A sense of sadness spread through the ranks, but under the urging of the leaders of the major bases, they quickly rallied and prepared to set off.
If food cannot be found soon, the number of people who will starve to death will not be just a few dozen.
Moreover, time is running out. They need to finish the battle quickly within a day, otherwise, who knows what terrible things might happen when the next night arrives.
"K3 base was lucky; they only lost five people. Those smaller bases were almost wiped out." Sun Tiantian leaned out the window, watching the long convoy ahead.
Lu Sheng hugged the Tang sword, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes to rest. "It's not good luck, it's good equipment."
All vehicles at K3 base were originally supplied by the military region, ensuring their quality.
The remaining vehicles at the bases were obviously picked up off the roadside; the gaps between the sheet metal panels were about a finger's width, allowing any mutated plant to easily squeeze into the vehicle.
Lu Sheng and her team were riding in a top-of-the-line tank worth tens of millions, with maximum protection, so no one in the entire team got hit by the dodder.
Even in the apocalypse, having money makes it easier to survive than others.
H City has completely fallen. The streets are filled with ruins and abandoned cars stranded on the road.
This caused the convoy to travel much slower than expected.
They drove on until 2 p.m., when suddenly the line in front stopped.
Zhuangzhuang, who was catching up on sleep after finishing his night shift, suddenly opened his eyes and raised his tail warily. "A large group of hostile units is rapidly surrounding us."
He had barely finished speaking when someone at the front of the convoy suddenly cursed, "Holy crap! So many rats!"
Upon hearing the sound, Lu Sheng immediately jumped out of the car window to look out.
A dark mass of shadows surged in like a tide, crowding the already narrow road and making it completely impassable.
Countless pairs of blood-red eyes stared menacingly at the convoy.
"There must be tens of thousands of rats..." Sun Tiantian peeked out, then shrank back in disgust.
Unlike the army of rats that Lu Sheng had previously slaughtered, these mutated rats in front of him had made a qualitative leap in both size and speed.
As the apocalypse progressed into its middle stages, zombie rats became a malignant tumor.
Because the zombie rats inherited their habits and characteristics from before the apocalypse, and have lived in polluted underground environments for a long time, their resistance to the environment and viruses is much higher than that of superhumans.
Not only are they fast, but they also carry a variety of pathogens. Just one bite is enough to infect the entire spectrum of viruses. Low-level superhumans are highly likely to be infected with the zombie virus.
Moreover, they are exceptionally united. Once they band together, they swarm forward, making it difficult for ordinary superhumans to withstand them. They often end up getting bitten by accident.
Even Lu Sheng had never heard of such a massive horde of mutated rats roaming the streets.
"Have all the rats in the province come here for a big meeting?" Zhang Xiaojuan grinned, silently tightening her cuffs and mask.
"People are having trouble getting food these days, and even rats are facing a food shortage. The grain reserves can provide them with food,"
In the post-apocalyptic world, the biological structure is so simple and brutal: wherever there is food, there are people and mutated beasts.
People quickly got out of the cars ahead, exchanged a few words, and then launched an attack on the zombie rats.
Lu Song continuously condensed fireballs with both hands, hurling them into the zombie rat horde as if they were nothing.
The flames instantly disrupted the rat swarm's order; the entire swarm was scalded and jumped around wildly, frantically rushing towards the group in front of the convoy.
Although several bases joined forces to continuously suppress the enemy with their supernatural abilities, the number of zombie rats was simply too great, and they quickly pushed the battle line forward despite the heavy fire.
"Oh no, they might not be able to hold on much longer," Zhang Xiaojuan said worriedly as she peered out the car window.
Lu Sheng pursed his lips slightly. Several people opened the car door to get out and help, when they suddenly noticed that the only girl from the Tengfei base had stepped forward.
She looked young, petite and delicate.
She walked to the front line of the confrontation between humans and rats, bowed, and whispered a few words to the zombie rat horde with a smile on her face.
An astonishing scene unfolded right before everyone's eyes.
After the girl finished speaking, the dark swarm of zombie rats chattered amongst themselves for a moment, then collectively turned around and headed in another direction.
"You told them the winning numbers for this round of the Double Color Ball lottery?!" Zhang Xiaojuan was so shocked her jaw almost dropped.
The girl turned around and smiled sweetly, "I told them that the Yunshan base has live chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, which taste better than moldy grain."
Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow in surprise. The fair-skinned girl in front of him was actually a Corpse Whisperer?
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