Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Big Camphor Tree Base.

The accumulated snow was melting, and the surface of the lake at Mountain Pond was beginning to thaw gradually.

Sky Blue Lake was serene, the cold wind awakening those it brushed.

There was a crispness in the air, though somewhat cold, it invigorated all who felt it.

Everyone stepped outside, breathing in the fresh air.

Meanwhile.

The gymnasium was still under construction. These days, the base and those outside like He Chao had been exchanging a lot of building materials.

This saved them a great deal of effort in searching for building materials.

Li Yu stood atop the wall looking at everything inside the base, feeling an indescribable sense of achievement.

In recent days, He Chao and his group visited two more times, bringing things to trade, and Li Yu also kept his promise, exchanging some food with them as initially agreed.

A certain level of trust had been established between them.

Through He Chao, by probing for information from him, it became known that now throughout Xin City, whether in the city center or not, there were basically no large surviving forces.

Most were like them, a few, a dozen, or several dozen individuals roving around in different places.

Without a permanent residence.

For them, no one could afford to stay in one place for too long because the Zombies were always on the move, and they needed to constantly evade the Zombie threat.

Not to mention the continuous search for food.

Some people were even traveling southward to further places, while others were reluctant to leave their hometowns and struggled to survive in the places where they lived.

He Chao, who had traded twice already, now had nearly 10 pounds of rice. If he rationed it carefully, this rice was enough to sustain him and his daughter for a month.

He Chao was grateful that he had found Li Yu and his group in the end.

Though they traded many things for a little bit of food, that food kept them alive.

Not enough to satisfy hunger, but enough to cling to life, and that was enough.

No one wished to die.

But precisely because he could trade for food, he was always reluctant to share this information with others. If more people knew, there might not be enough food to trade should the supply run low.

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Long-distance travel, in this post-apocalyptic world, was a very dangerous matter.

Captain Tao and his group, traveling hundreds of kilometers from the east, experienced the same danger.

On their way here, bullets were already scarce, and before even reaching Xin City, they were completely used up.

Moreover, many of their personnel had perished; five fell on the highway, and another seven were lost in an encirclement by Zombies.

There were 28 people when they set off, and now only 16 remained.

The harsh realities of their journey dealt a heavy blow to their once hopeful hearts.

150 kilometers away from Xin City, at a certain location.

A group of people was embroiled in a heated argument.

Hua Chuanxiong yanked Mr. Wang, whose hands were tied, down and slapped him across the face:

"Because of your damn fault, I lost three of my brothers. We've been walking for three days and still haven't arrived!"

Captain Tao and the others hastily pulled him away. Captain Tao was also feeling frustrated; during the past few days, two of his people had also fallen.

They hadn't even reached Xin City yet and had already lost nearly half of their manpower.

But there was nothing they could do. Watching Hua Chuanxiong in his rage, he could not help but grumble: He's even less patient than I am, already thinking of turning back...

Captain Tao said:

"We've come all this way, lost so many people already; to not go would truly be a waste of time. Besides, if we were to return now, how would we explain ourselves to the others?"

Hua Chuanxiong's eyes were filled with anger as he spoke furiously: "How we've managed these past days, and we haven't even encountered the Zombie Tide. If it rains and we run into the Zombie Tide, all of us would be done for here.

You said to tell my brother, to ask old Wu and the others to send more people, but you also saw the zombies yesterday. Do you think more people can solve the problem?

With more people, it's just feeding the zombies! While we still can, we should head back, maybe we'll make it back safely.

Our bullets have almost run out now, what can you do even if you go?

Plus, this Mr. Wang might be deceiving us."

Captain Tao glanced at Mr. Wang. This Mr. Wang was an old hand; no matter how they questioned him or beat him, he remained the same.

Hearing what Hua Chuanxiong said, the others looked thoughtful; indeed, the journey so far had been incredibly tough.

The previous snow was too thick, and even now, there were patches of snow that had melted into ice on the road.

If the speed picked up, the tires would easily skid.

In addition, the zombies they encountered were extremely aggressive, relentlessly chasing them upon sight, like the group they ran into yesterday that chased them for six kilometers.

Seeing everyone was disheartened, Captain Tao himself also felt like going back—this trip seemed so not worth it.

He thought about it; if everyone from Safe City Joined in, that scale would certainly attract zombies.

...

But then Captain Tao thought again, he had promised old Wu before leaving that he would complete the mission, to find out the strength of the people from Xin City that Mr. Wang talked about.

And how much food they really had.

This was the key factor deciding whether the people from Safe City should come over.

With that thought, Captain Tao took off his black down-filled hat and said earnestly, "We've come this far already, just a day or two away from arriving. Isn't it a pity to give up now?

Besides, when we get there, we don't necessarily have to risk battling them; we just need to figure out where they are and how much food they have.

That way, we can all return with a clear report."

As he spoke, he snatched Mr. Wang from Hua Chuanxiong's hands, then pushed Mr. Wang into the car.

Hua Chuanxiong didn't stop him; he let Mr. Wang get on the vehicle, as he well knew that having come this far, if they didn't take a look at Xin City, he wouldn't have a good explanation upon returning.

His brother would beat him to death.

But after this argument, unity was affected, and with different thoughts in their hearts, they got back into the car and continued toward Xin City.

It's just that each person had different thoughts, and at this time, Mr. Wang was also very anxious.

Through the contact over the past couple of days, he didn't expect that the people from Safe City, despite having guns, had very few bullets left. They already spent all their ammunition just encountering two waves of zombies the other days.

This was a trap...

This deeply disappointed him, and with the team being divided into four factions and infighting so severe,

He reckoned they'd be badly beaten even before encountering those people.

Sigh, Mr. Wang let out a sigh.

Sitting opposite him was Captain Tao, who was even more anxious; according to what Wang Xiansheng had said over the past few days, the people in Xin City only had a few guns.

But when they previously encountered zombies, they had already spent their ammunition. What to do if they ran into more?

What worried him even more was that these days, old Sun and the others, because they didn't save those people earlier, were somewhat angry.

They were a bit reluctant to follow orders these days.

And they hardly communicated with him anymore; their vehicle was always trailing behind.

Difficult to manage the team.

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