Chapter 176 I'm afraid you'll beg to join our team
Two yellow excavators were busy clearing roadblocks on the main avenue.
"Holy crap, what's that up ahead?"
Chu Jie poked his head out of the excavator window and almost thought he was seeing things, as if he were watching a scene from an apocalyptic movie.
After craning his neck to observe carefully, he realized that he wasn't seeing things; the menacing scene coming towards him was real.
He saw many vines rolling along the street, some lifting up cars and throwing them aside with a loud crash.
It felt like a rolling wave of vegetation, overturning cars of all sizes, rushing towards us at high speed.
As for the densely packed zombies on the road, they were instantly charred and fell to the ground amidst a flash of lightning.
Such a scene unfolded with overwhelming force, and Chu Jie was afraid that he and the excavator would be blown away together.
Hu Wenhao, on the other excavator, gaped, "It's a wood-type ability? What kind of wood-type ability is so powerful? I've never heard of this person before!"
As the vine wave drew closer, Hu Wenhao quickly pulled out a megaphone and shouted, "Stop! Stop! There are people ahead! There are people ahead! Don't blow us away!"
Hearing the noise, Tao Yarong controlled the vines to stick up into the sky, clearing her view ahead, and saw two excavators buzzing in front of her.
The dense horde of zombies kept swarming around the excavator, but were blocked by the spikes all over its body.
Tao Yarong looked closely at the two faces inside the excavator's window. "Why are you two here? Aren't you from the construction team? Why aren't you building the canopy at the base? What are you doing here?"
The seed base consists of several departments composed of people with superpowers. They all received systematic training together at the beginning and had met each other to some extent.
Chu Jie saw that it was an acquaintance and stuck his head out of the excavator. Just as he was about to speak, a tall zombie jumped up and tried to grab his hair.
He had no choice but to pull his head back and shout at the top of his lungs, "The base recently got some ability-enhancing fluid. All of us metal-type ability users in charge of building the canopy got a vial. It boosted our abilities and made us work faster!"
The canopy inside the base is complete. We've received a new mission: to clear a path in the central area to help the survivors escape.
The number of zombies in the central area was too dense, making it too dangerous for ordinary ability users to enter, which is why they sent two metal-type ability users.
If something really happens, the two of them can still be completely metalized, so they won't be bitten by zombies or infected with the zombie virus.
Tao Yarong asked in confusion, "Isn't this kind of task the job of the rescue team? Why is your construction team doing it too?"
Speaking of this, Chu Jie thought of something quite funny, "I heard that six of the superhumans in the rescue team were poached. I wonder who had the ability to do that."
This is a critical time before the acid rain arrives. All the superpowered individuals are busy rescuing people and stockpiling supplies. There are simply not enough people. Now, there are no longer any departmental divisions. Whoever is free can do any work. Everyone wants to move as many supplies as possible and rescue as many people as possible.
"Oh, right, I remember you're also in the rescue team, right? What are you doing here? What mission are you on? Let's see if we can work together."
They had only met during training at the base before, and after the training, they were all busy with their own things and no one had time to pay attention to each other.
Chu Jie only knew that Tao Yarong seemed to be in the rescue team, and knew nothing else.
Naturally, they were unaware that Tao Yarong was one of the six superhumans who were poached from the rescue team.
Tao Yarong was speechless, unsure how to continue the conversation.
She replied dismissively, "We're just looking around, you go about your business."
"Just wandering around?" Chu Jie perked up. He smashed the tall zombie that had tried to grab his hair to death with a hammer, and the zombie poked its head out of the window.
"The superhumans and soldiers in the base are all incredibly busy right now, how come you're so free? You even have time to wander around? I've never heard of your rescue team having such an easy time."
Tao Yarong: ...
She gritted her teeth, "Didn't you just say that six superhumans from the rescue team were poached? What a coincidence, I was one of them, and of the remaining five, four are here too."
Chu Jie: !!!
Hu Wenhao: !!!
They both craned their necks to look at Tao Yarong's convoy, as if they had heard some incredible news.
Everyone knows that the Seed Base provides the best benefits to those with superpowers.
Those with superpowers are provided with meat and soup at every meal. Their families are provided with special housing to ensure their safety and are also given jobs.
Ordinary people are so envious of such treatment that some superhumans have even left the rescue team.
One or two withdrawals might have their reasons, but the sudden withdrawal of six indicates a problem...
"Who is it? Who's so capable of poaching so many of you? What kind of benefits are they offering that made you give up your permanent positions?"
Tao Yarong said proudly, "I won't tell you. If I let you know how good the benefits are in our Dawn Squad, I'm afraid you'd be begging our captain to join our squad."
Chu Jie scoffed, "I don't believe your benefits are that good. Stop trying to fool us. By the way, when did your ability become so strong? You've already left the rescue team, so you shouldn't be able to buy ability enhancement fluid, right? I just checked your ability level, it must be level five, how did you do that?"
Tao Yarong became even more proud, "I've already said, our team has great benefits, improving our strength is just one of them."
Chu Jie: !!!
Hu Wenhao: !!!
"Who's your captain? He's so powerful! Where did you get the ability-enhancing fluid? It's in short supply in our base, how come you have some?"
Tao Yarong snorted inwardly. If they knew that the ability-enhancing fluids used in the base were all bought from her sister, they would be terrified.
However, she certainly wouldn't say such a thing.
Tao Yarong simply said, "We're leaving now; we still need to find supplies."
As soon as she started the car, Hu Wenhao quickly stopped her, "Since you're just going to wander around, why don't you come with us? We're going to the security department in the city center. There are a lot of survivors gathered there. We need to clear a path to take them to the base. There are several large shopping malls and various commercial streets near the security department, where you can find the supplies you need."
His gaze toward Tao Yarong held a hint of pleading.
The number of zombies in the central area is terrifying. Even though they are both metal-type ability users, they cannot guarantee that they can safely go in and then safely bring people out.
Tao Yarong is so powerful; if she could team up with them, their chances of winning would be much greater.
Tao Yarong initially wanted to refuse, but seeing Hu Wenhao's eyes, she suddenly remembered that when they went to the Central Hospital for a mission last time, they grabbed Meng Shiwan like a lifeline, hoping that Meng Shiwan could go with them to increase their chances of success.
She swallowed the words of refusal that were on the tip of her tongue, and instead asked Meng Shiwan, "Sister, do you want to go with them?"
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