Li Yu and his team had been stationed in a building at the main road junction leading from Xin City to the city center for a full eight hours.
Still, Big Mohawk and his people had not appeared.
According to the walking speed, they should have arrived by this ti.
But as the sky was getting dark, normally no one would choose to travel at night because traveling at night was akin to seeking death. Zombies would co out during the night, and in the pitch-black darkness, facing the zombies was extrely dangerous.
Li Yu, holding a telescope, watched the national highway far away.
Then, he turned his gaze towards the road that led directly to the city center.
Cross-river Bridge was still void of any human figures.
He sighed, handed the telescope to Li Hang beside him: "My eyes are a bit blurry from watching, you take a look."
Li Hang took the telescope and began to carefully watch for any movents around.
At a location less than 5 kiloters from them, Li Tie and others were guarding another main road.
"Any movent on your side?" Li Yu spoke into the walkie-talkie to Li Tie and the others.
"Big brother, none. The sky's turned dark, I reckon no one will show up today," Li Tie replied.
"Yeah, they are unlikely to enter the city at night, but we still need soone on duty to keep watching," Li Yu said.
Although generally, no one would venture out at night, they still needed people on duty, just in case they weren't afraid of death and chose to enter the city at night.
"Okay," Li Tie answered.
Quickly arranging the duty roster, a total of 16 people ca out this ti, now divided into two teams.
At Li Yu's side, eight people were divided into four groups, each group on duty for three hours, the other groups could rest in place when not on duty.
Flexibility and relaxation were always the principles Li Yu followed in managing his personnel.
One couldn't just keep demanding from soone just because of their outstanding ability. Though the work done by that person might be good, relying solely on one person was not sustainable.
Humans are flesh and blood, once exceeding the limits of the body, it's easy to fall.
Therefore, everyone needs to have equal opportunities, on one hand, it prevents laziness, on the other hand, it trains everyone so that the strong are not too strong, and the weak not too weak.
Under such arrangents, everyone had already gotten used to it, and there was no opposition.
Fairness and justice. That was always the underlying tone of Li Yu's team managent.
Dusk fell.
They ca out in a hurry, but also brought enough food and weapons.
As the night ca, so did the temperature drop, bringing a slight chilliness with occasional zombie howls.
Li Yu stood behind a window of the building, lighting a cigarette, the flickering cigarette butt illuminated his face, showing a hint of subtle distress.
In this world, things seldom go as one wishes.
Opposite this building, he rembered there was a Jiujiang Bank, where he and his first love had once eaten Sanxian noodles below this building.
Now, the world had changed, and the neon sign of the Jiujiang Bank no longer shone brightly.
Even further in the distance, the Cross-river Bridge was also devoid of neon lights; the world seed to have plunged into darkness.
In this darkness, in countless streets and alleys, it felt like a giant demon's hand, like a black hole, swallowing people up!
The wind blew past, carrying away fragnts of Li Yu's mories.
All these had passed, now, the priority was to locate Big Mohawk and his people.
His heart was also unusually troubled; why is it that when one wave settles, another rises?
There were always so many issues.
Originally, he wanted to find a place to quietly survive the apocalypse, neither seeking to rule nor harm anyone, and hoped others wouldn't disturb him.
But the tree desires calm yet the wind continues to blow, there's always soone causing trouble.
It's freaking apocalypse, and still, so many people cause trouble.
Troubles are always present in this world - endless and ssy.
Always one thing after another, no matter done, never done.
Sigh...
Li Yu let out a sigh.
Then he turned back and saw Li Hang behind him holding the telescope, looking at the national highway, his eyes wide and naive, and he couldn't help but smile.
Compared to his previous life, where he had spent five years alone in the apocalypse.
This life was undoubtedly much better.
Once in a lifeti, one must find a purpose to live; Chinese people have always lived for others, those living for themselves are very few.
As if always needing to find a spiritual reliance, a reason to strive for.
Maybe family, maybe a lover...
Li Yu couldn't achieve great detachnt; he could only manage small contentnt. That was, within his limited capacity, to help and protect his family.
To let his family still live well during the apocalypse.
Family first.
At any ti, when family is there, your inner strength is there, your motivation to strive is there, and the place you want to sleep is there.
"Li Hang, I'll take over, you go eat sothing," Li Yu said.
The two of them were one team, the first duty group, and it wasn't even midnight yet. Li Hang had been holding the telescope all afternoon without much food.
Li Hang nodded, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Brother, take over for ."
Then he handed the telescope to Li Yu and took out so food. He stood by the window, chewing on the food while staring blankly into the distance.
Seeing Li Hang in a daze, Li Yu asked, "What's up?"
Li Hang looked towards the Cross-river Bridge and pointing in that direction said, "I rember, after I graduated, I stayed here, right across from this Cross-river Bridge, that's where I lived."
"That day I was thinking about how I would live my life. I had just quarreled with my boss and was wondering what job to do next. I rember how happy I was when you called then."
"But never thought, ti flies so fast, soon after returning to the base, zombies appeared, and the apocalypse ca. Now thinking about it, it feels like yesterday."
...
Listening, Li Yu also zoned out a bit, ti had passed too quickly, it's almost been a year since the apocalypse began.
He had been reborn in May of last year, and now it was already July.
Ti flies so fast!
The past is like this, unceasing by day and night.
Li Yu shook his head; he didn't have the energy for lancholy.
He had a secret, whenever his emotions were brought to a state of sadness or joy, he would always delay his response.
This way, large emotional upheavals wouldn't occur at critical monts, thereby preventing regrettable decisions due to emotional impulsiveness.
But often, after so ti, these emotions would co back, and for a second or two, would surge forth.
That was sowhat sigh-inducing.
But things had happened long ago, looking back now, the decisions he made with a relatively calm mind back then, he still did not regret.
That was enough!
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