#343 - Chapter 343 External Situation

"My name is Xiao Ming, I think I've seen you before!"

Inside an abandoned factory in Shenzhen.

Team Leader Li and the other Green Source team members were surprised to hear the man say this.

As soon as the man named Xiao Ming finished speaking, Team Leader Li, who was standing to the side, actually showed a look of realization!

Li Bowen actually felt strange when this man came out.

This man gave him a somewhat familiar feeling.

As if he had seen him somewhere before.

But he couldn't remember for a moment.

It wasn't until the other party mentioned Zhushi Expressway that he finally remembered!

Just last year, not long after the end of the world began, President Qin took them to Zhushi to look for arms. On the way back after finding the weapons, they did encounter this man!

Although the other party had become more unkempt due to the passage of time and life's hardships, Li Bowen still remembered that this man was the one they met on the highway at that time and had some communication with President Qin!

"Aren't you from the Yangcheng Shelter? How did you end up here?"

Team Leader Li asked directly.

This was also his confusion after remembering the other party's identity.

When they met the other party at that time, he was leading a convoy that looked quite strong. Later, he heard President Qin talk about them being members of the largest shelter in Yangcheng.

How could they have fallen to the point of seeking survival in a remote factory in Shenzhen?

"Ah, it's a long story. If you're willing to listen, I can slowly introduce it to you. If you don't mind, you can come in here and rest. We really don't have any malicious intentions, we just want to survive."

Xiao Ming sighed and said in a low mood.

Confirmed.

The other party was indeed the person with a seemingly strong transportation team that he met on the Zhushi Expressway last year!

Seeing the other party's fierce firepower in the factory just now to kill the zombies, it can be seen that their weapons and ammunition should not be too short.

They should have been living quite well during this period.

Thinking of the destroyed Yangcheng Shelter, and the chief and comrades who fought to the last moment, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Those dregs of the Yangcheng Shelter!

Why can they still live well until now, but those of them who fought for humanity have died one after another!?

Is it fair?

It's not fair!

But there's nowhere to tell.

Team Leader Li and the other team members heard this, and since the other party was willing for them to come in and rest, that would be great.

Compared to staying in the car, it's definitely more comfortable in a building.

Without hesitation, Team Leader Li directly ordered the team members to search the building!

Although this is not very polite.

But there's no way.

One's own safety is important.

If they offend the other party, they will at most compensate them with something later.

Soon, a few people who were setting up defenses over there came over, and a few team members remained outside to observe the situation of the zombies.

At this time, although the rain had weakened, it was still quite heavy.

There were two or three hundred zombies surrounding the factory. Perhaps because they were far away from living people, and coupled with the rain washing away the smell, they did not frantically attack the gate and walls, which saved a lot of defense effort.

Just let the team members on duty slowly stab them to death, and if there is a problem, they will immediately call people over to help through the walkie-talkie.

Half an hour passed.

The team members searched all the buildings.

Sure enough, there was nothing unusual.

In addition to Xiao Ming and the man who came out first, three other survivors were also found.

What surprised them was that there was actually a woman in this group of five!

This configuration is not common.

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The largest building in the abandoned factory.

In a hall-like room, a bonfire had been lit at some point.

At this time, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was expected that it would really enter the night in another hour or so.

The Green Source team members had already been soaked a lot by the heavy rain, and it was a bit uncomfortable to wear on their bodies at this time. Team Leader Li simply set up a fire in advance to let everyone warm up and dry their clothes.

As for Xiao Ming and their seven-person team, they also stayed obediently in a corner of the room.

They were directly taken over by the Green Source team members.

"Here, this is our fee for staying here tonight and disturbing you."

Liu Qing brought a small pot of freshly cooked noodles to Xiao Ming and the others. It was very simple, about seven servings of noodles, with some chili sauce and seasoning packets added.

But the aroma that emanated still made Xiao Ming and the others almost stare out their eyes.

"It's noodles!"

The man named Ge Lin who came out first swallowed his saliva and said a little incredulously.

Liu Qing naturally knew what kind of mood the survivors outside would have when they saw this kind of thing.

He smiled, put the pot in front of them, and turned back.

The Green Source team members also ate cooked noodles, but there would be more ingredients in them, such as sausages, pickles, vacuum-packed marinated eggs, and small dried fish.

Qin Jin has never been too stingy with the combat team members who go out to perform tasks.

There are a lot of these things in the warehouse, so many that according to the normal consumption speed, it will be no problem to eat for decades.

So it's okay to let the team members eat them occasionally.

"Brother Xiao! These noodles are so delicious!"

The man named Ge Lin ate the distributed noodles with a puffing sound, and exclaimed happily.

He is about 1.7 meters tall and has a very slender figure. Looking at his sunken cheeks, he must have not had enough to eat for a long time.

This is also the state of most survivors in the apocalypse.

Xiao Ming ate dinner silently, but his expression betrayed him. He hadn't eaten such good things for a very long time either.

For apocalypse survivors, this simple meal of noodles is the most precious delicacy.

The time to enjoy delicious food always passes quickly.

Just after he was full, a person came to his side, it was Li Bowen.

"Can you tell me about your situation later?"

Xiao Ming was stunned.

Soon he realized what the other party meant.

This was to understand how he was clearly a member of the Yangcheng Shelter last year, but now he has fallen to the point of becoming a wanderer here. What exactly happened in the middle.

"Since you want to listen, I am also happy to be this speaker. What I will say next is my own experience. You can judge the truth and falsehood for yourselves."

After that.

Xiao Ming told how their Yangcheng Shelter, after that meeting in Zhushi, was unable to manage too many survivors.

How they fell into a food crisis, how they lost manpower in the acid rain and discovered some secrets of the zombies, and how they broke through the city and fled in the subsequent corpse fog day.

Then it was about how they, the remaining soldiers, risked the overwhelming zombie impact and forcibly broke through the encirclement to survive.

Then they started a life of wandering around.

After experiencing the severe winter, they wandered to the edge of Shenzhen and met Ge Lin and others.

His operation of wandering around the edges of these prosperous cities, but still being able to live to this day, made Li Bowen admire him in his heart!

How lucky is this!

This person can actually live to this time, should he be said to be stupid? Or is he powerful?

In addition, Team Leader Li also learned about the situation of many forces in Yangcheng, Wanshi, and Shenzhen from Xiao Ming's mouth.

Xiao Ming, due to the shadow of the power struggle of the high-level officials in the Yangcheng Shelter, has been wandering among these forces during this period, but has not joined.

This also made Li Bowen know that there are actually many forces in these cities who are using their own methods to survive!

Sure enough, there are capable people at any time!

Being able to survive so many disasters until now, these forces undoubtedly have their merits!

Their Green Source base still needs to work hard.

These messages must be brought back to President Qin!

"The general situation is like this. This woman is also my comrade-in-arms, and the other people are companions who met in Shenzhen to survive together."

(End of this chapter)