You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

Excitement aside, figuring out how to get those cars off the overpass was a completely different matter.

Yesterday, Ding Zhixiong had already described the situation on the overpass.

There was a gathering of zombies in the middle.

And according to that kid, when they evacuated from the overpass, they had already attracted the attention of some of the zombies.

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Therefore, no one could say for sure where the zombie group was now.

Nor how many there were.

And today, when they came over, they approached from a different direction and didn’t pass through the toll station that Ding Zhixiong had mentioned, which could take them onto the highway directly.

If they were to go up there rashly, they would likely not get the cars, and the transport company would undoubtedly suffer heavy casualties.

After pondering for a long time, Wang Hu finally decided to check out the toll station first.

What if those zombies had already come down from there?

They had been up there for more than half a year.

Wouldn’t they come down for a walk?

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Unlike Wang Hu and Tian Gou, Xu Lin’s attention hadn’t been on the residential buildings from the start. Stay connected with freewebnovel

From his understanding of the military, if they had retreated, they wouldn’t stay in a place still surrounded by danger, so finding these people in Jiangnan District was virtually impossible.

They had to look for them in the towns and villages to the east or south of Jiangnan District.

The population there was sparse, posing less danger to the military.

It was just right for them to recuperate and recover.

Therefore, after leaving the meeting room, Xu Lin immediately took the Combat Department’s First and Second Action Teams to the outskirts of Jiangnan District.

To speed things up, he even specifically ordered his men to avoid the bustling areas of Jiangnan District.

Moving towards the direction of the outbound highway.

Erlongshan Town.

This was the first destination for the Combat Department’s team.

It was also the company’s first time venturing outside the area of Sanjiang City in half a year; nobody knew what kind of dangers they would encounter along the way.

But Xu Lin clearly showed no sign of fear, just silently watching the road ahead from the truck.

The green belts on both sides of the road were still lush.

After all, this area was south of Chang River, and even if the temperature dropped sharply, it wouldn’t show the distinct four seasons like the northern cities.

Even now, entering November, the plants showed no sign of withering.

In fact, they were even more lush than before.

"This..."

"Did we take a wrong turn?"

The driver suddenly looked puzzled at the woods ahead.

After looking for a long time, he still couldn’t find any memory in his mind of there being a forest here; could it have been newly planted in recent years?

Just as he was conflicted about whether to ask Xu Lin sitting beside him, Xu Lin had already spoken in a deep voice:

"We didn’t take the wrong turn."

"This is Erlong Road."

"Just keep driving straight along this road, Erlongshan should be right ahead."

The team member immediately nodded and said, "Okay."

The accelerator which had just been released was pressed down to the floor again.

In a deafening roar, a dozen or so large and small vehicles sped along the wide road.

Erlongshan soon appeared at the end of their sight.

The town was nestled between two mountain heads.

As they were about to reach their first destination, everyone in the convoy perked up, and the dull atmosphere instantly became lively again.

The road outside the town was also in complete disarray.

Three or four overturned trucks and a passenger bus more than ten meters long had completely blocked most of the road, forcing the convoy to stop outside.

Everywhere were traces of past fires, and a building near the roadside was even scorched black on one side.

Even the telephone poles had fallen over like charred straw.

There were several corpses by the roadside.

"Group One, follow me!"

As the leader of the first action group, Ding Zhixiong was the first to disembark from the vehicle, and immediately began setting up a defensive perimeter with his team while also keeping watch on the surrounding area.

This was closely followed by the leader of the second group, Lachang, who quickly started making short work of any nearby enemies.

After the sound of blades puncturing flesh.

The emaciated corpses instantly hit the ground.

The well-trained team members burst into a small building nearby, and in less than ten minutes, they had cleared out all the zombies inside.

Next were the shops in front of the building, residential buildings, and a small office block.

The entire cleaning operation took less than an hour.

There were no casualties.

Meanwhile, Xu Lin also entered the office building next door with the second group, planning to use it as a vantage point to observe the entire town.

The town wasn’t very large, the whole area consisting of only two rather big streets.

In general, it was arranged in a "field" pattern.

The road they were currently on was located on the western side of the town, and less than 500 meters straight ahead was the intersection.

Turning right would take them into the town’s main horizontal street.

Continuing forward would lead them further south.

Perhaps because of its small size,

The tallest building in the town was a residential building only seven stories high, with roughly dozens of similar structures situated to the north and south of the main horizontal street.

However, the office building beneath the Combat Department’s feet was only five stories tall.

As a result, some areas were not very clear to see.

Such as those two residential complexes.

Ding Zhixiong also followed Xu Lin to the rooftop, looking somewhat anxious.

Seeing the leader silently observing the distant residential complexes,

he tentatively asked,

"Director Xu, should I take some men to check out those complexes over there?"

"Who knows, they might be hiding inside?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Lin suddenly turned and looked at him, his calm gaze making Ding Zhixiong subconsciously avert his eyes.

He was not sure if Xu Lin knew about the incident of him going over the hierarchy to file a report the previous night.

So at that moment, he inevitably felt a bit guilty.

Just as he was speculating what Xu Lin might do to him if he knew about the incident, Xu Lin’s steady voice had already sounded in his ears,

"Do you think they would hide in there?"

"Er...."

"No, they wouldn’t..."

Ding Zhixiong suddenly found himself at a loss for words and, after hesitation, finally gave an answer.

Xu Lin chuckled and then resumed his former position,

eyes still fixated on the distance.

"In the future, don’t bother saying things that are of no use."

"Just focus on doing your job well for Director Zhang."

Just then, a series of chaotic gunshots suddenly came from afar.

"Tat-tat-tat—"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The once-quiet streets were instantly streaked with shadows, spreading rapidly like ink dropped into water.

A frown creased Xu Lin’s brow.

"Someone’s firing shots?"

"Didn’t I issue orders?"

"Try to avoid firing guns in the town, what is Group Two doing?"

But no sooner had he finished speaking than he suddenly realized something, a flicker of unexpected delight flashing in the depths of his pupils.

No, it wasn’t Group Two’s people.