Apocalyptic Disaster: Stockpile Supplies for Free and Make a Comeback

Chapter 188 Cruise Ship
Song Jinhe nodded, then turned around and used her gun to take out several zombies that tried to ambush her.

At the same time, he used all his strength and mental power to attack the mutated zombies.

Just as its movement faltered, Jiang Shi'an made his move, and the mutated zombie's body suddenly collapsed to the ground.

I opened the skull and washed the crystal core clean.

They managed to evacuate successfully before the horde of corpses was brought back, and drove off in their vehicle.

"I always feel like something's not quite right."

Song Jinhe sat in the car, feeling vaguely uneasy.

"It felt too smooth."

Cheng Yan continued, "But we didn't find anything wrong inside."

Jiang Shi'an, who was driving, responded, "That's right."

If there's a problem, others might overlook it, but Song Jinhe will also discover it.

But she really didn't sense it.

The convoy slowly drove into the distance, and from high above, a pair of eyes silently watched it all.

After driving for another day, they found some gasoline supplies along the way, and it was time to part ways.

"Meet here in ten days," Pei Mao said to the other two teams as he walked out of his self-built house and got into the car.
"I won't say anything more, lest I set a bad precedent."

“Same.” Song Jinhe pulled her down jacket tighter and opened the car door.

For some reason, after separating from the other two teams, the further she walked, the stronger that indescribable feeling became.

The crystal core was in her hand, but she didn't plan to use it now.

Feeling uneasy, how could Jiang Shi'an possibly act rashly? He didn't have the equipment in the laboratory and couldn't confirm whether there was anything wrong with the thing.

"How far apart are our exploration routes from the other two teams?" Song Jinhe asked.

Her concept of location and distance, which is outside the range of her perception, is not particularly precise.

“Pei Mao’s team went to a relatively far place. The other team, judging from the map, was only two cities away. Before the apocalypse, it took them more than ten hours to drive there.”

Jiang Shi'an leaned back. "However, given the current road conditions, it definitely won't work in the short term."

"The area about 100 kilometers ahead is the former nuclear fuel plant. We can't go into that area. Let's prepare to take another route."

There was a strangely shaped zombie in front of the car, unlike any mutated zombie they had ever seen before.

It is most likely a mutation caused by radiation, but it doesn't seem to be severe.

But if you keep going in, the scene will definitely be very exciting. The whole area is full of mutated zombies, and they may even be carrying nuclear radiation.

They brought two sets of radiation protection equipment, but in this situation...

They have reached the edge of the nuclear radiation zone.

There were horrifying moths with heads as big as ghost faces, glowing mushrooms, and all sorts of bizarre zombie species, and these were only within Song Jinhe's perception range.

I wonder what it's like in places further away.

After listening to Song Jinhe's description, Jiang Shi'an spoke.
"If nuclear radiation can't kill the zombie virus genes, then a virus that can properly utilize nuclear radiation must have differentiated in this area."

He was very interested in what was inside and wanted to go in and take a look, since it was hard to find such a sample of an area elsewhere.

“I’ll be back at two o’clock this afternoon.” He looked at Song Jinhe.

That was no ordinary place; it was completely unknown and extremely dangerous.

"I'll go with you."

Seeing that he frowned as if to object, Song Jinhe added,

"The anti-radiation suit is in my space, I'm in charge of it."

Jiang Shi'an sighed softly and smiled helplessly, "Okay." The others rested and waited in the abandoned house, while the two of them put on thick protective suits, masks, and drove off.

This area is a true dead zone; weeds grow from the cracks in the walls, and even the sky is bleak.

The moth, the size of a human head, seemed to scream as it flew towards them, only to be engulfed and drowned in mid-air by a water sphere.

Fearing their protective suits would break, neither of them engaged in close combat, instead using their special abilities to kill the zombies.

"See, I'll come in with you, so it'll be easier for you to move around."

Song Jinhe looked at the spider-like zombie that had just fallen from the roof.

It was killed by a mental attack before it could even land.

“Hmm.” Jiang Shi’an smiled and said softly, “But this place is too dangerous, so I initially planned to come by myself.”

"Its body structure has changed, making it more like an arthropod such as a spider, rather than a human."

Jiang Shi'an used a scalpel to cut open the zombie's skin.

Song Jinhe squatted down beside her. If she were to see something like that hanging from the ceiling while she was sleeping at night, she would be terrified.

Melted skin, slender limbs—the human body was twisted into the shape of a giant spider, with a section of the spine exposed and made exceptionally hard.

They didn't venture deeper into the area; there were too many zombies there, all mutated due to nuclear radiation.

Once the samples are collected, we can go back.

Song Jinhe put the sealed metal box containing the samples into her spatial storage, and the two quickly headed to the parking spot.

The horde of zombies is coming; if we don't leave now, it'll be difficult to move forward.

In the afternoon, they returned to the house and met up with their teammates, who were going to bypass the city.

Since it might be difficult to find a suitable place to stay at night, Song Jinhe had to be prepared to travel at night, so she went to sleep in the back seat as soon as she got in the car.

She can be left alone during the day, but she must stay awake when traveling at night.

Jiang Shi'an suddenly stopped the car, got out, and looked around.

"What's wrong?" Qi Sixing, who got out of the car behind, asked.

"This road was repaired before, but I don't know how long ago it was."

When Song Jinhe got up, he saw that the large potholes on the road had obviously been filled in.

They got back into the car and discussed things as they drove on.
"Are you a survivor of this city?" Zhang Yi asked.

“It’s also possible that they were trying to escape through this road,” Song Jinhe continued. “Didn’t you just say that it doesn’t look like it was built recently, and there are no other traces of people passing by on the road?”

Her ability to perceive images isn't always effective; it takes too long, and there are only a few pitfalls.

"We'll be in the Huzhou area by tomorrow, right?" Song Jinhe took out a piece of jerky and started munching on it.

"Yes, the cities in that area are close to the sea, and with rising sea levels, we probably won't be able to get in."

Jiang Shi'an's prediction was correct; their car couldn't move outside the city, as the elevated highways in the highest districts were filled with abandoned vehicles.
The water level was very high; through binoculars, it was clear that half of the city's iconic buildings were submerged.

Looking further into the distance, all that can be seen is the boundless sea; the once towering buildings are gone.

Their location was about 200 kilometers from the coastline, meaning that almost all the cities in that area were flooded.

The city there was once the most economically developed area, but now it has sunk to the bottom of the sea.

The water was filled with floating containers and the wreckage of various small boats.

They also saw the portion of the office building above the water, with a huge cruise ship floating nearby.

If there are any survivors in this place, the most likely place is that cruise ship.

"On the side we are facing, the glass doors on the balcony are all intact."