Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Chapter 1156: Chapter 724: Crisis on All Sides, the Gathering Storm

This is a positive cycle.

First, acquire the ability to support more people, then expand the manpower, and then expand the base area, thus increasing the capacity to support more people once again.

After sorting these out, Li Yu stopped thinking.

He sat quietly, thinking of nothing.

Focused on his breathing, eyes closed, imagining he could see the airflow in his nose being inhaled into his lungs.

Li Yu had been practicing meditation for some time, so he could enter the state very quickly.

Soon, he reached a state of deep meditation.

His mind was blank, focused on breathing.

His body entered a deep state of rest.

In meditation, one second feels stretched to ten times, even dozens of times longer.

This meditative state lasted for about half an hour.

After half an hour, Li Yu felt as if he had slept for a long time.

He opened his eyes, feeling refreshed.

He glanced at his watch; only half an hour had passed, but it felt like several days.

He got up, feeling full of energy.

So he returned to the room, picked a book from the shelf, and casually flipped through it.

When the time reached ten thirty, he washed up and then returned to bed to rest.

.......

At the same time.

Chenzhou.

In a betel nut factory, inside the plant.

A bonfire burned in the center.

The crowd chewed expired betel nuts, saying nothing.

Xiang City was already a major producer of betel nuts, and the locals in Chenzhou loved eating them.

Eating too many betel nuts can easily cause oral diseases.

But this stuff is also addictive; chewing betel nuts can make your chest feel tight, but it’s invigorating and refreshing.

After they arrived here, they didn’t find food, but they found half a garage full of expired betel nuts.

Gan Long reflected on the hardships along the way, feeling a tinge of regret, although it was for revenge, the more important thing was to see if they could plunder some food or supplies from that place.

However, on this 2000-kilometer journey, they spent as many as eight days.

Even in Yong City, since it was dusk and they hadn’t found a place to stay in time, in an urgent situation, they had to find a random place for the night.

But who could have thought that the place had issues? It wasn’t too far from downtown, and with their number over three hundred, zombies were attracted at midnight and broke through the fence.

That night, they lost more than thirty people.

These were most of the Western Alliance’s elite, and they hadn’t even found their enemies yet, already losing one-tenth of their forces.

Learning this lesson, they would search for a camping spot at least an hour and a half before dark, to avoid again having to search hastily for a spot, leading to losses.

Tui~

Gan Hu spat out the betel nut in his mouth, then said to Yao Zuo, sitting opposite him: ”Yao Zuo, let me try your white wine exploding bead betel nut. This original flavor is too disgusting.”

Yao Zuo tossed the blue-packaged betel nut in his hand over to Gan Hu.

Gan Hu caught it, took out a betel nut, bit into it, and felt it was slightly better.

A faint taste of white wine, though the expired taste still lingered.

Gan Long ignored him, turning his head to Wayne beside him and said: ”Captain Wayne, by tomorrow evening, we should reach Gan City. Do you think we should directly head to Gan City tomorrow evening to capture some people for interrogation, or should we first camp near Gan City for a night and go the next day?”

Wayne thought for a moment, looked at Yao Zuo, and then said: ”Let’s assess the situation when the time comes. According to the plan we made earlier, we are supposed to split into three groups, so I think maybe we should arrive near Gan City tomorrow first, and the day after that, we should scatter at dawn to find some people. Let’s see if we can find someone to interrogate.

By the evening of the day after tomorrow, regardless of whether we gain anything, we’ll regroup and return.”

Gan Long nodded slightly, then looked up to ask Yao Zuo, sitting diagonally across from him: ”Yao Zuo, what do you think?”

Yao Zuo said: ”Captain Wayne’s idea sounds good to me. Spreading out like this allows us to maximize our manpower.”

Gan Long nodded, and then with a side glance toward Gan Hu, said: ”Second brother, stay with me when the time comes. Don’t wander off.”

He feared that if Gan Hu acted impulsively with Yao Zuo or Wayne, it would lead to irreversible consequences.

After all, neither of them could control Gan Hu, and only he could keep him in check.

Upon hearing this, Gan Hu naturally understood his big brother’s intentions.

According to his original thinking, he didn’t care what Gan Long thought.

The person who killed his third brother, regardless of how many people or how strong they were, he would go for revenge.

Even if it cost him his life, he wouldn’t hesitate.

After a long pause, he looked directly at Gan Long and said: ”Big brother, the revenge for our third brother cannot be ignored!”

Gan Long felt a throbbing in his forehead. Damn it, with the third brother killed, of course he was also furious, but if everyone perished for revenge,

the Gan Family would be finished.

Most of the Western Alliance’s elite got lost here, what about headquarters afterward?

He tends to be rational, even if he’s furious, he still prioritizes the bigger picture.

So, he seriously and solemnly said to Gan Hu: ”Second brother, I understand how you’re feeling. The third brother is also our family.

Do you think I don’t want revenge?

But, before we left, what did father emphasize to us? Avoid direct confrontation, be cautious, the primary principle is to stay stable....”

Gan Hu listened and pursed his lips, full of disdain.

With family killed, still talking about being stable.

In his eyes, his big brother and father seemed a bit cold-blooded.

Seeing his expression, Yao Zuo and Wayne exchanged a glance, both looking a bit worried.

Gan Long, more aggravated, said to him: ”Anyway, you must obey me, in all actions, follow the command. Until we figure out the actual strength of the forces in Gan City, we must not act rashly.

On someone else’s turf, we have to be cautious and careful; once we realize their strength, we must retreat.

If we figure out they have grain storage, we must first find a way to seize the grain, then kill.

Focus on the priorities, understand?”

”Oh,” Gan Hu said indifferently.

Seeing his attitude, Gan Long got even angrier, stood up abruptly, and pointed at Gan Hu: ”You must promise me to strictly follow orders. Do you hear me?”

Seeing his big brother this angry, Gan Hu estimated if he acted any worse, he might get beaten.

So he pretended to say seriously: ”Alright, I’ll definitely follow your command, follow your orders, don’t worry, I’m not a reckless person.”

Upon hearing this, Yao Zuo choked on his betel nut saliva, his face instantly turning red.

Ptooey!

He struggled to spit the betel nut onto the ground, almost choking.

He didn’t believe a single word Gan Hu had just said.

No, he couldn’t even trust a punctuation mark.

Although Gan Hu wasn’t dumb and was quite strong in battle.

However, he acted recklessly and impulsively.

Sometimes, he’d make a rash decision without thinking twice, and he was stubborn, impossible to change.

Sigh........

Thinking back on those times he and Gan Hu went to Orange Continent, it brought tears.

They had dozens of people, although there was a rainstorm and flood, only a few made it back.

Crucially, they had to walk back.

That miserable experience was something he never wanted to go through again.

On the other hand, although Gan Long got a promise from Gan Hu, given his understanding of his second brother, he felt the answer was unreliable.

But there’s nothing he could do; he tried chasing him off many times on the way, but he wouldn’t leave.

He couldn’t possibly kill him.

That was his biological brother, after all.

Sigh, Gan Long sighed again.

He could only keep Gan Hu close to him and watch over him tightly, hoping nothing would go wrong.

.....

Night was quiet.

Nightingales were chirping.

At this moment, in the temporary camp between Xin City and Gan City, Deng Ben was resting in the camp, watching the moonlight outside the window, and thinking of his daughter in the Inner City.

With a smile on his face, he lay down and fell asleep.

With his daughter in the Inner City, he felt complete.

Recently, his daughter’s smile had been appearing more often.

”Once this week of being stationed outside is over, I’ll be able to go back and see my daughter.”

With a look of anticipation, Deng Ben slowly drifted into his dreams.

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