Under the guidance of the small cloth bag, Meng Qingqiang and his party came to a building far away from the base, from the mottled plaque of the building and the surrounding facilities, it can be seen that this should be a relatively large hotel in the past, and now it is where the mutual aid association is located.

There is also a barricade at the gate of the exterior wall of the hotel, and there are some people waiting outside the barricade at this time, led by an old man with white hair and a kind face, and next to him stands a middle-aged man who looks very similar to the old man.

After mutual introduction, the old man turned out to be the president of the mutual aid association, surnamed Zhang, before the disaster was a well-known professor at a university in China, mainly researching biological and virus-related topics, and was a person on the key protection list of the institute, the old man had two sons, both of whom worked in the university where the old man was, the eldest son, that is, the middle-aged man next to the old man, also taught in the university, and the younger son was a physical education teacher. When the disaster struck, the old man was spared under the protection of his son and students.

Later, he was taken to the base by the security forces under the research institute who rushed to the base as soon as possible, but after arriving at the base, the old man agreed to join the research institute to study ways to eliminate the virus and save mankind. However, when he found out about the situation in the base and the surrounding area, he resolutely refused to go to the main research institute, and also refused to live in the base, and chose to come to the deserted hotel with his two sons and the students who came later, and established the Human Mutual Aid Association to help the old and weak who were struggling to survive in the city.

After listening to the stories of the mutual aid association and the elder, a feeling of admiration arose spontaneously from Meng Qingqiang's heart. The most easily degenerate in troubled times is human nature, and in this sludge-like world, there are still many people who insist on kindness and justice in their hearts, whether it is Yang Bin, who has passed away, or Elder Zhang, who is still persevering, they all exude the brilliance of human nature. And it is precisely with such people that the fate of mankind may be able to preserve a glimmer of hope.

Meng Qingqiang and others, under the leadership of the members of the Mutual Aid Association headed by President Zhang, entered the Mutual Aid Association, and this resolute and kind old man immediately asked Yang Lili and them to arrange a place to live, and instructed them to have a welcome meal together after the arrangement. After seeing people leave, he invited Meng Qingqiang and others to a reception room to sit down.

It can be seen that President Zhang is very happy for the arrival of Yang Lili and others, and expresses his admiration and gratitude to Meng Qingqiang for being able to lend a helping hand in times of crisis, rescue those in need, and bring them all the way here. While Meng Qingqiang was modest, he found some discord.

Except for Chairman Zhang and the only few people, Meng Qingqiang found that most people, including the old man's eldest son, did not show a strong affection for the newcomers Yang Lili and others, and could even feel a little resistance. It can be seen that the situation of the mutual aid association is more difficult than expected, he just turned his head slightly to Xing Tianliang before entering the house, and Xing Tianliang, who is clever and well-behaved, immediately understood what he meant, and did not follow them into the house, but left with Yang Lili and others.

The old man's mood was very high, and he chatted with Meng Qingqiang non-stop, and he had some involvement in the development of the mutual aid association and the research of the base, and Bai Ying also joined in from time to time, and some professional topics made the old man's conversation even more interesting, and the relationship between everyone became more intimate for a while.

During this time, Meng Qingqiang talked about this morning's transaction and the invitation of Colonel Zhang and others, and asked the old man about the so-called promotion. The old man was silent for a moment, and then replied:

"Qingqiang, I have a certain understanding of the promotion you asked, and even I participated in the research and development of some of it, although it is still confidential, but our enemy is not human at all, so the so-called secrecy is not so strict, and there are many people in the city who have participated in the experiment, and many people have heard of it, so I won't hide it from you."

The old man took a sip of the tea at hand, and then explained to Meng Qingqiang: "You have already seen the equipment on Colonel Zhang's body, it is a kind of respirator, this equipment will provide the equipment with a kind of oxygen containing special radiation, after the disaster, those of us inspired by cancer treatment, found that a certain dose of special radiation can inhibit mutations in a sense, but it is not yet possible to treat and reverse mutations, and later someone discovered a magical yellow substance, the headquarters named this substance is Alpha-Ying, This substance is actually a virus mutant in nature, but unlike ordinary alpha viruses, it can increase the abilities and intelligence of mutants. ”

Hear here. Meng Qingqiang's heart couldn't stop stirring, he knew what the old man was talking about, and he even tried it himself. Now someone can finally really explain his previous conjectures for him.

Later, a radical scientist asked if if it could improve the abilities of mutants, could it also improve the abilities of humans? He secretly conducted human experiments without the knowledge of the research institute, and the result was that the young man could indeed improve human physical fitness, speed, strength and other indicators, but after a period of time, all the experimental subjects had mutations of varying degrees, and even directly became more terrible mutants, causing a series of accidents, and the institute took a lot of effort to eliminate these mutants, but the scientist still did not give up research, and even thought that he had found hope that human beings would defeat mutants, So he used the radiation source to suppress the mutation of the warriors who had been promoted by the Hips, and in this way, created a very powerful Radiant Warriors, and Colonel Zhang in the base was such a Radiant Warriors, we call them the Warriors, the Warriors are very powerful, with the strength and speed of the mutants, etc., coupled with the powerful hot and cold weapons, it can completely crush the mutants, but the Warriors have high requirements for the body, and the chosen ones are all elite warriors who are strong and strong, And the better the physical fitness, the greater the improvement, I think Colonel Zhang must have taken a fancy to Qingqiang's tall body. ”

After speaking, the old man showed a trace of hesitation, he pondered it and said to Meng Qingqiang: "I actually don't agree with the production of this kind of warrior, but judging from the current effect, the birth of radiation warriors has indeed greatly improved the survivability of human beings, but these warriors can no longer be regarded as real human beings in a sense, they sacrificed themselves for the sake of human beings, and I still admire Colonel Zhang and others for this, so Qingqiang, you still have to think carefully." ”

After listening to the old man's words, Meng Qingqiang was silent for a while, and said to the old man seriously: "Well, thank you for the reminder, I understand, for the time being, I haven't agreed to Colonel Zhang's invitation, but if there is really no way, when the human race is facing extermination, I think not only me, everyone will be willing to fight." After listening to Meng Qingqiang's words, the old man was both sad and relieved.

At this time, the door of the reception room was pushed open, and a young man walked in, who was obviously the old man's youngest son from his appearance, and the young man said to the old man as soon as he entered the door: "Dad, I heard that the little cloth bag has found some old and weak people, and it can't go on like this, let's rely on your relationship and brothers to work hard to maintain the current situation, it's already very difficult, we really can't accept these people anymore." ”

At this time, the old man's eldest son also stood up, walked over and pulled his younger brother, but did not say anything against it. The old man looked at his two sons, and his face sank.

"Didn't you see, I'm talking to Village Chief Meng? Besides, if we don't accept them, who else will? Have you forgotten the purpose of our Mutual Aid Society? If you don't give up on any human being, aren't these people human? At the end, the old man almost roared.

Seeing his father's anger, the young man looked a little frightened, but still said softly: "I went to borrow food from other organizations all day today, but except for a little given by the light of hope, everything else was delayed, if it weren't for the relationship between you and the base, I am afraid that I would not even be able to enter the door, and if it goes on like this, even we ourselves will be starving, how can we have the ability to help these people." ”

"If there is a difficulty, we will stand up, tomorrow I will go to the base to find Director Murong to think of a way, but since people have arrived at our mutual aid association, we can't push them out, no matter what, go to eat first, and then find a way later."

After speaking, he apologized to Meng Qingqiang and the others, and then ignored the two sons, and took everyone out of the reception room to the place to eat, while his two sons also glanced at each other, sighed and followed behind.

When they came to the dining hall, everyone was already waiting there, and as far as the eye could see, there were two or three hundred people, most of them were women, children and the elderly, and there were very few young and strong. The faces of the people sitting quietly at the table were not too happy, and Yang Lili and the others, who had just arrived, obviously knew the true situation of the mutual aid association, and their faces showed a worried look.

Meng Qingqiang walked over and looked at the dinner, it was just a simple multigrain cake, wild vegetable soup, and a small amount of pickled vegetables, and the meat was even more fishy. Meng Qingqiang, who watched it, was sad. At this time, Xing Tianliang walked up to Meng Qingqiang and whispered to him: "Village chief, I have walked around, the situation here is indeed not optimistic, there are few food reserves, and there are not many weapons. I inquired, and the food was all obtained from the research conducted by Chairman Zhang's father and son and others in the base, plus a small amount of young people joined the team of large organizations such as the Light of Hope to search for the part they received, and the women and the elderly did some daily cleaning and other work in the base through Chairman Zhang's relationship in exchange for a small amount of food. So they had a hard time."

Meng Qingqiang nodded, and then instructed Xing Tianliang and Wang Yan to take the villagers to bring some of the food exchanged for the car outside and the dog meat left last time.

Soon, the new food was made, buckets of dog broth were fragrant, and a lot of potatoes and canned asparagus mushrooms and other ingredients were added to it, with the newly cooked oil cakes, the people in the canteen showed a long-lost smile, the children happily gnawed on the stewed and rotten dog meat, the mother next to him persuaded the children to slow down with tears, and even the little son who had been black-faced came over to thank Meng Qingqiang with red eyes.

In the lively cafeteria, instead of happy laughter, people are immersed in this little happiness. Zhang Lao, who drank two more glasses because he was happy, was very ruddy. Seeing his sincere joyful expression, Meng Qingqiang came to his side and said

"Elder Zhang, I admire your kindness, but you have also seen that these people need not only a simple place to live and a mouthful of food that barely fills their stomachs, they also need hope. So I took the liberty of proposing an idea, I hope you can move these people to my Mengjia village. ”

He then introduced the geographical location of Mengjia Village, including the advantages of being far away from the town, having a large area of arable land, scarcity of mutants, close proximity to reservoirs, and power stations, and mentioning that Mengjia Village mainly relies on planting, hunting and raising livestock to make a living, rather than needing relief and going out to search here, so women, the elderly and children can also support themselves.

Moreover, he also proposed that the mutual aid association would not be canceled, it would still be located in the city, and the humans recruited in the future could also move to Mengjia Village in a steady stream.

"Elder Zhang, I believe you should already know what weapons and food we are trading today, so please also believe that I am absolutely capable, protect my villagers in the last days, and rebuild a real home, instead of lingering here, what I say may not be good, but it is also my sincerity, please think about it."

The people around the old man, hearing Meng Qingqiang's words, all showed eager eyes, they stared at the old man, hoping that he could agree, especially the old man's youngest son, if it wasn't for the old man who hadn't spoken, he might have stood up and agreed to come down.

Chairman Zhang was silent for a moment and sighed. "Qingqiang, I also know that my ability as a mutual aid association is limited, but let me decide to hand over these people to you for a while, I still have to think about it, you stay tonight, let me think about it for a while, and I have to ask everyone's opinions." But I still want to thank you for your kindness. There are not many people like you in the last days. ”

Meng Qingqiang understood the old man's caution very well, so he didn't mention it again, after this topic, everyone's mood was obviously higher, and they drank and chatted happily in this cold night. It's just that I didn't expect that when the meal was about to end, an uninvited guest came, which made everyone present feel confused.