Chapter 18: Hero, First Meeting

The day after arriving on the land-based ship, Zhao Xi received his identity card in Rhode Island, which, according to Kelsey's description, was not only his evidence when he went in and out of Rhode Island, but also the storage point of all his income---

This card has the identity of a bank card, and Zhao Xi's salary will be directly transferred to the card, and he can withdraw it at any time if he needs to.

There is no greater convenience for someone to have a new identity than access to many of Rhode Island's amenities. "I've kept you waiting." Walking into the dining area with a plate, he quickly found a slightly gloomy girl, and Zhao Xi greeted her with a smile. "Sorry, they said the honey cakes were to be freshly made."

"Honey cakes!?" The lowered little round ear was erected, and the bright-eyed Zoya raised her head, her attention locked on the bread on the plate that still smelled sweet with honey. "Wow, what a chunk!"

Sure enough, food is one of the most effective ways to dissipate grief. Fortunately, his judgment was accurate, and Zhao Xi happily put the whole piece of bread on Zoya's plate. "Eat it hot, there's milk here."

Excited enough to nod her head repeatedly, the girl opened her mouth to bite down on a large piece of bread, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face. "It's so sweet, it's so fragrant... Hey, uncle, don't you eat it? ”

"I have this," Zhao said, shaking the bowl full of white rice in his hand, and Zhao Xi said that although the honey cakes were delicious, he was more accustomed to the hometown food. "Enjoy, there's not enough for me to order another one."

Unlike Zhao Xi, who personally took action and enjoyed VIP treatment, as an ordinary resident of Chernobog, Zoya could only accept the popular testing with lower efficiency and more cumbersome steps. It was confirmed that it was only a minor concussion and skin trauma, and the girl received proper treatment before being placed in a living area in Rhode Island along with the rest of the rescued.

Worried about the poor treatment of the other party, Zhao Xi deliberately used some privileges to bring Zoya into the Rhode Island staff restaurant for dinner, but after careful communication with him, he realized that he was purely unfounded. "I see, your room has a bathroom system and the food is fresh, that's great."

"Yes, Rhode Island also sent some beautiful sisters to give us psychological counseling." Because she ate too fast, the girl was choked and her face turned red, and she hurriedly grabbed the milk and poured it violently, wiping off the remaining milk stains at the corners of her mouth, Zoya quickly raised her head, pursed her little mouth and said coquettishly: "Uncle, should you worry, I am the kind of fragile girl who is looking for death and life when her relatives die." ”

There is indeed such a guess in his heart, but when the other party talks about this, no matter how stupid Zhao Xi is, he will not admit it. "Haha, there's nothing to do, I just want to... I want to fulfill my promise at that time! With an idea, the young man smiled and explained, "When I took you back to the police station, I promised to invite you to eat honey cakes, and now I have fulfilled it." ”

Nodding and believing Zhao Xi's words, Zhuoya lowered her head again, took a big bite of bread, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, Zhao Xi avoided topics that might make her sad such as the other party's family and future, and asked trivial matters such as 'who is the new roommate' and 'whether you need to buy personal items'.

In the corner of the bustling restaurant, the two sat down across the table facing each other, and whispered a conversation while tasting the food on their plates, and the atmosphere was warm, but unfortunately this scene did not last long before it was broken by the rapid ringing of the bell.

"Operator Miller, please proceed to the operations conference room immediately, Dr. Kelsey has asked you to attend an emergency meeting."

The inorganic female voice conveyed instructions that could not be refused, pursed her lips in annoyance and put the device away, and shrugged her shoulders when she looked at Zoya's shining eyes. "Sorry, I still have a job, let's go first."

After pulling the rice in the bowl in two bites, Zhao Xi settled the account with his identity card and left the restaurant in a hurry. Seeing the young man's back disappear, the girl put down the bread in her hand, took out a piece of paper from her arms and muttered, "Rhode Island..."

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The combat laboratory, located at the top of the bridge of the land carrier, is a place where only a few people are allowed to set foot, relying on device navigation to arrive as fast as possible, Zhao Xi calmed down his breath a little, and then pushed open the closed metal door.

"You're late, Operator Miller."

With a white face without blood or emotion, at first glance it looked like an inanimate stone sculpture, Kelsey stopped looking through the Chinese pieces in his hand and raised his head to look at the young man standing at the entrance. "What about that guy?"

That guy? His eyes swept over the room where there were only Amiya, Kelsey, and another black-haired, pointy-eared woman, and Zhao Xi, who guessed who the other party was asking, scratched his head in embarrassment. "Doctor, I think I'm still sleeping."

"It's twelve twenty-four o'clock in the afternoon."

"Maybe I woke up, but when I left the dorm at nine in the morning, he was still asleep."

After listening to the reason given by Zhao Xi, someone's cold expression became more and more ugly, and she took out the device to contact a few words, she quickly gave up pursuing the doctor's absence, and turned on the projector on the desktop, showing the holographic map in front of Amiya and Zhao Xi.

"This is Chernoberg," Kelsey said straight to the point, nodding to the 3D model: "To this day, a small number of civilians are fleeing and wandering in the wilderness. The situation in the city is not cloudy for the time being, but it is certain that ---"

"The self-proclaimed Fusion Movement of the Infected, which has taken over the city, has committed a series of atrocities, including the massacre of civilians."

With a sad and solemn expression, Amiya folded her arms around her lips and took a deep breath. "Do they have any demands?"

"Not at the moment."

"What about Ursas?"

"There's no movement."

"What about Yanguo?"

"Same."

Silver Fang bit Sakura's lip, and the rabbit-eared girl thought for a moment, and suddenly threw the topic over. "What do you think, Mr. Miller?"

I thought I was here to be an atmosphere group, but someone was listening absent-mindedly from the sidelines, but I didn't expect to become a speaker. As he was about to return the decision to the other party with a few polite words, the door behind him suddenly opened, and a silver-haired girl in a red sports jacket walked into the room and threw 'something' on the floor like garbage.

Ouch ouch screamed loudly, and the iron-masked man rubbed his ass and sat up, humming and waving his fist at the silver-haired girl. "Hey, I'm a wounded, you call it abuse!"

"If you can get there on time, you won't have to suffer this sin." Someone was speechless as Kelsey gestured to the woman in red. "It's okay, you can go back."

Nodding without saying a word, the silver-haired girl pulled up her hood and left as silently as she had come. When the metal door closed again, Amiya helped the doctor into her chair, and Kelsey spoke again.

"Although a few people were unable to attend for various reasons, the difficulties encountered so far, several of us have been able to make a decision." She made a gesture towards the smiling black-haired woman, and saw her hand over a few folders to everyone, and the cat-eared woman coughed dryly twice:

"We need to talk about what to do next for Rhode Island."