeed, as the long-haired middle-aged man said, there was indeed an old man lying in a secret corner behind the hill. There was blood on his head. When he was carried out, he was already unconscious.
Directing Yan Han to run, Xiao Ran had already squeezed to the front of the crowd, and with his excellent eyesight, he recognized the old man at a glance.
"Uncle Ni!"
The old man in front of him, whose face was covered in blood after being beaten, was none other than Uncle Ni who had previously said that he would pick wild vegetables and cook noodles for Xu Xiaoxiao and others!
"Did you see it? An elderly man was beaten until his face was covered in blood and he even lost consciousness!"
The middle-aged man with long hair pointed at Uncle Ni on the ground and shouted in a trembling voice.
"Before the disaster broke out, those who served as soldiers were spending our taxpayers' money on food and supplies!"
"After the disaster broke out, it didn't matter that they didn't come to the rescue immediately. Now they are robbing us survivors of food and even beating people!!"
"Tell me, is there any royal law? Is there still a law!!!"
At the end of the shouting, the middle-aged man's voice was torn due to too much force.
But it is precisely because of this that he appears to be emotionally sincere.
And sincere feelings are often the most able to empathize with the masses.
"Damn it, kill these white-eyed wolves!"
"Fight them!"
"Seize the Siming Mountain Shelter!"
The shouts one after another spread among the crowd, like uncontrollable dominoes, causing a chain reaction.
At this moment, the crowd's anger was completely ignited!
No one cares about the unconscious old man, and no one cares about the truth.
They just want to vent, vent their inner anger crazily!
"Calm down, there might be a misunderstanding!"
Xu Xiaoxiao still maintained his rationality and rushed to the center of the crowd and shouted loudly.
But at this time, no one would be able to calm down.
The crowd, who had nowhere to vent their anger, immediately targeted Xu Xiaoxiao, who was wearing military uniform.
"This woman is also a soldier! Just like those white-eyed wolves, she is here to bully us people!"
The long-haired middle-aged man pointed at Xu Xiaoxiao and shouted with spittle flying around.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ran's face darkened and he murmured.
"This is bad..."
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