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Chapter 557: Chapter 557 Heading to City B
"She might not be very famous, but Qiqi is our team’s Space Element Ability User, having her along on the road is also for convenience,"
Lu Hao stood in front of Su Jin and others, responding.
They knew bringing a little girl on a task would arouse suspicion, so they had already discussed with Liang Jiuhui and Wei Junhao about having Qiqi temporarily disguise herself as a Space Element Ability User, which could also explain the source of their supplies on the road.
"Hmm, then you’d better take good care of the child, don’t hold us back,"
Xu Mingliang said ungraciously from the side.
"Xu Mingliang! How can you talk like that!"
A scolding voice came from behind; Fan Decai turned around and found it was Han Yue and two Ability Users from City B behind him.
"Young Master Han, you’re here,"
Fan Decai suddenly seemed like a different person, his attitude towards Han Yue extremely respectful.
"Su Jin, Brother Lu, I apologize for my companions’ lack of manners. If they have said anything offensive, please do not take it to heart,"
Han Yue just nodded to Fan Decai and then quickly apologized to Su Jin and the others.
"It’s fine,"
Lu Hao nodded, indicating they didn’t mind.
Seeing Han Yue’s attitude towards them, Luo Hongyi and others began to believe what Wei Junhao had said — anyone that the Han Family deemed worthy could not be weak.
At that moment, Wei Junhao and another City B’s Wei Family Water Element Ability User, Bai Ying, walked over.
Bai Ying, who had arrived at the S City base with them and survived, knew Luo Hongyi and the others from before, so she quickly greeted the three people waiting on the side.
"Luo Hongyi, Zhu Chang, Zheng Shu! Long time no see,"
Bai Ying was so happy she felt like crying; although these three were just ordinary friends she knew before, seeing them again felt like meeting family.
"Yingying, long time no see, you look well,"
Zheng Shu also greeted her, knowing that the other companions who had come with Bai Ying had perished, but now was not the time for a sorrowful reunion.
"I must look good, I’m eating well and staying warm here, and I’ve even gained more knowledge,"
Bai Ying still liked the S City base very much, and even made some friends there. Wei Junhao arrived a bit late today because, on the way, those friends had come to see her off, delaying their departure a little.
Seeing Bai Ying like this, Luo Hongyi was even more convinced; the S City base really impressed him, it’s just a pity they couldn’t stay longer as the Wei Family head in City B was anxiously waiting for news from Wei Junhao, so as soon as the blizzard stopped, they had sent them along with the Han Family’s people to come here.
Su Jin and Lu Hao also greeted everyone in turn. Just then, a car stopped at the hospital entrance; it turned out Liang Jiuhui had also arrived.
"Brother Han, Brother Wei, I will not bid you any further farewell. I hope you have a smooth journey and safely arrive at the City B base soon,"
As Liang Jiuhui spoke, he let Song Sibo behind him bring out two boxes of things, continuing to say, "These are some supplies I managed to buy that can keep you fed on the road, I hope you don’t mind them,"
The two boxes of supplies were packed in extra-large suitcases, seemingly quite substantial.
Wei Junhao was very touched, but in front of so many people, he couldn’t express too much emotion, so he just exchanged a few words with Han Yue and Liang Jiuhui and then prepared to get on the vehicle to depart.
"Su Jin, Lu Hao, you guys come back soon too,"
Once the Han and Wei parties were on board their vehicles, Liang Jiuhui addressed Su Jin and Lu Hao.
"Relax, we’re leaving."
Without much talk, Lu Hao had already started the vehicle.
Han Yue and Wei Junhao each boarded a vehicle, both provided by the S City base. These vehicles were said to have been modified by the base to not only boost performance but also to include sufficient space for rest, whereas Su Jin and Lu Hao still drove their own armored vehicle.
The armored vehicle was already powerful, and it had been further fortified around the edges by Rong Yuan using his Metal Element Ability, so Liang Jiuhui was not worried.
With the two vehicles leading in front, even the directionally challenged Lu Hao was able to follow them.
The three vehicles gradually drove out of the S City base. When they had arrived, Fan Decai and his group hadn’t paid much attention to the main gate of the base, but now they were somewhat surprised as they left; the city wall was so thick that it took a while to drive from the inside to the outside.
"Why does passing through this gate feel like going through a tunnel?"
Xu Mingliang muttered.
"This isn’t a tunnel; it’s the thickness of the walls of this base. However far we’ve driven, that’s how thick these walls are,"
Han Yue explained from behind the driver’s seat.
The city walls of the B City base probably aren’t even one-fifth as thick as this.
With Han Yue there, Xu Mingliang refrained from saying more but felt that the people at the S City base were as timid as mice, building such thick walls because they were too scared to come out and face zombies.
Meanwhile, Bai Ying was chatting with Luo Hongyi and others in the vehicle about some novel things she saw at the S City base.
"Did our B City base have heating during the blizzard?" Bai Ying couldn’t help but ask.
"No..."
Luo Hongyi and the others had never thought that heating could be possible in the apocalypse. They thought that only hospital wards had heating a couple of days ago — could the whole base be heated?
"Well, in that aspect, no one does it better than the S City base,"
Bai Ying muttered. She wanted to continue discussing the absence of a management faction struggle here, but thinking of Wei Junhao beside her, she held her tongue.
Looking at the melting roadside snow they had just cleaned, Bai Ying suddenly recalled the times she and a few friends had taken on the task to clear the snow, and she began to miss this place...
In the following armored vehicle, Lu Guanhai enamored by the window held Local Tyrant Gold and was excited. His goal of travelling with his son and daughter-in-law was finally being achieved.
"Sister Xiao Jin, I’ve grown so much, and they still call me a child,"
Qiqi said, feeling aggrieved. She even needed larger clothes this year, and her grandma commented on how much she had grown.
"Qiqi has grown a lot indeed, just not tall enough yet. Give it a couple more years and I think no one will treat you as a child anymore,"
Su Jin answered with a smile. Qiqi had grown quite a bit, but her tender face made her look even more youthful in the apocalypse, especially since her aunt, Lin Tianzhen, often tied her hair in twin ponytails, making her appear even more childlike — a detail she would not mention.
"What’s wrong with being a child? I wish I could still be a child. It’s just too bad, I’m too old,"
Lu Guanhai said, comfortably leaning back in his seat.
Up front, Lian Jiyue sat beside Lu Hao in the passenger seat. The two had been relatively silent, just quietly listening to the conversation of the others behind them.
