[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times":3,"chapter-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-142":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Fiercest Man in the End Times",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2319380,4536,"Chapter 142: A Good Place","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-142",142,"\u003Cp>“Walkie-talkie? Quick, Brother Zhao, let me see—I know all about this stuff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue scurried over to Zhao De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De hesitantly handed Wu Lue one of the walkie-talkies, raising an eyebrow. “Brother said you only know how to watch porn, and now you understand this too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue’s face flushed crimson; he shot Zhang Su a peculiar glance, as if to say, How could you broadcast such an elegant hobby so openly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly took the walkie-talkie, examined it seriously, and said: “This Dami -brand walkie-talkie isn’t rare—it’s only 5W output power, five-kilometer range, pretty average. The only real advantage is battery life: fully charged, it can standby for ten to fifteen days, and continuous use still lasts over ten hours!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De stared at Wu Lue in surprise—he actually knew what he was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su smiled: “He just loves fiddling with electronics! Five kilometers of range is more than enough for us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t believe the advertised five-kilometer range, Brother Zhang—that’s just marketing. Real range is barely three kilometers! Grossly overstated!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Lue said with mild disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For our current situation, even one kilometer is more than enough—what matters is stability!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su clutched the walkie-talkie like a treasure, weighing it in his hand. With this, communication between camp and watchposts would be effortless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The range may be overstated, but Brother Zhang, rest assured about stability—my lord tested it. This model has exceptional interference resistance among its class. Unless someone uses a signal jammer, ordinary buildings won’t affect it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then, Brother, these two walkie-talkies go to the team—you distribute them. Uh, Heihei , I heard Little Chen got lucky and scored a pistol. So I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De stared hungrily at Zhang Su’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop staring at me like some old perv!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su clutched his belt and turned away. “The USP is compensation for Little Chen. I took one. The other goes to whoever’s on watch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhao De sighed helplessly, looking crestfallen. “We’ve got to find more guns—three guns won’t cut it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With sufficient ammo, firearms were unbeatable for deterring humans and killing zombies alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s exactly what worries me. According to the special police officer I met, their unit’s weapons depot was mostly emptied. Police stations are probably stripped too. But since the disaster, we’ve heard nothing from the military. I think the garrison’s armory’s worth checking—but I don’t even know where it is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su spread his hands. Such information was impossible for ordinary people to know unless they actively sought it out—even map apps didn’t mark it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh come on! I never even thought of that! If you’d mentioned the garrison earlier, I’d have known!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De slapped his thigh excitedly. “I once delivered supplies to the military from the supermarket I worked at—I helped unload. Right at the eastern end of Wenhua Road, there’s a big compound—hosting a whole regiment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pre-disaster laws and norms were so deeply ingrained that Zhao De had never considered raiding a military base for weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A whole regiment!? How huge is that place!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su’s eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know the exact size—it’s on Wenhua Road No. 0, right at the city’s edge. From outside, it looked massive. We finished unloading and left fast—didn’t dare look around. Someone watched us the whole time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I remember a standard regiment has between one thousand and two thousand five hundred men. Let’s assume the minimum—thousand men means at least a thousand automatic rifles?!” Zhang Su counted on his fingers, his face lighting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not how it works, Brother. A regiment’s structure’s complicated—mechanized infantry, motorized infantry, light infantry, reconnaissance units, cooks, you name it. They might be fully armed during wartime, but normally they don’t issue guns to everyone. How could a thousand men each have a rifle? A thousand automatic rifles? Dream on…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De knew a bit about military structure and spoke with authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“ Haihai .”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su cleared his throat awkwardly. “Even if not a thousand, five hundred. Even fifty would be fine!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s definitely some left—probably other supplies and gear too. So, Brother, wanna head to the Wenhua Road regiment?” Zhao De’s face glowed with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su shook his head with a smile. “You think it’s like before? Just go whenever? No—before wasn’t like that either…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We don’t even know the city’s situation yet, let alone the military. Can you imagine what it looked like during the disaster in such a dense environment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao De’s smile froze. He silently shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rest for a few days. Let everyone recover before we move.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su patted Zhao De’s shoulder. He longed for the team to be armed—but no reckless moves. At their current state, even a zombie surge at dawn would send them running in panic, let alone raiding a military base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhong Xiaoshan, Liu Tianji, and Wang Xin finished their tasks and returned, everyone ate together. After a day of turmoil, they finally sat down again for a quiet, steady meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The RVs had solar panels, electromagnetic stoves, microwaves—reheating food was no problem for the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone sat on the cleaned floor of the factory, eating steaming noodles, feeling an unspoken happiness. Still, even in moments of ease, watch duty never slipped—that was non-negotiable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating, everyone got busy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To temporarily settle in Nonghua Glass Factory—even for just two or three days—basic defenses were essential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su led several strong laborers to set up traps and alarm devices. The courtyard was large; even careful sentries could miss something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the factory sat beside the highway, anyone passing by could see inside. Even hiding the RVs wouldn’t stop survivors from investigating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su had everyone block the main gate with wire mesh and branches. Zombies couldn’t break through; humans couldn’t easily dismantle it. If someone tried driving in, the other traps would make them regret it for life—unless they came in a tracked tank, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the full afternoon, Zhang Su approved a grand activity: bathing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After studying the shower’s flow rate—five liters per minute—he set each person’s shower time to five minutes: no more than thirty liters per person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For people who’d survived twenty days in the apocalypse, bathing had become a near-impossible luxury. Only after tap water vanished did they realize how hard it was to wash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with all the instability, no one had bathed since the disaster—except for getting rained on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both RVs had hot water systems, powered by solar panels and fuel, enough to satisfy everyone’s bathing needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Su originally planned to make bathing a special reward for those with outstanding contributions, since water was so hard to get. But after repeated losses, he changed his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water stored in the RVs might vanish in the next accident—but letting everyone bathe, even with strict time limits and minimal water, would boost team morale and belonging by several levels!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that—it could restore all kinds of “values”: SAN, pleasure, comfort, loyalty…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results proved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everyone bathed and changed into spare clothes, the entire team’s demeanor transformed. The previous gloom and decay vanished, replaced by vibrant energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Physical fatigue couldn’t be fully erased—but mental gloom was swept clean!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than a ton of water used, yet the team gained multiple buffs—extremely cost-effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Chen Hanzhou couldn’t bathe due to his wounds. He sat helplessly on the RV, watching filthy comrades enter the shower, emerge clean minutes later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The RV had a basic water filter. Bathwater was collected in a separate tank—not drinkable, but fine for watering plants, flushing toilets, or even washing clothes in the apocalypse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Xiaoshan, Zhao Xue, Tan Hua, Yu Qing, and Zhang Ya enthusiastically washed everyone’s clothes. Not perfectly clean, but infinitely better than caked in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When everything was done, night fell. The sun set; rows of clothes hung on steel wires, swaying gently—a rare moment of peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1317,"2026-06-20T15:15:14.526Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6bf48d0354f742512ed098bf726526175000c908fb971b4d3368759699bb16df","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-143","the-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-chapter-141",694,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fiercest-man-in-the-end-times-cover.jpg"]