The two listened quietly.
Not only where they had left, but also most of the countries and cities near the sea had suffered very severe attacks by aliens, as well as the rapidly deteriorating zombie virus. This was the sixteenth day since the apocalypse. According to currently collected data, the world population had decreased by about half, and this number was still rising. Perhaps during the half hour they were in the meeting, countless innocent lives had vanished.
Everyone wore a solemn expression.
Behind those cold numbers were vibrant lives.
But they couldn't even protect themselves now, let alone save or help anyone.
After the meeting, the two stayed behind temporarily.
"Comrade Xiao, how are you feeling today?"
"I'm fine. I came to ask you, where are we planning to go?"
Zhen Jie sighed, "Originally, I wanted to go to the capital, but now, people there are also heading towards the hinterland. I don't know where to go now."
"Then why don't we find a place to stop?" Zhuo Jin suggested. "This place is already quite far from the coast. No matter where we go, there will be danger. Moreover, those on the coast are either dead or have left. If the monsters can't find food, they will follow us sooner or later. It's better to stop in advance and prepare to fight."
Currently, humans, at the bottom of the food chain, could not possibly escape the attacks of aliens and zombies. If they fled, the aliens and zombies would chase them for food. This chase, except for consuming human combat power, was meaningless.
Zhen Jie thought for a moment and said, "This needs further consideration, but you are right. If the food runs away, they will eventually follow."
"Then let's prepare in advance. I think City H is quite good. There weren't many people to begin with, and there are few zombies. It also has a certain industrial base, which would be convenient for manufacturing weapons if we need to counterattack."
Even so, choosing a good base involved many considerations.
For example, City H, relative to the hinterland, was still quite close to the sea, and could not guarantee absolute safety.
But there was no absolutely safe place to be found now.
"It's a good suggestion, and we will consider it carefully."
"Okay."
"We don't know when Xiao Zhou and the others will return, and our food supply is insufficient. I want to organize another group of people to search. Can you two comrades help?"
"Yes."
Zhen Jie called two strong men and several young men and women. He introduced them to each other. Those young men and women were all ability users. Besides offensive fire and ice abilities, there was also a healing wood ability, and a pseudo-female protagonist with spatial abilities.
She had clearly heard that Zhong Yan possessed an extremely large space, so she had taken the initiative to come.
The pseudo-female protagonist, Jiang Xiaoshu, was originally an ordinary office worker in a peaceful world. Her family background and herself were both unremarkable. She had a boyfriend she had been dating for several years, but their relationship was lukewarm. She usually liked to read fantasy novels. When her boyfriend cheated on her, she, heartbroken, ran into the road and was hit by a car.
When she woke up, she had become a cannon fodder supporting female character with the same name.
She transmigrated a few days before the apocalypse. Knowing everything in advance, she bought a jade pendant that could allow the original female protagonist to bind to a spiritual spring space. She pretended to be kind and approached the original female protagonist, giving her food and drink, making her trust her.
Then, during their escape, she secretly pushed the original female protagonist out of the car, causing her to now be struggling to survive somewhere, unaware of it.
Her space needed merit points to upgrade. For this, she had to use supplies to please ordinary people. At the same time, she was very angry about this. She only wanted to use those things for things that would bring her more benefits, such as recruiting more ability users, or appeasing the male lead and important male supporting characters and their relatives. As for those ordinary people, even if they took her things, many did not thank her.
Of course, these were all future developments. Now her space was too small, and the spiritual spring dripped one drop at a time. It was not enough to save people, let alone protect herself. She had not revealed anything.
Before she had developed, she heard that there was someone in the team with a space tens of times larger than hers. She immediately became vigilant and volunteered to go out with them.
Now that she learned this space ability user was a man, she felt much relieved.
She walked up to Zhong Yan with a smile, "Hello, are you the other person with spatial abilities? I also have spatial abilities. I think we are very destined."
Zhong Yan hugged one of Zhuo Jin's arms and looked at her expressionlessly.
Jiang Xiaoshu retracted her hand awkwardly, "Is this your sister?"
"Would your brother hug you like this?" Zhong Yan rolled his eyes and said impolitely, "This is my girlfriend. What kind of eyes do you have?"
She awkwardly chuckled, "Sorry, I thought you were so... reliant on her, I thought she was your sister."
Zhuo Jin couldn't be bothered to deal with her. It was too easy to retaliate against people like her. As long as she imitated her and stole her merit points, she would have nowhere to jump.
"When do we leave?"
One of the two soldiers Zhen Jie called was also an ability user, and a thunder ability user with strong offensive power.
But he had only awakened it not long ago, and his current ability was inferior to firearms.
"You can go now. Try not to get into conflicts with anyone and come back as soon as possible."
"Okay."
The group got into a domestic car and headed for the next city.
There were nine of them in total. The two soldiers were driving in the front. Zhuo Jin, Zhong Yan, and another boy sat in the middle. In the back row were two men and two women, including Jiang Xiaoshu.
The car was bumping severely. It was hot and the air conditioning was not on, making it very uncomfortable. Zhong Yan leaned into Zhuo Jin's arms as if boneless.
The city they were going to was more than 60 kilometers from the highway. If they encountered no accidents, it would take about two to three hours for a round trip. Including the time to search for supplies, they were expected to return within six hours.
However, the apocalypse era was most abundant in accidents.
After driving out for more than 30 kilometers, a black and red ribbon suddenly appeared on the cement road. They had seen it from a distance.
"What is that thing ahead?"
The driver had already slowed down, and soon they approached that "ribbon." It was then they discovered that stretching across the two lanes was a snake at least ten meters long. Its body was about the width of a normal person's waist, and part of its body hung over the edge of the highway. Its head was not visible, and its thick, long body looked very terrifying.
"It's a snake!"
The driver wanted to hit the accelerator to stop, but Zhuo Jin said sternly, "Run it over."
The person hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and stepped on the accelerator. A jolt came, and they instinctively looked back through the rearview mirror. The snake had been run over by the car but was not injured. It was now crawling after them.
And...
"The snake has two heads."