Read Novel Full Chapter 872: The Herders ( 5 )
Chapter 872: The Herders ( 5 )
"S-sir, are you really giving this to us?" a young woman asked.
Hearing her question, Cheng Rui raised his eyebrows and asked her back, "What else?"
The young woman hesitated for a while before finally stepping forward to pick up a bottle of water and a pack of biscuits.
She opened the water and drank it. Seeing that no one stopped her, she opened the biscuits and started eating.
When the others saw her eating, they finally gathered the courage to take the supplies. Perhaps they had been treated like livestock for too long; they behaved like trained animals now.
Each of them only took a bottle of water and a small pack of biscuits. The Phantom Team didn’t urge them to take more and simply watched from the sidelines.
After Pei Yixie finished distributing the clothes, she returned and said, "Brother Sikai, these people are raised here as livestock. Those men were the herders."
"Did you find any other information?" Li Sikai asked.
"Those women’s thoughts were messy, but I got the location of the mastermind. They live in a factory area a few kilometers from here," Pei Yixie nodded.
"Let’s go."
Before leaving, Feng Yun took out some medicine for injuries and said, "Leave and find a safe place to hide."
The survivors watched them leave and burst into tears. They thought they would end up as food for those devils. Fortunately, heaven didn’t abandon them and sent these people to save them.
After they ate some biscuits and recovered their energy, the survivors helped the abused women and left the train station through another tunnel. Following this tunnel, they would be able to reach the 4th Colony.
Half an hour later, Li Sikai and his team found the factory where the mastermind was staying.
From a distance, the factory looked ordinary. Besides the metal gate wrapped in barbed wire, there were no other safety precautions against zombies or mutants.
Without Qin Luzi, they didn’t know how many people were inside or if there were any hidden dangers.
Cheng Rui glanced at the surroundings and said, "Brother Sikai, there shouldn’t be any zombies or mutants in this area."
"Cheng Rui, how do you know?" Pei Yixie asked curiously.
Hearing her words, he let out a chuckle and asked in return, "Didn’t you notice? Besides the zombies trapped in the building and the mutant wolves we killed before, we didn’t encounter any zombies or mutants."
When she heard this, Pei Yixie finally realized it. Before she joined the Phantom Team, she had traveled through many places, and even in small villages, she still encountered zombies.
Li Sikai thought for a moment and said, "Let’s go inside."
The members nodded and went to the factory through a small road. They sneaked in while checking the buildings. The factory area covered more than 10 hectares of land.
When they reached the warehouse area, they were surprised to see so many supplies piled up inside. There were a total of 45 warehouses, 39 of which were filled to the brim, while the rest were half full.
Seeing this, the members finally understood where the supplies in this Second Colony had gone. No wonder the mutants were so willing to work for them just for supplies. All of the supplies had been taken over by these people.
Before Li Sikai could give an order, Feng Yun and Pei Yixie had already slipped into the warehouses and taken away all of the supplies.
It took them almost 2 hours to collect everything. Fortunately, the size of their spaces was larger than that of ordinary mutants. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to take everything away.
When they were done, they finally went to the office area. In the entire factory, there was only 1 office building and 15 dormitories.
Since the office was closer to the warehouse area, they went there first.
As they walked, Pei Yixie suddenly said, "Brother Sikai, this is the first time I’ve encountered this kind of situation."
"What do you mean?" Li Sikai asked.
Pei Yixie thought for a moment before saying, "Isn’t it strange? There are so many supplies stored in the warehouses, but the mutants we met before didn’t bother to check this area."
"What’s more, those warehouses were left unguarded. It’s as if the people here regard those supplies as trash. But when they saw the supplies taken out by Sister-in-law, they looked delighted and eager."
After hearing her words, the members fell silent. A few minutes later, Jian Ziqin asked, "Are you saying that these people have mutated and are no longer able to eat normal food?"
Pei Yixie nodded and continued, "They might be raising mutant beasts like livestock, and those people locked in the train station are the mutant beasts’ food."
Li Sikai frowned and considered this possibility. "If that’s the case, they must have a special place to raise the mutant beasts."
As soon as he said this, Feng Yun took out the Thirteen Colonies’ map. Holding it, he said, "Brother Sikai, in the Second Colony, the mountain near the city center is the best place to raise mutant beasts."
"It’s near the city where they keep the survivors captive. There is also a huge forest on the mountain. Besides this place, another location is the mountain ridge on the western border. But that place is too far from the train station."
Li Sikai checked the map and said, "Let’s check this factory first. We need to gather more information before informing the Captain."
The members nodded and replied in unison, "Understood."
The office building was empty, so they moved on to the dormitories. Before they even entered the dormitory gate, they noticed several people patrolling on a nearby watchtower.
Surrounding the dormitory area was a 3-meter-high wall with barbed wire on top. Every 100 meters, there was a 10-meter-tall watch tower. From afar, the place resembled a prison.
For ordinary people, with this level of security, the possibility of escape was near zero. But for Li Sikai and his team, it was no different from a kindergarten-level obstacle.
He made some hand gestures, and the members nodded. They split up and sneaked into the dormitory from several directions.