Free Web NovelChapter 1502: Chapter 863: Settled, Heading Home!
Until all the explosives brought in this package were placed in suitable positions.
After finishing these tasks, twenty minutes had already passed.
While Jackals was placing these explosives, Li Yu asked Jackals for key points of blasting, then secretly memorized them.
Soon, all the explosives were set up.
Li Yu, holding the empty package, said to Jackals: "Uncle Jackal, the explosives are all used up, should we go back for more?"
Jackal shook his head and said: "No need. These explosives are enough to blow up the bridges. Let’s go."
"Alright." Li Yu nodded, then walked towards the helicopter.
The group maintained their formation and left, weaving through the abandoned cars.
Some of these cars had overturned, seemingly blown here by a typhoon, their exteriors scratched up and rusty.
Suddenly, Third Uncle’s eyebrow twitched.
He said to Old Qin: "Hold on a second."
No sooner had the words left his mouth.
BANG!
A bullet flew in from behind.
SQUELCH!
At the front was Old Qin, who was just under five meters away from a glowing Zombie.
The shot was fired by Li Yu!
He had seen the Zombie on the right front from behind, and acted immediately.
If allowed to pounce any closer, it would have been more dangerous to shoot at that short distance, so he acted directly.
Old Qin saw the glowing Zombie fall in front of him and quickly retreated a few steps.
Jackals hurriedly checked Old Qin up and down, not seeing any Zombie blood splattered on him.
"No problem, we’re wearing radiation protection clothing anyway," Old Qin said.
Third Uncle frowned and said to everyone: "We should still be cautious. Let’s leave this place as soon as possible."
After this incident, everyone’s pace quickened; the place was too eerie and felt unsettling.
Soon, they arrived outside the helicopter.
In the sunlight, with no Zombies around, Ant saw them coming out and breathed a sigh of relief. He’d heard the gunshot earlier and thought something had happened.
The group boarded the helicopter.
BANG!
Jackals closed the door of the helicopter, patted Ant’s back to signal that the door was secured.
Without speaking, Jackals directly started flying the helicopter.
WHIR WHIR WHIR——
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Li Yu calculated the time.
Setting up the explosives earlier took twenty to thirty minutes, plus the time it took to get here, it was now already 7:20.
They needed to speed things up; there were still two roads left to blow up.
Taking into account the travel time to the next locations and the time to set up explosives, the other two places would take at least another hour and a half.
The sooner they blew up these roads, the sooner they could return to Big Camphor Tree Base.
"This is about far enough," Third Uncle said, noticing they had flown three kilometers away and spoke to Jackals.
Jackals nodded and pressed the detonation button.
Two seconds passed.
BOOM!! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Everyone on the helicopter tightly watched the overpass; the support pillars instantly broke, followed by the collapse of the top bridge.
The uppermost bridge collapsed, falling onto the bridge below. Before it could be stopped, the roadway support pillars beneath were also broken.
RUMBLE!
The entire overpass collapsed.
Constant explosions followed. Even several kilometers away, on the helicopter, they felt the aircraft shake due to the air currents.
Ant piloted the helicopter around the overpass, and a few minutes later, they saw the entire overpass had collapsed into a crisscrossed pile of debris, forming a small hill eight or nine meters high.
The road both above and below was completely sealed.
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction; this road was now sealed.
He said to Ant: "Uncle Ant, let’s head to the next place quickly, time is of the essence."
Ant nodded and flew towards the location they had marked yesterday.
Soon, under Jackals’ efforts, they successfully blew up and collapsed the east-to-west roads as well.
These roads utilized the terrain; they blew up the steep forest to achieve a complete blockade.
All the explosives they brought were used up.
After finishing with the remaining two locations, the time reached 9:10 in the morning.
In over two hours, they destroyed the routes on all three roads.
On the helicopter, Li Yu contacted Li Tie: "Tiezi, where are you now?"
It had been two hours and ten minutes since Li Tie’s team set out.
Li Tie heard Li Yu and replied quickly: "Brother, we’ve reached the vicinity of Xiong City, and now we are at...."
Li Tie looked around. There was no boundary marker on the road, so he didn’t know exactly where they were.
So he said, "Not sure about the exact location, but according to the map, we should soon reach the outskirts of Xiong City. We are traveling along the G611 highway. If you follow this route, you should be able to find us."
Upon hearing this, Li Yu said: "Okay, we’re done here, heading over now."
With that, Li Yu told Ant: "Uncle Ant, let’s fly along the G611 route. They’re about to reach Xiong City."
Ant obliged, maneuvering the helicopter to fly along the G611 highway.
Li Tie’s team had set off more than two hours ahead. From Shaosh City to Xiong City, there’s at least an eighty-kilometer distance.
Turns out they were quite fast, since they previously moved at a much slower speed.
Hearing they’d reached Xiong City, Third Uncle smiled and said, "Pretty quick, it looks like the convoy can return to Big Camphor Tree Base today without issue."
Li Yu nodded and said, "On the way here, the road had to be cleared which slowed them down; going back, it’s normal to be quicker."
Having collapsed the essential northern routes left Li Yu in a great mood.
He sat in the helicopter, looking down at the scenery below.
The dry rations they had for breakfast honestly tasted a bit bland. Li Yu thought of the food at the base, a strong urge to return washed over him.
Perhaps due to past experiences from the previous life, often lacking food and living in perpetual hunger, Li Yu developed a unique craving for food.
He wouldn’t waste a single drop of water, let alone food.
After rebirth, during the few months before the Doomsday outbreak, he indulged in lots of delicacies, increasing his desire for good food.
In Doomsday, having hot food and a sip of alcohol gave Li Yu immense satisfaction.
At this moment, his mind began envisioning returning to the base, asking his mother to make braised edamame and beef, accompanied by a chilled rice wine. Just thinking about it made his mouth water.
With the helicopter capable of flying at a speed of two to three hundred kilometers per hour, within just over twenty minutes, they spotted the convoy.
Li Yu picked up the radio to contact Li Tie below: "Tiezi, we’re now overhead."
Li Tie heard this and quickly rolled down the car window, looked up, and saw the helicopter Li Yu and the others were on.
He said: "I see you, brother. Are you heading back first or traveling with us?"
Li Yu gave Third Uncle a glance, checked the map, and seeing they were past Xiong City, estimated they had less than 200 kilometers to Big Camphor Tree Base.
Given the current convoy speed of thirty to forty kilometers per hour, they could return to the base in about five hours.
Now it was 9:40 in the morning; they should make it back to Big Camphor Tree Base before 3:00 in the afternoon.
With the convoy’s current strength, they didn’t really need air escort, making it unnecessary to continue following them.
So he told Li Tie: "We’re heading back first, staying at Gan City’s Satellite City for a bit, then returning to the base. We’ll wait for you at the base!"
Li Tie looked at the helicopter in the sky with envy; he too preferred not to be in a car. Traveling by car was slow and the ride bumpy, making the seat uncomfortable after a while.
"Okay." Li Tie replied.
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Li Yu therefore asked Ant to speed up, visiting Gan City’s Satellite City quickly before heading straight back to Big Camphor Tree Base.
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