Chapter 51 Where did the transport team come from?

Never give up hope of victory in any difficult moment; this is a psychological quality that soldiers in the apocalypse must possess.

That's what Yu Shuang thinks, and that's what she usually says in the team.

The rest of the convoy set off.

The night was deep, with no stars or moon in the sky.

There is indeed a gentle slope in the middle of this winding mountain road, covered with gravel and shrubs.

A long line of cars, seemingly scattered but actually cleverly arranged, was parked on the road, while the people on the slope held their breath and lay prone in their respective positions.

Without Qi An, they no longer have the Fallen Insect Early Warning System and can only rely on spy drones.

The fallen insects may not actually come, and we don't know when they will come. They may stay here all night.

Thunder rumbled in the dark sky; it was going to rain.

......

The off-road vehicle sped along the overgrown highway as Su Qingran changed the dressing bag for the makeshift IV drip set.

After changing the clothes, she examined Qi An's calf and was quite surprised.

Qi An's consciousness was in disarray, swirling between dreams and jumbled memories.

She seemed to have returned to the day Southeast Base 4 was destroyed.

Flames filled the sky; the city was ablaze.

But the burning city was already behind them. Qi An was being dragged by the hand by a man, and they stumbled and ran into the woods.

"It's alright, it's alright, those insects went after another group of people." The person in front stopped, his voice still trembling slightly.

He was in bad shape, covered in blood, shouting loudly, and about to undergo a level 3 mutation; his skin was even starting to secrete mucus.

He grabbed Qi An's shoulders: "Xiao An, help Dad purify. Dad will take you to Southeast Base No. 2. It's not far from here."

There are better scientists there, you can…”

“I’m not going,” Qi An said, his tone shifting from weak to firm: “I don’t want to go. We can live outside, anywhere is fine.”

The middle-aged man, his face weathered by time, stared wide-eyed, seemingly in disbelief, before forcing a gentle tone: "Are you scared? Don't be afraid. You are a treasure, and everyone will protect you."

"I won't go! They'll lock me up again! I won't go!" Qi An trembled all over and screamed.

Shock and anger intensified Qi Wanquan's aberration. He roared, "How could you be so selfish? You might be able to save everyone, you might be able to save the world! Is your own life more important than everyone else's?!"

Qi Wanquan's hands were like iron clamps, almost crushing Qi An's shoulder bones!

He was undergoing a rapid transformation, and fear replaced anger. He pleaded, "Xiao An... Xiao An, please save Daddy... It's okay if you don't go, as long as you save Daddy, Daddy will take you to the forest, take you to the abandoned village... Save me!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tentacle emerged from his abdomen and suddenly gripped Qi An's neck!

Qi An woke up with a start!

She woke up with a start, opened her eyes in the car, and Su Qingran was startled, then shocked.

"You're awake?"

Qi An didn't realize where she was for a moment, but the car suddenly stopped, and she lurched forward.

"You're awake?" Yang Yuning said, stepping on the brakes and looking at Qi An in disbelief.

Qi An, supported by Su Qingran, was fully awake. "Where am I?"

"We've passed through the tunnel and are heading towards Zhongyuan No. 1..." Zhuang Xiao spoke as if in a dream.

Su Qingran glanced at Qi An's leg, which was now swollen and ulcerated but had even begun to heal. "Self-healing enhancement? Anti-toxic ability?"

"Are we the only ones who passed through the tunnel? Are you taking me to the hospital at Central Plains Base No. 1?" Qi An asked, already having the answer in her mind. She couldn't help but shout, "There are Fallen Insects behind us! How can we abandon the convoy?"

“But we can’t just leave you behind,” Zhuang Xiao said, a little puzzled.

When Sister Qi was bitten by a snake, she didn't cry out. Why is she acting so emotionally unstable now?

"Is my life more important than everyone else's?" Qi An asked, raising his voice.

The other three people in the car were stunned. Yang Yuning was also puzzled, but looked at Qi An and said, "Your life is just as important as everyone else's. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will do everything we can to save you."

Qi An was taken aback, her breathing gradually calming down. She lowered her head in silence, and after a long while, she finally said, "Thank you."

"The rest of you aren't useless either. It's not like you'll die just because the four of us are gone. Don't blame yourself," Su Qingran comforted her.

But now that Qi An has woken up, can't they go back to rescue him?

“I’m fine now. Contact them, and we can go back via another route and attack the Fallen Insects from both sides,” Qi An said.

The other three had no objections, and Zhuang Xiao turned on the car radio.

They drove for another half hour after exiting the tunnel, which was beyond the communication range of the walkie-talkie.

The radio station did not respond.

Before leaving, Yang Yuning took Yu Shuang's military tablet and quickly used Starlink to make contact.

[Qi An's poison has been cured. Does the main camp need reinforcements?]

It was raining outside, and the network latency was terrible. It took 5 minutes for them to reply.

[The bugs are here! We need them! Quickly!!]

......

The off-road vehicle turned a corner on the mountain road and rushed back at a faster speed than it had come.

"Should we take the same route we came from or the southern route?" Zhuang Xiao asked.

Yang Yuning gripped the steering wheel.

This is a big problem. If they take the southern route, it will take them at least 4 or 5 hours to get there, by which time the daylilies will be too cold!

If they continued through the tunnel, Yang Yuning could barely use his superpower one more time by exhausting all his physical strength, but once he passed through the tunnel, he would be useless and wouldn't even be able to pick up a gun!

"Damn it! That purifier was right, we really shouldn't have made this trip!" Zhuang Xiao cursed.

No one expected Qi An to heal himself!

Qi An pursed his lips, about to speak, when he suddenly saw a glimmer of light appear in the rain ahead!

It was a tiny point, or rather two points, of white light floating in the air, extremely small, but everyone could see it.

Yang Yuning eased off the accelerator and asked uncertainly, "Is that... a car ahead?"

The cars in their convoy?

The convoy had just been attacked by the Fallen Insects, and then inexplicably passed through the tunnel?

Or is it a mutated creature?

"What mutated creature! Those are headlights!" Zhuang Xiao shouted. "And there's more than one, there's a truck behind it!"

The two sides were getting closer. Qi An touched her binoculars and saw the truck behind the lower-profile car. It was a light truck.

If she didn't sense it, then it definitely wasn't the Fallen Insect's vehicle.

Is this another transport team?

Indeed, as Li Yi said, there were many other teams following the one they pioneered in opening up a transportation route.