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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: The Fringe Squad

In addition to bringing several capable and tough brothers, Xu Chunshan also brought his mistress and his so - called little brother - in - law.

However, this young man was lazy and gluttonous by nature. Now in the post - apocalyptic world, instead of losing his life to the zombies everywhere, he was living a more comfortable life under the protection of his sister and brother - in - law.

This was of course because there were some girls among the people escaping in the convoy. These girls didn't have much killing power. Although it wasn't much harder to kill a zombie than to kill a dog now, they would surely die if surrounded. So these girls survived with the protection of the men.

As time passed, the food they contributed was long gone. Even if they had contributed a lot at first, they had no say in it anymore. The way these girls exchanged food for survival was not only to be responsible for cleaning and cooking but also to be harassed and taken advantage of by the men.

At first, some girls resisted. But after one girl was abandoned and quickly torn to pieces by the zombies that caught up with her, everyone fell silent and tacitly approved of such behavior.

So as time went on, these girls were not only groped and hugged. They had actually become daily necessities for the men. However, just to survive, they had to swallow their pride. It was the end - times now; what use was chastity?

The two girls in Guo Xiaobei's car, the younger one was Xu Fang's cousin. These two girls were not very attractive, so they narrowly escaped being harassed. However, there were still some who were desperate, like Xu Chunshan's little brother - in - law.

This young man took advantage of the fact that everyone was busy getting off the car and settling down. He cornered Xu Fang's cousin in a corner and tried to force himself on her. Fortunately, he was seen by a woman who was in charge of cooking nearby, which led to an argument and attracted the attention of Xu Fang, who was on guard duty nearby.

Xu Fang was quite a good fighter. He usually killed the most zombies when fighting against them, making him a strong asset. His cousin was also plain - looking, so basically no one messed with her. Not that they didn't have the intention, but they had to give face to Brother Xu and Xu Fang. At least on the surface, Brother Xu highly valued Xu Fang.

Naturally, what happened next was dramatic. Xu Chunshan's little brother - in - law was severely beaten up and from then on regarded Xu Fang as a thorn in his eye. And under the influence of his mistress's nagging, Xu Chunshan also became more and more disgusted with Xu Fang.

Of course, Xu Fang wasn't a person with a good temper either, but he was still enduring for now. As time passed, their relationship became more and more strained. Seeing Guo Xiaobei arrive, Xu Fang, his cousin, and the girl who witnessed the incident were all sent to this car.

Xu Fang's cousin was named Tian Tian, but she wasn't sweet - looking at all. The other one was called Jin Feichen, who also escaped from the city where Guo Xiaobei was from, so they could be considered fellow townsmen.

After communicating with each other for an afternoon, when they got off the car and gathered again in the evening, the four of them were basically familiar with each other. Although they couldn't be called friends yet, their relationship was much better than that with the people on Brother Xu's side.

The girls all ran off to cook and clean up, while the men took turns on guard duty, and the rest rested and chatted nearby.

Guo Xiaobei wasn't familiar with them, so he followed the girls to clean up and also took the opportunity to tidy up his own car. When it was time to eat, everyone was given a steamed bun made of white flour and a piece of pickled vegetable. However, this was already considered a good treatment. After all, during this time of escape, having something to eat and being able to eat a hot steamed bun was quite a luxury.

Xu Chunshan was a rather smart man. He chose a place with relatively high terrain where there were few zombies. The several cars surrounded everyone. After nightfall, the men were divided into three shifts for night patrol. The women found places to sleep in the cars.

Since it was Guo Xiaobei's first day here, he wasn't assigned a shift. He was told to find a place to sleep with the girls.

Guo Xiaobei found his way onto the car, opened the car door, and climbed in. There wasn't much space. Most people were curled up in the car seats. Excluding the part of the group on patrol and those sleeping in the cargo hold full of goods, everyone could basically find a place to sleep.

Guo Xiaobei's group was an outsider group. Although it wasn't directly stated, they were clearly treated differently. Moreover, most of the girls were jealous of Tian Tian and the other girl, so the two of them didn't go looking for trouble and just sat on the back seat to sleep.

Xu Fang was on the second - half - night patrol. He sat in the passenger seat next to Guo Xiaobei and chatted sporadically with him before they both fell asleep.

Guo Xiaobei seemed to be closing his eyes, but in fact, he was operating the system. Since the system had merged with his body, he didn't need to open his eyes to see it. He could see it clearly even with his eyes closed. In fact, it could be said that it functioned in his mind.

Guo Xiaobei closed his eyes and observed the mini - map. This place was really well - chosen. There were almost only dense green dots around them. When he expanded the range a few circles outward, only sporadic blue dots appeared, probably outside the range of the team's night patrol. In this case, they could probably sleep soundly. He had either been walking and killing zombies or driving and killing zombies all day long. It was at least ten times his normal activity level. However, in such a dangerous situation, he didn't know if he could fall asleep. Of course, Guo Xiaobei fell asleep the next second.

When he woke up again, it was already broad daylight, and there was only him left in the car. Guo Xiaobei rubbed his sleepy eyes. He saw that the girls had already gotten up and started cooking, and the men were also getting up one after another.

Except for the group on guard duty around the area, the others had almost all gotten up. Guo Xiaobei felt a bit embarrassed. He got off the car, took a little bit of the clean water he was allocated, rinsed his mouth briefly, and joined the cooking line. As a homebody, Guo Xiaobei wasn't good at much else, but he was quite skilled at cooking. However, there was no opportunity to show off his skills in the post - apocalyptic world, so he could only show off a bit in making pickled vegetable shreds.

During the breakfast of the day, many people shamelessly asked for an extra portion of pickled vegetable shreds. By the end of breakfast, they had eaten twice as much pickled vegetable shreds as usual. The young man in charge of supplies frowned so hard that his eyebrows formed knots and secretly vowed not to let Guo Xiaobei get involved in cooking again.

The journey of escape continued. Since their car was still relatively sturdy, Brother Xu ordered them to be at the front. On one hand, there were relatively few of them, so they couldn't be used as the rear - guard vehicle. Instead, they could act as the vanguard. Although it was a bit more dangerous, Brother Xu offered a series of preferential conditions, giving out a pack of food and an extra box of drinks. The four of them exchanged glances and readily agreed. It was just leading the way. No one had promised to go to their deaths. They would just quickly dodge when they saw danger.

The number of zombies on the road gradually increased. They came at their car in twos and threes, but fortunately, their speed wasn't fast. When there were more and more zombies, they stopped the car and joined forces with the people behind to kill them before continuing on the road. Sometimes, for the sake of speed, Guo Xiaobei would directly crash into them. Although it would cause some damage to the durability of the car, it was also a good way to gain experience.

In this way, they kept fighting and killing on the road. When they took a break, they would accept all the available missions in the mission column again and open all the small gift packs they got, combining the same items to save space.

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