章節 426: A Surprise
The morning sun silently flooded the surroundings, and a ray of light penetrated through the third-floor window of the residential house where Merle and Hanna were staying. As she felt the dazzling light, Hanna began to stir, but it was still difficult for her to wake up from her sleep.
Slowly opening her eyes, her vision was instantly blinded by the strong light coming through the window. Stretching her hands to cover her eyes, Hanna sat up with her eyes closed and finally opened them after a while to survey the room. A mattress was thrown on the floor not far from her bed, but now the mattress was empty.
"Where is the old man?"
Hanna couldn't help but wonder since she couldn't see Merle like the other times, and she panicked. She quickly got up and looked around the house, and finally saw the car they were using in the yard.
Since the car was there, it means that Merle possibly did not go very far, but the question here is, where did he go?
Crack!
At this moment, a sharp sound outside the window startled Hanna. She looked up and saw a broom thrown on the patio that was not there before, and then another sound of something heavy falling on the floor upstairs alerted her even more.
Hanna hurried to check and it was Merle who came down.
He had gone to see if he could get electricity to reach the communications room!
Dusting himself off, Merle walked without looking up. At this moment, the window light illuminated his body. Hanna, who knew what was happening, ran to the communication room and began to listen if anyone responded.
"Kgrrr."
...
After a few attempts, Merle felt disappointed to discover that the radio still could not be turned on, angry, he kicked the chair and was about to throw the radio when Hanna stopped him.
"Don't get aggressive, it will take some time for the energy to be stored in the battery, why are you in such a hurry?"
The corner of Merle's mouth twisted and he walked down the stairs with the gun in his hand.
"I'm going to check the supplies we found yesterday, and make sure to call me when this thing turns on."
Hanna sat in front of the table and waited bored for it to turn on, unconsciously thinking about the organization Merle talked to her about.
A base with a large number of people, abundant supplies, and most importantly, a very secure base. It should be a force that all survivors would want to be a part of nowadays, but is there really such a beautiful place?
She couldn't believe that in this world, where the virus had killed almost the entire population, there was a place where people survived and lived together for so long. Except for her parents and some neighbors, she had never seen other survivors before.
"Merle doesn't know what's happening in his base right now... Is it possible that they have died or have more people now? If it's really like the old man said, there should be children like me in that place. Are her parents alive or are they like me?"
A bunch of random thoughts appeared in her mind, and time passed unknowingly. Hanna was playing with the radio switch unconsciously, and she didn't realize that the indicator light showing that the battery had electrical current was on.
His slender fingers slid over the switch again, and with a crisp click, the radio instrument indicator light came on and crackled, waking Hanna from her deep thoughts.
She looked surprised at the various buttons on the instrument and discovered that all the indicator lights were on.
Tap, tap, tap...
"Hey, there's electricity!"
...
"Zz.... Central Base, central base, this is Merle, respond if you hear my voice, over."
"Zz...
"Zz... Central base, central base..."
After several calls, Merle hung up the microphone and waited in silence for a response. Without making him wait any longer, a man's voice soon came out of the speaker.
"Zz... This is the S.C.T. central base, confirm your identity, indicate your code number, over."
Merle was taken aback at first, but after remembering which code the person on the microphone was referring to, he instructed Hanna to leave before pressing the button.
"Zz... I am Merle Dixon, captain with class three authority, on a direct mission from the S.C.T. commander, identification code 1340-0067-1280 with cover name Rat."
"Zz..."
At the same time that Merle said all of that, Hanna's laughter could be heard from outside the door, and Merle's expression turned grim.
"Close the damn door, didn't you hear that this was private? Get out now or I'll feed you to the zombies."
...
On the radio.
"Zz... Received, Captain Merle, your mission is classified and your identity confirmed. Glad to hear your voice, Captain."
"Screw off."
"Zz... Haha, I can hear your enthusiasm from afar."
"Tylee, boy, just wait. When I come back, I'm going to kick your ass so hard you'll beg for mercy."
"Then you have to come back alive, so I won't joke with you. I called the commander, you two have to talk about it."
After a brief silence, the speaker rang again, and this time it was Airon's voice.
"Zz... Merle, how are you able to communicate with us? Did something abnormal happen?"
After a conversation, Merle recounted in detail what had happened over the last month. Airon only listened in silence and then sighed. Merle couldn't get into the Commonwealth. Fortunately, Alicia, Jon, and Deanna, along with her husband, were able to get in, so they would be the key to the slow and gradual development of that place.
"Boss, what should I do now? Go back to base?"
Airon thought for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a knock on the door and Captain Welles' voice came from outside the door.
Tyler opened the door and left the room. Welles came in with his head down, holding a paper in his hand, as if he was thinking about something.
"Airon, do you want to check this out?"
"Wait a moment."
"No, this can't wait, I'm curious about your opinion."
Welles just raised his head and looked up. He had been chasing Airon all the way here, so he was very interested. He had not realized that he had arrived at the communication room until now, and Airon just left the microphone and walked towards him.
"Uh, are you talking to South Carolina?"
"No, Merle sent a message saying he's in a part of Oak Ridge up north. I'll talk to him later, you can tell me what's bothering you."
Welles was puzzled for a moment, as if remembering something, he put the paper he had in his hand on the table and walked straight to the map next to the wall.
"Oak Ridge... Oak Ridge... In the largest mansion of that place."
Airon walked behind him strangely, watching his fingers move on the map and finally stop at a place north of Knoxville, and then he hit the map hard.
"Airon, you mean Merle is here now, right?"
The name Oak Ridge could be seen along his fingers, Airon nodded uncertainly and then pressed the call button again.
"Merle, where you're staying is Oak Ridge on the west or north side of Knoxville, right?"
"Zz... Yes, we were on a hill near Oak Ridge, a small town here, and luckily we found a radio station."
"Wait a minute, I'll let Welles talk to you."
As soon as Welles took the microphone, he couldn't wait to press the dialogue button.
"This is Welles."
"Zz... Speak, I'm listening."
"Merle, there are two war preparation warehouses where you are. To be precise, there are many war preparation warehouses in many parts of the country. Coincidentally, I know there are two warehouses in Oak Ridge and another in North Carolina."
"Zz... Are you kidding me? Is this asking me to find the warehouse alone?"
Only now did Airon understand what it meant, he took the microphone and thought for a moment before speaking.
"Do you have enough supplies?"
"Zz... We won't have any problems for some time."
"Okay, then wait, let's have a meeting to discuss what we will do next."
"Zz... Understood."
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