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The orange sky was darkening, and the last shimmer of the sun was dissipating its last rays. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info on the roof of the Wanxiang City shopping mall building, the breeze caresses Chen Mo's quiet face. She gently held the fence and quietly looked out at the leafy city in the distance. Without the noise of human beings, the city at sunset is like a yellowed old photo.

In addition to Chen Mo, there are several people on the roof, they are all busy in the vegetable greenhouse, the night is approaching, they must finish today's work before dark. There were still a few guards with guns on their backs standing at the edge of the roof, if it was in the past, Chen Mo would definitely be uncomfortable with the storage of those people, but now it's good, even if they were scavengers in the past, they won't do anything wrong now, they exist more to protect them.

Looking back in the direction of the city, you can already faintly see the backs of the clumsy people gradually wandering the empty streets, and it will not be long before they dominate the outside. Although it hasn't been a day yet, Chen Mo already has to miss Du Yuheng, who has said goodbye to her. Although this is not the first time Du Yuheng has left the team, Chen Mo can feel that the farewell in the morning is actually a farewell. Closing her eyes, she seemed to be able to see Du Yuheng and Xie Tao and their party moving away from Wanxiang City, and the air she breathed seemed to be able to smell the inferior gasoline smell of the car that was carrying them away.

"What is this?" When Chen Mo handed Du Yuheng a dagger as a farewell gift, Du Yuheng looked at her with disgust and asked.

"Knife, can't you see this?" Chen Mo pursed his lips, and without waiting for Du Yuheng to take it, he stuffed the dagger into his arms, "Give you a ...... for self-defense."

"Self-defense? Hehe, this knife is almost the same as cutting fruit for me. Du Yuheng held a dagger and gestured in front of Chen Mo, "Where did you get it?" ”

Du Yuheng's consistent unserious attitude made Chen Mo angry and funny, she widened her eyes and said to Du Yuheng: "Don't care! Do you want? Don't give me back! ”

"Yes, yes, yes." When Du Yuheng heard this, he hurriedly stuffed the dagger into his pocket with a smile, patted Chen Mo and said, "Hehe, thank you." ”

Of course, it was not only Chen Mo who said goodbye to Du Yuheng, but other friends were also present, but they all deliberately avoided the flirting between Chen Mo and Du Yuheng. The time is almost up, and everyone has put away the bottomless ridicule and replaced it with a heavy heart.

"Okay, don't worry, it's going to be fine. The mutants are afraid of me to death. Du Yuheng grimaced and smiled.

"The enemies are not all mutants, there are also people, and humans are the most terrifying." Huang Weizheng said to Du Yuheng seriously.

"Yes, yes, yes." Du Yuheng looked like his left ear was in and out of his right ear, deliberately drooped his shoulders, and then pulled Huang Weizheng aside.

In front of so many friends, Du Yuheng's sudden move overwhelmed Huang Weizheng, he put aside Du Yuheng's hand, frowned and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to tell you something."

"What?"

"That ......" Du Yuheng gritted his teeth and awkwardly peeked at Chen Mo among his friends behind Huang Weizheng, "You have to help me take care of Chen Mo in the future......"

When Huang Weizheng heard this, a smile of contempt for Du Yuheng immediately appeared on his face, and he laughed and said, "You will still tell me this?" ”

"Be quiet!" Sensing that Huang Weizheng was about to be publicized, Du Yuheng hurriedly blocked his mouth in a panic.

"Alright, alright. I will. Huang Weizheng's joke is a joke, but Du Yuheng's request will naturally be agreed, "Don't worry, even if you don't say it, I will do it." ”

"Hey, how long are you two going to whisper?" Long Hao next to him complained in an impatient tone, "It's time to show affection." ”

"If you have time, you will also cut off Long Hao's remaining hand." I deliberately threatened Long Hao loudly and walked back to my friends with Huang Weizheng.

Since Long Hao only had one hand left, whenever he teased Du Yuheng, Du Yuheng would use this sentence to shut him up, and the effect was quite ideal.

"Uh, Zhang Xiaoying." Du Yuheng walked up to Zhang Xiaoying, sighed softly, pursed his lips and smiled, "The previous things are over, but I hope that this time you can really become our partner again." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Xiaoying naturally wouldn't apologize in front of so many people, and she didn't have to do so, everyone tacitly let her things disappear, "You also take care." ”

"Yes, I'll join you again." Du Yuheng grinned contemptuously and grimaced.

Zhang Xiaoying smiled crookedly, patted Du Yuheng's shoulder firmly and said, "That's the best." ”

Ban Zhiyu bumped the absent-minded Xie Tao with his elbow, and asked with wide eyes: "According to the plan, you can just find the source of the virus and place a plant vaccine bomb, right?" ”

"Yes." Xie Tao looked a little absent-minded, but his friends understood that even well-trained soldiers would naturally be nervous in the face of the unknown, "If that place is really the source of the virus, then it will be easy to do." ”

"Didn't you already say that you were sure that was it?" Liang Minxuan walked in front of Xie Tao, even if she didn't do it intentionally, her tone of voice was still aggressive, "I heard that it is still regarded as a holy place by the madmen in the forest?" ”

"That's just a rumor." As soon as Long Hao said casually, he was frightened by Liang Minxuan's glare.

The van waiting to leave behind made a urging horn, Du Yuheng turned sideways to suggest that he was leaving, and his friends also understood.

"Okay, so be it." Du Yuheng sighed and smiled, "You guys have a good trip!" ”

Friends said goodbye in the reluctance, and even Xie Tao, who was usually introverted, hugged Huang Weizheng, Ban Zhiyu and others one by one. Du Yuheng waved his hand quickly and neatly, and after making a few jokes with Huang Weizheng and Long Hao that were common in school, he ran into the car, and after saying goodbye to his friends, the van carrying them turned around and drove towards the Dead City Forest......

"I'm almost in the house." Huang Weizheng's voice came from behind Chen Mo, interrupting her memories.

"How did you know I was here?" Chen Mo didn't tell anyone else before he came to the high platform to see the scenery. She brushed the ends of her wind-blown hair, watched Huang Weizheng walk up to her, and held on to the railing to look into the distance.

In the setting sun, Huang Weizheng looked like he had been smeared with a layer of coffee, with the same strong flavor as his voice. Even now, when he gets close to Chen Mo, Chen Mo still inadvertently feels a little bit of affection, although she can't tell what it feels like, even if it is not ambiguous, it can be said to be a down-to-earth.

"Xiaoying told me that she had seen you on the rooftop before." Huang Weizheng's eyes were misty in the setting sun, and he didn't notice a trace of embarrassment on Chen Mo's face.

"Sister Xiaoying was here just now?"

"yes, she came up to see if she could steal some food." Huang Weizheng lightly touched Chen Mo's shoulder, deliberately lowered his voice and smiled, "As a result, she saw you here alone in a daze, so she didn't see you come down when it was almost dark, so she asked me to come and see you." ”

In fact, Chen Mo was looking forward to the two of them meeting here just a coincidence, but she didn't say so, nor did she show that little bit of simple loss.

"Are you thinking about Yu Heng?"

"Huh? Not! Not at all! Chen Mo flatly denied avoiding Huang Weizheng's gaze, but fortunately, the dusk covered the flush on her face.

"Haha, no, no, no, no." Huang Weizheng smiled lightly, although Chen Mo's duplicity had already revealed her answer. In order to give her a step, Huang Weizheng added intentionally or unintentionally, "Actually, it's normal to worry about him, at least me." ”

"Are you also worried about Du Yuheng?"

"Also?"

"Huh? You, what are you worried about him? Chen Mo had to admit that his mouth was sometimes stupid.

Huang Weizheng smiled and showed a row of white teeth, looked at Chen Mo with an ignorant face and said, "Aren't you worried about his character?" ”

"Oh, that's kind of ...... I hope he doesn't have any accidents......" Chen Mo sighed and decided to change the topic, "Hey, it's getting dark, why don't we set off for the river?" ”

"In the afternoon, there was news that there was some trouble on the riverside, and it is estimated that the convoy will come to pick us up tomorrow." Huang Weizheng pushed open the railing, walked to the greenhouse behind him, stretched his waist and said, "Don't worry, Wei Jiahui himself is here, and the team will definitely come tomorrow." ”

Chen Mo knew that Huang Weizheng was going to take her downstairs, so she turned around and planned to take another look at this gloomy dusk and return to the apocalyptic life. But at this moment, she saw a modified van rushing towards Wanxiang City under the chase of several faltering mutants.

"Look!"

Huang Weizheng looked in the direction guided by Chen Mo, and there was indeed a van driving in a hurry. The car was almost under the walls of Wanxiang City, but in the dim light, he couldn't make out the situation on the other side of the car, but he barely recognized the van. "It seems to be the car that Du Yuheng took when they left......"

"Won't you...... Did they succeed? ”

"It's hard to say...... Huang Weizheng beckoned to Chen Mo and pointed in the direction of the staircase with his chin, "Let's go down first." ”

"Hmm......" Chen Mo inadvertently put his hand into the pocket of his thin coat, and took it and felt that someone seemed to have put a note in his pocket.

The note didn't look like Chen Mo had put it in his pocket, and it didn't look like someone was playing a prank, because the information written on it was enough to surprise those who saw him. Chen Mo still couldn't believe what was written on the note, but she still stammered and whispered: "The task is in the body, and I can't help myself." Du Yuheng is in danger. ”

"What are you talking about?" Huang Weizheng, who was halfway through, changed his face, and walked back, he took the note handed by Chen Mo, looked at it seriously, and asked with wide eyes, "Who gave it to you?" ”

"I don't know? Touched in my pocket. Chen Mo shook his head in a panic, thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized, "This can't be written by Xie Tao, right?" This morning, I sneaked into my pocket while hugging. ”

Huang Weizheng calmed himself down as much as possible, and in retrospect, it was true that only Chen Mo, who was slightly frail, was still wearing a thin coat today, and it was indeed possible that Xie Tao took the opportunity to leave a message when he hugged and said goodbye.

"It should be right, this is like Xie Tao's tone." Only then did Huang Weizheng understand why Xie Tao suddenly gave everyone a hug this morning, it turned out to be to find a way to leave this warning.

"But what does that mean? Why is Du Yuheng in danger? ”

Of course, Chen Mo asked Huang Weizheng like this, of course, they would not get an answer, they were confused, they could only find other friends first and then analyze them well. At this time, Zhang Xiaoying suddenly ran up from the stairwell and said to them breathlessly: "I came back with Du Yuheng's van this morning, it doesn't seem to be good news." ”

Chen Mo and Huang Weizheng glanced at each other in unison, and the three of them didn't say a word, and hurriedly ran to the maintenance room where the parking was parked. By the time they arrived at the training room, many people had already arrived; After all, everyone in Wanxiang City knew that the people in the car that set off today were going to perform a key mission.

The van's front fence had been knocked off, the hood and bumper were twisted and deformed, and there was a stinking rotten limb hanging from it, which is common for people who usually go out searching for supplies. In contrast, people care more about the people in the car. Many people who watched the excitement and maintained order surrounded the van. When the people in the car opened the door and walked down weakly, the excited crowd couldn't help but rush forward.

It was not Uncle Zhong who drove when he left in the morning, and there were only a few people who came down from the car, Huang Weizheng, who couldn't name them, including the driver. Although Huang Weizheng was sure that these people were teammates who went out with Du Yuheng and them in the morning, he didn't see Du Yuheng and Xie Tao, and even the person named Liu Yanjiang didn't see them.

"How's it going? Is Brother Heng back? Long Hao and Liang Minxuan squeezed from the crowd to Huang Weizheng and the others, and asked anxiously while sticking their heads out of their heads.

"No, ......," Huang Weizheng replied after confirming again.

"Won't it?" Liang Minxuan gasped.

At this time, it is not easy to make comments, Huang Weizheng decided to choose silence. Just at this moment, Liao Daiping appeared in the crowd with a group of people. The people near them made an uproar to make way for Liao Daiping. Liao Daiping did not pretend to be majestic, but hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the status of several people who came back. Ban Zhiyu, who was beside Liao Daiping, stepped forward to check the bodies of those people together with Dr. Liao Yuan, who came to support the ambulance a few days ago.

"What about the others?" Although Liao Daiping's tone was very calm, it could be felt from her serious expression that she was already anxious.

A young man who was not tall took a sip of water and replied, "They should be fine, at least alive until we leave......"

"What do you mean?"

"The people who were sent to wait for us in the dense forest area were all dead, and their bodies were divided and arranged in a row, and some were hung from trees. It is estimated that the cultists in the forest who claim to be converts did it, and then Brother Kun and the white-faced imps will continue to go in, and we will come back......"

"You left them there and ran back?" Liang Minxuan suddenly interrupted the man's report in a loud voice, walked out of the crowd angrily, pointed to the man's nose and said, "Why do you still have the face to come back?" ”

"You don't want to spew blood, okay!" The young man seemed to have anticipated such a comment on him, and he defended himself innocently, "We're splitting up. That's already a death warning, if we follow Brother Kun and them in, it's clear that we will be sent to death. Now we're back to bring people back to support them! ”

"It's better to say than to sing, then you can take someone back now!" Liang Minxuan is not tall, but he is absolutely domineering when he speaks.

"Go back? Now it's dark, how can you go back! ”

"Okay, calm down." Liao Daiping stood between the young man and Liang Minxuan with her hands crossed, and said calmly to Liang Minxuan, who was clenched with her fists, "He's right, it's dark now, and going out again will only be death." Don't worry, we will set off to support Du Yuheng and them at dawn tomorrow. ”

"Can you explain that, then?" Chen Mo stepped forward and directly handed over the note left by Xie Tao to Liao Daiping.

As soon as Liao Daiping opened, the corners of her eyebrows couldn't help jumping, she took a light breath, blinked her eyes twice, and sighed: "Regarding this matter, you will come to my office later." I'll explain it to you. ”

Liao Daiping left in a hurry with the people, and Chen Mo and the others left the preparation room without staying long. Except for her and Huang Weizheng, Wei Hong and the others didn't know what was written on that note, which would make Liao Daiping suddenly lose color. They had to talk about how they got the note as they walked. However, Huang Weizheng didn't think that so many people needed to go to see Liao Daiping together, so he proposed to split up on the way, he and Chen Mo went to Liao Daiping's office, and the others went back to wait for news. But when deciding to separate, Zhang Xiaoying suddenly insisted on going to the office, but Huang Weizheng couldn't resist her, so she had to acquiesce.

Liao Daiping was obviously a little embarrassed because of this incident, she retreated left and right, sat around the coffee table with Huang Weizheng, and said calmly: "Child, I know that you are all good friends of Du Yuheng. But this is an order issued by Hainan, and as a former carrier of the virus, he must be eliminated. ”

"Why? Isn't the virus on Yuheng's body improved, non-pathogenic and non-contagious? Chen Mo grabbed the edge of his sleeve tightly with both hands and pressed it on his leg, and the whole person was about to lean forward at an angle of forty-five degrees.

"That's just our judgment at the moment, and no one knows if he will cause another epidemic in the future."

"But if you kill him, you'll never find the original virus on him again, will you?"

Liao Daiping smiled helplessly at Zhang Xiaoying: "You are right, I also want to use this reason to persuade my superiors." But now we have the vaccine, and we also have Du Yuheng's blood sample......"

"Is there no use value...... Zhang Xiaoying whispered softly, leaving Liao Daiping speechless, "Is there only use and use in your adult world?" ”

Liao Daiping looked at Zhang Xiaoying distressedly, not knowing how to answer for a long time, and even Huang Weizheng, who was sitting next to Zhang Xiaoying, was shocked by her words. Zhang Xiaoying, on the other hand, looked at Liao Daiping quietly, slightly revealing a smile as clear as a mountain stream, mixed with ridicule of what those pretentious adults did. She didn't intend to accuse Liao Daiping, but just expressed her resentment.

"It makes sense, to use and be used has always been the law of survival of society." The direction of the office door protrudes the haughty assertion of a man. Everyone looked towards the door almost at the same time, and Wei Jiahui was closing the door with his hands behind his back.

"I'm not surprised at all when that comes out of your mouth." Zhang Xiaoying stood up excitedly, staring at Wei Jiahui with bright eyes and walking to the chair next to Liao Daiping step by step.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not involved in this at all." Wei Jiahui raised his hands with a smile, glanced at Liao Daiping gloating as he spoke, and then shrugged his shoulders and continued to Zhang Xiaoying, "I originally wanted to ask Mayor Liao about the matter in the maintenance room just now, but I happened to see the severed hand imp surnamed Long and his girlfriend, and they had the same attitude as you when they saw me, am I so like a bad person?" ”

"Once bitten by a snake, I was afraid of the well rope for ten years." Chen Mo pursed her lips and rolled her eyes at Wei Jiahui.

"This matter really has nothing to do with Boss Wei. I'm just carrying out the tasks assigned by my superiors, and of course, I'm sorry for ......."

"It's useless to say that." Chen Mo shook his head, looked at Liao Daiping with his eyes like torches, didn't know where the courage came from, and said to Mayor Liao in an undoubted tone, "You know what we will do after dawn, and I hope you don't stop it." ”

Liao Daiping smiled bitterly: "No." But I'm afraid it's too late, and this matter is not actually led by me, but by the military represented by Yang Shanao. ”

"Then we'll see." Huang Weizheng felt that there seemed to be no need to continue talking to Liao Daiping, so he took the initiative to stand up and signal to leave.

Wei Jiahui saw that the conversation was about to end, so he deliberately asked again: "If you are going to the Dead City Forest tomorrow, what are you going to do about sending vaccines to Hainan?" ”

"You are ruthless, why do we have to be righteous?"

"Nope." Huang Weizheng corrected Zhang Xiaoying's words, and when he was about to walk to the door, he said, "Tomorrow we will only have a few people to go to the Dead City Forest, and the rest of us will still complete your task." ”

Liao Daiping said a few words of dispensable thanks, Huang Weizheng and Zhang Xiaoying had already walked out of the door, but only Chen Mo turned around when she stepped out of the office, her white face like a pear blossom under the morning dew showed a helpless haze, and asked Liao Daiping softly but heartily: "Mayor, thanks to Du Yuheng, the vaccine can be developed." He saved us all, is that what you're going to give him in return? ”

Liao Daiping, who had already stood up, leaned on her desk without saying anything and looked at Chen Mo tangledly. Without waiting for her to answer, he closed the office door and left. When she was almost back at her residence, Zhang Xiaoying seemed to deliberately distract Chen Mo and asked her to tell Liang Minxuan and them who had been waiting for a long time about the conversation with Liao Daiping just now.

As soon as Chen Mo walked for a while, Zhang Xiaoying suddenly grabbed Huang Weizheng and asked seriously: "Actually, you already knew, didn't you?" ”

"Xiaoying ......"

Huang Weizheng's squeak proved Zhang Xiaoying's judgment, but she didn't look angry, and her voice was not too loud, as if she was keeping Huang Weizheng secret, but the clear eyes were like a sharp sword pointed directly in front of Huang Weizheng: "Xie Tao came to you the day before yesterday to talk about this matter, right?" ”

"...... right"

Zhang Xiaoying really hoped that Huang Weizheng would deny it, but his honest answer made her indignant. "Why? Didn't you always want to save him? In doing so, are you worthy of him, Chen Mo, and yourself? ”

"Is there a right or wrong in this matter......" Huang Weizheng took a step forward, grabbed Zhang Xiaoying's hand tightly, and pulled her in front of him. At a close distance, he painfully recited word by word in a very low voice, "I have no choice but to do so, so that they can further eradicate the virus." ”

"But ......"

"You think I'm willing to do that? This is their decision, the final decision made by those who take into account the big picture after weighing the pros and cons! What right do I have to disobey? Don't say it's me, even if it's Xie Tao, he can only leave a note...... But what's the use? In addition to him, there are several people around Du Yuheng who want to kill him this time......" Huang Weizheng lowered his head, his hands were weakly on Zhang Xiaoying's shoulders, but he didn't dare to look her in the eyes, his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally sounded like a sob, "I don't want him to die either...... I never wanted to watch him die......"

"Actually, you and him are the same, but you express it in different ways when you encounter this kind of thing." Zhang Xiaoying touched Huang Weizheng's head and comforted softly, "But you are not as brave as him." At least in this case, you choose to bear the pain, and he will do everything in his power to change. ”

"Go...... Change? Huang Wei looked at Zhang Xiaoying solemnly, and all the hardships that he couldn't help himself just now were left behind.

Zhang Xiaoying breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's right, even if others say it's wrong, he will still do it." Maybe the mayor will say that we have to focus on the big picture, but that's not what we can do, right? For us, how to ensure the safety of ourselves and our companions is the most important thing. In fact, you who left Qingshan and came to Wanxiang at the beginning, as well as Du Yuheng when you were bitten, and even Chen Mo and Xie Tao now, including the rest of us, did this. It's just that everything that happened later gradually made us unconsciously assume the so-called hero, the perfect but illusory name. We are ordinary people, there is not much reason, it is good to survive. ”

Huang Weizheng realized that he had no reason to refute Zhang Xiaoying's words. Zhang Xiaoying stepped back, and in the dim light in the distance, her delicate face was revealing a faint smile, which was the hope precipitated in sadness. "Yes, Liao Daiping, they may have done the right thing, and you did your best. But now, seeing Chen Mo working so hard to save Du Yuheng, aren't you still moved? ”

"I do ......"

"Guilty, huh? I feel sorry for my brother like this. Zhang Xiaoying's words broke down, making Huang Weizheng pause, "You have fulfilled the responsibility of confidentiality, now let's do our best to save him as Du Yuheng's friend." ”