The Rebirth of the Last Days and Return to [Fang] Hao

Next to the bonfire, He Zizhong and Fang Hao secretly held fake mixed grain, red bean cakes in their hand that were taken out from the space. They were covered with large bags, the night was dark, and no one could see any difference between the two.

In their backpacks, there were also some expired military cans issued by the military. Because they had just left the base, no one had moved these things.

At this time, the three squads from the same car all sat around the bonfire. Although Yin Dong was named the captain of the third squad, he did not forcefully dictate or manage those like He Zizhong who did not approach him. Instead, he continued whispering to a wretched-looking man sitting beside him.

While eating, the couple looked at the people around them curiously. Some had excited expressions, while others had heavy expressions. Most people did not hold much hope during this trip, and many people knew their team was forced to participate because other people were jealous about them. Even people from the military were the same. Many soldiers were expressionless – even if they have to earnestly perform tasks assigned by superiors and their subordinates, there are some tasks whey will not take the initiative to risk their lives for.

Putting his head to He Zizhong’s ear, Fang Hao asked in a low voice, “What’s going on today?” There was nothing wrong with the car they were in. Although they knew that one car broke on the road and other cars were checked, they were not clear about the specific situation.

He Zizhong shook his head slightly, thinking about making Tuanzi float out secret, and hide in the shadows behind the few people who were hurrying in and out.

These people have just returned from the base, and their small off-road vehicles are carrying many auto parts. After arriving and reporting in, these items were delivered to the vicinity of the several broken cars.

Seeing the movement of those people through Tuanzi’s eyes, He Zizhong smiled helplessly: “I’m afraid that a lot of things will happen on the road during this operation.”

Fang Hao also saw those busy people around the car, his eyes widened. “At least three or four of them are broken? This is too…” He originally wanted to say that the quality of the car was too bad, but his mind smoothly turned a corner and could not turn back from the direction of conspiracy theories. A frown formed on his face. “We haven’t even encountered a large-scale zombie attack…”

“Let’s be more careful on the road.” After understanding what happened, He Zizhong let Tuanzi return to the space, ignoring the indefinite loop of “want out! want out! let mama hug!”1Many of the words here are phonetically similar, but written differently than the actual meeting in Chinese to convey Tuanzi’s childish personality Instead, he cleanly ate the red bean cake with a few bites, clapped his hands, and picked up a thermos bottle on the side.

The thermos is filled with lukewarm soup – specially cooled down since it will be too fragrant when hot. This kind of soup, made by Fang Hao, is a mixture of chicken and vegetables, that will not have a strong aroma unless drank directly. It is very suitable for supplementing nutrition during these kinds of occasions.

After all, they have to spend a long time with these people without any privacy. If they want to maintain a balanced nutrition during this period, it is best to use various soups and waters that are hard for people to spot problems with.

They usually use thermoses of the same style to hold hot water in front of others. There are many such cups in the space, and Fang Hao has long filled them with various kinds of broth. If it weren’t for the sudden timing of this task and not having more time to prepare, all sorts of containers would have been filled by him!

Fang Hao “listened” to Tuanzi’s complaints as it tossed in the space. If it was a peaceful time, maybe he would let Tuanzi go and sway outside invisibly, but the words ‘mama’… Anyway, Fang Hao who thought he was very masculine was upset hearing such words, and treated it as wind in his ears.

“There will be three shifts tonight. Two people in each shift, each for two and a half hours.” Guo Bing, Chen Ning, Yin Dong, the three of them, discussed the night’s work, and began to arrange the people on duty.

As for the other two non-commissioned officers and two drivers who are in charge of their own arrangements? At this time, they all gathered around another fire, and got together with the soldiers from other platoons to finish their meal.

On the first day of the trip, everyone encountered the unlucky situation of someone playing tricks with the car. When they got up early the next morning, there was a continuous light rain outside. It seemed that the rain was much denser than the previous one, and many people were muttering about it – who knows if there will be sunny days in SH city?

Lieutenant Zheng, who came from SH city, of course knew that everywhere in the country has the same cloudy, drizzly weather. However, due to the inconvenience of his leg, he already boarded the command vehicle, and did not hear the whispering voices below.

Everyone boarded their vehicles, and headed south again.

Along the way, all sorts of zombies, big and small, can be seen on the roads near villages and towns. Some will run over, chasing the convoy upon hearing noises. Large waves of muddy water were created in the damaged, packed mud road, which looked quite surprising in the continuous rain.

Because they were hurrying on the way, there is no need for anyone to get out and fight zombies. All ability users and soldiers rested inside to recharge.

He Zizhong is checking his own special dogleg knife. This weapon was specially reported to the military after the military said it can be ordered. Everyone participating in the mission is allowed to have two cold weapons – he has his dogleg knife, Fang Hao with his three-pronged dagger, and physique users with their heavy swords, are all allowed.

In addition, everyone is also equipped with a gun and fifty rounds of special bullets. This special bullet has just been refined. Although there should be some extra on the accompanying military vehicles, no one is willing to use it unless the situation becomes very dangerous.

The Samsara team is very fortunate they have a lot of manpower. At most, one of the two non-commissioned offers will be sitting in the co-pilot’s seat. The remaining one is not in their line of sight, so they don’t know what they are doing. Yin Dong and the others sat in one corner of the car, knowing even less what Samsara is thinking about. In their corner, a few more technical Samsara members were dismantling the special bullets, study them, and wondering the proportion of gold and silver dust to add.

It is easy to dismantle things, and it is even easy to forge them. The difficult thing is the ratio of gold to silver. Worst case, it does not explode when hitting a target, making any amount of added gold and silver useless. But if insufficient gold or silver is added, it won’t have the corrosive effect of a special weapon, and is better to use ordinary weapons honestly.

These things cannot be researched overnight. There are a lot of outsiders in the car and the car is also swaying, so they can only find time later to think about it.

The research on the ratio of gold and silver powder can’t be hurried. This is a specialized art in the industry. Naturally, He Zizhong and his wife can’t help, but because they are members of Yin Dong’s squad, they can sit near Yin Dong and help block their sight at critical moments.

His wind ability quietly spread along the surrounding air currents in all directions. There were a lot of zombies nearby, and some who heard the sound and moved quickly surrounded the convoy. This time the base has sent a lot of people. There is one military company and more than 100 people with abilities. Not to mention that there are some special abilities amongst the logistics and military personnel. More than two hundred people were dispatched across six military trucks, six ground combat vehicles, one command vehicle, and two tanks.

He Zizhong’s level 3 ability has reached a relatively high level. Simply activating the ability will not attract attention. It behaves like normal air flow, and generally, there will be no peculiarities.

After closing his eyes and controlling the wind, He Zizhong opened his eyes slightly after exploring around the motorcade for a long time. Fang Hao, who was sitting next to him paying attention to the situation in the car, turned his head and asked in a low voice: “How is it?”

“There are a few third-level zombies, but they won’t catch up to our team for a while.” As long as the team doesn’t encounter any problems. “There are about two to three hundred at level 2 or below.” He Zizhong looked towards the half-open door at the rear of the car.

In order to prevent danger, the car’s door is not tightly closed when the car is moving. The truck is only surrounded by a layer of tarp, and the defensive ability to prevent danger is nearly zero. If the car is tightly shut, it will not only fail to provide protection, but be the biggest threat to the lives of people in the vehicle.

“That’s okay.” Fang Hao leaned his head on He Zizhong’s shoulders, and half closed his eyes. “I’ll nap for a while.”

“Okay, go to sleep. I’ll call you if there’s something.” As long as there is sufficient gasoline with them, the team will not have to stop for supplies at all. Rumor was the fleet was modified before departure, so the gas tank can be directly refueled within the car to make it easier to drive continually. Naturally, there is no need to worry about battery life.

In the command vehicle, Wu Shao held a crystal nucleus tightly in one corner of his hand, and was using his abilities to absorb the energy contained inside. Although he was pushed out a substitute to die because of the affairs with the Song family, neither his father nor his mother wanted him to really die outside. After learning about this, they packed plenty of crystal nuclei collected overnight, along with other self-defense weapons, food, and other things, and personally sent away their son.

Wu Shao carried more than 1000 crystal nuclei with him. There was absolutely no problem to push his ability up one level. Had it not been for everyone having an upper limit for daily nuclei absorption, he would have desperately raised his ability before being pushed out of the base to die!

It wasn’t just him. This time, everyone collected and exchanged crystal nuclei from all avenues to bring with them. As long as they have a chance, they would desperately absorb the energy inside, and were unwilling to relax. As for after the nuclei are used up, well, an uncountable number of zombies are following, and as long as there’s sufficient firepower, they can fully resupply!

 

 

Haha, that Tuanzi. I wonder when they gained the ability to command it to stay inside the space though. Thought it wasn’t possible before.

 

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1Many of the words here are phonetically similar, but written differently than the actual meeting in Chinese to convey Tuanzi’s childish personality