It seed as if she was providing an answer to his question. The woman reached towards her waist and brushed against her steel armour, and with a few "clicks", she lifted her hands and removed the helt, revealing a flawlessly beautiful face.
"I am..."
"This..." The voice of the middle-aged sergeant trembled. Before him stood the mayor of the City of Bright Moon, a Level 6 New Human! An existence no less significant than Li Henian!
Before he could finish speaking, Su Sigui waved to interrupt him. "No need for prattle. Where is Li Songhua? I’m here to see him."
Su Sigui’s words were indisputable. The middle-aged sergeant didn’t dare to say anything more and hastily gathered a smile on his face. He shooed the other soldiers of Qinshan Base into training, and led Su Sigui towards the governnt building.
Seeing Su Sigui approach, Ah Fu’s eyes flashed montarily. He coiled in on himself, concealing his body entirely within a nearby bush. Su Sigui, likely not anticipating soone hiding in the surrounding shrubbery, didn’t pay much attention to her surroundings and walked past.
After watching her pass by, Ah Fu found himself in a state of doubt. His eyes were somber. Li Songhua had just been chatting with him about their life’s ideals. However, as soon as another soldier arrived, Li Songhua pushed him aside, saying that a very important guest had arrived and there were things they couldn’t discuss together.
That was how Ah Fu was asked to leave. But now, Ah Fu couldn’t help but wonder.
"The guest Li Songhua ntioned was Su Sigui? What do they have to talk about that can’t be seen by others?"
Saying this, Ah Fu followed slightly behind, making sure to not get too close as to give himself away.
There were no other soldiers from Qinshan Base beside the middle-aged sergeant leading Su Sigui in search of Li Songhua. Everyone in the group, except for him, were from the City of Bright Moon.
He was walking side by side with Su Sigui, but this middle-aged, long-haired sergeant was a crafty old fox. Despite walking together, he always kept himself half a step behind Su Sigui, allowing her to lead the way.
The soldiers from the City of Bright Moon hung back. But as they got closer to the governnt building, Ah Fu noticed sothing odd.
These soldiers began to scatter. Eventually, when they reached the small pathway that Ah Fu had walked past earlier, two soldiers removed their helts and went in two different directions, leaving the group.
Less than a minute passed and two more soldiers broke away from the formation and disappeared sowhere.
"What are they trying to do?"
Ah Fu tactfully avoided the soldiers of the City of Bright Moon, going unnoticed, and continued to follow Su Sigui’s group silently.
The middle-aged sergeant with long hair led Su Sigui not towards the main entrance but rather to the back door of the governnt building. The reason wasn’t clear. Maybe Su Sigui had instructed him to do so.
Finally, when they reached the back entrance, Ah Fu ceased his pursuit. He observed as Su Sigui entered the building with only four soldiers, leaving the rest to guard the door.
Not long after, Ah Fu heard so noise coming from inside the building.
"May I know who you are?"
"I’m looking for Li Songhua. Where is he?"
"Sorry, our Leader has important matters to attend to and isn’t seeing anyone."
"Where is he?"
"He..."
"Ask again, where is Li Songhua?"
"He... is inside..."
Click~
"No, you can’t go in... Stop! Or I’ll shoot!"
Bang!
"You can’t go in!"
"You talk too much rubbish. Go to hell!"
After that, what Ah Fu heard was a man’s voice, presumably a soldier from the City of Bright Moon, followed by the sound of an exoskeleton suit hitting the wall. Then he saw a disfigured corpse being tossed out, its clothes soaking in its own blood. It seed to be a soldier from Qinshan Base.
anwhile, in a hidden room, three people were inside. Two of them, including Li Songhua, were sitting on a couch, discussing sothing, while the other paced around the room leisurely, examining everything around him.
"Director Li, what’s your decision?"
"Give a mont to think." Rather than responding imdiately, Li Songhua fell into a deep contemplation.
"Thinking about it? Director Li, ti is running out. The zombie riot is spreading, and Qinshan Base is also going to suffer. My n inford two days ago that zombie assembly signs have been seen in Hua City. Soon, Qinshan Base will be attacked by a horde of a million zombies."
Upon hearing these words, Li Songhua’s heart skipped a beat. He had been praying that the zombies in Hua City wouldn’t riot. But, the dreadful day had still arrived.
Li Songhua took a while thinking and examined the man before him. He had phoenix eyes, a long face, and a thick beard - a middle-aged man. His shoulders had an odd protrusion, as if there was extra flesh there. He occasionally lifted his tea cup to take a sip, which exposed his arm and its unusual dark reddish skin tone, covered in thick veins. He was undoubtedly a new human, an abnormally evolved one at that.
This man had approached Li Songhua a long ti ago. Li Songhua had not agreed to his proposal then. But after the zombie riot started spreading from the north, and zombies in many base cities began rioting, he began having second thoughts.
"Leader Yang, it seems your problem is more serious?" Li Songhua’s eyes flashed, showing a hint of blood.
The man laughed, his voice filled with unease. "My danger cos from Su Sigui, but your danger is no less severe than that. If we don’t cooperate, our end will be the sa! Director Li, have you thought it over?"
"I’m quite puzzled, there are so many bases, why didn’t you approach them? Why did you specifically co to ? As you know, Qinshan Base is the weakest among the six big bases. What do you want?" Li Songhua was very cautious. This Yang wanted sothing from his hand. Although Yang never specified what it was, Li Songhua had so guesses.
"Indeed, it does seem suspicious that I haven’t approached other bases. But Director Li, right now, only your situation mirrors mine. Su Sigui has been coveting for a while. She’s a Level 6 New Human, a terrifying existence. And Li Henian is also watching you like a hawk. Asking other bases for help? If any of them hesitate, it would be my death! Those people are not foolish to take a life-threatening risk for a petty gain."
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