#158 - Chapter 158 Idol Collapse
"If your brother doesn't get treatment, he'll lose his leg!"
The woman grabbed his arm and shook it vigorously, tears seemingly welling up in her eyes, though it was hard to tell if they were real or not.
Brother Chen, of course, understood what she meant.
In this world, losing a leg was not much different from dying.
"Why are you willing to help him?"
Brother Chen remained expressionless, instead questioning the woman with a cold tone.
She had been fawning over him just a while ago, and now, after only a few days, she was running to him for help for her cousin. Something didn't seem right.
The woman's face changed several times, her mind racing. After a long moment, she released Brother Chen's hand and said in a low voice:
"I couldn't find you, so I got together with your brother."
As expected.
It was about what Brother Chen had imagined. His cousin was riding high at the time, making it easy to attract many outside butterflies.
"Tell him we're over. You should leave!"
Brother Chen remained unmoved. From the day of their split, he had already regarded that person as a stranger.
Not to mention, he had come to humiliate him a few days ago.
The woman seemed surprised that he was really so heartless. She still wanted to say something to make Brother Chen change his mind, but Brother Chen didn't give her the chance, turning around and quickly returning to his small room.
Leaving behind the unwilling woman, who didn't dare to really step into the living area of these night patrol members, as she would be warned and punished.
Seeing that nothing could be done, the woman finally left quietly.
Brother Chen lay on his small bed, staring at the open ceiling above, his mind still thinking about what the woman had said.
In the Wan City Shelter, it was now impossible to get more food and medicine for free; everything needed to be exchanged.
As for what could be exchanged, there were many things: food, weapons, useful supplies, and even labor.
Repairing the walls of the shelter would earn corresponding subsidies.
The woman came here for help, nothing more than wanting him to take out his savings for his cousin.
As for the cousin he had already given up on, he naturally didn't have that idea.
Still, the same words as before.
Let's each be well.
With this thought, Brother Chen continued to doze, waiting for mealtime to arrive.
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This time, the Green Source convoy's return trip was much smoother, possibly due to the weather, as very few survivors were venturing out onto the national highways and expressways.
They set off in the morning, not speeding along empty like they had on the way there. On the return trip, they drove home at a normal speed with the supplies they had found again.
They returned to Green Source Base at around 2 PM.
After a period of quarantine and communication, the convoy returned to the base in an orderly manner.
This trip to Yang City was completely over.
The newly recovered supplies were still being put into storage and counted according to the procedure, and the damaged weapons and equipment were also sealed up.
As for the team members, they were really tired this time.
Not only physically tired, but also mentally exhausted.
This was a spiritual baptism.
Qin Jin let them go back to rest early.
They needed to slowly learn to accept these things themselves.
After finishing his instructions, Qin Jin returned to his office to start working on the next plan.
It was almost mid-November, not far from December, and some preparations needed to be made in advance.
Soon, his desk was filled with new action plans again.
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Inside Green Source Base.
One of the more impressive dormitory buildings.
This was where the combat team members lived.
As Green Source Base's strongest violent force, they were favored by the boss and naturally received better treatment at the base.
The dorms here were basically one-bedroom apartments or two-bedroom apartments, all with private bathrooms, showers, and kitchens.
At this time, in one of the dorms.
Yao Lei returned to her home after completing the weapon handover and the team's disbandment.
She walked into the room and lay listlessly on her soft, pink bed.
Her mother wasn't home from work yet, so she was the only one home right now.
She stared at the ceiling, the bloody scenes from the Guo Family Shelter yesterday flashing through her mind, and she shuddered.
She shook her head, not daring to think about it again.
"Sigh."
She sighed silently.
Knock knock knock.
Suddenly.
There was a knock on the door outside.
Yao Lei hesitated for a moment before reluctantly getting up and opening the door.
"Oh? It's Xin Xin! Come in and sit down."
Seeing that the person outside was her good friend Zhou Xin, Yao Lei's spirits lifted a lot, and she proactively took her arm and led her into the house.
Sitting on the sofa, Yao Lei hugged Zhou Xin's arm, not continuing to speak, but quietly staring blankly with her eyes.
Zhou Xin seemed to have expected this. She came to comfort her good friend.
"Lei Lei, you're feeling very uncomfortable, right? If you're feeling uncomfortable, just cry it out. There's no one else here."
Zhou Xin patted her good friend's hand and said softly.
Yao Lei shook her head, not answering, but hugging the arm in her arms even tighter.
Seeing this, Zhou Xin didn't say anything else and continued to sit quietly with her good friend.
After a long time.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Yao Lei finally took the initiative to speak.
"Xin Xin, do you think what we're doing is really right? More and more lives are in our hands! I initially thought that joining the combat team would only be about dealing with zombies, but why do we often have to kill humans?"
"Now, when I close my eyes, I see those broken corpses. I dreamed about them last night too. They want me to go down and accompany them!"
After speaking, she shuddered, seemingly remembering something again.
This time, Zhou Xin pulled her over, the two sat face to face, and she proactively stared into her eyes, her tone becoming much heavier as she said:
"I knew you would start overthinking, so I came to be with you."
"Actually, there's no need to think too much about these things. As time passes, they will fade in our memories, and we will need to continue living."
Zhou Xin saw that her friend's eyes were fluctuating slightly, and continued to say:
"We are no longer alone; everyone has family here."
"If one day, others do to our Green Source Base what happened yesterday, and all our relatives and friends fall in pools of blood, would you regret not killing others first?"
This time, Yao Lei's eyes struggled even more violently, Zhou Xin continued to speak.
"I would regret it, so I did it."
"Even if I have to bear too much because of it, I will do it."
"For everything here, I must do it!"
Yao Lei couldn't help but close her eyes, let go of Zhou Xin's hand, turned around and picked up a pillow from the sofa, leaned back on the sofa, and said loudly:
"Xin Xin, stop talking! I understand the reasons! I know these things have to be done!"
"I was just saying that because the atmosphere was right, I had to say this kind of TV line to fit the occasion."
"But..."
"But... I feel like the perfect image of Chief Qin in my mind has collapsed!"
"I used to think he only killed bad people."
"Now he's not perfect anymore."
Speaking of the end, Yao Lei revealed a hopeless expression.
Zhou Xin was in a mess by the side....
(End of this chapter)
