Rebirth In The Apocalypse: Start By Building The Strongest Base

It was a little after seven in the morning.

On a road in Mentang Town.

The sun had just begun to rise.

The sunlight had not yet reached the earth, and several zombies that had wandered out at night were still walking on the road.

They had not yet felt the majesty of the sun, and in the cool air, they had not yet sought shelter.

A rumbling engine sound broke the silence.

Several zombies turned their heads, searching for the source of the sound.

After pinpointing the location, they scurried towards that direction.

The sound, of course, came from the Green Source convoy.

It was a few kilometers from the base, near an entrance to the highway.

Qin Jin was preparing to lead the convoy on the highway to their first destination.

The outskirts of Yang City!

There was a helicopter training field there!

It was about 320 kilometers from the base!

The distance was almost the furthest of their targets.

But it was also the one with the best chance of success.

He had personally completed his helicopter pilot training there before.

He knew that there were usually more than a dozen different types of aircraft parked there for students to learn and train with. According to the timeline of the incident, there was a high probability that helicopters would still be there.

Instead of looking for those targets with only one or two aircraft, it was better to go for a big score first!

The lead vehicle, the Saber-Toothed Tiger, was driven by that Little Liu who was good at flying drones.

He saw several zombies ahead being attracted, but he was used to this situation. Without batting an eye, he gripped the steering wheel and charged fiercely towards the zombies!

Like bowling, the zombies collided with the steel, making dull thudding sounds.

Then, like rags, they were torn apart by the high-speed steel beast, with flesh and limbs scattered on both sides of the road.

It posed absolutely no threat to the convoy.

The Saber-Toothed Tiger's ram had been modified with a harder alloy, and at this time, there was no deformation or paint loss. Apart from some residual blood and flesh, there was no sign of damage.

The convoy continued, found an intersection, turned in, and entered a toll booth, the toll station at the highway entrance.

There was not a single person to be seen at the toll station at this time, and scattered debris was visible everywhere. Even the barriers to stop vehicles were gone.

This saved the convoy some effort. Without stopping, the convoy drove onto the highway one by one.

The heavy trucks and semi-trailers were too large, and many roads were difficult to travel. On the highway, they only needed to clear the roadblocks, which in theory would be faster.

Moreover, after these days of survivors moving around, it was possible that many obstacles on the highway had already been cleared once, which was a boon for the convoy.

Soon, the convoy was cruising on the highway lanes at a speed of about 80 kilometers per hour.

Theoretically, at this speed, they could reach their first destination around 10 o'clock, but of course, this was just theoretical, and it was definitely impossible in reality.

Sure enough, they hadn't gone far before they encountered some vehicles that had been in traffic accidents, and the convoy's speed quickly decreased.

Everyone knew that they might have to stop at any time, so the vehicles were spaced far apart so they wouldn't crash into each other.

There weren't many vehicles involved in the accidents ahead, mostly sedans. The Saber-Toothed Tiger, which had slowed down, could faintly see some zombies inside some of the cars.

Presumably, the people inside the cars had directly mutated.

There were also some cars with the doors open, and it was unknown where the people from the cars had gone.

The convoy reduced its speed, and there was no need to get out of the vehicles to clear the way for the time being. They simply scraped through some of the narrower places.

If it really didn't work, they would just push the vehicles away. Anyway, they weren't concerned about the appearance of the vehicles now. Paint loss was paint loss, and some deformation didn't matter much.

As long as the main body was fine, it was still a good vehicle.

The convoy continued in this way, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, without encountering any major difficulties.

It was unknown whether the people from the cars that had accidents had turned into zombies or gone somewhere else. The occasional few scattered zombies could be ignored and directly run over.

Fortunately, they didn't encounter a situation where the road was completely blocked.

The time came to around ten thirty.

After driving on the highway for nearly three and a half hours, covering nearly two hundred kilometers, they were finally about to exit the highway.

The remaining dozens of kilometers would require traveling on the national highway.

On the edge of Yang City, they found a highway exit and left the highway. As they drove off the road, the convoy temporarily stopped.

Perhaps because the sun was out, there were not many zombies to be seen on the road.

The situation was not much different from that in Fenghe County. Considering that this was only the edge of Yang City, not very developed, and with a small population, this was still considered normal.

Qin Jin took out his mobile phone in the car. At this time, the positioning satellites in the sky might still be working. The offline map he had prepared could always work, although the network and signal had disappeared.

Combining it with the physical map held by Zhong Yu in the back seat, after confirming that the direction was correct, the convoy communicated via the intercom and then continued to start.

Yang City, as the provincial capital of Guang Province, a large city with a long history, had been visited by almost everyone.

But now it was full of devastation everywhere, and the road was desolate.

The helicopter training base was located in a spacious place on the outskirts, in a remote area, and required passing through many small roads and a part of the urban area.

The combat team arrived at a small town ten minutes later.

Although it was called a small town, it was actually quite prosperous. At least, one could occasionally see tall buildings built in recent years.

However, the occupancy rate did not seem to be high. Many windows and balconies were closed or did not have air conditioning installed.

Walking on the national highway, there were more and more abandoned vehicles on the road.

Many car doors were open, and there was no blood to be seen. It was unknown whether the car owners didn't have time to close the doors or someone had gone inside to search for something.

Screech—

Just as the combat team continued to drive, suddenly the Saber-Toothed Tiger at the front slammed on the brakes, the wheels drawing a long skid mark, and finally stopped.

Fortunately, the vehicles behind observed in time and barely managed to brake.

"What's going on!? We almost crashed!" The team members in the back couldn't help but complain.

The driver of the Saber-Toothed Tiger, Little Liu, awkwardly scratched the back of his head, picked up the vehicle's intercom, and quickly said sorry, and looked at the boss, wanting to ask how to deal with the situation in front of him.

Qin Jin, sitting in the passenger seat, had also been watching the road conditions and of course knew why he had to brake suddenly.

Because several people had appeared in front of them!

Survivors!

They had suddenly rushed out and blocked their cars, not afraid of being killed!

"They've stopped! They've stopped!"

When the survivors outside saw that the convoy had stopped, they started shouting loudly, and then more survivors rushed out of the buildings next to them!

"Everyone is forbidden to get out of the car! Stay in the car and lock the doors, and wait for my orders!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Qin Jin quickly picked up the vehicle's intercom and shouted.

He could see that these people seemed to want to surround them, not knowing what they wanted to do.

"Police! They must be police! Everyone, come quickly! We'll be saved if we get in the car! They will definitely take us to a safe place, with food and shelter and no worries!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Officers in the car, please come down! We've been waiting for you for a long time! Please let me get in the car!"

Several men and women, with dirty clothes and disheveled hair, had already started pulling at the car doors impolitely, and their mouths were still shouting for others to come over quickly.

It seemed that the more people there were, the more confident they were.

Seeing that the people in the car were unmoved and the doors could not be opened, several young people seemed a little angry, their mouths became foul, and they began to shout loudly.

"I xxx! Open the door quickly! What's wrong with you police, don't you come out when you see people who need help!? How do you take the taxpayers' money!? Be careful we'll complain to your superiors!!"

The people in the combat team, seeing this scene, began to understand why the boss told them not to get out of the car.

In less than a minute, dozens of people had surrounded the car!

God knows why so many survivors had gathered here!

Qin Jin could probably guess that perhaps the two cars they were leading had made these survivors mistakenly believe that they were officials.

So they all surrounded them, wanting to take advantage or be taken in.

What are you thinking?

The Saber-Toothed Tiger was originally equipped with a car-mounted speaker. He picked up the microphone and shouted directly.

"Everyone outside, leave immediately! We are not officials, we are just passing by. If you continue to surround the car, don't blame us for being rude!"

Unfortunately, the people outside were completely indifferent. They didn't care about this. They had finally encountered a life-saving straw, and they had to grab it!

One of the people pulling at the Saber-Toothed Tiger shouted:

"We don't care if you are officials or not! Since you drove this car, we have a share too. This is government property! Why can you sit on it and we can't!"

A fat woman next to him echoed:

"Yes! Yes! Yes! It's so dangerous outside, why don't you open the door and let us in! Why!? We are also people! We just want a safe place with food! Please take me away! I'll do anything!"

The surrounding people also went crazy and shouted:

"Don't let them go! These things are ours! There must be a lot of food in the cars behind them! Everyone, grab it!"

Some people who were still trying to pry open the car doors, hearing this voice, many felt that it made sense!

The trucks behind might be full of food!

Instantly, many people turned their heads and ran towards the trucks and heavy trucks behind, starting to climb up, wanting to grab things from the back of the cars.

Qin Jin's face turned red, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, he picked up the intercom, his face was ferocious, and he roared through gritted teeth:

"Everyone, pick up your weapons! Lower the windows! Kill all these people!"

"Yes!!"

A response came from inside the intercom.

The team members could no longer bear it!

These people actually wanted to rob their things!

Fortunately, they had put the food inside the cars, and only some of the larger equipment was placed in the back. At this time, several people had taken out some fuel and drones.

Those were important supplies they had brought on their trip!

Da da da!

Gunfire rang out angrily, ruthlessly venting on those who were scrambling.

In an instant.

The survivors who had just been happily finding things quickly fell like wheat being harvested!

Those who were still pulling at the car doors, or even had found stones and bricks and were thinking of smashing the car, enjoyed the baptism of bullets even more. At close range, not to mention hitting every shot, but with the high density of bullets, they would always be hit.

"Shooting! Killing!"

Some survivors who were farther away from the cars, not yet taken care of by the bullets, screamed from their mouths and fled in all directions, abandoning their companions just now.

The team members turned their guns and continued to pour bullets at these people who wanted to escape!

Suddenly, a large number of unlucky survivors were shot in the back while running, but there were also a few lucky ones who ran far and had not been hit.

Seeing that those few people were about to escape from sight.

"I'll go after them!"

Seeing this, Li Bowen jumped out of the car decisively and rushed towards those survivors at a speed of a hundred meters sprint.

In the blink of an eye, he and those survivors disappeared around the corner of the building.

As for the convoy, all the people blocking the cars had basically been killed.

A robbery was instantly extinguished under absolute firepower.

Qin Jin had already pushed open the car door, leaning sideways and shouting loudly:

"Get out of the car! No matter if they are dead or not, give them all a knife in the head! Then send someone to see if our things have been taken away, and also see if they have been broken!"

"Act immediately! The noise just now was not small, it is estimated that the zombies will be here soon!"

"Yes!"

The combat team members got out of the car one after another, facing those survivors who had been shot and were still wailing, without pity, and without wasting any more bullets, they directly added a knife to send them to the west.

The dead bodies were not spared either.

Some of the team members climbed onto the trucks and began to check if there were any losses to the supplies they had brought out.

At this time, Li Bowen had also returned from disappearing around the corner, jogging slowly, with a calm face, and said to Qin Jin in front of him.

"It's done."

A minute later, the inspection there also had results.

Except for a drone that was picked up and dropped on the ground, damaging some blades, there were basically no problems with the other supplies.

"Boss, the loss is not big, we can repair that drone ourselves by replacing the blades," Little Liu said to Qin Jin.

"The loss is not big!? How much time has this delayed us? And doesn't the consumption of bullets count?"

Qin Jin knocked Little Liu on the head and said unhappily.

Indeed, although they had collected a lot of weapons during this time, firearms were really too easy to use.

Leading to high consumption.

During these days, the combat team alone had consumed thousands of bullets when going out, not counting the even larger number consumed in training at the base.

There was no way, the team members were all ordinary people before. If they wanted to have good marksmanship, it was impossible without feeding them bullets.

But if this continued, even the landlord's family would have no surplus food.

It had to be arranged later.

"Move the bodies blocking the road, we'll leave here immediately!"

A massacre had just taken place here, the smell of blood was overflowing, and he had already seen zombies in the distance starting to move over.

Now that the problem had been solved, let's continue on our way.

Human life in the apocalypse is so light.

Without strength, it is best not to provoke others casually, either be strong enough to eat others, or be eliminated in turn.

This was not the first time the combat team had encountered such a road-blocking situation during this time.

It was just the first time they had encountered someone who dared to smash cars and rob things so blatantly.

Others would generally only ask for help from a distance when they were performing tasks, and if they didn't get a response, they would generally leave on their own.

The convoy quickly set off again, continuing towards its destination.

Leaving behind a ground of corpses.

Soon, some zombies that smelled the scent came and lay on top of them, tasting them greedily.

More and more zombies joined this scene.

(End of this chapter)