[COD] Newbie's Rise to Power

He let go of your hand and then patted your shoulder.

"Get in the car."

You nodded again, then stepped onto the truck bed, grabbed your teammate's outstretched hand, and used the leverage to get onto the truck bed!

After everyone was on board, the tailgate was closed, and the truck started moving slowly away.

As the last truck in line, and you sitting on the outermost edge of the back.

Looking at the three people standing together outside, you turn to the side, smile, and wave to them.

The three people reacted differently to your farewell gesture.

The ghost raised its chin, seemingly responding to you with a haughty air.

Soap clenched its fist and pounded its chest, then pointed at you, indicating its approval.

Koenig was quite unique; he clenched his fists and raised them to his chest, then slammed them down twice!

You: ? Is this... meant to cheer me on? Or to wish me good luck?

Whatever it may be, it's all out of good intentions, just expressed in different ways.

The truck carries you along the mountain roads, with the passing vegetation and scenery gradually disappearing behind you.

When the road is flat, you have a smooth journey, but when you encounter muddy or uneven roads, you sway and rock with the movement of the vehicle.

This long sitting time must have made your butt hurt!

You finally left the continuous mountain scenery and entered the hilly region where trees were noticeably sparser.

It wasn't until evening that you stopped to rest and replenish your energy.

Although some food was prepared when leaving the base, it wasn't much.

So, while you new recruits rest and eat where you are, Wang Zhiqiang and the others have to go to a nearby town to replenish their food supplies for the next round.

You took the bread Blizzard offered you and took a bite.

As you chew, you casually observe your surroundings, only to find Keegan crouching on a slightly higher spot, gun in hand, intently surveying the area.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through his figure, obscuring his face, yet you can feel his desire to protect you.

It's like the chicks are eating, and he's the mother hen standing by, protecting them.

The idea makes you want to laugh, and then, unsurprisingly, you choke on your bread.

"Cough cough!"

You coughed twice, feeling uncomfortable, and Blizzard immediately handed you a bottle of water.

"It's nothing special, no one's going to take it from you, eat slowly."

You quickly drank a few sips of water, then sighed with relief before thanking Blizzard.

Blizzard shook his head, looking at you with pity.

"It seems you'll have to ask for a lucky charm."

She's talking about your recent bad luck; you even choked on your water, poor thing.

You tell her you've already bought the package for forwarding, but haven't received it yet, and then you're on a mission.

It's an international express delivery; you probably won't receive it until you finish your mission and return.

After you finished the bread in your hand, you picked up a bottle of water, another piece of bread, and a packaged meat patty.

He stood up and walked towards Keegan...

Chapter 82: Zombies and Vampires

You slowly walk up the hill, and the obvious sound makes Keegan turn around.

He looked at you without saying anything.

After you approach him, you hand him what you are holding.

"Sergeant Keegan, have something to eat."

You didn't eat anything along the way, and neither did he.

Everyone was hungry, but he chose to keep watch for you first.

"have you eaten?"

Keegan asked you, your voice sounded hoarseer than usual, you must have been thirsty for a while.

You nodded: "I've finished eating, Sergeant, you go eat, I'll keep watch."

Once you leave the training grounds at the base, you can no longer call him instructor; instead, you must address him by his military rank.

Keegan didn't refuse; he slung the gun over his shoulder and took it directly.

"Thank you."

After saying that, he turned around while still squatting and walked downstairs.

You also raised your gun and used the scope to scan the situation in the distance.

Half an hour later, Wang Zhiqiang and the others returned in their car, and you all got in and continued on your way.

You will travel over a thousand kilometers, crossing a country along the way. There are no direct flights between the two countries, and even if there were, you wouldn't be able to take a plane carrying weapons.

So you can only get there by land, but because you have to avoid cities and choose remote and complex routes, it will probably take at least 30 hours even if you drive non-stop.

You look at the bright moon outside the car and sigh silently in your heart:

It seems that you need an iron butt to be a soldier.

After a long and intermittent journey, you finally reached the border of Turkey!

Local police officers greeted you and led you to a suburban area, to a three-story building.

The building appears to have been in disrepair for many years, with its exterior walls dilapidated and old, resembling an unfinished house.

But once you got off the bus and went inside, you found that it had everything you should have, and it wasn't exactly shabby.

The first floor is a spacious hall with wooden benches and stools, brightly colored carpets on the floor, and brightly colored square cloths hanging on the walls.

The second and third floors are the living areas, with a total of six rooms and two bathrooms. If six people live in one room, it's barely enough.

But there are seven women in your group, and it would be inconvenient for one more person to share a room with a man. Dividing the room into two separate rooms would take up too much space, so the final decision was to squeeze into one room to sleep.

The room was spacious. You laid your camping mats on the floor and used your backpacks as pillows; that was your makeshift bed.

The living room contained food and vegetables delivered by the local police, as well as a cooking area.

But you were all very tired from the long journey, so after eating something quickly, you went to your rooms to rest.

You patrol in shifts, five people per shift, rotating every two hours, so that everyone can get some rest.

You were assigned to the fourth batch, so you can rest for six hours first, then patrol for two hours, and then rest again.

Six hours later, Lina, who was on duty the previous time, woke you up. You immediately turned over and knelt down, quickly put on your coat, vest and helmet, picked up your gun and tiptoed out of the room.

Because it's a seven-shift duty system, to make it easier to call people, each of you seven female soldiers will take one shift.

Therefore, you all patrol in shifts with four male soldiers.

As luck would have it, all four of your partners are old acquaintances.

Wang Zhiqiang, Keegan, Lowell, and Will.

While marveling at the coincidence, you also feel lucky.

Leaving Will aside, the other three are definitely a safe bet!

After all, the two were experienced officers, and the other was one of the best recruits.

Although patrolling requires five people, two people are actually enough to observe the situation.

So you two take turns walking around for about ten minutes each, while the other three sit with their backs to the car, chatting about trivial things.

When it was your turn to rest, Wang Zhiqiang and Keegan sat down, while Keegan, seemingly a bit of a germaphobe, refused to sit and chose to stand to the side.

To avoid making Keegan feel neglected, you and Wang Zhiqiang chatted in English the whole time. Every now and then, when a topic came up, you would talk to Keegan, and he would give you a brief response.

Wang Zhiqiang: "yn, what did the original owner of this house think, living in this desolate place?"

You casually reply, "Maybe they just prefer peace and quiet!"

Wang Zhiqiang deliberately drawled out his words: "Don't you think... this area is a bit eerie...?"

Hearing him say that, you also turned to observe your surroundings.

The place was indeed deserted, with empty hills and a dark forest in the distance, creating a sense of desolation.

And this sense of loneliness, in this moonless, exceptionally dark night, did indeed seem somewhat eerie...

You glare at him: "Zi Mo, don't scare me, you're annoying!"

In front of others, when you're not using Chinese, you all address each other by their nicknames.

After all, there are cultural differences. Terms like "sister" and "brother" can seem ambiguous to some people, like flirting.

Wang Zhiqiang laughed and asked you a very sudden question.

Do you think there might be zombies in that forest?

You're speechless. This kid must have watched too many zombie movies.

"This is a foreign country, there are no zombies here, or if there are, they are vampires!"

You remind him.

Wang Zhiqiang scratched his head and replied, "Oh yeah, so if you had to choose, would you rather be a zombie or a vampire?"

You look at him in surprise: "Are you kidding me? What kind of question is that?!"

He exclaimed, "Hey! We're just chatting, don't take it so seriously, just tell me!"

Helpless, you replied, "Vampires, at least they're good-looking."

When you think of the terrifying faces of zombies in zombie movies, you still find vampires more appealing.

Then you ask Wang Zhiqiang, "And what about you?"