Chapter 446: Apocalypse Trading System (18)

Xie Yang looked back and asked Qin Tao, "Do you know how to drive?"

"Huh? Yes! Yes!"

He had just passed his driving test this summer, but...

He paused and hurriedly explained, "I passed for a C2 license, I don't know if this vehicle..."

Xie Yang controlled the steering wheel with one hand and stood up to let him sit over: "It's fine, as long as you know how to drive, there isn't much difference."

Xie Yan was busy killing Zombies remotely and took a moment to chime in: "That's right, as long as you can tell the gas pedal from the brake and don't hit anyone, it's fine. Neither my sister nor I have driver's licenses, my sister hasn't even been to driving school, and doesn't she drive just fine? Who has the time to check for driver's licenses now?"

Qin Tao: "..."

Is it really this reckless?

But thinking about it, it wasn't unreasonable; there was barely enough time to escape from the mouths of the dead, so as long as you didn't hit any living people, who would care if you broke traffic rules or what you crashed into?

Recalling the day his fellow townsman was driving and accidentally grazed a passerby while making a U-turn to avoid Zombies, although the speed wasn't fast, it still caused the other person to fall and scrape their skin. The other person cursed a few times but didn't call for them to get out and pay compensation, because that person was also busy trying to escape.

He no longer hesitated and sat in the driver's seat.

Because he had just passed his driving test this summer, although he hadn't had a chance to touch a steering wheel since passing, he still remembered the gas pedal, brake, and gears very clearly.

Besides, they were the only vehicle on the river, and apart from the occasional floating Zombie or trash, there were no other obstacles; once he got the hang of the steering wheel, it was even smoother to drive than on land.

Gradually, he wasn't as nervous anymore.

Seeing that he had taken over the position of driver, Xie Yang stretched her wrists and ankles in the limited space of the Recreational Vehicle and did some stretching.

Then, while her brother wasn't paying attention, she pulled open the side window glass, climbed up the window frame onto the roof of the vehicle, and then jumped hard, leaping onto the shore.

"Brother, I have an urgent matter to handle! You and Brother Taozi stay on the vehicle and just keep driving forward along the river; I'll come find you to rendezvous once I'm done!"

"Eh?"

Xie Yan was dumbfounded.

He came to his senses and hurriedly grabbed the window to shout toward the shore:

"Yang Yang! What are you doing? Come back quickly! If we're going, we go together; how dangerous it is for you to be alone!"

"It's only dangerous if we go together!" Xie Yang turned her head and waved at him, "Don't worry, Brother, I can protect myself; don't forget my ability."

"..."

Xie Yan also wanted to learn from his sister and leap from the roof of the vehicle to the shore, but by the time he climbed onto the roof, where was there still a shadow of his sister?

Qin Tao was nervous, not knowing whether he should stop or listen to Xie Yang and continue driving forward.

In the end, Xie Yan sighed and made the call: "Keep driving; since my sister said so, she's probably already decided at which pier we'll rendezvous."

That was what he said, but his heart was still hanging.

He blamed himself for his strength being inferior to his sister's; otherwise, his sister wouldn't have left him behind.

Thinking of this, his mood became even more depressed, and he didn't even deal with the Zombies on the shore as gently as before, brandishing the Lightning Spear with a fierce, whistling wind.

If the Zombies still possessed reason, they would surely protest: Damn it! Is cutting a neck with a bolt of lightning called gentle? Are you bullying us because we can't talk?

Furthermore, Xie Yang, after getting on shore, took out an amphibious motorcycle, glanced at the field of vision of the "Little Bee," and headed straight for the current location of the two camouflage military trucks.

Shiyi Yiyuan was located in the center of the old city district, surrounded by high-rise buildings standing like scales on a fish, the alleys were narrow, and the roads couldn't be widened; before the apocalypse, this was the area with the worst traffic jams in the entire city.

It was no different after the apocalypse.

When the military trucks drove to within five hundred meters of the hospital, they were forced to stop.

The road ahead was jammed full of vehicles of all sizes.

Things like buses were stuck here when the apocalypse broke out, and a portion of private cars had come over these past few days looking for supplies, and once they drove in, they didn't go back out, causing the traffic jam to spread wider and wider.

"Get out of the vehicles and assemble!"

Hearing the order, the soldiers on the first military truck quickly got out and assembled into formation.

The Ability Users in the vehicle behind, however, were in twos and threes, dawdling for several minutes after getting out.

Zhou Chen'an glanced at his partner, and seeing his face like frost and his eyes cold enough to be terrifying, he knew he was already on the verge of losing his temper.

He hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Old Chu, besides having abilities, they haven't undergone specialized training; if it weren't for this goddamn apocalypse, they would still be in school or at work, so how can you expect them to be like our soldiers."

Chu Qingyan's expression was cold and stern: "Do what you're supposed to do in your position. To still use the old ways from before the apocalypse to make excuses for yourself—if you want to die, don't hold back your teammates!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go tell them right now. You take the team in first, I'll bring them to follow."

Among the Ability Users, there was no lack of those with particularly keen senses, who heard this conversation and spoke it disdainfully to the others.

Those who could survive Alienation and become Ability Users were basically strong and sturdy youths, exactly at the age of hot-bloodedness, and they refused on the spot.

"They look down on us for being slow, but we also look down on them for not having many abilities!"

"Having guns is something to be proud of! In the end, they still have to rely on us."

"The Zombies in the hospital are so dense, do you think we want to come?"

"If you have the ability, send us back! We also want to stay comfortably in the base."

Zhou Chen'an acted as if he hadn't heard their complaints and assembled the team with a normal expression:

"Look right! Forward march!"

After finishing the roll call and confirming the number of people was correct, he had them form groups of five, dividing them into six groups.

"Group one is responsible for staying behind to provide support; during this time, no one is allowed to enter the hospital, so as not to affect the progress of the Task."

"Groups two and three are responsible for the perimeter of the Outpatient Building."

"Groups four and five are responsible for the perimeter of the Inpatient Department."

"Members of group six will conduct long-range containment."

Upon hearing this, the Ability Users couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as they didn't have to go inside the hospital.

But then they felt a bit unhappy: they were Ability Users! For such an important Task, they were actually just sent to defend and contain the outer areas? They weren't even allowed to enter the building?

Could it be that they were being guarded against? That they didn't want them to earn merit?

"Did you hear clearly? If you did, act according to the instructions! Listen to command in everything! No unauthorized actions allowed!"

"Yes!"

Everyone responded verbally, though what they were thinking in their hearts was unknown.

Chu Qingyan led his soldiers and quickly infiltrated the Outpatient Building.

Their Task this time was to bring back several important pieces of equipment and the medicine from the medicine storage.

Shiyi Yiyuan had two medicine storages; the No. 1 medicine storage was located in the Outpatient Building, and the No. 2 medicine storage was in the Inpatient Department.

The No. 1 medicine storage was actually quite easy to find; it was the outpatient pharmacy, found right upon entering the first floor.

Chu Qingyan nimbly took care of the few Zombies wandering outside the pharmacy, waved his hand, and dispatched a five-man squad to go inside and collect the medicine, while the others continued upstairs with him.

Different floors were distributed with different equipment, so for every floor they went up, a squad was split off.

By the time they reached the top floor, only Chu Qingyan remained.

He gripped his silenced gun, checked room by room, and pierced the heads of any Zombies he encountered.

Fortunately, the situation inside the Outpatient Building was much better than he had anticipated, and it was also smoother than expected.