Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Eight: Keep an Eye on Mommy p2
“Huff…”
Until he could no longer see the crowd behind him, the leader slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
There was no turning back. Next, he just needed to wait quietly for the result.
Three modified jeeps were driving in an orderly manner, lined up in a row, driving on the highway towards the black ruins.
Even from such a long distance, they could still seem to smell the strong smell of smoke and feel the rise in temperature.
Now it was not only the leader, but even the breathing of others was about to stop.
When they passed the toll station, they saw that the vines at the toll booth and the ashes in front had a gap of several hundred meters wide, and you couldn’t see the end at a glance.
Near the place where the plants were broken, there was a car that was deformed by the high temperature and almost buried by ashes.
“That car…” There was no road ahead. After careful consideration, the boss ordered, “Second, drive to that car and have a look.”
Although that car was buried by ashes, it was also the only surviving object in the nearby “firebreak”. Maybe they could find something there.
When they parked the car near that car, the subordinates used their hands to dig away the ashes, and finally saw the full picture of this car.
Although it was blackened by ashes, you could still see the countless scratches on the car body, and the paint was basically gone. You would be very impressed once you saw such a car.
“It’s this car, boss…” The man called Second, looking at the deformed car in front of him, murmured.
Most of the supplies in the car were scorched, but there were no corpses in the car…
Then after the battle, where did those people, or that organization, go?
Did they leave after the battle?
The boss suddenly thought of this possibility.
If they left after the battle, could they set up camp in this city…
“What are you… doing?”
When they were looking at each other around the car, a cold female voice came from the pile of ashes in the distance.
The moment he heard this voice, the hair on Second’s back stood up.
It was this voice! The woman sitting in the driver’s seat!
She survived this battle… She was also a B-rank!
A B-rank powerhouse…
“She… she was the one driving… boss…” Second looked in the direction of the voice, looking at the woman standing in the ruins, intact, but carrying a tattered travel bag in her hand.
The woman held a huge backpack in her left hand. Through the holes in the tattered backpack, you could see the blood crystals inside.
And on the strap of the backpack, there were two charred corpses hanging… It seemed to be the corpses that could remain intact in the terrifying fire.
Even though they had become corpses and precipitated blood crystals, the residual blood crystal fluctuations on the corpses still made them, who were also Awakened, tremble with fear.
“You… hello…” The boss raised his hands high, walked out of the crowd, and explained loudly to the woman carrying the terrifying corpses, “I am the boss of the camp that encountered you before… Maybe there may be some misunderstandings between us, but I can explain.”
The boss didn’t know that the unfathomable, low-key and restrained “B-rank” Awakened not far away was more nervous than them at this time.
Lin Xiwan’s hand holding the backpack tightened. She never expected that when she was scavenging the remaining or precipitated blood crystals nearby, she would encounter a team of Awakened.
Eight Awakened came down from the three cars, the lowest one was D-rank, and there were even two C-ranks. If they really fought, Lin Xiwan might not be able to run.
Damn… Could it be that they found out that she had cheated them out of water last time, so they came after her? It shouldn’t be, right? There were also a lot of remaining Voodoo supplies?
At worst, she would give them the burned car… Anyway, Lin Xiwan had checked, and there was nothing of value inside.
No matter what, she would not give up the spoils in her hands… This was to be brought to her sister. She had practiced countless times in her heart the scene of her sister’s eyes shining brightly when she took these blood crystals to her sister.
If the blood crystals were snatched away by others, it would be equivalent to snatching away her sister’s expectant expression.
How could she let others snatch it away!
Just when Lin Xiwan was observing the other party’s movements, ready to use her muscle-type Awakened speed to rush back to the building-tree to find Huayibai, the other party’s performance was a little beyond Lin Xiwan’s expectations.
“We have no malice. We didn’t deliberately drive the convoy to follow you before… It’s just that the journey is dangerous. We were just thinking that it would be good to have a car to open the way in front…”
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense, the camp leader quickly continued to explain:
“We didn’t know that your vehicle was going to Kun City to perform such a difficult task… We are very impressed that you beheaded the three B-ranks of the Voodoo Cult and made them fall apart—the Voodoo Cult has harmed us very badly.”
“So we came here this time to apologize and bring you the Voodoo supplies that you temporarily stored with us last time.”
The word temporary storage was very interesting. It would not make the other party feel uncomfortable, nor would it make their side appear too humble.
This not only explained their intentions, but also explained part of the motivation why they had been following…
First, they recognized the other party’s battle and showed their position, and then said that they were just bringing the things that the other party temporarily stored here.
His attitude could be said to be impeccable. As long as it was not deliberately making things difficult, they should also be able to see his sincerity.
Lin Xiwan was also a little puzzled at first, but after seeing the two corpses in her hand, she came to her senses a little.
The other party was definitely not here to settle accounts.
Her sister had told her that the news that three B-ranks had died in Kun City had spread. As long as they were not fools, they would not come to make trouble at this time.
If they were not here to make trouble, and they came like this, and brought these cars of supplies, then the purpose was very clear.
Lin Xiwan herself had been a camp person, knew the operation mode of most camps, and also knew what the camp leaders were generally thinking.
They were generally thinking about how to keep the camp going. Now that they came to the door, it was very likely that they were seeking an alliance.
She had just talked about this with her sister last night, but it was only one night before the first camp that might be seeking refuge came.
This was too fast…
So fast that Lin Xiwan hadn’t made any preparations.
She had planned to live happily with her sister in the uninhabited “primitive forest” for a month or two…
No matter what, this matter was considered a major event and had to be discussed with her sister. She definitely couldn’t make the decision alone.
First, let’s ask about the other party’s intentions… They might not be here to seek refuge.
“Going in this direction… are you going out of the country?”
Yun Province was already the most border of China. Continuing in this direction, except for the desert in the northwest, it was the unknown land of foreign countries.
The desert did not have the conditions to support the entire camp, and there might be different mutated zombies, and the danger was unknown.
From this point of view, if the other party wanted to survive, going out of the country was a more reasonable plan.
After hearing Lin Xiwan’s question, the man with his arms raised in front of him smiled bitterly:
“Yes… we are preparing to go out of the country. The supplies we brought do not support the convoy to cross the mountains and rivers to return. If we don’t find a suitable place to live nearby, we should go out of the country to find a way to survive.”
Although the expression on his face was bitter, the man’s heart was full of hope.
It was better if the other party didn’t ask. If the other party started to ask about the survival problems of their camp… then there was a good chance.
“Actually, I have a presumptuous request,” The leader of the Panlong Camp raised his head and looked in the direction of the woman, asking, “Can our camp join your organization…”
“We are a peaceful camp. We have never done anything like robbery or annexation. Although there are many ordinary people in our camp, they are very skilled in using firearms, and there are also skilled car repair workers…”
The man quickly listed the advantages of his camp in front of Lin Xiwan like a resume. Finally, he stated his request.
“Assign tasks to our Awakened, and we can also complete them… As long as we can give the other camp people a full meal.”
After saying so much, it still couldn’t get away from so many mouths to feed.
The establishment mode of the camps was similar. A small number of Awakened formed the upper level, each Awakened trained and led a team of combat personnel to form an exploration team, and then supported their respective families.
As long as one combatant died, someone had to make up for it, or the “idle personnel” had to be reduced.
If the combat personnel were lost but the “idle personnel” were not reduced in time, there would be more and more non-combat personnel, and the food brought back by each exploration team would also be in short supply, forming a vicious circle.
Therefore, for the healthy development of non-self-sufficient camps, most camps adopted this model.
Although it was cruel, necessary sacrifices were also for the better operation of the camp and to allow other people to live.
What the leader said just now was to prove to the other party that he was still a camp in a “virtuous circle”. The combat personnel and idle personnel were maintained in a good proportion, and the value created by their combat personnel could support the idle personnel.
After the man finished speaking, the other Awakened couldn’t help holding their breath.
They knew that the next answer from the woman opposite would determine the fate of their entire camp.
Whether their camp would continue to drift in the future, or even go overseas, or stay in the country and live a stable life, depended on what the woman in front of them said.
Looking at the pairs of expectant eyes, Lin Xiwan, who was cold-faced but warm-hearted, also began to struggle in her heart.
After a long while, she slowly exhaled and said:
“Sigh… you wait here for a while, I will go and ask, and give you an answer later.”
After Lin Xiwan left these words, she directly carried the backpack, dragged the corpses hanging on the backpack, and walked towards the city wrapped in greenery in the depths of the ruins.
At that moment, Lin Xiwan’s back looked tall in the eyes of these people.
“Second Brother… her meaning is…”
“She is this,” Second Brother slowly raised his thumb and looked at the Awakened who asked, “A very good person.”
“Yeah, sigh…” The boss also slowly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little weak all over, and smiled, “Looking at her sighing, if she wants to keep us, she may have to argue with the top management for a long time.”
“That means there is a chance for us to join?!”
“Shh… It’s not a foregone conclusion yet. It still depends on the meaning of the top management of this organization…” The person called Second Brother, who was the Awakened who gave Lin Xiwan water at the beginning, said with a smile, “From the time they gave away a carload of Voodoo supplies, I knew they were good people.”
“Yeah… It depends on whether she can persuade the top management…”
“I hope so…”
“Xiao Wu, go and inform everyone and let them all come and wait.”
“Okay, boss!”
The woman did not directly refuse, which made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere was no longer so depressing.
There were still many good people in the world…
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