Early in the morning, Xu Song, feeling exhausted and with aching back and legs, sat listlessly in the co-driver’s seat as Yue Zheng drove them into Zone A.
“If there’s anything, contact me anytime. I’ll come back as soon as possible. If there’s dirty or tiring work, let others do it. You can just supervise on the side,” Yue Zheng said, kissing his face repeatedly.
“If anyone dares to bother you, don’t be polite. Even if you can’t handle it at the moment, remember their faces, and I’ll take care of them when I return.” After saying this, he continued to kiss Xu Song’s eyebrows and eyelids.
Xu Song pushed him away with a black face, saying, “I’m not stupid! Do you think everyone likes men like you do?!”
Yue Zheng touched his hair, reluctantly sliding his fingers on his face.
“It’s time to go!” Others were ready on the side, waiting for him. Instead, he lingered on with this farewell.
After Yue Zheng drove away with the car, Xu Song felt a bit downhearted. Then he turned around and walked towards the location where the car was being modified.
As the client, even if the requests were strange, the modification staff wouldn’t question much. However, when all the things were unloaded from the ambulance, and the client suddenly asked for a halt, suppressing their curiosity, they had to temporarily stop. They would wait until the client finished drawing the new blueprint before resuming work. After all, it wasn’t their car, so what’s the rush?
On the other hand, the laboratory staff sent as teachers to teach others how to use the equipment expressed one after another—this job was too easy! It was so simple that they felt a bit guilty for earning their pay.
Xu Song only had the staff who could operate the brought back equipment practically do it once, demonstrating all the functions from start to finish. After they practically applied all the functions once, he let them go.
On the next day, he didn’t ask them to come back for further operation. Instead, in the afternoon, after obtaining permission from Elder Wu, Xu Song put on a white coat and wandered around each laboratory, and with each visit, a hard disk appeared in his pocket, filled with relevant data…
Although Yue Zheng and the others’ cooperative request was that they would handle the equipment themselves, and the base only needed to provide corresponding operational methods, practical operation knowledge, and experimental data in relevant subjects, Elder Wu couldn’t help but feel puzzled after receiving this information. Could this young man really learn these things just by wandering around?
Even Yue Zheng, when hearing the news, couldn’t help but wonder. He should genuinely want to learn these things and then go out for practical operation, right? Then, by randomly wandering around like this, could he really learn?
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On the third day of the car modification, it was temporarily suspended. Xu Song, holding a pile of hard disk data, drove his own small pickup truck and rushed back to the RV, starting to immerse himself in research and drawing.
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Colonel Lu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and waved his hand. “Fire elemental abilities, attack the flowers! Other ability users, attack the roots!”
A radiance of abilities flew by, bringing dazzling brilliance. They annihilated the strange flowers that sprawled across the path everyone had to take.
“How did you guys pass through here initially?” The flowers were too bizarre. Before blooming, the flower buds looked like ordinary leaves! But when someone passed by from the side, it would suddenly “open,” capable of biting off half of a person in one bite!
Yue Zheng also felt a bit lingering fear. He didn’t recognize the flower’s disguise just now and thought it was like the nearby giant leaves, not paying much attention to it. “We didn’t take this path. The other road is too narrow, and this car can’t pass through.”
“But the harvest this time is excellent. These instruments are exactly what the base lacks.” Dodging the danger, Colonel Lu’s expression relaxed, patting his shoulder with a smile. “Your reaction is really good.”
In fact, it was already late. If Xiao Song and the child were here, they would have been able to distinguish the differences between these species, and everyone could have taken precautions earlier.
Fortunately, the people on this trip were all highly skilled. Until now, there was no loss of manpower, only two people accidentally getting minor wounds on the way.
“The next stop is the last location. After finishing things there, we can quickly return.” The city area is too dangerous, and those who don’t want to die early should not easily enter. Here, plants and the remnants of buildings are mixed together, almost everywhere has predators, making it difficult to guard against. They could reach today mainly thanks to Yue Zheng’s excellent hearing; otherwise, who knows how many times they would have died.
Colonel Lu looked at the young man with determination beside him, feeling a bit emotional. No wonder they could easily come and go here, promise to complete the mission, and even dare to bring his team in to collect things. This time was much more dangerous than the mission where everyone came in to get those data.
When everyone finally found a relatively safe place to camp and rest, Yue Zheng opened his satellite communicator. After reading the message Xu Song sent him in the afternoon, he began to reply.
In the RV, Xu Song frowned, biting the end of the pen, thinking about how to arrange things most reasonably. Suddenly, he heard the communicator ringing, quickly picked it up, and hastily scanned the message. His eyes then curved up.
“What’s wrong? Is Yue Zheng okay?” Since Yue Zheng left the base for solo actions, Xu Song and Yue Zheng almost contacted each other every day at this time. Seeing the silly smile on her son’s face, Mother Xu asked casually while knitting a sweater—this was for Liu Shishi, a girl, how would she get through the winter? If her ability wasn’t constitution-based, she could at least take care of herself a bit…
“He’s fine. They got some equipment and weapons again today, which we can use.” Xu Song quickly replied.
Shortly afterward, the message from the other side came, and Mother Xu looked at her son who was getting sillier and sillier. She shook her head helplessly. Fortunately, this was the apocalypse; otherwise, compared to before the apocalypse, both the laws and public opinion in the country mostly held opposing views on homosexuality. At that time, their lives wouldn’t be as comfortable as they are now…
Fortunately, now it’s the apocalypse, as long as the children live happily.
After chatting for a long time with the messages, Xu Song suddenly remembered that he had to modify the design drawings again. However, instead of modifying…
Thinking of the two container trucks behind and the big truck now parked in Zone A, Xu Song’s eyes lit up. He quickly sent another message to Yue Zheng and received his approval not long after.
“This way is much simpler, isn’t it? All the equipment can be used, and there’s no need to feel heartbroken about abandoning anything!” Xu Song stretched, stood up, and stretched his joints.
“Is it done?”
“No, we have to wait for him to come back to continue modifying the vehicle. Tomorrow, I’ll go to the lab to work on the data. If they’re fast enough, they should be back in three days.”
Xu Song walked around the table excitedly. “Although it’s a bit regrettable to change the previous design, it might take a few more days to complete, but this design is more reasonable, and we can bring more things. Our original containers can also be put to good use.”
Mother Xu finished knitting one row, pulled out a stitch marker, and continued on the other end. “The villas in the residential area have all been built. We can go choose a house tomorrow afternoon. If you can’t come back by then, I’ll take the children to take a look.”
“Okay, be careful on your way. Should we leave Tiancheng and Tianyou behind to guard?” Xu Song suggested.
“Of course. Otherwise, wouldn’t our car be dismantled by others?” Mother Xu said, pondering, “How about leaving Tiancheng and Tianyou here? I’ll go with Liu Shishi and He Nian over there.” The two children are quite powerful, and with Abu and the Jade Bee at home, they can handle the majority of unforeseen circumstances.
“Sounds good. You take care of the arrangements. We won’t stay long at the base…” Xu Song was about to say something when he suddenly felt several people coming hastily toward the RV. Judging from their appearance, it should be Luo Wen’an and the others. But they had never come over so late before?
Opening the car door, he saw them entering the yard with a tense expression. Su Daji was still carrying Zhao Xin, who hadn’t fully recovered from his leg injury.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Xu Song looked at Su Daji with some surprise, seeing his tense expression.
Seeing Xu Song, Su Daji became even more nervous. Zhao Xin’s face on his back was paler than it was two days ago.
Luo Wen’an sighed and nodded at Su Daji, “Put him down first. They won’t find him here for a while.”
Xu Song’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. He walked over and helped Zhao Xin sit down. “What happened?”
The group looked at each other for a while. Wang An spoke in a low voice, “Xu Song, can you help us out? Let Zhao Xin stay here for a couple of days first?”
Xu Song was stunned, looking at them and then at Zhao Xin. Mother Xu also walked over from the car, looking at them in confusion.
Luo Wen’an bit his lip. “Can you help us take him out? You guys are leaving the base in a few days, right? We plan to go out in two days. We’ll arrange a meeting point. You can hand him over to us then.”
Xu Song hadn’t had time to reply when he heard a commotion outside. Many people were rushing around, making noise, and some even ran to their doorstep.
Luo Wen’an and the others’ faces changed drastically. Luo Wen’an was about to say something when suddenly, Abu, who had been quietly lying down, stood up. With a “woof,” a gust of green wind blew, making those people retreat a few steps in fear, afraid to approach.
Xu Song glanced at Luo Wen’an and the others, “We’ll talk later.”
Saying that, with a cold expression, he walked to the door, opening the makeshift gate made of wooden boards. He looked outside at the chaotic crowd, asking coldly, “What do you want to do?”
Xu Song laying down the law!
Did the unreasonable people identify Zhao Xin as one of those plant people?