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

The convoy drove overnight. All drivers worked in shifts to try and drive as far as they could. Although there was enough gasoline to drive ten and a half days, it was definitely not enough to support them all the way to SH city. Fortunately, they knew a few locations that may have gasoline, and should be able to get some supplies along the way. As for food and water… Water is no problem; it’s been raining almost 24 hours a day recently. Every car had basins and cans to collect water, but food must be carefully planned and distributed.

Yan Xin was studying the map for this operation. This is a customized path based on the situation shared by Lieutenant Zheng on the way north to A city. Certain dangerous places that Lieutenant Zheng and his team encountered must be bypassed. But no one knew whether there were more terrifying things awaiting in other places.

He was about to ask Lieutenant Zheng to come over to discuss where to rest, when suddenly – an emergency call came from the walkie-talkie!

“There’s something! Something is coming from the sky!!”

Someone in a numbered car spotted the threat from the sky and immediately notified them.

“All staff on alert! Guards, identify the situation!” Yan Xin grabbed the walkie-talkie and leaned out the car window to look out at the gray sky.

He Zizhong had already taken out the dogleg knife and removed its cover at this time, looking up at the skies with Fang Hao cautiously. He was not the first to sound the alarm, because most of his attention was on the underground and low altitudes that caused them to suffer before.

The eyes of everyone in the car fixed on Yin Dong and a man with a wretched and nervous expression next to him. It was the man who suddenly yelled that there was something in the sky, following which Yin Dong immediately alerted the petty officer in the car. What ability did that wretched man have? Detection? Alerting?

Regardless of the person’s ability, the general appearance of the attacker can be seen in the skies now.

“…It’s actually a zombie bird?!” A person suddenly pointed in the air and exclaimed in horror.

“Attention all convoys! Long-range abilities are responsible for defending the vehicles. All convoys follow the command vehicle and move eastward and enter the building to defend together! Melee abilities are responsible for protecting the long-range attackers and preventing zombies near the convoy from attacking!”

Instructions were quickly issued from the command vehicle, becoming very noisy when sounds were transmitted to each vehicle.

“Long-range ability users, get ready! Each melee ability users pairs with a long-range ability user and provides protection!” The non-commissioned officer in the truck reacted immediately, pulling open the window leading to the vehicle cockpit. “You, pay attention to road conditions. Follow the car ahead!”

A small black spot has appeared in the sky. It is obvious that they have found the trail of the convoy and are adjusting their direction to fly here.

The three squad leaders in the car where He Zizhong was all had more experience. After receiving the instructions, they quickly arranged everyone’s position.

Although most of the members in He Zizhong’s squad are unfamiliar with Yin Dong, on the first day of squad formation, each person’s ability must be reported to the squad leader for unified planning. This makes allocating ranged and melee roles when encountering danger easier.

In general, the number of people in this car with ranged abilities are less than those with close combat abilities. Although almost everyone in the vehicle has an ability, people with earth or physique abilities are basically unable to attack on moving vehicles.

Fang Hao held his three-pronged dagger tightly beside He Zizhong. After all, when classifying abilities, a speed ability can’t considered as long-range. Plus, his melee combat is not weak because of the martial arts secrets in the space, especially with special weapons in hand.

He Zizhong stood near the rear of the car, with the “window” on the tarp in front of his current position open. The fine light rain could still interfere when attacking these flying zombie birds, not to mention there are some problems that haven’t had time to notice.

The convoy suddenly turned around. The people in the command vehicle judged that there was a county nearby, and there should be some pre-apocalyptic warehouses on the outskirts. It can temporarily serve as fortifications for everyone. But they overlooked another problem – a county means there are zombies!

The zombies originally gathered from all directions, converging on the road, attracted by the noise. After making a sharp turn, the convoy crashed into the incoming zombies from the east. Although the numbers aren’t many, it’s still troublesome when encountering zombies with abilities.

He Zizhong’s thoughts just shifted here, and suddenly – there was a cry of exclamation from an unknown car ahead!

Before anyone could learn what happened to the car in front – there is no time to take care of the others as before the zombie birds arrived – zombies attacked their car!

A zombie waved his arms excitedly, pouncing on He Zizhong and their car, trying to pull someone off as a snack. With a ‘shick’ someone cut off its arm, and then a fireball flew over, smashing its head.

“Ignore those far away, protect nearby team members and vehicles!” Yin Dong yelled out, calmly making a judgment.

One has to say, aside from Yin Dong previously mixing with Allen which made people look down on him, his own abilities are indeed very strong. Judgment, calmness, and decisiveness, each of them is enough to make him a strong man on his own. Until now, He Zizhong still didn’t know if this person has any abilities. However, now that he can easily judge the battlefield and choose the best combat strategy, he has to admit Yin Dong does have some strength.

Everyone immediately adjusted their emotions. The people in the car were not youths who have never seen a zombie. It was just because they encountered zombies so suddenly and was blocked by a tarp, that they were a little confused. They reacted quickly, adjusting and quickly made defensive preparations.

Their vehicle was relatively lucky. Most of the zombies who rushed over were level 1 and 2, and there were no particularly difficult zombies. On the contrary, in the car in front, it seemed that a level 3 zombie jumped directly into the car, causing a lot of confusion. Fortunately, no matter how chaotic it was, the car was filled with ability holders and soldiers with special weapons, so they quickly reacted.

“Incoming!” Guo Bing kept his mind on the skies. Seeing the faintly visible zombie birds appear, he immediately shouted: “Ranged abilities, ready!”

The crowd has often gone outside to collect supplies, fight zombies, mutant animals, high-level zombies, and even zombie animals before. But it seems like no one has ever heard of anyone encountering zombie birds, let alone such a large group of zombie birds.

After seeing the appearance of these zombie birds, everyone finally understands why they have never seen zombie birds before…

Whether it is a human or an animal, there will be varying degrees of decay after turning into a zombie. Other zombie animals only become zombies after being attacked, and there are even more damaged places on their bodies.

Even if the body is intact, the skin on the body will quickly rot and hair will fall off after becoming a zombie. Terrestrial creatures can easily deal with this, as they have arms and legs, and can walk. But birds…

Once birds lose their feathers, their feathers will quickly fall off. Even if they don’t have much flesh, how can a bird fly without feathers!!

First-level zombie birds are basically done for. Even if they transform into a zombie and move with other zombie animals, they maybe trampled to death by someone who hasn’t seen them. Even if they meet humans and want to prey on humans… their short legs must be able to catch up!

First-level zombie birds basically have to survive on encountering stupid prey delivering themselves to the door, and many of them died due to such circumstances in the zombie world. However, even if their numbers are small, they’re not completely absent. Once they upgrade to level 2… Although it’s impossible to regain their feathers, it’s possible to evolve in another direction.

There is a thin film on the black, thin and bald bird, connecting their wing tips to the abdomen. Anyone who sees this scene can’t help but swallow — it’s so ugly, I won’t want to eat chicken anymore… Although there is none to eat now.

Fireballs, power grids, wind blades, flew recklessly into the sky. The cars collectively turned to a certain direction under the unified command to prepare to enter the bunker to avoid the limelight.

Fine raindrops floated and drifted, causing the ranged players looking at the skies to raise their hands and wipe their faces from time to time, so their actions and line of sight are not affected.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

“Mutant plant!!!”

“Fire! Burn it with fire!”

“Burn its roots!!”

Everyone’s faces hanged instantly. Unlike zombies and mutant animals, mutated plants are much more troublesome and more difficult to deal with!

The most troublesome thing is-they are almost unkillable!

“Shoot at the roots! Try to break it!” Guo Bing and others also discovered the mutant plant. The number of zombies nearby is not too large. Most came over to find food due to the noise. This seems to be the site of this mutant plant, and the number of zombies is still within the acceptable range of everyone.

Those with abilities quickly reacted, flinging a series of colorful abilities over. Let alone these people, even He Zizhong and his wife didn’t know what to do to kill it as fast as possible without using heavy firepower. Killing such things is really difficult.

 

Level 1 zombie bird chasing people conjures up an image of black chickens chasing people.

 

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