Zhang Su and the others worked together to move the furniture in the living room to one side, creating a very spacious area, and then began to guide the group in focused training.
The training for the three won mainly focused on endurance and strength, combat skills were included but only comprised twenty percent, after all, their foundations were weak and without sufficient agility and power, the full potential of weapons couldn’t be realized.
Lu Yubo had a pretty good foundation, with a balance between basic training and combat skills.
Zhang Su naturally didn’t stay idle either, and due to survival pressure, the intensity of the training was slightly increased.
During this ti, Zhang Su frequently found excuses to leave everyone’s sight, uncertain if he hadn’t t the challenge’s standards or if he completed it shorter than the ti limit, either way, no subtitles popped up which puzzled him.
The sounds of heavy breathing intermingled with explanations and corrections of movents as the sky gradually darkened.
No one dared to slack off, even Tan Huajun, whom Zhang Su worried most about, completed the tasks under the watchful eyes of Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan.
Her bun was soaked with sweat, strands sticking to her head and temples, looking quite miserable, yet nobody laughed at her.
Everyone was enhancing their survival skills for the apocalypse!
"Ah... if only I could take a shower!"
In the dim room, only a phone’s shattered screen issued a faint glow providing light, Zheng Xinyu pouted and complained, as her sweaty body couldn’t be made comfortable even after wiping with wet wipes.
"I’d rather stay hungry for another day just to have a shower!" Zheng Xinyu added another sentence, expressing her desire.
"We could have taken a shower today..."
Zhong Xiaoshan hugged her knees, looking regretfully towards the gas station.
If not for the sudden interruption by the GL8, they could have tried to wash up in the convenience store, surely not a full shower, but heating so water and wiping with a towel would be much better than cold wipes.
"Be thankful it’s cool now, imagine how unbearable it would be in sumr, even your butt crack would mildew!"
Zhang Su paid no attention to these details because now wasn’t the ti to be fastidious.
"Ew!! Can you not say sothing so disgusting..."
Zhang Su’s vivid analogy made Zheng Xinyu quite uncomfortable.
Even Lu Yubo was looking at Zhang Su with a strange expression as if asking: Brother Su, have you been moldy before...
"I wonder how Brother Wang is doing now."
In the darkness, Tan Huajun suddenly spoke, with a hint of concern in her tone.
Before, she was only worried about her daughter and father; now, knowing both had left with the rescue team, she felt at ease, and naturally, her thoughts turned toward Wang Guangjun.
"Hey, Old Tan, I told you you fancied Old Wang, but you wouldn’t admit it."
Zhang Su said with a smile.
Zheng Xinyu nudged Zhang Su, saying, "Hey, in this ssed-up world, looking for a reliable man is nothing unusual, Uncle Wang treats Sister Tan well, why make fun of her!"
"Ahem... I wasn’t mocking, just happy my judgnt was right! Plus, what’s up with your generation relations, calling him uncle one mont, sister the next, isn’t it ssy?"
"Well." Zheng Xinyu rolled her eyes, saying, "Everyone has their way, hehe."
"I suppose Old Wang is probably hiding sowhere restoring his strength, getting to the School of Environnt isn’t easy!" Zhang Su didn’t continue to wrangle with the little girl, giving a serious response to Tan Huajun.
He wouldn’t have expected it; at that mont, Wang Guangjun had arrived at the School of Environnt, lying motionlessly on the Taishan Stone at the school’s gate, with no fewer than hundreds of wandering zombies around!
...
Exhausted from the day’s hustling about and afternoon training, Zhang Su and his group were quite weary, going to bed just before nine.
Fortunately, due to limited carrying capacity of the rescue team, the bedding from Tan Huajun’s house wasn’t taken away, allowing them to sleep comfortably on beds, without having to lie down on the floor fully clothed.
Considering there were only two beds at Tan Huajun’s ho, the gents took one, the ladies the other.
No matter how tired, Zhang Su still arranged for night watch shifts, five people sharing the duty eased the pressure considerably, deepening his realization of the importance of expanding the group.
From leaving Sheng Qin Ho in the morning, they experienced nurous challenges along the way, continuously testing everyone’s ntal and physical limits. As the decision-maker, Zhang Su felt especially fatigued.
Setting an alarm on his watch, Zhang Su fell asleep almost imdiately after his head hit the pillow, not even listening to Lu Yubo mumbling beside him.
That night, Zhang Su dread of organizing goods in his convenience store, with Wu Lue and Zhao Xue, both employees, busily working together, the sun streaming warmly through the glass windows into the store.
However, the pleasant scene didn’t last long, as suddenly the ceiling dropped, striking him on the head with a thud.
"Who!"
Zhang Su only felt like soone patting his head and suddenly woke up, surrounded by darkness. Just when he thought it was all a dream, he heard Zheng Xinyu anxiously saying, "Brother Su, soone’s here!"
As soon as she said that, they heard.
Thud, thud!
The door-banging sounds were exceptionally frantic in the quiet night, shocking the nerves as they filled their ears.
??!!
With a swoosh, Zhang Su threw back his covers and stood up, grabbing the machete still sheathed beneath his pillow and gave a kick to Lu Yubo lying beside him like a log!
"Brother Su you..."
"Soone’s banging on the door, grab your stuff!"
Lu Yubo’s hair stood on end, bending to pull out a grain sampling tool from under the bed, and his eyes imdiately beca sharp.
Zhang Su steadied his mind and imdiately heard the subtle footsteps outside the door, causing his heart to race.
Bang, bang!
The banging on the door continued, mixed with low curses, as if complaining about the sturdy lock.
At this mont, Zhong Xiaoshan and Tan Huajun from the opposite bedroom also got up. There was no ti to get dressed, they only had so warmth, gripping weapons tightly, their nervous eyes visible even in the darkness.
"Bozai, ambush in the opposite bedroom; Xinyu, you go to the bathroom; Xiaosan, you go to the kitchen. When I say ’really great,’ we act!"
After a thought, Zhang Su added, "Go for the kill!"
Initially, he hesitated whether to just subdue the intruders, but then thought that these people banging at the door weren’t good news at all, so there was no need for rcy!
The group straightened their expressions and nodded, "Understood!"
In the dark, the three moved like ghosts around the room, quickly reaching their respective positions, holding their weapons at the ready.
"Old Tan, when they co in, you go out to distract them. Rest assured, they won’t be too wary of you. I’ll be right behind you, so there won’t be any danger!"
Zhang Su said to Tan Huajun beside him.
"Huh? ? Okay, okay..." Tan Huajun understood Zhang Su’s arrangent was for a reason. Her long experience in the service industry gave her a certain amiability to make people drop their guards a bit.
Bang!
Another loud noise, followed by beams of light penetrating into the living room. The door was finally breached.
"Get up to pee, hurry hurry!"
A male voice accompanied by the thumping of sothing heavy hitting the floor echoed in the room.
"Brother Wu, this doesn’t seem like there’s anyone here, did we get the wrong floor?"
"No way, it took a lot of effort to break the lock..."
"Could those guys have already left?"
Seeing no response, three voices raised their doubts.
"Are you blind? Look at that!"
The man called Brother Wu shone a flashlight towards the corner, revealing several bags to everyone’s sight.
"Haha, there it is!"
"Looks like we ca to the right place, what a haul now."
"Packed and full, there must be a lot of stuff!"
"B-, big brothers, wh-, what are you planning to do?"
At this mont, a timid voice sounded from the direction of the bedroom.
Whoosh.
The intruders imdiately stopped their noise, and a flashlight illuminated a chubby silhouette in pajamas appearing before them.
"Hey, isn’t this Sister Pang from the gas station?"
Speaking, Brother Wu beckoned Tan Huajun over with a smile, "Sister Pang, where are the people who ca back with you?"
"P-people? Oh, they left, left. They’ve gone."
Tan Huajun stamred out, behaving extrely timidly.
"Tsk tsk tsk, those guys are heartless, leaving you here to die? Luckily, we ca to rescue you, Sister Pang. Bring everything from ho and co with us."
Brother Wu’s flashlight road around the room.
Those hiding in the other rooms could sense the changes in light and shadow, waiting for Zhang Su’s command with ears perked.
"Ah? N-, nothing much left, everything was taken by that rescue team. Are you the rescue team?"
Even though Tan Huajun seed flustered, she was actually shrewd, using the chance to gather information.
"Pah! Rescue team, that rescue team is a bunch of scum! Stole and ran, just dogs, we’re not the rescue team. You’ve been stuck at the gas station so you might not know, now Phoenix International is under our Salvation Society. You should know the president, Zhang Xin of Building 5, Master Xin."
"Building 5, Unit 1 has been cleared, and all the survivors from the community are concentrated there. Join us, the Salvation Society is your warm ho."
Brother Wu spoke with an arrogant tone, as if bestowing charity upon a beggar.
Learning about the rescue team’s situation, Tan Huajun felt slightly at ease and then began thinking about the Master Xin that Brother Wu ntioned. She rembered he was a fruit dealer who, with his wife, owned two stalls at the wholesale market near the community, along with other retail shops. Business seed to be doing well.
"B-brother, can I not go? I’m doing fine, just fine at ho."
Tan Huajun answered with a sheepish smile.
"Stay ho? Heh, wishful thinking!" Another man suddenly interjected, "There’s only one way to live in Phoenix International, and that’s to join the Salvation Society!"
"No need actually, Master Xin said if soone doesn’t want to join, it’s fine. Just take their supplies."
"Right, right, grab the stuff, don’t waste ti with this fat woman."
The rest grew restless, clearly unwilling to linger any longer.
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