MTLNOVEL Chapter 350: Someone Comes Under the Wall!
Severe winters do not stifle, for they precede the warm spring.
This winter was indeed cold.
But as the weather warmed up, sometimes people under the sun felt the beauty of being alive.
Having experienced harsh weather, returning to normalcy made people recognize a unique beauty.
Sometimes, people are disease-free and disaster-free, simply lacking money to spend, yet well-fed and clothed without worry, but still feel unhappy.
Only when one falls ill does one realize how good it is to be healthy.
Only when one goes bankrupt and is deep in debt does one realize how good it was to be debt-free despite earning just a few thousand a month.
There are always people worse off, times more terrible than now.
It is precious to be content; to lower the threshold for happiness and live in the moment, for contentment brings joy.
For Li Yu now, he was content; he did not aspire to build the most potent force or to be a king.
He simply wanted to protect his family well in this damned apocalypse, to provide them with ample food and clothing.
That was enough.
However, if someone foolishly brought trouble to them,
his response would be just one word.
Kill!
Deep inside him was benevolence, but with a mastered ability, he convinced himself not to be benevolent.
It was against human nature, but he could do it to protect his family.
As the weather warmed up, people from every corner of the world began emerging from hiding to seek supplies.
They had survived the winter, but now, they faced even more starving zombies.
It was another battle for survival.
Xin City.
Many who escaped from Jiefang City were heading towards Xin City; a significant portion of them were residents of Jiefang City.
After their escape, their destination was Big Camphor Tree Base.
Among them were Bai Jie and others.
Some people froze to death during the blizzard.
Some dared not seek out Big Camphor Tree Base, while others decided to try.
Some even hid outside Big Camphor Tree Base, not daring to show themselves,
because they had seen Li Yu and others kill so many people; they knew that the people of Big Camphor Tree Base were not to be provoked.
The refugees who had escaped from Big Camphor Tree Base had told them that these people were ruthless killers.
Many were observing until one day, they saw Bai Jie and a few others who escaped with her appear on the high walls.
This meant that Bai Jie and the others could join!
Now, with the weather warming up, though it was not so cold, the number of zombies in the vicinity had increased.
The environment had become even more dangerous and harsh.
So, some people made up their minds.
They planned to try joining the base.
Big Camphor Tree Base.
Noon, twelve o'clock.
Li Haoran was on duty, enjoying a delicious lunch; today's food was excellent.
Stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts, embellished with bright red chili peppers, exuding a fragrance.
This dish was quite appetizing.
Then there was a serving of fresh greens.
Additionally, there was a stewed carp soup; the soup had been cooked a long time by the wife of Lai Dongsheng, who was an excellent cook.
The soup was creamy-white, the fish flesh thoroughly stewed until it broke apart, the creamy sheen not something found in typical restaurants before the apocalypse that added mixed dairy just to make do.
This was genuinely sautéed fish, simmered for two or three hours to achieve this color.
Slurp.
Li Haoran sipped the soup, enjoying the perfect temperature and rich flavor.
Very delicious and not fishy.
On this cold winter day, eating white rice mixed with spicy garlic sprout bacon, followed by a sip of delicious fish soup.
How wonderful!
Suddenly, Li Haoyu, who was on duty with him, spoke loudly, "Brother, look at the camera on the left 3. There's someone."
Li Haoran heard this and nearly spilled his soup.
"Where?"
"Left three. There's someone."
Li Haoran looked up in that direction. Indeed, there was someone. He grabbed the walkie-talkie and rushed out from the duty room.
On the wall, he crouched and looked in that direction.
Indeed, there was someone.
Li Haoran immediately took out the walkie-talkie and said, "Duty room at the main gate, 40 meters to the left, someone spotted."
Li Yu, who was playing with a puppy on the sofa, heard the walkie-talkie and promptly said, "I'll be right there."
....
Generally, there are always more than ten people on watch duty on the wall.
Among them, there are four people, working in pairs, patrolling back and forth.
At this moment, Song Min and Dapao, who were patrolling, happened to be nearby, and upon hearing something, they quickly rushed towards the gate area.
One minute later, Dapao and Song Min looked at the people under the wall.
Unrecognized.
Immediately after, another patrolling group, Lao Lu and Lao Xie, also arrived here.
At the gateway of the wall, six people were standing at this time.
Not far from the wall, dozens of people were standing now.
As they approached, they killed the zombies surrounding the wall.
Thankfully, it was twelve noon, the sun was slightly scorching, also when the zombies appeared the least.
Otherwise, if it were night, there would be more than just these zombies under the wall.
Lao Lu and Lao Xie looked at these people under the wall, and they looked somewhat familiar.
The two looked at each other, confirming each other's guess.
These people, all were former residents from Jiefang City.
None of them were refugees, perhaps those refugees were scared off by Li Yu and his group, and they didn't understand why these residents still sought out Li Yu and his group.
In the hearts of those refugees, Li Yu and his group were like gods of death.
The people under the wall, looking up, the sunlight somewhat dazzling, they were unable to see the people standing on the wall clearly.
Li Haoran, seeing them approaching the gate, promptly raised his rifle, shouting to the people below: "Who are you, step back, take one more step forward and you will be killed without mercy!"
Dapao and Song Min beside him also raised their rifles, aiming at the people below.
Had it not been for the fact that these people below only carried Long Knives used for killing zombies, they would have already opened fire.
If these people had brought firearms, according to the rules previously set by Li Yu, they could open fire directly if they did not comply after the first warning to retreat.
These people, seeing the guns raised by those on the wall, quickly retreated dozens of meters backward.
The leader of the group, seeing a familiar face on the wall,
It was Lao Lu, so he excitedly said:
"It's us, we are all from Jiefang City, Lao Lu, it's us. I'm He Chao. Have you forgotten?"
Everyone, including Dapao and Song Min, turned their gaze to Lao Lu, who awkwardly said: "Yes, I recognize them, they all come from Jiefang City. Dapao, you've been to Jiefang City before, you might find them somewhat familiar."
Dapao looked carefully at the group.
Their clothes were ragged, hair rough, covered in dirt all over, just looking at their faces, they were extremely grimy.
How could he see clearly...
It was at this time that Li Yu, Uncle, and Second Uncle arrived at the wall.
Li Yu glanced at Dapao and Song Min, saying, "You two go and continue patrolling, leave this side to us.
Also, regarding the other watch posts, has anyone noticed other people?"
Dapao replied: "I asked just now, no one else was spotted in other directions, just people here at this gate."
Li Yu nodded, and then said relievedly: "You guys go, remind everyone not to let down their guard."
"Okay." After Dapao finished speaking, he and Song Min continued their patrol.
Li Yu then turned back, looked at the dozens of people under the wall without turning around, and said:
"Lao Lu, when I came over just now, I heard that these people below are all from Jiefang City, right?"
Lao Lu responded: "Yes, Lao Xie and I checked just now, they are all previously from Jiefang City.
They are all residents; after the riot broke out before, there was a conflict between the residents and the search teams..."
Li Yu nodded, thought for a moment, and then said: "Then ask them, what exactly do these people below want to do?"
Lao Lu was somewhat nervous, hastily replied: "Okay, I'll ask them now."
The people under the wall, watching the people on the wall murmured in conversation,
were also uncertain, they had also risked coming over, had they not seen Bai Jie and others who seemed to have already joined, they wouldn't have dared to come ask.
Lao Lu cleared his throat and said: "He Chao, I know you, but what do you want here?"
Upon hearing that it was indeed Lao Lu, He Chao below happily replied: "Lao Lu, after we left Jiefang City, we have been drifting around. We wanted to find you guys.
But couldn't find you, now we've come to ask if we can join your base?"
Lao Lu's expression became somewhat awkward, initially he also wanted to join Li Yu's base, he had hesitated for a long time outside.
Firstly, they were unclear about the atmosphere on Li Yu's side, after all, Li Yu and his group were previously so decisive in killings. Having witnessed the people at Yugu Platform being killed, and then the thousands of refugees as well.
This was simply a god of death on earth.
In a post-apocalyptic world, all sorts of people exist, it was difficult for them to trust others, rashly joining a base meant entrusting all their safety and lives into hands of others, which was far too dangerous.
Secondly, from past experiences they knew that the people at Li Yu's base were very wary, very few people joined them. For Lao Lu and his group, having experienced Jiefang City, they profoundly understood that a base, if complex and disorganized and poorly managed, under the premise of human selfishness, would inevitably face ruin.
Therefore, Li Yu's base was very cautious about recruiting people, Lao Lu and his group had been very afraid of being rejected, at that time, they might not even have friends.
But now, they felt fortunate.
Fortunate for making the right decision back then, since joining the base, they had lived their happiest times after the apocalypse.
Whether emotionally or materially.
Now hearing He Qiang's question below, he could fully understand, but he was also scared, afraid that the Big Camphor Tree base would repeat the mistakes.
He did not want the Big Camphor Tree base to become like Jiefang City.
This question, he couldn't answer, he didn't have the authority to answer.
Thus, Lao Lu looked towards Li Yu.