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End of Century

Chapter 16

Author: Xie Yi
updatedAt: 2025-07-05

After listening to Li Xuanyuan''s analysis, Hou Ying found the suspicious point of Sufeng river.

    With Li Xuanyuan''s eyesight, we can see that Su Fenghe is far from the limit of his physical strength from the perspiration and muscle condition of his opponent.

    So it can be seen that Su Fenghe didn''t work as hard as he said. Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan suspected that he had powers. But he didn''t take advantage of the privilege to live in the inner city. Instead, he hid his head and tail. There must be a mystery! When they think of Su Fenghe''s warning when he talks about missing and homicide, they both know that there must be a lot of things in it.

    Hou Ying thought about it, and Li Xuanyuan decided to separate the two action. He works on the wall of the inner city at night as an auditory, while Li Xuanyuan works on the wall of the white sky. They work together to find Wang hehe and them.

    Having said that, Hou Ying went to the management office and successfully obtained the permission of management through her hearing ability. However, unfortunately, he could only join the defense team and guard in a specific place on the city wall. He could not walk around at will. He was still not qualified to live in the inner city without enough grain or work points.

    In addition, the manager changed his seat in the camp because he joined the defense team, but ignored their request for Li Xuanyuan to change his seat. Seeing that she couldn''t fight for more, Hou Ying had to give up the seat she had changed. She said a lot of good things and promised a meal for the disabled for two days. The administrator reluctantly helped them change to a medium seat.

    Although it''s not a good place, it''s cleaner and more spacious than the original one.

    The next day, when the powers and ordinary people change shifts, the two people meet and exchange a look. Hou Ying shakes her head slightly to show that she has done nothing.

    With more than 20000 people working day and night and the blessing of the local powers, the inner city wall was basically completed on the third day after Hou Ying arrived in Yecheng.

    In these three days, he still did not find Wang he he and Ji Yao, and did not even get their relevant information. Many times to find fruitless, how much let him produce negative emotions, panic badly.

    After the construction of the inner city wall, the management of Yecheng refuge was not in a hurry to build the outer city wall. If the city wall is not built, it not only means that the ordinary people outside the city will be exposed to the zombies without security, but also means that they will lose their jobs to get food, which makes the ordinary survivors in a fierce mood and several protests and riots.

    Soon after, Yecheng management issued a recruitment notice: the talents led the team out of Yecheng to collect materials. Ordinary people who want to sign up at the management office, but all participants are paid 50 Jin of food and water, and half of their salary is paid before they start.

    Hou Ying saw that they didn''t even mention the compensation for the victims. Fifty Jin of grain is going to make people work hard. It''s really taking advantage of people''s danger to waste their lives.

    And Yecheng, such a national granary, really does not have enough food reserves to support these 30000 people? Is it really urgent to collect materials It''s just a way for management to play with power.

    But ordinary people who have a clear understanding of the end of the world numbly accept such unfair employment. Even if they all know that this trip will never come back, if they die outside unfortunately, half of the remaining grain will turn into nothing, but in order to have a bite of rice, they have to fight for their lives! Especially for those who drag their families, they have no choice.

    Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan are waiting outside the registration office before dawn. There are already some ordinary people sitting on the ground waiting for the management office to open.

    They stare at everyone, and Hou Ying excites his powers to listen to whether the sound he is familiar with exists. But when the sun was in the middle of the day, the bustling crowd broke up and poured in again, he still didn''t find the person he was looking for.

    A terrible idea came to mind. Hou Ying clenched her fist to suppress herself. Li Xuanyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I''ll find it."

    He is such a realistic person to comfort, must have been determined that Hou Ying''s relatives are dead or become zombies, will give a little comfort. In fact, nearly 20000 people have been screened in the past three days, and those who see the powers have no idea about the names of Wang he he and Ji Yao. It can be seen that they are not the kind of people who can''t be found in the inner city of Yecheng.

    Li Xuanyuan already felt that they were more than 95% likely to die or become zombies.

    Hou Ying gave a wry smile and did not answer. She continued to search.

    The mixed voices in my ears were clearly divided into low cursing, crying, pleading, scolding, old people, adults, children, men and women The excessive power consumption makes Hou Ying pale. Later, he clearly feels that the scope of his hearing has spread a little.

    However, when the registry announced that he would come back tomorrow, he still got nothing. Hou Ying collapsed and fell to the ground. Her brain hurt like a thorn. She didn''t have the ability to control, but there was a constant influx of distant or near sounds into her ears, causing a burst of tinnitus.

    Li Xuanyuan pitied him and pulled him up. Seeing that he could not walk, he condescended to carry him up and go."Wait a little longer."

    Hou Ying''s unspeakable sadness and vulnerability.

    Li Xuanyuan did not stop, told him: "come back tomorrow."

    When they get back to their middle seats, like most people, they can only drink a few mouthfuls of the daily quota of drinking water.

    After an hour''s rest, Hou Ying came slowly. He said to Li Xuanyuan, "I''m going to go out and have a look. What about you?" When they first arrived, they began to build the city wall. Li Xuanyuan had never been in the shelter at night. Knowing that he was going to go out to try his luck, he was not sure that he was alone, so he took action with him.

    They dodged the patrol team several times and went all the way from the last level shelter in area D to the top level shelter in area B. at this time, some strange voices came.

    Hou Ying was obviously stunned. Li Xuanyuan stopped to look at him. Hou Ying said, "it seems that Su Fenghe is asking for help. Let''s go and have a look."

    It''s su Fenghe''s voice full of fear that Hou Ying can''t ignore.

    The closer she went, the clearer Hou Ying heard. Su Fenghe was crying: "elder brothers, I really don''t have powers! You are mistaken! Please forgive me. I''m really just an ordinary person. Let me go... "

    Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan hid in the dark and saw that there were five to five lines of ten people, with the patrol team logo on their coats. Su Fenghe was tied up in all sorts of ways and was being escorted by the two leading men. His face was bloated and full of slap marks. Now his chin is twisted and drooping, and it''s obvious that these people are impatient and take off his chin.

    The actions of the defense team were blatant, and no one came out to see the situation in the tents they passed, let alone save people.

    Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan have developed some tacit understanding these two days. They look at each other and nod their heads. They both agree with the idea of following up to find out.

    The patrol team seized the Sufeng River and took it all the way to the place near the inner city wall at the junction of the refuge camps in area a and area B. They saw from a distance that they had removed the manhole cover of the sewer. There was a light at the manhole cover. It seemed to confirm their identities. When the light disappeared, one of them jumped down with the Sufeng River and the other followed.

    After a while, the two patrol teams came up, followed the others and continued to patrol.

    Two people looked for a while, did not see any more movement.

    Su Fenghe''s fear of denying that he is a psionic makes them understand the seriousness of the matter. There is more than one person like Su Fenghe who has been arrested. Maybe Hou Ying''s relatives are among them.

    And it''s very likely.

    In order to prevent Hou Ying and the same hearing ability in the two people with eyes and gestures. Li Xuanyuan made a sign that I''m going down and you''re in the same place. Hou Ying firmly shook her head. Li Xuanyuan had to give in. He made a gesture that I would go first, and inspired a vine. He ordered Hou Ying to signal that he would not follow him until he told him.

    Li Xuanyuan roughly judged the depth under the well cover from their landing voice. After armed with vines, he quietly jumped into it with the help of vines.

    After landing, he did not rush to move, but quietly listened to the sound for a while. In the dark environment where you can''t see your fingers, there is no sound of water in the sewer, only a faint wind coming from the front.

    Li Xuanyuan felt the direction of the wind, and basically determined that although it had been transformed, it still retained the original structure of the sewer. After waiting a little longer to make sure there was no guard nearby, he took out the lighter in his pocket. He looked around in the weak light and saw that it was consistent with his guess. Then he sent a vine to Hou Ying. Next, he restored the well cover to its original shape and they walked forward.

    Hou Ying could hear more voices. He pointed to a direction and signaled that there was a sound of footsteps. They ran after each other lightly.

    The underground sewers in Yecheng urban area are an integral system, with many forks. If there is no foottrack of people in front of them, they will have to go around a lot, and they are likely to be found. After walking for more than ten minutes, Hou Ying grabs Li Xuanyuan and signals that the other party has stopped.

    There was the sound of the electric door sliding open. After that, there were more footsteps and voices in front of him, and Su Fenghe was struggling with more and more sobs.

    "Oh, there''s a power hidden in it. It''s not easy." Said a woman''s voice.

    Quiet for a while, should be to Su Fenghe to do inspection, then still is the woman''s voice: "give him a shot, let him stop, you go to send up the message, see who he is assigned to."

    "All right." A man replied.

    Then the sobbing of Sufeng River stopped.

    Hou Ying''s face was dignified. Seeing Li Xuanyuan winking at him and asking him what to do next, she made a walk gesture.

    Li Xuanyuan took him back and turned into a place where she could talk. Hou Ying said what she heard in her lowest voice, and then said, "it depends. This should be a laboratory. The door is made of sound insulation material. I can''t hear what''s inside after it''s closed. However, it is impossible for them to just accept the powers for their own use by such extreme means. I am afraid they have a secret. ""I see it." Li Xuanyuan expression a little cold, for these people''s behavior is very disgusted, "next what do you want to do?"

    "It''s not too late. I want to do it before they''re ready." Hou Ying first said what she thought, and then said, "it''s just that there should be a lot of powers in them, as well as tranquilizer drugs. There are only two of us If you just sneak in and see if there''s anyone I''m looking for, are you sure? "

    Li Xuanyuan thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "it''s impossible to confront head-on. There must be surveillance inside. The success rate of mixing in is very low. Unless I''m a bait - "

    " no way! "

    Hou Ying refused, even though she didn''t want to.

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