2nd basement floor, in a private apartment.

Ed asked Carol to bring him hot water, and the grumpy man, soaking his feet and drinking white wine, shouted:

"Shit, I've been out there moving corpses for a day, and it's smelly and tired, and it turns out that the pay is not a third of that of those who hang around with guns."

"That guy named Custer is also a bastard, I am obviously the best machine control worker in the factory, but when I get to him, I can only live by selling coolies."

"We shouldn't have listened to his rhetoric in the first place, but we should have looked for other shelters, maybe then we could live a better life."

Ed's voice was loud, and Carol, fearing that his complaint would reach the ears of the others, walked over and whispered:

"Ed, at least we are safe here, and I will work harder to make life better."

This sentence seemed to stimulate some of Ed's nerves, and he slapped Carol in the face hard, knocking the woman to a stagger.

"Bastard, are you looking down on me?"

Sophia, who was studying in the room, heard the movement outside, and hurried to her father's side, trying to dissuade him, but was pushed down by the angry man, and cut a wound on his forehead in the corner of the table, and fell to the ground.

In the evening, Leon was reading a book in his office when Amy walked in with a heavy face.

"Boss, there's a murder in the apartment on the second basement floor."

Leon's face sank when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked:

"Who died? What's going on? ”

"Ed, an employee of the logistics department."

According to their neighbors, Ed was drunk and was committing domestic violence against his wife, Carol, who was later involved in the incident, and Carol resisted and killed her husband.

Hearing that it was this pair, Leon nodded thoughtfully and asked the little secretary:

"How are Carol and Sophia, are they seriously injured?"

"The injuries to both of them weren't too serious, Ms. Carroll had minor fractures and multiple bruises, and Sophia hit her head and had a slight concussion."

Leon took a sip of hot coffee and continued:

"Since it was Ed's domestic violence first, it can be regarded as excusable, so let's wait for Carol and the two to heal their injuries before deciding how to punish this matter."

"By the way, hasn't Ed's body been disposed of?"

Amy nodded, walked behind Leon, and massaged his shoulders.

"Someone has already dealt with it, and all the Umbrella Company employees have popularized the idea that we will become zombies when we die."

"No one will forget."

At the same time, in the medical room of the base.

Carol's face was full of tears, and she endured the physical and mental pain, looking at her daughter who was unconscious in another hospital bed, and her heart was full of mixed feelings.

killed her husband with her own hands, although it was for self-defense, although it was impulsive, although she was angry that her daughter was hurt, but at the moment when she resisted, it seemed that some shackles had been opened in her heart.

She found that she was not a person who lacked courage, she was just too submissive and forgot to resist.

Now, she and her young daughter are the only ones left in the family, and no matter what, for the sake of the child and for herself, she must take the corresponding responsibility.

Maybe I should have lived a little braver.

At noon the next day, Leon was still playing a leisurely game as usual, and Professor Amlin came over with a solemn face.

"Mr. Custer, our radio system has detected a suspicious signal."

"30 kilometers south of our base, Interstate Highway 85 should be the communication system inside the vehicle."

"I suspect it's a group of well-equipped survivors who may have seen our recruitment and are coming to the base."

Leon's expression became heavy.

"What is their speed? How long will it take to get to our base? ”

"They're not fast, and at their current speed, they'll be at our base in about two hours."

Leon nodded, and Professor Amlin said:

"Okay, I see, you go about your work, Professor."

Time was pressing, and when Amlin left, Leon immediately took out the radio, tuned to the channel of the Ministry of Security, and said:

"Moore, Daryl, suspend the construction of the wall, bring back all the employees of the logistics department, we have an important mission."

Although the two captains were a little puzzled, they immediately replied:

"Got it, boss, we'll be right back."

Wanting to wait for them to finish packing, it was estimated that it would take a while, but Leon didn't wait, he changed into his combat uniform, drove a modified jeep and took the lead on the journey.

Calculating the distance, Leon drove the car to a hillside twenty kilometers away from the base, pulled out his binoculars and began to observe.

After a few minutes, a convoy gradually appeared in the telescope, led by two military trucks, followed by two tanks, several military jeeps, and finally, some ordinary vans and cars.

Through the car window, Lyon could also see some survivors dressed as military and civilian, and even some old people and children.

Seeing this, Leon quietly breathed a sigh of relief, in this kind of world, the group that takes in the elderly and children at least has a basic moral bottom line.

Such a group should not be predators.

He took out the radio, adjusted the channel, and said:

"Moore, Daryl, you have set up an ambush at the intersection of Interstate 85, which is 5 kilometers from our base, and I will come and meet you now."

"Move fast, we don't have much time left."

The radio immediately answered.

"Yes, boss, we have set off and are expected to arrive at the ambush point in 10 minutes."

Putting down the radio, Leon reached the ambush point from another route as fast as he could.

Seeing that Moore and the others were already in place, he ordered all the soldiers to hide on the side of the road or the side of the building, where they could not be seen from a distance.

He and the two captains parked three modified military trucks on the road and aimed three heavy machine guns in the direction where the convoy was coming.

After about 10 minutes, the convoy led by military trucks gradually appeared in the eyes of Leon and others, and they also found modified trucks parked on the road, although they slowed down, they still slowly approached.

When the two sides were about 100 meters apart, the convoy stopped moving forward, and a middle-aged officer wearing a military hat and stubble stepped out of the truck.

He walked alone in front of Leon and the others, and shouted:

"I'm Colonel William Hank, and I served as Defense Commander for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta."

"Excuse me, are you guys from the Umbrella Company?"

Leon got out of the military truck, came to the middle-aged colonel, looked at him a few times, and said:

"I'm the manager of the Umbrella Company, Leon Custer, and I ask why Colonel William is here."

Colonel William carefully observed Leon for more than ten seconds, then stretched out his right hand, shook Leon's hand, and said with a serious expression:

"We've lost contact with our superiors, we've gathered some survivors on the way, and after hearing that the CDC is still around, I decided to return here with my soldiers to protect humanity's hope of defeating the virus."

Leon had a smile on the corner of his mouth, but his voice was very serious:

"Colonel William, you and your soldiers have noble morals, but the Atlanta CDC is the territory of our umbrella company, and no one from other organizations is allowed to be stationed nearby."

"Would you and your soldiers like to join us?"