Chapter 655 Four-front linkage, the darkest eve!
The eleventh day of the fifth lunar month is the 131st day since humans arrived in the wasteland, and the third to last day before the great cooling disaster strikes.
After exploring the two separate peaks in the origin territory, the basic premise for "rescue" was determined.
Su Mohe took off his clothes, lay down on the bed again and began to close his eyes and rest, thinking carefully about the means he still had to break the situation.
Judging from the current situation, it must be unrealistic to save everyone.
First, 30,000 people need too many supplies. It would take 150,000 kilograms of food for just five days to barely get enough.
And this is not counting the subsequent costs of settling these people.
Secondly, not all of these 30,000 people are normal people with good intentions and want to live peacefully in the apocalypse.
Among them, those who embezzled the hot soup of ordinary refugees like yesterday are not worth saving at all.
If these people could be screened out, they would be excluded from the scope of rescue.
Not only can it make advance preparations for bringing people back to the territory, but it can also significantly reduce rescue difficulties and material requirements.
"Is there any way that I can not only get this list of people, but also get a batch of supplies?"
After much thought.
Exclude them one by one.
After taking out all the means on paper, after thinking and selecting, just when Sumo had some ideas, the noise outside the window began to get louder.
You know, the location of Sanyuan Hotel is off-center.
There can be noisy noises here, which naturally means that there are definitely many people.
"Huh? It's only seven o'clock."
Getting up out of curiosity, Somo opened the window. After just one look, he couldn't help but froze in front of the window.
Early in the morning, it was only early seven o'clock.
The street below Sanyuan Hotel was actually full of people, and refugees carrying bags were everywhere.
In front of the three trading rooms in the Origin Camp, a long queue had already formed, and the sound of chatter spread around.
More than 99% of these people are ordinary people living here.
On weekdays, due to the exchange time, most people save the issued Origin Coins first, and only take a day to exchange them when needed.
But now, after they had accumulated Origin Coins for less than half a month, it was on the eve of this terrible disaster, and they were stimulated by the uneven distribution of broth yesterday.
These people also began to realize that the iron piece was useless in their hands.
In the hungry and cold night, only the supplies you get are real!
It’s not a run, it’s better than a run.
More than 20,000 people gathered in the small village complex, blocking almost every main road.
Under such a prosperous scene, most shops can only temporarily close their businesses to make way for these people.
Even the place where street stalls used to be set up was filled with the feet of passers-by, and there was no place to rest or sit.
Of course, if the previous material theft was just a dream, or all the lost materials were recovered.
Today's scene will not affect anything, but will unite people's hearts to a certain extent.
But if the supplies are no longer there, there are so many people waiting to exchange them.
At the end, it seems that there is only one left.
Sanyuan Hotel.
Not long after 7:30, the door of the room located in the center of the second floor, including the entire second floor walkway, was also full of people.
Unlike the people outside who were queuing up to exchange supplies, these people all had solemn faces and serious expressions.
In addition, they are neatly dressed and vaguely respect the people in the middle.
As the momentum went down, some of the casual travelers who were still lingering and joking on the first floor immediately shut up. They only dared to glance furtively from time to time, wondering in their minds what big event had happened.
More than ten minutes passed in such a stagnant atmosphere.
A middle-aged man standing in the center of the crowd walked out with an embarrassed look on his face, as if he was risking his life, and gently put his hand on the door.
Dong.
Dong-dong
It was obviously a knock on the wooden door, but this sound seemed to knock on the heart of everyone who heard the sound.
Waiting for the reaction inside the door, the time outside the door seemed to become extremely long.
The atmosphere that was still stagnant just now actually rose to a higher level again, and the air seemed to be stagnant.
But fortunately, this time obviously did not last long.
Two or three seconds later, a voice came from the room to come in, and the tense atmosphere outside suddenly relaxed!
Crash.
The door opened, and the four people standing in the front row glanced to the side, then quickly stepped inside and closed the door again.
"Hey, director, you."
For the first time, after seeing the people inside clearly, Feng Long couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
The scene in which Somo sat at the table, looking confused and having difficulty making a choice, did not happen.
Just like any other day.
Standing by the window, although Sumo's face showed emotion and contemplation, it lacked the wavering of yesterday.
Obviously, after a night of deliberation, Sumo had made his decision.
“I’ve thought about it, we can just sit back and watch some people in this city and let them fend for themselves”
“But there are some ordinary people who are hardworking and diligent. He should have sacrificed himself so fearlessly."
Pointing to the refugees downstairs who were observing the rules and taking out their water bottles to take a sip from time to time to relieve their stomach ache.
Sumo turned his head and looked serious.
“If these people can be brought back to our territory, they will be of great help to future development”
“As long as they pay a small amount of materials, they can become our base construction The cornerstone allows the village and the territory to develop five times faster, more than ten times”
“And, with the life in the origin territory as a comparison, we only need to successfully rescue these people and bring them "Take it back"
"It's totally worth the risk!" Sumo said solemnly.
If you want to gain benefits in the chaotic apocalyptic wasteland, some risks must be taken.
The difference is only in the size of the risk.
Compared with risking life and death to fight aliens, and fighting with the false gods behind aliens.
I don’t dare to bear the risks brought by this rescue right now.
How can you have the courage to confront a life-or-death crisis in the future?
"Sure enough..."
Seeing Su Mo's serious look, Feng Tianmin, Feng Long, Guan Yu'an, and Du Shi all felt certain in their hearts, and their hearts that were in the air suddenly relaxed.
Last night, several people were still determined to leave the place of right and wrong, putting their own safety first and recruiting refugees secondly.
But when they returned to their room at night and thought about it carefully, they also discovered the problem with their idea.
It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
In the current situation, hiding outside is indeed a way to avoid the limelight for a while and avoid the most chaotic time.
But standing outside, can we really watch indifferently as a camp of 30,000 people turns into a killing ground for Shuras, and then wait until the dust settles to harvest the "spoils of war"?
Asked in their hearts, all four of them had answers.
"Director, to be honest, even if you don't say anything today, we will still advise you to stay and try to save these ordinary people as much as possible"
"Me too!"
"Director, the mistakes committed by those beasts should not be attributed to ordinary people."
"You give the order, and we will do it immediately!"
Having Sumo set the tone directly , the four of them opened their mouths and spoke directly.
However, right now, just having an attitude is not enough.
Based on their thinking last night, none of them thought of a way to break the situation.
For example: who to save, how to save, how to arrange the remaining people after saving, how to deal with other people, etc., we still have no idea.
However. "Okay, since we have the same opinion, there is no need to waste time to continue thinking."
"Feng Long, after the support from our snow mountain base camp arrives, you can bring me two The team members went over to capture the bounty hunter who was spying on us. By the way, get them all, including his men. Don’t let any one of them go. Tie everyone outside the origin territory. I I’ll wait for you at the Snow Mountain Base Camp.” Realistically, once he has a tendency to leave, notify me immediately. Remember not to have a direct conflict with him. You must wait until I come over.”
"Chang'an, in this chaotic situation, even if Sun Bahu has posted sentries before, they may not be effective at this time. I will also assign a pair of people to you. You go and find all the places where things can be hidden in the origin territory. , places that ordinary people are not allowed to enter, and all places where people are imprisoned, use adventure mechanics to carefully check to see if you can find traces of your brother Guan Shan or Marshal Wang."
" Du Shi, your task is the heaviest and hardest. I will give you three teams of people. You can contact Huang Bing as quickly as possible and try your best to infiltrate the guards of the territory for me. No matter what means you use, I will Promise, if someone resists during this process, if it is found that he has no previous criminal record, just knock him out and tie him up. If he has a criminal record, he will be killed on the spot without mercy!"
The detailed plan has already been in Somo! It has been brewing in my mind for a long time.
When it came out of my mouth at this time, it became clearer and clearer.
Catch bounty hunters, you can understand the secrets in the origin territory as quickly as possible, master their channels for obtaining intelligence, and monitor the changes in the entire origin territory in another secret way.
Monitoring Sun Bahu can prevent him from taking away too many supplies, turning the entire origin territory into a black hole with zero supplies.
At the same time, you can also see if you can catch the opponent by surprise when they are most unprepared.
The purpose of controlling the city defenses in the origin territory is to be prepared and to prevent your own people who are still operating in the city from being trapped and unable to escape after a sudden mutiny in the territory.
As for finding Marshal Wang and Guan Shan, this was Sumo's attempt. After all, the two disappeared without leaving any trace.
Coupled with the mystery surrounding them, maybe by finding them, we might be able to find ways and means to break the situation.
"Yes!"
The four lines have a clear division of labor and work together.
After receiving the tasks respectively, the four of them couldn't help but look at each other, with joy and surprise on their faces.
In such a complicated situation, I am afraid of hesitation, being unable to make an idea and wasting time.
But Sumo was able to think so clearly in this situation.
Immediately, everyone accepted the tasks one by one, and after discussing the specific implementation for a while, they left one after another.
Soon, the soldiers who stayed in the Sanyuan Hotel were also taken away separately, leaving only five people to follow Sumo and conduct strategic maneuvers.
"It's time, it's time for me to leave!"
Finally, I stood by the window and took a look through the gap at the crowd outside, which had begun to faintly riot.
Sumo took a deep breath, returned to the bedside, gathered everything, opened the door and left quietly with the remaining soldiers.
From now on, the origin territory will enter the first and possibly the last darkest moment it has experienced since its creation.
Not surprisingly, these places maintained their original intentions at first, but then gradually began to expand.
It will inevitably become the first place to be "attacked" after ordinary refugees discover the truth.
The benefits they had expropriated before will be spit out ten times or a hundred times under the iron fist of the collective will.
And if he continued to stay here, although he was not afraid of being moved and hated, but with the idea that doing more was better than doing less, Sumo finally chose to retreat.
The origin territory is a large stone house near the east city gate.
Hou Tielong stood at the door with a complex expression, looking at the crowds of people in the distance.
In the past, I knew his evil reputation.
The place in front of the stone house is extremely deserted, and few people dare to come here to "act wild".
But yesterday and today, his place was extremely lively. At a glance, it was full of heads.
After continuing to watch for a while, Hou Tielong was upset by the noise, so he simply opened the door and returned to the house.
Seeing him come in, a man with a fleshy body hurriedly came up to him.
"Brother Long, all the supplies are ready and can be transported out at any time through the secret tunnel we dug."
"The brothers from Sanyuan Hotel will be back soon. We have to leave. You can leave at any time”
“Okay!”
After hearing the good news, Hou Tielong's worries finally disappeared.
Being a bounty hunter means being well-informed.
Through these messages, he has already discovered something is wrong these days.
The first thing to bear the brunt is that the prisoner bounties previously turned in have begun to be distributed in the form of origin coins, and physical materials will no longer be distributed.
Origin coins can be exchanged for materials, and personal daily limits have also begun to be set, and cannot be exchanged all at once.
However, these two points alone, without definite evidence, did not make him so cautious and anxious.
The main reason that allowed him to make such a decision was that after the battle on the main peak yesterday, several captains responsible for managing warehouse supplies all mysteriously disappeared.
The staff who were previously regarded as confidants by Sun Bahu also suffered the same fate as those who caused trouble in the origin territory before, disappearing without a trace overnight.
Including the deputy captain of the escort team who was familiar with him and usually wanted to wear a pair of pants, his face changed in the morning. Before he said a few words, he told him to go back and wait for the news, not to worry.
Based on these doubts, it is not difficult for Hou Tielong to guess what big problem happened in the origin territory.
Although there was no definite evidence, he decided to take the supplies out of the city before the big temperature drop was coming, and go outside to avoid the wind. After the dust settled, it would not be too late to come back.
As for finding the whereabouts of Marshal Wang and collecting the huge bounty, we can only leave it to later.
"There are too many people now. We will start evacuating immediately after the sun goes down."
"I have a hunch that this time the temperature drops, the city may not be as peaceful as before. !”
Looking worriedly at the thick pile of documents on the desk and on the bookshelf behind him.
After Hou Tielong finished speaking, he immediately frowned and said: "How many times have I said that intelligence is the foundation for our survival. As long as we have them, even if the origin territory changes again, we will have a chance to make a comeback."
"Hurry up, these ordinary information cannot be ignored. Load them up with the supplies and take them all away!"
"Okay, Brother Long!"
Been After a few words of instruction, the few men in the room who were still packing their things had to put down what they were doing, then turned around and started carrying the information again.
For a long time, I watched all the documents being packed up and put into boxes by the big men, and then tied together with hemp ropes.
Hou Tielong first frowned and was about to praise him, but then he clenched his fists half-ly, pretending to be nonchalant, lying on the chair, squinting and looking out the window.
"Maybe it's time to pick one of these people!"
When everything is going well, these strong men under him are respectful to him.
But once something goes wrong, these people will reveal their true nature. They are all naughty and difficult to tame.
Bring it to the secret base to consume the supplies that have been prepared long ago, it is better to kill it directly.
It can not only save some supplies, but also avoid the risk of being betrayed.
Wait until the environment in the origin territory stabilizes, then come back to recruit people. When you have a lot of supplies, are you afraid that you can't find anyone to take the bait?
"Besides, by killing them, we can continue to collect some supplies and spend this winter more comfortably!"
After finding the last reason to convince himself, Hou Tielong was completely excited.
In the civilized era, it is not easy to feed a large group of people under your command, let alone in the end of the world.
Recently, in order to collect more supplies for the winter, his hair has turned a few gray.
But now, if we can lay off a wave of employees, we can still inherit the legacy of these people.
It’s like making money from both sides, but are you worried that you won’t survive this winter?
“Do it!”
With a roar in his heart, Hou Tielong sat up straight.
However.
Just when he was about to stand up and call his cronies, the door of the stone house was kicked open from the outside, making a roar.
Subconsciously, sensing the danger approaching, Hou Tielong touched directly towards the hidden compartment of the table.
But it’s a pity.
Before he could make any move, the figure who came in from the door directly hit his forehead roughly with a handful of objects that exuded an icy cold light.
At the same time, a question that was so cold that it chilled people's bones also popped out of the other party's mouth.
"You?"
"Is it Hou Tielong?"
(End of this chapter)