Ruins of the Wasteland
"Village Chief, you can rest assured, we are fully capable of protecting you home." Qin Yi looked at Long Yunchang in front of him and said firmly.
"Old dragon head, I heard that someone is coming from outside?" A rickety old man walked in from outside and asked loudly.
"Yes, Lao He, you can come in and have a look."
After a while, more than a dozen old people came to the house, and after seeing the clothes and national flags of Qin Yi and others, they were moved to tears.
At this moment, a one-armed old man walked up to Qin Yi, straightened his waist and saluted Qin Yi, "Li Yufei, a soldier of the 234th Regiment of the Army, was ordered to protect the evacuation of the people, and now he has completed the task."
Every word that the old man with a broken arm said lingered in Qin Yi's heart, although his position was higher than that of the other party, but at this moment, the other party was a hero worthy of his admiration, and he replied with tears in his eyes: "Qin Yi, the platoon commander of the second platoon of the Sharp Knife Company of the Base City Group Army, was ordered to take you home."
"Good, good, we are not forgotten people." The old man's trembling hand patted Qin Yi's shoulder and said.
"Old man, you can rest assured that the country will not forget you, and we have been searching for and rescuing people who have been displaced for so many years." Li Yingjie stepped forward and comforted the old man.
"Are you?" Li Yufei looked at Li Yingjie suspiciously, because Li Yingjie was not wearing a military uniform, but wearing a special military uniform for explorers to carry out tasks.
"Old man, this is our supreme commander of this operation, Li Yingjie, and he is also a member of the army." Qin Yi said aloud.
"I don't look very old, but to be the captain, I am also young and promising!"
"And it's with my own family." Li Yufei looked at Li Yingjie with great appreciation.
"You keep laughing, if it weren't for the martyrs of your generation to protect us, we wouldn't have the life we have now." Li Yingjie looked at the old man in front of him and said respectfully.
"Since you're the commander of this mission, I'll leave this to you." Li Yufei took out a worn-out notebook from his chest pocket.
"What is this?" Li Yingjie took the notebook and opened it to see that it was full of names of people and places he didn't know.
"This is the soldier we killed when we escorted the crowd away, with their names, their ages and the places where they died, and I hope you can bring them back and not let them be forgotten."
Li Yingjie looked at the thick notebook, the dense names on it made this light notebook extremely heavy, "Don't worry, I will definitely send them home, they will not be forgotten." Li Yingjie put the notebook in his hand into his chest pocket and promised.
"Yes, yes! It's a really good day, let's go out to a banquet together!" Long Yunchang looked at the scenery in front of him very happily.
In the evening, Dragon Village.
The villagers of Longcun who were out hunting also rushed back to the village, everyone was looking at Li Yingjie and the others, the young people and children in the village were full of curiosity, only some old people knew what the national flag on their clothes represented.
"Today is a good day, we welcome our guests from afar, and today in order to entertain our guests, we will hold this banquet, and everyone will eat and drink to their heart's content." Long Yunchang said to the old and young in the village.
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"Long live the village chief!" The villagers were also immersed in the feast.
"Qin Yi, come here." Li Yingjie beckoned to Qin Yi on the side.
"What's wrong, Team Lee, what's wrong?" Qin Yi thought that Li Yingjie had discovered something unusual.
"No problem, you take out this meat and give it to the brothers standing guard outside." Li Yingjie pointed to the plate containing the meat in front of him and said.
"Okay, I'll go." Qin Yi took two plates of meat and walked outside.
"Xiao Li, how did you get here? I heard Xiaoyang say, you still came out of the swarm?" Long Yunchang asked curiously.
Li Yingjie briefly told how he had lured the insect swarm in the first place, but some of the old people around him listened to it with relish, and applauded from time to time, which was very praised
Field.
"That's pretty much it, I also met Xiaoyang by chance."
"Xiao Li, I have to ask you for something." Long Yunchang took Li Yingjie's hand and said solemnly.
"Village Chief Long, if you have something, just say it, and I will do it."
"When you leave the village, can you ask you to take Xiaoyang with you?"
"Huh? Why don't you let Xiaoyang join everyone?" Li Yingjie felt strange, although Long Yang was calling himself master all the way, but after arriving in the village, there was no fart following him, in this case, wouldn't it be better to let Xiaoyang be with the other villagers?
"Actually, Xiaoyang's father died in battle when the village was attacked many years ago, and she has always been dependent on her mother, but three years ago, her mother was infected with the virus, and we had no way to treat it, and then in order not to make Xiaoyang sad, she secretly left the village, so she has no relatives in the village."
"What do you mean?" Li Yingjie had already guessed Long Yunchang's thoughts, Xiaoyang wanted to worship himself as a teacher, and Long Yunchang also wanted to take this opportunity to entrust Xiaoyang to himself.
"The old man can also see that you are a good person, so I want to ask you to take care of her growing up, otherwise after he arrives at the big gathering place alone, I will not worry, and she will not be safe."
"Master, village chief grandpa." Just when Li Yingjie was still wondering why Long Yunchang was worried that Xiao Yang was not safe alone, Xiao Yang walked in the direction of the two, and Xiao Yang at this time was no longer what he was when he first saw him.
"I kind of know what you mean, it's really not safe for her to be alone in a large gathering place." Li Yingjie also knew why Long Yunchang was not at ease, because Xiaoyang at this time was no longer the dirty little savage, Xiaoyang had red lips and white teeth after washing, and he looked like a beautiful embryo, but Li Yingjie always thought that Xiaoyang was a boy, but he didn't expect it to be a girl.
"That's it, and you should rest early today." Long Yunchang patted the back of Li Yingjie's hand, even if he entrusted Xiaoyang to Li Yingjie, the whole person was a lot easier, and the things he had been worried about would not happen again.
"Master, what did the village chief's grandfather say to you just now?" Xiaoyang looked like a curious baby.
"Well, it's nothing, you should go back to the house and rest early, there are still things to do tomorrow!" Li Yingjie also left the banquet after speaking, and the villagers who participated in the banquet also went home one after another.
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At this time, the High Heavenly Tiger was leading people to collect the carcasses of the red-eyed locusts and catch some of the red-eyed locusts that were not yet dead.
"Boss, this kid is not bad, can you put it on the list?" Ninety-nine asked, walking over with a list of lists.
"Yes, put him and that Guan Tianxiang in a group, these are all good talents." Gao Tianhu nodded and said, then turned to leave.
In a black market sixty kilometers south of Suzaku City.
A teenager in the black market is running wildly, holding a steamed bun that has turned gray in his hand.
"Hold on to him, don't let that kid run."
Behind the boy was a group of men in colorful clothes, holding various sticks in pursuit.
The next day.
Early the next morning.
"Assemble, gather at the entrance of the village, the village chief is going to announce what he forgot to say last night!" A young boy in the village is knocking on the door of the house to make a notice.
Although everyone didn't know what the village chief was going to announce, they all dragged their families to the village gate to gather, and at this time, Long Yunchang, the village chief of Long Village, was already standing at the entrance of the village with Li Yingjie waiting.
"Village Chief, did you call us all here early in the morning?" A big man who looked to be more than 1.8 meters asked.
"That's right, the guests who came yesterday, as you have seen, are all dragons like all of us, and now they are going back to their base, which is much safer than our village, so I beg them to take you away, so that you don't have to worry about it in the future." As soon as Long Yun's long voice fell, everyone below opened
There was a lot of talk at first.
"Village Chief, have you really figured out who they are? If we go with them, what if they're liars?" Some of the young people in the village still don't believe Li Yingjie and the others, although the old people in the village will say that the state will come to take them home, but Li Yingjie's group of people is only eight or nine people, and it doesn't look like they can take them away at all.
"Do you remember what our elders said? Do you remember what your elders left behind?" At this time, Long Yunchang took out a flag that his grandfather gave him when he was alive, a red rectangular flag, embroidered with a golden dragon, this is the totem of the Dragon Kingdom, and it is also the national flag, which is exactly the same as the national flag on Qin Yi and others.
Seeing Long Yunchang's actions, Li Yingjie and the others also took a step forward and showed the national flag logo on their bodies, and everyone in the village also believed it.
"Even so, we can't go with you easily."
"And what do you want? How can you trust me?" Li Yingjie looked at the person who spoke helplessly, this person was tall, even taller than himself, but he was not burly enough, it may be caused by malnutrition, it seems that the other party should be the hunter leader in charge of hunting in the village.
"Simple, unless you can beat me." The man stepped forward and clenched his fists and said.
"Come on, then." Li Yingjie didn't expect that such a method was needed.
"Master, be careful, Brother Aaron is the most powerful person in our village, he is very powerful, and he can catch the most prey every time he hunts." Long Yang, who was standing on the side, reminded softly that the village chief's grandfather had already told him last night that he would live with the man in front of him in the future.
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"Don't worry, little apprentice, wait for me for a minute." Li Yingjie replied with a smile.
"Don't be ashamed, look at the fist!" Ah Long swung at Li Yingjie with a punch, Li Yingjie didn't dodge at all, and directly caught Ah Long's fist.
"Since Xiaoyang said that you have the most strength, then I will compare your strength with you!"
Ah Long didn't expect that the man in front of him, who was shorter than himself, wanted to compete with him, and then he became even more angry and began to wrestle with Li Yingjie.
"The hunters in this village seem to be quite agile, but their strength is still far from enough. Qin Yi watched it with relish from the side.
"If you only have that strength, you won't be able to win against me." Li Yingjie used both hands hard, and one fell sideways over the shoulder, and before Ah Long could react, he was thrown to the ground.
"Master, it's amazing!" Long Yang looked at the victorious Li Yingjie and shouted happily.
"You can come with us now, right? If we have malicious intentions towards you, we don't need to talk to you as much as we do now, because our fighting power can completely crush you." Li Yingjie looked at Ah Long lying on the ground and explained.
"I lost, I can't beat you, I will do what I say, I will go with you." Aaron stood up and patted the dust on his body and said, without the slightest hesitation.
Li Yingjie glanced at Ah Long, and then at Long Yunchang who was standing aside with a smile on his face, sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, using the highest combat power in the village to sing the opposite, and then calming people's hearts by losing to himself through the other party, he is really a powerful old fox.
"Alright, in that case, let's all go back and pack our things," Long Yunchang commanded while the iron was hot.
"Yes, village chief." After everyone responded, they went back to their respective homes to pack their things, leaving only Li Yingjie and others and more than a dozen old people in the village.
Long Yunchang took Xiao Yang's hand and walked to the side with Li Yingjie.
"Master, can't the village chief and grandfather really come with us?" Xiaoyang looked at Li Yingjie with teary eyes.
"Xiaoyang, it's not that your master won't take us away, it's that we don't want to go." Long Yunchang stroked Xiao Yang's head with a kind face.
"Why! Grandpa Dragon." Xiao Yang looked at Long Yunchang, who was smiling, and was about to cry.
"Because we've been living here all our lives, and this is our roots
And we're old, and we don't want to travel long distances."
At the same time, Qin Yi was also chatting with Li Yufei, "Old soldier commander, are you really not going to go with us?"
"Hahaha, it's enough for you kid to have this heart, I'm really not leaving, I still have to watch the door for a group of old guys sleeping here!" Li Yufei said with a smile.
Near noon, everyone in the village packed their luggage and gathered at the village gate, and just when everyone was waiting in a hurry, three modified heavy buses slowly drove from a distance, which was the transport vehicle brought back by the people sent back to the base city by Li Yingjie yesterday.
"Is this what the elders call a car?" The young people in the village sighed as they looked at the bus parked at the entrance of the village, but Li Yingjie was very sad when he looked at everyone, the disaster had degraded human civilization too quickly.
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"Qin Yi, arrange for everyone to get in the car and prepare to return to Base City."
"Yes."
After all the villagers got into the car, Long Yunchang waved goodbye with the rest of the old people, "Let's go, we have to live well in our new home, and if we have the opportunity to come back to see us old guys in the future."
"Qin Yi, let's go!" Li Yingjie commanded at Qin Yi.
"Let's go!" As the order fell, the three reloaded buses also began their journey home.
"Little Lizi, aren't you with them?" Long Yunchang looked at Li Yingjie, who was standing aside and did not leave, and wondered.
"I have other tasks to do, but there are still some things that have not been resolved until then."
"Is there anything you can't figure out that you need our help with?"
"No, no, it should be almost there." Sure enough, after a while, two different vehicles appeared in the distance.
"You kid, you can really call people, I'm all old bones, and I'm going to help you run around." As soon as the car stopped, Old Man Zhao poked his head out of the heavy truck and cursed.
"Isn't there no way, I can only contact you!" Li Yingjie knew that he was at a loss, so he helped Old Man Zhao open the door with a smile.
"Little Lizi, who is this old man?"
"Isn't it because you old-timers want to stay, then I took all the young people away, and you won't have a source of food? That's why I'm applying to make this a base for our base, so that I can not only take care of you, but also make eyes for the base city."
"You stinky boy, bury you deep enough!" The people who stayed looked at Li Yingjie and scolded with a smile, but their hearts were warm.
"Go into the village and clean up, and rebuild the fortifications by the way." Li Yingjie said to the team members who got off the bus.
"Yes, Team Lee."
"Now that you've arranged everything here, are you going to leave next?" Long Yun asked as he saw that everyone was busy.
"Well, the problem here is solved, and I'm going on another mission, so I have to leave early."
"Be safe!" Long Yunchang completely regarded Li Yingjie as his junior at this time.
"You can rest assured when you are old, and when I come back next time, I will bring you some good wine to drink." Li Yingjie turned around and waved his hand.
"Let's go, Xiaoyang, let's get in the car!" Because I had to take Xiaoyang with me, I asked for a car from the headquarters, so I couldn't ride my own motorcycle.
The car started, Li Yingjie took Old Man Zhao and Xiaoyang to Yunshi to gather, and also set a new goal for himself in his heart.
"We must save everyone who is on the run!"
After Li Yingjie said goodbye to everyone in Dragon Village, he led people to another place to meet the others.
"Master, where are we going?" Long Tianyang leaned on the window of the car and asked softly.
"The teacher wants to send Zhao Lao and some people to Qiming City, so now I am going to find that group of people to converge." Li Yingjie planned to send Zhao Lao and Chen Mahu's group to Qiming City first, and then take Xiaoyang to find those abandoned cities and dig out some of the information he needed.
"Xiao Li, did you forget to tell me who this little guy is?" Zhao Lao originally thought
Xiaoyang is a villager of the village, and he will return to the base city with the large army, but he didn't expect to follow the two of them to the north, and he also became Li Yingjie's apprentice.
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"This is my apprentice, just think of me as a member of my squad." Li Yingjie didn't want to explain too much.
"Okay, but aren't you traveling the wrong way? Isn't that the route to Qiming City? I remember that I didn't take this route when I went to Cloud City!" Zhao Lao sat in the car, took out the map and compared the route, and found that the route was wrong, and Li Yingjie did not follow the route on the map.
"I know no, I'm going to a place before I join up with the others." Li Yingjie suddenly remembered one thing before leaving, that is, the map he had been looking at since he was a child, there were many marked locations on the map, and one of the places marked with No. 11 was near Qingyunhai, so he was going to see if there were any clues about his life experience.
"Then you call me somewhere, and I'll sleep." Zhao Lao didn't continue to ask, and then leaned on the car and fell asleep, after all, he was so old and still busy all night.
Li Yingjie followed the route of the map to the location marked as the number, parked the car on the hillside, got out of the car and took out the map to compare the surrounding environment.
"Is this the place? There's nothing special about it." Li Yingjie wondered if he had come to the wrong place.
"Master, where is this?" Xiaoyang also got out of the car, walked to Li Yingjie's side and asked after breathing in the fresh air.
"You go and wake up Elder Zhao, we're going to take a look below." When Li Yingjie looked around, he found the remains of a dilapidated house not far away, and maybe there would be a clue there that he wanted.
"Huh? Got to the place?" Zhao Lao asked after being called out of the car by Xiaoyang.
"We're here, but we're going to have to walk through the mountain road below, and the car can't be driven anymore." Li Yingjie packed his backpack and said, after all, he couldn't let Xiaoyang and Zhao Lao carry things on their backs.
"I respect the old and love the young, so let's go!" Zhao Lao stood beside Xiaoyang and smiled at Li Yingjie.
After Li Yingjie and the two of them came down from the hillside, they found that there should have been a fierce battle here, and there were bullet holes and the bones of mutant beasts everywhere.
"It is possible that this was once a research base for humans, or a manufacturing factory," Zhao Lao looked at the ruins around him, all kinds of things looked like materials for building the research institute.
"Research bases and factories?" In Li Yingjie's cognition, there is rarely such a thing as a research base.
"That's right, but it's no longer there, before the disaster broke out, there were various research and experimental bases in various countries in the world, maybe the source of this disaster outbreak was the research results of a certain type of research base." Zhao Lao explained, after all, after the outbreak of the disaster, there was no way to even solve the problem of ultra-long-distance communication, let alone build a research institute.
"But since the catastrophe happened, and then the mysterious man returned to the earth, now the development of science and technology on the earth is moving towards the era of the past, and maybe one day in the future, our technological development will reach the era of prehistoric civilization." After Zhao Lao finished speaking, he looked at the ruins and didn't know what he was thinking.
Li Yingjie has also heard of these things, when he was young, he still lived in the barrier, at that time, all kinds of giant beasts made human beings dare not step out of the barrier, and later, these giant beasts were transferred by that person, and all left the earth, so now human beings live in the surface world of the earth again.
"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's find out if there's anything you need to use here."
Li Yingjie and his party began to search for it in the ruins.
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