Chapter 81: Painting Cakes
I pulled the quilt, covered my eyes, blocked the light of the incandescent lamp that was not dazzling, I didn't want to move, I didn't bother to turn over and press the switch on the side of the bed, I closed my eyes weakly and lazily, and what flashed in front of me were those zombies with hideous faces, teeth and claws, and the survivors who were struggling with horror and despair, the picture was silent and noisy, as if playing a black and white pantomime.
Bang bang!
I don't know if I'm asleep or half-asleep, and I open my eyes in a daze. When I realized that someone was knocking on the door, I subconsciously sat up.
Bang bang bang!
The yellow-painted hardwood door rattled softly, a little softly, not hurriedly.
I glanced out the gray window, the sky was not yet completely bright, who would knock on my door at this time?
With suspicion, I lifted the quilt, and an inexplicable cold wind invaded my body, making me shiver and dispel the remaining sleepiness.
"Who?"
I don't remember that I didn't even take off my clothes last night, and I fell asleep in bed, but it was okay, just put my shoes on, and it was convenient.
"Brother Zhou, it's me, Lao Liu."
The man outside the door responded with a suppressed voice, but I heard it immediately, it was Liu Zhihong's guy.
I put on my military boots, pulled at my wrinkled guard uniform, and subconsciously grabbed the gun I had placed casually on the head of the bed.
I opened the door, and I saw Liu Zhihong, this guy wrapped his arms around and rubbed to dispel the biting cold of the morning, his eyes looked around, as if he was a little worried about being discovered by others, and behind him stood Lin Haiming, he looked at me and smiled politely, which was regarded as a hello.
"What's wrong?"
I asked, and when I saw Liu Zhihong, this guy was a little shivering cold, so I said, "Come in and talk about it." β
Liu Zhihong slipped in, but Lin Haiming's still slightly immature face had a bit of maturity and stability that young people rarely have, I gently closed the door, and Liu Zhihong had already stretched his neck to look at the room, and said with envy: "Brother Zhou really enjoys, this person sleeps in a single room, it is really better than sleeping in a cold tent." As he spoke, he patted the edge of the bed, sat on it, pulled the quilt, covered his thighs, and muttered, "They are so stingy, four people cover a blanket, and the cushion is still cardboard, and they are almost freezing my bones." β
"You can sit down too."
I ignored the complaint in Liu Zhihong's mouth, took the gun to my body, and said to Lin Haiming who was standing aside, he shook his head and signaled not to.
"Is there something urgent about you coming to me so early?"
I opened my mouth to ask, my eyes paused on Lin Haiming's face for a moment, and then I looked at Liu Zhihong.
Liu Zhihong's expression changed slightly, I didn't seem to have seen his serious expression, after all, in my impression, he was just a young man who was out of tune, he seemed to be a little hesitant, and I could even detect the apprehension hidden in his eyes.
His eyes dodged slightly for a moment, and finally looked at me squarely and opened his mouth: "Brother Zhou, can you help us get on the plane and leave here in advance?" β
I wasn't surprised by what he asked, but I couldn't answer him well, I turned my eyes to Lin Haiming, and he pointed at Liu Zhihong: "He pulled me here." β
"Is something going on?"
I deliberately avoided the subject, put my eyes back on Liu Zhihong, and asked.
"Thatγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» I heard that the base is going to be surrounded by zombies again." He said: "I heard from others that without a special relationship, it is difficult for ordinary people to get on the rescue plane and leave here. After that, he paused for a moment, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes: "A lot of people died last night, and I heard that the soldiers in the base wanted to use us survivors as cannon fodder, and those survivors were unwilling, so they made a fuss, and then they were all killed." β
"Who are you listening to?"
I kept a straight face, a little angry. But this is what I pretended, although the truth is not what Liu Zhihong said, but this kind of rumor can make the base fall into a panicked crisis, and there will be more and more survivors who resist the soldiers and soldiers. My heart is a little confused, what happened last night doesn't seem to have a great deterrent effect, but it has become a handle for some people with intentions to control people's hearts, wantonly spreading false rumors, and making the survivors in the base panic. The more I thought about it, the more chaotic my mind became, and I became a little inexplicably anxious.
"A lot of people are saying this, I'm γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» I'm just pulling Xiaolin over and asking, if Brother Zhou, if you feel embarrassed, forget it."
Liu Zhihong was a little stunned when he saw me, but I felt a little bit of distance.
"These are all rumors, and some people are deliberately spreading rumors and wanting the survivors of the base to fight against the army."
I shook my head and explained to him, thinking to myself what to do, what if those pathogens surrounded the base, but the troops in the base couldn't hold out for a week?
I even began to shamelessly think that my father, who was Zhou He, had such a good relationship with that Qin Hu, he shouldn't have watched himself die here, right? Maybe you will arrange for yourself to leave here? Thinking of the military identity I put on my body, I began to feel ashamed of this shameless thought, this military identity is like a shackle, firmly imprisoned my inner thoughts and desires, in fact, I also desperately want to leave here, leave the quarantine area, and want to live.
I glanced at Liu Zhihong and Lin Haiming, even if I knew that the two of them came to ask for help on behalf of those people, I couldn't be dissatisfied, because I thought so myself, where was the right to blame them?
Seeing that they were all silent, I was silent, silent for a moment, and after organizing my words, I spoke: "It is true that there are zombies moving in the direction of the base, but you have forgotten what we saw before?" At that time, there will be an aircraft support base, and as long as there is enough time, you can all get on the transport plane and leave the isolation zone, you should know that there are only less than ten transport planes like this huge in the country, right? There are three of them in our base, and if you think about it, if the outside gives up on us and the army gives up on us, there is no need to bother so much, and the army has already withdrawn, so you don't need to worry about it. β
Liu Zhihong showed a thoughtful look and nodded slightly: "That's what I said." β
Seeing that they believed my words, I breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, it's not as bad as you think, all this is only temporary, hold on, we can all get out of here, leave the quarantine area, and go back outside." "I smiled and painted them flatbread, which I couldn't eat, I couldn't even see, and I gave them an expectation, but my heart was shackled with a heavy guilt. Because, I'm cheating on them.
What is deception?
Deception, if well-intentioned, is more acceptable than a painfully painful truth. However, distorting the facts, fabricating so-called white lies that do not exist in despair, and telling desperate people to hold on to hope and expectation, is it not a kind of heart-wrenching capital punishment? I just hope that everything is not as bad as I imagined, and perhaps, the base can really withstand the huge number of pathogens.
They didn't stay long, figured out what I said, and left.
It didn't take long for the day to dawn.
Sitting in the jeep, looking through the window, I could feel the panic and anxiety that emanated from the base. In fact, at this time, the leader of the base should dominate public opinion, like those who maliciously spread rumors, and go to the crowd to spread good news and reassure people.
But this Qin Hu general didn't do this, because a group of pathogens that had not been detected by the radar were about to arrive at the base, and he didn't do it, even if I proposed the ideaγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» maybe I didn't have the heart to do it.
He sat on the simple desk, glanced at the busy people in the command room, his expression was resolute and calm, and his eyes fell on the messenger on standby, and he issued an order to the messenger in a loud voice: "Inform Commander Liu that the 303rd Regiment is ready for battle, and the battle plan will be sent to the headquarters in ten minutes." Notify the logistics department that military supplies will be replenished at any time, and all supplies will be sent by soldiers on a priority basis. Inform the 304 regiment to be on standby! The 305th Regiment is responsible for maintaining law and order at the base! β
"Yes!"
The messenger returned to his original position in response, and used the pager to give Qin Hu's order.
"How long will it take for this group of pathogens to arrive at the base?"
Qin Hu asked.
"Report to the General! There are still about two hours and forty minutes left in the preliminary calculation, and at their fastest speed, it will take two hours at the earliest! The monitoring staff responsible for monitoring the batch of pathogens, which numbered about 20,000, reported.
In less than ten minutes, the commander of the 303rd regiment, Commander Liu, sent someone to send the battle plan, which was an A4 paper with a simple sketch, circled and dotted, I just glanced at it cursoryly, but I didn't understand it. Qin Hu looked at it with a deep eyebrow, groaned, and said to the soldier who sent the message: "It's a bit risky to take the initiative to attack, if he Liu Zhiwu dares to take my soldiers to a dead end, I, Qin, will take off his head as a night pot!" β
"Report to the General! Captain Liu said that he promised that nothing would go wrong! The soldier replied.
Then Qin Hu said: "I will watch the battle on the wall, if the combat command fails, his position as the regiment commander will not be done." β
"Yes!"
The soldier took the A4 paper handed by Qin Hu and left.
As time passed, I felt more and more nervous, probably psychologically, after all, I hadn't seen so many pathogens gathered together.
However, just then, a guard came in and reported: "Report to the General!" Lin Lao said that he wanted to see you. β
Hearing this, Qin Hu frowned, and asked in a deep voice towards the busy people in the headquarters, "How long will it take for the transport plane to arrive?" "Looks like he desperately wants the old men to get out of the base quickly.
"Because of the need to load military supplies, it may take four hours to arrive." Someone replied.
Shen Mei thought for a while, Qin Hu stood up: "Let's go, I'll go see him." β
ps: Thank you: A little Xiu Jiangshan once again broke the money to reward, and thank you for your support and understanding, thank you.