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After listening to Li Xuanyuanâs analysis, Hou Ying discovered Su Fengheâs suspicious points.\n
With Li Xuanyuanâs eyesight, it can be seen from the otherâs sweating volume and physical muscle condition that Su Fenghe is far from the limit of his physical strength.\n
So it can be seen that Su Fenghe didnât work as hard as he said, but Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan both suspected that he had an ability. But he didnât use this to gain the privilege to move into the inner city, instead, he hid his head and tail, there must be a mystery! Reminiscent of Su Fengheâs warning look when he talked about the disappearances and murders, both of them knew that there must be a lot of things in it.\n
Hou Ying thought for a while, and Li Xuanyuan decided that they would act separately. He works on the inner city wall at night with the identity of the auditory ability, while Li Xuanyuan goes up the city wall during the day, and the two work together to find Wang Hehe and his friend.\n
Having said that, Hou Ying went to the management office and successfully obtained the management permission through his hearing ability. Unfortunately, he could only join the defense team and set up guards on specific places on the city wall. He could not walk around at will, he was still not eligible to live in the inner city without paying 25 kilograms of food or accumulating work points.\n</ins>\n\nIn addition, the administrator changed his seat in the camp because he joined the defense team, but ignored their request for Li Xuanyuan to also change his seat. Seeing that he could no longer fight for more, Hou Ying had to give up the seat he had exchanged, said a lot of good things, and promised food for the psionics for two days before the administrator reluctantly helped them to change to a middle-level seat.\n
Although itâs not a good place, itâs cleaner and more spacious than the original last-class seats.\n
The next day, when the psionics and ordinary people change shifts, the two people meet and exchange a look. Hou Ying shakes his head slightly to show that he has gained nothing.\n
When all contribute their firewood can they build up a big fire<sup>1</sup>. With more than 20,000 people building day and night and were blessed by earth-type ability users, on the third day after Hou Ying arrived in Yecheng, the inner city wall was basically completed.\n
In these three days, he still did not find Wang Hehe and Ji Yao and didnât even get their relevant information. The repeated fruitless searches somehow caused him to give birth to negative emotions and became very flustered.\n
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. This makes ordinary survivors feel intense emotions, and there are several protest riots.\n
Soon, Yecheng Management issued a recruitment announcement: The ability users will lead a team out of Yecheng to collect materials. Ordinary people can sign up at the management office if they want to. All participants are paid 50 catties of food and water, and half of their salary is paid before they leave.\n
Hou Ying saw that they didnât even mention the compensation for the victims. Fifty catties of food would require people to sacrifice their lives, which is really taking advantage of the danger and ruining human lives.\n
And Yecheng, such a national granary, really does not have enough food reserves to support these 30,000 people? Do they really need to collect materials now?⊠Itâs nothing more than a way for management to play with power.\n
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 can be a dead-end for them, and if they, unfortunately, die outside, the remaining half of the food will be in vain. But in order to eat a bite of food, they can only bite the bullet and fight for their lives! Especially for those who drag their families, they have no choice.\n</ins>\n\nHou 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.\n
They stared at everyone, and Hou Ying didnât conceal his use of his ability to listen to whether the sound he was familiar with exist. But when the sun went up to the sky, the bustling crowd dispersed and another wave replaced them, he still did not find the people he was looking for.\n
A terrible thought came to his mind but Hou Ying squeezed his fist to suppress himself. Li Xuanyuan patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, âYou will find them.â\n
Realistic people like him spoke consolingly, he must have already recognized it in his heart that Hou Yingâs relatives either died or became zombies, so he would give a little comfort. In fact, they have screened nearly 20,000 people in the past three days, and there are no ability users named Wang Hehe or Ji Yao. Itâs also clear that theyâre not the kind of people who huddle themselves up in Yechengâs inner-city management.\n
Li Xuanyuan already felt that they were more than 95% likely to die or had become zombies.\n
Hou Ying gave a wry smile, did not answer, and continued to search.\n
The mixed noises in his ears are clearly divided into low cursing, crying, pleading, scolding, old people, adults, children, men, and women⊠Excessive power consumption makes Hou Yingâs face pale, but afterward, he clearly felt that the range of what he could hear had spread a bit.\n
Nevertheless, when the registry announced that they would just come back tomorrow, he still found nothing. Hou Ying collapsed and fell to the ground, his brain hurt like being stabbed by a thorn. Without controlling his ability, the noise is constantly pouring into his ears from far to near, causing a burst of tinnitus.\n
Li Xuanyuan felt sorry for him and pulled him up. Seeing that he could no longer walk, he carried him up and left with dignity.\n
âWait a little longer.â\n</ins>\n\nHou Ying said with unspeakable sadness and vulnerability.\n
Li Xuanyuan kept walking and told him, âCome back tomorrow.â \n
When they get back to the middle seats theyâre living in, like most people, they can only be hungry today and drink a few sips of the drinking water that the shelter distributes daily.\n
After an hourâs rest, Hou Ying came over and told Li Xuanyuan, âIâm going out to have a look, how about you?â 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 out to try his luck, and worried about him going alone, he acted together.\n
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, a few strange voices came.\n
Hou Ying was obviously stunned. Li Xuanyuan stopped to see him, Hou Ying said, âIt seems that Su Fenghe is asking for help. Letâs go and have a look.â\n
Su Fengheâs voice was full of fear and Hou Ying couldnât ignore it.\n
The closer they got, the clearer Hou Ying hears. Su Fenghe is crying, âBrothers, I really have no ability! You are mistaken! Please forgive me, Iâm really just an ordinary person, let me goâŠâ\n
There were also the footsteps of nearly ten other people. Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan hid in the dark and saw that there were ten people in a row, with the logo of the patrol team on their coats. Su Fenghe was hog-tied and was being held by the two leading people. His face was bloated and full of slap marks, his jaw is twisted and drooping, it is obvious that these people got impatient and dislocated it.\n
The actions of the patrol team were blatant, but no one came out to see the situation in the tents they passed, let alone save people.\n
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.\n
The patrol team grabbed Su Fenghe and took him all the way to the place near the inner city wall at the junction of the refugee camps in area A and area B. They saw from a distance that they had removed the manhole cover of the sewer. At the manhole cover, a light swept across the faces of the first two guards, it seemed to confirm their identities. After the light disappeared, one of them jumped down with Su Fenghe and the other followed.\n
After a while, the two patrol members came up, followed the others, and continued to patrol.\n
The two watched for a while, but they didnât see any movement.\n
Su Fengheâs horror of denying that heâs an ability user made both of them understand the seriousness of the matter. More than one person like Su Fenghe has been arrested, maybe⊠Hou Yingâs relatives were among them.\n</ins>\n\nAnd itâs very likely.\n
In order to prevent someone with the same hearing ability as Hou Ying, the two communicated with their eyes and gestures. Li Xuanyuan made a gesture âI am going down, you stay where you areâ, and Hou Ying shook his head resolutely. Li Xuanyuan had to give in and made a gesture âIâm going firstâ, and then stimulated a vine to hold Hou Ying, indicating that he could follow when he signaled to him.\n
Li Xuanyuan had roughly judged the depth under the manhole cover from the sound of their landing. After arming himself with vines, he quietly jumped down with the help of the vines.\n
After landing, he did not rush to move but listened quietly for a while. In the dark environment where you canât see your fingers, there is no sound of water from the sewer, only a faint wind coming from the front.\n
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 the two of them moved forward.\n
Hou Ying could hear even more sounds. He pointed a direction and signaled that there were footsteps over there, and the two of them lightly followed up.\n
The underground sewers in Yecheng urban area are a whole system, and there are many bifurcations. If it werenât for the footsteps of people ahead to lead the way, they will have to go around a lot, and they are very likely to be found. After walking for more than ten minutes, Hou Ying grabbed Li Xuanyuan and signaled for him to stop.\n
There was the sound of the electric door sliding open. After that, there were more footsteps and voices in front, and Su Fengheâs struggling cry became louder.\n
âOh, there is still a hidden strength-type ability user.â A womanâs voice said.\n
It was quiet for a while, it must be checking Su Fenghe, then itâs still the womanâs voice, âGive him a shot to make him stop, you go and send the message above to see who is assigned to him.â\n</ins>\n\nâOkay,â a man replied.\n
Then Su Fengheâs sobbing stopped.\n
Hou Ying looked solemn, and when Li Xuanyuan gave him a wink asking what to do next, he made a walking gesture.\n
Li Xuanyuan took him back and turned into a place where he could talk. Hou Ying said what he heard in the lowest voice and then said, âDepending on the situation, this should be a laboratory. The door is also made of sound insulation material, I canât hear the situation inside after it is closed. However, itâs impossible for them to use this radical method just to subdue the ability users for their own use. Iâm afraid there is a secret.â\n
âI can see it.â Li Xuanyuanâs expression was a bit cold, he was very disgusted with the behavior of these people. âWhat do you want to do next?â\n
âThis matter should not be delayed, I want to do it when they are not prepared.â Hou Ying first said his idea, and then said, âItâs just that there should be a lot of ability users and tranquilizers in them. There are only two of us⊠If we just sneak in and see if thereâs anyone Iâm looking for. What do you think?â\n
Li Xuanyuan thought for a while, shook his head, and said, âA frontal confrontation is impossible, and it must be monitored inside. The success rate of mixing in is very low unless I act as bait-â\n
âNo!â\n
Hou Ying refused without thinking.\n\n
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Translatorâs Notes:\n
<ol>äŒäșșæŸæŽç«ç°é« â People need to pull together to achieve something significant. </ol>\nIâll do double updates for all the stories today because for I donât think I will have time to update for the next two weeks. \n\n\n\n