#185 - Chapter 185 Crowd
On a small road in Mentang Town.
The snow that fell last night had covered the road with a layer of silver frost.
In the early morning, four vehicles were speeding along the road.
Two of these vehicles were vans, and the other two were SUVs, all equipped with protective nets and collision steel bars, and the tires were fitted with non-metallic anti-skid chains.
Some parts of the vehicles were also fitted with sound insulation cotton, making them relatively quiet on the road.
Brother Li and the others were sitting in two of the vans.
"Where are they taking us? Are they going to sell us off?"
Xiao Cong asked nervously in the car.
Arriving at this Green Source Base yesterday, it was quite different from what he had imagined.
"Shh, keep your voice down."
Brother Li winked at him and said softly.
The drivers were still Green Source Base personnel; it wouldn't be good to say such things in front of them.
"Don't worry, we're almost there. It's just ahead."
Wang Yang, sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and smiled at them, simply saying that and pointing to the building ahead.
They had been driving for less than ten minutes since getting in the car when they arrived at their destination.
The vehicles stopped in front of a factory gate. Two team members jumped out of the front SUV to unlock the gate. All the vehicles entered in single file, and the two team members closed the gate again.
Wang Yang led Brother Li and the others out of the car, pointing to one of the largest office buildings and introducing:
"This will be where you live from now on. Let's unload your luggage first, and I'll slowly introduce you to the place."
Next, Brother Li and his group were led around the factory by Wang Yang.
The factory wasn't too big, only a few thousand square meters.
It had a perimeter wall of more than two meters high, not great, but not bad either.
Normally, as long as the number of survivors living inside wasn't too large, the human scent wouldn't be too strong, and there wouldn't be too many zombies coming to harass them at night, making it defensible.
Qin Jin's limit for the number of people at such a location was less than 100.
More than 20 people was one level during the corpse fog days, and more than 100 people was another level. He would have other ways to help these survivors survive when the corpse fog days came again.
Wang Yang's introduction was quick, and Li Shenglin and the others roughly knew how to live here in the future.
"That's roughly it. This will be where you live from now on. I hope you can cherish it. More people will come to join you here in the future, and Green Source will send people to manage it."
"We will help you install protective nets and steel plates on your vehicles. We will drive them over later, so you can be safer when you go out in the future."
Saying that, Wang Yang took out a piece of paper from a briefcase he was carrying and said to him seriously:
"Regarding the exchange of food, you can read this information carefully when you get back. It lists many materials and tasks that can be exchanged for food. It's cold now, but some things are relatively easy to obtain as long as you put in some effort."
"You can still find some fuel outside, so I suggest you go out and collect it as soon as possible. It will probably be harder to find later when there are more survivors here."
"That's roughly it. It's cold now, so you can prepare heating items as soon as possible. If you can't find them, you can also exchange them with us by doing tasks."
After speaking, he handed the paper in his hand to Brother Li.
Li Shenglin carefully took the paper, as if it weighed a thousand pounds. This was their guarantee for survival in the future.
"Alright, you can have free time for now. Our people will continue to be here today to finish the remaining tasks. When your vehicles come back later, they will give you a map of the Mentang Town area, so you can go out and do tasks."
After Wang Yang finished explaining, he got into a van and returned to the base. There might be other survivors arriving today that needed his attention.
Li Shenglin and the others, left in place, couldn't help but look at each other. After a long while, they walked back into the building because of the cold.
They needed to discuss how to do some tasks required by the Green Source Base based on the list Wang Yang gave them.
*****
Noon.
As the combat team members finished distributing the leaflets in the surrounding cities for the last time today, they returned to the base, parked the helicopter, and performed maintenance.
They had carried out many flight missions recently, consuming a lot of aviation fuel, so they needed to use it sparingly.
At this point, the publicity work was finally completed.
As for the effect it would have, it depended on how it developed later.
In reality.
Not only Guangyuan City.
Even many surrounding cities.
Many survivors were already rushing to this Green Source Base, which had helicopters and had announced a lot of useful information for the end of the world!
Such a base that dared to use such high-profile publicity methods shouldn't be too bad, right?
Although there were still many people who were skeptical or simply not interested in leaving their current residence.
It didn't prevent a considerable number of people who were interested in this from starting to rush to Fenghuo County in Guangyuan City.
Undoubtedly, Mentang Town had become the center of this small vortex!
Wan City.
A small town about twenty kilometers away from the former Wan City Base.
An inconspicuous car wash shop had a heavy truck parked in the original car wash warehouse.
The truck's exterior was covered in black and red blood stains, the front of the truck was severely damaged, and the windshield was shattered into a spider web pattern.
At this time, on the second floor of this car wash, two men were sitting face to face, discussing in a low voice.
"If what this leaflet says is true, I think we can go and join them. The zombie density in Wan City is too high. We also saw the disaster a few days ago. I don't want to experience it again!"
"The entire Wan City Base has been destroyed. Besides the two of us, there probably aren't many other survivors."
"Chen Gang, let's go to Guangyuan City!"
One of the men on the second floor, facing another man with a weathered and haggard face who looked nearly forty years old, advised.
The man was silent for a while, looked at the information on the leaflet, and nodded with a complicated expression, saying:
"Let's go."
"I used to live in Fenghuo County, so I'm quite familiar with the roads there."
The man opposite him, who looked a few years younger and also had a haggard face, smiled and said:
"Then I'll go pack my things, and then go out to find some fuel. After filling up the car, we'll start heading over!"
Saying that, he had already stood up and started to move.
The weathered man remained in place.
He looked at the leaflet again, sighed, and said in a voice that only he could hear:
"Alas, I didn't expect that after all this wandering, I'd still be going back to Fenghuo County."
This man named Chen Gang was none other than Brother Chen, who had fled from Fenghuo County to the Wan City Base!
*****
On this day.
Not only Brother Chen, but many survivors in multiple cities began to rush to that Green Source Base.
Being able to survive the onslaught of berserk zombies, and the various information written on the leaflets.
That might be a new land of hope!
(End of chapter)
