Chapter 164: Armored Vehicles Too?

Chapter 164: Armored Vehicles Too?

"They even have armored vehicles?" Wu Heng was a bit surprised.

"They claim to have armored vehicles, and it seems plausible. Otherwise, they couldn't have developed so quickly," Li Yanhong said.

That seemed reasonable. It would be hard for just one person with special abilities to develop so fast.

They even set up a free market, allowing nearby survivor bases to come and trade.

They must have acquired quite a bit of modern equipment.

In terms of combat power, zombies aren't that strong.

Even a Tier-2 mutated zombie would struggle to gain much advantage against modern weapons.

A giant zombie charging out would still be shot to pieces by a military barrage.

The fact that zombies hold such an advantageous position now is easy to understand.

A massive, indiscriminate zombie outbreak.

It paralyzed human society almost instantly.

In a fair fight, between a zombie horde and a modern human army.

A just and fair battle.

Zombies would struggle to gain any real advantage, even with their virus.

But development doesn't happen that way.

No one's going to fight a fair and just battle with you.

"How do they trade for those armored vehicles?" Wu Heng was intrigued.

"They didn't say, but based on the current trading conditions, everything is exchanged for food," Li Yanhong thought for a moment and replied.

"Hmm!" Wu Heng responded, saying no more.

Li Yanhong continued, "Wang Chengang is one who swallowed a Tier-1 corpse core."

"Who?"

"The leader of those people from the Changyingzi Refuge, the scruffy guy with the beard."

"Oh, him! Did he awaken any abilities?"

Li Yanhong had become the leader of the auto repair shop because it originally belonged to her family.

The others had been saved by her as well.

After meeting Wu Heng, she became the mediator and solidified her position as the leader.

The Changyingzi Refuge had more people at its peak, about seventy to eighty, with all sorts of individuals, and strength was the ultimate rule.

Wang Chengang managed to become the leader.

Both luck and strength were on his side.

Without Wu Heng's army of skeletons, for the refuge.

Wang Chengang would have been more suitable as the leader.

But Wu Heng held an absolute advantage here.

So Li Yanhong became the leader.

"He took a Tier-1 corpse core but didn't awaken any abilities. I heard he was in a coma for several days, tied up hand and foot, and almost starved to death when he finally woke up," Li Yanhong said.

"So, his physical resilience is pretty strong."

"Yeah, Qiangzi said that those who awaken abilities are the chosen ones."

Wu Heng glanced at her and asked, "You want to awaken an ability too?"

"Hmm, I'm not sure. I do envy people who can stand on their own, becoming powerful, but I feel like if I took a corpse core, I'd end up as a zombie. My family favored boys over girls when I was young, so I dropped out of school early to learn car repairs. I never had much luck, not even in games." Li Yanhong said self-deprecatingly.

It seemed Wang Chengang's situation had put some pressure on her.

In the apocalypse, strength is what matters.

Even though Wu Heng trusted her, she needed to establish her own authority.

But she didn't have that much confidence in her own luck.

"In a few days, I'll help you take a corpse core, and we'll see if you can awaken an ability." Wu Heng said after some thought.

Li Yanhong looked at him, surprised.

She had helped Wu Heng acquire quite a few corpse cores.

But her role had been as a driver and guide, with no claim to the spoils.

She hadn't expected him to outright offer her a chance to take a corpse core after just complaining a little.

"No need, my body and luck probably can't handle it," Li Yanhong declined politely.

"Start training a bit more these next few days. I'll let you know when we're ready," Wu Heng said directly.

As the base's population grew, managing it became increasingly difficult.

And since Wu Heng needed to spend most of his time in the other world, Li Yanhong needed to have a solid foundation of strength to prevent issues.

Even without external threats, internal power struggles could arise.

He had accumulated a lot of corpse cores.

Giving some to people who could assist him wasn't a waste.

So, helping her increase her strength, even if it didn't grant her much combat power, would still make her appear more capable in the eyes of the survivors.

No one wanted to follow someone too ordinary.

If Li Yanhong didn't have the talent to awaken abilities, he could consider buying her a job scroll.

But that would require 100% trust.

At the very least, he'd wait until he got a new slave scroll before giving her one.

People's hearts can change.

He still needed to be cautious.

After thinking it through.

Li Yanhong hesitated a bit and said, "Alright, thank you."

"Hmm."

"By the way, autumn's here. I plan to have some people make a batch of cotton clothes and quilts. We have plenty of sewing machines."

"Wouldn't it be easier to scavenge some ready-made ones from the mall outside?" Wu Heng thought for a moment and suggested.

"We'll do that too, but we need something to cover the doors and windows. Winter's coming, and we won't have any heating."

It seemed reasonable enough.

"Alright, go ahead with your plan."

The two chatted a bit more and then walked out of the prison grounds.

Behind the prison was an open field stretching far into the distance.

It was now overgrown with waist-high weeds.

Wu Heng glanced at the area.

He addressed the large group of skeletons he had brought along, "Start cutting the grass."

Swoosh~!

A mass of skeletons sprang into action.

Armed with kitchen knives, they charged into the field, wildly chopping at the weeds.

Since they had moved here.

A training ground for the skeletons was needed.

In addition to spear training, they also needed space for javelin practice, which couldn't be done inside the prison. This area seemed ideal.

Soon enough, the weeds were mostly cleared.

Wu Heng had Li Yanhong organize people to tie the grass into straw figures for the skeletons to practice spears on.

The rest of the skeletons would practice javelin throwing.

......

The next morning.

Wu Heng received intelligence from Wen Mansa.

It indicated the whereabouts of a wanted criminal in one of the outer city buildings.

Wu Heng gathered his things.

He headed to the Guild and rounded up a few of his team members, setting off to the outer city to investigate the target.

In a dark alley reeking of urine.

The group silently watched the building across the way.

Before long, Glenda returned, flying into Wu Heng's body.

The images she had seen appeared in his mind.

Inside the dimly lit room.

Several human men sat around a round wooden table, with one of them muttering under his breath while dividing up money for the others.

It seemed they had just finished something and were splitting the spoils.

There were four people splitting the loot, with one person standing at the door.

Wu Heng pulled out a tablet and cross-referenced the list of wanted criminals, identifying one of them.

The bounty was 370.

"Captain, what's the situation?" Duke asked, covering his nose.

"Just a small-time criminal, the bounty is only 370 silver coins."

"Captain, that's still a decent amount. Other teams can't catch a single wanted criminal in half a year," Duke said.

"Alright! Let's do it then. We'll rush in and kill them all."

"Got it."

The group quickly approached the door.

Duke raised his battle axe, ready to smash the door.

Wu Heng stopped him and said, "Open the door."

The invisible Glenda phased through the wall and [possessed] the man guarding the door.

In the bewildered gazes of the others inside.

He unlocked the door, revealing Wu Heng and his team waiting outside.

"Ah~!"

Duke let out a yell and charged straight in.