#23 - Chapter 23 Return with a full load!
Time shifts back to the morning.
On Qin Jin's combat team's side.
The first objective of the morning was successfully completed, and their convoy quickly rushed to the next destination.
The next target was in the near suburbs of Guangyuan City, more than forty kilometers away.
It took them nearly two hours to get there!
There were many abandoned vehicles encountered on the road, some parked in the middle of the road completely blocking it.
They had no choice but to send team members to get out of the car and use tools to drag or push the cars to the side before they could continue driving, stopping and starting along the way.
Occasionally, they would encounter zombies blocking the road and would simply crash into them.
The modified front steel beam of the off-road vehicle that Qin Jin was originally riding in was completely deformed, so he had to switch to another one to lead the way.
When he encountered good off-road vehicles and trucks on the road, he would have his team members check them, and if the damage wasn't too severe, he would take them along.
Anyway, all the combat team members knew how to drive.
On the way to their destination, the convoy's vehicles were increasing all the way!
Especially some box trucks or trucks, which were good things to have in the apocalypse.
Relying solely on cars or off-road vehicles to search for supplies wouldn't work; the carrying capacity was too different. Trucks and lorries were the main force for transporting goods.
They had high horsepower, could withstand modifications, and were essential for the apocalypse.
Of course, it wasn't that cars were useless; it depended on the occasion. For simple travel, cars were definitely better.
After the apocalypse, few people pursued extreme speed. Being able to drive at 60-80 km/h on the road was considered lucky.
Moreover, there were many obstacles on the road, and after a long time, the roads would be dilapidated due to lack of maintenance, making it miserable for cars with low chassis.
Stopping and starting like this, it took nearly two hours to reach the next destination.
Near the suburbs of Guangyuan City.
This area was already considered a near suburb, with many buildings around. It wasn't a bustling urban area, but it had a small population.
Qin Jin knew that this trip would be difficult, so he had already prepared himself.
He opened the sunroof of the car, stood up, leaned out, and used the binoculars he was carrying to look at the city bureau in the distance.
He estimated the distance to be nearly three hundred meters.
He had scouted this place before the apocalypse, so he knew the general layout of the city bureau.
But at that time, he couldn't go deep. He only managed to sneak into the lobby to observe, and in order not to attract attention, he had to leave first. It wasn't possible to find relevant information online for money, as it wasn't on the same level as towns or counties.
This time, he needed to observe again and confirm the situation before taking action.
At this moment, Li Bowen's voice came from the intercom.
"President Qin, there are zombies appearing outside. They may have been attracted by the noise of our vehicles."
Qin Jin scanned the surroundings and, sure enough, some zombies were gradually walking out of some buildings in the distance.
"Everyone, silent and concealed! Use crossbows to deal with the zombies that come over!"
The order was quickly issued, and the convoy quickly calmed down. The team members held their breaths and stopped making noise, keeping a close watch on the outside.
Perhaps because the noise wasn't loud or they concealed themselves quickly, many zombies came out but didn't find anything, and slowly walked back into the shadows.
It was past ten o'clock, the sun was scorching, and only a few zombies, attracted by something unknown, were wandering on the road.
Newly mutated zombies had more sensitive senses of smell and hearing than humans, but they hadn't reached their peak yet.
According to what was said in his previous life, zombies' sense of smell and hearing would only reach their peak nearly a month after the night of mutation.
They could smell human scent from a hundred meters away upwind, and hear movements from a hundred meters away in a quiet environment, which was a nightmare.
They were stronger at night than during the day.
The corpse fog days were even more terrifying.
That was when survival was difficult.
The virus abandoned the zombies' vision and strengthened their sense of smell and hearing. Their physical limiters were also removed, making the zombies even more terrifying.
This was why Qin Jin was so insistent on coming out to search for supplies immediately.
This month was the best golden time. It would be much more difficult to search for supplies later.
He saw that the surrounding situation was temporarily normal.
So he took out the drone with a new battery and flew it into the sky.
He wanted to observe the overall terrain and formulate escape routes and detailed battle plans first.
This location was different from the county town just now. Even though this was a near suburb, it still belonged to the core of Guangyuan City, and the population was much larger than before.
That meant the number of zombies was even more terrifying, and they had to be more cautious.
The drone circled the area twice. Li Bowen, Zhang Tiankai, Chen Junchi, and Zhong Yu, the several squad leaders, gathered in his car.
Through discussion, they quickly formulated a route.
Then the drone flew towards the city bureau.
This city bureau was very large, with an overall area estimated to be over ten thousand square meters, surrounded by walls and fences.
There were three buildings alone, the tallest of which had fifteen floors!
The two adjacent buildings had five and seven floors!
At this time, the entire city bureau was quiet.
Burnt smoke was coming out of some windows in the front parking lot and the building.
There were vehicle collisions everywhere downstairs, a sign of chaos.
Clearly, this mission was very difficult.
"Damn! It's a Saber-Toothed Tiger!"
Zhang Tiankai, who was watching the drone footage, suddenly exclaimed, pointing to a spot on the screen.
The others looked over and saw a huge vehicle there!
Qin Jin controlled the drone to get closer, and everyone could see clearly. It was a large anti-riot police vehicle with four large wheels, all-black paint, windows and windshields all with protective mesh, and several large spotlights on the roof!
The large monster nicknamed Saber-Toothed Tiger!
Everyone's mouths were watering as they looked at it.
This car could attract the eyes of all men and was the big toy that big boys dreamed of!
It must be brought back to the base!
Everyone thought tacitly.
After ten minutes of discussion, everyone had formulated a plan.
It was still the classic kite tactic, but the details were modified to suit the environment.
First, lure all the zombies out of the city bureau, have someone take them away to kite them, and pull them as far away as possible.
Then, have the others drive into the city bureau's courtyard, block the exits with several trucks, and search the buildings!
The plan was simple and direct, and everyone agreed.
After the squad leaders communicated with their respective team members, they began to act.
This time, two drones were dispatched, first flying to the center of the road opposite the city bureau.
The special model of the sound-emitting ball was activated.
This type of sound-emitting ball could emit sound in a specific direction, while the sound in the other directions was much smaller.
It was a small product that Qin Jin had previously found someone to develop for money. The technology content wasn't high, but it was very practical.
Zhong Yu and the others were curious about where Qin Jin got this kind of good thing.
Qin Jin had no choice but to say that it was something he had tinkered with out of his hobbies.
He even briefly introduced the principle: The sound-emitting ball contained some simple circuits, a wireless receiving RF module controlled by a microcontroller. After receiving the remote control signal, it sent a signal to the power chip through the I/O port to turn on the power of the speaker. It could also manage units separately, emit sound in different directions, and had a 3300mAh 18650 battery, which could continuously emit sound at full power for 5 hours. The cost could be kept below 50 Hua coins.
The others were dumbfounded and were truly impressed by their boss, who really knew everything.
"Recycle refrigerators, air conditioners, water heaters, washing machines, recycle broken mobile phones, broken TVs, old computers————"
A familiar male voice rang out.
Immediately, the city bureau was like a pond with a stone thrown into it, and ripples spread.
In just a few seconds, a large wave of zombies rushed out of the main entrance of the tallest building in the middle of the city bureau!
They ran quickly towards the drone, and some zombies also rushed out of the other two buildings.
In just a few minutes, hundreds of zombies were lured out and surrounded the drone.
Even though some were lured from other places, the combat team members were still amazed.
It was estimated that it would break a thousand soon!
After seeing that no new zombies were appearing in the city bureau building, Qin Jin knew it was about time.
It was unrealistic to completely lure them all out.
Some who didn't come out for various reasons would inevitably need them to go in and deal with.
He instructed the two team members operating the drone to control the zombie horde and carefully lead them away from here, and then return to the team or find a place to stand guard depending on the situation.
A dozen minutes later, seeing that the drone had attracted all the zombies around, the remaining people quickly started their vehicles and drove into the city bureau.
After entering, they used two trucks to block the entrance, and the rest got out of the vehicles to organize their equipment and wait for action.
"Tsk tsk! This car is really mighty and handsome. President Qin, I just checked and there's no problem inside. It can still be started, and it's even full of fuel. We can drive it away together when we leave!"
Zhang Tiankai, who got out of the car, couldn't help but run over to look at this Saber-Toothed Tiger. This big beast was too attractive.
The others also looked at this monster, which was 6.7 meters long, 2.36 meters wide, and 3 meters high, and clicked their tongues in amazement.
Qin Jin, of course, had no objections to this.
Without wasting any more time, the squad leaders gathered their team members, and everyone began to choose the largest building here to search!
This time, the captains had all switched to pistols and submachine guns, the team members also had crossbows, and almost everyone had a machete.
The overall strength was much stronger than before.
But the area to be searched this time was even larger, and no one dared to be careless.
It was still divided into three teams. Qin Jin led a team with Liu Haowen, Li Bowen and Zhong Yu led a team, and Chen Junchi led a team alone.
After entering the lobby, it was the same scene of chaos.
After confirming that there were no zombies, everyone didn't stop and quickly dispersed according to the division of labor plan they had made before.
Qin Jin led the team members to quickly find the stairs. He wanted to start searching from the third floor.
This time, he didn't know where the armory was, so he would do a carpet search.
Anyway, it was daytime now, and there were walls and fences outside. A team member was arranged at the parking place to stay and pay attention to the surrounding situation.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the zombies in the bureau were eliminated, this place could be slowly unlocked.
After the team members entered combat mode, they were all silent and acted quickly.
The night of mutation occurred at night. The Guangyuan City Bureau had already closed at that time, so there were not many people left, mainly some overtime staff and night shift staff.
There were also some citizens who were here for various reasons. When the night of mutation broke out, this place didn't hold up and was destroyed by more and more zombies.
At this time, the building was quiet.
The corridor emergency lights were on, some doors were open, and various documents and supplies were scattered on the ground. Occasionally, some blood stains could be seen on the ground and walls, as if there had been a riot here, giving people the feeling of entering a horror movie.
Reality was a horror movie.
The combat team members carefully searched the rooms, paying attention to the words marked on the doorplates.
Most of them were office-related. Perhaps because it happened at night, they found that many rooms were still tidy and had not experienced chaos.
They also didn't find what they needed.
Ten minutes later, Qin Jin's team had searched up to the ninth floor. After reaching the floor, the team members quickly separated to check the rooms. They found that this was more efficient at this time.
Just as Qin Jin stepped into an unlit room, he heard a roar from the corridor behind him!
He quickly turned back and saw that a team member had been knocked to the ground by a zombie wearing a police uniform!
Without saying a word, he flew over and kicked the zombie's arm!
He directly kicked the zombie, which was still trying to bite the team member, towards the wall next to it. After hitting the wall, it rolled down.
Before the zombie landed, he stepped forward, pulled out his machete, and with a strong horizontal slash, he cut off the zombie's neck on the spot!
The whole process took no more than five seconds.
After confirming that the danger was eliminated, he turned around and asked the team member who had been knocked down, "Are you okay?"
"N-No problem."
The team member said in shock.
Clearly, he had been quite frightened. Just now, as soon as he opened the door, the zombie pounced on him.
Fortunately, he reacted and used his shield to block it.
"Check yourself to see if you are injured. If you are injured, speak up. If not, continue to act!"
Qin Jin didn't let him talk nonsense. Seeing that his body was intact, he should not have been bitten.
He reminded the other team members who had gathered around to watch over the frightened team member and strengthen their attention, then turned around and continued searching.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, it didn't matter if they lacked experience. As long as they could continue to live, they would eventually master their own survival skills.
He would help if he could, hoping that these people could stand alone in the future.
It took nearly half an hour.
The three teams hastily searched this building and did not find any weapons, not even a personal pistol, let alone an armory.
It seemed that some people had directly mutated into zombies with their pistols, and this building did not have an armory.
Everyone left the building and gathered again in the open space on the first floor.
They communicated with the personnel left outside and the personnel operating the drone, and there was nothing unusual.
So they prepared to continue searching the other five-story building.
Still in the three-team mode, searching by area.
Qin Jin's team went directly to the third floor. Before they found their target, Chen Junchi's voice came from the intercom (the intercom can be set to on/off).
"Attention all units, I have a discovery, I have a discovery! Please come to the southwest corner of the first floor immediately! Repeat, please come to the southwest corner!"
Hearing this information, Qin Jin's team did not hesitate, gave up continuing to search this floor, and went directly back to the first floor through the stairs!
Arriving on the first floor, they saw that Li Bowen's team had just arrived as well. They had just gone to the second floor, and then they went together to find Chen Junchi in the southwest direction.
After turning several corners, they finally saw Chen Junchi and the others on a certain corridor.
They were standing in front of an iron gate, with the words "Weapons and Equipment" written in large letters above the door!!
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Qin Jin knocked on the iron door, listened carefully for a moment, then took out his old partner and started fiddling with the lock.
Perhaps the lock was indeed of excellent quality and security, as it took Qin Jin several minutes to hear a 'click' and open it.
He carefully pushed open the iron door, and unsurprisingly, the first thing that came into view was their target – weapons!
For a moment.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat at the sight inside!
Behind the door was a huge space filled with all kinds of weapons!
Various types of guns: Type 54 pistol, Type 64 pistol, Type 77 pistol, Type 92 pistol, Type 05 revolver, Type 06 submachine gun, Type 79 submachine gun, Type 95 automatic rifle.
And various police equipment: batons, handcuffs, tear gas, strong flashlights, first aid kits, cut-resistant gloves, bulletproof vests, stab-resistant clothing, and stun guns.
A dazzling array!
Worthy of being a city's police headquarters!
They also saw several sniper rifles!
We're rich!
Without any need for words, those three words were on everyone's mind at that moment.
Qin Jin didn't expect to really find so many, and such a complete range of weapons!
He had been hopeful before, but he was still shocked by the treasure before him.
But it's not home yet, and they can't relax, so he quickly composed himself.
He ordered the crowd: "Alright, everyone stop gawking. Bowen, Junchi, A'Yu, you guys quickly count the number of weapons here. The rest of you start packing, let's hurry!"
"Yes!"
Everyone acted quickly, searching for containers to pack the supplies directly in the warehouse. If there weren't enough here, they'd look outside.
There were too many, and it would definitely take a lot of effort to pack them all. There was no time to delay for too long.
They arrived here at a little after ten o'clock, dawdled for a while, planned, lured away the zombies, searched a building, and now it was already noon!
Everyone didn't have time for lunch, moving the weapons was the priority!
Damn, this work is more satisfying than eating!
The team members touched and felt the weapons as they moved them, sometimes wishing they could kiss them.
That's how much they loved these things.
Qin Jin was also helping, taking the time to talk to the team members flying the drone, reminding them to pay attention to battery consumption and distance, and to come back when they were almost done here.
It was so great!
They were moving their girlfriends!
Qin Jin had already said that after they returned and everyone was familiar with the operation of the firearms, everyone could be armed!
If you want a machine gun, take a machine gun, if you want a pistol, take a pistol!
From now on, the combat team would be upgraded from small arms to heavy artillery!
Happy work time passes quickly.
It wasn't until 1:30 that all the weapons were packed and moved onto the vehicles.
It took a full five trucks!
Fortunately, they had brought extra vehicles along the way, otherwise the few vehicles from the base wouldn't have been able to hold it all!
At this time, Zhong Yu came over to report the harvest to Qin Jin. He held a notebook and counted to Qin Jin:
"President Qin, this harvest includes 72 various pistols! 31 various machine guns and submachine guns! 11 shotguns! 7 sniper rifles! 800 various grenades! More than 30,000 rounds of ammunition! Various combat supplies, a lot!"
They really struck it rich!
These weapons are enough for the base to use for a while!
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Qin Jin nodded and said:
"Good! Good! Good! Everyone has worked hard this time! We'll talk more when we get back to the base, everyone hurry up and eat!"
Everyone then remembered that it was past lunchtime, and they all grinned and took out simple food, or went to the car to get simple dry food.
They brought compressed biscuits and instant noodles and other easy-to-eat foods when they came out for combat, and they also brought rice and flour, but it depended on the occasion. Now there was obviously no time to cook slowly.
The group ate and rested in the building where they found the weapons.
They also notified the two 'shepherding' team members outside to eat their assigned food first.
Qin Jin calculated that it was almost two o'clock now, and it wasn't realistic to go to the next destination, but going straight back to the base seemed a little early.
Since the journey from here to the base was about an hour and a half, they might as well scavenge the city bureau thoroughly.
Logically, there should be an employee cafeteria inside, and some food and other supplies stored.
After communicating with several squad leaders, he quickly got everyone's agreement.
It was decided to continue the operation after eating, and search for the remaining supplies here, load them onto the vehicles and take them away.
They set a time limit of one hour, and everyone acted quickly, continuing to set off in three teams.
Here they indeed found the cafeteria, and obtained several hundred kilograms of rice and flour inside.
There were also various oils, salts, sauces, vinegars, and some vegetables and meats that hadn't spoiled, which were all packed and loaded onto the vehicles without hesitation.
They didn't let go of any eye-catching supplies in the building, such as medical kits, cigarettes, snacks, and other personal items.
Anyway, it was all free, and they took as much as they could within the time limit.
At three o'clock, the search ended.
Even the fuel in some of the cars in the parking lot was not wasted. They used the oil extraction equipment they brought to extract it and fill up the car's fuel tanks.
Everyone was exhausted. They had been busy all day since they came out this morning. If they weren't excited, they would have been too tired to move.
Qin Jin saw that the team members were ready, and communicated with the 'shepherding' team members to let them leave the 'flock' and return to the team.
He himself took the lead and got into the fully fueled Saber-Toothed Tiger!
Rumble—
The low roar of the engine sounded, and all the vehicles started.
At this time, the team members were too lazy to consider whether doing so would attract zombies. Even if they noticed them, they wouldn't be able to catch up!
The Saber-Toothed Tiger took the lead onto the national highway, and the convoy followed one after another. The shepherding team members also rushed back from nearby. In an instant, the convoy reached fifteen vehicles!
That's twice as many as when they came!
Rumble——
All the cars accelerated.
Carrying the full load of supplies, they drove towards the road home.
(End of this chapter)
