After dropping all the equipment on me, it was as if I hadn't sat down for a few days and had a good rest. Next to the campfire in front of me, Chen Mo was brewing coffee in a small pot that had been burned black, and the rich aroma of coffee teased my nostrils in a thousand ways, so that I would not be drowsy because of the sleepiness at noon and the fatigue caused by the mental relaxation after a day and a night of fighting.

After leaving Liu Yijing's shelter, the four of us spent a morning finally returning to the factory. When we first came back, Huang Weizheng, Liang Minxuan, and Long Hao were packing their things and preparing to drive to find us. When I saw us, I was the first to be scolded...... What unauthorized actions, what reckless recklessness, a lot of nonsense came out of Huang Weizheng's mouth. Although these dogmatic accusations are a bit unbearable, I can still hear that our disappearance has made these friends anxious.

Hastily coping with Huang Weizheng's condemnation and Liang Minxuan's ridicule, I secretly ran to the bonfire in charge of Uncle Zhong, and took advantage of the fact that my ears were clean, and quickly rested for a while. As soon as he returned to the factory, Wei Liqin immediately began to repair the scrapped motorcycle with the recovered parts, and outsiders definitely thought how diligent he was, but in fact, no one knew how dead he slept last night; If I hadn't worked so hard all night, he wouldn't have had the spirit.

Huang Weizheng took Zhang Xiaoying and Liu Yijing to report to Zhang Xizheng that the situation was missing, if he guessed correctly, Zhang Xizheng would be as surprised when he saw Liu Yijing as Huang Weizheng saw Zhang Xiaoying just now, not to mention what friendship there is between these two teachers, it is a good thing to be able to meet acquaintances during this period.

Having said that, I really don't want to say that Huang Weizheng couldn't hide his joy when he saw Zhang Xiaoying, but in comparison, Zhang Xiaoying showed a little indifference. In fact, it has only been more than a day of fighting together, and I have indeed seen the fascinating nobility of Zhang Xiaoying under her cold appearance, and it is no wonder that my good buddies fall in love with it.

"I didn't expect you to actually find the parts." Uncle Zhong comfortably leaned back on the leisure chair that was almost crushed by his huge body and said, "If you don't bring back some loot, I guess you will be scolded for your blood." ”

"That's not, look at how Huang Weizheng cleans you up!"

"Brew your coffee and go!" I grimaced at Chen Mo, who was a fox and a fake tiger, and said disdainfully, "What is there to clean up?" I don't want to bring back two big living people! ”

"Yu Heng, you don't understand this, it's not necessarily a good thing to bring outsiders to join us at this time." Uncle Zhong said meaningfully, "Leaving aside the fact that my supplies are enough or not, whether I can trust a stranger is a matter of debatable. ”

"But Zhang Xiaoying is a friend we met in Tianyang, as for Sister Liu, isn't Zhang Xizheng's colleague? Everyone knows each other, and they all saved me and Wei Liqin. ”

"I saved you, I don't deny it, but what you said is only in the past, and no one knows what the other party will become after separation, right?"

Uncle Zhong's words are quite pertinent, and there are no flaws in the logic that I can't accept, and after thinking about it again, I nodded in agreement. Chen Mo, who was making coffee on the side, interjected again: "So, can we still trust Sister Xiaoying and Sister Liu?" ”

"It's hard to say......"

Uncle Zhong's conclusion was drawn from the perspective of a third person, and seeing that Chen Mo was still hesitating, I simply replied to her: "Oh, I believe Zhang Xiaoying is right, as for Sister Liu, let's talk about it, looking at you like this, even a bad person is too lazy to harm you." ”

"Na!" Chen Mo pouted and stretched out a coffee cup that was missing a small sip; The hot coffee almost spilled on me because she reached out so hard, "Hurry up and drink coffee, shut up!" ”

"Shut up, how do you drink?" I teased with a wicked laugh.

"Then don't drink it!"

Uncle Zhong watched me and Chen Mo flirting happily on the side, and there was no urge to persuade him at all, as for me and Chen Mo, we naturally couldn't stop talking, chattering non-stop, and the lifeless factory was a little more angry in a blink of an eye. I don't know when, Liang Minxuan, who is good at controlling her breath, appeared behind us unconsciously, she has long been accustomed to me and Chen Mo's bickering, so she didn't wait to watch the fun like Uncle Zhong, but interrupted us seriously.

"Du Yuheng, we are going to have a meeting upstairs. Huang Weizheng wants you to go over too. ”

"I don't have to attend that kind of 'leadership meeting', right?"

Liang Minxuan knew that I was complaining, so she crooked her mouth disdainfully and said, "Huang Weizheng said that you must go, lest you have opinions later." ”

"Okay, got it!" Although I don't want to see Zhang Xizheng's lieutenant official, I still want to give my brother a face, and to be honest, I do plan to participate in this kind of meeting where there is a possibility of decision-making; Huang Weizheng's calmness and thoughtfulness are definitely his perfect advantages, but he is often used by others when he is kind, which requires a bad boy like me to help him 'stir up the situation', after all, some things I say will be more convenient than he can say them.

Liang Minxuan pointed to the stairs leading to the second floor with his chin, and seemed to want me to leave immediately. So I patted my buttocks, lifted my gun and greedily took a sip of hot coffee, and after a few more words with Chen Mo, I followed Liang Minxuan to the second floor.

The office on the second floor became our makeshift meeting room, and in addition to Liang Minxuan and me, Huang Weizheng, Zhang Xizheng, Zhang Xiaoying, Liu Yijing, and Wei Hong, who still looked at me unpleasantly, were already standing around a square desk. Before we could come, they had already started the discussion, and although I didn't know what they had said before, I could get a general idea of what they were talking about from their words.

The first person to see me come in was Huang Weizheng, I looked at him and nodded in agreement, he was probably sorry for the anxious scolding me in the morning, and I pursed my lips and smiled to show long live understanding. After Zhang Xizheng realized my presence, he hurriedly beckoned everyone to reorganize the topic, and he really had the demeanor of a commander-in-chief.

"Alright, everyone, now that everyone is here, let's formally discuss the next course of action. Before I do that, I would like to formally introduce our new members. ”

Zhang Xizheng patted Liu Yijing beside him first, and said happily: "This is Teacher Liu Yijing, my colleague at Guangxi University. ”

After introducing Liu Yijing, Zhang Xizheng just wanted to speak, but he didn't expect Zhang Xiaoying to suddenly take the initiative to introduce himself: "Well, my name is Zhang Xiaoying, there is no need to say anything else." ”

Ha! I secretly gloated about the schadenfreude, Zhang Xiaoying's faceless interjection. Zhang Xizheng had no choice but to get straight to the point and said, "Okay, then let's talk about the next step." Wei Hong. ”

After receiving the order, Wei Hong straightened his waist and took a step forward and leaned slightly, put his five fingers together on the map on the desktop, pointed out where we were, and then pointed to the location that spanned almost half of the map, and then drew a few places in between, and said: "Okay, this is the factory where we are now, this is the Qingshan we are going to reach." We don't have to think about the downtown area, there are only two roads to choose from, one is the fast loop to the north and the other is to the south, but we can't guarantee that these two roads are safe. ”

"And a third ......"

"As I said earlier, it's impossible for so many of us to cross the city center in the middle, which is already a jungle." Before Zhang Xiaoying finished speaking, Wei Hong interrupted a little rudely, "If you want to consider that route, it's basically impossible." ”

"But you haven't walked before, how do you know it's not safe?" Not to be outdone, Zhang Xiaoying said, "There are indeed many mutants in the downtown area, but this can basically ensure that we will not be raided by those marauders, robbers, or other bandits. As long as you move forward during the day, there is absolutely no problem finding the right shelter at night. ”

"No one has ever lived in an urban area like that."

"I've lived!" Zhang Xiaoying's words immediately made me feel awe, and Wei Hong and other people who had not been in contact with her before also looked at the young girl with admiration at this time, "These monsters seem to be keen on transforming the city into their forest, and in the transformed area, on the contrary, they have less activity than outside the area, as long as they don't disturb them, they will be fine." ”

I took the opportunity to pull off a digression and whispered to Zhang Xiaoying, "Then do you know what they are doing?" ”

"I don't know, once I saw them around the kind of 'human flesh flowers' we saw last time in the restaurant, and I don't know what they're doing."

"Oh, we're calling that 'human flesh flower' a vegetative person now." I started to promote the roster I gave to the mutants again, and Zhang Xiaoying gave me a sneer disdainfully, as I expected.

Zhang Xizheng motioned for Wei Hong, who was anxious, to calm down, looked around like the host of a debate, and said: "Zhang Xiaoying's plan is not necessarily impossible, but in the case of not being able to guarantee the absolute safety of everyone, it is more appropriate to use this as a backup plan for the time being." ”

"Actually, I want to ask, why don't we walk along the embankment?" Liang Minxuan used his finger to cross the north embankment of the Yongjiang River in urban Nanning on the map and said, "Anyway, we don't have to cross the bridge, so we don't have to worry about the bridge; Moreover, Jiangbei Avenue along the river was not the main route planned by the government to evacuate at that time, and there should be fewer cars parked on the road. ”

Nanning is a city built along the river, the Yongjiang River runs through the center of the city, the two embankment roads on both sides of the river are called Jiangbei and Jiangnan Avenue, as the city's diversion arterial road, it is often our preferred road to avoid urban congestion during the rush hour of the city, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

"I didn't think about this before, if we can get through, we can go directly to Qingshan." Zhang Xizheng suddenly observed the new line pointed out by Liang Minxuan, "I think we can give it a try." ”

"I think it's doable, too." Since it is Liang Minxuan's plan, I naturally have to raise my hands to agree; Seeing me raising my hands stupidly, Liang Minxuan quickly pulled my hands down embarrassedly.

Compared with my unreasonable support, Huang Weizheng still calmly raised questions as always. "But even if we want to take Jiangbei Avenue, the problem of whether the road is smooth has not been solved, if we can't guarantee this, we may still have to turn back or even be blocked on the way because of some unexpected situation, and we don't know if there are predators on that road."

"When you say marauders, you mean robbers, if you say that, there shouldn't be, but I heard that there is a fleet of boats cruising on the river, and it is a gang that claims to be from the river," Zhang Xizheng took a sip of the hot tea at hand and continued to explain, "At that time, after the evacuation of the urban area got out of control, the government blew up the bridge connecting the north and the south, and I heard that the bombing was not complete, and there are still a few bridges left, I don't know." However, the wreckage of the blown up bridge blocked the Yong River, causing it to rise immediately. Later, some people dredged the river and set up a fleet of boats on the river, and several sand boats were linked together to cruise in the river, sometimes to the shore to the city in search of supplies, sometimes to fish for a living, they were the people on the river. ”

Huang Weizheng, who could listen attentively, dragged his chin and asked: "The river is a good natural barrier, in this case, why don't they leave Nanning?" ”

As soon as Huang Weizheng finished asking, Wei Hong grabbed Zhang Xizheng's words and asked, "Where did you leave?" And no one dared to guarantee how far they would be able to drift down the river. ”

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, then won't this Jiangshang person affect us?"

I also want to know Liang Minxuan's question, and Zhang Xizheng gave us the answer. "The gang leader of the Jiangshang people is called Wei Jiahui, I heard that he used to be the son of a rich family, but he had an accident when he was evacuated and was rescued by the fishermen, and later established the Jiangshang people. This person is still benevolent, as long as he doesn't provoke them, he won't be in trouble. ”

"How do you know so much, I thought you were a professor who hid all day long."

I threw a wink at Zhang Xizheng with a slight teasing, it seemed that he was also used to my hanging-up appearance, and smiled calmly: "We have more or less communicated with other survivors in the past, and these are all heard from them. ”

"Actually, professor, no matter what you say, I still don't believe it, I won't comment on what kind of person Wei Jiahui is, at least don't rob other people's things during this period, I think the possibility is very small. Liang Minxuan said his opinion with a look of distrust.

Although they were not at ease, everyone finally decided to gamble their luck. Zhang Xizheng made a final conclusion and said, "It's better to do this, Wei Hong, you first drive a motorcycle to investigate the general situation of this road along the way, at least to ensure that we will not walk into a dead end not long after we set off, and then we will decide whether to take this road or not." ”

"It's more dangerous for Wei Hong to go alone, I think it's better to let another person go with him." I guess too, how could Huang Weizheng's principle of prudence allow him to agree to a solo action? At this time, of course, the next second should be my limelight.

So I volunteered: "Then I'll go with Wei Hong!" ”

Everyone, including Wei Hong, looked at me in disbelief when they heard me say this. At first glance, I knew that these people were suspicious of me taking the initiative to carry out the mission with Wei Hong, Wei Hong looked at me and obviously thought that I was looking for fault, and Huang Weizheng seemed to have expected me to have this play, and was not stunned like others.

"Are you sure?" Zhang Xiaoying, who didn't know about the contradiction between me and Wei Hong before, didn't quite support my Mao Sui's self-recommendation, "Investigation is not about fighting and killing, your character is not suitable for this, so it's better to leave it to me." ”

I thought to myself that Wei Hong was also an impatient person anyway, why didn't anyone question him but they all questioned me? Besides, I'm still not very worried about Zhang Xizheng and his people, even if I don't know what to say, I must at least keep an eye on the action secretly.

"Please don't question whether my sanity is good or not, besides, Wei Liqin is about to fix my motorcycle, just enough for me to run." I replied with a grin.

Huang Weizheng asked me sideways: "Are you sure that you are not driving a bicycle, but a motorcycle?" ”

"What! Motorcycles aren't the same as e-bikes, no problem! ”

"Yuheng." Zhang Xizheng stopped me, who was playing with Huang Weizheng, and asked seriously, "It's a good thing that multiple people go to reconnoiter with Wei Hong, I hope you can cooperate with each other regardless of past suspicions and come back safely as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Xizheng said this, which is basically equivalent to agreeing with my proposal, I nodded and replied: "No problem!" Rest assured! ”

After speaking, I glanced at Wei Hong, who gave me a stinky face, he was a little puzzled but not easy to say, so he had to silently reserve his opinion. There was nothing else to talk about, and Zhang Xizheng immediately disbanded the meeting.

I was about to tidy up my equipment, when Wei Hong passed by me, stopped me at the corner of the stairs like a senior student threatening a freshman, and said to me in a haughty tone: "I don't know what you want to do, if you hold me back, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

The last thing I'm afraid of in my life is threats, and everyone passing by is watching us both, and I don't want to be canceled because of a saber rattling with him before I even go out. So I easily patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Ouch, don't say it so seriously, don't worry, you go yours, I'll follow, okay?" ”

Wei Hong didn't know what kind of medicine I was selling in my gourd, so he couldn't get angry with me, so he had to turn around and leave. As soon as this guy left, Huang Weizheng appeared in front of me again, his face expressionless; Maybe I didn't see a little smile, but in short, compared to me, it was the opposite of calm.

I looked up and rolled my eyes, pouted and pretended to be full of confidence and said to him: "Don't worry, I won't cause trouble, that's all!" ”

I almost floated past Huang Weizheng in a daze, and sure enough, I was stopped by him again after just a few steps. "There's no need for you to scout with Wei Hong."

I froze in place, with my back to Huang Weizheng, and listened to him continue to speak his judgment. "You didn't come back long ago, and you didn't have a good rest yesterday, and you can't be lazy with your temper, so you want to prove something, right? Want to prove that you're not a stabilizer in your team, but rather an essential person? You must know that you can't do anything at this time, because the more you try to prove something, the more trouble you are likely to get into and it backfires. And you don't have to prove it, you're already one of us. ”

I shook my head, turned around and walked to Huang Weizheng, looked at this friend who thought he could see through but didn't see through me, sighed and said, "I'm not as superficial as you think, and you don't know the reason why I did it." ”

"But your actions in the past few days have not proved your words, and you are still the same as before. Reckless, impulsive, reckless. I won't talk about the contradiction with Wei Hong, do you know how worried we were when you left without permission with Wei Liqin yesterday? I know you have a problem with Zhang Xizheng and Wei Hong, but can you try to change your attitude, so that we will all be better. ”

I can't refute what Huang Weizheng said, and even if I do, it doesn't make any sense, so I changed my posture, exhaled like self-comfort, and said to him seriously: "Okay, I was wrong, okay?" I'm changing what you're saying, don't just look at the superficial phenomenon. ”

I waved my hand in front of me to suggest if he understood what I said, and seeing that he was still thinking, I decided to leave Subtle before the guy could think of a response. As soon as I turned around and took two steps, I thought about it and turned around and said, "Cow, the truth is...... I just want to do my best to protect you, you just have to trust me like you used to, okay? ”

I raised my eyebrows and pursed my lips into a smile, expecting him to react a little, even a little, to my heartfelt words! As a result, he did not ...... Just standing there stupidly, as if I didn't even know I was waiting for his response. In desperation, I shrugged my shoulders and turned my head away. I'm really bored with myself, his kind of wooden fish head, if he could understand more about human feelings, there wouldn't be so many contradictions between the two of us.

Under Wei Liqin's work, my motorcycle was barely assembled. I don't know where Zhang Xizheng found this kind of off-road light motorcycle before, Wei Liqin also removed the redundant parts to reduce the burden on the body, the red and black cylinder was filled with gasoline, enough for us to walk a few back and forth, the black leather cushion was ground out of some slag, fortunately it was not stinging to sit on. I was a little uncomfortable riding a motorcycle for the first time, this off-road motorcycle has good suspension, but the front wheel is higher than a normal motorcycle, Wei Liqin specially adjusted the position of the armrests for this, so that I can better control this wild horse.

After packing all the necessary equipment into my backpack, I checked the condition of the rifle again, and the saber I brought from Tianyang was polished by me. Wei Hong and I walked out of the factory in the company of everyone; Really, it's not the first time they've gone their separate ways, so why are my friends still uneasy.

Walking to the door, Long Hao handed me a canned box and said, "This is a flashbang made by Sister Liu, just light the fuse." ”

"I know, see if she's used it."

"Why do you have to leave today?"

I pulled Long Hao to my lips and whispered, "We don't have so many supplies anymore, and it's a day to be able to catch up on one day." ”

"Be careful." After knowing the reason, Long Hao solemnly patted me on the shoulder and said, "We'll wait for you to come back." ”

Everything was ready, Wei Hong and I turned the car around and were about to set off. Before leaving, I glanced back at my friends, why did everyone have such solemn expressions, and it was not a big deal...... Huang Weizheng, who was standing a little back, nodded slightly to me, and I didn't know what to say for a while, so I had to respond with a smile. Wei Hong twisted the throttle and went first; As usual, I put my right fingers together, cynically made a saluting gesture to my friends, and walked away.