A few bits of light shone in the pitch-black camp, like a beacon in the vast sea. As long as the light in the middle of the camp is still on, the vast majority of people in this camp will feel at ease, and this is the room of Deputy Mayor Lu Xinmin. The deputy mayor, who was last in line before the nuclear war, is now the biggest support for the more than 300,000 survivors in Xining.

Lu Xinmin hadn't fallen asleep yet, he was propping his hands on the desk, his chin crossed with his fingers crossed, his brows were tightly locked, and the gray hair on his head had increased a lot in the past few days, and his eyes were looking straight at the map on the opposite wall, as if he was contemplative and stunned.

Chen Biao was also there, leaning his whole body on the sofa in the most comfortable position, closing his eyes and not speaking, as if he was asleep.

"Report, Battalion Commander Wu is back." A voice suddenly broke the silence in the room, and both men stood up at the same time.

"Quick, let him get here right away!" Chen Biao immediately ordered.

Without waiting for the guards to give orders, Wu Yulong pushed the door and walked in. At this time, the buttons of Wu Yulong's shirt had collapsed, and the dust on his face had been left with sweat in such a cold winter, leaving black sweat stains on his face.

"Commander, I'm back, I'm back myself, I haven't been able to bring the fighters back." Wu Yulong said hoarsely.

"Southern suburbs grain depot? Grain? Lu Xinmin stepped forward and grabbed Wu Yulong's hands, and asked eagerly and tremblingly.

Chen Biao glared at Lu Xinmin, handed his water cup to Wu Yulong, "Drink saliva first, and talk about the specific situation slowly." ”

Wu Yulong didn't take the water cup handed over by the head of the regiment, "The grain in the granary is still there, and the first row of granaries must be full." ”

"Good! Good! Good! The camp is finally saved! Lu Xinmin said three good words in a row excitedly, and then sat on the sofa, tears flowing out of his eyes uncontrollably.

Wu Yulong took the regiment leader's water cup at this time, drank it cleanly, and then calmed down and continued: "The grain in the grain depot is still there, but it is occupied by more than 30 black bears, one of which has evolved, and has an ability similar to sonic attack, our ordinary warriors fell down without being able to hold on to their faces, and then the bears pounced......" Wu Yulong's voice choked, "I had no choice but to leave the soldiers behind and run back to deliver the letter." ”

Chen Biao patted Wu Yulong's shoulder, sighed and said, "Don't blame you, after all, it was forced by the situation, and everyone didn't escape?"

"When I ran out first, Chi Hua, Dou Yihu, Li Xiaofei, Feng Ziming and several other evolutionaries were still alive, and there might be hope!" Wu Yulong suddenly replied with a bright eye.

"Well, Chi Hua, this kid is very smart, I hope they're all okay." Chen Biao breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help asking, "How can there be bears in the grain depot, and there are so many?"

"Live bears take bile! There is a bear bile pharmaceutical company near the grain depot in the southern suburbs, which is a key support enterprise in the city. Lu Xinmin explained.

Chen Biao slapped his thigh, "I remember, it seems to be called a hall, last year's opening of this company was still your Mayor Lu to cut the ribbon!" ”

"Hahaha......" Chen Biao suddenly laughed nervously, "Heavenly cycle, retribution is not happy!" I said, why are these bears attacking people like crazy? People are cruel and ruthless live bears to take bile, these beasts must hate human beings in their hearts, you used to ask for the bile of other bears, and now other bears want your 300,000 lives! ”

"Lao Chen, when is it, are you still talking here?" Lu Xinmin said with a sad face, "Hurry up and get an idea." ”

"What's the idea? If you want to live, you can only take the life of a bear! If these brutes swallow me up a reconnaissance squad, then I'll send a company, a battalion. Chen Biao groaned slightly and said: "Wu Yulong, pass on my order, the third battalion will stay in the camp, and the first and second battalions will set off early tomorrow morning, and I will personally lead the team." Also, let Chen Guojun pull his entire special operations battalion. ”

"Report, Captain Chi Hua is back." At the critical moment, the voice of the guards sounded again.

……

Chi Hua lay on the bed tossing and turning, still not sleeping. After returning to the camp, he saw Chen Biao and Wu Yulong as soon as possible, Chen Biao inquired in detail about the entire battle, and both of them clearly apologized to Chi Hua.

Although Doudou and Xiaofei cursed Wu Yulong all the way in their ears on the way back, in fact, Chi Hua did not hold a grudge against Camp Commander Wu, in that case, from Camp Commander Wu's point of view, it was the most reasonable choice. But there was a deep uneasiness that had been lingering in Chi Hua's heart and could not be dispersed, the roar of the black bear, the violent slapping at once, it seemed that it was not, and Chen Biao's plan to confidently pull up the two battalions and the special operations battalion did not alleviate this uneasiness in the slightest.

Chi Hua took out two stones of mysterious material from his arms again, yes, two! Without anyone noticing, he found the same thing in the severed head of the snake while skinning it. "It seems that all evolved animals produce this substance, and this may be the source of energy for animal abilities." Chi Hua was gradually persuaded by his inner speculation.

Maybe it was the shock of the battle during the day, or maybe it was the inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, Chi Hua no longer hesitated, no longer suppressed the desire of his body, and resolutely threw one of the small stones flowing with a mysterious luster into his mouth. As I swallowed, I could clearly feel that the small stone gently dissolved in my body, turning into a stream of air, which merged with the air flow in my body without any hindrance. There is no feeling of discomfort in the body, but the whole body reveals a kind of joy from the inside out, the joy of the body.

Chi Hua closed his eyes and looked inward, the airflow in his body was twice as thick as before, and the airflow shrank in the dantian and occupied a small half of the space in the dantian. Chi Hua no longer hesitated, threw another small stone into his mouth, and as the air flow dissolved in his body, feeling the joy of his body, Chi Hua fell asleep unconsciously......

When Chi Hua opened his eyes again, the room was already bright, and Li Xiaofei on the bed next to him was still asleep.

"How long did I sleep? Didn't you blow the wake-up trumpet today? Chi Hua pushed open the door with questions.

The training ground was a busy scene, with military trucks and infantry armored vehicles roaring to gather in a corner of the training ground, and groups of soldiers carrying boxes of ammunition and food to different vehicles. The special operations battalion where he was located had been assembled, Xiao Yu and several other female soldiers were also there, and Chen Guojun was speaking in front of the queue, because he was too far away to hear what he was saying.

"What time is it?" Chi Hua grabbed a soldier who was standing guard in front of the door and asked.

"Captain Chi." The soldier actually knew Chi Hua, and hurriedly saluted and said, "It's almost noon, Battalion Commander Chen ordered before, you came back in the middle of the night last night, so that you can be woken up before leaving." ”

Chi Hua looked at Chen Guojun's figure from a distance, and suddenly felt that this man also had a cute side. Then he suddenly turned around and shouted into the house, "Xiaofei, get up, I'll take you to see the beauty!" ”

……

Although Chen Biao planned to set off as soon as dawn, it was already close to noon by the time all the equipment and personnel were in place and ready to go.

The convoy has set off slowly, and Lu Xinmin is holding Chen Biao's hand to say goodbye, "Lao Chen, I am here to see you off on behalf of the 300,000 people in the camp, be careful when you go!" ”

"Don't worry, those brutes can't help me, aren't you worried about them?" Chen Biao patted the thick barrel of the infantry fighting vehicle next to him that was about to start and said.

"In addition, you must come back as soon as possible, except for the food you took away, the camp will officially run out of food in three days!" Lu Xinmin suddenly stepped forward and said in a low voice.

"I know you still have something to say, don't worry, old man, even if my people don't come, let them send the food back first." Chen Biao said and gently hammered Lu Xinmin's thin shoulder.

"Report, regiment commander, our convoy was stopped by civilians at the gate of the battalion." A little soldier rushed over to report.

The two who were saying goodbye were stunned for a moment, and Chen Biao's face immediately sank, "What's the situation, say?" ”

"There were people walking around the camp and rumors that there was no food in the camp and that the troops were going to abandon the people and run alone with the remaining food, so they stopped our convoy and didn't let us out."

"Let's go, go over and have a look!" Chen Biao said, pulling Lu Xinmin's hand, and strode towards the camp gate.

Thousands of people had gathered at the camp gate, blocking the road outside. Rumors spread through the camp as fast as they grew wings, and more and more people were rushing towards the gate. Some people may not even know what's going on, gathering just with the mentality of watching the excitement, even if they are hungry, they can't stop the strong curiosity of the Chinese, and sometimes curiosity can really kill people.

Wu Yulong was standing on the roof of the off-road vehicle at this time, holding a loudspeaker and shouting at the gathered crowd: "Fellow villagers, please let us go, we are going to pull food for the camp." Please believe in the government and the troops! ”

The crowd on the opposite side was indifferent, or suspicious, or dazed, or disdainful all kinds of eyes intertwined, looking at the PLA officer in front of them.

"Mayor Lu, come on, this is the people we are trying our best to feed!" Chen Biao sneered and helped Lu Xinmin and helped him onto the roof of the off-road vehicle.

Lu Xinmin took the horn from Wu Yulong's hand, "Folks, I'm Lu Xinmin, please listen to me, I use my personality to vouch, the army is really going to find food for everyone, please let go, I thank you here!" Lu Xinmin said, clasping his hands into fists and constantly shaking in all directions.

"We don't believe it, you always look on the surface and do the same behind the scenes!"

"Yes, we don't believe it!"

"What's the use of personality? You are well fed and warmly clothed, but we people are starving and cold! All kinds of cold words came out of the crowd, and the emotions of the crowd instantly became intense.

"Fellow villagers, I, Lu Xinmin, are still in the camp, hundreds of government workers are still in the camp, and the soldiers of a battalion of Regiment Commander Chen are also still there, let's wait for Regiment Commander Chen to pull food back!" Lu Xinmin hoarsely reassured over and over again.

People look at each other, hoping for an answer from each other's eyes. Some began to hesitate, others began to move slowly to the side of the road.

"Mayor Lu, we believe in you, but we don't believe them, what if you are deceived?" Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted again.

"Yes, we don't believe them!" There was a sudden chorus of echoes from the crowd. Seeing that someone was taking the lead, the people who were moving their footsteps out also stopped.

"Then how do you believe it?" Lu Xinmin stared at a middle-aged man in the crowd who was the first to ask a question.

"We saw the troops loading several truckloads of grain and leaving, and we didn't believe it until the grain was unloaded!"

"Bringing so much food, isn't it to abandon us?"

"Yes, leave the food!"

Chen Biao's face turned pale with anger, he couldn't bear it anymore, he jumped on the roof of the car and snatched the horn from Lu Xinmin's hand, "I'm Chen Biao, in order to find food for the camp, we sacrificed more than a dozen soldiers, and there may be sacrifices today, do you want our soldiers to go hungry and fight hard?" Not convinced? People who don't believe stand up, dozens of trucks behind me are empty, get in the car and I'll pull you together to fight hard! Stand up! ”

The crowd was silent, no one dared to speak, no one moved their feet, and the situation was silently deadlocked.

"Company Commander Zhang!" Chen Biao suddenly shouted.

"Here!"

"Take a company, arrest Pang Wenbin's gang of bastards for me, and kill them directly if they resist!"

"Yes!" At the sound of the order, more than a hundred soldiers got out of their cars and pounced on the corner of the camp like wolves, led by an officer.

"I announce that from today onwards, all relief sites in the camp will stop distributing relief food, and we will starve to death with everyone! Back to camp! With Chen Biaoxin's order, the vehicles were ignited, but they were ready to turn around and drive back.

Some people began to retreat quietly, and as soon as someone took the lead more and more began to retreat, the thousands of people dispersed in a blink of an eye, as if the previous gathering and noise had never happened.

Looking at the open road in front of him, Lu Xinmin smiled bitterly at Chen Biao......