Chapter 145： doomsday survival

The night he stayed in this strange base, Lu Shijin didn't sleep well all night.

It's not that he is seriously ill, but that in the current apocalypse, people's hearts are unpredictable, and he doesn't believe that there will be any kind people who are selfless and self-sacrificing, such as this Mr. Gu.

It sounds full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but Lu Shijin feels hypocritical no matter how he looks at it.

Fortunately, the night passed without incident. At dawn, Lu Shijin woke up Xiang Ting and urged him to leave. Staying at this base for one more second may be a little more dangerous.

The two packed up and were about to leave the room to meet with others when Lu Shijin suddenly heard the sound of a small animal scratching the door outside the door. When he opened the door, there was a chubby orange cat squatting at the door, squinting green cat eyes. follow him.

"Where did the cat come from?" Lu Shijin felt strange.

Big Fat Orange raised his paws and stroked his beard, and the tail behind his buttocks swayed leisurely. Seeing that Lu Shijin didn't run out, he was not afraid of life at all, as if he knew Lu Shijin.

Inexplicably, Lu Shijin also felt a little familiar with this cat, especially the corner of the cat's mouth was still grinning, it seemed like he was imitating a human laughing.

"It looks like this cat usually eats well. It's so fat, who's pet should it be? How did you find me here?" Lu Shijin joked half-truth, squatted down and stroked Fat Orange's head, "Since you If you bring it to your door, then don't blame me for being cruel, and I don't know if roast cat meat is delicious."

"Cat meat isn't delicious! Meow!" Fat Ju scratched Lu Shijin's paw angrily. Lu Shijin suddenly heard Fat Ju uttering words, and was startled, turned his head and shouted to Xiang Ting, "Xiang Ting, come here! There are A cat has become a sperm!"

Fat Orange turned around leisurely, "You've only become an elite meow! Stupid Xiaolu, you don't even know me, meow?"

Hearing this familiar tone, Lu Shijin suddenly thought of something and asked suspiciously, "Are you—Lin Dong?"

Pang Ju proudly shook the huge cat's head, "Yes, my abilities have evolved meow, now I can not only become a table and chair meow, I can also become an animal meow, meow meow meow meow Meow~"

Lu Shijin: "..." Lin Dong's fat figure gradually overlapped with this orange cat whose body was also fat into a ball. With the orange cat's cute call of "miaomiaomiao", it was an indescribable joy.

"Are you going to change anything other than a cat?" Lu Shijin asked with interest, "such as tigers, lions, elephants, dinosaurs and these beasts."

Fat Orange: "What are you thinking meow, my current ability seems to only be able to change into some small animals like puppies and kittens, I can also change into a rat and a sparrow, it will be easier to escape in the future hehe meow~"

Lu Shijin: "..." Sure enough, he still doesn't have much combat power, but it's good to be able to turn into a sparrow and fly, but I don't know if such a fat sparrow can fly or move.

Xiang Ting walked over to take a look, "Since Lin Dong's abilities have evolved, then Tang Qin and Su Ling's abilities should have evolved too. Let's find them and join them."

Lu Shijin had no objection. He looked down and saw that Lin Dong was still in the form of an orange cat, and asked, "Aren't you going to change back?"

Fat Ju shook his head and said, "Why do you change back? I think it's too tiring to be a human, or it's more comfortable to be an animal. Do you know what my biggest wish is?"

Lu Shijin asked cooperatively, "What is it?"

"It is to be a pet cat or pet dog in the next life, carefree, doing two things all day long, eating and sleeping," Fat Orange sighed, "Of course, if there is a next life, meow."

Lu Shijin agreed, "This is also my wish."

"All pet cats and dogs need to be sterilized, are you willing?" Xiang Ting suddenly said casually.

Yes, to cut the eggs, Lu Shijin and Pang Ju, one cat and one cat, felt a tight crotch at the same time, and fell silent.

Forget it, let’s be human, it’s good to be human.

The two found Tang Qin and Su Ling's room together. After knocking on the door twice, Tang Qin and Su Ling came out of the room.

"Have your abilities evolved?" Xiang Ting asked straight to the point.

Tang Qin nodded, and for some reason, his expression was a little stiff.

Xiang Ting smiled, "That's good, it seems that there is no problem with the crystal core that Mr. Gu gave you. It's getting late, and we should be on our way. Let's go to Mr. Gu to say goodbye."

"Wait! Xiang Ting!" Tang Qin stopped Xiang Ting before he stepped forward. Xiang Ting heard that Tang Qin did not call him "Brother Xiang" as usual, but suddenly called out his full name in a strange way. After sinking, he slowly turned to look at him, "Is there anything else?"

Tang Qin's face was very unnatural, as did Su Ling standing next to him, her eyes were red and her eyelids were swollen.

After hesitating for a while, Tang Qin held Su Ling's hand, took a deep breath, and said, "That's it, Lingzi and I decided to stay and not leave."

The atmosphere suddenly became very embarrassing. The four of them just stood there, and no one spoke first. Even Fat Orange, who was squatting at Lu Shijin's feet, had a serious expression on the cat's face, and forgot to shake his tail.

In fact, Tang Qin made the decision to stay, and Lu Shijin was not surprised.

Doubt is like a seed. Once planted in people's hearts and a little provocation, it can quickly take root and sprout and spread faster and faster.

Tang Qin and Su Ling have begun to distrust Xiang Ting, and this base looks very safe, so they don't need to be displaced like before when they stay here, and they have such a good boss with the surname Gu, they want to stay here. Thoughts are normal.

Xiang Ting said lightly: "If you want to stay, of course I respect your decision, but how much do you know about this place? What if it's a trap?"

Tang Qin gritted his teeth and said: "Xiang Ting, you don't need to be preaching, for so long, we believe in you, so we do whatever you say, but we also have our own judgment, we are not yours Subordinate, you are not our leader either."

"I never regarded you as my subordinates. I said that we are a team," Xiang Ting said blankly, "I'm only playing the role of team leader temporarily. If you want, you can take it."

Tang Qin snorted coldly: "Team? Do you think you're doing a project in the university? I don't care about leading the team, but Lingzi and I don't want to leave our lives in the hands of others. We want to be our own masters, so Xiang Ting, let's stop here, so we can get together and leave."

"Brother Xiang, Tang Qin's words are a bit rushed, don't take it to heart." Su Ling choked and pulled Tang Qin back, she stood in front of her and said, "You brought us all the way, we are very Thank you, it's just that I don't want to live this kind of fearful life anymore, so we decided to stay last night. We have already inquired with the people here, and they can take in foreign power users, as long as they work with them to complete tasks every day , you can live without worry, and you can get crystal cores. We all think this place is very good. Brother Xiang, if you want, you can stay with us? Everyone can take care of you."

Xiang Ting glanced at Lu Shijin, then turned to look at Su Ling and said coldly, "I won't stay. The purpose of our coming out was to find a self-help organization, and my goal will not change."

"Did you hear? I told you earlier that you can't talk to him," Tang Qin sneered and pulled Su Ling back, "He is such a domineering and self-willed person."

Lu Shijin sneered like Tang Qin, and sneered: "Tang Qin, you talk, don't be sarcastic with a gun and a stick, Xiang Ting doesn't owe you anything, but saves you time and time again, you don't know. It’s okay to repay the favor, it’s okay to betray your promise and want to stay, but why do you accuse Xiang Ting in a tone that seems to be sorry for you?”

Tang Qin became annoyed, "What's up with you!" He glanced back and forth between Xiang Ting and Lu Shijin, and mocked with disdain, "Oh, I see, you two are getting along, right? I said you were concubine. Doesn't it bother you?"

"Bastard!" Lu Shijin was furious. He raised his fist and wanted to smash Tang Qin's proud face, but Xiang Ting didn't give him a chance. .

"You **** dare to do it!" Tang Qin was furious and rushed forward to fight back, but Su Ling held him tightly, Tang Qin's face was flushed with anger, and he shouted at Su Ling, "What are you holding me for? He has supernatural powers. I have it too, I'm afraid he won't succeed?!"

Su Ling cried: "Don't fight, you all need to say a few words less, Brother Xiang, I'm sorry, what Tang Qin said just now was angry, not intentional, I apologize to you on his behalf."

Xiang Ting said with a cold face: "Whether intentional or not, what you say is the water that was poured out. You have said it, and it is useless to apologize afterwards. Tang Qin and Su Ling, it seems that our fate is here. I will not stop you if you stay, and everyone will cherish each other in the future."

"Oh, how come it's good, so we started arguing meow."

"Who's talking!" Su Ling heard a strange voice that didn't belong to the four of them, and looked around, and found that the voice came from the mouth of an orange cat brought by Lu Shijin, and was horrified, "Why does the cat talk about people? talk?!"

Fat Ju drooped his cat's eyes, "It's me, Lin Dongmiao, my powers have evolved, and I can become a small animal, meow, but unfortunately I've just become useful, so we're about to break up meow."

"Lin Dong?" Tang Qin rolled his eyes when he heard the orange cat calling himself Lin Dong, and said quickly, "Brother Dong, do you want to stay with us?"

Tang Qin now desperately wants someone to stand with him on a united front to prove that he is right, he is no worse than Xiang Ting.

He felt that among them, Lin Dong played with him the best, and after getting along these days, he knew that Lin Dong was also a person who was greedy for life and fear of death. There was food, drink and safety here, and Lin Dong had no reason not to stay. .

As long as Lin Dong said he was willing to stay, it meant that Xiang Ting had completely lost his heart. Just thinking about it made Tang Qin feel very happy.

"Me?" The orange cat smacked the cat's mouth, "Forget it."

Tang Qin was puzzled: "Why?"

Orange cat: "You two are a couple, why am I staying alone, being a light bulb?"

Tang Qin pointed at Xiang Ting and Lu Shijin: "...Do you think they are a couple?"

"It's not the same," Orange Cat asserted, "they are both men, and I'm not a base. Even if they show their affection, I'm not a lemon. Besides, Xiao Lu and I met first, so it is reasonable to say that I have to go with him, there is still a beginning and an end to life, well, you can stay at ease, I wish you all the best in the future, meow."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

The words "beginning and ending", like a slap, slapped Tang Qin's face hard, invisibly feeling a burning pain on his face.

Tang Qin was embarrassed and angrily, and pulled Su Ling away angrily.

Lu Shijin and Xiang Ting took Fat Ju to go to Mr. Gu to bid farewell. Mr. Gu politely said a few words of retention, but seeing that they had made up their minds to leave, he didn't say anything more, and even gave them some food to take on the road. eat.

Xiang Ting drove Lu Shijin and Lin Dong away from the base. The moment the car drove away from the gate of the base, the haze that had accumulated in Lu Shijin's heart disappeared, and he finally felt relieved. This ghost place, no matter how good it looks, He didn't want to wait a moment.

He sat in the co-pilot and glanced into the mirror on the right. He planned to say goodbye to the base that was getting further and further behind him, but he didn't expect to see a familiar figure flashing past the gate of the base in the distance.

But when he rubbed his eyes, and then fixed his eyes to confirm who it was, the figure disappeared again.

Was he dazzled just now?

That figure? Why does it look like Du Jiang who is already dead?

Xiang Ting, who was driving, found that Lu Shijin was distracted with his head down, his face was a little dignified, and he asked with concern, "What are you thinking about?"

Lu Shijin came back to his senses and said lightly: "No, nothing, I'm still thinking about the base, I don't think the things inside are as simple as they seem on the surface, no one would be so nice to a few strangers for no reason. Is it really okay for Tang Qin and Su Ling to stay inside?"

Xiang Ting's eyebrows were very indifferent, "It's them who insisted on staying. No matter what happens in the future, it's also their choice."

"You're open to it," Lu Shijin chuckled and joked, "After all, you've been a teammate for so long, don't you really not worry at all?"

Xiang Ting glanced at him, "I'm not a saint. I ask myself that I've never felt sorry for them, but that they don't believe me. If you agree, you will get together, if you don't, you will be divided. It's that simple."

"It's good to say that if you agree, you will get together, and if you don't agree, you will be divided," Lu Shijin put his hand on Xiang Ting's shoulder, "you don't have to feel sad for those who are not worth it, and I'll be with you, I'll accompany you all the way. down."

"Hey! And me, meow!" Chubby Ju, who had been dozing on the back seat, cried out in dissatisfaction, "Did you forget me meow?"

Lu Shijin turned his head to look at Fat Ju, and said with a smile, "I really didn't expect Brother Dong, I usually see that you and Tang Qin have a good relationship, and I thought you would choose to stay with them too."

Fat Ju stretched his waist and said lazily: "If you have a good time, you will have a good time. In front of the big right and wrong, your brother Dong can still handle it clearly. We are a team, either stay together or go together, that Although the base is safe, and there is food and drink, I always feel like a prison inside, I don’t like to live under the control of others, meow, I’d better be free outside meow.”

Lu Shijin gave a thumbs up, "Brother Dong Gao Yi! But Brother Dong, let's discuss something with you."

Fat Orange said: "Say."

Lu Shijin: "Can you stop talking like an old meow meow? You are a fat man and cute, why do I sound so awkward? If you become a dog, wouldn't you still want to bang?"

Fat Ju was furious, and showed his sharp cat claws towards Lu Shijin: "Master is happy, meow, I want you to take care of meow! Do you want to learn how powerful meow meow boxing is!"

Lu Shijin looked scared, clasped his fists and begged for mercy: "I don't dare, just meow as you like! You can do whatever you want!"

Xiang Ting listened to each of them gags, and the gloom in his heart because he was betrayed by his teammates was slightly relieved.

The next journey was smooth, and for several days, there was no danger of zombies or evil power users.

On the third night away from the base, the three stopped to camp and rest in a secluded woods.

The south is the place where powers gather, so the farther south you go, the smaller the scope of human activities. When you drive all the way, you can't find a place where humans gather, which means that their destination is getting closer and closer.

Lin Dong is still a fat orange, as long as he doesn't want to become a human, even at night, he will always maintain his changing form.

Taking a cat on the road is much easier than taking a person. For example, you can save a lot of space in the car to store supplies, and you don’t have to worry about finding a place for the cat to sleep at night.

And of course Lin Dong seemed tired of being an animal and fell in love with the feeling of being an animal, and he was not happy for him to become a human being.

Of course, Lu Shijin reasonably suspects that this lazy cat doesn't want to become a human, just because he wants to be lazy and doesn't want to work.

As the night got darker, Lu Shijin and Xiang Ting slept in the tent, and Lin Dong slept in a small nest that Lu Shijin built for him out of a cardboard box.

Cats have keen hearing, and they are also alert when sleeping, and a little bit of trouble can't be concealed from their ears.

Suddenly Fat Ju was awakened by a rustling sound in the distance. He moved his sensitive ears and heard very light footsteps. The round cat's eyes immediately turned into copper bells, staring into the distance. The darkness, the back arched unconsciously because of the tension, ready to go.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and even the sound of the soles stepping on the weeds could be clearly heard. Fat Ju finally couldn't hold back, and a shrill and loud cat meow rang out in the night, immediately bringing Xiang Ting and He, who were immersed in their sleep, away. Lu Shijin woke up.

When Lu Shijin woke up, he also heard the breathing of the third person. He subconsciously picked up the gun hidden under the pillow and shouted, "Who!"

Xiang Ting asked Lu Shijin in a low voice, "How many people are here?"

Lu Shijin only heard one person's breathing, and said affirmatively, "One."

Just one, that's nothing to be afraid of.

Xiang Ting also took a gun in his hand, and got out of the tent with a flashlight. The flashlight was turned on, and a bright beam of light shone in the direction that Fat Orange was staring at, and warned in a deep voice, "Who is sneaking out there, come out! Or shoot!"

"Don't shoot! It's me!"

A familiar-sounding male voice sounded, and then, a man's figure was illuminated by the light of the flashlight, and the light of the flashlight moved up to Tingba. After illuminating the man's face clearly, he lost his voice: "Du Jiang? How could it be you? !"

Lu Shijin also got out of the tent and was a little surprised when he saw that it was indeed Du Jiang, but he calmed down quickly.

Since Du Jiang is indeed still alive, it seems that when he left the base in the morning, the figure he saw was not mistaken, it was Du Jiang.

Lu Shijin was full of doubts. When he rescued Xiang Ting and wanted to go to Du Jiang that day, 711 did not scan Du Jiang's life signs. How did he disappear out of thin air from the building besieged by zombies?

Besides, since he didn't die, why didn't he come back and gather the big troops?

In addition, why did Du Jiang appear in Mr. Gu's base? Now follow them here again?

What secrets does Du Jiang hide? Is he now an enemy or a friend? What is his purpose here?

"You're not dead?" Xiang Ting glanced sideways at Lu Shijin. At first, Lu Shijin said with certainty that Du Jiang was dead, but now that Du Jiang appeared in front of him, Xiang Ting was also full of doubts.

Did Lu Shijin deceive him, or did Du Jiang deceive him?

However, Xiang Ting was only shaken for a while, and soon his mind was firmed up. Following his inner guidance, he chose to believe in the person who was still standing beside him after so much experience.

"Yes, I'm not dead. Xiang Ting, I finally found you." Du Jiang took two steps forward, trying to get closer to them, but Xiang Ting did not put down the gun pointed at him, and said solemnly, " Stop and don't come here and explain where you've been these days?"

While the two were talking, Lu Shijin quietly turned his head and made a "shush" gesture to Fat Ju, indicating that Lin Dong should not speak, and that Du Jiang would not find out that he was actually a human secret.

Lin Dong can now become a small animal, and it is much more convenient to do some things than humans.

Du Jiang said: "We were besieged by zombies that day. I really had no choice, so I hid in my personal space and escaped. When I came out to look for you, I couldn't find you."

Lu Shijin: "Is there no air in your carry-on space, so you can't hide people?"

Du Jiang: "I put an oxygen cylinder inside, which can last for a while."

This shows that Du Jiang actually had a way to escape at that time, but he watched him and Xiang Ting die without saying a word.

Fortunately, I wasn't stupid enough to go back to find him at the time. It wouldn't be worth it to die for such a person.

Lu Shijin sneered: "No wonder, I didn't scan you out, but you are smart enough to hide."

Du Jiang heard that Lu Shijin was mocking him, and said embarrassingly: "I'm sorry, I only thought of this method at the last minute..."

Xiang Ting had experienced the betrayal of Tang Qin and Su Ling, and he had long been pessimistic about what teammates were in love, so he interrupted him coldly and asked, "Since he didn't die, why didn't he come back to us?"

Du Jiang: "I wanted to find you too, but on the way back, I bumped into Mr. Gu's group again!"

Xiang Ting: "What is 'again'?"

Du Jiang said: "Do you still remember the group of power users who kidnapped us at Lin Dong's house at the time? They are actually all of Mr. Gu's subordinates, the group of people at the base! After I met them, I was taken by them. I went to the base to be detained and forced to join them. When I saw you entering the base that day, I wanted to recognize you, but I was afraid that I would be shocked by the grass and arouse suspicion from Mr. Gu, so I didn’t dare to act rashly.”

Lu Shijin: "Then how did you come out to find us?"

"Do you think that Mr. Gu really let you go?" Du Jiang said with a chuckle, "You left the base with your front feet, and he sent people to follow you all the way, and I happened to be assigned to follow you this time. Mission, tonight, I will take the opportunity to keep watch while everyone else has slept before I can come to remind you that Mr. Gu has no intention of letting you go, you have to be careful."

"The question is," Lu Shijin turned the gun in his hand, "Why didn't the surnamed Gu let us go? We didn't offend him."

Du Jiang said sympathetically: "Because he is a devil! A true executioner, a murderer! After I went to the base, I accidentally learned his secret. He used mind reading to control others and let others replace them. He worked hard for his life. Those zombies were actually made by him, and there were no evil power users at all. On the surface, he made deals with humans, but secretly controlled power users to help him kill people to obtain crystal cores. He wanted to create one. The army of the strongest superpowers is here to help him dominate the world! Those people in the base have been controlled by him, including Tang Qin and Su Ling. He also took a fancy to you and pretended to let you go, just for the sake of Let you believe that he is a good person, he sent people to follow you all the way, find opportunities to attack you, and force you to go back and work for him, if you still don't want to turn back, those people will kill you."

"Then why aren't you under his control?" Xiang Ting asked.

Du Jiang: "Because, like you, I didn't absorb the crystal core he gave. The crystal core is insignificant to him, but it is a good way to buy people's hearts. Once the power user has tried the benefits of power evolution, he will The greedy heart that wants to have more and more crystal nuclei is born, and Mr. Gu uses this method to control people's hearts."

It turned out to be like this, no wonder Tang Qin and Su Ling evolved into second-order ability users, they followed the magic and wanted to stay, but why Lin Dong also absorbed the crystal nucleus, he was not affected?

When he thought of Lin Dong's character that he didn't care if the sky fell down, as long as there was a tall person, Lu Shijin understood it.

Maybe the crystal core can buy people's hearts, but it can't buy the hearts of a salted fish.

Xiang Ting was silent for a while and put away the gun. At present, Du Jiang's words sounded flawless, and he was still willing to believe Du Jiang.

"Du Jiang, thank you for being able to come and tell us this. Since you have escaped, come with us, and then find a way to get rid of Mr. Gu's people."

"We can't leave, Tang Qin and Su Ling are still in the base, we have to go and rescue them!" Du Jiang said solemnly, "And if the surname Gu is not eliminated in a day, there will be more people killed in the future. Gotta find a way to get rid of him!"

Lu Shijin couldn't help laughing, Du Jiang said so righteously, and if he didn't know, he thought he was the male protagonist.

It's just that these words came out of the mouth of someone who only thought about himself at the juncture of life and death. How could it sound so ridiculous?

Lu Shijin suddenly asked: "Du Jiang, can we trust you?"

Du Jiang felt offended: "We are teammates, how could I lie to you? I am helping you!"

Lu Shijin smiled, pretending to be like that. He really couldn't shed tears without seeing the coffin.

It's a pity that what he met was not stupid Bai Tian, ​​but Uncle Lu, who has a bright eye and a discerning eye.

"Convenience store," Lu Shijin snapped his fingers, calling 711 silently in his heart, "Exchange a 'truth card' for this grandson, I want to hear it, some of what he said is true, some A few sentences are false."