Chapter 5959
The soldiers who went out on missions with Xue Ling soon discovered the benefits of having Xue Ling around.
Previous tasks suddenly became much easier!
In the past, their team had to be fully armed, equipped with fire suppression, and move quickly to carry out such missions in order to advance to some places in the center of the city where there were not many zombies.
It would be fine if they just took a quick stroll, but they are not going there for tourism. They have missions to complete, so they usually cannot leave quickly and need to stay in the city for a long time.
There are so many of them, and if they stay for a long time, zombies will gather from all directions.
The more zombies there are, the more ammunition they consume, but in reality the base is not well-stocked, and the weapons and ammunition they can use are limited.
Moreover, the side effect of fire suppression is that the noise is too loud, which will attract more zombies and make their mission more difficult.
So even though this mission is called a daily mission, it doesn't mean it's an easy mission. Someone will sacrifice every time.
But when Xue Ling arrived, he took on the most difficult part of the mission.
She took the initiative to let others stay outside, and then she drove into the city to move the medical equipment they needed.
At first, the captain watched her drive the small military vehicle into the city, feeling a little worried.
But as she brought back truckload after truckload of important supplies that were on the mission list and those that were not on the mission list but were equally scarce, the usually calm captain couldn't help but feel excited.
Every time Xue Ling appeared at the intersection driving her car, a group of people would rush to meet her car to see what she had brought back. If they were not afraid that the noise would be too loud and attract zombies, they would cheer.
I've never done such an easy task!
Xue Ling opened the car door and got out, showing the captain the pictures and videos on the tablet: "This hospital still has these equipments, I don't know them, do I need to move them back together?"
The captain didn't know him, but he said decisively: "Move!"
Even though the Beizheng base seems to be well built, in fact, there is a shortage of everything. Everyone is living a tight life and they take as much as they can.
Xue Ling also thought so. When she was wandering around the city, she always felt it was a waste whenever she saw usable things gathering dust. Unfortunately, many of these things were of no use to either her or Wen Jiuze.
The base is in need of supplies now, and Xue Ling's desire to stock up has exploded.
So there is only one question left.
"A lot of things are too heavy for me to move."
Captain: "That's not that difficult. I'll teach you how to operate a crane!"
The soldiers said one after another: "We should also arrange for a trailer!"
“And an excavator!”
“I can drive a crane!”
The captain waved his hand and said, "Everyone, arrange for a car to come over!"
Another soldier shouted: "I can fly a fighter plane!"
Xue Ling: “?!”
Really? Can I learn to fly fighter planes?
Fighter pilot, he feels so handsome. If he has the chance to take Wen Jiuze on a mission in a fighter plane in the future, he will definitely be scared.
She can't learn this for now because she doesn't have any fighter planes to use, but the others can be learned quickly.
At this time, no one wants a zombie to verify. As long as a long-wheeled machine can be driven on the road, there is no need to worry about traffic regulations. It is not illegal to hit a zombie on the road, so it can be driven freely.
With the previous experience of learning to drive with Wen Jiuze, Xue Ling was able to get the hang of it quickly this time.
In this city inhabited by zombies, there were cars running rampant on the streets for several days in a row. The noise attracted many zombies wandering aimlessly in the city.
But the zombies excitedly chased the car for a long time, and in the end only one of their kind got out of the car. The group of zombies did not smell the human scent and dispersed on the spot.
Xue Ling felt that if they could speak, they would probably curse at others for being walked around like this every day.
Master Xue, who was also raiding the hospital today, put on his hat and gloves and started working.
She was towing a small trailer with a growing collection of tools: generators, hammers, drills, electric saws, and the like.
In order to facilitate the movement of equipment, she even removed several doors.
The noisy and piercing humming sound echoed throughout the hospital, attracting wave after wave of zombies to gather around Xue Ling.
If there was any human being here, they would have been gone long ago, but Xue Ling only had to worry about them being too crowded.
When he started hammering the wall, Xue Ling felt like a decorator.
When they started moving the equipment from the upper floor, took out the teaching video and tools given by the team leader, and prepared to restart the elevator with the backup power supply, Xue Ling felt like an electrician again.
Before the mission, she was holding a submachine gun she had never seen before, and imagined herself shooting zombies with a determined look on her face.
Only when I really started the mission did I realize that the end of the world was civil engineering.
It took Xue Ling's team several days longer than expected to return to the base.
They returned with a full load, and as the overloaded convoy passed through the base's wheat fields, someone started singing "Returning from Target Practice".
Xue Ling also knew how to sing this song, but she couldn't sing it, so she just swayed to the beat, sitting among them, and was also infected by their pure joy.
At this moment, she felt a sense of security. She had the same feeling when she was with Wen Jiuze, but the two were different.
The sense of security that Wen Jiuze gave her was "he would protect me no matter what happened", and now her sense of security is "I have the ability to protect others".
Xue Ling completed the task brilliantly and brought back twice as many supplies as were on the task list.
Although she could not get a medal for this mission, General Hao specially gave her a certificate of merit, a handwritten letter of thanks, and some material rewards.
While Xue Ling was receiving a certificate of honor and being rewarded at the base and getting along well with everyone, Wen Jiuze, who had not yet arrived in Donghai City, isolated everyone in the action team.
This team of forty people was led by Captain Shen Zhang of the special forces. Wen Jiuze, as the most important link in the mission and because of his special status, was arranged in the middle of a car of soldiers.
The soldiers had serious expressions and sat upright. Wen Jiuze was lying opposite them, flipping through the instruction manual, also without saying a word. The atmosphere in the whole car was solemn, and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of the car driving on the road.
They were on a forced march and seldom stopped. Every time they stopped to eat or rest, Wen Jiuze stayed alone in the carriage and did not communicate with anyone.
In fact, he was like this when he was on a mission with the team before, and rarely paid attention to others.
But at that time he habitually had a casual smile on his face, and the first impression he gave people was that he had a good temper and didn't care about anything.
Now the zombie won't smile anymore. Without that fake smile on the surface, the indifference in Wen Jiuze's bones is clearly visible.
With his tall stature and zombie-like grey face, he can easily cause pressure on others.
There are several talented people in the team who have passed the assessment and were recruited. When they joined the special forces and learned that they were to perform important tasks, they were all very proud and arrogant.
When they saw Wen Jiuze in the team on the first day, they couldn't hide the vigilance and rejection on their faces.
With Captain Shen Zhang's pressure, they dared not make trouble, but deliberately talked loudly beside the car, saying sarcastic remarks such as "Will the zombie in the car eat people?" and "I can't believe that a zombie is afraid of being attacked from behind."
Wen Jiuze opened the car window, casually gave them the middle finger, and lay back to read the instruction manual.
I only read two lines of the complicated manual when I thought of Xue Ling. How would she react if she encountered something like this?
I guess I will start looking for my own problems again. I feel bad but I have to pretend that nothing is wrong.
She can only be happy in an atmosphere where others like her. Once she is recognized by others, she will want to work hard to gain more recognition and love, and finally exhaust herself.
Wen Jiuze is completely different from her. Other people's recognition and love? What does it mean?
His goal was to cooperate with the mission, and he had no intention of building good relationships with anyone in the team or resolving disputes.
Several special talents recruited from outside gathered together privately, and they were all indignant when talking about Wen Jiuze.
They are the special talents who have gone through untold hardships to get in, but here they find someone who is treated even more specially and he's a zombie. How can they feel comfortable?
Not to mention these few people, no one in this team of soldiers had a good impression of Wen Jiuze, as they thought he was too independent.
"Is he too nervous about the mission and that's why he doesn't communicate with others? I didn't see him like that when I was at the base," said a soldier.
"There was another zombie there at the time. I saw them chatting on a tablet. They were talking a lot."
They analyzed behind the scenes and suspected that the tablet that Wen Jiuzhe used to speak was broken, which was why he didn't communicate with others.
Wen Jiuze threw the tablet aside, with a black screen.
The soldiers sitting opposite him all cast their eyes over there, nudging each other with their elbows, but no one took the initiative to ask.
Captain Shen Zhang finished his work and sat down next to Wen Jiuze. He asked him seriously, "If you need any help, please let me know."
"No." Wen Jiuze said in a hoarse voice, without taking his eyes off the instruction manual.
Captain Shen Zhang looked at him, then at the tablet, and put away his surprise: "So you can speak, this will make it easier for us to communicate."
Wen Jiuze turned the page without commenting.
Even though I learned that he could actually speak, I didn't see Jiuze actively chatting with anyone in the following days.
The only time he asked was how long it would take to reach Donghai City.
"Donghai City is quite far away, and it will take some time." Captain Shen Zhang's heart is more meticulous than his appearance.
He observed Wen Jiuze for a while and asked directly: "Do you miss Xue Ling?"
Wen Jiuzhe: "..."
It’s not quite accurate to say I miss you, it’s more appropriate to say I’m worried about you.
This problem of his has been getting more and more serious since he reunited with Xue Ling last year.
He must follow Xue Ling wherever she goes, otherwise he can't help but imagine that Xue Ling will encounter danger and difficulties.
The longer he was out, the more anxious he became. He was too impatient to even read the instruction manual he was holding in his hand.
He looked like a large animal walking around in a cage, and the soldiers around him couldn't help but get nervous and wanted to stay away from him.
It was in this low pressure that they finally arrived in Donghai City and prepared to start the action.
The Donghai City Bridge was destroyed, and they had to take a boat to cross the river, but there were many zombies floating in the river.
These zombies are not "dead" yet. As long as they sense the breath of a living person, they will suddenly move.
In the previous operation, the task force was riding in a small boat, but many zombies clinged to the boat and quickly overturned it.
The first step into Donghai City cost the lives of several people.
This time they had to look around for a large ship first.
Captain Shen Zhang said: "According to the data we have collected, there is a shipyard in Hancheng County on the coast. We will go to the Hancheng County Shipyard to look for available ships. The special talent we recruited this time, Jia Hou, is very good at shipbuilding and driving."
A middle-aged man stood up proudly, and Wen Jiuze interrupted them.
"It's too slow. You guys go find a boat. I'll take the speedboat first, cross the river, and go our separate ways." His voice was dry and hoarse, and his sentences were not very smooth. Many people present were very surprised as it was the first time they heard him speak.
Before Jia Hou could say anything, he was interrupted by him and said angrily: "You are not the captain, and you want to act without the permission of Captain Shen. You really don't know your place. You think you can do anything just because you become a zombie..."
Wen Jiuze ignored him and just looked at Captain Shen Zhang.
Captain Shen Zhang thought for a moment, then recalled General Hao's instructions before they set out, and said:
"You are the core of this mission, and you have full autonomy to make decisions. If you think this is a better way, then go ahead and set off immediately. We will slowly advance and support you from behind."
Wen Jiuze stood up and left without caring what others thought.
"He is too arrogant." Someone in the field whispered.
"Can he accomplish the task by himself? Then why would he recruit us?"
"Maybe he'll come back to help in a while."
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