Jiang Li and the others followed behind the convoy. They didn't want to stay in the city, but they hadn't been out for a long time. They wanted to get some fresh air and find out what was going on outside. They also wanted to fulfill Captain Wang's request.
Recalling what happened last night, Jiang Li was at Gu Jin's villa when Captain Wang came to knock on the door with a young man.
The young man's name was Wang Shuo, and he was probably in his early twenties. Wang Shuo was Captain Wang's nephew. Captain Wang said that this was entrusted to him by his sister before she died. Captain Wang's sister died of cancer before the apocalypse, and his brother-in-law also passed away later. He only had this nephew left.
Because of the auction, he has been getting into trouble behind his back recently, which is why progress has been slow and he hasn't had any free time.
Captain Wang isn't going on the mission tomorrow. Someone from above specifically requested that his nephew go, which is clearly a ploy to stir up trouble. Although his nephew is capable, he's still too young. Because of recent events, he's afraid that the nephew might be plotted against if he goes out. Besides, he can't protect him forever; he needs to let the nephew grow up on his own. So, he wants to earnestly request that Jiang Li and the others go with him.
Jiang Li remembered that this was what Captain Wang said at the time.
"Although I know you don't want to cause trouble, I have no choice but to swallow my pride and come to save you for the sake of this nephew."
Can you go with them tomorrow? You don't need to do anything, and you don't need to worry about rescuing people. I will pay for your expenses, and I can also give you other things as a reward.
It's enough to help him when his life is in danger; he can handle the rest of the difficulties himself.
"Right now, besides you guys, I don't know who else I can turn to."
Captain Wang talked with them a lot at the time, and after discussing it, they agreed. Captain Wang also promised to pay them, so they wouldn't lose out.
The convoy headed south and passed through a village where houses had collapsed, the place was desolate, and there was no sign of human habitation.
The people who were excited before setting off fell silent after seeing this scene. Having been in the base for so long, they had almost forgotten what the outside world was like, and were still dreaming about it in their beautiful imaginations.
The heavy snow had completely melted, and the roads were much easier to drive on. Apart from a few places that needed to be avoided, the convoy was moving quite fast.
In the afternoon, the convoy arrived at the city closest to the base. As the convoy approached the city, the road was lined with the ruins of various collapsed buildings.
Wang Shuo had someone find a relatively open space to park the car.
The people in the convoy got off the vehicles one after another with their packages, their earlier excitement gone.
Wang Shuo has already told everyone that if they want to stay here, they will pass by here again after they go to search for survivors, and they can go back together then.
The people in the vehicles began to walk into the city. Some were determined to rebuild their homes, while others remained hesitant. A small number of people, seeing this scene, had already given up and planned to wait for the convoy to return before going back to the base with the convoy.
After dropping everyone off, the convoy stopped and rested instead of continuing forward.
It will be dark in a few hours, and if we drive any further, we might have to camp out in the wild. It's better to spend the night in the city and set off first thing tomorrow morning.
During this time, Wang Shuo had people drive around the city with the horn on to look for survivors.
Jiang Li and the others got out of the car when the convoy stopped. After sitting in the car for so long, they wanted to get out and walk around.
Jiang Li and his group drove two vehicles: Jiang Li's Hummer and Gu Jin's other SUV.
Wang Shuo's men found a relatively well-preserved building and planned to spend the night there. The place was quite large, and Wang Shuo brought a total of about twenty to thirty people with him.
Several people also had to guard the supplies on the trucks; those supplies were the food for the entire convoy, and they depended on them for the journey.
Several others had come on assignment from the service center to search for survivors with Wang Shuo; they stayed in other buildings.
Jiang Li and the others stayed with Wang Shuo, since they had already promised Captain Wang, and if something happened at night, there wouldn't be enough time to stay elsewhere.
Moreover, the place is quite empty, so it's not crowded at all for them to stay here.
However, they only lived in the same place; they were still a little distance apart from the rest of the convoy.
Jiang Li and Fu Xiaxia stayed behind to set up the tent, while Gu Jin and the others went outside to see if there was anything they could use to start a fire.
There might be electricity outside the base, but after dark, the only way to keep warm and lit is by making fires.
After a while, Gu Jin and the others brought back a few planks of wood to use as firewood.
Jiang Li simply cooked some noodles for everyone. As they ate, they discussed the dishes in hushed tones.
Fang Qingxun: "Do you think someone really wants to make a move against Wang Shuo? Will someone do it today?"
Shi Lin: "No."
Fu Xiaxia: "Why?"
Shi Yuan: "Think about it, today is the first day, everyone is very vigilant, their chances of succeeding are not high, and they are likely to expose themselves."
Gu Jin: "While that's true, we can't rule out the possibility that they're planning a surprise attack. We need to be careful tonight."
Jiang Li: "Do you think there might be some people among the people doing the mission who want to cause trouble for Wang Shuo?"
There were four teams that accepted the mission, and they themselves also disguised themselves as the teams that accepted the mission before setting off.
Jiang Li assigned numbers to the other three teams to facilitate their discussion.
Team number one consists of four men, and they are all uniformly muscular, but not in an exaggerated way; they just look very strong.
Team number two was also all men, with only four people. This team had tall, short, and thin men.
Team number three is the only team besides theirs with a woman. This team has five people, one of whom is a woman, but this woman doesn't look as delicate as Chen Sisi.
The other members of the team did not show any discrimination or other emotions because she was a woman. For some reason, Jiang Li felt that this team was the most united of the three teams as soon as she saw it.
Looking at these three teams alone, Jiang Li couldn't discern anything. None of them seemed like people who wanted Wang Shuo dead, but of course, he couldn't rule out their possibility.
Gu Jin: "That possibility cannot be ruled out."
Jiang Li: "Then we need to be more careful about the people who accept the mission, just in case."
Jiang Li doesn't know how many people the other side has. He wants them to make a move sooner so that they can save time and effort, but for now, they can only wait.
As before, several people took turns on duty at night. Gu Jin and the others originally planned for them to rest while the rest of them took turns on duty.
However, Jiang Li and Fu Xiaxia both said that this trip would last for several days and they didn't know when they would be back. It wouldn't be good for the rest of them to be on duty all the time, especially since they had to drive during the day. It would be better if Jiang Li and Fu Xiaxia were included so that the rest of them could get more rest.
So it was finally decided to split into two groups, one group per day. Each group on duty would try to catch up on sleep on the bus the next day.
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