The club's training ground was more spacious than the locker room.
Various kinds of bows and arrows were hanging on the wall near the entrance. Chi Xiaoyu walked up to a pure black bow and arrow and took it down.
She's wanted this HOYT bow for a long time.
Her mother had promised to buy her this product if she won the provincial junior championship, but when she excitedly went to her mother with her award certificate, her mother went crazy and insisted on jumping off the building with her.
For a long time after that, she refused to touch a bow and arrow.
It wasn't until she was saving the girl who jumped from the building that she picked up the bow and arrow again. Now she no longer had the psychological trauma she initially had. She not only took the bow handle, but also a whole bucket of X10 (Easton) arrows.
Seeing this, Qiao An'an also picked up a bucket and carried it on her back.
Chi Xiaoyu asked in confusion, "Is Sister An'an also planning to practice archery?"
Qiao An'an shook her head: "I was just worried that one bucket wouldn't be enough for you, so I was thinking of carrying one too. Once you've used yours, you can use mine."
Chi Xiaoyu gave Qiao An'an a bright smile; she knew her sister An'an always cared about her.
Qiao An'an was dazzled by Chi Xiaoyu's smile. This child was already good-looking, but she looked even better with that smile!
The two were preparing to leave.
Qiao An'an suddenly noticed that besides the bow and arrows, there was also a sword on the wall where the bow and arrows were hanging.
The sword, including the hilt, is only about 70 centimeters long and doesn't feel very heavy in the hand. After drawing the sword from its sheath, one can feel the blade radiating a chilling light.
Qiao An'an swung her sword at the wooden shelf on the wall, and a large section of the shelf was immediately sheared off. This sword was not only light to hold, but it could also cut through iron like mud, much better than the boning knife she was currently using. She put the sword back in its sheath and carried it on her back along with the quiver: "Not bad, I'll take this sword."
As the two were about to leave, Qiao An'an took the water bottle from the water dispenser at the front desk, poured out the water that had expired and was infested with small insects, pulled off the straw connected to the water dispenser, and then walked to the car at the door, intending to pry open the car's gas tank and suck out the fuel.
Chi Xiaoyu realized: "Is Sister An'an worried that Chen Zhou and the others won't be able to find gasoline?"
Qiao An'an nodded. The cars on the roadside must have been searched by other survivors before, so they might not have found gasoline. But this club looked like no outsiders had ever been here before, so they could find gasoline in the cars. "But this is gasoline. The truck seems to run on diesel. I don't know if a gasoline truck can be used."
Chi Xiaoyu used her academic expertise to explain: "Theoretically, it cannot be used. Although diesel vehicles can run on gasoline, because gasoline has a lower carbon content than diesel, after a period of driving, diesel vehicles will experience symptoms such as lack of power, unstable idling, engine shaking, vehicle stalling, and white smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe. In severe cases, the engine will be completely scrapped."
This... is a bit serious.
Qiao An'an put down the straw and bucket in her hand: "Then let's forget about it and go back. Maybe Chen Zhou and the others have already found suitable oil for trucks."
When the two walked back to the front of the truck, Shen Zhou and the others had already returned, and they didn't look well.
Upon seeing Qiao An'an and Chi Xiaoyu, Chen Zhou stepped forward and said, "We haven't found diesel fuel, so we may have to walk the rest of the way."
Qi Feng, munching on the half-pack of compressed biscuits he'd snatched from Chi Ming, said, "Maybe we should just give up. There's nowhere to eat around here. How can we hike on an empty stomach?"
It seems that Chen Zhou and his men not only failed to find diesel fuel, but also failed to find food.
Qiao An'an opened the backpack behind her and handed it to everyone: "We have food here, but unfortunately we found gasoline, not diesel, so the truck can't use it."
Hearing Qiao An'an say there was gasoline.
Shen Zhou's eyes lit up: "Gasoline is fine too, we can just get a car that runs on gasoline."
Qiao An'an suddenly understood; it seemed to make sense.
So everyone returned to the club entrance.
Two cars were parked in front of the club: a seven-seater Lexus LM and a Mercedes sedan.
Shen Zhou immediately took a liking to the black Lexus LM. It was a car worth nearly a million yuan, and both the windshield and the body were very sturdy, making it perfect for driving in the apocalypse.
The Lexus LM still has more than half a barrel of oil left.
Shen Zhou then used the straw that Qiao An'an had taken out to suck out all the oil from inside the Mercedes-Benz and put it in the trunk for later use before driving off.
On the way, Qiao An'an heated up a meal of rice for everyone using a self-heating pot, and also gave everyone a bottle of drink according to their tastes.
After Fang Yuyang finished eating, he took over driving from Chen Zhou so that Chen Zhou could also have a hot meal.
After everyone finished eating, they discovered that the car had driven out of the suburbs and into the countryside, which was not what they had expected.
Everyone assumed that with over a hundred masked men, even if they weren't in the city center, they should be in a gated community on the outskirts of the city for safety.
But this is in the countryside, where every household builds their own house. It's impossible for any house to house a hundred or so people. If they live scattered, how can we ensure their safety when they move around?
After all, there are zombies even in rural areas; it's just a matter of how many.
Just as everyone was wondering, the axle mark they were following suddenly became clear, meaning that the mark had only been there a short time and they were already very close to their target.
They traveled for most of the day, stopping frequently. It was still winter, and even though the Lunar New Year had passed, the days were still very short, and it was getting dark soon.
Instead of driving, Chen Zhou cautiously made his way through the snow at the slowest possible speed in the dark.
After following the tire tracks around an intersection, they saw the masked man's car in the distance, followed by the buildings behind it.
Seeing the buildings behind the car, everyone finally understood why the masked man had chosen this rural area as his base.
That building was a prison in the rural area west of the city.
The prison lights were on, and there was a lot of laughter and chatter. The lights and laughter attracted many zombies to gather outside the prison, but the people inside didn't care at all.
Because the outermost wall of the prison is five or six meters high, and inside the high wall is another layer of iron railings. These walls and iron railings were originally built to prevent the prisoners inside from crossing over. The materials used are very strong and sturdy. Even though the zombies outside are baring their teeth and claws and ramming against the walls, they still cannot damage them in the slightest.
Li Jianguo exclaimed enviously, "This place is great, it's safe!!!"
Qiao An'an's eyes fell on the large playground inside the wall. This square playground must be several acres in size. If this land could be used to grow things, raise chickens and pigs, would there be no need to worry about the small animals making noise to attract zombies?
Anyway, the wall is so sturdy that even if the zombies hear us, they can't get in!
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