Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 241: A show of force

Meanwhile, Bai Li and Jiang Minglang were unaware that their beloved son and Lin Zhe had left the city.

After Liu Ying left the management building, two more planes landed in the central square. Including the first one, a total of three planes arrived.

Bai Li went out today because of these outsiders.

She is now six months pregnant. As the months go by, she doesn't experience any obvious discomfort, but her supernatural abilities are getting stronger.

Occasionally, when she tries to encourage the growth of plants or pothos, she has a strange feeling that her daughter has opened her eyes inside her belly.

At this time, the induced labor speed is much faster than usual.

It seems her precious daughter already possessed superpowers even before she was born.

It's something I was born with!
Every time she thought about it, she felt secretly proud. It had to be her; she was truly amazing.

Apart from the Kyoto base, which is staffed by our own people, the other three bases all have ill intentions.

Bai Li was puzzled. Did Pengcheng dig up your ancestral graves or something?
Focusing on agriculture and production, does it mean that those who develop better than you are blocking your path?

You even restrict the outflow of people. If you're so capable, why don't you make people willingly stay on your side?

If you can't do it yourself, why do you have to find fault with others? What kind of person are you?

Meanwhile, Li Nan and Wang Zhicheng, the director of the management office, were in the central management building receiving visitors from the three major bases—Eastern, Western, and Southern—in addition to the Kyoto base.

In fact, they hadn't confirmed the exact time of their arrival in Shenzhen before this; they only said they would arrive in the next two days, without mentioning whether it would be today or tomorrow.

Launching a surprise attack is interesting.

So after the people from the three bases sat down in the reception room, they didn't ask why the people from the Kyoto base hadn't arrived yet, since they were the ones who arrived earlier, not the other way around.

"Huh? Where's Jiang Minglang? And his wife, what's her name again? Weren't they supposed to come too? Where are they?"

The first to speak was Hu Ziyi, the deputy base commander of the western base, whose tone carried three parts dissatisfaction, three parts indifference, and four parts contempt.

His posture was even more casual, clearly showing that he didn't take Pengcheng seriously at all.

Before the apocalypse, he wouldn't even bother visiting such a small, run-down city. Now they've turned it into a base. Look how capable they've become. Do they even know who they are?

Li Nan, who had been sporting his signature smile, immediately darkened his face upon hearing this. Even Wang Zhicheng, known as the "smiling tiger," was displeased.

Which base are you from?

You say you don't know anyone? Fine, I don't know you either.

Excluding his position as deputy head of the Pengcheng base, Li Nan now owns three factories and a vegetable base, all of which are currently operating stably. In particular, the paper mill is one of the four major bases, and they have already conducted numerous transactions with him.

Ancheng previously had a heavy machinery factory. The reason for wanting to merge it into Pengcheng was twofold: firstly, to resettle the surplus survivors, and secondly, to revitalize the factory. Currently, Li Nan has gathered some of the factory's former employees and is having them write detailed reports and plans.

For this reason, even the person in charge of the Kyoto base invited him to visit the heavy machinery factory that had already been put into operation in Kyoto.

So, if the people from the other three bases dare to give him attitude, does he think he's afraid?

"Li Nan!"

Hu Ziyi was furious that Li Nan dared to speak to him like that, so he slammed his hand on the table. With a loud bang, the square conference table made of tempered glass immediately cracked.

The others watched silently, not uttering a sound, all acting as if it were none of their business.

Li Nan and Wang Zhicheng's faces darkened even more.

Paralyzed!
Although I had expected them to come with ill intentions, I didn't expect them to be so blatantly arrogant as soon as they arrived.

"It seems you all came to Pengcheng not to discuss business, but to fight, is that right?"

Li Nan glanced at Hu Ziyi sideways, "Are you trying to give me face?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp light flashed behind him, and the next second, there was a soft "poof" sound, like something being cut.

Everyone present was a superhuman with extremely fast reflexes.

After Li Guang and the sound of "poof," they all jumped up from their seats, assuming a defensive posture towards Li Nan and Wang Zhicheng.

There were six people in the conference room, excluding Li Nan and Wang Zhicheng. Of course, more than just these people were present, but the official discussions were between two people from each base, while the others, who were bodyguards, were seated in a smaller meeting room next door.

"what"

Hu Ziyi, the only one of the six who did not leave his seat, finally realized the pain when he saw a thin red line suddenly appear on the glass table. He grabbed his right wrist with his left hand and subconsciously cried out in pain.

His hand, his right hand
"I could tell you didn't really want this hand, so I kindly helped you get rid of it. You're welcome!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall and imposing figure walked in from outside the door.

The moment Jiang Minglang stood in front of the conference room table, the six people, including Hu Ziyi, felt a sudden jolt in their hearts, as if an inexplicable pressure was bearing down on them.

Hu Ziyi's right wrist was in excruciating pain. He suspected that his tendons had been severed, and blood was still gushing out. But he didn't utter a sound, his face pale as he glared at Jiang Minglang and gritted his teeth, "How dare you hurt us in Pengcheng? What? Does Pengcheng want to go against the four major bases?"

"You really know how to label Pengcheng. You call it one of the four major bases? Pengcheng itself belongs to the Kyoto base. So are you trying to sow discord?"

Jiang Minglang looked at Hu Ziyi with a half-smile, "Wasn't it because you started the trouble and tried to smash up our conference room that I had no choice but to take action?"

“That’s right, you smashed the tempered glass. Hu Ziyi, you have to pay for it.”

Li Nan was no longer angry. He put on his signature smile again and said, "I'll send the bill to your base commander later. There's nothing I can do. Pengcheng is a small, poor place!"

When they said the word 'poor,' they deliberately dragged out the sound, making the people from the three major bases twitch at the corners of their mouths.

Are you poor in Shenzhen?
If you really become poor, where will you find wealth?
Don't be fooled by their use of helicopters; it's a rare occurrence, and this was specifically for a surprise attack on Pengcheng, intended to intimidate them.

But before they could even put on a show of force, instead of just touching the table, the other party directly attacked them.

This is clearly a show of force to them, isn't it?
"Don't you think this is going too far?"

Hu Ziyi's face turned even paler, partly from anger and partly from pain.

"Hey, Captain Jiang, let's talk this out, let's talk this out."

Jiang Minglang recognized Hu Ziyi's companion, a captain from their western base garrison. Hu Ziyi looked familiar, but Jiang Minglang couldn't remember his name.

Those who usually call him "Captain Jiang" are mostly his former comrades from the army or his students.

Of course, it wasn't the kind of training he personally mentored.

Any student he taught would not just look vaguely familiar; at the very least, they would look very familiar.

Therefore, he was certain that this young man, who looked to be in his early twenties, was definitely not his student. "Team Leader Jiang, let me bandage Deputy Base Commander Hu's wound first; we need to stop the bleeding from his hand."

Liu Ming was cursing under his breath. Before he came over, the base commander had clearly instructed him to keep a low profile and not to be the first to step forward. He had also emphasized that Jiang Minglang was a soldier with a straightforward temper and that he shouldn't confront him directly.

Most importantly, don't be the first to step forward!
But it's unclear whether Hu Ziyi has lost his mind; seeing Jiang Minglang wasn't there, he actually jumped out to provoke Li Nan. Or perhaps...
While bandaging Hu Ziyi, Liu Ming subtly glanced at the woman who had come from the southern base.

When Hu Ziyi got off the plane, he looked at her like a dog seeing a bone. The light in his eyes was so bright that he really wanted everyone to know that he liked her.

So this person wanted to show off in front of others, but ended up making a mess of things.

What Liu Ming couldn't understand the most was what the base commander was thinking. Why send such a brainless person when there were three deputy base commanders?
Despite his high rank among the troops stationed at the western base, he is no match for Jiang Minglang.

He had fought for this trip to Shenzhen because he heard that his cousin Ren Bin was there and he wanted to meet him.

Jiang Minglang let Liu Ming bandage Hu Ziyi's wounds. After they finished, he looked around and said impatiently, "If you want to talk, sit down and talk. If you don't want to talk, go back to where you came from. I'm not going to serve you."

Since he's being so ungrateful, then don't blame him for being too direct.

"Also, I heard you want to see my wife?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the glass bottle in the center of the conference table, containing two pothos vines, instantly grew longer and thicker, its leaves covering the entire conference table.

Then, a green ivy plant stood upright, its 'head' nearly half a meter long, in front of Hu Ziyi, staring at him as if it had eyes on its leaves.

Instantly, the entire conference room fell into a deathly silence. Everyone stared blankly at the pothos plant that seemed to have come to life, motionless.

However, almost simultaneously they were all cursing in their hearts: Are these old people even human?

Today, we've truly lost all face and dignity. Who was it that said before that Jiang Minglang was just an instructor and special forces captain before the apocalypse, nothing special, and not worth worrying about?

This is what you call not caring?

Is this just an instructor?

And his wife, Hu Ziyi used to look down on her so much when he mentioned her, but now she doesn't say a word and doesn't dare to utter a sound.
Aren't you from the water system? Don't you look down on others?
Let's compare superpowers.

They didn't even know where Bai Li was, but the green ivy had almost completely covered the entire conference room. If they were to launch a sudden attack, they might not even know how they died.

"Let's call it a day and continue the meeting when the people from Kyoto arrive. Director Wang, they've come all this way, so please arrange their accommodation."

After Jiang Minglang finished speaking, he patted Wang Zhicheng on the shoulder, got up, and walked out of the conference room.

"Thank you for your hard work, Director Wang."

Li Nan followed closely behind Jiang Minglang and walked downstairs together. He was busy all day long, but today he wasted two hours here for no reason, which was really annoying.

"Old Jiang, the people from Kyoto should arrive this afternoon. Are you still coming?"

"we'll talk about it then."

Meanwhile, the people from the Kyoto base they were discussing were at the foot of a mountain about twenty miles from the entrance to the Pengcheng North Expressway, watching with great interest as the two children caught rabbits.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows; even rabbits that haven't mutated before the apocalypse are hard to catch, let alone those that have mutated.

Two little boys, who looked to be about ten years old, were calmly searching for holes one by one, and plugging each hole with ice as they found it.

Zeng Xi watched with great interest as one of the little boys turned his hand into ice, his technique skillful and decisive, as if he had done it countless times before.

Zeng Xi glanced at the young woman sitting on a rock to the side, who was leisurely drinking water while guarding three rabbits tied up with pothos vines.

So they've already caught three, and now they're catching the fourth?

The mutated rabbits are three to four times larger than their original size, and they can eat almost anything except those that have gone berserk.

However, Zeng Xi was not interested in the rabbit, but rather in the pothos and the child.

If I'm not mistaken, someone around ten years old who can strike with ice-cold magic must be the Jiang family's precious darling.

The other child is Lin Zhe, who is currently being raised by Du Qiyan and is considered his adopted son.

However, Zeng Xi did not believe that the young woman next to him, although she looked like a wood element and a green ivy, was Bai Li.

Besides the age discrepancy, something just doesn't feel right.

Zeng Xi didn't ask any questions because Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe were catching rabbits, and he couldn't scare away the prey the two children had their eyes on.

Finally, when they blocked the fifth hole, Jiang Qi stopped using ice and started putting water in.

Lin Zhe was guarding the sixth unblocked hole when he swiftly grabbed the gray rabbit that had fled in panic.

Do you have any baby rabbits?

"No."

Jiang Qi was a little disappointed. He turned to Liu Ying and said, "Auntie, I guess we won't be able to catch any baby rabbits today. If you really want to raise them, I'll give you two when my rabbits have their first litters."

Baiguoyuan raised a litter of rabbits, about twenty in total. Jiang Qi didn't feed them much, so he didn't feel bad about eating rabbit meat.

They wouldn't even feel bad about eating it, let alone giving it away.

"Okay, then thank you in advance, Auntie."

Liu Ying clapped her hands and stood up from the rock. She picked up the three wild rabbits, tied up the one Lin Zhe had just caught with the green ivy, and then said to the two of them, "It's getting late, let's go back first."

They came here today but couldn't find the rice bucket, which could also be because it was too close and they couldn't find it.

Liu Ying disagreed with going any further.

Ancheng has not been thoroughly investigated yet. Apart from the Liu family members in the northwest corner, there are other places where they live.

She told the two that their team would be conducting a thorough search of Ancheng soon, and if she saw the white raccoon dog, she would definitely bring it back to them.

Neither of the children is the type to ignore advice, especially since the person giving it to them.

So, although it was a pity, the two of them did not insist on going any further.

Just as I was about to return to Shenzhen, I happened to see two rabbits run past me.

Liu Ying watched as the two of them skillfully forced the two rabbits out of their burrow. While admiring them, she subconsciously said that she wished she had baby rabbits and wanted to raise them.

The two children are so cute. To help her find the little rabbit, they caught two more big rabbits.

good night!