Hearing the report of his subordinates, the two people in the office couldn't help but be stunned.

"You're saying he returned to the subway station from the surface alone?"

"Yes..."

Hearing this, Li Jingui, who had just said that "no one can survive on the surface alone", was shocked in his heart, but he felt hot on his face.

The slap in the face came so quickly that Li Jingui thought that his subordinates were talking nonsense:

"Impossible! It's impossible! ”

Different from Li Jingui's fierce reaction, Lu Dachuan on the side, after being a little stunned, immediately asked: "Where is the other person now?" ”

"I'm being examined in the medical room..."

Before the words fell, Lu Dachuan didn't say a word, and walked out of the office quickly.

Seeing him leave, Li Jingui's expression suddenly became gloomy...

After leaving the office and coming to the lobby of the platform, a noise came to my face.

After decades of renovation and construction, the upper and lower floors of the Tomorrow Metro Station have been used to the extreme.

Located on the platform level on the first floor, is the work area.

Above the tracks, a subway train that had long since lost power and had become rusty was docked.

The subway cars are divided into one area after another.

For example, "greenhouses" specializing in growing vegetables and mushrooms, "farms" for raising livestock, and "workshops" for forging iron products.

Glancing at the busy subway car, Lu Dachuan walked straight through the subway platform floor, and took advantage of the elevator that had long lost power in the subway station to the station hall level on the second floor of the subway station.

The originally very spacious station hall floor on the second floor is divided into several areas.

The east wing is a public area and living area.

The west wing is a residential area.

The detached houses, separated by iron or wooden planks, are the residences of the residents of the subway station.

Depending on the number of households of the residents of the subway station, the size of the room allocated will also vary.

"Captain Lou..."

"Brother Lu..."

As the bravest and most respected person in the entire subway station, every resident he met along the way would greet Lu Dachuan.

Although he does not stop, he will also nod his head in response.

When he came to a large board room with a wooden sign on the iron door in the east wing, he raised his hand and knocked on the door after a slight pause.

After a while, the door opened.

The door was opened by a nurse or doctor in the medical room, but a man with a small head and heavy leather armor.

"Captain, you're here too?"

"What about others?"

"Over there..."

Even if the other party didn't remind him, Lu Dachuan's gaze had already passed over the explorer and was frozen in a hospital bed, surrounded by several explorers.

And Chen Xi, who was wearing a black turtleneck sweater and sitting on the hospital bed, also looked over here.

Looking at each other, Chen Xi first froze for a moment, and then raised his hand and greeted him with a smile:

"Captain, I'm back!"

Looking at Chen Xi unscathed, Lu Dachuan's heart was both surprised and delighted.

He didn't expect that this young man, who he had watched grow up since he was a child, would grow so much.

Even if it's only for a few hours, you'll be able to survive on your own on the surface full of mutants and radiation, and even go back underground...

This is something that even he can't do!

In his heart, he walked quickly to Chen Xi's face, stretched out his hand and patted Chen Xi's shoulder, and then said lightly in a deep voice full of magnetism:

"It's good to come back..."

The blonde and blue-eyed brother with a thick beard and a hard leather cowboy hat named "Arthur" on the side also smiled boldly, and then said in very fluent Chinese:

"Hahaha, you're a big boy! The captain was about to apply to the top and go out to find you. But I didn't expect you to come back first..."

It is worth mentioning that after decades of underground life, human beings no longer have a country, skin color, or language, and some are just survivors of the end of the world who survive in groups...

Hearing this, Chen Xi glanced at the silent Lu Dachuan, and couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart.

Chen Xi knew very well how dangerous the surface was.

It is precisely because of this that he can deeply understand how responsible Lu Dachuan's decision to return to the surface to find him after returning to the subway station safely!

It can also be seen from the side that Lu Dachuan cares about him very much and does not hesitate to risk his life.

This is what makes Chen Xi, who is new to the city, feel warm.

At least, in this strange and cold last days, there are still people who care about his life and death...

"By the way, tell us how you got back? Did you encounter mutants on the road? ”

Catching up with the curious eyes of several explorer teammates, Chen Xi just briefly described what had happened:

"After a blizzard, I woke up in a snowdrift..."

Of course, he omitted most of the details of the whole story, including the encounter with the three-eyed snow wolf, as well as monster killing upgrades, explosive equipment, and so on.

It was just that he carefully avoided the radiation zone all the way, encountered a bat demon on the way, and then relied on the experience and knowledge of the explorer, plus some luck, to return to the underground without danger.

Although it sounds like an understatement, however, no one present would think that this is a simple matter.

After listening to Chen Xi's "story", Lu Dachuan also nodded with satisfaction, "It seems that you have grown a lot over this period of time!" Even on the surface, they can be on their own..."

In the face of Lu Dachuan's praise, Chen Xi just smiled back, noncommittal or noncommittal.

And just as Chen Xi was facing each of his teammates according to the memories of his predecessor, a gun-wielding soldier wearing a pitch-black military uniform suddenly broke into the medical room!

His eyes fell on the Black Eagle badge pinned to his chest, and in the blink of his eyes, Chen Xi recognized the identity of the soldier, who was the subordinate of the subway station executive officer "The Hanger" Li Jingui.

Because these federal soldiers always rely on themselves to be Li Jingui's subordinates, they oppress and exploit the residents of the subway station.

So, among the residents of the subway station of tomorrow, these guys dressed in black have another ironic nickname - "black lackeys"

The person who came had an indifferent expression, just looked straight at Lu Dachuan, and said in a deep voice:

"Captain Lu, Your Excellency the Executive Officer asked me to remind you that the task is urgent, please leave as soon as possible."

"I see. You go back and tell the Executive, and in ten minutes, the Explorer team will be gone. ”

Receiving this reply, the black-clothed soldier nodded, and then turned to leave, without the slightest delay.

Seeing the other party leave, Lu Dachuan turned his head, put his hand on Chen Xi's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Xi, you have a good rest at home." When we're back from our mission, we'll have a drink! ”

Originally, the reason why the explorer team went to the surface was to go to the nearby waterworks to solve the mutants that appeared there to ensure the safety of the water source.

It's just that that damn snowstorm not only changed the soul of Chen Xi, an unlucky bastard, but also disrupted their plans.

Now that Chen Xi has come back alive, they naturally have to continue to complete the unfinished task.

As a member of the explorer team, Chen Xi should have also participated in this mission.

However, considering that he had finally returned from the surface alone and was a little tired physically and mentally, Lu Dachuan decided not to take him with him.

Since Lu Dachuan, who is the captain, has said this, Chen Xi is naturally happy.

Although the efficiency of teaming up to farm mutants is definitely much higher than killing monsters alone.

However, it took him a long time to return to the underground shelter, and it took some time to get used to the things here.

As for killing monsters and upgrading explosive equipment, there will be opportunities in the future, and there is no need to rush for a while...