Chapter 153 – Saying Hello

“So in other words, after you escaped from Fengyue Nightclub, you went to the warehouse, and then when you returned to the city, someone knocked you out?” Inside an abandoned shop, Su Lifeng finished listening to Gouzi’s report.

“Exactly! At the time, I thought I was dead for sure. I didn’t expect there would still be a day when I opened my eyes and saw Su-Ge.” Gouzi had already trusted Su Lifeng greatly to begin with, and now it was almost rising to a kind of blind worship. In his view, this was already the second time Su Lifeng had saved him.

How could one repay a life-saving grace? Then what about saving him twice?

“So it’s very hard to judge whether Liu Yue has any connection to Fengyue Nightclub…” Su Lifeng thought inwardly. Then he continued asking, “After the military announced the establishment of the Quarantine Zone, what were you doing?”

Judging from the description given by “Douzi-Ge’s” subordinate, Gouzi should already have established his own force, right? He just did not know how many were left now.

“Of course I was using Su-Ge’s banner to recruit people everywhere. I understand people like us very well. They don’t look at anything else, only whether the boss is strong enough and loyal enough. Is Su-Ge strong enough? Does Su-Ge have loyalty? Am I not living proof? So things went very smoothly at the beginning…”

According to Gouzi’s account, from when he began annexing other underground forces until doomsday erupted, he had nearly gathered together the various groups from more than half the city. After doomsday erupted, naturally some people disappeared, and some people proposed going to the Quarantine Zone. Gouzi let all of those people leave very straightforwardly. Although those who remained had different thoughts, it was merely that they wanted to seize the chance to live like mountain kings, or, a bit more naively, thought of things like more freedom.

Hearing Gouzi speak of everyone who followed him as hot-headed street youths in a tone that practically said “this is reality,” Su Lifeng immediately felt a bit of a headache.

“Then what? After that person called Douzi cut in sideways, did all these people scatter?” Su Lifeng raised his own question.

Gouzi smiled, scratching his messy hair. “Not really. That Douzi is a sinister bastard. He found an opportunity to ambush me. At the time, the only ones with me were myself and that friend…” Speaking of that friend, pain appeared on Gouzi’s face. “I went to the warehouse originally wanting Su-Ge to come with me to save him. At the time, I thought that even if I couldn’t find you, after I went back and rallied my people, we could still go take that bastard down. But…”

“He said his girlfriend was still at home. Go bring her out and send her to the Quarantine Zone,” Su Lifeng said.

Hearing that his friend still had a last wish, Gouzi’s expression finally became a little better. He nodded and said, “That’s only natural. I’ll start handling it once I go back. Right, Su-Ge, there are still quite a few of these people now. What do you plan to have us do?”

“This…” Su Lifeng weighed it for a moment, then said, “First send some people to guard around the laboratory.” Xu Hao and the others had been thinking about the laboratory. Aside from their misjudgment of the situation, they must also have observed the outside. They clearly knew soldiers guarded it and still wanted to make a move, perhaps indicating that the soldiers’ guard force had already weakened quite a bit. Whether guarding or monitoring, Su Lifeng felt he should bring the laboratory back within his own line of sight.

“As for the Quarantine Zone, you don’t need to worry about it. Search places like the public security bureau and armed forces department as much as possible. Although the probability isn’t high, it’s still possible to find firearms. But remember, you must be careful. There are many Xenospecies. Although they still haven’t erupted with especially violent attack power yet, I keep feeling that this won’t last much longer.” Humans already had the opportunity to Awaken. Would these Xenospecies continue to watch and wait? Hard to say…

“Mm. I’ve written all that down.” Gouzi kept nodding.

Su Lifeng nodded in satisfaction, then continued, “Also, during this period, observe your people more, and pay more attention to yourself as well. If you feel anything wrong with your body, remember to contact me immediately. I originally left an address for you, but now I’ll tell you in person. And take this too.”

He took a radio from his pocket, then taught Gouzi how to use it. Gouzi accepted the radio, but his expression seemed somewhat strange. In the process of interacting with Su Lifeng, he had also vaguely learned Su Lifeng’s profession… In his understanding, anyway, it was researching living things and dissecting corpses.

Although from Su Lifeng’s appearance, it was impossible to tell that his preferences would actually be like this…

“Um, Su-Ge, what do you want me to observe them for?” Gouzi still could not help asking.

Su Lifeng naturally did not know what Gouzi was thinking. He thought that no one knew what Awakening would look like in different people, and explaining it would be far too difficult, so he simply said, “There are just some things I want to verify. Just remember to observe.”

“All right.” Gouzi immediately let out a breath. No matter what, as long as there was no dissection, it was fine.

When returning near the residential complex, Su Lifeng deliberately slowed down and observed for a while.

Jiang Yushi had said there were people around, and when Su Lifeng observed, he did indeed see a figure flash past behind a window in a high-rise across from them.

He could confirm that it was a person, but the other party did not seem to be deliberately hiding their existence…

“If they really get close to the residential complex, the surveillance cameras will see them.” Su Lifeng raised his head and glanced at a camera hidden in a tree not far away, revealing a faint smile toward it.

“Lifeng is back!” Inside the room, Cheng Xiaomei saw Su Lifeng’s smiling appearance on the television at a glance and immediately jumped up. “Let’s eat dumplings tonight!”

“Dumplings again…” Su Lian, who was operating the computer, immediately felt a trace of cold sweat appear on her forehead.

However, aside from dumplings, the things they had most of were smoked meat and canned food…

After Su Lifeng entered the residential complex, behind the window of that high-rise, the figure appeared once again.

Behind this figure, however, another person was sitting.

This person was holding a magazine and flipping through it. He paid no attention to the open door behind him, nor to the wall facing the doorway that was covered in blood. His head was lowered, and he read with great interest.

After turning another page, he suddenly asked, “Su Lifeng is back?”

“Yes. He discovered me,” the person in charge of observation said. “Captain Yu, are we going to take action against this person?”

“Speaking of which, how do you see him?” Yu Zai put down the magazine and asked with great interest.

“How do I see him… First of all, he is definitely a Mutant. In addition, from normal analysis, his strength should be around that of an ordinary Mutant,” the observer said.

“Wrong. I don’t think so. He can go out for an entire day, so he definitely has great confidence in his own strength. I think he may be an F-class Xenospecies!” Seeing the observer turn his head back in surprise, Yu Zai gave a dry cough and said, “Of course, I am military after all. My overall strength is definitely stronger than his.”

“No matter what, this can be considered saying hello from afar.” Yu Zai also looked out the window. Across from them, the homes in the residential complex were densely packed together. They appeared silent, as if not a single person was there…