Chapter 15: Bad News
The aliens who quietly withdrew from the barrier team had planned to sneak into the air-raid shelter for a meal, but they stopped at the periphery of the center of the bomb shelter due to the snoring of unknown creatures.
After that, he was even more shocked by a snoring and escaped from the bomb shelter, never daring to step into it again.
Ye Chen has already ordered the soldiers in the cave, after the soldiers said goodbye to the victims, Liu Erbao led the 6th company and Ye Chen to set off first, and the 3rd company continued to stay in the cave to wait for orders, they planned to eliminate all the threats in the air-raid shelter, and re-set up the checkpoint in the main tunnel of the air-raid shelter, so that the citizens could be centrally resettled, so as to reduce the fuel consumption of a diesel generator, because in the current situation, energy is almost unavailable, so they must be diligent and thrifty.
At the same time, the survival radius has been expanded, so that more survivors can be rescued in the future.
In the darkness, Xiao Hong noticed a ray of light from afar, and at this moment, he was like a lamp in a dark room, and his heart was bright.
Light often represents hope, especially in the dark ages, perhaps only human beings need light in the dark night, so the light in the darkness symbolizes the dawn of mankind.
The beam of the tactical flashlight flickered in the dark and narrow rock peaks, and then several flashlights lit up one after another, and the figures in the stone crevices shook gradually, and it was difficult to tell what was coming, but it didn't have much impact on the lion scorpion.
The lion scorpion is a desert beast in ancient Chinese legends, and as for its appearance, there are different opinions in historical records.
As for Xiao Hong's abnormal appearance, except for his larger size, red body color, and a foot-long red hair on his neck, he is almost no different from the appearance of an ordinary scorpion, and it is still unknown what he can transform into in the future.
Legend has it that the lion scorpion beast was transformed by the lion beast eating the fire scorpion, no matter how the legend is, but Xiao Hong's eyesight is by no means covered, just a little light in the rock peak, even if he is dozens of meters away, he can recognize his black charcoal head head at a glance.
"Chief, I'm stuck, come and save me." Xiao Hong shouted happily
Ye Chen walked at the forefront, and while crawling forward, he placed several tactical flashlights prepared in advance to the corners of Yanfeng in turn, so as to illuminate the dark and narrow forward route for his comrades in the rear, and when he heard Xiao Hong's shout again, he couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth in his heart.
After a while, Ye Chen and his party finally climbed to the entrance of the cave, seeing that they were only one step away from the ground, but they were crossed by Xiao Hong in the middle.
"Chief, I'm waiting for you to thank you for waiting for the flowers..."Seeing that the chief climbed in front of him, with many comrades-in-arms behind him, Xiao Hong was like a dumb man who was indescribably happy to see his mother...
"Then you can't be at the exit, there are many comrades in the back."
Liu Erbao followed closely behind Ye Chen, originally planning to let him stick to his position, but when he heard that the snoring baby had turned into a scorpion, he said that he would come out to take a look, and finally decided to let Chen Xiaodong lead the third company to stay in the position.
"I've really been stuck, I've been stuck for a long time..."Xiao Hong twisted his body a few times.
"Don't make a fuss... Get out quickly" Ye Chen was a little angry and said in a commanding tone, because he was worried that there were still some monsters hidden in the cracks of the stone.
Xiao Hong saw that the chief was furious, and he was about to cry.
"I'm really stuck...", he twisted his body violently again, and Ye Chen, who was covered with a burst of stone chips above him.
"Alright, alright... I'm going to have to bury you in the whole thing. ”
Ye Chen looked left and right for a moment, at this time, Xiao Hong's body was unfortunately stuck in the middle of two huge rocks, and there was almost no place for the bare rocks up and down to exert force, and it was indeed difficult for Xiao Hong to break free by himself.
"Give me your face..."
"Huh?" Although he was puzzled, Xiao Hong still tried his best to turn his head sideways, leaking out a flat carapace on the side of his mouth, in fact, it was not a face, but it had to be settled.
Ye Chen reached out and touched it, and then knocked it a few more times
"Yes, it's sturdy, how does it feel?"
"Slippery and very comfortable......"
Bang...
Before Xiao Hong's words landed, a heavy punch hit him in the face
Burst...
As Xiao Hong flew away, a mouthful of foaming stars sprayed everywhere.
"It's over, it's over... The hand is heavy' Ye Chen muttered, and he didn't bother to wipe the stains off his face, and hurriedly jumped out of the ruins to see the situation on Xiao Hong's side, and at the same time, he didn't expect that the punch he swung with all his strength could burst out with such a strong force.
More and more soldiers crawled out of the hole, but when they saw the giant scorpions rolling all over the ground, they all looked shocked and exaggerated.
"Oh my God, is this really a purr?" Liu Erbao asked with an exaggerated face
"Well, I didn't beat him lightly just now, so it's going to be fine, right?"
The giant scorpion's body is two meters long, and when it rolls, it is dusty, and it can't get close at all.
After all the soldiers of the 6th Company withdrew from the rock crevice, poor Xiaohong finally stopped rolling, and said with a crooked mouth:
"Slender, so ruthless"
Seeing that Xiao Hong had regained his composure, Ye Chen hurriedly stepped forward and squatted down to take a closer look
"Oops, my mouth is crooked..."
"Slender, you beat up the silver, it's unambiguous"
"Don't move..."There is a layer of soft tissue attached to the middle of the scorpion carapace, and it is obvious that the punch just now hit the carapace as if it was dislocated, stuck in Xiao Hong's mouth.
Ye Chen: "Open your mouth wide and relax"
Xiao Hong hadn't come out of the shadow of the punch just now, and when he saw that he was relaxed, he was shocked and asked vigilantly: "What are you going to do, I have one of them." ”
"It's just you, you are long-winded, and you open your mouth hard"
"Titi Ti Ti..." Xiao Hong shivered with pain while opening his mouth, but when the word 'pain' came to his mouth, it became the word 'mention'.
"What do you mention, come on, you" Ye Chen saw the opportunity and broke the palm-sized carapace out of Xiao Hong's mouth.
The officers and soldiers behind saw that their teeth tremble.
Seeing that Xiao Hong had returned to normal, the officers and soldiers went up to touch all the time, touching their heads, touching their backs, touching their tails, and touching their buttocks, and it was the first time for everyone to observe the mutants at such a close distance, seeing that the legendary beast was in front of them, how excited they were, as if they had completely forgotten that the end of the world had come at this moment, and it was really a bit like 'knocking on the bang and hitting Xin indiscriminately, that is happy for a while, it is a moment'.
The air-raid shelter is not only equipped with various facilities, but the layout of the tunnel inside is even more complicated, fortunately, the surviving soldiers often go between the tunnels in the early stage, and they are no strangers to the air-raid shelter, so if you want to quickly complete the investigation operation and push the defensive position forward to the main tunnel, you will inevitably need more manpower and firepower, and Ye Chen is most concerned about the safety of his wife and children now, so the No. 2 tunnel has become the first destination he has to rush to.
Ye Chen: "Liu Erbao, you and your brothers just guard the entrance of the main tunnel here, and I'll go to Tunnel 2 to transfer some brothers over." ”
Liu Erbao: "Yes, chief." ”
Xiaohong: "What about me?" ”
Ye Chen: "What's the matter, you still want to take a punch?" ”
Xiao Hong looked at the narrow stone crack at the mouth of the No. 2 tunnel, and ran to Liu Erbao's side.
"You will be my mount in the future, it's too windy..."Liu Erbao stroked the hair on the neck of the lion scorpion, and the hair was about to overflow.
"Oops... It hurts, it hurts...."Xiao Hong's big pliers have pinched the root of Liu Erbao's thigh at some point.
"Don't make trouble, Xiaohong, you go to the front, once you find any changes, everyone should prepare early, now the strongest is you, protect everyone."
"Yes, chief," the Manticore saluted in response, causing the other soldiers to laugh.
The large turntable in the center of the bomb shelter is the only hub connecting all the tunnels, except for the main tunnel, the other five openings are evenly distributed like five-pointed stars, and the soldiers quickly lined up in a firing formation to block the entrance of the main tunnel after the gluttonous corpses that were killed before still outside the main tunnel.
At this time, Ye Chen had already groped towards the No. 2 tunnel, which was basically the same as the No. 3 tunnel, and the march was also very difficult, he could only crawl forward, and occasionally had to climb over a few big stones, about 30 meters away, and finally saw a light more than ten meters ahead, when he struggled to squeeze out of the cave, the first thing that caught his eye was a burst of strong light, and he was very familiar with the searchlight used by the military region.
Obviously, the equipment here is more adequate than that of Hole 3, Ye Chen raised his hand to half-cover his forehead, and shouted: "Don't shoot, I'm Ye Chen"
"Chief of Staff...", knowing that the person who came was the chief of staff of the military district, the soldier quickly turned off the searchlight.
Several officers ran towards Ye Chen quickly
The middle-aged man led by him was five big and three thick, and he looked at Ye Chen for a long time before he spoke: "It's really the chief of staff, are you still alive?" ”
Ye Chen seemed to have long been accustomed to the way of communication of this goods: "Then what's not? ”
"Hehe, it's good to come back, it's good to come back" Zhao Yong, the commander of the fifth battalion, a 45-year-old veteran worthy of the name, is panicked when he speaks, and he acts resolutely, in the military region, it is famous for not being whipped and brick-eat soft and hard, and only Ye Chen, who eats both soft and hard, can cover the huge military region.
After that, Ye Chen summoned several battalion company commanders, gave a general explanation of the situation inside and outside the cave, and informed everyone of the plan.
After receiving the order, the troops were reborn, and quickly allocated weapons and ammunition, preparing to rush to the outside of the cave, but at the same time, a bad news came suddenly, it was Ye Chen's family, although several officers could confirm that Ye Chen's family had indeed entered the No. 2 tunnel.
However, the people here were not as orderly as they were in Tunnel 3 when they were resettled in the early stage, and when the troops were resettled in a unified manner, Ye Chen's family, the young couple and the two escorted soldiers had all disappeared.
The total length of Tunnel No. 2 is about 15 kilometers, and it is equipped with more than 10 hospitals, restaurants, activity rooms, dozens of ammunition depots, material storage rooms, cold storage, and hundreds of dormitories and toilets.
Zhao Yong had sent people to search for him several times before, but there was still no news so far.
"Have you ever looked for a sewer or any other secret room that isn't open?" Ye Chen frowned and asked, something that was already nine out of ten things suddenly changed like this, he couldn't accept it anyway, if it weren't for the fact that there were more than a hundred and ten brothers waiting for him outside, he would rather go and find them in person, even if he dug the tunnel three feet into the ground.
"I found all the places I could find, as long as there was even a crack in the door, I didn't let go, but sister-in-law, they seemed to have disappeared out of thin air."
Ye Chen knew that although Zhao Yong was a rough man on the surface, he was not sloppy in his actions, since he was so outspoken, it meant that he really tried his best.