Huang Zhao maneuvered the drone towards the locations from which the distress signals were transmitted.

After nearly an hour of work, 23 buildings containing survivors were marked.

They continued broadcasting over the air for nearly 10 minutes, but no new distress signals appeared within a two-kilometer radius.

"Let's leave it at that for now. There's nothing we can do about the others that haven't been noticed yet."

I lured away the horde of corpses below and then went to rescue the people.

Huang Zhao looked down at the horde of about 2,000 zombies that were following him diligently below the drone.

'Thank you for your hard work in creating a good atmosphere. You'll all get a bento box later.'

"Since Director Huang invited us, there's no need to be polite."

He piloted the drone slowly towards an underground parking lot he had passed earlier, the sound attracting all the zombies to follow.

The footage transmitted by the drone after it entered the nearly 2,000-square-meter basement was slightly shaky.

'Luckily, the distance isn't too far, otherwise the signal might have been blocked.'

Turn off the radio and fly away from the underground parking lot as fast as you can, leaving behind nearly 2,000 zombies that almost completely filled the basement.

'Hehe, I wonder which lucky person will be able to open this basement box.'

Huang Zhao controlled the drone to fly towards the heavy truck, silently giving a thumbs-up to the brave warrior who would open the box in the future.

"Brother Yi, get ready to get to work!"

"Okay, leave it to me!"

After retrieving the drone, Qin Yi maneuvered the heavy truck toward the nearest distress point.

The rescue operation encountered almost no major obstacles, except for a few scattered zombies inside the building where the survivors were located.

However, with Huang Zhao's full mental perception and the two of them having overwhelming combat power, they rescued the person smoothly without any trouble.

Most of the people seeking help were survivors who had run out of food and were driven to desperation. During the rescue, Huang Zhao had already provided them with bread and bottled water to replenish their strength.

They stopped the survivors from asking any questions and took the rescued people back to the truck bed.

A total of 54 people were rescued from 23 distress points, with some rescues resulting in only one person and others in three.

There were also other survivors that Huang Zhao discovered within his mental perception range during the search and rescue process.

After asking if he was willing to leave with her, Huang Zhao also rescued the person.

There were 24 men and 30 women in total. Huang Zhao hadn't had time to ask if anyone had awakened any special abilities yet, and planned to do the statistics after returning to Dawn City.

It took nearly two hours, and the efficiency was several times higher than before.

Inside the truck's cargo compartment, 57 survivors were resting on the floor in a space of about 40 square meters.

It was already around 2 PM, and the heavy truck was almost full, as we still needed to pick up more than 30 people from the Wild Horse Club.

Huang Zhao then stopped searching for survivors and had Qin Yi operate the heavy truck to prepare for the return trip.

Qin Yi skillfully maneuvered the heavy truck to turn around and drive back the way he came.

During the mental connection, Huang Zhao said with some regret:

"Unfortunately, most of those rescued this time were not construction workers, but rather office workers."

However, awakening superpowers or absorbing crystal energy to become an evolved being can still be used as a temporary solution.

"We can use the same method to search for survivors later, and we can also have the rescued people act separately."

I believe we'll be able to rescue and recruit more people soon.

"Brother Yi, you seem to be very concerned about the operation to rescue the survivors."

The search for survivors is necessary, but it's important to remember that Dawn City is not a place for them to enjoy themselves.

"I understand. There's no such thing as a free lunch, especially after the apocalypse."

The heavy truck drove smoothly forward, about to pass the residential area filled with corpses.

Seeing the dense horde of zombies ahead, Qin Yi determined that the heavy truck could not pass normally and said to Huang Zhao:

"There are too many zombies ahead. If the heavy truck goes straight through, the tires might get stuck on the corpses."

"It's not a big problem. Stop the car first, and don't alert the zombies."

Huang Zhao got out of the car again, released the drone, and piloted it toward the horde of corpses.

The screen on the controller displayed footage taken by the drone, showing nearly 2,000 zombies swarming along a 500-meter stretch of road.

The residential area next door was teeming with corpses, stretching as far as the eye could see, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

Only a small portion of them wandered out and were distributed on the highway.

Huang Zhao maneuvered the drone to a height of 20 meters, stopped it at an entrance leading into the residential area, and turned on the drone's speaker to play music.

Let's rock and roll together~ Let's rock and roll together~

Forget all the pain~ Let's rock together~

"......."

The moment the sound rang out, all the zombies turned to look at the drone's location, raised their hands, and charged towards it while shaking their heads.

The drone slowly flew into the residential area, with the horde of zombies leisurely following behind, swaying to the music.

Seeing that all the zombies on the highway had left with the drone, he said to Qin Yi through the mental connection:

"Leave now."

"good."

The heavy truck restarted and quickly passed through the section of road outside the residential area.

Huang Zhao continued to control the drone, flying it into the residential area to keep the zombies away from the road.

Suddenly, a zombie over 3 meters tall with its muscles coiled up appeared on the controller's display screen.

All the zombies blocking its path were knocked aside, and it rushed quickly toward the drone's location.

When it rushed under the drone, it leaped nearly 20 meters high, almost colliding with the drone in flight.

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