#342 - Chapter 342: The Past
Shenzhen City.
Inside an abandoned factory in a suburban area.
After Li Bowen and the other Green Source team members finished off the zombies that followed them in, Yao Lei and the others had barely relaxed when they heard a piece of news from their captain that made them tense up again!
There are people here!
"When we were killing the zombies just now, I saw a few figures hiding behind the windows in that building, watching us. Zombies wouldn't do that, so it can only be survivors!"
Li Bowen said with narrowed eyes, confidently.
Yes.
Just now, everyone was busy shooting and killing the zombies that followed them in, and they assumed that this was an abandoned factory with no one inside, so they didn't pay too much attention.
But he inadvertently saw someone in the building!
And more than one!
"Get ready! Send some people down to make sure all the zombies are cleared out, and reinforce the main gate. A few of you, come with me to meet the people inside that building!"
Team Leader Li quickly made a decision.
Staying in the car all the time is definitely not an option.
The rain outside hasn't shown any signs of weakening, and it's absolutely impossible to rush back to the Green Source base today.
So they must find a place to spend the night.
Instead of going out to find another place, it's better to stay in this factory!
Then they must set up the defense and security here, and also confirm whether the "neighbors" inside welcome them intruders.
What if the other party has opinions and secretly plays tricks?
Then it's better to make things clear from the beginning.
After determining the plan, the people in the car quickly took action.
Relying on the bulletproof vests they were wearing and Yao Lei's fire cover, Team Leader Li quickly ran towards the building where he had seen survivors with three others.
In less than half a minute, they approached the building, turned on the tactical flashlights they were carrying, and threw a few glowing balls inside.
This was also a small gadget invented and made by Li Xu in the base.
After pressing the switch and throwing it out, it can continuously emit strong light to the surroundings for about half an hour.
After doing all this, he cautiously held his rifle and aimed it inside, and let Liu Qing, a team member who came with him, shout:
"Friends inside, we are passing by here and need to stay for the night! We have no malice, please come out and explain everything clearly, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings!"
Liu Qing was the team member who suggested coming here earlier. He used to be extremely skilled at flying drones, and his reputation among the combat team members has always been good.
After he shouted, there was silence inside.
It was as expected.
If the other party obediently came out just after hearing a sentence, then they would really doubt how the other party could survive in the apocalypse until now.
"We really have no malice! We were just forced here by this sudden heavy rain. If you don't want to communicate with us, that's okay, but let's make it clear first, we will stay in the car or the building next to it, and we hope there won't be any misunderstandings!"
It was within Team Leader Li and the others' expectations that the other party didn't come out.
That's okay, it's not impossible for them to stay in the car for one night.
Although they were also confident that they could rush in and drag out all these survivors who seemed to be using this place as their home and kill them directly.
But there was no need.
Survivors who can survive until now basically have some skills.
Rushing in would inevitably have some risks, after all, this is someone else's residence, and it is reasonable to set up some traps.
Presumably, the other party also saw their guns and firepower just now.
Even if they have ideas, they probably won't really come out to die.
After doing all this, Li Bowen had already waved his hand to signal everyone to prepare to go back to the car.
Just as they were about to turn around and leave, a voice interrupted their departure.
"Hey! Can you take us with you?!"
A male voice that sounded young came from the darkness inside the building!
Then, a man with his hands raised, wearing a baseball cap backwards, slowly walked out from inside and stood opposite Team Leader Li and the others.
Someone actually dared to come out!
"Please don't shoot! I am a survivor living here."
He walked to a place about seven or eight meters away from the Green Source people and stopped, raising his hands and shouting loudly.
This time it was Team Leader Li and the others' turn to be surprised. He didn't expect the other party to really come out and directly ask to join them.
"We are just here to stay for one night and will leave soon. We don't plan to take anyone in!"
Team Leader Li immediately declined.
Are you kidding me.
How could they just take in some survivors with unknown backgrounds now?
"Glenn! Come back quickly!"
At this time, another male voice came from the darkness of the building.
Team Leader Li and the others guessed that it was other survivors here.
From this voice, they could also hear the anxiety contained in it, as if they were worried about the safety of this man who had already come out.
"Brother Xiao, it's okay."
The man who raised his hands and stood in front of the combat team members shouted back, then continued to turn his head and said to Team Leader Li and the others:
"Please don't be offended, we are people gathered together in this area to survive."
Before he could continue to explain, another man walked out from behind him again!
He also raised his hands, slowly walked to the man he called Glenn, signaled that he had no malice, and then opened his mouth and said:
"We are just ordinary people, please don't shoot."
Team Leader Li and the others were speechless.
Are these people so unafraid of death...
Or do they have some other reliance, otherwise how dare they come out like this...
Team Leader Li gestured to Liu Qing, who, as an old member of his team, naturally understood the captain's meaning. He didn't care about this kind of questioning and communication.
As for why they suddenly took the initiative in the situation.
Of course, it was because they held justice in their hands.
After that.
Naturally, it was a scene of Liu Qing asking questions and the other party answering.
A few minutes later, they finally understood the general situation here.
It turned out that these people were people living around here after the apocalypse, or some survivors who had drifted here from farther places one after another.
Relying on the plants and scattered food they found outside, they barely survived until now by relying on this abandoned factory.
"So, there are seven of you here? And you don't have any weapons?"
Liu Qing communicated with the other party for a while, and he was considered to have a certain familiarity with the other party, so he directly asked this question that they were more concerned about.
Soon he got a positive answer from the other party.
Okay, that's easy.
"Then it's okay for us to stay here tonight, right? We will pay you the corresponding fees!"
It sounded like a request, but it had an unquestionable tone.
This is the strength of the Green Source team members now.
"......"
The two men on the opposite side regretted standing up to communicate with these people so directly.
So direct!?
Did they still have a choice?
If they weren't barely surviving, and even the gate was destroyed by the other party, these people living here might be finished once they left!
So they wanted to find a way to survive!
Joining these people was one way, but they were rejected by the other party.
The man who came out later did not answer Liu Qing's question, but instead hesitated and looked at Li Bowen, who had been silent all the time, and couldn't help but ask after hesitating for a while:
"Um, did you pass the Zhushi Expressway last year?"
"Are you the people from that large transportation team?"
"My name is Xiao Ming. I seemed to have seen you there before. Is it you?"
(End of this chapter)
