Chapter 113 Alright, let's call it the Hero Squad! ...

Gano concealed the darkness in his eyes and pretended to be worried that Shanran had been deceived by the blond-haired guy outside.

No, it's blue-haired.

Shan Ran patted his shoulder: "No, even in such a chaotic world, I still have basic vigilance."

Upon hearing this, Gano's previously gloomy eyes immediately brightened.

"Don't worry, senior. Once we get back to Zone 1, we'll find the biggest and most reliable base. Then we'll be safe!"

"Yes, that's what I was thinking too. Once Zhan Wenyuan finds her family, we'll go together."

"What are you talking about? How come you heard my name?" Zhan Wenyuan walked over casually and sat down next to Shan Ran.

Shan Ran looked at her with a smile: "I said, after you find your family, we'll find a big base together."

Zhan Wenyuan's eyes lit up: "Really? Xiaoran, weren't you planning to stay in your house for half a year? Why did you suddenly change your mind and want to come with me?"

“There are no defensive measures around my house, and I don’t know if it’s safe or not. If I could have a suitable base, it would definitely be safer than staying at home.”

Zhan Wenyuan hugged Shan Ran tightly: "Okay~ Let's continue to be together from now on, form a team, let's call it the Brave Team, okay? We're all very brave!"

"Alright, let's call it the Hero Squad!"

Two more days passed, and they finally entered Zone 1.

"At this rate, we should be able to get to school in about two days."

The bus was heading to their school, and since everyone's home was not far from the school, it was the most suitable destination.

Upon arrival, Zhan Wenyuan planned to take the bus driver, Lao Dong, with her. Offering help in times of difficulty was no small favor; Zhan Wenyuan had long considered Lao Dong as family.

But from that day on, Zhan Wenyuan could no longer contact her grandmother and parents.

Her family owned a supermarket; they had a shop on the ground floor of an old apartment building, which also had a basement. When the apocalypse came, her parents and grandmother locked the door, moved everything to the basement, and then blocked the entrance with large items.

She and her family agreed to send each other a message at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. every day to let each other know she is safe.

But she hasn't received any messages since last night.

One mistake could have been a mistake, but since she hadn't received it this morning, Zhan Wenyuan was completely panicked.

Everyone on the bus knew the news, and they were all very worried.

Although we had never met Zhan Wenyuan's family, we would chat with them in our spare time to talk about our daily lives and dispel our fear of the apocalypse.

Zhan Wenyuan is lively, outgoing, optimistic and positive. Whenever everyone is feeling down, she will step up to liven up the atmosphere and cheer up her classmates and teachers.

Along the way, they have gone from more than thirty people at the beginning to only ten people now.

The three teachers leading the team had all stayed on the road and couldn't go back to Zone 1 with them.

Zhan Wenyuan volunteered to take the teacher's place, devising routes, determining advance plans, and allocating supplies effectively. She also arranged simple combat formations, which, although rudimentary, proved helpful in actual combat.

Although it's tough, she always smiles happily when she talks about her family, showing that she grew up surrounded by love.

She also told everyone that if they had nowhere to go after returning home, they should meet at a designated place, contact her, and continue to be teammates.

Her parents and grandmother will definitely treat everyone like their own children.

After holding on for so long, Zhan Wenyuan's nerves finally snapped, and she leaned against Long Zheming's chest and cried uncontrollably.

After crying for a while, she got up and turned on the computer to check the map.

After observing for a long time, she stood up, looked at all her companions, and shared her thoughts.

"I want to change my route and take the shorter one."

The forum has a dedicated section for the Fog of War, which compiles information on fog from all over the world and includes detailed maps.

This is also to help people avoid walking through the fog as much as possible.

They would check their phones for a while each day, and if new fog appeared around the originally planned route, they would have to make immediate changes.

The route we're taking now was decided a couple of days ago. When I checked this morning, there wasn't any new fog around the route, so sticking to the original plan is the safest option.

However, the current route is quite long, and what Zhan Wenyuan wants to change to is another shortcut.

The journey will be shortened by almost half, meaning they will only need one day to reach school.

But this road passes through a town, and there is a fog over the town.

That road was less than two kilometers from the edge of the fog.

The distance wasn't very close, but the problem was that the fog covered a huge area, taking up almost half of the town.

Some small fogs only occupy the area of ​​a single building, but by comparison, the fog in this town covers a very large area.

The larger the area of ​​the fog, the more monsters will emerge from it.

Fortunately, the monsters don't appear 24 hours a day. Sometimes they might appear in several waves a day, and sometimes no new ones might appear at all.

Taking a shortcut is a gamble—a gamble that no new monsters will emerge during the time they pass through.

"Also, I just studied the time when the nightmare beasts emerge from the fog in the town, and it's somewhat regular. Generally, it's at night, especially from after midnight until sunrise, that's the peak time for the nightmare beasts to come out."

Fortunately, at our current pace, we'll pass through the town during the day.

After she finished speaking, Zhan Wenyuan looked at everyone on the bus with a hopeful expression.

Old Dong only needs to drive and tell him the route; he doesn't care about anything else.

Long Zheming stood unconditionally by Zhan Wenyuan's side, so she was actually waiting for others to express their opinions.

Tao Xiaopang shrugged indifferently: "The worst that can happen is death. Anyway, the apocalypse is so tough, I'll just go wherever I end up."

Xiaodie quickly patted the back of the chair: "Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't always have the word 'death' on your lips. My older brother and sister are still waiting for me at home."

Xiao Bei, with her soothing demeanor, looked around and said in a low voice, "I have no objections. It's better to go back a day earlier. I wonder how my cats and dogs are doing. I hope a miracle can happen."

Shan Ran: "I don't have any special abilities. I'm only alive now thanks to your help. I'll go whichever path you tell me to take."

Gano reconsidered.

There's also Zhong Xia, who's an Earth-type, and Ling Ling, who's a Strength-type.

Zhong Xia is very introverted and has social anxiety. She didn't say anything, but simply raised her hand in agreement.

Lingling hesitated. She came from an urban village in District 1. Her family worked for the group that managed the urban village. After the apocalypse, they naturally joined the Pengfei Base, which evolved from the urban village.

She wasn't in a hurry to go back; safety was the most important thing. But since everyone had agreed, she didn't voice any further objections.

The bus then changed direction and took the shortcut.

The closer you get to the town, the more monsters you encounter on the road.

Fortunately, everyone knew there was a considerable fog nearby, so no one ever walked on this road, and there were almost no abandoned vehicles, so there was no need to get out of the car to clear the road.

Therefore, the bus was moving very fast.

Some of the monsters actually attacked them, crashing into the speeding bus and being crushed into mud.

The others attacked the approaching monsters from the open windows.

Perhaps Zhan Wenyuan's prayers were effective, for the distant fog was very quiet, and no new hordes of monsters appeared.

The monsters in the vicinity were all from before, and many of them rushed towards human settlements following the scent, so there weren't many monsters roaming around.

They struggled to keep up, and when their energy bar was almost empty, they took out the crystal cores they had stored up over the past two days.

And so, they actually made it through this most dangerous part of the road, leaving the fog behind.

But before they could enjoy their happiness for long, suddenly there was a loud bang, the car braked suddenly and almost overturned.

Old Dong struggled to keep the bus steady and shouted anxiously, "Tire blowout!"

Perhaps due to the immense impact of the beast, or perhaps due to a pre-existing problem, the bus's front left tire suddenly blew out at this moment.

They have only left the most dangerous section of the road, but that doesn't mean they are completely safe.

Looking back now, you can still see that vast expanse of dark, oppressive fog, with relentless, monstrous beasts still following behind.

"Change the tire right away!"

Xiao Die took out the tires from her spatial storage, Lingling helped with the carrying and unloading, Lao Dong was in charge of the installation, and the others stood in formation nearby to fight the pursuing monsters.

Shan Ran also got out of the car with an axe. She couldn't use her superpowers in the car, so she had no choice but to get out and fight the monster face to face.

Suddenly, a trembling voice came from the crowd.

"Look, what's that!"

A dark shadow suddenly appeared on the horizon at the edge of the distant town.

The shadowy figure grew wider and wider, and upon closer inspection, it became clear that it wasn't a shadow at all, but a large group of ferocious beasts.

A new wave of ferocious beasts has emerged from the fog!

They were newly conceived monsters, who had smelled the freshest flesh and blood and were rushing madly in this direction.

Everyone panicked.

After battling the monsters for nearly a month, this was the first time they had ever seen a horde of beasts of this size.

On the first day the monsters appeared, their hotel was also near the mist, but the initial horde was not this size at all.

"Old Dong, how much longer?" Tao Xiaopang's voice trembled violently, and his hands were shaking so much that he lost control and his superpower went astray, almost injuring Shan Ran who was standing next to him.

Gano's face was grim. Fortunately, he pulled Shanran's arm away in time, preventing her from being hit. Otherwise, with the high damage of metal-type abilities, her hand would have been gone.

Old Dong's hands were shaking even more violently than his, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down and into his eyes, stinging him so much that he kept blinking, but he didn't dare to wipe the sweat away.

"Soon...soon..."

He tried his best to control his trembling hands, gritted his teeth, and finally screwed in the last screw.

"Alright, alright, hurry up..."

Old Dong hadn't even finished saying the last word "go" when he suddenly frowned, bent over, his features contorted in pain.

"Old Dong, what's wrong?"