Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 962: Chapter 947: Preparation Begins

"Xiao Hu, what’s going on at the base?" Wei Dazhuang, pushed into the nearby empty room by Hu Xiaodong, quickly asked.

"Haha, I think the base should be fine. Brother Hu is just helping us out of a tight spot, right?" From what he saw and heard when returning, Tang Xiaoquan believed that if there truly was a problem at the base as Hu Xiaodong said, people’s facial expressions wouldn’t be so calm.

Sure enough, after hearing Tang Xiaoquan’s response, Hu Xiaodong smiled bitterly and shrugged: "Nothing escapes you, Quan. Indeed, everything is good at the base. I noticed Old Zhao was a bit unstable, so I brought you guys out. So, it’s just you guys coming back, is there an issue at the school?"

Hu Xiaodong isn’t foolish, although Tang Xiaoquan and Wei Dazhuang had just confirmed the operation by Old Xu and the situation concerning Zhao Lina.

But the young men’s persistent indifferent attitude made him notice something was off.

Without Zhao Yunhai nearby, Tang Xiaoquan finally didn’t need to worry about anything else. He nodded and truthfully answered, "Brother Hu, your analysis is spot on. Indeed, there’s a problem at the school now."

Frowning slightly, Hu Xiaodong knew that it must be a significant issue to make Tang Xiaoquan risk returning at night: "Tell me, what exactly is the problem?"

"Old Xu and the others are surrounded by zombies?"

"Surrounded? Isn’t there a well path leading outside the school?"

"There was, but due to some unexpected situation, that well path..." Tang Xiaoquan paused, helplessly shook his head.

"How did that happen? You said an unexpected situation, what’s going on?" Hu Xiaodong clearly lost patience with the slow-paced conversation style, directly demanding, "Xiao Tang, tell me everything you know in detail."

With time running short, Tang Xiaoquan didn’t have any leisure to beat around the bush with Hu Xiaodong. He immediately recounted fully and precisely the message Old Xu transmitted in the radio wave earlier to Hu Xiaodong.

Hearing this, Hu Xiaodong fell into deep thought and shock.

"You said Old Xu and the others are trapped by zombies, then your return trip..." With a glimmer of hope, Hu Xiaodong placed the final bet on the young man before him since the latter had performed miracles multiple times during critical moments for the team, pulling the team back from the brink of life and death: "You must have... a solution in mind, right."

Facing Hu Xiaodong’s appreciation, Tang Xiaoquan couldn’t quite muster a smile: "Sort of."

"Tell me, what’s your plan?"

"Before I say anything, we need to call Li Zhong and Li Guo over." Since the action plan involves related engineering stuff, Tang Xiaoquan felt having the brothers "Zhong" and "Guo" onsite would make the discussion smoother.

Thus, Hu Xiaodong had no objections, and Li Zhong and Li Guo were quickly summoned over.

Joining them was Shen Lian from Sharp Blade Company, because this time the Sharp Blade Company was practically deployed in large numbers, and the stationed Shen Lian, Duan Chengwu have always been worried about the safety of their departing teammates.

Once everyone gathered, Tang Xiaoquan briefly described the school predicament again.

As expected, everyone showed sufficient shock upon hearing this.

Tang Xiaoquan didn’t pay attention to these reactions; he continued: "Given the current situation, I discussed with Old Xu and plan to lure out the zombies inside the school."

This statement again stirred up thousand waves among the crowd.

"Xiao Tang, you’re not joking, are you? You plan to lure out the zombies?"

"There should be quite some zombies at the school, do you think we can manage to do this?"

"Yes, Old Xu and the others have limited supplies, we really can’t waste time doing things of no consequence!"

Questions fell like raindrops, and Tang Xiaoquan, having anticipated this, responded to the group’s queries one by one.

After addressing these doubts, Tang Xiaoquan immediately returned to the main point with a serious tone: "The primary theoretical basis for attracting zombies this time is sound, we need to use sound to guide the zombies away from the school."

"What are the specific steps?" Hu Xiaodong calmly asked, after all, it’s well-known that zombies are sensitive to sound. However, it doesn’t mean zombies must follow where you lead, especially with so many moving together in unison.

"The specific steps plan to tackle in four ways; first, initially, we need to use a high-power loudspeaker to lure as many zombies from the teaching building as possible. To achieve this, we need cars, sturdy cars, to drive into the school unmanned. Besides, the loudspeakers installed on the cars must be remotely controlled. Li Zhong, Li Guo, this will be for you, can you manage it?"

"No problem." Li Zhong answered without hesitation.

Kidding, if they couldn’t handle such a small design, wouldn’t the title of engineer for him and his brother be for naught?

"Alright, but the current situation doesn’t allow you too much time; how long do you estimate to complete these?"

"Well... with complete materials, about 2 hours can do it."

Nodding his head, Tang Xiaoquan calmly said, "Alright, turn back and let Brother Hu know the materials needed, we’ll go out and help you secure them."

"Let’s continue, second, once the speaker vehicle has sufficiently lured zombies, we’ll stop the buzzing from outside, then Zhongyu will drive to guide outside the school. When the zombies begin moving, for the third step, we’ll systematically place firecrackers along the route to direct the zombies’ movements. As for the final step, there’s a brick kiln 5 minutes by car from the school nearby, that’ll be where we trap the zombie horde. So, over there, Li Zhong, Li Guo you need to set up enough loudspeakers to attract the zombies, which also must have remote control capability. At that time, block the entrance with large trucks or similar vehicles, because the brick kiln gate is already destroyed. This is basically the situation, does anyone have questions?"

"None!" As the current practical person in charge at the base, Hu Xiaodong cast a vote in favor of Tang Xiaoquan’s plan.

"Alright, I’ll leave the vehicles to Wang Zhongyu and Luo Baocun, the speaker installation to Li Zhong and Li Guo. As for the safety assurance along the way, can you manually draw the map, Xiao Tang?"

For this, Tang Xiaoquan certainly doesn’t possess the capability, but fortunately, there’s Old Lin, the traffic police on the car. Although Old Lin’s drawing skills aren’t great, at least he can clearly plan the road directions and more.

After Tang Xiaoquan laid out the blueprint, the experienced Shen Lian immediately marked several key points along the route for everyone.

"Good, we basically clarified the route, during action I suggest sending out two groups, one will be Wu Chao and myself, the other group Shen Lian, Xiao Wen. Our task is to ensure the order of the zombie horde along the route. As for the base, we’ll have to let Brother Duan manage it temporarily."

To be honest, the survivors’ formation right now is extremely risky, because to address the upcoming rescue operation, they virtually exposed all their elite forces, leaving their main base guards unprecedentedly weak.

But there’s no other way, given they’re severely short-handed.

Tang Xiaoquan now just hopes that during the execution of the plan, no accidents happen, otherwise... (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)

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