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

Chapter 93 Checkpoint

While Lu Yuan and his group were still drifting on the Lijiang River, Lin Yun and Pei Sihao's group had taken advantage of the fact that the snow hadn't accumulated yet and had already arrived at the port of X Province by the afternoon.

As they drove along, the cities and villages they passed through were different from those in G Province. They clearly saw many wandering zombies. When their car passed through cities they had to cross, they occasionally saw small groups of survivors trying to find food while dodging the zombies that filled the streets. They seemed to covet Pei Sihao's car, but dared not intercept it.

Near the port, Lin Yun slowly reduced the car's speed. Many zombies were wandering around the roadside. When they saw their car, some zombies chose to ignore it, while others pounced on it and tried to tear it apart. If the car hadn't been modified to be very sturdy, it would probably be just like some of the other broken-down cars on the roadside by now.

“There must have been a lot of people in this area before the outbreak, so there should still be survivors.” Lin Yun carefully observed the area as he circled around. Like Qin Yuan, his physical abilities had improved in all aspects after he evolved his superpower, so he noticed every small change in the vicinity.

He drove around the port's warehouse area several times before finally pulling into a rather dilapidated warehouse. Before they set off in separate vehicles, Lu Yuan had prepared warm clothes for them, and after parking the car, they quickly changed into their winter clothes inside.

Pei Sihao first called his older brother via satellite phone to confirm that a cargo ship would be arriving at the South China Base around 6 p.m. to pick up the supply team sent by the base. The South China Base has a fixed berthing location at the port in X province, where a checkpoint has been set up. Pei Sihao and the other three need to go to the checkpoint first and pass through the inspection before they can wait to board the ship.

After understanding, Lin Yun roughly recalled that they had circled around several times but had not found any place resembling a checkpoint. He told the other three to sit down and prepared to go out and look again.

Pei Sihao continued to call Gu Nanfeng, but he didn't know what was going on with Gu Nanfeng, as the call didn't go through. However, when he called Pei Simin, his older brother told him that Gu Nanfeng and the others were trapped on the river, with a group of survivors with them. The situation wasn't great, but fortunately, they weren't in much danger.

The four drove around the pier again and finally found an entrance that looked like a checkpoint. They carefully parked the car next to it and the four of them quickly got out and walked over.

There was no one at the first entrance to the checkpoint, but there was a screening gate. They carried their bags and followed the signs on the wall to go inside.

"Something doesn't seem right here." Yang Xiao looked around. It was still quite early, and the supply trucks might not have arrived yet, but this checkpoint was too quiet.

"I feel the same way." Zhong Qiang felt his muscles trembling; his instincts told him it wasn't safe here. "Could there be some terrifying zombies inside?"

"Don't jinx it." Lin Yun glanced at Zhong Qiang, but still raised their guns together with Pei Sihao. Zhong Qiang and Yang Xiao's accuracy was not high, but they also drew their Tang swords.

Now that Lu Yuan is not around, they have packed a lot of the food from the car into their backpacks, making the backpacks big and heavy, which is hindering their movement.

The four people slowly walked into the second inspection gate. As soon as they entered, they heard rustling sounds of running outside. Pei Sihao turned around and saw several people groping their way to their car and forcibly unlocking it.

"There are quite a few survivors." Pei Sihao and the others couldn't possibly go back to the first car now, and there was already more stuff left in the car than they could take, so they ignored it and continued walking forward.

“It’s even more abnormal that there are so many survivors,” Lin Yun, who was walking at the front, said. “Major Pei just said that the South China Base is actually short of manpower, so why aren’t these people at the dock going to the island with the supply ships?”

"It may be impolite to say this, but I guess most of the survivors don't really trust the government anymore." Yang Xiao sighed helplessly. In his dream, six months after the zombie outbreak, the survivors went their separate ways.

As they spoke, they entered the third inspection gate. At this point, they were even more certain that something had gone wrong at this checkpoint. According to the procedure instructions in the room before the first gate, disinfectant spray should have been sprayed after entering the third gate, but no disinfectant spray was sprayed after they entered. This at least indicated that there was no one in the control room and that the equipment was not started.

It's understandable, given the current power shortage and the lack of supplies, that the equipment at the checkpoint wouldn't be turned on. But there must be surveillance here. From the moment they entered the first gate, the personnel left at the checkpoint should have gone into the equipment room to turn on the inspection equipment. But the fact that the disinfection spray wasn't activated at the third gate suggests that something has probably gone wrong.

Sure enough, when the four of them exited the third door and reached the waiting room, they saw a group of people surrounding two soldiers in camouflage uniforms. The two soldiers looked very young, no more than eighteen or nineteen years old. There were about a dozen people surrounding them, and another dozen were rummaging through the waiting room, hoping to find the supplies they wanted.

"There's really nothing here. There was nothing before the supply truck came back." One of the soldiers had already been beaten until his face was swollen, while another was clutching his stomach as he spoke.

"Hey, four little lambs have come in." The leader of the group at the rest stop was a man in his forties with a full beard. He looked fierce and had a roguish air about him. He must have been a gangster in the port area before.

As soon as he said this, the people who were originally surrounding the two soldiers on the ground turned around and surrounded Pei Sihao and his group of four. Behind them, Pei Sihao saw the men who had violently opened their car locks also run in.

"Boss, we can't open the car lock, we have to smash the window with something!" These guys didn't look very old, the oldest was probably about the same age as two soldiers, and the youngest was about eleven or twelve years old. They were all covered in dirt, and all they were doing was trying to get food.

"Old Ding, you go with them." The stubble-faced leader called out to a burly man in the crowd. The man responded, gave up searching for supplies in the nooks and crannies, and turned to follow a few children out.

Despite this little incident, Pei Sihao and his three companions were quickly surrounded by these people. The four of them stood back to back, forming a circle around them. Lin Yun and Pei Sihao's expressions didn't change much, after all, these people didn't have any real background; at most, they were just a bunch of thugs from the port.

Pei Sihao had been trained in the military since childhood with his family, and Lin Yun had even evolved wind-type abilities. Although Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang were a bit behind, they had also grown a lot during this period of training. The four of them could easily handle the twenty-odd thugs here.

"You've got a lot of stuff in your bags." The stubble-faced leader looked at the bulging bags of Pei Sihao and the other three, his face beaming with undisguised delight.

“There are quite a lot.” Pei Sihao raised the corners of his mouth. He and Lin Yun slowly put their pistols back into their pockets and drew their Tang swords from their waists.

The moment the two men drew their Tang swords, the four men swung their swords in four directions. Except for Zhong Qiang, who looked somewhat comical, the other three were clearly experienced swordsmen who were skilled at slashing zombies.

The dozen or so people surrounding them were caught off guard and took two steps back. Those who came up behind them were pushed back again, and several people lost their balance and fell.

"Let's see if you can take it." Pei Sihao could tell from the group that they had been observing for a long time and found that there were two young soldiers left on duty today, so they planned to come in and rob them. But who knew that there was nothing in the checkpoint? But just as they were about to retreat, they found Pei Sihao and his four fat sheep.

In Lin Yun and Pei Sihao's eyes, this motley crew had no fighting power whatsoever. They quickly subdued the stubble-faced leader, and the rest of the group dared not move.

"Boss, boss, Uncle Ding said we need to send one more person." The youngest child ran in through the third inspection door, shouting before even seeing the situation inside. He froze as soon as he entered, but still managed to say, "Uncle Ding, Uncle Ding said that door is hard to open, we need, we need..."

"Stop stammering, I know you're good kids." Pei Sihao sheathed his Tang sword and patted the child's head.

To everyone's surprise, the child suddenly shrank back and ran away again, shouting as he ran, "Uncle, uncle, those other four are even worse!"

Pei Sihao was horrified when he heard this. What did he mean by "worse"? What had they done wrong? Although the four of them had traveled a long way, they were all clean and tidy, and there was no bloodshed here.

Soon a squad of armed soldiers rushed in. A dozen or so of them charged in with guns raised. The leader was still the same kid. He pointed at Pei Sihao and his three companions and said, "It's them, it's them. They even defeated Boss Wei. They're definitely not good people."

"How old is this child?" Yang Xiao asked Zhong Qiang beside him, turning his head. "His eyesight and brain aren't very good."

"Hello, I am Lin Yun from the G Province Military Region." Lin Yun showed his unit information on his wrist, and the other party put down his weapon as soon as he saw it.

"Excuse me." After putting down his weapon, the captain quickly directed his soldiers to subdue the thugs on the ground. Then, one of the soldiers entered a password into the nearby keypad door and went inside to activate the checkpoint's disinfection system.

The door to the checkpoint's rest room closed automatically afterward, and disinfectant was sprayed out shortly afterward. Zhong Qiang happened to be standing near a spray nozzle and got sprayed in the face. Yang Xiao, who was watching from the side, burst into laughter.

After the checkpoint was disinfected, the supply team outside pushed carts of supplies through three disinfection layers into the rest room.

"I am Ji Lang from the South China Base Supply Team 3." Only now did the team leader have a moment to spare before walking over to Pei Sihao and his three companions, who were packing their belongings. "Which of you is Pei Sihao?"

In fact, there are very few people in the entire Chinese military region who haven't seen Pei Sihao. After all, his family has been military for generations, his older brother is also a soldier, and he and Pei Siji grew up in the army.

"This is him." Yang Xiao was also a little incredulous; Ji Lang didn't even recognize Pei Sihao.

"So it's Major Ji." Although Ji Lang didn't recognize Pei Sihao, Pei Sihao and Lin Yun knew his name.