Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 243 Punishment
Zeng Xiyuan wasn't a gossip, except for the gossip in Jiang Minglang's family.

After he and Xi Yu were seated in the car, he asked, "Judging from your expression, the Liu Ying that the brat is talking about, the one who protected them just now, is she also a wood-type woman? Is she related to Old Jiang's wife?"

"What does that have to do with anything? It's just that my sister-in-law saved her before, and she wanted to go to Yunxi Village, but my sister-in-law didn't agree."

Xi Yu made up a reason without even stammering. No, it couldn't really be called a reason. To be honest, if the Liu siblings didn't really have that kind of relationship with their sister-in-law, Li Nan wouldn't have kept them even if he was short of manpower.

In a way, Liu Xu and Liu Ying's lives were indeed saved by Bai Li.

Seeing how quickly and smoothly he replied, Zeng Xi had no doubts.

In addition, Yunxi Village is indeed very popular in Shenzhen, attracting many people to want to go there, which is also a fact.

There's nothing to gossip about here.

Zeng Xi lost interest and started talking to Xi Yu about other topics.

However, Xi Yu seemed somewhat distracted, his right hand constantly and unconsciously touching his trouser pocket.

The two cars headed towards the management office, because the base chief was there, as were Jiang Minglang and Bai Li, so Zeng Xi naturally came here first.

But to their surprise, as soon as they got off the bus, the young soldier on guard at the gate reported that Jiang Minglang and Bai Li had just left.

Zeng Xi:
That bastard, couldn't he have waited for him a little longer?

Now that we're here, we should first visit our former leader.

He also has to deal with the people from the other three major bases. Damn it, they were supposed to come tomorrow, but suddenly they came a day early. They can't even let him catch up with his old friends and get a good night's rest.
While Zeng Xi went to see his old leader, Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe had already quickly returned to Yunxi Village.

It has to be said that the training twice a day, morning and evening, is incredibly effective.

Two children, not yet eleven years old, rode back from twenty miles outside the city, then crossed the entire city from south to north. When they arrived home, they were still able to run to the playground to stand as punishment without even breaking a sweat.

Physical strength cannot be described simply by the word 'good'.

Just as the two of them arrived at the training ground and stood on one leg, Old Sheng floated over, grinning, "Your Uncle Xi sent me to supervise you two. So, what have you been up to today?"

The last time I was punished was because I went to the back mountain to catch rabbits, but I accidentally ran into a mutated wild bamboo forest while chasing the rabbits and got trapped inside for three hours.

It's not so much that they were trapped, but rather that after the two boys froze the mutated bamboo, they got so engrossed in digging for bamboo shoots that they lost track of time.

Even after everyone went to look for them, the two were still digging with their butts sticking out.

I was punished by having to squat in a horse stance for two hours.

Why was it punished again this time?
Jiang Minglang went home for a meal and then went out again. As he passed the training ground, he saw two small figures being punished, but he didn't stop.

On the other side, after sending the two little devils back to the city, Liu Ying took the two big rabbits back to the western wasteland.

As soon as I rode my bike to their patrol team's temporary residence, I saw a group of people gathered in the field not far ahead.

"Sakura-nee, you're back?"

Hearing the noise at the door, Cheng Le, who was cooking in the kitchen, ran out and saw the rabbit hanging on her handlebars. Her eyes lit up and she asked, "Where did you catch this rabbit? It's so big."

After saying that, he took the rabbit off the handlebars and saw that its two hind legs were still moving, so he knew it was still alive and was even happier.

"Sister Ying, have you eaten today?"

"Eat, you go kill them. By the way, what are they doing over there?"

"They were arguing. When the woman was weeding, she said that the man in the neighboring field was spying on her. She was making a lot of noise, and Brother Xu had no choice but to take some people over there."

Cheng Le said, pursing her lips, "I thought that since they chose to come here, they were really going to seriously explore the land. Who would have thought they would mess around on the very first day? What are they doing?"

After saying that, the boy picked up the rabbit and ran happily towards the kitchen.

Cheng Le was one of the four teenagers that Liu Ying and Liu Xu had chosen from the survivors. He was seventeen years old this year. Because his father was a chef, he had been exposed to cooking since childhood and was also quite good at it. So after they took him in, he took the initiative to take on the task of cooking for everyone.

She has excellent cooking skills and a sweet tongue, making her very popular with the team.

Liu Ying put down the car and went to the field, but she had no time to watch the excitement. She wanted to call everyone back to discuss how to complete the task Du Qiyan had given her as soon as possible.

In particular, how to clean up the Liu family's base without anyone noticing.

She had absolutely no affection for her uncle and several cousins; in fact, she hated them.

The first time she was bullied in junior high school was because her cousin instigated it. If it weren't for her brother, her clothes would have been stripped off and photographed.

Unfortunately, she was kept in the dark for many years. It wasn't until she met two of the girls who had bullied her and confronted them that she learned that her cousin had secretly instigated the bullying.

There was no other reason; it was simply because her grades were better than hers, and when they went to her grandmother's house for dinner, her grandmother praised her.

So later she secretly planned to have her bullied for more than half a year.

She hadn't had a chance to get revenge before, but now that she did, she didn't mind sending her whole family away, since none of them, including her good uncle, were any good.

Even her parents, when they think of them now, feel only indifference.

"Shut the fuck up!"

Before Liu Ying even got close, she heard a roar from the crowd; it was her brother.

"If you're not going to clear the land, then get the hell out of here!"

As she got closer, pushing aside the two people blocking her way, Liu Ying saw her brother glaring angrily at the four people in front of him, pointing at them and cursing, "I said from the beginning, take advantage of the good weather and no rain to quickly prepare the land, then the management office will give you seeds. That's something you have to pay back, it's not like it's free for you. Now give me a straight answer, are you going to plant or not?"

"Let's plant, let's plant."

"Yes, yes, we'll pack up right away, and keep packing."

Of the four people, there were three men and one woman. One of the couples appeared to be a married couple, and the other two young men looked somewhat alike, so they were probably brothers.

The woman in the couple said that the older of the two brothers kept staring at her, which was clearly a lewd act.

However, after everyone gathered around, they realized that the person wasn't staring at her; they had an eye problem.

It's similar to how a cross-eyed person's eyes converge towards the center, while this person's eyes converge to the side. You might think he's looking to the left, but he's actually looking straight ahead.

The two families' lands were next to each other. He was carefully turning the soil when suddenly a woman from the neighboring field started throwing clods of dirt at him, yelling, "You filthy scoundrel, who are you looking at? I'll show you what you're doing!"

The younger brother panicked when he saw his older brother being beaten. It's been almost three years since the apocalypse, and those gentlemanly notions of not hitting women have vanished; it's now a matter of whoever bullies me, I'll beat them up.

In addition, because of his eyesight, the older brother is introverted and quiet, so from childhood to adulthood, the younger brother has mostly protected him when they are out together.

The woman's husband was standing nearby, and he immediately started fighting with his brother. Seeing her husband being beaten, the woman rushed to help.

So when Liu Xu and his group finally arrived, the four of them fought fiercely and were evenly matched.

After separating the two sides and hearing the story, everyone realized something was wrong. After all, the older brother's eye problem was quite obvious; anyone who wasn't blind could definitely tell he had an eye problem.

Once the truth came out, the matter should have ended, but the woman wouldn't let it go. On one hand, she suspected that the brother was faking it, and on the other hand, she pointed to her man's arm and said that the brother had violated the rules and hidden his supernatural abilities.

This guy with eye problems is actually a fire elementalist.

Just now, when he grabbed the woman's husband's arm to help his younger brother, he used a bit of his supernatural power, so two black marks that looked like they had been burned were left on his arm. However, they were quite shallow and might not be noticeable unless you looked closely.

Liu Xu immediately scoffed, "Whether he has hidden superpowers or not is his business, but shouldn't you two be glad that he didn't actually use his superpowers just now? Otherwise, you two would have been reduced to dust by now, without even bones left."

Even after he said that, the woman was still arguing, "Isn't there a rule in Pengcheng that people with superpowers can't fight with ordinary people? He violated the rule and should be punished."

The woman kept pressing on, which annoyed the younger brother, leading to a heated argument with her.

This finally angered Liu Xu, who wasn't exactly known for his good temper.

That's why we just told them to get lost.

Then, everything quieted down.

The weeds in the field had been mostly burned by the fire-type ability users in Liu Xu's team. All that was left was to turn the soil, irrigate it, and have the water-type ability users water it several more times. As for fertilizer, they could only plant one crop first and then compost it later.

They all returned to their assigned fields to continue tilling the soil and catching insects, but Liu Xu stopped the fire-type ability user, asked his name, and then said nothing more.

Liu Ying, on the other hand, couldn't help but stare at that person for a while.

As he turned to leave, he glanced in her direction, but Liu Ying knew he wasn't actually looking at her.

Now I can understand why they would hide their superpowers.

Perhaps because they were used to feeling inferior since childhood, these kinds of people are unwilling to stand in front of others, and they don't want too many people's attention to be focused on them. So the two brothers had always relied on each other for survival and never went to any base.

Nowadays, living alone is becoming increasingly difficult, which is why people have no choice but to rely on shelters.

Or, to put it another way, humans are social animals, and in the end, they still have to return to the group.

Even after arriving at the base, the older brother wanted to continue being invisible as before, which is why he chose to hide his superpowers.

It's nothing, I can understand.

However, Liu Ying felt that this brother named Luo Shen could be a backup player for their team.

A handful of fire could leave two marks on a person's arm; to be honest, even their team's fire-type member couldn't do that. He could only set fires, and he had never been able to control fire to his fingers.

The four of them continued patrolling the edge of the wasteland, while the others followed Liu Ying and Liu Xu back to their temporary residence.

Before discussing it with everyone, Liu Ying first told her brother about how to resolve the Liu family's issues.

Liu Xu frowned slightly, remained silent for about a minute, and then asked Liu Ying, "What about Mom and Dad?"

Before Liu Xu could finish speaking, Liu Ying scoffed, "At a time like this, don't tell me you still have any familial feelings for them, huh?"

How long have they been separated from their siblings? Have they ever thought about looking for them?

Not only did I never expect that the last time I saw them, their supposedly kind mother would hurl insults at them. The words she uttered made me wonder if they were truly her biological children.

It was on that occasion that their biological mother, Zhou Mengxiang, completely extinguished the last remaining warmth in Liu Ying's heart.

"Do those two even deserve to be parents?"

Liu Ying's eyes were icy cold. "Don't forget, she was only three years old when she abandoned Bai Li. For so many years, she never mentioned her once, as if she had never given birth to that daughter. Although we grew up by her side, how much did she care about us? I've seen through her. She's heartless and doesn't care about her own child at all."

Their biological father was no less so; he only cared about himself and his wife, and didn't care about his children at all.

In short, this couple is quite unusual compared to other parents.

Liu Xu sighed, "But no matter what, they raised us. Here's what we'll do: when we're dealing with the Liu family, I'll have Batong go find Zhou Lin and have him secretly take us and Zhou Mengxiang away. We won't care what happens after that, just make sure they have a way out."

Liu Ying pursed her lips, but ultimately said nothing more.

After all, she was no longer angry with Zhou Lin. In the end, he hadn't done anything wrong. Zhou Mengxiang's kindness to him wasn't his fault. From childhood to adulthood, he had never bullied either of them. On the contrary, they had secretly teased him quite a bit, but he had never complained to Zhou Mengxiang.

Besides, he's not a member of the Liu family, so let him go.

“It’s settled then. We won’t let any of the Liu Jianjing family members go. Liu Hua, you can leave her to me.”

Liu Jianjing is their uncle. They haven't seen each other much since they were little, but whenever they do meet, he either ignores them or lectures them in a condescending manner, which is extremely annoying.

Therefore, there has never been any affection between them.

As for Liu Hua, she is the cousin who caused Liu Ying to be bullied in junior high school.

After the brother and sister agreed on how to deal with the Liu family, they gathered their men to discuss the timing and strategy for the attack.

In fact, the Liu family is not the only survivor in Ancheng, but they have the most people and the largest area.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Ying did not intend to give them a way out, but the other survivors were different. Those who were willing to submit to Pengcheng could register and continue to live in their original houses.

Even if we disagree, we will have a proper discussion and try our best to find a compromise that satisfies both parties.

Only the Liu family is not among these two options.

The brother and sister had sneaked into the villa area where the Liu family lived several times before, so they were quite familiar with the place.

So, five days later, in the early morning, a plume of black smoke rose into the sky from an area in the northwest corner of Ancheng.
At that time, apart from the Kyoto base, the people from the other three major bases had already left Pengcheng in disgrace. They came with great momentum, but in the end, they returned defeated.

It can be said that the people from the three bases not only did not gain any advantage this time, but were also forced to accept a compensation bill from Pengcheng.

good night!