After dealing with the two evil-minded masterminds, the Dawn Team did not return to the small base to cause trouble for the other survivors. Since these people were very knowledgeable and did not hinder them, they did not have to kill everyone for this matter.
After being woken up by that guy in the middle of the night, no one in the team had a good rest. Everyone found a new place and slept for a few hours before setting off again from this small city in the central part of Province G.
They headed north and after another five days they arrived at Province H.
This is a province close to the sea. Although it is located further north than Province G, the temperature here is higher than that of Province G. Wearing a coat that is not too thick will keep you warm here.
A month ago, when the team had not yet encountered the mutated animals, someone suggested taking a ship or other means of transportation to the imperial capital from the sea. There were no zombies on the sea, and they thought this would be much faster and would save them a lot of time and allow them to reach the imperial capital earlier.
However, as soon as this proposal was put forward, it was decisively rejected by Gu Yicheng, who knew the specific situation of the future.
When the sea is peaceful, it looks very safe, but due to the limitation of the place, people are sometimes more dangerous at sea than on land. Once they are unlucky and encounter powerful mutants attacking ships, or there is a storm at sea, and something goes wrong in the boundless sea, then all of them have nowhere to escape and can only cry out to the sky and the earth for help but no one can help.
There are too many uncontrollable factors when going by sea. Their team has no shortage of supplies, time, or strength, so it is safer to drive over from land rather than taking the risk of going by sea.
Even with this method, the speed is much slower than that of a ship, and it is very likely to take an extra month or two. But as long as they can reach the imperial capital smoothly and safely, it is worth it for them.
However, although the Dawn Team does not plan to travel by boat this time, they still have to pass through the coastal province of H Province if they want to go to the imperial capital.
After driving for another ten days in H Province, they slowed down when they were about to reach a border city in H Province.
On the way, they encountered desperate situations, such as being surrounded by hundreds of zombies, or encountering a fourth-level zombie. Of course, they also encountered all kinds of people. Some passed by them unimportantly, and some were on the opposite side of them because of interests or materials. They saw a lot of life and death, and the people around them did all kinds of things to survive.
In this depressing and dreary atmosphere of the end of the world, these things not only did not undermine their confidence, but instead strengthened their determination to work hard to survive.
During this period, Gu Yicheng's lightning ability was promoted to the fourth level. His space ability also broke through to the third level. As for the others, Jiang Jingchao's spiritual ability also broke through to the third level. Xie Fei's fire ability and Lin Yang's earth ability have also broken through to the third level. Some of them are still at the second level, but they are also on the verge of breaking through. It's just that they didn't encounter the right crystal core along the way, so they didn't advance.
The reason why the Dawn Team was able to cross two provinces without any casualties, in addition to the strength of the members themselves, was also largely due to the healing abilities of Ruan Ning and Su Yunjin.
Especially Ruan Ning, her situation is special. She does not have the trouble of advancement that other superpowers have. Moreover, her body is changing unknowingly, and the speed of healing people's wounds is getting faster and faster.
Basically, as long as the team members were still alive and had no injuries to their hearts or brains, she could heal them in time. It can be said that she played an important role in the team.
They drove for 20 consecutive days, and apart from sleeping and eating, the team had almost no rest. Being in a state of high alert for a long time made them feel a little tired.
Gu Yicheng knew that in this city located on the edge of Province H, there was a relatively large base. Although it was not as large as the No. 3 Base in City B or the Hope Base in the Imperial Capital, it could still be ranked among the top ten safe bases in China.
This time they planned to rest in the base for a few days, recuperate, and then walk to the last province of the imperial capital - Province Y.
"Brother Gu, there are quite a few people following our team." Since Jiang Jingchao's psychic ability was upgraded to level three, the detection range has doubled. Even though the people behind them were hiding very well, they were still discovered by Jiang Jingchao after following for a short while.
However, they had just dealt with a group of zombies an hour ago, and now they had no spare energy to care about what these people were doing.
"Don't pay attention to them for now. If they are just following us, just pretend you didn't see them. If they are here to steal supplies..." Gu Yicheng's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, but he quickly regained his composure and said calmly, "Then don't be polite, teach them a lesson."
Nearing noon, they found a quiet corner by the road to sit down and rest, while preparing to eat something to fill their stomachs.
When the Dawn Squad stopped, a team following them a hundred meters away also found a place nearby to rest.
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Because there was a group of people with unknown purposes following them, the Dawn Team did not make a fire to cook lunch today, but instead ate some fast food.
After a while, the team over there finally couldn't stand it anymore and someone came over.
She is a woman with shoulder-length hair.
When dealing with zombies, the biggest taboo for girls is to have long hair. If your hair is too long, if you are caught by a zombie, your scalp may be torn off. Therefore, few people have long hair.
Even Ruan Ning, who was reluctant to part with her long, shiny black hair, cut her hair short to her shoulders, just like this person, and usually tied her hair into a bun or tucked it into a hat.
"Hello, are you guys going to the Yancheng base? We are a team coming from City A. The base we stayed at before was besieged by a large wave of zombies, and the base couldn't resist. We managed to escape from there and came all the way here. We want to take out some food, and we just hope you can protect us from here to the base."
City A is a prefecture-level city in Province H, close to Province G. This means that this team following the Dawn Team had to cross almost half of the province to get here.
In this world, small teams have their own ways of survival. For example, if they happen to meet a strong team, they will pay a price to go on the road together and seek protection.
Because they found that the members of this powerful team were almost all men, in order to minimize the possibility of being rejected, the person sent by that team to negotiate with the Dawn Team was the most beautiful female mutant among them.
And Zhao Junru is the female supernatural being who was sent here unluckily.
As a water-based esper, her status has risen sharply because most water sources are now polluted and water resources are scarce. So normally, such thankless tasks in the team would never be assigned to a esper like her. This time is a special case.
When she thought that this place might be attacked by some malicious people, Zhao Junru came here reluctantly. After all, she could not understand and even looked down on those women who gave themselves to men for a little food.
However, their team suffered heavy losses in the last city, and the team, which was already weak, could not withstand the attack from the outside world. If they could not find a strong team to protect them, it would be difficult for them to hold on to the Yancheng base.
So for the sake of the overall situation, Zhao Junru had to make this trip. To be honest, she was beginning to hate her appearance.
However, all these thoughts vanished as she approached the team. The people in this team not only looked completely different from the ugly ones she had imagined, but everyone present had regular features and a dignified demeanor.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junru's cheeks suddenly felt a little hot.
Her eyes unconsciously fell on the man in the middle of the team, who was wearing a black casual suit.
This kind of man with good temperament and good looks would be very popular even before the end of the world. It goes without saying that he is even more popular after the end of the world. He is powerful and handsome. When a man of such quality stands in front of you, there are few women who can resist being tempted.
Gu Yicheng, who had been stared at by her, did not even raise his head to look at the woman who was walking towards him. He was busy taking care of the people around him and trying to help her get rid of her bad habit of being picky about food.
Zhao Junru was ignored by the strong man in front of her, and suddenly felt a little disappointed. She turned her eyes away from him and looked at the girl next to him.
Zhao Junru couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
...If only the person sitting next to him was her.