463: Uneasy, but still hopeful

""Human Body Shell""." Hearing Ye Tian's reminder, Nie Fangping pondered slightly.

He had built modules for the insects.

As for this ""Human Body Shell"", Nie Fangping had also built one yesterday.

However, after this shell was built, it was completely like a puppet, only capable of simple actions like running and fighting.

Its appearance was no different from a Human, but it completely lacked the ability to display emotions that he expected.

Although it had a certain level of strength, if strength was needed, wasn't his insect legion enough?

The only use of the ""Human Body Shell"", in Nie Fangping's view, was to blend into Human groups, for deception and disguise.

Unable to control emotions, it was useless to Nie Fangping.

Now with this first-tier crystal, the ""Human Body Shell"" that had been gathering dust seemed ready to be put into use.

Looking around at the City center that was about to be cleared.

The number of first-level mutated Zombies, although not many, was still over ten.

Enough to make more than ten ""Human Body Shells"" indistinguishable from ordinary Humans.

With the thought sent, the remaining Blade Worms directly charged into the ordinary Zombie crowd below!

Like harvesting rice, the reaping began.

As the open space was cleared, tens of thousands of Nest Builders also began their work in the City center.

Overlooking from high altitude, a giant honeycomb-like biological structure was slowly being born.

...

Seeing things here getting on track, Nie Fangping opened the System panel.

"System, can you customize some things here? Like poisons or something?"

Listening to the Host's question, a line of text appeared on the System panel with Ye Tian's thought.

"Requires 10,000 energy points."

A few minutes later, Nie Fangping looked at the item exchanged from the System and flew towards the subway station.

Setting up the final work for revenge.

...

Subway station.

Compared to the large-scale cleanup in the City center, it was exceptionally quiet here.

May 28th.

When the Sun rose again, the people at the subway station were once again full of anticipation, rushing to the entrance to wait.

Only.

Seeing this dead silent environment again, everyone's anticipation and smiles were swept away by a cold wind, replaced by a wave of disappointment.

"The time they specified! It's already been a day, and they still haven't come!"

In the subway station, everyone was suffering from hunger.

Precisely because of this, the resentment towards the Army in their hearts grew even stronger.

They clearly could have entered the City yesterday, they could have been taken to the Base City yesterday, and now they could at least be eating well and sleeping soundly.

But all of this was delayed by that Army!

"Don't know how much longer the Army will take to come." In the crowd, someone who couldn't bear the hunger looked at the gloomy-faced Wu Gen: "Wu Ge... can you still get some food?"

As these words spread, the people around also looked over.

In the previous few days, although everyone had rice to eat, it was far from enough to be considered full.

After enduring for a whole day yesterday, everyone's energy had been largely depleted.

"Damn it, if you want something to eat, go find it yourself! I've already brought you four bags of rice, and you're still relying on me?"

Wu Gen roared impatiently.

Originally, the Army not arriving on time had already made him unhappy.

After being hungry for a day yesterday, he was now even more filled with hostility.

With him saying that, no one in the crowd dared to provoke him again.

With their belts tightened around their empty stomachs, many decided to hold on a little longer.

Maybe, at noon or in the evening, the Army will come.

Yes, maybe.

No one had thought that this would be a lie.

And no one dared to think that it was a lie.

That propaganda paper was like an oasis in the desert, giving unlimited hope to the people in the desert.

People who were already close to dying of thirst in the desert would not doubt that it was a mirage.

Look, the propaganda papers were scattered everywhere, could anything else besides an airplane do that?

Look, this brand new propaganda paper was printed from a copy, and it even had photos of the Base City walls, could anyone else besides the Base City do that?

A slight degree of feasibility, coupled with the mindset of praying for hope, caused everyone to regard this matter as truth.

Like the words of a God, it was the only faith in everyone's hearts!

Just as everyone was harboring such expectant emotions, another day passed.

May 29th.

On this day, it was raining.

The cool air carried dampness, washing over the City.

At the subway station entrance, the earliest batch of people eagerly waiting arrived.

After two days of waiting on empty stomachs, everyone's complexion was even worse.

However, their spirits were still uplifted.

Cui Shun had said, at most it would only be delayed by one or two days.

Now two days had passed, the Army, the Army should finally come to rescue them, right?!

Harboring this thought, the morning hours flowed away.

"Didn't come, there's no movement at all, the Army still hasn't come!"

In the crowd, one person's voice trembled slightly, saying hoarsely.

His voice seemed to carry some strong negative emotion, spreading through the crowd, causing many people to think of the outcome they had always dared not doubt, making their bodies tremble slightly.

"Perhaps at noon and in the evening..."

"What if they don't come at noon or in the evening either?" In the crowd, everyone's voices were a little hysterical.

"Enough!" Zhou Shou stood out at this time.

His complexion was a bit better than others, it was unknown what private meals he had managed to get.

"The Army must have been delayed by something, everyone don't panic."

"Let's organize some people to go out and find something to eat, it's just for these two days."

"Anyway, the Army will definitely come, that's for sure!"

"For these two days, we just need to get through them together."

With Zhou Shou speaking up, the crowd calmed down slightly.

Yes, the Army will definitely come, they just need to endure this last bit of time.

The Army will definitely return!

Soon there will be hot rice, delicious meat, vegetables, tasty fruit, and clean water for bathing and drinking freely.

Soon, very soon, there will be!

Some people muttered as if in a trance.

Zhou Shou then turned and said: "Should we still organize some people to get some food?"

"Although we won't wait for long, it's better to have something to eat, lining our stomachs, so we can last until then."

As his words fell, they also drew nods from the crowd.

Having been hungry for two full days, they really couldn't bear it anymore.

To be able to get this far, everyone relied entirely on the hope and will in their hearts.

Also under everyone's organization, a temporary search team of ten people was formed.

Taking advantage of the rainy day, with the sound of rain providing cover, the ten people took some weapons and cautiously walked into the rain curtain.

Leading the way this time was still Wu Gen, with his yellow teeth and oily face.

Of course, he wasn't doing it to get food for those people.

The search team represented the first people to access food.

If he wanted to eat his fill, he couldn't stay inside the subway station.

Before, there was Zhao Ling, who could bring back a lot of food each time, so he didn't need to worry about these things, which is why he didn't join the search team.

But now.

They themselves could only look out for themselves.

Walking into the rain curtain.

The Zombies in the distance indeed had no reaction to them for the time being.

The heavy rain blocked most of the Zombies' hearing.

And the Zombies' vision was clearly also affected by the misty rain curtain.

"Wu Ge, where are we going this time?"

Cui Shun stepped forward and asked.

"Let's go check out Bailu Street." Wu Gen gripped his iron bar and stated the place he had planned to go to early on.

Bailu Street.

This was a snack street, not very crowded before the apocalypse, but still had some people.

Zhao Ling had said before that there were probably over twenty Zombies there.

They naturally couldn't deal with these Zombies head-on.

The good thing was that this place had many paths, and on this rainy day, they could completely hide from those Zombies and sneak into those snack shops.

As long as they entered one, they basically wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for the next few days!

Thinking this, Wu Gen and the others stepped on the vines and weeds spreading on the ground along the road and cautiously headed towards their destination.

However.

Just after turning the corner of the road, Wu Gen and the others were dumbfounded.

He remembered that Bailu Street didn't have much foot traffic.

Looking now, why were there so many Zombies here?!

Looking roughly, there were at least over a hundred Zombies!

With so many Zombies, let alone getting food, they didn't even dare to get close!

"Let's go somewhere else."

Wu Gen waved his hand and signaled to the others.

More than ten minutes later, everyone looked at the new street before them, filled with trepidation.

This street also had over fifty Zombies!

Carrying heavy hearts, Wu Gen and the ten others discovered that all the places where food could be found nearby were occupied by large hordes of Zombies.

Relatively speaking, the place with fewer Zombies.

Was still the snack wholesale store at the street corner where they first saw the propaganda paper.

The six Zombies here hadn't changed.

Six Zombies, which they would never have considered before, now had to be attempted.

Otherwise, if the Army didn't arrive, they would truly starve to death.

"Let's do it. On a rainy day, we don't have to worry about small movements attracting other Zombies."

Wu Gen signaled to the people next to him, while he himself stood behind the crowd.