The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 133 The encounter of the advance team

Suburban Marietta County, northern West Virginia.

It was late summer afternoon, and accompanied by the faint chirping of cicadas, the green leaves brought an annoying hot breeze.

A small-scale battle had just ended. Looking at the building in front of him, Rick put away his machete and wiped the black blood stained on the machete on the zombie corpses on the ground.

Behind him, Sean also put away his alloy one-handed axe, opened the protective mask on his helmet, lit a cigarette for himself, and still complained:

"You shouldn't have let those two survivors go."

"We managed to see two living people. Judging by their weapons and the look of starvation on their faces, it must not be a strong camp."

"Taking them away is equivalent to saving them. I should even directly recruit their team, just like our People's League did in Georgia."

Rick took out a map of Pennsylvania and determined the location of himself and others. While patrolling near the building with Sean, he explained:

"Sean, I think we are new here now and should not force stranger survivors to join our team. Although that will indeed be more beneficial to them, we are not familiar at all, and trust between people is not so easy to establish. "

"If it is not handled well, it may cause various conflicts and affect the progress of our stronghold construction."

Sean disagreed and said:

"We have resources and equipment, and our combat capabilities are not comparable to those of the survivors. It is their luck to follow us."

"Is there any conflict that cannot be resolved?"

The two walked along the building's wall from the front door to the back door, and found no signs of damage. However, the two-meter-high semi-metal fence was not particularly strong. Although it could barely resist zombies, it could not prevent them. Invasion of ordinary survivors.

This is a school located in the suburbs, called Ken Adham Private High School. It may be because this school adopts a closed elite education. Rick and the two walked around and only found the front door of the school and Back door, two exits.

While observing and thinking, after killing seven or eight zombies that were in the way, the two walked into the school playground and took a look. Rick looked thoughtfully at the office building, classroom building, and gymnasium in the school. He Canteen opened his mouth and asked:
"What do you think about choosing this school as a base?"

"It's very close to the city, and the facilities are quite complete. With a little renovation, even if 200 people live here, there should be no problem."

Sean spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth, looked around, criticized the tall trees inside and outside the campus, shook his head and said:
"The space here is too big, and the view is not particularly good, so I can't clearly see the surrounding environment."

"Rick, I think we can't just consider the threat of zombies now. Didn't the President say that we must also consider sneak attacks by human organizations like the Freemasons?"

"It has to be private and safe enough. Quality of life or the surrounding environment are secondary considerations."

Sean took out his alloy one-handed axe, chopped down a few more zombies that were attracted by the conversation between the two, and then continued:
"We could use a private prison as a base, like Ms. Kevira did, or something like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that we stayed at in Atlanta."

"Only that kind of building can effectively protect us from sneak attacks by their forces."

Rick thought about it for a while and finally chose to follow Sean's idea.

He remembered that when he was chatting with Leon, Leon took the initiative to say that some of Sean's ideas were more in line with the concept of survival in the doomsday era. In such an era, many extravagant thoughts should be abandoned. Only by surviving is the most important thing. The most important thing to consider.

So, he took out the Sting Team's specially configured satellite phone and private small radar, and connected to the communications at the satellite command center.

"This is Advance Team 2, Stinger Team member, Rick."

"Request, location service."

Soon, a sweet female voice came from the latest phone call.

"This is operator No. 2, Tina, Mr. Rick, how can I help you?"

Rick had already prepared the draft and said without any pause:
"Our current location is Ken Adham Private High School in the suburbs of Marietta County. Please help us locate the prison closest to us. We need to go there to investigate intelligence."

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the sweet female voice quickly responded:
"Mr. Rick, the nearest prison to you is Mansfield Public Prison, which is 63.5 kilometers away from your current location. I have sent the past information and corresponding coordinates of this prison to your private radar , and corresponding highway routes have been planned.”

"Is there anything else you need to serve?"

"Not at the moment, thank you, Miss Tina"

It was also the first time for Rick to use this service. He felt a little admiration for the person in charge of the satellite command center, Ms. Peggy. He did not expect that this young girl had developed such a good service in such a short period of time. function.

He is worthy of being valued by the president.

After deciding on the new destination, Rick and Sean immediately contacted the team of 5 soldiers who were guarding the supplies. After the two parties met, they headed to the place called Mansfield Public Prison.

At about the same time as Rick and others, the Jasmine team located near Washington was unexpectedly robbed by a predator.

Jasmine, Carol, and Lao Li were wearing sci-fi black Guardian armors and walking on the road, trying to find any other nearby cars that could be used.

Suddenly, not far away, he saw a dozen people riding motorcycles and pickup trucks rushing over from the intersection, pointing at them with pistols, shotguns, shotguns and other civilian-grade weapons.

Because they judged that these people did not pose much of a threat, the three Jasmines did not take the lead. They just raised the muzzles of their assault rifles and confronted these people.

About ten seconds passed.

Perhaps having four times the manpower of the opponent gave these predators some confidence. A white-skinned middle-aged man with a big beard walked out of the crowd. He pointed at the leather jacket on his chest with an arrogant look. , the black skull mark sprayed with paint said to Jasmine and others:
"We are all members of the Skull and Bones Party, and this area is the territory of our gang."

"Are you all the ones that got off those helicopters?"

Jasmine raised the muzzle of her assault rifle and watched the dozen or so people quietly disperse, as if she wanted to surround the three of them. She couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile, but said in a tone of emotionless voice:

"Who we are is none of your business. What do you want to do when you come around?"

The bearded, white-skinned middle-aged man seemed to become more proud when he heard Jasmine's young female voice. He repeatedly looked at the Guardian armor and various equipment on Jasmine's three people, and said:
"Everything in the territory of our Skull and Bones Party belongs to us."

"Since you are here, you must obey our arrangements."

"Hand over all your weapons and honestly tell us the information you know. Otherwise, we will kill you."

Judging from their appearance and behavior, it is estimated that the other party is a relatively low-level predator.

Jasmine sighed in her heart and said nothing. She raised her gun and shot a bald black man directly in front of her. The voice reached Carol and Lao Li's ears from the intercom.

"Just leave one alive and kill them."

After saying that, he quickly took a step forward and hit the middle-aged bearded and white-skinned man in the face with the butt of his gun, knocking him to the ground and causing blood to flow out from his face.

Then he raised his gun and shot another member of the Skeleton Party in front.

Ta Ta Ta!Bang bang bang!
A dozen firearms were firing.

Although they were shocked for a second or two by Jasmine's fierce shooting skills and three or four people were shot dead by the trio, the other members of the Skull and Bones Party immediately understood the situation, turned over and hid in the surrounding bunkers, and began to fight back.

But soon, these people didn't forget to discover that these three armored weirdos who came from nowhere were not only extremely accurate with their marksmanship, but the weird black armor on their bodies could also withstand bullets.

If the bullet hits the black metal armor plate, it will be bounced immediately. If it is lucky enough to hit the black cloth that cannot be protected by the armor plate, it will only make the movements of the three people slightly stagnant or deformed, and there is no way to stop them. of killings.

In less than 2 minutes, among the dozen or so members of the Skeleton Party, only the bearded, white-skinned middle-aged man, who had been beaten to pieces by Jasmine with a rifle butt, was still lying on the ground.

This guy also seemed to be stunned by the fighting power of the three people in front of him. He obviously had four times as many people on his side as the opponent, so why did they all get laid down in just one or two minutes?
Jasmine didn't care about this and directly kicked the man in the face with her metal military boots, knocking him unconscious.

Then he turned back to his two teammates and said:
"Let's meet up with the soldiers first. If we take this guy back, we should be able to get some information about the surrounding area."

As she said that, with a smile on her face, Jasmine pointed to the motorcycles and pickup trucks that the skeleton gang had ridden over.

"It just so happens that these guys brought us transportation. We have to hide the supplies. Otherwise, there might be more looters coming to investigate."

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Three days later, in the satellite command center of the People's Federation base.

President Leon stayed in Peggy's office, admiring the various situations encountered by the members of the Sting Team through a dozen monitors on one wall.

Just like watching a movie, through military satellites and cameras installed in the helmets of team members, Leon can basically monitor all members of the Sting Team in real time.

However, I saw distorted lines that kept jumping on several screens and images that were frozen from time to time.

Obviously, lacking the necessary support from signal towers, the transmission of satellite signals was far from as smooth as they expected.

While Leon was still concentrating on watching the different encounters of the five advance teams after landing, Paige walked in with a smile on her face.

She closed the office door with her heels, then walked to Leon with brisk steps, and gave the man a long kiss before getting up happily to pour coffee for her husband.

"How's it going, dear? Is the advance team's plan going well?"

Leon leaned on the leather sofa, admiring Paige's graceful figure, lit another cigar for himself, and then said:
"It should go well."

"Rick and Sean have begun taking over Mossfield State Prison."

"Tersi and Sasha have found several local survivors, but have not yet determined the location of the stronghold."

"Michonne and O'Neill haven't made much progress yet and are collecting supplies."

"The target that Abraham and Chen Jingzhong seem to have determined should be a lakeside town."

"As for Jasmine and Carol, these three guys are attacking a predator's lair and seem to want to use it as a stronghold."

Peggy brought the coffee to Leon, tilted her head and thought for a while:
"Looking at it this way, it should be pretty smooth. Once they establish a stronghold, our recruitment of new people should be much faster."

Leon put down his cigar, took a sip of coffee, and said lightly:
"It's not that simple. Now that the apocalypse has passed two years ago, the survivors who can survive outside are no longer as innocent as they were at the beginning of the apocalypse."

"I have prepared to train a group of stronghold managers. They must be smart people with business experience and social experience, and let them manage the external strongholds for me."

"When the time comes, we will establish a promotion assessment system and transfer those who are qualified in ability and loyalty to our People's Federation base to contribute to us."

Peggy sat in Leon's arms, thought along his train of thought, and asked:

"Then you have to take precautions in advance, lest those strongholds become fully fledged and escape your control."

"The ambition of smart people is much stronger than that of ordinary people."

Leon smiled, pinched Peggy's little face with a little baby fat, and said:

"Little clever guy, can't I think of the things you can think of?"

"As long as you control the army well and arrange a rotation mechanism for them, without the soil to develop strength and power, no matter how smart you are, you will not be able to make big waves."

After chatting with Peggy about trivial matters at her work, Leon suddenly asked with interest:
"Dr. Amlin is trying to build a new local area network, and he joked with me that maybe it won't be long before smartphones are working again in our state of Georgia."

Paige's eyes lit up when she heard this, she sat up from Leon's arms and said:
"That's great. My major in college was artificial intelligence design. Then I will definitely design a multi-functional intelligent assistant program for our People's Federation."

Leon chuckled and said:

"Then you have to work hard, don't let the enemy take advantage of it and crack your program."

As she was talking, Paige's door was knocked several times, and Avril's voice sounded from outside the door:

"Your Majesty the President, I have your communication, coming from Florida."

After hearing Avril's words, Leon patted Paige's slender waist, and after she stood up from him, he said:
"Come in, Avril." Soon, Avril, wearing black stockings and a red suit, opened the door and walked in. After bowing slightly to Leon and Paige, she handed a satellite phone to Leon's hand.

Before he could grasp it, Constantine's annoying voice came from the satellite phone.

"Your Majesty the President, Your Excellency the President, did you hear that?"

"I am your loyal subordinate, Constantine."

Leon calmed down and said:

"If you have something to do, don't talk nonsense and tell me quickly."

Constantine laughed and said:

"Boss, didn't you say you need samples of special mutant zombies?"

"We used a lot of tricks this time and defeated all the efforts of nine cows and two tigers. Not only did we get the sample, but it was also a living sample."

"Five types, including the most special black-eyed zombies, were all locked up in thick iron containers by us."

"And I also caught some mutant mice and mutant crabs that were just discovered on the beach, and put them in a container."

"Those mutated crabs grow very big. There is a lot of meat inside when they are opened, and they look very delicious. However, we have not checked whether they are toxic, so we dare not eat them."

"But boss, the container is too big and heavy. We can't get it here. You'd better send a team of big trailers over."

Upon hearing the news, Leon raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that Constantine was really quite capable.

"Can actually capture special mutated zombies alive."

Both Hathaway and Dr. Melfa have mentioned it several times since they heard about the new species of special mutated zombies that appeared in Florida.

He pondered for a few seconds and then said:
"You did a good job. Send the coordinates to the satellite command center later, and I will send two Chinook transport planes over to hand over to you."

"By the way, don't forget about the radiation of seaweed."

Constantine agreed wholeheartedly and did not forget to take credit before hanging up the phone, saying:

"Don't worry, boss, do I dare not to take what you say to heart?"

"By the way, those strength potions and recovery potions are so useful. Please give us more in the future in Florida."

Leon responded lightly and hung up the guy's call.

To be honest, he quite admires Constantine's ability and character, but his careless character is really not very likable.

Peggy also seemed to be very interested in those special mutated zombies. After hearing the call from Leon and Constantine, she also expressed that she would also like to have a look when the time comes.

Two days later, the Chinook transport plane made three trips back and forth to transport the six huge containers to the People's Federation base.

In order to prevent these special mutated zombies from getting out of control, Lyon and others opened a skylight above the container, and then used firearms to break the limbs of the zombies, turning them into cripples with only their heads and bodies left, and they were safe. Get them out steadily.

However, this method also had mistakes. When facing the self-destructing zombie, the soldiers on the container only fired a few shots, and the bloated, fat zombie blew himself up regardless.

It was so powerful that even the container was blown out of shape.

This also made everyone present feel a chill in their hearts.

The last kind of zombie with pitch-black eyes and five sharp claws looks like a living person. It is also very special. Its intelligence is obviously higher than other zombies. In order not to harm this special and precious specimen.

Leon directly asked people to freeze the zombie with liquid nitrogen and then locked it up with iron chains.

As for the mutated mice and large mutated crabs, although they all looked very crazy, their fighting power was not even as good as that of wild boars, and they were quickly locked up in cages.

After that, Dr. Hathaway and Dr. Mephala took the samples away with the research team and some guards from the research center, regardless of other matters.

Both Hathaway and Dr. Melfa are very excited about these samples. Various mature samples will, to some extent, bring unimaginable breakthroughs to the experimental progress of virus research.

Recently, according to Dr. Melfa's research results, they have developed a special serum that can eliminate the radiation content in the human body. Even those patients who suffer from radiation sickness can get a good recovery through this serum.

Unfortunately, this serum has a weak virus infection effect. Although the chance of infection is not high, users still have a certain chance of being infected with the zombie virus, resulting in death. Therefore, before solving this problem, Not suitable for large-scale promotion.

On the other side, some good news came from the five advance teams.

First of all, Jasmine, Carol, and Lao Li successfully defeated the Skeleton Party with less than 100 people and eliminated half of the marauders through the Sting Team's common tactics, night zombie siege and sneak attack tactics. Later, more than 50 prisoners were also captured.

However, considering that their numbers were small and the captives were difficult to control, Jasmine requested that the People's Federation bring these captives directly back to the base to avoid wasting the free labor.

Jasmine also mentioned in the communication that the location of the Skull and Bones Party's lair is not bad. Not only is there a water source nearby, but there are also some housing and living facilities inside the stronghold. Although the wall is not strong, it is barely enough.

It used to be a car repair shop.

As long as they find some survivors who are willing to team up with them, they should be able to build a stronghold here.

Moreover, according to the prisoners of the Skull and Bones Party, there should be other survivor forces in the nearby towns.

Because in the past, their Skeleton Party had robbed survivors of other forces several times.

After agreeing to Jasmine's request to take the prisoners, Leon also gave them several suggestions for recruiting people.

For example, you can set up recruitment slogans at intersections or hang banners on relatively tall buildings. You can even directly use conspicuous signals such as flares. As long as the meeting location is set away from the stronghold.

In this way, it doesn't matter even if you encounter bad people.

Anyway, if you encounter good people, you will take them in, and if you encounter bad people, you will kill them. With the strength of their stinger team, ordinary survivors are basically no match for them.

Different from the battle with the predators, during these two days, Rick, Sean and the five soldiers who followed them were like coolies, staying in the Mansfield Public Prison to kill zombies. Leng Weapon, relying on the terrain advantage he created, killed more than 7 zombies in the prison.

And now they are still working harder to carry the corpses of more than 1000 zombies.

Although the prison is still dirty, chaotic, and in disgrace, based on the structure and environment that Lyon saw on the satellite map, it is indeed a good choice for a base.

It is far away from the town, has a wide view, and there are forests and water sources not far from the prison. As long as it is developed well, it will definitely become a good settlement.

Unlike the two advance teams who struggled to find a stronghold, Tersi and Sasha had better luck. They followed the local survivors and came to a homeless camp with about 20 people. There were old people. There are few.

After these people saw the high-tech equipment on Tersi and Sasha, as well as the few soldiers who followed them, they quickly chose to believe in the Tersi brothers and sisters.

Then, with the help of local survivors, the team found a resort in the valley and used their powerful combat power to occupy the village.

Although there are no stone walls in the resort, it is far away from the city and has all kinds of living facilities. You can also catch fish from the river next to the resort, hunt in the forest, and collect fruits. It is barely self-sufficient. of settlements.

Coupled with powerful warriors such as Tersi Sasha and the more than 20 wandering survivors, this team is easier to form than the other four teams.

As for Abraham and Chen Jingzhong.

After the two men arrived at the lakeside town, they immediately regretted it.

Because they discovered that the lakeside town was filled with thousands of zombies for unknown reasons, and compared to other small towns, this town actually had nothing special. The small lake was far away from them. is still far away and not suitable as a settlement for survivors.

However, after these two men were disappointed, they immediately cheered up and made new choices.

The two guys became more and more excited as they discussed, and seemed to have decided to choose a hilltop that was easy to defend and difficult to attack as their new stronghold.

However, as soon as they said this idea, they were immediately rejected by Leon who was monitoring remotely.

Just kidding, although it may be safer to choose a stronghold on the top of a mountain, it will be very difficult to find other survivors or supplies if you are far away from the road, far away from the town, and run deep into the mountains and old forests.

How can the stronghold develop in this case?

If you are looking for a campsite like this, you might as well just settle here.

Thinking this way, Leon opened the satellite map and searched for more than ten minutes. He soon found a motel next to a small town more than ten kilometers away from the two of them. Judging from the photos, it was quite large and had housing. , there is a wall, and there is a small farm not far from the hotel.

This kind of place is a suitable settlement.

He didn't care about what the two macho men were thinking, and directly sent the coordinates of the motel to their radars, asking them to settle here.

As for the team of the last sword girl Michonne and the big man O'Neal, he was even more speechless. These two guys are brainless people. Three days have passed and they are still driving around the city.

Leon decided to give them two more days. If they had not decided on the location of the stronghold by then, they would have to decide for them themselves.

Just like that, half a month passed quickly.

After their own efforts, the five advance teams each found their stronghold locations.

Among them, Team Jasmine and brother and sister Telsi did the best. Not only did they complete the initial construction of the stronghold, they also connected with the local kind-hearted survivors and gathered some lone survivors to join their stronghold. At this time, the number of people in the stronghold has exceeded 20.

The two teams, Rick and Abraham, were not very lucky. They tried many methods outside but failed to find any local survivors. Now they could only leave it to their fate and try their luck.

However, this is not a big deal. Anyway, when the time is about the same, he will select a group of teams from the People's Federation base and send them to these strongholds. There will be more people and less people. The decision can be made based on their situation. Anyway, in the future As time goes by, we will eventually encounter other survivor forces.

Among the five teams, Michonne and O'Neal had the strangest encounter. After these two brainless guys wandered around several towns, they struggled over and over again and finally chose a town as their base.

Unexpectedly, when they were collecting supplies nearby, they discovered that there was another group of forces in the town, including old, weak, women and children, who made a living by growing vegetables. Moreover, the name of this group was very familiar to Leon, called Kingdom of Gods. .

This made him feel the magic of fate. In such a large country, two forces can meet together. It can only be said to be the arrangement of fate.

Originally, Michonne and O'Neill wanted to re-establish their stronghold in another place, but they were stopped by President Leon.

Now that you have encountered it, there is no reason to give up.

By staying here, you will definitely be able to meet more other forces and more familiar people in the future, such as the Alexander Community, the Salvation Army, and the Shandingzhai, and maybe you can also meet some unexpected people.

Just like that, another week passed.

Unexpectedly, before he could wait for the good news that the advance team had completed its mission, he heard another bad news from Constantine.

"Boss, you must not have imagined it."

"Those scumbags from the Shark Gang actually drove the warship to the port of Miami."

"They appear to have taken over the city center and want to establish a base there."

Having said this, Constantine smiled proudly.

"According to information from my spies lurking among them."

"The Shark Gang seems to have a new boss. That person seems to be particularly powerful and has very strong intelligence capabilities. He has also provided a batch of powerful equipment to the Shark Gang."

"It is said that he has led the Shark Gang to capture several desert islands where survivors are hidden."

"Boss, you have to be careful. Once these scum gain a foothold, they may bring people to cause trouble for you."

This news made Leon a little confused. The people of the Shark Gang were really funny. Why did they abandon the safer warship and run to the shore?
(End of this chapter)