"Hey, that person is not bad. I thought he wouldn't care about us." Gu Yao commented as she climbed over the wall and jumped onto the roof of the car below. She expressed her surprise that the commander seemed to have a favorable opinion of them.
"Come on, we've helped them so much. They treat those things as worthless anyway. What's the harm in picking up the leftovers?" Fu Ying said as she pulled open the car door and sat inside. If it weren't for Li Yanqian's backpack needing an upgrade, she would have considered those things as useless debris.
"If we join them tomorrow, we can continue practicing killing zombies." Li Yanqi suggested.
"Yes, since we don't have any weapons, we'll have to rely on ourselves in the future." Zhang Tao quickly agreed, acknowledging the power of thermal weapons against zombies but recognizing that ordinary people like them couldn't possess such weapons.
Li Yanqi nodded in agreement. She looked out the window. She encouraged everyone to practice killing zombies not because of the weapons, but because at this point, zombies would likely have similar abilities as humans.
She recalled the first time she witnessed a zombie using an ability to kill. It happened after she was rescued from Nancheng University.
...
The scene shifted to an unfinished and dilapidated house where the rescue team was stationed. Due to its unfinished state and sparse population in the surrounding area, it served as a temporary shelter for the rescued survivors.
When Zhanhao returned with the Xinliang District rescue team, the first rescue team from Nancheng University had also returned, but their situation didn't seem favorable.
"Are these the people you rescued? Only seven students were saved from an entire school?!" an angry middle-aged man pointed at Xiang Mingzhi and the others, demanding an explanation.
Only seven students were saved, while more than 20 rescuers had been lost. This was a more distressing outcome than a successful rescue.
"The situation at Nancheng University was indeed difficult, worse than anywhere else. The survivors from the entire school consisted of only a dozen teachers and students." Xiang Mingzhi, the team leader, responded solemnly. They had tried to avoid direct confrontations with the zombies, but it was still challenging.
Upon seeing Zhanhao's group returning, Fan Peng, the middle-aged man, showed a hint of relief and said, "Zhanhao, report today's results."
"Yes! We successfully rescued the survivors in Fenghuang Community, Xinliang District. The main target person, Yuan Junguo, has been saved. However, his grandson, Yuan Shixi, had turned into a zombie by the time we arrived. Additionally, we rescued a total of 47 survivors, but unfortunately, five members of the rescue team lost their lives." Zhanhao reported without hesitation.
Fan Peng was saddened to hear that five members of the team had died, but he considered the overall outcome to be quite good. The Phoenix community had originally housed tens of thousands of residents.
"Can you bring back the name badges of those five individuals?" Fan Peng asked.
"Fan team, we have them here." Zhang Jinhang said, taking out a cloth bag containing the names of the team members who had sacrificed their lives. This was their way of commemorating their fallen comrades.
"Tell me about your tactics and strategies so that everyone in the team can learn from it!" Fan Peng instructed, taking the name badges and putting them in his jacket pocket.
Zhanhao was about to respond, but Zhang Jinhang interrupted him. He knew Zhanhao would say they had no specific tactics.
Zhang Jinhang proceeded to explain their situation to Fan Peng, including how Zhanhao used vehicles to blow up zombies in the parking lot and how they systematically searched each floor. However, he omitted mentioning the encounter with the four individuals on the wall since he wasn't sure what to make of it.
"Did you hear that? This is completely different from your fighting style! Why did you choose to avoid the zombies instead of killing them? Are you waiting for them to devour people?!!!" Fan Peng couldn't help but nod in agreement. Although Zhanhao was brave, his cautiousness was commendable.
"Captain Fan, given the situation at Nancheng University, it wasn't appropriate to engage in direct combat at that time. According to the information we received from the students there, almost all the teachers and students had gathered in the playground after the earthquake. So when we arrived, we were facing the entire school. The numbers were indeed overwhelming." Jicheng explained, taking the initiative to speak up.
"Are you the one with lightning superpowers?" Fan Peng inquired after hearing Jicheng's explanation.
"Yes, I'm Jicheng, a supernatural ability user with the power of thunder. I participated in the rescue mission at Nancheng University today." Jicheng replied.
"Alright, all of you go and rest for now. I'll wait for the other three teams to return." Fan Peng said wearily, waving off the group.
"Hey, are thunder-type superhumans really powerful? I haven't seen one in action yet." Chen Xiaochong asked Ji Cheng, who was walking beside him after both teams left.
"I'm still... just getting started. Nothing impressive." Ji Cheng modestly responded, although a hint of pride was evident in his expression.
"I see. The second team under Zhanhao's command seems to have had better luck than the first team. They just rushed past without thinking too much. I heard your team will be going to two places tomorrow, and one of them is a hospital. Be careful." Xiang Mingzhi warned Zhanhao with a smile.
"Thank you for the reminder." Zhanhao acknowledged before walking straight back to his room.
The room was rudimentary, with only a bare gray wall adorned with a single family portrait. His father and mother smiled warmly in the picture, and on either side were Zhanhao and the smiling Lin Weier...
[Sniff, where's my tissue? Why is a supporting character making me cry?]
[Zhanhao's eyes are filled with hatred; he must really despise zombies.]
[The name tags of the fallen team members are also heart-wrenching!!]
[The pain of losing loved ones is unimaginable. Will the actors who portray these characters be haunted by shadows?]
[Zhanhao, keep going!]
Lin Weier, watching the screen, typed these four words with teary eyes.
She wanted to reveal that she was Lin Weier, but she held back.
After waking up from the AI warehouse, she realized it had only been a dream. However, when she watched the TV series again, she discovered that the man who had lingered in her dream was still continuing the story, while she had already left.
Although she was no longer by his side, she still hoped that Zhanhao could overcome the challenges in the plot and not end up with regrets.
After that episode aired, Zhanhao's popularity among viewers skyrocketed, thanks in part to Lin Weier's campaign for votes. Gradually, Zhanhao's popularity surpassed that of the male protagonist, Jicheng. This unexpected turn of events surprised some of the planners within Gan Lin.
Were they considering changing the main character?