Apocalyptic Calamity: My Proficiency Panel-Chapter 60 - 51 Cant wait_1
Chapter 60: Chapter 51 Can’t wait_1
Chapter 60: Chapter 51 Can’t wait_1
“There are dozens of people in that gathering place, and just a bag of instant noodles can satisfy a married woman. This shows how scarce food is. If I can solve the food problem, I can certainly get these people to work for me.”
“Not just farming, but many other things I want to do, there will be people to help.”
For instance, devising a way to draw water from the Huajiang River, which is a hundred meters away from the villa, for daily clothes washing, building defensive walls around the entire villa, even building boats to fish in the river, or start farming…
Li Ming, driving the security patrol cart out of the villa area, closed the iron gate behind him. He looked back at the villa area and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The villa area and the newly appeared gathering spot make a perfect combination!
It’s foreseeable that if this villa area is built up well, with the people from the gathering spot, life can be quite rich.
The apocalypse came so suddenly, he didn’t have a safe place to settle in yet. Having a villa area would greatly ease the pressure of survival, and he still didn’t know how his parents were faring since the apocalypse arrived.
The probability of turning into a zombie is high, he dared not imagine the unbearable result, but his hometown is thousands of kilometers from here. It’s too far away, and he has no confidence he can return home safely from here.
Only when he has solved his survival problem will he be able to return home to check on things.
This villa area is the basic guarantee for logistical needs; with this, he could become more powerful!
“I need to rush back now.”
Leaving the villa area, Li Ming saw that it was already five o’clock in the afternoon. He had spent most of his day vigilantly observing and exploring due to the vast area of the villa, time slipped away unnoticed.
The good thing about summer is that it gets dark late, basically at eight in the evening. That’s when the zombies become active. Now, he could ride his electric-powered bicycle to the residential area where he lives within half an hour, without needing to explore. Then he still has time to drive back.
With this in mind, Li Ming picked up the speed of his patrol car. The faint hum of the electric motor sped his way to the residential area.
Along the way, Li Ming followed the route he had cleared before. Everything was smooth and unhindered. In a short while, he covered two kilometers. He took his binoculars and looked at the gathering place again. It was bustling with people who had formed lines.
A few men at the front of the line were serving rice, and most of the people queuing for rice were women. A few men went to get some, but they received noticeably less than the women.
Moreover, every time a woman came to get rice, she would be groped…
“It seems that the food here is centrally controlled. Was it that some powerholder, through force, took control of all the food? But what gave him such power?”
After watching for a while, Li Ming put away his binoculars, squinted at the place for a moment, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes, then shook his head, sped up the patrol car and headed for the apartment complex.
Even if he wanted to get involved with this gathering place, and find people to farm and work for him, that would only happen after he’s settled down in the villa area.
Having seen the two terrifying creatures outside his home, he could not stay there for another day. He had to move out of the apartment today.
“Phew…”
The patrol car sped quickly along the road. Thanks to Li Ming’s preceding clean-up, he didn’t encounter a single zombie along the way. Even though there were many supermarkets, grocery and seed stores, he didn’t stop.
The things in the supermarket and the grocery store can wait until after he’s moved to the villa area.
But his home had to be moved today!
Thinking of the large bathtub in those villas, even the swimming pool, with Zhang Yuan in her mini skirt, Chen Li in a bikini, and him swimming and exercising in there, Li Ming’s heart grew hot, and he drove the patrol car even faster.
After a half-hour ride through various residential buildings, complexes, and commercial buildings, he finally arrived at the apartment complex. Li Ming parked the car directly downstairs. Seeing his heavy truck still solidly parked downstairs of his block, he satisfactorily got in the car, checked everything, and found no problem. Afterwards, he tied the long gun on the roof of the heavy truck with a rope outside the driver’s seat, only took light weapons and armor, and then walked upstairs.
Climbing a few steps to the fifth floor, Li Ming first looked at his own room, saw that nothing but the generator and the refrigerator was left. The bedding, clothes, shoes, and everything else had been cleared out.
He casually pushed the door to look at Peng Zhi’s house and saw Peng Zhi, who was just lying on the bed gaming, suddenly sat upright, exaggeratedly holding onto his power bank and fully-charged mobile phone, looking straight at him.
Li Ming looked him up and down, glanced again at his room, seeing no traces of Zhang Yuan, and casually closed the door and left.
“Phew~”
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Peng Zhi exhaled and lay back down on the bed, his face lighting up as he looked at his fully charged phone and power bank.
While he hadn’t seen Zhang Yuan in their shared apartment, Peng Zhi was still alive and well, proving to Li Ming that she hadn’t harmed him nor had she been in danger.
“She must be at Chen Li’s.”
Mused Li Ming as he eyed the refrigerator and generator. Seeing that the diesel he’d left was almost burnt out and the generator seemed to have stopped and restarted, he promptly switched it off. The slight humming in the room ceased.
He swiftly packed up the electric wires, sockets, and the oil jug, hoisting the refrigerator onto his back and carrying it downstairs. Once he reached the ground floor, he loaded it onto the truck.
He then hefted the heavy generator upstairs and down again to load it onto the truck too. After loading all these items, only a third of the truck’s large compartment was filled.
Nodding satisfyingly, he went upstairs once more to pack up the extension cords and electric wires. With one hand carrying the jug of oil and the other holding the wires, he checked the room for any missed items and then briskly walked out without hesitation.
He passed through the fifth-floor corridor and arrived directly at Chen Li’s door.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
He knocked on the door, and before long, heard the light sound of footsteps from inside. The door was opened, both Chen Li and Zhang Yuan appearing in the doorway, expressions of delight flashing across their faces when they saw Li Ming.
“You were gone so long this time, I’ve been so worried just sitting at Chen Li’s,”
Zhang Yuan anxiously took the bundle of wires from Li Ming, her hand wiping sweat off his face and neck. She gazed at him tenderly before speaking.
The mere task of moving households in peaceful times can induce anxiety, let alone during this apocalyptic period and with knowing of the threat in their midst thanks to Li Ming’s warning.
With everything packed away and having not seen Li Ming for half the day, her worry was justified. Upon seeing the man to whom she was wholeheartedly devoted return safely, she visibly relaxed. Had it not been for Chen Li’s mother and daughter in the room, she might have fallen to her knees in relief.
Chen Li pressed her lips together and remained silent, her gaze on Li Ming filled with worry as well.
Understanding well how formidable Li Ming was, Chen Li shared his fear over the arrival of a monster that led him to decide to move. As a frail woman with her mother and daughter to protect, the fear she felt was tangible.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuan had been by her side, providing comfort through their conversations and lessening this mounting pressure. Otherwise, she could not imagine the distress she would have felt.
“In consideration of our safety, I chose the safest route, cleared out the zombies en route, and made a detour to check up on the secure Linjiang villa. I came back only after confirming that everything was safe,”
Li Ming said with a smile, giving a playful pat to Zhang Yuan’s soft buttocks. Zhang Yuan instantly softened her expression even more, whispering ‘My dear, you’ve worked hard.’
“It’s alright. Let’s go downstairs quickly and check out the supermarket in our community. Grab anything that you want, and we’ll get moving right after,”
Li Ming said cheerfully as he pulled his hand back from her buttocks, leaving a handprint on her jeans. He then directed this at both Zhang Yuan and Chen Li, who was standing ahead.
“Alright, auntie, Yinyin, we’re leaving now,”
Zhang Yuan agreed, and after bracing herself with one foot forward, she called out to Chen Li’s mother and daughter inside the room. It seemed after spending a whole day together, they had grown close.
“Alright, sure.”
Chen Li nodded, quickly turning back inside to pick up a few of her personal belongings. She had chosen to wear a pair of tight black pants that flared open at the bottom, tied with sports shoes underneath. As she moved, the hems of her trousers fluttered, displaying an elegant charm.
Zhang Yuan always managed to maintain her appearance immaculately. Although Li Ming had wasted quite a bit of water in the process, it all seemed worthwhile when he saw her. Pairing white sneakers with blue denim jeans outlining her well-defined legs and a white short-sleeve top, she was a sight to behold.
Chen Li, along with her mother and daughter, stepped out of the room and noticed the only stain on Zhang Yuan’s jeans was the handprint from Li Ming. She shifted awkwardly, then quickly followed Li Ming and Zhang Yuan downstairs.
