Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

After saying that, she quickly left the cab.

"I'll go and accompany her. If I leave her alone at this time, I'm worried that she will have some unhealthy thoughts." Chu Xiao quickly followed, with all the beautiful thoughts no longer in his mind.

Chapter 21 Analysis

Su Muhe and Chu Xiao left together, and the atmosphere in the cab was still a little depressing.

Because she suddenly heard the news about Su Muhe's parents, Miss Ruan couldn't help but think of her father who was far away overseas. However, unlike Su Muhe, Ruan Mengmeng never worried about her father's safety because she knew what kind of person her father was.

Although the Ruan family is wealthy and powerful, Ruan Mengmeng's mother passed away early. She also has a half-brother, but the relationship is very cold and they can only be regarded as strangers. Her father, Ruan Zhaolong, is a powerful figure. Miss Ruan really can't imagine what difficulties the old man will encounter.

"No wonder Su Su is so worried... Uncle Su and his friends are all scholars, unlike my dad who is a big, strong old scoundrel..." Ruan Mengmeng asked Chu Yan with some concern, "Sister Yan... Sister Su Su..."

Chu Yan also had a headache. The information about Professor Su and his wife came too suddenly, and she was completely unprepared.

An Suxin also frowned. She was not worried about Professor Su and his wife. After all, to her, they were just strangers who had nothing to do with her. She didn't care whether they were dead or alive. What she was thinking about was whether it was necessary to go to the target city to confirm the information provided by Anna. There was another possibility that might be confirmed.

It is very likely that Professor Su and his wife were picked up by official personnel. A manned helicopter landed on the top floor of the building, and many people including Professor Su and his wife were escorted by fully armed soldiers... Does this mean that there is a high probability that there is an official secret agency in that city?

According to eyewitness intelligence, the helicopter landed safely instead of crashing. Does that mean that city was one of the destinations? Or was it forced to stop there due to some other circumstances?

An Suxin lowered her eyes, silently considering the possibility of contacting the "former" official forces.

Just as she had analyzed at the beginning, zombies alone could not lead to the collapse of the entire civilization. Modern weapons were by no means something that flesh and blood could fight against. What really led to the current situation was the virus lurking in the population, which broke out indiscriminately at the same time.

As long as the entire army is not wiped out immediately, the military with a modern command system has a high probability of being able to reorganize its forces. It will not be difficult for soldiers with modern weapons to deal with zombies, and it is not impossible to establish a real safe zone.

From the situation on the day of the disaster, An Suxin was able to judge that the government's power had not completely collapsed because of the disaster. Perhaps the warning issued by Professor Su worked, allowing the upper echelons to have minimal preparation. Therefore, perhaps a real safe zone has indeed been established somewhere.

An Suxin had no intention of joining this kind of safe zone. Returning to "normal society" was not suitable for someone like her. However, if they really existed, they would undoubtedly become a powerful force second only to the cult in this post-collapse world.

To deal with an organization that has successfully destroyed the world, can their power be used? No, it cannot be considered so simply. With the wide reach of the cult, there is no guarantee that they have not infiltrated the official ranks...

...No, according to the internal information provided by the Lobelin family, Professor Su and his wife have not fallen into the hands of the cult, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Assuming that the couple are still alive, can it be concluded that the sheltering of the couple has no connection with the cult?

An Suxin sat in the captain's chair, her fingers tapping unconsciously on the armrest, her head frantically thinking of a lot of ideas - based on just the two eyewitness intelligence provided by Anna, her thoughts diverged extremely far.

Chu Yan looked at An Suxin's focused expression, so she asked, "What are you thinking about?"

An Suxin looked at Chu Yan and explained, "I was thinking that maybe it's worth a try if I can get in touch with those people."

This sentence was a bit confusing, but Chu Yan was also a smart person. After a little thought, she understood what An Suxin meant: "You mean, the people who took Su Su's parents away?"

"Although three months have passed, it's not without value to go check it out."

"...It's too dangerous." Chu Yan couldn't ignore the possible risks involved.

"Cooperating with the Lobelin family means that we can't stay out of danger, so why not try to seize the initiative in this cooperation?" An Suxin said, "Besides, can you just ignore the news about your best friend's parents?"

Chu Yan bit her lip. This was the most tangled part for her. It would have been fine if she hadn't received the news. Now that she knew about it, if she didn't take any action, she would probably hurt Su Su's heart. But if she really took action, she would face considerable risks. Besides, so much time had passed, and there was a high probability that her efforts would be in vain.

"Sister Yan, Sister Suxin, what are you talking about?" Ruan Mengmeng listened to the conversation between the two and found that she could not understand anything at all.

Gu Ke shrugged and said, "Meng Meng, it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Just know that we are discussing something very important."

Chu Yan didn't pay attention to the conversation between Ruan Mengmeng and Gu Ke. After pondering for a moment, she suddenly said, "Let's wait for more specific information from Anna. We need more specific information, such as which building the helicopter is parked in, when and on which road the targeted armed personnel appeared, and the time and place when Professor Su and his wife were last seen!"

"Have you made up your mind?" An Suxin said with a smile.

Chu Yan rubbed her brows and smiled bitterly: "After all, they are Su Su's parents. I can't just ignore them like this, and..."

The girl paused for a moment and looked at the people who remained in the cab: "You all know what kind of person my brother is. Do you think he will turn a blind eye to this matter?"

"Definitely not." The person who said this was Gu Ke. She seemed to have thought of something and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Chu Yan continued: "Moreover, I have to suspect that this information might have been revealed to us deliberately by Madam Sofia using Anna."

Although Anna has become the head of the Lobelin family, she still has a "regent" on her head. Anna revealed the internal information of the cult to them, which was absolutely impossible to hide from Madam Sophia.

Just when the two parties had established a cooperative relationship, the other party suddenly revealed such information, as if by coincidence, and drew their attention to the city on the river.

It was as if he had deliberately expressed his "sincerity" to them, or in other words, given them a reason they couldn't refuse.

"Get ready," An Suxin stood up from the captain's chair, "I think our peaceful vacation life will come to an end for the time being."

(ps: I have a severe headache, so I went to bed immediately. If there are any typos, I will correct them in the thread)

Chapter 22 Mission

The next day, Su Muhe seemed to have fully recovered, but he refused to mention anything related to his parents.

Everyone knew that the girl just suppressed this emotion deep in her heart.

Chu Xiao seemed to have made up his mind. Even Ruan Mengmeng discovered that Chu Xiao showed amazing pressure during training and worked even harder than in previous training sessions.

Of course, this kind of pressure cannot change the fact that he was defeated by Miss Ruan in the sparring.

Ruan Mengmeng bent down and supported her knees, breathing rapidly: "Brother Xiao, you've been working hard today, are you anxious?"

Because he was too anxious, various loopholes appeared in his movements, and he could even persist for a shorter time than before.

"...Is he found out?" Chu Xiao was lying on the ground, breathing heavily. He had just been thrown over the shoulder by Miss Ruan, and his head was buzzing. He was completely demanding himself according to the standards of actual combat, and he was "going all out" without using any trump cards.

"Is it really because of Uncle Su and the others?"

"Is it so obvious?" Chu Xiao smiled bitterly as Ruan Mengmeng pulled him up from the ground. "After all, they are Su Su's parents, and they saved my life. I can't just leave them alone."

"Me too." Ruan Mengmeng waved her delicate but powerful little fist, "Uncle Su and our family are old friends, so count me in when he takes action!"

Chu Xiao laughed. Why did this sound like a gangster going to go out on the street and chop people up?

"In fact, everyone is thinking the same thing," Ruan Mengmeng said, "Yesterday I heard from Sister Su Xin and Sister Yan that they seemed to have made some arrangements on this matter."

"Arrangement?" Chu Xiao was not clear about this matter. After all, when the girls were "having a meeting", Chu Xiao was busy trying to calm Su Muhe's emotions.

Ruan Mengmeng pouted and scratched the back of her head. "Their thoughts were too fast and their movements were too jumpy. I felt like I was listening to a passage from heaven and didn't understand anything at all. But Sister Tiaozi probably understood them. I saw that she could even add a sentence or two from time to time."

The girl's cute and lovely appearance made Chu Xiao couldn't help laughing, and he reached out and rubbed Ruan Mengmeng's head.

At this time, Yun Duoer rushed into the gym in a hurry: "Big brother, Aunt Se asked me to inform you to go to the cockpit. That bad woman named Sophia has contacted you."

Chu Xiao's expression sank, but he was not too surprised. After receiving the confidential information "leaked" by Anna yesterday, Chu Xiao had a hunch.

"Today is not the time for regular contact..." Chu Xiao took the towel from Ruan Mengmeng and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Mengmeng, I think we are going to have something."

Chu Xiao looked at the tall and beautiful girl beside him, and his eyes gradually became sharp.

"Yeah." The same change in his eyes also appeared on Ruan Mengmeng, "Brother Xiao, I won't go over. I plan to continue practicing for a while."

She picked up the enhanced samurai sword leaning against the wall and waved it a few times with the scabbard in the air: "I'm really not interested in this kind of brain-burning thing. It really makes me sleepy."

"I just need you to tell me where to go and who to kill, that's enough."

……

In the cab, as before, quite a few people had gathered.

The whole space seemed to have completely escaped from the daily atmosphere, heavy and depressing, as if there was a smell of gunfire and blood. The position of "Captain" was empty at the moment. This seat normally belonged to Gu Ke, but now... Chu Xiao glanced at the girls in his family, smiled bitterly, and sat down in the captain's seat naturally.

The girls gathered around him, Chu Yan and An Suxin stood on either side of Chu Xiao. Su Muhe stood behind Chu Xiao, and there was no abnormality in her expression, except that her eyes were slightly red. Next to her was Gu Ke, the policewoman nodded to Chu Xiao and gently held Su Muhe's hand.

Perhaps the atmosphere in the cab suddenly became a little depressing. Yun Duoer ran to Chu Xiao and sat on his legs all of a sudden.

At this moment, Chu Xiao had the illusion that he had turned into a "big boss" in the movie. Maybe in the next moment, he would say in Marlon Brando's slow and hoarse voice "You don't even want to call me Godfather" - but the cat in his hand turned into a cute loli.

Chu Xiao's hand unconsciously stroked Yun Duo'er's soft and smooth black hair while looking at the big screen in the cab:

"Ma'am, it's been a while since I last greeted you. I didn't expect that you would contact me personally today."

Mrs. Sophia on the screen smiled and said, "I can't help but envy your life. If possible, I really want to put aside all those annoying work and bad news and enjoy a worry-free vacation like you."

This was of course just a polite remark, but the bloodshot in Madam Sophia's eyes must not be fake.

After some simple polite words, Madam Sophia got down to business: "Yesterday Anna revealed to you the eyewitness intelligence about Su Yanshu and his wife. After this video call, I will send you a more detailed investigation report."

Chu Yan on the side was not surprised at all. She said to herself, "As expected", Anna's contact yesterday should have been tacitly approved by Madam Sofia. There must be a follow-up after this incident. Otherwise, it would be just a report of detailed information, and there would be no need for the current actual helmsman of the Lobelin family to come forward.

"Now, Mr. Chu, after you get this information, do you have any plans to verify the relevant information?"

Chu Xiao said without hesitation: "Of course."

Su Muhe behind him seemed to make some sound, but Chu Xiao did not turn back. He looked at the woman on the screen, waiting for her next words.

"Then everything will be easy." Madam Sophia said seriously, "Mr. Chu, let's start our first cooperation."

"The last sighting of Professor Su and his wife occurred in Minghai City. According to the intelligence we have recently received, one of our hostile factions seems to have made some moves in this city recently. However, due to the current limited power of our family, we have to rely on your power. I hope you can go there to investigate what they are doing and then destroy it as much as possible."

Madam Sophia told Chu Xiao and others that the Lobelin family was in a bad situation with internal and external troubles, the family itself was seriously short of manpower, and now it was also under the covert encroachment of other hostile factions. She hoped that Chu Xiao and others could make some big moves in Minghai City to share the pressure on the family side.

For Chu Xiao, this operation was extremely dangerous, because the information that the Lobelin family could provide was very limited, and he had no idea what was happening in Minghai City now. Moreover, there were also lunatics from the cult causing trouble.

However, Chu Xiao knew that he had to go on this trip. Even if the matter of Su Muhe's parents had not happened, once he rejected the cooperation request of the Lobelin family, it would mean that they would lose the protection of the Lobelin family, and their days of immortality would be over.

"Is that all? Madam, I'm very curious," An Suxin asked Madam Sophia, "If you just want us to go to Minghai City to carry out the mission, you don't have to provide Professor Su and his intelligence to lure us over. After all, this was part of our previous cooperation."

Madam Sophia smiled and said, "Miss An, I really admire people like you. Yes, I used Anna to reveal the internal information of the cult to you. I do have some other plans. Of course, please rest assured that the eldest lady is not aware of the plan here. She just simply wants to help you."

"So... are you also looking for my parents?" Su Muhe suddenly asked, his voice a little hoarse.

"It would be best if we could find Professor Su and his wife, but we actually want to contact the people behind them." Madam Sophia said her second goal... Perhaps this is what she really wants to achieve -

"——If you can find Professor Su, then I hope to use you to talk to the official forces behind Professor Su...if they still exist."

(ps: When writing this kind of plot, the author always kept repeating in his mind, don’t make it messy, don’t make it messy…)

Chapter 23 Family

The Lobelin family is in a very bad situation now. Although a lean camel is bigger than a horse, it cannot withstand a group of vicious wolves surrounding the seriously injured tiger and intending to eat it.

Lady Sophia had followed Sir Lobelin for many years. She was a person that Sir Lobelin relied on, so she was definitely not an incompetent person. Before his death, Sir Lobelin entrusted his son to Lady Sophia, so he naturally understood her loyalty and ability to the family.

The reason why she established a cooperative relationship with Chu Xiao and his team was because of Sir Lobelin's last words and the personal relationship between Chu Xiao, Ruan Mengmeng and Anna. She really saw the potential of this small team, and with the help of the cooperative relationship with them, she would bring [God] back under the control of the family... no, at least within her vision.

However, after knowing the specific identities of this group of people, the person that Mrs. Sophia favored the most turned out to be the weak and pretty little girl.

Sumuhe.

The daughter of Su Yanshu and Bai Qiuling.

If they want to save the family from the decline and fight for a glimmer of hope in a situation surrounded by wolves, it is not enough to rely solely on Chu Xiao and his "special forces". Even if the [God] has a power beyond human intelligence, it can only be a "deterrent" after all. Who can guarantee that the willful [God] can obey?

However, Su Muhe's existence allowed Sophia to find a possibility.

On the day of the "Manifestation of the Holy Spirit", Su Yanshu and Bai Qiuling were taken away by suspected military forces before everything broke out - this matter has already been concluded within the cult. Then, as the daughter of these two people, Su Muhe is very likely to become a bridge between them and the forces behind their parents.

Lady Sophia saw clearly that in order to stabilize the family's current situation, she had to find an ally with real strength. As a faction of the cult, Lady Sophia knew too well what a terrible threat the Lobelin family was facing.

Unlike An Suxin who could only speculate based on some details, Madam Sophia had sufficient evidence to show that after the collapse of the world order, there was a high probability that the once most powerful government forces on the planet did not completely disintegrate with the collapse of civilization. They did indeed still have some power left and gradually stabilized their position amid the chaos of the disaster.

She knew very well that trying to establish contact with that force was essentially a betrayal of the cult. Once this was exposed, the other factions of the cult would immediately tear their faces apart and mobilize all their forces to completely destroy the Lobelin faction! This was another reason for Madam Sophia to find Chu Xiao and the others. They were a group of people who had nothing to do with the cult and were even completely hostile.

Madam Sophia had no choice. If she didn't struggle enough, the result would be a slow death. Those damn jackals would secretly tear this family apart bit by bit and then devour them all!

Sophia would never tolerate such an outcome! She herself had no blood relationship with the Lobelin family, but after so many years of companionship, she had already regarded this family as her home. Over the years, she had never overstepped her boundaries, even though people below would quietly call her the "second Mrs. Lobelin". Sophia had always placed herself in the position of a maid.

Even though... she loved Blake Lobelin deeply, even though she had already regarded Anna as her own daughter...

……

"...No wonder...that's why you came to us." An Suxin had completely understood Sophia's intention, because this woman actually had the same idea as her.

"Yes, in my opinion, there is no one more suitable than you." Madam Sophia said. She looked at Chu Xiao and said, "So, Mr. Chu, what is your answer?"

Chu Xiao looked at the tired face on the screen, shrugged and said, "Do I have a choice? We will definitely go to Minghai City."

"Then the family's support for you will arrive soon."

Chu Xiao raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "There is support?"

Mrs. Sophia on the screen covered her mouth and smiled reservedly: "Ah, do you think the family would be so stingy to its important partners? Please rest assured that the family will do everything possible to provide you with sufficient support, whether it is weapons, food, equipment or anything else."