Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 274 No martial ethics!

"I heard that many people were driven out of Pipa Village yesterday, and a large-scale purge was carried out. Then, the village chief, Li Si, promulgated new village rules."

Knowing that Bai Li had been paying close attention to Li Si's niece, Li Xiaohe, and had even gone to deliver a gift to the little girl yesterday to celebrate her recovery, Cheng Siyun told her everything she had heard after returning from the orphanage today.

After Li Xiaohe was scratched by a zombie, she received a lot of attention from the surrounding villages and communities. As a result, after she recovered and returned home, the not-so-small turmoil in the village quickly became known to the people around her.

"I heard that nearly half of the villagers in Pipa Village were taken in by Li Si after the village was built because he felt sorry for them. They haven't had many good days, and they've already forgotten who their benefactor was. They won't even let Li Xiaohe into the village. Who do they think they are?"

Bai Li was half-reclined on a recliner next to the sofa, holding two bamboo needles in her hand, knitting a sweater for Qi Qi.

Hearing this, he raised an eyebrow. Although he hadn't paid attention to Pipa Village before, he wasn't too surprised.

It's perfectly normal for most people to seek advantage and avoid harm.

Anyway, Li Xiaohe has nothing to do with them, so what does it matter whether she lives or dies? As long as she doesn't pose a threat to them, they won't care.

They might have had some reservations about Li Si, the village chief, when considering this point, but ultimately it was because Li Si usually acted too accommodatingly that they took advantage of the situation and did things they shouldn't have.

"and after?"

Bai Li wasn't worried about Li Xiaohe at all. Li Si doted on her so much, how could he let her suffer any injustice?
"Later, those who were kicked out went to the management office to complain about Li Si, but they were eventually kicked out by Old Wang's men. By the way, Lizhi, do you know who Old Wang's young wife is?"

While they were talking about Pipa Village and Li Si, Cheng Siyun suddenly changed the subject and started gossiping about Wang Zhicheng, the director of the management office.

"From what you're saying, I know him?"

"I wouldn't say I know her, but you definitely know this person. He Ningzhu, Bai Yang's college classmate, liked and even harassed Bai Yang. Liu Xu also pursued her for half a year. She's the sister of He Yan, the zombie who was beaten to death."

That's a lot of information.

Bai Li pursed her lips, thinking to herself that Liu Xu's eyesight was really not good.

He Ningzhu, whom the two were talking about, was sitting on the sofa in her living room with a gloomy expression.

She thought that after getting married and moving out of her parents' house, things would finally calm down. Even if there were any troubles, they wouldn't be too bad; at most, she'd just have to give her monthly points to her family. Anyway, she didn't care about any of that now, since she could live quite comfortably with Lao Wang's help.

If parents want it, so be it; it doesn't matter.

But she never expected that such a big thing would happen at home in less than three days.

She looked up at her father, who was slumped on a single sofa with his head drooping. In just a few days, her father seemed to have aged more than ten years, and his whole body exuded a sense of weariness and had no energy.

He's mother was even worse off than him. Ever since she witnessed her younger brother turn into a zombie and then kill or injure five people by scratching and biting them, she went mad!
She was completely dazed and confused, clutching her brother's clothes in her arms, hiding in her brother's room and refusing to come out.

Eight days have passed since the accident, and despite her father's patient coaxing, she has only eaten two steamed buns and drunk a cup of water. Her body is visibly emaciated, reduced to skin and bones, and her hair is turning whiter day by day.
Wang Zhicheng asked He Ningzhu to come back and take care of her parents for a few days, especially her mother, to keep a close eye on her and prevent her from doing anything rash.

So what can she do?
She couldn't very well express her true feelings to her new husband, saying that she didn't want to come back or care about her parents, could she?
To be honest, she wasn't saddened by He Yan's death at all; instead, she hated him to death.

Previously, when the official recruitment notice for military academies was announced in Shenzhen, she patiently and earnestly advised him to train hard in order to get him in. After all, they had stated that other aspects could be trained later, but physical fitness was a must.

But how did he do it?

He clearly wanted to go to military school, but he still lay in bed like a lump of mud every day.

In the end, she was blamed for not being able to get in.

She was so angry that she didn't know what to say. She had already humbled herself and begged Bai Yang so that he could get into military school. What more did he want from her?
After that, she stopped caring about him. Let him be a useless person if he wants; she'll get married eventually anyway, and she can't take care of him forever.

If you've made up your mind to be a good-for-nothing, why not just stay home and be good-for-nothing? Why do you have to make a fuss about leaving the city?

If you're going out, then why didn't you report it the moment you got back, after being caught outside?

He died, but it caused her to be gossiped about by her colleagues in the management office.

Some people even believe that she and her parents must have known something about her brother when he returned to the city, but chose to keep it a secret in order to protect him.
Why did Wang Zhicheng give her leave to go home and be with her parents?

Isn't it just that some people want to take this opportunity to remove her from her current position so that they can make room for someone else?
After all, there were only a few positions available in the management office. The reason she was able to get the job was because she had come to the city early and coincidentally, the management office had just been established and people who had come to the city hadn't realized it yet.

Although she was a graduate student before the apocalypse, and her educational background wasn't low, her current job isn't complicated at all. In fact, people with associate degrees who had worked as clerks before the apocalypse might do a better job than her.

So she was confident that as long as she dared to say she didn't want this job and left the management office, she would be able to do it.

She leaves, and a new person can take over the job right away.

Thinking about this, He Ningzhu couldn't sit at home in peace. She had to go back tonight and tell Lao Wang that she didn't want to be supported by him and that she had to work.

"Dad, are you hungry? I'll go get some."

Before He Ningzhu could finish speaking, the bedroom door behind her suddenly opened, and then He's mother staggered out, carrying a piece of clothing in her arms.

He Ningzhu and her father looked up at the same time, then got up to help her, but her mother dodged away.

I don't know what she was planning to do, so she just lowered her head and walked straight out.

Mr. He stepped forward and grabbed her arm, "Wife!"

Snapped!
No one knows where He's mother got the strength, but she shook off He's father's hand, opened the door, and rushed out.

"Quick, stop your mother!"

Not only had Mrs. He not eaten much these past few days, but so had Mr. He. Anyone who looked closely could see that when he stood up, his legs were wobbling, and his body appeared weak and powerless.

Therefore, even though he desperately wanted to stop He's mother and pull her back, he was powerless to do so.

A hint of annoyance flashed across He Ningzhu's eyes, but she still followed her mother out the door in the end.

However, she didn't forcibly drag He's mother home; she simply followed her upstairs to see what she was up to.

People who hadn't eaten much for so many days somehow found the strength to climb from the second floor of their house to the sixth floor rooftop in one go.

Then, after reaching the rooftop, he went straight to the edge of the railing.
He Ningzhu was stunned for a moment, and by the time she realized what her mother was trying to do, it was too late. Bang!
"what"

"Someone jumped off a building! Quick, someone jumped off a building!"

He Ningzhu stared wide-eyed and lunged at the edge of the railing. When she looked down and saw the scene below, her face turned deathly pale!
She...she never expected her mother to jump off the building. She never expected it, never imagined it.
Nine days after Jiang Minglang and the others left, Pengcheng hosted a negotiation.

The visitor wanted to meet with Jiang Minglang to get them to release You Junyan and Wen Dien. As for the conditions, he wanted to discuss them with Jiang Minglang alone.

Perhaps to show their sincerity, only a group of six people arrived at the gate, and they spoke politely and courteously.

Shi Jiashu ignored them and then picked up the walkie-talkie to call Liu Xu outside the city.

At that moment, Bai Li was at the orphanage watching Cheng Siyun take care of two newly adopted babies when she noticed the unusual situation at the door. In the blink of an eye, the green ivy on both sides of the stone door swayed gently, and the white flowers on it slowly unfolded, pointing the openings of the flowers at the head of the black-clad men.

To my surprise, it turned out to be someone I knew.

If she hadn't seen him, Bai Li would have completely forgotten about him.

The person who came to negotiate was none other than Bai Xingye, who had saved Bai Hua before. Several years ago, his great-grandfather had absconded with the Bai family's property and tricked Bai Li's great-grandfather.

So this is a case of them eagerly waiting for her to clean house?
Although they no longer acknowledged themselves as members of the Bai family, they still had Bai family blood flowing in their veins, and strictly speaking, they were still within the five degrees of kinship with Bai Li.

"Qiqi, call your uncle and Xiaoyun to the city gate."

On the other side, upon seeing the thick stone gate and the movement of the green vines on both walls, Bai Xingye and his group quickly took a few steps back and then looked at the vines and white flowers with apprehension.

The rumors were indeed true; Bai Li's wood element is truly different from others.

A brown-haired mixed-race man standing next to Shirahoshi looked at the vines and white flowers with eager eyes and whispered to Shirahoshi in F language, "If we could get your cousin into the lab, we would definitely be able to develop even better wood-type abilities."

Bai Xingye stared blankly at the gate, replying to his companion in French, "The purpose of our visit today is to get Dean and Old Yu out first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

Actually, they had another purpose in coming here: to find out if Jiang Minglang was in Pengcheng.

Since the establishment of the Kyoto base at the very beginning of the apocalypse, Bai Xingye has been there, dealing with the military for more than two years, and now he has quite a few connections.

Unfortunately, You Junyan's unauthorized actions disrupted his plans and led some people to expose him.

So the reason he showed up here is because he could no longer stay in Kyoto.

However, before leaving, he did make the last use of his connections: Zeng Xi was not in Kyoto!

They received the news last night. Although Bai Xingye and the others already knew that too many people had been captured this time, their hideout and base had definitely been exposed.

But because heavy snow was approaching, he originally thought that no matter what, they would wait until the snow was over before going to the southwest.

Just like today, the temperature is already close to zero degrees Celsius.

Bai Xingye wasn't sure if his speculation was correct, and he didn't know if Zeng Xi had really gone to the southwest.

So, by exchanging Wendy and You Junyan today, we can test whether Jiang Minglang is in Pengcheng.

If Jiang Minglang were here, then Zeng Xi's absence from Kyoto might have nothing to do with them.

Even with connections, they are confident that they can preserve their strength and withdraw unscathed.

This doesn't mean that Zeng Xi's team is weaker than Jiang Minglang's; it's just that he belongs to the faction of the Kyoto Military Commander-in-Chief, and he always has some reservations in order to maintain the balance of power among all parties and for comprehensive consideration.

But Jiang Minglang was completely different.

According to what they knew, he was a man who wouldn't tolerate any dissent, and coupled with his superb marksmanship and extremely powerful metal-based supernatural abilities, even if the commander of the western base stood in his way, he might still blow his head off with a single shot.

Therefore, compared to Zeng Xi, Jiang Minglang and his team in Pengcheng are the most dangerous for them.

Pity.
Bai Xingye recalled that his initial plan had failed, and the gloom in his eyes deepened.

If he had taken control of Yunxi Village through Bai Hua back then, wouldn't Bai Li and Jiang Minglang have become bargaining chips in his hands?

He hadn't considered things thoroughly enough and trusted Bai Hua too much.

No, it's not because of the white painting, it's because of the white lychee!
He never expected that his cousin, who was about to be beyond the fifth degree of kinship, would care so much about the behavior of her elders from many years ago and be so resistant to him.

Of course, it's also possible that it wasn't this cousin who cared or resisted, but rather the old man who is still alive, Bai Qiming, his second great-uncle, who cared and resisted.

After all, what the elders took away from the Bai family back then was his interests and assets.

But is it necessary?

That happened so many years ago. How many more years do you have left to live? Isn't life more important?
His grandfather was his direct cousin, yet he never thought of seeing him one last time before he died.
Despite being born and raised in China, he has such a narrow mind.

Of course, Bai Xingye also understood what his presence here meant.

Those who know he's in cahoots with You Junyan and his gang, and who know what he's done, might just get angry and come out to teach him a lesson, spouting some high-sounding nonsense about not forgetting one's roots.
If that were the case, he hoped to infuriate the old man to death, and also see if he could find an opportunity to capture Bai Li.

Although her wood-based abilities are powerful, they are only suitable for ranged attacks. If he could get close to her, he believed he could take her down in one fell swoop.

If they can capture Bai Li, they'll win regardless of whether Jiang Minglang is in Pengcheng or not!

In just a short while, several versions of how to capture Bai Li came to mind.

However, to his and his companions' surprise, when the city gates finally opened, they didn't see Jiang Minglang, who wanted to negotiate, nor did they see Bai Li. Instead, they were met with a crazy woman who attacked them with water blades as soon as they met, and two teenagers with powerful supernatural abilities.

The group of six adult men were completely powerless against the countless water blades, ice blades, and electric nets, and could only flee in a sorry state.

However, before they could escape even fifty meters, they were completely surrounded by a vast expanse of vines.

Damn it, even in war between two countries, envoys are not killed. How can Shenzhen be so lacking in martial ethics!
Bai Xingye never understood, even in his death, where he went wrong with his move.

They were certainly wrong, because Wendion and You Junyan were already dead.
Fengbao's egg has been inserted into the main text; I don't know if you'll be able to see it.