Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 166 Return to White Orchard

I don't know if it was because seven people moved in tonight, or if it was the same in the past, but in the middle of the night, Bai Li "saw" a bunch of gray animals running into the fields outside the laboratory base. There were field mice as big as cats, weasels that hadn't changed much, and some strange-looking wild cats.

They rushed towards the base in a surrounding formation. Some of them jumped onto the wall, then were pierced by the cacti or saguaros, and jumped up and fell outside the wall. But some fell inside the wall, and were accidentally pierced through by the cacti standing at the foot of the wall.

Yes, as a defense, the combat effectiveness is very good.

However, due to the large number of mutant animals, many of them still stepped on the corpses of their companions to enter the yard.

"It's okay. There's no food in the yard. They will stay until dawn and then leave."

Bai Li and her group did not go into the house to rest, but chose to sleep in the RV.

As the host, Lei Jia sat by the window with Bai Li to keep watch in order to prevent them from being frightened by the mutant animals, and comforted them softly, "Don't be afraid, Sister Bai. I have killed many of these voles with poison before. They look big and scary, but they don't have much fighting power. Your car is sturdy, and they can't bite you even if they rush over."

Before Lei Jia could finish his words, he saw several large rats that were about to pounce on the RV, but were suddenly pierced into a string by the neck like skewers by a vine that appeared from nowhere. Some of them were entangled by the vine and thrown far away to the wall.

In just ten or twenty seconds, all the mutant animals that attempted to approach the RV and the carriage were killed or tied up by the long and thin vines and thrown aside.

The speed is incredible.

Lei Jia opened his mouth and stared, then turned to look at Bai Li, who said calmly, "My RV is new, and I don't want them to scratch it dirty. And my son likes those two horses very much, and he can't be scared by them."

Is this a matter of the cart being scratched and the horse being frightened?

Do you want to hear what you are saying?
Lei Jia shut his mouth in dismay, too embarrassed to show off anymore.

That night, because of Bai Li's participation, none of the mutant animals that ran into the Agricultural University experimental base escaped, and all were pinned to death in the yard.

The next day, when Kang Wentao and Professor Leng got up and walked out of the laboratory, they saw a row of dead mice piled at the base of the wall in the yard. Some of them were mutated wild cats, and no one knew why they stopped eating mice after the mutation.

Maybe it’s not that they don’t want to eat it, but they are just temporarily joining forces to attack different delicacies.

It took almost a whole morning to move all the laboratory equipment and all the fruit seedlings and seeds onto the pickup truck and RV, and some trivial items were placed on the carriage.

Before leaving, Kang Wentao and Lei Jia locked the laboratory and all the rooms, and then placed a row of cacti at the door and on the windowsill.

I don't know if doing so can protect the base they have worked so hard to build, but no matter what, there is still a glimmer of hope in my heart, hoping that the country can stabilize as soon as possible, and the society can recover as soon as possible. But is it possible for their base at the Agricultural University to continue?

Professor Leng had already settled down in the RV because of his old age and poor health. The two of them were left to clean up the mess and close the door.

Then the RV led the way, the carriage in the middle, and the truck at the end. The three vehicles returned to Longbei Mountain along the same route they came, passed Huacheng, and finally arrived in Pengcheng smoothly.

Almost two-thirds of the wall at the junction of Pengcheng and Huacheng in the east has been built. In order to facilitate travel, a gate has been left on the road leading directly to Yunxi Village.

When Bai Li and his three companions arrived in the car, Zhou Hui and Bai Wei were guarding the gate.

She asked in surprise, "Do we still have to send someone to guard this door in the future?"

They don't have many people to begin with, and there's no need for that.

This gate is left open for their own convenience, not for others to pass through.

Bai Wei said, "We are waiting here just to wait for you, otherwise who would be here."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the pickup truck and carriage behind him, but did not ask any more questions. He just said, "Should we notify Xue Deng to arrange a place?"

"Yes, let's find a bigger and better house. This is Professor Leng from the Agricultural University. He needs to build a laboratory, so he must find a big yard."

Hearing Bai Li's words, Professor Leng raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that a laboratory could be built specifically for him.

This was not mentioned at all before coming here.

To be precise, from the moment the three of them decided to leave the Agricultural University Experimental Base, they actually did not discuss any conditions with Bai Li. Because Kang Wentao and Bai Li were classmates, they only talked about finding a place to live in Yunxi Village.

After all, humans are social animals, and it's not a good idea for three grown men to stay there all the time. What's more, the experimental base is not a very safe place. It might be attacked by mutant animals one night, and then they would be bitten to death and eaten.

It scares me to think about it.

That's why Professor Leng agreed to Kang Wentao's suggestion and moved to their village with his classmates.

I just didn't expect there would be such an unexpected surprise after I arrived.

What surprised him even more was that just after they entered the village and were assigned a house to settle down, Bai Li actually came to ask about their family members and wanted to help them find out whether their family members were still alive.

There is basically no one living in the urban area of Pengcheng, so there is no need to go back to the residential area where Professor Leng and Kang Wentao's families originally lived.

If the person is still alive, the most likely place he would be is with Li Nan.

The person was brought back by Bai Li. Out of respect for the other person, she felt that it was nothing for her to make the trip.

Although it is possible that you cannot find the person, or that the person is no longer there.

But no matter what, you have to look for it to know.

Of course, she went to Li Nan's place just on the way. The most important thing was to go to the highway intersection in the north that connects with Ancheng to find Jiang Minglang.

Du Qiuyan told her that a message was sent to Wei Lichuan from Kyoto, informing Jiang Minglang to come to Beijing.

It’s funny to say that after the apocalypse, countless ordinary people died because of zombies and mutated animals.

But the troops are okay. After all, their physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Whether they are resisting the zombie virus on their own or facing attacks from zombies and mutated animals, as long as they react in time, they will not suffer heavy casualties.

Just looking at Jiang Minglang and his group, you will have a rough idea of what is going on.

But who could have imagined that at this time when the whole country was in chaos, the upper class would take advantage of the chaos to create division for the sake of power!

Many special forces/soldiers like Ren Bin and Lao Sheng did not die at the hands of zombies and mutated animals, but died at the hands of their own people.

How ironic!
Du Qiuyan said whatever he wanted in front of Bai Li. He said that two of their former generals were assassinated a few days ago. One of them died on the spot, and although the other one escaped by chance, he was said to be seriously injured and his current situation was unclear.

But at least his life was saved, because the one who wanted Jiang Minglang to go to Kyoto was the seriously injured leader.

Let's not talk about whether Jiang Minglang will go or not. If he goes, will he be able to have a peaceful journey? As the top sniper, he is also one of the best in other aspects. He is not only a talent that all forces are fighting for, but also a target that will be destroyed if he cannot get it.

When Bai Li heard this, a gloom appeared in her eyes. She clenched her fists in annoyance. What the hell is this?

It's not that I haven't heard Jiang Minglang talk about the above intrigues before, but it's just that they are far away from each other, and Jiang Minglang has no ambition. Besides leading his soldiers well and doing what he likes, he also wants to be with his wife and children and have a warm and comfortable home.

This is his lifelong wish, and he really has no interest in power.

Otherwise, he would not have ignored the appointment notice given to him by Wei Lichuan.

But even so, they still keep me in mind and drag me into this mess?
At this moment, Bai Li was really furious.

"But now they will stay in Kyoto for the time being in order to consolidate their power. As long as Captain Jiang does not leave Pengcheng, they can't do anything to him. But now we still have too few people. If we have Captain Jiang's previous players, plus me and Qiao Fei, then there should be no problem."

Less than one third of Jiang Minglang's team members have returned, not to mention Qiao Fei and Du Qiuyan, none of them are back.

But this cannot be blamed on them. After all, when they asked for leave and left the team, who would have guessed that the end of the world would come soon?
Most of their team members were still in the army and had not come out. They actually had some idea of who was in charge now.

So Du Qiyan told Bai Li another piece of news, "Qiao Fei went to Jinbei. Our two teams are there. No matter how many people he can bring back, he wants to give it a try."

This is good news.

but
Bai Li thought about it and asked the question she wanted to ask, "Does Qiao Fei not want to return?"

She knew that Qiao Fei's rank was only half a level lower than Jiang Minglang's, and he was also quite capable. Although he was not a sniper like Jiang Minglang, his marksmanship was also good. Moreover, he was also a captain before the end of the world. Could it be that no one had found out where he was and recruited him back?

Of course there were, and his name would definitely be mentioned by many forces, but because he had no fixed place to live before, no one personally notified him.

"He might have thought about it before. At that time, he even mentioned that he wanted to take Jiji and his sister's family to Jinbei. However, because the situation was unclear, he didn't have time to act. However, after hearing about the conflict between several forces and the death and injury of countless comrades, he completely gave up the idea and never thought about it again. Now he just wants to pull his former brothers out of the fire pit and come to Pengcheng."

That's understandable.

"Sister-in-law, you and Qiqi should stay in Baiguo Garden from now on. Don't go out if you can. After all, no one can figure out what the upper echelons are thinking. If they feel that they can't win over Captain Jiang, they might use you and Qiqi to threaten him."

It's not impossible.

Since receiving the news yesterday, Du Qiuyan, Jiang Minglang and others have analyzed that those people have not yet had the time to come looking for them, but once the situation stabilizes and all parties are settled, there is no guarantee that the person who originally wanted to recruit Jiang Minglang will not become jealous and target his sister-in-law and Qiqi.

Unfortunately, the political commissar who had a good relationship with Jiang Minglang and always protected him was the one who died among the two people who were assassinated.

The man who was seriously injured but not dead asked Jiang Minglang to go over, just to ask him to protect him and be his bodyguard.

How is this possible?
Not to mention that the relationship was a little bad, even if the political commissar was seriously injured, Jiang Minglang would not consider it. After all, people like them who are in high positions have many guards around them, and one more or one less will not make a difference.

But he is the only one with his wife and child.

As I said before, when the end of the world came, he left the army and just focused on guarding his family and didn't go anywhere.

If his brothers are willing to follow him, they can follow him; if they are unwilling, he will not force them.

After a brief conversation with Du Qiuyan, Bai Li told Qiqi to stay in the Baiguo Garden and not run around, while she took Bai Yang out to find Jiang Minglang.

The brother and sister met Bai Wei at the gate, who was riding a tricycle to collect firewood.

The whole carriage was filled with goods, neatly stacked.

In the past, he would never do this job, but since his parents left, he has changed.

"Alas, this guy has become so calm now. I am still a little uncomfortable with it."

Bai Yang scratched his head and asked Bai Li, "Sister, do you call him brother now?"

The last time he called Bai Wei's name, his grandfather glared at him.

Bai Li ignored him. Is such a small matter worth discussing?

She asked Bai Yang, "Did you deliver the steamed buns that grandma made to Xi Shuang just now?"

The raw material for steamed corn bread is sweet potato leaves. I heard that it was Junyu who helped make them, so grandma and second aunt picked a lot and steamed three big pots of them.

When it was given to Professor Leng, he started crying after taking one bite.

Bai Li didn't know what to say at the time, because this thing was so simple and she could do it.

But these three professors, lecturers and graduate students from the Agricultural University, with so many vegetables and grains, did not even have a decent meal in nearly eight months.

It's really a pity that the dishes cooked by her family member Jiang Minglang are better than hers.

forget it. I'm done here.

After all, everyone has their own expertise. I am good at studying seeds and fruit seedlings. So what if I am not good at cooking?
"Yes, I asked her if she liked them, and she said yes, so I sent her a few. Isn't that what you said? She's a girl and doesn't know how to use a wood stove, so I'll take care of her if I can. You always asked me to send her this and that before, but now I take the initiative to send her things without your instructions, so don't you praise me?"

Bai Li:.
She turned her head to look at her brother who was answering the question seriously, and thought that if he was not driving, she would have wanted to slap him to death.

Who is this kid following?

听奶奶说，二叔初中的时候因为早恋还被她爸揍了顿，这怎么到他儿子了，为什么会二十多岁了还不懂恋爱呢？
Could it be that his second uncle had used too many genes in this area, so the number of genes in this area decreased in him?

I don't understand.

The brother and sister first went to Li Nan's greenhouse area, and went straight to find Kunzi who was left behind, and then handed him a piece of paper with the family lists of Professor Leng and Kang Wentao written on it.

Unfortunately, there wasn't one.

There are twenty-one of them, from the elderly to the children, and they are all dead?

Bai Li frowned and asked Kunzi, "Do you know if there are any other places in Pengcheng where there are survivors?"

Kunzi shook his head. "Before the rainstorm, there were still people in some villages, but after that, the mutant animals went crazy and basically disappeared. The few who survived went to your place, and the rest came to our side."

good night!