Chapter 1322: The Turmoil Outside the Camp
Chapter 1322: The Turmoil Outside the Camp
At the same moment…
In the Parking Lot where the Helicopter landed, several senior management members surrounded by their subordinates were waiting.
Yao Haidong was among them. He was the Falcon Army commander who had replaced Yuwen Xuan.
Now that force and Logistics held absolute dominance, Yao Haidong’s high status in Falcon was obvious.
The fact that he was waiting here in person was enough to show how important the people brought by the Helicopter were.
While waiting for the Helicopter to fully land, some Members couldn’t help but whisper among themselves amid the engine’s buzzing.
“Do you know who the arrivals are?”
“I heard they’re Survivors from the Central Region Camp.”
“Central Region Camp? Wasn’t that the big camp that tried to establish a human alliance plan with us before? How did something like this happen to them too?” someone asked in shock.
After the Cataclysm, information spread slowly. The same news might only be known to some, while others remained in the dark.
But as the Helicopter landed, the news spread quickly.
Yao Haidong’s face was grim, but he didn’t stop the Members from discussing.
There was no way to hide it…
In fact, he hadn’t known much earlier than these people, but there were always ways to find out.
Especially since they and the Central Region Camp were still allies…
Now their ally had been beaten to pieces, even forced to risk crossing over a thousand kilometers of dangerous territory to seek refuge with Falcon. Even though Falcon was still fine for now, Yao Haidong and the other senior management couldn’t help but feel a sense of impending doom. The scariest part was, they still didn’t know why the Central Region Camp had been destroyed…
On top of that, thinking of Su Qianrou accusing them of poor decision-making at the Meeting, offending Ling Mo, and the suddenly rising Miracle Base, Yao Haidong felt even worse.
He was one of the senior management who had strongly advocated taking back Miracle Base and assassinating Ling Mo…
“Hopefully they won’t bring terrible news, hopefully the ‘secret’ they mentioned is real…” Yao Haidong looked at the slowly opening Cabin door, clenched his fists, pushed aside his chaotic thoughts, then forced a serious smile and walked toward the Helicopter.
“Welcome, welcome, it must have been a hard journey.”
“It really wasn’t easy.”
“You all must have had a tough time on the way here, right?”
While exchanging pleasantries, the Falcon Members also sized up the Central Region Survivors who had made it to Falcon Camp alive.
Two girls, a child, and a man who looked fairly strong.
While talking with Yao Haidong and the others, the little girl kept hiding beside the hat-wearing girl, silent, while the other pale-faced girl quietly stood by the man’s side. But it was mainly the man who spoke, making it clear he was the leader of this group. ř₳Νȏ𝔟ÈⱾ
“My name is Zhang Dongyao. I used to be a captain and superhuman at the Central Region Camp.” After introducing himself, Zhang Dongyao couldn’t wait to introduce the little girl, completely ignoring the two girls. “This is Anan.”
“So she’s the little girl who made it back alive…” Yao Haidong had already learned part of the Intelligence and looked at the little girl differently. But the more he looked, the stranger he felt… This little girl was just an ordinary human. Although unusually calm, such behavior wasn’t particularly rare among Survivors. How did a child like her escape from Zombies?
And the fact that Zombies had actually established a “city” with a strict hierarchy was a huge shock to his worldview. He’d heard similar rumors before, but hearing was one thing-seeing witnesses confirm it was another.
For the ordinary Falcon Members, such news was even more shocking.
Noticing the suspicion in Yao Haidong’s eyes, Zhang Dongyao quickly whispered, “She survived by luck in a pile of corpses. Her brother was a superhuman. After realizing he was separated from her, he immediately searched everywhere. Maybe because it wasn’t too long, and she’s small, plus her scent was covered, the Zombies didn’t find her. But she did face those Zombies directly… And, she heard a lot of things.”
“What about her brother?” Yao Haidong was a bit more convinced.
“To cover our escape to your Camp, he already sacrificed himself.” Zhang Dongyao showed a trace of sadness, then hurriedly said, “This is a matter of great importance. Please convene a Meeting immediately. I’ll bring Anan to explain everything at the Meeting.”
“Mm…”
Yao Haidong was about to agree, but saw the little girl look up and quietly say, “I want to go with my sisters.”
“Anan, big brother will take you…” Zhang Dongyao quickly said.
But Yao Haidong had already agreed, “Let them all go together. After all, the four of you came together.”
Zhang Dongyao opened his mouth, but finally acquiesced, though a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
If he could control everything, he could use this to gain some power in Falcon Camp.
But with all four together, his share would be less…
“Little bastard!” Zhang Dongyao cursed inwardly.
Now that he’d succeeded in bringing Anan here, he didn’t care as much about the little girl. She couldn’t run away anyway…
As for the two girls… Hmph, if he hadn’t needed them to protect the little girl, he’d have let them die outside long ago.
Too bad he hadn’t managed to kill them before they got in here…
No one knew what Zhang Dongyao was thinking. Yao Haidong ordered a Meeting to be convened and had people lead them to the Meeting Room.
But just then, he suddenly looked toward X City.
“Awroo!”
A collective Zombie howl-now that was rare…
A Falcon Member picked up the Communicator, listened for a moment, then said to Yao Haidong, “The Zombies outside are in a bit of a commotion. Not sure what’s going on.”
Yao Haidong instinctively felt uneasy, but thinking the Central City crisis was still far off, maybe it was just some Senior Zombies “fighting”…
The little girl’s matter was more urgent… He thought for a moment, then waved his hand, “Keep a close watch. If it gets too rowdy, fire a few shells to scare them.”
Let them make a fuss. No matter how much trouble they cause, could it reach the Camp?
Yao Haidong felt a bit smug, and also mocked himself…
But what he didn’t notice was that as he looked outside, the little girl also looked up at the same time.
In her previously emotionless eyes, a very complicated look suddenly flashed. Then she gripped the girl’s hand tighter…
“Sister, I’m scared,” Anan whispered.
The girl pulled her into her arms, but Anan’s eyes were still fixed in that direction. “I’m scared…”