The Qinghe Group was located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. But unlike the other consortiums who controlled several or even more than a dozen strongholds, the Qinghe Group only controlled one stronghold. According to the Barrier Alliance's code, that should be Stronghold 66.
But over the years, the Qinghe Group's own people did not call it Stronghold 66. Instead, they called it Luoyang City.
Over time, the others also started calling that stronghold Luoyang City.
It was as special as Fortress 178.
When the Barrier Alliance was first established, the Qinghe Group showed its powerful side. They had a fixed organization with a stable organizational structure, and many of the technologies they had retained from before The Cataclysm. Of course, they did not retain all of them.
At first, the other consortiums were wary of the Qinghe Group. But as time passed, everyone realized the Qinghe Group did not seem to be very interested in expanding their territory.
Moreover, the Qinghe Group was never involved in any of the previous battles for resources in the Central Plains. They were just stubbornly looking for something.
But what was even stranger was that the person in charge of the Qinghe Group now had the surname Xu. The Xu family had only one descendant, and it was said that their ancestor used to sell sanitary napkins. Later on, a technical genius named Xu Nuo appeared in the family, and he rose to prominence by relying on the big boss of the Qinghe Group.
However, the big boss of the Qinghe Group did not seem to have any descendants, so the Xu family took charge of the Qinghe Group on his behalf. However, they always insisted that they were only a minor shareholder and would step down when the heir of the major shareholder was found.
This matter used to be a joke in the past. In this wasteland, who would step down and step down?
Nowadays, the Qinghe Group had become a very special existence in the Central Plains. It was located between the Wang Clan, the Chen Clan, and the Kong Clan consortiums. The Wang Clan occupied the Northwest of the Central Plains and was connected to the Northwest. The Kong Clan was located in the Northeast and was connected to the sea and Guandong. The Zhou Clan was located at the intersection of three rivers and radiated southward.
There were still more than a dozen other consortiums, but these three were indeed the strongest.
But the Qinghe Group was special not because of its geographical location, but because of its way of doing things. Luoyang City had the largest institution of higher learning in the entire Barrier Alliance, and its teaching model was the closest to that of the Pre-Cataclysm era.
From the day the other consortiums established their universities, they were all for the sake of their own technology. All of them had a very utilitarian focus, and all of their research was to increase the strength of the consortium one day. The children of other consortiums could not enter their universities to study.
But what was different about Qinghe University was that anyone could take the exams there. They also taught a wide variety of subjects, and there were even art classes in the wastelands.
When this course was set up, many consortiums joked that there was no place for art to survive.
Moreover, when the other consortiums purchased the relics of the Pre-Cataclysm civilization, they focused more on laboratory data and some scientific and technological achievements. Meanwhile, the Qinghe Group accepted everything and even sent their own people to look for them. They seemed to be especially interested in calligraphy, paintings, and antiques, saying they were the treasures of mankind.
Such a consortium was like an anomaly in the wasteland. There was no other consortium like them in the world.
At this moment, classes had just ended at Qinghe University. On the green campus, some students were happily walking out of the classrooms with their school bags on their backs. Some of them ran to the teaching building where they would be attending their next class, while others did not have any classes left, so they went straight to the club activities.
A girl wearing a cap was walking out of the school with her school bag on her back. She stood tall and straight by herself.
At this moment, someone called out to her from behind, "Yang Xiaojin!"
Yang Xiaojin calmly turned around and looked over. "What's the matter?"
There were a lot of people on the other side, and the person who spoke was a very tall college student in a white shirt. He had a very bright smile on his face as he said to Yang Xiaojin with a smile, "We're having a get-together tonight, and we'd like to invite you to join us. You've been a loner since the start of school. Are you not used to the pace of life in Luoyang City?"
Yang Xiaojin shook her head. "I'm only here to learn more. I'm not interested in a get-together."
Some of the people behind the boy were whispering. Someone seemed to be cheering him on in a low voice, "Don't be pretentious, just say it."
The boy seemed to hesitate for a long time before saying, "Yang Xiaojin, I like you. Can you give me a chance? I can — "
However, he was interrupted by Yang Xiaojin. "I already have someone I like."
The boy froze and did not know what to say. He even had the intention to retreat.
Yang Xiaojin shook her head and said, "Look, your feelings are not that deep. If I reject you today, you'll fall in love with someone else tomorrow. Your so-called liking is just an opportunistic test. Once it's blocked, you'll immediately retreat."
Suddenly, someone beside her whispered, "That's a little too much."
The boy struggled and said, "Then who do you like? The president of the Student Union? Or … "
Yang Xiaojin shook her head again. "He's not in Luoyang City. You think that the president of the Student Union is outstanding because you guys haven't had the chance to see the outside world. As for the person I like, he's never been a flower in a greenhouse."
However, Yang Xiaojin was not sure if he was still alive. The crimson javelin had penetrated his body right in front of her eyes. The Saboteurs had agreed to avenge her, but the condition was that she had to do ten things for the Saboteurs.
For the past two months, she had been asking her aunt if she had any news about the other party, but she always got a negative answer.
Her aunt had arranged for her to further her studies at Qinghe University and learn more about the Qinghe Group. However, Yang Xiaojin had never been an ordinary student. She had killed someone before, and she had also accompanied someone to build a hope in the wilderness until that hope was shattered.
But it didn't matter. She believed the other party would survive, and she would find him sooner or later.
Yang Xiaojin turned around and left. She walked along Kaiyuan Avenue all the way back to her home in Luoyang City. Then she kept dismantling her sniper rifle and cleaning it.
After repeating this a few times, she personally pressed the gunpowder for the various bullets. If the students in school saw this, they would probably be shocked. This was not a toy that a young girl should have.
Only then did Yang Xiaojin's emotions slowly calm down. Actually, there was a passionate heart hidden under that calm exterior.
She went to the kitchen to make a meal for herself. Then she crushed the remaining chopped onions and squeezed out the juice.
Yang Xiaojin took out a thin brush and took out a paper crane from her pocket. She opened it and dipped the brush in the scallion juice before writing a few lines of small words on the white paper. Then she folded the paper crane again.
The paper crane spread its wings, and as if it had suddenly come to life, it flew towards the west.
After the other party received the paper crane, they only needed to heat it over the fire for the words to appear immediately.
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