Chapter XXVI: Alert
They cheered, put down their tools, and followed Deputy County Magistrate Na Zheng out of the warehouse door, and I followed behind them.
On the way, I saw many of the survivors coming out of their houses, and a smile finally appeared on their numb or sad faces, and it seemed that they had also been informed that food was life-sustaining medicine for them after the disaster broke out.
The procession to receive the food grew larger and stronger, and by the time they reached the parking lot, there were already three or four hundred people gathered, and more than 20 armed police officers armed with guns had arrived, looking vigilant, perhaps for fear of causing a robbery.
A mid-size truck with a badly deformed nose and an almost completely cracked windshield and two pickup trucks from what appeared to be abandoned parking lots entered through the gate, drove into the parking lot, and then closed the gate. I saw Deputy County Magistrate Zheng's suddenly gloomy face, as if something unacceptable had happened. The crowd, which was still a little noisy, suddenly quieted down, and the atmosphere froze as they looked at the three vehicles that had turned off.
Because, these three cars that have almost been deformed clearly tell people one thing, they have suffered an accident
The people in the car got down, their faces were still pale with horror, and they were glad to have escaped death, and even I saw that some people's hands and feet were still a little shaking, and I counted, and there were less than eight people, didn't I say that there were nearly hundreds? My heart thumped.
A uniformed police officer trembled and withdrew the holster of the pistol he was holding in his hand, then took a deep breath and walked towards Deputy County Magistrate Zheng with a slightly pale face.
"What's going on?"
Deputy County Magistrate Zheng took a deep breath, and he asked with a solemn expression, his funny appearance actually looked extremely majestic at the moment.
The policeman swallowed a mouthful of saliva and told the story of the incident with a frightened expression.
He said: They were divided into four groups, each group of about 20 people, with six or two cars, together to go out to look for supplies, but in the middle of the way will split up to various locations to find, just when they were preparing to divide the team to find supplies, they were attacked by monsters, that is, freaks, they immediately turned their heads and wanted to rush back, but they were blocked by the mutated dogs on the way back, and many of them were bitten by the mutant dogs that suddenly became strong in the bite force, causing a rollover, so that many people lost their lives. The surviving ones were forced to move farther and farther away from their original paths, and they also encountered a horde of ghouls, and in the end they were the only ones who survived, and even they hid outside without eating or drinking for two days, and finally carried the supplies from a commissary on the way, and took a sparsely populated long way to make a detour.
The policeman lamented that the reason why they suffered such a big loss was that they had almost no strength to resist, although they had a small number of crude knives in their hands, but they did not work at all, and each group was allocated a pistol, which was worth ten bullets, which was tantamount to itching for those monsters with a huge number
After listening to the policeman's report, Deputy County Magistrate Zheng's face was gloomy and almost dripping, and the flesh on his face twitched, but I felt the decadence and powerlessness hidden in his small eyes, and he was silent, which explained the panic in his heart. This time, for them, the losses are undoubtedly huge, not to mention the deaths of nearly eighty or ninety people, those limited resources are almost gone, such as the vehicles used for loading, I glanced at Deputy County Magistrate Zheng, who looked a little old and decadent, and then looked at the crowd that was gradually stirring, their eyes widened, obviously they did not hear the conversation between the police security and the deputy county magistrate Zheng, but they sensed something from the expression of the police security.
Deputy County Magistrate Zheng glanced at Captain Yan, who was expressionless next to him, and Commander Zhang, who looked indifferent, and finally waved his hand weakly: "Let's ask some people to move the things on the car down and distribute them first, and then find a way to do the rest of the things." ”
The policeman nodded.
The materials brought back by these people are not enough for everyone to distribute, and it is extremely reluctant to be able to barely get half a pack of instant noodles.
The eyes of the crowd with joy and hope gradually dimmed, they should have realized something but their souls have been numb, after the disaster, they are only left with a heart of hope, but the hidden cowardice of the soul is infinitely magnified, they dare not resist, they will only passively accept.
They began to line up numbly, and the food they were given in their hands was probably only enough to eat once, but they accepted, except that some would occasionally look hopefully at their leaders, Deputy County Magistrate Zheng, or the armed policemen with guns. They expect someone to save them. This makes them pathetic, yet pathetic.
The crowd dispersed, either holding the food in their arms or hurriedly swallowing it, their beggar-like movements and reactions to the food.
The sharp voice reached my ears, and I twisted my stiff neck back, and I saw that it was Director Han, the wife of Deputy County Magistrate Zheng, who was roaring bitterly at the captain of the strict and brave army.
"Captain Yan, do you really want to see these people starve to death one by one?!"
I turned and took two steps forward, trying to hear clearly, but after thinking about it, I took a step back, and I could hear the distance anyway.
Yan Liyong's expression was a little indifferent: "Ammunition is limited, I don't want to waste ammunition in vain." Saying that, he sneered and looked at the silent deputy county magistrate Zheng: "If it weren't for you, I might have snatched the slaughterhouse and frozen meat warehouse occupied by Butcher Li by joining forces with that Boss Huang, if I can snatch back a batch of weapons from Butcher Li, and there is frozen meat, it is not enough to feed these people?" If it weren't for your cowardice and fear of death, would you need to kill so many people? Aren't you just afraid that your life will be lost? Isn't it just the fear of losing the power in your hands? ”
"If it weren't for your dereliction of duty, how could the ammunition depot have been lost?" Deputy County Magistrate Zheng, who was silent, finally couldn't help but speak: "I'm afraid that you will be cheated by that Huang boss, they are not good people, just less than thirty of you" After speaking, he suddenly stopped his voice again, was silent for a while, and whispered: "Actually, we can watch them fight and pick up cheap." ”
Later, I finally figured out the dispute between them, it turned out that Yan Liyong wanted to snatch back the frozen meat warehouse and weapons from the hands of the Tu Xing Gang, and this Deputy County Magistrate Zheng was timid and afraid of death, and did not want them to do this, but Yan Liyong refused, but because of the extreme opposition of Deputy County Magistrate Zheng and the support of some police officers, they compromised, but because of this, their pent-up anger caused them to become irritable and irritable, and from time to time because of a trivial matter, they punched and kicked the survivors in the government cabinet compound.
Maybe they're all wrong, or maybe they're all right, and I suddenly feel like I've come to a conclusion that I've come up with is a little too self-righteous. Every dispute and contradiction that occurs has its roots, I don't know what to evaluate, maybe I am not qualified to evaluate, the world after the disaster, maybe there is no right or wrong, after all, people are selfish, everyone wants to live, unscrupulous means to survive for the parties, excusable, but for those who were hurt or even died innocently, it is just too cruel.
The words of Deputy County Magistrate Zheng seemed to sting Yan Liyong, his slightly majestic and resolute face twisted hideously, stretched out a hand, and pointed his index finger at his nose: "We are derelict in our duties? Where were you when we were saving people? Where are those police officers? Where were you when our brothers died one by one? Almost half of the survivors here were saved by us, and you have the right to call me derelict in my duties?!! He roared, pointing his finger to the house where the survivors lived, and because he was too excited, the spit in his mouth sprayed all the round face of the deputy county magistrate Zheng: "If it weren't for us?" Are you still in the mood to point fingers here? If it weren't for us? You've already fed those ghouls. ”
Deputy County Magistrate Zheng was speechless when he was yelled, and his wife, Director Han, opened her mouth and turned her gaze to our Commander Zhang with him, as if hoping that she could help say a few words.
"Actually, I also agree with Captain Yan's proposition."
She looked at Deputy County Magistrate Zheng expressionlessly, and the eyes of Deputy County Magistrate Zheng and his wife asking for help froze at the same time, and their expressions froze on the faces of the two, which looked a little inexplicably funny.
"Alert!"
"Alert!"
Just as their atmosphere froze, the star core, which had been silent in my mind for a long time, suddenly sounded an alarm, and suddenly poured down like a basin of cold water, extinguishing my interest in watching the excitement.
"Dear host, due to the insurrection of an unidentified criminals in a fleet carrying a group of exiled criminals to a high-level prison, and the flight route was closed, the fleet guarding the exiled criminals was forced to change course and land above the prison in two days, please be prepared."
I was stunned.
"What's the situation? Isn't it said that criminals are sent to prison every two months? When I reacted, I began to feel inexplicably nervous, and my tongue became dry.
"What's wrong?"
I was tapped on the shoulder, it was Jiang Dong, and he looked at me with a strange expression.
I glanced at Jiang Dong and shook my head: "It's okay, I'll go and relieve myself." ”
After saying that, I forcibly endured the uneasiness in my heart, pretended to be calm and turned away, and was not in the mood to watch them argue anymore. After that, I found a secluded corner and asked the star core, "How did those criminals who were sent to a high-level prison end up on Earth?" ”
"I have explained the reason to the host just now, due to the riot of unknown criminals, the channel was closed, and the fleet was forced to change course." The voice of the starcore machinery echoed in my head.
"No, no, no, they were forced to change course, why did they land above the Earth!? What exactly is your purpose?! "I started to get irritable and couldn't help but question the star core out loud.
"Because the prison is closest to the fleet of prisoners, and the prison is less saturated." "Since this is a sudden event, prison guards have the right to know the approximate data on the exiled criminals," it explained. The approximate level of criminals who are about to be exiled to prison is E-class, and the approximate types are: low-level lifeforms and cyborg lifeforms. ”
"And what about a month from now?"
I gradually accepted the reality, but as if my soul had been drained, I sat weakly on the cold ground with my support for the wall. I don't know what kind of monster will come this time, but I still feel a deep sense of despair, is this going to push humanity to the end?
Freaks, mutant dogs, pathogenic bodies
Aren't it enough that these species are born to destroy all of humanity? If you want to send those alien monsters to Earth one after another, don't human beings even have a little room to breathe? Isn't that too cruel?!
I pleaded silently, but the cold, cruel response I received from the starcore: "The itinerary of the other group of exiles cannot be changed. ”
ps: Thanks to xhdoo for breaking the bank.