On the way, Lin Yuan called Wu Tian again.
"Lin Yuan, where are you!" As time passed, Wu Tian naturally heard the gunshots from the safe zone and worried that Lin Yuan might be in trouble.
"It's fine, my dad and they still have 60 minutes until watering time. The number of infected is very small. I'm currently following the troops to help at the water treatment center. You and Bao Bao stay put at the hospital and wait for me to come back."
"Don't worry, the hospital is already surrounded by troops, and there are agents from the intelligence department on my floor."
"Mm, good. Be careful yourself. Carol Anna should be with you. She's quite capable, you can let her help if necessary."
"Got it, my little Yuan-di~"
"Beep." The call was hung up.
Lin Yuan looked puzzled. Why did that last sentence make his neck feel a bit sore?
Never mind.
"Comrade, please provide me with equipment and weapons when we reach our destination."
"Don't worry, Comrade Lin Yuan, we've already applied to the higher-ups. You can put on the equipment now," the leader quickly replied.
He didn't expect the approval to be so fast. Someone must have pulled strings for him.
After all, when Lin Yuan was in the biu team, many military big shots had tried to recruit him, but Ying Tianlong had blocked them all.
It was a joke to snatch someone from the head of the intelligence department without an explicit order from the China Anti-Biochemical Command Center.
So, they got to know each other over time.
He was considered a familiar face.
"Alright, I'll put them on now." Lin Yuan didn't stand on ceremony, taking the combat gear from a soldier and putting it on.
The convoy continued to advance and had a brief encounter with a car from the intelligence department heading into the safe zone.
Lin Yuan recognized Bai Shanjin driving and quickly greeted him, "Old Bai! What are you doing here? Where are Old Jiang and the others?"
"Captain Lin?! What are you doing here? Old Jiang and the others went out to battle with the main forces. We're returning to hand over with our brothers in the safe zone."
"Oh, oh, good. Then you guys go ahead and get busy."
"Alright, Captain Lin, we're off."
The two vehicles passed each other, and the happy expression on Lin Yuan's face from meeting an old friend was gone.
Captain Lin?
When had Bai Shanjin ever called him captain?
Didn't he always call him squad leader?
Although they hadn't seen each other for some time, a form of address wouldn't change overnight.
He didn't know what they were up to, so he could only see for himself.
After informing Wu Tian about this matter, Lin Yuan shifted his focus back to the current situation.
The armored vehicle drove for a few more minutes, and they were only a few hundred meters away from the water treatment plant. Intense gunfire could already be heard.
"What? The number of Alpha mutants at the water treatment plant has increased to 29?" Lin Yuan, sitting in the open-air compartment of the armored vehicle, could hear the voice from the co-pilot's seat.
How could so many Alpha mutants suddenly appear, and at the water treatment center of all places?
The guarding troops weren't incompetent.
Unless?
"Could they have come through the water pipes?"
The angry roar from the co-pilot's seat had already given him the answer.
He recalled the white shadows he had seen in the lake that day, and the more he thought about it, the more problematic it seemed.
Moreover, the gloom in his heart grew heavier.
Although Shuzhou Tianfu Military Safe Zone didn't have a moat or a dividing river to separate the north and south areas, other safe zones did.
If zombies that could move freely in water appeared, and humanity hadn't reacted yet, they would likely suffer a heavy blow.
Lin Yuan picked up his phone and called Ying Tianlong again, but as expected, the line was busy.
There was no one else to turn to, so he had to call Wu Tian and ask her to tell the intelligence department and then report it.
However, just as he pressed the dial button, he stopped. By now, the command center should know about this. Once the two sides engaged in battle, they would surely discover something.
His going through so many channels would be too slow. Just as he was about to hang up, the call connected.
"Hello, Lin Yuan?"
Wu Tian answered Lin Yuan's call. Carol Anna, standing beside her, rolled her eyes incessantly. Could the two of them stop showing affection in front of her?
They had already made so many calls in such a short time!
At this moment, there was some commotion outside.
"Bai Shanjin! You're forging false orders. How could Minister Ying Tianlong... *cough cough*..."
Carol Anna's heart skipped a beat. Had it come so quickly?
She knew very well that the gurgling and coughing sounds behind him were caused by his throat being cut and blood flowing into his lungs.
The people outside had already made their move.
"Wu Tian, hurry up and tell Lin Yuan to intercept a black car at the exit later! I'll protect you all!"
"Bang." The door was violently broken open. Leading the charge was Bai Shanjin, but half of his face was irregularly swollen, looking pitted and uneven, with bulging flesh still wriggling.
Seeing Lin Junhui, who was already protected in Wu Tian's arms, he let out a dry laugh.
His eerie laughter directly scared Lin Junhui into tears. Wu Tian quickly comforted him, while pretending to be terrified, she exclaimed in horror, "What do you want?!"
"Apologies, madam. The Holy Mother has ordered that the child must be brought back. Rest assured, he will be given a sacred mission and will not bring you shame."
These words were both high-sounding and incredibly disgusting.
"Don't snatch my child!" The words of these people had touched Wu Tian's bottom line. She no longer cared about any understanding Carol Anna might have with them, her frenzied expression perfectly concealing the movement of her hand reaching under the pillow.
Bai Shanjin was still walking towards them. He seemed to only have eyes for Lin Junhui, his eyes filled with an unconcealable fanaticism.
He didn't even notice Wu Tian's attempt to stab him in the temple.
Did she succeed?
Wu Tian's bayonet had already stabbed into his temple, but it only broke the skin and couldn't penetrate further.
His entire back of the head exploded, and a strip of flesh, with skull fragments and muscle texture, blocked Wu Tian's attack, while his real body was still reaching out to embrace Lin Junhui.
Such a terrifying scene didn't scare Wu Tian. She increased the force on her hand, and the bayonet penetrated deeper and deeper.
Just as "Bai Shanjin" became impatient, Carol Anna pushed him away with a shield.
"Enough! If you injure the Holy Infant that the Holy Mother needs later, can you take responsibility?!"
Wu Tian didn't see clearly how she got the shield and didn't pay attention. She had already come down, wearing only a hospital gown, holding the bayonet in front of her. Now, all the enemies were in front of her.
Carol Anna's words did have an effect. "Bai Shanjin" stopped his hand, tilted his head to look at Carol Anna, and mockingly said, "Insect, you are merely a slave of the Father God's dominion. Don't bark orders at me here."
"Go to hell!" Carol Anna was not afraid at all. She met his gaze, but secretly passed a tennis ball-sized spherical object to Wu Tian.
"Take the people and get them out."
Lin Yuan, on the other end of the phone, had already rushed over when Carol Anna started speaking. He was carrying a standard-issue broadsword, which the leader had given him when he left.
"Go save them with confidence. We'll handle the water treatment plant. They won't be able to jump around for long!"