Chapter 248: Those Planning to Escape
“Heh.” Lin Shao Qing, covered in goosebumps, escaped from under Sang Chu. He held the instrument in his hand and pressed it directly onto her head:
“You should get checked. People with mental problems need to be treated quickly, otherwise, death will definitely come faster than tomorrow!”
Sang Chu rolled over and lay on the bed, resting her hands under her head, and said indifferently, “Perhaps my death will indeed come faster than tomorrow.”
Then she closed her eyes, waiting for Lin Shao Qing to activate the instrument.
“What happened to you?”
Lin Shao Qing was very curious and worried about Sang Chu’s sudden change, but who knew, Sang Chu just smiled and didn’t speak, closing her eyes as if she were asleep.
“You’re really not well!”
Shi Feng arrived at the general ward, where people were being forcibly brought in for examinations.
Those strange seeds had not entered everyone’s bodies; only a few were abnormal, and these abnormal individuals were the targets he had chosen.
“The few of you can leave.”
Shi Feng pointed at a few people, telling them to leave, but the others were unhappy: “Are there any problems with our examinations? Why aren’t you letting us leave!”
Shi Feng: “If you want to stay at the base, you have to obey. Otherwise, get out.”
After speaking, he turned to leave, but stopped at the door: “Those who want to leave, don’t forget the base’s Demonic Beast Legion. If you don’t want to be treated as food, it’s best to behave.”
Watching Shi Feng’s retreating back, the few people he had pointed out looked at each other: “Are we… are we going to leave?”
After saying this, Li Ming kept looking at the people in the same ward.
A man with a scruffy beard, chewing on a weed he’d found from somewhere, said in a low voice:
“Although this base is good, don’t forget, after this examination, we have to get checked every three days. They still use those strange instruments on our bodies, draw blood, and they don’t even spare the elders and children. There’s no human rights at all.”
Hearing this, Li Ming sneered inwardly. It’s the apocalypse, and they still want human rights? If he wasn’t afraid of the thing inside him being discovered, he wouldn’t have left this good place.
But since that Uncle had said it, it wouldn’t be good if he didn’t agree, after all, he was also someone who wanted to leave.
“That’s right, although the base is good, they really don’t treat us like people. We work ourselves to death every day, and the food we get is distributed per person. Everyone gets very little. There’s so much good stuff in the base’s Breeding Farm, yet we can’t even eat our fill. It’s too detestable!”
The scruffy Uncle, Huang Feng, looked up at him and smiled meaningfully: It seems we have a comrade.
The two hit it off and became more excited as they spoke.
Fang Chao, a man with glasses sitting quietly in a corner, watched the group being incited and couldn’t help but let out a silent cold laugh.
This was clearly a trap, but these people were so easily incited by Li Ming and Huang Feng, they were truly foolish.
Anyway, he wasn’t on the list of people who could leave, so he simply lay down on the bed, covered his face, and fell asleep.
This place was so good, with food and shelter, and no need to worry about acid rain. He would be an idiot to listen to these two people with malicious intentions brainwashing them.
For ordinary people like them, just being able to live was good enough, and they still wanted corresponding compensation for their labor?
They couldn’t even get that before the apocalypse, let alone during it. These people were naively hoping for human rights?
Heh.
Huang Feng saw Fang Chao’s actions but only let out a mocking laugh, then turned to those who could leave together: “What do you guys think?”
The people incited by Huang Feng and Li Ming exchanged glances, seemingly confirming their thoughts.
Finally, a burly man spoke first: “I’ll go with you. If this place doesn’t keep me, there are other places. Moreover, we lived well in our previous base, there’s no need to stay here and be a lackey!”
The others nodded in agreement.
Their faces were filled with excitement and longing.
Huang Feng nodded with satisfaction. He turned to Li Ming, raising his eyebrows triumphantly, saying nothing, his expression conveying more than a thousand words.
Li Ming smiled slightly and said, “Since everyone’s thoughts are aligned, then that’s settled.”
He beckoned them closer and whispered their plan: “Now everyone go back to their own places and note down the number of patrols and the times of the Magic Beasts. There will be a Cold Attack at night, which will be our best escape time. We need to run during their shift change.”
Although Fang Chao, the man with glasses, had his eyes closed, he wasn’t truly asleep.
He listened to Li Ming’s plan and was even more certain that they were looking for pawns to clear the way. It was a pity that everyone else was so moved and was already eagerly anticipating a better future!
“Brother Li, I want to leave too.”
A thin man walked over from the side. Li Ming looked at him and smiled, “Don’t worry, the base will definitely be in chaos after we leave. Then, you guys can take the opportunity to escape the Hospital. When they discover you’ve left the Hospital, they’ll definitely look for you. You should hide well first, and then when the Cold Attack comes at night, just rush out.”
Unexpectedly, the thin man shook his head: “No, I want to leave with you. Otherwise, I’ll report you!”
Huang Feng’s eyes narrowed, and he glared fiercely at the thin man: “But you can’t get out now, how can you leave with us!”
“You can come rescue us tonight, and then we’ll run together!”
The thin man said it as if it were natural. Huang Feng really wanted to slap him to death, but when he saw Li Ming’s eyes, he changed his words and said, “Okay, wait for us here tonight. After the bell rings, we’ll come rescue you, and then we’ll leave together.”
He thought this would pacify him, but unexpectedly, the thin man said, “No, I’m afraid you won’t come. In the afternoon, after the examination, there will be free time. If I don’t see you come for me then, I’ll report you!”
Huang Feng glanced at Li Ming, who had a smile on his face and looked at the man gently, saying, “Alright, everyone is trapped in this place, and we should naturally help each other. If there are others who want to leave with us, prepare yourselves in the afternoon, and we’ll pick you up.”
Only then did the thin man smile with satisfaction, realizing he had been a bit forceful just now, and scratched his head sheepishly:
“Brother Li, I’m sorry. I just really want to leave. I really dislike this place. We grow the food, but the food that reaches us isn’t enough to eat. We have to be checked several times a day, and we lose a lot of blood each time. I heard before that people in many bases use humans to raise zombies to get Crystal Cores. I’m afraid it’s the same here!”
As soon as he said this, everyone’s eyes widened, and they all expressed that they wanted to leave too.
Only Fang Chao quietly opened his eyes. He hadn’t expected that the man who usually seemed timid would be in league with Li Ming and the others!
