dawn effect

Chapter 8 The Returner

"This is the satellite map of Lvzhugou in Manzhou from the first year of Datong to the fourth year of Datong. The transaction record time is consistent with the satellite image of the automatic transport vehicle."

"This is a related transaction about that location. We also found out that in January of the second year of Datong, they added a new member named Liu Xiaomao."

"Liu Xiaomao, father Liu Shu is Tang Pu's close friend, and mother Li Shan is also Lin Yu's colleague. Liu Xiaomao went to Lvzhugou as Tang Pu's research assistant."

"This is a news report from Datong for four years. Tang Pu successfully restored the ancient power station and wrote several important papers. The materials of the papers are here, and Liu Xiaomao and Tangning are also attached."

Zhang Yucheng asked: "Can Liu Xiaomao be found now?"

Wang Hengshan shook his head, and called up several reports: "Liu Xiaomao returned to Shuzhou earlier, and became undead along with Liu Shu and Li Shan in the catastrophe. On September [-], the fourth year of Datong, he was cleared by the security forces in the concentrated area. .There are their information in the DNA identification certificate of the undead in the theater."

"After the cataclysm, the alliance restarted the military industry, and energy and industrial production capacity began to be transferred to the production of military supplies. Coupled with the undead mutation, a large number of talents proficient in infrastructure and medical treatment are needed."

"Tangning's parents, as scientists and medical backbones who are proficient in classical energy machinery, responded to the call of the alliance and returned to Shuzhou on April [-]th in the fourth year of Datong to participate in the construction of settlements. This is their entry record."

"Tang Pu later made outstanding contributions in rebuilding the energy system, military industry system, and supply system in the settlement area. However, during a rush to transport construction machinery in Datong six years, he was attacked by a strange beast and died, becoming a martyr in the settlement area;"

"After Lin Yu returned to the residential area, he was engaged in E virus research in the medical research institute. In the accident of the research institute in May 10, Datong, the passageway of the research institute was urgently closed, the research institute was burned down, and [-] people in the residential area were saved. He died in the line of duty because of this, and was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Inhabited Area."

Zhang Yucheng couldn't help being a little moved. The accident at the research institute was a major event in the settlement, and it even changed the political ecology of the entire settlement in the end.

Wang Hengshan continued, "It's worth noting that when Tang Pu and Lin Yu returned to Shuzhou, Tangning didn't follow them. There is no entry record for Tangning at the immigration office."

"At that time, it was the outbreak of the catastrophe virus, and two-thirds of the world's population was in that outbreak..."

Zhang Yucheng said, "Now that Tangning is back, judging from the information sent back by Shou Chuan, she is still very young."

Wang Hengshan nodded, "According to Tangning, he should have fallen into a deep sleep on the eve of the catastrophe, and it lasted... 16 years. After that, he lived alone at the Lvzhugou Power Station in Manzhou for more than three years."

"It seems to be a returnee with native immunity." Zhang Yucheng said thoughtfully: "But even if it is a returnee...now it is not like it was 13 years ago."

"Yes." Wang Hengshan lowered his head and simply responded with one word.

"The Security Bureau's investigation on the fourth tower floor has come to an end, right?"

"It's almost there, I guess we are waiting for our statement."

"Hot weapons are not at home. This is the bottom line of the military after seven years in Datong. We will not interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of the Interior. What position do we need?"

"If there is a problem with the fourth tower, it is also the management problem of the Ministry of the Interior. How to solve it is also the affairs of the Ministry of the Interior."

This time, Wang Hengshan didn't even dare to say yes.

"Go ahead, I have the general situation under control." Zhang Yucheng said: "When he arrives at the base, he will first pass the examination by the Ministry of the Interior."

"Yes!" Wang Hengshan stood at attention, turned and left.

Looking at Wang Hengshan's leaving back, Zhang Yucheng rested his elbows on the desk, crossed his hands, and fell into deep thought.

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"Brother Chao, what is a returner?"

The military vehicle was driving on the road that had been cleaned up. Tangning asked while paying attention to the images sent back by the drone ahead.

Li Yong was driving, while Li Jin was standing, controlling the heavy machine gun mounted on the front of the car, while Zhang Chao and Tangning were sitting opposite each other.

The road was bumpy, and there were still dense forests on both sides.

"Returners, those are the legends of the base in the early years. Just like you, Brother Tang." Zhang Chao said excitedly.

"After the cataclysm, the alliance collapsed, and all regions could only organize themselves to save themselves, and established settlements one after another."

"According to the old people, there were undead people everywhere in the past, and strange beasts appeared later. The combat tasks in the settlement area are extremely heavy."

"It took eight years for the Shu capital settlement to be established, and the initial scope was only limited to the location of Shuzhou Chengnan Airport."

"Now the settlement has expanded to a vast area from Dezhou in the north, Yankou in the west, Meizhou in the south, and Zizhou in the east, all of which are basically the contributions of the returnees at that time."

"Returners are those who came out of the surrounding wilderness and returned to the settlement after the establishment of the settlement."

"They are able to fight out of the wild and ruined cities full of undead. They are all capable people. For example, Brother Tang, you can jump from the fifth floor without getting hurt. Without the help of mechanical exoskeletons, we can Can't do it."

"The garrison area has organized these people into an elite force, which is mainly responsible for combating alien beasts and cleaning up undead inside and outside. Brother Tang, think about it, people in those days were eating, drinking and having fun every day, and they stayed in the New World City when they had nothing to do. How much resistance do you have to deal with such a catastrophe?"

"It's all thanks to the returnees who survived the first wave that we have the current human settlement."

"However, these are all old calendars. Now more than ten years have passed, and they have returned long ago. Those who are lost in the jungle..."

"Super!" But Li Yong, who was holding the steering wheel, frowned and reprimanded: "Can you talk!"

"I, I don't mean anything else..." Zhang Chao's face flushed red all of a sudden: "I just want to say that after so many years, I can still...come out of the jungle ruins... Tang Gebi... is better than the Revenant Hunter Powerful...definitely...will be reused by the headquarters."

"Don't listen to Super Baby Hu Qin." Zhang Yong put his hand on the steering wheel and looked at the road ahead: "Brother Tang, you are our savior, and I can't hide it from you... Today's military department is so complicated."

"I didn't mention the contribution of the returnees to the inhabited area before, but how many years have passed now? They also suffered a lot in the early days. At that time, there were no such guys as we have today."

"The ones who survived are now the senior generals of the military, but now the army is undergoing restructuring and new weapons, relying on newcomers who grew up in the inhabited areas."

"So there is a saying in the army now that the returnees represent the old faction in the army, not even the regular army, but the old warlords."

"For the army to adapt to the new situation, it is necessary to promote 'de-returners'."

"We have to listen to Brother Yong." Li Jin, who was holding a heavy machine gun above him, interrupted suddenly: "He is from the compound of the military region, and he is well-informed."

Li Yong said: "The old man at home often mutters, saying that being detained in the military headquarters all day is not as comfortable as those old subordinates in the outer free zone. When he enters the residential area, Brother Tang has to be more careful, so he can take it easy first." .”

"Understood." Tangning nodded, "Brother Yong, thank you for telling me this."

"This is a fateful friendship. I'm telling you something. Don't take offense if you offend me." Li Yong looked at the road and didn't turn his head: "Actually, with Brother Tang's skill, entering the army must be better than ordinary people. People start at a high level, but don't be fooled, otherwise... In short, be careful of being tricked and let others be the gunmen."

As soon as the words were said, the military vehicle in front suddenly turned sideways, and Xiang Shouchuan's shout came from the earphone: "Brake, there is a situation!"

Li Yong also hurried to the brakes, and then the sound of Li Jin pulling the bolt of the gun came from above Tangning.

"The machine gunner remains alert, the driver does not move, and the rest get off!"

Tangning also grabbed the bone knife on her back and jumped out of the car with Zhang Chao.

The fighters on the vehicle in front had already formed a defensive formation behind the vehicle, nervously aiming at the movement ahead.

"Captain, what's the situation?" Zhang Chao came to the back of the car and asked.

Xiang Shouchuan frowned and looked at the drone image on the combat panel: "See for yourself."

In the playback footage, the drone suddenly shook while it was advancing steadily, and a strange figure flashed past the bottom of the screen.

"Qu Feng Snake!" Tangning suddenly got down on the ground, "Everyone get out of the car! Lie down! Lie down!"

On the three military vehicles, the machine gunner in the first vehicle was the former female soldier Xiao Ning, and the machine gunner in the middle vehicle was Li Jin. When they heard Tangning's yell, they reacted immediately and rolled off the military vehicle together with the driver.

The driver and gunman on the third military vehicle hesitated for a moment, and several silver arrows shot out from both sides of the woods, targeting the driver and gunman who had just opened the door.

"Puff puff——" The driver and the gunman had no time to react, as if they were hit by a heavy machine gun bullet, blood sprayed all over their bodies.

Several silver swords also hit the bulletproof vests of the two of them. After finding that they could not penetrate, they immediately made a small circle on the vests, changed direction and ejected back towards the woods.

And those silver arrows that hit the arms, thighs, necks, and eye sockets of the two soldiers directly pierced their bodies, bringing up clouds of blood mist, and shot back into the woods from the other side.

The forest road became quiet again in a blink of an eye, except for two soldiers who were no longer human and bleeding profusely, hanging on the military vehicle, as if nothing had happened.

"Don't get up! They won't attack targets below one meter!" Tangning lay on the ground, raised her head and shouted to the surroundings.

Xiang Shouchuan crawled over: "Brother Tang, what should we do now?"

The moment the silver thing bounced off the soldier's body armor just now, Xiang Shouchuan had already seen that it was a kind of snake.

Tangning was able to distinguish the silver snake that flashed by the drone's lens, and immediately called everyone to lie down. This saved everyone again, and Xiang Shouchuan admired it.

Tangning observed the surroundings, "We can crawl out of their attack range first. After the Wind Snake is gone, we can come back to get the equipment."

Xiang Shouchuan felt that this idea was really painful: "Is there any other way? The three military vehicles and the things on them are important property of the settlement."

At this time, a voice came from the earphone: "I am Qiu Heng, the Alien Species Research Division of the Intelligence Bureau, and the reconnaissance third company team. I just discovered that you have encountered a new type of mutant species. The Academy of Sciences instructed that if possible, please try to bring back live bodies or specimens, at least Leave detailed data characteristics!"

"Damn it!" Xiang Shouchuan scolded angrily, "That's about the armed expedition team! Why don't they come?!"

(End of this chapter)