Seeing his cold attitude, everyone was a bit confused for a moment.
"I thought there was a rescue team coming. Why are there so few people?"
"What if there are few people? They're the People's Liberation Army, and they have guns."
"Right. Even if we can't get on the military vehicles, following them is pretty good too."
"Yeah, yeah. The PLA comrades surely won't leave us in danger."
...
Hearing the crowd's discussions, Shi Kai finally realized belatedly that it was rather presumptuous of him to bring so many people out without prior notice.
However, this thought only flashed through his mind and was soon drowned out by the gratitude and flattery from others.
From just now until now, Lin Qingqing had been observing everyone quietly.
When Shi Kai came to talk to Captain Xiao, Lin Qingqing recognized him at a glance: Isn't this the young man who was fighting the zombies downstairs with a kitchen knife and finally broke his arm? So he has superpowers now!
These residents all looked familiar, but no one recognized her, except Zhou Mang.
Lin Qingqing squinted and had a brief eye - to - eye confrontation with Zhou Mang at the end of the team from a distance. Looking at Zhou Mang's venomous eyes, Lin Qingqing calmly turned her head and, without saying a word, directly turned around and caught up with Xiao Pengfei in front.
"Captain Xiao, please wait a moment. I'd like to ask you for a favor!"
Hearing the clear female voice from behind, Xiao Pengfei remembered that he had been chatting with this girl earlier.
Seeing the person stop, before he could say anything, Lin Qingqing quickly stated her request."Can I ride in your vehicle? Look, I'm all alone. As a reward, I'll hand over all the supplies in my car for the team to distribute. Also, I can provide information about the superpower users in the community. To be honest, I ran out alone because I had a feud with them. There are several of them who are particularly difficult to deal with and have even killed many people."
From the moment she saw Zhou Mang again, Lin Qingqing had made up her mind. So her goal was clear: to exchange the information about Zhou Mang and the others, along with the entire carload of supplies, for Xiao Pengfei's protection.
Xiao Pengfei didn't expect this young girl, who seemed so young, to be able to say such words. This really made him look at her in a new light. She was bold, intelligent, decisive, and what was even rarer was her good talent.
Compared with her, Shi Kai seemed much more mediocre.
Xiao Pengfei's mood instantly improved a lot. He quickly declined her supplies, saying, "This isn't a big deal. Just come along. Keep the supplies for yourself!"
In his opinion, how many supplies could a young girl have? At most, it would be some food and daily necessities. He wasn't going to take away a girl's rations just for such a small request.
"No, no. I can't carry all these anyway," Lin Qingqing said as she opened the trunk to show them.
There were over twenty bags of rice and flour, each weighing twenty - jin, all brought out from the kindergarten kitchen.
Xiao Pengfei was even more astonished this time. He understood that this girl had probably been well - prepared when she decided to go back to the base with them.Anyone would be tempted by so much rice and flour. Even if she went to the base, as a young girl, she might not be able to keep so many supplies and would probably have to hand them over to the base.
Lin Qingqing actually thought the same as him. Anyway, she was seeking protection. If she gave them to Xiao Pengfei now, not only could he protect her on the way, but Captain Xiao would also remember her. If she handed them over to the base, who would care about her?
What's more, compared with food, Lin Qingqing valued her own strength more. Captain Xiao was a senior second - order superpower user. If she could get some guidance from him, she would surely benefit a lot.
Following the principle of not troubling two people for one thing, Lin Qingqing planned to stick closely to Xiao Pengfei in the future.
For the sake of strength and safety, she certainly wouldn't be reluctant to part with these supplies.
In the end, Xiao Pengfei only accepted the rice and flour and didn't take the other food and items.
Hearing this, Lin Qingqing felt relieved. She carried her bag, left the car to Xiao Lu, and then got into the jeep.
They didn't avoid anyone when making this deal, and of course, Zhou Mang saw it.
He was far away. Although he didn't know what Lin Qingqing and Xiao Pengfei were talking about, seeing that this woman actually got into the jeep, he knew he couldn't touch her for the time being.
"Bitch!"
Zhou Mang spat viciously, his eyes as vicious as if they were dripping with poison.Besides Lin Qingqing, he also hated Shi Kai to the core. When Shi Kai brought this news, many residents were excitedly packing supplies and driving to find the team.
But Zhou Mang didn't think this was good news at all. He had been living like a local tyrant in the community, having a pretty comfortable life, and didn't want to go to some so - called survivor base. Moreover, with soldiers escorting them on the way, how could these people still listen to him?
Those soldiers had guns, and there was a safe base outside to go to. So he didn't dare to stop those who wanted to leave.
"Hmph. Do they really think those few soldiers can protect them? So naive!" Zhou Mang sneered.
Most of these residents had stayed in the community since the beginning of the apocalypse and had never been out. Although they were exploited by Zhou Mang and the others on a daily basis, they were also under their protection.
Many of them had never even killed a single zombie and had no idea how cruel the outside world was. They were full of the thought that by following the PLA comrades to the base, they could get rid of Zhou Mang's exploitation and live a normal life.
A few people understood but wouldn't say anything, just like Shi Kai. He used to often persuade everyone to be self - reliant and strong, but he wouldn't teach them how to do it step by step.
His actions, which were completely opposite to Zhou Mang's, divided the residents in the community into two factions. Although the majority still followed Zhou Mang, the people on Shi Kai's side were all capable young people.So it was reasonable for Zhou Mang to hate him. This time, Shi Kai had simply taken away almost all the residents at once. Zhou Mang had regarded him as the number - one enemy after Lin Qingqing and would never give up until he killed him.
The sudden burst of murderous intent from Zhou Mang made Bai Xiaoyun, who was sitting behind, couldn't help but shiver.
She had, of course, also seen Lin Qingqing. Ever since they let this woman go last time, their lives had never been easy again, especially hers and Qian Mao's.
So when she saw Zhou Mang getting angry, she trembled reflexively.
At this time, Qian Mao was also sitting beside her. But unlike Bai Xiaoyun, when he saw Lin Qingqing, a glint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
He secretly glanced at Zhou Mang in front of him, and a plan gradually took shape in his mind.
The convoy moved forward steadily, trailed by a string of private cars. They lined up and carefully followed the military vehicles. No one dared to cause any trouble at this time.
Besides those private cars, there were also some people who didn't have cars and directly got on the two military trucks. Zhou Mang and his group also drove three cars and followed at the end of the line.
Along the way, except for a few soldiers who would stop from time to time to clear the cars in the middle of the road and the occasional scattered zombies, nothing unexpected happened. With Captain Xiao, a second - order gold - type superpower user, around, these were not big troubles, so everyone had a relatively smooth journey.Lin Qingqing provided them with the identities and superpower information of Zhou Mang and the others as promised. Xiao Pengfei and the others observed carefully and found that these people really exuded an air of arrogance. Especially that Zhou Mang, with a fierce look in his eyes, must have had more than one life on his hands.
Although in the apocalypse, killing and being killed were common occurrences, people with such obvious violent tendencies still needed to be closely monitored.
It was inconvenient along the way, so Captain Xiao had decided early on that once they returned to the base, he would report the situation of these people and let the base keep them under strict control.
Owing Lin Qingqing a favor, Xiao Pengfei answered all her questions without reservation.
Lin Qingqing then took the opportunity to ask several questions that she had always wanted to know.