Farewell

Ant Nest is the house of twelve year old boy Fan Jie, who was rescued by Tom from Zhenhua Machinery Factory. The boy was grateful for Tom's help and invited Tom and others to move in, adding a lot of popularity and warmth to this home located in a remote area of the industrial zone.

However, at this moment, the entire building was pitch black, and the street lights outside the courtyard were also turned off. Only a glimmer of light could be seen from ten steps away through the crack in the door of Warehouse 2.

I saw two figures riding bicycles quietly coming to the warehouse door. After knocking four times, the door opened a crack, and the light overflowed from the crack. A long line was pulled out on the ground in front of the door, and the two figures huddled in holding their bicycles. Then the door quickly closed, and darkness returned to this courtyard.

In the warehouse, Liu Lian anxiously asked, "How is it?"

Tom and Ouyang Haotian put their bicycles on the ground and took a deep breath. Zhao Yingying on one side brought two cups of water, and the two of them drank it all in one gulp.

Behind them, Gao Disheng and Wang Dong were sweating profusely as they carried various supplies into the metal carriage. In one corner, Cheng Fuhua, who was holding his right arm with a bandage, sat on a chair, while 12-year-old Fan Jie stood beside him with a smile.

Everyone gathered around, looking eagerly at Tom.

Tom wiped off the water stains from the corner of his mouth and said, "That's right, you can indeed go out there. Wang Dong's path is the retreat left for us by Li Zexin."

Wang Dong suddenly smiled heartily and said, "I said Li Ge wouldn't betray An Ge. It turned out that he deliberately let me go and asked me to give you a message to avoid being caught by Song Ren's people."

Tom nodded and said, "Anyway, the evidence we obtained from Zhang Chengjiang is useless. It's just a good idea to trade it with him for a way out. Wang Dong, you should go back quickly."

Wang Dong hesitated and said, "Um... Brother An... I..."

Ouyang Haotian walked up with a smile and patted his shoulder, "Go ahead. Stay and help Li Zexin, he needs you. The hell world of mutated creatures outside is too cruel for you. Of course... with Song Ren and his group, Li Zexin's life is not easy either."

Wang Dong looked at Tom and then at the others, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded heavily, "Well... Ange, I'm leaving first... I wish you all a smooth journey!"

"Let's go, I'll see you off!" Gao Disheng hugged Wang Dong's shoulder and led him out.

"Old Cheng," Tom looked at Cheng Fuhua's hand that had been electrocuted with guilt, "I'm sorry, I've implicated you."

Cheng Fuhua didn't care at all and said, "Don't say that, Brother An. It was you who risked your life to save us. If it were just an ordinary friend, I wouldn't hesitate, let alone you. It's just..."

Tom gave him and Gao Disheng a reluctant glance and said, "You must continue to be careful when you stay. Even if you have old friends or superiors to take care of you, you cannot be careless."

"We will do it, don't worry, and... you need to..." Cheng Fuhua's tears flowed as he spoke, and Gao Disheng, who walked to the door, also wiped away his tears.

Tom endured the sourness of his nose and gave him a bear hug before finally letting go. "We'll be careful," he said

On the contrary, Fan Jie scratched his head and said, "Brother An... I..."

"No, you must stay." Tom didn't give him the chance to finish speaking, "you're still too young to stay in the shelter with Old Cheng and the others."

Fan Jie felt a bit unhappy, but after thinking for a moment, he said sullenly, "Okay, but at least... let me take you out. I also want to see that exit."

Although Tom didn't want to drag him down, he still decided to fulfill his wish. Anyway, let him ride his bike back then.

The farewell ceremony is always fast. They packed the food, clothing, and other materials stored early in the morning into the metal carriage, and of course, the huge ant armor was also dismantled and stacked, and stuffed inside.

Farewell to Wang Dong, then bid farewell to Gao Disheng and Cheng Fuhua. Only Tom, Ouyang Haotian, Liu Lian, and Zhao Yingying remained in the warehouse, along with Fan Jie who had to follow them to the entrance and exit. They checked the things again before using the electric van from Gaudi Sheng to hang up the carriage and drag it out of the warehouse.

Tom opened the passenger seat and made a gesture of invitation to Zhao Yingying: "I'm sorry, your child with Liu Lian is probably going to be born outside."

Zhao Yingying smiled sweetly and said, "That's great. The air in the shelter is too stuffy. I also think my son's first breath of air is free air, not air destined to decay and decay."

Tom smiled bitterly and shook his head, waiting for her and Fan Jie to squeeze in before closing the car door.

Ouyang Haotian sat in the driver's seat, and Liu Lian jumped into the carriage first. Seeing Tom staring absentmindedly at the corner of Warehouse One, he said, "Brother An, don't worry about Old Cheng anymore. Song Ren and his team won't go looking for Old Cheng's trouble."

"I'm not worried about Old Cheng... I just feel like... someone is watching us?"

Liu Lian activated the sound radar again and said, "Uh... no, except for the four of us, there are no other breathing creatures around here."

"Perhaps it's my illusion, okay, let's go!" Tom jumped into the carriage, patted the car body, and Ouyang Haotian stepped on the accelerator. The electric car dragged the heavy carriage steadily away from the ant nest.

As the car drove further and further, a female figure emerged from the corner of the door of Warehouse 1. She took out a yellow crystal and activated resonance, illuminating the surroundings with a bright orange light, revealing her true face.

Wen Yiku, Wen Sitian's sisters who had a grudge against Tom, was looking thoughtfully at the direction of Tom and others' departure.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go as soon as possible. If you die here, my sister will lose a high-quality candidate. Maybe next time you come back, this will already be our second Eden."

Wen Yiku originally communicated with Han Haodong from the security department to investigate the whereabouts of the level 5 crystal. Now Song Renzheng is scattering everyone out to find Tom, and the security department is the main force among them.

As a temporary ally of Han Haodong, Wen Yiku discovered the whereabouts of Tom and others but did not inform them, which had some considerations.

As for Li Zexin, he immediately realized that the evidence collected by Tom and others was meaningless after learning that Zhang Guxing, the deputy director of the Internal Security Department, had been suspended from his position.

At present, the primary contacts with the grassroots of the shelter are the security department, followed by the internal security department responsible for criminal matters in the shelter. Now that both lines are blocked, Li Zexin knows that relying on the internal security department to break down Song Ren is wishful thinking.

So he decided to set off to find Song Ren, intending to report the new settlement of Tom and others who had returned from the horse to Song Ren.

The most loyal person among his subordinates is Wang Dong, and Wang Dong was the only security guard who escaped with him from the massage parlor back then.

Wang Dong was grateful for Tom's life-saving kindness, and when he learned that Li Zexin was going to report, he quickly dissuaded him, but was locked up by Li Zexin.

The key to the room where he was locked happened to be in Wang Dong's pocket. Wang Dong took out the key and opened the door, quickly running to warn Tom and urging them to leave quickly.

Song Ren's people were still one step late. Ouyang Haotian's three bedroom and one living room were already empty, leaving behind various account books and evidence that he couldn't take away in time.

Although Tom and others were not caught, it was also a great achievement for Song Ren and Yuan Feixing.

Zhang Chengjiang has kept a record of his transactions with Yuan Feixing over the past few months, including various secretly recorded conversation evidence, in order to prevent Yuan Feixing from making him bear the blame and use it as a talisman.

If these pieces of evidence were exposed to Shen Jiayi, there is no doubt that Song Ren and others would have a difficult time.

So retrieving evidence and arresting Tom are two things, the former is more important.

Li Zexin used this evidence to gain control of the black market in front of Song Ren, while Tom and others used this evidence to obtain another compensation.

Liu Lian's mind was spinning fast, and he immediately realized that Li Zexin had intentionally let Wang Dong out to report.

Wang Dong only realized when he understood that he had misunderstood Li Zexin. At the same time, he also mentioned another important information he received when he and Li Zexin interrogated Zhang Chengjiang.

In addition to the official channels of Yuan Feixing and others, there are also some crystals smuggled into Zhang Chengjiang's black market. This is all because he knows a secret passage that leads directly to the hidden passage outside the shelter.

When a small group of people in the security department go out to carry out tasks, they will hide the harvest outside the shelter in a secret place, and Zhang Chengjiang will lead three horses to regularly sneak in supplies. The contribution tickets obtained at the end will be evenly distributed among them. The contribution votes that those who carry out tasks receive from Zhang Chengjiang are far higher than the rewards they receive from handing them over to the shelter.

But Zhang Chengjiang is very cautious. The partners he chooses are all a very special small group of people, and apart from himself and those three young horses, no one else knows. This also includes Song Ren, as well as Yuan Feixing and others.

This secret passage is also a way for Zhang Chengjiang to prevent any potential conflict with Yuan Feixing. He will reveal evidence and then escape from the shelter through that secret passage.

Li Zexin pried open Zhang Chengjiang's mouth, obtained information about the secret passage, and then killed Zhang Chengjiang before handing it over to Song Ren.

And he sent Wang Dongfang to find Tom, using that secret passage to exchange with Tom, in exchange for evidence that was unfavorable to Yuan Feixing, to make a pledge of allegiance and gain the recognition of Song Ren, becoming a legitimate new owner of the black market.

Fortunately, Liu Lian understood Li Zexin's intention at the first time and immediately asked Tom to leave without any evidence. Both parties completed the transaction in a tacit agreement without breaking the record.

So Tom and his companions returned to the ant colony, and with the help of Liu Lian's sound radar, they confirmed that there were no surveillance personnel around. Only then did they quickly organize the supplies and move them to the carriage, preparing to evacuate.

Gao Disheng quietly ran to the hospital to pick up Cheng Fuhua, but coincidentally, Fan Jie heard that Old Cheng had an accident and went to the hospital to see him. He had planned to escape from the shelter with Tom along with Cheng Fuhua, but after analyzing their background, Liu Lian thought it was better for them to stay.

The old customer of Cheng Fuhua has a high status in the logistics department. Now that this situation has arisen, he has not made it difficult for Gao Disheng, which proves that Song Ren does not attach great importance to them. Even if Tom and others are not around, they should not be manipulated by Song Ren again.

Liu Lian wants to go with Tom, and Zhao Yingying naturally doesn't want to stay to avoid encountering things like Liu Shanmin again.

Tom originally wanted Ouyang Haotian to stay, after all, his lover Xiaomei was still in the hospital.

However, Ouyang Haotian insisted on leaving and entrusted the female doctor to take care of him through Zhao Yingying.

The female patients whom Shen Jiayi had given priority orders to, I believe Song Ren wouldn't have touched that moldy head.

Compared to him, Zhang Guxing is somewhat disappointed. The evacuation plane, which was protecting the survivors and persevering to the shelter, arrived at the shelter, but he suddenly appeared all over.

He originally intended to use his nearly twenty years of professional experience to contribute to the survivors in this shelter, maintaining the bottom line and order of human morality.

Just after Tom's incident, he realized that this idea was somewhat naive.

Shelter is not a country after all, and now is the end of the world.