"Would you be willing to stay here?"
Xu Chengsheng asked sincerely.
Qiongli glanced at the people laboring below. In the apocalypse, a self-sufficient life was both the perfect and the ideal one. After hearing Xu Chengsheng’s introduction, she was moved. Here there were soldiers defending the people, no division of strength and weakness, only mutual help, similar to the times before the Apocalypse.
But, she came to Chenyang 169 Base not just for these reasons. There were her family members there. She was not alone.
She looked at Tang Ye who was looking at her at that moment. He hoped she would agree. Chenyang 169 Base might be better than other bases, but not totally devoid of strength and weakness. He only wanted Nannan to live in a peaceful human society. Turning her over to these pre-apocalyptic soldiers was best. But, he could not dictate Qiongli’s decision.
Perhaps he could force Nannan to stay here, but Tang Ye did not trust anyone. Qiongli’s character was trustworthy. Here the law and order might be good and the soldiers righteous, but weren’t there a lot of human scums before the Apocalypse?
Therefore, all he could do was hope that Qiongli would stay here.
But to his disappointment, Qiongli turned her head and shook it to Xu Chengsheng.
Before Xu Chengsheng had time to be disappointed, a soldier ran over and reported, "Report, Sergeant, a group of looters is coming our way!"
Xu Chengsheng’s face immediately changed at the news. Tang Ye and Qiongli exchanged a glance and followed him to leave. Coming down from the valley below, they saw many people beginning to get their equipment, countless soldiers moving towards the entrance of the valley. The survivors next to them took guns from the soldiers and followed.
When they reached the observation tower at the checkpoint in front of the valley, Tang Ye saw a group of people riding motorcycles rushing over from a distance. A soldier of unknown rank was watching this group with binoculars.
It turned out that these looters were bikers. It was just a different name for the same thing.
"Brother, can you shoot?"
A man about the same age as Tang Ye asked him.
"Take this, and don’t point the gun at people."
The man said, and then walked back. Tang Ye turned and swept around. Not only the pre-apocalyptic soldiers were holding guns, but some survivors also held guns and fought side by side with the soldiers.
The atmosphere began to become tense. However, Tang Ye found something wrong with the group of bikers he saw. Their side should have more than a dozen motorcycles plus four SUVs, so there should be quite a lot of people. They were rushing towards them against the snowstorm, looking a bit frantic.
"Brothers in front, don’t shoot, we are here to join you!"
Before the people on the observation deck could see clearly, an energetic voice from the bikers’ end transmitted over.
The few officers here were stunned, and with a wave of their hands, the survivors and soldiers below put down the guns but still maintained vigilance.
"What’s up with these looters?"
"Let’s wait and see."
A senior colonel rank officer squinted his eyes at the bikers’ arrival. Though his face was expressionless, he still carried three parts anger and majesty.
According to his rank, this man should be the commander of the 46th Division, Zhang Zhiyun!
"Quickly open the door! Let us in!"
The survivors on the motorcycles were shouting urgently. Zhang Zhiyun became alert. With a wave of his hand, everyone held up their guns pointed at the bikers below.
The people there all had fierce looks, clearly used to doing bad things. Those faces alone were enough to make people distrust them.
But the 46th Division’s background was also strong. The armoured cars and tanks were being brought forward one by one. Just looking at the military-green steel beasts was enough to intimidate anyone.
"What are you doing here, what’s your purpose?" Xu Chengsheng held a loudspeaker and questioned the bikers.
However, the bikers below seemed genuinely in a hurry, and answered immediately: "Quickly open the gate! It will be too late soon. Let us in first, and then we’ll explain to you!"
The leading Level 3 New Human in the bikers seemed so anxious as if he was about to cry. It seemed there really was something very urgent. The people above were all stone-faced, not knowing what on earth these bikers were up to.
Suddenly, Tang Ye’s pupils shrank. The bikers had ridden their motorcycles over here, but aside from them, you couldn’t see anything behind them. Even if they were in such a hurry, there should be something chasing them.
The soldiers on the observation tower did not know what was going on of course they would not let them in. What if it was a trick? But just at that moment, Tang Ye saw a spectre zombie. Although he only saw it for a moment, the thing had already fixed its gaze on him, baring its teeth and coming at him.
"What’s the matter?" A survivor, hearing Tang Ye’s voice, asked curiously.
But Tang Ye didn’t have time to answer him. Among all the zombies, the spectre zombies were the biggest headache to him. Now he actually didn’t even have a Silver Guard Zombie by his side. At the most, they could protect a few people from the spectre zombies!
In the characteristics of the spectre zombies, you were always at a disadvantage when fighting them. No matter if you were a powerful zombie or a New Human, you could only make sure that you would not die. However, whether the people around you could survive was another matter.
"What are you doing?"
Someone noticed that Tang Ye was heading towards this side of the turret, and immediately asked. Zhang Zhiyun and Xu Chengsheng and the others on the front saw his movements and left to try to stop him.
"Only those with special work certificates can operate that, come back, it’s dangerous!"
"You few, go over there and stop him."
Zhang Zhiyun, who was naturally majestic and reserved, sent several people to rush towards Tang Ye to try to stop him. In Zhang Zhiyun’s mind, the Type 75 Cannon was not for ordinary people to play with. It would be bad if someone got hurt.
But here, who could stop him?
Removing the soldier from the Type 75 Cannon, Tang Ye went up and aimed the muzzle at the open ground behind the bikers. In his eyes, a number of white figures appeared and disappeared like flashbulbs!
"Ah! I see something, it’s right behind them!"
A soldier suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted with a terrified look on his face. As soon as his voice fell, Tang Ye fired, the projectile hitting the ground about ten meters from the bikers. The flame went sky-high, the hot flames mixed with green splashes of flesh and blood.
Zhang Zhiyun and the other soldiers ’ looked momentarily stunned. When the flames cleared, there were vaguely long, humanoid figures in the midst, indicating that there was some sort of monster behind the bikers.
Moreover, the concentration was not low!
The bikers were screaming in horror. The soldiers below, under the command of one officer, opened the gate.
"What is that thing?"