Seeing the two children busy, Mother Xu didn’t say much. As for the empty pickup truck outside… she naturally knew.
Now, since the truck was empty, it proved that perhaps there was nothing much inside before the arrival of the migratory birds. Thinking about it, even though people were watching the inside of the car, some dared to openly come and rob. What about the vacant land that had been unoccupied for so long? It was normal for it to be emptied.
Taking the twins to the side to draw and write, Mother Xu glanced at the large pit outside. Humph! Did those soldiers just want them to pay for filling the pit? Dream on! The entire base was about to be rebuilt, and they still needed to fill your pit? Not to mention, attempting robbery in broad daylight, they hadn’t even demanded compensation for mental distress yet.
Not mentioning Mother Xu reminiscing about the incident with a snort, after Xu Song finished his investigation, he took out some paper and drew the internal layout of the house he had just detected. When he finished drawing, Yue Zheng also finished his detection.
Rubbing his temples with some headache, Yue Zheng looked at the several floor plans that Xu Song had just drawn, along with the markings indicating the positions of the people.
“We can’t move for now.”
“Huh?” Xu Song had drawn down to the basement, marking out the things he had detected and guessed their purposes one by one. He didn’t come back to his senses after hearing Yue Zheng’s words.
Mother Xu sneered on the side, “Must be some official’s kids, right?”
Yue Zheng nodded, “All second or third generations, boasting together.”
How could you describe this situation? A group of twenty-something young people. Before the apocalypse, they were probably still showing off and wooing girls in university. Now, suddenly, the apocalypse happened, relying on their families having power, soldiers, and influence, they joined the base together and stayed in Zone A.
They had seen ability users, but only seen, nothing more. As for mutated animals and plants outside, they had seen them too, but only on the dining table.
Due to strict supervision in Zone A and parents cherishing their children, these spoiled kids almost went crazy staying in Zone A. In addition to some entertainment venues within Zone A, they had almost driven themselves mad. Of course, upon discovering the superpower capsules, they were among the first beneficiaries.
However, whether there would be any reaction after taking it, what kind of ability they would develop, and whether it would be powerful—things weren’t as beautiful as they had hoped.
Now, it was rare to find something to attract their attention, so they immediately became interested. Through various channels, they obtained equipment and even personally geared up—these kids weren’t fools. After checking the information, they learned that Team 0246 only had two young adult men with ability user abilities. The remaining people in the car were children and women. As long as they could deal with those mutated animals, they would be able to dominate.
When they got their hands on some supplies, they could run out to be heroes and live a thriving life outside the base with beautiful women. Who could prove that the items they took were stolen? There was no evidence, and there were many things that looked alike in the world.
Yue Zheng, after hearing a brief summary, understood what was going on. However, while those people could recklessly provoke others, they couldn’t just go and kill them at night. After all, a conflict had just occurred during the day. If they had an accident on the same night, even a fool would know that it was caused by them.
“What kind of people are they?” Xu Song was also unhappy, but he knew that, for now, they were still in the base, especially in Zone A, and they couldn’t directly confront others.
However, it must be said that after the arrival of the apocalypse, as people adapted to unrestrained life and straightforward battles, human temperaments became more straightforward. Not to mention Xu Song and the others, even inside the base, there had been a major bloody conflict due to this.
Yue Zheng picked up a pen and wrote down the results of his analysis on a blank sheet of paper. Xu Song silently memorized these situations.
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Xu Song wasn’t very familiar with these people inside the base, but having lived in the base for so long, he had heard of some of them, at least knowing that the current leader of the military was surnamed Sun, a trusted subordinate of Elder Wu. There was a young person surnamed Sun on the paper, probably a direct relative.
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Xu Song had the same idea. They weren’t afraid of trouble, but they were afraid that those people would ignorantly come over again. In case they accidentally killed them… well, then they would truly have to turn hostile.
Currently, they still needed to exchange weapons and various necessities from inside the base, so it wasn’t convenient to directly confront them.
“Let’s leave Zone A first.” Although it was chaotic outside, it was a survival of the fittest world. Just by having the sign of their B-grade team on the car, they could deter many people. Plus, with Abu leading two ostriches…
In the end, Yue Zheng made the final decision, as for those people… they didn’t need to deal with them urgently now.
That afternoon, Yue Zheng submitted a request to leave Zone A to the higher-ups.
The base was in chaos, and although sporadic migratory birds were passing by, their quantity was small, and they didn’t have the courage they had during the previous massive bird attack. It seemed even they knew the principle of bullying the weak and fearing the strong?
The confidential department received the application. Seeing that Elder Wu was too busy to handle this matter, they thought for a moment and then replied to them.
Driving the car, the group directly withdrew from Zone A and headed towards the designated area from the morning. Since they were originally a registered team, they didn’t need additional procedures and could set up a temporary camp in the East Zone.
The huge fleet arrived, making the people who had come early to occupy the place look straight. However, until now, there was only one B-grade team in the entire base, making them hesitant. Although they coveted the two huge container trucks and the RV at the front, under the watchful eyes of the three mutated animals, no one dared to cause trouble.
The incident in the air-raid shelter with those blood-like holes was now known by everyone in the base. Although many ability users had died because of surprise attacks by ordinary people, the power of ability users was unquestionable.
Not to mention, the people in this area of the East Zone were all members of various teams, and they were quite sensible. No one would be so bold as to rush over in broad daylight to cause trouble.
As for the night… it depended on their abilities. Whoever had the ability to swallow the resources of this B-grade team wouldn’t be criticized. Now it was a world of survival of the fittest, and these teams, which had always lived on the edge, naturally understood the rules very well.
After parking the cars, the three vehicles and three animals occupied a large area.
Mother Xu had already prepared the meal to avoid trouble, all prepared in advance, and now she just needed to heat it up over the fire.
“How long are we going to stay in the base?” After the cars came out, Xu Song finally relaxed. Although there were more people outside and more unpredictable minds, they were more comfortable and adapted to this environment.
“Wait until the base is built, and after our temporary residence is determined, then we’ll go out.” Elder Wu promised that even if the base was rebuilt, he would allocate the place promised to them before.
“Okay.” Xu Song responded and rested his chin on the handle of the sofa.
“Do you want to go over there?” Yue Zheng touched his hair and comforted, “If you really don’t want to stay inside, we can go out.”
After all, the bird tide had passed, and with their current lifestyle, there wasn’t much of a difference between inside and outside. As for this place… even if they came back each time, they couldn’t stay inside the base for more than two days.
Xu Song sighed and shook his head. “Forget it, let’s wait for another two days. Also…” Speaking of this, he glanced towards the north and gave a hateful glare—his mother’s anger had not subsided.
Yue Zheng chuckled, hugged his shoulders, and pulled him into his embrace. Since Xu Song was upset, they might as well bring back some trouble. But they had to wait for another two days.
After organizing their things a bit—after changing the salt, they hadn’t had time to pack up yet, and they had to prepare for the bird attack.
When they returned to the RV after packing, they unexpectedly found that more people were gathering outside. Those who had entered the ruins to search for things had gradually returned. Although many people had died in the air-raid shelter, turning many things into ownerless items, more often than not, when people entered the air-raid shelter, they brought the most valuable things with them.
For those who had died, their things were either soaked in blood and left in the air-raid shelter, or some things that were still usable had been taken away by the quick hands of people in the air-raid shelter. Now the buildings were empty, and even if there were some things, they weren’t enough for everyone to snatch from each other.
Pulling the curtains closed, Xu Song secretly peeked outside through the gap. He couldn’t be blamed for being so cautious; after all, many people were openly or secretly eyeing the RV.
Fortunately, with the three beasts guarding, no one dared to approach.
While looking, he suddenly found two young people leaning against a wall not far away. From their luggage at their feet and the marked area around them, they should be guarding here, and their companions should be out searching for supplies. However, one of the seventeen or eighteen-year-old youths looked very familiar.
“Brother Yue, look at that person, isn’t he the one we met at the S City base? The one with the healing ability who followed Fu Rong?” Xu Song pointed over there. “I remember his name is He Nian.”
Yue Zheng looked at the two young people sitting against the wall outside and then looked at Xu Song, who was surprised. He raised his hand, pressed down his hair, and rubbed it vigorously. “Do you think I can remember these things like you?”
Xu Song was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips, chuckled, and turned his head in another direction.
“That person was with Wang An and the others yesterday,” Yue Zheng said, looking at the other person. “I haven’t seen the other person before…” Just as he finished speaking, Yue Zheng suddenly frowned and wrinkled his eyebrows. “That person, take a look.”
“Uh?” Xu Song looked at the person mentioned, and after sensing over, he also froze for a moment. “Tiancheng, come here and take a look at that person.”
Tiancheng, who was drawing on the coffee table, raised his head and ran over.
“Um… he looks a bit like Xiao Shu but not quite.” Tiancheng also joined in, and Tianyou also came over, tilting his head. “Yeah… I can feel him, but he’s not quite like a human.”
Tiancheng and Tianyou could both sense him?
The two looked at each other, and a sense of doubt rose in their hearts. Someone who could be sensed by both Tiancheng and Tianyou… could it be a person whose plant and human bodies had completely fused together?
Seeing how that person was with He Nian, he should be with Luo Wen’an and the others.
“Do you want to go over and take a look?” Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng.
Yue Zheng shook his head slightly. “Let’s wait for them to come back.”
They were familiar with Luo Wen’an and Wang An, but they had only seen this person named He Nian twice and couldn’t consider him an acquaintance. It was better to wait for the others to return.
Tianyou raised his little head. “Is it Aunt Shishi and the others?”
Having heard Xu Song mention S City, the two little ones with good memories guessed whether it might be Luo Wen’an and the others.
“Yes, let’s wait for Aunt Shishi and the others to come back, and then we’ll go find them.” Xu Song rubbed the heads of the two little ones, and the two little guys happily jumped off the sofa, spinning around in the room. “Oh, oh, someone else to play with us again!”
Beside the sofa, as the twins jumped down and ran around, the potted plant shook slightly, and the leaves and branches shook, unable to bear it any longer. All the roots were pulled out of the soil, swaying and transforming back into a height of over a meter, running behind the twins.
“Do you have friends you know?” Mother Xu asked casually, her hands not stopping from sewing and mending things.
“Yeah, friends we traveled with from our hometown when we went to S City.”
“How about going over to see them later? Should I prepare some food?”
“Not necessary for now, we’ll see how it goes later.”
Not long after, Xu Song felt that someone had arrived by the side of the two people over there. He quickly pulled open the curtain and was surprised by the appearance of the few people outside…
Uh, they had seen Su Daji wearing women’s down jackets before, and his current clothes weren’t much better.
Three men, each with a thick beard, and if it weren’t for Xu Song’s exceptional memory, he might not have recognized them at first glance. At this moment, the three men had a strong mix-and-match style, and poor Luo Wen’an even wore a pair of women’s floral pants.
“Fortunately, it’s not summer; otherwise, they might have even put on skirts.” Xu Song suppressed a laugh and couldn’t help but comment.
“Mom, Xu Song and I will go over to check the situation.” Saying this, he instructed Tiancheng and Tianyou, “Stay well in the car, don’t run around, come down when we call you.”
The two little guys nodded repeatedly, obediently kneeling on the sofa, sneakily peeking outside through the gap in the curtains.
Can’t wait to know more about this reunion and the “plant person” … Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦮🦔🦗🐝
Hm, will Xiao Shu gain a new friend of the plant variety 😉?