Longmen Memoirs

"Can you still go?"

"Sorry, help me."

Aurora helped Red up, and the team's crossbowmen released smoke bombs. Then with the help of the remaining soldiers, they hid in the factory.

"Thank you for your hard work, Red."

"It's okay. I'm very satisfied with the way I live now compared to before. It's a pity that we can't take the soldiers back who died on the other side of the street."

"Stop talking, I'll help you take care of your wounds when we get out."

"Thanks."

"Don't say thank you, we are comrades in arms."

A smile appeared on the corner of Red's pale mouth, and he took Aurora's hand and walked down the dim underground passage.

"How many compatriots did you bring out?"

"Less than half, most of the infected people are not willing to believe us. Except for the infected people who were detained to work in the factory, no one in the city is willing to leave with us."

"It's not safe to go out."

Aurora's expression darkened.

"Yes, there is a picket station nearby. Brashvito will definitely contact them to come and support us. There will be more difficult battles waiting for us later."

Red looked back at the soldiers following him. In the dim lighting, he could only see that everyone was gray and their faces were covered with wounds and blood.

They didn't have time to deal with the wounds. At a glance, only half of the entire 20-person team was left. Including the team brought by Aurora, there were less than [-] people in total.

The situation on their side was not good either, because Red also saw traces of gunpowder smoke that had not faded away on Avrola and her soldiers.

The fatigue and pain after the battle seemed to flood into his body at this moment.

"It's a long way back. How much ammunition do you have left in your crossbowmen team?"

Reid asked, looking at Aurora's face covered with traces of gunpowder smoke.

"It was the last wave to protect you just now." Aurora replied helplessly: "There are still some homemade explosives left, and I plan to stay at the end."

Reid hesitated a little.

"Don't keep it, give it all to us."

"That won't work."

"You and your team don't need that thing, Afu, leave it to me and my soldiers. I will give you the remaining spell-casting units. We don't have much energy to use spells anymore. Maybe I can give it to you." Come in handy."

"Stop talking, Red, I see your situation."

"There will definitely need to be someone to break up the rear after we get out. If a nearby picket team comes over, we won't be able to go very far with a large group of ordinary people."

"That's not your turn."

"But we are forwards. My team and I are more suitable for the post-blocking task than you are." Reid said, and then sighed: "I'm not arguing with you about who is more suitable for this position. There are still people rushing to take it. I went to die, but after following Mr. Chen for so long, I finally learned something."

Aurora didn't answer.

Red continued.

"We always have to consider the worst-case scenario so we can be best prepared at all times."

She looked at Aurora's side face, and the crossbowman captain who was supporting him was silent. It took a while for Reid to hear her answer.

"You must survive!"

"of course."

It was already late at night when I saw Tallulah again.

Three kilometers outside of Blashvito, the convoy drove into the place where the infected were currently hiding. They first ran into the Red and Avora teams who had finally escaped from the city.

In the wasteland at night, a battle almost broke out between the two sides. The convoy arrived so suddenly that Red and the others, who had just evacuated from the city, were completely caught off guard.

Although they knew that fighting between the two sides would be very disadvantageous for them, they still had to stop the picket convoy going to the city to support them and buy time for the soldiers and ordinary infected people in other places to evacuate.

The only good news was that he and Aurora no longer had to fight over this issue.

"I'm glad you didn't ignore the convoy and set fire to it first."

Chen Mo's words embarrassed Red and Aurora, who were standing in front of the car and had just joined Kahn. They had indeed had such thoughts. Unfortunately, the ammunition had been exhausted before.

Glad they didn't manage to end the night with a friendly fire between the two sides.

"Mr. Chen, Red is reporting to you that my team and I are requesting to return."

"Agree to return to the team."

"Yes."

"These are indeed the vehicles at the picket station."

"Are you surprised? It's written on your face." Kahn hammered Reid's shoulder and raised his eyebrows: "It's a pity that you're not here. We raided the nearby picket station and the battle just ended. I happened to bump into you on the way from there."

"You said you solved the nearby picket station?"

Aurora looked at Kahn who said this in surprise.

“These vehicles are the best proof of that.”

She opened her mouth and finally breathed out softly.

"...I was already prepared for the worst."

"Kahn, take the soldiers to deal with the wounds first. Red, go and count the casualties immediately. I need the details now. You just came out of the city. Tell me what you know now. We have been unable to get in touch with you. "

Chen Mo's eyes fell on Aurora, who was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered.

"Other teams of soldiers besides us are taking the infected people evacuated from the city. Red and I are the last team left. Before the evacuation, the leader stopped the main force of the city guard. The situation is still unclear. The leader ordered everyone to leave the city in the west of the city. We meet at an abandoned quarry ten kilometers away, and Red and I are preparing to rush there.”

"West of the city?" Chen Mo asked.

"Well, where will the team be stationed before entering the city."

Chen Mo raised his hand and glanced at his watch.

"There are still five hours until dawn. Everyone should board the train. We will go to the quarry in the west of the city. You will be our guide."

"Yes."

The soldiers boarded the truck loaded with supplies. Chen Mo took Kahn's original position, Aurora sat in the passenger seat, and Kahn was assigned to be with Red.

When you lift the curtains of the carriage, the first thing you see is not the weapons and supplies collected and piled in a corner of the carriage, but several rows of corpses arranged neatly behind the curtains.

Red was stunned for a moment, then got into the car with Kahn's help.

The carriage was much more crowded than before, so much so that the injured soldiers had to stick together, but they still left a lot of space that no one wanted to take up, although their boots would still touch in the bumps of the car. to the covered body.

The body temperatures of people merged with each other, and it seemed that the wounds that had not yet been treated were less painful than before. Compared with these comrades lying down, those who survived were undoubtedly much luckier.

"We could have taken away more equipment and supplies, but Mr. Chen and everyone else felt that we should take our compatriots home first, and I think we should do the same."

In silence, Kahn spoke in a low voice to explain to Red beside him.

"There's nothing wrong with it. If you lie down one day, I will take you back too." Red replied.

"The same will be given back to you."

"The situation over there isn't going well either?"

"It's better than you. We won the battle and didn't end up in disgrace like you."

"What happened to the infected in Kentara?"

"Forget it, they are living a better life than us. We have not found the whereabouts of our contact person. The local farmer took them in. In order to avoid conflicts, we did not have in-depth contact with them."

"This line is also broken?"

"What about your side?"

"You have also seen that the leader evacuated with the infected people in the city who were willing to leave together. Most of them were detained in the factory. As for the city, there is no hope."

"I used to think that everyone was infected. To put it bluntly, we are all traveling together."

"That's because you haven't been an infected person long enough." Reid said: "You haven't seen the difference between the infected people in the city and the infected people in the wasteland. I would say there is no difference, whether they are civilians in Ursus , soldiers or infected people, everyone wants to survive."

"But we are much better now than we were before."

Kahn said, tugging at the combat uniform on his body: "Who would have thought that one day we would be able to wear this kind of clothes? Didn't you see that today the black bug slashed me with a knife, and I didn't do anything at all?" .”

Reid subconsciously grasped the weapon he was carrying. After feeling the familiar touch of the handle, he nodded slowly.

"It's better than before."

The two fell silent again.

As the bumps continued, Red closed his eyes and rested while holding the long knife. The low-pitched conversations of the soldiers in the car slowly subsided. In the end, only the sound of the car engine and the shaking of the rough road were left in silence.

In the silence, Kahn spoke up.

"How many people are left on your side?"

"Thirteen."

"There are fewer and fewer familiar faces."

"Yes, there will be more people in the future. My team includes me and there will be more people."

Kahn chuckled, holding the weapon in his hand and making no sound.

Chen Mo saw Talulah again in an abandoned quarry ten kilometers west of the city. They built a simple station there, and the infected people who came out of the city gathered there.

Before seeing Tallulah, he first saw the sentry in charge of the security. After confirming that there was no danger, Chen Mo saw Tallulah who hurriedly came out of the quarry.

Her face was a little pale, probably due to the load on her body caused by the use of spells. The fatigue shown in her eyes could be seen clearly with the naked eye.

The originally bright silver hair was stained with dust and ashes.

"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be going to Kentala? Didn't the contact there end so quickly?"

"No, we are not connected to the infected colony in Kentala."

"Accident?"

"They don't need our help. The local lords have taken in this group of infected people. They claim that there is no so-called Bekov there."

Tallulah froze for a moment.

"I have been prepared for this." She replied with a sigh.

She understood the meaning of Chen Mo's words. Such situations were not uncommon after they went south. The most important thing for the infected people on the way south was not to go to Chernobog. Chernobog was the end point, but here Before, they had to connect the infected people in the south as a whole.

Only in this way will they not be alone when they arrive in the south.

Otherwise, even if this group of them arrives in Chernobog, where there will be nothing left except a strange city, they will still have to contact the infected people in the south, putting the cart before the horse, and to do this is far more difficult than The one or two months it takes to get from north to south is much longer.

"We encountered a small team withdrawing from the city on the road. Before coming, the soldiers and I first eliminated the picket station stationed nearby."

"This is probably the only good news we have received so far." She said, looking at the vehicles behind her again, "So you seized these vehicles from the station?"

"Yeah, I almost got into a fight with them over this on the way here."

"I can probably guess what's going on."

"If they hadn't run out of ammunition, I estimate there would be many more wounded in the team." Chen Mo said, and then looked at Tallulah's confused eyes and asked: "What's wrong?"

"Before you came, I was still discussing with the soldiers how to deal with the picket camp stationed outside the city. You sent Red over and solved the problem outside the city without getting in touch with them. There are hidden dangers, did you guess that our entry into the city would not go smoothly this time?"

"I'm just used to thinking about the worst case scenario." Chen Mo explained: "Even if you successfully establish a connection with the city this time, it will not do any good to the infected if the picket camp outside the city remains. These black bugs cannot Although it is well-received, it is still an unavoidable hidden danger for infected people on the way south."

"Just treat it like this." Tallulah stared into Chen Mo's eyes, and after a few seconds she didn't ask any more questions.

She took Chen Mo and the soldiers into the quarry.

"Tell me about your situation."

"We have brought out about 150 infected people from the city, most of them factory workers, and some infected people who no longer want to stay in the city and are willing to stay with us, but compared to the entire city, they are still too few." Lula said: "Most infected people still don't want to believe us. I thought the number would be higher than it is now."

"You clashed with the security forces."

"Those factories are the property of a small noble factory in the city. He is a relative of the same family as the city lord here. A guard from the city is stationed at the factory [{~

"Got it, family business."