Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 929: Chapter 914: Fatherly Love

The tension of the situation turned out to be smoother than Old Xu and the others anticipated. Although they experienced a fierce battle along the way, the final result was quite satisfactory.

With over ten bags of rice and flour, a whole crate of Moutai, and drinks and mineral water collected by Tang Xiaoquan and others in the conference room, the gains from this action by the Survivor Squad far exceeded expectations.

Once the supplies were properly sorted, Old Xu and the others began addressing the safety issues at the factory.

After all, the brick moving inside the factory still required some time to commence, so the survivors needed to take necessary actions to prevent "uninvited" zombies from entering during this interim period.

However, since the factory’s entrance gate was already damaged, the survivors had to find other ways to block the entry.

Undoubtedly, using bricks was the most reliable method, but tonight Old Xu and the others still had actions to take, and they needed to be back at the school by dusk.

Given this point, Old Xu and the others didn’t have much time for building a barricade. Left with no choice, Tang Xiaoquan suggested using the curtains found in the conference room to create a makeshift blockade.

Driving the vehicle out of the factory first, the survivors immediately started cutting the curtains. Once the fabric was cut into uniformly sized strips, they quickly twisted and wound them together.

After 10 minutes, more than 20 connected long ropes were formed.

As usual, Old Xu and the others split into two groups and sequentially stretched and tied the long ropes.

Soon, a large net-like gate made from intertwined ropes came into being. Although it was far from being a real gate, it was sufficient to prevent small groups of zombies from entering the factory.

Glancing at the time, they realized that it was already 1 PM. Two hours had unknowingly passed since the Survivor Squad left the original location.

"It’s about time we head back!"

No one objected to Old Xu’s suggestion. The abundant harvest this time somewhat alleviated the team’s tension and worries about tonight’s action.

Returning by the same route, after parking, Old Xu checked the time again. Going back now didn’t make much sense.

On the contrary, returning too early might lead to the Japanese students celebrating prematurely, which would be detrimental to the night’s ambush.

Considering this, Old Xu dismissed the idea of sending Derek back to the school.

At this moment, Tang Xiaoquan suddenly raised a question: "Old Xu, shouldn’t we contact home? Old Zhao called us this morning. He didn’t ask about his daughter, just whether you were back, so..."

"Call!" Old Xu immediately agreed without thinking: "Old Zhao must be extremely worried. It’s good to update him on the situation to ease his mind!"

What is a father’s love? None of the survivors present were married, so they naturally didn’t have children to experience this.

But having been loved by a father, the survivors deeply understood it.

When you are most helpless, most troubled, most in need of help, your father always stands by your side like a big tree, shielding you from the storm, keeping you warm in cold or hot weather.

No matter if he is tall, no matter if he has money or not, he always saves the best for us.

So, putting aside Old Xu’s team member identity, the term "father’s love" alone was enough for Old Xu and others to take this risk.

"Who will make the call?" Tang Xiaoquan asked again.

Lin Junfu thought for a moment, looked at Old Xu, and calmly said: "You should do it, Old Xu. You are more familiar with the situation, so it will be easier for you to handle it."

What Old Lin referred to as "handling," Old Xu understood without needing an explanation.

After all, although they were supposed to be honest, some details needed to be "white lies."

Considering matters such as Zhao Lina’s fever and food issues, telling Old Zhao about them would do nothing but add to his anxiety and worry.

Knowing that he was the only team member who had entered the campus and contacted Zhao Lina, Xu Renjie nodded: "Alright, I’ll contact home!"

With that, Old Xu picked up the hand-held radio, pressed the talk button: "Hello, Lei Zi, this is Old Xu, please respond, over!"

"Static, Captain, static, this is Shen Lian, transmission received, static, please proceed, over!"

"It seems the radio interference is still quite severe!" Old Xu mumbled to himself, then spoke into the radio: "Is Old Zhao next to you? Over!"

"No he isn’t! Over!"

"How is his mood? Over!"

"Not great. Ever since you left, he’s neither had tea nor thought about food, hasn’t slept for two nights. He smoked a lot, sigh..."

With a sigh, Shen Lian’s unrestricted words conveyed everything.

"By the way, Captain, how are things on your end? Over!"

"Everything is OK on our end! Additionally, we’ve secured bricks for later construction! Over!"

"What!? Captain, what did you say? Bricks... do you mean there’s a source for bricks?"

It’s no wonder Shen Lian was so surprised; he knew Xu Renjie led the team to the school to rescue people.

Even though Derek mentioned the school was undergoing renovations, Shen Lian couldn’t figure out how the Captain managed to secure bricks.

Don’t forget, even if the school had bricks, extracting them from the zombie-surrounded campus... hmm hmm, Shen Lian couldn’t see their team having that capability. At least not currently.

However, Old Xu didn’t have the mind to explain too much to Shen Lian. His main purpose for the call was to communicate with Old Zhao, so...

"Yes, the bricks have been secured. As for the details, I’ll explain when I return. Now, go get Old Zhao, I want to talk to him about his daughter. Over!"

Hearing Old Xu wanted to discuss Zhao Yunhai’s daughter, Shen Lian didn’t dare delay and quickly dashed outside, shouting at Duan Chengwu, who was patrolling the road: "Wu Zi, go get Old Zhao, the Captain has something urgent for him!"

For the entire Survivor Team right now, there was nothing more important than saving Old Zhao’s daughter.

So once Shen Lian shouted this, there was no need for Duan Chengwu to run errands; the message was quickly relayed along the route and reached Old Zhao, who was dispiritedly smoking at the village chief’s house, in less than a minute.

Old Zhao woodenly lifted his head, glanced at Hu Xiaodong in front of him holding the Compound Bow, exhaled a smoke ring slowly, and asked weakly: "Oh, it’s Xiao Hu, huh, what’s up? Any news?"

Seeing Old Zhao’s desolate appearance tightened Hu Xiaodong’s heartstrings.

Knowing that this strong man had never appeared so desolate and downcast even in the team’s most perilous moments, but now...

"Uncle Zhao! Old Xu called, specifically asking for you, seems to be about Lina."

Not knowing what Old Xu was going to say, Hu Xiaodong didn’t dare to give Old Zhao any false hope.

After all, if Old Xu didn’t come bearing good news, the joy turning into sorrow could be disastrous.

Upon hearing "Lina," Old Zhao’s whole body jolted as if electrocuted, causing the cigarette in his hand to fall to the ground with excitement.

Without waiting for Hu Xiaodong to say more, he snatched the radio from his hand, urgently calling out: "Hello! Hello!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com).

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