Merle Dixon

The door opened and the disheveled Merle walked in quickly. Hanna seemed to have seen a father figure and she threw herself into Merle's arms. At this moment, her eyes were tightly closed and her arms were tightly wrapped around the old man, who had never dreamed of being in this situation before. Tears welled up in Merle's arms.

The face of Merle was initially a little surprised, but then showed disgust again. Just as he was about to reach out to push the little Merle away, he felt warmth in his belly, like tears.

Although the weather was getting colder, Merle only added a coat on the outside and still had a t-shirt inside. At that moment, he felt a sensation of warmth and moisture coming from his belly, which made Merle reach out to push Hanna away, but then he stopped and patted the girl on her head.

But soon he felt uncomfortable all over his body. Comforting people is not his strong suit, so he quickly pushed little Hanna away and said some usual teasing words: "Girl, weren't you very capable just now? Why are you scared after being alone for a while? Hahaha!"

Upon hearing Merle's teasing, Hanna quickly wiped away her tears and took a step back. Her face was a little red, and she quickly turned around and walked toward the kitchen.

"The food is ready, let's eat quickly."

"Yes..."

Hanna didn't know if it was her own illusion, but she felt like there was a hint of emotion on Merle's face.

But he didn't say much, and she was too emotionally unstable to ask about it, so they both walked to the kitchen, sat at the dining table, and began to eat.

Merle had a thoughtful expression on his face as he ate, as if he was worried about something, which puzzled Hanna.

Obviously, she was excited at the moment, but her expression changed in the blink of an eye, but she still didn't want to talk and continued to eat in silence.

"Starting tomorrow, go to the radio room on the third floor and wait for news. Once someone contacts you, tell them the exact location of our place."

Hanna looked at him surprised, and said in a slightly nervous tone, "Then... Then, when will you come back? What if someone else comes? I can't stay here alone..."

"Why do you have so many questions? I'll be out all morning to confirm something. When the time comes, you'll get your weapon. If a stranger comes, you can hide in the secret room and wait for me to arrive."

"Ah, okay..." Hanna was a little sad, and a fear that she didn't want to experience again filled her heart like a shadow, which made her realize that she wasn't as strong as she thought, and she also learned that she should pay attention to everything that Merle taught her.

Anyway, she will do her best to learn any way to survive in this apocalypse, even if she can only live one more day, she will use that day to fight in the hope of living.

"So, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

Merle paused in sending food to his mouth, seemed to think for a moment, and finally casually said, "Important things, I'll tell you when the time comes."

"Wow..."

The meal passed in this type of silence with a touch of shame. After a short break after the meal, Merle took a beer bottle and walked up to the third floor. He had to be vigilant, after all, this place is not like a base or the Commonwealth, in case a group of walkers crossed the border, he had to prepare in advance.

Hanna didn't do much, she just threw the plate into the sink next to her after eating and ignored cleaning it. Now that Merle had returned, she felt at ease so she went to a room since she was bored.

Time passed quickly, Merle left early the next morning and then returned in time in the afternoon. As for what he did, Hanna didn't know, but she found that there seemed to be something in the old man's backpack when he returned and it seemed to be heavy.

It could be seen that the other party did not want to discuss this, and Hanna was very sensible and did not ask, but she had the feeling that this matter should have something to do with the third basement.

The two enjoyed a few days of worry-free life in this mansion until the morning of three days later.

"Zz.... Zz..."

"Old man, someone is looking for you on the radio."

Merle was surprised for a moment and then realized that they should be people from the base.

...

An hour later.

A whole large convoy in the small town drove directly to the mansion where Merle was without stopping.

Crunch!

There was a sound of brakes, and a dozen large vehicles along with some military Humvees filled the road in front of the mansion.

A large group of heavily armed soldiers with Arm-3J combat special equipment got out of the car, and Hanna, who was standing at the window, was stunned. From the end of the world, it was the first time she had seen so many people gathered, and they were all armed.

When she heard Merle say that he belonged to a certain base and that they would send people here, she thought that at most a dozen or twenty people would come to this place, but she did not expect so many people to come.

How many people are there!

One, two, three...

Hanna was confused when she reached fifty, so there should be more than a hundred people here.

It seems that the old Merle really didn't lie to her. There should be a lot of people in this base, at least a few hundred people.

She soon saw Merle come out of the door and greet a man. This man seemed to be the one leading the group, and they stood there chatting, and then Hanna saw Merle point in her direction, and that long-haired man looked at her. At first glance, she was nervous, but soon she saw the approachable smile on the man's face, which made her relax a lot.

Then she saw Merle waving at her, signaling her to come down.

Hanna nodded quickly and ran down the stairs in a panic.

As she descended the stairs, basically everyone got out of their cars and trucks. Most people were checking weapons and equipment, and some were cleaning the walkers around them with machetes.

Merle and the cold-looking man were standing not far away, watching her, and she hurried over.

"Are you Hanna?"

"Yes... yes... Sir."

"Don't be nervous, I won't hurt you."

"Okay, I'm fine."

This long-haired man was naturally Airon, who hurried to this place after landing at the Atlanta base, and seeing that the girl was a little nervous, he smiled and didn't stare at her.

"It seems that Merle has other exciting tasks to do, so he won't follow us back to the base. But he wants us to bring you back. Our bases are very safe and believe me, you can live a good life there."

Hanna showed a slightly hesitant expression when she heard this, her eyes jumping between the two of them, and there was also a struggling expression on her face, as if she had some concerns.

Airon looked at Merle beside him strangely, and the latter also shook his head inexplicably.

"Hanna? What, is there a problem?"

Little Hanna's face became serious and her tone was much harder and more fluent than before: "Sir, I want to follow Merle."

"Oh? Why? Wouldn't it be better to go straight to a safer base?"

Now that she knows there is a safe place, there is nothing to worry about, so she explained her situation: "I don't want to go to such a comfortable place where there is no opportunity to exercise at all, but following Merle is different. I can exercise regularly and also see various new people and things."

After hearing the girl's explanation, Airon thought for a moment and finally agreed. He could see Merle's eyes, like a strict father watching his daughter, he didn't want to separate them now that they had formed a strong family bond despite their complicated pasts.