Chapter 30 p1
It was past ten o’clock when Xie Muzhi returned.
He looked no different.
But the exact location of the laboratory had been discovered.
“It’s in Building 16. The upper floors are residential, and the laboratory should be below,” Xie Muzhi directly stated the result and arranged the next mission. “Get on good terms with the Juri Base and try to enter the base. The security there is very strict. There are always patrols inside the community walls, and they also have a few dogs with very sensitive noses. It’s easy to be discovered. Breaking through from the inside is the fastest and safest way.”
Zhou Baoping was worried. “It’s only useful if we can stay. It seems useless to just enter the base.”
Liang Yuan said calmly, “Don’t worry about that.”
Seeing this, the few of them didn’t say anything more. It was getting late. After chatting a little more about the upcoming plans, they each went back to their tents to sleep. Ji Yang was still in the same tent as Feng Yexing. Tonight, the two of them had drawn the night watch, but it was in the latter half of the night.
Just as she lay down, Feng Yexing whispered, “I always feel like our group, except for you and Boss Xie, is like a makeshift team.”
It felt like they hadn’t done anything right.
They were even discovered while tracking someone.
If only the government officials could come.
Ji Yang said softly, “It’s actually the same.”
She just had five more years of apocalypse experience than them, and of course, she had also suffered for five more years. The first time she had gone on a mission, she had also been just as confused and inexperienced.
Feng Yexing sighed almost inaudibly and closed her eyes.
Hurry up and sleep.
Since it’s not working, I’ll just put in more effort where I can.
Seeing that she had stopped talking, Ji Yang also let herself fall asleep. If she didn’t rest well, she wouldn’t have any energy the next day.
For the next two days, their mission was much easier. It was basically to gather information about the surroundings. The most important part, getting on good terms, was Zhou Baoping and the others’ mission. She couldn’t do it.
It was already good enough that she didn’t kill the other party.
Because it was relatively easy, Ji Yang always went out alone.
Carrying her hiking backpack, she would sneak out and walk a long way, then take out potatoes and sweet potatoes to trade for jadeite. Not to mention, it was quite satisfying. The amount of jadeite here was really a lot.
Although there were not many top-grade ones, they were still very good.
Each time, she could easily collect two large burlap sacks.
Of course, she was also targeted for robbery by many people, but she had killed them all directly. The jade she had exchanged for, she didn’t bring back, but directly found a hidden place to store in her space.
But perhaps due to the depth of the pond and other reasons, the jade needed was much more than for the land before. Each time, two large burlap sacks could only increase it by about a hundred square meters. Sometimes, when the quality was slightly worse, it would only be fifty square meters.
So, after a day and a half of her efforts, she had finally… increased the area by three hundred and fifty square meters. And the four little guys she had been raising separately before were still looking energetic. Two of them were still laying eggs, just like usual.
It seemed there was no problem.
Of course, there were no special effects either.
This was already quite good.
On the afternoon of the second day, it was time to trade with the Juri Base.
Ji Yang did not act alone again, but followed Xie Muzhi to the trading site. Then she found that Zhou Baoping and the others were indeed formidable. They had already become good buddies with the person in charge on the other side.
Of course, the other party was not some number one or number two. Those people were simply inaccessible.
In order to get better weapons, they were willing to pay more cold-resistant seeds and some common medicines.
Weapons were not a small matter, especially since they wanted major weapons of destruction this time, such as various explosive packs, rocket launchers, and grenades. And it was not known what they had said, but they wanted to see even more powerful weapons, so the trading location was chosen inside the base.
Of course, it was a conference room near the main gate, which had been converted from the previous property management office building.
The person in charge of this transaction was called Qiao Gui. He was obviously a Xia Country person. He was slightly short, and his Mandarin was not standard. He sounded like a local of Yun City. He was surrounded by Liang Yuan and Zhou Baoping, who called him “Brother Qiao” and “Brother Qiao,” coaxing him until he was all smiles. After he had someone bring the weapons they wanted, he even enthusiastically had someone teach them how to use them.
“Don’t worry, brother won’t let you suffer a loss. With these things, you can travel far and wide. Who would dare to rob you?” he patted his chest and guaranteed.
Liang Yuan also said with a smile, “Of course I believe Brother Qiao. But I’m old, and I can’t learn these things. Let my nephew and niece learn. In the future, this family will still have to be inherited by them.”
After he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Muzhi and Ji Yang.
“Yo, these two kids are not bad,” Qiao Gui’s eyes lit up, and he praised, “That’s right. Young people are the ones who can use these things. I can barely handle a gun. At night, I have to unload the bullets, for fear of it going off accidentally.”
Xie Muzhi and Ji Yang also happily pulled the person and asked how to use this and that.
Liang Yuan pretended to listen for a while and then became itchy. “Didn’t you say there were even better things? I can’t afford them, but let me see. How about I come back to buy them next time when I get something good?”
Zhou Baoping followed, “That’s right, Brother Qiao. Let your little brother see. I’m just craving that thing.”
Qiao Gui had already agreed. At this time, when he was urged, he didn’t delay. He had someone bring the thing over. It wasn’t loaded with gunpowder, so it was fine to just look. Soon, the thing came up. It was a military cannon.
Its volume was much larger than a grenade launcher, and a little smaller than a tricycle.
The model was not the latest, but it was indeed stunning. The overall color was olive green, with smooth lines. It looked harmless, but its lethality was enormous. Liang Yuan and Zhou Baoping’s eyes lit up. The love they showed was definitely not fake.
The two of them excitedly went over to touch it. Zhou Baoping even pulled Qiao Gui and said a mouthful of sweet words, “Brother, you are my only brother! You are too amazing. You even have this thing. Your base is really strong! In the future, when I have saved up some money, I will definitely come and rely on you, brother. With this thing, who would dare to bully us?!”
“That’s right. Our base is the most powerful base in Yun City!” Qiao Gui said proudly.
“Of course! We heard about it a long time ago. Otherwise, why would we have specially saved the medicine and only been willing to take it out when we met you?” Zhou Baoping’s admiration was overflowing.
His tone was exaggerated. Ji Yang, as an outsider, got goosebumps listening to it.
But Qiao Gui was very receptive.
Just as the two of them were about to chat a little more, they suddenly found that Liang Yuan hadn’t said anything for a long time. When they turned their heads, they saw Liang Yuan clutching his chest, his breathing rapid.
“Ah!” Zhou Baoping exclaimed, “Boss! Boss, what’s wrong with you?”
Xie Muzhi’s face changed drastically. “Uncle, my uncle is having an asthma attack. Where’s the medicine?” He fumbled around for the medicine. He finally found the medicine in Liang Yuan’s arms. Just as he was about to feed it to him, Liang Yuan had just taken it when his hand trembled, and the medicine fell into the cannon barrel!
“Uncle, you!” Xie Muzhi was so angry. He went to get it again, but found that there were no pills in the medicine box. He was stunned for a moment and looked at Qiao Gui for help.
Zhou Baoping immediately said, “Brother, do you have any asthma medicine here?!”
Qiao Gui was also anxious. “No, no!”
Zhou Baoping slapped his thigh. “Hey, there’s medicine in our transaction. Let’s take a box for us to use first. We’ll make it up to you later!”
Qiao Gui nodded repeatedly, but he had already had someone move the medicine to the warehouse just now. His scalp immediately went numb. “The medicine is in the warehouse. You guys wait, I’ll go get it now!!!”
“Brother, hurry up. Hey, boss, you have to hold on!”
The scene was once in a panic. Seeing that Liang Yuan was about to die, Ji Yang had already found the asthma medicine in her space. She wanted to go forward, but she was held back by Xie Muzhi’s arm. She pursed her lips and didn’t move. Fortunately, Qiao Gui came back with the medicine. As he walked, he tore the packaging. With a trembling hand, he finally brought the medicine to Liang Yuan’s mouth.
Xie Muzhi quickly brought water. With the water, Liang Yuan barely managed to swallow the medicine, but his complexion did not improve.
It had been delayed for too long.
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“Our base has a doctor. I’ll go find a doctor!” Qiao Gui gritted his teeth and then ordered, “Take the person to the guest rest area!”
“Yes.” The person who was ordered immediately took action.
Although there was also a stove here, it was a place for the bottom-level base personnel and was not warm. At most, it had gone from over minus fifty degrees to minus twenty or thirty degrees. But the patient was already weak and couldn’t stay in this place for a long time.
So, after some tossing and turning, Liang Yuan successfully stayed here. Xie Muzhi and Ji Yang, as his nephew and niece, were also left behind, but the others couldn’t. So, Zhou Baoping and the others could only leave with the batch of ammunition they had exchanged for.
Soon, the doctor came to check. The result of the check was that the attack had lasted for too long, which had caused a series of sequelae. The most serious was probably that his respiratory function had been greatly damaged, but the conditions were limited, and a more detailed check could not be done. He could only prescribe some medicine.
And because he had had difficulty breathing for too long, after Liang Yuan had taken the medicine, he had fallen asleep.
Xie Muzhi went to see the doctor off. “Doctor, about my boss’s situation, I have a few more things to ask…”
Ji Yang glanced over. When the doctor left, there were still two survivors staring at them. It was probably also strictly guarded. It was very likely that they were in the same living area as the two target individuals.
In the middle of it, Liang Yuan woke up for a while and tearfully pulled Qiao Gui to thank him. “Brother, you saved my life. From now on, you are my sworn brother! What do you like? I’ll bring it for you next time I come!”
“What could I like? I’m doing fine now,” Qiao Gui also sighed. “You have this illness, yet you’re still running around in this icy and snowy world. You’re too hardworking. The doctor said you need to rest well.”
Liang Yuan sighed. “I have to work hard. You know, my family was poor when I was young. Both my older brothers married into their wives’ families, and I can’t have children. I wanted to adopt a nephew or niece to carry on the family line, but I was looked down upon. If it weren’t for the extreme cold, and I had gained some fame with my team, do you think their parents would have been willing to send their children over?”
Qiao Gui had a “I understand you” expression. “That’s true. If I hadn’t latched onto a big shot and become a manager in this base, my wife would still be at home scolding me for being useless and for marrying me. Isn’t she obedient now? She doesn’t even dare to say anything when I take a concubine!”
Liang Yuan immediately said, “Brother Qiao will probably have a happy event soon. I’ll bring milk powder next time I come. I’ll take care of my nephew’s milk powder in the future!”
Qiao Gui was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth.
The two of them had a heart-to-heart chat until Liang Yuan couldn’t hold on anymore and fell asleep. Only then did Qiao Gui stop talking, as if he hadn’t had enough, and muttered, “A kindred spirit!”
Ji Yang: …
Before Qiao Gui left, he didn’t forget to tell the two of them to take good care of their uncle and to call him if anything happened.
Xie Muzhi nodded repeatedly and saw him out.
The door of the house was closed. Liang Yuan was still asleep. Ji Yang looked at him, then at Xie Muzhi, and probably guessed what was going on. Perhaps the other group, Meng Jin and the others, she also knew why they had come.
They were all sick. If it came to a critical moment, they could give up everything, including their lives, to complete this plan.