Wasteland Survivalist: A Scientific Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Survival

Gu Lang and He Ping got back into the car and headed north along the main road of the county town to search.

Dongxing County is not large, with only a few main roads, which can be covered in half an hour.

The streetscape was cleaner than any town I had ever seen in Gulang.

It is not cleanliness in a hygienic sense, but cleanliness in a material sense.

The metal roller shutters of all the shops, warehouses, and factories were pried open.

The ground floor windows of the hotel and residential buildings were all smashed, and the entrances were a mess.

Some doors were even cut off entirely and left on the roadside, with clean cuts, clearly indicating that an angle grinder was used.

The fuel tank caps of abandoned vehicles on the roadside were all open, and some vehicles even had traces of oil leaks from drilling holes under their bottoms.

All the useful supplies were looted, leaving only a pile of garbage.

"Who led this team? How could they eat so cleanly?"

Gu Lang stared at the empty city before him, lost in confusion.

"It looks like the place has been deserted for a long time. Does that mean the berserkers haven't affected this area?" He Ping asked softly.

"I don't know, but even if they had, they would have starved to death long ago if they hadn't been evacuated."

Seeing that there was no value in looting, Gu Lang turned the car around and headed towards National Highway G219.

This road is the longest national highway in China, and the only one with a length exceeding 10,000 kilometers.

Passing through the four provinces of Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet, and the Western Regions, one can travel from Dongxing County all the way to Kanas in the Western Regions Province.

Gu Lang prepared to head northwest along this road to explore the path to the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Just as the Lynx assault vehicle was about to leave the county town, a noise suddenly came from above.

A low-frequency hum, generated by propeller blades stirring the air, came from afar and grew closer.

Gu Lang turned the steering wheel all the way to the right, and the assault vehicle rushed into the entrance reception area of ​​a high-rise hotel on the side of the road.

After he got out of the car, he stuck his head out to observe, and a huge airplane slowly flew overhead.

High-wing monoplane, four turboprop engines, T-tail, and boat-shaped fuselage.

Gu Lang immediately recognized the model from its appearance—the AG600 "Kunlong" large amphibious aircraft.

He had seen it in Jakdaqi a few months earlier when he was fleeing the forest fire in the Greater Xin'anling.

A red-painted AG600M aircraft drew water from a river beside the road and flew low over the fire to drop water.

However, the one that just flew by had a blue and white paint scheme and looked like a civilian aircraft, not a fire-fighting aircraft.

Gu Lang climbed the hotel's fire escape stairs in twos and threes at a time, rushing all the way to the roof.

Looking into the distance, you can see the plane landing on the nearby sea.

The moment the seaplane's boat-shaped fuselage touched the sea surface, it created an arc-shaped white wave.

After gliding on the water for a distance, the aircraft slowed down and slowly approached a fishing dock.

It stopped a dozen meters from the dock, the hatch opened, and an inflatable boat sailed out.

After the crew disembarked, they apparently left some belongings behind and then left the dock.

In just ten minutes, the small boat was towed into the plane.

The hatch closed again, and the four turboprop engines roared to life once more.

The plane turned around at sea, accelerated, raised its nose, lifted its floats off the water, and continued flying eastward after taking off.

At this moment, He Ping finally caught up and handed over the drone's storage box, panting.

Gu Lang nodded, quickly started the drone, and connected it to the remote control.

By the time the drone reached the airspace above the dock, only a white contrail was visible on the sea surface, gradually disappearing.

He zoomed in on the image, where a flight case sat alone on a concrete platform at the dock.

"What is this?" Zhang Ping asked, pointing at the screen.

"Whether it's supplies or anything else, since I've seen it, we'll share it in half when we meet."

Before the recipient shows up, hurry over and snag a bargain.

Let's go downstairs and get ready to get in the car.

Gu Lang gestured for He Ping to go first, and then operated the drone to return to base.

The two drove the Lynx assault vehicle at top speed straight to the fishing dock.

The pier is small, a standard breakwater structure for a fishing port, with a concrete platform extending about twenty meters into the sea.

In the center of the platform was a circle with a large "R" written in the middle, the red paint not yet fully dry.

The black flight case is placed inside the circle; it has an aluminum alloy frame and a multi-layered composite wood panel structure.

It's not very big, and it looks quite ordinary.

Before I could even open the box, a cloud of dust suddenly rose up not far away, standing out conspicuously on the flat coastline.

"Captain, an off-road vehicle is coming!" He Ping shouted from the truss on the roof of the Lynx assault vehicle.

Gu Lang felt a little strange; he hadn't heard any engine sound and was caught off guard.

Without a second thought, he picked up the box and threw it into the car.

He jumped into the car, stepped on the gas, and sped away from the exposed dock.

"Captain, the car is still chasing us."

"Don't be afraid, find cover and launch an ambush. Don't panic, we have heavy machine guns."

Gu Lang recalled the route he had taken and drove the assault vehicle into a hotel parking lot.

The area surrounding the central building forms a "回" (hui) shape.

There are two entrances and exits, and there are walls all around for concealment.

He stopped at a corner, jumped onto the back seat, and pulled the bolt of the heavy machine gun.

"Go to the driver's seat, I've already put it in reverse."

"When I yell 'Back up,' you step on the gas."

"clear."

Just as the two were nervously waiting for the enemy, shouts came from the highway outside the wall.

"Are you a soldier?"

Upon hearing the other party initiate the conversation, Gu Lang immediately aimed his heavy machine gun at the source of the sound.

"Knowing they're the military, why are you chasing us so relentlessly? Do you want to get shot?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm here to pick up the antigen test kit."

Gu Lang glanced at the flight crate at his feet and finally figured out what this "airdrop" was.

"If you want to collect the supplies, stop hiding and come out properly so I can see you."

After a while, a selfie stick slowly rose from the top of the wall, which was more than 2 meters high.

A mobile phone was fixed on it, seemingly taking photos and videos.

"retreat!"

At Gu Lang's command, He Ping immediately stepped on the gas.

The Lynx assault vehicle was moved to a rearward position.

At the same time, Gu Lang decisively pulled the trigger and fired a shot at the wall.

A 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullet instantly penetrated the concrete, sending sand and gravel flying and dust billowing up.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Cough cough cough..."

A series of disheveled sounds came from behind the wall.

"Sir! Don't shoot! I just want to take a picture to confirm my identity."

"Oh? Then stick your head out and I'll take a picture of you."

"Stop joking, I saw it all. Where would you get a camera?"

"Bullshit! This f/12.7 lens I have, can't it even take pictures?"

"Damn it! Forget it, we don't need the reagents."

Officer, please stop firing!

I'm leaving now; parking isn't allowed here.