He Zizhong looked in the direction pointed by Fang Hao in surprise, and under the cover of the book in his hand, he saw a very familiar figure – Xu Lili?!
Why did she arrive city A now? In the previous life, they came here more than two months later…
He Zizhong was stunned.
In his last life, they didn’t dare to venture out at all early on. And by the time they came out, the outside had become very scary. Almost every step was extremely difficult. Plenty of time was wasted on the road and on avoiding zombies. When they arrived city A, it was already two and a half months into the apocalypse. His own rebirth affected Xu Lili’s actions, so it’s not surprising that she is here now.
After realizing this, He Zizhong calmed down a lot. He reached out from his backpack and took out the sunglasses, masks, and hats that he used yesterday and put them on in sequence. Then he sat up.
Fang Hao quickly put on his hat, sunglasses and other things, hesitantly looking at He Zizhong a few times. “Zizhong… we don’t need to say hello to her, right?” He didn’t like this woman. Xu Lili really didn’t leave a good impression on him. If it weren’t for his worry that He Zizhong might take care of his relatives, he wouldn’t have brought her up. Fang Hao even wanted to pretend he’s never seen her …
“Don’t pay attention to her.” His gaze swept over the group. He Zizhong was sure that his “good” aunt and uncle were not there, and guessed that they still hadn’t escaped the fate of becoming zombies.
After Xu Lili’s fever broke in the last life, she called her home, but no one answered. There was still no contact with her family the next day. Judging from the current situation, it was very likely that his aunt and uncle also had a fever in the night before the apocalypse, but instead of stimulating abilities, they mutated into zombies.
As for him contacting Xu Lili? Sorry, he really does not have that interest. No one knew her character and personality better than him. Because they are relatives, he will leave her alone for now. But if she wants to calculate him like in the past life, he will not be polite.
After taking out the mouthwash and mineral water, and finishing a simple morning routine, He Zizhong and Fang Hao had breakfast. While waiting time to pass, they listened to the conversations of nearby people to obtain some news.
Their location was surrounded by people who lived in the base like them and went out for supplies. Nowadays, most people going out to find supplies don’t go too far, and only dare search in residential houses and shops near the base. Because such places are relatively conspicuous, shops are the primary targets of survivors immediately after the apocalypse. Most useful things are already taken, but there may be some good items in residential houses, which is why its also a top choice.
For example, one of the teams near them unexpectedly found a family in a residential area that used their home as a backup supermarket warehouse. The family seemed to have opened a supermarket in the community, and the goods they usually bought were temporarily placed a small bedroom at home. After the apocalypse, the small supermarket was robbed, but all the supplies in their home survived.
Listening to other people sharing gossip helped relieve the boredom. He Zizhong continued wearing a pair of sunglasses and discussing things in a low voice with Fang Hao. Xu Lili inadvertently saw the two of them several times, but did not recognize them at all. She and He Zizhong rarely met, at most it was met once or twice a year, and with the mask and sunglasses blocking his face, she certainly would not be able to recognize him.
He Zizhong and Fang Hao were not eye-catching. Many people in the waiting area wore motorcycle helmets and gas masks. In comparison, they only had a simple pair of sunglasses and masks.
In the quarantine area where the injured were located, several gunshots sounded from midnight till now. Even in the larger waiting area, three people mutated into zombies this morning, and were dealt with by the soldiers on duty.
After the two finally completed their 24 hours, they completed the formalities with the person in charge and drove into the safe area. Fang Hao glanced at the person who was transporting the corpses to be incinerated not far away, and couldn’t help but whisper to He Zizhong: “Those ashes…”
He didn’t have to be too straightforward. He Zizhong already understood what he meant, frowned and thought about it. “Let’s discuss it after we go back.”
The number of crystal nuclei in the brains of zombies burned in the base was huge, and He Zizhong didn’t want to leave them as is so early in the apocalypse. Once the upper levels of the base discover the existence of crystal nuclei and realize their potential value, the place where the ashes of the zombies are buried will become a treasure. Now that the treasure has not yet been discovered, it was hard to remain indifferent.
It’s just that there is no rush to settle it. They need to think through how to act to remain unnoticed and so they will not be suspected afterwards. At present, all they need to do is to drive, go home, take a shower, and rest.
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There was a “bang”, and the people around him collapsed with a thud. Dai Jun looked at the arrogant, rich show-off, and felt a sense of inexplicable relief in his heart. That feeling made him involuntarily get goose bumps, and was even more addictive than drugs.
Among the eight people in the group, there are three “playthings” like himself. The other two were caught by zombies when they were escaping last night, and couldn’t get into the convoy at all. The five powerful young masters had fairly good physical strength and skill. Except for a relatively unlucky guy who tripped and failed to keep up with the team, the rest escaped smoothly.
They followed the crowd, desperately marching toward the gate of the base. Along the way, some successively turned into zombies and attacked the people around them. In the end, only himself and two others escaped here.
In the middle of the night, after registration, two of them suddenly mutated where they were waiting! And now, the other two that turned into zombies were shot and killed by the guard over there!
Dai Jun bit his lower lip tightly, and his right hand gripped his left arm tightly. Although he was also injured, the wound was scratched on a piece of iron on the way. As long as he can endure the next thirty-six hours without changing, he can enter the safe base with the materials they brought!
The water, dry food, and the gun of the newly deceased are now his!
Dai Jun stretched out his hand, trying to take down the handgun and bullets that he had been coveting before the person came over to collect the corpse. Before his hand reached the fallen corpse, he suddenly heard a gun. The bullet seemed to grazed his scalp and exploded behind him! He shook his hand and stopped. Several staff members in protective clothing had already walked over and bent over to move the corpse. He was about to say he wanted to take something, when he heard one of them watching the last person who died in the “circle” next to him say: “No. 3021 is completely empty.”
“Oh, there are still many things there?”
“Isn’t it? Hurry up and collect each piece. Be careful, don’t let them get dirty. Things that the zombies have touched must be sterilized before they can be separated.”
“This is still the best harvest in our No. 3 area. These groups are often wiped out.” People who come here are all wounded. Once they are accidentally contaminated with the blood of zombies, they will be infected and often are wiped out. No one asks for the items or materials after being killed, so they naturally belong to them.
Dai Jun’s face was pale, shrinking in the corner and didn’t dare move. His eyes nervously scanned the people who were also waiting here, watching them one by one with blood and bandages on their faces. The staffs’ words seemed to imply something…
Is it true that even people who are not directly injured by zombies can easily become zombies as long as they are wounded?!!
The managers in this area will not deliberately remind injured people to be careful not to be infected by zombie blood. Therefore, the mortality and mutation rate was much higher than other areas.
“The harvest is good, and the danger is great… There is another one over there. You go collect the corpse.” There was another “bang”, and the person convulsing from excessive tension fell and could not get up from the ground anymore.
Until he died, his face was still the same as an ordinary person, but unfortunately, the sporadic sacrifices of such accidental injuries and misjudgment were within the allowable range. After all, it is impossible for the base to wait for zombies to attack nearby people before shooting. They have to take precautions before they happen, and some will inevitably get accidentally killed. They can only blame them for being too unlucky, otherwise, how would he suddenly become ill in the waiting area?
Dai Jun bit his lip, not daring to say a word or move. His wait time was postponed again due to the mutation of his companions, but postponing it was better than becoming a zombie and being headshot by these people!
He doesn’t want to die. Compared to collecting those things and becoming a zombie, he might as well starve for two days!
Thinking about it, he carefully wrapped his gauzed-wrapped wound with clean clothes that had not touched the blood of zombies two more times. His wound isn’t big, and he will definitely be able to survive. He can survive!
The scum have all arrived the base. They don’t take up too much of the plot thankfully.
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