Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 823 Hurried Return

By the time Wang Zhu and his team rushed back to the entrance of the S City base, it was already dark. Since the movement direction of the zombies was somewhat similar to their return route to the base, they had waited in that abandoned factory for a long time before starting their journey back.

But even though it was the height of summer, the time spent waiting wasn’t unbearable. Previously, when they had gone to deliver the Mutated Crystal Nucleus to Su Jin at the base, Su Jin had even given their team a set of outdoor batteries and a standing fan.

The group ate canned fruits taken from the insulated foam box in Wang Zhu’s Space and blew themselves with the fan, feeling both physically and mentally replenished. In Ouyang Feizhou’s words, they were not afraid even if another thousand zombies came their way.

The viral testing equipment at the S City base’s gate had already been put into use, but at the moment, it was only suitable for those with injuries.

If someone was severely injured and wished to go to the Base Hospital immediately for treatment, they could choose not to wait the two hours and instead go to the viral testing equipment to prick their finger for a blood test to confirm whether they were infected with the Zombie Virus, thus greatly reducing the casualties among the injured during the waiting period.

During the initial deployment period, the inspection by the viral testing equipment was free of charge, and anyone with a wound could go for a free check, though there would be a fee in the future.

Since Wang Zhu and his team were all wearing Battle Clothes, they didn’t have any wounds, but Han Xiao had a minor scratch on his hand and chose to go for testing at the equipment out of curiosity.

"It’s quite innovative, huh? Can it really detect such a small wound? What if it misses something?"

Han Xiao asked curiously.

"The testing device is very sensitive. We have tested it thousands of times with no misses. Even if there were a miss, believe me, you’d be quickly killed off inside the base,"

the staff member at the testing site replied with a smile.

"..."

Han Xiao, after hearing this, pursed his lips. Although the man spoke with a fine attitude, why did it sound so odd?

At this time inside the base, there weren’t many people going to submit missions and claim rewards. Furthermore, since Jian Zongzheng and his team were claiming a high-level mission, and such missions were rarely taken by teams anyway, they reached the High-Level Mission Reward Room without having to line up.

"Congratulations on successfully completing your mission. Here is the Crystal Core reward for the mission,"

a sweet-smiling female staff member congratulated them all.

"Miss Chen Qing, our mission today was really dangerous, but just thinking about getting the mission reward personally from you made me use my trump card at the most critical moment, which allowed all of us to complete it successfully,"

Han Xiao said, gazing affectionately at the female staff member.

"Could you please leave out the word ’us’?"

Yin Qiu rolled her eyes.

"Then that was truly my honor. May I ask if you have any information to report? If not, it’s getting late already,"

Chen Qing asked, her face unchanging, still smiling at the group. frёeωebɳovel.com

The survivors within the S City base were very united. At first, some enthusiastic teams or Special Ability Users would share information when submitting missions, telling everyone where the zombies were increasing, which areas were more dangerous, or if roads were destroyed and impassable, and other such news.

Liang Jiuhui never underestimated this collective information, so he established a message board for information at the mission claiming area in the base, encouraging everyone to leave messages about any dangers or anomalies they encountered outside so that it could be seen by others and prevent subsequent encounters with danger.

After hearing this, Wang Zhu thought for a moment and then nodded, saying, "Yes."

Today they were lucky to have escaped from there, and he indicated that there might be danger of a zombie horde gathering, but then the zombies slowly all left, which was quite strange.

"Understood, is it towards the west from North Suburb Qinshan Road? Thank you for the information, I will organize it and inform everyone,"

Chen Qing replied with a smile.

"Well, then I’ll trouble you with that,"

Wang Zhu finally left the mission control center with a group of people, and a heavy weight was lifted from his heart.

After the group left, Chen Qing immediately reported the information left by Wang Zhu and the others to her superiors, because she remembered that similar messages had not been received for the first time this month. If this time it was in the North Suburban area, where did it happen last time?

...

Within the boundaries of A City.

The area around A City Industrial Park had been artificially expanded once more. Although the Industrial Park was not a base, it still attracted many survivors from around A City.

Cai Jianbin told Lu Hao that in recent months, two small bases had voluntarily merged into their Industrial Park, and there was now a shortage of housing, which is why they were considering expanding the Industrial Park.

"Plus, another wall could provide better defense against the zombie tide. The last time a zombie tide came, the wall on one side was pushed down by high-level zombies,"

Qi Liangliang also chimed in.

Lu Hao nodded and said, "To defend against high-level zombies, it’s best to build your perimeter wall as sturdy as possible. The zombies will become increasingly difficult to deal with."

As Special Ability Users gradually advanced in rank, so did mutated zombies—for instance, the Level Nine Fire Element Zombie they encountered last time. Although it was only temporarily injected with an enhancer, it indeed had an astonishing effect. With the current defense wall of A City Industrial Park, it would probably be no match at all.

"Recently, both Earth Element Ability Users and Metal Element Ability Users within the Industrial Park have not gone out anymore," Cai Jianbin said with a sigh. "Dong Junshan and I have been continuously participating in the construction of the safety wall. Without a good wall, we dare not relax even for a day."

Cai Jianbin now seemed to have become the leader of A City Industrial Park, although it was he who had stood in the way of Dragon Ruler before. However, the reason Lu Hao chose him to be the "spokesperson" for Dragon Ruler wasn’t without consideration.

Cai Jianbin was someone who could adapt to environmental changes and alter his strategies accordingly, and was not a conservative content with the status quo. This could be seen from the expansion of the Industrial Park.

"I hope your place will keep getting better, and the only support we can offer is in terms of materials,"

Lu Hao said. After learning about the current situation of A City Industrial Park, besides the material sales in recent days and leaving another batch of goods for Cai Jianbin to continue selling, he also donated some supplies on behalf of Dragon Ruler.

This move caused a buzz in the entire Industrial Park for several days. Even the two ducks brought by Dragon Ruler were now being raised and revered by the women of the Industrial Park. Auntie Zhang was so moved that she was almost in tears, pledging to raise them into a flock of ducks.

"Thank you all so much, I really don’t know what to say,"

Cai Jianbin, seeing the people from Dragon Ruler only stayed a few days and left so much material behind, was so touched he almost knelt on the spot.

"Brother Cai, the best thanks you can give us is to lead everyone well. See you next time,"

Lu Guanhai waved his hand, as they had to rush back to take care of Xiao Jin.

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