Chapter 1650 - 918: Return to the Base!
The mountains are high and the roads are long, with dense forests.
Li Yu and the others can only travel along some major roads, from Myanmar to Lao Country, just a few hundred kilometers.
However, due to the poor infrastructure in these places and the impact of extreme heat and cold natural disasters, the road surfaces are cracked and uneven.
The infantry fighting vehicle at the front serves as a trailblazer, clearing obstacles ahead.
Clunk!
The RV’s tire fell into a pit and then bounced up again, making a muffled sound.
Li Yu, sitting in the vehicle drinking water, almost spilled it all over himself.
He tightened the bottle cap and placed the bottle on a stable rack.
He asked Dapao in front: "Where are we now?"
Dapao turned his head and replied: "We just saw a border sign, so we should be in Lao Country now. It is estimated to take another three hours to reach the Lao Country Scam Zone."
"Hmm." Li Yu lowered his head to look at the time indicated on his watch; it was now two o’clock in the afternoon, and they expected to arrive there by five in the evening.
The time does not seem tight.
Originally, traveling from Lao Country to Myanmar didn’t require this much time. The main reason was the large number of vehicles, severely slowing down the speed of travel.
During the journey, three or four vehicles had issues and broke down, but they were repaired by Jiu Ge and Lao Yi as quickly as possible.
During the journey, they only stopped while repairing the cars; otherwise, they continued moving.
"At this time, Third Uncle and the others should be on their way back," Li Yu said to himself.
Things were as Li Yu expected; Third Uncle and others were heading back with the latest batch of support personnel, including extra staff like Yu Lei.
Most of the extra staff at the Big Camphor Tree Base have been sent out. Although there were no management issues in the main city and five satellite cities, the control over the surrounding areas slightly decreased.
This led to some individuals targeting an opportunity to secretly cause trouble.
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Five in the evening.
Li Yu and the others arrived at the Lao Country Zone.
In the hazy yellow dusk, the entire Lao Country Zone was in ruins, appearing somewhat bleak.
The infantry fighting vehicle crushed the debris on the ground and moved into the zone.
Ju Tianrui got off the combat vehicle and looked at the front doors of several buildings where they had previously set up measures to prevent others from stealing supplies.
The chains had already been cut with a wire cutter, and the door was open; fresh bloodstains and bone scraps could still be seen at the entrance.
"Someone has been here!" Ju Tianrui said to the team members who got off the vehicle.
With alert eyes, he buckled down his helmet visor.
Swoosh——
Ju Tianrui led the team into the building, turning on their headlamps despite it being daylight because the interior was too enclosed, allowing no light to penetrate, remaining quite dim.
They cautiously approached, fearing zombies might still be inside.
"The place is empty, no zombies."
"Safe!"
"Safe!"
After searching the first floor and finding no zombies, they proceeded to the second floor where they only found a zombie with a broken leg, feebly growling at them.
"Have all the zombies fled!?" Ju Tianrui wondered internally.
He then reported the situation via walkie-talkie to Li Yu.
Li Yu, who had disembarked at that time, contemplated whether to camp there tonight, looking at the broken perimeter wall.
The Lao Country Zone had been bombed too heavily, with huge gaps that couldn’t keep zombies out.
Upon hearing Ju Tianrui’s report, Li Yu’s eyes narrowed as he asked: "Are there any supplies missing?"
Ju Tianrui scanned the warehouse with the headlamp, hesitantly saying: "Can’t tell; we hadn’t checked thoroughly before. But there’s still plenty inside; perhaps the traps we left here worked.
Someone probably broke in but didn’t anticipate encountering so many zombies inside. Just now at the entrance, we saw some fresh corpses, possibly them."
"No zombies left?"
"Yes, we haven’t found any zombies here for now. The door was opened, and the zombies all ran out."
"Hmm, check the other buildings."
"Okay, City Lord."
Li Yu put the walkie-talkie back in his waist pouch and shouted to the convoy behind: "Go in!"
Rumble!
Over a hundred vehicles rolled turbulently through the gaps in the perimeter walls.
The zone was large enough; otherwise, there wouldn’t be space for so many vehicles.
However, some vehicles had already been placed here with their fuel drained; now, more than a hundred vehicles arrived, taking up most of the Jinmu Zone’s open space.
Luo and Lao Yi dispersed to the other two zones. At the Weisheng Group, they found some zombies but quickly resolved the issue.
With the support of extra staff like Yu Ming, manpower wasn’t as tight.
Under Li Yu’s command, everyone performed their duties.
Ju Tianrui arranged for Yu Ming and Dongfeng and others to help transport supplies inside the vehicles.
The Jinmu Zone was the largest of the three zones, so they decided to camp there tonight.
With less than two hours until nightfall, they first transported supplies from the Weisheng Group and Huangle Group to Jinmu Zone.
Once night fell, they would slowly transport the supplies from Jinmu Zone.
Meanwhile, Li Tie, Yang Tianlong, and others were responsible for vigilance, using drones to patrol within five kilometers to prevent a surprise attack from hidden enemies.