"I refuse to answer any of your questions." Bai Zhi gently patted the frightened little guy on the back to comfort him, "Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry. We still have a lot of cans."
Hai Fengqiu and Zhang Tianzhao looked at each other. The two began to exchange notes at the same time. Hai Fengqiu took out another box of cans, stood up and said, "Leader Hao, let's go over and talk."
The baritone kicked Ji Nancheng and followed him over. The three of them temporarily occupied a small room next to the toilet. Brother Hao lowered his voice and asked, "What on earth is that?"
"It turns out he's a human." Hai Fengqiu said with a dark face, "Don't worry, he won't bite after he's full."
"Have you ever encountered this?" The baritone's face turned pale, and sweat rolled down his forehead.
"I've met him before." Haifengqiu sighed, "Don't scare him. He doesn't know what he is. If you think of him as a human being, he is a human being."
The baritone's voice was trembling, "I encountered one. There were more than 8,000 people in a shelter, and only 200 survived. We can't take risks."
"We have met more than one. My companion has experience in handling this matter, trust her." Haifengqiu's face was darker than Brother Hao's, "Don't try to anger my companion, she is very angry now."
"She seems to be under a lot of pressure," Brother Hao took out a bottle of medicine and handed it to Haifengqiu: "Take one pill and take it for a week. There are some side effects, but she will be quiet for a week."
Haifengqiu hesitated, held the medicine bottle in his hand, and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Brother Hao smiled at Haifengqiu, "Find an excuse for her to eat, bring her to the house, and leave the rest to Ji Nancheng."
Hai Fengqiu didn't even think about it and said: "We can't hurt that child. If you are worried, we will take the child away. If we can survive, I will put your car nearby. If not, you can just leave it to fate." .”
"Kill it and you don't have to take risks," Brother Hao said with a tough attitude. "Your life safety is equally important."
"No one has ever succeeded in killing them." Haifengqiu sneered, "Don't seek death on your own."
"You mean Ji Nancheng and you two combined are no match for it?" The baritone's face turned pale.
"Yes." Haifengqiu sighed heavily, "Since you know our identities, you should know that if we say we can't do it, we really can't do it. Let's take this child and leave."
"If you go out now, you will die. Your life is also important!" Brother Hao's temples had veins popping out. "Can you really guarantee that he won't eat people?"
"Yes, but the premise is not to anger him. They are very sensitive. They can distinguish very clearly whether others are really nice to them or not." Hai Fengqiu looked directly at Brother Hao, "This small room is for our use. You can ask Ji Nancheng to guard at the door."
"I believe you." Brother Hao nodded with difficulty and exited the small room. He negotiated with the first few people who occupied the small room to let Haifengqiu use the small room.
Hai Fengqiu used his metal power to build a thick iron door and hung it on the door frame. Ji Nancheng squatted outside the door for more than half an hour, knocked on the door and squeezed in, saying, "I'll stay with you."
Hai Fengqiu waited for him to come in, locked the door, and said, "Your leader will not be able to sleep."
"That guy is a temporary team leader and is very timid. You brought quite a lot of things." Ji Nancheng sat down on the empty side of the short square table and looked at the neatly tidied small room with several spread out moisture-proof mats. It takes up most of the room. The low square table rests on the moisture-proof mat. The children who had worried the two team leaders had already changed into fitting clothes and sat beside Bai Zhi obediently, watching intently as her sister packed her sleeping bag in the corner.
Zhang Tianzhao sat cross-legged at the square table, with a tea cup in his left hand and a book in his right hand, in a very leisurely manner. In the corner under the vent, a charcoal brazier was burning brightly, and a pot of something unknown was cooking on the shelf above the brazier. After Hai Feng Qiu closed its doors, I went to take off the lid. The fragrant mutton soup smelled like a heavy punch hitting my nose. The smell was unbearable.
"Hot tea, hot soup, and charcoal brazier. It's so comfortable here." Ji Nancheng stretched out and waved to the little guy who was as quiet as a shadow, "Come, let's chat."
"Go." Bai Zhi patted the little guy's head casually. The little guy sighed, walked over and sat down next to Zhang Tianzhao. Zhang Tianzhao raised his head, smiled at Ji Nancheng, and said, "This kid is a bit naive."
"I don't know, I thought this was your child." Ji Nancheng said, "Little guy, what's your name?"
The little guy tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "Mom calls me Xiaoshan."
"Xiaoshan! Did you come with us alone?" Ji Nancheng took the hot tea given to him by Haifengqiu.
"Well. I can't find my parents. You passed by my door and I followed you. My uncle and aunt are very good to me." Xiaoshan's eyes are bright and clear, his facial features are beautiful, and his two small fangs are shining when he smiles. As a bonus, it's simply too beautiful.
Ji Nancheng reached out and touched his head and said, "You're so smart. You've been following us for a week. No one noticed that you were alone. You must be starving."
"My uncle and aunt all gave me something to eat." Xiaoshan licked his lips, "I'm not full and I'm not hungry."
"You can drink the broth later." Haifengqiu gave Xiaoshan a cup of warm water and handed another cup of warm water to Bai Zhi, who came over. "You haven't had dinner. Do you want to eat something?"
"No more." Bai Zhi held the cup and sat down cross-legged behind Xiao Shan. Xiao Shan consciously nuzzled towards Bai Zhi.
"If you have a sister, you don't need a brother." Zhang Tianzhao put down the book to tease the children. The hill bumped against Bai Zhi's head and she staggered around. She held up the cup and shouted, "The water is going to be spilled." Zhang Tianzhao snatched her cup and put it on the table, saying, "Yue Dongting contacted Qi Haoyu. Qi Haoyu said he was coming to pick up Xiaoshan."
"He comes alone?" Haifengqiu's voice rose to emphasize, "He is still a child himself."
"People who become uncles seem to be very nervous." Zhang Tianzhao blinked at Bai Zhi.
"Sister, don't you want me anymore?" Xiao Shan shrank into a ball. Bai Zhi stood up on her knees and held him in her arms, glaring at Zhang Tianzhao and saying, "I picked it up with great difficulty, why wouldn't I want you? We have to do things outside, and it's a bit dangerous for you to follow us. Brother, ask someone to take you home first. , let’s go back as soon as we’re done, okay?”
Zhang Tianzhao opened his arms and hugged both of them and said, "Why don't I want you?"
"I can help my brothers, sisters and uncle." Xiao Shan turned around and rubbed his brother, "I can..."
"Stop it! There is an important question." Haifengqiu shouted, "Why do I become an uncle? Xiaoshan, I am also an elder brother."
"In front of Qi Haoyu, what can Xiaoshan call you?" Zhang Tianzhao let go of his hand and rubbed Xiaoshan's hair hard. "Don't tell us what you know, and you can't tell anyone. Do you understand? You are still too young. You may not even be able to protect yourself. After you go home, you play with Qi Haoyu, and he will teach you what you don’t understand. Wait until you become more capable and then protect your sister."
Xiaoshan nodded vigorously.
"Hey, am I so useless that I need my children to protect me?" Bai Zhi poked Zhang Tianzhao, "Xiaoshan, don't listen to this guy's nonsense. When you grow up, I will grow up too. I will protect myself. You Use your skills to protect yourself first."
Zhang Tianzhao turned his hand and clasped Bai Zhi's wrist, "When you grow up, can you put on some meat at the same time? In front of the children, be a good example of not being picky about food."
Facing Xiao Shan's two sharp fangs, Ji Nancheng had a rather unpleasant association with the word "not picky about food." He smiled bitterly and said, "I think it's better to be picky about food."
"Human food doesn't taste good." Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment after saying this. "Humans don't taste good." Xiaoshan's words were even more shocking.
The speech problems of these two people are more serious than the other. Zhang Tianzhao lightly slapped his head and said, "You are so unanimous in your opposition to not being picky eaters. You are really long-lost siblings."
"Not to mention, Xiao Shan looks like Xiao Qi!" Haifengqiu came over and put the faces of Bai Zhi and Xiao Qi together, "Look, the standard look of Bai Zhi and Xiao Qi when they are together."
"Really." Zhang Tianzhao was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "People with regular and beautiful facial features always look similar."
"Zhang Tianzhao, what does the person you describe as "upright and beautiful" look like?" Ji Nancheng's movements and expression when touching his face were quite narcissistic, "Before I saw you, I always thought that I was the most handsome person in the world. Although you are not bad, at most you are no better than me."
"Do you have a photo of Bai Zhi? Take it out and shame him to death." Hai Fengqiu sneered.
"It's true. Wouldn't it be too inhumane to kill him instantly?" Bai Zhi said, already taking out an electronic photo album in her hand. She really doesn't recognize people by their looks. It wasn't for Haifengqiu to remind her that she really didn't realize that Xiaoshan looked like Xiaoqi. It was most intuitive to compare them with photos.
The first photo is a group photo of four children on the rockery pavilion. The youngest boy's eyebrows are very similar to Xiao Shan's, except that one has a round face and the other has a pointed face.
Xiaoshan exclaimed: "In my photo, I lost weight."
Haifengqiu's fingertips traced across the faces of the two little girls who looked exactly the same, pointed at the one with a cold expression accurately, and said, "Is this Bai Zhi when she was a child?"
"It's me." Bai Zhi touched Xiao Shan's head and pointed to Xiao Qi, "This brother Xiao Qi is my younger brother. He looks really similar to you."
"Can I see the back?" Zhang Tianzhao asked Bai Zhi for her opinion.
"Let's see. Let Xiaoshan see the grown-up Xiaoqi." Bai Zhi's smile was very soft.
In the second photo, the delicate and beautiful girl Bai Wei wears her hair in a long dress and rides on a red pony. Bai Zhi is holding the reins in riding clothes. The two sisters look back at the camera and smile at the same time. Bai Wei is gentle and charming, and Bai Zhi is His eyes are bright and firm, and his appearance is heroic.
Next is a single photo captured. The little girl Bai Zhi’s long hair is tied into a ponytail, holding a foil between her hands and holding a trophy. She tilts her head slightly and lifts her mask, showing a wanton and proud smile to the camera.
Zhang Tianzhao quickly turned over this photo. The third shot looked from top to bottom. On a steep cliff, Xiao Qi was hanging at the bottom crying. Bai Zhi was holding the rope in mid-air, reaching out to catch him.
"At this time, Brother Gu is still in the mood to take photos." Zhang Tianzhao looked back at Bai Zhi, "How old are you then?"
"About eleven or twelve years old." Bai Zhi smiled, "Actually, that mountain is easy to climb. Xiaoqi was not in good health when he was a child, so it was the first time for him to climb a mountain with us."
"Where's Bai Wei?" Haifengqiu asked.
"She doesn't play with us." Bai Zhi sighed, "Grandpa has no requirements for her."
The fourth photo records the moment when Bai Zhi threw Gu Tianbai to the ground. At the moment when she was about to win, Bai Zhi's reserved and proud smile was very charming. The proud and happy smile on Gu Tianbai's face, which was on his back and about to fall, attracted even more attention.
"This picture was taken by Xiao Qi." Bai Zhi smiled proudly, "The two of them like to undermine each other."
"Third brother is asking you. He must be eighteen, at least 1.85 meters. Are you thirteen or four? Can you really throw him?" Hai Fengqiu analyzed Gu Tianbai's posture, "This posture, I can attack you with at least five methods and knock you down before you hit the ground."
"Save some face for me in front of Xiao Shan." Bai Zhi touched Xiao Shan's head and said, "Brother Xiao Qi is still behind me. Turn over quickly."
The next dozen or so pictures are all group photos of four or more siblings, and some of them include Fei Ying. Xiao Shan will be very excited when he sees Xiao Qi. In terms of appearance alone, Xiao Qi is indeed better born than Ji Nancheng. Ji Nancheng repeatedly looked through several photos of Xiaoqi when he grew up, and returned the photo album to Bai Zhi rather unhappily, asking: "Are your brothers like us?"
"Yes." Bai Zhi smiled and put away the photo album.
"Brother?" Ji Nancheng's eyes were a little strange.
"Cousins." Bai Zhi stood up and went to the brazier to help prepare the belated dinner. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Ji Nancheng and Zhang Tianzhao teasing Xiao Shan, he took out the grilled lamb chops and hot rice dishes from her backpack. This dinner was probably the most satisfactory in terms of quantity and quality that Ji Nancheng had eaten since the end of the world. Although it was a bit strange for Bai Zhi to sit aside drinking water and accompanying her, the three of them were enjoying the snacks very cheerfully.
Xiaoshan, who was full of food and drink, didn't need adults to mention it, so he just got into his sleeping bag. Bai Zhi went over to look after him, but didn't move for a long time. Zhang Tianzhao went over and took a look. She also fell asleep. He moved the Angelica dahurica into his sleeping bag and returned to continue drinking tea and reading.
Hai Fengqiu took out the bottle of medicine given to him by Brother Hao and said, "Hao said that Angelica dahuricae can be taken if you are stressed. Nancheng, do you know what the harm is in eating this?"
Ji Nancheng unscrewed the bottle cap and smelled it, then put the cap back on the table and asked, "Are you sure your girl is asleep?"
"Sure. Tell the truth." Zhang Tianzhao took the medicine bottle over, poured out a capsule, took out a piece of white paper, opened it and poured out the pills.
"After eating, you will be quiet and obedient. Even if you are stupid, you can't tell the difference between east, west and north, and your reaction will be slower." Ji Nancheng glanced at the two of them, "How many times has she lost control?"
"Once." Hai Fengqiu's face looked very ugly.
"Don't give it to her if you can." Ji Nancheng noticed that Zhang Tianzhao's face was livid, "Have you given it to her?"
"Someone gave her something similar." Zhang Tianzhao fired a fireball and burned the pill bottle and the capsule on the paper. "What will happen if she eats this?"
Ji Nancheng sneered, "It is said that as long as we have stabilizers, we can theoretically live at least three hundred years. There is no difference between them living a few more years or a few years less. Let her go. I have more important things to talk to you. You have been dragging your feet until now, do you not want to go in at all?"
"The friend we were waiting for missed our appointment. I always feel like something is wrong. Don't you want to go in?" Haifengqiu asked.
"I really don't want to go in, but it's time for me to take stabilizers soon." Ji Nancheng sighed, "You two have supplies in space. If you still have stabilizers in stock, find an opportunity to run away with Niu. First Let’s live a free life for a few years.”
Zhang Tianzhao took a step closer and said, "Let me check you out." Ji Nancheng trusted his face and asked him to roll his face. He carefully looked at both of Ji Nancheng's eyes before saying, "At most I can still last two months. Do you deliberately delay taking medicine for a few days every time? In fact, the effect is not as good as halving it."
"Having it in half hurts too much. My companion is an ordinary person and can't control me." Ji Nancheng stood up angrily, his face flushed, "I seem to be more and more dependent on the stabilizer every time."
Haifengqiu took out a bottle of water, added a little bit to his tea cup, handed the cup to him, "Drink it."
Ji Nancheng drank the water in the cup and asked, "What is this?"
"Something that can replace stabilizers. The side effects should be smaller than stabilizers. How do you feel now?" Haifengqiu asked.
"Much better. It should last half a year." Ji Nancheng let out a long sigh of relief.
"Take it!" Hai Fengqiu gave him the whole bottle of water, "It's also useful when you're injured, no more than ten milliliters at a time."
Ji Nancheng hesitated for a moment, then solemnly took the water bottle and thanked him, saying, "I still have a friend. It's okay to give him half. I won't tell him the source."
"No problem." Hai Fengqiu nodded to him, "In return, tell us what they plan to do to Xiao Shan?"
"Even if you pack him up and kidnap him, he won't be able to escape once he enters the laboratory." Ji Nancheng sneered, "It seems like it's easy for your girls to coax children, and they plan to take advantage of this."
"Gee, every time Bai Zhi coaxes a child like this, she has to bite her again and again..." Haifengqiu stood up suddenly after saying this, "Zhang Tianzhao, did you check her just now?"
"Uncle, do you have to bite me?" Xiaoshan got up from his sleeping bag and said in an innocent and cheerful tone that made the three of them stand on end, "I've wanted to bite him for a long time."
"Don't!" Zhang Tianzhao, who was closest to them, rushed to stop him. Xiaoshan sat still, bared his fangs, and smiled at Zhang Tianzhao, "Just kidding."
Zhang Tianzhao stood up. Haifengqiu's face was covered with sweat. Ji Nancheng slapped the table and laughed, saying, "This little guy is a thief. Did you hear what we just said?"
"I heard it." Xiao Shan retracted his sleeping bag, "This is not the first time someone has tried to catch me."
Zhang Tianzhao got up, sat down next to Xiao Shan, and zipped him up, "Actually, we are the same. It's just that we were born twenty years earlier than you, so there are a few differences. Sleep peacefully, in two days, there will be someone who is exactly the same as you. His comrade comes to pick you up, and if you follow him, they won’t be able to catch you.”
"I know." Xiaoshan turned over and pressed against Bai Zhi's sleeping bag. "My sister told me when she was asleep: Don't be afraid. I won't bite her."
Zhang Tianzhao rubbed his hair hard, "Little guy! You really scared me. There's something wrong with her body, don't bite her, you know?"
Xiaoshan nodded firmly: "I will not bite, nor will I let others bite." This time he received a strong guarantee and soon fell asleep.
When Zhang Tianzhao wiped away his cold sweat and came back, Hai Fengqiu thoughtfully gave him a cup of hot tea.
"Is it useless for her to drink that water?" Ji Nancheng asked strangely.
"It's useless. Are you still planning to go in now?" Zhang Tianzhao asked him.
"I won't go. I will go find my friends after I leave the shelter. What about you?"
"Walking around. We have to wait for an old friend. Then we decide where to go." Haifengqiu showed a sinister smile.
Old friends mentioned with this expression and tone are 100% enemies. Ji Nancheng nodded and said, "We are all hanging around here, so we can always meet each other. If anything happens, please talk to me."
Brother Hao knocked on the door and asked Hai Fengqiu how much drinking water he had brought. Haifengqiu gave him three half-man tall buckets filled with clean water. Relying on these three large buckets of water and the supplies each person brought, hundreds of people spent two nights and one day safely in the shelter. When the second day came, the rumble of shelling could be heard through several iron gates. . Two hours later, the iron door was opened from the outside. The visitor briefly chatted with the two team leaders, and Brother Hao asked Hai Fengqiu and the others to go out first.
Bai Zhi, who was holding Xiaoshan's hand, came out of the small room. Most people stayed away. Bai Zhi and Xiao Shan quickly followed Zhang Tianzhao. Hai Fengqiu was the first to take out their off-road vehicle. When one by one went out to pick up the car, a circle of people at the door looked at Hai Fengqiu, their eyes turning green.
The entire hill was littered with the severed limbs of zombies, and the stench was overwhelming. There were sporadic explosions, and teams of five to ten people in each group were cleaning up small groups of zombies and mutated zombies that were still alive in the wasteland at the foot of the mountain. After getting into the car on the hill, I huddled in the back seat and didn't dare to move. Bai Zhi hugged him gently and said nothing. The hill was still too small, and he couldn't tell which side was his kind. He shouldn't be allowed to see the corpses outside, whether zombies or humans.
Before the convoy set off, Ji Nancheng got into their car again and said cheerfully: "They were afraid that you would run away, so they asked me to monitor you."
"The Shangfang Sword of Stabilizer is so useful." Haifengqiu slowly followed the car in front of him on the road, looking back at the mountains of corpses and sea of blood in the wasteland, "Aren't they going to deal with these corpses?"
"Use less fuel." Ji Nancheng covered his nose and looked back. He was frightened by Bai Zhi who was calm and ignoring the external environment. He couldn't help but ask her: "Aren't you scared?"
Bai Zhi shook her head and carefully observed the scattered corpses on both sides of the road. Most of the corpses were wearing autumn clothes and belonged to the group that mutated first. Zhang Tianzhao put on his gloves, jumped out of the car several times, searched the pockets of the fully clothed zombies, and brought back two wallets and a work permit. The unit address on the work permit is Jinguancheng. The ID card in one wallet was also Jinguancheng, and the other wallet contained several shopping receipts from a supermarket in Wucheng.
"He's from Shu. He's traveled quite far." Zhang Tianzhao put the things in a big bag, stretched them out the car window, burned them to ashes and threw them away, then carefully closed the car door.
"We are still within the range of artillery fire. We have to drive forward for at least ten minutes." Hai Fengqiu looked at the leading cars in front, "Jin Nancheng, are you familiar with the road here?"
"Familiar. What are you going to do?" Ji Nancheng frowned, "There will be no side roads in the two-hour drive."
"Overtaking!" Hai Fengqiu stepped on the accelerator, jumped diagonally from the convoy into the wasteland, and climbed in a straight line.
"If your cell phone and walkie-talkie were working, you would be scolded by the leader now." Ji Nancheng looked at the cars behind them happily. The few cars hesitated for a long time, but they still followed the car in front of them and did not follow them. Instead, an off-road vehicle followed a dozen or so cars and drove down the road. However, after driving a few hundred meters, the car got stuck in a sand pit. , unable to advance or retreat.
Hai Fengqiu drove the off-road vehicle over the hills and uphill as if walking on flat ground, and got on the road ahead of the leading car. Hai Fengqiu stepped on the accelerator, leaving behind a cloud of white smoke and a cloud of yellow sand, and the first car was running very fast.
"Do we think we're running away like this?" Ji Nancheng looked at a string of black dots in the distance and said with a smile, "Or are you too impatient and leaving first?"
"The general direction must be correct." Haifengqiu did not slow down even when turning. "There is a fork in the road ahead. Please give me directions."
"The upper left is entering southern Xinjiang, the lower left is entering Tibet." Ji Nancheng said: "The large troops behind are going to southern Xinjiang. How do you go?"
"Nanjiang. What about you?"
"Same." Ji Nancheng said: "The general direction must be correct. Comrades who occasionally wander off and get lost are all good comrades."
Haifengqiu turned into the upper left fork in the road. After driving for two hours, Ji Nancheng asked to get off at a fork in the road. Haifengqiu stepped aside and put him down. He took out his motorcycle from the space, waved to Haifengqiu, and walked along the side road. Haifengqiu also left the main road at the next fork in the road, walked for another hour, found a sheltered valley to park, and waited for Qi Haoyu.
After waiting for a whole week, Qi Haoyu found this place. He took in eight younger brothers along the way. The tallest one was 1.7 meters tall, and the youngest one was still five years old. Plus Xiaoshan, he just made up a group of ten people. Ten little guys, tall and short, ate a container of canned meat, and also took away Bai Zhi's nine-space pocket.
Hai Fengqiu asked Qi Haoyu what was going on with the large number of zombies. Qi Haoyu thought for a long time before saying, "There are delicious food over there that can make them evolve. But it's very dangerous. We won't go."
"Do you want to evolve?" Bai Zhi asked him.
"No." Qi Haoyu shook his head: "The one in the sky is better than that. I have enough." He pointed at the younger brothers, "As long as I am here, they will have it. Sister, I am going back. There are only brother Yue and Brother Yue in the base. Third brother and seventh brother, I’m not worried.”
"Be safe on the road. Also, Xiaoshan said that someone wanted to catch him more than once. You have to be careful." Bai Zhi looked up at Qi Haoyu, who was two heads taller than her. "He grows up too fast."
Qi Haoyu lifted Bai Zhi up and said, "Sister has always been this high in my heart." The children burst into laughter.
Bai Zhi, who finally landed, couldn't laugh or cry, and repeatedly told Qi Haoyu to pay attention to safety. Qi Haoyu reluctantly left with his nine younger brothers. The older ones carried the younger ones, and they walked very fast, not much slower than driving.
Hai Fengqiu folded his arms and watched as the group of young men, who were actually five or six years old, turned into black dots. He said, "What a tragedy. In the blink of an eye, we all became short."
"They will be smarter, stronger, freer, and more..." Zhang Tianzhao thought for a while and said, "More capable."
Bai Zhi revised the note and told Yue Dongting about Qi Haoyu bringing back nine younger brothers, so that Yue Dongting could be mentally prepared. When she was about to turn off the panel, she found that Lin Yunlai's note, which had remained unchanged, had changed and turned into a series of numbers.
"Senior brother, look at the notes." Bai Zhi called softly.
After Zhang Tianzhao opened the panel and copied the string of numbers, Lin Yunlai's note was changed to another string of numbers.
"Report the coordinates?" Bai Zhi frowned, "Did something happen to him?"
