Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus-Chapter 174 - 166: Set Off Now

This downpour cost many groups struggling in the apocalypse dearly.

For the Salvation Army, it even led to a greater depletion of their strength.

After the storm, Li Yu thought about setting out as soon as possible to deal with the latent threat of the Salvation Army.

To him, since they had become enemies, there was no turning back; he must find a way to eliminate the enemy. This was a lesson learned from his experiences before his rebirth.

Three days after the storm ended, Li Yu was ready to set out.

During these days, Li Yu discussed with Second Uncle and others about the purpose of this expedition, which was to eliminate the Salvation Army.

The number of people in the base had reached nearly 70. Some internal plans that needed executing included reinforcing the perimeter walls.

Li Yu had considered expanding the base, but manpower was a significant issue. For now, they would just repair the perimeter walls.

For this expedition, Li Yu again brought Li Hang, Li Tie, Li Gang, Dapao, Yang Tianlong, Lai Dongsheng, and Xiao Han, but also added some new people, including workers Ding Jiu, Wang Cheng, Xie Weishan, Song Min, and two of her former employees.

The group of 15 people boarded three cars and set off in the early morning.

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There were still some people left behind at the base, including Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Uncle, and others. Even though Li Yu took 15 people with him, more than 50 people remained at the base.

Thus, Li Yu felt relatively reassured about heading to Southern City.

According to Li Yu's plan, if no accidents occurred along the way, it should take just over an hour to reach the location of the Salvation Army.

A swift and decisive battle.

Facing the dawn, the three cars roared along the highway in sequence.

In the month of June, the temperature was abnormally hot, already exceeding 35 degrees in the morning, making everyone in the car sweat under their protective gear.

Li Yu then turned on the air conditioning in the car. Opening the windows wasn't wise as they might encounter zombies sporadically appearing en route; should any latch onto the car, it would be troublesome.

Thus, caution was the best policy.

In the car...

"Big brother, this damn weather is too hot," complained Li Hang from the back seat, sweat dripping from his forehead.

Li Yu lowered the air conditioning a few more degrees and adjusted the vents.

"This is just the beginning; it might get even hotter," Li Yu replied calmly.

"No way," Li Hang cried out.

Inside the car, with the air conditioning turned on, bursts of cool air flowed, bringing some relief to everyone's overheated bodies.

Li Yu looked out from the car, the outside scenery flashing by like a carousel.

Greens filled his view, but Li Yu knew this greenery wouldn't last long.

In the upcoming high temperatures and drought, many plants would die. Li Yu had chosen to build the base there because there was a Mountain Pond between two mountains.

Originally, the water level of this Mountain Pond was consistently between one-third and half full until a few days ago when the heavy rain filled it up, covering an area of about 10 acres.

This Mountain Pond was quite deep, reaching over 20 meters at its deepest point and had an excellent water storage capacity.

This water was not only for irrigating late rice crops in the future but also in case the groundwater depleted, then they would use the water from this Mountain Pond.

Trees densely lined both sides of the road, their branches heavy with leaves. The recent heavy rainfall had spurred significant growth in these plants, and the roadside trees, unpruned, occasionally brushed against the cars.

Some branches scratched the paint off the vehicles, but no one cared about the appearance of the cars anymore; what mattered more was whether the cars were durable and powerful enough.

On the road, Li Yu was navigating with an iPad map, which had the entire country's map downloaded offline before the apocalypse. From the map, you could clearly see every road.

You could also see the location of the Salvation Army's factory on the map.

It was because of this that Li Yu, after dealing with Mao Ge and others, and learning the location of their headquarters, didn't hesitate to kill them.

They could find the location themselves!

Xiao Han in the car had been learning to use a gun for some time now, and as Dapao said, she had a natural talent. Now, her shooting accuracy was almost as good as Li Hang's.

You know, back when the apocalypse just erupted last year, Li Hang had already mastered a few guns.

The others, like Song Min, also had emergency training at the base these days. Meanwhile, Ding Jiu and others, after going out with Li Yu a few times, had gained the permission to use firearms and were now familiar with them.

The vehicle sped along towards Southern City.

This direction was one Li Yu and his team had scarcely visited after the apocalypse. But looking at the map, they could determine the direction roughly.

Plus, Lai Dongsheng had followed his father in delivering goods around the neighboring counties and cities, so he was quite familiar with them.

As Li Yu was thinking, suddenly, the vehicle at the front stopped.

They had gotten three vehicles, one armored van and two all-terrain vehicles.

They divided into three teams, each with a walkie-talkie to keep in touch.

Li Yu, Li Hang, Xiao Han, Dapao, Yang Tianlong were in one group.

Li Tie, Lai Dongsheng, Ding Jiu, and others were in another group.

Li Gang, Song Min, and others formed another group.

Li Tie and Li Gang, Li Yu's cousins, who had returned from the military, had always been valued by Li Yu, and these two lived up to his expectations, carrying the burden at critical times.

Li Yu was in the last vehicle, and just as he was about to ask why, he heard Li Tie's voice on the walkie-talkie: "Big brother, there are many big trees fallen ahead, about 30 meters away, we stopped first. What should we do?"

Li Yu looked around both sides of the national highway. There was no anomaly.

He then asked Li Hang to drive past by the side and align next to Li Tie's vehicle.

Through the windshield, Li Yu could clearly see several tall street trees ahead, seemingly ravaged by a storm a few days ago, and among them was one tree.

The top of the tree was struck by lightning leaving a charred black area, bending down directly in the middle, and lying across the national highway.

Looking at these trees, they didn't seem like man-made damage, so Li Yu got out of the car, and instructed Lai Dongsheng and Dapao to come out too.

The three went forward to check, while others stayed in place to observe.

Li Yu approached the fallen tree and realized these trees were downed by the wind, which relieved him.

However, these large trees, nearly 60 cm in diameter, couldn't possibly be moved by a single person.

So, he had Yang Tianlong and several workers come down as well, and specifically had Li Tie and Li Hang observe the surroundings on both sides of the national highway, to respond timely if there were any changes.

With everyone's efforts, soon, they managed to move the trees to the side of the national highway.

Just a short while of effort to move the trees made everyone sweat profusely.

As they walked back towards the vehicles, Dapao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Li Yu, "Brother Yu, this crazy weather, it's just past 8, and the sun is so intense, it's too hot."

Li Yu looked up at the sun, wondering if it was an illusion, but he felt that the sun seemed bigger than usual.

"Let's leave quickly. Let's try to reach there as soon as possible," said Li Yu.