The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 55 Upgrading from a slingshot to a cannon

The seven of them didn't hesitate. After lunch, they sat down to discuss their next steps. Gu's resort wasn't particularly large, but it wasn't small either, covering an area of ​​about six or seven thousand acres. Finding a zombie in such a vast area and eliminating it without leaving the resort was an almost impossible task for the seven of them at their current level.

In reality, even just observing the outside situation from this suite is quite difficult for them now. The telescope they used a few days ago is now completely useless.

Every window in the suite has been scratched by flocks of birds over the past few days with stones, claws, and beaks, and the scratches are getting bigger and bigger. Now the bulletproof glass is like a piece of frosted glass; they can only see the vague shadows of birds flying outside from the inside, and they can't make out what kind of birds they are at all.

They tried launching another drone, but as soon as they opened a ventilator, countless mosquitoes flew in, along with some small birds. The birds immediately attacked their faces and even pecked at them. Their drone was quickly pecked down by the birds and crashed, a sight that pained Qin Yuan and Lin Yun.

After dealing with the mosquitoes and birds that had flown in, the group could only sigh helplessly. Their drone reconnaissance plan had fallen through after losing one drone.

Moreover, the current situation tells them that they can no longer stay at this resort hotel, although so far only Gu Nanfeng's suite has been most severely damaged. They don't know if successfully finding and eliminating the suit-wearing zombie will solve the current animal crisis. But they are certain that if they can't find or eliminate the zombie, they'll have to find a way to get as far away from here as possible.

Originally, Qin Yuan and Lin Yun, being soldiers, planned to go out first and take down the zombie in the suit. If they found it, they would fight to the death to kill it. If they didn't find it, they could act as bait to attract the attention of the surrounding animals and other zombies, allowing Lu Yuan and the other five people to leave the resort in the armored vehicle.

Unexpectedly, the suggestion was rejected by the five students as soon as it was made. They had known each other since they were at the safe base, so how could they possibly send Qin Yuan and Lin Yun to their deaths in such a critical moment?

As the two sides reached a stalemate, Lu Yuan, who had been silent until now, took out various protective suits from his personal space. He piled them on the coffee table in the middle of the sofa and said to everyone, "We came together, and we'll leave together!"

Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao nodded in agreement and began selecting protective suits from the coffee table. They wanted to find one that could completely cover their bodies, provide protection, be of guaranteed quality, and minimize restrictions on movement. Many professional protective suits available now, while lightweight, are of poor quality and essentially disposable; the animals outside could easily tear them. On the other hand, the thicker, higher-quality suits do indeed restrict movement.

Qin Yuan and Lin Yun saw the protective suits on the coffee table and smiled awkwardly. "If I had known you had these things, I wouldn't have wanted to be a gunman."

Although he said that, he and Lin Yun silently reached a tacit understanding that no matter what unexpected things happened outside, the two of them would be the first to step up.

Since Yang Xiao met them, he had never liked to rack his brains over these things, and he didn't understand anything about protective suits. Zhong Qiang, on the other hand, was the type to just do whatever they told him to do, so the two of them sat leisurely to the side watching the other five choose their equipment.

“I remember tear gas can be used to scare away animals, if so…” Before Lin Yun could finish speaking, more than a dozen canisters of tear gas appeared on the table.

"Don't worry, there's plenty!" Lu Yuan patted his chest and said.

At this moment, Lin Yun and Qin Yuan were even more certain that they were too limited; they simply could not imagine what was inside Lu Yuan's space.

After considering various factors, Gu Nanfeng discussed it with Pei Sihao and together they selected a lightweight protective suit. This was a style they had never seen before in the Beijing military. Gu Nanfeng even felt that the texture of this protective suit was somewhat similar to the new material they were researching, but he couldn't be sure yet.

Although this protective suit is already very thin, it's September now, and the outdoor temperature feels at least 45°C, and at noon it might even reach over 50°C. If the air conditioning in the room wasn't working properly, Lu Yuan felt he would die of heat even without wearing anything.

For safety's sake, they now had to go out in protective suits; otherwise, they risked being bitten or scratched by wild animals, or contracting some strange virus. After some discussion, they decided to schedule their operation for nighttime, after dark, when the temperature would be slightly lower. Although zombies were more agile and faster at night than during the day, their activity seemed less frequent.

Their current plan is to drive armored vehicles around the resort area to attract as many zombies as possible, then gather them together and drop a wave of bombs to eliminate as many zombies as possible in the area.

The grenade Lu Yuan had previously shown was powerful, but its coverage area was relatively narrow. If they successfully attracted a large number of zombies, this grenade wouldn't be very effective. So Lin Yun sat down next to Lu Yuan and began explaining to him what kind of bomb they needed to choose.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see Lu Yuan's spatial panel. Lu Yuan took it several times, and each time it was a bomb that could blow up half of the resort. Zhong Qiang, who was sitting next to him, was so scared that he immediately jumped away, afraid that they would both die if they weren't careful.

"Your space is really something..." Qin Yuan sighed, still unable to imagine that Lu Yuan could take out these things from his space.

After Lu Yuan picked and chose several times and made mistakes, he finally found a bomb that matched Lin Yun's description and was the most suitable for their plan.

After preparing protective suits, tear gas, and bombs, Lu Yuan also upgraded their weapons and equipment. Since he had already taken out the bombs, it wouldn't make a difference if he took out a few more guns and ammunition.

They replaced their crossbows with assault rifles and submachine guns. Carrying bullets was much easier than carrying arrows, and Lu Yuan even gave Qin Yuan and Lin Yun extra bullets.

"As long as we don't get out of the vehicle, there won't be any danger this time." After the equipment was organized, Qin Yuan encouraged everyone. Lu Yuan's armored vehicle was absolutely safe; their most dangerous part was going out through this door to the first floor to get into the vehicle. Now they had protective suits, tear gas, and their equipment had been upgraded. Qin Yuan was truly confident. Even if they couldn't find or kill the suit-wearing zombie, finding another place to stay was definitely not a problem.

Having prepared everything, they each ate something and then patiently waited for night to fall...