Ten minutes later, the motorcade parked at the Fenghua River started slowly and headed west in an orderly manner.
Since they needed to go to Yunlong Town to complete the tasks assigned by their superiors, the large army did not choose to take the expressway leading directly to Siming Mountain District, but chose a national highway with many side roads.
It is Ningci Avenue, also known as National Highway 1197 before the end of the world.
Yan Hanben drove the car carefully, trying to keep the distance from the military truck in front.
Shao Xiuqi and Uncle Ni were resting in the back seat with their eyes closed. The two seemed to have adapted to the crowding in the car. When they felt the car start, there was no uncomfortable expression on their faces, and they seemed to feel a little more relieved.
Zhang Jike was still huddled aside like a sick cat, his head lowered and his eyelids drooped.
If his chest hadn't been rising and falling regularly, an uninformed person might have seen it and thought it was a lifeless corpse.
Xu Xiaoxiao was the only one in the back seat who was full of energy. At this moment, the girl was like a ruthless rice machine, stuffing rice cakes into her mouth non-stop.
In fact, the supplies they brought with them were not sufficient, but just enough to eat. They did not support Xu Xiaoxiao eating so recklessly.
The reason why the girl was able to eat so recklessly was because Uncle Ni and Shao Xiuqi shared most of the rations.
Among them, Uncle Ni’s remarks are as follows:
"Xiao Xiao is still a child. He is in the stage of growing his body. What he eats can turn into meat. It's okay to eat more. But for an old man like me, no matter how good he eats, he can only turn into shit, so I Let Xiao Xiao eat part of the ration."
Although Uncle Ni's starting point was well-intentioned, the word "gaining fat" always sounded a little jarring to the ears of this young girl named Xiao Xiao.
Unable to shirk it, and since I was really hungry, I simply accepted Uncle Ni's kindness.
Compared with Uncle Ni's down-to-earth rhetoric, Shao Xiuqi's rhetoric seemed much more acceptable to Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao is now the strengthener and has contributed the most, so he should be allocated more food. Only when he is full can he have the strength to better protect everyone. Yan Hanben, myself, and Uncle Ni all need Xiao Xiao's protection. , so there’s nothing wrong with giving up some food.”
Although Shao Xiuqi is just an ordinary young woman and doesn't know how to win people's hearts, it has to be said that after listening to her words, the cohesion of the entire small team has significantly increased.
The growth and weakening of morale is actually very simple. Sometimes it only takes a selfish word to divide an originally united group, but sometimes it only takes a small contribution to double the cohesion of the team.
After the disaster broke out, most people subconsciously believed that people's hearts are greedy. Everyone should think more about themselves. Only by improving their own strength can they survive in this apocalypse.
But everyone knows that the reason why many small groups formed by survivors eventually collapsed was not because of the lack of powerful ability users or wise leaders in the team, or it was not due to external factors at all.
It's because of endless infighting.
Most of these collapsing survivor teams have one thing in common, that is, no one in the team is willing to dedicate themselves.
No one is willing to cut their rations in half to provide them to powerful people with abilities.
It is because everyone is scheming, so when the team faces a slightly stronger external threat, it will fall apart and collapse in an instant like a tower of Babel made of sand.
"Actually, I can also give out half of the rations. Xiao Xiao is so powerful, so he should eat more. I just drive, so eating less is nothing..."
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Yan Hanben muttered while driving.
Just when Shao Xiuqi was about to give up some of the food, he had already learned everything that happened last night.
While being surprised by Xu Xiaoxiao's bravery, Yan Hanben also fully understood his position in this small group of survivors.
To put it nicely, he is an ordinary survivor; to put it worst, he is a burden.
Yan Hanben, who has been tested in the workplace for a long time, knows that if he does not contribute to the team and does not know how to actively cooperate, he will soon be abandoned.
He wanted to live and live with his wife, so there were only two paths in front of him.
One of them is to become an enhancer, making yourself stronger while providing more contributions to the team.
When you become an indispensable part of the team, then your existence becomes necessary, and abandoned options will be eliminated;
The second is to become the screw of the team and actively cooperate with the people and things in the team.
Although screws are extremely easy to replace parts, who would refuse to use screws that they are used to and have no complaints about?
After all, this is not before the end of the world, when people's hearts are still bound by laws.
In the apocalypse, as long as there are enough interests and hands-on capital, anyone can overturn the table to compare the size of their muscles.
Trusting strangers easily is a stupid option.
"You are a man, and you need to drive, so I better not squeeze your food rations. If you get so hungry that you drive your car into a ditch, then we will all be doomed."
Xu Xiaoxiao chewed rice cakes and said carelessly.
Probably because of his youth, Xu Xiaoxiao, who has not yet stepped out of the ivory tower, does not think as much as Yan Hanben. He just feels that the people in the current survivor team are all very good.
If he squeezed out most of the food in the survivor team at once, wouldn't he become the same kind of person as Yao Peiqing back then?
The kind-hearted Xu Xiaoxiao would not allow himself to do this, so he dismissed Yan Hanben's 'protest' in a few sentences.
"When I left the Blue Moon Garden Community, I didn't take into account the increase in food intake and the change in the distance, so I only brought a small amount of food. It's really not as good as God..."
Ma Long, who was sitting in the passenger seat, spoke. Before that, he had already finished his share of rations and drank a whole bottle of mineral water.
Probably because of the battle last night, Ma Long felt that his usually not big appetite was like a bottomless pit that couldn't be filled today.
Thanks to his strong willpower, he temporarily restrained the idea of eating. If he let go, he felt that he could compete with the big eater Xu Xiaoxiao.
"Master Ma Long, we are going to Yunlong Town in one go, right? Why don't we wait until we get there and find some small shops to collect supplies? I'm afraid that if I continue to eat like this, not only will I not be full, but I will also eat Uncle Ni and Sister Xiu Qi is very hungry."
Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at Shao Xiuqi and Uncle Ni who were resting with their eyes closed, and said in a low voice.
"If this condition exists, and while ensuring safety, the more materials we can collect, the better."
Ma Long nodded and agreed with Xu Xiaoxiao's suggestion.
But the young soldier was thinking about something else.
When he first joined the main force yesterday, he heard his comrade Xu Xin mention that the main reason why the main force temporarily changed its route to Yunlong Town was because of a comrade from the Ninth Section.
Although Xu Xin did not elaborate on the specific
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mission, but mentioned that the purpose of this mission is to pick up people.
Picking people up is a rescue mission.
As a mysterious department that only existed in legends, it has now been proven to be real.
And just to pick up one person, an entire large army needs to be dispatched.
How could this kind of battle not arouse the curiosity in Ma Long's heart.
However, curiosity is a curiosity, and Ma Long is still aware of the risks involved.
The need for a large army to rescue and escort proves the extraordinary importance of this member of the Nine Sections.
At the same time, it also shows the degree of danger from the side.
So the focus of Malone's thinking now is not rescue, but how to preserve all survivors in the Tesla car.
Xu Xiaoxiao is a strengthener and has a certain ability to protect himself.
But Yan Hanben, Shao Xiuqi and Uncle Ni are all ordinary people, and two of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. If any danger does occur, the probability of surviving safely is very small.
"If there is any danger, let Xu Xiaoxiao take them away."
Silently making a decision in his heart, Ma Long also closed his eyes.
Anyway, now the car is following the large army, and there are soldiers in the convoy who are responsible for guarding, so there is no need for him to observe the surroundings.
Although most of the physical strength that was exhausted last night has been recovered, there is still a slight feeling of fatigue.
In order to cope with the next unknown, Malone must adjust his condition as much as possible and seize every minute of rest.
The speed of the vehicle could not be said to be slow, but it was definitely not fast either. It maintained a constant speed of fifty yards.
From time to time, we encountered traffic jams and scattered groups of zombies on the way. Although they were cleared away by the soldiers at the front in time, it also delayed a lot of time.
Fortunately, the journey was uneventful and we didn't encounter any strange creatures or ferocious mutated zombies.
When the sun was hanging at the highest point in the sky, the convoy finally drove into the territory of Yunlong Town. With waves of lazy groans, the few people who were catching up on their sleep in the Tesla woke up.
"It looks like it's almost here."
Although he still felt hungry in his belly, Ma Long's spirit was obviously much better. He looked at the moving scenery outside the window and said.
"Yes, we have already exited the national highway. Just follow this path and you can reach the center of Yunlong Town in less than five minutes."
While Yan Hanben answered, he also glanced at the battery level on the dashboard in front of him. There was still three-quarters of the battery, which was enough for the rest of the journey.
"Well, when we enter the territory of Yunlong Town, everyone must be alert, because the probability of us encountering danger will increase exponentially. If we can detect and warn in advance, we can take maximum precautions."
Ma Long nodded and reminded.
"By the way, Mr. Ma Long, you haven't told us the purpose of coming to Yunlong Town this time. Why did the large army have to change its route? Wouldn't it be faster to just take the highway to the Siming Mountain Refuge..."
The girl's questions always came suddenly, catching Ma Long off guard.
"Well, I don't know the specific mission. You just need to simply understand that you are here to pick up a very important person."
"Oh... Then it seems that this person is really important and needs a large army to pick him up..."
Xu Xiaoxiao nodded in understanding, and his eyes drifted to the grain bag aside.
Yes, she is hungry again...
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