Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 163 - Yaoben Base

Chapter 163: Chapter 163 Yaoben Base

“Leader, have you come to rescue us?” Seeing that Qi Mengnan was a woman who seemed easier to talk to, one man gathered his courage to ask.

“Yes, but please stay calm,” Qi Mengnan nodded, then looked at the people she had just pointed out and said, “Let’s go.”

Song Qian glanced at everyone inside, and when he looked at Jiang Yan and the other two, his gaze paused slightly.

But he quickly turned and left.

Jiang Yan turned to look at Sun Jingtao and Ye Qing and realized they had their submachine guns slung over their backs.

Well, no wonder the others had taken special notice.

The crowd began whispering, and soon the chatter grew louder.

Like a market.

Everyone was excited since they could finally leave.

The warriors standing nearby, as usual, remained quiet and still.

Sun Jingtao suddenly stood up and walked toward a room in the corner.

Jiang Yan frowned slightly, then quickly realized.

That corner was near where their rubber boats were parked.

He must be checking on the rubber boat.

Soon after, Sun Jingtao returned, frowning deeply. “The rubber boat can’t be used anymore.”

“What?” Jiang Yan and Ye Qing said in unison, stunned. “Why?”

“It must have been the earlier explosion; some debris hit the steel plate in the middle and it took in water.”

“No wonder I thought I saw water in the boat’s cabin when I was upstairs earlier. I thought it was just accumulated rainwater that hadn’t been drained,” Ye Qing commented.

It was dark at the time, and the view from afar wasn’t clear.

“It looks like we’ll have to leave on the official boat,” Sun Jingtao sighed deeply after speaking, “Ah, I wonder how Su Dai is doing.”

Jiang Yan narrowed her eyes. She did have a bunch of boats and rubber boats in her “Space,” but she lacked a reason to take them out.

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Let’s take it one step at a time.

Within a few minutes, someone outside started using a loudspeaker to speak.

The gist of it was that they were from Yaoben Base, affiliated with the official base, and happened to pass by.

If anyone wanted to go with their boats to the base, they should board the boat on the left.

However, the precondition was that those choosing to go to the base had to work without compensation for four months.

After all, they had nothing left to offer but their labor.

The speaker also mentioned that afterward, those going to the base would earn food and supplements based on their individual input.

Those who did not want to go should take the boat on the right.

That boat would bring everyone back to their place of residence in their neighborhoods.

“Yaoben Base?” Jiang Yan paused.

That name was strange.

She hadn’t heard of it before.

She only knew that Anming’s official base was located at the Twin Towers.

“The three soils of Yaoben, the three breakthroughs of Yaoben, Yaoben initially meant a mountainous terrain,” explained Ye Qing.

Now with the sea everywhere outside, the choice of such a name was clearly symbolic.

“Inflamed flames indicate fire; Yaoben is of earth. These names are interesting,” Jiang Yan couldn’t help but smile.

“Let’s go, we’ll line up too,” Sun Jingtao said without delving into the meaning as he stood up.

He was already eager to go.

Fortunately, the people on these three official boats didn’t seem to pay special attention to them.

That was a good thing.

“Brother Tao, wait a moment,” Ye Qing spoke as he took off his submachine gun and dismantled it quickly into several parts.

Seeing how nimbly he placed the disassembled gun into his backpack, Sun Jingtao and Jiang Yan were stupefied for a second.

They both quickly realized.

Ye Qing was worried that carrying the gun openly would inevitably lead to interrogation.

Indeed, compared to those who had been detained, the three of them were very conspicuous.

Not only were their physical conditions and clothing different, but they also carried backpacks.

But it was clear they couldn’t just discard the backpacks.

Jiang Yan pretended she could.

But for Sun Jingtao and Ye Qing, it was evident they were reluctant to part with theirs.

“Jiang Yan, where is your gun?” Ye Qing finally noticed that at some point, Jiang Yan no longer had her submachine gun.

“Oh, it ran out of bullets, so I threw it away.” She had actually tucked it away in her Space earlier when no one was looking.

Ye Qing couldn’t ask further and turned to look at Sun Jingtao.

“I don’t need to dismantle mine; keep one in case it’s needed,” Sun Jingtao said.

Dismantling a gun was easy, but assembling it took time.

Given their conspicuous appearance, once they boarded the boat, the contents of their backpacks would definitely be inspected.

The gun was initially picked up from a bandit anyway.

If they needed to hand it over, they couldn’t resist.

“Come on, everyone, line up quickly!” A voice urging them to hurry up came from outside.

Several ground-level windows near the boat were broken, and more gangways were set down.

People started boarding the boats in single file.

They were empty-handed, which saved the warriors the trouble of inspecting them.

The cabins of the two boats quickly filled up with people.

However, clearly, those choosing to return to their neighborhoods were more numerous.

They were probably separated from their families.

Jiang Yan and the group of three lined up at the end to board.

When they moved to the window, Jiang Yan felt a profound chill.

“Is this weather signaling snow?” Sun Jingtao looked up at the gray sky and commented.

He and Ye Qing had been in the water to rescue people earlier. Now, their legs felt as if they were stuck in an ice hole.

“This comrade, please stop; our base leader requests your presence,” they were about to head towards the gangway on the right when they saw Song Qian approaching them alone, looking at Sun Jingtao.

“Me?” Sun Jingtao looked at Jiang Yan and Ye Qing.

Between exchanges of looks, their alertness surged in a second.

Song Qian smiled slightly and nodded, “Yes, the leader just wants to ask you a few simple questions. After meeting you, he will send the three of you back to the neighborhood in a small boat.”

With that said, Sun Jingtao had nothing more to say. “Then wait for me a moment.”

Jiang Yan and Ye Qing nodded: “Be careful.”

Song Qian gestured towards the farthest boat.

A red assault boat quickly cut through the waves and stopped by the broken window.

Sun Jingtao followed Song Qian onto the assault boat, heading towards the most distant boat.

Meanwhile, the other two boats filled with people began to sound their horns and set sail.

The decks of the two boats, visible to the naked eye, had lost two-thirds of their warriors.

There were chairs in the room, so Jiang Yan and Ye Qing simply found chairs and sat down.

After several seconds of looking around, Ye Qing leaned close to Jiang Yan and whispered,

“Jiang Yan, did you notice that only half of the warriors who went upstairs earlier have returned?”

“I noticed,” Jiang Yan nodded.

She also noted that the warriors who had gone upstairs all carried heavy backpacks.

A few of them even carried drilling machines.

Clearly, the machines were for engineering explosion holes.