"Report!"
"Ah, it's Guangqiang. What's up?"
"Commander, we have seafood fried noodles and Yangzhou fried rice here! Which would you like?"
Gu Chengyuan had just finished tallying today's gains and closed the system interface.
Pu Guangqiang came over, holding two steaming paper meal boxes.
By now, the sky had completely darkened, and Pu Guangqiang, whose skin was already quite dark, seemed to blend into the night, making it hard to see his figure.
But his large eyes staring at Gu Chengyuan were particularly bright.
"I'll have the Yangzhou fried rice! I can't get used to things that swim."
"By the way, Guangqiang, you don't dislike seafood, do you?"
Pu Guangqiang flashed a big white smile, looking quite pleased as he said, "Not at all, not at all! Commander, I actually quite like it."
"That's good, then. Hurry up and eat, go tell your squad leader, arrange for the rotation of the sentries, and after a half-hour rest, we'll board the vehicles and set off!"
"Yes, sir!"
After Pu Guangqiang left, Gu Chengyuan started eating the self-heating rice in his hand.
The system was quite generous, equipping the squad with new-style self-heating rice rations, with a huge variety of flavors to choose from.
Not only were there various fried noodles and fried rice as main courses, but the self-heating packs also included drink powders, chocolates, chewing gum, energy bars, dried fruits, and more.
The taste wasn't particularly great, but compared to other survivors who might still be starving and terrified, Gu Chengyuan could only sigh:
Luxurious!
Half an hour later, once the sentries had withdrawn, the entire elite infantry squad boarded the vehicles, and Gu Chengyuan began issuing the next mission.
"Soldiers, through everyone's bloody battles this afternoon, we've advanced nearly ten kilometers on Xishui North Road! We've completed the set combat mission to a high standard!"
"Currently, we're seven kilometers away from Yezhou University! Due to the darkness, I've chosen to advance using the armored vehicles!"
"During the advance, unless absolutely necessary, the principle is that no personnel should disembark to fight zombies!"
Saying this, Gu Chengyuan glanced at the time on his tactical watch.
20:15
"We aim to reach Yezhou University by 9:30! Find a resting point by 11:00!"
"During the march, everyone should rest as much as possible! Junpeng, as the driver, you need to stay alert, the situation at night is complex, and you need to be more vigilant than during the day!"
Received!
With a powerful roar of the six-cylinder diesel engine, the Mengshi 3 Armored Assault Vehicle slowly started, heading into the darkness ahead.
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At the intersection of Yeda Road and Xishui North Road.
A Maybach S680, with its front severely deformed and left front tire blown, lay awkwardly in the middle of the road, surrounded by zombies.
The culprit for its sorry state was a small overturned dump truck that had crashed into a nearby greenbelt.
Inside the Maybach sat three people. In the back seat, a burly middle-aged man dressed impeccably, with his hair neatly combed, had his face hidden in the darkness, making it hard to discern his expression.
But his frequent glances at the time showed his inner anxiety and restlessness.
In the driver's seat, a burly man with a rugged, weathered face bore a bruise the size of a baby's palm, clearly from the earlier car accident.
His eyes were fierce, occasionally glancing at the surrounding horde of zombies, seemingly calculating how to attack.
In the passenger seat sat a young, elegantly dressed secretary with gold-rimmed glasses, his expression management on the verge of collapse, his face full of panic and fear.
The three of them sat there with different expressions, feeling the car being jostled by the zombies.
In the silent cabin, only the sound of pounding and the ear-piercing scratching, like nails on a chalkboard, penetrated inside, each sound seemingly clawing at their hearts.
And almost every turn of the head would bring them face to face with the gaping, pus-dripping mouths of the zombies outside the window.
In such a despairing and irritating atmosphere, it was the young secretary who first lost his composure, speaking in a hushed voice:
"President An, is the rescue team coming?"
Everyone in the cabin knew this was a pointless question because, under normal circumstances, a traffic accident would have the police on the scene in less than ten minutes.
But today, it seemed all the bad luck had stacked up!
Not only had accidents happened to them and around them, but they'd also witnessed more than one murder!
One of which involved the driver of the dump truck.
He had barely crawled out of the overturned cab alive, only to be surrounded and devoured by the zombies outside, reduced to a pile of bones.
They had tried to start the car and escape, but the roar of the engine, despite being damaged, attracted the zombies, surrounding them.
They had lost even the chance to open the door and run on foot!
"What to do? If I knew what to do, I'd have run already! They're not like the punks from my high school days, where I could just slap them around and they'd be too scared to fight back!"
Listening to the crude remarks from the back seat by Chairman Cai Anxin, neither the driver nor the secretary was surprised; they were used to it. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Despite being the head of the nearly billion-dollar Hongtu Group, Cai Anxin always presented himself as a calm and composed successful person to the outside world.
But those who knew him well were aware of his heavy social demeanor in private.
He loved reminiscing about his high school days when he was a big shot, as if his greatest pride wasn't building a billion-dollar group but being the top dog at his small high school.
He was a legendary figure, starting as a delinquent in middle school, becoming the school boss in high school, earning the nickname Batian. By rights, he should have been living the script of a hot-blooded high school drama.
But after graduating high school and being sent to the military, he used some family resources and his life took off!
From initially selling fried potatoes with friends near Yezhou University to the current billion-dollar Hongtu Group, it took him less than twenty years!
"One must remain calm in the face of major events! At worst, we die, motherfucker!"
"And even if I'm afraid of dying, I'm ahead of you! I'm worried about my billion-dollar fortune and a dozen lovers!"
"You have nothing, what do you have? You have nothing to lose, why are you afraid?"
"If you die, it's no loss, but I'd be losing big time! I can still go on for another twenty years! So many beautiful girls, damn it~"
The young secretary, though mentally prepared, was still left dizzy by the scolding. However, the fear in his heart seemed to lessen considerably.
"Boss, why don't we open the door and fight our way out!" the driver Ah Bin suddenly suggested.
He was someone Cai Anxin had brought along after starting to prosper, previously driving dump trucks on construction sites.
He was considered Cai Anxin's absolute confidant, never treated as a subordinate, and he still regarded Cai Anxin as his big brother.
His initiation as a confidant was during a fight in high school, following Cai Anxin against a group of street thugs.
During the fight, other underlings fled when things went south, but he stayed with Cai Anxin, getting beaten by a dozen people.
According to Cai Anxin, it was the only time in his life that he was beaten so badly he wanted to kneel and beg for mercy.
"Are you an idiot! It's full of zombies outside, how do you fight! You just know how to fool around with women and don't even watch sci-fi movies for a mental escape!"
"If you get scratched by these zombies, you'll turn into one too! Are you confident you can get out unscathed with so many zombies around? Rushing out and turning into a zombie means death, failing to rush out is even worse, do you understand being eaten alive?"
Hearing Cai Anxin's scolding, the fierce-looking driver Ah Bin sheepishly scratched his head, feeling a bit aggrieved:
"Boss, you know my grades were never good! I don't understand foreign languages, can't understand those foreign films!"
"If you tell me one more time you can't understand, I'll smack you twice, believe it or not!"
"You can't understand foreign films on proper players, but you watch those foreign adult films online with more enthusiasm than anyone!"
"Listen to me! Just stay in the car and don't think about anything. If there's a rescue, we'll live together! If not, we'll die together!"
"A 5 million coffin, though it might be a bit tight for me, you two brats should consider it an honor, dying with dignity, right?"
Just as he finished speaking, the secretary in the passenger seat, who had been scolded into submission, suddenly exclaimed excitedly.
"Boss, look, there's light!"