Chapter 472: Past advice

Many people in Qincheng were destined to suffer from insomnia tonight, such as the barracks at the east end of Wenhua Road.

Li Zongkai took the regular army out in full force, and there was no news from morning till night. It was late at night and they hadn't returned. To say that those left in the camp weren't worried was pure bullshit.

In the empty barracks, two people sat by the window, looking out at the direction of Tianma Island from the night, with only endless darkness.

"Big Luo, what should we do if the President and the others can't come back?"

The man held his rifle, as if that could give him some sense of security, and asked his companion softly, his words full of worry.

"How could they not come back!"

Big Luo's accent didn't sound like a northerner at all, with a flavor of "plastic Mandarin."

"I'm just saying if, it's been a whole day!"

"Don't talk about one day. It's so dangerous outside now. If they encounter an emergency, it's possible for it to be two or three days. Don't think so much!"

"Then why don't you sleep? Aren't you thinking about it too?"

"I see you can't sleep, so I'm keeping you company..."

Little Eagle Club headquarters, Xinglong Kindergarten. The children's bedroom was pitch black. Through the faint moonlight, one could see many people sitting in the darkness, looking a bit creepy...

People were discussing. The leader led the team personally and took almost all the combat personnel in the camp. There had never been such a large-scale operation before, making people worried.

Just as everyone was sighing, a figure walked to the door and knocked on the iron guardrail a few times.

"Who is losing heart? If anyone dares to say anything else, just go to the village to carry water for me. It just so happens that there isn't much water stored!"

Hearing the voice, everyone hurriedly stopped talking, not daring to beep anymore, but the worry in their hearts deepened.

The situation in Tongrui Auto Park was much the same. Several night patrol personnel leaned together smoking, chatting about the positive future for a while, and then pessimistically guessing, inevitably sighing.

In the 4S shop where a large number of members gathered, one could also hear dense discussions. The content of the discussion was nothing more than the worrying present, the terrifying future, and the nostalgic past...

Besides these people, there was one person who braved the cold, went to the roof of the 4S shop alone, and was huddled in the corner fiddling with the electronic equipment in his hand. The small green dots flickering in the darkness were particularly eye-catching, and he seemed to be muttering something.

The liveliest was the Survivor Alliance.

After Liao Youzhi took away the fire-breathing zombie, the temperature inside the entire shopping mall began to drop slowly. By night, many people were so cold that they couldn't sleep at all.

Due to ventilation problems, only a very few rooms had the conditions to light a stove. In the past, these rooms were like "stinky dog shit" because they were drafty and disliked by others. Those who had no ability and were picked on would be assigned to these shops.

As a result, the shops with good ventilation became popular, crowded with people, and several stoves were burning fiercely.

Liao Youzhi took away the Close Protection Team, the entire Vanguard Group, and the Third Search Team, more than fifty people, almost emptying the combat power of the Survivor Alliance. The rest all gathered around the stove.

The red firelight shone on people's faces, illuminating the faces of all living beings.

"I heard the leader went out this time to open up the territory in the north?" "I heard that too. That's what happened. I heard that when we take down the north, we won't have to live in the mall!"

"Do you have a brain? You believe such words? You can leave now. You can choose any apartment or villa outside. Do you dare to live there..."

"That's right, we don't even have a gun. What should we do if we run into zombies..."

"Still zombies? If it weren't for this stove tonight, we'd all freeze to death, one by one. It's really uncomfortable!"

The northern expansion plan couldn't bring substantial benefits to ordinary members, but instead plunged them into a predicament. These people were uncomfortable, and the few women following Liao Youzhi were no better.

Usually, the warmth in the room was provided by the fire-breathing zombie. Fortunately, the walls of the room had a certain fireproof and heat-preserving property, and the temperature drop was much better than those people downstairs, but after more than ten hours, it had already dropped to around zero degrees.

They hadn't suffered since following Liao Youzhi. This sudden drop in temperature made the four women at a loss. They wanted to find someone to help but were afraid that those wolves and tigers would take advantage of the leader's absence to violate them. After some research, they finally started the generator and turned on two "little suns," which eased it a little.

"Why haven't they come back so late? You say... there won't be any situation, right?"

A woman wearing tight thermal underwear sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, her face slightly worried. The fiery red light illuminated half of her body, and the bumpy curves looked very healthy.

"Don't worry, our Master Liao is wise and martial. With so many brothers and the assistance of the other three families, taking down a wild country bumpkin is definitely a sure thing!"

"Sister Ru is right. Sister Yu, don't worry about nothing. Why don't you guess what good things Master Liao will bring back for us? Hey, Qiaoqiao, stop reading and chat with us."

The woman who spoke discovered that Qiaoqiao had been quietly reading a magazine, so she pulled her to chat together.

Qiaoqiao turned the magazine over and put it on her lap. Her exquisite features were pitiful, and her lips parted slightly: "If it were really as easy as Sister Ru said, why would Master Liao make such a big fuss? I'm not optimistic. Why don't we think about what we can do to please Master Liao if he returns in defeat?"

"Don't... I don't want to go back to those days. No, I must go and worship the Bodhisattva and let the Bodhisattva bless Master Liao."

The woman who pulled Qiaoqiao to chat stood up immediately. She looked like the kind of person whose position was not firm.

"Since you said that, I also feel that things are not so good. You say, if Master Liao has an accident, can the four of us hold the ground?"

Pan Ru's eyes flashed, and she lowered her voice to ask the other two.

"Ah?"

Under the orange-yellow light, Yu Nuo looked at Pan Ru with the eyes of looking at a fool, as if saying, *Little slut, don't you know how power comes from? * "If Master Liao is seriously injured, we will help him get through the difficult period. If... Master Liao can't come back, then we will first control the scientific department, and then reorganize the team, striving to regain control of the entire Survivor Alliance!"

Pan Ru's eyes flashed with crazy light, and her words made the other two look at each other.

"Little Pan, you are too bold, heavens..."

One woman covered her mouth, not daring to think about Pan Ru's proposal. Crazy, simply too crazy.

Pan Ru didn't answer, just silently remembered the advice a man once gave her: *Be ruthless, be completely shameless, only then will you have hope of surviving! * She always kept this sentence in mind, and that was how she walked to today step by step; otherwise, she would have been exposed to the wilderness.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 473 =====