"What are they doing?" Li Tie, who was sitting in the back, asked.
There was a commotion over there.
Li Hang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "It seems like they're distributing food. I just heard them say they were going somewhere to snatch grain."
Li Tie said, "They're probably coming for our base."
He then looked at the people who were distributing food, his eyes flickering, and took a few steps back to the back door.
He wanted to see if they could leave through the back door while they were distributing food.
Patting Da Pao, who was standing by the back window, Li Tie asked, "Da Pao, what's going on back here?"
Da Pao shook his head and said, "I just checked. There are at least a dozen people squatting near the back door. There might be some on the side too, but they're hidden in the bushes. It's dark, so I can't see clearly."
Li Tie sighed. It seemed it would still be difficult to break through, so he turned to leave.
Da Pao looked at his limping gait and asked with concern, "Tie Zi, is your leg alright?"
Li Tie turned back and forced a smile, saying, "It's nothing, I won't die. You keep an eye on things here. If they come over, let us know."
Da Pao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll handle the back door."
The sky gradually darkened, and soon, it was completely dark.
Under the illumination of the lights, Hua Chuanlong and their food were divided in just a few minutes.
The civilians, eating their food, picked up their weapons and surrounded the small building.
Hua Chuanlong had the car drive over. He had already thought of a solution. He would try to persuade them one more time. If the other side still refused to give up resisting, he would have the car drive over.
Assault!
Less than two hundred meters away from them.
On the uphill section.
Several people were in the trees, looking at the bright car lights in the distance.
It was He Chao and his group. They were searching for things nearby and were about to return to the Gas Station.
But just as they were returning, they heard gunshots.
So they drove over, but they didn't dare to get too close, only able to see from a distance what was happening.
Under the tree, He Chao said to the person in the tree, "Did you see anything? What happened with those loud gunshots just now?"
The person in the tree looked for a long time, and finally saw the off-road vehicle Li Hang and his group were driving. He seemed to have seen this car at the Da Zhangshu Base before.
So, he immediately climbed down from the tree, as agile as a monkey.
After coming down, he said with a shocked expression, "Brother Chao, there are two groups of people over there. One group looks like they have a lot of people, at least several hundred, densely packed.
I didn't see the other group. But they are probably inside that house.
The group with many people has surrounded that house.
Also, I just saw the car of the Da Zhangshu Base people! I don't know if it's them."
He Chao wasn't too surprised by the first part of what he heard. These were at most messages that could be exchanged for grain with the Da Zhangshu Base.
But when he heard the latter part, his eyes widened in surprise.
The people from the Da Zhangshu Base are surrounded?!
Ever since they started cooperating with the Da Zhangshu Base, they not only exchanged food with them.
Moreover, they are now unofficial members of the Da Zhangshu Base.
At the Da Zhangshu Base, a point contribution system for joining them had been established, and they all wanted to join.
Furthermore, from a personal perspective, his daughter was at the Da Zhangshu Base. In He Chao's heart, he had already come to regard the Da Zhangshu Base as his home.
Now that the people from the Da Zhangshu Base were surrounded, he definitely had to do something.
So he quickly ran towards the car, seemed to remember something, and walked back, saying, "Monkey, you few stay here and watch. The others, follow me to the Da Zhangshu Base."
Monkey nodded upon hearing this and said, "Should we do something?"
He Chao thought for a moment and said, "No need. You just stay here and watch. They all have firearms, and we don't. Going over would just be a sacrifice, it wouldn't make much sense."
After speaking, he immediately got into the car and drove towards the Da Zhangshu Base.
They were not far from the Da Zhangshu Base, only five or six kilometers away. They would arrive soon.
Beyond a few mountain forests, the National Highway undulated like a long dragon through the mountains.
And there were some houses near the National Highway.
At the Da Zhangshu Base, Li Yu saw that it was dark and called for Third Uncle and Li Gang, preparing to go out and look for Li Hang and his group.
Originally, Yang Tianlong was not allowed to go, but he said that after two months of rest, his body was fine.
Ever since Yang Tianlong was injured in the snow last time, he had been recuperating.
He had not been allowed to go out for anything, and he was getting bored to death staying at home.
Li Yu looked at Yang Tianlong, saw that he was indeed fine, and did not stop him.
Just as everyone was about to open the gate, Li Haoran, who was on the wall, saw a car light shining from not far away.
So Li Haoran quickly said, "There's a light, it might be Brother Hang and his group returning. Big Brother, come up and take a look."
Li Yu was happy to hear this. It's good that they're back.
But when he got up onto the wall, he saw that the car was not the one Li Hang and his group drove today.
This car, it looked somewhat familiar.
The car was moving very fast, as if there was something urgent.
The car window was rolled down, revealing a face, it was He Chao.
Li Yu saw He Chao's face. They came running over in the middle of the night. They looked so rushed, and Li Hang and his group hadn't returned. After connecting these thoughts.
His heart sank.
A bad premonition flashed in his mind.
As expected.
After He Chao rolled down the car window, he shouted at Li Yu on the wall:
"Something's happened! Five kilometers away, I saw a car from the base, I don't know whose it is. They're in a house next to a National Highway, surrounded by hundreds of people. I heard the sound of gunfire and fighting!"
He Chao's words were concise, and he quickly explained most of the information he knew clearly.
Li Yu, on the wall, felt his heart tremble when he heard what He Chao said.
But he gripped the railing on the wall tightly, and in a few seconds, he regained his composure, without a trace of emotion.
"Haoran, open the gate, and also have Second Uncle and the others come over. Bring a full set of equipment, and, uh, bring two rocket launchers too." Li Yu said calmly.
Click, click, click~
The gate was opened, and He Chao and his group drove straight in.
Thump, thump, thump~
Li Yu came down from the steps.
Third Uncle was even calmer. He just turned and left, walked into the guard room, put on a bulletproof vest, tucked two pistols into his waistband, looked around, and chose an automatic rifle.
He Chao, who had just entered, got out of the car before it even stopped and said, "Manager Li, I was just at the Maple Forest, and I heard gunshots, so I went to check. Then I found a lot of people there, and many cars."
Li Yu nodded and said, "When? Did they find you?"
"Just now. They didn't find us. Also, among those hundreds of people, it seems many of them have guns. We were afraid of being exposed, so we didn't get close." He Chao said.
Li Yu said, "Hmm, you did very well."
Then he looked at Second Uncle and the others who had walked over and said, "Li Hang and the others are probably surrounded by people from Safe City. We need to go rescue them.
Those whose names were called immediately prepared their equipment to go out.
Meng Yu, Third Uncle, Yang Tianlong, Li Gang, Li Zhengping, Yu Tong, Zhou Weizhi, Xie Weishan, Song Min, Song Qi, Xiao Han, Wang Cheng, Lao Lü, Lao Xie..."
Li Yu quickly called out the names of nearly thirty people.
Then, Li Yu said again, "Those whose names were called, put on your equipment immediately, right now. We depart in two minutes.
The rest of you, be on duty in the base, all go up to the wall, and set the alert level to one. First Uncle, Second Uncle, you two watch the base."
Level one?
Even during the zombie tide, it was only level two or three. Now this is...
Everyone's hearts sank.
A commotion erupted, and discussions broke out.
Especially his father Li Hongyuan and mother Liu Fanghua. They weren't on the wall just now, but they had just heard Li Yu say that Li Hang and his group were surrounded by people from Safe City, and their lives were unknown.
Anxious, worried.
Lai Dongsheng's wife almost fainted. Her family's pillar was now outside, whereabouts unknown, life or death unknown.
Ding Qingqing thought of her father Ding Jiu and Li Hang being outside, and for a moment, she was so anxious she wanted to cry.
Third Aunt gritted her teeth, forcing herself to calm down. Her son was also outside.
Third Aunt walked to Li Hongyuan and mother Liu Fanghua, comforting them.
Most of the people in the base were filled with worry and anxiety.
Hearing the discussions, Li Yu's heart was also in turmoil just now. Those were his younger brother, his cousins, his brothers.
But he quickly calmed down.
He shouted at everyone, "What are you arguing about? Listen to what I say and do it, quickly."
Then he walked towards a car and checked the magazines.
Fluidly, one magazine after another was filled.
He was so calm that not a trace of emotion could be seen.
But if one could see his eyes, one would see the brutality and rage in their depths.
It was as if there was an invisible, steady yet domineering aura that made everyone stop panicking.
In an orderly rush, everyone quickly prepared their things.
And Third Uncle, slowly walked towards Li Yu and said, "I'll go first. I'll drive the new energy electric car over. I'll check it out first, and I won't alert the enemy."
Li Yu glanced at Third Uncle, saw his calm eyes, sighed slightly, and said, "Alright, Third Uncle, you go first."
Third Uncle didn't waste words, he simply flipped into a new energy electric car.
Whoosh~
The vehicle immediately sped away.
In less than two minutes, everyone had driven their vehicles over, and some people hadn't even finished preparing their equipment.
But there was no time to wait for them, everyone got into the cars.
They put on their equipment directly in the cars.
Seven or eight cars sped by on the National Highway at an extremely fast pace.
After they left.
Bang!
The gate was closed.
And next to Li Yu's car, He Chao and his group were together.
Destination, Maple Forest!
After they left, Second Uncle and First Uncle exchanged glances, their faces full of seriousness.
They were facing their biggest crisis yet.
They dared not be distracted at all, arranging personnel, even moving the heavy machine guns from the guard room and placing them at the main entrance.
Click, click, click.
First Uncle pressed the bullets in one by one, his eyes filled with determination.
There's more to come~
I'm going to eat first, then continue writing after eating.
