ebookland Chapter 1217
Chapter 1217
He lunged at me like a madman, his voice hoarse as a broken gong: "Impossible! You can't kill me! I have a child! I still have Zhuzhu to raise! If you kill me, Zhuzhu will become an orphan!"
Captain Ma felt nauseous looking at his face.
He waved his hand, and the two teammates behind him immediately stepped forward and pressed down hard on Du Kuning's shoulders.
"An orphan?" Captain Ma sneered. "When you sent your parents out to their deaths, did you ever think that Zhu Zhu would lose her grandparents?"
"When you were planning to exchange their lives for compensation, did you ever think about how Zhu Zhu would be able to live her life afterward?"
"The base has raised you for so many years, given you relief food, and provided you with shelter from the wind and rain. Instead of being grateful, you're thinking of making a fortune by stepping on the corpses of the patrol team!"
"What right do you have to talk about living?"
Du Kuning, however, was completely deaf to reason. He struggled and shouted, even cursing at Captain Chen and Qi Mingyu!
The insults were extremely offensive!
Captain Ma, too lazy to waste any more time with him, had a basin of cold water brought over and poured it directly over Du Kuning's head.
The icy water streamed down his hair, and Du Kuning shivered, finally calming down.
Looking into Captain Ma's cold eyes and at the disgusted stares of the patrol team members around him, he suddenly collapsed to the ground, whimpering like a stray dog.
Captain Ma didn't bother to look at him again and turned to leave.
Behind him came Du Kuning's desperate roar.
From that day on, Du Kuning became quiet.
He stopped crying and cursing, and spent his days curled up in a corner of the prison, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Nobody knows what he's thinking, and nobody cares.
The day before the execution, out of humanitarian considerations, Captain Chen had Zhu Zhu brought to the prison.
After all, they were father and son. No matter how heinous Du Kuning's crimes were, Captain Chen still wanted to leave his son with something to remember him by.
Zhu Zhu was led into the prison by two female staff members.
He was dressed in clean clothes, made for him by the orphanage nurse. His face was expressionless, and his eyes remained cold, like a little wolf cub who had lost his home.
The moment Du Kuning saw Zhu Zhu, a glimmer of light finally appeared in his empty eyes.
He struggled to lunge forward, but was firmly chained, only able to stare intently at Zhu Zhu from a distance.
"Zhu Zhu! My son!" Du Kuning's tears and snot streamed down his face. "Look at them! They want to kill your father! This base killed Grandpa and Grandma, and now they want to kill your father! You must remember this! Remember this blood feud!"
Zhu Zhu's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.
Du Kuning seemed to have gone mad, his voice growing louder and louder: "Zhu Zhu, listen to me! When you grow up, you must avenge your father! Avenge your grandparents! Kill everyone in this base! They are all bad people! They are all executioners!"
"enough!"
The staff member in charge shouted at them to stop and immediately had Zhu Zhu dragged away.
As Zhu Zhu was being taken away, she looked back once.
He saw Du Kuning chained up, screaming like a madman. Seeing the tears and ferocious expression on his face, his small brows furrowed slightly.
When the news reached Captain Chen's ears, he merely chuckled coldly.
"Hold a grudge? Then let him hold it."
He stood up and looked out the window.
Outside the mid-air fortress lies a turbulent sea and an ever-changing sky.
"The base has never mistreated them." Captain Chen's voice was calm and firm. "This child did nothing wrong, so we raised him. We taught him to read, to be a good person, and to live with his own hands. As for what he wants to do in the future, whether it's to repay kindness or seek revenge, that's his choice."
Three days passed by in a flash.
On the day of the execution, the square in front of the fortress was packed with people.
Du Kuning was escorted by two patrolmen to the center of the square.
His hair was disheveled, his face was pale, and his eyes were vacant.
All the greed and scheming of the past have vanished without a trace.
There is only endless fear.
Captain Chen stood on the high platform, holding a megaphone.
His voice, broadcast over the entire base, was heard throughout the facility.
"Du Kuning attempted to steal vital supplies from the base and deliberately placed his parents in extreme danger, resulting in their deaths. Afterwards, he even tried to frame the patrol team to fraudulently obtain compensation from the base. His actions are utterly despicable and outrageous!"
Captain Chen paused, his gaze sweeping over the crowd below the stage.
"The end times are tough, but surviving is even tougher." His voice carried a hint of heaviness. "But no matter how tough it is, we can't lose our conscience, we can't forget our humanity! The base can shelter everyone from the wind and rain, and enable everyone to survive, not because of scheming or betrayal, but because of everyone's concerted efforts!"
"Today, the execution of Du Kuning is not for the sake of killing. It's to serve as a warning!" Captain Chen's voice suddenly rose, "A warning to everyone: the bottom line of humanity cannot be crossed! The base's rules cannot be broken!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved to the firing squad beside him.
Du Kuning suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with a desire to survive.
"I was wrong! I was really wrong!" he shouted. "Please! Spare my life! I'll never do it again!"
No one paid any attention to him.
The firing squad members raised their guns.
aim.
shooting.
A gunshot shattered the silence of the sky.
Du Kuning swayed and fell to the ground.
None of the children from the orphanage came.
When the gunshot rang out, one of Zhu Zhu's mothers, who was taking care of him, reached out and covered his ears.
He seemed to know something and looked towards the square!
His eyes were as cold and cunning as ever.
The mother looked at him and sighed inwardly.
While I understand the base's decision, it's too cruel for a nine-year-old child!
Zhu Zhu lost her grandparents and father almost overnight and came to a completely unfamiliar orphanage.
His heart must have suffered a great trauma!
I wonder what he will look like in the future?
However, she thought to herself indifferently, what does this have to do with me?
She was willing to stay here to take care of these poor children simply because she wanted to receive more supplies so that she could live a better life!
To say how much effort and emotion was invested, it wasn't that deep, at least not deep enough to be immeasurable by material means!
As soon as the torrential rain finally stopped, Lin Wei immediately put on her air-conditioned clothes.
"Quickly, everyone grab your tools and let's go check out the beach!"
Her voice was filled with barely concealed urgency as she called out to the research team.
The team members were already fully prepared and ready to go.
In the apocalypse, every scientific research achievement is crucial for survival, and no one dares to be negligent.