Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 964: Chapter 949

One hour later, the space inside the bus and the Jianghuai truck was basically filled up, yet even so, they had only moved less than a third of the bricks in the yard.

Looking at the still more than half a yard of neatly stacked bricks, plus the chairs, benches, windows and other things dismantled and scavenged from the factory area, both Hu Xiaodong and the fighters who took part felt it would be a real waste to just drive back like this.

After all, what lay before them were must-have items for the big post‑apocalypse construction; as the saying goes, opportunities like this are rare. Miss it this time, and if they wanted to find this kind of stuff again, they might have to pay an unimaginable price.

Based on that, the scavenging squad discussed it together and decided to first find a suitable place to stash the fully loaded supplies, then after resolving the crisis at the school, they would slowly haul everything back.

This way, they wouldn’t delay the upcoming operation, and they could also make sure this batch of bricks wouldn’t go to waste.

Once the discussion was over, the convoy immediately got back to work. The storage point the scavenging squad picked wasn’t far from the kiln factory, about a fifteen‑minute drive.

The reason for choosing like this was mainly that too far would burn fuel and time; too close, and they were afraid the planned zombie‑luring operation might cause Zombies to wander out of control and occupy the stash point.

But at a place fifteen minutes away by car, even if the Zombies really did go out of control, it would still take them some effort to make it to the stash point.

This way, the Survivors could at least rush over and move the bricks out before the Zombies took the stash point.

From there, the next steps were relatively simple: the two vehicles would shuttle back and forth between the kiln factory and the stash point.

Since it was all brick and building materials, the Survivor Squad wasn’t worried about other people stealing it.

Even if someone really tried, moving this much construction material would be no easy task.

The whole transfer operation lasted a full two and a half hours; by the time everything was done, it was already close to noon.

Before heading back, Hu Xiaodong specially got in radio contact with Old Xu and Old Lin.

On one hand, to get an update on the situation on their end;

On the other hand, to report to the two leaders about what their side had done so far, and the concrete personnel assignments and operation procedures for the upcoming zombie‑luring plan.

On this, Old Lin and Old Xu had no objections; they trusted Hu Xiaodong’s ability.

After all, before they joined, Xiao Hu had already led this squad through plenty of ordeals.

Pressed for time, once the report was finished, the scavenging squad set out immediately for home base.

As for Old Xu and Old Lin, what they could do right now boiled down to two words: just wait.

Wait for Xiao Hu’s side to finish their deployment, wait for the moment of life‑and‑death breakout to arrive.

They returned to the village just as the time hit twelve o’clock; Wei Yang had thoughtfully prepared the meal.

She knew very well how important time was to the team at the moment, so she wanted, within her ability, to take care of the logistics for everyone.

Taking advantage of the short break while they ate, Xiao Hu checked in on how the other teams were doing.

Wang Zhongyu had successfully brought back a twenty‑foot container truck, and had also scavenged some small items like radios and computer speakers.

As for the brothers Li Zhong and Li Guo, they had successfully finished writing the control software, and had even carried out some preliminary modifications and tests on the small truck at base.

"Good! Everyone did great! Then this afternoon, here’s the plan: Li Guo, Xiao Wen, Wu Chao, Brother Tiger, you four come with me to the kiln to set up the internal equipment. The rest of you, Li Zhong takes the lead, work with Xiao Wang and Xiao Luo to complete the modifications on the small truck. Let’s try to get everything done before dusk today. Anyone got a problem with that?"

Everyone knew what kind of supplies Old Xu had stored. Although by strictly rationing food they could still hold out for two days, considering what might happen during the breakout... if they didn’t have enough strength, how were they supposed to charge through a sea of Zombies?

So even if their side could move just one second earlier, for Old Xu and his people trapped in the campus, that was a chance at survival.

On that basis, every participant at the meeting answered in unison with a firm yes.

The way to judge a team’s ability to survive isn’t by how many people it has, nor by how strong it looks. The most important thing is whether, when faced with danger, everyone can stand united and twist into a single rope.

Without doubt, the team Tang Xiaoquan belonged to had this quality.

Of course, this wasn’t some quality that just appears out of nowhere; it was built up and tempered bit by bit during the process of surviving the apocalypse, with every member supporting each other and sharing life and death.

They were all "family" who could stake their lives for one another.

No—strictly speaking, it was a bond even closer than family.

This kind of feeling couldn’t be put into words; probably only people who had really gone through death together could understand it.

After the meal, no one cared about resting. Those who had tasks began to work on their assigned jobs.

Those without tasks either helped out on the side or went to move bricks.

After cleaning up the dishes, Wei Yang hesitated for a long time, and finally ran over to the bus and called Tang Xiaoquan aside.

"What’s wrong, Wei Yang? Something up?" Having been busy for a long time, Tang Xiaoquan was speaking a little breathlessly.

Wei Yang considerately took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from her beloved’s forehead. "You must be exhausted. Thirsty? I’ll go pour you some water?"

Hearing that, Tang Xiaoquan felt a warm current flow through his heart. In this apocalypse, his greatest gain and luckiest thing was that he met Wei Yang.

Frankly speaking, Tang Xiaoquan was actually somewhat grateful for this damned apocalypse, because without this cataclysm, he might never have met Wei Yang, and naturally would never have gained this relationship.

"Tell me, what is it?" Although Wei Yang hadn’t said anything yet, the clever Tang Xiaoquan had already seen that something was off from her slightly unnatural expression.

Wei Yang hadn’t planned on hiding it; she sighed and said, "After you left, Uncle Zhao asked me where you all went. I answered him according to what Brother Hu told me before he left."

"Uncle Zhao didn’t have any issues, did he?"

"No issues, but his mood... Xiao Tang, is it really right for us to lie to Uncle Zhao like this? I’m worried if... if something goes wrong in the next operation, then when that time comes..."

Wei Yang’s words cut off abruptly; she really didn’t dare imagine what Old Zhao would be like if something happened to Zhao Lina.

As someone who had lost a loved one, Wei Yang understood and sympathized with Old Zhao very deeply.

She knew that kind of pain only grows deeper with time. Even now, Wei Yang still often saw her brutally killed father in her dreams.

And every time, she woke up in tears.

On this, Tang Xiaoquan pondered for a moment. To be honest, if he could help it, he didn’t want to lie to Old Zhao either. But given the situation, if you told him to go confess everything to Old Zhao now, he really didn’t know how to face him.

So...

"Wei Yang, let’s keep this from Uncle Zhao for now, okay? Before things are decided one way or another, I don’t want him crushed by this. Otherwise, when we save Lina and then have to face a broken Old Zhao, how are we supposed to explain that to Lina?"

After hearing this, Wei Yang could only let out another helpless sigh, then silently nodded. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote with recommendation tickets and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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