After entering the range of the convoy, Wen Le’s mental power naturally covered the maximum range. It was not that he did not trust Bai Yang, but this habit of being vigilant in unfamiliar environments had become deeply ingrained. It was precisely because of this habit that Wen Le discovered the weakness of the soldiers. Whether they were ability users or ordinary people, the corresponding light spots in their brains were very dim.
Wen Le did not rush to ask, and silently followed Bai Yang all the way to Bai Yang’s exclusive command vehicle.
Unlike what Wen Le noticed, Xiao Wen saw too many unfamiliar faces. Because he had lived in the same building with the 108th regiment where Bai Yang was stationed for a long time, most of Bai Yang’s soldiers were familiar to him. But now, looking around, there were too few people he could recognize.
In addition to the estimated number of people along the way, there were only a few hundred more than a normal regiment, far from the strength of a division. Even after experiencing the second mutation, there were more people in the division where Bai Yang was stationed when they left the X City rescue station.
After sitting in the car, Bai Yang shrugged with a smile. “Our conditions are not good, there is no tea or water to entertain you.”
Xiao Wen and Wen Le did not respond to his joke and their faces were a bit serious.
“Big brother Bai, what is going on with you guys?”
In response to Xiao Wen’s question, Bai Yang forced a smile. “Nowhere is home!”
“I’m not asking that. The people you brought this time are not just from your regiment, right?”
At this point, Bai Yang’s smile could not be maintained any longer, and his face became solemn as he said with difficulty, “These are all the people in our division.”
Compared to Bai Yang and Li Ran’s helplessness and grief, Wen Le and Xiao Wen looked at each other in shock. Their disbelief was hard to put into words.
“How is this possible!” Wen Le finally managed to squeeze out a sentence in shock.
“Nothing is impossible. When we evacuated from X City, our entire military region had nearly 20,000 people. Now, not just us, but even including the other two surviving divisions, there are probably less than 8,000 people left,” Bai Yang sighed.
Wen Le suppressed his shock and asked, puzzled, “Where did you go after you left X City?”
“B City. Our original goal was B City, but even without the survivors, we couldn’t have made it there with just our forces. After leaving X City, we headed straight north, but the zombies were too dense. And with so many people needing food, gas, and weapons, we could only barely make it to F City, which happened to have a base. But F City didn’t have a military region, so all the base managers were government officials. They accepted the survivors even if they didn’t want to. As for our military’s entry, they didn’t object, but you also experienced the zombie siege at the X City rescue station. Not long after we arrived in F City, a similar situation occurred. That time, the siege was even worse than before, and the F City base was not as strong as a military region. We did our best to defend the base without weapons, fighting with our lives. But those bastards used us as bait and evacuated from the rear, leaving us soldiers foolishly fighting in front. Even after the entire base had been evacuated, we didn’t know and kept defending the empty city. If we hadn’t decided to escort the leader into the base first, we would have fought to the death for that desolate base. In the end, we fought and retreated, returning to the base. When we were about to evacuate, the zombie tide receded, but this time they didn’t come and go in the same direction. They circled around the base and chased after that group of heartless people. The remaining zombies were not worth fearing. After the battle, we gathered the supplies left behind in the base and planned to leave. However, there was a difference of opinion when it came to leaving. The leader wanted to continue north, but Captain Yan gave up and the leader let us go. He also knew that the road north was difficult to traverse. At that time, there were no more military orders to follow. Whoever wanted to go north could follow him, and whoever didn’t could follow Captain Yan.”
Without stopping Bai Yang, Li Ran explained to Xiao Wen and Wen Le. As he recalled his past experiences, a man who had always been very gentle couldn’t help but curse. Although he spoke lightly, the non-intense language was enough to paint a picture of their difficult journey in the minds of Xiao Wen and Wen Le.
“So these people are all unwilling to go north?” After a while, Xiao Wen finally asked.
Li Ran shook his head. “The people from the other two regiments have left. This is the entire force of our 703rd regiment.” As he spoke, Li Ran laughed, a helpless laughter that made his eyes turn red.
Xiao Wen and Wen Le didn’t know how to comfort him, so they could only remain silent.
“Boss Bai, Captain Yan, someone is here.” A thin soldier knocked on the car door and interrupted the suppressed atmosphere inside.
Bai Yang nodded. “I’ll come over later.”
The soldier left after hearing this.
Wen Le smiled and said to Bai Yang, “Brother Bai, although it’s difficult, you guys made it here. This place is almost like paradise in the apocalypse. There are no zombies, and attacks from mutant animals are also rare. Rest assured and recuperate here.”
Bai Yang smiled bitterly. “It’s easy for you to say. There are indeed no zombies here, but to find food, we have to walk for ten days or half a month to come across a small town. And the weather is so fickle!”
When it came to the weather, Bai Yang was almost gnashing his teeth.
It’s still early in the morning and the temperature has just risen above zero to around twenty degrees Celsius. In a couple of hours, it will break forty degrees, not to mention the temperature at noon, which is simply unbearable!
Seeing the distorted expressions on the faces of the three people, Xiao Wen and Wen Le couldn’t help but laugh.
“Then let’s leave early and we’ll be fine when we get to the base,” Xiao Wen said with a smile.
As soon as Xiao Wen finished speaking, he felt the awkward expressions on the faces of the three people across from him.
“What’s wrong?” Wen Le couldn’t help asking.
Although Bai Yang opened his mouth, he couldn’t say anything. It was Li Ran who explained with a straight face.
“Well, there are so many of us…”
Li Ran didn’t finish his sentence, but Wen Le understood what he meant and waved her hand with a smile.
“Don’t worry, the base can accommodate all of you and provide for you!”
The three of them, including White Yang, were stunned, and Liu Yikun hesitantly asked, “Is there food at the base?”
Xiao Wen and Wen Le nodded at the same time.
This time, Bai Yang hesitated, “Even if they can sustain us, are they willing to accept us? That’s nearly 3,000 mouths to feed. And there aren’t many zombies here, so our role wouldn’t be significant.”
As he spoke, under Wen Le’s strange expression, Bai Yang couldn’t continue.
Wen Le looked at Bai Yang and asked, “Who is willing to accept you?”
Bai Yang replied, “The leader of your base.”
Wen Le blinked and pointed to Xiao Wen next to him.
?
Bai Yang didn’t understand.
Wen Le sighed and patted Xiao Wen’s shoulder to explain, “This is the leader of our Apocalypse base!”
The three of Bai Yang widened their eyes, and Xiao Wen nodded helplessly.
“Damn! You guys built your own base?!” Liu Yikun asked incredulously.
Wen Le shrugged, “At the beginning, we swept the building materials market in X city when we left.”
The three of them were completely speechless. They had also swept the city before they left during a time when zombies were scarce, but they only searched for food, medicine, and other necessities. Naturally, they did not discover the traces of Wen Le’s group.
However, under normal circumstances, who would go to sweep the steel and cement that couldn’t be eaten or worn in the end of the world where survival couldn’t be guaranteed?!
Weird!
That’s how Bai Yang and the others could only summarize it.
However, since the base belonged to their own people and they could guarantee food and lodging, they didn’t have to suffer hunger and heat anymore.
“Both of you come with me to see Captain Yan,” Bai Yang immediately got up and opened the car door.
Xiao Wen and Wen Le naturally followed him down. Although they had been communicating with Bai Yang all along, they still had to meet Bai Yang’s immediate superior.
During their time at the rescue station, they had intentionally or unintentionally avoided Captain Yan for various reasons, and they had never seen him even though Bai Yang had mentioned him so many times.
The distance from Bai Yang’s command vehicle was about fifty meters. Even from a distance, Wen Le could feel that the person sitting inside the car was not an ordinary soldier.
Thud thud.
“Captain Yan.” Bai Yang lightly knocked on the car window, and the door opened. Bai Yang saluted the person inside the car.
“At this time, you still do the formalities!” A man’s voice that was not loud but slightly deep came from inside the car.
Bai Yang laughed, “The system must not be abolished!”
The person inside the car cursed with a smile, “You’re still talking about the system with me, you scoundrel! Without military orders, who cares about the system!”
Xiao Wen and Wen Le followed Bai Yang onto the car.
There was an elderly man in his sixties sitting in the middle of the back seat. He had a straight waist and even sitting down, he gave off a stable and calm aura.
“Captain Yan, these are the two I mentioned, Xiao Wen and Wen Le.” Bai Yang turned his head to introduce Wen Le and Xiao Wen to Captain Yan, “Captain Yan Wei Guo, our 703rd regiment commander.”
Xiao Wen took the initiative to shake hands, “Hello, Captain Yan, I’m Xiao Wen.”
Captain Yan smiled and shook his hand.
Because he knew that Xiao Wen did not like physical contact with others, even a simple handshake was not allowed, Wen Le obediently stood behind Xiao Wen and smiled at Yan Wei Guo, “Hello, Captain Yan.”
As soon as Wen Le spoke, not only did Bai Yang laugh, even Captain Yan smiled a little.
Wen Le has a delicate and cute appearance, and with that sentence, it’s like a good student in school greeting the teacher.
“Please have a seat,” said Captain Yan as the three of them sat down.
“Have you made a decision?” Captain Yan looked at Bai Yang.
Bai Yang nodded happily, “We’ll just drive to their base later. They said they have enough space and resources to accommodate and support us.”
Captain Yan raised his eyebrows, “You built your own base?”
Xiao Wen nodded, “It’s not big, and not very well-equipped.”
Captain Yan nodded, “Young people, not bad!”
In his earlier years, Yan Wei Guo had been to the Tibetan area, and since the X military district was not far from the area, he naturally had a general understanding of the situation there. When he located the place where Xiao Wen and his group were staying through the locator earlier, Yan Wei Guo noticed that there were no fixed buildings or towns nearby. To be able to build a base on the boundless grassland, no matter how big or complete it was, was not something an ordinary person could do. It seemed that Bai Yang’s high regard for them was not wrong, and they were even stronger than Bai Yang’s highest expectations.
Although Yan Wei Guo only said “very good” in three words, Bai Yang, who had been sick under Yan Wei Guo for a lifetime, naturally understood his thoughts. He jokingly told Yan Wei Guo that they were like them in the past, but instead of scavenging for food like they did, they were scavenging for steel and concrete!
Hearing Bai Yang’s words, Yan Wei Guo burst into laughter.
“Not bad! They have foresight!”
Originally, they didn’t think there was anything special, but being laughed at twice within half an hour, Xiao Wen and Wen Le exchanged a glance and also found their past behavior quite funny.
This foresight was not ordinary at all!
“So shall we set off now?” Bai Yang asked for permission after the laughter.
Yan Wei Guo nodded.
“Let’s leave early, otherwise it’ll be too difficult to endure at noon,” said someone.
As Bai Yang got off the vehicle, Wen Le hesitated for a moment before taking out an iron bucket from his space. The bucket contained ice cubes that had been mass-frozen in the base, as those who were patrolling outside had to endure the scorching heat. Thus, Wen Le had stored a large quantity of ice cubes in his space so that they could be taken out whenever they were needed. This time, he gave some to the resolute old man to help him withstand the heat.
Regarding the space, almost everyone in the base knew about it, so there was no need to be secretive. Anyway, they would find out about it when they entered the base.
At Wen Le’s action, Yan Wei Guo smiled knowingly. No matter how well-behaved Wen Le had just been, his strong and indifferent eyes could not escape Yan Wei Guo’s scrutiny. Yet, with such an effortless gesture, those who were observant could sense the kindness behind his strength and indifference.
In this apocalypse, continuing to be kind and ignorant would only lead to being washed away by the tide. Only by learning to be strong and indifferent towards things could they ensure their own and other’s safety.
What a smart kid he is! Or maybe it was a memorable experience that made him smart! Yan Wei Guo sighed silently.
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