Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the Cai family. Cai Min was squatting in the yard because she was worried about her husband. No matter how much Cai's mother and father persuaded her, she was unwilling to go back to the warm house. Finally, Cai's mother had no choice but to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner temporarily. Xiaoli and Lan Cen also followed her into the kitchen obediently. They both looked like people with work to do, and they felt embarrassed to disturb others for so long, so they could only try their best not to appear too lazy. Although Cai's mother was amused by the two of them who insisted on working in the kitchen, she did not really force them to leave, but gave them the small tasks of peeling potatoes and picking vegetables.

Cai's father accompanied Cai Min in the yard waiting for Xu Xuesong, taking a puff of welding smoke from time to time.

The two of them started waiting at 3:30 in the afternoon. When it was cold, Cai Min kept stamping her feet. Knowing that they had gone out for important matters, Cai Min did not call Xu Xuesong. She just symbolically sent a text message at around 4 o'clock. Fortunately, the text message was replied very quickly, still in Xu Xuesong's tone and usual word arrangement. This little habit was a secret code for the couple. If someone else pretended to be Xu Xuesong and sent a text message, Cai Min would be able to see through it at a glance.

Just as Cai Min was breathing heavily and shivering with cold, there was a noise outside. Cai's father stopped smoking and stood up with one hand on his knee.

Cai Min was even faster. She trotted to the gate of the yard, opened the door and took a look outside. It was indeed Gu Tongwan's van.

After the van slowly drove into the backyard, Xu Xuesong and Yan Fan were seen carefully helping a white-haired old man down from the car.

The old man was about the same age as Cai's father, but his white hair was a mess and his face was terribly tense.

"Is this Liu Feng?"

After looking at him carefully for a while, Father Cai recognized the man's identity and was shocked, because Liu Feng at this time was completely different from the Liu Feng who appeared at the mobilization meeting in the camp last year.

Even though Liu Feng was over sixty years old at that time, he was still full of vigor and vitality. Both his demeanor and mental outlook surpassed those of his peers, and he even had the intimidation of a superior supernatural being.

But no matter how you look at it, the person in front of you looks just like the homeless old man you can see everywhere on the roadside. Not only does he not have the slightest spirit, he even gives off an aura of weakness, withering and decay.

"He is Liu Feng? Why doesn't he look like him to me?" Cai Min looked at the old man in front of him again with some disbelief, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see any trace of a superior psychic.

Xu Xuesong smiled bitterly and said, "Let's not talk about it for now. Let's go in first."

"Hurry up and put the person in the room next to your brother. Your mother just tidied it this morning. By the way, Xiao Min, bring two more quilts over. Then go to the utility room and find another heater, the one your brother brought back last time. Light the charcoal and bring it in. Otherwise, the room will be too cold to bear." Father Cai hurriedly gave instructions while turning around and going to his own room. There was also an electric blanket in his room, which he had to take out and use quickly.

Cai's mother, who heard the noise in the kitchen, walked out while wiping the oil off her hands on her apron, and saw Liu Feng being carried into the house.

Although she didn't understand what was going on, Cai's mother was a little worried when she saw the man looking half-dead. Moreover, in the sub-zero weather, the man was only wearing a thin cotton coat, which was really difficult for him at such an old age.

After settling Liu Feng in the house, the Cai family learned about Liu Feng's current situation from Xu Xuesong.

"This Chen Ni is such a bad guy. Liu Feng is so old and he just experienced the pain of losing his son. Has the beast forgotten who brought him to the camp and who gave him the opportunity to join the guild and even promoted him?" Father Cai was so angry that he knocked the welding smoke directly on the table leg, as if the table leg was Chen Ni himself.

"Dad, I'm afraid that Chen Ni will soon know about President Liu's disappearance. We can still let him stay in our house for now, but I'm afraid this is not a long-term solution. It's better not to place him somewhere else first."

In fact, Xu Xuesong was also worried that letting Liu Feng stay in the Cai family would bring disaster to the family. Judging from the way Chen Ni treated Liu Feng, this was to force him to death, first physically torturing him and then mentally destroying him. The reason why he kept him alive might be for other purposes. Although the Cai family hated Chen Ni's beastly behavior, they should not provoke this disaster.

Cai Min seemed to be hesitant to talk. In fact, she knew very well that there was no safe place outside. Now, everyone entering or leaving the camp had to go through the security team's inspection of the people in the vehicle. They could take Liu Feng out, but this would also provoke Chen Ni's crazy revenge.

Father Cai remained silent, as if he was thinking, and Mother Cai felt that she had no say. After all, Father Cai had to make the decision on major issues. He had experienced more ups and downs than herself, and saw things more clearly than herself. No matter what decision he made, she would support him.

After thinking for a while, the wrinkle between Cai's brows was still there, but his eyes seemed to have made a decision, "Let him stay at our house first. If he goes out, he might be found in no time. As long as we live a normal life during this period, even the [Nifeng Guild] will not be able to break into our house. If President Liu wakes up, we will have evidence to expose Chen Ni's conspiracy as soon as possible."

"Mom, did Cai Xing say when he will be back?" Cai Min turned to look at Cai's mother.

"Originally it was tonight, but something happened to their security team and they couldn't get away. The earliest it could be tomorrow morning is tomorrow. I'll call him about President Liu's matter later."

Cai Min quickly shook his head: "Don't fight yet. For now, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better. We can discuss it in detail when he comes back."

Gu Tongwan didn't expect that the Cai family was very clear-headed about major issues. They knew that Liu Feng was a disaster, but they still insisted on keeping him at home for the time being.

Since it was decided to keep Liu Feng, everyone started discussing the next plan.

Cai's father felt that in order to avoid suspicion, their family could not stay indoors. Daily life had to go on. Those who needed to go to the fields should go to the fields, and those who needed to stay at home should stay. However, they could reduce the time relatives spent visiting and try not to have relatives come to their home.

Secondly, they need to be prepared for retaliation from the [Against the Wind Guild] in advance, and after Cai Xing returns, they can ask the security team to take over Liu Feng.

"If the camp also becomes dangerous, the Cai family can choose to settle in the base. I can write a letter of introduction." Chen Yanxi looked at the family with a frown, obviously worried about all the unknowns.

Xu Xuesong went out with Chen Yanxi and a few others. He was originally surprised that they were able to break into the villa and bring Liu Feng out. Now, after hearing what Chen Yanxi said, he couldn't help but guess Chen Yanxi's true identity. It seems that this person not only hid his level of supernatural powers, but perhaps he also had other special identities in the base.

Xiaoli and Lan Cen were listening nearby, feeling nervous and worried, but they never said a word of objection from beginning to end.

Perhaps it was Chen Yanxi and Gu Tongwan's meticulous and complete plan that made everyone else feel a little relieved, or perhaps the Cai family was also prepared to give up everything, the atmosphere at the dinner table in the evening changed from the previous heavy atmosphere.

Perhaps due to the "withdrawal reaction" caused by the sudden discontinuation of inhibitors, Liu Feng has been in a coma and has a high fever.

The Cai family originally considered asking the "barefoot doctor" in the camp to come for treatment, but Gu Tongwan stopped them. "It's too dangerous to let outsiders come to the Cai family now. Let's put it this way. I brought some medicine this time, including a few antipyretic pills and antibiotics. I guess the barefoot doctor will just prescribe some herbal medicine. It's better to let President Liu take the medicine first, and we'll observe for one night. If the high fever still persists, we'll find a doctor."

Cai Min pulled Gu Tongwan to one side and whispered, "Wanwan, antipyretic drugs are very precious right now, why don't you keep them for yourself? My family has a good relationship with the barefoot doctor at a nearby clinic, and he should be able to keep his mouth shut."

"Let's try to reduce the risks brought about by this matter. You don't have to worry too much, whether it's for President Liu or your family. These medicines were given to me by a friend. I still have some at home. Besides, I am in good health and have hardly had a fever or a cold all year round. If these medicines can help President Liu recover, then it will be worth it."

Hearing her say this, Cai Min naturally didn't know what to say, but she also knew very well how precious antipyretics and antibiotics were in the apocalypse. Even her family didn't have them. People with colds and fevers could only drink some Chinese herbal medicine. Fortunately, after the apocalypse, all kinds of creatures were evolving, including the human body, which was constantly adapting to the harsh apocalyptic environment. Therefore, as long as it was not a serious illness, other diseases were all minor in their eyes. As long as the fever did not exceed 40 degrees, almost everyone was just enduring it.

Fortunately, after Liu Feng took the medicine, his fever subsided at around 11 o'clock that evening, from 41 degrees to 38 degrees. It is estimated that it will become a low fever by the next day.

Because they were worried about Liu Feng's condition, Cai Min and his wife didn't dare to sleep that night. Cai Min stayed up until two o'clock in the middle of the night, and Hongyu couldn't stand it anymore. Finally, Xu Xuesong persuaded him to go back to his room.

Yan Fan was keeping watch outside the yard. He said he was worried that the people from the Nifeng Guild would track down the Cai family. Although all the surveillance equipment in the villa had been destroyed, their van was parked in a neighborhood near the villa, and Xu Xuesong and Liao Yunyun were staying in a restaurant on these two streets. As long as they left traces, it would only be a matter of time before Chen Ni would find the Cai family.

Gu Tongwan discussed the future plans in Chen Yanxi's room.

"We have interfered in the affairs of the camp this time, which is undoubtedly wading into muddy waters. Aren't you worried about getting into trouble?" After all, their original purpose was just to take advantage of the New Year holiday to travel, but they ended up not only getting into big trouble but also potentially bringing about fatal disasters, which was completely contrary to their original purpose.

"Originally I didn't plan to get involved in this matter, but during a recent investigation I discovered that a series of strange things happening in the camp might be related to a certain cult organization. Previously the guard team had been tracking down the organization's movements, but after half a year of tracking, all our informants had lost contact with them."

"A cult organization? Could it be the Illuminati that caused so much trouble in the base before?" The first thing that came to Gu Tongwan's mind was the force behind countless terrorist attacks in the base.

Moreover, Yan Fan and himself had tried to track down the organization before, and during the investigation, they even discovered that it was involved in several cases of trafficking within the base.

However, the people in this organization were smart. Once they realized they were being targeted, they immediately abandoned the pieces they had sent out.

In fact, the strangest thing about this organization is that the several blood vine branches that Gu Tongwan released at the beginning were actually disconnected from her own connection. This situation has only happened once in the past few years, and that happened when she was still wandering in the empty city. That time, she caught a cold due to the sudden change in weather and had a high fever for two whole days. It may also be because of this relationship that she could not perceive the existence of the blood vines in her consciousness.

However, after the fever subsided, the blood vine re-established contact with himself. The previous high fever may have caused a disorder of consciousness in the brain, and the blood vine temporarily cut off the connected consciousness in order to avoid being affected.

However, the released blood vine branch only lost contact unilaterally while the blood vine was still in his body. This meant that the blood vine branch might have been discovered and wiped out by someone, or it might have encountered uncontrollable factors and disappeared.

But no matter what the reason, the blood vine branches have disappeared, and there is even a possibility of exposing its existence. Moreover, recently in the camp, people who used to be with Zhou Nan have also released blood vine branches, and the situation in which the branches disappeared was exactly the same as what happened at the base. Therefore, she has reason to suspect that something is preventing the blood vine branches from contacting her.

She did not choose to hide this from Chen Yanxi, and even raised her own suspicions, "I'm thinking, maybe there is something in this so-called [Illuminati] that the blood vines are afraid of. Zhou Nan and the people around him are obviously different from other superpowers. The blood vines that usually use blood as nutrients show disgust and rejection towards the two of them, as if they have sensed an aura that does not belong to humans in them."

This was also her own guess. After all, she was not sure what exactly existed on Zhou Nan and the others that made the blood vines repel them.

"When we were on a mission before, we discovered an abandoned laboratory where human experiments were conducted. This laboratory is most likely a secret base used by the Illuminati to conduct experiments on humans and mutant creatures. There are also mutants similar to those that appeared in the dungeon."

"What kind of organization is this Illuminati? It seems that every strange thing that has happened in these years can be connected to it." Gu Tongwan bit her lip and couldn't help muttering to herself.

"A cult organization that is anti-social and anti-human, and is trying to create a class system to achieve the survival of the fittest. Currently, various countries have sent hunters to investigate and capture this organization."

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It was already late at night when Chen Ni learned that Liu Feng had disappeared from the villa. When the night shift staff arrived at the villa, they found that no one was on duty at the sentry booth that day. In addition, a total of six psychics, both in the sentry booth and in the villa, had all met with accidents, and judging from the fatal injuries, they were all killed in one blow, which meant that the other party had no intention of leaving anyone alive from the beginning.

Chen Ni's facial muscles twitched slightly after he learned about the situation on the phone. Xu Shaoyao, who was standing next to him, saw it out of the corner of her eye and was still applying her eye cream nonchalantly, "What happened?"

"Someone kidnapped Liu Feng."

Xu Shaoyao was startled, and stood up from the sofa, frowning and asked, "Could it be that the Hunter Commissioner has started to take action?"

"It's not clear yet, but no one can ruin my plan, otherwise I will make him live a life worse than death!" Chen Ni's eyes were filled with madness, and he swallowed the blood that flowed from his throat fiercely. Then he said to Xu Shaoyao, "We have to advance our plan."