This sentence, spoken by Lin Xiao, was not deliberately masked, so Ming Yi heard it.
At this, Ming Yi decisively slammed on the brakes.
"Brother Xiao."
Ming Yi's voice was very heavy.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Xiao looked at him in surprise. It wasn't a red light, was it?
"I hope you take back what you just said!" Ming Yi's hands holding the steering wheel trembled slightly, his voice unusually firm, even with a death wish.
His life was originally given by Lin Xiao. If it weren't for Lin Xiao, he wouldn't be here now. However, if Lin Xiao wanted to hang up his armor and leave the northern border now, he would rather die here forever!
Even if Lin Xiao was unwilling, even if Brother Xiao would be angry at his defiance, he still had to speak. He absolutely did not want Lin Xiao to retire like this.
"What I just said?"
After a moment of stunned silence, Lin Xiao's face showed understanding. So that's how it was.
Ming Yi didn't want him to leave the northern border like this, to give up his responsibility as the Dragon King.
"Don't worry, I have no such intention for the time being," Lin Xiao said slowly. "Rest assured, when I'm needed, I will return to the northern border again... However, I can't always be on the front lines. One day, I hope someone can take over, and I also need to accompany my daughter's growth and compensate my wife for her hardships over the years."
"Brother Xiao... you are the War God."
"I know I am the War God, the War God of the Dragon Country."
"But I am also a husband and a father. For the sake of the country and the world, I have protected the nation. Now I have the right to return to take care of my family," Lin Xiao said. "I hope you can understand... Just like one day, when you get married to your fiancée and have children, and now it's mostly a peaceful era, wouldn't you hope to be by their side?"
The situation in the northern border was no longer as dangerous as before. Everyone knew that there was a madman named Lin Xiao in the Dragon Country, so no one was willing to provoke them unless absolutely necessary.
The United States, which used to be the most troublesome, had been quiet for a long time since that artificial human was dealt with.
At least, they wouldn't dare to court disaster for the time being.
Ming Yi was silent.
He hadn't thought that far ahead. He wasn't married and didn't dare to think so much.
But...
Perhaps it was really as Lin Xiao said, for the sake of the country and the world, he had protected the nation. Now, he wanted to return to his home, and he was not wrong.
Otherwise, what would be the meaning of protecting the nation?
"Let's go, let's go, let's go buy groceries, or we won't have good food tonight." Lin Xiao urged again.
This time, Ming Yi drove honestly.
...
"What the hell is this?!"
Zhu Guangyu stared at the image on the screen, his hands trembling slightly.
"We haven't confirmed what kind of life form it is yet, but based on the current data, they are continuously moving north from the southernmost part of Southern Province, moving nocturnally and preying on any animals... If nothing goes wrong, sunlight has some inhibitory effect on them."
"I know that, damn it!" Zhu Guangyu snapped at the person beside him who was explaining, pointing at the shaky, walking dead on the monitor. "This thing, it's a zombie, isn't it? I'm not mistaken."
"We cannot confirm at this time..."
"Go confirm your grandma! Damn it, just tell me if it looks like a zombie!" Zhu Guangyu impatiently interrupted the meticulous science student.
"Yes." The science student quickly adjusted his glasses.
"Why are these things coming north?" Zhu Guangyu continued to ask.
"Not yet..."
Before he could finish, the science student's words were forced back by Zhu Guangyu's glare.
"I know you don't know yet, damn it! I also know that it's clearly written here that at their current speed, they will enter the Shashi region within three days. I want you to tell me as soon as possible why they are coming, what their target is, and then send people to restrict their activities, understand?"
Zhu Guangyu said in one breath. He was getting a headache from the guy next to him. If it were the Dragon King Army from the northern border... they would have been mobilized by now.
But that was the quality of the Dragon King Army from the northern border. Even the National Security Bureau didn't have as many powerful individuals as the Dragon King Army.
"Understood."
The science student quickly replied.
Zhu Guangyu stared at him for three seconds, and the science student stared back at Zhu Guangyu for three seconds.
"Then what are you still doing here?"
Zhu Guangyu pointed at the door: "Hurry up and make arrangements!"
"Yes!"
After the person left, his gaze fell on the others in the conference room: "What are you gentlemen sitting here waiting for? Are you waiting for me to assign you tasks, or do you think you have nothing to do?"
"Get out!"
Zhu Guangyu rarely lost his temper.
But these people were too slow, and they were never reliable when it mattered.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then stared at the video of the zombies, pondering slowly.
In the twenty-first century, he believed in science and did not want to indulge in feudal superstitions, but... these zombies were beyond his control.
He picked up his phone and hesitated for a moment.
He had initially thought of contacting Ming Yi, an old colleague. If there was anything he couldn't handle, he would seek help...
But that would be too embarrassing.
Ming Yi would definitely help, and even Brother Xiao would help... but if that were the case, he, as the director, would be too incompetent.
He should try his best not to disturb Brother Xiao and Ming Yi with this matter.
The people from the National Security Bureau were not useless either.
Just as he made up his mind and was about to pick up his phone to head to his post, the science student who had just run out immediately returned. This time, he had a look of panic on his face.
"It's bad, Director Zhu!"
"Don't panic, don't shout." Zhu Guangyu raised an eyebrow and immediately closed the conference room door, ushering the man in. "Just tell me directly what happened."
"Colleagues from the strike force had sent three key personnel earlier. We initially thought that even if they couldn't eliminate these zombies, they could at least keep all their movements under our surveillance... But this is the latest video footage I just obtained from the intelligence department."