Chapter 47: A Chance Encounter
CHAPTER XLVII
Lin Li looked at the bowl of porridge in front of him very depressed, revenge, Yan Xiaoqing This is Hongguoguo's revenge, what makes him feel depressed the most, he doesn't know where to provoke Yan Xiaoqing.
Seeing Yan Xiaoqing's smiling appearance, Lin Li didn't have the courage to ask, so he could only bury his head in dealing with the bowl of porridge that Yan Xiaoqing had carefully prepared, or that rice soup was more suitable.
A bowl of porridge can't fill Lin Li's stomach at all, but fortunately, in his ability space, there are still a lot of private goods, and he is not particularly worried.
At the dinner table, Lin Li also had time to ask what happened yesterday, "Da Niu, how are the zombies who entered Xicheng District, have they been cleaned up?" β
"It has been cleaned up, we have annihilated a total of 2,300 evolved zombies, and the defense line destroyed by the zombies is also gradually being repaired." Niu Dashan hurriedly replied.
Lin Li nodded. It seems that what he was most worried about did not happen, although there were a lot of zombies rushing into Xicheng District this time, but if the army showed real strength, it would still be able to deal with it.
Then, his gaze turned to Zhang Qin, "Zhang Qin, how is the situation of Commander Duan, is he out of danger?" β
"Lin Li, don't worry, the military commander is out of danger." Zhang Qin said with some excitement, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, the military commander said, if it is convenient for you, it is best to take some time to meet him." β
Duan Zhixuan wants to see me?
Lin Li noticed the information revealed in Zhang Qin's words, Duan Zhixuan wanted to see him alone, not like before, and meet himself and Yan Xiaoqing at the same time.
Could there be any hidden secrets in this, or that he has reached the point where his achievements are high and make Duan Zhixuan feel jealous?
It's no wonder that Lin Li would think so. After all, this crisis in Xicheng District was planned by Wang Guoming, Chen Xiaofang, and Dong Dajun.
There are two purposes for this. One is to assassinate Duan Zhixuan and cut off the wings of Duan Zhixuan's cronies, and the other purpose is to take advantage of this crisis to enhance Dong Dajun's personal prestige and prepare for Dong Dajun's seizure of power and takeover of the army in the future.
It's just because of his own appearance that these two purposes failed at the same time, and at the same time, Lin Li also replaced Dong Dajun and became the hero of Xicheng District, and his personal prestige was even higher than that of the army commander Duan Zhixuan.
This is something that is taboo for the most high-ranking people.
Of course, these were just Lin Li's thoughts, and he didn't say it, for fear of causing everyone to worry. Besides, Niu Dashan and Li Zhibing are still from the military, and he can't say much about some things.
However, Yan Xiaoqing seemed to understand something, although she was still angry at Lin Li's beastly behavior last night, she couldn't help but say at this time: "Xiaolinzi, why don't we go together, I also want to go and see Uncle Duan." β
"No, since Commander Duan wants to see me, it's better for me to go over by myself." Lin Li shook his head and smiled, he didn't agree, he talked with everyone, and learned about the specific process of exterminating the zombies yesterday, that is, he got up, left the villa, and walked towards the hotel where the army headquarters was located.
Along the way, what Lin Li was worried about still happened.
"It seems, he is Lin Li, the hero who saved us."
"Ah, he is Captain Lin Lilin, he is so young, he is the strongest ability in our army."
"I don't know if Captain Lin has a girlfriend, if anyone can be his girlfriend, he will die happily."
After a fierce battle yesterday, the famous name of Lin Lili can be said to be known to everyone in Xicheng District, and no one knows it. Maybe they don't know who Duan Zhixuan is, but they will definitely not forget who killed the mutant zombies and saved Xicheng District.
Lin Li believed that if he raised his arms at this time and wanted to pull up a team of his own to compete with Duan Zhixuan's regular army, it would definitely be a breeze.
But he is not interested in these things that compete for power and profit, and naturally he does not have the kung fu to buy people's hearts. Lin Li just quickened his pace all the way and walked into the hotel of the military headquarters.
"Captain Lin, it's great that you're okay, are you here to visit the chief, the chief is in the office now, you can go in and see him at any time." As soon as he walked into the hotel, Duan Zhixuan's absolute confidant, staff officer Zhang Tao, greeted him quickly, with a very enthusiastic attitude.
Lin Li also nodded politely and said, "Trouble Staff Officer Zhang." Then, under the guidance of Zhang Tao, he came to Duan Zhixuan's office.
The guards here are also obviously tighter, and there are armed soldiers everywhere. When Lin Li walked in, Duan Zhixuan was working inside.
Hearing the footsteps, Duan Zhixuan looked up and saw that it was Lin Li who came in, he immediately smiled and greeted him very warmly: "Hahaha, it's Xiaolin, come on, come on, I'm thinking of you here, I heard that yesterday's battle, thanks to Xiaolin, you turned the tide and saved the crisis in Xicheng District, here, on behalf of the country, the people and the army, thank you!" β
As he spoke, Duan Zhixuan actually got up and wanted to salute Lin Li, looking very serious. At this time, if Lin Li really let Duan Zhixuan, the old chief, the supreme commander of the army, salute him, he would be a real fool.
He hurriedly got up and said: "Commander Duan, you have won the award, yesterday's incident was completely the army's bravery, but it was me, I fell into a coma soon after I came back, and I didn't help at all, I feel ashamed, and I accidentally killed Dong Dajun and Hou Zhouhai, the two ancient bloodline, here I want to say sorry to Uncle Duan." β
When Duan Zhixuan heard Dong Dajun's name, his face was obviously cold, he did it again, and snorted coldly: "Dong Dajun, hum, this person Xiaolin, you killed it well, in order to compete for the position of this army commander, he actually colluded with Wang Guoming and Chen Xiaofang, and did not hesitate to put the zombies into Xicheng District, even if you don't kill them, I will personally execute these bastards when I turn around!" β
Lin Li put his mind down, looked at Duan Zhixuan's meaning, and didn't pursue his own meaning. Only then did he relax and ask, "Commander, you called me over this time, is there anything wrong?" β
"Haha, of course there is something, Lin Li, you have saved the heroes of our Xicheng District now, such a great credit, if I don't reward it, it won't chill the hearts of my subordinates, so I decided to let you be the division commander and hand over the first division to you to command, if you agree, nod now!" Duan Zhixuan said very sincerely, looking like he regarded Lin Li as his confidant Great Wall.
When Lin Li heard this, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, and secretly scolded this old guy for being treacherous, and sure enough, he was still afraid of himself. Duan Zhixuan's promotion seems to be kind, but it is actually a disguised rise and fall.
The first division is Duan Zhixuan's absolute henchman, not only has strong combat effectiveness, but all the officers are also Duan Zhixuan's old subordinates, who were previously led by division commander Huang Guoshu.
Now that Huang Guoshu is dead, if he runs over to take over, not only will he not be able to command this army, but he will also leave a bad impression on Duan Zhixuan of fighting for power and profit, he doesn't want to become another Dong army! I also feel disgusted with these things that compete for power and profit from the bottom of my heart.
Lin immediately stood up from his seat, shook his head and said: "Commander, don't be like this, I'm not interested in being an officer, I'm just an ordinary person, I yearn for freedom, I don't want to stay in the army for the rest of my life." β
"Xiaolin, don't think about it anymore? I think you are very suitable to be an officer, not to mention the division commander, as long as you work hard, it will be my position as a military commander in the future, and it will also be yours! Duan Zhixuan nodded to Lin Li meaningfully.
Lin Li's face changed, and he waved his hand again and again: "Commander, don't be like this, it's troublesome enough for me to be a squad leader, where is the kung fu to be the division commander, if you insist on me to be, then I can only leave Xicheng District!" β
Saying that, Lin Li turned around and left, with a posture of directly picking a child, and sneered in his heart, this Zhixuan is an old fox, and he actually wants this method to lure himself.
He is not a fool like Dong Dajun who is full of muscles, such an obvious big pit, if he really jumps into it, I am afraid that he will not be able to sleep peacefully when he turns back.
Duan Zhixuan was also obviously stunned by Lin Li's decisive refusal, in the face of such an obvious hint from him, Lin Li actually refused so simply, could it be that this kid really didn't have any ambition to be motivated?
But Lin Li's words more or less made Duan Zhixuan feel a lot more at ease with Lin Li, so he showed a relaxed smile, got up with a smile and stopped Lin Li and said: "Haha, Xiaolin, you let Uncle Duan say what is good for you, the position of the division commander, many people can't sit in their lives, and now it's in front of you, you can solve it in one bite!" That's it, you can not be this division commander, but you must accept these small gifts from Uncle Duan, this is a thank you gift for saving Xicheng District and saving me! β
Duan Zhixuan took out a large wooden box that had been prepared on the desk, and handed it to Lin Li with some difficulty, Lin Li opened it curiously, and found that it was actually five hundred evolution stones!
"This Duan Zhixuan is so generous!"
You must know that the evolution zombies killed by the military yesterday, according to Niu Dashan's statistics, are only five or six thousand, and the zombies with evolution stones will definitely not exceed three thousand.
And Duan Zhixuan gave himself one-sixth of yesterday's results in one breath, this gift is not invaluable, and it can't help but be unmoved.
"Uncle Duan, thank you!" Lin Li unceremoniously incorporated these evolution stones into his ability space, he could be indifferent to the position of the division commander, but if it was an evolution stone, the more the better.
"Haha, you are Xiaoqing's younger brother, and you are my nephew, so you don't need to be too polite!" Duan Zhixuan said with a smile, then pulled Lin Li to his side, and spoke cordially for a while before sending Lin Li out.
Lin Li also said with interest: "Uncle Duan, don't send it, I'd better leave by myself." With that, he stood up himself, walked out of the office, and left the hotel.
Duan Zhixuan was injured, so he didn't force it, he watched Lin Li leave the office, his face gradually became solemn, his fingers habitually tapped on the desk in front of him, and said thoughtfully: "This Lin Li, but I can't see through, this person is really not ambitious, or wants to get away with it, and wants to get greater benefits!" If it's the former, then it's okay to say, if it's the latter, this kid is a monster that is even more terrifying than Dong Dajun! β
"Commander, I think Captain Lin is different from Dong Dajun, Dong Dajun is lost in strength, this Lin Li, but he is very sober, and he doesn't look like an ambitious person."
Snap!
The corner bookshelf in the office suddenly flipped over, and it turned out to be a secret room, and Zhang Tao, the chief of staff that Lin Li had seen before, walked out of it at this time and said to Duan Zhixuan.
It turned out that when Duan Zhixuan and Lin Li were talking just now, this Zhang Tao had been hiding in the secret room and eavesdropping.
Duan Zhixuan let out a long sigh, nodded, shook his head again, and said in a deep voice: "Lao Zhang, you are wrong! In my opinion, this Lin Li is not without ambition, but his ambition is greater and stronger than any of us! The position of a mere army commander can't control him! β
"What...... That army commander, do you want me to send someone to ...... him" Zhang Tao's face changed, and he stretched out his hand to make a motion to wipe his neck.
Duan Zhixuan glared at his henchman fiercely, shook his head and said, "No, this Lin Li is no threat to us, although I don't want to admit it, but our small army, that bastard kid probably hasn't taken it in his eyes yet...... It seems that the world is really going to change......"
"What do you mean, Commander?" Zhang Tao was completely confused, in the last days, shouldn't anyone hold the military power, who is the biggest, how could the chief say that Lin Li still can't look down on their team?
Duan Zhixuan didn't explain to his henchmen, compared to Zhang Tao, who was still in the supremacy of military power before the end of the world, Duan Zhixuan, as a military commander, had already seen deeper and farther......
Through this conversation with Lin Li, Duan Zhixuan obviously felt that the future world may not be an era when you can control everything not only with military power.
And that's exactly what happened.
As far as Lin Li knows, although in the early days of the last days, the army relied on the superiority of guns and cannons, and it was able to control the vast majority of ordinary people and supernatural people.
However, with the continuous emergence of the Ancient Bloodline, and the strength of the Alien Ones getting stronger and stronger, the army's ability to control the situation will gradually be lost.
In the end, whether it is the army or the officials, they will only end up being a tool in the hands of powerful people, and they can only bully ordinary people.
"The future world does not belong to the military, but to the strong, Duan Zhixuan wants a small position as a military commander, so he wants to control me, it's too naΓ―ve!"
When Lin Li walked out of the hotel, he sneered in his heart, compared to the position of a division commander, it was still five hundred evolution stones in his hand.
The adaptability of human beings is very strong, and they only experienced the attack of a group of terrifying zombies yesterday, and the entire Xicheng District almost fell.
The next day, the frightened people had recovered, and thanks to the large amount of food that the army had brought back yesterday, the place where the army distributed food was no longer a bowl of gruel a day, but two dry meals a day.
This made ordinary survivors ecstatic, and there were long queues at every army's food distribution point, but it was only two dry meals, which was not enough for people who had been hungry for more than ten days.
In the underground black market in Xicheng District, there are still a large number of ordinary people, and in exchange for edible food, the sellers have all kinds of things.
In the past, before the end of the world, the value of hundreds of thousands, millions of expensive sports cars, red wine, gold and silver jewelry, and all kinds of fashionable luxury goods was not worth a biscuit or a handful of rice in this black market.
Many people have nothing to sell, so they simply hang a sign on themselves stating that they can sell themselves to others as slaves as long as they have something to eat.
In some dark corners, there were scantily clad and beautiful women, with hungry eyes and pleading faces looking at every man who passed by.
From time to time, there would be some men, holding a piece of bread, sweeping around the bodies of this group of beautiful women with a proud face, caressing their bodies recklessly, and when they saw what they liked, they pulled the woman into a dark corner, and before long, there was a heavy wheezing sound of a man inside, and the sound of a woman chewing a seedling bag.
Lin Li walked into this black market, and he also sighed, he was not a savior, so naturally he couldn't control these people, and he didn't come in for fun, just to see if he could buy something.
His appearance soon attracted the attention of countless stall owners inside, seeing Lin Li wearing a military uniform, the stall owners knew that Lin Li was definitely not short of food, and they all worked hard to recommend the items on their stalls.
But Lin Li looked at the brand-name bags, clothes, gold and silver jewelry on the stall, but he was not interested at all, he knew that Yan Xiaoqing had never lacked these things.
He came in this time just to find something special to give to Yan Xiaoqing, so that Yan Xiaoqing could dissipate her anger, otherwise Yan Xiaoqing would be able to let herself drink porridge today, and it is estimated that she would not even have porridge to drink tomorrow.
"Sir, do you need flowers, this is the lily I found with great difficulty, they are still fresh, just a piece of bread, no, a biscuit is enough!"
When he was wandering around, behind him, a woman's magnetic voice suddenly came, very good, faintly familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
Lin Li turned around when he heard this.
Behind him stood a very beautiful woman, dressed in a long white dress, and holding a bouquet of fresh lilies in her hand, on which there was a faint fragrance.
Although the woman's face deliberately used dust to make herself less eye-catching, with the powerful eyesight of the Lin Li's abilities, she could still see that this woman's beauty was not under Yan Xiaoqing. He was stunned.
Because Lin Li recognized this woman, it seemed to be a very famous singer in Anseong, the community where he used to work, and her large poster, which seemed to be called Li Yuyin or something.
At the same time, Li Yuyin also looked at the young and handsome officer in front of her, and was very worried in her heart, she used to be a famous singer, but when the end came, not only did she not have a little advantage, but when she fled all the way, more than dozens of men recognized her and wanted to forcibly possess her.
Forced to be helpless, Li Yuyin could only put mud on her face again, deliberately making herself uglier, and now that Xicheng District is still under the absolute control of the army, there are fewer people who harass her.
But then the problem also came, Li Yuyin, as a delicate girl, grew up since she was a child, she didn't know anything except singing and dancing, she was alone, and she didn't dare to venture out to find food.
She also asked for help from the rich businessmen she knew, but these people either wanted to forcibly possess her or force her to be their woman.
There was even an official who wanted to forcibly lock her up and use her as his plaything. With these experiences, Li Yuyin was also frightened, she no longer dared to ask for help from those rich businessmen and officials she knew, nor did she dare to reveal her identity in front of outsiders, and she could only rely on a little gruel distributed by the army every day to survive.
After persisting like this for almost a month, Li Yuyin couldn't bear the hunger anymore, so she could only take a bouquet of lilies she had finally found in the ruins of a flower shop, and wanted to sell them on the black market to see if she could exchange them for a little food.
It's just that in the last days, people only care about food and use, who still has the leisure to waste food to buy flowers, Li Yuyin asked for a day, and no one looked at the flower, her heart was already about to despair, she was hungry, and she was already planning to eat the lily as food.
At this time, Lin Li, dressed in military uniform, appeared.
Li Yuyin also rekindled his hope, ordinary people are short of food in their hands and have no time to buy flowers, this young and handsome officer should be interested in this bouquet of lilies, right?
So, she plucked up her courage and stopped Lin Li, and Lin Li was indeed stopped, but her eyes stared directly at Li Yuyin's face, after all, he had only heard of Li Yuyin, and the woman's face was covered with dust, and he couldn't confirm whether this was me, so he naturally had to see it clearly.
Li Yuyin was misunderstood, although her face was smeared with dust, some acquaintances could still recognize her, she thought that Lin Li, like those rich businessmen before, coveted her beauty and wanted to arrest her as a canary or a plaything, now she was frightened, where could she still care about selling flowers, she quickly lowered her head, turned around and left.