After completing the mapping of the high-tech laboratory, Tang Zheng had completed five of the six upgrade tasks.
As for the final number of zombies killed, the difference is only 1.9 million.
It is expected that it will be completed within five days, and then the brigade commander can be upgraded.
Early March, the twelfth day of the first lunar month.
Just when many people focused their attention on the group of corpses that had entered the grassland province, an unexpected battle suddenly occurred.
Part of the Light Chasing Army, which was annihilating zombies in Fengcheng, had an encounter with a mercenary group.
The famous Umbrella Mercenary Group in the surrounding area and a field battalion of the Light Chasing Army also took a fancy to a gas station in Fengcheng, and the two sides started a battle.
The fierce battle lasted for an hour, and finally the Parachute Mercenary Group took the lead in withdrawing.
Although they did not defeat the Light-Chasing Army, they did not pursue it either. The two sides basically fought a draw.
As a mercenary group, it was the first time in the history of the Northern Territory that it could draw a tie with the Light Chasing Army.
As soon as the news came out, the surrounding mercenary groups cheered for it, thinking that the Umbrella Mercenary Group had given them a chance to show their face.
Many people believe that the Light Chasing Army is actually not that scary, and that it is more of a boast.
The Light Chasing Army seemed to be angered by this statement. With the support of some armored troops, the field battalion once again launched a pursuit of the Umbrella Mercenary Group.
The members of the Umbrella Mercenary Group did not dare to stop here in Fengcheng and began to head south.
The Light Chasing Army held on tightly, and in the end it was unknown how the people under the protective umbrella reached an agreement with Liao Yucheng and actually fled into the military base.
Due to the strong defense of the military camp base, the Light Chasing Army had no way to continue the pursuit and had no choice but to retreat to Fengcheng.
This time the Light Chasing Army lost some face. From then on, everyone knew that the Umbrella Mercenary Group had a very strong fighting capacity and was a mortal enemy of the Light Chasing Army.
Southwest of the military base.
On a wide road, vehicles occasionally pass by.
Regardless of whether they pass by occasionally, in this post-apocalyptic environment, roads where cars occasionally pass by are relatively prosperous roads.
I don't know since when, the connection between the military camp base and the north has been gradually severed. Especially when Tang Zheng almost unified the northern region, the bilateral commercial exchanges have ceased.
The military camp base also needs development and trade. Originally, the main development targets here came from the southeast and east.
In recent times, the trade between the southwest region and Qinzhou has also developed rapidly, and the development speed is very fast.
Ba Dao Yang Ying is a famous adventurer on the Southwest Road.
The strength of a first-level peak mutant, coupled with his indestructible sword, made him quite famous among adventurers.
But the name of this Ba Dao was not given to him by others, but was chosen by himself.
In Yang Ying's view, the current apocalypse is like a river and lake, and he is the enemy walking in the river and lake.
When traveling in the world, a resounding nickname is indispensable.
So he likes others to call him Ba Dao instead of the slightly feminine name Yang Ying.
Yang Ying is not only a mutant captain in the military base, he is also the vice president of the base's mutant association.
President Liu Jun is Liao Yucheng's good friend and the only second-level mutant in the base. He usually doesn't take care of things, so Yang Ying still has some rights in the military base.
He had a good harvest today. He found several trucks of coal from a town and prepared to send them to the military base.
Who would have thought that Qinzhou, which had little need for heating in the past, would now snow in winter, causing coal to become a scarce commodity. This time, it should be possible to get a good price.
His fleet has a total of five heavy trucks and a team of ten people. It can be regarded as a standard adventurer team.
After driving for a long time, everyone was a little tired, so Yang Ying rested in an abandoned service area.
There are many abandoned service areas in the last days. They are all no-man's land. Many places are covered with grass, but the land is still flat and can be used by passing vehicles to rest.
When Yang Ying came here, she found that four trucks had been parked here, and some people were resting here.
The strength of an adventurer team can sometimes be reflected in its vehicles.
For a standard ten-man team, there are usually five trucks, with two people driving one.
This kind of four-truck team is slightly weaker, either because they don’t have the vehicles or because they don’t have enough personnel.
Yang Ying got out of the car and walked towards the team in a familiar manner.
As he got closer, he could see clearly that there were eight people in this team, including a woman, whose strength was indeed slightly inferior.
Sitting in the middle was a young man in his twenties, with bronze skin and an angular face, who looked very powerful.
The woman next to him is a very rare beauty, who was also a star before the end of the world.
The remaining men all looked quite tough and had good personal strength.
The most important thing is that these people gave Yang Ying the feeling that they were all mutants.
In the early stages of the end of the world, a team led by a mutant is a very strong team.
But now that the apocalypse has begun for more than half a year, one mutant can no longer support a team. If all members are mutated, that is the top team.
The current eight-person team has all members mutated, which is rare.
As the vice-president of the Mutants Association, Yang Ying felt that he should try out this team. If there were no problems, he should be absorbed into the Mutants Association.
He took the initiative to come to the team and handed the leading young man a cigarette.
"Brother, look at your appearance, what do you call me?"
The young man opposite took the cigarette and said, "My name is Xiao Fan. It's my first time here at the military camp."
"Haha! Welcome, I am Ba Dao Yang Ying, the vice president of the Mutant Association of the military camp base."
Xiao Fan shook hands with him: "It turns out it's Brother Yang, and Brother Yang is still the vice president. That's really disrespectful."
"It's nothing disrespectful. It's just friends in the world who give me face. Brother Xiao, just call me Ba Dao. Where did Brother Xiao Fan come from?"
"I originally came from Sanjiang. I guess Brother Yang and Brother Ba Dao also know that the population along the eastern coast is quite dense and there are a lot of zombies. It is really difficult to live there, so I thought of coming to the west. , find a suitable place to settle down, I have been walking all the way, and now I am here. I am not sure about the situation here."
Yang Ying did not believe the other party's words easily. He had been to Sanjiang several times before the end of the world and was relatively familiar with it, so he tentatively asked the other party some questions.
As a result, Xiao Fan answered fluently, and it was obvious that he was indeed from Sanjiang.
Since they were so far away, Yang Ying's vigilance gradually dissipated.
"It's really far away from Sanjiang. It's nearly tens of thousands of kilometers all the way. I wonder what your plans are for getting here?"
Xiao Fan said firmly: "Settlement, find a suitable place to settle down, and have a better quality of life. We don't know anything else. We can collect supplies and so on. As long as the settlement is suitable, we should be able to live a good life. I don’t know if Brother Ba Dao has any recommendations?”
Yang Ying raised her head and looked at the goods on Xiao Fan's vehicle.
There were some household appliances, some metal products, and two large carts of wool.
The value of these things was much higher than the coal he collected. Yang Ying was a little envious. It seemed that the other party was really good at being able to find these expensive commodities.
"Brother Xiao, you may not know much when you first come here, but I can tell you the truth, brother, the place with the best living conditions around here is the military base."
"The reason why I say the military camp base is good is because its defense is absolutely top-notch. Not to mention anything else, the moat formed by running water is an insurmountable natural hazard for zombies. There is also a fifteen-meter city wall and 80,000 defenders. With the army here, there is absolutely no need to worry about safety here. In the last days of life, the first thing to ensure is safety."
Xiao Fan said: "But I heard that there is a Chasing Light City here, and it seems that the quality of life is very high."
"You heard it right, but it's not easy for you to get there, because it's hard to get a household registration in Zhuguang City, and the houses there are extremely expensive, unless you are extremely rich, and it costs a lot of money to get Singapore dollars there. If you exchange it for light yuan, ten yuan will become one yuan when you get there. It’s not recommended to go there if you don’t have a lot of money.”
Hearing this, Xiao Fan nodded slightly: "So it's really not appropriate to say Chasing Light City. I don't have enough money now, and the fleet of vehicles is not full. It seems that the only choice is the military camp base, but what about other aspects of the military camp? What about the leader? In the last days, people are also very important."
Yang Ying hesitated for a moment and glanced at the woman next to Xiao Fan: "If you take this girl with you, try to keep her from going out as much as possible. The leader of the military base is a bit lustful."
Seeing the unhappy look on Xiao Fan's face, Yang Ying said again: "Brother, can you tell me what level your mutation has reached?"
"First level peak." Xiao Fan replied.
"Haha! Awesome, we are in the same realm. Now the top level is the ceiling among mutants. Since you have this strength, you don't have to worry too much. The leaders of the military camp usually look for people with no background. Woman, if you settle in the military camp, I can recommend you to join the Mutant Association. Then you can live in the city within the city, and you don’t have to be afraid of anything. No matter how ridiculous the leader is, he will not easily attack people in the city within the city."
"Really? Can I join the Mutants Association? Live in a city within a city?"
Yang Ying nodded: "It's no problem if I recommend you, but you have to pay a membership fee to join the association. Each person has a membership fee of 10,000 Singapore dollars. Do you all want to join?"
Xiao Fan nodded: "Of course, my girlfriend and my brothers are all mutants. All eight of us have joined, and it's just the membership fee..."
Yang Ying said hurriedly: "The membership fee is absolutely indispensable, and normal referrals are also charged, but I, Ba Dao, don't care much about the small money. When you get to the city, as long as you come with me and show the corresponding abilities. That’s it.”
At this time, Xiao Fan motioned to the woman next to him, and the beautiful woman took out a bundle of money from her backpack.
One hundred thousand new dollars.
After handing the money to Yang Ying, Xiao Fan said: "For these 100,000 new coins, please introduce me to Brother Ba Dao."
Yang Ying laughed and accepted the money unceremoniously, patting her chest and promising that the matter would be taken care of by him.
(End of chapter)
