Chapter 1436 - 974: The Shortest Distance Between Two Points is a Straight Line
One small advantage of being in the apocalypse is that everyone knows that to gain something, you have to give something in return. After Duanmu Huai made the decision, the other survivors decisively joined the team—after all, you reap what you sow, right? The more you give, the more you get, isn’t it?
Aiden and Joel naturally wanted to join; they were vulnerable on their own, and this was Joel’s problem to begin with. As for Aiden—as a Wanderer, he would never miss an opportunity to scavenge.
Among the students, Komuro Takashi and Miyamoto Rei joined in. They at least had some combat ability. Tall City Saye would stay behind to help Mary look after Hillary Alice and Ellie...after all, they couldn’t just leave the two little girls in this unfamiliar place.
The reason Mary stayed was simple. As a writer, she saw that this settlement had a lot of material she could gather, didn’t she?
Moreover, with Mary’s abilities, even if the people in the settlement wanted to harm them...well, thankfully Mary was kind-hearted and generally didn’t cause deaths, but suppressing the whole settlement wouldn’t be difficult for her.
Lumiaire and Axelle stayed to guard the train while Duanmu Huai set out with Ogis and Gavi.
Of course, before that, they managed to get a map from the people in the settlement to determine their route.
"Hmm...so the oil depot is to the east...not too far, but not very close either."
Duanmu Huai looked at the circle drawn on the map and compared it to their current location. If they were lucky, it was that the food processing plant itself was located in the industrial area, and the oil depot was on the edge of the industrial area. Of course, no one would put such a depot in the city center, right? Otherwise, wouldn’t it be fun if it blew up like a big firework?