Several adults tried to reason with the little girl for a long time, but she wouldn't listen and just kept crying.
Adding to the fact that the girl had become quite spoiled during the ten-day voyage, Yan Ling regretted risking his life to save her. She angrily turned her face away and asked Qiao An'an beside her, "What should we do?"
Before Qiao An'an could speak, Ya Ya walked up to Xu Ruoyu and stuffed a backpack containing a bag of five packs of instant noodles and three or four boxes of self-heating rice into Xu Ruoyu's hands: "We're all getting off the ship, you can keep it!"
Xu Ruoyu wiped away her tears: "Am I the only one left?"
Ya Ya nodded: "Since you're the only one who doesn't want to get off the ship, of course you'll be the only one left!"
Xu Ruoyu was well protected by the relevant departments in the early stages of the apocalypse. Later, she met Chen Zhou. Apart from Qi Feng, everyone else treated her very well. She looked at Ya Ya in disbelief: "Are you going to abandon me?"
Ya Ya: "It's not that we're abandoning you, it's that we respect your choice. If you don't want to come with us, then you can stay here on your own."
Xu Ruoyu panicked: "I'm not staying."
Seeing this, Yan Ling gave Ya Ya a thumbs up: "Great job!"
Ya Ya laughed and said, "Mom said that whoever cries or shows weakness is not right. We should have principles and not always give in to others."
After hiding the yacht under a large reef and dropping anchor to prevent it from being swept away by the waves, the group went ashore.
They actually spent a long time choosing this place.
This is the outskirts of Y City. Besides this large reef, there is also a row of 4S stores.
They desperately need a car to get around.
The 4S store located in the suburbs is usually not very busy.
Even in the apocalypse, there wouldn't be too many zombies. They planned to go straight to the 4S shop after landing to find a suitable car and drive to the capital.
After leaving the reef, there is a long stretch of beach.
Further up, there was a neat green belt and a newly built road leading to the 4S store. Occasionally, there were a few zombies on the road, but Li Jianguo and Yan Ling quickly dealt with them.
After arriving at the street where the 4S stores were located, the group of people experienced some difficulty in making a decision.
With Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Porsche lined up one after another, which one should you choose?
They first went to the Mercedes-Benz dealership, where only a few employees had turned into zombies. After dealing with the zombies, they discovered that the test drive cars and new cars in the dealership didn't have much gasoline.
Qiao An'an asked in confusion, "Did they steal all the oil?"
Li Jianguo had at least bought a car before and knew a little about them: "Cars that are test-driven or ready to be delivered to customers don't have much fuel left; they can only run for a few kilometers at most."
It seems the cars in the 4S store are also unusable.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Grandpa Yan spoke up: "If the test drive vehicles and those intended for customers don't work, then surely the repair ones will?"
Everyone agreed that it made sense.
They searched for a long time in the Mercedes parking lot, but all they found were five-seater cars, not suitable for all of them. However, they did collect a lot of gasoline. They then searched the parking lots of other 4S stores one by one, but still only found gasoline and did not find a car they liked.
Qiao An'an realized something was wrong and asked, "Now that we have gasoline, can we also choose between the test drives at the store and the new cars that are prepared for customers?"
That seems to make sense!
In the end, the group chose a seven-seater minivan. There were actually eight people in total, including adults and children, but since it was the apocalypse, they didn't care about overloading. Eight people in one car was much more fuel-efficient than two cars.
There is no Wi-Fi in the apocalypse.
Since navigation wasn't available, after the car was on the road, Grandpa Yan thoughtfully pulled out a map of China from the 4S store.
According to the map, they are currently located in City Y, 402 kilometers away from the capital.
However, this distance is the distance taken on the highway.
Based on their initial experience on the road, the possibility of the expressway being open to traffic was very small, so they chose the provincial road instead.
The provincial highway in Y City is located on the east side of the city. They had to drive 30 kilometers on the city roads before they could get onto the provincial highway. To avoid encountering large numbers of zombies, they tried to stay on the edge of the city. Even so, they still encountered roadblocks at several intersections. People who can survive this long in the apocalypse are usually ruthless.
They didn't want to have a direct confrontation with these people.
They all opted for detours.
But as if to antagonize them, they went around the intersection, only to find another roadblock at the next one.
Qiao An'an: "Is it possible that this area is controlled by those people inside?"
Everyone fell silent, because it was very likely.
This is the outskirts of the city, with few zombies and few people, making it a perfect place to fence off and use as a base.
Grandpa Yan took out a map and studied it for a long time: "If we give up going this way, we will have to take a big detour and travel more than 200 kilometers."
Qiao An'an felt that taking a detour was not a good decision.
She believes that the gasoline they use to drive is obtained by scavenging from one vehicle to another.
Sometimes they can't even find half a barrel of oil in a parking lot. Even if they search all the 4S stores in that row, they only find three or four barrels of oil in large plastic containers. This amount of oil is enough to get to the capital if driving normally, but it's not certain if they keep going around in circles.
Besides, even if they took a detour of more than 200 kilometers.
It's not necessarily true that the road over 200 kilometers away is unobstructed. If it's blocked by something, wouldn't they be losing more than they gain?
Moreover, their remaining food and water did not allow them to continue taking detours.
Li Jianguo asked, "You mean we should just charge in?"
Ye Jing was eager to try it after hearing this. These days, he had been sailing the boat with Grandpa Yan during the day and practicing boxing with Li Jianguo at night. He had been practicing boxing for almost half a month and had long wanted to test the effects.
Qiao An'an retorted, "Do you know how many people are inside? Just rush in?"
Now it was Li Jianguo's turn to be puzzled: "Didn't you say you wouldn't take a detour?"
Qiao An'an explained, "I don't want to take a detour, but I also don't want to have a direct confrontation with them."
Li Jianguo: "How is that possible?"
Grandpa Yan also advised Qiao An'an, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
Qiao An'an said, "They only set up roadblocks at each intersection, but didn't send anyone to guard them. That means they don't have enough people to guard every intersection. But since they set up roadblocks, they must be observing the situation. My suggestion is that we park the car in a secluded place and wait to see if anyone will come to patrol the intersection."
Li Jianguo slapped his thigh and said, "Now I understand, it's like in ancient martial arts novels, we go in when they change shifts."
Qiao An'an: "Pretty much. We'll wait until they finish their patrol here, then we'll wait a while longer and observe how often they come to patrol. Then, after they finish their patrol at night, we'll move the roadblocks and drive in. Visibility is poor at night, so we'll turn off our headlights, making it difficult for them to spot us."
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