Chương 114: Supply Pick-up Operation

Some time later, Georgia Tech University was taken over by Airon's people and soon they began to expand their territory from that more open point. In turn, Airon sent Sam Valdez and a squad of thirty soldiers experienced in eliminating walkers and in return, fresh soldiers arrived at the prison.

When they looked at the central base that sent the general orders of the entire community, they immediately felt very reassured to know that the entire chain of command remained stable and those who were not familiar with Airon slowly got used to his command.

In this way, Airon had a strong hold on his bases outside the prison and these would not cause him problems later on. With Sam Valdez and more than thirty of his trusted soldiers, with the more than fifty troops he had left in the city of Atlanta long before leaving it and returning to prison, he had the chains of command protected.

The idea this time inside Airon's head was very simple: send Shane to the University in Georgia and have Sam in the training area inside the protected shelter in the city of Atlanta. This way, the S.C.T. base leaders would be in good hands and he wouldn't have to worry about bad decisions.

Sam was a trustworthy man, with Airon's team along with Tyler were the first who decided to follow him and entered the S.C.T. at the beginning of the end of the world. Therefore, Airon fully trusted the decisions Sam made, this good man had led a lot while he was not around.

With that, the spot is left empty for Shane to take, having Shane lead the expansion at Georgia, he could take a lot of liberties. In that case, he wouldn't have to worry about the chain of command or get any misconceptions about betrayals.

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Time flies, it had been almost a month since Sam had left for the city of Atlanta and Shane for Georgia. In that time, Shane thought he would be useful if he helped Airon up the chain of command, Rick had the prison position so there was nothing he could do here.

This time, the weather was getting colder and colder. Most people had put on cotton clothing that Airon had received from Atlanta and had also prepared in advance. Some would inevitably wear tight or loose clothing.

So Airon planned to take a team of ordinary people south of Atlanta to find resources that have not been taken by his people and find some more valuable things.

This time the people are all familiar faces who weren't soldiers, except for Michonne and Carlos who joined later, the others like Daryl, Rick, T-dog, Glenn, and Morgan are closer acquaintances since the end of the world began. .

The atmosphere was very cheerful on the road, everyone was joking with each other and there was that confidence that was very difficult to take on other occasions. They all recalled the scenes in Atlanta back then, who also talked about how Airon beat up Merle who at the time was a jerk.

Airon, sitting in the front row listened to all this with a sincere smile on his face, he was inexplicably happy and very satisfied with his performance. Now you could say that he was happy with everything he had accomplished and if he were to disappear, he would not leave the people defenseless.

The goal of saving these people was considered accomplished. So what should he do to maintain that security and in turn make his group stronger? This question in particular has always given Airon a headache.

It is true that he knows many forces that can be allies as well as enemies, but he does not know the settlement of the other side. Even if he knows it, he cannot go to the door of the others and tell them, Hey, my name is Airon and I come to eliminate you, oh, I come to ask you that we join forces to survive the end of the world.

If this is the case, it would not be surprising if people do not consider him a lunatic, so since the meeting with all the community leaders, he has been thinking about what to do next, but so far he still has no idea how to move forward.

He now had three settlements, weapons and ammunition were distributed and also big things were taken that were left in Atlanta, important factories were secured and everything was progressing quite well.

Without paying much attention to this, Airon kept silent and focused on what now needed to be done. Airon's group soon reached the southern outskirts of Atlanta, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to Glenn, who was standing off to the side. If the person in this car could be called a living map, it must be him.

Glenn also understood what everyone meant. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Turn left up ahead and let's avoid the main streets!"

Under Glenn's command, two cars, one in the front and one in the back, quickly arrived at a not-so-large shopping mall. Since the purpose was to get clothes, food and a few other things more, the mall was the most convenient place, and there were also some small stores on the side of the road.

Now, with the continued evacuation of survivors from the city of Atlanta to the university, the influence of their community is diminishing and this place could not be supported by Sam and his people who were further north.

Even so it can be said that there are very, very few walkers in this place. Thanks to the previous big explosion at the CDC, not only did it attract countless walkers in the initial stage, but the subsequent explosion took out a considerable amount of walkers.

It can be said that everyone died in the explosion, considering even large hordes of troublesome walkers.

"Everyone! Ready to work!"

Airon also stopped thinking about what might happen, pulled out the machete from his waist and recalled the people behind the car.

Several people also deftly pulled out their cold weapons. They all tacitly did not use powder guns even if they had silencers and easily took care of some walkers without wasting ammunition. Airon was the first to walk towards the door of the mall.

With a little force in his hand, he discovered that the mall door was locked. Airon frowned, took a few steps back to look around the mall, looked at the glass everywhere in the mall and found that there was none damaged.

Just as he was about to enter, he heard Michonne's voice behind him.

"Let me try!"

After all, Michonne pulled a small tool pouch out of her back pocket of his pants and then with a special tool began fiddling with the lock. Hearing a "click," Michonne opened the door in front of everyone.

Seeing a group of people looking at her strangely, Michonne explained, "You guys try living outside for a year, and then your lock picking skills will be more proficient than mine!"

Several people suddenly flashed a look of interest and then entered the mall one after another. Michonne rolled her eyes and followed the crowd a bit annoyed as she felt they considered her a thief, T-dog beside her understood her, sometimes she doubts if her friends have something against black skinned people, well, Merle is not in discussion.

If Airon knew T-dog's thoughts, he would be surprised by the wild thoughts of this big man. After starting the tour they all discovered that the mall is not large, it has several floors and the area of each floor is about 5,000 square meters.

Airon observed the general situation and found that the mall was a bit dark due to the lack of lighting. Although it was broad daylight, only the outer aisles had a good view. Many stores used to be illuminated by lights, but now without electricity this place was completely dark.

"Let's go to the second floor for now, there's no need to split up, let's all go together!"

Airon took out his flashlight and walked down the hallway.