Rotting Land: Survive

Everything that needed to be convinced, has been convinced; all notifications have been sent out. For Old Xu and his team, everything is ready, just waiting for departure.

However, this time, it’s a complete team relocation, different from before. There are women and children on board, so it’s crucial to consider potential dangers along the route in advance and avoid them as much as possible.

Due to Spring Xiu and He Lei’s groups occupying the eastern factory, the villa side first needs to solve the issue of the route forward.

Avoiding encounters with these groups to the greatest extent possible is key to this operation.

After meticulous and detailed discussions, Old Xu and his team mapped out a relatively winding but comparatively safe route.

They are confident that this route can help avoid attacks from Spring Xiu’s group, but the downside is that it will take more time and fuel compared to the last outing by Old Zhao and the team.

As the journey is longer, this will undoubtedly test the performance of the vehicles, especially the bus that has been parked at the back of the villa.

The bus was initially placed there primarily as a lifesaving measure in case the villa was attacked by zombies, trapping everyone inside, unable to be rescued from the main entrance.

Of course, because of this consideration, the bus has always remained parked, apart from Wang Zhongyu starting and warming it up from time to time, no one else has touched it, let alone moved it.

Over time, this will inevitably lead to the aging and wear of vehicle components. So, Wang Zhongyu and Luo Baocun have been tasked with checking and ensuring that the bus doesn’t break down, stall, or encounter any unexpected failures while on the road.

Wang Zhongyu and Luo Baocun also understand the importance of this bus for their relocation, so Old Xu specially instructed them that Fangfang, Wei Yang, and He Jing will be passengers on this bus.

Moreover, this bus also bears the responsibility of transporting almost half the team and resources, so if anything goes wrong, it would be a catastrophic disaster for Old Xu and the entire survivor team.

Apart from this bus, the survivor team also has two trucks and one escort vehicle at their disposal.

Especially the container truck that Wang Zhongyu’s team brought back; its lights and bumpers are almost entirely destroyed, and the body is scarred from zombie attacks, making it unrecognizable, which is why it is also on the repair list.

Ordinarily, repairing this truck seems pointless, but Wang Zhongyu, as a car enthusiast, has deep affection for this lucky truck that safely rescued him, Wen Quanxin, and Luo Baocun from the pile of corpses.

That is why Wang Zhongyu decided to repair this truck.

Additionally, there is an even more crucial reason which they hadn’t anticipated: the very Luo Baocun they inadvertently rescued happens to have impressive skills in vehicle repair.

At least compared to Wang Zhongyu, who is a bit of an amateur, Luo’s skills surpass him by more than just a bit.

Through casual conversation, they learned that this is mainly because Luo has been engaged in freight transport work for many years, encountering vehicles all his life while traveling across the country.

Adding to this, due to heavy national taxes, the profit from a truck run has always been minimal, so Luo takes it upon himself to carry out general vehicle repairs to save costs.

For this reason, he even specialized in vehicle repair, making Wang Zhongyu, a professional driver, look at him with new respect.

With Luo Baocun as a strong helper joining the team, the efficiency of vehicle maintenance work has significantly increased.

Upon hearing this news, Old Xu was undoubtedly delighted, because it means the schedule for leaving the villa can be greatly pushed forward, while also adding an extra layer of safety to their outdoor operation.

After all, in the apocalypse, whether gathering resources or transporting personnel, it’s hard to move a step without vehicle support.

Although abandoned vehicles can be found all over, as time progresses, these vehicles will inevitably develop various issues due to neglect. Troubleshooting these problems requires professionals like Wang Zhongyu and Luo Baocun.

For this operation, Old Xu and his team will deploy 4 vehicles to carry personnel. To ensure flawless operation, he, Tang Xiaoquan, and the team carefully studied and planned personnel allocation across the three cars.

Finally, they decided that Old Xu, Tang Xiaoquan, and an additional soldier would be in the lead car, scouting ahead and notifying the middle car led by Old Zhao of any anomalies to prevent the main team from being endangered.

For the middle car, tasked with carrying the main team, its protection is exceptionally crucial, so Old Xu’s team placed several Archery Team members in this car.

Not only that, Lei Tong was assigned a Type 54 pistol in case of unexpected incidents such as attacks by evildoers.

As for the remaining two vehicles, Old Lin and Old Zhao’s team were assigned to the rear, handling maneuver tasks—essentially, the principle behind this allocation was to ensure the middle car’s safety to the greatest extent possible.

They even arranged for Luo Baocun, an experienced truck driver, to handle the driving duties.

Watching the villa team busily preparing for the departure every day, Liu Fugui grew increasingly sullen.

Originally, his aim was to use the villa as a refuge for self-protection, but his carefully achieved acceptance was completely negated due to his reckless son, who couldn’t control his urges.

Thinking of this infuriated him and made him want to teach Liu Yunpeng a lesson, but every time he was about to act, his son’s diligence in reading doused his impulse.

Currently, Liu Fugui’s situation is indeed grim. On the surface, the villa team appears kind by leaving the place to him.

But Liu Fugui wasn’t naive; if this had been in the past, he would have eagerly accepted, but the current situation is different. Once He Lei or Spring Xiu initiates an attack, the primary target would surely be the villa.

Additionally, learning from the failures of previous attacks, they would definitely devise and plan more fierce offensive strategies. Thus, departing from the villa feels like a stab in the back.

Now, he faces a difficult choice: leaving means starting a life of wandering, whereas staying means constantly being anxious about potential attacks from the Spring-He Lei coalition.

It’s really a headache! Standing in front of the window, Liu Fugui agitatedly lights a cigarette, realizing time is running out. Once the villa team completes their preparations, he too must make a decision.

Should he leave or stay? How should he choose? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast recommendation votes and monthly votes on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)