Chapter 507: One Step Too Late ( 1 )
Without Chen Qianfeng and Jiao Lizhi, they needed to find water. So, after discussing the matter with Li Sikai, Shen Jinzhe left with Zhou Huajian, driving their armored car.
The two of them didn’t go far and went to the rest area near the gas station.
Unlike the eastern area, the number of zombies in the rest area was less than a hundred. For the two of them, this number was not even enough for them to loosen their muscles.
They cleaned up the zombies in less than half an hour and checked the stores. After checking the map of the rest area, Zhou Huajian said, "Let’s check the warehouse area."
"Okay," Shen Jinzhe nodded and followed him.
The warehouse area was not as big as the warehouses in the factory district, but the supplies stored inside had a wide variety.
Judging from the arrangement, one warehouse was shared by several stores. With the supplies stored inside the five warehouses, it should be enough for their base to last for at least two to three months.
Seeing this, Zhou Huajian took a satellite phone from his backpack and dialed a number. Not long after, the phone was picked up and Wen Hanli’s voice came from the receiver, "Hello."
"Vice Commander Wen, it’s me, Zhou Huajian."
Before Wen Hanli could ask his purpose in calling, Zhou Huajian continued, "Vice Commander Wen, my team found supplies at the rest area located on the Fifth Ring Highway. Please send people to transport the supplies."
"How’s the situation there?" Wen Hanli asked.
"We have cleared the zombies in a radius of five hundred meters. The road conditions are also good. But there is a group of people hiding in the convenience store located at a small gas station two kilometers away from the rest area."
"Are they ability-users?" Wen Hanli asked again.
Hearing this, Zhou Huajian replied, "We didn’t confirm their identities. My team’s mission is clearing up zombies. So, we will leave the matter regarding them to you."
When Wen Hanli heard this, he let out a chuckle and said, "Okay. I will send a team to handle this matter."
Zhou Huajian hung up the call after he got Wen Hanli’s words. Turning to Shen Jinzhe, he said, "The base will send a team to transport these supplies."
"Okay."
The two of them locked the warehouses before they returned to the storefront areas.
Besides taking several boxes of mineral water, they filled the armored car with convenient food such as sausages, cup noodles, beef jerky, instant noodles, self-heating hotpots, cereals, rice, flour, seasonings, and cookies.
Since most of the supplies were vacuum sealed, the shelf life of the supplies could last longer.
They also took two clean iron pots, five plastic bowls, five plastic cups, a pack of spoons, and a pack of chopsticks. When they were done, they drove back to the small gas station.
Before they returned to the warehouse, Shen Jinzhe refueled their car. While waiting, he noticed several people peeking at him from the convenience store windows. Seeing this, he sneered and ignored them.
After he refueled the armored car, he took out five twenty-liter jerry cans and filled them up. When he was done, he drove the car to the warehouse area.
Seeing them back, Gao Bohai asked, "Jinzhe, Huajian, did you get the water?"
The two of them nodded and took out a box of mineral water and some supplies from the car. Gao Bohai took a bottle of mineral water and fed Chen Wenwu.
While the members prepared breakfast, Zhou Huajian said, "Brother Sikai, we found several warehouses full of supplies at the rest area two kilometers away from here. I had already informed Vice Commander Wen, and the base will send a team to transport the supplies."
Li Sikai nodded and asked, "Have you informed him about those people in the convenience store?"
Zhou Huajian nodded and replied, "I did, they will take care of them."
"Good."
After Gao Bohai fed Chen Wenwu with water and some liquid food, he walked over and said, "We might have to wait until the base sends people over before we can continue our mission."
Glancing at the unconscious man, Shen Jinzhe asked, "Brother Bohai, are you planning to hand him over to the base?"
"It’s inconvenient for us to bring him with us. It’s best to let him go back with the guards," Gao Bohai nodded.
"Brother Bohai, how is his condition?" Li Sikai asked.
"His condition has stabilized, but he might need two more days before he wakes up."
"Alright, after breakfast, we will go to the rest area and wait for the guards," Li Sikai said.
"Understood," the members replied in unison.
While they were eating, the group inside the convenience store almost went crazy from hunger. After being tortured by the scent of grilled meat last night, they were tortured by the scent of instant noodles now.
Despite their thirst, their mouths still watered when they smelled the scent. Rubbing his painful stomach, the leader finally made up his mind and said, "Let’s go out and check the situation. If we continue hiding here, we will starve to death."
The moment the group heard his words, their eyes lit up. After they saw that one of the men who went to the warehouse was unharmed, they no longer wanted to stay inside this place.
So, with their leader’s order, they quickly peeled off the planks blocking the door and left the convenience store one after another. Soon after they left the convenience store, they walked to the warehouse area.
Everyone thought that they would be able to get some food if they encountered the group as they ate. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the warehouse area, there was no one there.
Looking at the empty warehouse, the thin man said, "Boss, there is no one here."
The leader walked into the warehouse and saw the traces of a bonfire inside. Smelling the strong scent of instant noodles, he said, "They must not be far. Let’s go."