Chapter 893: Traveling Overnight
After officially accepting Tang Xue's mission, the Heart Talk Team has started discussing how to plan the upcoming time.
The F City Base, they also plan to make a trip there.
"If only there was a teleportation array to F City Base, it would be great."
Lin Cheng said.
"Tang Xue and her team plan to depart in five days. We should be able to drive there in five days."
Lu Hao looked at the calendar and said, it's just that they might not be able to stay there to sell their supplies.
"However, if all of us go, it would be too conspicuous and hard to explain, so Lu Hao and I will just make the trip together."
Su Jin suggested.
"No, no, how can Dragon Ruler be absent? I must go too."
Lin Xiuyuan immediately refuted, insisting on making his presence as Dragon Ruler felt.
Mao Qiqi unexpectedly did not want to tag along, as she knew that going to F City was just for trading, and it would be more fun to follow everyone to H City to kill zombies every day.
Eventually, Lin Xiuyuan, Su Jin, and Lu Hao decided to set off early the next morning, but thinking about not seeing their two kids for five days, Su Jin felt reluctant for a while.
Lu Xi and Lu Wang had always been taken into the space by Su Jin, and had never entered by themselves, so for the next few days, they could only be cared for by family at the villa.
After things were settled, Su Jin got busy preparing supplies in the space with the family to sell to the F City Base.
Lin Yunguo had already prepared some thick pancakes and stewed meat, feeling a strong sense of accomplishment knowing that a large area of food would soon be sold.
During the days in the Y Autonomous Region, Lin Yunguo also made a lot of cured fish and meat using the weather outside, planning to sell them at the F City Base this time as well.
"It should be enough."
Su Jin wiped the light sweat from her forehead, looking at the vast pile of supplies on the grass.
Anyway, if it's not enough, she can always take more out at any time.
The three of them left the base early the next morning, under the pretense of going to North Mountain to hunt, which wouldn't arouse suspicion for a return trip of four to five days.
"It's already December, and it's still summer."
Su Jin said as she looked out the car window, and the second year of the apocalypse was soon coming to an end.
"Maybe there won't be a winter this year, that wouldn't be so bad."
Winter almost meant total shut-in, which Lin Xiuyuan thought would be too inconvenient.
They drove out in an armored vehicle, and to save time, Lu Hao plowed through whenever possible, avoiding stopping to kill zombies when unnecessary.
Encountering large groups of zombies, the three would disappear with the car into a secluded area until the zombie group dispersed when they couldn't find their target, emerging once it was safe.
Even at night, they hardly stopped, resting enough in the space before continuing on their way.
Thus, the five-day journey was compressed to three days, and at midnight on the third day, the three finally arrived at the gates of the F City Base.
Wu Xingye and Bu Hong woke from their sleep upon hearing that the Dragon Ruler and his people had arrived at the base, and hurriedly went to greet Dragon Ruler.
"Where are the others? Did you get separated on the way?"
Wu Xingye asked with concern.
"No, Uncle Wu, our teammates have other tasks; this time, it's just the three of us here."
Lin Xiuyuan patiently explained.
"Who is this?"
Bu Hong and Wu Xingye had never seen Zhang Xiaohong; they just thought she somewhat resembled the Dragon Ruler and his group.
"This is Xiaohong, my wife."
Lu Hao introduced.
"Hello, my name is Zhang Xiaohong, a Space Element Ability User."
Su Jin said with a smile.
Wu Xingye paused, Chen Daming, Zhang Xiaohong? They seemed like a good match… Was she someone Chen Daming married later?
"You're just in time."
Bu Hong didn't mind, as he had heard before that there was another Zhang Xiaohong among the Dragon Ruler's group, perhaps previously unable to come due to some reason.
However, he also informed the group that the F City Base's supplies were already running low, and he was recently brainstorming ways to send people out to other bases to purchase some.
"So soon?"
Lu Hao asked, based on their previous consumption rate calculations, supplies shouldn't have run low so quickly.
"Indeed, ever since your last visit, many survivors from smaller places have flocked to our base, including a batch Captain Xing brought, and the base canteen is full every day."
Wu Xingye said, mentioning that Bu Hong and the base's management were extremely busy, and even he had started helping Bu Hong.
"Well then, Big Brother Bu, we came in a bit of a rush this time, but we should be able to meet your supply needs. Please list the needed supplies as soon as possible, as we also need to meet up with our teammates."
Lin Xiuyuan said.
"Alright, I'll have someone prepare the crystal cores immediately."
Bu Hong nodded and said.
"Uncle Wu, we can only stay for two days this time, and likely won't be able to set up a stall to sell supplies, but transactions are still possible in these two days, so we'll leave the arrangements to you."
Lu Hao understood that they would be spending at least three months in the Y Autonomous Region next, so apart from trading with the base this time, they intended to sell as many supplies as they could to the people here and would leave more supplies afterward.
"Don't worry, I'll get someone on it right away, but Xiao Tian, Da Ming, did you run into any trouble? If you did, don't keep it to yourselves."
Wu Xingye asked.
"Uncle Wu, if we had problems, would we still have the mood to sell supplies? We just took on a rather sticky confidential mission, don't worry."
Lin Xiuyuan said with joking evasiveness.
"That's good. You've come so late, must be exhausted, go get some rest. We'll have everything ready soon."
Reassured by this, Wu Xingye left the small Western-style building where the three were, along with Bu Hong and others, rushing to start preparations at night, thinking about how the base's warehouse was soon to be replenished.
"Glad we came."
Su Jin said, understanding that while Wu Xingye and Bu Hong weren't familiar with Zhang Xiaohong, she knew them well, though previously she appeared around them invisibly.
"Yes, we came alright, but I think this state means we're going to sell off most of our food?"
Lin Xiuyuan asked.
Previously, they mainly supplied four bases with supplies, including the S City Base, but now there was the addition of the more populous B City Base and H Province Base, and last time the people from the Y State also purchased a large batch of supplies, causing the space warehouse's contents to rapidly diminish.
To fully replenish the F City Base, they'd likely end up with just one storeroom full of supplies left.
Farming in the space can no longer be put off or taken lightly in the future!
"No worries, didn't we collect some large cargo grain processing machines last time in the Y Autonomous Region? They run on diesel."
Su Jin leaned back on the sofa and said, adding that in addition to those large grain processing machines, they also acquired some harvesters, which didn't need high-power electricity, making things much more convenient.