Chapter 994 Lurker (5000 Words)

Da Zhangshu Base.

The construction of the fourth outer city was restarted, and many people came out of the greenhouse of the first outer city to join the construction.

Jackal and Uncle San drove a helicopter to Ming City, Fujian Province, and searched several times, but still did not find the people Chen Delong and his friends mentioned.

After Chen Delong and his friends returned to the Da Zhangshu Base, Li Yu gave them a lot of points and food rewards for reminding the base of the nuclear radiation zombies this time.

Chen Delong's group has been reduced from dozens of people to only four people.

The points are evenly distributed, and they have reached the standard of becoming non-staff personnel.

Officially entered the assessment period. As long as they perform well during the assessment period, they will be able to officially become a member of the non-staff personnel of the Da Zhangshu Base after a period of time.

This made Chen Delong and his friends very happy.

So after resting in the base for two days, when their bodies were almost recovered, they heard that the base had started the construction of the fourth outer city again, and they immediately signed up.

On the construction site.

They moved out many equipment and materials that had been put away before the rainstorm disaster.

The whole construction site was in full swing.

On the edge of the cliff.

Fusheng, Xu Zhen and others were walking over there with water pipes. Now the solar radiation was too strong, so the water in the base's mountain pond reservoir had to be kept for daily use.

However, although there were zombies in the lake under the cliff, it was not a big problem to use it as water for the construction of the fourth outer city.

"Fusheng, have you put the water pipe down?" Old Xie, who was standing on the cliff, shouted to Fusheng, who was standing on the edge of the lake.

Fusheng threw the water pipe into the lake, and then shouted to Old Xie on the cliff: "It's OK, plug in the power and try it."

Old Xie nodded, then picked up the intercom to contact Song Min by the wall: "The water pipe is put in, plug in the plug and try it."

"Okay." Song Min turned on the switch.

The lake was closest to the wall, so the electricity was connected from this side.

Soon.

The pump started.

The originally flat water pipe was quickly filled with water.

Hualala——

Ding Jiu, who was far away at the construction site of the fourth outer city, saw that water finally came out of the water pipe, and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie to contact Lao Xie and others: "Lao Xie, water is coming out."

Lao Xie clapped his hands, fixed the water pipe, and then shouted to Fusheng below: "It's OK, Fusheng, you guys come up."

"Yes." Fusheng nodded, and then walked up.

After everyone left, the zombies under the lake slowly floated on the surface of the lake, and heard the noise of the pump and swam over there.

Outside the oil city.

A young man was lying in a patch of grass less than two kilometers away from the outside of the city.

Watching the situation in the oil city secretly.

He was very young and not very experienced, and was different from the few people who had seen Dongtai and Chen Er trading in secret before.

When approaching, he concealed his figure and was seen by Xiao He standing on the high wall.

So he told Dongtai about this matter, and Dongtai asked him to control the drone to go over and take a look.

The drone rose to a height of hundreds of meters and flew in the direction of the young man.

The other side

Suddenly, Xiaoyuan saw a drone flying down from the sky.

He was startled and ran back quickly.

Dongtai looked at the picture displayed in the drone and frowned slightly.

Xiao He next to him asked: "Dongtai, should we chase him? There must be something wrong with this person approaching us."

Dongtai looked at the picture in the drone and said: "Lower the drone a little more and see what this person looks like."

"Okay."

The drone gradually lowered to a height of only a dozen meters away from the boy, and now Xiaoyuan's figure was finally seen clearly.

Xiao He smiled and said: "It's a child. I don't know where he came from."

Dongtai frowned, and he remembered the feeling of something wrong that surged in his heart when he was trading outside not long ago.

So he said: "It's better to be safe than sorry. When did you find this child?"

"Ah? Just now, what's the problem? What's there to be afraid of a child? He should just be passing by and came to take a look out of curiosity." Xiao He said.

Dongtai watched the kid running towards the woods. It would be difficult to catch him if he wanted to, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let him go, but the battalion commander is right. Our drones must be restored to the previous mode and patrol 24 hours a day."

"Don't get used to not using drones for patrols because of a rainstorm, and then stop patrolling. Pass the order down. From today on, restore the previous 24-hour drone patrol mode around the oil city."

Xiao He felt a little troubled and said, "We have been using this method for the past few months, and we haven't found any problems."

Dongtai couldn't help but cursed, "This place is too far from the base. If something happens, we will be in trouble. You can only say this to me. If the battalion commander or General Li hears it, you will definitely not have a good result."

"Okay, then I will talk to the brothers later and make a duty list."

"Yeah." Dongtai nodded.

But after Xiaoyuan hurriedly ran into the woods, he was afraid that the people in the oil city would run out to catch him, so he deliberately ran to some small roads.

After running for a full hour, he finally dared to look back at the sky.

The drone had disappeared.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”

He was breathing heavily.

He thought to himself: Oil City is so defensive. He was discovered before he even entered Oil City.

When he raised his head, he suddenly realized that he was lost.

He must return to the expedition.

First, he didn’t bring any food with him when he came out. If he didn’t go back, he wouldn’t have lasted long.

Second, he came to the south this time just to complete the mission, and then he can get the remaining rewards when he goes back. Moreover, if he goes back by himself, if someone from the expedition team complains, it won't matter to him, but he will hurt his sister. .

We have to find a way back quickly.

The young man raised his cloak, and then used the shadow of the cloak to carefully examine the surrounding situation.

"I just ran east, so if I go back, I should go northwest. Go that way." The young man thought to himself.

Then, he ran northwest.

As he ran, he was thinking about something else.

How should I explain Sledgehammer's death to them?

Especially that fierce guy!

He said he was killed by people from Oil City while he was observing?

This is a good idea, blaming Sledgehammer's death on Oil City.

However, when he thought about it, he felt something was wrong. If Sledgehammer was killed by people from Oil City, it would be hard for others to believe him if he ran back by himself.

After all, Sledgehammer went there with him and came back on his own.

It doesn't make sense to say that Sledgehammer is stronger than him.

Um?

Yes.

He remembered that before departure, Sledgehammer had wanted to take away the package. Brother Meng and the others had suspected that Sledgehammer wanted to sneak away and not participate in the mission.

Then just tell Brother Meng and the others that the sledgehammer left you and ran away, and you don’t know where the sledgehammer went.

This explanation seems more believable than being killed by Oil City and then running back.

After all, Sledgehammer had this motive, and Brother Meng and the others also guessed this, so they didn't give them their packages.

As for why the sledgehammer didn't even want the package containing the grain, that's up to Brother Meng and the others to think about.

Calm down!

He began to recite silently in his heart, then brainwashed himself, convinced himself to take him to Sledgehammer and ran away secretly. Then he went to Oil City alone to observe, and was discovered by a drone.

He began to organize his words and first convinced himself that it was true.

Running.

The sun keeps setting.

After running for nearly an hour, he finally found the main road back.

Looking at the somewhat familiar road, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then I adjusted my mood.

ten minutes later.

He saw the expedition convoy under a green shade.

In the convoy.

Leopard saw Xiao Yuan walking towards them, and quickly said to Brother Meng in the car:

"Brother Meng, you're back, but it seems like you're the only one back."

Brother Meng got out of the car, looked at Xiao Yuan walking towards them, frowned, and thought to himself: Could it be that the grandson of Sledgehammer really ran away? This guy doesn't want food anymore? What a coward.

soon.

The young man walked up to Brother Meng and the others.

"Where's that guy with the sledgehammer? Why are you back alone?" Brother Meng looked at Xiaoyuan with an interrogating look.

Xiaoyuan calmed down and replied with the words he had practiced countless times on the road:

"Sledgehammer ran away. Just when he was approaching the oil city, he kept mumbling, what's the big deal, I'm quitting, and then he ran to the west. I couldn't stop him."

"Huh?" Brother Meng frowned.

Looking at Xiao Yuan with a critical eye, this boy is the weakest person in their expedition team. This sledgehammer usually bullies him many times.

Was this kid killed out of spite?

It's impossible. This is a child after all. No matter how weak the sledgehammer is, he can't kill him.

After ruling out this possibility, there is no reason for Sledgehammer not to come back. His food is still here.

Could it be that this grandson really ran away?

The more Brother Meng thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

So he cursed: "This turtle grandson, when we return to the Northern Federation, I will definitely kill him."

The leopard next to him said: "I guess he didn't plan to return to the Federation after he left."

"It's unlucky, it's really unlucky. Next time I do something like this, I must tell Mr. Diao that I want to choose someone myself. Everyone is so unreliable. The thing hasn't even been done yet. One of them ran away. What the hell?" There’s a kid in the queue.”

After venting his anger, Brother Meng looked at Xiaoyuan and asked:

"Did you find anything in that oil city? Can you sneak in?"

Xiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Brother Meng ask this question.

This means that Brother Meng believed what he said about Sledgehammer's escape.

So he said truthfully: "I had just approached the Oil City, and I was still almost two kilometers away from there, when I was discovered by their people, and then they sent a drone to fly over, and then chased me.

If I hadn't run fast enough, I would have been captured by them. "

"Moreover, the area around the oil city should have been cleaned up. Within two kilometers of the oil city, there are basically no places to hide one's body. They can easily spot the observers on the wall."

Brother Meng hit his head with a headache and said speechlessly:

"What the hell, there are drones, and the defenses are so strict, how can we find out their details? Damn it, I knew this job was not going to be easy."

Just when he was at a loss, the leopard next to him suddenly said:

"Brother Meng, there is actually a way. If we want to thoroughly understand their situation, we can't do it hard. We can only use soft methods and find ways to sneak in."

Brother Meng waved his hand and said:

"It's impossible. Look at our group, none of us look like good people. Will they really let us in?"

Leopard cursed in his heart, just say you, don't take me with you.

But he still replied:

"Let's try. If we don't try, we won't learn anything. We can't learn any information just by looking outside. Only by going in can we understand what Diao Ye and the others want."

Brother Meng glanced around the crowd, and everyone lowered their heads like a turtle.

Facing forces that they didn't know what was going on, they didn't dare to run over rashly. If those people were vicious, it would be very possible to kill them directly.

They don't want to stand out.

"Leopard, why don't you go?" Brother Meng looked at Leopard and said.

"Ahem, I'm not suitable. In fact, there is one of us who is the most suitable candidate. They may be wary of you, Brother Meng, but they may not be so wary of children like Xiaoyuan. .”

Brother Meng’s eyes lit up, he patted his thigh and said:

"It makes sense. If we send our weakest child, they probably won't think he is a spy. That's okay."

Leopard then said: "Yes, it is the lowest risk for him to go. Xiaoyuan is so small a threat. They will definitely relax their vigilance. Then they just need to make up a reason, and then say that they have escaped and want to beg them to take him in." Give me a chance to survive.”

The other people in the surrounding expedition team became excited when they heard what they said. After all, they didn't need to go.

"Yes, you can do this to make the child's life experience more tragic. His parents and family were all killed by zombies, and then he was the only one wandering around, and he just happened to walk nearby."

"Hehe, you can even add today's experience to it. Just say that you suddenly saw a drone and ran away in fear, but you were really desperate. Then you went there again, and then you took the initiative to be caught. Then you tell the tragic story. indefinite."

Leopard listened to what they said over there, and suddenly said to Brother Meng: "Brother Meng, there is only one problem now, and that is what if this kid can't bear the pressure and betrays us?" manage?"

Brother Meng's eyes suddenly turned cold, he looked at Xiaoyuan and said, "Will you betray us? I know you have a sister in the Federation. You have to think about the consequences of betraying us. If the mission cannot be completed because of you, then Diao You know my methods.

Think about your sister, you don’t want to hurt your sister because of you, right? "

Xiaoyuan listened to the plan they had just made to let him sneak in again, without even asking for his opinion.

After all, he is the weakest person in the team and has no say at all.

hehe!

At this time, Xiaoyuan was filled with anger when he heard Brother Meng's threat.

There is one more person on the blacklist in my heart.

However, if they don't go, they will definitely force themselves to go, and there is no point in struggling.

Moreover, although what Brother Meng said just now was unpleasant, it did capture his weakness.

He wants to go to Oil City and lurk inside without being discovered. If he is discovered, he cannot betray her, otherwise his sister will be in danger.

This is an extremely difficult task, and if you don't do it well, you might die in it.

They didn't know the people of Oil City at all.

It's like opening a blind box, you don't know what's inside.

I can only take a gamble.

"Did you hear that?" Brother Meng suddenly raised his voice and asked.

There was a threat in his voice.

Xiao Yuan clenched his fists hidden in his sleeves, took a deep breath and replied, "I'll go, but I have one condition."

"Conditions? Hahaha, just go if you are told. How can there be so many conditions!?" Brother Meng mocked.

At this time, Leopard said in Brother Meng's ear: "Let's see what his conditions are first. If he wants something, just agree to it for the time being. Anyway, we agree to it, and we won't regret it later."

Hearing what Leopard said, Brother Meng felt that it made sense.

After all, children are children, and they agree to one condition.

These days, promises are bullshit and what you get is the last word.

So he said to Xiaoyuan: "Okay, what are the conditions?"

Xiaoyuan said: "If the mission is completed, I will get twice the reward when I return! And when I come back from Oil City, the food from Sledgehammer will be mine!"

Brother Meng said angrily: "You are still young, but you have a big appetite."

"What?" Brother Meng saw the leopard and pulled him.

Only then did Brother Meng react and pretended to be embarrassed.

He said, "Although the condition you proposed is very difficult, my brother Meng has always been loyal to his brothers. As long as you complete the task, I will definitely satisfy you."

After hearing Brother Meng's words, Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "Okay, you agreed, so many people present heard it."

In his opinion, after all, Brother Meng is considered the number one famous figure in the outer wall of the Northern Federation. Some of the people in this expedition team are following Brother Meng, but there are also some who came in temporarily. people.

That Mengge promised himself in front of so many people. If he didn't do it, his credibility would be greatly affected.

Leopard saw that they had finished talking, so he interrupted and said:

"Mengge, the sun is going down, we have to hide quickly, it will be too late if we are late."

Mengge turned his head and said: "Didn't I ask Xiaosong to find a place? Xiaosong, have you found the place?"

"Found it, Mengge, it's just five kilometers behind, not far. Let's go there now?"

"Let's go." Mengge said to everyone.

(Seeking monthly tickets.)