This is a small town in province y.

At six o'clock in the morning, it was already bright.

But now the temperature outside is getting lower and lower, and everyone is inevitably lacking energy after getting up.

"How's the engine inspection going?" a man yawned and asked as he walked up to a truck.

"Don't worry, it's no big deal." The man who was concentrating on repairing the car raised his head and gave him an accurate answer.

"That's good. As long as we can leave on time and not delay our trip to Hope Base," the man continued.

Since they set out on the journey with the Dawn Team, the people in their team felt that their safety level had risen sharply. They had never had such a rare leisurely day in the morning since they decided to go to Hope Base.

At the beginning, not all the people who stayed in the team were willing to be inferior to other teams. Because they didn't know much about the Dawn Team, they only knew that they were strong, but they didn't know how strong they were. Many people stayed because of Captain Xiao Tu.

But now, after seeing the true strength of this team, they were all convinced. How could they feel wronged to follow such a team? They were so happy to be traveling with such a strong team, and the only requirement was to follow their arrangements, without asking for supplies or anything else.

They even thought that if those who left the team knew about this, they would probably be so angry that they would die.

"Good morning, Captain Xiao." The two suddenly saw Xiao Tu coming from the opposite side and greeted him.

Xiao Tu nodded in response, then walked quickly past them.

The man repairing the car asked in confusion, "Why did our Captain Xiao rush to Captain Gu in such a hurry? Did something happen?"

The other man looked at Xiao Tu's leaving back and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

…

Xiao Tu went there this time because he had an urgent matter to discuss with Captain Gu.

At the place where the Dawn Squad camped, he saw Ruan Ning wrapped in a cotton coat.

"Ms. Ruan." Although Xiao Tu had only been here a few days, he could see the love that Captain Gu had for his sister.

Ruan Ning was afraid of cold weather. As the temperature dropped below zero, her palms felt especially cold when she got up these days, so she would hold a hot water bottle in the morning. When she saw Xiao Tu, she smiled and said, "Captain Xiao is here to look for your brother, right? He's in the car now, you can just go over there."

"Yeah." Xiao Tu didn't waste any time and walked in the direction Ruan Ning pointed.

"Captain Gu, our people have found traces of a mutant bear on the road ahead, and it is now heading in our direction."

The person who brought them this news was a speed-type psychic in Xiao Tu's team. While exploring the way, he found a mutant bear less than a kilometer ahead. It must have come down from the mountains near the town.

Mutants are always difficult to deal with.

The mutant dogs and cats they had encountered before were enough to deal with, and now there was a mutant bear, which looked even more difficult to deal with. Moreover, there was only one road in the town that could be used for traffic, and they could not take a safer road. That was why Xiao Tu had to hurry over to report the situation, hoping to find an effective solution before the mutant bear came to the camp.

When Gu Yicheng heard about the mutant bear, his eyes moved slightly, "Let you and I handle this matter together."

Of course Xiao Tu had no objection. He quickly prepared his weapons and went to meet the mutant bear in advance with Gu Yichen.

After they left, everyone else in the two teams also knew that there was a mutant bear ahead.

"I wonder which of the two captains is more powerful?" someone asked casually.

"Of course it's Captain Gu from the Dawn Squad." A round-faced young man said admiringly, "I saw him split a mutant dog in half with one move. From that moment on, Captain Gu became my idol."

The person who asked the question couldn't help but sigh when he heard him say that. The round-faced young man saw this scene because he was selected to deal with the mutant dog incident with the Dawn Team, so not everyone knew about this.

"It seems that the offensive power of lightning power is indeed extraordinary."

After hearing what the two were talking about, a tall woman came over and said sternly, "I don't want to hear anyone discussing this kind of thing in the team anymore."

When the round-faced young man saw the woman appear, he scratched his head and said, "I see, Sister Xia. I didn't mean anything bad just now. I didn't mean to say anything bad about Captain Xiao."

Ouyang Xia is Xiao Tu's fiancée and also a superpower. She is also the only one with water superpowers in their team. She alone provides the drinking water for the team members. In addition, she is capable and decisive, and has been killing zombies with other members of the team, so she has a high status in the team.

"Okay, get to work. Don't wait until the two captains come back after killing the mutant bears before we are ready." Ouyang Xia reminded them, not because he was worried that these team members' hearts would turn to other teams, but because this topic was too provocative and not conducive to the unity between the two teams.

Although she is Xiao Tu's fiancée, she is not an unreasonable person.

She admired Captain Gu of the Dawn Team, but she didn't think her Xiao Tu was that bad. All she could say was that the two of them had different abilities and personalities, and each had their own merits, so there was nothing to compare.

**

Half an hour passed.

Gu Yichen and Xiao Tu walked back to the camp covered in blood, almost scaring everyone.

Ruan Ning was the same. After she saw the two of them coming back, she hurriedly walked up to Gu Yicheng, looked him up and down for several times, and asked nervously, "Brother, are you okay? Where are you injured?"

Gu Yicheng's expression softened when he saw her. "Ningning, don't worry. I'm fine."

Ruan Ning still didn't quite believe it, thinking that he said that because he was afraid of worrying her.

I don’t know how the mutant bear this time is so powerful that it can actually injure Gu Yicheng, who has the fourth-level lightning ability, so badly.

Gu Yicheng stared at the girl who was looking at him worriedly for a few seconds, a hint of warmth flashed in his eyes, and he said in a gentle voice: "The blood on my body is not mine."

Ruan Ning was stunned for a moment when she heard him say this. She looked at him with her moist almond-shaped eyes and asked, "Really?"

Seeing her looking up at him so obediently, Gu Yicheng felt soft in his heart. He wanted to reach out and touch her head, but suddenly he remembered that his hands were also covered in blood. So he didn't do anything else and just said, "Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?"

Ruan Ning put away her tense expression and breathed a sigh of relief. She also knew that Gu Yicheng had no need to lie to her at this time. After all, it was still possible to tell whether a person was seriously injured or not. His face looked normal, and he was not pale due to excessive blood loss. He really didn't look like he was seriously injured at all.

She just saw him covered in blood and didn't notice anything else. It was only after she calmed down after hearing him say that that she realized something was amiss.

Ruan Ning smiled awkwardly and said dryly, "If that's the case, then go to the car and change into some clean clothes."

This is... so embarrassing.

She thought Gu Yi was seriously injured, so she was agitated without realizing it. Now that she found that he was fine, she suddenly realized that she was a little too anxious just now.

It was all because Gu Yicheng's clothes were always clean every time he killed zombies. Now he suddenly came back covered in blood, which made her panic. She thought something serious had happened to him, so she was so nervous.