The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 91 The Lijiang Plan

Everyone present knew this question was pointless. If it were a minor regional disaster, rescue efforts would have already arrived. But this was a national, even global, emergency, and the Y town government had been completely overrun. What rescue efforts were there to discuss?

“The reason why Y Town didn’t send reinforcements might be because the town government was the first to fall and couldn’t report the situation to higher authorities,” Du Wenqing replied calmly. “Moreover, in many places outside, the number of zombies is several times that of survivors. Compared to Y Town’s current situation, even if the town government were still there, it certainly wouldn’t be a priority for rescue.”

"Then at least they should arrange for robots or drones to airdrop supplies to us." This time, it was a girl from Jiang Yun's film crew who spoke. It was clear that they hadn't eaten properly for at least a month.

"Don't you know about the zombie situation?" Lu Yuan looked at everyone in the cabin with a puzzled expression. The snowflakes outside the window were falling even harder, and it seemed that a strong wind had picked up. The wind and snow outside were like a blizzard that only occurs in the three northeastern provinces of China.

"What's going on?" Jiang Yun seemed to realize something was wrong. He pondered, "Aren't zombies just like the ones in the TV shows and movies we've seen before?"

"No, this zombie virus outbreak will cause humans to become zombified and actively attack all devices with intelligent AI functions, including robots, drones, and so on," Gu Nanfeng replied.

“They can also tear cars apart with their bare hands,” Lu Yuan continued. “We saw a zombie shoot down a drone with a bow and arrow, and we also saw several zombies tear an R-series car apart with their bare hands.”

“There aren’t many smart AI devices in the town. Because it’s an ancient town, and cars are parked in the outer parking lots, we have no idea about them.” Jiang Yun fell silent. Even if he had all the foresight, he couldn’t have guessed that zombies would target electronic devices.

"So there are actually no rescue robots that can deliver supplies?" Lan Yichen sighed. "No wonder I've never seen a drone every day."

"It's not just that. Many government-run security bases in major cities have fallen. The zombies have evolved to the third generation, and their agility and speed are much higher. Although the country has established four major security bases, it's true that there aren't enough people to go everywhere for rescues. Most survivors have to find their own way to the security bases." Qin Yuan gave a general overview of the current situation, then added with a complaint, "Don't you guys even have a radio? There should be one in the cockpit, right? Didn't you even think of listening to it?"

The other people in the cabin looked at each other in bewilderment. What era were they living in? Most of them were young people, and how many of them would think of a radio? Even the few artists among them, who had acted in period dramas, didn't really understand the function of a radio.

“Currently, most government security bases in the country are being attacked by zombies and animals,” Gu Nanfeng paused when he mentioned animals, then continued, “not the zombie fish we saw yesterday. Previously, the zombie virus could not infect animals, but the second-generation zombies can control animals to attack humans.”

"Controlling animals? Not zombified animals?" Lan Yichen's mouth dropped open. He thought that only animals infected with the zombie virus would become as terrifying as that zombie fish.

“That’s right. Zombie hordes and animal groups have attacked many security bases. Many cities’ fortified security bases couldn’t withstand the onslaught. The four major national security bases were initially completed some time ago, and now it should be the safest place to go. We even met people from the Huaxi Security Base before, and they have already started to carry out rescue operations in an organized manner.” Gu Nanfeng deliberately mentioned that the Huaxi Base was already carrying out rescue operations.

"Can we go to the safe base too?" another girl in the cabin asked timidly. "But how will we get there if no one comes to rescue us?"

"Hey, isn't this the rescue operation right in front of us?" Lan Yichen pointed at Gu Nanfeng and the other three, his smile returning. "Soldiers and scientists~"

"I remember Captain Qin saying that your current mission is to escort Mr. Gu and his junior to the South China Base." Jiang Yun glanced at Qin Yuan. "But since you came from G City, shouldn't you be going to the West China Base, which is closer?"

"Because our research team on new materials is now all gathered at the South China base." Since this involves military secrets, Gu Nanfeng didn't go into too much detail. "Right now, our goal is to get to the South China base as soon as possible. If you also want to go to the safe base, then we can study the issue of traveling by water."

Before Gu Nanfeng and his group entered the cabin, he had already received feedback from Pei Simin that the South China Base also needed people, so he did not refuse their request to rescue other survivors and go to the island together. In fact, he said that if possible, they would save as many as they could.

"Then we need to decide as soon as possible. I think this snow probably won't stop." Jiang Yun pulled his blanket up; the cabin windows were now completely blocked out of the view.

Gu Nanfeng glanced at the front of the cabin. Like a typical cruise ship, there was a projector and a screen. His watch and phone could project directly, so he brought up the offline map of X province that he had used before and projected it onto the screen.

“We had previously studied the possibility of taking a boat directly to J City, which is a relatively large city in X Province. There is a direct expressway from here to the provincial capital N City, which takes about three and a half hours. From N City to the port, there is also an expressway, which takes about three or four hours. Of course, this was before the outbreak of the virus. Now it is uncertain whether the expressway has been blocked by damaged vehicles, so anything can happen.”

"Why don't we just go ashore and drive away?" The film crew's vehicles were parked south of Y Town, in the parking lot downstream of the Li River. It only took a few tens of minutes to get from their base to the parking lot. The question came from a middle-aged man in the film crew. "Isn't driving faster than taking a boat?"

Qin Yuan helplessly recounted the landslide they had encountered before. If they were to drive from Y Town now, they might still encounter the same situation. If the road had already collapsed, it would be fine, as long as they couldn't drive on it. But if, like before, the road collapsed while they were driving, they might not be so lucky as to have both people in the car survive.

"We're leaving by boat now, but there won't be any cars when we get to J City, will there?" the girl who asked the question earlier asked again.

"Haha, Xiaolin, if people have turned into zombies, then aren't there cars all over the ground?" Lan Yichen laughed. "Oh, they might be car debris."

“Zombies generally won’t destroy cars that aren’t running. Once we get to Lijiang Port in J City, we can find a few vehicles to get around in first, and then we can look for places to buy cars in the city center. We should be able to get a car.” Gu Nanfeng said, pointing to a small area of ​​J City on the map. Judging from the markings, it should be a place like a car market.

“Well, the car problem is easy to solve. Zombies can't tear all the cars apart. There will always be some good quality ones that can get us around.” Jiang Yun said, then glanced at everyone on the boat. “The problem now is that there are only me, Yichen, and photographer Brother Wang left on the boat. The three of us have yacht driving licenses and experience, but we have never driven a passenger ship like this before. We’ve been going back and forth between the ferry and here before. It’s not a long distance, so it’s barely manageable, but for a long time, we’re really not sure.”

"That's not important. Anyway, no one is checking now, and Lao Du and I can drive it." Qin Yuan patted Du Wenqing's shoulder. In the army, they could drive everything except flying vehicles. He suddenly thought of a problem and said, "However, after the snow stops, we still need to check the fuel level."

Normally, one refueling of such a passenger ship can carry passengers back and forth on the Lijiang River three or four times. The five boats that Jiang Yun and his group rented only went out once at the beginning, and it wasn't even a river cruise route, so the fuel consumption shouldn't be very high. After that, they stayed stationary until Jiang Yun and his group went out again. Qin Yuan and Du Wenqing conservatively estimated that at least the outermost two of their five boats, which were tied together, still had more than half of their fuel left, and the three in the middle also had at least half left.

“We usually sneak ashore using only the rightmost boat. All four boats here still have at least half full of fuel.” Jiang Yun excused them from their planned trip. “I checked yesterday, so I can confirm.”

“We can’t just take five ships; we need to get the oil out.” Gu Nanfeng glanced at Qin Yuan, who nodded to indicate that he understood.

"But if we encounter that zombie fish again, a boat might capsize." The first time Jiang Yun and his group encountered this fish was when they secretly went ashore to get blankets. Several hotels on the shore had been occupied by different survivor teams, and they were unwilling to give up even a little bit of something as plentiful as blankets. Jiang Yun had no choice but to lead his men to look for them in the guesthouses inside the island.

They found the quilt, but when they returned to their dock, they were ambushed by a team of survivors who lured the zombies over and then slashed one of Jiang Yun's staff members with a knife.

Of course, Jiang Yun and his group managed to escape the zombies and return to the ship. But that night, a zombie fish appeared, probably drawn by the smell of blood. A two-meter-long fish is quite dangerous for a lifeboat, but it shouldn't be a problem for five ships linked together. However, the fish was so strong that it almost broke one of their ships apart.

“Yes, I thought of that too. We’ll take three ships; that’s safer, and we’ll have almost two tanks of fuel to replenish our supplies.” Gu Nanfeng nodded. He knew that both humans and animals would become stronger after turning into zombies, so he had planned to take three ships from the beginning.

"It feels colder today than the last few times it snowed. Is the extreme cold weather that Brother Pei mentioned coming?" Lu Yuan felt that the blanket on his body was not warm at all. The more he listened to their conversation, the colder he felt. Now he was hugging his backpack and shrinking down so that only his head was sticking out of the blanket. He saw that they had said most of the important things, sniffed and asked Gu Nanfeng.

“It’s October now, who knows? The weather has been unusually hot since March this year, which might not have been a good sign.” Gu Nanfeng pulled the quilt tighter and leaned closer to Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan felt his warmth and moved closer to him, feeling as if he had come back to life.

Lan Yichen was also freezing cold. He saw that Lu Yuan was also freezing cold, and several girls had their lips turned purple from the cold. He simply stopped worrying about saving fuel, jumped up and rushed into the cockpit, turned on the heating equipment, and the entire cabin began to slowly warm up.