Chapter 357: First Arrival in Long Province
After the zombie rats were eliminated, nothing happened in the second half of the night. Only occasionally some zombies or mutant animals were attracted over. Since there were not many of them, they did not cause any trouble and the people in charge of night watch easily solved them.
Bai Ye first absorbed the crystal core in the car, and then after everyone had rested, Fang Yuxin brought him and his family into the Qingmu Lingfu and created an illusion in the car. If someone suddenly opened the door, they would only think that they were all practicing or resting in the car.
The spiritual energy in the Qingmu Spiritual Mansion is rich, and there is also a spirit gathering array, so practicing here will be twice as effective with half the effort. Except for Qu Qianhe and Fang Yuxin who almost did not do anything, the others consumed a lot of energy, so as soon as they entered the Qingmu Spiritual Mansion, they began to meditate and practice.
The night passed quickly, but the heavy rain continued to fall, with no sign of stopping. Fortunately, it was already daybreak, so it didn't matter if it rained. Shang Jinxiu took out some compressed biscuits and milk from the space, and everyone had a simple breakfast and continued on their way.
The rest of the journey was relatively peaceful, although they would encounter groups of zombies from time to time, sometimes human zombies and sometimes animal zombies, but the performance of the Fang family and the Bai father and son seemed to give everyone a reassurance, so they were no longer nervous. Instead, they cleared the zombies in an orderly manner under Bai Zhengli's command.
Sometimes they would see other survivors from a distance, but because they were too far away and there were more of them, they were probably more cautious and didn't approach or talk to them. Bai Zhengli and his team's target was Long Province, so even though they guessed there must be a survivor base nearby, they didn't go there. Until, they finally arrived in Long Province.
Long Province is very large, with cities, counties and villages of all sizes. Because the place is so large, the population density here is very small, and at a glance, there are large tracts of farmland or forests. It's a pity that after the end of the world, zombies and mutant creatures are rampant, and both farmland and forests have long lost their former appearance, either devastated or turned into primeval forests.
The population here is more than 30 million, but most of them have gone to first-tier cities such as Shangshi and Beishi, and the population left is not that large. This makes the population density here smaller, and the threat of zombies is not that great.
However, Long Province has large areas of mountains with many wild animals. After the apocalypse, these animals either turned into zombies or mutated into mutants. The remaining ones that did not mutate almost all became food. These wild animals originally lived in the mountains and forests. They were agile and had strong fighting abilities. They were more powerful than ordinary people who turned into zombies and mutants, which brought a lot of trouble to the local survivors.
Fang Yuxin and his team had just entered Long Province. Shang Jinxiu was cooking with the catering team. However, before the food was ready, a strong stench wafted over from afar.
The scout in charge of the alert ran back quickly, blowing the whistle as he ran, indicating that there was danger. Using the whistle to warn was Bai Ye's idea. Ever since the zombie rats appeared that night, Bai Ye felt that this could not go on. So he led his men to cut some thin bamboos and made whistles out of them, giving one to each person.
The sound of a whistle is very sharp and can be heard from far away. It is much simpler than shouting! The scouts are composed of speed-capable people specially selected by Bai Ye from the four teams. These people are responsible for spying on the enemy and guarding outside.
When the team stopped to rest, the group would disperse to a slightly farther area around the camp, and blow a whistle if the enemy appeared. The louder and more rapid the whistle sounded, the more serious the situation was.
This time when the whistle sounded, the sound was quite urgent, and it was obvious that the situation was serious!
When the people in the camp heard the sound, they almost immediately tensed up, stood up and looked in the direction of the sound. Then, they saw a large black shadow in the distance.
The people sent out as scouts were all level 2 or level 1 peak speed users, and they were very fast. As they saw the distance getting closer, they took off their whistles and shouted, "Everyone, be alert! A group of zombie beasts are coming from a distance! There are more than 10,000 of them! They are all the kind of beasts that only exist in the forest!"
After these words were spoken, everyone became more alert. Seeing this, Bai Zhengli shouted, "Attention, team members! Earth-type psychics cooperate with water-type psychics to create a swamp nearby, and gold-type psychics and ice-type psychics cooperate to build a protective wall! Everyone else stay alert and be ready to fight at any time! Hurry!"
Because everyone had cooperated many times, they had developed a proper tacit understanding. When Bai Zhengli gave the order, the earth and water psychics worked closely together to create a swamp nearby. At the same time, others also gathered together, and the gold and ice psychics built a protective wall.
The ice-type psychic froze an entire protective wall, while the gold-type psychic created sharp cones on the protective wall to prevent the zombie beasts from climbing.
Some of the weaker psychics directly stood on the top of the truck with submachine guns, grenades, explosive packs, etc., mainly responsible for dealing with some of the more difficult zombie beasts in the zombie beast group, such as black bears or brown bears. This type of bear is huge and very powerful, and the protective wall is most afraid of this type of zombie beast or mutant beast!
At the same time, Fang Yuxin also released Lan Ruo and Hong Fen, letting them play freely. After a period of training, Hong Fen and Lan Ruo's intelligence has improved to a certain extent, and they should become quite flexible in combat, no longer needing Fang Yuxin's command.
When the others saw them appear, even though they had seen them several times before, they couldn't help but change their expressions. They had seen plants like roses before, and they just thought they were very beautiful. Although they had thorns, they were not a threat to humans. Who knew that once they mutated, they would become so ferocious, it was simply terrifying!
Especially those flowers that are as big as washbasins, have straws and can emit psychedelic fragrance, which make people feel scared when they see them.
The crystal orchid, however, is not commonly seen because it always grows in high-altitude mountains and has a short life cycle. It is unfamiliar to many people. But despite this, its deformed body is still shocking, just like Fang Yuyang's tornado, it is simply a giant meat grinder!
However, these two ferocious mutant plants shrunk down to look like cute ornaments, and were worn on Fang Yuxin's wrists as bracelets. Under the huge contrast, these people began to fear Fang Yuxin from the bottom of their hearts. They used to think that Fang Yuxin was a beautiful flower, and she was also a second-level wood-type ability user, which was really rare. No wonder Zhao Qiankun couldn't forget her.
It was not until they saw Fang Yuxin's strength and methods with their own eyes that they suddenly realized that she was not a delicate flower at all, but a man-eating queen flower! She was beautiful, but it was a pity that ordinary people could not enjoy her! Perhaps, only a fierce man like Bai Ye could take her down.
Just because of Lan Ruo and Hong Fen, those who were originally secretly jealous of Bai Ye and thought he was so lucky became completely silent. They didn't even have the courage to look at Fang Yuxin any more!
Some women who were interested in Bai Ye also completely gave up. Not only did they no longer dare to compete with a man-eating plant like Fang Yuxin for a man, they didn't even dare to have any desire for him, for fear that they would be swallowed up by Hongfen and Lanruo if they were not careful!
They all saw that although Fang Yuxin had a kind face that seemed easy to bully, she was not a good person at all. When she started to fight, she was ruthless!
Everyone cooperated very well. When the scouts came back, the swamp was taking shape, leaving only a few narrow paths for them to walk on. Fang Yuyang stood on the top of the truck with a group of wind-type mutants, using wind blades to stop the zombies in the distance, giving others time to prepare.
Bai Zhengli, Bai Ye and others also stood on the top of the truck to observe the enemy situation. They found that the zombie beasts were mainly composed of wolves, leopards, bobcats, jackals, bears and gorillas, with some other zombie beasts mixed in. These zombie beasts were huge in number, with a rough look of more than 10,000 to nearly 20,000.
Although this scale is small compared to those human zombie groups, it is much more difficult to deal with because they have animal nature!
If there were only 20,000 human zombies here, no one would be nervous unless they were all at the peak of level 2 or level 3. But since they were all zombie beasts, everyone had to be extremely vigilant!
Seeing them getting closer and closer, Bai Zhengli immediately ordered: "Deal with the bears and gorillas first! Everyone, pay attention, make sure they don't get close to the protective wall!"
As soon as he gave the order, wind blades and bullets flew towards the bears and gorillas in the zombie herd. Fang Yuyang did not use his powerful tornado. The situation was not yet critical. It would be a waste for him to use the tornado so early. Moreover, although he was powerful, he had to give others a chance to act. Otherwise, all the dangers and difficulties would be solved by just a few of them. What would the rest of the people do?
Bai Zhengli established the combat group with the purpose of uniting all the people and leading them to eliminate the zombies, not to make them useless!
Others didn't think Fang Yuyang or Bai Ye should take action, and directly used their most powerful skills to deal with these zombie beasts. According to the rules of the war group, how many crystal cores each person can get depends on everyone's contribution. Whether it is fighting or assisting, there is a certain contribution value. If there are no zombies or mutants to kill, what should these people do? Are they just waiting to drink the northwest wind?
What's more, we are all adults. Are they worse than others? Do they need protection from others? Do they have any shame?
"Ah——" As the black bear let out a shrill scream, all the zombie beasts seemed to be stimulated and their speed became even faster!
The members of the Hope Corps watched this scene and became more vigilant.
Let me say this again. I saved some manuscripts for the new article last month, so I published the manuscripts yesterday. The author did not intentionally update the new article without updating the old one.
(End of this chapter)
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