Has the Female Lead Turned Villainous Today? [Quick Transmigration] 76p2

Chapter 076: World Three [17-2]

In the blink of an eye, the first lunar month was over, and the time soon came to the vibrant March.

The pollution of the alien virus on the land was limited, so after nearly half a year of external expansion, Safe Zone No. 15 had a vast area of arable land. Countless grains were planted on it, waiting for the autumn harvest.

At the same time, the previous greenhouse vegetables began to produce crops in large quantities. The price of cabbage had dropped a lot. Two points could buy a large cabbage of four or five jin, which could be said to be very cost-effective.

But with the arrival of the vegetable harvest in the fifteenth district, a piece of bad news followed.

The second leader zombie had appeared. It was also very smart and did not choose to attack the eighty-something official safe zones. Instead, it set its sights on a small base of about two thousand people, directly summoned its zombie underlings to surround the small base, and completed a massacre in one night.

After the news spread, the small bases that had originally wanted to be their own kings could no longer sit still and began to contact the nearby safe zones, trying to merge with the other party.

Safe Zone No. 15 also received similar news. A small base about fifty kilometers away from the safe zone requested to be incorporated into the safe zone and become the eighth sub-district of the safe zone.

This matter was brought to the meeting for discussion. There were seven seats: Ling Yilin, Zheng Fanghua, Zheng Jin, the person in charge of the first district, and three other unimportant people.

“Guangming Base, its initial prototype was a large food company and a security company. They felt that they had enough food and manpower, so they established a private base with the factory area as the center.”

“Many of the survivors who were scared away by the fact that they would starve to death if they didn’t work here have chosen to join this Guangming Base. The current total population is about thirteen thousand, and there is a combat team equipped with hot weapons.”

“The preliminary estimate of the combat team is about three hundred people. The number of ability users added together is about twelve, all of whom are capable people.”

“However, the merger that Guangming Base wants is a bit special. The person in power of the base has requested to become the regional administrator of our safe zone and have a certain degree of autonomy. They can accept the point system, but they require us to give each of them fifty points for free.”

“According to my personal opinion, neither of these two points can be agreed to. But the other party has a good reputation among the survivors and will take in some of the old, weak, women, and children. It’s not good for us to be too firm.”

Zheng Jin, as a person with relatively shallow qualifications, was in charge of explaining the general situation of Guangming Base.

After the detailed introduction, it was time for the several leaders to express their own opinions.

No one planned to aid the people of Guangming Base for free, and they were also unwilling to accept the “one district, two systems” system like Zheng Jin.

After ten minutes of meaningless argument, Ling Yilin bent her fingers and tapped on the table.

“If we can’t agree, then let’s compromise. Pay a protection fee once a month. If their base is besieged, they can just contact us directly. With this distance, I can get there in two hours.”

“The reward I want is not high. Five hundred jin of grain a month is enough,” Ling Yilin added. “Pay first, then use.”

After Ling Yilin spoke, the meeting place was quiet for a full ten seconds. In the end, it was Zheng Fanghua who spoke.

“I think we can consider it. We can slowly haggle over the reward. As long as we don’t just watch as Guangming Base is overrun by zombies, outsiders can’t find any fault with us.”

“In addition, I plan to announce Guangming Base’s exorbitant demands and conduct a public opinion poll. If the number of people who agree cannot exceed seventy percent, the request for a merger will not be approved.”

Zheng Fanghua said, having more or less finalized the final response.

Guangming Base’s external image was not bad, and it did a very good job of taking in the old, weak, women, and children. Although there was definitely some exaggeration, it was true that some people who could not have survived in the apocalypse had continued their lives in Guangming Base.

But it was absolutely impossible for Guangming Base to use this to morally blackmail the safe zone. The resources of each sub-district of the safe zone were limited, and the population of a single sub-district was also in the six digits.

If Guangming Base wanted to merge, they had to break up their original team and be randomly assigned to the seven small areas by family.

No one could get supplies for free in Safe Zone No. 15. The greatest sincerity that the safe zone could give was to send a guard team to escort them a few times and bring over the survivors who were willing to join.

There was no big problem with Zheng Fanghua’s arrangement. She could advance or retreat. Even if Guangming Base did not buy it and caused casualties, this black pot would not be thrown on the safe zone.

Ling Yilin did not want to get too involved in this kind of thing. After additionally stating that Zheng Fanghua could contact her at any time, she took her notebook and left.

After the meeting, Ling Yilin planned to go home and find her little lover. But after leaving the meeting room, Xiao Qi sent a message.

【Master, Meng Jiuge is currently out, shopping in the trading area.】

“The trading area of the third district?” Ling Yilin’s footsteps paused.

After getting Xiao Qi’s affirmative answer, Ling Yilin changed her destination and drove towards the trading market.

After lowering her presence, Ling Yilin put on a hat and then began to wander around seemingly casually but with a purpose.

Meng Jiuge should have deeply experienced the life of giving up power by now. After noticing the difference, will she regret it?

Ling Yilin couldn’t help but think in her heart. After finding Meng Jiuge’s figure in the crowd, she kept a not-too-short and not-too-long distance from her, observing her every move.

Meng Jiuge’s fame was very high. For the survivors of the safe zone who had not witnessed the battle of the leader zombie with their own eyes, the newly appointed administrator was not as familiar as Meng Jiuge.

Because Zheng Fanghua had not made a big deal of Meng Jiuge’s resignation, most of the people who were staying in the safe zone did not know that Meng Jiuge was no longer in the guard team. Many people, after seeing her come to buy things, still showed their goodwill to Meng Jiuge, wanting to use this to establish a good relationship with her.

“I don’t have much chance to meet them. It’s useless to give this to me. I can’t give it to them,” Meng Jiuge politely declined a person who insisted on giving her a box of cigarettes.

“Captain Meng, that’s not what I mean. This is my respect for you. That kid of mine is insensible. I hope you can take good care of him, Captain Meng, and don’t let him be eaten by zombies,” the small vendor still insisted on giving the gift.

After the spring, the work of the guard team was very heavy. His child had not been back to eat a hot meal for over a month.

“I am no longer a member of the guard team. I won’t be going to the front line, and I certainly can’t take care of your son,” Meng Jiuge said. “You should find someone else.”

The small vendor was stunned for a moment. “Has Captain Meng been promoted again? Are you already working in an office?”

“I’ve resigned. I’m just an ordinary person now, an ordinary person who needs to be supported by someone,” Meng Jiuge said the truth without any burden.

The small vendor put away his things with some embarrassment. “Is that so? Then I’m sorry to have disturbed you.”

The small vendor had heard from his own son how powerful Meng Jiuge was. After hearing that she had no position on her, he did not have much of a reaction.

After all, no matter how bad Meng Jiuge was, she was still an ability user, much more powerful than him, an ordinary person.

But not all people had the same thought as the small vendor. A certain man who was passing by stopped because of this, and a burst of laughter came from his mouth, and the expression on his face also looked extremely sarcastic.

“Yo yo, isn’t this our Captain Meng? Why are you suddenly not in the guard team anymore? Could it be that you finally couldn’t make it?”

“I told you long ago that a woman shouldn’t be in a combat squad, let alone lead ability users. Let me think, you must have messed up some very important mission, which is why you were demoted to the bottom, right?”

The man began to mock. From the tone of his speech, you could tell that he was a good-for-nothing with terrible strength but terrifyingly high arrogance. He dreamed of being a strong person every day, felt that he was stronger than all women, and spared no effort to belittle them.

Meng Jiuge turned her head and glanced at the person who was speaking, her brow slightly furrowed. “Who are you?”

The man was first stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face twisted for about three seconds. “Who am I? You don’t know who I am? It was clearly you who kicked me out of the guard team selection. You targeted me like this, and you don’t know who I am?”

“There is only one reason why you were not selected for the guard team, and that is your lack of strength. I am not to the point of targeting a good-for-nothing,” Meng Jiuge said with an indifferent face.

Meng Jiuge could be a harmless and obedient little lover in front of Ling Yilin, but that didn’t affect the fact that she was a cold and ruthless person in front of outsiders.

“Say that again! I was a sports student before. How could my body not be up to standard!” The man, as if his sore spot had been stepped on, began to shout loudly.

“A sports student?” Meng Jiuge’s eyebrow arched slightly. “I seem to have a little impression. On the day of the guard team member selection, there was indeed a sports student who caused a scene because he was not selected. The reason seemed to be that his kidney function was not up to standard?”

The man’s face instantly turned red. He raised his fist and rushed over. “Nonsense! What are you talking about, you bitch!”

The expression on Meng Jiuge’s face did not change. When the man was less than two meters away from her, she instantly raised her gun and aimed it at him.

The black muzzle of the gun was still more deterrent. The man who couldn’t stop in time immediately went weak at the knees and knelt on the ground with a thud.

Tsk—

Meng Jiuge couldn’t help but laugh. She had thought that it was a person with guts who had come to settle scores with her, but she didn’t expect it to be a weak-legged shrimp.

The appearance of the firearm quickly made the patrolling security personnel rush over, but after discovering that the person holding the gun was Meng Jiuge, their faces immediately relaxed.

Ordinary people didn’t know the news, but did they not know? This person, even if she had no position on her, was still a person who was protected by the leader like a treasure!

“Disturbing public order, you are under arrest. You will be detained for seven days and fined twenty points,” the security captain said, and with a wave of his hand, he had his subordinate press the man down and cuff him.

“Nonsense! I didn’t! It was Meng Jiuge who wanted to kill me! She even took out her gun, she…”

Bang—

With a muffled gunshot, the noisy sound completely disappeared. A bloody hole appeared on the man’s forehead, and he almost instantly lost consciousness and lay on the ground, dying with a grievance.

The person who had fired the shot was naturally Ling Yilin, who had followed along. The expression on her face was faint, and a hint of annoyance flashed in her dark eyes. “This person attacked my family. I killed him. It’s not against the law, right?”

The security captain was stunned for a moment again. After realizing who the person in front of him was, he nodded like a chick pecking at rice. “Of course. It’s us who failed to protect Chief Ling’s family. We should have dealt with him immediately.”

“Then deal with it now,” Ling Yilin said. While putting her gun back, she walked to Meng Jiuge’s side.

“Next time, don’t waste your breath on this kind of person. Just kill them when you see them,” Ling Yilin said in public, her attitude without any scruples.

“I didn’t let you wrong yourself. This is the last time,” Ling Yilin lowered her voice and at the same time, held Meng Jiuge’s hand, and just like that, under the curious gazes of countless people, she led Meng Jiuge away.

“Okay, I’ll remember! The next time someone wants to attack me, I’ll open fire!” Meng Jiuge said with a smile. The coldness on her face was gone, and all that was left was a smile that was about to overflow.

The security captain couldn’t help but swallow and couldn’t help but put himself in Meng Jiuge’s situation.

If there was such a person who would unconditionally protect him, then it seemed to be a good choice to wash his hands and make soup at home?

No, no, this idea was too terrible. He had worked so hard to become a small team leader. He couldn’t give up the results he had worked so hard for for so long.

A comfortable life was good, but the feeling of having the ability to protect oneself and having power was even more wonderful. Besides, she was not very good. It was highly unlikely that she would meet a partner who would protect her like Chief Ling.

**

“Ling Yilin, how did you know I was here? Did you come to find me specially?” After walking for just a few dozen meters, Meng Jiuge had already climbed up the pole, going from holding hands to hugging Ling Yilin’s arm.

“I just came for a walk after a meeting. I didn’t expect to just happen to see you being bullied,” Ling Yilin said with a straight face.

“Have you felt the difference between having power and not having power? A good-for-nothing also has the guts to mock you on the street and even wants to make a move on you. This kind of thing would absolutely not have happened when you were still a squadron leader.”

Meng Jiuge still had a carefree look, with a smile on her face. “I know, but that’s not important. I won’t be affected by a good-for-nothing.”

“And won’t you back me up, Ling Yilin? From tomorrow on, everyone in the third district will know that I am your family, Chief Ling, and will know that even if I shoot and kill someone, someone will protect me.”

Meng Jiuge’s eyes curved. “This feeling is really nice. If I were a squadron leader, I couldn’t just open fire casually.”

Ling Yilin: …

She wanted to refute, but it seemed to make some sense?