“Did they go down to fight zombies?” During the noon break, the first shift was in charge of fighting zombies, while the rest prepared lunch, rested, and dealt with personal problems.
“En, I just got off. Sleep well?” Seeing He Zizhong wake up, Fang Hao bent down and kissed him on the forehead. There was no one in the car at the moment, most of them went out to move their muscles, so he kissed him very naturally.
Pulling Fang Hao’s hand to his mouth and kissing it, He Zizhong got up to wash. These two days, he got up in the middle of the night to work and made up for sleep in the morning. Finally, he’ll be able to restore his normal biological clock from today.
Feeling uncomfortable during the journey is normal. More than one person’s biological clock has been disturbed, so no one suspects anything.
After eating and resting, the cars set off again. A carload of people sat together, and a few people with good feelings gathered together to chat in a low voice, while some people simply lay down and rested like He Zizhong.
When it was around five or six o’clock in the evening, the convoy stopped again. He Zizhong and them got out of the car to clean up the zombies following them for a long time, as well as deal with some of the nearby zombies, and dig crystal cores together.
They didn’t encounter too many zombies this evening, so clean up was finished relatively soon. It didn’t take long for someone fighting zombies to send back news that they had encountered people from a nearby base who were out collecting supplies and crystal cores.
They did not take this road when they went south. Considering they had already fought a lot of zombies along the way south, in order to get a bigger harvest, they deliberately chose another road on the return north. As long as they don’t encounter large-scale zombie tides, general small groups of zombies are no pressure to deal with.
It seems that bases, large and small, have found out how to use crystal cores in this second half of the apocalypse. Therefore, most teams they encountered on the road were tasked with collecting materials and digging crystal cores. Just don’t know the base those other people are from.
Tuanzi helped the pair watch the other people from mid-air. Two ramshackle jeeps, a total of twenty or thirty people, and judging from their eyes, there were no third-level abilities.
It seemed that they found that He Zizhong and the others were a very strong team. They had dozens of vehicles that were hard to count. In addition, the presence of military vehicles was enough for those from small bases to be vigilant after experiencing a lot of wind and rain in the last days.
The other party only sent two people to inquire, and Yan Xin also asked his adjutant to take Yin Dong along with him. Yin Dong had officially climbed into the command car on the way back. Everyone thought he got into the command car because of his ability, and even those people in the command car had no clue about the relationship between him and Yan Xin.
Even when seeing him and Yan Xin get together to discuss something, they all thought they were discussing important matters… The two are worthy of one’s military background, and being a former broker, they both have very strict mouths. It’s likely that even if they fell into enemy hands in this war-torn era, they might not even be able to extract any military secrets from their mouths. Being able to keep secrets like this is truly admirable. .
After some inquiries, contacts, and exchanges, the two parties continued to work on their own.
The convoy learned that most pre-apocalyptic metropolises with populations in the tens of millions, most of which are by coastal areas, have completely fallen.
On the contrary, there are still some large and small bases around some counties and small towns. Most small bases have populations of a few hundred, and those with tens of thousands can be called large bases. Many of these small bases were established by people who escaped after the second fall of a large base similar to SH city base.
The situation further west and north is unclear. But one thing is probably similar in the north and south – all major urban areas have fallen into the hands of the zombies. Humans were forced to moved out, and can only move around.
It is said that some bases were established in urban areas early on, relying on tall buildings, walls, and other things for defense. But after zombies upgraded, those walls and high-rises can no longer shelter them, and instead became cages trapping them to death. Only small handfuls of people barely managed to escape.
Moreover, even if those people who remained in the city in the beginning are high skilled and have sufficient protections at home, they can’t persist for a long time either. It’s not because of other reasons, it’s simply because there is not enough food.
How much land is in the city? At most, there are some community green spaces to grow things. How many seeds can there be in the city? Where can they collect these things? What if a mutant plant emerges? On the contrary, there is no one who guards those wide swaths of farmland making it very convenient to plant whatever they want.
The convoy went all the way north, while maintaining the frequency of stopping twice a day to fight zombies. Whenever they encountered a small base or a team, they would inquire about the situation. Relying on the fact that their convoy is huge, even if not everyone gets off the vehicles, they are equipped with hot and cold weapons, and easily drove all the way back north.
Based on the estimated distance, they will return in about 2-3 days. Everyone could not help but hold a vague expectation in their hearts. Even if they did not regard the base as home before leaving, after wandering around for months, rootless, everyone couldn’t wait to go back and rest.
It was like this – just as they were in the mood to go back quickly and get a good night’s sleep, they… were stopped.
About five or six hundred meters in front of the convoy, a ferocious mutant plant’s branches danced in the air. Arrogant, long vines stretched out from its body, swaying in all directions.
It covered a large area. Long branches stretched in all directions, densely covering the spaces between abandoned buildings, without end in sight!!
“…How are we going to pass?” The adjutant’s face was covered in black lines. He could clearly see the “form” of the plant writhing in the drizzle without a telescope.
He Zizhong was also at the front of the convoy, and was the first to discover this plant… No, it should be said that Tuanzi was the first to discover this plant. Since rising to level 4, Mr. Tuanzi has always lacked snacks. Anytime it found a mutant plant on the way, it would call He Zizhong and Fang Hao to help it “cut a mark” on the plant, and eat nuclei.
How cruel is it to forcefully “squeeze” plant nuclei out of a wound? It’s better to pick up and eat them after a humane bombing!
But the couple doesn’t have time! It’s okay to leave for a little while, but if they are gone for too long, someone will definitely discover them!
And because this plant was discovered a little late, the area is too large, and the place where the old man1Re: Tuanzi stayed was also lacking – it simply blocked the road. He Zizhong couldn’t simply deal with it, and could only let the whole team find a way to clean it up. Otherwise if Tuanzi went to squeeze snacks bit by bit, wouldn’t they have to wait until the end of the world?
Yan Xin also raised his binoculars solemnly to look at the plant. Those wanton branches were like black flames sticking out from hell. Such a huge mutant plant… It was bigger than all the mutant plants they had encountered before. Much larger. Can it really be killed by force?
“The area is too large, and the convoy will be in danger if it cannot be killed in one hit.” Yin Dong raised his hand and pushed his glasses, then swept his gaze to Yan Xin beside him. “If you want to fight, you have to hit it at the same time and place. It cannot be allowed time to counterattack.”
“The convoy doesn’t have enough firepower.” Yan Xin shook his heavy. Even if they attacked with all the heavy weapons in the convoy and abilities of people present, they might not even be able to cover the plant. “How long will it take to detour?”
He Zizhong frowned slightly, recalling what Tuanzi “saw”. “It’s at least three or four hundred meters in diameter, not counting the possibility of hiding under buildings and soil.” The location they are now is actually very dangerous. The nearest visible mutated plant roots are only forty or fifty meters away, and hidden roots may be anywhere.
“…Too troublesome.” This plant is already very close to A city, so close that if it is allowed to stay here like this, it will grow to the base sooner or later! At that time, they’re afraid that no one in the base will be able to escape.
“It’s better to go back first and then find a way to kill it.” Yin Dong’s expression remained unchanged, but the corners of his mouth curved slightly maliciously. “Growing here like this, it must have affected the surrounding areas. This is the only route to some nearby counties.”
The base must have discovered this problem long ago, but has not organized manpower to deal with it yet… No, maybe they have tried or are finding a way to try, but have not solved it yet.
Yan Xin asked someone to take out a map, and a few people gathered around to discuss whether there was a nearby place where they could detour from. He Zizhong and Fang Hao waited while enduring a headaches. Yes, they had headaches. They both had headaches right now!
Since the Tuanzi discovered this big meal, it was as if it was injected with chicken blood, jumping up and down with excitement, almost breaking through the skies and crashing into the ground.
But what makes it sad and angry is that papa and mama didn’t “open” a hole to let it eat snacks as usual!
So the old man used the only mental attack wave that could communicate with the two of them and kept sending it out.
I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry…
Lol, that dumpling. It’s Snorlax in disguise!
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