"I guess your skills have improved again, right?"
Wang Hu smiled and said, "One can now fight against four."
"Great, are there any other changes?"
"Yes, first of all, my resistance to the zombie virus has improved to a certain extent. The body can now resist the virus when the skin is injured. Only serious injuries will lead to infection."
"Okay, this is good." Ye Fan was very pleased. Avoiding infection was crucial for survival in this post-apocalyptic world.
"Also, sir, if you are promoted to the level of platoon leader, you can appoint me as the squad leader."
"Oh, there is another benefit!"
Ye Fan thought for a moment. Indeed, the squad leader of a squad was usually a veteran. There were no officers like second lieutenants or captains, and at most, they were non-commissioned officers.
At the level of corporal, Wang Hu was qualified to take over as the squad leader.
However, the position of the squad leader was currently occupied by Ye Fan himself. If he wanted to appoint Wang Hu, he needed to be promoted to platoon leader.
To be promoted to platoon leader, he needed to have more than one combat squad.
There were eight people in a combat squad, meaning that Ye Fan must have at least nine red alert soldiers under his command.
"You have been promoted to Corporal. Are you at the top level?" Ye Fan recalled that Red Alert soldiers could only be upgraded twice, once at one star and another at three stars.
"Report, the system has been adjusted. Each Red Alert soldier can now upgrade three stars, and all privates can be upgraded to sergeant at most."
"Oh, then you are a two-star now."
"Yes, sir."
"Okay, keep up the good work and collect supplies immediately."
With zombies scattered all around, collecting supplies was challenging. Ye Fan meant to collect jewelry, but he phrased it euphemistically to avoid being seen as greedy.
Rather than rushing into the supermarket, the four soldiers began to collect jewelry among the zombies.
Twice before and after, the number of zombies killed reached 200, about half of whom were women.
More than 80% of them were wearing jewelry. After more than 20 minutes of rummaging, Ye Fan finally collected a total of three hundred dollars.
With three hundred gold, plus the previous one hundred gold, Ye Fan could now produce four soldiers again at any time.
"It's still not enough to be promoted to platoon leader. Don't worry, let's go to the supermarket and find the supply box."
Taking four people into the supermarket, they found no zombies inside.
The zombies had been drawn out by the gunshots, but the supermarket no longer looked as it did before. It was filled with scattered items, and some fruits and vegetables on the ground had rotted, attracting a swarm of flies.
Some food with a long shelf life should be taken away, but Ye Fan had no means of transportation. After finding the supply box and upgrading to a platoon leader, he would need to get a vehicle.
"Nana, have you locked the location of the supply box?"
"Locked. The supply box is in a place that is difficult for others to find. It is 16 meters away from you in a straight line."
"Sixteen meters, that should be over here."
Ye Fan walked forward and soon arrived in front of the stairs.
"The supply box is still five meters away from you in a straight line."
"Five meters, on the second floor?"
Ye Fan raised his head and frowned slightly when he saw the mess blocking the second floor.
There was a metal iron door here, the kind with metal bars. It was now closed, blocked by refrigerators, trolleys, cabinets, and more. It was so tightly blocked that even the gap where an eiderdown quilt was visible was sealed.
This was obviously not the work of a zombie; there should be someone here.
There were survivors on the second floor.
Having a secret, Ye Fan didn't really like to interact with survivors before becoming absolutely powerful, but the supply box was so close that he couldn't help but pick it up.
He pointed at Wang Hu. After Wang Hu upgraded twice, his wisdom improved significantly. He understood what Ye Fan meant. He immediately came to the door and shouted loudly, "People upstairs, listen. We have cleaned up the zombies here, and now we want to go upstairs. Move the debris away, open the door, and let us go up."
Ye Fan heard some quarrels coming from upstairs; it seemed that there was some disagreement about whether to open the door.
"No matter, Wang Hu, open the door."
Wang Hu, who had become a corporal, had significantly increased his strength. Although it was not enough to break open the new security door, this kind of sliding door was still no problem.
He took the **** of his gun and hit it several times; the door lock was immediately broken.
Everyone pulled and opened the door a little, and then several people went up and moved away the debris.
Things were thrown down one by one, and the debris was about to be cleared away.
At this moment, the eiderdown quilt on top was suddenly lifted, revealing the smiling face of an old man.
"Hahaha, we have been looking forward to your coming day and night. It's great, great, comrades in the army, welcome."
Through the debris, Ye Fan saw seven or eight people hurriedly moving things, quickly clearing the passage.
Ye Fan did not go to get the supply box immediately but looked at these people.
There were seven or eight people in total, some men and some women, some old and some young. Some had hopeful expressions, while a few wore fearful looks. Their hands were shaking slightly, and they didn't seem normal.
Things in the room were messy, and the view was not very good.
Just as Ye Fan was about to continue walking up, Wang Hu suddenly said: "Sir, there are a lot of people here. For your safety, please wait downstairs."
Red police soldiers had a bounden duty to protect their officers. Although Ye Fan didn't think there would be any danger, he nodded in agreement.
He returned to the door under the protection of Li Biao, and Wang Hu and others went upstairs.
Ye Fan did not expect that they would be attacked as soon as they went upstairs.
And the attackers were obviously not zombies, but people!
There were a few rattling sounds, and cold light flew from all around!
A soldier next to Wang Hu was hit by several arrows immediately.
Puff puff puff~~~!
Several crossbow arrows hit the soldiers. Although they protected their vital points at the moment of life and death, they were still seriously injured.
The soldiers next to him immediately supported him. If his comrade was not dead, the people around him would help him.
This soldier took him and ran down, and Wang Hu stood behind him.
He raised his gun and fired in the direction of a crossbow arrow.
Da da da~~~!
The 56-pound bullet penetrated the box, and there was a scream from behind. One of the attackers was shot dead on the spot.
Just when Wang Hu was about to shoot the second person, a black shadow suddenly jumped out!
Hello~~~!
A huge black shadow enveloped him, and the powerful impact knocked Wang Hu down. He then bit Wang Hu with a **** mouth.
If it had been the king tiger before, he might have been bitten to death this time.
Upgraded to the rank of corporal, Wang Hu became much more skilled. At the critical moment of life and death, he made a fierce cross-handed shot, and the monster bit into the **** of the gun.
The metal **** of the gun was chewed to the point of being deformed.
"Get out of here!"
Wang Hu kicked his feet fiercely, pushing the monster out a little, and rolled his body to the stairs.
But he was still a little slow, and his left calf was bitten hard by the monster, and blood immediately flowed out.
Wang Hu said nothing and fired with his gun.
Da da da~~~!
A series of sparks were ejected, but due to the injury, the target lost its accuracy, and the monster was very flexible, so it missed.
However, Wang Hu also took this opportunity to climb down the stairs and was able to jump to the first floor even though one leg was injured.
"Protect the officer, retreat!"
Wang Hu held a gun in one hand and shouted.
Without Wang Hu's words, Li Biao had already hugged Ye Fan and ran out.
The other red alert soldier held the soldier who was injured by the crossbow and backed away.
Wang Hu was also strong enough. He suppressed the fire at the entrance of the stairs, giving the monster no chance to pursue him, and then withdrew from the upstairs.
Several people ran back to the community in a very embarrassed state, but fortunately, no one chased them out.
Ran back upstairs, looking at the two injured soldiers, Ye Fan's mouth twitched, and an unknown fire arose in his heart.
He had no intention of harming the survivors, yet there were survivors who attacked him.
This attack almost killed two soldiers on the spot.
"Damn it, people's hearts can be so ugly. I really underestimate this end of the world."
He immediately took out his medical kit and wanted to treat the two soldiers.
His squad leader-level medical kit contained only one set of pediatric medicine, but there were two injured people.
Wang Hu endured the pain and said: "Sir, please treat Qian Xiaobing. His injury is relatively serious, and my injury is not fatal."
Ye Fan was a little hesitant. Wang Hu was their strongest combat force at present and should be treated first.
And Qian Xiaobing is also a top-class soldier, and he doesn't want to give it up.
Medicine will not be refreshed until noon tomorrow, how can we save two people?
At this time Nana said: "Sir, you can use a piece of medicine first, and then upgrade to the platoon leader's authority so that the items will be automatically refreshed."
Ye Fan was stunned. When he checked his money, he realized that he still had 500 gold, which was more than 20 gold short, enough to be upgraded to a platoon leader!
"Li Biao! Go and break open some security doors immediately, collect thirty gold and come back as quickly as possible. I'll give you twenty minutes!"
"Understood, I promise to complete the task!"
Li Biao immediately left the house with a fire ax and another soldier. There was a clanging sound in the corridor. Ten minutes later, the two men came back sweating profusely.
"Sir, mission accomplished!"