Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 239 Meeting

The next morning, Liu Xu received a notice asking him to attend a meeting at the management office in two hours.

He immediately asked over the walkie-talkie, "Can the vice-captain go? Or does the captain have to go?"

"either the captain or the vice-captain, just one will do."

What else is there to say? Of course, it's Liu Ying who should go.

He knew he wasn't as quick-witted as his sister, and that the meeting would definitely bring new rules and regulations or new tasks. He figured he'd leave the decision of what to do and how to handle it to Cherry.

The meeting was held in a building behind the management office, next to the office of Deputy Base Chief Jiang.

When Liu Ying arrived, she passed by Jiang Minglang's office and saw that the door was open. She casually glanced inside and unexpectedly met Bai Li's eyes while she was sitting on the sofa.

Liu Ying paused, instinctively straightening her back, then realized what she had done and quickly walked past.

It wasn't until she entered the office next door that she realized her heart was racing and her whole body was tense. Even after she was inside, she didn't dare to look back.

Mingming Li did nothing, just glanced at her lightly, so why was she so frightened?
Liu Ying inwardly berated herself: What a spineless coward!
She suddenly remembered how she had used those five words to look down on her brother when he talked about Bai Li, looking terrified.

Now it's my turn.
She touched her chin somewhat awkwardly, thinking that she couldn't let her brother know about this, she couldn't tell him even if it meant death.

When Liu Ying entered the conference room, there were already quite a few people sitting inside.

She knew some of these people, and some she didn't. But whether she knew them or not, they all shared the same identity: a self-organized team of superhumans registered with the management office.

Of course, not everyone in each team of superhumans is a superhuman. Some are just ordinary people with better physical abilities. They usually follow the team on missions and are the kind of people who don't hold the team back.

People who knew her greeted Liu Ying, and one of them, a man who looked to be around thirty years old, asked her, "Sister Ying, do you know why we were called here today?"

If we don't count Li Nan's group, compared to other civilian superhuman groups in the city, Liu Ying's group was the earliest and also the most powerful.

So everyone, whether older or younger than her, calls her "sister" when they meet.

Liu Ying shook her head. Even if she knew, she wouldn't tell anyone, let alone know.

Another person glanced at the conference room door and whispered, "Did you notice when you came over just now? That guy, Deputy Base Commander Jiang's wife, is here too."

Liu Ying felt a chill run down her spine. Damn it, she had just recovered, why did he have to bring her up?

She snorted coldly and glared at the person who spoke, "So what if she's here? Don't forget, she does hold a position in Pengcheng, she just doesn't like to get involved in things usually."

When the management office was first established, the job descriptions clearly stated in black and white that there were three deputy base directors in Pengcheng: Li Nan, Jiang Minglang, and Bai Li!

"What? Position? You mean Jiang, the deputy base chief's old..."

"Doesn't she have a name?" Liu Ying's eyes narrowed, and she frowned as she interrupted the man. "Always referring to her as Deputy Base Chief Jiang's wife, what? In your eyes, Bai Li, this powerful wood-type ability user, is just Jiang Minglang's vassal?"

The person who spoke froze for a moment, then said awkwardly, "Sorry, it's just a habit. I'll change it, I'll change it right away."

I was completely baffled. I said, "What's wrong with Deputy Base Chief Jiang's wife? She didn't do anything wrong, and she didn't show any disrespect to anyone. Why are you so angry?"

The others didn't think much of it. They assumed that Liu Ying admired Bai Li, since they had the same superpower, and it was said that Liu Ying had been trying to control the green ivy remotely like Bai Li.

Whether it has been successful or not is unknown, but even if it hasn't been successful, it's still very impressive.

After Liu Ying got angry like that, the other captains or vice-captains who didn't know the truth were too embarrassed to ask what position Bai Li held.

However, they also knew in their hearts that if it really existed, the price would definitely not be low.

A few more people came in one after another. When almost everyone had arrived, Du Qiyan and Xu Bo entered and closed the conference room door behind them.

Liu Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, Bai Li wasn't attending this meeting.

When I suddenly ran into her here, I thought she was also here for a meeting.

Thankfully, it wasn't.

Du Qiyan and Xu Bo are Jiang Minglang's assistants. They are the two who spend the most time in his office. Jiang Minglang himself doesn't come here often, and he lets them handle most things.

Today's meeting was also chaired by Du Qiyan and Xu Bo.

However, Bai Li came over because Base Chief Ouyang had something more important to discuss with the couple.

Before the meeting began, Xu Bo took a list and called out names, and then Du Qiyan got straight to the point.

"There are two main things I wanted to discuss with everyone today. First, we are planning to open a military academy in Pengcheng. No, I should say that we plan to restart the original Pengcheng Army Academy."

What the hell?
Reopening military academies?

Weren't they saying they were going to reopen primary and secondary schools? Why are they reopening universities too?

But what does this have to do with them?

The team leaders exchanged glances with those they knew well, and one of them asked directly, "Assistant Du, do you mean that our military academy is recruiting from all adults in Pengcheng? People like us can also apply, is that what you mean?"

Du Qiyan gave the man a satisfied look and nodded, "That's right, that's exactly what I mean."

"Does it only recruit people with special abilities, or does it also recruit ordinary people?"

"Both types are available, ordinary people and those with special abilities, and they will be placed on two separate campuses. The age limit is 15 to 35. Teams with suitable members who are interested in military academy are welcome to apply. Also—"

As Du Qiyan spoke, he raised his hand to adjust his glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked around, and continued, "Another piece of news is that, in addition to the military academy restarting here, the three major bases of Kyoto, the western base, and the eastern and southern bases will also be recruiting for military academies, and they are open to applicants from all over the country. That is to say, if you want to study at a military academy in Kyoto, you can also apply. However, they only accept people with superpowers, not ordinary people."

After Du Qiyan finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.

What do you mean?
Are the four major bases vying for talent?
"Our Qingliu team will only submit applications from Shenzhen; we are not interested in applications from other places."

Liu Ying remained expressionless and spoke calmly.

The others realized what she meant and immediately pledged their loyalty to Pengcheng, showing no interest in the four major bases.

What a joke! You traveled all this way and then went back?
Do they think they're stupid?

Besides, not everyone on a team has superpowered individuals. Are we going to abandon our ordinary teammates because of that?
While schools filled with people with superpowers might offer more comprehensive training and potentially better compensation, there are pros and cons. When danger strikes, they'll undoubtedly be the ones on the front lines.

Moreover, the large base is inherently murky, and many of them, having been treated unfairly there, didn't want to play mind games with them, which is why they moved to Pengcheng with their families. Whether they attend military academy or not is actually irrelevant to them, but sending them back to that den of tigers and wolves is definitely out of the question.

"So, nobody wants to go to the four major bases?"

"Don't go."

"So are we."

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To be honest, Du Qiyan was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, but things that needed to be clarified still needed to be explained.

At this moment, Xu Bo passed the stack of A4 papers he was holding to everyone one by one.

After everyone had received their copies and quickly looked through them, Du Qiyan continued, "I believe some of you are familiar with some of the names on them, right? These were sent by the four major bases yesterday. They said that these people have registered with them and taken up their quotas, and are considered citizens of their bases. They can overlook how these people left and don't consider them to be deserters. Taking advantage of the military academy's recruitment, they are giving these people a way out and asking them to return to their bases within a month."

That's right, what Xu Bo just sent everyone was a list.

They are superhumans who left the four major bases. Only superhumans are allowed to leave; ordinary people just leave and the bases don't care.

But these superhumans want to go back.

There are 22 people attending the meeting today, 13 of whom are on this list.

The thirteen captains' expressions changed immediately upon seeing their names.

One of them couldn't help but ask, "Assistant Du, did Base Chief Ouyang and Deputy Base Chief Jiang agree to let us leave?"

Everyone else looked over with apprehension.

With his signature smile on his face, Du Qiyan said calmly, "Is that what you think? That we would abandon you?"

Upon hearing this, the man's eyes lit up, and he asked, "You mean we can stay?"

"Of course you can stay if you want, but before you do, you need to sign a voluntary agreement stating that you are willing to give up either the western or eastern base."

When Du Qiyan mentioned the voluntary application form, Xu Bo stood up from his seat and distributed the voluntary application forms with the corresponding names to the thirteen team leaders.

Those belonging to members of each team were also taken back by them.

Watching everyone busily checking lists, reading volunteer forms, and signing them, Liu Ying blinked, thankfully these things had nothing to do with their team.

Before they entered Pengcheng, they were just a small family base, and Bai Li destroyed that base when they left.

Once and for all, how wonderful.

However, Liu Ying knew that the Liu family, including her parents, were currently in Ancheng, north of Pengcheng.

Instead of entering Pengcheng, they chose to camp in Ancheng, the closest city to Pengcheng.

Located at the northernmost part of Ancheng, it is a small villa community that, like Pengcheng, has built high walls on all four sides, with countless shards of glass stuck on top of the walls.

They also cleared some land in the open spaces of the community and planted some crops. After all, there are a few wood-type plants, so they can grow some vegetables and grains. Even if they are not rich, it is enough for them to eat.

She and her brother secretly went to see them, and to be honest, seeing that they weren't living in particularly dire straits made her feel uneasy.

They weren't good people, so how come they didn't die?

She used to be afraid of her mother, and she would fawn over her all day long, hoping that her mother would shift some of the attention she had given to Zhou Lin to her.

Sometimes she did let go, but the way those eyes looked at her was like a knife, stabbing her heart with pain.

Countless nights, Liu Ying lay in bed tossing and turning, wondering, why? Why did she treat her own children like this?
Is it conflicting to love your nephew and love your children?

the answer is negative.

One day, her brother pointed out the problem that she couldn't understand.

Liu Xu usually thinks in a simple way, but that time he might have really hit the nail on the head.

“She called my maternal grandmother and uncle’s family to come over because we were born. She thinks that if it weren’t for us, my maternal grandmother and uncle and aunt wouldn’t have died. She probably feels that being good to us is a disservice to them.”

How ironic! What did Grandma's car accident have to do with them when they were just babies?
Why doesn't she say that if she hadn't fallen in love with someone else and married their father, none of this would have happened?
The reason why Liu Ying later came to her senses and stopped reflexively trying to please her mother whenever she saw her was because she felt that, just like Bai Li, such a beautiful and outstanding daughter, she could also be abandoned at will.

What are she and her brother compared to each other?

Thinking about it that way, she immediately felt better.

When I saw her mother again, I couldn't help but think: How come she's still alive?
She was never a good person to begin with. Once the filter of kinship was removed, she truly wished that the person who harbored ill will towards her would be sent to the deepest hell.

If she had the chance, she would want to kill the entire Liu family.

"Liu Ying?"

While everyone was signing the voluntary agreement, Liu Ying, having nothing to do, started daydreaming. She was thinking about how she should persuade her silly brother to find an opportunity to destroy the Liu family's little base, kill the people, and steal the stuff—perfect!
Suddenly she heard someone calling her.

Liu Ying snapped out of her daze and looked in the direction of the sound. She saw Du Qiyan, no, not just Du Qiyan, but everyone was looking at her.

"Sorry, I didn't think it was anything to do, so I just spaced out for a while."

Liu Ying remained expressionless and asked in return, "Have you already signed the voluntary agreement?"

"Yes, everything that needs to be signed has been signed. I wanted to ask you about our plans to incorporate Ancheng into the Pengcheng base. Your team was the one who investigated there before. I believe you know the current situation in Ancheng better than anyone else here. Could you tell us more about it?"

About two hundred survivors arrived yesterday, and half of them agreed to go and explore the wasteland. They have already gone and settled down.

The remaining half are currently living temporarily at the city gate.

This is certainly not a long-term solution, and the stipulated 100,000 people are definitely not enough for Shenzhen to develop.

Therefore, after in-depth discussions, Jiang Minglang decided to recruit those with superpowers and young people with good physical qualities from among these people to enter the military academy.

Since we can't openly enter Pengcheng, there shouldn't be any problem living in Ancheng, right?

But this would require them to conduct a thorough investigation of Ancheng before they could properly plan how to establish a safe zone.