Li Zhen's original plan was to leave with Zhang Jian once he got out of trouble.

Zhang Jian asked him to go to Yanjing, and he also planned to go there to have a look. At least there are acquaintances there, and it is still the nominal supreme center of power in the empire. There must have been a lot more information there, and he could figure out what had happened in the past five years, and what the war between humans and species had been going on now.

But now he felt that he would not be able to leave for a while.

Because it seemed that there was another, more troublesome enemy that he needed to deal with.

What happened over the course of these two days seemed to be highly targeted and interconnected. It's hard to imagine that this was a plan that had been laid out years or months ago. Xiao Heng must have received some instructions recently, so he could react so quickly. This means that the person behind the scenes may have left some clues - he has to find them and find out who is behind them.

So he decided to stay here for a while.

Li Zhen shook his head: "I have to stay for a while." ”

Guo Jinyuan smiled in surprise: "When will you stay?" ”

Li Zhen thought for a while: "Wait until the clouds open and the fog clears." ”

Then he retracted his smile, touched the Longinus spear in his hand, and pursed his lips.

If there is no smell of grass and wood. He subconsciously looked at the plants inside the flower bed. Unknown greenery grows extremely luxuriantly, pouring out from the other end like a waterfall. The small green leaves are dotted with dotted flowers, and it looks beautiful.

Yuzhou is the south, and the trees are evergreen all year round. Now the population is declining dramatically and the industry is sluggish. The air quality is indeed better.

Li Zhen said in a low voice: "How is your body feeling lately?" ”

This sentence seemed a little abrupt, but he was still immersed in his own thoughts.

He was silent before, and Guo Jinyuan thought that it was the meaning of "sending off guests", so he planned to stand up and leave. But when she suddenly heard this, she was slightly stunned.

Li Zhen saw her expression and realized that something was wrong, so he added with a smile: "I mean recently...... Do you and the people around you feel anything unusual in your body? Xiao Heng may be a different species - the appearance of a different species means that it is related to the species. It's not human, and maybe it's going to do something else. ”

Xenomorphs and species were commonplace for him, but he underestimated the impact of this sentence on an ordinary female college student.

Guo Jinyuan's eyes widened in surprise and looked around—as if a strange guy would pop up somewhere at any moment. Then she nervously lowered her voice: "Huh? You mean...... Is there a species in Yuzhou? What does it look like? ”

"It's just speculation. It's also possible that they came from somewhere else. Li Zhen realized that the other party knew too little about that thing. He didn't want to spend too much time explaining, so he went over perfunctorily, "so I just asked." ”

Guo Jinyuan nodded, frowned and thought about it. Said slowly: "Yes...... Nothing out of the ordinary. It's all the same as usual. Colds are always a common occurrence. If you hadn't said it. No one would have thought that there were xenomorphs or anything else in Yuzhou. But ......"

Her eyes lit up: "Something is strange. ”

Li Zhen straightened up: "You say." ”

"The year before last." Guo Jinyuan is trying to recall, "That spring, the government said there might be influenza. So a lot of medicine was sprayed. The strange thing is that they say so, but very few people actually get any influenza. And if this kind of thing really happens, it will also ask us to pay attention to the hygienic environment, at most distribute some vaccines or drug coatings, right? But they're spraying—"

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the sky, "It's the kind of plane that sprays pesticides." It is said that the entire urban area of Chongqing has been sprayed without leakage. Xiao Heng shouldn't be so concerned about this kind of thing - because at that time, I heard that there were still people in many places who couldn't eat, but no one cared about it. So don't you think this is weird? ”

Li Zhen asked in a deep voice: "What does that potion taste like?" ”

Guo Jinyuan frowned slightly: "It doesn't taste like anything." Well...... Or the taste is too light - it's in heaven after all. ”

"The fragrance of blades of grass?" Li Zhen said in a low voice.

Guo Jinyuan thought for a while: "Ah, what you say does have this taste." But I thought it was...... It was summer, as you know. ”

Li Zhen nodded.

In this way, the other party has been preparing for at least three years. He had been trying to figure out what the so-called "toxin" was. But for now, it's certain that it's not a mineral toxin, it's more likely a biological virus. A biological virus was sprayed down three years ago and incubated for another three years. He learned most of his biology in high school, so it's hard to figure out what kind of virus can incubate for three years without a host — because as it stands, it's clear that it doesn't work for the average person.

Not only does it not work for ordinary people, but it also does not work for ordinary capable people.

It actually looks more like a highly targeted ...... Genetic virus?

Li Zhen subconsciously took a breath of cool air.

Then he clenched the Lance of Longinus in his hand.

Guo Jinyuan was silent for a while and asked him, "What about that...... Does this matter matter? ”

Li Zhen smiled reluctantly: "It has nothing to do with you." ”

Then he stopped talking.

This time he was silent for a long time. Two minutes later, Guo Jinyuan said softly: "So...... I'm going over there to help first. ”

Li Zhen nodded, and she got up and walked away.

The rescue lasted a whole morning. By noon, a convoy of troops came from the main city.

These soldiers were all Xiao Heng's subordinates in the past, but at this moment they were only far away from the end of the undestroyed road. The men brought medical personnel with them, and more than a dozen ambulances flashed their lights past the military vehicles and continued to move forward.

Perhaps, after a catastrophe on weekdays, the appearance of the army can always calm people's hearts. But the presence of those people here at this moment was undoubtedly counterproductive - some people surrounded the past angrily, while others tried to find Li Zhen.

Angry people tried to ask if the soldiers were planning to come here and blow it up again. And this time the soldiers behaved quite restrainedly, did not get out of the car under the orders of the commander, and made a "turtle with a shrunken head".

The retreating gunship formation brought back the news, so many people knew that their General Xiao was the enemy this time Li Zhen.

According to the helicopter pilot's description, the moment after they retreated, it seemed like the two men were facing each other, and Xiao Heng "didn't look like a human." This incident alarmed many people, which in turn caused a considerable degree of confusion. If Xiao Heng is still Xiao Heng, there may be many people who will try to send reinforcements. But the problem is that there is a disguised division - if someone takes the lead, others may be able to accept it to a certain extent. Even support.

However, at present, Xiao Heng seems to have become an "outlier". On the force field between humans and species. Especially at the moment when the situation is extremely sensitive, no one wants to wade into this muddy water-especially Xiao Heng's opponent is Li Zhen.

That's not just a casual ordinary person, a former high-ranking official, or a capable person. Many people know what level of combat effectiveness those two words represent. Li Zhen is a hero who was created in the battle against the class, and now he has become Xiao Heng's opponent, so the possibility of the previous "rumor" is even greater.

In addition, some other people who have long been dissatisfied with him on weekdays are fueling the trouble......

This led to the current situation - five hours after the helicopter gunship group had retreated until mid-afternoon. There really wasn't anyone to reinforce their former "general".

And only then did anyone try to find out what was going on here, because they had already received a request for help from here. It is said that there are a large number of wounded waiting for rescue. Along with the message for help, there was another news that was enough to cause an earthquake within the high-level of Yuzhou - Xiao Heng and his son were killed by Li Zhen.

It's a veritable victory over an entire army by one person.

Therefore, before Li Zhen appeared, these soldiers shrank in the car. And when Li Zhen appeared. They finally decided that the news was reliable.

Now he has changed into a new outfit, his hair and face are cleaned, and his whole person looks radiant. At the same time, it reveals a bit of majesty.

Li Zhen walked out from behind the crowd, and the venue fell silent.

He walked over to the side of the military off-road vehicle in front of him and stood still, motioning for the major leading the team inside to get out of the car.

The Major was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a slightly longer face, and he looked a little nervous at the moment. Half of it was because the civilians surrounding the convoy looked so agitated — the silence was filled with anger and sadness, like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment. The other half is because Li Zhen looks expressionless at the moment, and it is impossible to guess what he is thinking. Not to mention the fact that he had something in his hand - it looked as if he was ready to fight at any moment.

The major sat in the car and hesitated slightly, first reached out and untied the gun from his waist and rested it on the seat, then opened the door and got out of the car with a very slow movement.

A standard military salute to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen stared at him with a scrutinizing gaze for a while, and then returned a salute.

Then the Major's thumping heart paused slightly, and then he let out a long breath.

He tried to speak first: "General." I'm here to ...... Well, we got a call for help. ”

Li Zhen looked at the people around him, then at the major, and said in a deep voice: "Only you are coming?" ”

"There will be more rescues later." The Major hurriedly replied - even though it was a lie, he was still glad for the decision he had made. At the same time, he put his feet together and bowed deeply to the people around him slightly: "I'm Deng Baochao." On behalf of the 1231 unit of the empire stationed in Yuzhou, I would like to make amends to all the fathers and villagers. Xiao Heng is arrogant and unconscionable, and we cannot escape the blame for doing such a heinous thing here today. ”

His waist was ninety degrees, and he didn't get up after speaking.

The supreme commander of the convoy was like this, and the other soldiers also got out of the car and bowed deeply.

People were silent.

Li Zhen looked at the crowd around him.

Some were still angry, others had a look of relief on their faces. The people of the empire were more or less like this - they were the most simple and tolerant of the people. The "first evil" Xiao Heng has died, and many people have been comforted after witnessing his tragic death. The anger at the moment is anger, but many people have seen the major act like this, and the anger has subsided a lot.

They have little hope of "getting to the bottom of it", but just want a "statement".

The major is very adaptable. Li Zhen sighed slightly in his heart - if Xiao Heng was still there, would he still do this?

But in his mind, this level is far from enough. It does not refer to the major in front of him, but to the whole of Yuzhou. The situation is so degraded that some silent people or those who contribute to the troubles and even those who go with the flow cannot shirk their responsibilities. Personally, he couldn't be satisfied with just one Xiao Heng, or one Xiao Yan.

Before he actually got involved, he could choose to be a passerby because he felt he had more important things to do.

But now that he's stuck in it, he thinks it's his responsibility to do some of the things that follow.

At least so far, he was an imperial general before he contacted Yanjing. It's an ancient, huge, proud empire. He could not accept that such a country was artificially dismembered.

So Li Zhen sighed slightly and bowed to the crowd around him: "The situation is so tragic, I also have an unshirkable responsibility." Xiao Heng, the first evil, has already been ambushed, but this is far from enough. ”

He raised his head and scanned the crowd: "Since I have come here and encountered such a thing, then I promise—in the name of an imperial general—that I will not leave this place again until I give you a satisfactory explanation to your fathers and fellow villagers." More people will be held accountable in the coming period. Every guilty person will be punished as he deserves, and the ...... who are buried here today"

He thought of a simple report he had received earlier—nineteen people killed and sixty-six injured—so he continued: "And none of the nineteen people who died here today will die unjustly. ”

After a long time, a young man shouted: "General, we believe in you!" ”

More echoes followed. Echoing the voices came together, and finally the resentment that could erupt at any moment gradually dissipated.

Li Zhen nodded to them, and then said, "Then everyone, let's disperse first." Help will come soon, and you will have to ask for help until then. ”

The crowd finally dispersed.

The major slowly straightened up, wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead, and whispered to Li Zhen nervously: "General...... Thank you. ”

Li Zhen turned his face to look at him and said solemnly, "I wasn't joking just now. You're a smart guy – you should know how to do it. (To be continued......)