Chapter 696: Zhizhu Search and Rescue Team
Chapter 696: Zhizhu Search and Rescue Team
After everyone was ready, Lei Hong said loudly: "In order to facilitate the action, Minister Wang gave our search and rescue team a very 'spirited' name - Zhizhu Search and Rescue Team. I hope you enjoy it. β
When the team members heard this, there was a commotion, and someone asked, "Can you not call a pig?" β
"If you don't agree, go and talk to the minister yourself."
"I'd better forget it, save my little brother from suffering."
A few minutes later, everyone set off on various vehicles provided by the "Wealthy Hongshu". A total of 110 people were dispatched on this trip, including 15 fifth-level star souls, and the rest were fourth-level star souls. The companion carried 5 armored trucks (for the purpose of loading personnel and cargo), 20 modified field vehicles, 1 road truck with a large shovel and cutting equipment, and 1 emergency maintenance vehicle; There is also 1 Demigod Mech, 4 Improved Meat Grinder Mechs, and 10 Improved Butcher Mechas.
Those who entered or wore mecha were Wang Chengba's subordinates or the strongest of the recruits, and the rest of the "street fighting" team members could only take field vehicles with low safety factors.
In Midtown, it still takes a lot of financial, material and influence to organize such a private search and rescue team. It can be seen that Wang Chengba is quite good.
The convoy quickly crossed a shelterbelt of intelligent plants and entered the danger zone.
Today is a rainy day, drizzling and the west wind is cool. Given that the rain of the last days often carries many dangerous components and characteristics, everyone is honestly huddled in vehicles and mechs.
Lin Zaishan rode in a field car with Lao Mei and the other three team members. Lao Mei occupies the driver's seat, and he is a little unsure about the driving skills of the four people in the same car.
A member of the team in the same car said, "Dude, can you drive faster?" Anyway, in the last days, there are no traffic police to issue tickets. β
"You know what? If you drive fast, you will inevitably rush to the front of the line, and the front is the most dangerous. Remember: the first principle of mixing in the last days is safety first. β
As soon as Lao Mei's words fell, a large crack suddenly opened in the road ahead, and then a thick tentacle stretched out from the gap, and with a sweep, the two field vehicles that rushed to the front knocked to the ground.
The crowd hurriedly braked and avoided, and opened fire on the thick tentacle.
The tentacle was attacked by thousands of bullets in a matter of seconds, and a terrible and terrifying muffled scream came from the gap, and then the tentacle retracted into the ground. More than 10 fifth-level Star Soul powerhouses dressed in mecha rushed over to guard the edge of the crack.
Rayjon peered into the crack and saw a large reptilian eye staring at him in the dark depths, and it took a few seconds for him to fade away.
"! It's really a ghost when you go out. Rayhorn fired into the depths of the rift and dropped a grenade. There was no movement under the cracks.
The occupants of the two overturned cars were fine, and they were both happy and frightened when they climbed out. The crowd worked together to straighten the overturned car. After inspection, the maintenance personnel confirmed that the vehicle was in good condition.
Rayhong gave the order to move on. After the scene of this thrilling scene just now, no one refused to take the lead anymore.
"A bunch of cowardly rats!" Lei Hong announced in the communicator: "We will increase the reward by 2% for those who take the lead." β
The other three people in Lin Zaishan's car were eager to try when they heard this, and one of them, a scarface young man about 25 years old, said: "Brothers, you can earn 2% more money as a striker, what are you waiting for?" β
Lao Mei immediately objected: "Brother, there's no need to take extra risks for that money." Didn't you see that monster just now? β
"Do you think it's safer to hide behind? Monsters won't bite your balls? Scarface immediately retorted, "It seems to me that danger always comes first to those who are timid and weak. The more you fear death, the faster you will die. β
"Brute force does not reduce and eliminate danger." Lao Mei patiently refuted, "We must rely on a cool head and rational calculation to avoid danger to the greatest extent." From my experience, when exploring the unknown, the danger factor of the person who rushes ahead is definitely several times higher than that of others. β
"According to your statement, if no one of us is in the front, won't we be able to do nothing? You can be a turtle with a shrunken head if you want to, don't affect our brother's fortune. The Scarface youth encouraged the others, "Brother, if you want to make an extra profit, raise your hand, and we will vote." β
All three raised their hands at the same time. Scarface smirked, "More than half passed." He turned his gaze to Lin Zaishan in the passenger seat, "Brother Brainless Maniac, what is your attitude?" β
"I don't care, but I'd rather accompany Lao Mei."
"Okay, then get out of the car!"
"A bunch of brain-dead!" Lao Mei complained indignantly, left the driver's seat, and climbed into a truck behind Lin Zaishan.
Scarface swaggered into the driver's seat, whistled and slammed on the accelerator, and rushed to the front of the convoy. The other two young men in the same car poked their heads out of the window and stretched out their middle fingers at other vehicles that were still patrolling.
Lin Zaishan was secretly funny. The big tentacle had already been detected by him before the sneak attack, and quietly unloaded its attack power; Otherwise, the people in those two cars would have been swept into the crack rather than swept over.
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After an hour deep into the wilderness, the Zhizhu search and rescue team finally encountered a large-scale bug. After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, at the slight cost of 10 injuries, the search and rescue team annihilated more than 5,000 guard insects.
5,000 guard insects are a piece of cake for Lin Zaishan at all; However, in order to understand and temper the combat power of this group of people, and also to temporarily hide his strength, he only secretly helped them clear the danger, and he only put two arrows on the surface and shot down a big bug.
After the annihilation of the insect swarm, the morale of the Zhizhu search and rescue team was high, and all the team members were improved from the inside out, and even several wounded people felt the invisible harvest and growth.
The happiest thing is, of course, Lei Hong, who can lead a civilian temporary team of 100 people to defeat 5,000 guards and insects, which is enough to make him look good in the public opinion circle in Midtown for a while.
This place can still communicate with Zhongcheng, and Lei Hong immediately transmitted the news of the big victory bug to Wang Chengba, who was holding a meeting in the Zhongcheng City Hall, along with the video. At this time, Wang Chengba was attending the weekly work meeting of the municipal department, and it happened to be his turn to report on the work of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry.
Wang Chengba cleared his throat and adjusted his expression to the state where he felt best. "The following is a report on this week's work by the contemptible Wang Chengba. Under the wise leadership of the two consuls and the generous and strong support of all colleagues, the work of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry has made new progress. This week, we have newly bred 35 grade 5 and healthy piglets, hatched 85 grade 4 and healthy pheasant pups, slaughtered 7 adult mutant pigs and 20 adult pheasants. A total of 150 tons of meat and 0.5 tons of eggs have been supplied. It has effectively guaranteed the vegetable basket of the vast number of medium-sized city residents. β
He Xiaotian approvingly: "Minister Wang did a good job. β
Before Wang Chengba had time to show his "joy", he was questioned by Huo Qiankun: "Xiao Wang, how do you get the two ingredients of pork and eggs?" Isn't it possible to develop other resources? β
"I'm trying to keep mutant rabbits with my subordinates, and I'm sure the residents of Midtown will love rabbit meat."
"Rabbits? Didn't you say that there had been a serious plague outbreak in rabbits during this time? How do you solve the plague problem? β
"We can use high-temperature sterilization to kill the plague in rabbit meat." Wang Chengba replied embarrassedly.
"That doesn't eliminate the risk of infection for breeders." Agriculture and animal husbandry are Huo Qiankun's old professions, and he is familiar with the relevant details, and Wang Chengba has no way to fool him in this regard. "Xiao Wang, you can't blindly let our staff take risks just to increase a little political achievement."
The rest of the ministers all looked at Wang Chengba gloatingly. The latter wiped the sweat from his forehead vigorously.
If someone reprimands him, Wang Chengba will most likely use his mind control ability to embarrass the other party; But He Xiaotian and Huo Qiankun are the most powerful people in Midtown, and Wang Chengba doesn't dare to control the two of them no matter how bold he is; What's more, the spiritual strength of these two people is very strong, and they have reached the late stage of the fifth-level Star Soul, and they are only one step away from being promoted to the sixth-level Star Soul powerhouse, which is not something he can control.
"I ...... Ahem, I'll definitely keep trying! β
"Of course, Xiao Wang, the work of your animal husbandry department is still worthy of recognition on the whole." Huo Qiankun adjusted his tone, Wang Chengba still has some ability and influence, in the current situation, he still has to try his best to entrap him, otherwise he will be pushed to He Xiaotian's camp in vain. "Especially the pigs are well fed. I've heard that those mutant boars were all grumpy and didn't eat or drink when they first came back, but you were able to make them obedient and fat in a short period of time, which is also talent and ability. β
"Thanks for the compliment!" Wang Chengba's face showed a hint of pride. When he was in Midtown, he once got a seventh-level wild boar that Lin Zaishan "sacrificed". In order to tame this wild boar, Wang Chengba did not work hard, and he really studied some doorways. Later, he combined these doorways with mind control abilities, beast language abilities, etc., to form a unique ability system of his own, and relied on it to obtain the position of the head of animal husbandry in Zhongcheng.
Of all the ministers in Midtown, Wang Chengba, the minister of animal husbandry β also known as the pig feeding minister β is the lowest on the list, and always speaks at meetings, so every time he finishes his work report, it means that the meeting is dissolved.
Huo Qiankun and He Xiaotian glanced at each other, confirmed that there was nothing else, and announced the end of the meeting. The two of them competed with each other for the supreme leadership of Midtown, but they still formed some consensus and many common interests in public affairs, and they would not have been at each other everywhere unless necessary.
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Wang Chengba left the city hall and called the beautiful secretary who accompanied him, Xiao Tao, a distant relative, to return to his office building in the office building of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry in a public servant type I mecha uniformly distributed by the Zhongcheng official for senior dignitaries.
As soon as he sat on the office chair, he instructed Xiao Tao to make tea for himself, and then complained that the quality of the office chair was too poor and tortured his delicate ass.
"Do you have any other orders, Mr. Minister?" Although Xiao Tao is a "minister's secretary", this position is really a bit "ambiguous", and she is not very enthusiastic.
A good-looking secretary is the "standard" for the key members of various departments in the post-apocalyptic Midtown. The two consuls took the lead in "setting an example": He Xiaotian used to have Chu Yanjiao, and later changed to Leng Yuqi; Huo Qiankun's side was Lu Jiayue, whom he brought from the capital. The ministers and directors under He and Huo also followed suit, trying their best to place handsome men and beautiful women in their departments. According to the incomplete statistics of non-governmental "enthusiasts", the city-level departments monopolize more than half of the city's beauty resources.
The team and subordinate system of the Midtown authorities may not be the strongest in the last days in terms of business quality, but in terms of appearance, it is absolutely unparalleled in the world.
Such a style and style inevitably lead to the circulation of various scandals and anecdotes. If it is in China before the end of the world, it will be severely rectified; But in the depths of the apocalyptic Midtown, these are seen as little more than an antidote to the cruel post-apocalyptic society and lifeβat least for the dignitaries.
Although Xiao Tao is reluctant to be Wang Chengba's secretary, she knows very well in her heart how sought-after and rare this position is, so to speak, if she is fired, it will take less than 1 hour to have a large number of girls who are more youthful and beautiful than her to snatch this position.
Wang Chengba took the teacup, tasted it, and asked, "Little Peach, do you think I'm handsome?" β
"Handsome." Xiao Tao forcibly resisted her nausea and replied loudly.
"If you score from 0-100, how would you rate me for being handsome?"
"Needless to say, of course it's 100 points."
"That's weird. If I'm so handsome, why have I been criticized lately? β
"Mr. Minister, have you confused the relationship between handsomeness and temperament, luck, bearing, etc.?"
"What do you say? Luck? Wang Chengba stood up abruptly as if he had discovered the truth, "Luck? yes, it's a modifier that can be controlled by abilities today. I have to use my brain to add tens of thousands of luck points to myself. Little Peach, do you have any good ideas? β
"If I knew how to increase my luck, would I still be here to serve you, a super handsome guy?" Xiao Tao responded to her distant cousin in a mocking tone.
Wang Chengba ignored Xiao Tao's ridicule at all, and continued to think and talk to himself: "The master of empty color I saw before told me that if you want to improve your fate, you have to start from cause and effect, accumulate virtue and do good. Since I came to Midtown, I have been changing my mind, vowing to be a good man and a woman, searching for and rescuing survivors at any cost, and so far, at least nearly 1,000 people have been saved. But why does it always feel like this luck has never grown? Could it be that not enough people have been saved? β
When it came to saving people, he remembered the matter of the Zhizhu rescue team, and immediately opened the message from Lei Hong, and he was smiling.
At this time, the doorman called, "Your Excellency, Zhongcheng Media reporters Li Yan and Chen Gengxin asked to see you, saying that they had made an appointment with you to do an exclusive interview." β
"Please!" Wang Chengba hurriedly agreed, his fat body seemed to be brisk because of excitement, and he even took a space step in the office.
"Mr. Minister, it's just an interview, do you need to be so excited?" Little Peach is pouring cold water.
"It's about my public image, how can I not pay attention to it?" Wang Chengba shook his thick neck, "I want to use this interview to make pig feeding the most decent profession in Zhongcheng, and make the Ministry of Animal Husbandry the most popular institution!" β