"I have a way to stop the zombies! Everyone, quickly throw the remaining wood and branches into the passage!" Just when everyone was about to despair, Wang Bin stepped forward and shouted loudly.
His shout instantly reignited hope among the people. Without questioning his plan, they all rushed to move the wood and branches. Even the children joined in at this point.
Seeing that it was almost ready, Wang Bin immediately took out gasoline from the system space, poured it over the branches, and then lit it with a torch.
In an instant, the branches and wood in the passage were set ablaze, which then ignited the zombies' bodies.
As the zombies caught fire, they let out painful wails, scaring many children into the arms of nearby adults.
Zombies aren't just skeletons; they have flesh too, albeit rotten, but still made of fat, which is flammable. The fire crackled as it consumed them.
The zombies behind didn't care about the ones in front and kept pushing forward, each getting ignited in turn. This chain reaction quickly set the zombies at the back on fire as well.
For a while, the wailing of the zombies was deafening, even the adults couldn't help but cover their ears.
Guan Xiaoyue couldn't resist moving next to Wang Bin, wrapping her arms around his.
Wang Bin smiled faintly, holding Guan Xiaoyue's shoulder, as they quietly watched the burning zombies.
The fire burned for over an hour before gradually dying down. Although there were still some zombies around, their numbers had dwindled to just a few scattered ones, maybe a hundred or two, which no longer posed a threat.
"We won!"
As the fire was about to go out, someone shouted excitedly, and everyone joined in with enthusiastic cheers.
"We're victorious!"
"We survived!"
"We defeated the zombie horde!"
Everyone was overwhelmed with excitement, shouting to vent their recent frustrations.
Many couldn't help but cry, having once again escaped death and defeated the grim reaper.
Platoon Leader Liu rubbed his reddened eyes and led all the soldiers from the third platoon to Wang Bin.
"Wang Bin, thank you, you've saved us once again! Salute!"
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With that, Platoon Leader Liu led the soldiers in a salute to Wang Bin, and the more than thirty soldiers behind him followed suit in unison.
"It's nothing, I was just saving myself too!" Wang Bin smiled faintly, not feeling particularly heroic for using gasoline to burn the zombies.
When the civilians noticed the commotion, they gathered around to applaud after learning what had happened.
Guan Xiaoyue, holding Wang Bin's arm, felt a sense of pride seeing her brother so respected, and she secretly glanced up at Wang Bin.
Wang Bin felt a bit embarrassed and waved his hand, saying, "Now is not the time to celebrate. There are still some scattered zombies below. To ensure everyone can sleep soundly tonight, let's go down and clear them out!"
"Alright!"
Everyone was very excited upon hearing this, raising their wooden sticks.
For safety, Platoon Leader Liu didn't let everyone go down, but selected a hundred young people to clear out the zombies. In no time, the scattered zombies were all dealt with.
"Everyone is tired, and we have to travel tomorrow. We'll stand guard for you, so rest up!" After clearing the zombies, Platoon Leader Liu smiled and told everyone.
Hearing this, everyone lay down and quickly fell asleep.
The next day, when Wang Bin woke up, it was already ten-thirty in the morning. He got up and looked around, finding many people still asleep, but Platoon Leader Liu was already awake, seemingly getting people to prepare breakfast.
Seeing Wang Bin awake, Platoon Leader Liu said something to the soldier preparing breakfast beside him and walked over.
"Did you sleep well?"
"Not bad, and you?"
"Pretty well. Do you smoke?"
"No, thanks, I don't smoke."
"Thanks for your help last night!"
"No need to thank me, you already said it many times last night!"
"So, we're friends then!"
Hearing this, Wang Bin smiled faintly and extended his right hand. Platoon Leader Liu quickly extended his hand to shake Wang Bin's, and they both smiled.
"Thank you! This time, I'm not only thanking you on my behalf but on behalf of everyone! If you hadn't made me realize in time, I wouldn't have thought of building so many defenses last night, and we might all have been doomed!"
Wang Bin didn't respond to Platoon Leader Liu's words, just smiled faintly. He wouldn't tell Platoon Leader Liu that he had a Jinbei van in his system space and that if they really couldn't hold out, he would have taken Bao and the others to break through. Fortunately, that didn't happen, and everyone survived.
At eleven o'clock, Platoon Leader Liu had everyone woken up to line up for breakfast.
Breakfast was still thin porridge, but everyone ate it with gusto, and Platoon Leader Liu took the opportunity to say a few words while they ate.
"Now that we've run out of food, we'll have to rely on everyone to gather wild vegetables. But don't worry, we'll reach the base by noon tomorrow, so don't lose hope. As long as we stick together, we'll make it to the base alive!"
Platoon Leader Liu clearly explained the current situation: there was no more food, so everyone should stop thinking about it. Whatever they wanted to eat at night would depend on how many wild vegetables they could gather. He also gave them hope, saying that they only needed to hold on for one more day to reach the base.
Hearing that it was only a day's journey to the base, everyone was very excited and full of energy. They gathered quite a few wild vegetables along the way. Although it wasn't enough to fill everyone up, it was enough to sustain life.
As night fell, Platoon Leader Liu found another easily defensible spot to settle down. This time, everyone was even more enthusiastic, with women and children joining in.
The fortifications were completed quickly, in just over an hour, and this time everyone had a wooden stick.
As night fell again, people quietly watched the sky. Perhaps due to the fear from the previous two zombie attacks, many people didn't sleep that night, only falling asleep when the sky began to lighten.
Everyone was puzzled as to why there was no zombie attack that night, but no one complained, as it was a good thing, and no one hoped for a zombie attack.
The next morning, Platoon Leader Liu had people get up early to prepare the leftover wild vegetables from the previous day. Without rice, there weren't many wild vegetables either, but drinking a little wild vegetable soup could still replenish some stamina.
Hearing that they would reach the base by noon, everyone was excited and set off after breakfast.
After crossing a mountain, Platoon Leader Liu pointed to the buildings at the foot of the mountain ahead and said, "That's our base!"
Hearing this, everyone cheered, but Wang Bin felt a bit disappointed, as the base didn't seem very large.
Platoon Leader Liu noticed Wang Bin's disappointed expression and quickly walked over to explain, "Before the apocalypse, that was our division headquarters. After the apocalypse broke out, it was converted into a temporary shelter. Don't be fooled by its size; it houses fifty to sixty thousand people, and we've fenced off the fields around the camp to grow our own vegetables and grains, feeding quite a few people!"
"Why are there so few people?"
"Every year, we send a group of civilians from here to the gathering place, which is our real home. This is just a temporary base."
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