Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 648 - 637: Clearing the Zombies Blocking the Door

Old Zhao was confident that the people at the villa were certainly very worried about the safety of the three of them. So upon receiving Old Xu's confirmed reply, without any idle talk, he first reported that they were safe, calming the emotions of both Old Xu and those at the villa who might be listening nearby.

Next, he gave a detailed account of their experiences today to the other party and described the general situation of the place they selected as their second refuge to Old Xu.

Old Xu was naturally quite surprised upon hearing this. He really hadn't expected that Old Zhao and the three of them would progress so rapidly, finding such a "paradise" on the very day they set out.

Although the village fell short of the so-called "paradise" standard by a lot, judging from Old Zhao's description, Old Xu intuitively sensed that with diligent management in the future, it would surely become a paradise for their team.

After finishing the important matters, Old Xu also knew that Old Zhao and his team were exhausted from their journey. To avoid disturbing their rest, he reminded them of some safety issues and then cut off contact.

After Old Zhao turned off the communication knob, he felt a wave of relief. Regardless of what would happen next, at least the beginning of today's mission went smoothly, and he sincerely hoped to maintain this good momentum going forward.

The long night stretched ahead, and the three survivors had little to do. They sat huddled in the living room, chatting idly for a while. Perhaps the exhaustion from the journey was too much, as they hadn't spoken much before Wang Qiang couldn't hold on and fell asleep first, prompting Old Zhao and Tang Xiaoquan to end their conversation to avoid disturbing his rest.

Around ten minutes later, the deep bass symphony of snores from Wang Qiang and Old Zhao began erupting sequentially. Tang Xiaoquan sat by the window looking at the two snoring men on the bed, finding it somewhat amusing.

He thought to himself: With such dead sleep, these two were stubbornly insisting on standing guard earlier; it's really bewildering what kind of confidence they had in making such a decision.

Tang Xiaoquan chose to take on the duty of standing guard entirely due to his understanding of his own lifestyle. Having worked in the IT industry, staying up late for work was absolutely a common occurrence for him.

Hence, he felt fully capable of resisting the invasion of sleepiness at night. Of course, he also needed one prerequisite: he must quickly get sleep afterwards; otherwise, even someone as strong as him would inevitably not withstand the exhaustion going forward.

Outside, the zombies persisted in tirelessly crashing against the door, though the noise was much less than when the survivors first arrived, possibly because they hadn't seen any prey.

Tang Xiaoquan accompanied by the occasional banging sounds from the zombies outside, began to speed up his brain process considering what they should do tomorrow.

The winter morning was still dark, easily making people mistake it for the dead of night. However, for survivors who have lived in the apocalypse for a long time, getting up early has become an ingrained habit.

As for the reason, it probably should be attributed to Old Xu. If not for his continuous early rise training plan at the villa, Wang Qiang now would have no way to wake up at such an early hour voluntarily.

At least in his mind, since participating in the first 2.5-kilometer round trip run, he has been separated from sleeping in.

Old Zhao pulled out some rice from the sack, and with the food consumed yesterday, they had just a day's worth of rations left, meaning they had to go out today to find a way to resolve the food problem for the coming days.

Nothing beats having a bowl of steaming hot porridge in this doomsday cold weather.

Old Zhao held a heated porcelain bowl, warming his hands: "Quan'er, did you think of what we need to do today last night?"

Tang Xiaoquan looked a little weary, evidently tired from staying up late. He yawned: "I thought carefully last night, first, we have to deal with the zombies outside; otherwise, going out will be problematic. Second, we need to fix up this house a bit. You see, firstly, we're going to replace the broken door lock; then the broken glass needs to be reinstalled; finally, the bedroom walls and floors might also need repainting."

"Painting walls?" Wang Qiang almost spat out his porridge: "Come on! Quan'er, you've lost your mind, painting a crappy wall like that!"

Tang Xiaoquan gave him a begrudging glance: "We are now just three people, and in terms of security, this house is the most complete in the entire village. So we must prepare a place for everybody before the villa's team arrives. As it's a place to settle, let me ask you, Qiang, would you be willing to sleep in a room full of bloodstains at night? If you're willing to sleep there for a night, then just consider my words as nonsense."

Wang Qiang thought of the eerie scene inside the room and instinctively felt a shiver down his spine, vaguely muttering, "You...what are you screaming about, I'm not saying we shouldn't paint, I mean, we don't have tools or anything, so we can't do it."

"That's why we have to leave soon, Old Zhao, once we get in the car we'll head to the nearby town, hopefully, we can get the things we need there." Tang Xiaoquan started eating faster.

"No problem, just right we can get some supplies back along the way. Firstly, we only have food for today; secondly, it's also good to have supplies for when the team arrives later." Old Zhao, with foresight, had already started planning for the future.

After the three survivors discussed and agreed, they immediately took action, with their primary goal being to clear the zombies blocking the door.

For this, they set up three plans:

1. Use the gap-killing method that Wang Qiang previously employed to kill zombies blocking the door one by one. The greatest advantage of this is safety; with a large iron door as a barrier, one can boldly kill zombies without worrying about being attacked.

However, this method also has a prominent disadvantage: inefficiency. Considering the small gap, no matter how you swing the blade left, right, forwards, or backwards, there is ultimately no advantage in speed.

The second method they devised addresses this issue.

2. Open the main door directly, let the zombies flood in, and quickly kill them using the open space in the courtyard.

Compared to the previous method, this idea clearly has a speed advantage.

Nevertheless, this approach also has a fatal flaw: security cannot be guaranteed. After all, when facing a sudden influx of many zombies, relying on the strength of Old Zhao and his team would likely result in some unforeseen events.

When dealing with zombies, any slight mistake would be fatal.

So as soon as this method was suggested, it was collectively vetoed by everyone. Efficiency isn't as important as safety. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)