Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 196

Chapter 196: Raiding the Factory
Grace and Davian walked out of the community building and stood there while everyone else headed to start their day.

“So, what’s the plan?” Rune suddenly appeared behind her and asked the question. At the same time, he draped his arm over Grace’s shoulders and tilted his head to look at her face when she turned her head towards him.

“What plan?” She asked, not feeling bothered by how casually he was showing the public display of affection. She had started to realize that instead of always pushing him away, it’s much easier for her to just get used to it.

“The one where you are going to rule this place.” Rune replied while moving to stand in front of her. And despite the shift in his standing position, he kept his hand on her shoulder.

This time, Grace tilted her head to the side and asked with a little smile, “Do you think my plan will work?” She genuinely wanted to know his opinion on the matter.

Rune’s expression turned serious as he answered in a sincere voice. “It will… but only until the monsters are out of the picture. You know that a high wall will be far from enough to keep this place safe from those creatures, right?”

A sigh escaped Grace’s lips and she nodded her head in response. She knew exactly what he was talking about as she too had been thinking about this matter.

“I’m sure we will find a solution. Let’s take things one at a time for now. Okay?” Davian stepped in to dismiss the heavy silence that descended over them.

Grace nodded her head, and Rune did the same, but then added, “My dad over here, is right. Let’s not worry about that matter for the time being. We should focus on how to get the construction materials.”

The immediate glare he received from Davian only made him chuckle, while Grace just shook her head at his mischief. Getting on Davian’s nerves had become Rune’s favorite daring sport these days.

Her gaze scanned the area where they were currently standing, and her brain began to formulate the next phase of their plan. The wall was their biggest weakness, and if they didn’t reinforce it soon, it would only be a matter of time before they would be facing a full-scale attack from the infected or even other survivor groups looking to take advantage of their safe sanctuary.

“We need a reliable plan to bring in the construction materials,” Davian said. “We can’t just produce them out of thin air and hope for everyone to not question about their source.”

He then turned his attention toward Grace and asked, “Are you planning to use your stock?”

Grace immediately shook her head in a negative response before adding, “Unless it’s the only option left, I don’t want to use our stocked supplies. We are barely half an year into the apocalypse, and there are still supplies available out there.”

Both Rune and Davian seemed to approve her plan as neither the two of them were also in favor of using the stocked supplies for reinforcing a place that wasn’t even in their original plan.

“I have already looked into possible sources.” Garce informed them. “There’s an abandoned construction supply factory about fifteen miles east of here. Just like every other place, it was also shut down when the disasters began, but according to 2025’s scans, most of the materials inside are still intact.”

A smirk formed on Rune’s lips at this peace of information. “Perfect. And I assume you already have a plan on how to retrieve them?”

“Of course.” She crossed her arms. “We’ll take two trucks, a handful of tge soldiers and our team. We go in fast, load up, and get out before anything – or anyone – notices us.”

It was Kevin, who had just walked up to join them, who put forward the question. “Why the soldiers?”

“So that no one will get question the source of those materials.” Garce answered and the man nodded his head in understanding.

“When are we heading out for our next mission then?” Rune asked, sounding so sure that he would be a part of this mission as well.

“We will move at dawn. We will hit fast, get what we need, and leave. No unnecessary drama… of course, unless we end up facing those zombies.”

Davian gave an approving nod. “Sounds good. I will drive one of the trucks. Let Maven handle the second one.”

Grace allowed a small smile. “I figured as much.”

The good thing was that after the rain disaster, Grace decided to take out a couple of vehicles from her space and parked them in the underground parking of Building K12. This helped them in easily carrying out such missions where they needed to drive one of these vehicles in front of the soldiers and the residents.

Reinforcing the wall and safety measures of Greenstone Residential Area was just one of the many problems of the place that needed to be sorted, but Garce was taking the approach of one at a time.

And the most important matter for the time being was to secure the residential area to keep it safe from the zombies lurking outside.

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Just like it was planned, at the first light, the convoy departed Greenstone Residential Area.

The two trucks made their way through the snow-covered roads that were making it hard to drive, but the two highly-skilled drivers were able to keep things under control without encountering major obstacles.

When they finally reached the factory, Grace could tell immediately that no one had come anywhere near it in what seemed like months.

“Stay alert,” she murmured as she hopped out of the truck.

2025 had already scanned the area and informed that there was no one else there, but the soldiers didn’t need to know that particular piece of information. Besides, according to 2025’s scan, there was a zombie hoarde just ten minutes away from their current location.