#699 - Chapter 699 What have you done?
"Pui~~~~, empty again!"
Liu Qing spat on the ground outside a building, clearly in a bad mood.
Why?
Because the place they were searching didn't have what they needed.
They wasted bullets killing zombies hiding deep inside the building, risked their lives searching the entire structure, and found absolutely nothing. Anyone would be in a bad mood.
Beside him, Li Bowen was much calmer.
This was just the daily routine for the combat unit.
It's not like they could always find what they needed at every target location. Most of the time, they came back empty-handed.
Fortunately, Zhou Xin's side had made progress.
They had learned through the radio that Zhou Xin had found some needed information at the teaching building where survivors were living.
"Teams three and four didn't find anything either, let's head over to Zhou Xin's location and regroup!"
After making this decision, the scattered Green Source team members began to converge towards the Nanyang University shelter.
Having some success was good enough.
They should get the items first and move them to the airship. There were still other places to go.
They arrived this morning to search the university, attract and kill zombies, then split up to venture out and find things. Now, it was almost noon.
After transporting the materials, they could eat lunch on the airship.
They would decide what to do in the afternoon.
Before long,
Li and the others emerged from various parts of the school, approached the teaching building, and met Zhou Xin and the others who were already waiting at the entrance.
"Captain! Here, these are all the things we found in the teaching building. Many of them are exactly what we were looking for!"
Zhou Xin, one of the core members who had been with Qin Jin from the start, was closest to Li Bowen. He immediately greeted the captain and explained the situation to everyone.
Time wasn't too urgent, and they didn't see any immediate danger, so Li and the others who had gathered around listened quietly to Zhou Xin's explanation.
Well.
The survivors staying here at Nanyang University were quite sensible. Not only did they not resist, but they also actively helped them collect the materials.
Even those who frequently went out rarely encountered such cooperation.
Since Zhou Xin and the others hadn't encountered any danger and had obtained what they needed, Li didn't dwell too much on why these people were so cooperative.
He just assumed they were enthusiastic citizens.
"Captain, many of these survivors are former Nanyang University students. Should we absorb some of them into Green Source?"
At the end, Zhou Xin left the decision to Captain Li Bowen.
The base was undergoing major development, and as long as people in various industries didn't have excessively bad character, they were generally accepted.
Even if the treatment for talent wasn't as good as before, directly absorbing them into a branch base, they would still give them a level 1 personnel status and place them in a small or large residential area for observation.
If they performed well later, they could rise to become a level 3 headquarters personnel, envied by outsiders.
Li Bowen glanced at the Nanyang University shelter personnel who were secretly watching, their eyes filled with curiosity and nervousness.
Curiosity was certain, after all, it had been a year since the apocalypse, and this was the first time people who appeared to be from an official organization had shown up. They didn't know how these people would treat them.
The fear was natural because the Green Source people were all wearing bulletproof vests and carrying firearms. Any one or two of them could easily wipe them out.
Nanyang University had the strongest chemical engineering program. Perhaps many of these people were talented in that field.
It was indeed worth bringing some people back to headquarters to enrich the talent pool.
He nodded to Zhou Xin, then walked to Xie Yuankai, the leader of the Nanyang University group. He could roughly guess who was in charge based on their positions.
"We are from a force from the south. If you are interested, you can join our base!"
"Although we are not particularly strong, our basic order is quite good, and we can provide certain benefits."
After speaking, he gestured to Liu Qing, who had come with him, to briefly introduce the general external situation of the Green Source base to these people.
!!!
Not only Xie Yuankai, but the people behind him also began to stir after hearing Liu Qing's continuous description.
What a great place!
This Green Source base actually controlled a considerable area and used various grains and materials to trade with survivors outside, especially since they valued talent highly!
This was fantastic!
Many of the former top students in the Nanyang University shelter began to move forward, seemingly wanting to accept the Green Source captain's recruitment!
Compared to staying in this hopeless place, they also wanted to develop there!
"Moreover, we strongly despise cannibals and robbers. Anyone who commits acts that violate human nature in our area will be subjected to our long-term pursuit! Many survivors outside hope to join our base to seek safety!"
Towards the end, Liu Qing also introduced the situation outside of Green Source, with thousands of survivors living under the protection of Green Source, accepting the base's employment and avoiding being hunted by more ferocious members of their own kind further out.
???
Liu Qing's words caused many of the Nanyang University people who had been moving forward to stop!
They heard it.
This airborne force seemed to not welcome a certain group!
The hope and enthusiasm in their hearts seemed to be extinguished by a basin of cold water, and they stopped moving forward again.
That place.
Perhaps it wasn't a place they could go.
Li Bowen's originally calm gaze narrowed, noticing the abnormality on the other side.
They were very eager when they first heard Liu Qing's introduction, but their expectations died down after hearing the later part, as if they heard Liu Qing say they didn't welcome certain groups, right?
Interesting.
But he didn't say anything on the spot.
These people hadn't resisted earlier probably because of the terrifying force.
Otherwise...
"Thank you for your recruitment! But it seems that our people don't want to go too far away. We will stay here and continue waiting for other official organizations from Gansu Province to rescue us."
Xie Yuankai felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect these people to really exclude certain groups. Fortunately, his side hadn't shown any hostility from the beginning, otherwise it might have been a big problem.
He was very satisfied that none of his companions beside him had agreed to leave.
It was a good thing they hadn't, otherwise they would have revealed something sooner or later and the other party would have found out what had happened here.
It was best to let these people who came here leave like this.
This was still the Nanyang University shelter under his control!
Just as Xie Yuankai was secretly hoping that these Green Source people would leave quickly, the situation changed again!
A man walked to Li's side, staring at the people in the Nanyang University shelter with a cannibalistic gaze, his mouth making a terrible hoarse sound.
"What have you done!?"
This person was none other than Gao Qiang!
(End of chapter)
