About half an hour later, more than twenty people boarded the bus that Yuan Chuyi had specially prepared for them in order. After everyone was on the bus, Tie Dan pulled over a young man who was only a few years older than him and said:
“Brother Yuan, this is Zhao Pingshan, who helped me escape from Harbin.”
"Oh, you escaped from Harbin?" Yuan Chuyi remembered that Tang Yan had mentioned that the people who came by helicopter seemed to be from Harbin.
"Okay, you guys get in the car first, we'll talk on the car later."
"Okay, Brother Yuan, we'll go up first."
After everyone boarded the bus, Zhu Zi stood up, checked the number of people, and nodded to Yuan Chu to indicate that they could start driving.
"Tang Yan, you drive. Shuang'er and Wan'er, you two stay in front and take down the zombies that are charging at us from a distance."
Yuan Chuyi walked to the back of the car and looked at Pingshan and Tiedan, asking, "Tell me about the situation in Bingcheng. I heard that there's a rat infestation there. How could this happen? Bingcheng is a big city in the north, how could there be so many rats?"
Tie Dan sighed and said, "You don't know, Brother Yuan. At first, we also wondered where all those rats came from. We only found out after we rescued someone from a food processing plant."
It turns out that an inconspicuous street at the city's intersection was full of food processing businesses. Because they were greedy and made duck heads using rat heads, all the factories on that street raised a large number of rats.
In addition, with the arrival of the apocalypse, the rats were left unattended, leading to their rapid proliferation. As a result, it didn't take long for the rats to take over several streets in the vicinity.
It wasn't until the authorities intervened that they realized the situation was out of control.
"I see! Then why did you flee back to Haicheng? Normally, shouldn't you have fled back to the official camp, which would have been closer, since you were injured?"
Upon hearing this, Hirayama clenched his fists, while Tiedan gritted his teeth and said, "If I had escaped back to the official camp, I would be dead by now."
Upon hearing Tie Dan's words, Yuan Chuyi became interested and asked, "What do you mean?"
Tie Dan said, "It's called an official shelter, but it's actually a place where two powers fight, and the survivors are the ones who suffer the most."
My injury happened while I was on a mission. I encountered a level-two mutated python, and I was planning to return to base for backup, but I was ambushed by another faction.
Yuan Chuyi asked in confusion, "I don't quite understand what you mean. Could you be more specific?"
Tie Dan continued, "Before I came back, the situation in Ice City was that there was one official camp and countless smaller camps."
The official camp was undoubtedly the strongest, but it was divided into two factions: one was managed by Secretary Gao of the former government, and the other was managed by Regiment Commander Ma Siming of the local garrison.
Perhaps due to the difference in their philosophies, they were never able to integrate. Secretary Gao's side was mainly composed of police officers, while our Commander Ma's side consisted of real troops with some heavy weapons, and the soldiers were very tenacious and daring.
Not long ago, when the mutated rats besieged the city, both sides had agreed that Secretary Gao would guard the east and west sides, and Commander Ma would guard the north and south sides.
However, the battle did not last long. Gao's men panicked because many of them had died. Some even gave up resistance and fled to underground bunkers to hide.
This resulted in a large number of mutated rats rushing in. In the end, Commander Ma had to temporarily organize several platoons to block the gap and barely manage to repel the mutated rats.
The battle ended with Commander Ma losing two-thirds of his troops and a large number of camp survivors.
Since then, Commander Ma's influence in the camp has weakened, and the camp has gradually become a den of iniquity. A week ago, I accidentally discovered a level-two mutated snake while searching for supplies with the superhumans from Secretary Gao's side.
After discussing with Ping Shan, I planned to return to the camp to request heavy firepower support. However, just as I was about to return to the camp, one of Secretary Gao's group of people, an ice-type ability user, directly smashed two ice hammers at my knees.
If Brother Pingshan hadn't reacted quickly and pulled me into a building, I'd probably be dead by now.
Yuan Chuyi asked, puzzled, "Then why did Secretary Gao's group attack you? It doesn't make sense."
Tie Dan said apologetically, "I might have forgotten to mention that after the mutated rats besieged the city, someone discovered that there was a chance of a crystal appearing in the brains of level one zombies and level one mutated animals. We collectively call it a crystal core. This crystal core can help superhumans advance in rank."
From that day on, the two factions in the camp would argue even more over the crystal cores, which is why those people tried to harm me.
Yuan Chuyi thought to himself: No wonder it's a city with a population of tens of millions. They discovered the secrets of evolution earlier than us small cities. Then he looked at Tie Dan and asked, "What kind of heavy firepower does the camp have now? Do they have missiles?"
Tie Dan laughed and said, "Brother Yuan, you really have a good idea. There are no missiles. They are all heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, grenades, mortars, and armored vehicles."
Yuan Chu thought to himself, "I'm relieved that there are no missiles. But this Ice City is clearly not in the same league as Hai City. Hai City is at most a light weapon with some police pistols."
However, to prevent surprise attacks from these firearms, I should still learn a few defensive skills. Oh, and Tang Yan and a few others should learn them too.
As the camp changed daily, the population grew, and this enormous city, measuring 600 meters in length and width, welcomed its first heavy snowfall.
At noon, Yuan Chuyi had just spent another 1.11 million to materialize 3 more Magic Shield skills, and then successfully copied them into 6 more through Shangguan Wan'er. He then gave them to Tang Yan, Zheng Shuang, Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Liang, and Zhou Yu, saying:
"Since you've all decided to follow me from now on, then you should learn these skills."
Tang Yan looked at the skill description and said, "After use, all damage within an 8-meter radius is reduced by 80%, that's insane!"
Yuan Chuyi said, "Therefore, this kind of skill must be given to those who can advance all the way. At present, with my ability, I can only obtain these few books."
As soon as he finished speaking, snowflakes began to fall slowly from the sky. Yuan Chu looked up at the sky and murmured, "What's meant to happen will happen eventually."
The heavy snow fell for a full day and night. Meanwhile, Liu Xin, Sun Tingting, and the bespectacled man, who had already fled to Haicheng, were watching in horror as a large willow tree in the distance waved its countless branches and stretched them out in their direction.
Sun Tingting patted her full breasts and said, "That was close, that was close! Luckily, Li Ming, you reacted quickly enough to reverse the car, otherwise I really don't want to think about the consequences."
Looking at the other trees around them, Liu Xin said, "Could it be that these plants are also starting to mutate? If so, we won't be able to walk the mountain path to Ice City at all."
Li Ming suggested, "Sister Liu, why don't we go back to Haicheng for a few days and see how things go before making a decision? Staying here isn't a solution."
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