novelbin Chapter 88 New Superpowered Members
Chapter 88 New Superpowered Members
Just five minutes later, all the apartment numbers with red cloths hanging in the walls of the eight apartment buildings had been recorded.
Ning Tieshan handed the compiled record book to Lu Chen for review. The number of red cloths corresponding to each building was clear at a glance. There were 76 households in total. Assuming an average of 1 to 2 people per household, there were at least 100 people.
Next, the teams were assigned. Lu Chen planned to familiarize himself with the five newly joined field team members and made some deliberate adjustments.
Apart from Ning Tieshan, a veteran member, the other four are all new members, including Cheng Qihang.
「我这边负责1栋到4栋，你负责5栋到8栋。」陆晨和沈清辞简单说了一句之后，便带着5名外勤人员和15只丧尸朝1栋走去。
The remaining 11 zombies were left to Shen Qingci. Although she had fewer zombies on her side, just like before, the elite zombies on her side were no less powerful.
With one elite zombie, 10 fully armed strongmen, and Shen Qingci's sharpshooter assistance, they can suppress even an elite zombie of the same level head-on.
Lu Chen was already very experienced in how to save people.
After entering Building 1, he didn't rush to knock on the survivors' doors. Instead, he first had eight Iron Pillar-level zombies clear out all the wandering zombies in the corridor.
The corridor wasn't long, and the five wandering zombies were taken down one by one by Tie Zhu with a single hammer blow.
He then opened the fire door and had Tiezhu use a mortar to strike the stair railing. The dull thud of metal colliding bounced back and forth in the stairwell, and immediately, a groaning sound and hurried footsteps could be heard from upstairs.
The zombies roaming in the fire escape were all attracted down, and several Iron Pillar-level zombies blocked the entrance to the fire escape side by side, cutting them down one by one.
The fire lane was cleared in less than 5 minutes.
Only after that did he lead the team to room 105, where a red cloth was hung.
This time, he didn't even do it himself; he simply tilted his head at Ning Tieshan, signaling him to demonstrate.
Ning Tieshan walked to the door of 105, straightened the collar of his combat uniform, and knocked three times.
A brief silence and rustling footsteps came from inside the door, then a middle-aged man's voice cautiously asked, "Who is it?"
Ning Tieshan immediately identified himself as a member of the rescue team and briefly explained the rules for joining the outpost.
The door opened quickly, and inside was a family of three. The items they needed to bring had already been packed in advance, as Lu Chen had announced over the loudspeaker, with several woven bags piled up in the entryway.
Ning Tieshan bent down and picked up the two heaviest woven bags, helping them carry their luggage to the corridor.
To save time, Lu Chen left a fully armed Iron Pillar-level zombie on the first floor to guard it, and then led the others to the second floor.
On the second floor, red cloths were hung in rooms 201 and 203. Two wandering zombies remained in the corridor, which Tie Zhu quickly dealt with. Lu Chen pointed to two doors, signaling the two new members to knock on them.
With Ning Tieshan's example set before them, the two of them did not do badly either. Cheng Qihang knocked on the door of 203 and repeated the set of words he had just learned from Ning Tieshan.
The door opened, and inside was a young woman living alone. Her things were already packed, but there were too many packages for one person to carry, so Cheng Qihang immediately went to help.
The same applies to the new members on the other side.
However, unlike the previous rescue process, Lu Chen directly instructed the two people to help the two survivors move all their belongings to the first floor.
During the previous rescue operation in Xiangyang Community, the survivors were basically with the team... they followed the team wherever they went, and after rescuing one building, they would bring them back to Building 3 together.
That was to avoid being overwhelmed in case of an accident. After all, the zombies' equipment was still very rudimentary at the time. If a few zombies suddenly appeared somewhere, they might not be able to handle the situation once they were scattered.
But now that all the zombies are fully armed and their combat power has increased significantly, this concern has been greatly reduced.
As long as zombies are left to guard the first floor, all rescued personnel can go downstairs a step ahead and gather on the first floor to wait, without having to run up and down with the team.
Some of these survivors hadn't eaten anything decent for days and were already exhausted. Asking them to climb from the 1st floor to the 15th floor and then come down with the group would be exhausting for several of them, just climbing the stairs alone.
Now let them go directly downstairs, saving time and effort.
While the two were leading the survivors downstairs, Ning Tieshan had already arranged for the family in apartment 105 to stay in a safe area near the entrance of the building, leaving a Iron Pillar-level zombie to guard them, while he himself went up the stairs to rejoin his team.
They maintained extremely high rescue efficiency, pushing from the first floor upwards, clearing corridors on each floor, knocking on doors to lead people out, and carrying luggage downstairs. All the steps were coordinated like an assembly line.
Several new members took turns knocking on the door to communicate. They went from being slightly nervous at the beginning to becoming more and more proficient, and their speaking speed and confidence improved.
Not long after, Lu Chen arrived at the 7th floor.
After the Iron Pillar-level zombies quickly cleared the corridor of zombies, the field team members no longer needed Lu Chen to make any special arrangements.
Cheng Qihang walked towards room 703 and raised his hand to knock on the door.
However, he had only just reached the door and hadn't even knocked properly when the door was opened from the inside.
A round head peeked out from the crack in the door, quickly scanned the corridor to make sure the person standing outside was alive and not a zombie, and then boldly opened the door and stepped out of the room.
Lu Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Other survivors hesitate for a long time before opening the door, but this guy opened it on his own initiative. He's quite bold.
The chubby Zhou Yuanqing scanned the crowd and his gaze quickly locked onto Lu Chen, who was standing in the middle of the group.
He put on a smile and walked up to him warmly: "Sir, you must be Captain Lu Chen from the radio."
Lu Chen nodded; it wasn't surprising that he was recognized.
Yesterday, the military's drones announced his name and rank from the air, and those with radios will receive the message again this morning.
But the other person's next words stunned him.
"Um... sir, I'm also a superhuman. I wonder if there are any special benefits after I join you?"
As soon as he said that, everyone's eyes turned to the unassuming chubby boy.
The field crew members exchanged glances instinctively. None of them expected that the chubby boy waiting to be rescued was actually a superhuman.
The person in front of me was chubby, wearing a gray T-shirt that was a little too big, and his face was puffy as if he hadn't woken up yet. He didn't look like the image of a superhuman that everyone imagined.
But that doesn't stop them from being envious... They're both survivors, but the other person has superpowers, while they can only rely on physical labor.
But there's nothing I can do about being envious; that's just fate.