Chapter 35

Rescue finally came.

Seeing the speeding police cars, military vehicles and fire trucks, Qiao Xi breathed out a sigh of relief. His family was saved, and so were the remaining people in the community.

This group of thugs is just a mob, showing off its power in front of ordinary people. Once they encounter the state machine and hear the movement from a distance, they become frightened and run away in panic.

Good luck and escape.

More thugs were blocked by soldiers and police who surrounded them in front and behind. Those who resisted were all shot to death on the spot, and those who surrendered were handcuffed and taken away.

The voice came from the loudspeaker again, this time it was no longer the arrogant threats of thugs, but the comfort of the military and police. All residents are urged to stay at home and wait for the military police to come to investigate, so as not to encounter hidden thugs when walking around.

The survivors in Jinlan Villa cried with joy, and some collapsed and cried hysterically, asking the military police who came in hysterically: "Why didn't you come earlier, why didn't you come earlier!"

Looking at the bruised corpses and half-clothed victims on the floor, the soldiers who entered the door said with slightly red eyes: "I'm sorry, we're late."

There were thugs everywhere who were killing people and setting fires. They had just quelled the riot in another community. When they saw the fire here, they came immediately, but it was too late after all.

There are many people who want to express their anger but cannot speak out. They are dead.

In any villa that was broken into by thugs, not even one out of ten people was left alive. Even if they cooperated and handed over all their property, they still could not escape death. Killing them with a knife was considered lucky. Many people suffered inhuman torture during their lifetime.

If people do evil, they are more terrifying than ghosts.

Lu Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the corpses scattered outside the wall of Qiao's house. He had experienced too many deaths recently and didn't want to send away another old classmate. In this world of constant natural and man-made disasters, there are fewer and fewer old friends.

Seeing Lu Ziqian on the terrace, Qiao Xi went downstairs, came to the garden and opened the door.

Lu Ziqian looked at the living Qiao Xi, then pointed at the pile of corpses next to him: "Did you do it?"

Qiao Xi tried his best to make his face look ugly. Killing people without blinking is not a compliment. The current social order has not completely collapsed, and she does not want to be suspected of having an antisocial personality and cause unnecessary trouble.

"I did it. They wanted to use a ladder to get in. I couldn't let them in, so I had to shoot."

Lu Ziqian quickly nodded in understanding and said comfortingly: "You did a good job. This was self-defense." Of course, he would be more willing to see the corpses of thugs than the corpses of innocent people, let alone his old classmates.

Qiao Xi looked worried: "You won't hold me accountable?"

Lu Ziqian reassured her: "No, this situation has already occurred. Extraordinary measures must be taken at all times. There is no need to bear any responsibility." Although guns are banned in their country, there are always some people with great powers. At this critical moment of life and death, it is overkill to pursue civilians for concealing firearms.

"But we need to understand the specific situation. Also, looking at the situation, your hand | gun is not a submachine gun, right?"

Qiao Xi nodded. Handguns are not as efficient as submachine guns.

Lu Ziqian pondered for a moment: "We need to take a look at the weapons. If they are too lethal, it will be a bit troublesome. Others have pistols. But you don't have any record of breaking the law. There is a high probability that it will not be confiscated and you will become a gun owner. "Record it." In order to maintain stability, it must be confiscated. But now the situation is serious, the people are in danger, the military and police cannot arrive immediately, and it is a bit unreasonable to confiscate the people's self-defense weapons. But guns can be used for self-defense or for harming others, regardless of whether they are irresponsible to other gun-free people, so the specific situation must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

Lu Ziqian: "According to the rules, we have to go in and check to prevent someone from sneaking in and hiding in the house."

Qiao Xi was very sure that there was no fourth person in the family, but he still cooperated and got out of the way. Knowing that they would come to investigate, she had already tidied up the house. She had everything she should have and put away the things that shouldn't be there. The only thing that can't be put away is the ocelot. No one at this stall has the time to care about the fact that they have a national second-level protected animal.

Six policemen headed by Lu Ziqian filed in. Qiao Yuanshan and Xi Jingyun in the living room heard the movement and stood up to say hello. Seeing that their police uniforms were soaked with sweat and their lips were slightly dry, Qiao Yuanshan went to the kitchen refrigerator and took out six bottles of ice water. : "Thank you for your hard work, drink some water."

Everyone looked at Lu Ziqian and saw him nodding before thanking him and taking it. After dark, they chased the thugs from one place to another for seven or eight hours. They didn't drink a sip of water, and their throats were almost filled with smoke.

Not only was he thirsty but also hungry. A policeman with a tender face made a growling sound in his stomach. He blushed on the spot and scratched his hair in embarrassment.

Xi Jingyun saw that his face was tender and childish. He was probably a police academy student who had just entered college. He was still a child. He was younger than his daughter. He immediately took out some vacuum-packed biscuits, braised egg and beef from the drawer under the coffee table. He stuffed it into his mouth and said, "Eat some to fill your stomach."

Qiao Xi put it there specially for her parents to satisfy their cravings. There is space for everything. It is convenient for her, but it is very inconvenient for her parents. They can't ask her for everything, so she will put some daily needs at home. supplies.

He Zhiyuan, a young policeman who had just started his job after his freshman year, blushed and waved his hands repeatedly: "Auntie, no, I can't have it, auntie, I, I'm on duty."

Lu Ziqian couldn't help laughing. He was so young that he was a rare sight for middle-aged aunts. His mother liked to stuff this kid with food when he came to his house. He cleared his throat: "Auntie, let's carry out the mission first."

Xi Jingyun had no choice but to take back her hand: "Then you work first, and then eat after you are done."

After spending ten minutes checking every room to confirm that no thugs were hiding in the house, and the danger was eliminated, Lu Ziqian and the others returned to the living room and asked Qiao Xi about the details of how he killed the thugs.

Qiao Xi answered one by one, and finally pointed to the submachine gun on the coffee table: "That's the gun." She only used this gun from beginning to end, and her parents had no chance to shoot. It's good, but it's not a good thing. There's no need to force it, just let it be.

He Zhiyuan was responsible for recording the submachine gun model and the number of bullets. He was curious: "Miss Qiao, where did you get this guy? This is a firearm used by the M country's military."

Qiao Xi said without changing his expression: "I got it in exchange for a gold bar. As for where the seller got it, I don't know."

Lu Ziqian looked at her and wanted to ask if he only bought this one? It was useless to ask. Since I only took out this one, I would definitely not admit that there were other firearms. Anyway, they didn't see anything during this circle, but they only looked at the corners where people could be hidden, and it was impossible to rummage through the boxes.

"Then let's go first. Close the door and don't go out. If you encounter danger, blow the whistle. When you can move around, we will announce it on the radio."

After giving instructions, Lu Ziqian led the team to leave.

Xi Jingyun stuffed the full plastic bag into He Zhiyuan's hand: "You can only work after you have a full stomach."

Before they refused, Qiao Xi said sternly: "It's just a little care from our family. If you hadn't arrived in time, there is a high chance that my house would have been burned down by fire, and all the things in the house would not have been saved."

If they came later, she would rush out with her parents in her car. For her, the fire was more difficult to deal with than the mob. Fortunately, they are here. Parents don't have to take risks, they don't have to be displaced.

Lu Ziqian checked the basement and knew that they still had a lot of supplies, so he said, "Then we're welcome. Thank you."

Qiao Xi curled his lips: "It's me who thanks you, too."

Qiao Xi sent the people outside the garden, closed the iron gate and returned home.

He Zhiyuan was too embarrassed to eat in front of him. Before Qiao Xi could fully return to the house, the hungry He Zhiyuan couldn't wait to bite open a piece of ham. After working intensively for most of the night, he was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back.

Before he could swallow it, he saw a group of seniors looking at him faintly.

He Zhiyuan blushed and defended: "I'm still growing."

Lu Ziqian rubbed his head: "They dislike you for eating alone. Everyone's stomach is growling. You kid pretended not to hear it, right?"

He Zhiyuan quickly handed over the plastic bag.

The group of people grabbed something to eat and continued to walk forward while devouring their food. After walking for more than ten meters, they met their teammates walking towards them.

The other party was surprised: "Where did it come from? Share it among us, we will starve to death soon."

Lu Ziqian asked them to take it themselves: "An old classmate gave it to her, and her family lives here."

The team member raised his eyebrows: "Is that the only classmate of yours who dares to kill Mr. M, who lives in No. 60?"

Lu Ziqian was surprised: "How do you know where she lives?"

The teammate pointed to Villa No. 75: "I just came out of that house. Did you see the pile of corpses? They said it was the daughter of House No. 60 who helped. They talked a lot about her. I thought of you as soon as I heard it. I mentioned the old classmate." He gave a thumbs up, "You classmate can do it. There are seventeen people in that family, including five children under the age of ten. If she hadn't acted righteously, the consequences would have been disastrous."

After swallowing the ham sausage, He Zhiyuan looked at the corpse of No. 75, then back at the corpse of No. 60, and finally looked at Lu Ziqian: "Brother Lu, Miss Qiao has such a strong psychological quality, good marksmanship, and a good heart, why don't you ask Ask her if she wants to be a police officer?"

Lu Ziqian was really moved for a moment. They were in urgent need of manpower, but he quickly shook his head: "She won't be willing. She has a small family and the current situation is so chaotic. It's impossible for her to leave her parents at home and go out to work by herself. Okay, Get to work quickly."

After Lu Ziqian, Qiao Xi ushered in another team of police officers to understand the story behind the killing of the thugs outside the No. 75 fence. As soon as the police team was sent away, before they returned to the house, they heard sharp cries.

One after another, bloody corpses were moved out of the villa and put into the corpse truck parked outside. The weather was hot, and corpses left at home could easily rot and cause plague. In this current environment, we can no longer afford to take any risks, so even if some family members are reluctant or even resist, the superiors still decided to cremate all the bodies as quickly as possible.

The surviving family members cried heartbreakingly: "No, please, no, let me see her again, let me see her again."

In fact, it only makes me sadder the more I watch it.

On the other side, several family members were grabbing the security guards who were helping to move the bodies and asking: "Where are you? Where are you? We paid so much money just to ask you to protect us. How can you hide and ignore us? You are an accomplice." , you are all accomplices!"

The captured security guards silently allowed themselves to be pushed around by their emotionally broken family members. They did hide in a villa that was damaged by hail. The thugs looked down upon such a house, so they survived.

Seeing that the family members were getting more and more aggressive and started to beat people, the young and energetic security guard grabbed the other person's hand and said, "That's enough! Yes, we are hiding, or else we can rush up and be beaten to death by them? If only there were fewer of them, There are only a few dozen people. If we give in, we are bastards and we should die. But there are hundreds of them with knives and guns, and there are only about thirty of us. If we only have an electric baton, we will definitely die. Are we going to die? , they will let you go? They will still rush in, and our death will be in vain. Your life is life, isn't our life also life? There are people waiting for us to go home. I've received your salary, but that little money won't even buy our lives."

He took off the security uniform, and with such force, the buttons flew everywhere: "I quit, okay? I'm getting wages, not money for selling my life! Ten thousand yuan can't buy my life, my life Not that mean!"

Several security guards nearby looked at each other in silence, and some took off their uniforms and placed them on the ground. The situation is getting worse and worse. This kind of wealthy community is like a light in the dark, which will continue to attract thugs with evil intentions. I am afraid that similar things will be inevitable in the future.

There is no porcelain work without diamonds. They can deal with petty thefts, but they are really more than capable of dealing with murderous thugs.

There were more and more uniforms on the ground, and the family members who made the attack were in tears. They all understood the truth, but they just hated it. They hated the thugs, hated the military police who came late, hated the security guards who were hiding, and even hated themselves for being powerless.

The military police found a dozen thugs who had no time to escape and had to hide. After confirming that the community was safe, most of the military police left, leaving a team to prevent the escaped thugs from retaliating.

The community workers and volunteers who arrived took over the aftermath work. All the bodies were transported to the crematorium, the injured were sent to the hospital, the survivors were comforted, and the casualties were counted.

I was busy until about nine o'clock in the morning, and the aftermath work in the community was initially completed.

The front foot informed me that I could move freely, and the back foot showed that the resident No. 75 came to thank me.

The old lady with gray hair came over. The young man was carrying cigarettes, wine, ginseng, and bird's nests. The old lady was holding an exquisite red jewelry box. In the box was an emerald-green Hetian jade. Bracelet: "A little thanks, be sure to accept it. You saved our family's lives. If you don't accept it, we will feel very sorry."

The whole family discussed and discussed, the gratitude cannot just be verbal, it must be implemented in reality. Cash is not easy to use. There is probably no shortage of food and drinks as the Qiao family caters, so they can send some valuables to show their appreciation.

From a utilitarian point of view, if they encounter a disaster like today's again, they have to count on others to be kind and help them, so this time the thank you gift should be even more grand, making people feel that saving them is worth saving. As the old saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Especially in this world, it is even more important to have a good relationship with capable neighbors.

Speaking of this, Qiao Xi reached out and took it: "Then I'm welcome."

"There's nothing to be polite about. It's all as it should be. Thanks to you this time." The old lady's old face was filled with fear and sadness. "If it hadn't been for your help, our whole family would have been sent to the crematorium right now." , I am an old man, I will die when I die, but the children are only so old. How can these people do evil things at such a young age? They eat people every day, what's wrong with this world? "

Qiao Xi was silent for a moment and said slowly: "It will pass, it will pass." But I don't know how long this process will take, let alone how many humans will be left by then. Maybe there will be no humans at all, and Blue Star will usher in another era. The age of a creature.

After seeing off the grandson No. 75, Qiao Xi returned home with a thank-you gift.

Knowing that it was the neighbor across the street who came to say thank you, Qiao Yuanshan sighed: "That generation of old people is pitiful. They suffered all kinds of sins when they were young. When they are old, they start to suffer again."

Natural disasters and man-made disasters are endless, and no one is suffering. Even if their family has space, it can only be said that they suffer less than others.

Xi Jingyun was about to speak but stopped looking at Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi's heart moved: "Mom, are you worried about Aunt Yu?"

Xi Jingyun nodded. After more than half a year, Yu Xinlian was the only friend she still kept in touch with. At that time, Qiao Xi was trapped in country T and had not returned. Yu Xinlian came to comfort him several times.

Qiao Xi then suggested, "Then I'll accompany you to Aunt Yu's house."

Qiao Yuanshan said: "You go ahead, I'll look after the house."

Qiao Xi accompanied Xi Jingyun when he went out. Along the way, not even half of the villas were intact, and every villa that was broken into represented a human tragedy.

The new type of Vibrio took away hundreds of lives in the community. The death toll caused by the riot in the early morning was probably even higher. Man-made disasters were more severe than natural disasters.

Qiao Xi's heart sank when he saw something forcibly cut a hole in the security window on the side of Yu's house.

Xi Jingyun also saw it, grabbed Qiao Xi's hand and quickened her pace. She shouted several times outside the fence, but no one answered.

Finally, the neighbor next door heard the sound and came out and told Qiao Xi and the others: "They are not at home. The whole family of four has been sent to the hospital."

The Liu family was originally a family of six, including Yu Xinlian and his wife, their son Liu Xian and their daughter Liu Xin. In the past two months, Yu Xinlian's husband and daughter-in-law died of a new type of Vibrio.

The hemp rope will break at the thinnest part, and the bad luck will only seek out the misfortune. After the new Vibrio, they encountered thugs again.

Xi Jingyun asked hurriedly: "How are you doing?"

The family was lucky enough not to be targeted in the first place. After being targeted by the thugs, the soldiers arrived at the critical moment. They were unscathed from the beginning to the end. It was just a false alarm, so they had a leisurely time to chat.

The neighbor showed a look that was mixed with disgust, fear and sigh: "The person was still alive when he was carried out, but it looked like he was seriously injured. The girl from the Liu family was ruined."

Xi Jingyun's heart sank.

The neighbor's tone was in vain: "Do you know who did it? It's the husband of the nanny who died of illness in their family. That man came to the door to cause trouble. I recognize him. The villain is successful. He is deliberately retaliating and torturing people. In our house You can hear the screams. I don't know if I have been shot by the police. I don't know if this beast has escaped. I don't know how many people will be killed if he escapes. There is thunder in the sky every three days. How come there is no thunder in the sky? Kick those bastards to death. I think this God is afraid of the weak and only bullies honest people, not the evil ones!"

Xi Jingyun calmed down and asked, "Do you know which hospital I will send to?"

The neighbor shook his head: "Ask the community staff, they should know."

Xi Jingyun thanked him and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute," the neighbor looked at Qiao Xi eagerly, "I heard that you killed a lot of bad guys?"

This is not a secret, and there is no way to hide it from anyone. Qiao Xi nodded.

The neighbor's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "You have a gun, do you have more? Sell one to our family, you can ask for whatever price you want, money, gold and jewelry, food and drink, as long as our family has it, you can do whatever you want." quote."

Qiao Xi was slightly startled. No wonder he knew everything and said it. It turned out that he wanted something.

The neighbor clasped his hands together and begged: "Let's be neighbors. If you have more, just sell us a handful, okay? Our whole family will remember your kindness."

Qiao Xi has many weapons, but she cannot give them to others casually. She couldn't guarantee whether the person who got the gun would use it to hurt innocent people, or whether it would fall into the hands of thugs and cause disaster.

"I'm sorry, I just have a real gun."

The light in the neighbor's eyes dimmed, and he was disappointed to the point of despair. Although they narrowly escaped death this time, it all depended on luck. Will their family have such luck next time? She thought it was impossible.

Qiao Xi changed the topic: "But I have a fake | real | gun. The rubber bullets can't kill anyone, but they hurt when they hit you. Do you want it?" She has an impression of this store and it has a good reputation.

After a sudden turn of events, the neighbor's eyes lit up again. An imitation｜real｜gun is better than no gun at all. At least it can bluff people: "I want it! I want it! I want it!"

"I will bring it to you tonight, just a handful. Don't tell others. Otherwise, it will be hard for me to be a good person if I give it to your family and not to others. If others ask, don't tell me."

The neighbor nodded like a fool: "I understand, don't worry, I will definitely control my mouth." He even used a poisonous oath, "Otherwise I will die a good death."

She hurriedly asked Qiao Xi: "Then what do you want?"

Qiao Xi thought for a while. It was obvious that money was getting harder and harder to use. Asking for money seemed like a big deal: "10 grams of gold." After calculation, she bought it from the club owner for almost this price.

The neighbor was afraid that she would regret it, so he decided to make the deal a reality: "Wait a moment, I'll give it to you first." He didn't look up and looked down, so he wouldn't lie to others for this little gold.

The neighbor ran home quickly and came out with a gold bar: "This gold bar weighs fifty grams. Auntie knows that you are kind and cannot let you suffer too much."

Qiao laughed, agreed with her on the time to deliver the gun, and left. On the way back, he met Mrs. Xu who was doing follow-up statistics with the community staff.

Mrs. Xu said to her companions, thinking about it in her mind, and probably guessed where they were coming back from: "Coming back from the Yu family?"

Xi Jingyun nodded: "Go and have a look."

Mrs. Xu sighed softly: "They should have been sent to the Second People's Hospital. Who would have thought that their family would fall into the hands of the nanny's husband. It truly complied with the old saying, villains will run rampant when they succeed. But in this world, There are more and more successful villains. Our family is lucky. This time we were lucky, but we may not have such good luck next time."

Qiao Xi looked at Mrs. Xu: "Do you have any countermeasures?"

Mrs. Xu looked back at Qiao Xi and secretly thought that this child is really sharp. Looking back on the various behaviors of the Qiao family, such as stocking up, power grids, security windows, digging wells, and concealing firearms, if he were not sharp and couldn't be so accurate, what would their family's opinions be? You can listen to it.

She put away her unnecessary emotions and said seriously: "What do you think of our community becoming a shelter?"

A large number of security guards have resigned. Even if they spend a lot of money to recruit new ones, they can only guard against petty thefts, but cannot guard against hordes of thugs. The situation is becoming increasingly serious, and the most vicious thugs will appear one after another. Jinlan Villa does not want to repeat the same mistakes and can only rely on state machinery. Once it becomes a shelter, there will inevitably be military and police patrols day and night to maintain law and order, which is equivalent to hiring a large number of free bodyguards.

Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious. Too many people, too many right and wrong, and a mixed living environment will bring all kinds of troubles.

As the lesser of two evils, she felt becoming an asylum was the less harmful.

Xi Jingyun was stunned.

Qiao Xi was surprised for a moment, and then his pupils shrank. For a shelter, there must first be a place to house people. Where will the place come from?

Qiao Xi looked at Mrs. Xu: "How many people were killed in the community?"

Xi Jingyun turned pale after waking up.

Mrs. Xu's face gradually became tense: "There were 105 households in our community yesterday. Do you have any idea how many households are left today?"

She shook her head slowly, her voice tight: "You must have never imagined that there are only 52 families left, and 53 families were wiped out. Of the 52 families left, only 22 families were unharmed, and the other 30 families There were casualties, a total of 547 people were killed and 103 people were seriously injured. What we encountered was not a riot, but an inhumane massacre."