novelaction Chapter 244 Gathering
Chapter 244 Gathering
The pickup truck Zhang Qiang was riding in passed another road safely and continued to drive towards the Alexander community.
A tall man with a sniper rifle on his back appeared on the road section where the violent zombies were active before. His huge feet stepped on the road, and the flesh and asphalt made a snapping sound.
The man looked very thin, but the size of his footsteps indicated that he was not light in weight.
With his terrifying height and thin figure, if Zhang Qiang saw the man’s gray face, he would immediately know his identity - a "corpse man".
This species, which is between zombie lords and living people, actually appeared near Washington, nearly a year after the destruction of the cult in Newnan City!
The zombie sniper stood where he was, looked around for a while, then suddenly puffed up his cheeks and whistled.
"Hey!!"
The loud whistle echoed on the dark road and dispersed into the woods on both sides of the road.
The surrounding grass and trees rustled, and a group of violent zombies hiding in the woods began to run. They soon appeared at the edge of the road and surrounded the zombie sniper.
Dozens of muscular and violent zombies formed a circle, staring at the zombies with their cloudy eyes. They stood in place, shaking their heads and making meaningless growls.
The corpse man did not make any move, but just said softly: "Put back the things you put up."
As soon as the words fell, a group of violent zombies started running, rushing past the zombies with a fierce running posture, and climbing onto the abandoned cars that were blocking the road.
In the city of Newnan, cult members have demonstrated that zombies can command zombies to carry out simple commands.
Although the violent zombies are powerful, they are still zombies in essence, just with stronger bodies and more remaining intelligence.
The violent zombies jumped up and down in the scrap workshop, taking out the explosive packs hidden inside the scrap car. The corpse man summoned a violent zombie and checked the signal receiving device on an explosive pack. After seeing that it was not damaged, he was relieved.
Although the resources were not wasted, the operation was undoubtedly a failure.
The zombie frowned. He didn't understand how the other party was aware of his presence and made all the right choices and didn't fall into any of the traps he set.
As long as Zhang Qiang and others tried to move the junked car, clear the obstacles on the road, or fight with the violent zombies for a while, the zombies would be confident that they could kill Zhang Qiang and others.
"Is it a coincidence? Or has God completely given up on me?"
The corpse man peeled off the tattered clothes on his body, and his palm touched the coldness of his neck. He was still wearing his dog tag. There used to be a cross hanging on this metal necklace, but he discarded it when he joined the terminal.
"Chris Kyle. Ha..."
The corpse-man's fingers stroked the English engraving on the metal dog tag and uttered a self-deprecating laugh.
The people of the terminal community chose the most extreme way to survive, cannibalism. And he, a former super-famous sniper in the army, chose to go along with them in order to survive.
After collecting all the explosives, Chris drove several violent zombies to push the car hidden in the woods onto the road. He took away all the supplies and drove away quickly.
Zhang Qiang has already discovered the trap on this road. If these explosives continue to be left here, they will sooner or later be delivered to the hands of the Salvation Hall. Chris does not want to waste the resources of his forces.
The terminal is some distance away from Washington, D.C. It is a rail transit station located in the wilderness between Charlotte and Washington. The surrounding resources of the station are scarce, which is one of the reasons why people who lived in the terminal earlier chose to eat each other.
Late at night, the two sides, who had already tested each other, were still taking action.
Zhang Qiang has already arrived at the Alexander community. Wasp and Hornet, wearing scorpion soldier uniforms, easily communicated with their colleagues guarding the gate, and the pickup truck drove smoothly into the community.
Zhang Qiang got out of the car, and the sentry at the gate was very shocked when he saw him, because up to now, there had been no news from Zuozhou about the leader's travel.
"Hello, Chief!" The sentry saluted Zhang Qiang.
"Hello, soldier! Where is your officer Daryl?"
Zhang Qiang returned the salute, then asked about the whereabouts of the sentry Daryl. He found that there were not many soldiers in the community. Even if some of the soldiers were serving as secret sentries, the number would not match that of the search team.
Daryl was not in the Savior Temple either. Zhang Qiang guessed that he might have gone somewhere to carry out another mission.
"Chief Daryl went to Charlotte!"
The sentry shouted that this was not confidential information.
Zhang Qiang nodded and temporarily put Daryl out of his mind. He looked down at his watch. It was already past one o'clock, and Maggie and the others might have already gone to bed.
But he, the top leader, hasn't rested yet, so his subordinates can't live more comfortably than him! Zhang Qiang laughed evilly, "Work overtime! Everyone, get up and work overtime for me!"
Zhang Qiang asked Ma Feng to bring the intercom and directly contacted Maggie and others on the communication frequency: "Maggie! Green! I have arrived at the Alexander community! Come to the gate to meet me!!"
Zhang Qiang repeated it twice into the intercom and was about to repeat it for the third time when lights suddenly came on in the windows of several residential buildings in the dark community.
Soon, quick footsteps were heard on the dark road. The power supply in the Alexander community was not as sufficient as in the previous schools. Even though there were street lights in the community, the management was reluctant to turn on the lights at night.
"Principal (Zhang)!"
The first to appear were not Maggie and Glenn, but Alan who was running over. Maggie and Glenn were in disheveled clothes and appeared after a few seconds.
Zhang Qiang looked at Alan, who had grown into a big girl, and noticed the bruises on Alan's face. He frowned, patted Alan's shoulder, and comforted her: "Thank you for your hard work, Pioneer."
Ailan pulled Zhang Qiang's arms apart, gave him a hug, then stepped back and said, "What are you doing here? I...we all miss you."
"I'm on vacation, but I guess I'll be busy for a while. On the way here, I was attacked by unknown enemies and a group of violent zombies. The team almost fell into their trap."
Zhang Qiang looked at Maggie and Glenn seriously and continued, "Now I need to know who are your enemies nearby?"
Glenn felt confused, while Maggie swallowed her saliva. Her political sense was more sensitive. The top leader being attacked while traveling would definitely be an earth-shattering event before the disaster.
"Enemy? Could it be the wolf tribe?" Glenn speculated.
The wolf tribe disappeared collectively in Dumfries Town, and there is currently no information about their whereabouts.
"Wolf clan?"
Zhang Qiang looked at Maggie, and Maggie adjusted her nervous mentality. Zhang Qiang was different from the government leaders before the disaster. She didn't need to think too much and make herself too panic. She should quickly organize what had happened recently and report everything to Zhang Qiang. This was the top priority now.
"Please come with me."
Maggie took Zhang Qiang to her house to report work in another place. Due to the current season, it was getting colder outside.
Zhang Qiang made a look, asking everyone who came to see him to follow. Sigma and Rickshaw had just appeared, and before they greeted Zhang Qiang, the atmosphere was not suitable for greetings. Now everyone had to get down to business.
A group of people rushed into Maggie and Glenn's house. Zhang Qiang took a look at Maggie's flat belly and stopped what he was doing just when he was about to light a cigarette.
Zhang Qiang sat on the sofa in the living room, explained what had just happened on the road, then looked at Maggie and waited for her to speak.
Maggie frowned and made a judgment. She said, "It is very likely that it is the missing wolf tribe. According to what you said, the section of the road where they ambushed you is the only way for the Savior Army to travel. So the enemy's target should be the Savior Hall."
A circle of people stood around the sofas. Zhang Qiang waved his hand impatiently and asked everyone to sit down. He then said to Maggie, "It's true that they have a grudge against the Savior Church, but could it be some other force? As far as I know, the Savior Army has made many enemies around Washington."
"I don't know much about this. You should talk to Negan." Maggie said seriously.
Without official jargon, simple intelligence communication saves a lot of effort. Zhang Qiang nodded in approval and asked, "Then do you know what to do next?"
Maggie was very smart. She knew that she should be on guard against new enemies. She immediately told Zhang Qiang the rough defense plan that she had drafted twice in her mind.
The expansion project of Alexandria is still ongoing and is expected to be completed tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. If it is stopped immediately, a lot of resources will be wasted.
Maggie decided to assign all the manpower to the construction team, stop the personnel from other matters from going out, and integrate the security team's strength to concentrate on protecting the construction team and the community.
Zhang Qiang was very satisfied with Maggie's quick thinking. Just as he was about to give her a few symbolic compliments, there was a knock on the door.
Abraham, Rosita, Carl, and Eric and Patrick also came.
The meeting was almost over, and Zhang Qiang asked Alan to inform the people who came later about the content. Anyway, they only needed to execute it and did not need to do any other work.
After walking out of Maggie's house with the guard team, Zhang Qiang lit a cigarette and took a deep puff. He stood in the night and stretched his limbs. To be honest, he felt a little itchy because the battle with the swarm of violent zombies just now was not satisfying enough.
Maggie arranged accommodation for Zhang Qiang and the guards. The Alexander community has now expanded a lot, and the outermost houses have also been included in the wall. This community will be able to accommodate more residents in the future and expand more useful facilities.