Space rebirth: I was targeted by the doomsday boss

Chapter 86 86. The world has changed

Ma Yongnian walked into the hall with heavy steps, followed by the remaining seven soldiers.

These were all new recruits who had just joined the army last year. In his opinion, they were still children whose hair had not yet grown fully.

I still remember the sparkle in their eyes and the uncontrollable pride and pride on their young faces when they first joined the army.

There were an entire company of one hundred and twenty recruits, but only thirty-seven of them escaped after the apocalypse broke out.

When we arrived at the gathering place, there were only twenty-five left. When winter came, there were only twelve left, and now...

Some people say that if you see too much death, you will become numb, but he didn't.

Everyone here is a soldier who was taught by him, and everyone is the most qualified warrior.

They are still so young, they haven't even passed their twentieth birthday yet.

A warrior can die in front of the enemy, but he must not be like a humble slave, starving to death, freezing to death, or dying of exhaustion.

"What's going on with you?! Why don't you go back to work!!?" An officer wearing a cotton-padded jacket shouted at them.

Ma Yongnian looked blank and seemed not to hear at all.

The officer was also stunned when he saw the expressions of several people, and his steps about to step forward stopped.

Ma Yongnian walked to the office in the lobby and took out a magnetic card from the inner pocket of his clothes with his hands covered with chilblains and cuts.

"How many contribution points are there left in it?"

The staff member in the lobby was a woman. Looking at Ma Yongnian, her face was full of fear and fear.

He took the card tremblingly and said, "Okay, okay, please wait a moment." The staff member was tongue-tied and just wanted to process it as soon as possible so that this person could leave quickly.

"Also, there are five contribution points left."

"Is it only five o'clock?...How much gasoline can be exchanged for five o'clock?"

"Yes, I can change it to 300 milliliters."

"Change it."

"Please wait a moment." The woman walked quickly to the inner room and then held a one-liter Coke bottle with half a bottle of gasoline in it.

"Here's the gas you asked for."

After getting the gasoline, I walked out of the door in silence with the eleven soldiers, watching the figures of several people disappear in the wind and snow. The officer who had shouted loudly before went to the office to ask.

"What did they just change?"

"Replaced 300ml of gasoline."

"300ml?"

In the wind and snow, more than a dozen soldiers came to a corner in the south of the campus, next to the wall, where the soldier named Xiao Hu lay.

Ma Yongnian unscrewed the bottle cap, sprinkled every drop of the small half bottle of gasoline on Xiao Hu's body, and tried more than ten times with shaking hands before lighting the lighter.

The red flame shot up instantly, standing out in this white world.

There were no eulogies, no cries, just seven straight figures and the most standard military salute.

In the blur, Ma Yongnian seemed to see that young face again. He smiled cheerfully and always said, 'I'm fine, I'm still young.'

Warmth spread across his face and slipped into the corners of his mouth, with a bitter taste.

A cigarette was handed to Ma Yongnian. He was slightly startled and turned his head to look.

I don't know when there was a person standing next to them, who was as embarrassed and skinny as them.

"I've heard about you, Brother Ma, the former political commissar Ma. My surname is Cao, Cao Hetai. I am..."

"I've also heard of you, from the Survivor Team, right?" Ma Yongnian took the cigarette.

"Yes," Cao Hetai took out a lighter and lit it for him, "our team is the largest in the school, with more than thirty people now."

"Haha, we don't plan to join any team..."

"I know..." Cao Hetai interrupted him, "I didn't mean that... I was just looking at the holes you have been digging for a few days. Hey... this is the third one."

Ma Yongnian was silent, and his eyes fell on the pile of flames again. Xiao Hu's face could no longer be seen clearly, only the red flames were burning.

"We will all die if this continues. It's not worth it."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"There are some things you soldiers can't do, so let me do it."

Ma Yongnian frowned and looked at him, "What are you going to do?"

"I respect you, and you shouldn't have sacrificed in vain. These things could have been avoided, and those soldiers didn't have to die... It's not worth it just to save someone's face!" Cao Hetai said with a look of cruelty on his face.

"I understand that you have principles. I just hope that Brother Ma will pretend that he knows nothing, for the sake of these brothers who died in vain."

Cao Hetai held a cigarette in his mouth and patted Ma Yongnian, who stared at him.

"The world has changed, and I know you will understand what is the right choice."

At night, Ma Yongnian lay in a cold classroom. This classroom was very large and there were many soldiers sleeping there, not just a few from their team.

The surroundings were very quiet, and I could clearly hear my stomach growling.

They didn't eat anything today, and the last five points they contributed were used in exchange for gasoline.

Everyone here is tired, and even if they are hungry, they cannot stop the invasion of sleepiness. But everyone does not sleep peacefully, shaking their shoulders from time to time and curling up to resist the cold.

Ma Yongnian was so nervous that he didn't sleep at all. What Cao Hetai said during the day made him conflicted and entangled. Although the other party didn't directly tell him what he was going to do, anyone could guess what would happen.

Several gunshots broke the silent night, and he straightened up and looked at the others.

Everyone was lying on the ground motionless. Before, they could hear snoring intermittently, but now it was so quiet that they couldn't even hear their breathing.

He quickly understood. It seemed that Cao Hetai had not only greeted him, but other soldiers here had also received the news.

Sporadic gunshots were heard outside, and soon everything became silent again.

A soldier next to him moved his arms to get up, but Ma Yongnian held him down. The soldier turned his head in confusion and asked silently.

Ma Yongnian stared into his eyes and shook his head slowly. The soldier seemed to understand something and lay down again.

Looking at the soldier's back, Ma Yongnian clenched his fists.

He didn't agree with Cao Hetai's approach, but he was right about some things. Soldiers shouldn't die worthless like that. The world has really changed.

Zhao Muchang was woken up from his bed in the middle of the night. After hearing the news from the soldiers, his face changed drastically.

"Bring someone here immediately!"

As soon as I got dressed and sat behind the desk, several people were ushered in.

The person leading the group was Cao Hetai. All of them were wearing heavy, worn-out cotton-padded clothes, and there was blood on their bodies.

"Why...why are you looking for me?"

"Deputy Leader Zhao, this is a meeting gift."

Cao Hetai placed the thing wrapped in rags in front of Zhao Muchang. After opening it, Zhao Muchang closed his eyes hard.

"Do you know the consequences of doing this!?"

"Do you know the situation over there! Children and the elderly are carried out every day, and the corpses are piled up in mountains! Seeing those soldiers freezing to death and starving to death just to dig a hole, what do you think I should do!?"

Cao Hetai was not afraid and stared back with red eyes.

"I've been a soldier too... Even if I'm eaten alive by zombies, it's worth it than such an uncomfortable death! Those soldiers didn't eat or drink, and they had to carry out the old man's orders every day!

I go to see it every day, and every time there are soldiers dying in the holes they dug! They are not performing tasks, they are digging their own graves! If I don't do this, everyone will die sooner or later!"

(End of chapter)