NABC Chapter 62 The Fall of Y Province
Chapter 62 The Fall of Y Province
DAY85
With September more than halfway over, Lu Yuan and his group had been staying at Gu Nanfeng's villa for six days. Lin Yun and Gu Nanfeng were in charge of cooking every day, as all kinds of vegetables, meats, and fruits in Lu Yuan's space were very fresh. They were enjoying their secluded life quite comfortably.
A couple of days ago, a small group of zombies, about a dozen or so, were still circling around their villa. However, they also got a good chance to test the defensive wall they built themselves, and they were quite satisfied with it.
However, Gu Nanfeng still became suspicious of the appearance of this wave of zombies. He told the other six people about it, and the group took turns observing for two more nights. They did not find any strange people or strange second-generation zombies.
Lu Yuan worked the 12 to 3 shift with Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang last night. Since he doesn't have to get up early to get breakfast for everyone, he slept in a little longer. It's lunchtime now, and Yang Xiao and the others are still sleeping. He just happened to catch Lin Yun and Qin Yuan, who were on the first shift, preparing lunch.
These past few days, they've been eating very casually for breakfast and lunch—bread, milk powder, steamed buns, mantou, whatever they want—and the refrigerator is always stocked. They only get together for dinner to cook a simple meal or have a hot pot.
After slurping down the last mouthful of noodles, Lu Yuan realized that Lin Yun's stir-frying skills were truly top-notch. With the ingredients he stir-fried, Lu Yuan could eat a whole bowl of noodles. He let out a long sigh of relief. It was so good to live without having to worry like this. He was just suited to this kind of safe and secure survival, like in a post-apocalyptic hoarding novel.
Around 5 PM, the other three woke up, but it was still early for dinner, and they were all quite bored. Qin Yuan suggested playing mahjong; how could people from the Southwest be without mahjong? So, with the help of Lu Yuan's spatial ability, he, Qin Yuan, Lin Yun, and Yang Xiao started playing mahjong. Pei Sihao, on the other hand, played an online game with Zhong Qiang. Gu Nanfeng, who wasn't interested in any of this, leaned against the side reading a book, occasionally going up to the third floor to observe the surrounding area.
They had only played two rounds of mahjong when the walkie-talkie Qin Yuan and the others returned, casually placed on the shoe cabinet by the door, went off. This startled Zhong Qiang, who was engrossed in his game; after all, the cabinet was right behind the sofa he was sitting on, and a sudden sound coming from behind him was a bit unsettling.
"Team Leader Lin, Team Leader Lin, calling Team Leader Lin!" The call came three times on the walkie-talkie before Lin Yun snapped out of his daze and picked up the walkie-talkie.
"What is it?" Lin Yun's voice was somewhat cold. Qin Yuan, who was sitting opposite him, also looked unwell. Lu Yuan and the others didn't know what had happened a few days ago, so they could only remain silent and sit quietly.
"Team Leader Lin, Y Province is doomed..." The voice on the walkie-talkie was choked with emotion. Li Jie, the new captain of 0922, was from Y Province. He should have been in the Y Province military unit. Once, when Lin Yun and his team went to Y Province to participate in a large-scale military exercise, his old captain took a liking to the boy and brought him back to G Province.
Y Province is a border province, and because of its good ecological environment, it has a huge number of wild animals, mostly birds of prey. A few days ago, several large security bases in Y Province suffered heavy casualties during an animal attack.
But given the current situation, even if a distress signal is sent, where would the resources be available for rescue? The surrounding provinces and cities are already resource-limited, struggling to even save themselves, let alone rescue others.
When Wang Qiang received the distress signal from Y Province yesterday, he was filled with anxiety, but there was nothing he could do. Most of the soldiers from the G Province military region had already been assigned to various cities and counties in the initial stages, and G City didn't have many troops to begin with, so he couldn't help them.
Y Province did not request G City to provide forced rescue. They simply told Wang Qiang that they had split into three groups and were fleeing to the three surrounding provinces in batches. Since the provincial command headquarters in G Province was now being managed by the city command headquarters, they hoped that the security base in the border city closest to Y Province could send someone to meet them.
Breaking through the boundary between zombies and animals is difficult and will inevitably result in casualties. The day after the animal attacks, a security base in a city in S province couldn't keep up with the defenses, so they planned to move all the survivors from the base to a neighboring city, which was only an hour's drive away. However, they were chased by frenzied animals on the way, and by the time they safely arrived at the neighboring city base, half of them were dead.
Wang Qiang contacted T City, the closest city in G Province to Y Province, but the security base in T City was already packing up supplies to come to the security base in G City. You can imagine how bad the situation was.
In the end, we could only arrange for two supply teams, 0922 and Du Wenqing's 0419, to depart today to T City to pick up the survivors from Y Province and the survivors from T City.
As for why they suddenly contacted Lin Yun, it was because they wanted to borrow Lin Yun's G-Wagon. Lin Yun and Qin Yuan had both used the vehicles given to them by Lu Yuan when delivering supplies. Both vehicles were reinforced. Although the military jeeps in the base had also been reinforced, the difference was obvious when compared. Moreover, those bastards in the resource group only gave them three modified jeeps and one supply vehicle for their group of forty or fifty people.
Fortunately, when they came out, Du Wenqing, with his fiery temper, led his men to steal another modified jeep. But their situation was indeed very bad. It was already difficult for the supply truck to drive to the city to find supplies, and now they were going to T City, which might require them to go to the border area between Y Province and G Province. The road conditions there were unknown, the supply truck was slow, and the vehicle was large. After all, they weren't going to search for supplies, so driving this vehicle was indeed inconvenient.
After thinking it over, Li Jie could only ask Lin Yun. After returning to the base, Lin Yun and his group had admired the two cars they drove. Li Jie thought it would be best if Lin Yun and his group could find a few more of these cars. If not, he would have to find a way to borrow them, even if it meant being shameless.
Afterwards, they would take another detour through the city and find a few SUVs that could be driven, which would greatly improve their speed and safety along the way.
On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Lu Yuan and the others heard what was being said. Wang Qiang's willingness to send one of the few teams from the base to rescue Y Province and T City at this critical moment was truly commendable. Lu Yuan initially wanted to chime in that the car wasn't a problem, but unsure of the situation on the other end, he remained silent for the time being.
After listening, Lin Yun asked Li Jie and the others their current location, only saying that he would contact them again in ten minutes, and then turned off the walkie-talkie.
"Our Southwest region, Y Province Military Region is the largest, I didn't expect it to fall so quickly." Lin Yun turned off the walkie-talkie, and Qin Yuan sighed.
"Lu Yuan, the car..." Lin Yun didn't know how to start. He knew Lu Yuan had a car, even an armored vehicle, but now such a large province as Y Province had fallen, and such a large military region had failed to defend it. It was conceivable that this disaster was only the beginning. Cars, like food, were essential for survival, and he was too embarrassed to ask.
“The cars don’t matter, two definitely won’t be enough. We need at least 10 cars for fifty people.” Lu Yuan counted on his fingers. Gu Nanfeng looked at his serious expression and wanted to laugh. Didn’t this silly kid think about himself? He and Pei Sihao had heard Lu Yuan say before that he only had about thirty modified G-Class cars in his space.
Even so, he was still quite supportive, suggesting, "How about we put water and food in every vehicle?"
"No, you need to eat too!" Qin Yuan refused Gu Nanfeng's suggestion.
"You mean us?" Pei Sihao asked, hearing his words, "You two want to come along too?"
Lin Yun nodded. "They are all our soldiers. We can't just watch them take risks."
The soldiers in 0922 are all trained by Lin Yun and Qin Yuan. It's obvious that they will definitely go with them. Lu Yuan agreed to Gu Nanfeng's suggestion. Anyway, they have plenty of food. No matter how much Lin Yun and Qin Yuan refused, he insisted that food and vehicles should not be lacking.