Wang He looked at the surrounding buildings and said, "Someone must have killed the zombie using a special-type ability."
The soldiers exchanged glances in confusion. If someone was able to kill the high-level zombie so easily, why hadn’t they gotten any information about such a strong person?
Half an hour later, the reinforcement team finally arrived. With the addition of soldiers with abilities helping them, they managed to clear the zombies after four hours. With just a glance, everyone knew that the number of casualties was not low at all.
At noon, the soldiers were cleaning up the zombies’ corpses while Rong Qinyu brought his cousin back to the base. As for the baby, he was handed to the soldiers and would later be handled by the base.
Inside the infirmary, Rong Mo’er lay on one of the beds with a pale face. Sitting on the chair beside the bed, Rong Qinyu stared at the wound on his cousin’s upper arm. The wound was caused by the high-level zombie and had started to show signs of mutation.
According to the doctor, the chance of her turning into a zombie was as high as 70%. They had already cut off the rotten flesh and treated the wound, but it didn’t stop the mutation.
He thought for a long time and took out a piece of transparent crystal core from his pocket. This was a level-three crystal core that he had obtained during his escape.
He was planning to save it for himself and use it during an emergency. But with his cousin’s condition getting worse by the minute, it seemed that he could only take the gamble.
Recalling the scene he had seen before, he stood up and went to the bathroom. Inside, he cleaned the crystal core with clean water and took several deep breaths to calm down.
"This is the only way. Qinyu, you can’t hesitate now," he talked to himself.
After a moment, he returned to the ward and looked around. Besides them, the rest of the beds were full, and there were lots of people in the ward.
But most of them were sleeping or doing their own things. Using his body to block their gazes, he put the crystal core into his cousin’s mouth.
The moment the crystal core entered Rong Mo’er’s mouth, she swallowed it instinctively. As the crystal core went down her throat, it melted and turned into energy.
Seeing that she swallowed the crystal, Rong Qinyu clenched his fists and sat down. Right now, he could only wait and hope that his cousin would be able to survive.
Meanwhile, Gu Shaoze and Xun Che’s team finally arrived at the border. Sitting in the back seat, he said, "Captain Xun, the nearest granary is located five kilometers in the right direction."
Hearing this, Xun Che nodded and informed the soldiers following them via a communication device. Half an hour later, they finally arrived at the granary area.
After parking their cars, they got out and gathered together. Xun Che checked the area and took out a map of Yunshan City and Lin’an City.
Five minutes later, he turned to Gu Shaoze and asked, "Comrade Gu, do you know the situation inside the granary?"
Gu Shaoze nodded and replied, "The last time I came here with my team, there were several scattered zombies around the granaries. But the dormitory area is full of zombies, so we didn’t go inside to check the situation."
Xun Che frowned at his words and thought for a while before he said, "We won’t bother with the zombies in the dormitory area. Our mission is to get the supplies. After we transport everything, we will make a plan and deal with the zombies."
When the soldiers heard this, they nodded and said, "Understood."
After leaving a group of soldiers to guard their cars and the entrance, Xun Che went into the granary area with his soldiers, following Gu Shaoze’s lead. With the soldiers taking care of the zombies, he walked leisurely and reached the granary in less than forty minutes.
The moment they saw the size of the granaries, everyone was stunned. With the current number of base members, one granary could last them for six to eight months.
"Open the gate," Xun Che said.
With his order, the metal-type ability user used his energy to unlock the massive padlock. Afterward, the soldiers pushed open the door and entered the granary.
Inside the granary, stacks of sacks were piled up neatly until they almost reached the ceiling. Except for a one-meter-wide road between the piles, the rest of the area was filled with sacks.
Xun Che pulled out his dagger and made a small cut on the sacks. When he pulled out his dagger, some plump rice fell to the ground.
He squatted down, picked up the rice, and said with a smile, "This is good quality rice." After standing up, he added, "Everyone, transport everything in this granary to the base!"
"Understood!" the soldiers replied in unison.
Standing on the side, Gu Shaoze said, "Captain Xun, I will mark the location of the granary on the map and return to the base with you."
Since they had checked that there was no problem with the information, Xun Che had no objection and said, "Okay."
While they were busy loading the grains onto the trucks, the colonels, sergeants, and soldiers who were escaping from Lin’an City border camp were currently running for their lives.
After the Phantom team cleared out the zombie horde, they didn’t return to the small hotel and escort the higher-ups but returned to Lin’an City directly.
The higher-ups and their soldiers waited for them for days before they realized that the zombies had been cleaned up. When they left the small hotel, most of their supplies had been eaten, and they had to find more on the way to the capital.
At first, they were doing well as the surrounding zombies had been killed, and they only encountered some scattered ones.