You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!-Chapter 280 - 279: Support from Above?

"Old Liu?"

"Who are they?"

The person hiding in the gatehouse asked in a muffled voice, yet still did not come out.

Meanwhile, four or five dazzling beams of light shone from the opposite side of the stone bridge, clearly illuminating Liu Tao who was standing at the forefront, along with the vehicles behind him.

"Them?"

Liu Tao turned to glance at Xu Lin and the others who were still sitting in the car behind him, then immediately shouted back to the other side, "This is Police Supervisor Xu!"

"From the city!"

The city?

The person in the gatehouse was momentarily surprised. Which city?

The closest city seemed to be Sanjiang City by the Huangshi River, but it was said that there were no living people there anymore.

At least that’s what the old soldiers in the squad had said.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been chased by zombies to this remote corner like drowning dogs, not even seeing a ghostly shadow.

But there were advantages too.

It was safe enough.

Apart from vast fields and a few villages, all that was nearby in the desolate mountains and wild ridges were the crisscrossing roads.

The sentinel in the gatehouse was daydreaming when footsteps gradually approached from behind, and suddenly a man’s voice rang out in the darkness.

"Liu Tao, have you come back alone?"

His question clearly indicated suspicion, suspecting that Liu Tao might have been threatened by now. Otherwise, why would he be alone?

But no sooner had he spoken than several figures got down from the vehicle, greeting their comrades who were hiding behind cover on the opposite side familiarly.

"Eradan, stop hiding! I know you’re on the night shift tonight, kid!"

"Hey Wang, don’t you recognize your brother Zeng anymore?"

"Hurry up, open the gate!"

Seeing that all four were unharmed, the sentinels on the opposite side of the stone bridge began to relax a bit, their gazes shifting toward the man who had emerged from the darkness.

"Platoon Leader Ge, they’ve come from the city to help us!"

"Tell the brothers to put away their guns!"

"They’re not enemies!"

While saying this, Liu Tao glanced back at Xu Lin, giving him a look that meant to trust him, then trotted over to the other side.

The four teammates who had gone out with him were tactful enough not to move.

A person needs to know their place.

Before the negotiations were settled, they were captives.

In the darkness, Liu Tao and the man spoke softly, with words like "supplies" and "weapons" occasionally audible.

The people in the vehicle were also somewhat tense.

Looking down on Liu Tao and the others was one thing.

After all, they had been rescued from a pile of zombies, and at that time, they looked utterly destitute, nothing like the image of the military that people had in mind.

But now, facing the heavily-guarded outpost, it was a different feeling.

The other side was a genuine military force.

Even with small numbers, they were still a well-trained armed group, and the weapons in their hands were no less formidable than the replica firearms of the company. Read new chapters at novelbuddy

As soldiers of the Combat Department who had also undergone military training from Xu Lin, they held a natural reverence for the source of their training, the military.

The driver sitting next to Xu Lin occasionally showed a swallowing gesture.

Clearly, he was also very nervous.

Their SUV was right at the front under the two of them.

The car windows had been welded with steel bars as protection, but it did not offer any bulletproof capabilities, and if a firefight broke out, their vehicle would undoubtedly be the first to receive a barrage of gunfire.

Bullets did not have eyes.

So, all he could do was watch the figures whispering in the shadows opposite, secretly hoping there wouldn’t be a fight.

And if a fight did break out, hopefully these soldiers would turn out to be all bark and no bite.

Just as everyone in the convoy was feeling a bit uneasy, Liu Tao finally returned from the opposite direction, heading straight for Xu Lin’s SUV.

Thump.

He closed the door and climbed in.

Xu Lin immediately looked at him, the meaning in his eyes unmistakable.

Liu Tao chuckled.

"All set."

Having said that, he patted the shoulder of the driver next to him.

"Alright, brother, let’s go in."

At the same moment, the gates of the quarry on the other side of the stone bridge rumbled open to both sides, and the sentries had all moved to the side of the road.

The leader was quite tall but very thin, his eyes full of caution, fixed firmly on the people in the vehicles amidst the darkness.

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After all the dozen or so vehicles of various sizes had entered the quarry, they quickly came to an open space that seemed to be the usual unloading area.

Platoon Leader Ge followed closely and as soon as the vehicles stopped, he walked straight over to Xu Lin, followed by two new soldiers armed to the teeth.

Why new soldiers?

One look at their taut faces was enough to tell.

Those who’d been in the military for a while often looked stern but were usually relaxed and roguish when out of sight of their superiors.

It’s not like there was an official inspection happening, so why act like a model soldier?

Xu Lin just got out of the vehicle.

Turning around, he saw someone approaching him.

"Liu Tao said you came from the south, which unit?"

Platoon Leader Ge still had a wary look in his eyes.

The two rookie soldiers, following his lead, stared with similarly intimidating looks, their fingers tightly on the triggers of their rifles, emanating a deterring aura.

Xu Lin just smiled, about to find some pretext to brush off the question, when a dozen or so men suddenly hopped off the back of the trucks and pickups.

"What’s the matter?"

"Is the boss in some kind of trouble?"

Leading the way, Ding Zhixiong and Lachang quickly brought their men over to Xu Lin’s location.

Platoon Leader Ge instinctively glanced at the weapons they cradled, and his expression immediately turned sour.

They had been too far away before, and it was dark, so he hadn’t seen clearly when they were sitting in their vehicles.

Now that he took a closer look, he noticed that each person was holding a ka47? But something seemed off.

The design resembled the original, but some parts were clearly crude.

His heart skipped a beat – were these a dozen homemade guns, all copies of the old Soviet ka47 from over a decade ago?

This was a serious violation of Shen Zhou’s laws!

Who dared to do this?

Xu Lin?

Liu Tao had already mentioned this man’s name, saying he was a retired veteran who had transferred to the Security Department, possibly backed by the Sanjiang City government.

But how could the government knowingly break the law by mass-producing firearms?

Clearly, someone was lying.

Could it be Liu Tao?

Or perhaps, this man claiming to be from the Security Department, Xu Lin, had deceived him?

The more Platoon Leader Ge thought about it, the more alarmed he became. Already suspicious of these strangers, he now became even more guarded.

Just as he was considering how to take down this group, Xu Lin in front of him had already begun instructing his men to unload the cargo.

As a ten-ton cargo truck slowly opened its compartment, the sight of food packed to the brim immediately caught the eyes of all the soldiers at the outpost.

Oh my goodness!

Were the contents of the truck all canned goods and bags of some unknown food?

Had the higher-ups finally received their request for support and sent reinforcements?