PS: Unknowingly, I’ve reached 2 million words. Let’s continue in 2016.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. No matter whether it is the large troops stationed at the station or Lao Xu and others trapped in the school, they all have no intention of sleeping.
It's no wonder that the next day's actions are directly related to the life and death of the entire team, so it's understandable that the survivors can't sleep.
"Demi, Derek, it's fine if we can keep an eye on you here. You go in and rest." After staying all night, Lao Xu couldn't bear to persuade the two young people when they saw their eyes were red and swollen.
Derek shook his head. At this juncture, he wouldn't be in the mood to sleep even if you told him to.
Demi refused more directly: "Lao Xu, we are not sleepy. Well... what are they going to do outside?"
This is what Demi cares about most. Although she doesn't say it, her mentality is like a mirror. If the plan fails tomorrow, they will be finished because they run out of supplies without the zombies taking action.
Of course Lao Xu understood the girl's thoughts, and he replied with certainty without even thinking: "Don't worry, everything is almost ready outside, and final verification is being carried out. We will definitely be able to get out alive tomorrow."
Having said that, Lao Xu actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.
This is not because he is not confident about the ability of his brothers outside. On the contrary, with Lao Lin, Xiao Hu, and Tang Xiaoquan planning the operation, Xu Renjie is quite relieved.
It's just that in this mission, what we faced was not the scale of ordinary zombies, but an army of nearly a thousand zombies.
You can imagine how difficult it is to guide these beasts to the same destination.
"By the way, Xiaode, how are those girls doing now?"
Suddenly jumping out of his thoughts, Lao Xu thought of those Chinese girls who were insulted by the beasts of the "Foot Basin Country" and asked immediately.
Hearing this, Demi frowned slightly. Through these two days of contact with the humiliated girl, Demi could deeply feel the despair of those "miserable people".
"The situation is not very good. They have been bullied for too long. Now everyone is like a piece of wood. I am worried about tomorrow's mission... Oh!"
After letting out a breath, Demi really didn't have the courage to stop talking, but Lao Xu was not a fool. Of course he heard the seriousness of the problem.
"That's it..." murmuring to himself, Old Xu couldn't help but remember Tang Xiaoquan's instructions before leaving:
"Old Xu, in times of crisis, you have to give up what you should give up. I know this is a bit cruel. It is against humanity, but in order for more people to survive, necessary sacrifices are inevitable. Don't be soft-hearted when you fall. ah."
Yes, necessary sacrifices are inevitable.
Lao Xu had a helpless smile. He had made up his mind to never let the people around him suffer the same disaster as Yuhuan Yuguang.
But right now...
If someone is destined to sacrifice for the action this time, then I can only...
"Okay Demi, go back and communicate with those girls and tell them our action plan. After that, we will confirm who is willing to leave. If no one answers, then we can only give up on them."
"What!? What did you say!?"
She couldn't believe her ears. Demi thought she had heard wrong and hurriedly spoke to confirm.
Not only her, but also Derek, Li Xiaoxin and others also looked at Xu Renjie inexplicably.
"Huh~" he breathed out, saying such words and making such a decision was not an easy task for Lao Xu. Demi's questioning made Lao Xu slightly embarrassed: "I said that if those girls don't reply, just assume that they have given up the idea of escape."
"You mean to abandon them?"
"Yes."
"But...but, if you abandon them, you are driving them to death. Do you know that they have been ruined by those "Foot Basin Country" beasts, and they have lost their humanity? Now you..."
"I know!" He nodded dejectedly. Lao Xu interrupted Demi's complaint, then raised his head and stared into the girl's eyes with a serious face: "If conditions permit, I also want to save them. But Demi, you have also seen the current situation. Stay outside us. There are nearly a thousand mutated beasts with no brains. They only know how to kill. They will not talk about ethics and morals with us, and they will not let those girls go just because they were insulted. If she can't guarantee a clear mind to participate, then I I can only abandon them. I can't put the entire team into crisis just for a few people. I think you also don't want Derek to have any problems because of their abnormality during the operation."
The indifferent words contained no emotion, but Lao Xu was just right on Demi's fate.
Lao Xu knows that Derek is Demi's lifeblood, which can be easily seen from the hostility shown by the latter towards them when they first met.
Although it was inappropriate to use Derek to seal Demi's words, in the current situation, Lao Xu could only do this.
After waiting for a long time and seeing that no one had any objections, Lao Xu just continued: "No matter what, Demi, before the final action, I still have to trouble you to communicate with them more. As long as they are willing to cooperate, I will take them away." .”
This is Lao Xu's inner voice. As far as he is concerned, even if he sacrifices himself, he is not willing to sacrifice these girls.
Perhaps this seems silly to some people, who think that women in the apocalypse are a burden and should be bargaining chips and targets of humiliation.
In this regard, I can only say that everyone has their own ideas, and the world has never lacked people who are judged as "stupid".
In addition, those who can save the world are often fools.
As for those who laugh at others as "stupid", they will end up just living like ants, and if they are lucky enough, they will abandon the most basic human soul.
"Okay, I'll go communicate with them now." Although there were 10,000 negative thoughts in his mind, Demi also knew that Lao Xu's decision made sense. At least Demi doesn't want Derek to be in danger because of his persistence.
After seeing off Demi, Lao Xu hurried to the conference room, gathered with Lei Tong and others, and began to make some specific plans for tomorrow's operation.
At the same time, the survivor station was also busy all night long, especially the car maintenance team composed of Wang Zhongyu and Luo Baochun, and the speaker installation team of the two brothers "China" and "Guo".
In order to ensure the smooth operation of tomorrow, the two groups of people had not rested for more than ten hours.
Thanks to their efforts, the inspection and preparation of all matters were finally completed at 2 o'clock in the evening.
In this regard, Zhao Yunhai also noticed something. He went to Hu Xiaodong alone and asked about the reason.
This time, Hu Xiaodong did not hide Lao Zhao. First of all, the matter had reached this point, and there was no point in lying anymore.
After all, Lao Zhao is not a fool, and there is no way he could not have noticed that everyone was busy.
On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with a showdown with Lao Zhao now, since he has to save people tomorrow anyway.
Therefore, based on the above, Hu Xiaodong spoke truthfully and honestly. (To be continued.)
