The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 251 - 246 New Route

Chapter 251: Chapter 246 New Route

"All changed!"

Gao Yuan handed Liu Deguang a knife, giving him six minutes to replace a few fuses and a driving computer encased in an iron box.

As I’ve said before, this car had already been modified in a simple way. The modification involved making the electronic components that were prone to electromagnetic interference easier to replace.

If the damage was unavoidable, then make them easier to replace.

"Go fix the truck!"

Liu Deguang first repaired the off-road vehicle, and then he moved on to repair the truck. If he needed to change his position, he would need the coordination of Gao Yuan and Liu Chunxiao.

If it weren’t for Gao Yuan cutting down every single insect there, Liu Deguang would’ve died long ago.

A large swarm of insects flew over, like a moving cloud of black fog.

Xinghe seemed indifferent, while Li Yang and Zhao Qiang stared intently at the swarm, and Li Jingang and Panxin sat in front, their faces tense as they watched the swarm.

The swarm was vast, the insects too numerous. Gao Yuan sidestepped and then declared in a deep voice, "Burn!"

Liu Chunxiao immediately pulled the trigger, the powerful recoil forcing him to grip the spray gun tightly.

Liu Chunxiao was using an Italian-made T-148 flamethrower, not the domestically produced Type 02 flamethrower he was most familiar with.

The Type 02 flamethrower could only shoot twice, while the T-148 could shoot up to 18 times, which was the sole reason Liu Chunxiao chose the T-148.

On the battlefield, the Type 02 was better because it had a range of one hundred meters, and its flame could even turn corners, making it more effective against bunkers and infantry in trenches.

The T-148 could shoot 18 times because it was fuel-efficient. Being fuel-efficient meant its range was shorter and its power lower, with an effective range of only twenty meters.

But Liu Chunxiao was selected for the Spark Squad precisely because he knew the Serpent People would deploy insects, and his primary role was to deal with the insects, not bunkers or other targets. Stonegate Land Academy had all sorts of light weapons, so of course, Liu Chunxiao would choose the T-148 over the Type 02.

Twice, two huge bursts of flame shot out, scattering the even larger swarm that had just approached, leaving only a few surviving insects to charge at Gao Yuan.

The extent of the swarm was so great that it couldn’t be burned away in a few strokes, but Liu Chunxiao’s flamethrower provided significant help to Gao Yuan.

One might say that Gao Yuan could easily deal with the remaining flying insects.

The atmosphere inside the truck and the off-road vehicle was starkly different. Although the surprise was the same, the people in the truck were obviously much noisier.

Song Qian squatted on the truck, his fingers unconsciously drawing circles on the ground, and with a dejected expression said, "I’m supposed to be a security officer, a security officer."

Yu Shunzhou patted Song Qian on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Don’t think of yourself as a security officer, just think of yourself as an infantryman, like me."

"Learn what from you?"

"Don’t think too much."

Song Qian lifted his head, sighed softly and asked, "Do you think that attacking its blood will work?"

"I really want to know as well..."

Then, Yu Shunzhou and Song Qian both sighed lightly together.

Lizhizi was still in tears, the shock had been too much for him. He felt for the sword sheath under his arm, gripped the hilt, and slowly drew the broken sword that was now only a short stub.

"Oh sword! Sword!"

Lizhizi seemed to be lamenting, as well as mourning in silence, then he whispered, "When can I be like him..."

"That’s a knife, a knife!"

Cao Zhenjiang’s face was a picture of grief and indignation, and then he pointed at Gao Yuan and said, "He’s using a knife, not a sword, no matter what you say! That’s a knife!"

Gao Yuan swept past with his knife.

Lizhizi sighed again deeply.

Cao Zhenjiang stood up in the truck, he pulled out his own knife, and angrily said, "Taoist, look properly! That’s a knife! Just like mine, a knife, a knife!"

Gao Yuan leapt into the air, swinging his knife three meters above ground, and upon landing, he drew the knife around in a dashing spin, then he slipped the knife into the sheath on his back.

Gao Yuan sheathed his knife, Liu Deguang put down the hood.

With a clang, Liu Deguang shouted loudly, "Start it up!"

Both vehicles started, then almost simultaneously roared to life.

Liu Deguang clapped his hands together and shouted loudly, "Move out!"

Gao Yuan, with empty hands, walked behind Liu Deguang and Liu Chunxiao.

"Why did you sheathe your knife?"

Liu Chunxiao was very nervous, but Gao Yuan replied indifferently, "Because there are no more bugs, and even if there were, I have enough time to draw it again."

"You didn’t have to sheathe it, though."

Gao Yuan fell silent for a moment, then he said softly, "It looks cooler this way."

Liu Deguang climbed onto the truck, Liu Chunxiao also got on, then Gao Yuan jumped up, and the two vehicles immediately drove off along the road.

Serpent People usually only launch an electromagnetic attack once, so if nothing unexpected happened, Gao Yuan and his team should be able to leave safely.

Gao Yuan and Xinghe had split up, but now they just needed to keep running forward.

The Serpent People indeed did not launch another electromagnetic attack; the two vehicles drove a great distance, until they left the flat roads and entered the mountains, with Dushanbe left far behind dozens of kilometers away.

Dushanbe was originally on the plains of a mountain basin, surrounded by high mountains, and it wasn’t until they had gone a hundred kilometers and felt they were far enough from Dushanbe that the lead off-road vehicle finally stopped.

Everyone from both vehicles got out, the experience of surviving a disaster left them all feeling weak, a natural consequence of the adrenaline rush.

"We’re far enough now, we should think about where to go next."

Zhao Qiang spoke calmly to Gao Yuan, but after he finished, he couldn’t help but add one more line.

"Don’t do that again next time."

Don’t do that, Zhao Qiang couldn’t specify what.

Gao Yuan took a breath, then he said quietly, "We can’t go back, Dushanbe has certainly fallen, and not just to zombies, but how do we proceed if we don’t go back?"

Zhao Qiang spread out the map, then he pointed to a road and said, "This is the M41 Highway we’ve been on, this road leads straight to the Ta’A border. We can only bypass our way to Afghan, then enter Persia through Afghan; but the way through Afghan is fraught with perpetual conflict, the danger is secondary, what’s important is that the roads within Afghan are in very poor condition, making it extremely difficult to obtain supplies."

Pointing to the map, Zhao Qiang continued, "We could take a longer but safer and more convenient route, which is to follow this highway to the Wakhan Corridor, cross the Wakhan Corridor into Pakistan territory. In Pakistan, we can definitely get supplies and support, then from Pakistan head west into Persia. However, this route is much longer and also involves passing through the Pamir Plateau."

Gao Yuan looked at the map and nodded, "Head towards Pakistan, right? Sounds good, actually, this route is the most suitable, because if we take the highland, we shouldn’t have to worry about the bug threat. Let’s take this route then, a longer detour is fine, as long as it’s safe."