binnovel Chapter 205 Keep on going
Chapter 205 Keep on going
After leaving Yiwu City, their second destination was Nanchang City in Xijiang Province. This city was relatively small, but it wasn't very close to Yiwu. Nanchang City was originally the location of the Ganzhong Base, the largest base in Xijiang Province. It had suffered severe damage in the last incident, forcing them to abandon the base and withdraw to the Central Military Region.
The survey team had two destinations in Xijiang Province: Nanchang City and Ganzhou City. From Ganzhou City, they would travel to Longyan City and Fuzhou City in Fujian Province. After completing their investigations in these two locations, the survey team would have finished its mission and could return to report.
This sounds simple, and could be explained in a few minutes. Even if marked on a map, it doesn't seem very far. In reality, the journey will be extremely dangerous and quite long. Today's encounter has already instilled fear in Lu Zhenhua and Ye Xuan. They were only level 7 ability users, with relatively low combat strength, and today they encountered level 10 zombies, so it's normal for them to be somewhat afraid.
They spent the entire afternoon traveling, finally stopping at a deserted village around 8 PM. By the time they found a reasonably nice rural courtyard, it was already 8:30 PM. Li Chenglong collected a considerable amount of firewood, lit a stove, and cooked some food; everyone was tired, and instant food wouldn't be good. Xu Qingming, Ye Kai, and Ye Xuan went to someone's house to move some chairs and a table. The three girls, under the light of a rechargeable lamp provided by Li Chenglong, began making their beds.
Lu Mingyuan and Lu Zhenhua were helping Li Chenglong cook and wash and chop vegetables. Fortunately, there was a self-dug well in the farmhouse courtyard, and Li Chenglong carefully checked it; the water was still clean. Xu Qingming pushed the two tables together and arranged the chairs. Lu Mingyuan and Lu Zhenhua then brought out plates of dishes, and Li Chenglong took out boxes of high-grade Dawn Rice from his spiritual energy space, inviting everyone to help themselves.
It was completely dark by then. Li Chenglong placed two rechargeable desk lamps on the table and said, "Everyone is tired today. Let's have a good meal first, and then we'll boil water for everyone to take a shower. Everyone should get some rest tonight, and we'll move on tomorrow."
Perhaps because they encountered a level 10 zombie today, the atmosphere at the dinner table was rather somber at first. Wang Shuang laughed and said, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. It's just a level 10 zombie. Captain Li has killed countless of them. You're a bit far away, and our intelligence is somewhat restricted, so you might not know that Captain Li killed a level 10 behemoth single-handedly when he was level 9, and he's also killed several level 10 aliens. After reaching level 10, Captain Li even killed 10 hybrids in just a few minutes."
Wang Shuang then recounted how Li Chenglong, with his newly reached level 9 strength, single-handedly killed an approaching level 10 behemoth at the Qianyun Base. Lu Mingyuan said with some surprise, "So that's what happened. But didn't our report say that the level 10 behemoth was killed by a joint effort from the Qianyun Base?" Wang Shuang replied, "That was because our Captain Li didn't want to attract too much attention, so he specifically asked General Sun Tianlong to write it that way in the battle report. In reality, we didn't even touch that behemoth from beginning to end."
Wang Shuang continued to recount how Li Chenglong killed the level 10 fishman, how he, Yun Lan, Erica, and Li Xue fought against five Kiel aliens, and how they instantly killed ten level 10 hybrids after their return. Even Xu Qingming was surprised and said, "So that's how it was. I'm so close to you, and all I got was information that they repelled the aliens. Brother Li, you're too modest."
Li Chenglong seemed unconcerned, saying casually, "It's all thanks to the support of everyone in Dawn City and a bit of luck that we were able to defeat our opponents. Everyone, hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, go to the bathroom in this courtyard to take a shower. I just checked, and the bathroom is quite large. Since there are quite a few of us, two people can shower at a time. I've also prepared toiletries for everyone; feel free to use them, but don't waste them. The girls should shower first. I've already placed a bright rechargeable lamp there beforehand; just turn it on when you go in. As for the room arrangements, the men will stay in the three rooms in the north wing, and the girls will stay in the two rooms in the east wing. I just checked, and there are enough beds. Each room will be equipped with a lamp."
He finished eating first, then ladled hot water from the large pot on the stove into buckets and carried them to the bathroom. The bathroom originally had an electric water heater, but it was definitely unusable now, so he had to make do with buckets. After carrying several buckets, feeling it was enough for the girls to wash, Li Chenglong added cold water to the large pot on the stove and started boiling it.
After the three women went inside, they saw five large buckets of water and two small baskets. One basket contained various toiletries and a scrubbing cloth, while the other contained several towels and bath towels. Wang Ruyan said happily, "Finally, I can take a nice bath! Luckily, I still have two sets of underwear I bought in Shuguang City to change into. As for outer clothes, well, I really can't do that." Wang Shuang smiled and said, "They definitely have everything. We'll see when we go to the east room."
While surprised, Wu Ruilan and Wang Ruyan were also curious about what Wang Shuang meant. After the three of them finished washing up and quickly returned to the east room wrapped in bath towels, they saw three clean sets of military uniforms on the bed, in addition to their military backpacks. The shirts and underwear were also there, all brand new and unopened.
Wang Shuang closed the doors and windows, drew the curtains, and quickly changed her clothes. Wu Ruilan said while changing, "Sister Wang Shuang, does Captain Li always arrange things so meticulously when he goes on missions with you?" Wang Shuang nodded, "If it's just a mission with the special forces, then he definitely does everything himself and makes all the arrangements. If it's an operation with the main force, then he will repeatedly remind the officers to pay attention to the details, and sometimes he will even check them himself."
At this moment, Li Chenglong sat in the courtyard, feeling the cool breeze. He had just taken out more than a dozen basins from his psionic space to make it easier for everyone to wash their clothes. In the summer, people wear very thin clothes, and with the high temperature, they would definitely be dry overnight. The male soldiers didn't have so many fuss. They all brought their own underwear and a clean set of combat uniforms. After showering and changing, they started washing their clothes.
Li Chenglong was the last to go in to shower. After quickly finishing, he changed into clean clothes, washed them quickly, and hung them up to dry. To make it easier to distinguish them, he had already taken out two thin ropes and red and blue clothes hangers. After assembling the clotheslines, he distributed the different colored clothes hangers to everyone.
After finishing everything and discussing tomorrow's route with Lu Mingyuan, Li Chenglong went back to his bed to rest. It was already 11 p.m. Lu Zhenhua and the Ye brothers, Ye Kai and Ye Xuan, were already fast asleep. Lu Mingyuan had initially considered sending a group of people to take turns keeping watch, but Li Chenglong thought it unnecessary. The area was very remote and had been abandoned for so long; there were unlikely to be any zombies coming.
The three female soldiers chatted for a while. Wu Ruilan laughed and said, "Is Captain Li some kind of prophet? How did he know my size? This bra is exactly the same size as mine." Wang Shuang said, "Actually, it's the result of learning. There are many female soldiers in our special forces, so Captain Li gradually learned about the different sizes and what size a girl usually wears." Wang Ruyan then said, "It's a pity that your Captain Li is already married, otherwise I wouldn't let such a good man go." As they chatted, they fell asleep.
Although Li Chenglong was asleep, he wasn't in a deep sleep. Every two hours, he would use his True Dragon Eye to scan the surroundings to see if there was anything unusual. They slept until 7 a.m. the next morning before getting dressed, washing up, packing their dry clothes into their military backpacks, and setting off again.