Tong Sui said, “It’s not that I think it’s too little; I haven’t put in any labor, so I can’t take your things.”
Wang Tao was taken aback.
The apocalypse had begun for more than two months, and Wang Tao had seen too many dark and cunning people who fought to the point of injury over a bit of food, even killing each other.
But the Tong Sui in front of him seemed more like a sheltered young master, unaware of the world’s harsh realities.
Since he refused the food offered to him, Wang Tao remained silent and took the flour back.
Wang Tao returned to the off-road vehicle’s driver’s seat and reported to Jiang Hua, “Captain Hua, he refuses to take it.”
Jiang Hua furrowed his brow slightly.
“Then let’s not waste time. Finding a place to settle is urgent,” Jian Lexian said. “Shall we go?”
Jiang Hua agreed with a grunt.
Seeing Jiang Hua get into the back seat of the off-road vehicle, Jian Lexian sighed in relief.
The three off-road vehicles started in sequence.
Jian Lexian sat in the passenger seat, watching Jiang Hua in the backseat.
In his previous life, Jian Lexian came from a wealthy family. Due to a disturbance in Jiang City, his father spent a fortune hiring top mercenaries from abroad for his protection. But at that time, he had never experienced the apocalypse and found the silent bodyguard quite annoying.
When the apocalypse began, he awakened the most useless space ability, without even the ability to protect himself.
In the end, he tragically died at the hands of a zombie.
Jian Lexian had originally thought he would also turn into a monster like them, but to his astonishment, when he woke up again, he had returned to the day before the apocalypse started.
Even more surprisingly, his space ability had not disappeared.
With the experience of his previous life, Jian Lexian discreetly utilized all his resources to buy supplies, filling his space to the brim.
While everyone was in panic during the apocalypse, scrambling for resources, he had already started utilizing zombie cores to advance himself ahead of others.
In addition, Jian Lexian’s attitude towards Jiang Hua changed as well because he knew this mercenary would become the strongest ability user in the North China base.
Staying by his side was undoubtedly the safest option.
Finally, effort bore fruit.
After working hard for over two months, Jiang Hua’s attitude, while still indifferent, clearly responded to him more often.
Having been reborn, Jian Lexian clenched his fists and silently vowed that he would not meet the same fate as before.
At that moment, Jiang Hua, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them.
Jian Lexian quickly retracted his gaze.
However, he soon realized that Jiang Hua was not focused on him but rather on a white sedan far behind them in the rearview mirror.
Ability users have more sensitive senses than ordinary people.
Jian Lexian focused intently.
That sedan contained the small researcher they had met at the food factory.
Wang Tao, behind the wheel, also noticed Tong Sui in the back. He asked Jiang Hua, “Captain Hua, should we shake off the car behind us?”
Jiang Hua replied, “No need.”
Jian Lexian was unsure of Jiang Hua’s thoughts.
In previous missions, when encountering trapped survivors, Jiang Hua would lend a helping hand, but never had he reacted like this.
The image of the small researcher hugging Jiang Hua flashed through Jian Lexian’s mind.
He clenched his teeth in frustration.
Given Jiang Hua’s reflexes, he had actually allowed himself to be held for so long.
Previously, Jian Lexian had only brushed against the other’s fingers, and Jiang Hua had treated him like a plague, as if he were more disgusting than the zombie virus.
Why was that?
That small researcher was so weak that he would be torn apart by even a couple of zombies!
The two vehicles maintained a distance neither too far nor too close, traveling along a desolate road.
Four people were inside the seven-seat off-road vehicle.
Wang Tao, driving the vehicle, chatted with another team member, Zhang Binyu, in the middle row: “He looks like a researcher, right? Are researchers unwanted in this day and age?”
“Of course not. Researchers know their worth too well; they spend all day in the lab and enjoy the highest benefits at the base. If you throw them out, they won’t survive.”
Zhang Binyu replied, “Captain Hua, there’s still room in the car, why don’t we give him a ride?”
Jiang Hua crossed his arms.
Before he could respond, Jian Lexian, sitting in the passenger seat, objected, “It’s easy for you to say. His origins are unclear, what if he’s here to steal our research information?”
With such a serious accusation, the two inside the vehicle dared not speak further.
At that moment, a wandering zombie appeared on the empty road.
Zhang Binyu raised his gun.
A bullet pierced the zombie’s head; it fell to the ground, twitching a couple of times before becoming still.
Wang Tao joked, “Not bad, your aim is pretty sharp. You’ve been improving lately!”
“Of course, I am—”
As Zhang Binyu spoke, he glanced outside, only to see two more zombies appearing behind the fallen one, and they were multiplying.
His face turned pale, “Uh-oh, it seems we’ve encountered a zombie tide!”
In such a remote area, one would expect only a few scattered zombies, but to witness so many gathered typically indicates a collective migration of zombies.
Zombies surged towards them from the left front like a tidal wave; the off-road vehicle in front also noticed the situation.
Through the car’s radio, one inexperienced team member shouted, “Captain Hua, what do we do? There are too many zombies!”
“Slow down, and let the ability users clear the way,” Jiang Hua commanded.
Earth ability users manipulated the ground.
A swarm of zombies quickly advanced, but suddenly the ground below them cracked, burying some of the zombies in the earth.
Fire ability users summoned flames from their palms to ignite the nearest wave of zombies.
However, the soil here was shallow, and the buried zombies crawled back out, only slightly slowing their advance.
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