The news of the attack on the advance team was quickly reported back to Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District.
The top management was shocked and immediately dispatched 300 special service members to support.
But when the support troops from the shelter arrived, the attackers had already looted the attack site and taken away a large number of hostages. All the rescue team saw were the bombed ice trucks and the ground stripped to protect them from the cold.
Suited corpse.
Rough statistics afterwards showed that 235 people died in the attack on the advance team, including 62 special forces members. Captain Zhang Yenan, deputy captain Wu Hongjun and other special forces and members of the advance team were all missing.
When Xing Zhuoshan received the report from the front, he fainted on the spot.
After waking up after being rescued, Xing Zhuoshan immediately issued a search order, requiring the troops in the shelter to be activated to deal with this group of daring attackers. However, this operation had already killed more than 60 special forces members, and there were no extra personnel in the shelter.
Soldiers could be deployed to search for this group of attackers, so in the end Xing Zhuoshan's search plan came to nothing, and the incident could only be reported to the First Central Axis, requesting the First Central Axis to provide response plans and personnel support.
The First Axis responded quickly, but the plan surprised everyone.
There is only one word.
"wait."
Yes, from the time of the attack to the present, no one has been able to figure out who attacked the advance investigators who were discharged from the shelter. Was their target material or people? There is no way of knowing.
Therefore, sending troops to search for traces of the enemy at any cost in an outdoor environment of more than 100 degrees Celsius is undoubtedly to find a needle in a haystack, and the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If we are ambushed again, the losses will be further expanded. So first
The central axis gives an "equal" plan.
But waiting is not just waiting.
The First Central Axis has learned all the details of this emergency. Through multiple comparisons, they finally determined that the advance team that attacked the No. 1 Shelter in Xiongan New Area was most likely to be active in China and Russia in recent times.
, North Korea, South Korea, the Night Stalker organization code-named "777" in the Wangye Ecological Zone.
Most of their members are civilians who have not been allowed to enter the shelter, but their leaders are most likely to be extremists with professional qualities and premeditated plans. Previously, this group of people only traveled between the above-mentioned countries to commit crimes, mainly in the name of
There have been more than ten cases of attacking guard camps of some important facilities and equipment to obtain resources, but the losses and damage caused were mostly very small, so the First Central Axis did not take these people seriously.
But this time the ambush incident near Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District, Beijing, China, was too bad!
It also proves from the side that this group of people is not incapable of causing greater damage, but has been waiting for an opportunity.
As for the timing issue, the First Central Axis sent an email to Xing Zhuoshan. The content was very simple. It probably focused on the intention of internal personnel investigation. It was intended to remind Xing Zhuoshan that the attack on the advance team was most likely caused by internal and external collusion.
There must be a conspiracy, there must be an insider in the shelter who provides intelligence to these people.
In fact, Xing Zhuoshan had already thought of this without being reminded by the First Central Axis. But the question is, who are these night walkers quietly delivering the news outside the shelter? Today, a year and a half after the disaster struck,
What is the purpose of these guys suddenly launching such an attack?
Perplexed, Xing Zhuoshan walked out of the ward and called his most trustworthy subordinate to his office for a short meeting.
After the meeting, the investigation team began to take action. They wanted to collect information as soon as possible.
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72 hours after the attack.
Level A living area in Area C of Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District.
Since the shelter entered a state of comprehensive energy and water conservation, every place feels hazy. It feels like the entire world has been adjusted with a dark filter, which makes people unenergized.
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In the A-level living area of Zone C, which was originally the residence of senior technicians, few idlers were seen during working hours. However, due to previous emergency repair work that discharged a large amount of recyclable water, many high-end factories in the shelter are now closed.
The technicians had nothing to do, so they often stayed in groups in the passage connecting the living area, drinking and playing cards.
Although there were no delicious side dishes, the special beer in the shelter was enough. Several grown men were shirtless, sitting around playing cards with seaweed and beer, and their life was very comfortable.
The man who was carrying a food box and wearing flip-flops and large pants was actually wearing a suit on his upper body. This nondescript appearance was very eye-catching when he appeared. Several men who were playing cards looked up and were stunned when they saw this guy.
, and everyone started laughing together. Maybe they didn’t expect anyone to be able to dress like this.
What's even more unexpected is that this guy with "fashionable" clothes didn't get angry when he saw a group of people laughing at him. Instead, he started laughing too. Moreover, when he saw this group of people, he was already tired of eating and vomiting when he saw them.
When the seaweed was being eaten with wine, he immediately ran over with a food box and said, "Hey, tell me, I have some peanuts here. I wonder if you guys need them to drink with."
When a person who was drinking heard this, his eyes immediately widened: "Hey? What a stupid guy like you, you still have such a good thing on you? You are not trying to trick me, are you?"
The man wearing flip-flops and a suit immediately opened the food box with a smile and said, "Look, gentlemen, are these peanuts?"
Several people playing cards put down their cards.
If you take a closer look, you will see that it is really a plate of fried peanuts.
Before the "sun disappeared", this thing was the most classic but least valuable thing in snacks. But today is different from the past. Not to mention the water circulation system accident that just happened recently, it was in the days before energy and water conservation.
, it is also rare to see this kind of thing in a shelter that strictly follows the planned food rationing system.
Although it is not impossible to eat, there is no meat, fish and other precious things, but for this group of people who have recently been "unemployed" and can only play cards, this small plate of fried peanuts is the Supreme Laojun.
The elixir in the gourd, even if the Monkey King Bi Mawen comes, he still has to drink it, right?
So a few people's eyes became hot at that time.
But no one actually picked one up, because none of them knew this guy in funny clothes. Even if you are greedy, it is still necessary to stay alert.
The bald man who had not yet put down the cup asked, "If you show courtesy for nothing, you are either raping or stealing. Tell me, what is your name? Where do you come from? Are you looking for any of our brothers?"
Wearing flip-flops and a suit, this guy really doesn't look like a nice guy.
He had a sharp mouth and a moustache that made him even more cunning. He shrank his neck and smiled sheepishly, "My name is Zhou Baoyu. He is an ordinary workshop worker in Area B. The factory has been closed recently, so I just thought
I took the opportunity to meet my cousin and sister-in-law, so I exchanged all the money I saved for delicious food. But who would have thought that I would not know until I came down that my cousin and sister-in-law were no longer in Area C, but now they live in
The people in that house didn't want to see me, so I thought if I could get to know a few gentlemen with the good stuff I had. I had a good time, and I'll help you find my cousin.
That’s fine, if you can’t help me, don’t worry, just make a friend.”
The mood of the people at the table was a bit low. After all, several major events have happened recently, and many people died each time, which really made people panic.
but……
The bald man poured the beer full and said, "Hey, forget it, let's just live our lives well. Come on, come on, brothers, we are tired of eating seaweed at ordinary times. Let's eat meat today. It's good to eat and drink."
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Several poker players also immediately swept away the gloom, picked up their wine glasses and started to feast.
…
Zhou Baoyu, who ran all the way out of Area C, stood in the flow of people in the confluence area.
Everyone who passes by him will take a second look at him, and most of them will cover their mouths and smile secretly. After all, this brother's dress is really eye-catching.
But Zhou Baoyu felt that the world in front of him suddenly became bleak.
When the disaster was first warned, it was impossible for Zhou Baoyu to successfully enter the shelter based on the qualifications he reported. He could only enter the shelter like the other last-placed eliminations by picking lottery tickets from the box and asking for a first prize.
.This is a last resort when a disaster strikes... Zhou Baoyu has never hated the government because of this matter, because although he doesn't know much and doesn't have strong skills, he would have been in Xiongan New Area all these years if it weren't for the government's help.
, he might have starved to death long ago.
Back then, he ran away from Shandong to make a name for himself, but in the end he didn't even have a serious job. In this era of high unemployment, Zhou Baoyu was just as confused as millions of unemployed people.
Fortunately, God was kind and just when Zhou Baoyu was about to give up on winning the prize, he met his cousin who treated him like his own son since childhood.
Ethically, he should indeed call Wu Yidong and Liu Xiuyuan cousins, but the reality is that Zhou Baoyu, whose parents died young, was raised by his cousins as his own children. The story Zhou Baoyu told about not being afraid of other people's jokes is also true.
Zhou Baoyu, who had been wandering at the entrance of Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District for several days, planned to run away when he saw his cousin and sister-in-law who were as close as his parents again, but was found by his cousin.
Later, under Wu Yidong's arrangement, Zhou Baoyu finally got the opportunity to enter the shelter as a low-level worker.
But after arriving at the production line, Zhou Baoyu was strictly prohibited from moving between the different zones, because doing so would increase the difficulty of hygiene and epidemic prevention inside the shelter. Zhou Baoyu also abides by the rules and has not escaped once in the year and a half since he entered the shelter.
This time he was able to visit his cousin and sister-in-law only because the factory was shut down and the district manager was no longer as impersonal as before. This gave him the opportunity to visit his relatives. But on the way here, he heard that something happened to the advance team.
news.
However... what Zhou Baoyu never expected was that his cousin and sister-in-law, who were already over fifty years old, actually applied to join the advance team... And that team of 600 people was either dead or missing... Zhou Baoyu suddenly felt like it was heaven.
Like collapsed.
After standing in the confluence area for a long time, Zhou Baoyu finally couldn't hold back his emotions. He fell to his knees and cried loudly. While crying, he said, "Brother...sister-in-law...why did you suddenly disappear?"
...Ah...Brother..."
Everyone passing by was frightened by Zhou Baoyu's sudden kneeling.
The security personnel rushed over immediately after noticing the situation here.
After confirming that there was no danger, the security personnel came forward and asked, "Friend, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Zhou Baoyu burst into tears. He looked at the security guard in front of him, grabbed his hand and said, "My brother and sister-in-law are gone... gone... I have no family anymore..."
The security guard frowned, but still tried to comfort him.
Zhou Baoyu's mood gradually stabilized.
But just when he was about to follow the security personnel and sit down aside, Zhou Baoyu accidentally saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
Although it was only for a moment, he was sure that it was his cousin!
That kind of familiarity is still unmistakable even after a long time, so Zhou Baoyu immediately broke away from the security personnel and ran towards the figure, shouting as he ran, "Brother! Cousin! It's me! Baoyu!"
Upon seeing this, the security personnel said anxiously, "Hey! Don't run around!"
Zhou Baoyu didn't care about the warning behind him. He dispersed the crowd and ran towards the figure.
But as he got closer and closer to the figure, he suddenly felt his chest tighten. When he looked down, he was stabbed with a dagger from behind.
At this time, Zhou Baoyu was only less than ten meters away from the familiar figure. He wanted to continue running forward, but he was too seriously injured.
When Zhou Baoyu fell, it was soon discovered that he was injured.
The crowd screamed, and when the security personnel ran over to check, they found that Zhou Baoyu was dying. He immediately took out his walkie-talkie and said, "Attention all departments, a malicious attack has occurred in the No. 17 confluence area! Please block the exit immediately! Evacuate the staff heading to the confluence area!"
"
The alarm sounded, and many crisscrossing red lines appeared in the confluence area square.
After seeing these red lines, the staff in the square consciously separated and stood in the areas marked by the red lines. This is a taboo avoidance strategy after encountering an emergency. All people entering the shelter have received special training.
"Doctor!" the security guard shouted loudly while trying to stop Zhou Baoyu's bleeding.
The doctor on duty near the confluence area had already rushed over. When he saw Zhou Baoyu who had lost too much blood, the doctor said in a deep voice, "Quick! Take him to the emergency room and prepare for blood transfusion."
Zhou Baoyu's consciousness began to dim. He was lying on a stretcher, still stretching out his hand and calling "Brother...Brother..."
But no one responded to him.
The security guard stayed where he was. He looked at the surrounding crowd standing in the red zone with his gun in hand, but he did not find any suspicious targets.