The night is long but fleeting.

Li Zhi was woken up by his uncle's tap.

"Get up, handsome boy, wake up!"

"Hmm~ Stop taking pictures! I'm awake."

Li Zhi blocked the opponent's heavy palm and complained silently in his heart.

The uncle's face was not good, and he told solemnly: "The mother and son are missing. Could it be that some wild beasts attacked at night? I may have slept too deeply. Did you feel anything last night?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and looked around. Sure enough, they were nowhere to be seen. Then he analyzed it.

"Probably not. There is no reason for a beast that can deceive your ears to just take away the two of them. My sleeping position is further away from you than they are."

He then speculated: "Could it be more convenient? The lady must have some concerns and may go further."

The uncle shook his head.

"I woke up an hour earlier than you. I've been waiting for half an hour, and I've been looking around for half an hour."

"In this case~" Li Zhi began to think.

After a moment, he had a clear guess. "Oh, then I probably understand."

The uncle was confused. "Huh? What do you understand?"

"They ran away on their own," Li Zhi said calmly.

"Why? Haven't they found the person they want to defect to yet?" The uncle said that this statement was untenable.

Li Zhi stood up and explained his thoughts while moving his slightly stiff body.

"Perhaps it's because she doesn't want to be paid. Moreover, this place is not too far from the base, and the possibility of encountering danger in a short distance is very low, so there is no need to stay with us."

"But I didn't say I wanted reward. Heroes never help others for reward!" The uncle argued at first, and then his face showed obvious disgust.

"Your thoughts are too dark, which is not good. I guess they may have some difficulties."

Li Zhi pursed his lips and refused to comment.

Later, the uncle urged Li Zhi to leave as soon as possible.

"Where are we going back to? The Free Alliance?" Li Zhi still remembered the uncle's self-introduction.

The uncle shook his head. "No, let's go to the Justice Base. I don't like things to end in an anticlimactic manner. They disappear in an incomprehensible way, and you will see people dead or corpses!"

Because the uncle spoke very righteously, Li Zhi followed him neatly into the sunshine.

On the streets in the bleak autumn wind, the uncle enjoyed the warm morning sun and walked very comfortably.

But Li Zhi couldn't feel that. Where was the wind? He felt nothing but the glare of the sun.

Feeling bored, he followed his uncle's back, crushing the fallen leaves scattered on the ground without hesitation.

Li Zhi, who was looking around casually, suddenly made a novel discovery.

Rather than choosing to think for himself, he asked bluntly: "There are so many trees in this area for no reason. Except for the ones on the roadside, why are the ones in the distance all small trees?"

The uncle turned around and smiled.

"If you settle in Area S, you will understand. This is one of the rules of the Justice Base."

"What rules?" Li Zhi wanted to know now.

The uncle chose his words, but did not answer directly. Instead, he turned the conversation to an inexplicable place.

"Do you know the ID card?"

Li Zhi was stunned. "I saw it when I was a kid."

"What's the ID card?" His question was interrupted by the uncle.

"Then do you know what the predecessor of 'Justice Base' is? What do you know about it?"

Suddenly a song echoed in Li Zhi's mind.

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The figure of a white short-sleeved shirt and jeans disappeared fleetingly.

"No, I don't know much about it," he replied.

The uncle revealed his reminiscing gaze, and his tone was slightly wavering. "The Justice Base is a legacy of the power of the old era, the embodiment of the police, government, and military. Most cities in China have a 'Justice Base'."

"Of course, the communication between them is not as convenient as in the old days, but just because it's inconvenient doesn't mean it's not possible!" The uncle had a profound meaning in his eyes.

To the uncle's surprise, Li Zhi seemed completely uninterested in these things, and he just brought the topic back in a dull tone.

"So? What does this have to do with trees and ID cards?"

The uncle seemed to have choked on a big mouthful of steamed buns and felt disappointed.

He reluctantly gave a clear answer.

"It's like this. If you register in the Justice Base, you will be given an ID card for free. Then, if you use the ID card to apply to settle in the jurisdiction, a sapling will be sold to you. You can find a future by yourself.

I remember that different tree species have different sayings about planting in places occupied by people. I only know that the most common poplar tree means that with the tree as the center, a radius of 100 meters is yours to use."

At the end, the uncle added: "Of course, this is limited to outside the base and within the city. Generally speaking, you can only live temporarily in the base, not settled. Not to mention outside the city. Although you can plant trees, they are not recognized.

and protection.”

Li Zhi nodded and wanted to say something more.

But the uncle reminded me, "Put your clothes in order, we are here."

...

Li Zhi hasn't seen so many people for a long time!

At this time, he and his uncle were in the "long dragon".

Li Zhi stood on tiptoe, looked forward for a while, and then looked back.

"Huh~" He looked at the ocean and sighed. The terrifying long queue of hundreds of people was really endless as far as the eye could see.

What’s more, what’s even more shocking is that there are as many as five such teams tied together!

The distance between the teams was very large, Li Zhiming understood. This was probably not only for people to be wary of each other, but also to facilitate the movement of terrifying entities in the distance.

No matter the security team with live ammunition or the patrol jeep drifting around the corner, their intimidation power cannot match the finger of the calm and steady walking "big brother" in the distance!

That's a tank! A tank with a muzzle as big as Li Zhi's head!

Most people were extremely well-behaved, lining up carefully for fear of breaking some rules and regulations.

Just like that, after a boring and long waiting time, it was finally the turn of the two of them to step forward.

Inexplicably out of proportion to the pomp and circumstance, after simply asking about the purpose and taking blood for an optometry test, the two of them were let through.

Li Zhi, who was in a daze, got the answer before he expressed his doubts to his uncle.

An 'angel in white' received the two people cordially and friendly. Li Zhi stared blankly at the nurse's uniform with his right eye, roughly understanding what the other person meant.

In general, there is still a large stack of questionnaires, photos, fingerprints and other procedures waiting for them.

However, there is still good news, that is, this time they can have a place to sit and complete these things.

"Trouble, so much trouble, it's all trouble." Li Zhi began to feel irritable and felt withdrawn.

As the 'nurse' lady walked into a building, in a semi-open single room full of partitions, the two of them sat on chairs.

While she was taking the questionnaire, Li Zhi reached out and pulled the uncle's clothes.

"Let's go," he stopped talking and widened his right eye.

"Over there!" Li Zhi quickly raised his right hand and pointed in the direction of another partitioned room.

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"Huh?" Faced with the current situation, the uncle's patience was actually running out. But he still endured it and looked at what the weird Li Zhi wanted to express.

The uncle suddenly stood up and walked over there.

It turned out that what Li Zhi was referring to was Chen Han and her son. They had been stuck here for at least two hours due to the cumbersome procedures.

"Huh? Uncle and big brother~" Xiao Bowen saw the two of them, and his little face immediately showed a happy smile.

But Chen Han couldn't be happy. Her face turned pale and she subconsciously pulled her son back a few steps.

But immediately, she realized that there was no way she could run away while this powerful man was awake.

So she lowered her head as if resigned to her fate, waiting for her uncle and Li Zhi to come closer.

"Huh~ You're all right." The uncle looked at the mother and son, expressing his relief.

Chen Han lowered her head, not daring to look at the other person. She held her son's hand and whispered back: "Yes."

Witnessing this scene, the uncle struggled for a long time before finally holding back his words.

"Uh~ Why don't you say hello when you leave? Are there any other difficulties? Just ask me, there is no reward."

Chen Han gritted her teeth. Thinking that she was at the Justice Base, she finally mustered up the courage and raised her head like a risk-taker.
To be continued...