Li Weiqing looked at Su Qiubai in embarrassment and said, "For this kind of thing, the cabinet's idea is that it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go." After all, once there is an omission, no one can bear the consequences, and the method you are talking about is not perfect, and no one dares to take this risk. Besides, the order from above has been given, and there is nothing we can do but obey it. ”

Su Qiubai's hands were clenched into fists, he didn't understand the difficulties of the government, but this order was too ruthless. Thinking of the innocent citizens who were about to be trapped in the rivers and seas and had to be trapped in this disaster and unable to escape, his heart became very heavy.

"Mr. Su, I know that you are worried about the safety of the public, why shouldn't I? But what we can do now is try to protect the surviving citizens and do what we can to minimize casualties. Li Weiqing said solemnly.

Su Qiubai tried to calm down before he said: "There are a total of fifty or sixty puppets released by Zhou Shen today, I don't know if there are any leftovers in his hands, but I don't think there will be too many." The reason why he released so many at once must be to make more people infected by the virus, and then become new puppets that he can use. In the coming period, your men must keep an eye on the survivors, and if you find any injured among them, you must arrest them to avoid unnecessary casualties. ”

At this time, the casualty statistics had already yielded preliminary results, but because there were so many dead and wounded, they could only roughly judge the number of people from the broken corpses they saw when sorting out the scene, and this number was bound to be not too accurate.

According to preliminary statistics, there were about 2,000 people who died on this day, and countless people were injured, many of whom were injured because of the chaos of the crowd, but they were not infected. Even so, there are still more than 1,000 people bitten by puppets, and it is inevitable that they will be infected, and it is impossible for hospitals to accommodate so many people, not to mention the loss of medical staff today, and there is simply not enough manpower.

Due to the special situation, those injured were temporarily locked up in Jianghai Prison, and in order to make room for them, the prisoners had to all be released on parole.

This decision was unanimously opposed by the wounded and the prisoners, who believed that it was inhumane to be treated as prisoners, while the prisoners felt that they were safe in prison, and after being released, they had to face the danger of being killed by the puppets.

Fortunately, in these extraordinary times, when everyone is in danger, how can they still take care of protecting the human rights of the injured? So it didn't take long for the matter to be suppressed, and the prisoners and the wounded saw that the government's decision had been decided, and that it was useless to make any more trouble, so they also stopped.

In the next few days, Su Qiubai and Anya Zhao Yi almost didn't stop for a moment, searching around the streets and alleys of Jianghai City every day, but Zhou Shen and his puppet seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no trace anymore, Su Qiubai even doubted that they would see that Jianghai had already succeeded and rushed to the next place.

At this time, Jianghai was silent like a ghost town every day, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street, which was a little weird, and this coldness also made Su Qiubai's mood a little depressed.

When he first came to Jianghai, he was amazed by the prosperity of this big city, he grew up in the mountains and he had never seen such a lively metropolis, even in the middle of the night, the lights were still bright everywhere in the city, as if there was never a time to rest.

Years have passed, and looking at the river and sea at this time, the once familiar scenery seems to have faded, standing lifeless in front of him, without half a bit of vitality.

Even if this disaster will eventually pass, the prosperity of the rivers and seas does not know if it will be restored to its original state, and those who died will never wake up again.

Although there was no gain, Su Qiubai still didn't dare to stop searching, he was afraid that once he slackened, Zhou Shen would take the opportunity to do it.

During this time, the police did not dare to relax, and they went door-to-door to search for survivors to see if there were any infected people who were concealed and not reported, and they really found a lot of them. But when they tried to take the injured away, they were met with resistance from their families, because they knew what it meant to be taken away by the police, and for them, none of the lives of their loved ones mattered.

On this day, when Su Qiubai was searching on the street, he rarely saw a figure not far in front of him, you know, these days, no one dares to wander on the street casually, not to mention that he also saw that the person walked unhurriedly, as if he was looking for something while walking.

Although Zhou Shen and his puppets had not moved for more than half a month, the crisis in Jianghai City had definitely not been resolved, so he wanted to step forward to remind that person.

After getting closer, Su Qiubai suddenly stopped, because he could see that there was something wrong with the figure.

Only when he got closer did he see that the man's clothes looked ill-fitting, tattered, and obviously torn. And his exposed skin has turned a shocking black purple, with black lines all over it, which is exactly what a puppet looks like!

That person should have been an infected human, and at this time he had almost completely turned into a puppet, and when he heard the movement behind him, he turned around abruptly and looked at Su Qiubai vigilantly.

Seeing his appearance, Su Qiubai was shocked again, more than half of this person's face had turned black and purple, only a small piece of intact skin on the right side of his face, it could be seen from his eyes that his mind had been swallowed up by the virus, and a low and heavy panting sound came out of his mouth.

The puppet looked at Su Qiubai for a while, as if he saw his threat, and didn't dare to rush forward to attack for a while.

Su Qiubai had already put the knife in his hand at this time, but he didn't do it for a long time. He knew that the thing in front of him was originally a human, presumably after being injured and not being discovered, and eventually became a puppet. Although he knew that he could no longer regain his original form, he still couldn't kill him.

The two sides looked at each other hesitantly for a moment, and the puppet's bloodthirsty nature finally overcame his caution, and he rushed towards Su Qiubai with a step.

Maybe it's because the infected Cheng dù is not enough, and his strength is still lacking, so his movements are much slower than Zhou Shen's puppet, and Su Qiubai can deal with it at all, but he has never killed this puppet.

After a long struggle, the puppet in front of Su Qiubai suddenly retreated sharply, and then fell to the ground, Su Qiubai only realized at this time that an ice arrow was pierced into the puppet's right eye, which was shot from Anya's Qiankun umbrella. Previously, Su Qiubai taught her to use the power of the water spirit, which was used to condense into arrows, which was much more convenient to use than what she originally used.

When I looked back, I saw Anya walking towards him, and said to him: "I saw you fighting with it for a long time from a distance, and this puppet is a lot slower, why are you afraid to deal with it?" ”

Su Qiubai leaned over to look at the puppet's corpse, and replied: "He is not a puppet released by Zhou Shen, but an infected human, after all, he was also a human being, and I can't do it." ”

Anya frowned when she heard this, and said, "You don't know, even if you leave his life, it is impossible for him to become a normal person again, so why leave him to suffer in the world?" ”

Su Qiubai was silent for a long time before he said, "I thought that they were still humans, so I couldn't do it. ”

Anya shook her head helplessly and said, "I know that they used to be human beings, but after all, they were once and for all, since the day they were infected by the virus, they have died, and what you have in front of you is just a shell driven by the virus, what can't you do?" ”

Su Qiubai thought about it, but he hadn't even seen the woman Anya, and he was a little embarrassed, and then said, "How did you come here?" ”

Anya shrugged her shoulders and said, "I searched for a day, and I didn't see any trace of the puppet, so I came here unconsciously, and when I happened to see you, I helped you." ”

Su Qiubai nodded and said: "It seems that the people who were injured half a month ago have begun to become puppets, although the police have been looking for them, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, these people are also a big threat to the survivors, we must also pay more attention to them." ”

Anya replied: "I know, you don't have to worry about me here, but you, next time you meet them, don't be soft-hearted." Although the strength is not as good as Zhou Shen's puppets, they are also very dangerous, you are soft-hearted to them, they don't appreciate it, in case they accidentally hurt you, you don't need to say that you know the consequences. ”

Su Qiubai nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know the severity." ”

After saying goodbye to Anya, Su Qiubai continued to search around with a knife, and when he walked to a dark alley, he suddenly heard a familiar and unfamiliar voice from inside: "Su Qiubai, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?" ”

When Su Qiubai heard this, he took two steps back, trying to remember whose voice it was. He'd definitely heard it, but maybe it was so long ago that he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Before he could remember, a figure appeared in the dark alley and slowly walked towards him. Although he couldn't see the appearance of the person who came clearly, but when he saw the height of more than two meters and the huge body, he remembered the identity of this person, and it was Zhou Shen!

After a while, Zhou Shen's figure walked out of the shadows, and when he saw it again after many years, Su Qiubai still couldn't help but be surprised.