readytorunbook Chapter 214 Waiting
Chapter 214 Waiting
On a dark, cold, snowy night with no electricity, only two balls of fire shone from the stadium, occasionally illuminating bright human figures.
Compared with the howling cold wind outside, the indoor temperature is obviously warm and pleasant.
Several large pieces of wood were stacked in the real fire fireplace, and the hot flames rolled up the fuel, making crackling sounds. Man-high firewood was neatly placed on both sides, with thick, soft and dark carpets underneath. There were wooden benches in the room with soft beige cushions.
"We will attack tomorrow. It will be a waste of a day."
"The captain knew that there would be strong winds tonight, so he stayed overnight. He will definitely stay tomorrow."
"The enemy."
"That seems right to me, too."
"When I think about cleaning up zombies, I'll have a chance to put my supernatural powers to good use, hehe."
"Hey, you big-headed ghost, clean your gun."
"What, you don't want to show off your skills?"
"Show it all, that's enough."
"Hahahahahaha..."
The team members were joking around in a relaxed manner, each doing their own thing. Among them, one person was frowning vigilantly.
"Hua Zi, your brows are furrowed so much that you're about to pinch a bunch of flies to death."
"Go away, stop harassing me."
Luo Hua closed his eyes and supported his head with one hand. The wrinkles on his forehead were deeply engraved on his dark skin. He responded casually to his teammates' teasing.
Can't you see that I'm busy?
He was using his mental perception ability during his shift, and he also had to keep an eye on the "eating show" in the room on the west side. That was a task Zhang Ning had assigned to him individually, and he had to report to his superiors immediately when there was only one left.
"Keep your voice down. Captain Zhang is next door. If you didn't tell me, he would think we were going on a winter tour tomorrow."
"No need to wait until dawn. We in the Spiritual Department can emit power anytime and anywhere. You guys, don't be jealous."
Fang Rui glanced at his companions with a proud look on his face, and winked at Xie Xueer, a classmate sitting opposite him, who covered her mouth and giggled.
"Hey, don't forget about me. I have super powers that can be used."
Gao Lingling, who was sitting next to Xie Xueer, interrupted jokingly, and then quickly stuffed a roasted sweet potato into her mouth.
She is one of the two rare space-based mutants in the island base. The usable space she has is only the size of a 2-square-meter house, which is equipped with two military vehicles with snow tracks, one month's food, hot and cold weapons and other supplies for all people.
Since the supplies were almost exceeding her ability capacity, her physical strength and ability were being consumed to some extent. In order to maintain stable storage space, she had to rely on the large amount of food produced by her plant companions to replenish her energy in a timely manner.
Gao Lingling loves to eat roasted sweet potatoes, which are very filling and are one of the essential foods for combat.
Upon closer inspection, in addition to the firewood, there were quite a few sweet potatoes in the real fire fireplace. After being roasted, they were placed in the space without leaving any space. Just consume them. When killing zombies, are you still afraid of depleting the inventory?
"Yes, yes, yes. Don't underestimate the warehouse supervisor of our island base."
"Hahahahaha——"
"Sh-volume! Volume!"
Poor Luo Hua waved his hands, his face becoming uglier. His special ability now showed that the eating show in the west room was speeding up. He knocked on the head, broke the head, and kept sucking the brain stem. He was hungry for many days before he discovered the "deliciousness" of the same kind, and he simply couldn't stop!
The side room.
The map of S City was spread out on the table.
There are two circled locations marked on it - the Dasheng Refinery and the Dahua Steel Plant.
"It usually takes about 2,30 to minutes to get from the stadium to the steel plant by highway. Since the road is covered with snow, the team members used their special powers to clear the road."
"And then add in the time spent fighting zombies... probably... Captain, it's the same as the original plan, right?"
Xiao Qing and Shi Gang were discussing with their heads down, and when they looked up, they saw Captain Zhang Ningzhong thoughtfully taking out the bullets from the magazine of his pistol one by one, and then placing them on the small coffee table in front of him, repeating the process several times.
"Captain...tomorrow..."
"Notify them to suspend their operations for the next few days and make further arrangements."
Zhang Ning said calmly that he understood that the players were very enthusiastic about the battle, and suspending the action would undoubtedly be like pouring cold water on their heads. However, in this way, a certain amount of cold treatment could balance the mistakes caused by excessive enthusiasm.
"This...got it!"
Xiao Qingshi suppressed the urge to ask the reason. The captain must have his reasons for doing this. The army has strict discipline and completing the mission is the most important thing.
For the next few days, in addition to daily training, the team members had to work together to make a snowplow and install it on the front of one of the military vehicles. There were also many useful parts in the small cars that had run out of oil on the field that needed to be disassembled and preserved. After a quick operation, only the frame and a few wheels were left.
Even though the car is of little use after being hollowed out, it can come in handy at the critical moment.
Gao Lingling’s combat capability is not weak to begin with, but it would be a bit difficult for her to move through space carrying a lot of supplies.
Before departure, Zhang Ning arranged for her to team up with Xie Xueer from the Mind Control Department, and the two of them would cooperate with each other. The others, if they had spare capacity, would keep her "mobile gift bag" safe to prevent any explosion of supplies on site.
Therefore, after taking out the two military vehicles, Gao Lingling had enough space to fit the five hollowed-out small cars for combat use.
"Report to the captain!"
Luo Hua ran over in a hurry.
At this time, Zhang Ning was inspecting the feasibility of the snowplow. The snowplow was made of the iron sheet of the roof of an idle Ferris wheel in the stadium. The double layers were stacked to increase the thickness, and then used with earth spikes with earth-related abilities to fix it. The originally vast expanse of thick white snow was gradually pushed away, revealing the frozen muddy ground underneath.
"Report."
"It has evolved. It is white-haired. It has gone mad and has dug at the inner wall, but it has not broken through our defensive earthen wall."
"Continue to monitor its movements and report any unusual behavior."
"Roger that!"
Luo Hua hurriedly trotted back to his surveillance post. This mud cage was specially made for the psychics, and a mere white-haired creature would suffocate to death inside.
"Oh, so the captain wanted to starve it to death, and then bring it back to the doctor intact. It was effortless, so cool."
Compared to his other friends who were modifying and dismantling things outside in the middle of winter, Luo Hua felt that he was in a more relaxed state, sitting by the fire indoors, occasionally peeking at what the crazy monster in the west room was doing.
His two partners from the same department were also conducting indoor monitoring work in the Central and East districts. Every half an hour, the three of them would inform each other of the situation in their respective areas. After all, supernatural induction conversations were really better than electricity-absorbing intercoms!
"So sleepy——Ahhh"
"I'm most afraid of the air suddenly becoming quiet. I'm too focused and my mind is a little swollen."
"No, stand up. It's easiest to get sleepy when sitting."
The three of them spread the supernatural power waves in a disjointed manner.
"East District, no abnormality"
"Central District, no abnormalities"
"Brother Hua, is Baimao still going crazy?"
Xie Xueer asked casually.
"Half an hour ago, grabbing the wall didn't work, so I tried bumping into it instead, hoping that the pain would make me learn my lesson. Sure enough, I'm rolling on the ground in pain."
"I don't understand what's the point of bothering with it."
"Before the corpse core is formed, it is no different from a naive person."
Gao Lingling spoke leisurely while chewing a sweet potato.
"It definitely doesn't have a share of sweetness, but it does have a share of silly whiteness, hehe."
"West District, no abnormalities..."
In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. At 6 pm, it is already completely dark and the outdoor temperature is -12 degrees.
Perhaps, the white-haired zombie who had been trying to escape from the prison all day was tortured enough by himself. With his limbs spread out, he lay on the ground exhausted, gasping for a long time, motionless, lacking food and strength. Maybe he would be able to rest for a while tonight.
Since all team members were on duty at night, after Luo Hua finished writing his report to Zhang Ning, he curled up in a corner to rest, covered himself with thick curtains to keep warm, and slept with his head resting on two soft cushions, with the gun next to his arm.
The warm fireplace emitted heat, and the crackling sound of burning wood was a kind of white noise that helped people fall asleep. Luo Hua's eyelids gradually became heavy, and he soon fell asleep.
He didn't know how long he slept, but he felt a little hot and woke up. He looked around with half-closed eyes. Two of his companions were on duty adding firewood, and the others were also asleep. Nothing happened. He turned sideways, thinking of taking a peek at Baimao's situation before falling asleep peacefully.
induction----
"Depend on!!!!"
Inside the house on the west side, a big hole suddenly opened its mouth on the ground. The cunning white-haired zombie pretending to be dead was about to dig through the hard mud outside the house and escape into the ice and snow!