Rebirth: I Will Win Easily in the Apocalypse

73: Chapter 61 Discussing 73: Chapter 61 Discussing It’s like someone sent a pillow when you’re dozing off.

The day after Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao had their conversation, Gu Yanlin, with his exhausted body and bloodshot eyes, returned to his tent.

He hadn’t rested for a long time, and now that the rescue mission was over, he could finally get some well-deserved rest.

Several days had passed since the golden window for rescue had closed, and continuing to dig would yield no results, so the earthquake relief efforts in City C were brought to an end.

Chu Guodong gave them a two-day break to rest up and adjust their condition, as there were other missions waiting for them.

The moment Gu Yanlin got home, without taking a break, he immediately dropped a bombshell on Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao.

In two days, their squad was to depart from City C and head for the Capital on a mission.

Gu Yanlin only knew that their destination was the Capital, but he was in the dark about the specific mission they were to undertake.

Without any hesitation, Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao decided to join Gu Yanlin and head to the Capital.

However, the situation in the Capital was unclear, and it was imperative to find Chu Guodong first to understand the current state of the Capital.

In Gu Yanzhi’s memory from his past life, by this time the Capital should have already established a base, with certain thresholds and conditions required for entry.

It was best to get a clear understanding of these in advance.

Moreover, preparation for the journey and whether the two of them could travel with Squad 532 had to be sorted out beforehand.

The next day, Gu Yanlin rested at home and took care of Gu Yanzhi, while Song Zhao got up early to resign from his job delivering supplies at the government’s temporary work site.

The person in charge was reluctant to let such a capable and leading figure go, tried to retain him for half a day, but finally agreed to his request when he saw how firm Song Zhao’s stance was.

However, as it wasn’t easy to find a replacement team right away, Song Zhao still worked for another day before officially leaving.

With three supply runs in a day, the time in between was all Song Zhao’s.

After finishing his work and without taking time to rest, Song Zhao immediately went to find Chu Guodong at Squad 532’s encampment.

“Zhao?

An unexpected visitor, how do you have time to come here?

Is something up?” Hearing a young soldier on duty say someone was looking for him, Chu Guodong came out and was surprised to see Song Zhao.

Chu Guodong guessed that it was about their upcoming trip to the Capital.

“Here, for you,” Song Zhao handed over a large bag to Chu Guodong.

Inside were several insulated containers with food, including rice, dishes, and drinks.

There was also some frostbite medicine and trauma medicine prepared.

Knowing that these guys, like Gu Yanlin, had not been eating or sleeping well recently and had sustained many injuries, he had specifically prepared it for them.

When Gu Yanlin returned yesterday, he looked terribly thin, with signs of frostbite on his hands, face, and ears, and his thighs and arms were black and blue.

Gu Yanzhi felt terribly heartbroken.

Chu Guodong carried the insulated containers and led Song Zhao to Squad 532’s tent.

Now, with a limited number of tents, six big guys were crammed into a small tent with only three blankets, two men sharing one each, all sleeping soundly.

Song Zhao poked his head in and found there wasn’t even room to set foot inside.

“Get up,” Chu Guodong kicked awake the rest of the five men one by one.

“Huh, what’s up, are we going on a mission?”

“Attention, fall in.”

Seeing them all groggy, Chu Guodong immediately adopted the tone he used during training and started shouting commands.

Now fully awake, the men reflexively stood up and lined up.

“Sound off.”

“1”

“2”

“3”

“4”

“5”

“Report, Captain, Squad 532, six men should be present, six men are present, waiting for your orders,” Lin Cheng stood at the front of the line, saluted Chu Guodong, and waited for Chu Guodong’s next command.

The tent was not tall enough for them to stand up straight, and they stood hunched over in a military stance, making for a rather comical sight.

“Here,” Chu Guodong passed the bag to Lin Cheng, who instinctively caught it.

“Take it and eat.

It’s from Brother Zhao,” Chu Guodong said with a twitch of his lips, barely holding back his laughter at the amusing scene before him.

“Oh~ Thank you, Captain, thank you, Brother Zhao.”

“Don’t forget to leave me some.”

Watching the group cheerfully find a corner and eagerly open up the insulated containers, Chu Guodong loudly reminded them.

“Dongzi, I heard from Yan Lin that you guys are heading to the Capital?” Chu Guodong shrank back to another corner of the tent with Song Zhao, where a table was set up, serving as Chu Guodong’s office.

“Yeah, we received orders from above, we must leave the day after tomorrow at the latest,” Chu Guodong did not beat around the bush, keeping the details of the mission confidential, but there was no harm in mentioning the departure time and the destination.

Chu Guodong asked directly after a moment’s hesitation, “What are your plans, and can Yan Lin leave with you?”

By regulation, since Gu Yanlin was a registered soldier, he couldn’t leave the unit until discharged, but with communications down in these apocalyptic times, there was still some leeway in practice.

Having bonded and gone through life-and-death experiences together, Chu Guodong decided to consider what Gu Yanlin wanted; it would be best if he could join them, but if not, he would try to arrange for Gu Yanlin’s discharge or transfer him to another unit.

Although, both emotionally and in terms of abilities, he was reluctant to let this highly capable member go.

“Yan Lin doesn’t want to leave the army.

I’m here to see if Yang Zhi and I could accompany you?”

Upon hearing Chu Guodong’s question, Song Zhao guessed the worse-case scenario would still allow Yan Lin to leave the unit and depart City C with them.

That was all that mattered.

The rest would be a bonus if they could all head to the Capital together.

“Of course, you can, but note that while our final destination is the Capital, we might have to stay at other bases along the way.”

Chu Guodong readily agreed; it was a minor matter – merely traveling together without revealing any mission details to them.

Over the following day, Song Zhao made two more trips in his free time from transporting supplies to settle the details of the operation with Chu Guodong.

He also learned about the current entry conditions for the Capital Base and other bases from Chu Guodong.

Luckily, they had not rashly set off directly to the Capital Base; the base was now saturated with people, with crowds from nearby cities flooding towards the Capital for nearly two years, resulting in an overpopulation that would no longer accept outsiders.

However, as the captain of a special squad returning to the Capital Base for a special mission and with some clout in his family at the Capital, bringing two additional people inside was not an issue.