Stronghold In The Apocalypse

Chapter 248: Set off!

Afternoon of the next day.

A group of people ran out from the shade of the trees and towards the beach as they looked at the thing flying in the distance with excited looks on their faces.

One of them was the mother and daughter, Anastasia and Karina respectively. Who looks much better now when Lin and the others found them.

Almost all of the survivors on the island base gathered at the beach as they waited for the arrival of the people on the other side of the globe.

It's because they know that huge changes will start the moment they land here, and that they finally don't need to live semi-primitively.

"Took them long enough"

Leo smiled looking at the Pelican that's slowly making a descent after dropping the container on the beach, before landing beside the other Pelican.

The hatch door slowly opened up as a couple of armed soldiers in exo-suits walked down, followed by a group of men and women of different ages carrying different sizes of duffle bags.

Some of them are around Leo's age, some are even younger, and the rest are older people around forties and fifties.

""Oh gosh, another Pelican""

Two voices sounded at the same time, then the two people looked at each other.

"What the heck are you looking at?" growled Merlin with a haughty look on his face.

While the expression on Griff's face could only be explained with one word 'dark'.

'Why are kids so tough these days?'

He doesn't know if he should laugh or cry that even a kid is looking down on him!

He already gets no respect from his group, and now even a kid is not afraid of him!

Such an embarrassment!

"Nothing"

As he didn't want to anger the little guy because he's part of Min's group, Griff just shook his head in defeat and quickly stepped away from the hot headed little guy, as he's also afraid that people might misunderstand that he's trying to pick a fight with a little kid when he already has quite the bad reputation among Bella and the others, as they probably wouldn't even bother trying to be on his side if sh*t hits the fan!

The soldiers and the group of new arrivals walked past the excited and curious crowd as they walked towards the direction of where Leo and Alex are.

The single ladies like Anastasia showcased their feminine looks towards the new arrivals, especially towards those armed men, but the latter group just smiled at them with appreciative glances.

But some of those single men in the construction group were clearly interested as their eyes even lit up when they saw the attractive women among the curious crowd like Bella and the others.

All of them didn't do anything in the end though, as they know that their priority right now is meeting their Boss, and anything after that is for later.

""Boss!""

""Sir!""

Leo smiled at the somewhat tired crew and said, "Good, let's talk as we walk to my temporary quarters"

Meanwhile,

"Sir, they are here again, and it's even in the middle of the day"

"I know, do you think I don't have eyes at all?"

One young man and an old man are currently standing on the deck while eating a simple bread sandwich.

"These bastards are really quite persistent"

The old captain could only helplessly shake his head even though his mind was full of worries about their future.

"If they keep doing this, we won't be able to get on the land and get some repairs for the ship. If that doesn't happen, then we'll get stuck here until help arrives"

Compared to the old man who is full of worries, the young officer is instead smiling after the gloomy cloud hovering above him for a few days was chased away yesterday with the appearance of the Pelican, who gave them a box full of food and water, and other daily necessities.

Compared to the old captain who's burdened because of the mutated plant in his possession, the others are quite carefree now that they know that someone out there might be coming to get them out of this hellhole soon.

'I hope those people are really our saviors kid'

The old captain sighed ruefully as he took a sip of his flask of alcohol.

A few hours later.

The sun had already set in the horizon, replaced by the glowing moon in the dark night skies hidden behind by a group of sparsely grey cloud.

The people on the island base are currently in a festive mood, as the people are dancing around two large boars being grilled under a large fire in the middle of the large crowd surrounded by a variety of trees, with fire torches and solar lights illuminating the surroundings of the island.

"It's been a while since I've had such a delicious meat" Darius couldn't help but comment when chewing a mouthful of cooked wild boar meat.

"I know, it's even better than those steaks from those high class restaurants we have gone before" Jana also added while licking the leftover sauce on her fingers.

As the people enjoyed the night, the food and companionship, but unfortunately for them, they are not allowed to drink alcohol.

Night got deeper until everyone finally went to sleep, and the next day greeted them a few hours later.

Ting! Tang! Ting! Tang! Ting!

The rays of the sun had just peeked out in the horizon when the sound of a bell echoed throughout the surroundings, which quickly roused the people on the island from their sleep.

"Get up"

"Five more minutes mom"

Griff slapped the hand of the person shaking him with a line of drool on his face.

"Mom your ass! If you don't want to get kicked out, then get up, you little sh*t!"

When he heard that voice, Griff's eyes snapped open when he remembered that the world is not the same anymore and he's not sleeping on his cozy bed!

"Get up, this is your first warning so I won't give you any punishment, but next time, you should get up within the first five minutes after the morning bell had sounded, or face the consequences"

"I-It's you"

Griff was finally wide awake when he finally realized the person in front of him that he even crawled backwards in fear.

"Have you turned dumb that you just realized that its me?"

Min really wanted to knock some sense into this idiot, and if it wasn't because they're lacking people right now, she would have kicked him out of this place already!

"Get up and have your breakfast, and get to work after"

After saying her piece, Min left the room, leaving Griff staring blankly at the wall.

"Life had become so difficult"

Griff fixed his things and quickly left the cabin, and had just made it in time to get food for breakfast before he followed the others towards a large patch of land that they needed to turn into arable land.

Leo looked at the people gathered before him.

Anthony, Lin, Carl, the two newly arrived soldiers, and other abled hands that have the courage to face the undead had gathered, including Bella, Austin and Darius who quickly joined them when they heard about the excursion for today.

"Is this everyone?"

"Yes sir"

Leo turned towards Alex, who answered with a nod in return.

"Is everyone ready?"

""Yes sir!""

"Set off!"

With a total of sixteen armed people including the pilot, this armed group boarded one of the Pelicans as they set off towards Pearl City.

A land full of surprises!