Chapter 45: The Fox Fake Tiger
"What!"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Lu Yu who was lying on the sofa.
Lu Yu saw that everyone was looking at him, so he explained.
"Not to mention the fact that the huge movement made by the helicopter will attract zombies, but the unknown attack that knocked down the helicopter alone, we need to spend effort to investigate it."
"The existence of being able to shoot down a helicopter is bound to pose a huge threat to our lives."
"Instead of sticking to and waiting, it is better to take the initiative to explore and collect intelligence, even if we are invincible, we can retreat, after all, now that two soldiers have joined us, our overall strength has been greatly improved."
Ma Long, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, nodded unconsciously after listening to Lu Yu's words.
"Indeed, with me and the ponies, as long as we don't encounter any weird zombie mutants or corpses, life safety can be guaranteed, but the one that can shoot down the plane ......"
Zhang Jike tightened the rifle in his hand, showing a hint of worry on his face.
"With just a few of us, we can't clean it up, right?"
Everyone was silent for a while, only Xiao Ran secretly glanced at Lu Yu and found that he had buried the lower half of his face in the crook of his arm, revealing only a pair of Danfeng eyes.
"We can get help."
Looking around with clear eyes, Lu Yu said calmly.
But the corners of his face, hidden in the crook of his arm, were slightly hooked, forming an eerie smile.
"Helper? Do you mean ......" Ma Long seemed to get some inspiration from Lu Yu's words, and asked with a frown.
"Your comrades from the Nine Branches - Li Zhihao."
Lu Yu said, lifting his face from the crook of his arm, revealing a bright smile.
Zhang Jike was slightly stunned when he heard this, and began to think about the meaning of Lu Yu's words.
It can be seen from Lu Yu's description that Li Zhihao's identity is indeed worthy of scrutiny, and there is a high possibility that he is a person from the Nine Branches.
But for Zhang Jike and Ma Long, two soldiers with military orders, Shangfeng has given orders more than once not to contact comrades of Jiuke at will.
In their eyes, Jiuke is just a legend, and if it weren't for Shangfeng's repeated emphasis, they might think that Jiuke is just a made-up department.
"Jiuke, don't take the initiative to contact, that's an institution that exists in the imagination, and it doesn't really exist!"
Marlon muttered to himself, a phrase that Shangfeng would repeat before each of their missions.
And this seemingly contradictory sentence is what makes the two of them in awe of Jiuke.
"Only the nine disciplines with vast magical powers can grasp so much information." Zhang Jike sighed, as if he had made up his mind.
"We gave up taking the initiative to contact Li Zhihao and directly carried out the cleaning work around us!"
“……”
Lu Yu was silent, he wanted to use the hands of the two soldiers to test Li Zhihao's details, but what he never expected was that Zhang Jike would rather risk his life to carry out the cleaning work than take the initiative to contact Li Zhihao, who was suspected of being a member of the Ninth Branch.
"Nine Branches...... Interesting......"
Lu Yu silently wrote down the name in his heart, and then didn't say anything more.
Now he is just a wounded man who can't help, and his influence on the development of the situation is too small, since Zhang Jike and others would rather take risks than take the initiative to contact, they can't change anything.
But suddenly, Lu Yu had another flash of inspiration in his mind.
"Zhang Jike and they seemed to say that they couldn't take the initiative to contact, so if Li Zhihao took the initiative to come to the door, wouldn't his goal be the same?"
Thinking of this, Lu Yu smiled and said to Zhang Jike.
"I don't know if your superiors have explained, if the comrades of the Nine Branches take the initiative to contact you, what should you do?"
Ma Long and Zhang Jike were stunned when they heard this, and recalled carefully.
Shangfeng seems to have just said that they can't take the initiative to contact, but if it's passive contact, it can't be regarded as a violation of the order.
Moreover, both of them knew in their hearts that Jiuke was probably a very hidden intelligence department, and the reason why Shangfeng issued the order not to take the initiative to contact Jiuke was probably because he was afraid that they would destroy the hiding of Jiuke without knowing it.
"If the personnel of the Ninth Branch take the initiative to contact us, it means that they may need our cooperation."
Zhang Jike said, after all, Jiuke is secretly in the dark, and if Jiuke takes the initiative to contact, then he must help.
"That's good, Li Zhihao once agreed with me that he will come to the door again in three days to discuss cooperation with me, and then you only need to wear military uniforms and meet as soldiers."
Lu Yu paused and continued.
"If he is really a person from the Nine Branches, he will definitely react when he sees you, if he takes the initiative to contact you, you are not in violation, and you can also use his power to carry out the cleaning work."
Hearing this, Ma Long nodded slightly.
"If he doesn't take the initiative to contact, then you can just treat him as an ordinary person, continue to act according to the original plan, and when the time comes, you can leave or stay, and adapt to the situation."
"Then we have ...... in the past three days" Zhang Jike was about to put forward his opinion, but was interrupted by Lu Yu waving his hand.
"In the past three days, we just need to clean up our building, although there are not many residents in this community, there should still be survivors, gather them together, anyway, I have enough food."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement, only Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at Lu Yu with surprised eyes.
Lu Yu naturally noticed the gaze of the girl opposite, rolled his eyes at her, and motioned her not to say anything.
"Is this Lu Peel a change of sex? I was very stingy before, and I refused to share a little food, why did I suddenly become so generous? ”
A big question mark appeared in Xu Xiaoxiao's head, but she could still understand Lu Yu's eyes, so she didn't say anything.
"After all, as the old saying goes, there is great strength in numbers, and rescuing survivors is also your mission this time, isn't it, starting the rescue a few days in advance is also beneficial to the subsequent mission."
Lu Yu said with a straight head, both logically and from the perspective of thinking about the problem, which completely solved the concerns in Zhang Jike's heart.
"Lao Zhang, I think Lu Yu's arrangement is quite thorough." Ma Long pondered for a moment and said, the few of them had already introduced themselves to each other during the meal, and they knew each other's names.
Zhang Jike thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed with Lu Yu's plan.
"Then starting tomorrow, we will start clearing the threat layer by layer and rescue the survivors."
When the discussion was over, everyone dispersed and went about their business.
The sun sets and night falls.
Due to the limited number of beds in the room, it is necessary to share a bed with others.
Lu Yu was a wounded, so he naturally occupied a bedroom.
The other large bedroom is assigned to Xu Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran, the two girls are smaller, and it shouldn't be a problem to sleep in the same bed.
Zhang Ning was treated differently because of his terrifying appearance, and a separate room was assigned to the study, and Lu Yu also called it a single presidential room.
Looking at the filthy bed in the study, Zhang Ning simply took a few clothes and spread them on the ground, and started the bunk.
Zhang Jike and Ma Long slept on the sofa, which was not what Lu Yu meant, but what the two of them requested.
Originally, Lu Yu planned to let Xiao Ran sleep with him, let the two soldiers sleep on the big bed in the master bedroom, and aggrieved Xu Xiaoxiao to sleep on the sofa.
After all, in his mind, the two servicemen are the current workhorses, and a good rest will help improve the survival rate of all of them.
But Zhang Jike and Ma Long refused very politely, and let the two girls sleep in the big bed on the grounds that "sleeping in the living room can also be warned in advance".
"It's worthy of being a soldier, it's really considerate......"
Lu Yu lay on his bed and couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, before it was time to sleep, Xiao Ran was sitting on the edge of the bed and playing with the arrow in his hand, this arrow was the last one left by Lu Yu's father, and the others were processed into crossbow arrows.
And this last arrow, Lu Yu did not make him into a crossbow arrow, but made a small hole at the end of the arrow, threaded it with a rope, and made a necklace.
If you want to leave this room one day, this arrow is a thought.
"You played a good fox today, do you want to borrow the two tigers Zhang Jike and Ma Long to deter Li Zhihao?"
Xiao Ran didn't look at Lu Yu, and carefully looked at the arrow in her hand, it seemed that there was some exquisite carving on it, which made her unable to take her eyes off it.
"To be honest, I hope that Li Zhihao is really a member of the Ninth Branch, so that at least it can make me feel at ease."
Lu Yu also changed his expression at this time, the smile faded, and was replaced by a touch of worry.
"What are you going to do in three days?"
Xiao Ran didn't seem to hear Lu Yu's words, didn't answer anything, and continued to ask.
"Just like Zhang Jike and they said, after three days, the communication can be restored, and the rescue force will enter the city, I hope you can follow Zhang Jike and them back to the team, so that your safety can be guaranteed to the greatest extent."
"What about you?" Xiao Ran listened to Lu Yu's words, and his expression began to darken.
"I'll have to wait a little longer, after all, I'm injured now, and returning to the team with you will only add to the burden."
"It's not just the cause of the injury, right?"
Xiao Ran was silent for a moment and said lightly.
"Yes, part of the reason comes from the information given by Zhang Heng."
Lu Yu was slightly stunned, then he was also relieved and explained easily.
Among the three pieces of information given by Zhang Heng at the beginning, the last one was to ask Lu Yu not to go out before December 21, 2022.
Lu Yu didn't know whether the return to the team in Zhang Jike's mouth was the kind of "far away" in Zhang Heng's mouth, but for the sake of safety, Lu Yu still chose to stay at home.
If you don't go out, you definitely won't go far!
After all, judging from the first two pieces of information given by Zhang Heng, they all played a vital role in Lu Yu's survival in the last days, and aspirin among them is likely to be the key to curing his infection.
And this last piece of information was especially emphasized by Zhang Heng, and it must be quite important to think about it, so that Lu Yu had to pay attention to it.
After listening to Lu Yu's answer, Xiao Ran threw the arrow in his hand back to Lu Yu and left the bedroom without saying a word......