"As we said before, N City is a small place.”
Song Ne lit a cigarette. The smoke from the coffee mixed with the smoke, and under the light from the bulb on the tent, it emitted a blue light.
"Originally, this was the most difficult place. The traffic was bad, and there were few people. It was difficult to go to the city to play.”
"But I didn't expect that after the apocalypse, it would become a blessed land.”
"With the commotion caused by these murlocs, we didn't spend much time rescuing the survivors from the town. The population in the city was clearly far less than half of Severny's.”
"But now, we've saved more than 9,000 people in N City alone.”
"In terms of population, we are currently one of the few colonies with the largest population.”
"Life is not bad, but I can't say how long it can last. Even so, as long as we can ensure that this situation continues, we can live well.”
Song Ne looked at Lin An and said,""Even if the nuclear bomb that you predicted really comes, we have a suitable bomb shelter nearby that can fit ten thousand people. With a little modification, we can also make an underground shelter to survive the winter.”
"But if there are more people..."
If there were more people, it would be impossible to fit them.
"Of course I don't want you to come." Song Song Ne laughed at himself.”
"If you guys don't come, we can hide underground. We don't care if it's a zombie tide or a nuclear bomb. Once the door is closed and the supplies are gathered, we can go out when it's safe.”
"But if all of them come over, that old bomb shelter won't be able to hold tens of thousands of people. At that time, whether we can hide or not, it's not up to me to decide.”
"Moreover, although our colony has the most people, our combat power is the smallest in comparison.”
"We originally... It's the navy."
Song Ne sighed. He looked into the distance and muttered to himself,"We don't have much heavy firepower. The heavy firepower we have now was unloaded from the ship at the risk of our lives.”
"If other colonies came, with their numbers and firepower, would this still be my territory? Can I still protect the people under me?”
Lin An was deep in thought.
Perhaps Song Ne wasn't just greedy for power. He just didn't want to put his fate in the hands of others in this apocalypse.
Just as he said, perhaps by hiding, he could really avoid the zombie tide. He wouldn't have to fight to the death at all, and he could even live for a long time.
Song Ne continued to inhale the smoke and slowly exhaled.""Moreover, we still have posthumans. There might be more posthumans in the future. As long as we have time, one day, we will be able to climb out of the underground fallout shelter.”
"Maybe he's a little timid. I keep feeling that I don't have the confidence to fight those monsters.”
He laughed bitterly and said,"You haven't seen it. Our ship was overturned by a giant octopus in an instant. Hundreds of people couldn't escape in time. They were dragged into the sea bit by bit.”
"There are also those murlocs. I can't kill them all.”
"I've seen a mutated zombie before. Our weapons couldn't kill that monster.”
"If Cheng Peng hadn't evolved, that mutated zombie would have killed the entire colony.”
"How do we fight? How? I don't see any hope, Lin An. I don't see any hope.”
"I don't want to fight zombies head-on.”
Song Ne's expression was bleak, and he even looked a little dispirited.
He sighed and said self-deprecatingly,""You must look down on me, right? He was carrying such a heavy burden on his body, but his mind was only filled with thoughts of escaping and hiding.”
"Perhaps…It's my duty to abdicate and give way to the wise. I already don't know how to continue.”
This was the first time Lin An had seen someone so desperate in front of him.
This was a fear that came from the bottom of his heart. It was a kind of self-despair that came from not seeing any hope.
Perhaps there were many people like Song Ne in the many other places.
Lin An pondered for a moment before he said calmly,""Are you afraid of death?"
"Who isn't afraid of death?" Song Ne muttered to himself. The cup of coffee in his hand unconsciously spilled out as he held it tightly. It was so hot that he subconsciously retracted his hand.
"I've thought about dying of old age, illness, and accidents, but I don't want to be eaten alive by those monsters, torn apart, or mutated into deformed monsters by radiation…"
He sighed and patted his face."I'm sorry. I didn't want this to happen.”
Suddenly, raindrops began to fall from the outside.
Song Ne looked at the misty drizzle outside the tent and said softly,""Perhaps, I'm no longer worthy of being a commander or a leader.”
"Lin An, from today onwards, Fallout Shelter 41 is yours.”
"Don't give me the chance to be a deserter, because I'm afraid, I'm afraid that I'll really run away.”
"When the people from other places come, you can let Yuan Long or someone else officially take over my work. I'll help out and be a civilian.”
"Although I don't like Yuan Long, I have to admit that he's a tough fighter, stronger than me.”
"I'm sorry to disappoint you.”
After Song Ne finished speaking, he picked up his coffee and took a few sips before standing up.
With a lonely expression, he stood up and was about to leave.
"Old Song!" Cheng Peng suddenly roared.
Ever since he entered, he had not said a word. It was only at this moment that he finally could not hold it in anymore. He walked forward and grabbed Song Ne's collar. He was so angry that he could not control his emotions.
"What the hell are you thinking?”
"What are you thinking about?"
"What the f * ck are you trying to do!？”
"This is your duty! Do you have any clothes on you!"
"How many battles have we fought since the apocalypse? Have we lost?”
"What the hell are you afraid of?”
Cheng Peng seemed to have a very special relationship with Song Ne. At this moment, he revealed his true feelings and could not help but punch Song Ne hard.
Song Ne was slammed heavily onto the table and rolled to the ground. He grunted and the civilian staff who had been writing in the command room stood up immediately.
"Cheng Peng! Pay attention to discipline!"
"Captain Cheng, calm down!"
The two of them were almost completely on top of Cheng Peng before they managed to control him. This was also because Cheng Peng had calmed down a little. Otherwise, with his evolved physique, he would have been able to beat Song Ne up if two more of them had come.
Jiang Qingxue and the other girls did not know how to react. This was the first time they had seen such a situation. The manager of a colony had no fighting spirit. Clearly, the situation in N City was the best.
However, their morale was the lowest among all the colonies they had seen.
Lin An didn't say a word. He just took a sip of coffee.
Cold-blooded thinking, perhaps this was a good thing. If the entire colony could act quickly according to his ideas, perhaps the construction speed of the colony would be faster.
However, from an emotional point of view, seeing a man who was supposed to be strong crumble into despair and lose all will to fight, tormented by fear until he was at a loss and degenerated, Lin An felt a little dispirited for a moment.
There would be more difficult days in the future, and perhaps more people would not be able to hold on. What would happen then?
How many of the humans he had saved with his own hands could survive until next year?
Lin An was momentarily dazed.
Cheng Peng glared at Song Ne angrily and roared,""You disappoint me, Song Ne!”
"I'm sorry." Song Ne mumbled as he covered his face and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then, he left the tent and walked into the distance in the thin rain.
Cheng Peng wanted to say something but stopped. He was so angry that he didn't know what to do. He stood rooted to the spot for a moment. In the end, he kicked the stool that Song Ne was originally sitting on.
The wooden stool broke into pieces and scattered all over the ground.
He turned his head and said,"I'm sorry, Lin An. I've made a fool out of myself. I didn't expect Old Song to be like this. He was fine yesterday, no, he was fine during dinner.”
"He might be too tired. I apologize to you. Don't take what he said just now to heart. I'll persuade him tonight.”
"He's not such a fragile person.”
"First place in the martial arts competition, red and blue exercises, we are all strong forces. He, he is a very good commander!”
"He, he just couldn't stand it. Too many of our people died.”
"His son also died some time ago.”
Cheng Peng explained in a confused manner. His words did not match his words. In the end, he grabbed his short hair in pain. All in all, all in all in all, all in all, all, all in all, all in all, all, all in all, all,”
Cheng Peng's sunglasses had long since fallen to the ground. In the chaos, he had stepped on them and shattered them. At this moment, his blood-red eyes were filled with tears, as if he had seen that scene again.
"Ever since then, Old Song changed a little, but I didn't expect him to be like this..."
Cheng Peng blamed himself and was at a loss. For a moment, he seemed to have lost his backbone and lost his composure.
"I understand," Lin An replied calmly."Perhaps he's just under too much pressure. When he saw me coming, he was a little agitated and couldn't control himself for a moment.”
"How about tomorrow? I'll come again tomorrow morning. That's if Song Ne recovers.”
"But…If Song Ne didn't recover.”
"The gathering place still needs to do something.”
Lin An gulped down the coffee in his hand and nodded at the girls.
"If he doesn't come tomorrow morning, I'll take over the colony first. If you have any objections, you can come to me directly. When the people from the other colonies come, we'll choose a leader according to their original military ranks.”
"Although, regarding Old Song's matter, I also think…It's a pity, but time is of the essence."
"No matter what, we need to persevere for the sake of more people who desire to live.”
Lin An patted the pained Cheng Peng. His expression was calm, but his tone was firm."With me around, the battle will never fail. We will eventually obtain the final victory, and everything will be fine.”
Cheng Peng nodded slowly and tried his best to respond with an ugly smile."Thank you. I believe you."
Lin An nodded silently before turning around to leave.
Only two civilian staff members were left in the huge tent. Cheng Peng stared blankly at the broken pieces of the chair he had kicked and did not speak for a long time.
Song Ne's figure had long disappeared into the rain. No one knew where he had gone.
Lin An hadn't expected so many accidents to happen during this unspoken meeting in the simulator.
However, it was as if the simulator had never mentioned this matter at all. No matter what, his plan would be pushed forward on time.
The girls also fell silent.
The sense of oppression brought by the apocalypse appeared on them for a long time.
In fact, they couldn't help but feel a little lucky. If Lin An hadn't been there, if Lin An hadn't been leading them.
Perhaps, they would be the ones who had a mental breakdown long ago.
Lin An's expression was calm.
As if nothing had happened, he looked around and chose an empty space, ready to set up a tent with the girls.
Lu Yao was the first to lose her cool. She whispered to Lin An,""What should we do?"
"What do you mean?" Lin An asked.
"That's right. If Song Ne still doesn't recover tomorrow…" Lu Yao was somewhat at a loss.
"I'm here." Lin An said.
His calm eyes were filled with power.
His relaxed tone was full of confidence.
"If he doesn't want to do it, then let me do it. No matter what, I'll do what I need to do.”
"I told you, I promised you that I would live with you and live better than everyone else.”
"Kill all those monsters.”
"End this apocalypse."
After he finished speaking, he laughed softly."Why? Do you think I'm not capable of doing his job?”
"Of course not!" Lu Yao hurriedly replied, but her expression was much more at ease. She smiled and gently nudged Lin An with her shoulder.
"Little Lin, it's great to have you here.”She said sincerely.
Jiang Qingxue only smiled and nodded. Her eyes were filled with admiration and gentle love.
Yin Xiaoxiao had the least reaction.
She only said in a low voice.
"I believe in Lin An."
"In any case, at most, we'll go to the island.”
"With Lin An around, even if there are only a few of us left in the world, I…I'm not afraid.”
After she finished speaking, she smiled confidently."Besides, Lin An will definitely not fail.”
"He said that it will work, it will definitely work. We will definitely be able to endure the corpse tide.”
Lin An couldn't help but laugh. He rubbed her head and teased,""Lu Yao, in this aspect, you have to learn well. You have to be like Xiaoxiao and be full of confidence in me at all times.”
"Little Jiang must think so too, right?”He looked at Jiang Qingxue again.
Jiang Qingxue looked away from his hand on Yin Xiaoxiao's head and said lightly,""Even if you can't, I'll help you.”
"Aren't you the one who knows best whether I can do it or not?”After Lin An finished speaking, her defenses were broken, and her calm expression disappeared completely. All that was left was her flushed face and her angry gaze.
The four of them laughed softly and quickly regained their relaxed appearance.
It was only when they retreated into the tent amidst the rain that the girls suddenly realized something.
Ah...
This was probably what made Lin An so charming.
He was confident, powerful, and never lacked goals. No matter how difficult the situation was, it was not worth mentioning to him.
Even if everyone was in danger in this apocalypse, by his side, they felt that all difficulties would be easily solved.
He would not be anxious, sad, or confused.
As long as she believed in him and followed him, she would feel happy and her days would always be filled with hope.
The girls whispered together in the tent and fell asleep quietly from time to time.
Lin An sat at the entrance of the tent and continued to study his abilities and cultivate his spirit qi. At the same time, he was also working hard to come up with a plan of action.
At midnight.
He turned on the simulator and observed the information given by the simulator in the rain.
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