Volume 4: National Craftsmanship Chapter 45 They are as timid as I used to be...
"Since you still have armed forces, why don't you contact the Dragnet for help and set up an official shelter? Don't tell me that you can't even find a radio or a satellite phone with so many people?"
This was the most puzzling thing for Shen Jin. He had this question ever since he recognized these men in suits and ties as former bigwigs in the government. Hu Shou of Tianluodiwang had personally told him that the government of City Q had lost contact and had not been able to contact them, so in the end they chose his Home No. 1 as the official shelter to help the survivors of City Q survive and, with the help of Tianluodiwang, gather City Q's own strength to fight the zombies.
The policy that Tianluodiwang has always implemented is to have the entire nation fight against zombies. Tianluodiwang provides technical and military support to local governments, and local governments provide shelter, food, and weapons to survivors. It expands outward from each official settlement, gradually clearing out the zombies in various areas, and eventually completing the encirclement of the entire country to completely eliminate the zombies!
As for other cities that don't have official shelters, some were destroyed by the zombie tide, some were government agencies that were unable to build bases, and some other conditions were not met. Among them... Q City was completely out of contact. The military had no way of contacting the Skynet, and the Skynet could not contact the government army of Q City.
There were some knowledgeable people who took the initiative to contact Tianluodiwang, but unfortunately... there were no officers and soldiers and few extraordinary people, so they didn't even have the conditions to find the official military crossbows.
But Shen Jin didn't expect that Q City still had such an official force. They were hiding in the fresh pork warehouse... they had no worries about food and clothing and lived a glamorous life.
Why did Shen Jin keep questioning these people?
Because the logic behind this made Shen Jin feel... disappointed.
The people on the other side were silent. After a moment, the second-in-command replied: "No reason. After the apocalypse, we are no longer the same as before. We are just some ordinary survivors gathered together. If this is your only question, please reply!"
Shen Jin was not satisfied with this answer. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh? Now you can just say that you are not in the same position as before? When you were powerful before, you would never say such a thing even if you were beaten to death, right? Now it is a wartime state! You can't just do it if you want to. Now I'll give you one last chance. Tell me, why don't you organize people to resist?"
The second-in-command's eyes showed a gloomy look: "Young man, since you have chosen to cooperate with Tianluodiwang, just do your own thing. The world is so big that you can't control everyone. Old Meng, show me out!"
The bald man in a suit raised his hand slightly, and the 500 strong crossbowmen raised their crossbows again, aiming at Shen Jin and his group. Shen Jin didn't even look at these people. He glanced at the Rolex on his hand and chuckled, "Yes, the world is too big, I can't control everyone, but a friend of mine will reply to you like this: wherever I go, it's all fucking clear! Capture these... traitors!"
Shen Jin directly put a huge hat on these people's heads. Now he is an official member of the dragnet, and he is the official biggest decision-maker in Q City!
If you don't obey your commander, you will be arrested!
As Shen Jin's voice fell, the supernatural powers of 225 extraordinary people surged, and an enormous momentum rushed into the sky!
The 28 extraordinary people on the opposite side
"Superhuman!"
“So many people are actually…!”
Shen Jin's men took action, and 500 strong crossbowmen also took action!
500 crossbow arrows poured down. These crossbow arrows that could blow up an elephant's skull locked onto Shen Jin's men. Even a transcendental being wouldn't dare to use his body to withstand this modern crossbow, which is the most powerful of cold weapons!
"Water space!" Miao Shubai shouted loudly, and the water vapor around everyone quickly condensed into a rolling water curtain, surrounding everyone.
She had been prepared for such a scenario!
Ever since Shen Jin started feeding her carrots, she knew she had to defend herself against these crossbow arrows, "Puff puff puff!"
All the crossbow arrows were shot into the water curtain. The powerful buffering force of the flowing water quickly consumed the kinetic energy of these crossbow arrows, but they were too strong. Miao Shubai's ability magnified the range too wide, and it was impossible to completely block these crossbow arrows. 500 crossbow arrows rushed out from the water curtain and shot at everyone, "crackling!"
The Artisan Soul Armor was like being shot by a slingshot with pebbles, without any pain. Miao Shubai showed a victorious smile. Although these crossbow arrows penetrated her supernatural power, they had little power left. The Artisan Soul Armor on everyone's body could completely block them without any damage, and it didn't even consume much durability. The bald officer was shocked. He knew the power of a volley of 500 strong crossbowmen under his command. Even the 28 extraordinary people on his side had to flee in embarrassment. The 500 strong crossbowmen formed a battle formation. As long as they were given a certain distance, dozens of extraordinary people could not get close to them. But now...
After a round of fruitless firing, Shen Jin's men rushed out!
At such a close distance, these crossbowmen only had time to pull the crossbow strings to the mechanism, and were subdued before they could load the arrows!
In close combat, it is easy for a strength-type extraordinary person or a strange-shaped extraordinary person to defeat 10 such crossbowmen alone, not to mention that now they only need one person to deal with 3.
Shen Jin's team leader and elemental superhumans have already engaged in combat with the 28 superhumans on the opposite side. The battle is one-sided. No matter in terms of quality or quantity, the opposite side can simply not compare with the captains under Shen Jin. What's very interesting is that the superhumans on the opposite side seem to have been defeated. After a few symbolic resistances, they were knocked down and lay on the ground unable to get up.
Five minutes later, the entire battle was over. The extraordinary people and the crossbowmen were gathered together and controlled centrally. The 20 men in suits were forced into a corner, looking embarrassed, and stood in a row.
Wu Yong took out a sofa from his [Craftsman Soul Backpack] and put it on the ground. Shen Jin chose a comfortable sitting position before asking, "I told you before to answer my questions honestly, but you were too confident. You thought 500 crossbowmen could threaten us? The psychic may not be able to defeat the gene locker, but... the magic of psychic power is far from being displayed by fighting alone, haha~! Let's not talk about this. You won't understand even if I tell you. Now tell me what you did after the end of the world. What made you decide to hide here and not dare to go out? Did you eat too much pork and be blinded by lard? Or is it that you can replenish what you eat? Did you eat pig brains to replenish 20 pig brains?"
"You!" The 20 former superiors glared at him.
Shen Jin's current attitude is because these people have not contacted the Tianluodiwang since the end of the world, causing his hometown, Q City, to be in a state of chaos. Many survivors have been infected by zombies because they have no official protection.
When in City D, Shen Jin felt deeply moved that the official settlement there was established early and protected most of the survivors. Now City D is equally divided among three bases. Xia Anbang's official base has the largest population and the most food, Shen Jin's Hongshui Bay base has the largest and safest chassis, and the Taoist's Jinzhou Airport base has the largest number of wild extraordinary people.
The three bases are located in different locations in City D. Each base can absorb survivors from the surrounding area and clear out zombies very quickly.
In Q City, currently only the No. 1 Home Base established by Shen Jin can clear out zombies on a large scale. Shen Jin's questions made the people on the opposite side very uncomfortable, and they all remained silent and refused to answer.
Seeing this, Li Zhe directly extended his tentacles and rolled towards...Ms. Cui, Cui: (°ー°〃)
"Why is it always me?? Find someone else to threaten...Ah!!!"
Ms. Cui was hung up by Li Zhe...
Seeing this, the second-in-command lowered his eyelids, his brows slightly relaxed, and a heavy sigh came out of his nose: "Hey... put Xiao Cui down, I will tell you!"
Shen Jin nodded, and Li Zhe put down Ms. Cui, whose hair looked like it had been chewed by a dog, and said, "Go ahead!"
The second-in-command's eyes revealed a look of reminiscence...
"That was the second day after the zombie virus broke out. We contacted Lao Meng, who was in charge of the soldiers..."
The next half hour passed as the second-in-command narrated, and Shen Jin and his team also learned about what had happened in the Q City government over the past six months...
The zombie virus broke out without any warning!
After the initial panic among the entire nation, the government contacted the officers and soldiers as soon as possible and successfully reunited them. At that time, since most of them were ordinary zombies, the officers and soldiers quickly calmed down after the initial panic of not being able to use hot weapons, and killed their way out with the help of many military crossbows. At that time, Tianluodiwang had not yet taken over the overall command of the country.
They took in a lot of ordinary people along the way, constantly expanded their size, chose a vocational college in the city as their base, and established a tight defense. However, the whole country was still in a state of chaos at that time, and even the twice-daily news broadcasts were not done. The people in Q City’s government were defending against the zombie attacks, taking in the survivors, and trying to contact their superiors. At that time, they did a very competent job.
Until... they met a family who concealed the fact that they had been bitten by zombies. This family of four sneaked into the Q City Vocational College base, which had a chaotic internal management at that time. At that time, they had nearly 5,000 officers and soldiers, most of whom were on external defense. Those who did not have defense tasks had to constantly demolish houses and build walls to block all blind spots to prevent zombies from crawling in from every corner. Just when they were working hard, inside... it was time for dinner!
There were a total of four people in that family, all of whom were infected with the zombie virus. They turned into zombies and crazily attacked other people in the settlement. By the time the authorities reacted, the entire settlement had become a living hell!
All the officers and soldiers who were not infected had no choice but to flee, abandoning this vocational and technical college settlement which was in a relatively good location. This time, half of the government staff was reduced, leaving only 2,500 people. They fled for three days before they shook off the countless zombies following them. Then they came to the seaside forest park to rest and set up a temporary base there, but... although there were few zombies in this place, it was almost defenseless except for the ocean. The reason they chose this place was because there were two large grain and oil companies here, and the food in the warehouse was enough to last for a long time. The officers and soldiers patrolled in different time periods, which was also good. They can defend it, but... the good times don't last long. A small-scale zombie tide suddenly broke out. One zombie after another rushed into their base desperately. The zombie attacks from all directions made them exhausted. At this time, a small number of evolved zombies had appeared. The L-type zombies' super strength made the officers and soldiers dare not fight them head-on, and the M-type zombies' super speed and jumping ability made it impossible for them to aim. In this battle, the officers and soldiers retreated again in a panic. During this period, a small number of people activated their gene locks and superpowers, but because they didn't know how to suppress the hormone backlash after the gene locks were activated, except Dou Bei... all the people who activated the gene locks died.
This time, there were only 1,000 of them left, and they set out on the road of escape again. This time, their target was... the pork reserve warehouse in Q City. At this time, the government already had its own extraordinary power, and the remaining people were the elite among the elite. The journey was relatively smooth, until... they encountered an M1 zombie, whose body was as flexible as Spider-Man, jumping back and forth between various buildings, as fast as a cannonball, chasing after a large group of them. Without hot weapons, they could not cause effective damage to this monster at all, and it was difficult for a first-level extraordinary person to confront it head-on. Without full body armor, a claw would sentence them to death. The M1 zombie chased them for three days, infected and ate a full 500 people. Seeing that everyone was being targeted and unable to escape, Dou Bei applied for one person to stay behind to block the zombies. He fought a fierce battle with the zombies, broke through the second-level extraordinary in life and death, and completely killed the M1 zombie. Finally, more than 500 government officials fled into the pork reserve warehouse in Q City, which is now here...
Along the way, they lost everything except their weapons. After settling down, they found that the food here was abundant, enough to feed more than 500 people for a long time. There was also a large solar power generation equipment above the warehouse, which could be used to power the cold storage and a portion of it could be allocated for daily use.
The most important thing is... there are no zombies everywhere.
So... no one mentioned establishing an official settlement anymore, no one mentioned killing zombies or seizing territory, and no one dared to go out anymore.
Occasionally, when officers and soldiers asked whether they should go out to fight in the future, they would be scolded by the bald officers.
The courage in the hearts of these people in power and the sense of responsibility on their shoulders have been completely destroyed by the zombies. All that's left here are a group of frightened people who are still maintaining a bright appearance...cowards.
After listening to the story, Shen Jin stroked the Rolex that was emitting a magical glow and sighed, "They are just as timid and cowardly as I used to be!"
Didn't he just want to stay at home, guarding the supplies that would last him three lifetimes, and quietly living the life of a groundhog?
Anyway, if the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up. If the government can't help, there are still the nets of heaven and earth. They will always find a way.
"At that time, I didn't think clearly. If everyone stayed at home, who would be the hero? Who would save the world?"
Shen Jin suddenly missed Zhu Dan a little. If he hadn’t met him... he might not have realized that doing all this was not about personal heroism, but a kind of... responsibility to the nation and to humanity!
What is a hero?
Shen Jin thinks Zhu Dan is a hero, but what about himself?
Just an ordinary savior.
At this moment, a light golden energy screen popped up on the Rolex. On it were originally the eight words that Zhu Dan himself abided by, but now Shen Jin changed the first half of the sentence to [The more you wear the Rolex, the greater your responsibility]
The 20 people in the corner looked at the eight pale golden characters flashing in front of them, with rich expressions on their faces...
