Chapter 48
On the other side, Lin Nan, who had chased Wen Xin out of sight, finally found other teams coming to support him.
When they heard that all the people in the first and second teams were dead, the faces of the team members changed drastically.
They didn’t dare to delay at all. They got in the car, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and rushed back to the base in a hurry.
Li Yongming is gathering the team.
His face was calm, but there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.
It was because he had just heard from the team members sent back by Wen Xin that other bases had intervened.
Now more than ten hours have passed and emergency contacts have been sent out several times, but there has been no response from the other end of the mission.
This means that something might have happened to the large army, and even Wen Xin is in danger!
Li Yongming felt extremely regretful.
He only saw Wen Xin working hard, but he didn’t expect that this kid was so impatient and couldn’t wait to take the mission and leave the base to earn merit.
And what a coincidence, I received the task from Zhang Quanyong!
Li Yongming felt uneasy even when he was standing and paced back and forth.
He knew that because Zhang Quanyong was related to the development of the zombie virus vaccine, this mission was classified as a special rescue operation, so the real mission content was only known by those few people, and it was kept strictly confidential to both superiors and subordinates. It was normal for Wen Xin to receive the clearing support mission without any defense.
But he still almost vomited blood.
There were so many simple, easy tasks with little survival pressure that Wen Xin didn’t take, so why did he take this task?
Soon, Lin Nan and other members of the team came back.
The news he revealed was enough to give Li Yongming a heart attack.
All members of the detachment were wiped out, and Zhang Quanyong was not at the target location at all.
Wen Xin was kidnapped by a group of foxes that were suspected to be mutants and has been missing ever since.
Li Yongming: “Fuck his mother…”
Lin Nan and other team members lowered their heads, not daring to look at Li Yongming’s ugly and furious face.
The latter took a deep breath and swallowed back the remaining swear words with all his life’s restraint.
Li Yongming held his forehead, which was throbbing with veins, and turned to the clerk and said, “Right now, do everything you can to contact Chief Wen. Go!”
This matter is of great importance and is no longer something he can decide.
According to the itinerary, Wen Jinfeng has entered the signal coverage range of the base station in City A. He no longer needs to find a signal tower that has not been destroyed to send a telegram before making contact as he did before.
Li Yongming had just contacted Wen Jinfeng not long ago.
It was that time when Wen Jinfeng found out that Wen Xin had run away before he was about to come back, and he couldn’t help but scolded him in a low voice: “Nonsense.”
This time, Li Yongming reported all the current situations to the other party with sweat on his forehead, but the person on the other end of the line did not speak for a long time.
Wen Jinfeng’s breathing rose and fell, and sounded particularly heavy because he was trying hard to suppress his emotions.
But he did not hold back and curse like Li Yongming did.
He just said slowly: “I will be back in about an hour, no more than ten minutes later.”
“Invite them to my house until I come back.”
Li Yongming’s heart skipped a beat.
He swallowed and asked with difficulty: “Boss, this ‘they’ refers to…?”
“Supervisors and everyone above.”
That covers almost all management levels!
Li Yongming moved his mouth but couldn’t speak.
By the time he came to his senses, Wen Jinfeng had already hung up the phone.
Recalling the other party’s calm voice, Li Yongming felt as if a horrible storm was roaring towards him, and his already sweaty palms became even colder.
Early in the morning of that day, before daybreak, the survivors who were not asleep in the A City base heard a burst of orderly footsteps coming from outside the house.
They cautiously opened the curtains and saw a large number of troops pouring out. They were so scared that they immediately retracted their heads.
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Qiu Zhen, the third-in-command of City A, never expected that he would be snatched from his bed and held hostage in his own lair.
His first reaction was that people from other bases had entered City A. His eyes turned fierce and he was about to pull out the gun under his pillow.
But the next second, Qiu Zhen recognized the person in front of him.
“It’s you!”
The last time they met, this guy was standing guard in Wen Jinfeng’s office. When he saw him coming, he saluted him respectfully.
Now the man grabbed his arm forcefully, with only indifference on his face.
“We are just following orders. Please don’t make things difficult for us, Chief Qiu.”
Qiu Zhen: “…”
He was furious: “What does Wen Jinfeng mean by this?!”
Before he could finish his words, he saw the businesslike young man in front of him tear off the tape and seal his mouth.
Qiu Zhen’s cheeks turned extremely red: “…Mmmmm!”
He was still lying on the bed, wearing only a pair of underwear.
Seeing that Wen Jinfeng and his men were not joking and were ready to take real action, Qiu Zhen only had time to grab a bed sheet to wrap his lower body.
The soldiers forced him into the car.
Qiu Zhen was holding back his anger along the way.
It was not until he arrived at Wen Jinfeng’s mansion and saw a room full of people tied up that he was shocked to find that he was only handcuffed on the wrists and was actually treated well.
Then his anger reached a peak that was uncontrollable.
Considering that Qiu Zhen still had several troops under his command and there was a danger that he would rebel if forced into a corner, Wen Jinfeng’s men did not dare to treat him too harshly and tore off the tape after arriving at the location.
As soon as a cut was made on his mouth, the other party’s earth-shaking roar almost blew the roof off the house.
“Tell me, does Wen Jinfeng want to rebel?!”
There were a bunch of people in the room who were suddenly abducted. They arrived earlier than Qiu Zhen and were a little tired from the commotion just now. They were listless and silent.
As a result, he instantly perked up after hearing Qiu Zhen’s loud roar.
The excited and indignant sounds of “Mmmmm!” echoed throughout the house.
The sound is so noisy and the content is so vague, it’s like putting a cat on the piano and letting it stomp on it.
…It can be seen that everyone tried hard to express their resentment and anger, but the tape on their mouths really limited their ability to utter foul language.
Qiu Zhen just wanted to know what was up with that moody madman Wen Jinfeng this time.
But after listening for a long time, I didn’t hear any useful information.
Most people were as confused and bewildered as he was.
Qiu Zhen looked around.
He found that everyone present was from the management of the A City base, and there were a lot of familiar faces. A strange thought popped into his mind.
Qiu Zhen knew that Wen Jinfeng and the old chairman of the regulatory committee had always been at odds. In fact, he also couldn’t stand that old bastard who liked to trip him up behind his back.
But Wen Jinfeng shouldn’t have done such a ruthless and almost hostile act to the old president, right?
As it turned out, Qiu Zhen was wrong.
He underestimated Wen Jinfeng’s courage.
When Qiu Zhen saw the old president with handcuffs on his hands, three layers of tape on his mouth, and a gloomy face sitting in a chair, his face began to twitch wildly.
The current power division of the base can be said to be 442.
Wen Jinfeng is four, the old president is four, and he is two… Bah, that’s not right, two!
Qiu Zhen was abducted himself, so at most he would be angry for a while and then ask for some hush money and benefits.
But the old chairman was also arrested. If Wen Jinfeng doesn’t handle the situation well or fails to give a reasonable explanation, all the land in City A might be overturned afterwards.
Qiu Zhen was unsure and increasingly suspected that Wen Jinfeng wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to monopolize power.
So he looked at the old president’s wrinkled face, and finally endured the disgust and went to help people tear off the tape.
Qiu Zhen: “Hey, President Zuo, do you know Wen Jinfeng…”
The old president ignored him.
The moment he was able to speak, he was like a silent speaker that suddenly exploded. He slammed his hands on the table and cursed indignantly.
“When Wen Jinfeng came to discuss cooperation, I knew he had ill intentions, and it turned out to be just as I expected!”
“Everyone has seen it today, right? Since he dared to send troops to abduct us this time, he will dare to let the army point its guns at our heads next time and dominate City A!”
“How can we keep such an ambitious person?!”
Qiu Zhen: “…”
He looked at the people in the room who were incited to resentment by the old president’s few words, and they were so angry that he felt a stomachache for a moment.
I can’t control it, and I don’t want to control it.
Qiu Zhen looked at the army surrounding the room, knowing full well that there was no possibility of escaping. He sat depressed on the sofa, waiting for Wen Jinfeng to come back and give an explanation.
The crowd didn’t have to wait too long.
About ten minutes later, the tightly closed door was pushed open.
A man in a black windbreaker appeared in front of everyone.
He was thin and bony, with long and narrow eyebrows and a pair of eyes as black as a cold pond. He gave people an inviolable aura. When he walked into the house, he seemed to bring the cold wind of the night with him, and the back of his windbreaker fluttered.
When they saw the real culprit appear, the people who had been cursing suddenly stopped.
But when they thought about the support of the old chairman of the base supervision committee, they immediately seemed to regain their position and opened their mouths to question.
Wen Jinfeng’s movements were faster than theirs.
That was also a move that no one expected.
Bang!
Along with the gunshots, a heart-wrenching scream rang out in the crowd.
“Aaaaaa——”
The warm liquid splashed on the faces of those who were nearby.
They lowered their heads in confusion and saw the blood rapidly spreading out from the injured man’s thighs. Their blank faces were gradually filled with fear.
Before I could scream.
Bang!
Wen Jinfeng’s hand holding the gun was as steady as a rock. As the injured man continued to scream and twist in pain, he accurately shot him in the calf again!
And then.
Bang! Bang!
Four shots in a row, one shot to the left thigh, one shot to the left calf, one shot to the right thigh, and one shot to the right calf.
It is not fatal, but it makes the person who is shot suffer excruciating pain.
Wen Jinfeng handed the gun in his hand to Li Yongming, and walked towards the crying person with quick steps.
At this moment, everyone’s curses, doubts, and resentment were all shaken back into their stomachs by the four consecutive and steady gunshots.
They watched Wen Jinfeng come to the injured person.
Nothing was said, nothing was asked.
Wen Jinfeng slammed the man’s head hard on the table, and another scream echoed throughout the room.
“ah–”
The old chairman was shocked and shouted angrily: “Wen Jinfeng, do you still have any law?!”
Although he tried to be patient, there was a barely perceptible tremor in his voice when he saw this man who did not play by the rules.
“King’s law?”
Hearing this word, Wen Jinfeng stopped what he was doing, turned around, and stared at him with dark eyes.
Although there was no expression on the man’s face, it made everyone feel cold to the bone.
Suddenly, Wen Jinfeng laughed.
He said: “I was too reasonable before, which is why some rats dared to emerge from the gutter.”
Before he finished speaking, Wen Jinfeng grabbed the man under his hand and smashed him down hard!
This time, even the pear wood table was almost shattered.
Everyone could see that Wen Jinfeng had the intention to kill, and he had no intention of holding back, including the person being beaten.
A large blank space appeared on his face, and he felt the fear of death truly.
Wen Jinfeng will kill him.
It will really kill him!
When the man was about to attack again, the man finally collapsed in extreme pain and anxiety, with tears, snot and blood mixed together.
“I was wrong, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have attacked your brother. I shouldn’t have sold his whereabouts to people outside the base. Please forgive me, please let me go!”
After hearing this, everyone who was confused finally understood why Wen Jinfeng suddenly did this to someone.
They looked at each other in confusion.
Immediately afterwards, another gunshot rang out, causing everyone to tremble and look back.
After getting the answer, Wen Jinfeng did not waste any more time and decisively asked Li Yongming to deal with this person.
Finally, he took the handkerchief handed to him by the adjutant and wiped the blood off his fingers.
“In fact, I already have solid evidence that he sold the base information to others, but the process would take too much time, so I decided to be quick and easy and not let everyone laugh at me.”
Everyone…can’t laugh.
This is the brilliance of Wen Jinfeng.
From the time he entered the door until now, the other party had not mentioned a single thing about selling information, but the person who confessed could not help but say it out, instantly eliminating the suspicion that Wen Jinfeng had been forced to confess.
Even if Wen Jinfeng didn’t produce any solid evidence afterwards, no one could do anything to him.
What else to say?
Could it be that the person who confessed could hear Wen Jinfeng’s inner voice, and therefore begged for mercy according to his wishes?
It’s absolutely ridiculous!
It must be that the deceased had something to hide and knew clearly what he had done against his will, so he confessed the truth.
In the dead silence, someone spoke timidly: “Well, then this matter is resolved, right? We didn’t do anything, can you let us go first?”
He admitted that he was kidnapped for no reason and was very angry.
But now, he doesn’t want to pursue anything anymore. He just wants to stay away from the devil Wen Jinfeng, as far away as he can!
There are many people who share the same idea as him.
Don’t mention that everyone just acted like they wanted to tear Wen Jinfeng apart. They are just paper tigers, alive and well. Who would want to fight with them?
“Don’t be impatient.” He sat in front of the old president who had been speechless for a long time, and laughed softly, “The first traitor has been dealt with, but there is still a second one, right?”
“I don’t know how many of you know Zhang Quanyong, but from what I know, he was the key to developing the vaccine.”
The word “vaccine” made everyone look up in shock again.
Even Qiu Zhen, who seemed indifferent to everything, showed a look of surprise.
“Are you talking about the vaccine for the zombie virus?”
“Yes, that’s it. As long as you can get the vaccine, it’s like getting everything: money, fame, reputation, power, and even a gold medal for immunity from death.”
Qiu Zhen’s eyes turned red. What does the zombie vaccine mean? Who living in this doomsday doesn’t know?
“Where is the man you are talking about?”
“Maybe he was kidnapped, maybe he’s dead.”
“What?”
“Don’t understand?”
Facing the emotionally unstable crowd, Wen Jinfeng’s smiling face gradually turned colder, as cold as a winter river that had not melted for a thousand years.
“He may be dead, just like the hundreds of soldiers dispatched from the headquarters to participate in the rescue operation this time. He may be abducted, just like my stupid brother who was born with a missing brain and ran to wherever there was danger.”
He stood up, walked to the side of the sweaty old president, and spoke word by word.
“My warriors have gone through rigorous and demanding training. The storms of the apocalypse did not defeat them, and the zombies’ sharp fangs and claws did not kill them. Instead, they died at the hands of their own people.”
“My younger brother, my only family member, was also dragged into this and I still don’t know whether he is alive or dead.”
Wen Jinfeng leaned down and whispered in the old president’s ear: “Tell me, if I’m not angry, isn’t it a bit unreasonable?”
His words were full of suppressed madness, and his fingertips pointed at the back of the old president’s head, making people feel that it was not a finger, but a loaded gun.
The old president’s throat moved and he was about to say something when he saw Wen Jinfeng’s men suddenly bring in a few iron cans.
The dark liquid splashed onto the floor, and someone immediately smelled the strong odor.
“Gasoline, it’s gasoline!”
Everyone was horrified.
“Oh my god, Wen Jinfeng, what are you trying to do? Are you going to burn everyone to death?!”
Wen Jinfeng stood up slowly, looked down at everyone, and said with a smile: “Relax, I am here too, right?”
“The person hiding in the dark is too cunning and too vicious. If we let such a person continue to harm the base, it may not be long before we are wiped out by others.”
“If that’s the case, burning our boats is a good way to deal with it.”
“Of course.” He emphasized, “I still don’t want to do this unless it is necessary. So please cooperate with the investigation, find the traitor as soon as possible, and let everyone go back as soon as possible.”
Looking at Wen Jinfeng’s impeccable smile, everyone felt a chill run through their bodies.
That night, the A City base was subjected to a major cleansing.
Because of the sudden disappearance of the management, the base was shut down for most of the day, causing a lot of trouble, before gradually resuming operations.
Wen Jinfeng took this opportunity to clean out those corrupt officials in the Supervisory Committee who were involved in corruption, bribery, and collusion with foreign enemies. In an instant, more than half of the people in the Supervisory Committee were gone, and even the old chairman almost lost his life.
After this incident, the three giants of the A City base existed in name only, and the balance of power tilted towards Wen Jinfeng.
No one dared to touch Wen Jinfeng’s bad luck anymore.
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Sitting in the office chair, Wen Jinfeng had a dark shadow under his eyes.
He had been up for two days and two nights, and rubbing his forehead constantly did not relieve his sleepiness at all.
Wen Jinfeng asked hoarsely: “…still haven’t found it?”
The bodies of the detachment members have been recovered, and those who were not infected and turned into zombies have basically been buried.
Only Wen Xin is still missing.
Li Yongming looked gloomy, and before he could finish his words, Wen Jinfeng interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
“Forget it. I’ll sleep for four hours. When I wake up, I’ll personally take people to the southeast region to ask.”
Although he said “ask”, his words were filled with an uncontrollable murderous aura that was chilling.
Li Yongming pursed his lips: “But sir, the Idealism in the southeast region has disappeared…”
Wen Jinfeng raised his eyelids and looked over with a frown: “Who did it?”
Li Yongming: “According to intelligence, it was the Bishop of Idealism, their head bishop, who personally killed them.”
Wen Jinfeng almost thought he was hallucinating.
When Li Yongming heard this information for the first time, he was as incredulous as he was.
He glanced at Wen Jinfeng’s face and said with difficulty, “There’s one more thing.”
“Earlier you asked us to take the news to other bases and issue a large reward for finding Wen Xin’s whereabouts.”
“But when our people went there, they found that we were not the only ones looking for Wen Xin. People in the west, east, and south have issued bounties everywhere, and the time limit is within a few days.”
“Because the bounty offered by those unknown organizations is five times higher than ours, we may need to increase the price to get priority from the mercenaries.”
Wen Jinfeng: “…………”
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Three days ago.
The moment he saw the pink ball, Wen Xin’s pupils trembled.
When I came to my senses, I had already hugged Tuanzi tightly in my arms.
“Xiao Qi…” Wen Xin’s voice trembled, “It’s Xiao Qi, right?”
There was an indescribable timidity and guilt in the pink girl’s eyes, and tears almost burst out when the young man hugged her like that.
But before it could say anything, Wen Xin, perhaps due to emotional excitement or exhaustion, staggered and fell down again.
The little fox was startled and quickly swung out its big tail to cushion his back.
With a bang, the soft tail was almost flattened.
But compared to before it evolved, the little fox felt only a slight pain, which was completely negligible.
Even when he was unconscious, Wen Xin subconsciously held the little fox in his arms, holding it very tightly as if he was afraid of losing it.
It was so tight that all the homesickness disappeared like a wisp of smoke in this unreserved embrace.
The little fox lowered his head, looked at Wen Xin’s face which was so pale that it was almost transparent, and licked the other’s eyebrows with heartache.
“Hmm…”
Sorry Wen Xin, I’m late…
This time, Wen Xin fell asleep and slept for a whole day.
When he woke up again, the little fox was no longer around him, and he only heard a cold rebuke coming from outside the door.
“You almost caused me to lose him, and you’re asking for my forgiveness?”
