Chapter 243: Wolf Smoke
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"Tell me what's going on." Leaning against a tree, Tong Siyuan squinted his small eyes, looking a little tired, "It's not safe around here." Try to summarize it as concisely as possible, and we can wait until it is safe to talk about it. โ
"Then I'll let the wind around first." Ah Nian patted Wan Yi and Liu Xia on the shoulders with a large muscular hand, and then plunged into the bushes.
โโฆโฆ I don't know how things could suddenly turn out like this. After hanging his head and being silent for a long time, he said in a dry voice.
"How did this fire start? How long has it been burning again? Seeing that the other party's mind was still a mess, Tong Siyuan had to first sort out the beginning of the incident for him by asking questions, "What about the other children?" Why are you so scattered now? โ
Sitting on a large rock with his back propped up, he sniffled and replied confusedly, "I don't know...... I don't know if it was the people who lit the fire, and I don't know where everyone else has gone now...... It's been two days and two nights, and I haven't seen any living people except a few of our corpses on the side of the road. โ
"Shows you're in luck." Tong Siyuan glanced at him lightly, "If the three of you also meet those soldiers on the road, Ah Nian alone can't take the two of you." โ
In case of a body shock. Tong Siyuan watched him slowly raise his head, looked at the sky with an extremely dazed expression, and finally only said a word that did not match the preface.
"I'm really unwilling." The boy's eyes were still clear and clean, but they were faintly misty as he sighed slowly.
Tong Siyuan heard a little bit of extraneous meaning, and then let out a sigh: "This world often teaches lessons at the most unexpected times for everyone. After speaking, he took out a barely clean handkerchief from his pocket, handed it to Liu Xia, whose eyes were red, and continued as gently and naturally as possible, "If you don't mind, take it and wipe it a little." โ
The shade of the tree cast dappled spots of light on the girl's white skin. Liu Xia said thank you in a hoarse voice, and continued to stand aside, biting her lip and reluctant to say more.
"But one thing is for sure, the door was opened by a key." After a pause, he added, "I mean, those researchers didn't rely on their own skills to get out of trouble......
"Your logic is too broken, start from scratch." Tong Siyuan interrupted him.
"Okay." In case he stomped on the spot and barely calmed down, "The day before yesterday, that is, the night three days ago, I finally finished the day's affairs in advance, and I plan to take this opportunity to try the prisoners you brought back again. As a result, unexpectedly, they changed their attitude of not entering the oil and salt a few days ago, and talked with me for a long time. โ
"Big reason?"
"To summarize it roughly, it is, 'Humanity has reached a critical point of endangering its existence, and if we don't seize the opportunity to organize a counterattack, I'm afraid we will become sinners for eternity.'" In case the tone of the repetition is a bit mechanical, "It's all such incendiary words anyway...... At first, I listened carefully for a while, but then I got a little annoyed by the brainwashing, so I turned around and left. โ
"It seems that they have discussed it in advance......" Tong Siyuan said thoughtfully.
"What?"
"It's okay, you go ahead first."
"To be an afterthought, I actually thought they were acting very strangely." Wan Yu shook his head gloomily, "It's a pity that this matter didn't attract enough attention from me at the time, otherwise, if I could have made amends earlier, things wouldn't have come to this point." โ
"Now that we've come this far, let's face it." Tong Siyuan already had a rough guess in his heart, "This group of people ran away that night?" Maybe even set a fire before escaping? In connection with the few words you said earlier, it seems that it may be that we have children in our house to provide convenience for them......"
"And that's not all." In case he finally showed a little angry look, "In the early hours of the morning, before leaving, they broke into the town's radio room and used a brainwashing ideological education to make everyone noisy. โ
"What are the beautiful words that encourage you to die for all mankind?"
"Yes, there is also a 'sincere apology' that is just lip service, and it means that what they have committed in the past is also for the sake of the overall situation, and we are the light of hope they planted for the present in advance." In case of irony, "If we choose to escape forever, we will not only waste their good intentions, but also limit the freedom and honor that we should have in our lives." โ
"Actually, there is some truth. You didn't listen? Tong Siyuan asked a little teasingly.
"I'm not a fool who will follow me with enthusiasm when I listen to someone's words." In case of gritting teeth to answer.
"It sounds like there are quite a few fools like that." Tong Siyuan was not surprised, "How many did you follow?" โ
"There were no less than ten who followed them out of the village on the spot. A group of people who were still hesitant, after seeing the fire burning, also ran away. Seeing that more and more people were packing up their things, the rest of the people quickly became chaotic. "In case of a cold snort," that's when I realized what they meant when they said, 'You kids shouldn't be trapped here forever...... It turned out that we had already thought about cutting off our retreat. Recently, the weather has been dry, and the town is mostly old-fashioned houses with woods. As soon as the fire burned, the rest of us had no time to extinguish it. Coupled with the fact that everyone knew very well that Six Fingers would be here soon, I wanted to organize the rest of the people in an orderly manner, but I couldn't stop those who were running fast. โ
"When disaster comes, fly separately, it's all like this." Tong Siyuan didn't say anything superfluous about his righteous indignation, "How many people are willing to accept your 'unified command' in the end?" โ
"It's not that little, twenty or so. Those ...... of yours over the years It's still not completely in vain. In case he noticed that the other person didn't seem to show any signs of loss, he swallowed more comforting words into his stomach, and said honestly, "But...... Most of them are children who are too young. A few of them probably didn't understand what the rest of the town was arguing about, and were just woken up by the noise. โ
"Did you separate the good ones and let them take the kids outside?" Tong Siyuan remembered the corpses he saw along the way, and said bluntly, "I'm afraid your approach has the opposite effect." To put it mildly, some people might be able to run out alive if they were alone without dragging. If you really think about the safety of most people's lives, you should think about saving the remaining combat power at the first time, and temporarily move the children who can't run to a safe location that can be easily discovered by the six-fingered army who come to search. Although their attitude towards human beings is not good, it is not too difficult for a group of children who don't even understand the meaning of family hatred and national hatred. It's a big deal when I come back, I'll try to negotiate with them and bring the kids back. โ
"I'll never learn what you call 'best practices.'" In case it sounds a little annoying, "Tong Siyuan, you are indeed very good at considering the pros and cons, and what you are good at is a little scary." โ
"Do you think I'm acting too cold-blooded?" Tong Siyuan was determined to take this opportunity to continue to polish the heart of the young man he was most optimistic about, so he deliberately provoked, "It's a pity that your enthusiasm didn't bring any good results." As the one who gives orders, the lives of all those under you are tied to your hands, and what you should pursue is not morally high, but what is actually beneficial to the majority. โ
โโฆโฆ I admit that I did it wrong this time. In case he gasped quietly, he was about shaken, but he quickly regrouped and said, "But I can't agree with your approach either!" It's come to this time, why do you still have inexplicable fantasies about Six Fingers? They are not the same thing as us! In case because of my dereliction of duty, those younger brothers and sisters lose their lives, and even have to be locked up in a dark laboratory for the rest of their lives, how can you give me the face to face the other 'lucky people' who have successfully escaped because of their burdens? โ
"How to face the ghosts who have lost their lives because of your judgment in the most peaceful manner is the most important basic lesson before becoming a 'leader'. You're still a little tender. Tong Siyuan was not angry, "You didn't know me on the first day." The reason why I said so much in a hurry this time is actually because I have been more or less affected by the beautiful words of those people. What do you mean by 'such a time'? I've never heard of a war that was won by advocating that children who don't know how to use their brains go to the net. โ
"I won't believe a word of the doctors who don't treat us as human beings at all." "It's just that I really don't understand, why did some of the people who chose to follow them suffer under the city in the past, and now they suddenly changed their minds and were willing to give their lives to cooperate with them?" It's ridiculous. โ
"Maybe it's because they're hotter than you and me. Nor can this behavior be wrong. Tong Siyuan is very open in these aspects, "It's just that the road ahead will depend on them, and those of us who have been left behind can only silently bless them in the same place." โ
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"Look, they all said I didn't do anything to him." The young officer spread his hands with a good attitude, "It's okay, you can get closer to check, it's definitely the person who is fake." โ
Before Yuan Sui cautiously opened his mouth to stop it, Gu Lan had already rushed to the person who was in place in a strange posture with red eyes, directly touched all the wounds of the other party that had been bandaged with a bandage, and finally held Tong Bi'an's face and cried loudly.
"Alright, alright, I can understand your feelings, but can you be a little quieter." The young officer hissed quietly, "Don't forget that I invited you two in for the sake of 'trading', and the others haven't gone far yet." โ
"It's okay, let them continue to cry, it just happens to prove that this 'hostage' is indeed more important to us, and it doesn't matter." Yuan Sui looked at the excitement twice, and quickly became serious, "Let's just talk about things." โ
"It's fine." The young officer looked at her and smiled, "According to the more common saying on your side, I am now at the rank of major general, and I am also the most eloquent of all the soldiers here. What's your last name? โ
"Don't have your surname Yuan. Mr. Major General, you don't have to be so polite. "It's been a long time since I've experienced such a serious atmosphere, and Yuan Sui is still a little unaccustomed to it, "Anyway, I have indeed confirmed the safety of the hostages, if you have any conditions, you can start mentioning it." But I can't be sure that I'm going to say yes 100 percent, because I'm not alone in this place. โ
"You're welcome. I've just heard from the people below you that your talent is really bright, and many of us have gained a lot of knowledge. The young major general not only didn't look a little arrogant, but even spoke quite nicely, "It looks like you're also a professionally trained person, right?" If I have the opportunity in the future, I would also like to ask you to talk about the shortcomings of our army from the perspective of a gifted person. โ
Nothing is usually a good thing. Yuan Sui was vigilant, and then said tentatively: "In order to save my life before, I have killed your subordinates many times, please forgive me." โ
"At this point, we're each other." The Major General held out his hand to her open-mindedly, "Please believe that it was not my intention to kill those children. โ
Yuan Sui's brows furrowed slightly, but he still reached out to shake it.
How can this battle be as if the leaders of the two sides are meeting before the battle, intending to discuss the peaceful settlement of the dispute? Regardless of how much influence the person on the other side has in the six fingers, she doesn't have such a lot of energy anyway. I don't know what this person is thinking about when he obviously has all the advantages, but he still puts on a kind look.
"I would venture to ask, are you really 'Six Fingers'?" Yuan Sui stared at his dark gray eyes.
"Didn't you pay attention to my hand just now?" The Major General still asked with a smile.
"There is a kind of magic in the mother tongue. Your pronunciation when speaking our language is even more standard than many humans I know. Yuan Sui said seriously, "But you're not even a translator." So it's weird to have that level. โ
"You're really careful." The major will continue to praise her, "Probably because I'm half-blood, and I have a talent for it." โ
"Half-breeds?" Yuan Sui was really surprised at this time, "I took the liberty of asking...... What and what's a half-breed? โ
"The 'six fingers' in your mouth, and ordinary humans." The Major General dropped a bombshell in a joking tone, and even Tong Bi'an and Gu Lan, who had been hugging and crying in the corner, turned their heads, "Will this answer be a little more reassuring to you?" We do have a position of cooperation. โ
"No, it won't, right?" Yuan Sui instantly had a feeling that his worldview was refreshed, "There will be no ...... Reproductive isolation ...... Or something? โ
"You're going to ask the doctor about that. I don't know exactly how it works. But now that everyone has grown up in artificial amniotic fluid, shouldn't this kind of thing be strange? The Major General seemed amused by the atmosphere in the room, "Do you need me to show you the medical examination report?" โ
"Then, then you ......" Yuan Sui was still struggling to digest this information, and he stammered when he spoke.
"Time is running out. I must meet you 'gifted' this time, in fact, I have something to ask for. The major general glanced at his watch and gradually turned grim, "Can you gather a stronger army as soon as possible and be ready to support everywhere at any time?" โ
"Huh?" Yuan Sui was a little dizzy, "What do you mean?" โ
"We've been arguing a lot lately. But looking at the current situation, since the collapse of your water city, the moderates have less and less say. Even from a self-interested point of view, this is something that a sensitive person like me absolutely does not want to see. "In other words, maybe, in a few days, someone may really want to do something to you." โ