Chapter Forty-Three: The Return of a Full Load
For two days, Lu Yan would come to the mouth of the valley every day to look, and for Lu Yan, who was gossipy by nature, there was nothing more exciting news about the return of the search team. He had imagined countless times that Zeng Tian abandoned the roof of the armored car and returned with a full load of the search team in a heroic posture. She has her own hero complex, since she was a child, she likes to watch those superhero movies, those martial arts masters film and television dramas, and when she was fleeing, she often thought that there was a hero who fell from the sky, destroyed those crazy corpses, and saved her from despair. Since Zeng Tianqi came to Tree City, her hero complex has been out of control, such a man, wise, powerful, killed a monster that can't even kill a single army, and Su Xiaoyu went to the town alone, coming and going like no one is simply the perfect male god in her mind, after doing the daily collection, he will sit on the root of the tree at the mouth of the valley and daydream.
Faintly, Lu Yan Fangfu heard the roar of the armored car, and Lu Yan laughed self-deprecatingly, I must have fallen into a demon. So I plucked out my ears and continued to daydream.
"Bah... I heard it again ... Lu Yan suddenly stood up and looked towards the mouth of the valley. The roar of the engine is getting louder and louder, which is the movement of the behemoth. Lu Yan rubbed her eyes and looked again. In the thick fog ... The silhouette of a truck appeared. Then the second, the third, the fourth, and then another behemoth tanker appeared... It was followed by three off-road vehicles.
"It's back!" Lu Yan felt that she was so happy that she could welcome the hero's return as soon as possible... He slid down the roots of the tree... Rushing forward, Zeng Tianqi pretended to sleep in the first heavy truck... Lu Yan was running and jumping next to the heavy truck, looking in. made Ge Lianchen, who was driving, cry and laugh, so he had to push the door of the co-pilot next to him open, put one hand on the window, one hand on the steering wheel, and his head stuck out of the window and smiled at Lu Yan below: "Come on, let you have a good time." β
"Yikes!" Lu Yan, who was covering her face and screaming, rushed into the car, smiled awkwardly at Ba Zhuo, who was sitting next to her, and sat down, and Ba Zhuo hurriedly squeezed in the middle. At this time, Zeng Tianqi looked at Lu Yan who came up speechlessly, and looked at him with a red face, the expression in his eyes as if he was going to eat Zeng Tianqi as a cake, Zeng Tianqi nodded and smiled at Lu Yan. This smile almost melted Lu Yan. She clutched her chest, feeling her heart beat out of her chest. The huge breasts fell together, and the eyelids of Bazhuo next to him jumped. Zeng Tian abandoned it with strong winds and waves, and it has been an accident for a long time. I don't care at all,
"Is the family okay??" Zeng Tianqi asked amid the roar of the truck.
Lu Yan thought that what she was asking was, "Are you okay??" "His face was red, and his head nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
Oh my God, today is my lucky day. Lu Yan thought soγγγγγ
The people in the village heard the roar, and almost everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Taniguchi in unison.
"Good guys, it's really back!" Situ Nan, who was surveying the city's fire prevention point, was talking to Qin Sheng.
"It's like you think they won't come back." Qin Sheng muttered.
As soon as the car stopped, Lu Yan couldn't wait to jump out of the car. When I saw someone, I said,,The search team is back!! Did you see that? Full of 8 cars!! There were also two cars of peopleγγγγγ She was so incoherent ...
Ge Lianchen jumped off the heavier truck taller than a person, wearing sunglasses from the supermarket, combined with the military uniform covered in blood and mud. Let's not talk about cool or not.,At least the fan is from a certain height.γγ
Su Xiaoyu didn't know when she had already dodged to the front, Zeng Tianqi jumped out of the car, and she gave Zeng Tianqi and Ba Zhuo a hug each. In her eyes, there was nothing more pleasing to her than the safe return of these two men.
Qian Feng quickly ran out with Brother Li, beckoning everyone to start taking over the survivors. "Guys, get moving, so many goods have to be moved, all of them go to the Xitou warehouse." Seeing so many building materials and food, Qian Feng was also full of excitement.
"Line up!" Ge Lianchen stood in front of the convoy and shouted.
A column of 20 people all stood in two rows. People saw the members of these search teams, several of them were wounded, and they simply wrapped their wounds with strips of cloth, although they were sluggish, but their eyes shining with cold light and their straight bodies told everyone. These people are different. They have experienced a baptism of blood and fire and have the qualifications of warriors.
Many gasped as they looked at the blackened blood splattered all over their bodies. What a brutal battle it had to go through to get to this point.
Looking at everyone's eyes, the members of the search team were all full of pride and superiority. They were the pioneers, the lords of the city, who led them to open up the first battlefield. After being baptized, they have nothing to fear. They have become qualified warriors, and in the future, perhaps they will become seeds and pass on the spirit and deeds of the search team.
After finishing the formation, Ge Lianchen stepped in front of Zeng Tianqi in a few steps and gave a military salute, "Report to the city lord!" The search team should have reached 21 people, but it actually reached 21 people, and the queue is complete, please instruct. β
"Homecoming!" Zeng Tianqi habitually returned a salute.
"The soldiers of the search team have worked hard, you go back and take a good bath, take a rest, this is what you deserve, everyone on the scene, except for the wounded who report to the research institute collectively, the others will be disbanded on the spot!" Zeng Tianqi arranged it.
"Yes!" A neat and uniform response.
Situ Nan looked sour, he couldn't see the transformation of these search teams: in just a few days, the iron and blood were just beginning, and it was hard for people to imagine that this was a recruit who was pulled into the battlefield after a month of training. Zeng Tianqi will really lead the troops. People are stronger than him in terms of strength, means, and ability to lead troops, and he really has to eat this sour lemon here.
That night, everyone gathered around the bonfire, and people sang and danced, which is a unique way of celebration for the indigenous people of the plateau. It's been a long time since they've been so happy. Since the cataclysm, the shadow of death has hung over their heads. They don't know where the future lies, and they don't know if there will be tomorrow after today. Even when he joined the military, he still did not change this pessimistic mood. They believe that the illusory future that Qian Feng said in his mouth does not know when it will be realized.
The return of the search team changed all that. They brought back not only supplies and survivors, but hope. Human beings are such a strange species, once they have hope, it seems that everything becomes meaningful. Life becomes fulfilling, life becomes beautiful, and the future becomes within reach.
Qian Feng held the cup and drank the wine in the cup. This is the wine brought back by the search team, and as a businessman, he doesn't know how much red wine he tasted. The quality of this glass of red wine in my hand is really not very good. But it was the first time in his life that he tasted it with his heart. The supermarket's road goods seem to derive a variety of complex tastes in the cup.
The firelight was reflected on the faces of the survivors, and the addition of dozens of survivors found by the search team from the cave made Tree City a lot more lively, and the addition of these female groups made these soldiers and old men excited by Tree City. Although they have been thin and malnourished for a long time, the gifts of King Bodhi are rich enough to feed them. And on top of that, they actually got a few cans of sealed seeds from the farmer's store. These survivors looked at the state of life in Tree City, which was very different from them, and they were glad in their hearts that they were alive.
And Boss Yang and the others are now being held in a wooden prison. They need to be interrogated and screened before they can make arrangements.
Qian Feng was undoubtedly happy, with this batch of supplies, the winter in Tree City would no longer be sad. The city walls were reinforced with concrete, and the planting area outside the 'sphere of influence' of King Bodhi above the planned western cliff had seeds. Rice, dry goods, clothing, daily necessities. No matter how sour Situ Nan is, he is also happy... Zeng Tianqi is a character, and he said he would do it. Everything is steadily moving forward according to the path he planned, he Situ Nan thinks that he doesn't have the ability to be convinced, and at the same time he cares more about the legendary Blackwater Battalion, one person is so terrible, what a terrifying situation it will be for Blackwater to gather.
Zeng Tianqi only stayed for a while and left, and in the research institute, Su Xiaoyu pinched the metal card in his hand.
"Brother Bo's identity card!" Su Xiaoyu took out his metal plate from his neck, and the black metal plate was engraved with "Heishui 00459-06"
"Found on the survivors, it was found in Sa City during the Cataclysm." Zeng Tianqi said.
"Alone??" Su Xiaoyu asked.
"I don't know, I can't judge from Mei Zixin's description." Zeng Tianqi said. "But, if anyone is with him, it should be Land Dog and Thirteen."
"Brother, do you want to go to them?" Su Xiaoyu looked at Zeng Tianqi.
Zeng Tianqi didn't speak, it was impossible not to think about it. The former brother, if it was thousands of miles away, it would be fine, but in Sa City, hundreds of miles away, he had no reason not to go. But now Tree City is beginning to bear fruit, and this is the foundation he has created for his brothers. He can't let it get out of hand, he's going to have to sit in for a while.
"Brother, if there is still a human settlement in Sa City, Brother Bo must be there." Su Xiaoyu said.
"Well, Sa must go, whether he's here or not. But there is no rush now. The foundation of the tree city must be strong. Zeng Tianqi said. Starting tomorrow, you go to Qian Feng's side, and after getting acquainted, you will serve as a secretary. Brother Li was transferred to production and planting, managing supplies and food. "Bazhuo, you have it with you, I already know his situation, and I will find a way to solve it. From tomorrow onwards, I will be in charge of the laboratory personally. β
"You don't have to ask about the city defense of Qian Feng, Situ Nan will handle it himself, you only need to arrest the training of the search team, and the search team must ensure three in the short term. Naple has already been taken, just let the new recruits who have completed the course take over, and the exploration of the surrounding area will increase, and we must expand the population and reserves in the shortest possible time. β
"At that time, the four hundred people in Situ Nan's hands were not so important, and he could put people in, and he had to accept it."
The two agreed on the follow-up that night and began to prepare. Su Xiaoyu knew that when the search team and training center matured, it would be when the tree city was completely stabilized. At that time, the military power of Shucheng will no longer be the main force of Situ Nan.
In the early morning of the next day, Zeng Tianqi flew down from the top of the tree of King Bodhi again.
At the institute, Marin is printing out a genetic map.
"Boss Zeng, that thing you brought back... It's a relic indeed. Marin said. It's the spider-man we had in the warehouse at the Plateau Research Institute, and the genetic profile is almost identical. β
"What did you find??" Zeng Tianqi asked.
"There is a slight difference in the before and after comparison of genes, a wild corpse that can molt and evolve." Marin lifted his glasses. "It contains a digestive enzyme in its genes that can break down biological genes at the molecular level of genes. To put it simply. It is that it can optimize itself by eating. Boss Zeng, this is not good news. If it had a certain amount of intelligence. β
"It's bound to hold a grudge. Right?? Zeng Tianqi said with a smile.
"Yes ... All animals with a certain level of intelligence hold grudges. But for now, it's far from perfect. The heterogeneous genes absorbed are all precipitated in his gene chain, and it is impossible to achieve the perfect balance like yours. Marin said. But if you give it time ... β
"Don't worry, sooner or later we'll see you again. Next time, I'm going to give him no chance to molt. Zeng Tianqi had a strong self-confidence, and he found that every time he went up to the top of the tree, he seemed to be able to absorb X Gamma like King Bodhi. Under the influence of X Gamma, he can perceive that he is getting stronger and stronger. It's just that he hasn't solved the problem of the alienation of his right arm. This question troubled Marin and Zeng Tianqi, and the sleeping gene in his right arm seemed to have its own consciousness. Every time he faced a strong enemy, there was always a voice urging him in Zeng Tianqi's heart: "Kill it, eat it!" β
This is also the reason why Zeng Tianqi is not very accustomed to using the ability of his right arm. Every time he kills a strong enemy, his right arm becomes restless and active as if he has invisibly devoured the opponent's energy. Marin, on the other hand, couldn't find out the reason, which is not a good phenomenon.
In the end, Marin gave an answer: "Boss Zeng, this belongs to the process of evolution, I have also seen ancient legends, and there are many creatures like gods and demons in legends. Like what creatures that feed on nuclear uranium ore, huge creatures that survive in magma. There are also certain biological totems that were worshipped as gods by ancient people. Although I don't know why they disappeared. But I see a possibility in you. They may simply be too powerful to find a mate to match, and they may have lost the possibility of reproduction. And those who are not qualified mates eventually make their bloodlines thinner and thinner, and until now, there are probably many species on the earth that have their genetic bloodlines sleeping in their bodies. Boss Zeng, this kind of thing in you is like some kind of ancient gene, but I define it as an early state of recovery, which needs energy and nutrients. Maybe after the genes are fully resuscitated, your right arm will be stabilized.
"However, the slumber and disappearance of ancient genes finally proved that they were not suitable for this ecology, but why did they wake up again with the radiation of X gamma??" Marin said to himself, "Unless... In ancient times, this planet was also full of X-gamma radiationγγγγγ β