Holding the hot coffee, Gavin blew the white air floating on the coffee cup, smiled and nodded to the expectant waiter in front of him.
"Thank you, bro. This cup of coffee came on time."
"Haha, boss, you are too polite. Isn't this just in time? Hehe----hehehehehe."
The guy who was thanked by Gavin was so excited that he fiddled with his cowboy hat again and again.
Gavin patted his shoulder and continued.
"The cup will be brought to you shortly. I want to go to the front to take a look."
"Let's go together, boss, I'll protect you. Although I'm not a back-officer, I'm still willing to protect you from the zombies' teeth!
The young man in the field immediately said to Gavin, and then stood directly next to Gavin.
Seeing this, Gavin did not drive the young man away, but took the young man all the way towards the direction of the machine gun pickup truck.
At this stage, with a small-scale zombie attack like this, Gavin doesn't need to issue too many orders to his professional field staff at all.
As expected, just as Gavin walked towards the machine gun pickup truck, within a few dozen seconds, a series of sounds came from the walkie-talkie on his waist.
"The sentry on the south side is on alert, the first team and the second team are clearing the battlefield, the third team and the fourth team are involved in the transportation, and other personnel are looking for burning sites, creating isolation belts, and transporting fuel."
"Hurry up, the boss is watching you from the front, don't fucking embarrass me in front of the boss!"
Eugene's voice roared, and at the same time as Eugene's words fell, field officers from the first and second teams also walked out from all directions, carrying firearms on their backs and walking towards the machine gun posts one by one.
"Boss!"
"Good morning, boss!"
"I'm disturbing your rest, boss!"
"Boss, how did you sleep last night?"
"Don't ask such questions, it's only four o'clock now, of course the boss won't sleep well, so the boss must get more rest during the day!
"That's right, boss, I'll go back and catch up on my sleep later. We'll keep an eye on our surroundings during the day, so boss can rest peacefully!"
"Yes, boss, take care of yourself!"
Accompanied by sparse greetings and topics of concern, Gavin felt his heart warm, smiled on his face, and nodded to the guys who were getting closer.
"Thanks to you, guys, I always have time to rest during the day. It's all thanks to you being here."
"Haha, I should~"
"The boss boasted too much."
"It should, it should."
"Boss, you are our hope, of course you must have a good rest!"
"But why are there zombies running around here, or is the group of zombies so small?"
"Yes, boss, do you want us to divide into a group and go around to check out the situation?"
"I also think we should take a look. After all, no town has only a few dozen residents. The number of these zombies is a bit strange."
"It's a bit strange indeed. I'm afraid they are pioneers or something."
After briefly paying attention to Gavin, the guys gathered into a team, spread out horizontally into the shape of wild goose wings, and came within thirty meters of the pickup truck.
The content of the chat among the guys shifted from the topic of concern about Gavin to the reason for the appearance of the zombie group.
Listening to what the guys said, Gavin squinted his eyes with satisfaction.
To this day, he has already guided the initial atmosphere of the Alliance. While ensuring his authority and status, he has left as much free space as possible for the guys.
So much so that most of the guys at the Alliance are not the kind of war machines who only know how to follow orders and obey orders.
They are often like now, no matter what their position is, they are willing to participate in the problems faced by the Alliance and the team as a whole.
And boldly expand their own thinking, suggesting that they may not be smart, but they must have reasonable judgments and effective guesses based on personal basis.
Three stinky generals are the best of Zhuge Liang.
Gavin doesn't think these guys are overthinking.
However, while Alliance encourages divergent thinking, Gavin has already begun to cultivate the thinking and decision-making abilities of managers at all levels earlier.
Therefore, Gavin did not decide anything.
While he was silent for a brief period, the voice of William continued to come from the intercom.
"Ahem, my name is William. The internal service group is at the sentry post, right? Then there are twenty internal service groups of 2, 3, 4 and 5. They will be divided into four groups to explore and conduct investigations around the garrison. The reconnaissance distance is tentatively determined to be six to eight kilometers."
"After reaching the farthest reconnaissance distance, each group will return after stationing for 25 minutes. At the same time, all sentry posts at the station will be expanded outward by 150 meters to ensure a sufficient tactical buffer zone."
"Get started!"
Following William's order, each group of back-office personnel who came with the team quickly organized their equipment.
This time will take longer than the time it takes for field workers to dress.
It's not that their training is worse than the field service.
However, when field personnel were dealing with the small group of corpses that had just approached, because the group of corpses was not large in number and was close to the camp, most of them simply dressed and started to join the battle.
But now, the members of the internal support teams have to leave the station and explore outside.
Even if they only need to scout out a few kilometers, they must bring a full set of equipment, protect every joint, and check the oil level and status of the motorcycle.
With this set of things in place, time will naturally slow down a lot.
And Gavin.
Listening to William's skillful arrangements, he lifted the coffee cup with even more satisfaction and took a nice sip.
I don't know what kind of coffee the field clerk has, but it tastes great, really great.
Just sipping coffee, Gavin came to the machine gun pickup truck.
Seeing this, the machine gunner turned sideways, pointed his right hand at the group of corpses in front, and said softly.
"Boss, the light just now was relatively average, and my shooting skills were a bit abnormal. I promise that I am much more accurate than usual."
"Ha, it's not a big problem. You did a good job. Don't worry that I will cause trouble for you."
Gavin gave a thumbs up to the machine gunner, then crossed the machine gun pickup truck and continued walking towards the group of zombies that had fallen to the ground, checking the status of the zombies one by one, and finishing up the few zombies that were still struggling.
As he approached, he pulled out the weapon from his waist and gently swung it with his left hand.
Just like that, he came to the zombie nearest to him. Gavin looked at it funny and saw that there was no good spot on his body. Even the rotten muscle tissue that was filled with fungi and was glued and filled with fungi had been beaten into zombies with the texture of tattered cotton wool among rag dolls. He said jokingly.
"Tsk, tsk, every time we encounter zombies, as long as we choose to fight head-on, the bullets in the last zombie to die will almost always be heavier than the weight of the zombie itself."
"Look at this fucking last zombie. Haha, guys, your marksmanship has improved a lot. In the dark light at this time, you can still shoot so accurately!"
After a word of praise, Gavin strode past the unlucky zombies who owed Alliance hundreds of bullets, and came to the next zombie.
side.
Squatting down, Gavin used the steel awl spear in his hand to gently poke the zombie's obviously bluish-black skin.
There was no sound of collision. Although Gavin's test had not caused the tip of the awl to penetrate the zombie's skin, at least the zombie's skin was still flexible. At least the skin would sink slightly as Gavin continued to apply force.
It's just----
Gavin After slightly increasing the pressure, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle.
This zombie's skin----
He is more resilient than he thought!
In addition to being more tough and feeling more difficult to cut and pierce, Gavin used the tip of the awl spear to strike the zombie's face and said softly.
"Take a look at these zombies, Mazefak. Is the skin condition of these George-ia State zombies much better than ours?"
"Oh?"
"Really?"
"It seems so!"
"Indeed!"
Following Gavin's question, two or three guys with flashlights sent light to the surrounding area and looked at the zombie's skin in ecstasy.
Then, Liana in the crowd said softly.
"Boss, you are right. I just checked three zombies. Without exception, the skin condition on their bodies is much better than that of Dallas!"
Having said this, Liana raised her boots and lightly kicked the head of the zombie closest to her, then kicked the zombie's ribs, belly and lower body.
He just followed it to the zombie's feet. Liana stepped on the zombie's toes and continued to speak.
"Texas zombies, especially those in the first two months, have very serious skin ulcers. Not only are their faces filled with all kinds of disgusting clusters of spores, their bodies are also peeling off and rotting piece by piece. Even most of the male Texas zombies have even rotted and fallen off."
"But here at George-ia State, the zombies are obviously better maintained. Although there are also ringworms on the skin that represent decay, the skin is generally not too damaged, and the various external organs are also well preserved."
"Wow----"
"Uh----"
"Faq----"
"Awesome!"
Looking at the tough Liana, the guys all took a breath.
Gavin continued to observe the dead zombies in front of him whose necks had been taken care of by Heavy Machine Gun bullets, so that only a layer of skin on their necks was still connected to the body. At the same time, their heads had been poked out by the first sweepers to arrive at the battlefield, and he responded to Liana.
"Indeed, the skin quality of this batch of zombies is even better than the zombies in the Smoky Mountains area."
"In addition to the overall quality of their skin being better, their skin is also more malleable and harder to cut."
"Although they still look like ordinary zombies and are far from reaching the defensive state of the fungus Bloater, we still need to try to understand their principles for this phenomenon."
"Liana, remember to remind me, before we go home, we are going to try to catch a few George-ia State special Pursuer."
"By the way, if we want to survive, we have to bring this zombie back Astronaut and we will study it carefully to see if they can determine the reason for the birth of the phenomenon of narrative."
"I guess this reason is most likely related to the climate of George-ia State or the local air humidity."
"But this is just my speculation. It would be more accurate if we let Xiao Lin and the others study it."
After saying that, Gavin stood up and continued walking towards the middle of the corpse group.
The crowd spread to both sides of him, looking for the broken zombies that could still move one by one for finishing blows.
After they finish the last hit, make sure that every zombie is unable to open its eyes and get up again.
The transportation team arranged by Eugene also arrived, and the guys quickly started the moving activities.
After all, the number of this batch of zombies was not large enough. After only ten minutes, more than 80 zombies were transported to the outer area about 300 meters away from the outpost.
After the isolation zone was cleared, the flames officially began to burn, and the floating ashes that appeared every time zombies were burned suddenly appeared in the air.
The ashes produced by the burning fungi seem to have an ominous quality, but other than that, the guys have already adapted to this kind of work.
I kept working like this until about 5:20, when the flames began to burn brightly.
Gavin glanced at his watch and gave an order.
"Okay, leave a few people here to take care of the fire, and the others can go back and rest."
"The action time this morning has been postponed for half an hour, and I will try my best to give you a complete sleep."
At this point, the commotion caused by this small wave of zombies has completely ended.
Wait until time passes to the breakfast stage.
The pile of burning corpses was almost completely burned.
Gavin After taking the dinner plate and finishing breakfast, the guys guarding the fire also extinguished the fire completely and returned to the camp.
At 7:32, the convoy started moving forward again.
One hour, two hours, three hours.
The convoy twisted left and right on the route to the meeting point.
Gavin was sitting in the RV, chatting with the guys about George-ia State's customs.
After driving for four hours, finally.
The driver of the RV shouted to Gavin from afar.
"Boss, we have arrived at the meeting point agreed with the general. Pine Mountain is in front of us."
"Received."
Gavin responded without raising his head, and then continued to speak to the guys beside him who were gradually sitting up.
"Pine Mountain, a mountain town located in the middle area between George-ia State Harris County and Meriwether County, has a beautiful environment, pleasant scenery, wide roads, clusters of lakes, and forests growing wildly around the lakes. The animal ecology is relatively complete, the climate is normal, and the seasons are very clear."
"Such a small town is indeed a suitable place to survive, but----"
Having said this, Gavin raised his head, looked at the car window that had been wiped several times, and looked through the window at the surrounding area of Pine Mountain Town.
"But----"
I saw him observing and continuing.
"It's so quiet here, no, it's not just quiet, it's also devoid of any life!"
"At first glance, this place is no different from a virgin forest. There are no traces of human existence at all. There are no smoke, no tents, no foggy windows, and no cars waiting to run."
"It seems that the place agreed upon by that general and us is not their own camp."
"I just don't know if he is simply wary of us or simply arranged a trap for us, waiting for us to walk in!"
Having said this, Gavin tapped his fingers on the table.
Liana took a deep breath, rubbed his face and responded.
"The general shouldn't be stupid enough to be hostile to us. Although boss, your presence in this team has greatly increased the importance of this team, but after all, our team only has about a hundred people, which is not proportional to the size of the Alliance."
"Even if they kill us, they will still have to face all-out revenge from the Alliance."
"Considering how willing they are to interact with us, we shouldn't be doing this kind of thing like boiling cold water and then putting it in the refrigerator--"
"Zizzi!"
Just when Liana said this, the sound of the intercom suddenly interrupted her.
After a while, the voice of Eugene continued to be heard from the intercom.
"Boss, I am Eugene, and I am on the lead car."
"I think I saw our target, but they only had one car, and there seemed to be less than ten people, three men and one woman!"
"Should we approach directly?"