Chapter 29 Arriving in City B
This is a two-bedroom, one-living room house with some office desks and chairs covered with a thick layer of dust.
After everyone cleaned up briefly, Zeng Li took out a few packets of compressed biscuits and distributed them to everyone.
When Su Qing handed it to her, she waved her hand and said, "I brought my own food, so you guys shouldn't eat this."
As she spoke, she took out five bowls of rice from her backpack, and then took out a plate of braised fish, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a plate of Kung Pao chicken, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and finally a large bowl of corn and pork ribs soup.
Zeng Li watched Su Qing take out plate after plate of food and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "This is truly amazing! I haven't seen such a sumptuous meal in ages."
Because Su Qing found a lot of seasonings, the dishes in the base restaurant have increased dramatically. She brought a lot of delicious food this time.
"You're welcome, come and have dinner."
"Oh, Sister Su, I'm so sorry." Li Yi looked at the dishes on the table with his eyes shining.
Lu Chen and Gu Yan finished their conversation and came over to look at the dishes on the table. Then he said to Su Qing, "Keep the account and settle it together when we get back."
Su Qing shrugged indifferently and started preparing dinner for Fuguier.
After dinner, everyone moved the tables and chairs in the room to one side. Su Qing and Zeng Li each had a room, while the three men stayed in the living room.
The room was pitch black, the floor was cold and hard, and the air was filled with a stale smell that hadn't been lived in for a long time. Even with the windows open, it couldn't dissipate. Su Qing curled up in his sleeping bag, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Fuguier was lying beside her and was not affected at all, snoring continuously.
It was almost dawn when Su Qing could no longer hold on and managed to sleep for two hours.
It was just daybreak again, and the group packed up and set off again.
They kept stopping and starting like this, and the closer they got to City B, the harder the road became, and the more zombies they encountered on the road, so it took them almost ten days to reach the outer edge of City B.
"There are relatively fewer zombies here. Let's stay here temporarily and make plans after we find out the situation in the city." Although Gu Yan was extremely anxious, he also knew that he should not be reckless at this time.
They are currently staying in a villa area in the suburbs of City B. Lu Chen chose a villa in the central area as a temporary residence.
An hour ago, they encountered a small group of zombies on the road. In order to avoid the zombies, they accidentally came to this place. This villa area covers a large area, but there are only more than 20 villas in total. Maybe it is relatively remote and there are not many people here. After they came in, they searched around and only saw a few zombies, which they quickly dealt with.
"Since there are no living people, the zombies in City B are already migrating outwards. It is relatively better to enter the city than outside." The system made a sound.
Su Qing let Fuguier move around freely, and she found a chair, wiped herself and sat down. She opened the system's route map to check and found that it was more than 30 kilometers from here to the research institute.
"The research institute is located near a scenic spot. There aren't many densely populated residential areas around it, so there shouldn't be too many zombies there."
"But Professor Gu has been staying in the research institute and has not left. Is there some danger nearby that prevents him from leaving?" Su Qing zoomed in on the map and looked around. It was indeed as the system said. There was a large scenic area there, but there were very few houses, all of which were old bungalows.
"That's not clear, the host needs to explore it on his own."
Su Qing closed the route map and looked up. Seeing Lu Chen and Gu Yan also studying the map, he stood up and walked over.
"At the moment, it's safest to take the outer ring and then go directly to the research institute from here." Gu Yan gestured on the map.
Lu Chen looked at the map and pointed at a location. "Well, if the road is blocked, you can go around here." Seeing Su Qing coming, he moved to the side a little. "What do you think?"
Su Qing saw that the route they planned was consistent with the route given by the system, so he didn't say anything and just nodded to Lu Chen.
"Look what I found."
Su Qing and the other two looked up when they heard the sound, only to see Li Yi walking down from upstairs carrying a black box, and Zeng Li following behind him, also holding a box in her hand.
Li Yi walked to the table, put the box down and then opened it. A drone was placed in the box.
"If this thing works, it will solve a big problem." Li Yi said as he took out the thing and started to assemble it.
Zeng Li also put down the box in her hand and said, "I found a small solar outdoor power supply."
They first took the outdoor power supply outside to charge it, and then charged the drone's battery. After waiting for half a day, they finally got it done.
Everyone came outside, Li Yi put the drone on the ground, then picked up the remote control and turned on the switch.
The drone didn't respond.
Li Yi walked up, picked it up and looked at it, tapped it a few times, and pressed the remote control again, but there was still no response.
"See if there is a toolbox." Lu Chen said.
Gu Yan turned and went into the house. After a while, he came out with a small toolbox in his hand.
Lu Chen took it, took out a screwdriver, and quickly disassembled the drone.
"The circuit board is broken and can't be repaired."
"Oh, it was all for nothing." Li Yi's eyebrows drooped.
"Let me see." Su Qing stretched out her hand towards Lu Chen, "Let me try."
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows, reinstalled the drone, and handed it to Su Qing.
The drone disappeared from Su Qing's hand the moment she took it. She opened the refresh mall to see if it could be refreshed.
[Damaged drones can be refreshed.]
[Refresh successfully, obtain advanced intelligent drone. ]
Lu Chen and the others saw the drone disappear from Su Qing's hands for just a few seconds before appearing in her hands again.
However, the drone she was holding at this time had completely changed its appearance. It was the size of a palm, with only a single blade on the top. There was a camera at the front end of the machine, and its shape was similar to a mini helicopter.
"It's solar-powered, has a single flight time of 40 minutes, a controllable flight distance of 5 kilometers, and the camera rotates 360 degrees, transmits real-time images, and is voice-activated."
"Wow! This high-tech is awesome! Sister, you're amazing!" Li Yi gave Su Qing a thumbs up.
Gu Yan looked at the machine in Su Qing's hand and said, "This thing looks a bit like the Black Hornet drone from Country M."
Su Qing handed the drone, the remote control, and the tablet computer with the display screen to Lu Chen, and asked them to use them to investigate the situation.
With the help of the drone, it became very smooth to find out the situation in City B. The three men planned a route based on the images taken by the drone and explored the city every day. After two days, they finally figured out the general situation inside.
There are indeed fewer zombies in the city, but the overall number is still huge. After all, City B was a metropolis with a population of tens of millions before the apocalypse.
On this day, only the last bit of the area around the research institute was left to be seen. Early in the morning, Lu Chen and the other two drove away from the villa with Su Qing.
Su Qing also went out with them every day. Lu Chen and his friends were exploring the route, while Su Qing took this opportunity to wander around the city.
City B fell early and had a large population, so the number of zombies continued to increase rapidly. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, the capital quickly arranged for the evacuation of personnel. Those who could escape had already fled, and the resources left in the city were very rich, which made Su Qing reaped a lot of rewards.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Su Qing drove towards the place agreed with Lu Chen and others.
When they arrived at the place and saw that they had not returned yet, Su Qing was bored sitting in the car and started to pack her backpack.
After replenishing the supplies in the base and upgrading the courtyard house, Su Qing found that many new members had joined the base recently, and she didn't know who recruited them. Seeing that the house was not big enough to live in, she searched for a lot of building materials in the past few days. She happened to see that the house could be upgraded, so she clicked it.
The original two-story house has been expanded to a three-story house, which can accommodate 12 people. A large kitchen has also been added to the house, so those who want to cook can do so at home.
After Su Qing finished some operations, he came to his senses and looked outside the car. It was already dark, but few people had returned. He felt a little strange for a moment.
Could it be that these three people encountered some accident?
Su Qing started the car and drove towards the research institute.
The car had just gone a few meters when two beams of light shone from a distance. A car was speeding towards them from a distance. Perhaps it saw Su Qing's car and honked its horn frantically to signal her.
In just a few seconds, the car whizzed up to Su Qing and stopped. The two cars met and Li Yi rolled down the window.
"Girl, hurry up! Go back to the villa!"
Su Qing had already seen the group of zombies chasing after them. The surrounding zombies were also disturbed and gathered together. She turned the steering wheel and turned the car around.
The two cars sped along like crazy and soon returned to the villa area. They stopped at the outskirts and shot the heads of a few zombies that followed them before driving inside.
Returning to the villa, Su Qing saw that the three of them were covered in blood and dirt, and couldn't help but ask, "What happened to you?"
"Oh! Forget it. No wonder Professor Gu has been in the research institute all this time. That place is like a zombie base camp, with zombies densely packed outside the institute. If the boss hadn't reacted quickly today, I'm afraid I would have died there."
"Don't we have drones?" Zeng Li looked confused.
"It's my fault. The first image the drone sent back showed the outside of the research institute was quite empty. I was so anxious that I just went straight over there." Gu Yan said hoarsely, his face full of self-blame. "If it weren't for you, Boss, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back."
"Go wash up first. I'll get you some buckets of water."
The water used these days was provided by Su Qing. When she left, she filled dozens of buckets of spring water in her backpack.
Several people exuded a strong stench of decay, which Su Qing could not stand, so he asked them to take a shower first.
Lu Chen couldn't stand the smell on his body anymore, so he picked up a bucket of water and left without saying a word.
While the men went to take a shower, Su Qing and Zeng Li prepared dinner.
Soon they finished washing and changing clothes. After they had their meal, Gu Yan took out his tablet and showed Su Qing and Zeng Li the images captured by the drone today.
The scene was indeed very empty at the beginning as Gu Yan said. Not long after, Gu Yan drove over. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw zombies swarming in from all around. The scene was so scary that it made people's scalps tingle.
"We can use explosives to lure away some of the zombies around here. The more troublesome thing now is how to open the door of the research institute." Lu Chen said.
"The institute stores highly contagious viruses, and the security factor is at the highest level. It is now sealed on all sides and difficult to break in from the outside. The doors are controlled from the inside. If you want to get in, someone inside needs to press the switch. Now we don't know whether the people inside... are still... alive." Gu Yan frowned.
"Can't the C4 explode?" Zeng Li asked.
Gu Yan shook his head and said, "It doesn't have much effect."
"How many more times should we bomb it?"
"We don't have much explosives, and we have to use some of them to attract zombies. I'm afraid it won't work." Li Yi said.
Su Qing was watching the footage from the drone when the system in his head suddenly said, "The camera is moving."
Um?
Su Qing picked up the tablet, clicked the video to rewind and replay it, and watched it back and forth several times. Finally, he saw that not long after Gu Yan appeared at the door of the research institute, a camera on the lamppost in front of him turned slightly.
If it weren't for the system's reminder, they probably wouldn't have discovered it at all.
"The camera here is moving. There is someone inside watching the outside." Su Qing quickly asked a few people to watch the video.
After hearing this, Gu Yan snatched the tablet from Su Qing's hand and looked at it carefully.
“It did move!”
"My father is still alive!"
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