Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 240 Chance Encounter
Investigate Ancheng?

Liu Ying's eyes lit up instantly. By assigning Ancheng to the Pengcheng base, it meant that Ancheng would belong to Pengcheng and be under their jurisdiction.

Liu Ying, who originally lived there, rolled her eyes. Of course, she knew that the base director and management office would not expel the original residents, but only register and recruit them.

But what kind of indigenous people are the Liu family?
Their choice of Ancheng was simply because it's backed by a powerful entity. If Pengcheng weren't strong and stable, would they have chosen this place?
Bullshit!
“There were two gangs that used to guard the border between Ancheng and Hengzhou, robbing passing survivors. We went to clear them out twice and searched the area three times. So when it comes to familiarity with Ancheng and Hengzhou, we are definitely the best.”

Liu Ying's eyes lit up as she looked at Du Qiyan and said, "Assistant Du, it was our fault that we couldn't completely wipe out those two gangs before. How about this, you entrust us with the task of investigating and cleaning up Ancheng this time? We promise to do a great job and not cause any more trouble for the leaders."

She spoke with extreme seriousness, and her eyes looked very sincere, giving off a very reliable impression.

Du Qiyan almost believed her, if he hadn't known the details of Ancheng beforehand.

That's right, they already knew about the Liu family's situation and that they had chosen a small villa community in Ancheng to hide in.

Actually, it was quite hidden. If Xi Yu hadn't had such keen hearing, they wouldn't have noticed the residential area when they passed by on a nearby road.

Seeing that the Liu siblings had done quite well in Pengcheng in the past year or two, and that Li Nan had also highly praised them, they didn't mind giving them face and letting them deal with the Liu family.

Whether they are driven away or not, as long as they are not allowed to stay, it is up to the siblings.

Du Qiyan knew that Jiang Minglang hadn't even told Bai Li about this, and of course there was no need for him to.

He looked at Liu Ying and said, "Is half a month enough for you?"

"That's enough, definitely enough." Liu Ying smiled broadly. "Don't worry, I'll definitely get things sorted out before the military academy starts."

Du Qiyan looked at her. "You want to sign up too?"

Liu Ying quickly waved her hand, "No, no, no, I'll pass. But there are a few guys in our team who need to go in for some retraining and learning. I'll have them sign up later. You've all worked so hard to provide this free opportunity, so we have no reason not to cherish it, right?"

Liu Ying didn't want to sign up. Did she think she didn't know what Jiang Minglang used to do?
This guy is a professional at leading troops. With the military academy reopening, she'd bet that Deputy Base Commander Jiang will definitely be the chief instructor.

For others, being his student might be a highly coveted and glorious opportunity, but for her, it was something she dared not do.

Whether Du Qiyan could read her mind or not, she felt that the look he gave her after she finished speaking carried a certain meaning.

Liu Ying felt a chill run down her spine again. Damn it, she really didn't want to deal with these soldiers.

She didn't listen carefully to what Du Qiyan said next, but she did hear one thing clearly: in the future, each team would have to submit an application in advance to add members, and they could only officially join the team after the management office approved it.

And most importantly, the four major bases will be sending people to Pengcheng in the next few days. If you don't want to run into any of them, then stay in your own territory and don't wander around aimlessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the conference room suddenly heard the sound of a propeller spinning in mid-air.

Everyone turned their heads and looked out through the large glass windows.

It seems that they had received advance notice that a plane would be landing here today, so the square opposite the management office building had been cleared, and a white helicopter landed on the ground in a spinning motion.

Liu Ying noticed with her sharp eyes that the walls and trees surrounding the square had been covered with green ivy vines.

She swore that she had passed by there on her way here, so there definitely wasn't one.

Tsk, another attempt to incite childbirth remotely.

It's so enviable, I could die.

Suddenly, Liu Ying realized why Bai Li had come today.

The people from the four bases are up to no good; she must have come to support her husband.

Well, that must be the case.

Despite Jiang Minglang's prowess, he can't function without Bai Li.

Therefore, she usually dislikes people who always put Jiang Minglang first, as if saying that makes him much more capable than Bai Li.

Is it great?
Shit!

If you're so capable, why don't you have a son with a water element like Bai Li?

As she looked out the window at the green ivy on the square, silently grumbling to herself, the others got up and headed out the door, not even waiting to see who was getting off the helicopter.

"Assistant Du, is our meeting over? If it is, I'll be leaving now."

"Wait for me."

"And I."

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Almost instantly, all thirteen people mentioned earlier vanished.

Only Liu Ying and nine others remained, standing by the window watching the commotion.

"Alright, the meeting is over. You should all go back now."

After Du Qiyan finished speaking, he picked up the notebook on the table and walked out of the conference room one after the other with Xu Bo.

Liu Ying took one last look out the window. A group of six people were getting off the hatch. There were men and women, all around thirty years old, with arrogant expressions that made people uncomfortable.

She curled her lip. These people are really boring. Wouldn't it be better to use their energy and ability to develop their own base?
They come to other people's bases with their chins held high, acting like they can show off their abilities.

Pah, what a load of rubbish!
She turned and strode out of the conference room. When she passed Jiang Minglang's office, she found that the door had been closed.

Is Bai Li still inside? Or has she gone out?
The thought had barely crossed her mind when she immediately raised her hand and slapped her forehead. What business is it of yours whether she's there or not?

Want to get beaten up again?
As she came downstairs, Liu Ying practically ran out of the management office.

However, as she mounted her bicycle, two bicycles—or rather, children's bicycles, those twenty-inch children's mountain bikes—suddenly whizzed past her.

Two little boys wearing helmets and professional cycling gear were riding bicycles and pedaling very fast.

Without even thinking, Liu Ying immediately stepped on the pedal and chased after him.

Although she only saw one of their backs, she was certain that one of them was Jiang Qi.

As for the other one, needless to say, it's definitely Lin Zhe.

These two kids are like twins, always together. It's said that when they fight, they coordinate extremely well.

Jiang Qi's superpower is water, and he can instantly turn it into ice. So what about Lin Zhe?
Many people speculate that Lin Zhe's superpower is speed-based, since many have seen him run, and he runs exceptionally fast.

This made many families with children envious. Liu Ying also had a plan with the two of them: to search for orphans around ten years old with special abilities among the survivors who came to Pengcheng.

They will raise and train them simultaneously, treating them as future reserve players.

Believe it or not, they had actually taken in four orphans with special abilities before, but they were all older than Jiang Qi, three were sixteen years old and one was seventeen years old, all teenagers.

One is earth-based, one is water-based, one is speed, and the other is hearing.

Having cared for them for more than half a year, and having developed feelings for them, Liu Ying's suggestion today to enroll the team members in military academy meant enrolling these four children.

She was originally the one who found a backup plan for their team; she was going to take some further training at a military academy before coming out.
Of course, after they are sent there, they may not return to their team after graduation and may directly enlist in the army.

She was happy to see it happen, as long as they were her people, no matter where they were.

In a flash, Liu Ying pedaled her feet rapidly.

She was fast, and so were the two children in front of her. She realized that the distance between her and them never actually closed.

Liu Ying's eyes widened in surprise. These two kids have such good stamina?

Most importantly, she discovered that they were riding in the same direction as her, heading towards the city gate, and they were less than a kilometer away.

Today, two more lines of survivors formed at the city gate, just like always, each one looking travel-worn, pale, and emaciated.

The two boys finally braked and stopped as they approached the gate. Then one of them said something to the guard, and the guard actually let them out.

When Liu Ying arrived, panting, the two children were pushing their stroller through the small gate.

When she chased after them, they were back on their bikes, and they were alone; no one else was with them.

Liu Ying was covered in sweat from exhaustion. She never imagined that one day she would be so exhausted because she couldn't keep up with two ten-year-old kids.

No, eleven years old. Ten and a half years old, rounded up, is eleven.

Because there were many people outside, Liu Ying didn't feel comfortable calling Jiang Qi by his name.

Fortunately, the distance between them was shortened by going through the gate, unlike before when she probably wouldn't be able to stop them even if she shouted loudly.

Once she had ridden her bike out of the survivors' queue, Liu Ying finally couldn't hold back and shouted, "Jiang Qi!"

Sure enough, when she shouted that, the little kid riding in the lead stopped pedaling, then squeezed the brake levers, the wheels screeched against the road, and the black mountain bike under him came to a stop.

Since Jiang Qi had stopped, Lin Zhe naturally stopped as well.

When the two turned to look at Liu Ying, she realized that they were not only wearing helmets, but also face masks.

They did it quite professionally.

She rode up to them, panting, looked them up and down, and asked directly, "Where are you going?"

She asked the question with confidence, but Jiang Qi looked completely bewildered, not by her question, but by her as a person.

Many people in Shenzhen know him, but not everyone knows him. It's normal for people to see the two children leaving the city and kindly ask them what's going on.

He was puzzled because the person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.

Even though he couldn't remember, Jiang Qi still replied politely, "Hello, Auntie. Our cat ran away, and we're looking for it."

They were looking for a glutton, who had run away from Yunxi Village today. According to Yueyue, he even stole a bag of steamed buns made by Aunt Xiaolin.

Yueyue was worried that something might have happened and wanted to go out of the city to look for him, but Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe stopped her.

She had suffered too much damage to her body before, so even if she were to take supplements now, it would only be mild and gentle, and it wouldn't be suitable for her to leave the city.

So Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe took on this task, since they were the ones who fed the glutton back in Suzhou.

Seeing the two of them, even a glutton will come back.

Upon hearing that it was about finding a cat, Liu Ying frowned slightly. She asked, "Did it run away from your house? Your house is in the south, and this is the far north. How are you sure your cat ran this way?"

She didn't doubt Qiqi, but the distance was really not close, and she was afraid that he would misjudge.

The fact that the glutton ran this way wasn't Jiang Qi's judgment, but Yueyue's guess.

The reason was that it brought a bag of steamed buns.

Yueyue said that on their way to Shenzhen, they encountered a black cat and a woman with a child.

At that time, they and the rice bucket were being attacked by several mutated squirrels, and the black cat came over to help drive the squirrels away.

In return, Bao Xiaolin gave the woman some sweet potatoes she had dug up along the way. But later, when they were roasting potatoes, Fantong took a potato and left.

Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, Yueyue felt that it was delivered to that black cat.

This reminded Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe of the black cat they had encountered during a mission with their father and the others, a cat that had once stolen their noodles and scallion sauce.

So the two of them came out partly to look for the glutton, and partly to confirm whether it was the same black cat.

"We're not 100% sure, we're just guessing. Don't worry, Auntie, we'll just come out and look for it. If we can't find it, we'll go back. We won't go too far from Pengcheng."

Liu Ying thought for a moment, but still felt uneasy. She said, "How about this, I'll go with you two, okay?"

Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe exchanged a glance. In truth, they didn't need it at all, but the aunt in front of them was clearly well-intentioned, and they couldn't refuse.
Jiang Qi thought for a moment and asked Liu Ying, "Auntie, aren't you busy?"

Ok?
Auntie?

I was calling her "Auntie" a moment ago, but now I'm calling her "Auntie" instead?
For some reason, Liu Ying felt a little excited. This kid was very perceptive and had a sweet tongue.

Although calling someone "auntie" doesn't really mean anything, it's still a pleasant sound, much more so than simply calling them "auntie" in general.

"Busy? Of course I'm busy, but I'm worried about you two just wandering around outside."

After a pause, Liu Ying looked at Jiang Qi and explained, "I went to the management office for a meeting just now and saw your mother. Of course, that's not the point. The point is that people from the four major bases will be coming today. Those people are not good people. If they see you and Lin Zhe, even if they haven't seen you before and don't know your identity, just look at your outfit and your chubby face, they can guess who you are."

Chubby face?
Jiang Qi is no longer so averse to this word, because he knows that saying it doesn't mean he's actually fat; it just means that, relatively speaking, his normal and healthy face looks a bit fatter than other sallow-faced and thin children.

Seeing that Liu Ying was determined to go with him, Jiang Qi asked, "Then what is your special ability, Auntie?"

Liu Ying gripped the handlebars with one hand, and with the other hand outstretched, a green ivy leaf lay in her palm. The leaf quickly transformed into a vine more than half a meter long.

good night!