Chapter 54 - 49 Unexpected

Chapter 54 - 49 Unexpected

The fleeting sense of crisis had prevented Tao Yu from taking any action.

From Jack's attitude towards Cao Shaolin, it seemed that for now, the newcomer had started to be accepted. If Tao Yu were to target Cao Shaolin suddenly, he would face resistance from the whole community.

It would be better to look for an opportunity at night and avoid arousing his suspicion and alertness for now.

So on the surface, Tao Yu also showed a warm and friendly smile to Cao Shaolin.

"Let's go, I'm quite curious about how they vanished into thin air."

"Yeah, let's check it out together."

Jack translated for Tommy and the others.

The community had over twenty people, but not many were capable of using weapons or combat, and there were about ten elderly, frail, and sick among them.

In this post-apocalyptic environment of seven months, having ten such individuals in a team, and a third of them being women, was telling of Jack's overabundant sense of justice in both character and personality.

As a former CIA special operations member, it would not be accurate to call him a saint, but as a partner, he was more trustworthy than most Pioneers.

While Tao Yu made this assessment of the community, the group walked down the corridor to the room where the captives had been held and entered through the door.

The room had been cleared out once before, with boards nailed over the windows. Other than that, it was just a regular hotel room, and the bed's mattress appeared messy and unmade.

"They were all tied up, usually just sitting on the bed. We're short on food ourselves, so we only gave them some nearly expired food to keep them alive."

"But now we've found they've disappeared, even the ropes they were tied with are gone, and there were no signs of escape. Everything looks so normal."

Cao Shaolin seemed quite astonished as he said this.

"Is Brother Cao in charge of food?"

"Is Brother Zhang Wei still planning to rest up before leaving?"

Jack turned back to ask Tao Yu.

"Yes."

"Can I ask who you gather zombie information for? Are there any formal forces still out there? The official broadcasts are gone, and now we only have some local broadcasts that have lost contact."

Seeing the right moment, Jack too posed his inquiry, wishing to understand if there were still places that could arrange for people to investigate.

They were barely surviving, whereas some places could send out people for investigations, a stark contrast.

"I'm serving a company. The company is currently planning to establish a community in the nearby area, and I think you guys could join us if the conditions are right."

Tao Yu gave some information after careful consideration.

Incorporating fragments of the native population into the community was one direction of development; after all, most Outsiders could be seen as ordinary people, and early Pioneers were too few in number.

Someone like Jack could stand out in times of need.

"A community? That's a big project?"

Cao Shaolin appeared surprised at this moment, his face revealing an excited expression, seemingly quite interested.

Jack and his group were all ears, but hearing is one thing, trusting is another. Only they knew how much they believed.

"Yes, we are actually looking for a suitable location now, and I personally think this place is pretty good."

Tao Yu wasn't just making it up; they had already discovered the Icebound World in other directions, obviously not suitable, the Rainforest required immediate development, and the prairies had Blackwater.

This place was full of zombies, but the buildings were ready-made.

Especially knowing that this was a city called Henderson in Nevada, about ten kilometers northwest of the famous Las Vegas.