Chapter 321: You seem very familiar?

"You are wearing so little?"

Zhang Su touched the light down jacket on Su Xiaoya's body, frowned and shook his head.

"I only have these, is it not enough..."

Su Xiaoya looked at Zhang Su curiously. She had been in the heating room and didn't know the situation outside at all!

"Tell you a very unfortunate news, it's damn cooled down again. The temperature measured just now is minus 30 degrees. I'll find you a set of clothes."

If Su Xiaoya could understand the current situation, Zhang Su wouldn't make things difficult for her.

After Zhang Su and Su Xiaoya were in place, the convoy set off, a mighty dozen or so vehicles. Even Zero-Zero-Three was given a place, moved from the box truck to lie in the open air. Anyway, as long as there was a weak current supplied by the generator, it could be kept quiet. Such a large box truck could pull quite a few corpses back, so it couldn't be left idle.

Zhang Su drove the FJ Cruiser to lead, with Su Xiaoya in the passenger seat. Zheng Xinyu guessed that the atmosphere would be confusingly awkward, so she very wisely chose not to sit in Zhang Su's car, but ran to be in the same car as Tan Huajun.

Along the way, Su Xiaoya looked out the window very quietly. The familiar yet strange scenery made her feel like a lifetime away.

"We are at the intersection ahead. Arrange for the cars to go to Kuanzhuang. If one trip can't pull it all, pull a few more trips."

Approaching the fork in the road, Zhang Su picked up the walkie-talkie to issue orders. Immediately after, he saw four cars turn onto the small road and drive toward Kuanzhuang.

"Really want to go back and take a look. I want to personally clean up my and my sister's room."

Su Xiaoya spoke for the first time after getting in the car, looking toward the Kuanzhuang direction with deep reluctance. She didn't go to school in other places, just in junior high school in the town.

After the disaster broke out, she experienced a lot, moved away from the courtyard where she lived, but was still in the village. Everything was not strange. The small room carried the sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy of her and her sister for two or three months.

"No problem, I'll take you to see it when I have time. But it's possible that someone has already cleaned it up for you."

Zhang Su answered calmly. He didn't refuse the other party's small request, and even if Su Xiaoya didn't go, he would have to go to Kuanzhuang to turn around when he had time to check the transportation of supplies. But today it was enough to have time. Today's main task was to drive the tank back!

After saying a word, it was another silence along the way.

There is a strange phenomenon: going to a place for the first time, walking on an unfamiliar road, always feels very far away. But after getting familiar with it, you will feel the distance has shortened.

Zhang Su felt that not long after passing the flower sea and the church, he arrived at the place where he met the Dachaobao Township crowd yesterday.

The street was still the same as yesterday, with zombie corpses piled up on both sides. There was no need to start loading the cars now. There were countless on the west side of the barracks wall. It could be filled easily. It was better to prioritize loading more popular supplies. At worst, come a few more times. Anyway, the car's oil was enough.

"Bozi, you go to the northwest direction, Old Tan, you go to the northeast direction, Xiaoshuai, you go to the southeast direction, and see what's going on with the zombies led away yesterday."

"Brother Su, are you looking for venom zombies?"

Lu Yubo asked.

Zhang Su raised his eyebrows. This little brother finally grew up a bit and knew how to manage things. He picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "Don't look for them deliberately, just take a look by the way, safety first!"

"Received."

After a few receipts, three cars left the convoy and galloped toward three directions.

"Ha! Boss Zhang, came late today?"

At the warehouse door, Meng Changwei was wrapped roundly, wrapped in several layers of scarves around his neck, with a cigarette hanging high in his mouth, standing by the car. Seeing the convoy led by the FJ Cruiser driving across the playground, he waved his hand enthusiastically to show respect.

"This is the other group of people from yesterday. The one greeting is Meng Changwei, the leader of the other side. Lei Youliang wanted to unite with them to deal with us."

Zhang Su didn't respond to Meng Changwei for the first time, but introduced him to Su Xiaoya softly.

"It looks like he seems very familiar with you?"

Su Xiaoya asked curiously.

Zhang Su waved at Meng Changwei from inside the car, then revealed a strange smile and whispered to Su Xiaoya, "We followed them and lured away all the remaining zombies in the barracks—there were several tens of thousands of them. We spent the whole damn morning on it, and then Lei Youliang snuck his people in from the north, still delusional enough to think he could team up with them to deal with us. You tell me... Lei Youliang was smart for a few months, but in the end, he acted like a fool!"

Su Xiaoya shook her head painfully. From the beginning of knowing Lei Youliang, the impression that person gave her was not bad. She didn't expect it to end like this.

The car stopped steadily, and everyone got out.

"Boss Meng, how is your camp's heating facility?"

Zhang Su got out of the car, handed a cigarette to Meng Changwei, and said with small talk.

Meng Changwei just pinched out the cigarette butt, but it didn't prevent him from having another one. He pulled away the scarf, revealing a larger area of cheeks, and said with a painful expression: "Don't mention it, this damn weather is getting colder and colder, it's really not letting people live. But having said that, Boss Zhang, the method you shared is really awesome!"

"What method?"

Zhang Su was stunned. Did he share anything?

"Just yesterday, didn't you say to bring the zombie corpses back to burn? I didn't believe it before, but I tried it last night. Hey, you really can't deny it, the burning efficiency is just top-notch, it's really no worse than coal!"

Meng Changwei talked about this matter with great interest, and it solved the problem of heating energy in one fell swoop, and he held gratitude toward Zhang Su in his heart.

Zhang Su suddenly realized and said: "So you were talking about this. It's fine, just some experience, share it with everyone!"

"Sigh, it's a pity that we don't have the spirit of exploration like you, and didn't research anything, and couldn't take out any information to share with you..."

Meng Changwei shook his hands without hesitation, then changed the subject: "That... Boss Zhang, did you hear any movement when I talked to you on the walkie-talkie last night?"

Zhang Su recalled slightly. The walkie-talkie connected to Dachaobao Township had no sound from beginning to end, not even noise, so he said:

"What do you mean 'dislike it'? Damn it, that thing burns diesel. Finding diesel in the north once winter hits is too difficult. If there's no fuel, how do you drive it? Push it?"

"No fuel? That is indeed hard to deal with. Even if you drive that thing on the road normally, it takes three or four hundred units of fuel per hundred kilometers, right? If it doesn't work out, trade it to me. I'll swap you for it with grain or coal, how about that?"

Meng Changwei made a sharp turn, nearly driving Zhang Su into a ditch.

"Hehe, sorry to disappoint you. Diesel is hard to find, but we still managed to find a few hundred liters, and we brought it today!"

"You have fuel? That's great. You should have said so earlier; I have over a hundred liters on my end too..." Meng Changwei didn't hesitate at all, his expression turned serious, and he asked, "By the way, I spoke to you on the walkie-talkie last night. Did you hear any movement?"

Zhang Su recalled for a moment. The walkie-talkie connected to Daciaobao Township hadn't made a sound from start to finish, not even static, so he said, "No, maybe the distance is still a bit too far."

"I studied the map. The straight-line distance between our camps is only about twelve or thirteen kilometers. The main thing is that there's a mountain in between, blocking the signal. If it were a vast plain, there definitely wouldn't be a problem. It seems communication is still too inconvenient. It's a pity that the radio equipment here at the Green Dragon Corps is all damaged."

Meng Changwei looked slightly annoyed.

Zhang Su gave Meng Changwei a thoughtful look and probed, "It's indeed difficult to communicate when separated by mountains and rivers, and if there's any sudden situation, it's hard to provide reinforcements. Are there any other factions near your side?"

"Yes," Meng Changwei said without hesitation. "Actually, it used to be quite lively. Just counting the ones I know of, there were six or seven survivor settlements. But one after another, some merged, some went belly-up. Now, besides us, there's only one other group, closer to the Shanhai District. They aren't any closer, though!

Actually, it's quite good. Everyone has a broad area of influence, resources are relatively more abundant, and the chances of conflict are reduced quite a bit. I'd rather fight zombies than have a conflict with other people!"

"That's true. We're already too busy dealing with zombies; I really don't understand why there's infighting..."

Zhang Su obtained some of the information he wanted and pondered some plans in his mind. He flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground and heard the other man speak again.

"Boss Zhang, how are things going on your end? With the survivors from the camp of the people who plotted against you yesterday—did you reach an agreement?"

As soon as he finished this sentence, Meng Changwei saw the girl standing not far from Zhang Su stiffen.

"Anyway, let's not talk about that for now. You guys came early, you're almost done, right? We have a heavy task today, so we're starting to get busy. Don't forget to leave twenty percent of the grain!"

Zhang Su didn't want to continue discussing yesterday's events. He waved his hand, ordered people to go to another warehouse to move things, and turned to look at Su Xiaoya, who was following him with her head down, saying, "Come with me."

(End of chapter)