Wen Le of Rebirth in the End Times (BL) – Chapter 76 Reunion

It has been half a month since Le Ni and Lin Yan left. Wen Le sat in the meeting room, watching the electronic screen showing their location, which had been stationary at two different locations for over three days. It had been ten days since they first stopped at their initial location. According to the original plan, they were supposed to split up the vehicles and send the nomadic tribe members who were ready to join the base back to the base first. However, for some unknown reason, none of the vehicles turned back and they continued driving further away.

Initially, Wen Le was worried about the safety of the convoy, but Xiao Wen and Han Ya remained calm, so he suppressed his worries and continued to wait.

Due to their previous experience, the construction speed of the young people from the Archie tribe led by Lu Jianye has significantly increased this time. The shortcomings discovered after the construction of the quadrangle have been avoided in this construction.

This time, the construction was not limited to the individual houses but was proposed by the Archie tribe to build four-person dormitories instead. Perhaps because they were used to living in tents and moving around, they didn’t have strong requirements for privacy and personal space. To save time and resources, Lu Jianye changed the design to dormitories slightly larger than the double rooms. Although there was plenty of land on the grassland, the defense was currently focused on the base within a radius of one and a half kilometers inside the walls. So this time, the houses were arranged in an S-shape, which was a bit crowded, but large enough for everyone to live in.

Half a month has passed, and all the houses built for the Archie tribe to move into have been completed. However, Lu Jianye did not stop working. The snake-shaped dormitory, consisting of two hundred rooms that could accommodate eight hundred people, was built on the left side of the quadrangle. After everyone had moved into their new homes, Lu Jianye started building the same type of housing on the other side of the quadrangle.

However, unlike when building the A-dormitory when all the workers worked simultaneously, when building the B-dormitory, more than two hundred and seventy workers were divided into seventy people. Five of them were assigned to Qi Rui and Zhao Xiaogang to take care of the livestock farm, while the remaining sixty-plus people all entered the greenhouse.

The vegetables and fruit trees I tried to plant earlier grew well, confirming that the land here can sustain crop growth. As long as external factors are adjusted properly, we can achieve self-sufficiency with just a little effort and not need to rely on the stored food in the Wenle Space.

Although there is plenty of food in the space, even just planting and harvesting crops keeps us busy and it’s risky to rely solely on it. Having the space and extra food gives us a sense of security for emergencies.

“Squad leader, Wen Shao, come to the conference room.” Suddenly, Han Ya’s voice came through Xiao Wen’s walkie-talkie.

The two who were studying the map looked at each other and quickly got up to leave the room.

“What’s going on?” As soon as they entered the conference room, Xiao Wen asked Han Ya, who was guarding the display.

Han Ya didn’t say anything, waiting for Xiao Wen and Wen Le to come over and look at the display. Now that Le Ni and the others have been gone for almost a month and the B dormitory is almost completed, the position of the caravan on the display is returning to the base. Looking at this alone is not enough to worry them, but there is also a green light approaching the base from the east, almost in the opposite direction of Lin Yan’s caravan, and its speed is faster than theirs.

Han Ya withdrew her gaze from the display she had been staring at and turned to Xiao Wen and Wen Le.

“When we first started, we only gave two people the locator that matches our machine,” Han Ya said.

Previously, the vegetables and fruit trees that were attempted to be grown here had grown well, confirming that the land here could sustain crops as long as external factors were adjusted properly. They could achieve self-sufficiency bit by bit and would not need to use the stored food in the Warm Music Space.

Although there was plenty of food in the space, even just the work of planting and harvesting was almost like Warm Music and Xiao Wen. But, they were afraid of unforeseen circumstances. With the space in their hands, having excess food was not a burden, and keeping some emergency supplies would also give peace of mind to Warm Music.

“Boss, Wen Shao, come to the conference room,” suddenly, Han Ya’s voice came through the intercom in Xiao Wen’s hand.

The two who were studying the map glanced at each other and quickly got up to leave the room.

“What’s going on?” As soon as they entered the conference room, Xiao Wen asked Han Ya who was guarding the display.

Han Ya remained silent and waited until Xiao Wen and Wen Le walked over to him to look at the display. Then they understood why Han Ya had called them over.

Now that Le Ni and the others had left for about a month, and B dormitory was almost completed, the fleet’s position displayed on the screen was returning to the base. If they only looked at this, it would not be enough to worry them. However, towards the east, in almost the opposite direction of Lin Yan’s team, a green dot was gradually approaching the direction of the base, and their speed was even faster than Lin Yan’s fleet.

Han Ya took his eyes off the screen he had been staring at, turned around and looked at Xiao Wen and Wen Le.

“We only gave two people with the machine’s locator,” Han Ya said.

Wen Le nodded.

At first, he had been soft-hearted and had easily given the locator to Chen Jianheng when the apocalypse had just begun. Even though he regretted trusting someone too easily later on, there was nothing he could do. After all, the thing had already been given away. Unless the other party voluntarily turned off the sub-machine, they could not shield the location and signal of the sub-machine.

The second time was with Bai Yang. As Bai Yun’s father and someone who had lived with them for a period of time, he had won everyone’s approval in terms of his character. Therefore, before leaving, Wen Le also handed him a sub-machine.

But, they did not know who was coming this time.

Or whether they were friend or foe.

“The possibility of Bai Yang is greater,” Xiao Wen leaned against the table leg, still looking at the display, and slowly said.

Han Ya nodded. He also believed that the probability of Bai Yang was higher. That Chen Jianheng, judging from his words and actions, probably held a military position, and came over to seek refuge so easily? Usually, nobody would do such a thing, right?!

“From this speed, although their distance is still further than Lin Yan’s, they are probably going to arrive at the base before him,” Han Ya turned back to continue looking at the display.

“How long will both sides take to return?” Xiao Wen asked.

“Lin Yan has about eight days left, but the other side will probably arrive in no more than six days, unless they suddenly slow down,” Han Ya replied.

Wen Le looked at Xiao Wen.

Xiao Wen nodded at him, “I’m afraid we have to go and take a look first.”

Wen Le had no objections, but Han Ya hesitated.

“We only have this set of machines, and two sub-machines belonging to the same mother machine can receive each other’s locations even when they are close to each other. So if you don’t want to be found by the other side, you can’t bring the locator,” Han Ya explained.

Xiao Wen shook his head, “Not bringing the locator will easily lead us astray and waste time.”

“It’s okay, we’ll bring the locator. If the other side finds out, let them. As for running away, we definitely won’t have a problem. We have displays, and the other side has our display, so they will definitely know that we have found them. So there’s no need to cover up. If they have hostile intentions, whether we go or not, they will attack the base. If they don’t have hostile intentions, it won’t matter if we go,” Wen Le thought for a moment and said.

Xiao Wen’s speed was enough for them to avoid harm, and if worst came to worst, the two of them could hide in space. At that time, not even Han Ya could see their location.

After Han Ya called Yin Chengyang and Mo Yan to issue the alert notice, Xiao Wen and Wen Le had already left the base on their motorcycles without delay.

Not knowing the situation of the other side, Wen Le dared not let Xiao Wen waste his ability. In case something was wrong, they would rely on Xiao Wen’s speed to return to the base for defense as soon as possible.

The grassland was endless, without any landmarks, making it easy to go in the wrong direction. So Wen Le leaned against Xiao Wen’s back, constantly paying attention to the compass in his hand to prevent the route from deviating. Once it deviated, the distance that could be displayed between the two sub-machine locators would be too short, making it easy to miss each other.

Although motorcycles are more agile than four-wheeled vehicles, they still lack speed. Halfway through their journey, they switched to a Jeep to accelerate their travel. Since they didn’t know if the other party was driving through the night, they had to stay alert and drive through the night.

On the third morning, Wen Le anxiously looked at the locator in his hand.

After driving without rest for so long and assuming the other party was driving normally, it had been three days. They should have met by now, so why wasn’t the locator showing anything?!

“Could it be that we’ve gone the wrong way?” Xiao Wen asked.

Wen Le shook his head firmly, “It’s impossible. I almost always kept an eye on the compass. We couldn’t have gone the wrong way unless the other party changed direction.”

There was no need to change direction unless there was a special reason or a strange intention.

Wen Le’s anxiety grew stronger.

Although Xiao Wen also had some doubts, he wasn’t as worried as Wen Le. Regardless of the situation, the other party was still human. If they could fight, they would fight. If they couldn’t win, they would run. There was no deep-seated hatred, and the other party had no reason to chase them relentlessly after taking over their base.

“Let’s keep going. We can reach their location when we were at the base in one more day,” Wen Le suppressed his inner anxiety and looked ahead at the road.

Xiao Wen had no objections. Instead of guessing the other party’s route blindly, it was better to go directly to the place they had been before. Even if they didn’t meet, they could find some traces to follow.

They drove the car for another whole night. When the sun slowly rose, Xiao Wen stepped on the brakes and without any communication between them, they jumped out of the car from both sides at the fastest speed. Wen Le immediately put the Jeep into the space behind him.

Looking at the locator in his hand again, there was no display, but on the vast grassland with no obstructions, the distance visible to the naked eye was clearly beyond the range of the two devices communicating with each other.

Facing the direction of the rising sun, a few strands of smoke were enough to tell Xiao Wen and Wen Le the location of the other party.

Wen Le, lying on the ground, threw a telescope to Xiao Wen and took one for himself. The two carefully looked over.

The military green caravan parked densely in one place was obviously different from the tents of nomadic tribes. Although only one side could be seen, the arrangement was obviously suitable for resting in places with dense zombies in the Central Plains region.

In addition, the dirty body of the vehicles told others directly how much fighting the caravan had gone through to escape from the zombies.

“It seems that they stopped moving not long after we left.” Xiao Wen commented while looking at the other party’s caravan.

“Well, you said it!” Wen Le interrupted before he could finish his sentence and got up from the ground.

Xiao Wen was startled by his sudden movement and kept touching him all over.

“What’s wrong? Is there something?” he asked.

Wen Le was also startled by Xiao Wen’s reaction and only realized what had happened after Xiao Wen quickly checked him.

“I’m okay, there’s nothing wrong,” Wen Le reassured him.

Xiao Wen half-sat and looked up at Wen Le.

Wen Le smiled and pointed in the direction of the convoy.

“I saw Liu Yikun!”

Xiao Wen was startled, but he stood up and smiled in the direction of the convoy.

When they saw someone they knew, they couldn’t help but relax. Since it was Bai Yang’s team, no matter who was in charge, they couldn’t become enemies. Even if the leader had unreasonable demands, they wouldn’t directly attack each other.

“Let’s go take a look.” Wen Le took out the jeep again, and the two of them drove towards the convoy.

In the convoy,

Liu Yikun put away the used bowls and chopsticks and looked at the clean and brand-new stainless steel lunchbox, silently sighing. They had run out of food on the way, and if it weren’t for the food they snatched from the zombie piles in the cities along the way, they probably wouldn’t have made it here at all. Fortunately, after entering the Tibetan area, the number of zombies decreased sharply, and their physical exertion also decreased. They could barely sustain themselves on two meals of watery porridge a day.

“Boss Bai, should we just go over there? The sooner we understand the situation, the earlier we can plan.” Li Ran saw Liu Yikun sigh and leave, turning to Bai Yang, who was sitting on the seat with his eyes closed to rest.

“No need. Didn’t we see Xiao Wen and their location from the locator four days ago? With their caution, they will definitely send someone to check. We just need to wait here. Getting too close will only increase their panic.” Bai Yang said with his eyes closed.

Li Ran hesitated for a while and couldn’t help but speak again.

“Why don’t we send someone to take a look? Although you have a high opinion of their group, the number of people we brought this time is not small. When they left, there were only thirty or forty people. Even if they could settle down, they could not directly accommodate several thousand of us. Even if we only drink porridge, our food supplies can’t last for more than a few days. It’s better to make plans earlier. If we wait until we run out of food and then find a way to get more, I’m afraid the soldiers won’t be able to keep up.”

Bai Yang understood Li Ran’s concerns, and he also believed that it was impossible for Xiao Wen’s group to immediately support several thousand people. But blindly consuming gasoline on this grassland was not a solution either. It was better to wait and see. Perhaps there was a one-in-a-million chance that they would catch up?

“We’ve been waiting for four days, waiting another day or two won’t make a difference. If no one comes within two days, we’ll just go directly.” Bai Yang sighed.

Li Ran stopped talking.

At this point, they could only wait a few more days.

As long as the other side saw their location and came to investigate, they could arrive in two days. If no one came, it could only mean that the other side was already unable to come out and check.

“Boss! Boss Bai! There’s a car!” Liu Yikun, who had not been gone for long, shouted at the top of his voice. Without bothering to report to Bai Yang, he rushed towards the outer perimeter of the convoy.

Bai Yang suddenly opened his eyes, got out of the car, and followed Liu Yikun’s voice direction. Li Ran followed closely behind.

Wen Le put down his binoculars, and as the distance shortened, even the naked eye could see Liu Yikun vigorously waving his hand on the outer edge of the convoy.

Encountering a once-familiar friend in the apocalypse was already rare enough, let alone being separated from them by such a long distance, which made Wen Le’s mood even more excited.

As the car approached, Bai Yang and Li Ran also walked out of the convoy and came to Liu Yikun’s side.

After the car stopped, Xiao Wen and Wen Le jumped out and couldn’t help but give their friends a big hug they hadn’t seen in months.

“Big Brother Bai!” After hugging Bai Yang, Wen Le smiled and called out.

Bai Yang was also very excited, “Not bad, I didn’t expect you guys to really be stationed here. Before coming, I didn’t dare to hold too much hope.”

Xiao Wen also hugged Bai Yang tightly, “Since we said we were coming here, we will definitely come.”

It was a simple sentence, but it was full of confidence and determination.

“Let’s talk on the car.” Li Ran reminded with a smile.

Wen Le and Xiao Wen left their car there and followed Bai Yang into their stationed convoy.

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