Threat from Monkey Pack. Before departing in the morning, Xiao Wen notified everyone during the assembly. Once again, as they set off, Xiao Wen’s tightly clenched fists and shining eyes directly indicated the boiling blood within his heart.
On the other hand, Wen Le continued to endure Han Yi Feng’s excited murmurs, it seems that the child still hasn’t digested the true purpose of their trip.
From the direction, they could brush against the edge of F City and enter the mountains directly without passing through the city. This saved them a lot of trouble as the loss of life and danger within a city were not few in number. It was best to avoid it if possible, just as they had been avoiding densely populated towns along the way.
After more than three hours, although the weather was not as extreme as in the Tibetan area, the unusual Central Plains environment was not so comfortable either. The temperature gradually rose to around thirty degrees by ten o’clock, and by noon, it could reach thirty-four or five degrees.
Although occasional gunshots could make everyone alert, the stuffy car environment still made people feel sleepy and lethargic.
Wen Le forced herself to stay alert, occasionally looking at nearby landmarks to estimate the distance.
“Boss, Wen Shao, we have a problem.” Chen Ye was responsible for driving this time. Mo Yan sat in the front passenger seat and had been observing the surroundings. Suddenly, he spoke up and broke the silence in the car.
Xiao Wen and Wen Le looked in the direction Mo Yan pointed, which should be where F City was located.
They seemed to vaguely see something, but because it was too far away, Wen Le took out her binoculars and carefully observed from the skylight.
“Xiao Wen, let the convoy stop!” After seeing clearly, Wen Le quickly said to Xiao Wen.
Xiao Wen did not hesitate, he picked up the walkie-talkie and asked the convoy to pull over. Fortunately, they were walking on a rural road with few nearby zombies, and there was no danger of being surrounded if they stopped.
After stopping the car, Wen Le did not say anything and went back to the car to hand the telescope to Xiao Wen, indicating that he should take a look himself.
Through the telescope, thick smoke rose in the direction of F City, clearly not the situation that a normal dead city in the apocalypse should have.
Zombies do not understand how to start a fire, and the possibility of such a large-scale fire is very low. Moreover, if the weather were dry, the fire would not have continued until now, it should have burned out long ago.
“It should be caused by people.” After seeing it, Xiao Wen went back to the car.
Wen Le nodded, “It’s possible that it’s caused by humans and zombies using abilities. Humans may avoid some things, but zombies don’t have the brain to know what can and cannot be burned.”
“What should we do now?” Chen Ye couldn’t help but ask.
There was also an inquiry on the walkie-talkie.
Wen Le briefly explained the situation on the walkie-talkie, but it was met with silence.
“Let’s mind our own business. I mean, with the strength of our convoy, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to provoke us.” Han Yi Feng felt that there was no need to be so cautious.
He was right, the whole convoy of over 700 people were all capable of using their powers, and their weapons were on par with most regular armies. Most forces would have to detour when they saw them.
But it’s better to be safe than sorry. Xiao Wen and Wen Le didn’t want anything unexpected to happen when they were close to their destination.
Moreover, Wen Le didn’t know why, but after seeing the billowing smoke, he had an inexplicable sense of unease.
“Mo Yan, you lead the convoy to stay here. Xiao Wen (Wen Le) and I will go check it out,” Xiao Wen decided to be cautious and determine what was happening in F City before deciding whether to continue forward.
Chen Ye moved aside to give way to Xiao Wen, and everyone got out of the car except Wen Le, who stayed in the passenger seat.
“Be careful,” Mo Yan couldn’t help but remind them.
Wen Le nodded to him, and the car slowly drove towards F City.
The closer they got to F City, the more uneasy Wen Le felt. After leaving the convoy, they went directly onto the highway that led to F City.
As they got closer to the city center, the population became denser. Moreover, Xiao Wen was not driving fast, so they should have attracted the attention of zombies. But they had been driving for a long time and no zombies had come close.
“Xiao Wen, look ahead.” Wen Le suddenly points ahead.
Xiao Wen stops the car and looks ahead. The two of them feel a sense of dread.
The highway ahead is clear, without any obstacles, but on either side of the clear road are various vehicles obviously overturned by brute force.
“It should be the work of the clearing car,” Xiao Wen says slowly. He saw the clearing car clearing the road when they followed Bai Yang’s army into X City, just like the scene in front of them.
Wen Le doesn’t say anything. A team that can use a clearing car to clear the road might not be something their convoy can afford to provoke.
Starting the car again, the speed is even slower than before. When passing the overturned cars on the roadside, Wen Le can’t help but look closely. Many of the marks on the car bodies are newly made, indicating that the group of people had been there in the past few days.
The two of them move forward cautiously and still haven’t found anything unusual until they enter F City.
Inside the city, there are far more zombie corpses lying around than on the highway, and Wen Le’s mental power sweeps over them, discovering that many of the second-level zombie crystals are still inside the bodies and haven’t been dug out.
Wen Le has a vague idea of who these people might be.
“Xiao Wen, I think the situation is very bad,” Wen Le says with difficulty.
Xiao Wen has been frowning the whole time and hasn’t relaxed. When he hears Wen Le’s words, he glances at him.
Wen Le smiles wryly and continues, “These zombies haven’t had their crystals removed.”
Xiao Wen doesn’t need Wen Le to continue. He already understands.
Wen Le had said that crystal nuclei were already circulating as currency in the Central Plains region. Therefore, anyone who killed zombies would not let the crystal nuclei go to waste.
If they knew the value of the nuclei but didn’t take them, it could only mean that their time was too tight and their goals were much more important than these nuclei.
As for F City and its surroundings, apart from the arsenal mentioned by Yan Wei Guo, Xiao Wen couldn’t think of anything more important than crystal nuclei.
From the high-speed road they had just traveled, it led to the direction of the Tibetan area. They didn’t take the high-speed road initially because if they went on the F City high-speed road, it would take a longer route to their base than directly crossing over.
“It seems the more we try to hide, the less we can.” Xiao Wen sighed.
At this point, if they still didn’t know that the group of people ahead of them came from the Tibetan military region, then they were fools!
From the position of the Tibetan military region to F City, taking the high-speed road was the fastest route. Moreover, as of now, perhaps only the Tibetan area had not yet started using crystal nuclei as currency. After all, the number of zombies in the Tibetan area was too small, and the amount of crystal nuclei was not enough for normal circulation.
Wen Le leaned silently against the back of his chair, feeling a little lost in thought about what to do next.
Since the Tibetan military region went through so much trouble to come here, their purpose could only be the arsenal. Furthermore, since Yan Wei Guo knew about the largest arsenal in the country, the leader of the Tibetan region couldn’t possibly not know.
After planning for so long, they had overlooked such a crucial point.
“Let’s go back first. No matter what we plan next, we can’t let the convoy stay there. If the military region’s people change their route on their way back, it will be really troublesome if they run into us.” After a moment of thought, Wen Le patted Xiao Wen’s arm.
Xiao Wen remained silent as he turned the car around and quickly returned the way they came.
“What’s going on?” Han Yifeng couldn’t help but run up and ask as he approached the convoy.
Mo Yan looked at the serious expressions of Xiao Wen and Wen Le and couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
“Everyone get on the car, we’re heading back the way we came, back to the village we were at before,” Wen Le said to the approaching people.
Seeing the serious expressions of the two, no one asked any questions and quickly got on the car, all turning around and heading back.
“Wen, what’s going on?” Han Yi Feng couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked.
Wen Le paused and sighed.
“Our target has been taken by someone else.”
“Who?”
“The military district in the Tibetan region.”
Upon hearing this, Mo Yan realized the severity of the situation. Chen Ye and Han Yi Feng didn’t know about the military district in the Tibetan region, but Mo Yan had learned about it from Han Ya. He didn’t expect that they hadn’t encountered it during their time in Tibet, but instead they encountered it after they left.
After another three hours, the entire convoy returned to the village.
On that day, they didn’t do anything else but drove around for fun.
Despite knowing that it was a waste of time, they had no other choice.
Returning to the room where they had stayed the previous night, Xiao Wen and Wen Le sat on the bed at a loss.
“We can’t just turn back like this, can we?!” Wen Le said unwillingly.
Xiao Wen narrowed his eyes. “Definitely not. If we go back empty-handed, it wouldn’t even be worth the gasoline we wasted on this trip!”
Wen Le pinched his brow, feeling a headache coming on. “Then what should we do? Maybe we could wait here until those people leave and then go into the mountains. After all, they don’t have as much space as I do, so they can’t take the machines with them.”
Xiao Wen shook his head. “My concern is that their goal is the same as ours.”
“How could that be?! Although I haven’t seen the machines used to manufacture weapons, I imagine they must be quite large. The space of a normal psychic can’t even accommodate them!” Wen Le immediately dismissed the idea.
Xiao Wen sighed, “That’s not what I mean. I’m worried that they’ll station people at the factory to produce weapons continuously.”
Wen Le was stunned. After thinking carefully, what Xiao Wen said made a lot of sense. Yan Wei Guo had also said that the ambitious first battle couldn’t possibly only be a one-time deal. If they wanted to become a dominant force in the apocalypse and rule over the area, they needed a continuous supply of weapons.
“What should we do?!” Wen Le asked anxiously. If what Xiao Wen guessed was true, then they really would have made a wasted trip.
What should they do? Xiao Wen gritted his teeth. “Even if it means stealing, we have to take those machines! If they really get their hands on those machines, we won’t just return empty-handed. We might not have any peaceful days in the Tibetan area for a while! Once they have enough weapons, their first step will definitely be to rule over the entire area!”
Xiao Wen’s words were not wrong, but steal? Wen Le was speechless. Was it even possible to steal something like that?
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