Chapter 26 Gu Chengyuan is the leader?

As the survivors lined up to enter the first floor of the cafeteria, the empty cafeteria gradually filled up.

It is already past seven in the evening, the sky outside is gradually getting dark, and the light in the cafeteria is even lower.

Nearly eight hundred people were crowded on the first floor of the cafeteria. It was noisy everywhere and visibility was low. Aike and his group, who had just found their seats, felt deeply saddened when they saw this scene.

Isn’t this the refugee camp in a certain country that I had seen online before? Just as dark and noisy, just like their future.

Especially when I hear people around me chatting, my mood becomes even worse.

"Brother Wang, how are your parents? Have you contacted them? I remember they live in Yonghui Community, right?"

"There's no way to get in touch with them. There's no signal. I think it's going to be a bad time! It's been a week since the apocalypse broke out, and there's been no official response. I guess they can't save themselves!"

"Oh! Isn't it? Our Great Zhou has always been known for its efficiency. Now there has been no response for such a long time, it's hard..."

A middle-aged man next to him also interrupted and said, "I think so too, and..."

At this point, the middle-aged man suddenly lowered his voice, looking mysterious.

"According to my guess, the army that rescued us now may be the only army in the entire Night Market..."

Hearing this, someone next to him immediately sneered

"Dude, what you said is not right, haven't you noticed that the number of troops in this army is gradually increasing? Maybe the military district is constantly sending more troops to the rear, and they want to use Yezhou University as a bridgehead for the counterattack in the city!"

The middle-aged man immediately became unhappy when he heard someone refute him, and his voice unconsciously rose a little.

"Counterattack the city? You're so smart! Do you think this is the eastern coast? The far western plateau? Or the northern capital? How can we have so many troops to launch a counterattack?"

"Don't forget that this is Yezhou Province! It's located in the southwest hinterland of Zhou State, and it's very mountainous! It doesn't need any defense force at all. If Yezhou can station a battalion there, it's already over-defended!"

"Calculate how many people there are in the community, how many people are infected, double the death rate, and apply it to this group! How many are left?"

"Even if the warriors here are not all of Yeshi, they are still a large part!"

"Do you expect a counterattack with such a small number of people?"

These words were like a Gatling gun that hit the fragile hearts of several people, and everyone's defense was broken.

The atmosphere froze, and a breath of despair began to spread gradually.

Most of these survivors are residents of the resettlement areas, almost all of them are locals, and their family and blood relations are all in the city.

Everyone was hoping that their lost family members would also be rescued, or at worst, they could wait for the troops to gather and counterattack the city to carry out rescue operations.

But the middle-aged man's analysis was like a bucket of cold water that poured chill down everyone's spine.

“Then the people in the city can only wait to die?” a skinny young man in the crowd said unwillingly.

But no one responded. The answer was already obvious. With such a small number of people, no one was stupid enough to rescue people in a provincial capital city with a population of tens of millions. At the very least, they would count on their fingers.

"Ah, doesn't that mean that Chief Gu is probably one of the most powerful people in the Yeshi military system right now?"

"He looks to be in his early 20s!"

"Not really. He's only a captain and he's a company commander. The district's armed chief is a colonel."

"It's useless, there are no soldiers! Do you think it was before? It's the end of the world, the barrel of a gun knows!"

"That's not too..."

The topic soon took them to a strange place, from concerns about the end of the world to a debate about Gu Chengyuan's current status.

Ai Ke and the other three who were listening on the side sat in silence, especially Ai Ke. Her family was from Ye Province. She had been full of longing for the future, but now after listening to these people's discussion, she felt filled with despair.

Tang Jingwen and Feng Jiayi were not in such a bad mood, because one of them was from the eastern coastal area and the other was from Beijing.

The eastern coast has Zhou State's most powerful Eastern Theater, with more than 500,000 sea, land and air forces equipped with Zhou State's most advanced weapons! And Shenjing is guarded by 200,000 of Zhou State's most elite Shenjing garrison troops.

In comparison, the survival rate of their family members is relatively high.

Zhang Wenwen, on the other hand, did not feel much. She had been an orphan since childhood and grew up in an orphanage. She had no worries and relied on financial support from the Zhoubang government and caring people in society to attend Yezhou University.

It’s not that she is ungrateful and doesn’t worry about those who help her, but because the power that helps her is not a specific person, but a group, so it is difficult for her to worry about some individuals.

Her concern was more about the entire Zhou state and society rather than herself.

Wow ~

When several people were thinking about their own things, there was a sudden cry of surprise. The lights in the cafeteria lit up one after another from left to right. The hundreds of watts of lights illuminated the cafeteria like daylight.

The gloomy hearts of the people seemed to be dispelled a lot by the light emitted by these lights, and they were not as heavy as before.

"Hey hey~"

Cai Anxin's voice was amplified by a handheld speaker and echoed in the cafeteria with an electric sound.

"Please be quiet for a moment! Please be quiet for a moment!"

The survivors in the cafeteria looked in the direction of the sound and found that there was an extra table at the window in front of the cafeteria, and Cai Anxin was standing on it.

He is not tall, about 7 meters tall, and although he has a big belly, he doesn't look bloated, but instead gives people a sense of strength.

Because the voltage of the generator was still unstable, his expression was a mixture of light and dark under the flashing headlights. His rare inverted triangle face and deep and narrow eyes reminded people of a venomous snake called Mangshan iron head.

"Hello, fellow survivors. My name is Cai Anxin! I believe that everyone should know me now. Some of you may have known me before the apocalypse, or my Hongtu Group!"

"But that doesn't matter. It's all in the past! The apocalypse has happened, and all identities are gone!"

"Because of my limited management experience, I have been trusted by Chief Gu and now serve as the director of the Survivor Management Committee of Yezhou University! I won't introduce myself in detail tonight. I believe that I will have many interactions with you in the future!"

At this point, Cai Anxin's voice suddenly rose.

"Now we would like to solemnly welcome the guardian of the night market people who has led the soldiers through life and death and risked his own safety to save our lives! Gu Chengyuan, Chief Gu! Speak a few words for us!"

"Please welcome everyone!"

Bang bang bang bang~

As soon as the words fell, the whole cafeteria burst into applause! The enthusiastic atmosphere almost burst the ceiling of the cafeteria!

"Hello, Chief Gu!"

"Thank you, Commander Gu, for saving my life!"

"Chief Gu!"

When Cai Anxin mentioned the three words "Gu Chengyuan" in her speech, several survivors in the cafeteria felt as if their hearts were tightly gripped.

When Gu Chengyuan, dressed in a neat combat uniform, stepped on a stool and stood on the dining table in front of all the survivors, Aiko and Zhao Jie exclaimed almost at the same time.

"Gu Chengyuan!"

"How could it be him!"

Several people stared at Gu Chengyuan who was standing at the dining table, with disbelief written all over their faces!

At this point the voltage had stabilized and the incandescent light stopped flickering, shining on him like a spotlight.

His nose was high, and his features were deep and distinct under the shadows. After the battles of the past few days, his bright eyes were full of determination, and he looked calm as he glanced at the crowd.

Gu Chengyuan originally thought that he might be stage fright because he had never spoken in front of so many people, but when he actually stood on the table, his heart instantly calmed down.

Looking at the hundreds of people in front of him, they felt like hundreds of wooden stakes, and his eyes gradually became more hawkish and cautious.

"Gu Chengyuan is actually the leader?"

Zhao Jie was shocked at first, and then he became excited. At first he thought he would be satisfied if Gu Chengyuan could help him a little, but he didn't expect that he could take off directly!

The other boys sitting around him shouted excitedly.

"Fuck! Brother Jie is awesome! Your brother is actually the chief here!"

"Brother Jie is awesome! He will definitely take off from now on!"

"Me too! Brother Jie is awesome!"

As for Aiko, her eyes were full of disbelief. She could never have imagined that the man whom she had ignored and even looked down upon before, who had nothing good about him except that he was handsome, would suddenly become the so-called leader.

Her mind was in a mess, and the discussion of the crowd just now was still ringing in her mind.

"He may be one of the most powerful people in the military system in Ye City now..."

She felt that this sentence was a bit exaggerated, but reason told her that it didn't seem to be that exaggerated...