Travel through famine years and awaken a post-apocalyptic survival system.

Gao Dazhi took out a cigarette and handed it to him.

"I'm not smoking anymore! Smoking too much makes my throat itchy!"

Wu Zhiqiang declined with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Gao Dazhi glanced at him, smiled, and put away his cigarette.

He stared intently at him, finally unable to hold back any longer and roared, "Why? Why?"

Eyes blood

It was almost a low growl.

It was as if everything had turned into a surge of anger.

Wu Zhiqiang's hands trembled slightly, and his face showed regret: "Brother, I... made a mistake, I've gone down a path of no return, there's no turning back, there's really no turning back."

"Why didn't you turn back sooner!"

Gao Dazhi's eyes were bloodshot.

He couldn't believe that his former comrades-in-arms had betrayed them, especially since Wu Zhiqiang had given him his life.

He cannot accept it.

"Heh! Turn back? There's no turning back now!"

Wu Zhiqiang sighed.

"Why, why did you go down this path! If you didn't want to, who forced you? Nobody forced you! Why did you become like this?"

Wu Zhiqiang took a deep breath.

He nodded slightly: "Yes! I've changed. Before, when I fought the Japanese devils and bald men, it was for survival and revenge."

"Now! After so many years of liberation, we are living normal lives without danger. People's greed has slowly emerged. From Xu Jing climbing into my bed to reselling supplies, there's no going back!"

At first, I was a little scared. I was afraid of losing this kind of life, afraid of being reported and despised.

And so, step by step, I succumbed, and eventually, many things became habits.

Suddenly, Wu Zhiqiang roared.

"But I regretted it, so I killed Xu Jing and dealt with Xu Qiang as well, shifting all the blame onto these people, so I could continue living my old life."

At this point, his voice lowered: "Unfortunately, fate didn't give me that chance! Dazhi, I regret it, but it's too late, too late!"

The voice was filled with regret.

The room was very quiet.

No one spoke.

Gao Dazhi silently took out handcuffs, grabbed Wu Zhiqiang's hand, and cuffed it directly, while the other hand was hung on the iron bed.

He looked back at Shen Lei and Zhao Qingsong.

"Shen Lei, I'm going to call the section chief and explain the situation. You stay here and keep an eye on things."

"good!"

Shen Lei agreed.

Gao Dazhi looked at Wu Zhiqiang with red eyes, sighed, and left the ward, heading towards the nurses' station.

Zhao Qingsong naturally followed silently.

"You were just trying to scare him about the cemetery, weren't you?"

Gao Dazhi walked ahead and asked without turning his head.

Zhao Qingsong nodded: "Yes, I was just guessing that there might be something in there, so I was just trying to scare him. I didn't write down my statement, and I didn't dare say what was in there, just in case he found out."

"Um!"

Gao Dazhi simply grunted in response and didn't say anything more.

I went to the nurses' station and made a phone call to the department.

After exchanging words for a while, he hung up the phone and said, "The section chief already knows and will notify the people at the police station. The rest needs to be transferred to the district public security bureau. We just need to cooperate."

"Okay, I understand."

Zhao Qingsong agreed and returned to the ward.

Another security officer, Zhang Pengfei, has also returned and is talking to Shen Lei, clearly about this matter.

His face showed shock.

The next step, naturally, is to record the statement again and have the person sign and affix their fingerprint.

Overall, it's not much different from what Xu Jing said.

The two had another contact, but that contact was probably severed the moment Xu Jing was arrested.

After we finished our work, someone finally came over.

Sun Guodong

Police station chief Yang Qingwu and several police station officers.

Sun Guodong walked in with a gloomy face.

Looking at Wu Zhiqiang, he grabbed the man's clothes and shouted, "Old Wu! You bastard, where's your conscience? Did the dogs eat it? Back in the day, so many of our brothers died on Baldy's side."

"How can you do this to them?"

"How could you do this to me and Bangchui? Bangchui died on the battlefield to save you, and we couldn't even gather his body together. And I lay in bed for days to save you?"

"You still work for them? Where's your conscience? I should have fucking killed you back then!"

"brute!"

"When you did all this, did you think about Yingzi? Did you think about Jianjun and Miaomiao? How are they supposed to hold their heads high after this? Didn't you think about any of that at all?"

An angry roar came from the ward.

Wu Zhiqiang was already in tears, but he couldn't say a word.

"Get out!"

Shen Lei tugged at his arm and then called Zhang Pengfei over.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingsong followed him out.

The roaring sound continued inside the house.

……

After Zhao Qingsong came out, he offered the two men a cigarette and asked, "Officer Shen, weren't you and Section Chief Sun and the others in the same team before?"

Shen Lei took the cigarette, lit it, and took a puff.

He then shook his head: "No, in our department, Gao Dazhi, Liu Kai, Wu Zhiqiang, and the department head are from the same unit. I was transferred here from another military unit."

Zhao Qingsong nodded slightly upon hearing this.

He also sighed silently.

It's really upsetting to see something like this happen to a friend of over ten years.

To put it bluntly, the camaraderie among soldiers in this era may surpass family ties, and even the bond with one's wife.

Time passed by, bit by bit.

Gao Dazhi then came out and extended his hand to Zhao Qingsong.

Zhao Qingsong saw the empty cigarette pack he was holding and instantly understood. He immediately took out a cigarette and handed it to him.

Gao Dazhi squatted there, smoking without saying a word.

He lit a cigarette before speaking, "You guys go back first. I'll hand over things with the section chief here, and then we'll head back. The factory has a lot of work to do too."

The group exchanged glances and agreed.

"Okay, then we'll head back now."

"Here, you ride my bike. I'll take the section chief's car back later." Gao Dazhi tossed his bike keys to Zhao Qingsong.

Zhao Qingsong took the car without ceremony: "Okay! We'll be going now. You can tell the section chief."

"good!"

Gao Dazhi agreed.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingsong left with Shen Lei and the other two.

……

Zhang Pengfei rode on Shen Lei's bicycle, while Zhao Qingsong rode on Gao Dazhi's bicycle.

The group headed straight for the steel plant.

Passing by the scrap yard, Zhao Qingsong saw a cart carrying a pile of broken glass, which caught his eye.

He still has two modules that haven't been installed!

The only thing missing is glass.

Zhao Qingsong slowed down the car and called out to Shen Lei, "Officer Shen, you go first, I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things."

Shen Lei was riding his bike when he glanced at him, but didn't think much of it: "Okay, we'll be going then!"

He said hello and then left.

He only stopped after watching the other person leave.

He only rode his bike towards the recycling station after the other vehicle turned the corner.