#499 - Chapter 499 The temperature continues to rise

The next day.

The oblivious Huaguo survivors woke up as usual to face another day of survival.

This subtle change didn't cause any immediate discomfort.

Compared to this imperceptible influence, everyone was more concerned about finding more food and water today.

Most survivors were beginning to realize that a drought of unknown duration was coming, and everyone was racking their brains to find a way to survive.

At this point, the zombie crisis was not the main threat; instead, it was eating and drinking.

It was becoming harder to find edible plants, animals and water sources outside.

Now, let alone small ponds, even some medium-sized rivers had dried up, with only some of the larger lakes and rivers retaining some water.

But the scary thing was!

Since some unknown time, many survivors had discovered that those places with a large amount of water were full of zombies!

These damned things were actually using those precious water sources as hiding places!!!

"Damn it!! I just went into the water to fill a few buckets, and seven or eight zombies popped out!!! We can't go to that pond anymore!!"

"My friend was dragged directly into the water by zombies! He died a miserable death!!"

Many survivors lamented their experiences.

"We can't go to those ponds where zombies are hiding! That water has a lot of viruses! Some people in our shelter secretly took that water back and boiled it, but they still died and turned into those monsters! It killed a lot of people in the shelter at once!!"

"Yeah, tell me about it. I was wondering where those damned things were hiding. It turns out a lot of them went into the water! I curse their ancestors!!! They don't leave us a way out!"

Some survivors in the shelters sighed and revealed the even more serious situation.

The remaining limited water sources were also being contaminated by zombies.

In fact, this was extremely normal. Zombies hate sunlight, dislike high temperatures, and prefer dark and humid environments, so naturally they would seek out those cool and damp places.

And now.

Aren't those reservoirs and ponds ready-made hiding places?

God knows how these unintelligent creatures could be so "smart"!

It's just that their cleverness ruined the few water sources that survivors could choose from...

"Also! My friend said he saw an extremely terrifying monster in a reservoir! He just looked at it from a distance with binoculars and saw that huge figure over two and a half meters tall! That must be a mutated zombie! Now, anyone who dares to get close to those ponds and reservoirs is just courting death!"

Someone else made an even more terrifying statement.

Many people who heard this suddenly understood. No wonder there had been no news of mutated zombies rampaging recently. It turned out those monsters were hiding underwater...

But without a doubt, once they were stimulated, and when the temperature dropped again, their terror would descend again!

At this time, there were still some ways for the survivors to obtain water.

For example, some humans near large rivers could still obtain water relatively easily. There was not too much fear of high concentrations of viruses in flowing water. A small amount was already in their own bodies, and a little more wouldn't matter much.

It's just that even the big rivers had become small rivers recently, and no one knew when they would completely dry up.

The living could only continue to find ways.

Green Origin Base.

Today was the day that Team Leader Li and several other combat team leaders led their team members to Ning City, Xiang Province, to transport grain back.

Early in the morning, a giant convoy of nearly 30 large vehicles was ready at the main base gate!

This time, because there was a lot of grain to be transported, they dispatched 20 heavy trucks, 3 fuel tankers, 2 armored vehicles, 3 explosion-proof vehicles, and 2 freight trucks!

Even forklifts and other loading equipment were brought along in case of need.

"Let's set off when you're ready, go early and return early."

Qin Jin solemnly said after bumping fists with Team Leader Li, Team Leader Zhong, and Team Leader Liu.

This long-distance mission would take a considerable amount of time. The real drought was coming, and yesterday's meeting had instructed them to bring more sun protection, cooling, and heatstroke prevention equipment and supplies.

The vehicles had been specially modified, and as long as it wasn't extreme heat, the car air conditioners shouldn't be damaged.

There were three fuel trucks following as backup this time, so they could use the air conditioning without worry.

With an entire oil base to replenish, Qin Jin could generously wave his hand and let his team members use the air conditioning all the way to complete the mission, unlike those outside forces and survivors who couldn't bear to turn on the air conditioning even if they had vehicles.

They were too afraid of being poor.

Fuel had already become a major problem in the minds of many survivors.

Most of the fuel left over from the post-apocalypse had either been consumed or collected and hoarded by various large and small forces, and many smart and alert survivors had also secretly hoarded a lot.

So it was really not easy to find much fuel outside now.

"Wait for our good news!"

Zhong Yu smiled and punched Qin Jin in the chest, then turned and climbed into an explosion-proof vehicle with a chuckle.

The others didn't waste any more time and got into the vehicles one after another.

The entire convoy started, passed the life belt under construction, and drove towards the north like a steel dragon.

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"Is the base making some big move again!? So many vehicles are going out! Tsk tsk tsk, every time I see the base going out on business, I always feel a surge of excitement."

"I feel the same way."

At some construction points on the life belt, many people stopped what they were doing and paid attention to the departing convoy.

Everyone knew that headquarters was going to do something big again.

With such an exaggerated convoy being dispatched this time, were they going to destroy another force?

Tsk tsk.

A few days ago, they heard from some outsourced combat personnel from some branch bases that Team Leader Zhong had taken a convoy out and beaten some forces in Shenzhen and Guangzhou to a pulp!

Literally.

They could only say again...

...Green Origin is worthy of its name...

It was said that this time the base was helping a force called Red Cloud in Shenzhen to repel enemies and prevent a beautiful leader from falling into the clutches of the enemy.

Uh... as for who was the one with the clutches, it was hard to judge.

There were also rumors that the mysterious leader of Green Origin had taken a fancy to the beautiful woman who was also the leader of Red Cloud Base.

Oh ho.

This statement was considered the truth by many people.

After all, the people from Red Cloud Base had come that day, and Hong Jie had been living in the branch base for the past two days. Many people had seen her appearance and physical condition, and could only say that she was indeed worthy of the Green Origin leader's attention.

"Let's work hard, don't think too much. Maybe news will come back in a while."

The manager dismissed everyone's discussion and refocused their attention on work.

The Green Origin personnel stopped talking. The list of demoted and promoted personnel had just been announced yesterday, and they didn't want to become examples.

However.

Soon.

Everyone discovered that the temperature today seemed to be even higher than yesterday?

(End of this chapter)