In the conference room, Lao Xu and others were lined up, and in the corner next to him, Watanabe and others were tied up like rice dumplings.
But these are not the point. The point is that everyone's eyes are focused on the center of the podium.
"When did he act strange?"
"Just five minutes before I go find you."
"What are the specific symptoms?"
"Twitching, shaking, foaming at the mouth. It's almost like epilepsy."
After listening to Hua Biao's report, there were more wrinkles on Lao Xu's forehead: "It seems that this mutation is happening very quickly."
"Yes, company commander, why do you think this is happening? They were normal people when they were alive. How could they mutate when they were killed?"
Lao Xu had no way of answering Hua Biao's question. After all, he was just a soldier, not a doctor.
Even if there is a doctor present now, I'm afraid I won't be able to draw any conclusions without conducting relevant pathological research.
"I don't know, but that's not important anymore. How about those three guys?"
Hearing Lao Xu mentioning himself, Watanabe peeked over with a sad face.
"What can they do? They are as shriveled as a grandson. By the way, company commander, do you want to give this beast to him..." He raised his hand and made a motion of slitting his throat. Hua Biao intended to kill Jiangkou.
"No, tie him up and keep him."
"Keep...keep it!?" Upon hearing this, Hua Biao thought he had heard wrongly and repeated the question involuntarily.
"Yes, keep it!" Lao Xu did not explain the reason, but he already had a calculation about the "Jiangkou value" in his heart.
"So, what about those three guys?" Hua Biao moved his hand to the corner.
Lao Xu looked at the situation, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
When Watanabe saw this, he quickly averted his eyes and lowered his head, fearing that he might offend the evil god opposite him.
"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Lao Xu ordered indifferently: "Let's do this for now, keep them."
Although Derek's idea of using students from "Foot Basin Country" to pave the way has been rejected, this does not mean that Lao Xu has given up the idea of using students from "Foot Basin Country".
You must know that Lao Xu is determined to get rid of these little beasts from the "Foot Basin Country".
So let's just end it with one blow. It's better to keep it, maybe it will be of great use later.
"How is the student population statistics going? How many are there?"
"There are 15 girls and 7 boys."
"What's the status?"
"It's not very good. Especially those boys, to be honest, company commander. I don't think they can last long."
"Let's go and have a look!"
Leaving Lei Tong behind as usual, Lao Xu walked towards the place where the boys were held under the guidance of Li Xiaoxin.
The moment he opened the door, he was immediately hit by the fishy stench inside.
"Those bastards locked the students in there, and they had to deal with all their poop and urine in there."
Lao Xu clenched his fists. Then he walked in again. Under the moonlight, Lao Xu could see seven human figures hunched on the ground.
Without bedding and no light, Lao Xu didn't know how these students could survive this miserable life for more than half a year.
Just as Li Xiaoxin said, the students were all skinny. If he hadn't known in advance that there was someone here, Lao Xu would have mistakenly thought it was a pile of bones if he had bumped into them unexpectedly.
"What should we do with them...?"
Lao Xu glanced at the barely moving surface students again, and then waved for Li Xiaoxin to exit.
After the latter went out, Lao Xu closed the door again.
"We can't save these people! Their condition is beyond repair with what we have on hand."
"Then what do you mean, company commander..."
"Huh~" Lao Xu looked up at the sky. After a while, he breathed out heavily: "We have no choice but to give up on them."
As a soldier, it takes great courage to make such a decision.
Lao Xu wanted to save these students from the bottom of his heart, because when he thought of the parents and relatives who might be waiting behind the children, Lao Xu felt heartbroken.
But the reality is always so cruel. He now has neither food nor medicine, and more importantly, even breaking out of the encirclement and going to school is problematic.
So he must use limited resources in the right place, and these boys are obviously not within this scope.
Li Xiaoxin did not raise any objection to his company commander's decision.
Because before asking the question, Li Xiaoxin had already had the same idea as Lao Xu's reply.
"What about the girls?"
"The girls' physical condition is okay. But their mental condition is..."
Nodding, Old Xu could imagine the changes in the girl's psychology after being violated by the beasts from the "Foot Basin Country".
It’s also a tough question, after all. If you want to break through, you must ensure team coordination.
And if a girl is emotionally unstable, it is very likely that something will go wrong.
Lao Xu pinched the door lintel, then stood up: "Let's go back to the house, let's learn about the material data compiled by Xiao De and others."
"Living Room" Nedmi handed the notebook he had recorded in front of Lao Xu. Lao Xu opened it and glanced up and down. The two pages of data were so disappointing: "Is that all?"
Derek nodded weakly: "That's all we have left. Most of what we brought was consumed by those bastards in celebration."
In order not to cause unnecessary worries to everyone, Lao Xu did not show too much frustration.
On the contrary, after going through the recorded data again, he said calmly: "From the statistics, if we save a little, we can maintain the situation for almost two days."
Derek is not stupid, he knows very well what Lao Xu's concept of saving is.
But he doesn't care about these, the only thing he cares about is...
"Old Xu, even if we can hold on for two days, we still can't solve the actual problem. Don't forget that we are deep in the zombie hinterland. If we can't break out, we will starve to death."
"I know, so we have to use these two days to come up with a way out of trouble. Okay, you and Demi have been busy all night, go and have a rest. Oh, yes, and sister Demi, please feed Lina. Take some pills and tell her the current situation. But don’t mention his father.”
During the last words, Lao Xu deliberately lowered his voice.
The reason why he made a temporary uprising and asked Demi to have a showdown with Zhao Lina was mainly because he didn't want the noise outside to disturb the girl's rest.
After all, the situation may become more complicated in the coming days. Instead of telling Zhao Lina the truth at the end, it is better to let her prepare now.
"Okay! I understand, I'm going to give Lina the medicine right now!"
"Xiao De, when you were counting supplies just now, did you find the Watanabe station?" Old Xu remembered that Derek once said that students from the "Foot Basin Country" had picked up police equipment.
Derek shook his head: "No, we just went to the storage room. There are food and medicine there. As for the hand table, it should be in the Watanabe House."
"Okay, you go and rest. We'll take care of the rest!"
After saying that, Lao Xu led Hua Biao out of the living room and headed towards the house where Watanabe lived. (To be continued.)
