The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 397 - 390 The First Command

The distant horizon, an unchanging landscape, had now replaced the desert with a boundless tropical grassland.

The northern part of Chad is the Sahara Desert, the center is tropical grassland, and the south is tropical rainforest; currently, Gao Yuan and his group were driving across an endless grassy plain.

Occasionally, they would see a lonely big tree, but as the trees seemed to be gradually increasing, it meant the tropical grassland was turning into sparse-tree grassland.

If things were as expected, they would soon see more villages, because compared to the desert, grasslands undoubtedly were more suitable for human habitation, though the population was still relatively scarce.

Yes, Gao Yuan and his group had already left the Sahara Desert. Although the process had been inevitably tough, there was hardship without any danger.

The vehicle in front suddenly braked hard, and following suit, Song Qian also braked abruptly. Then Li Jingang’s voice came through the walkie-talkie from the lead vehicle.

"A road! There’s a road ahead! We’ve found a road..."

Li Jingang’s voice was filled with surprised and wistful joy, for since leaving Abu Hadi Airport, he hadn’t remembered what it felt like to be on a road.

A large road, that of course wasn’t an asphalt one, was simply a dirt road, and in some places, resilient grass had even started to grow on it.

No matter the country, this vast plain is called the Sudan Great Prairie, and the rainy season on the Sudanese prairie lasts from April to October. After receiving relatively abundant rainfall, the earth roads unused by vehicles would quickly revert back to grassland.

Of course, the roads compressed solidly wouldn’t be covered by the grassland too quickly, so for now, one could still tell it was a road, and it was also evident that this road had lost its primary function.

Originally, there were no roads in the world, but where many people walk, a path is formed, and if people stop walking, naturally the path ceases to be one.

Gao Yuan couldn’t suppress the excitement in his heart. He urged Song Qian to drive onto the road, then jumped out of the vehicle.

The road was wide, and being made of sand and soil, it wouldn’t turn into a mud road no matter how much rain fell. Most importantly, this road could finally give them a clear direction.

"Quick, check where we are."

The road was oriented east-west, and after so many days of looking at the map, Gao Yuan knew one thing: if he followed this road straight east, he could reach his destination.

Looking at a map wasn’t enough to determine their direction, but once they knew where to go, things became much easier.

Responsible for map-reading and direction-finding were Li Jingang, Ralph, Angel’s Scarecrow, and Yuri.

Gao Yuan, the team leader, was an amateur, while the others who came with him were professionals. However, it was always necessary to gather the four main leaders for consultation and study, which was indeed cumbersome and unnecessary, but they had no choice.

So, having more people wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

"If we follow the road eastward, it seems like not many people walk this route, but it doesn’t matter. As long as we head east, encountering any town or village will allow us to easily clarify our position. Moreover, there would be many more roads ahead, so right now, we don’t know if we are within Chad’s or Sudan’s territory, but..."

Li Jingang appeared a bit excited, because now they could be one hundred percent certain that not only had they crossed the Sahara Desert, they had also found the right road.

"But we will soon know our exact location!"

After sighing in relief, Li Jingang finally finished speaking.

The rest looked at Gao Yuan since what to do next required Gao Yuan to make the final decision.

"Very well, very well."

Gao Yuan repeated "very well" several times before smiling and saying, "We’ll follow the road. When we come across a village or town, we’ll scout it out first. We’ll determine our position, resupply our water and food, and then rest a bit."

Ever since they had entered the tropical grassland terrain, Gao Yuan and his team had been moving southeast. They could now be either in Chad or Sudan. If they didn’t ascertain their exact location, choosing the next part of their journey would be difficult.

The convoy continued to advance, and after hitting a long-missed highway, their speed inevitably increased significantly.

But as the saying goes, ’vast lands with sparse population’, it was common to travel tens or even hundreds of kilometers without seeing any sign of human activity.

Plus, given the current background of an alien invasion and the end of the world, Gao Yuan and his team had driven 220 kilometers on the highway without encountering a single village. Then the terrain transitioned from sparse-tree grassland to prairie, and from prairie to wasteland desert. freёweɓnovel.com

However, this time, whether it was nightfall or fatigue, Gao Yuan and his team had to keep going until they encountered people.

The stretch of desert highway was short, less than a hundred kilometers, before grassland began to appear again by the roadside. Moving forward, sparse trees reemerged, an obvious sign they were now in the transition zone between desert, prairie, and sparse-tree grassland. From this terrain, Gao Yuan and his team could at least deduce they were currently within Sudan.

Continuing on, Li Jingang, who was leading the way, finally called a stop to the convoy over the radio.

"Stop advancing!"

After Li Jingang shouted, the lead vehicle came to a halt, and then two people got out and stood on the road.

Gao Yuan asked over the radio, "What’s wrong, did you discover something?"

"Tanks, traces of tank treads!"

Gao Yuan was startled, then immediately felt a surge of alertness.

They had traveled a long distance without seeing so much as a tank track imprint, let alone human footprints.

Gao Yuan promptly got out of the car, then quickly walked forward, only to see that Li Jingang and his team had already fanned out.

There were obvious tread marks on the ground, messy ones that couldn’t have been left by just one tank.

There weren’t many capable of conducting intelligence analysis, but as for being scouts, at least more than half of Spark Squad could fit the bill.

So, quickly, the intelligence was consolidated and brought to Gao Yuan.

"A total of three tanks, all T55s. The tanks came from east to west, briefly stopped nearby, and then returned. Accompanying the tanks were at least two cars, with no signs of personnel movement. This means the tanks and vehicles just made a round here, turned around, and went straight back," explained Li Jingang seriously. "We must be close to a city, but our consensus is that we must scout first. The convoy will stop for now, dispatch a scouting unit, and after investigation, we can proceed."

The biggest enemy was the Sanitation Worker, but they might not be the only enemy. Of course, it’s just a possibility. The treads could have been left by the Sanitation Worker’s army or by the Sudanese army. Without clear information, no conclusions could be drawn.

Without hesitation, Gao Yuan immediately said, "The convoy should find a suitable place nearby to hide. Mr. Hao, King Kong, Ralph, Yuri, you four go scout it out. Until we have solid intelligence, we will halt our advance."

Gao Yuan issued the first command since the multi-national team had been formed, and he had selected leaders from each faction for the task, intending them to cooperate and complete it together.

The four, upon receiving the order, showed no hesitation and almost in unison replied, "Yes!"