The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 358 - 351 Necessary Pre-War Preparations

Chapter 358: Chapter 351 Necessary Pre-War Preparations

Night fell.

During the day it was unbearably hot, but as soon as darkness dared to set in, the temperature began to plummet sharply.

Teams prepared to leave for reconnaissance, ready to strike if the opportunity arose.

All four Russians were dressed, each donning a bulletproof vest, but... only one wore a helmet, two others wore headscarves, while Green Hat still wore his trademark green hat.

Fortunately, all the Russians had night vision goggles and knew how to use them.

In terms of equipment alone, Spark Squad was far superior, with double the night vision gear, heavy bulletproof vests, helmets, and an assortment of other small pieces.

Then there were more people from Spark Squad ready to enter the fray; Panxin and Li Jingang were definitely going, and Li Yang had to go too, as well as Yu Shunzhou, Nie Erlong who had recently recovered from a leg injury, Song Qian, Cao Zhenjiang, Chunxiao, and even Wang Ning was fully armed to join the battle as a medic, while Harry Keen would also join the team, solely responsible for drone reconnaissance.

Shenzhou’s top expert surgeon, a specialist among specialists, now had no choice but to join the fray as well.

As for those left behind, they were the old, weak, sick, and disabled.

Gao Yuan definitely couldn’t go, Xinghe was certainly not going, Ashraf had stopped combat, and Liu Deguang, who had just recovered from serious injuries, would only be a burden if he went.

As for Lizhizi, Gao Yuan didn’t even know what he was capable of, so he was definitely staying behind.

Renato was certainly not joining the battle, but Avi, surprisingly, was fully armed and ready to move with Spark Squad, and he looked like he could hold his own in a fight.

It finally got completely dark, and Li Yang whispered to Gao Yuan, "Be careful, turn on the radio, but unless it’s an emergency, maintain radio silence at all costs; we don’t know the enemy’s strength and we don’t want to be intercepted."

Gao Yuan nodded and replied in a low voice, "Uh-huh, you guys be careful too, if it gets too rough, just pull back, we’ll board the ship and leave..."

The sailboat hadn’t left yet; if the battle turned sour, at least there was an escape route.

Li Yang stood up and said softly, "Let’s move out."

At that moment, Yu Shunzhou turned to Gao Yuan and whispered, "Hey, take care of yourself, remember the ’number nine’ plan we discussed."

Gao Yuan smiled knowingly and said, "I won’t forget, you... be careful."

Li Jingang asked in a low voice, "What plan have you guys discussed? What is the ’number nine’ plan?"

None understood except Gao Yuan and Yu Shunzhou, who knew what the so-called ’number nine’ plan meant.

It was just a code Gao Yuan and the others used to casually fantasize about before the disaster struck; ’number nine’ plan meant if it was inconvenient to say anything else, just run for your lives.

It was truly just a dark joke among a few self-entertaining survivalists, but thinking back on those moments now brought a unique sense of nostalgia.

All who were meant to go had departed, leaving only the old, weak, sick, and disabled waiting for news. At that time, Lizhizi approached Gao Yuan and whispered, "Still feeling sick? Can you eat something now?"

Gao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Let’s eat something first, to try."

Lizhizi took out a chocolate bar, but Gao Yuan shook his head and requested, "That’s too greasy, I’ll start with something lighter, like a compressed biscuit..."

Gao Yuan began to nibble on a compressed biscuit, and Renato also came over and asked in a low voice, "Can you eat it now?"

Gao Yuan looked at the enigmatic man in front of him and finally asked, "Renato, can you tell me who you really are?"

"I’ve told you before, what’s there to ask?"

Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "I don’t know, I just feel like you’re no ordinary person."

Renato laughed, then with the look of someone who had discovered a new continent, he said with astonishment, "You finished it?"

Gao Yuan ate a compressed biscuit in four bites—it wasn’t large, but it was quite hard, and Renato had never seen someone finish off such a large piece in just four bites.

Gao Yuan extended his hand, and Lizhizi placed another opened compressed biscuit in his hand. After swallowing it in two bites, Gao Yuan felt even hungrier, so he reached out his hand again.

Whether Gao Yuan could eat, and how much, was very important to Spark Squad.

Lizhizi immediately said, "Mr. Liu, help unwrap the compressed biscuits, Ol’ Gun, Ol’ Gun, come here."

Lizhizi gestured and directed, and so Ashraf also began tearing open compressed biscuits while Lizhizi whispered, "Do you want some self-heating ration packs?"

"No, they take too long, the more I eat, the hungrier I get, it’s unbearable."

Gao Yuan was truly feeling hungry, and after eating two biscuits, his hands even began to tremble with hunger.

Time to eat and no longer hide; the current situation didn’t allow Gao Yuan to conceal his strength any longer.

Amazed, Renato exclaimed, "You, you, even with seasickness, you can’t possibly eat so much!"

Gao Yuan wiped his mouth, sucked dry an Energy Bar he had saved as a treat, then tossed the wrapper and took two large chunks of chocolate.

Like a bottomless pit, Gao Yuan began to show the true capacity of the number one glutton among humans.

Being able to eat can sometimes be quite frightening.

Renato’s mouth was agape.

Gao Yuan ate while saying, indistinctly, "Mr. Alphano, everyone has their little secrets. I won’t pry into yours if you help me keep mine. Is that okay?"

"It’s not a fair trade, but, but... okay, I won’t tell."

The three of them struggled to unwrap the compressed biscuits, but they couldn’t keep up with Gao Yuan’s eating pace.

Xinghe finally joined the team unwrapping the compressed biscuit packages and asked Gao Yuan curiously, "Are they that delicious?"

"Not delicious, just okay. The compressed biscuits from Israel are kind of a novelty, so they seem tastier than Shenzhou’s. Sigh, filling the stomach is what matters."

Under Renato’s extremely shocked gaze, Gao Yuan ate two boxes of compressed biscuits. Although the two large boxes were meant to be carried separately, Gao Yuan only went to the toilet twice during that time.

Actually, Gao Yuan was feeling uncomfortable, but since he could refrain from vomiting, he had to eat as much as possible. This was pre-battle preparation, a matter of survival, and couldn’t be taken lightly.

"I’m so hungry... I’ve eaten so much and I’m still not full."

Gao Yuan remarked somberly after finishing off two large boxes of compressed biscuits—each containing one hundred pieces, with only one piece needed per person per day to maintain basic caloric intake.

Gao Yuan glanced at Renato, who retreated several steps like a frightened little girl, his eyes wide as if Gao Yuan might eat him too.

"Self-heating meals, energy bars, chocolate, what else? Bring them all here. You guys prepare them for me; I’m going to use the toilet."

Gao Yuan’s ghostly-speed movements made Renato’s legs go weak, and he nearly fell onto the sand, but fortunately, he steadied himself.

Trembling, Renato said, "Is he... a devil?"

Ashraf mumbled something incomprehensible, clearly reminded of something.

Renato was truly scared because he witnessed something utterly beyond his understanding.

"All Shenzhou people know martial arts. All Shenzhou people are perverts. The boss is, Poseidon is, and now him. My God, it must be Shenzhou martial arts. It can only be that..."

While crossing himself, Renato mumbled something in Italian under his breath, but Xinghe heard him and turned to say in Italian, "He’s using martial arts, not genetics... no, it’s not that."

Xinghe’s explanation only made things worse, but Renato nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, that’s it. Ah, the magical martial arts. Just like a toad—martial arts, nothing but martial arts."

That’s what Renato was telling himself, but seeing Gao Yuan kicking up a trail of sand as he ran back like the wind, Renato couldn’t help but ask Gao Yuan in a trembling voice, "Mr. Gao... are you really human?"

"Yes, I practice martial arts."

Gao Yuan raised one hand and waved it, then said with a smile, "Although I still feel dizzy, eating has made me feel much better. Give me a self-heating meal, what flavor is this?"

Gao Yuan picked up a self-heating meal and began to eat it. The rice was a bit hard due to the short preparation time, but it was the last stock brought from Shenzhou, so he still found it quite delicious.

"Want to learn martial arts? Learn from the Taoist Priest. He’s really good at teaching students, right Taoist Priest?"

Flushing, Lizhizi said, "Don’t talk nonsense, please don’t talk nonsense."

Liu Deguang couldn’t help but say, "Taoist Priest, if your master knew you taught more than a dozen female disciples, would he kick you out of the sect? Hahaha."

Hastily, Lizhizi said, "Don’t talk nonsense, I wouldn’t dare. I was... spreading the glory of our martial arts."

"And spreading your seed on the side. If your disciples give birth to some mixed-race babies later, hahaha, Taoist Priest, you’ll have descendants."

Lizhizi paused for a moment and said, "That shouldn’t happen, right?"

Gao Yuan was just joking, but even he was astonished and said, "Damn, Taoist Priest, you didn’t actually leave offspring, did you?"

"That shouldn’t be the case... alright, enough, let’s not talk about this anymore."

The group burst into laughter again, finding teasing Lizhizi a fun pastime.

With jokes and laughter, it was as if no one from Spark Squad was about to embark on a highly dangerous mission.

Time ticked away, and after two hours, Gao Yuan had finished a big meal, leaving only enough emergency food for one more meal for the others.

Three hours passed, and Xinghe started to feel sleepy, so Gao Yuan spread out a blanket and covered her with a sleeping bag.

Five hours went by, and Gao Yuan thought that by now Li Yang and the others must have made contact with the enemy. But since they were maintaining radio silence, he dared not ask nor could he ask; he could only wait anxiously for news.

Six hours passed, and then six and a half hours. They had set out at nine in the evening, and by three-thirty in the morning, the walkie-talkie at Gao Yuan’s waist finally buzzed.

"Mr. Jian calling Nemesis! We’ve been spotted, the enemy is heavily fortified, well-equipped, fighting..."

The conversation was interrupted by the rattle of gunfire. After a moment, Li Jingang continued to shout urgently, "We’re being suppressed, retreating now. The enemy is well-equipped, very strong in combat. You must evacuate immediately, evacuate immediately! Acknowledge, over!"

Li Jingang repeated ’well-equipped enemy’ twice, and ’evacuate immediately’ twice as well.

This meant the enemy was truly formidable.

It’s inevitable to meet a tough challenge at times.

Without hesitation, Gao Yuan responded over the radio, "Nemesis received. Nemesis is in good condition, ready to assist. Report your position, over!"