He gradually felt out of place among the people around him.
He saw the approaching truck and, without a second thought, hurried to notify the others.
An unidentified vehicle was approaching.
By now, everyone understood how dangerous the outside world was.
They couldn’t afford to be careless.
While practicing his shooting, Tan Qing executed a series of impressive moves, authoritative and cool. With the power of his awakened abilities, each shot was terrifyingly potent. Afterwards, he looked at the enhanced machete with a sense of helplessness—he wasn’t good with blades.
But it had been enhanced.
Its power couldn’t be underestimated, so he had to carry it on his back just in case it proved useful in a special situation.
At that moment, a survivor notified him of the unidentified vehicle, and he quickly grabbed his steel gun and rushed toward its location.
Zhou Peng laughed heartily, "Brother Tan, I keep my promises. These supplies I’ve gathered for you include rice and medicine bottles. Everything I could collect is here, as a token of my goodwill."
He was now working on building a good relationship with them.
The Corpse God told him to take his time, to lure in more Awakeners.
He was willing to go through fire and water for it.
But now, any Awakener who was alive and capable was shrewd, overly eager behavior with too strong a motive could be seen through immediately.
It would be strange to invite others to one’s territory without any apparent reason; anyone with a bit of sense would suspect there might be some unspeakable secret involved.
If they inadvertently alarmed the enemy, it would be a case of losing more than they gained.
Tan Qing and the others, faced with the truckload of supplies, didn’t know what to say for a moment. Gathering supplies among zombies was a daring act and not frightening in itself, but it would be dangerous to rashly dash into a horde of zombies and fight them for resources.
One could only say that Zhou Peng’s awakened ability must be a top-tier power in the apocalypse, allowing him to thrive with little concern for the presence of zombies.
"Thank you so much. Please."
Tan Qing patted Zhou Peng on the shoulder. In the apocalypse, human warmth still mattered. Of course, he always maintained vigilance around strangers. The reason why he had no guard up around Lin Fan was simple.
When someone’s power was extremely formidable.
There was no need to guess.
If they wanted to harm them, they wouldn’t need to resort to schemes.
Zhou Peng grinned and said, "What are you talking about? The apocalypse is really terrible, and it’s deservedly so. It’s right to help each other."
Tan Qing sighed with emotion, "Yeah, if everyone could unite and help each other, the apocalypse wouldn’t be as terrifying as we imagine."
As he spoke, Tan Qing’s mind was filled with the image of a smiling face. As a man, it felt odd to him that he kept thinking of another man’s face. But...
Tan Qing was willing to see that face every day.
It represented a sense of security.
Who says only women want security? Big guys need it just the same.
Mao Ping allowed the truck to enter the base and called everyone to help with unloading. The survivors, seeing the various supplies, were thrilled, feeling an indescribable joy as life seemed to move in a wonderful direction.
Inside Xiangshan Base, rumors slowly spread.
It was that their future entailed merging with Huang City, and the reason for remaining here now was to gather more survivors.
The territory was too vast; if it were only Huang City’s Sunshine Shelter, then the location would seem too insignificant. There were people who wanted to reach the Sunshine Shelter, but the journey was simply too arduous. Wouldn’t it be safer to have a closer refuge?
This time, Tan Qing was quite enthusiastic toward Zhou Peng.
Since he brought so many supplies, regardless, respect for the goods meant they had to be nicer to him.
In the reception room.
"Just simple tea, nothing fancy to offer."
"This is great, having the chance to chat with you all is really nice."
Tan Qing said, "If there’s a chance, I can let you meet Lin Fan. He’s a remarkable being, with unparalleled strength. I can’t predict how the future will turn out, but as long as he’s here, humanity won’t go extinct."
"Good, I would definitely like to meet such a person."
Zhou Peng appeared to be quite eager, but inwardly he was cautious about such individuals. He had seen the Zombie Album, but he wasn’t aware of the situation regarding the Corpse God Sect zombies in Huang City’s Sunshine Shelter.
He could tell that when they mentioned ’Lin Fan,’ not only did Tan Qing show an admiring expression, but the people around them did likewise.
It indicated that Lin Fan held a high status in their hearts.
Nonetheless, the Corpse God was his deity, and the doom of humanity was inevitable, no matter who it was, no one could change it.
They chatted casually.
Zhou Peng also portrayed his character to the fullest.
All to win their favor because if they liked him, then all would be well.
Mao Jingjing rushed in saying, "Brother Tan, Brother Lin has contacted us via radio, do you want to go check it out?"
Upon hearing it was Lin Fan.
Tan Qing abruptly stood up, patted Zhou Peng’s shoulder, and said, "Lucky you, bro. Come on, let’s go see. I’ll take the chance to introduce you."
"Sure," Zhou Peng smiled, eager to see.
In the communications room.
Gong Minghui’s radio equipment was the only means for Xiangshan Base to communicate with Sunshine Shelter.
Zhou Peng observed the surroundings, noting that the radio equipment was quite important to Xiangshan Base.