Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 719: Fleeing the Battle?
Chapter 719: Chapter 719: Fleeing the Battle?
Su Jin nodded her head, knowing that even if there were still living people inside, she could control the mutated zombies to prevent them from devouring them, but obviously, there was no one left inside.
The fluffy mutated moss ran forward joyfully like a carpet. It crept into every nook and cranny next to the flagstones, colliding with the zombie cockroaches that had just peeked out, then covered and consumed them…
“Miss Su, Ouk City has many drains; I think it has the most zombie cockroaches,”
Qiao said.
“Okay, I got it,”
Su Jin knew that Ouk City sounded like the name of a city, but it was not much larger than Bamboo Village in N city. However, if the underground sewers were included, the scale of the work was not much different from Tawa City.
Fortunately, her special ability had recovered quite a bit on the road, or she might really have to absorb a mutated crystal nucleus.
At this moment, Su Jin couldn’t help but wish a swarm of zombies could come and feed Xiao Cui.
“Rest assured and do it, we are still behind you,”
Lu Hao seemed to know what Su Jin was thinking and comforted her from the side.
Su Jin sighed in her heart; sometimes, she truly wondered if Lu Hao was a worm in her stomach, knowing everything she thought.
An hour and a half later.
David drove into Ouk City, and like in Tawa City that morning, the city seemed to be free of any further appearance of zombie cockroaches.
“What’s that?”
When the car reached a certain spot, Su Xiangzhe, looking at a large square metal box, asked. He noticed the metal box because it was exceptionally large, about three stories tall.
Avril, who was sitting closest to Su Xiangzhe, didn’t understand his words, but she knew what he meant.
So she explained, “That’s a defensive measure constructed around the houses by the survivors of a family here before, to prevent zombie cockroaches. Inside is their home.”
Qiao helped translate for Su Xiangzhe, but it was clear to everyone that the metal box was already rust-stained, and even a few holes had been gnawed through its sides by something, revealing the likely state inside without needing further explanation.
“Why would they bother preventing zombie cockroaches like this?”
Lin Cheng sighed, wondering if living at the base wouldn’t be better. Why live such a dark and dangerous life?
“It’s their faith, the heritage, you know. That’s the tradition,”
Huang Yunxiang said, even though she didn’t understand it herself.
Having learned from their experience in Tawa City, when Su Jin took out the basin of space duck with blood again, the tall Jerome promptly volunteered to take over and carried the basin forward.
Although it was their second time verifying the results, everyone still couldn’t help but feel amazed. Even as Jerome placed the basin next to the manhole cover, no more zombie cockroaches appeared.
“It’s incredible, how does your mutated moss do it?”
Abby asked Su Jin excitedly.
“It ate them. If it were wild mutated moss, it would even consume a human, leaving no bones behind,”
Su Jin once again explained the terror of the mutated moss.
“Oh, but it looks so cute,”
Paul remarked, gazing at the green fuzzy ball inside the transparent glass box in Su Jin’s hand.
“Thank you,”
Su Jin couldn’t help but smile, for the mutated moss had indeed become much cuter in the space; she hadn’t controlled its growth to look like this.
The wait to verify the results passed with everyone chatting back and forth.
Seeing that it was only four o’clock in the afternoon, Qiao couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh, realizing why Su Jin had asked him how long it would take to get to Ouk City the day before—she had already been confident at that time, yet she had acted as if she would cooperate with him no matter what.
“Miss Su, I think finding you all in Huaxia this time is truly the best thing I’ve done in my life,”
Qiao said emotionally. Forget about the reward of four million Crystal Cores, he felt any amount of reward was worth being paired with the Heart Talk Team.
“Then remember to help us promote the Heart Talk Team a lot,”
Su Jin’s joke made everyone laugh, but David raised a question on the way back that he thought was quite thorny.
“Dear Miss Su, it would be great if your Mutated Moss could spread to every corner of Y country. There are Zombie Cockroaches hiding in many places we don’t know about, and I’m afraid they might breed again after you leave,”
This was also an issue Qiao had previously considered, but today’s mission in the two cities had been so perfectly completed that it was already a huge victory. He wanted to take things one step at a time.
“How far can the Zombie Cockroaches be lured? For example, if you place a person or a piece of edible stuff somewhere, how far can it attract Zombie Cockroaches?”
Lu Hao suddenly asked.
“That would be extremely large. Zombie Cockroaches have a much stronger sense of smell than zombies. That basin of meat earlier could attract the whole city, it’s just a matter of time,”
Jerome replied. Everyone in Y country was very familiar with Zombie Cockroaches; it was common knowledge for them.
“Then that settles it, but I suggest we first eliminate all the Zombie Cockroaches in each city, as well as those five nests,”
Lu Hao responded.
Upon hearing that Lu Hao actually had a way to deal with the Zombie Cockroaches in other parts of Y country, Qiao was so surprised that he forgot to translate, “Mr. Lu, may I ask what the method is?”
He was just too curious!
“I can’t reveal it just yet, let’s take it one step at a time,”
Lu Hao said, which was just an idea of his for now. It should save time compared to covering the entire country with Mutated Moss.
“Brother-in-law, what’s the method?”
Lin Xiuyuan couldn’t help but pat Lu Hao and asked.
“Figure it out yourself,”
Lu Hao offered three words.
“Silly boy,”
Nie Qing laughed behind them. He already knew the method Lu Hao mentioned, or rather, everyone had guessed it. He didn’t know whether Lin Xiuyuan really didn’t understand or what.
Huang Yunxiang also looked at Lin Xiuyuan helplessly and shook her head. She should have eaten more walnuts when she was pregnant; she had been careless indeed.
…
The news that Qiao and his companions safely returned to the base quickly became known to everyone at the base.
The staff at the city gate were fully armed and thoroughly checked everyone from head to toe, as well as every nook and cranny inside and outside of the minibus, fearing they might have been injured or brought back a Zombie Cockroach.
However, the group was completely clean, especially the members of the Heart Talk Team; their clothes didn’t have the slightest stain, which really made the inspectors feel it was incredible.
“I guess they must not have entered Tawa City and fled back out here,”
someone speculated softly.
“That’s normal, after all, Qiao is someone Elder Russell values, he must have instructed him to prioritize his life!”
“Sigh, and I had such high hopes this morning,”
“…”
Thus, the news that Qiao led a group of Special Ability Users and the Heart Talk Team invited from Huaxia and fled back before even reaching Tawa City, instantly spread throughout the entire Y country base.
