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After a warm and happy breakfast, the time was approaching nine in the morning, and the gentle sunlight poured down, adding a touch of warmth to the autumn day.
Although the river delicacies were delicious, they were not filling; they could only satisfy a craving.
Mo Xiaohui was cleaning up the dishes, clearing away a pile of shrimp shells and crab skins, and then enjoyed a moment of leisure.
Noticing the gradually rising sun, Li Nan appeared somewhat troubled. Seeing this, Mo Xiaohui approached him and said, "My Prince Charming, what are you thinking about? You look so worried!"
Li Nan leaned against the wheel of a large truck and slowly replied, "I was thinking how nice it would be if time could just stop right now!"
Mo Xiaohui smiled, "As long as we want it, this kind of life can continue forever!"
Li Nan shook his head and said, "Life won't change based on our subjective wishes, and besides, our food is about to run out; we can't just stay here!"
Mo Xiaohui understood Li Nan's meaning and asked, "So where should we go next? Should we head into the city or return the way we came out of the suburbs?"
"I haven't figured out which direction is safer yet, so I have no idea!"
Mo Xiaohui laughed, "You can decide my suggestion; wherever you say to go is where we'll go. What’s there to hesitate about?"
Li Nan replied, "Our group isn't just the two of us anymore; there's also Li Dapeng!"
Li Nan wasn't used to calling Li Dapeng by his nickname or his full name, so referring to him as Li Dapeng felt quite natural.
Mo Xiaohui followed Li Nan's gaze towards Li Dapeng and said, "He's just a twelve-year-old kid; we can make decisions for him!"
Li Nan shook his head. "No! Although he's just a twelve-year-old child, his maturity is beyond that of an average minor. We need to listen to his opinion!"
Mo Xiaohui let out an "oh." She initially wanted to say a few more words, but she realized that Li Da Peng was much stronger than her in many aspects.
"Li Da Peng!" Li Nan waved his hand to call Li Dapeng over.
Li Dapeng, who was sitting by the roadside fiddling with something, ran over when he heard Li Nan calling him.
Seeing what Li Da Peng had in his hands, Li Nan asked, "Did you make this yourself?"
Li Da Peng nodded. "I found a piece of rubber tubing by the roadside and thought I could make a slingshot to shoot at some squirrels or something!"
At that moment, Mo Xiaohui remembered her parrot and immediately said, "You better not bully my parrot!"
Li Da Peng grinned and nodded, while Li Nan continued, "There's something I want to ask you. Although this area is safe, there are no supplies. We can't afford to stay here at all, so we need to move and look for more food and safer places. What do you think?"
Li Dapeng fiddled with the slingshot in his hands and replied, "When making a slingshot, the most important thing is to find elastic tubing. The rest of the steps are actually quite simple; just a bit of tinkering and it's done. My understanding of this world isn't comprehensive; it wasn't before and it isn't now. So I have no ideas on some major issues. However, we should consider ourselves partners now, and you are the tubing for the slingshot—the most important part and the leader of this team. This decision should be yours!"
To Mo Xiaohui, this sounded very mature; there was no way he was just twelve years old—only someone experienced would say such things.
Li Nan remarked, "This world has changed too much. I originally wanted to escape the city, but now I've ended up right on the edge of it without actually escaping at all. I'm becoming more and more confused. Is there really no paradise out there?"
Li Dapeng lowered his head again to tinker with his slingshot while Mo Xiaohui said, "In an apocalypse, no one can escape, and there's nowhere to avoid disaster!"
Just then, an unusual sound suddenly came from somewhere unknown!
Li Nan and the other two immediately sensed the noise and became very alert.
Li Dapeng quickly dropped the slingshot he was holding and pulled out the Binding Hook from his sleeve, looking around cautiously, but he didn't see anything unusual.
Li Nan suddenly stood up from the ground and quickly ran to the trunk to pull out a Rebar Javelin. He looked around, but the sound in his ears remained unchanged.
Mo Xiaohui pulled out the Climbing Pick hanging at her waist and tried to listen carefully, sensing that something was off about the sound.
"Li Nan! Listen closely, this sound is intermittent, it feels like..."
Li Nan also noticed something unusual; the "crackling" noise seemed strange. "Could it be..."
Mo Xiaohui thought to herself, "Yes, it sounds like it's coming from the driver's cabin!"
Li Nan suddenly realized that the sound was not human at all; it was clearly the sound of the radio in the vehicle.
After understanding the situation, Li Nan quickly stepped up and jumped into the driver's cabin, just as he saw that the broadcasting device was on and the red light was illuminated.
Li Nan muttered, "I left it on last night; how could I forget!"
The broadcasting channels are actually distinguished by radio frequencies, meaning different frequencies represent different channels. This type of signal can be transmitted by a simple device without much technical complexity; as long as you have a receiving device and are within the radiation area of the transmitter, you can easily pick it up.
Originally, Li Nan intended to pass the long night with it but didn't expect to forget to turn it off. At that time, he naturally hadn't found any channels.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, within a segment called M980, there was a loud crackling noise, and faintly, voices could be heard inside.
Li Nan immediately felt a chill run down his spine; he couldn't believe such a thing could happen. Could there still be broadcasts in this apocalyptic world?
Li Nan turned the knob to increase the volume, and amidst the noise, he managed to catch a sentence: "We hereby officially announce that Jiangbei City is under a high-level black alert; the entire city is locked down. To reiterate, Jiangbei City has been attacked by unidentified creatures and is extremely dangerous. However, the government has responded swiftly; we believe the situation will be controlled soon. Please do not panic!"
It took Li Nan considerable effort to decipher such a long message from the intermittent static. After listening to it, he exclaimed, "What good does that do? Jiangbei City has already become a dead city!"
Mo Xiaohui also heard that statement and asked Li Nan, "What is the Black Alert?"
"I don't know, but this alert system is the city's response to various emergencies. It is probably divided into four levels: red, green, orange, and yellow. The so-called Black Alert should only occur during wartime. It seems that the relevant parties had already realized the seriousness of the situation at that time, but unfortunately, they were unsuccessful and allowed those monsters to affect the entire city."
Li Nan was indifferent to such a trivial broadcast. Just as he was about to turn it off, a somewhat unclear message suddenly came through the speakers: "The Safe Zone in Jiangbei City... please head to..."
This message sounded very unclear to Li Nan, and several important words were drowned out by the noisy static, making it impossible to hear clearly.
Li Nan felt frustrated. Hearing the words "Safe Zone" almost made him overly excited, but the missing words afterward drove him to despair. The stark contrast between hope and disappointment was clearly pushing Li Nan to the brink of madness!
"Damn it!" Li Nan slammed his fist on the speaker, and with a loud crash, sparks flew from the radio as it shattered.
At this moment, Li Nan was completely stunned. "Damn it, how could this happen!"
Mo Xiaohui advised him, "Don't be like that; after all, we heard some good news, didn't we?"
Li Nan shook his head. "We should have heard the name of the Safe Zone. If we had done so, we could find our way there; we could..."
Mo Xiaohui interrupted Li Nan's words. "People say I'm naive; do you really believe there is a so-called Safe Zone in Jiangbei City? The entire Jiangbei City has already been occupied by Zombies. Even the military outside Jiangbei Hospital has turned into a Zombie Legion. Do you think that so-called Safe Zone is really safe?"
No matter what Mo Xiaohui said, Li Nan couldn't let go of his thoughts. Perhaps he should have listened more carefully to the broadcast or not smashed the radio; if he hadn't done that, they might still have had a chance!
Li Nan stayed in the cockpit for an entire afternoon. After several unsuccessful attempts to repair the device, he finally gave up on the radio entirely.
Mo Xiaohui watched Li Nan's expression with concern. Although she had just said she didn't believe in the so-called Safe Zone, having a glimmer of hope was better than having none at all!
Li Dapeng observed everything happening in the cockpit and muttered to himself, "Safe Zone, what kind of place is the Safe Zone?"
Mo Xiaohui looked at the somewhat dazed Li Nan and then turned to Li Dapeng, saying, "The Safe Zone is a place that guarantees safety. It must have strong walls and strict guards, preventing Zombies from breaking in from the outside. Survivors can be self-sufficient and live there in peace!"
Thinking of this, Mo Xiaohui suddenly had a flash of inspiration and shouted to Li Nan in the cabin, "I know where the Safe Zone is! I know..."
In the driver's seat, Li Nan appeared as if his soul had been taken away, looking listless. However, in his daze, he did hear Mo Xiaohui's shout.
Li Dapeng didn't know what Mo Xiaohui had figured out, but judging by her expression, she seemed quite confident!
Mo Xiaohui knocked on the car door and shouted loudly, "You need to come down! I know the location of the Safe Zone!"
Li Nan skeptically poked his head out of the window, "What do you know?"
Mo Xiaohui smiled, "What is the most important thing about the Safe Zone? It must have strong walls to block the influx of Zombies. In all of Jiangbei City, which building meets this requirement?"
Following Mo Xiaohui's line of thought, Li Nan suddenly felt happy as well. "You're right! If there is a Safe Zone, it must be there!"
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