Chapter 698 The Journey is Long

I didn't understand at first, but then I suddenly realized what Pu Weichao meant.

It's not that he can't become a ruler, it's just that he doesn't want to be one. Although we don't know why he thinks this way, his thoughts are very much in line with his feelings about the current situation.

However, I didn't quite understand, so I asked, "But I don't understand, why did you say you wanted to help me unify the Delta?"

Pu Weichao said, "Unification is an inevitable outcome. Even if we don't unify and instead maintain the stability of the Delta, it won't benefit anyone."

“In the current world, apart from large-scale zombie hordes, small groups of zombies pose no threat to us. Naturally, this situation is also normal for other teams. So under these conditions, I think there will be more and more teams with more than 100 people appearing in the coming year, and there may even be teams with more than 1,000 people.”

"If the Delta is not united, sooner or later we will face a survivor group that is stronger than us. If we want to live better in this world, only unity can allow us to go further."

"What if we don't unify? What will be the consequences?" I asked.

Pu Weichao said, "Internal strife will deplete our own resources, and then no one will survive. There's also the possibility of being swallowed up by other teams, in which case even more people will probably die."

"These things are bound to happen sooner or later. Even if we can still maintain the balance between the three communities now, once an outsider appears, this balance will be broken. Just like Xu Le before, as soon as he appeared, Jiangbei directly withdrew from the tripartite cooperation, causing heavy losses to the three communities. If something like this happens again, I guess no one will be willing to help anymore."

"At that time, there will probably be a three-way struggle, and the resort will lose its purpose. So, I plan to come back and help you unify the entire Delta region after the matter in Hangzhou is settled, and then, together with Hangzhou, start to push towards the center. I think two or three years should be enough."

Will Hangzhou and the Delta region be merged?

Pu Weichao's ambition is a bit too much.

Such a large area, no, I should say a region, can it really be united?

It's simply unimaginable.

Putting aside whether it's even possible, unifying Hangzhou alone would be an extremely difficult task.

Throughout the rest of the journey, Pu Weichao analyzed his plan for me. To be honest, I was a bit shocked; he had already thought so much about it. The situation in Hangzhou was an opportunity for him. As long as he could bring Hangzhou under his control, the overall situation would be basically set. Then, he could use the people in Hangzhou to counterbalance the three communities in the Delta region, and with some pressure, the Delta region could be unified smoothly.

However, these are all his ideas. We haven't even arrived in Hangzhou yet, and we don't know what the situation is like there. Unifying Hangzhou will not be an easy task.

After walking for several hours, it was not yet six o'clock, and the sky had completely darkened.

It was still snowing, and continuing on our way was not a wise choice, so I found a place to park the car. There were a few houses around, but they were all old and dilapidated. After we went inside to take a look, we decided that staying there was not a wise choice, so we went back to the car and decided to make do with the night there.

We ate something in the car, and looking at the heavy snow outside, we suddenly realized that staying here wasn't a solution.

If you park overnight, and the snow continues the following night, what if your car gets buried by heavy snow? You won't be able to leave then.

Left with no other choice, we had to make a decision.

We continued driving along the mountain road, but this time we took turns sleeping.

I drive for the first half of the night, and he drives for the second half.

There's nothing we can do about it; after all, it's snowing now, and we don't want to wake up the next day to find our car won't be able to move.

The night was long, and by around nine o'clock I was already yawning.

Pu Weichao said, "Stop the car, let me drive. You can take a nap."

"good."

I didn't refuse. I had been driving since we left the resort and hadn't stopped since. I was so sleepy that I stopped and switched places with Pu Weichao, then I started to sleep in the back seat.

Not long after, I fell into a deep sleep.

...

When I woke up again, I found that it was already daylight outside.

This surprised me a bit. The car was no longer bumping around. I looked around and found that the car was parked in a garage with the garage door open.

Pu Weichao has disappeared.

"Pu Weichao?" I called out, but there was no response.

After I got out of the car, I came to the garage entrance and looked at the white scenery and dazzling sunlight outside. I realized that we were already in Hangzhou.

"Pu Weichao," I called out, but there was still no response.

What happened? Why didn't Pu Weichao wake me up last night? And now he's disappeared again. What's going on?

I had just woken up and was still a little groggy. I grabbed my weapon, left the garage, and after walking a few steps, I saw a figure appear in front of me. It was none other than Pu Weichao.

He walked towards me from afar, his footsteps crunching through the snow. When he saw me, he smiled and said, "You're awake."

I asked, "Why didn't you wake me up last night?"

Pu Weichao said, "You were sleeping so soundly, so I didn't plan to wake you. Besides, I didn't want to. I figured I could drive all night and get there, so I drove straight here. But it's still a bit far from Longhu. I went out for a walk just now, but I didn't find anything. We'll have lunch later and then go to Longhu. As for now, let me get some sleep."

"Uh, okay."

Pu Weichao made very detailed arrangements, so I didn't have to think about anything anymore. After he got back to the car, he lay down on the back seat and started sleeping. He was snoring almost immediately.

I stood outside the house, and it was incredibly cold. I rubbed my hands together, but in the end, I put them in my pockets and got into the car to hide in, because it was just too cold.

It's 8:30 in the morning, and there's still a long time before noon, so I'm not in a hurry.

Pu Weichao stayed up all night last night, he must be very tired now.

Looking at the sunlight streaming into the garage, it was still quite warm.

I wonder how Wu Shuang is doing now. I'm going to Longhu this afternoon. To be honest, I'm actually a little excited. Although we've only been apart for a few days, I already miss Wu Shuang a lot. I'm already in Hangzhou, and I wish I could run to Longhu right now to see her.

But after thinking about it, I think I'll pass and stick to Pu Weichao's plan to avoid any problems.

(End of this chapter)