Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 281 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road, Zombie Monkey
After spending the night in town, the three superhumans, who had been captured, moved freely but did not leave.

"We'll go with you."

One of them, a fair-skinned, early-twenty-year-old water-type ability users, lowered his head, concealing the gloom in his eyes, and said coldly, "The three of us originally belonged to three different teams, totaling two hundred and sixty-eight people, fifty-nine of whom were ability users. But now..."

He raised his eyes and said, word by word, "Of the more than two hundred people, only the three of us are left. If we hadn't been lucky enough to run into you, the three of us might have already been sent away by now. Anyway, we were given a second chance at life. Whether it's for our families or to avenge ourselves, we want to go and see what they want from us."

The young man's eyes were filled with overwhelming hatred, and his words resonated with his two companions, who were about the same age as him. One had a strength-based ability, and the other had an earth-based ability.

All three played crucial roles in their original teams. Their survival under the relentless pursuit of these groups was due to both their own abilities and the protection of their teammates.

More than two hundred people, and they didn't die from zombies, mutated animals, or plants.

They could tolerate being killed by human intervention or conspiracy.
Jiang Minglang and his group had already packed up and were ready to leave. Looking at the three young men standing in front of him, he thought for only three seconds and said, "You can come if you want, but you must follow orders in all actions, otherwise I will not show any mercy."

The same water-elemental ability user led the way, nodding and saying, "Don't worry, we definitely won't hold you back. But boss, we're locals and familiar with this place, we can show you the way."

With three locals who were more familiar with the terrain than Sang Da and Sang Er, the brothers didn't actually need to go on the adventure. After all, a fierce battle was inevitable once they found the experimental base, and Jiang Minglang couldn't guarantee that he could protect everyone.

So he suggested that Sang Da and Sang Er go back to the technical school, since their uncle was still there waiting for them.

The two brothers exchanged a glance, and the next second they said almost in unison, "We know the way here too."

They were unwilling to go back just like that, especially Sang Er. Along the way, he had witnessed the extraordinary abilities of these people and roughly knew what they were going to do.

It's fair to say that if they succeed, the southwest region will at least be free from human scheming and conspiracies, and people's chances of survival will increase.

In addition, he also wanted to see if he could find a way out for Uncle Sang and the remaining hundred or so people. Staying in the technical school was not a long-term solution. The two brothers were only in their twenties, and it was time to make some plans for the future.

Since that's the case, Jiang Minglang didn't say anything more and got in the car to tell everyone to set off.

Sang Da was still leading the way in his modified pickup truck. After all, he had been studying the terrain with them, and he knew better than the three local ability users which roads to take and which ones were still open.

At first, the three men followed behind in their car. Two hours later, they suddenly honked their horn.

The cars in front stopped one after another, and then the water-elemental ability user, Fan Kang, stepped forward and said to Jiang Minglang, "Brother Jiang, ahead of this mountain is Muye County, the largest county town in this area and the surrounding region. The earthquake destroyed all the buildings on the side, and the road next to it is cracked, so we can't get through. The most important thing is that there are zombies inside. We had some teammates go missing before, and I went to Muye County to look for them. There are two factories there, and there are a lot of zombies inside. Fortunately, the gates were closed, otherwise we might not have been able to get out safely."

Fan Kang was unaware that the so-called zombies were not necessarily infected with the zombie virus or bitten by someone.

He assumed the zombies in Muye County had been there since the beginning of the apocalypse, but were still there because no one had cleared them out. After all, who in their right mind would think of intentionally creating or feeding zombies?

When he arrived there with a dozen or so brothers, he saw that the county was full of countless zombie heads and immediately ran away.

Now I've come here again—
Jiang Minglang left Sang Da, Sang Er, and Fan Kang at the back, while their three jeeps took the lead and arrived at Muye County in less than half an hour.

However, to everyone's surprise, they actually saw two military trucks at the entrance of the county town.

"Boss, they came from the southern base."

As usual, Lao Sheng and Zhao Kang went ahead to gather information. The two did not hide their whereabouts and managed to get information from the cadres who were clearing out the zombies.

However, when introducing himself, he only mentioned that he came from the main base.

That's not wrong, because Pengcheng is indeed part of the Kyoto headquarters.

Although the other party looked surprised upon hearing this, their eyes revealed a sense of understanding and smugness, as if they had expected them to come.

Although Lao Sheng usually seems like a simpleton, he is very observant at crucial moments. Otherwise, Jiang Minglang wouldn't have sent him out every time. Besides his speed, his boldness and meticulousness are also among his strengths.

"The southern base had been quiet until we arrived, then they came out to clear out the zombies. It's obvious they heard that Captain Zeng was coming."

The Kyoto headquarters was unaware of what was happening here, so they turned a blind eye. Once Kyoto found out, they quickly came out to prove that they had absolutely no connection with that experimental base.

Jiang Minglang's face remained expressionless as he simply asked the provincial governor, "Who's leading the team?"

"I have to say, he really is a big shot. He actually sent Lu Chengqian's son, Lu Siqi, to lead the team. But that kid is so arrogant. He didn't even give Zhao Kang a second glance when Zhao Kang and I went over. Does he really think he's someone important? Without his father, he's nothing!"

Lü Siqi?

Jiang Minglang glanced at the back seat through the rearview mirror, while Du Qiyan looked back at him with a calm expression.

Jiang Minglang withdrew his gaze, let Lao Sheng and Zhao Kang get into the car, and then gave the order, "Go around."

The convoy reversed, and with the cooperation of Zhang Shaoda and another earth-type ability user, they took a winding dirt road, bypassing Muye County.

Meanwhile, Lu Siqi, who had been waiting for the Kyoto team but hadn't received them, finally couldn't help but send someone to check in the direction where Lao Sheng and the others had left.

The reason we didn't send anyone over before was because we were afraid of being discovered and that it might backfire.

They thought that after clearing the county town and the highway, they would unexpectedly run into Commander Zeng's team.

To their surprise, the other party sent two people to investigate, and then they disappeared without a trace.

"Young Master Lü, judging from the tire tracks, they must have taken a detour."

Lu Siqi's expression was not very good. He came out of the way because of Zeng Xi. Otherwise, in this cold weather and in the chaotic southwest, would it be worth him going to all this trouble?
He had already had enough of the two-plus hours spent cleaning up this run-down county town.

Who would have thought that after suffering for so long, they hadn't even seen half a shadow of Zeng Xi?

"gone."

Lu Siqi closed the car window with a dark face, his previously suppressed patience completely gone.

"But Young Master Lü, we haven't finished clearing out the zombies in the county town, and the bodies haven't been burned yet."

"What's the point of cleaning? Who's going to see this?"

Lu Siqi rolled down the car window and growled impatiently, "They're all gone, what the hell are we still putting on an act for? Let's go, let's go, let's get going!" Not far from Lu Siqi's car, a tall, handsome man who looked to be in his early thirties frowned and turned to look at him.

His voice was low and slow, but firm and unwavering: "Once you start something, you have to finish it, not just do it for others to see."

"Xu Jingchuan, you..."

"Cao Meng and Wang Qiang, you two fire-types, go burn the corpses! Right now, get there! Otherwise, I'll kill you both!"

The two fire-type ability users summoned by the man were the guards standing in front of Lu Siqi's car, responsible for protecting him, and were also the only two fire-type ability users in this team.

Although they were responsible for protecting Lü Siqi, they were also this man's subordinates.

He is Xu Jingchuan, the deputy captain of the Southern Base Guard Team, and like Jiang Minglang, he is a metal-type ability user.

The team that came out to clear out the zombies today appeared to be led by Lü Siqi, but in reality, it was the deputy captain who was leading the team.

But when Lao Sheng and Zhao Kang came over, Xu Jingchuan had just gone to the other side of the county town to clear out zombies, so the two of them didn't see him.

Of course, even if they saw it, they wouldn't recognize it, since they are from two different military regions, one in the south and one in the north, and they haven't paid attention to the specific situation here.

However, if Du Qiyan were here, he would definitely recognize Xu Jingchuan.

The two families used to live in the same compound. Xu Jingchuan was two years younger than him, so they could be considered to have grown up together.

The two fire-type ability users summoned by Xu Jingchuan dared not disobey his orders and obediently went into the county town to dispose of the corpses.

Lu Siqi gritted her teeth and glared at Xu Jingchuan, a flash of gloom passing through her eyes.

Just wait, when we get back to base, I'll see how I kill you!
Jiang Minglang and his group bypassed the county town and continued southwest. Before sunset, they were surrounded by a group of monkeys while passing through a forest.

No, to be precise, they were a bunch of zombie monkeys!

They stand upright on two legs like humans, the hair that should have covered their faces has fallen off, revealing rotten and festering skin, and their eyes are completely bluish-white, with no pupils visible.

Monkeys of all sizes leaped down from the trees or emerged from the forest, baring their teeth in a manner identical to that of zombies. Their hairless forepaws, adorned with long, grayish-white nails, left deep marks as they unconsciously scratched the tree trunks.

Even more surprisingly, one of the zombie monkeys could breathe fire.

Jiang Minglang and the others immediately understood that these were experimental monkeys, either captured and injected by those people, or fed with food laced with drugs.

Judging from the number of zombie monkeys, they should have been given drugs, but it's also possible they were injected. After all, if they were injected and then released, the zombie monkeys would bite other monkeys, and the number would increase rapidly.

Of course, it is also possible to use both methods at the same time.

“In the past, it would have taken less than a day to walk through this forest to reach their experimental base’s lair.”

So, he's using zombie monkeys as his bodyguards?
But how did they control and command the monkeys to stay in the forest after they turned into zombies, and then obstruct and attack people trying to pass through the forest?

The person who could develop this drug is either a madman or a genius, but the world doesn't need such a genius. He can go to hell and continue his crazy experiments.

"Sang Da, Sang Er, Huang Liu, Xiao Hei, you guys stay in the car and don't move."

Seeing that Sang Da and Sang Er were also holding sticks and preparing to get off the bus, Jiang Minglang stopped them. The monkeys' agility was unpredictable, and he was afraid that they would be scratched.

Around three hundred monkeys of various sizes were killed in less than ten minutes amidst the dazzling flashes of swordsmanship from Jiang Minglang and his men.

The monkey brains were chopped off with remarkable speed, smashing onto the ground with a series of cracking sounds, rolling around like balls.

Black, foul-smelling blood splattered across the forest clearing, startling the few birds that were already there. They fluttered into the sky and disappeared in no time.

Leaving aside the brothers Sang Da and Sang Er, Huang Liu and Xiao Heilian, the two teenagers, were initially shocked, but then their eyes lit up as they looked at the group of people outside.

wow!

They must have been the elite of the military, you know, a field unit? Or a special forces unit?
The two boys were very excited. They wanted to become like them and follow in their footsteps. Would they become like them in the future?

Fan Kang and two others in the car behind shared the same idea. They were not very old to begin with; they had just graduated from university at the beginning of the apocalypse. They had just submitted their resumes and hadn't even received any interview invitations when the apocalypse arrived.

These young men, not yet twenty-five, had faced death several times and had lost all hope and desire for life. But now, could they go with these people? Could they?
After clearing out the zombie monkeys, the group of people, undeterred by the near-freezing temperatures, stood in front of the car and had Du Qiyan give them water to wash the black blood from their hands, faces, and knives.

Zeng Mei, who was accompanying the military doctor, did not stop them. However, after they passed through the woods and arrived at an uninhabited village to spend the night, she immediately took out the large pot she had brought with her and started boiling brown sugar and ginger water. She also added a packet of Xi Shuang's specially made Chinese herbal medicine for preventing colds.

Their bodies are healthy, but not so healthy that they are immune to all poisons.

She has healing abilities, but so far, they only apply to external injuries; she cannot fully guarantee healing for internal injuries.

Therefore, if you can use preventative dietary measures for health, then do so first.

Xi Yu naturally wouldn't let her do all the work alone. He fetched water in a pot and had Ren Bin come over to start the fire. All Zeng Mei needed to do was add brown sugar, pre-cut ginger in a sealed bag, and herbs to the pot.

Meanwhile, water was being boiled in a pot next to it to cook noodles.

While they were busy cooking, Fan Kang and the other two approached Jiang Minglang and asked earnestly, "Brother Jiang, after you finish your mission, can you take us with you?"

Jiang Minglang asked, "Do you know where we're from?"

Let alone the three of them, even Sang Er, who was one of the earliest followers, didn't know which team Jiang Minglang and his group belonged to.

Oh, they secretly guessed that it was a powerful team from the main base, like a special forces unit, or that it was a special forces unit.

They were convinced that these people were incredibly capable, and that no one was more capable than them.

"No matter where you are from, as long as you are willing to take us with you, we will go with you."