Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 600 - 589: Prologue to War (Part 1)

In the afternoon, Old Xu conducted several assembly drills with the entire layout. The purpose of the drill was to ensure all members could reach their designated locations as fast as possible after an alert.

In addition, to effectively block the enemy's advance route, Old Xu ordered logs to be stacked at the villa's entrance on the highway, forcing the bandits to disembark in advance.

Once they disembark, they will be completely exposed to the Archery Team's field of vision.

The next day, dawn arrived once again. A new day had begun, with only two days remaining until the scheduled delivery date.

Today, Xu Renjie did not order the small teams to train. He understood the principle of haste leading to failure, so he planned to let the team members, who had been in a constant state of tension, take advantage of the limited time to rest and relax so that they would be in full form for the battle the day after tomorrow.

For those living in the apocalypse, collective entertainment activities are few and far between, and among these, playing poker is especially popular among the Survivors.

Even Yang Xue, who rarely got up early, was called to join in the fray and unsurprisingly became the center of attention again.

Everyone consciously left the empty seat next to her for Wang Qiang, and Wang Qiang unhesitatingly sat down.

Throughout, he served tea, poured water, and was quite attentive, the perfect picture of a servant.

Tang Xiaoquan sat indifferently on a nearby sofa, watching this energetic group playing with gusto, shaking his head in disapproval.

Especially Yang Xue; he really couldn't understand how a woman could be so unladylike, with her legs crossed, a cigarette in her mouth, and occasionally swearing like a street thug.

These thoughts of his unwittingly surfaced during a casual chat with others. As expected, he was criticized. Not only did everyone say he couldn't keep up with the times, but they also praised Yang Xue as a representative of the new-age women—carefree and confident, not pretending at all.

To this, Tang Xiaoquan only felt like he was struck dumb by their words. His thoroughly traditional mindset couldn't possibly accept Yang Xue's rebellious, nearly masculine behavior.

Fortunately, Wei Yang wasn't like that. Just thinking about Wei Yang's graceful figure made Tang Xiaoquan feel a bit intoxicated.

He also increasingly felt that despite being women, the plump Yang Xue, no matter how she dressed, couldn't compare to his beloved woman.

Meanwhile, as the Survivors were engrossed and completely absorbed in their excitement, the hand-held radios placed on the table suddenly all transmitted the voice of Lei Tong, who was on rooftop watch duty.

"All squads, get into position immediately, mice have appeared, repeat, mice have appeared! Over!"

Lei Tong's voice was urgent, and the "mouse" he referred to was a simple code Xu Renjie devised for the bandits to facilitate action commands.

The radio signal was an order. Upon hearing the word "mouse," the Survivors immediately dropped their poker as if electrified, each jumping up and running towards their assigned floors, with Wang Qiang being no exception. However, after just a few steps, he paused, remembering someone.

At that time, Yang Xue was still sitting there blankly, the cigarette previously hanging at her lips now on the ground sometime unnoticed.

She was confused by everyone's sudden movement, which was understandable since she did nothing every day but play. She was completely unaware that danger had already arrived. She just sat there dumbly, having no idea what to do.

"Yang Xue, don't sit there, it's dangerous here; quickly go back to your room!"

"Huh?"

"Ugh!" Seeing his brothers had already gone upstairs, Wang Qiang hesitated for a moment but ultimately turned back to pull Liu Jie and said, "Come with me!"

"Hey, what are you doing? It hurts!"

In a moment of urgency, Wang Qiang ignored everything else, and Yang Xue ended up being dragged to the third floor and delivered to Wei Yang's room.

"Wei, she's all yours, watch her." With that said, Wang Qiang turned around and left, running to where he was assigned to be.

"Look, Captain, there they are, two cars in total, both blocked by the logs."

Lei Tong pointed and reported to Xu Renjie, and Old Xu glanced over, his brows slightly furrowed:

"It really is them. Didn't expect them to come two days earlier than anticipated, truly cunning!"

Although the villa's Survivors were extremely prepared, the other side still caught them off guard.

Old Xu, while looking out the window, was calculating in his mind. The opponents came with two vehicles, an off-road jeep, and a cargo truck, and by visual estimate, they brought at least 9-10 people this time. The firepower of the opponents is yet unknown, but in terms of numbers, they have a slight advantage.

"Old Lin, they intend to clear the obstruction. Quickly make your stance clear with them. Over!"

Seeing the opponent preparing to tow away the log roadblocks with their vehicles, Old Xu immediately pressed the walkie-talkie button to notify Lin Junfu on the second floor to communicate with the opponent immediately.

According to the plan, our side should use the time the opponent is hindered to persuade them to retreat.

If the opponent is resolute, they can use the vantage point to carry out archery sniping.

Otherwise, once the obstruction is cleared, they could drive straight through, potentially breaking open the villa's outer gates, rendering the painstakingly set-up barbed wire and wooden barricades useless.

The rationale was clear without Old Xu needing to elaborate, and Lin Junfu understood very well, especially as he observed it all clearly from the second floor.

Immediately, he opened a window without wooden bars and shouted, "Hey, comrades, wasn't it agreed upon in half a month's time? Why are you here two days earlier than expected?"

While Old Lin shouted, Xu Renjie quickly ran towards the first floor, after all, that was his position.

Old Xu ran while anxiously contacting Hua Biao on the ground floor, "Hua Biao, are the bombs in place?"

"In place, Captain!"

The so-called bombs were actually firecrackers that Tang Xiaoquan previously entrusted to Old Xu to transform.

Xu Renjie took this matter very seriously, as their side only had a 92-style pistol with 6 bullets left apart from his own.

Old Xu didn't make significant modifications to the bombs, only adding some extra materials.

These materials included gravel, nails, and other debris. Moreover, he even spread a lot of waste around the explosion point.

Additionally, with the remote-controlled timing device developed by the Chinese siblings, Old Xu could carry out targeted detonations of the bombs outside from within the house.

Even if they couldn't directly kill the enemy, the waste would bring deadly bacteria to the enemy's torn wounds. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation votes and monthly votes on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users should visit m.qidian.com for reading.)