"Du Yuheng!" Chen Mo's shout came from behind me, who was looking for suitable clothes in the public locker, usually nothing good will happen in this tone, and now it is true that nothing good will happen, "Why did you leave them out like this?" Aren't Huang Weizheng and Zhang Xiaoying all right, aren't you happy? ”

"Happy? Of course I was happy. I dragged a short-sleeved troop training shirt that I had just found in my hand, turned to Chen Mo, who was staring at me intently like interrogating a prisoner, and smiled, "Of course I'm happy that the two of them are back." Thank you so much for their silent disappearance, and then reappearing a month later, and for inexplicably asking me to hand over what Liu Licheng had asked me to keep with an organization that didn't seem to have a good reputation, and someone I had never met. ”

"Then you can't just leave like this......" Chen Mo lowered his voice and muttered, adjusting his tone to try to reassure me, "What you said is just angry words." Besides, Huang Weizheng also joined Wanxiang City to save you, and asking you to hand over the information is also to exchange the antidote developed by Wanxiang City, isn't it? ”

"Yes, yes, you say anything." I rolled my eyes impatiently and continued to look for the right jacket and pants while whispering to myself, "That's why no one called you to the office in the first place, women are just ......"

"What?" Chen Mo probed over and asked.

"It's nothing......" I raised my eyebrows disdainfully, Chen Mo was still skeptical, so I had to fool around, "Oh, you don't care about this!" Go, go, go! It's almost curfew, I'm out, I'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

"Okay." Chen Mo agreed so readily, and she didn't hold me like she did in the past, she usually had to break the sand pot for everything and ask to the end, she suddenly became like this, which made me a little uncomfortable, "Then you go quickly, Zhang Xiaoying is resting with us tonight." ”

At first, I was wondering if Chen Mo deliberately pretended not to care, but I didn't expect her to turn around and leave after she really finished speaking. Is she so sure that I will honestly hand over the information given by Liu Licheng tomorrow?

When Liu Licheng handed it over to me, I didn't think much about it, I just hoped that I could hand over this valuable information to someone who could control the overall situation as soon as possible, and maybe this thing could also give us a safe guarantee. But I didn't expect that now it will become a treasure as full of temptation and danger as Pandora's box.

In fact, I am more willing than anyone else to hand over this information to others to deal with, and heroic deeds such as saving the world are simply not something that a small citizen like me can do. However, since the outbreak of the crisis, during the days when we fled, I felt more and more that it was impossible to change the desolate world just by escaping, maybe the information I had in my hands was not enough to save everyone around me, but it was also possible that this was the key to success or failure, so I also had my own plan, a plan that could ensure that the information could serve everyone fairly.

Not to mention whether the professional research institutes have developed a vaccine to treat this apocalyptic virus, I don't know if the cities that have lost contact are still safe, or if the national social system is still alive, and the government is organizing some powerful secret agency to nervously find a solution to the crisis, just like the apocalypse in the movie. The only thing I know is that after I was injected with his so-called experimental vaccine by Qin Rong, who claimed to be the International Society for Special Medical Investigations, a member of a professional organization that I had never heard of but seemed to be quite a member of, there seemed to be some subtle changes in my body.

From the earliest nosebleeds to the inability to walk after fainting, followed by the inexplicable recovery of my body, I can feel that the changes in my body are not only. Huang Weizheng just claimed in his office that Qingshan and some residents of Wanxiang City were infected with some subspecies of the zombie virus. I don't know if someone else has this new virus, but I ...... The symptoms in my body definitely did not come from this subspecies of virus.

More and more upsets in front of me made me not in the mood to find a favorite dress to change into. So, with my instincts, I randomly found a gray jacket and troop combat wearable pants to compare with myself, and then left the locker, ready to go back to my residence to end this bad day as soon as possible.

In the Castle Peak Security Zone, there are three or four lockers like this that are piled up with all kinds of clothes, and there are some clothes collected by scouts in them, and only scouts are qualified to collect them. This is naturally due to the fact that scouts like us who are often on the go will inevitably get dirty or wear out, and the locker is a small benefit for residents to join the ranks of scouts, and of course it encourages people to take the initiative to gather more supplies for the safe zone.

After leaving the lockroom, I walked out of the main building as fast as I could, and it didn't take long for me to come to the commercial plaza in front of the main building. Under the quiet starry sky, a few oil drums with firewood burning faintly and the light from the unenclosed windows of the surrounding shops barely allowed me to see the road ahead. There were only a handful of people to be seen in the once bustling shopping streets, most of them just night watchmen who were about to go to their posts to keep vigil, except for those like me who rushed back to their homes before the curfew began. In the Castle Peak Safe Zone, most of the residents live in the main building, which is a retro-style building that used to be a restaurant. As long as the gate is closed, this building is a literal castle, let alone mutants, even if the scavengers try to attack the city, it will not be easy.

But of course, not everyone is accustomed to hiding in that solid tower, and I am one of them; I can also say that I am an exception. I don't like to live in a small room converted from a restaurant box, or a small tent in the lobby, and there are a lot of unused abandoned shops on the high street in the security zone, and people like me who don't want to live in a castle building can choose to live in these small shops if no one has applied to make it their own. In addition to the smaller shops I live in, there are some larger shops, but most of these shops will be converted into non-resident hostels or joint shops run by some hawkers, and some people will stay in them together.

The small shops were converted into spacious residences, which were also much more free and quiet, with occasional conversations and footsteps of night guards heard at night, but not as noisy as in the main building. Most of the shops are also equipped with roll-up doors to prevent theft, which can be regarded as good protection. The only downside is that if you want to go to the toilet, you have to run to the public toilet in the mall, but this public toilet is in the middle of the shopping street where we residents live, and there is more than one. I was lucky enough to have a sink in the shop.

Aside from all these perks of living outside the main city, there is one main reason why I choose to live outside the main city - I'm not a popular guy in the main city, and I think most people know why this is the case.

In fact, if it weren't for my impulse more than half an hour ago, I might still be in the mayor's office discussing with them about the virus and deal negotiations and the like, but now everything is in vain. It's a little funny to think about, even I didn't expect that such a beautiful thing as the reunion of brothers in distress would end so hastily.

"Hey." When I came to the shop and hut where I lived, I found that Huang Weizheng was leaning against the door with a bag and a gun on his back, waving his hand to me and saying hello easily, "That...... Chen Mo said, let me stay with you tonight and have a good talk with you. ”

I now understand why Chen Mo didn't make trouble unreasonably just now, it turns out that she has long advocated for Huang Weizheng to convince me in person. She and I both know very well that usually when Huang Weizheng and I have a disagreement, it will often end in my compromise, and this time I am afraid she will want to deal with it in this way.

"There's nothing to talk about, I'm not going to give the information to an organization that I don't know anything about, didn't you ask me to handle the information properly? Now you're being so sloppy. "I stood there and kept a certain distance from Huang Weizheng.

At this moment, Huang Weizheng looked so strange standing in front of me, he was wearing an old brown jacket, carrying a rucksack like a down-and-out backpacker, and carrying the only shotgun I knew on his right shoulder. His emaciated face barely maintained the smile that tried to keep me calm, and the faint glow of the oil lamp in front of my room reflected half of his scarred cheeks, but his appearance was not as vicissitudes as I was, no messy hair, no neglected beard, and he was not much different from the past except for exhaustion and thinness, but I did not feel the slightest feeling of brotherhood with him.

"As I said earlier, the purpose of handing over this information is to save your life, for the sake of other people's lives, and this is the right time to complete your mission."

"If you're really here to save our lives, why don't you just give us the medicine?"

In the face of my doubts, what Huang Weizheng, who was supposed to be the head of the way, stopped abruptly, just looked at me without saying a word.

"Look! You said that so many big truths are in vain, and you have now come to me from the position of Wanxiang City, to bargain with your friends! ”

"It's not what you think...... Yuheng, there are many things you don't understand......"

"I don't understand? Of course I don't understand! I don't understand anything in your eyes! I don't understand why life is the way it is, why are we running for our lives? I don't understand why you disappeared without saying a word, why you joined Wanxiang City, why the first thing you told me after we reunited was that I was going to give my protection to a stranger! But do you know how difficult my situation is? ”

Huang Weizheng didn't answer me, and he didn't give me an accurate answer in his eyes. I see that the atmosphere is about to become solemn, but I am not in the mood right now, and I should say that I don't have the strength to argue about these things. It is estimated that the time of the curfew is about to begin, and it is neither appropriate nor my conscience to drive Huang Weizheng away. So I simply let out a long sigh, tried to change my mood and tone and called Huang Weizheng: "Hey." ”

Huang Weizheng woke up from his thoughts after hearing my call, and I continued: "That, it's not too early, let's go into the house." With so much going on, I can't talk about it for a while. ”

"Hmmm......"

"Come on!" I walked to the door, and was about to unlock it, when I turned my head and raised my index finger in front of him and warned, "Don't use that tone to make me feel like I'm doing something wrong." ”

"Okay......" Huang Weizheng tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly.

"I can't stand it, Chen Mo is really eventful! And where do your other companions live? I half-muttered to myself and half-asked Huang Weizheng.

"Oh, you say the old wolf? He seems to have stayed at a nearby hostel. ”

"Old wolf? This nickname is mysterious enough. After opening the roller shutter, he pulled up the door and motioned for Huang Weizheng to enter the room.

"It's okay, others are okay."

"If you really can, just give us the vaccine." I followed Huang Weizheng into the house, closed the door and lit a few candles.

"Even if the vaccine is given to you, you still have to complete this deal with Wanxiang City."

"Why?"

"Xie Tao and Ban Zhiyu are in Wanxiang City."

"What?"

"That's right, we ran into them on an outing, and it was during that operation that we clashed with the bikers and captured that Li Sicai. Speaking of which, what are you going to do with Li Sicai? ”

The reason why Huang Weizheng asked me this is because they not only brought vaccines with them this time, but also brought a "big gift" - the hooligan leader Li Sicai. According to Huang Weizheng, what they said in the mayor's office, it was the leaders of Wanxiang City who did this in order to show that they were not complicit in the bikers. But I think it's just Wanxiang City throwing a hot potato like Li Sicai to Qingshan. After all, the bikers are not sure whether they will be completely wiped out, and if there are still remnants, then they will definitely come to Qingshan instead of Wanxiang City in the future. I don't know if my good brother realized that he was causing us a big problem.

"It's not my business, I'm just concerned about how I and my companions will survive."

"Yu Heng, I know what you're thinking......"

"Oops!" I interrupted Huang Weizheng and said, "You don't know. ”

"Like you, I thought Wanxiang City was some kind of disgraceful safe zone, but after living there for a while, I realized that the people there are actually just like us to survive, and they are actually more active than these people in Aoyama! They are committed to finding a way to save this crisis, rather than sitting behind a wall like the people of Aoyama and waiting for death. The fact that a vaccine to treat the subspecies virus can be found is the best proof of this. ”

"This is my bed, you can sleep in the lazy chair tonight, the chair can be pulled away and it is quite comfortable to fall asleep......" I deliberately pretended not to hear what Huang Weizheng said, and introduced him to the furnishings in the room by myself.

Huang Weizheng dropped his luggage and then continued to say to me: "It's not a bad thing for you to hold on to the information now, but it's just a waste of time. Neither the professionals nor the research equipment on Tsingshan's side are comparable to Wanxiang City, and the talents who hand over the information to Wanxiang are more likely to develop a vaccine. At the same time, Tsingshan can also get the subspecies vaccine, and there is nothing wrong with that. ”

I walked to the sink, took off the bloodstained clothes, washed my face with water and wiped the blood stains on my body with a towel, changed into the short-sleeved military T-shirt I found just now, and then changed into wear-resistant military pants, and when I turned around, I saw Huang Weizheng following behind me, I ignored it and pointed to the sink and said: "There is no toilet here, you can use the sink to wash your face or something, if you urinate, use that bucket, I can't help it, or I can't bear to go to the public toilet outside." I put the key on the table, remember to tell me when I go out. ”

"Yu Heng," I was about to continue to ignore Huang Weizheng's existence, and just wanted to go to get the kettle on the table to drink, but Huang Weizheng pulled me back, and he said rightly, "Du Yuheng, listen to me!" Do you think about other people even if you don't want your own life? Don't pretend that you don't care about anything! Liu Licheng handed over the information to you, this is your responsibility! ”

I rarely saw Huang Weizheng yelling at me like this, and although I was a little surprised, I still remained relatively calm on the surface. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, then calmly said, "Niu, I know what you said. But have you ever thought that after getting the information, the people of Wanxiang will really develop a vaccine as smoothly as you think? What will they do when the research comes out? Now they have a subspecies of vaccine, so they ask to use this to exchange information with us, and when they get the information, they really develop a vaccine for the treatment of zombie virus, what do you think they will ask us to exchange? ”

"This ...... I really didn't think about it......" Huang Weizheng said after a moment's pause, "but they are the most likely organization to develop a vaccine, and they are not necessarily as evil as you say......"

"No one can guarantee that, and besides, are you sure they are the most reliable organization? I believe that there must be some other people or organizations than the people we know now who are trying to find a solution to this crisis, and they really need this information. ”

"But what about your illness, and those who are infected with HTS89R?"

"You don't have to worry about my illness, as for the others, I think there should be some way to do both. Aoyama's research power is not as useless as you say. ”

"What do you call your illness I don't have to worry about? Do you know that if you drag it any longer, you might die! ”

"I know...... But I don't think I'm infected with the HTS89R you mentioned, although the symptoms are very similar to them. But I believe I'm different from them, even from you. ”

"What are you talking about?"

"Dr. Liao Yuan thinks that the conditions in my body now may be related to the medicine that Qin Rong injected me at that time." I poured a glass of water and handed it to Huang Weizheng, motioning for him to calmly listen to me to him one by one, I poured another cup and took a sip, then put the cup on the coffee table next to the lazy chair, and I turned around and sat on the messy bed and said, "Although she can't guarantee it, but according to the data you tested last time, there are indeed some strange substances in my blood, as for what she said a lot, I don't remember too much, in short, it's not the H virus, it's more like its variant." ”

"Isn't that the subspecies virus I'm talking about?"

"No, it's not!" I flatly denied it.

"Why are you so sure?"

"I ...... In short, no, that's right! Huang Weizheng's suspicious gaze kept scanning me, which made me feel uncomfortable, so I simply jumped out of bed, picked up the dirty clothes that had just been thrown on the floor, and walked to the sink to soak up.

During the days that Huang Weizheng was away, Dr. Liao Yuan not only focused on rehabilitating me to walk again, but also investigated my blood condition. From what they know so far, it seems that my blood contains some kind of material structure that they don't yet understand, and it is not only multiplying but also replacing old blood cells in my body, which means that it speeds up my metabolism. And the structure of this unknown object is very similar to what we call the zombie virus structure, the only difference is that it does not make me a zombie or does not become a zombie for a while.

The doctors were not only worried, because my blood metabolism was faster and more volatile than normal, they were worried that it might affect my heart and other body organs. The inability to walk and nosebleeds may have been a warning sign from my body.

However, I didn't let Dr. Liao Yuan and his colleagues disclose these things to the outside world, and even Chen Mo Longhao and others didn't know the real condition of my current health. After all, these are things that we can't do at the moment, and they can't change anything if they know it, but it will only add to the trouble.

I hid these secrets very well before, but as soon as Huang Weizheng appeared, things couldn't be as simple as I imagined. He asked me to get the so-called vaccine as soon as possible, and the premise of this is that I have to take blood tests first, and test the efficacy of the drug after the injection, which means that my secrets will be made public, which is still a small matter, if their vaccine has any unexpected effects on my body, it is a big deal. As a matter of urgency, I must come up with a way to get the vaccine myself without injecting it myself and passing it on to the patients in Aoyama who really need it.

"That, na! I've left all your stuff there. In order to avoid Huang Weizheng digging into the bottom of the matter, I pointed to the bag package behind the lazy chair and opened the topic.

Huang Weizheng walked to the luggage he left behind in surprise, and said with relief while looking through the contents of the bag: "You keep them all?" ”

"I didn't want to stay, but ...... It doesn't take up a seat and doesn't have time to care, so it's left here. I just cared about scrubbing the black and red dirty clothes, and I didn't look back to see what Huang Weizheng was looking for.

"Clothes, bullets, notebooks, compressed biscuits, extra medicine...... You haven't touched my original things, have you? "I don't look like the kind of person who doesn't have any self-discipline, do I? Listening to Huang Weizheng's tone, it seems like I have done something very remarkable.

"I didn't even look at it! What's there to be excited about? It's not that there is anything valuable hidden. I pouted as I washed my clothes.

"That's not what it means." Huang Weizheng smiled, "I'm just very grateful that you can keep these things all the time." ”

I flung my clothes and hung them on a clothesline hanging across the room. "There's nothing to thank, anyway, you're back, just in time for this."

"But...... I may have to go back to Wanxiang City......" This sentence must be difficult for Huang Weizheng to say, but he still said it after all.

It didn't surprise me to say that, and from the moment we reunited, I had a vague sense that my friend was on a very different position than before, and perhaps fate was like this, and it was to blame for playing so much with us survivors who were still struggling with the rest of our lives.

"Well, I understand, you're a scavenger in Wanxiang City now."

Hearing me say this, Huang Weizheng immediately proposed: "Yu Heng, come with us to Wanxiang City, there is someone over there who can cure your illness." ”

"Cow." I walked up to him, looked at his dark and shiny eyes, and said solemnly, "I am a scout from Aoyama, and I will definitely meet each other in the future when we fight for supplies." ”

"No, it won't! You ......"

"Yes." Before Huang Weizheng could finish speaking, I interrupted, "Judging from the current situation, as long as we are not under the same security zone forces, we are 'enemies'." ”

"You're saying that, absolutely! As long as you go to Wanxiang with me, everything can be as it used to be. ”

"You have people in Wanxiang City who need protection, and so do I. If I leave Qingshan with you, what will happen to Long Hao and them? ”

"Let's go together! Long Hao, Liang Minxuan, Chen Mo, and even Wei Hong and Zhang Wenyu can be called! Unconsciously, Huang Weizheng's voice increased a lot, and he simply said excitedly, "You have also seen that Wanxiang City is more likely to develop a real vaccine, and the information is of no real use to the people of Qingshan at all." ”

So far, Huang Weizheng has made the requirements so thorough. It seems that if the problem of the ownership of the data is not resolved, it will not end tonight. In a fit of rage, I took off the pendant around my neck and held it between the two of us. "Okay, you said so much, you just want this, and now I'll give it to you! You're going to hand over the vaccine to the mayor tomorrow, that's okay, right? ”