Doomsday Revenge: Payback Time (Josie) novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278

How far is that place from here?” Zane asked.

Josie thought about it for a second. “Roughly three hundred miles. Why? You got something on your mind?”

“So the cities around that area…” Zane started, his voice uncertain. “Are they all screwed?”

“No doubt about it,” Josie said. “Basically, those cities are death traps. High-rank undead will swarm them and wipe them off the map. Everyone inside will either turn or end up as a snack. It’s just fuel to help those high-ranks level up even faster.”

A sharp, collective hiss of breath filled the room. Everyone went cold.

“I’m not trying to be a hero,” Zane said with a dry, bitter laugh. “We can barely keep our own heads above water. We don’t have the energy to look out for anyone else.”

“Exactly. We’re on a straight for where

“That means

“I’m pushi

“It’s the

“Base

“Josie said. “Once those high-rank undead clear out the surrounding areas, they’re going to head

are. Fort City still has a massive population. It’s basically a dinner bell for that horde.”

to rank up before they get here.”

As for the rest of you? You’d better all be at Rank-5 by then.”

valking away from this alive.”

the bulk of that undead army will be Rank-4s and 5s soon. We might even see a second Rank-6 Alpha emerge.”

we aren’t ready, we won’t even be able to put up a fight.”

mn about what happens to the main base, but Quinshaw Base? We’re holding it.”

ntually have to ditch this place for somewhere safer, we aren’t moving an inch until every single one of us has hit Rank-5. e hold the line!”

d!” The Blue Owl Squad stood as one, their voices booming through the room.

them on a rotation,” Josie ordered. “I want teams out there hunting undead and mutants around the clock. If anyone’s lagging put them through hellish training until they catch up.”

glanced over at the group from the Ag-Science Institute-the old men and women. She paused, then shook her head. Forget it. No at in pushing them; they had enough on their plates.

hese old-timers were fragile. They’d probably collapse before they even came face-to-face with an undead.

After all, you didn’t become a top-tier national researcher before the

age

of sixty.

They weren’t built for combat; they were the brains of the operation.

“Just keep working on your fitness,” Josie told them. “Try to stay alive for a few more years. When it’s time to move, I need you to be fast enough to hop into the trucks. Don’t go falling behind.”

The elders puffed out their chests, promising loudly, “Don’t you worry! We’ll make it onto those trucks!”

Once the meeting wrapped up, the entire base went into high gear.

Everyone was train

and night.

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Josie pushed herself even harder than the rest.

She often spent days on end in the field, slaughtering everything in sight without a wink of sleep.

She killed undead, she killed mutant beasts, and she killed mutant flora.

Since Lirio wasn’t around to hold down the fort anymore, the mutant flora had started creeping back into the area.

It actually made things easier for the squad. They didn’t have to trek miles just to find something to kill.

To speed up their level-ups, they spread out in a fan formation, pushing forward as a unit.

This kept them close enough to cover each other. If someone got pinned down, backup was only seconds away. It was the best way to keep the body count low while they grinded for power.

Plus, having a Level 5 Plant-type Super like Josie on the team was like having a cheat code. As long as your head wasn’t ripped clean off your shoulders, she could basically fix anything.

With a backstop that solid, what was there to be afraid of?

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