Chapter 148: Star of Hope
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This is good news for corpse hunters and scavengers who are out and about, as they have a few more goodies to bring back from outside for money: winter clothes, blankets, and quilts.
Whether it is Jiangxin Island or Xinyuanjiang, it is difficult to realize the heating system of air conditioning and heating, so the price of winter clothes and jackets has risen sharply in a short period of time, and no one wants to be frozen to death.
Hou Jie pulled up his collar to block the cold wind that kept drilling into his neck, squinted his eyes and looked at the shore mouth that was getting closer and closer in front of him, and his enhanced eyesight far beyond ordinary people allowed him to see the words on the banner at the shore mouth from a distance: Welcome to the Star of Hope.
"Star of Hope?" Hou Jie asked the man beside him puzzled, "Isn't this Jiangxin Island?" ā
"It's Jiangxin Island." The man smiled and said, "Later, Vice President Yu asked people to change the name of the settlement to the Star of Hope, which means that in Jiangxin Island, no matter who there is, there is hope." ā
In three months, most of the residents and facilities on Paradise Island were transferred to Jiangxin Island, and the monument that was originally erected in front of the casino on Paradise Island was also transported to the center of Jiangxin Island, and people went to worship every day.
"Oh, that's it, thank you, Boss Zhang." Hou Jie reached out and touched the back of his head, smiling embarrassedly, "I don't know anything, thanks to you for explaining it to me." ā
Zhang Deng didn't even dare to say it, although when he first met the person in front of him, his nonsensical appearance of not knowing anything was really suspicious, but Zhang Deng didn't dare to show it at all, if it weren't for this little brother Hou, his team would all be planted outside, and this small boat would have turned over in the gutter a long time ago.
Who would have thought that there would be mutants hidden in a frozen food warehouse? In order to avoid the spoilage of pork and mutton, people will put pork and mutton in the freezer, which is common sense. But when this is the other way around, the mutant freezes the human flesh in order to prevent it from rotting, who would have thought of this? Anyway, Zhang Deng couldn't think of it.
When Zhang Deng led the team into the warehouse and found a mutant being taken out of frozen human flesh to be heated and eaten, the despair and horror in his heart were indescribable.
Unlike those corpse hunters who have strong firepower and dare to fight, he is just a small boat owner with a few brothers picking up garbage and eating rice, and he can't be equipped with a gun, he uses a short crossbow that is easy to carry, and it's okay to deal with ordinary zombies, but it's a dead end when he encounters a mutant.
Just when Zhang Deng regretted that he shouldn't be greedy and thought that he would definitely die this time, Hou Jie, who was wearing iron fists, appeared, only to see that he was as fast as lightning and as powerful as a bull, and he blew up the head of the mutant with three punches and two kicks, and the corners of Zhang Deng's eyes jumped, obediently, that was a mutant, Zhang Deng really had never seen anyone beat the mutant to death with his bare hands.
Of course, strictly speaking, Hou Jie is still wearing iron gloves, which cannot be regarded as bare-handed, but the scene of beating the mutant into rotten meat with his fists is really explosive and shocking, so that the audience automatically ignores some details.
Zhang Deng guessed that this mysterious and strange Hou Jie must be an awakened person, and only those powerful awakened people with combat ability dared to take on the mutant alone.
Since the other party is an awakened person, of course Zhang Deng is the only one who is the only one, and he tries his best to please him, just hoping to hug this thigh, and they all say that it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and if an awakened person who can easily kill mutants can take care of it a little, he Zhang Deng will never have to live this bitter life with his brothers in the future.
"If there is anything you can order, if it weren't for you, our lives would not be guaranteed." Zhang Deng smiled exaggeratedly, "And you deliberately escorted us all the way back, it's really big, don't dare to forget." ā
"Great kindness, toothless and unforgettable." Hou Jie corrected Zhang Deng's words and gave him a smile kindly, "Boss Zhang is serious, we are on the way, and I have to thank you for bringing me over." By the way, I was in a hurry on this way, and there was still some distance to go ashore, Boss Zhang, tell me about what happened recently, what kind of forces are there in Yuanjiang? ā
"Did you really forget?" Zhang Deng glanced at Hou Jie, according to him, he had amnesia, and he couldn't remember what happened before, but Zhang Deng didn't believe this bad excuse.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether it's credible or not, since Hou Jie asked, Zhang Deng has to answer well.
"Then let me give you a brief explanation, after the disaster broke out, President Yang of the Far Salvation Association came to Paradise Island, and the Evolution Cult of St. Nair Church was exterminated after World War I, but the remnants of the cult actually colluded with mutants in the southern suburbs to build a bullshit kingdom, and kept humans in captivity like pigs and slaves."
"To be honest, I'm afraid to think about it, if they are allowed to do this, I'm afraid that there are many people who are willing to run away as traitors and be raised in captivity, I heard that there were some people who deceived other survivors to go to the southern suburbs for their own lives and sent them to the mouth of the mutant, phew!" Speaking of this, Zhang Deng spat out thick phlegm and was very disdainful.
"Fortunately, President Yang and Vice President are not the kind of people who only care about their own safety, and immediately united with Commander Liu, who pointed at the corpse, and set up an ambush in the International Trade Building, attracting those mutants to catch them all, and now the 258th Division Commander Jiang Haichao, oh, he was still the commander of the armored battalion of the 258 Brigade at the time, and he pushed over with the troops, and directly flattened the bullshit Divine Kingdom."
"In the International Trade Building, President Yang and they used themselves as bait, and after a bloody battle, they finally wiped out all the mutants who came to attack! Obediently, every time I think of this, my old Zhang can't help but boil his blood, and then the former commander of the 258 Brigade sacrificed...... I don't know the specifics, I just pick up the garbage, hehe, I don't know much about these things, it's all hearsay. ā
"By the way, after you go ashore, you can go to the Wu Ji Teahouse to listen to Boss Wu's commentary, I happened to talk about the international trade war before I went out this time...... Later, Jiang Haichao succeeded as the commander of the 258 Brigade, but this person is narrow-minded, I didn't dare to say this, but we are now on the chassis of the Far Rescue Association, so don't be afraid of him Jiang Haichao. ā
"Oh, it's off topic, Jiang Haichao is narrow-minded and a very poor person, so some of Brigade Commander Zhao's old departments don't buy it, some people say that Jiang Haichao deliberately exposed the location of the headquarters in order to get to the top and killed Brigade Commander Zhao...... It's hard for us to talk about these things, in short, there was a lot of chaos over there, and there was almost a fight, and then some troops who didn't deal with Jiang Haichao brought guns and cannons with people, and ran away directly. ā
"At that time, I heard from the people of the Far Rescue Association that Commander Liu might come to us, Commander Liu is a good person, a good person like President Yang, hey, I won't say much about these things that you will definitely understand slowly after you go ashore...... Later, Jiang Haichao built the Great Wall of Yuanjiang, and used the survivors in the entire refuge camp as coolies, and it was a military punishment at every turn. ā
It seems that this "direct" is the usual word of Boss Zhang, Zhang Deng thought to himself, he has heard him say "direct" many times at this time, probably the vocabulary is poor so he has to use this word instead.
"It's far away again, in short, Commander Liu still stayed in Xinyuanjiang, Xinyuanjiang is now a miniature city in the wall, and only there and Jiangxin Island are absolutely safe areas in the entire Yuanjiang."
"That's all I know, and I don't know what big forces you are talking about." Zhang Deng smiled innocently, "You can go to the bar and ask, there are many well-informed people there." ā
Hou Jie was stunned when he heard this, and waited until Zhang Deng stopped talking, only to find that the boat had floated to the shore, and the crew all showed a smile on their way home.
The morning sun shines on the beach and seashells twinkle like stars.