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Shi Qin racked his brains to reply, when Cheng Yu suddenly said softly, “I was in a bad mood last night, and my tone was heavy, sorry.”
Shi Qin was taken aback, he coughed, “I… mean it well.”
“Well, but I still don’t like…”
Before Cheng Yu finished speaking, Yin Changlin came back.
“Deputy head! Why are you here, do you have anything to explain?”
“It’s nothing, I just came to remind him not to get into trouble suddenly like in the morning.” Cheng Yu stood up straight and was about to go back to his car.
Shi Qin rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: “I didn’t have any problems this morning. I was just too vigilant, isn’t it Brother Yin?”
Yin Changlin thought that Cheng Yu was concerned about the accident in the morning, so he quickly explained: “Yes, yes, he found a foreign object at that time and thought it was a zombie, so he didn’t move suddenly. He wasn’t making trouble.”
This topic quickly caught Cheng Yu’s attention, “Foreign object?”
Yin Changlin immediately described it exaggeratedly, “Deputy head, you didn’t see it, don’t mention how disgusting it was, I have seen dead animals, but I have never seen such a miserable death, I feel like throwing up now even thinking about it, I don’t know what kind of beast or the zombie did it….”
Shi Qin secretly glanced at Cheng Yu, and saw that his brows were getting deeper and deeper.
“There were no zombies around, did you smell blood?” Cheng Yu asked suddenly.
Yin Changlin was puzzled for a moment and said, “It seems like I didn’t see any blood… Eh, it’s strange…”
Cheng Yu’s expression changed slightly, and he made a fool of himself before leaving in silence.
Instead of looking for Guo Yi, he returned to his car alone. Shi Qin didn’t expect any violent reaction from him, after all, they had seen more exaggerated things in the last days.
Before Shi Qin told Cheng Yu to guard against Guo Yi, Cheng Yu didn’t listen at all. After all, he was an outsider, and they were good brothers. So Shi Qin chose to make Cheng Yu think for himself by using such a roundabout method. His good brother is not as harmless as he imagined.
He also didn’t not expect to be able to reverse Guo Yi’s position in Cheng Yu’s heart all at once, as he had a solid foundation in his heart.
Soon, the car started again.
Conversations came from the walkie-talkie from time to time. Shi Qin was already asleep, but was suddenly awakened by the noise.
“What? We won’t stay in the hotel we found before? Are you sure that the place to stay tonight is the supermarket?” The supermarket is where they stayed for the first night when they came out to perform the mission. It was marked as a safe place by the people of the Mission Corps.
According to the original plan, during the five-day mission period, the last night will be spent there.
But now they have postponed it by one day as a whole, the number of people has doubled, and the driving speed has slowed down relatively. It stands to reason that it should be the safest to spend the night in the hotel in comparison to the supermarket.
There are obstacles in the city, with zombies roaming around, it is impossible to rush to the supermarket so quickly.
“Hey, Cheng Yu, I know you want to complete the task, but you really can’t make it in time. Forget it…” Captain Jiang said.
“I think it’s better to focus on safety, young man, don’t be so eager for quick success.” Dr. Tang’s voice also came from the walkie-talkie.
Cheng Yu: “It’s in time, I expect to arrive around seven o’clock in the evening.”
Kang Peng became irritable and said sarcastically: “The deputy head said we could arrive on time, so we should rush as hard as we could. We were already in a hurry, so we didn’t even ask when he made a decision last night, and the deputy head said we could go back on time, I didn’t even bother to laugh. Yes, but I am willing to travel at night for the completion of tasks to eat, I don’t want to starve to death.”
The successful completion of the task determines the materials and accumulated achievements of their team members. In an era of scarcity of supplies, they could only exchange their lives for things.
Yin Changlin couldn’t help but say: “Isn’t this journey going smoothly? Maybe it can…”
“Oh, is it going well? We will enter the urban area later. If we can’t meet a zombie, it will be really smooth.”
“Guo Yi and I have already made arrangements.” Cheng Yu said.
“Didn’t I explain to you why we explored the city before? Kang Peng, just be obedient without using your brain, and don’t always question others.” Guo Yi said impatiently.
On the walkie-talkie, Kang Peng was panting heavily.
“Come on, these two people who went out on a mission for the first time kept talking big, and they were quite confident, captain, maybe you also believe that you can go back on time after this. Our mission will be dragged to death this time. “
“Kang Peng, stop talking and watch the road.”
Captain Jiang thinks that Kang Peng is blind, and he hasn’t figured it out until now. It doesn’t matter whether he returns on time or not. Who told them to pick up Shi Qin? Now that the scientific officer has recognized his importance, what are they doing now? They are all right because they have done great work. And now that the scientific officer is in the car, there is nothing to argue about.
“Yes, yes, anyway, who cares what happens to us little people.” Kang Peng mocked.
Bai Xiao felt a little guilty when she heard the words from the walkie-talkie, “After we go back, we will make up the application for the experiment. Even if you don’t go back on time, you won’t be judged to have failed the mission.”
When Kang Peng heard what the administrator’s daughter said, he calmed down. He had achieved his goal, but he still said unforgivingly, “Anyway, I want to see if the big words that the deputy head uttered today can be realized.”
How could it be possible? Captain Jiang actually knew it well. Before they went out to investigate, they were just looking for a road with fewer zombies, that is less likely to be ambushed and attacked, and with less obstacles in the distance. But as soon as their convoy appeared, it would be a buffet for the zombies. No matter how deviated the road is, zombies will gather quickly, making the driving speed slower.
No matter how fast and smooth it is, according to past experience, it is impossible to leave the city and rush to the supermarket at the gas station before 7:00.
In fact, Captain Jiang was not the only one who thought so. After hearing the conversation, other members of the Academy of Sciences were dissatisfied with Cheng Yu’s decision and did not believe Cheng Yu’s so-called arrangement.
When they came here, they were led by the best team, and they claimed to be the fastest at that speed, and it took one day to cross the entire city, but now half a day has passed. If calculated, they would have to delay at least a full day before returning to the base, but Cheng Yu said they will arrive on time according to the original plan, how could it be possible.
Everyone felt that it was very insecure to be protected by such a stubborn person.
Everyone in the car whispered, and people in different cars from Cheng Yu began to sneer. From his background and age, they felt that Cheng Yu might just be a person with strong limbs and a simple mind, unlike researchers like them who are so smart, and can think clearly about things.
Why would the base send such young and inexperienced people to pick them up? It’s too unreliable.
If Cheng Yu sticks to his own opinions, he will definitely cause them to go out at night. If they are still in the city at night, wouldn’t it be dangerous to be surrounded by zombies?
If you are late, you will be late. Why do you have to puff up your face and pretend to be fat? Didn’t Bai Xiao say she will help them? He dares to lie about something that can directly hit him in the face later, simply making fun of the precious lives of their members of the Academy of Sciences.
Later, Dr. Tang insisted on not rushing at night on the road. They didn’t want to be dragged into trouble by stupid people.
Amidst the unease, the car got off the highway and came to the city very quickly.
It was already three o’clock in the afternoon.
It stands to reason that they should stop at the hotel. If they leave directly, they will definitely not be able to leave the city before dark. A group of them will be trapped at the other end of the city and they will need to find a safe high ground again. It will be another terrible adventure.
Just when everyone thought that there would be a message to stop here from the intercom, suddenly there was a loud noise from the east and west ends of the entire city.
The sound waves hit, shaking the moving cars.
Before everyone could react, they saw that the zombies on the side of the road who had been chasing their convoy stopped, and then rushed towards the direction of the sound.
The entire convoy is driving in the opposite direction of the zombies.
Soon there was not a single zombie on the road.
Because there were no zombies occasionally jumping out to block the car, their speed was almost doubled.
“Go ahead.” Cheng Yu’s steady voice came from the walkie-talkie. With his attitude of absolute command, everyone’s doubts were suppressed.
Soon, they passed the hotel where they stayed before.
Before the end of the world, it only took three hours to leave this city.
But after the end of the world, with collapsed buildings, zombies blocking the road, and bombed roads hinder the progress of the convoy, so no matter which time it passes through the city, it will take at least one day.
But this time, under the leadership of Cheng Yu, they circled the road and left the city in only three hours without being stopped by any zombies amidst constant doubts.
When the huge gray buildings in the city gradually moved away from people’s sight, everyone was shocked and exclaimed how did they come out?
At seven o’clock in the evening, Cheng Yu fulfilled his promise, and as night fell, they arrived at their destination, the gas station at the supermarket.
“Cheng Yu, what have you done?” Captain Jiang looked at the supermarket gate in a daze. He originally wanted to shirk responsibility and let Cheng Yu command him, but he did not expect that he would create a miracle.
All the people were as quiet as a chicken, and under Cheng Yu and Guo Yi’s explanation, everyone’s faces were ugly.
It turned out that in order to ensure the safety of the escorts, Cheng Yu spent time preparing in advance, sacrificing the time ahead, and speeding up the time behind, because he knew that the more people he brought, the easier it would be to attract the zombies in the city, and the less safe it was.
So he and Guo Yi surveyed the road conditions in advance to find the fastest way back. Sometimes the straight-line distance does not mean the fastest. Afterwards, corpse pits for wild animals were arranged in low-lying places at both ends of the city, and remote-controlled bombs were placed in them, using the sound of the explosion and the bloody smell after the corpses were blown out to lure away the zombies in the city. When the zombies slid down the low-lying place and found that they were cheated, they wouldn’t be able to climb up again so fast.
These two measures make the next journey as safe and unimpeded as before the end of the world.
This is the method that Cheng Yu and Guo Yi discussed at the training base, but other members of the corps felt that it was a waste of time and unnecessary. They mocked them for taking the life of the task target too seriously. How about increasing your own risk factor to plan ahead? There will be no rewards, so let’s stick to the old way. Taking ten thousand steps back, if everyone encounters an accident together, they can still use the lives of those task targets to resist for a while. In the last days, being alive is more important than anything else.
Therefore, it can be said that as the protected mission objects, they enjoyed the safest section of the road, but unfortunately they did not believe what Cheng Yu said before.
Cheng Yu also knows that no matter how many explanations there are, the methods that no one has used before will be questioned, and it is not as realistic as putting them in practice.
After witnessing all the process with their own eyes, and listening to Cheng Yu’s explanation, everyone was shocked speechless.
“Oh, I did so much just to kneel and lick the boots of the people of the Academy of Sciences, and risk the lives of our corps people.” Kang Peng mocked in a low voice while slamming the car door.
Huo Zixuan just passed by, and sneered, “I guess it’s just to bother you to say such things, so the deputy head didn’t pull you out to set up a trap at that time.”
Kang Peng was silent for a moment, yes, they were not allowed to take risks, and it also increased the safety of their return journey.
If it hadn’t been delayed by Shi Qin’s affairs, maybe they could go back one day earlier, and everyone would be amazed at the speed of their small team, and the evaluation of the whole team would be much higher.
Captain Jiang couldn’t help feeling overwhelmed when he thought of this, how safe would it be if someone like Cheng Yu could stay in their team all the time.
Dr. Tang, who didn’t believe in Cheng Yu before, couldn’t help admiring it, but the two researchers who were the most noisy along the way felt uncomfortable and couldn’t help being sour. They felt that since they could leave the city safely, they could rest in the city for a night. It’s okay if they don’t hurry.
The older researcher has been in the car for a day, what if he gets tired and sick when he goes back, what should he do if the progress of the research is delayed. It’s safer to be a day later, it can’t be wrong.
But soon, their own Bai Xiao denied their ideas.
“It’s still to ensure our safety.” Bai Xiao happened to walk over from the car behind, and patted the shoulders of the two researchers to ease the atmosphere. She raised her head and looked at Cheng Yu who was standing beside the car in front, and said with emotion: “Don’t forget Now, why our experiment was asked to end early.”
In fact, their experimental project will take some time, but the base has detected a wave of zombies going south, just passing by the city where they are located, so they urgently withdrew the out-of-base members who may run into the wave of zombies.
Arriving at this supermarket basically deviated them from the trajectory of the zombie tide.
“Because of the inconvenient communication, we don’t know where the zombie wave is? What if they accelerate faster than we expected? There are already many zombies in the city, and the zombie wave that may appear at any time… also, that is to say, one day later is not safer but more dangerous, and there is a little…”
Bai Xiao pointed to the top of the supermarket, where there was an antenna device.
“The communication between the laboratory and the base is connected at a fixed time. If there is trouble, there won’t be a rescue at all. However, the supermarket has established a small signal source, which can contact the base in real time. Real-time information is the most important thing for people on the road and the most needed thing. All of this… was taken into consideration when Cheng Yu made his decision. It’s really… really amazing.”
Bai Xiao is very smart, and she understands Cheng Yu well enough, and when she explained it softly, everyone was astonished to the point of shame.
Cheng Yu, who was not far away, nodded towards Bai Xiao to express his gratitude when he heard it. He didn’t have the patience to explain so much, but it was good that Bai Xiao helped him. What he needs is not the gratitude and admiration of everyone, he only needs the cooperation of his task target, so that everyone can go back alive together. This is his mission, and the mission must be accomplished. It can be said that Cheng Yu is one of the few members of the corps who still has the spirit of the former army.
Bai Xiao’s cheeks blushed involuntarily, only the car lights illuminated the surroundings at night, Cheng Yu’s tall and straight figure stood in front of the off-road vehicle, and under the shadow of the car lights, he looked even taller and handsome, Bai Xiao seemed to hear her own heartbeat, Boom boom boom.
When Shi Qin heard everything in the car, he was dumbfounded. Although he knew that Cheng Yu must have his own way, it was described in the original text as miraculously leaving the city in the fastest time.
However, Shi Qin did not expect that Cheng Yu had already made all preparations to ensure the safety of those incapable of fighting on a large scale, while doing his best.
That’s all! Such a man can turn black at the end of the world. In the end, Shi Qin looked at Cheng Yu who led the people to the supermarket to ensure safety, his chest was really tight, he didn’t want Cheng Yu to end up like that.
It’s a pity that the gears of fate are still turning. Cheng Yu frowned as he walked out of the supermarket, he said to Captain Jiang and Dr. Tang: “There… there are homeless people inside. Someone needs to follow us in to check whether it is safe.”
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