Doomsday America.

Chapter 238 Conflict Between the Two Camps

Chapter 238 Conflict Between the Two Camps (5k)

"OK."

Gavin responded, patted Philip on the shoulder, and gave him an encouraging look.

In Gavin's view, regardless of whether Philip knew the other camp or not, it would be dangerous for him to rashly get out of his car and go over to talk to them.

What if the people in the opposing camp think that Philip has brought the enemy?

What if the other side has some crazy guy who's just had a high and is shooting at Philip in a daze?

Of course, this is just wishful thinking; theoretically, the chances of such a thing happening are slim.

Gavin shook his head, dispelling the random thoughts in his mind, then patted the back of the driver's seat and said, "O."

"Eugene, pull the car over there."

"No problem, we'll be right there!"

Eugene responded expectantly, because he had heard the key phrase "more women than men".

Eugene didn't have any bad intentions; he simply preferred environments with more women.

If there were a few more good-looking women among them, I would be even more excited!

As they spoke, the shield-wielding warrior crossed the final stretch and slowly came to a stop in front of the makeshift barbed wire fence.

As the shield stopped, a man carrying a shotgun walked out of the security room of the small nickel mine, frowning.

Looking at the heavy armor of the shield, the man pursed his lips with concern, then waved to the shield and shouted from a distance of nearly thirty meters.

"Hey, thank goodness you stopped the car. Where did you come from? There's only one car—"

The man stopped talking abruptly at this point.

Because Philip had already jumped out of the car.

As soon as he got out of the car, Philip shouted to the man on guard duty.

"Stop asking me all those questions, Nathan. Look who I am, ha ha!"

"My God, Philip, you bastard, you're still alive and have even found comrades? But you still need to tell me why you're here, buddy!"

Although Philip's familiar face made Nathan, who was on guard duty, breathe a slight sigh of relief, he still dared not completely let his guard down and continued to question Philip about the purpose of the vehicle's arrival.

As for Philip...

Faced with Nathan's questioning, he strode forward with a smile and gave Nathan a big hug, despite Nathan's obviously wary gaze.

After the hug, Philip patted Nathan's arm and spoke to him.

"Nathan, don't fucking ask me here, you'll never guess who I brought!"

"We can make a bet, twenty pounds of fresh vegetables. If you can't guess who's coming, you have to save twenty pounds for me once your camp is ready to grow vegetables. I'll ask you for it when I occasionally come back here!"

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Nathan moved the muzzle of his shotgun up and down, then shook his head and responded to Philip.

"I'm not betting with you, you idiot, because I don't want to owe you twenty pounds of vegetables. Texas is so big, who knows who you brought? I'd like to guess it's Gavin King from the Cowboys, but only if I can guess!"

At this point, Nathan casually pointed his gun at Philip, then at the shield, and continued to ask.

"Don't waste your time. State your purpose. I'm serious. Our camp was just attacked by Granite Beach Camp!"

"Such a thing exists? Damn it!"

Philip paused for a moment, then nodded gently.

"Anyway, you were the one who said you wouldn't gamble with me, right? So I don't owe you twenty pounds of vegetables. As for the guy I brought, haha, I really brought Gavin, because after I left here, I bypassed Austin and ran to Gavin's camp on the radio!"

At this point, Philip laughed and slapped his thigh, while Nathan, after a slight pause, hurriedly strode towards the battle shield.

As he walked, he kept asking the car in the direction of the car with an incredulous look on his face.

"Are you sure you brought Gavin? Is this Gavin's car from Gavin's camp? The Gavin from the radio?"

"That's right, buddy, it's great that you know me too, I'm honored!"

On the shield, Gavin opened the car door, stepped out, and stood in front of Nathan.

After seeing Gavin get out of the car, Nathan suddenly stopped, then quickly sped up and strode over to Gavin, holding his gun and speaking to him.

"It really is you! My God! You're really alive! That broadcast wasn't a lie!"

"This is...this is really...haha, this is absolutely amazing! I'm a fan of yours, my whole family is a fan of yours! I love the Cowboys, the Dallas Cowboys should be number one in the major leagues! I absolutely adore you!"

Nathan's face turned red with excitement as he spoke.

This is understandable, since Austin doesn't have its own NFL team. So, most of the Major League teams that Texas fans around Austin support are the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Rumble.

In the last five years, the Dallas Cowboys have won championships one after another, which has made them completely overshadow the Houston Rumble and accumulated countless enthusiastic fans.

Of course, Austin isn't entirely devoid of football, but the Austin residents' favorite football team is the Texas Long Horns, a strong team in the college football league.

This team has a sports value of $2.3 billion in the college league, is very popular in the Austin area, and generates a viewing frenzy every fall.

As for why Austin doesn't have a Major League Football team?

This is, after all, the capital and provincial capital of Texas!

Although Austin enjoys the advantage of being the capital city, it is not actually the commercial center of Texas, but rather the technology, education, and cultural center of Texas.

However, compared to its positioning as a commercial center, the inclinations towards technology, education, and culture and arts are clearly insufficient to drive the city's rapid growth.

Compared to Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, three large cities with populations exceeding several million, Austin, though located in the middle of these three cities, has an actual population of less than one million, fluctuating only between 900,000 and 950,000.

Many people, upon hearing that Austin is the capital of Texas, might assume it's a metropolis like New York or Los Angeles.

But the reality is quite the opposite; Austin's population is far smaller than that of places like New York and Los Angeles.

However, Austin is, after all, the provincial capital, and although it has few cities, it boasts several titles of America's number one city.

On the one hand, Austin is America’s premier live music city, boasting the reputation of being the world’s live music capital.

On the other hand, Austin has also been voted the number one college town in the United States, and 43 percent of Austin’s residents have a bachelor’s degree, while 16 percent of Austinians have a graduate degree!

What is this?

This is a city where almost two out of ten people are graduate students, and it is also a city surrounded by culture!

And Gavin.

Hearing Nathan's words of admiration, he smiled and extended his hand to shake Nathan's.

"Haha, thanks for the praise and compliments, man! I also love the Austin Longhorns; they're my favorite college football team!"

"Of course, Gavin! Our Texan team should be the best team in the nation, just like Texas itself is number one. We are invincible, we are unbeatable, we are Texas!!!"

Nathan's lips trembled with excitement as he watched his idol praise the college team he idolized.

He was seen shouting "Long live Texas!" in an exaggerated manner while trying to drag Gavin towards his camp.

While dragging and pulling him along, Nathan kept introducing himself to Gavin, saying his name, age, family situation, the names of his deceased wife and daughter, and the name of his recently met lover.

Inside the shielded vehicle, seeing Gavin being dragged away, Eugene and Edward exchanged a glance, then spoke helplessly.

"They just abandoned us like that? Damn it, our boss is really—really—I bet if he ran for president of the United States, the Texan voter turnout would be ridiculously high!"

"That's right!"

As Edward got out of the car, he nodded to Eugene in response.

"The boss is so popular, especially in Texas. It's practically his vote bank. Damn it, I bet the boss will be able to unite the entire Texas camp soon, and the same goes for the surrounding states, once the apocalypse continues for a while."

"Of course, it could be even further away. After all, not everyone in every state likes cowboys, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Eugene and Edward got out of the car and followed Philip, accompanying Nathan and Gavin into the residential area of ​​the nickel mine.

After introducing himself to Gavin, Nathan continued to tell Gavin about the basic situation of their Cedar Camp.

Gavin, who was standing next to Nathan, thought Nathan was a complete chatterbox.

In just two minutes, Gavin learned from Nathan not only the number of people at Cedar Camp, but also the recent personnel changes, future activity plans, and the names and marital status of everyone at the camp.

Nathan even gave a brief account of the conflict between the Cedar Camp and the Granite Beach Camp.

From Nathan, Gavin learned that Granite Beach Camp and Cedar Camp had indeed been a team.

However, some disagreements arose during the formation of this team.

Because Cedar Park Camp was too close to downtown Austin, Lucien Morrow, the leader of Granite Beach Camp, decided to leave with his three companions.

Of course, before leaving, Lucien had a heated argument with Margaret Worthington, the leader of the Cedar Park camp.

Margaret is the owner of the nickel mine in Cedar Park, which is just one of her businesses.

Margaret and Lucien did not meet at the nickel mine; they first met at the Le Crane shopping center in Cedar Park.

At the beginning of the apocalypse, Margaret and her driver, Nathan, escaped from the city of Cedar Park and encountered Lucien and his brother while searching for supplies at a shopping mall.

The four continued their escape together, encountering more survivors along the way, until they finally escaped Cedar Park and settled in Margaret's nickel mine.

But while Lucien was pursuing Margaret, he also felt that Cedar Park campsite was too close to danger.

As a result, Margaret and Lucien had a fierce argument, and after the argument, the enraged Lucien even tried to rape Margaret in her office.

Of course, the guys who discovered the rape before it could be completed stopped it, but Lucien and his brother, along with the other guys surrounding Lucien, also had a fierce conflict with Margaret's beliefs.

So Lucien and the three of them slunk away from Cedar Park and found a place to settle down in Granite Beach.

As for the rest of the people, they all felt that the current environment was safe enough. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, few of them wanted to go through the trouble of relocating. This was the mindset of most people who were temporarily safe in the apocalypse.

In short, after the two camps split up, they developed in their respective locations.

Nearly a month later, the Cedar Camp gained two more survivors, while the more aggressive and adventurous Granite Beach gained a full six more, thus quickly bringing the strength of the two camps to a tie.

In fact, Granite Beach Camp surpassed Cedar Camp.

Although there are a total of fifteen people at Cedar Camp, because they once helped a girls' high school, eleven of the fifteen people at Cedar Camp are now women, eight of whom are high school students, and there are no relatively strong cheerleaders or bodybuilding enthusiasts.

As a result, the only people capable of fighting in the Cedar Camp are Nathan and three or four others, including the one currently holding Gavin back.

At the Granite Beach camp, Lucien and his men had already pushed the camp's numbers to double digits, and they had a full nine men who were all quite daring because of Lucien's style!

Nathan is still discussing this topic with Gavin.

He was seen tugging into Gavin's sleeve, constantly complaining to Gavin.

"That bastard Lucien is getting more and more outrageous. Gavin, before you came here, this morning, Lucien drove up to our camp in two cars with seven men, cursed Margaret for a good ten minutes, and then arrogantly drove away."

"Margaret doesn't like that bastard, damn it, but I have to admit, that bastard is actually quite capable, at least he's been lucky, he's been causing trouble for so long and not many people have died."

"Anyway, before you came, Margaret even showed us around the future of the camp. We were so worried about Lucien and his gang. The way they looked at our camp was like a priest looking at a stripped little girl, or a little boy?"

"In short, that look in his eyes was so greedy!"

"Well----"

Hearing Nathan's words, Gavin nodded with amusement and played along.

"If that's the kind of look in someone's eyes, then it's truly terrifying. You've described it very well, Nathan."

"Haha, I knew you'd get my humor, Gavin!"

Nathan immediately laughed happily, and as he laughed, he continued to speak to Gavin.

"Before the apocalypse, when I attended my neighbors' parties with my wife and kids, I fantasized more than once about bringing you to the party, announcing you as a friend of our family, and showing those snobbish neighbors what a sight to behold!"

"But now, my dream has actually come true! I can take you to Granite Beach, Gavin. I really want to show you off to Lucien, haha!"

"Huh?"

Upon hearing this, Gavin immediately laughed and patted Nathan's arm enthusiastically.

"That's a good idea, buddy. After meeting you guys, I do need to meet the guys from Granite Beach. Now that I'm here, I'm going to meet all of you."

"What do you mean, all of them?"

Just as Gavin finished speaking, someone suddenly pushed open the door and walked out of the office not far away.

In the next instant, Gavin saw a brown-haired woman who was about 1.72 meters tall, with a slender waist and a large bust.

When the woman opened the door, she was still frowning, as if she was dissatisfied with something.

Gavin felt she should be unhappy with Nathan's loud voice and incessant chatter.

However, when her gaze fell upon the large group of men surrounding Nathan...

Gavin clearly saw that Margaret's throat visibly twitched!

Gudong!

Margaret swallowed hard, looking at Gavin and the others with suspicion and shock.

Before she could even recognize Gavin, Nathan had already shouted at Margaret.

"Ah! Margaret! Look who I've seen! It's Gavin, damn Gavin! That lucky bastard Philip actually brought Gavin back!"

"Wharf? Gavin? Wow!!!"

Margaret gasped in surprise, then looked greedily at Gavin, and then at Edward and Eugene behind Gavin, who were fully equipped, exuding a fierce aura, and looked like they were not to be trifled with.

However, Margaret didn't linger on the three women's different looks; instead, she focused on their body armor and the accessories they carried, such as grenades, knives, and tactical goggles.

Finally, Margaret's gaze settled on the guns of Gavin and the other two.

The HK-416 is one of the rifles with the most tactical rails, boasting a total of six, with custom versions even adding two more.

In other words, Gavin and his team's guns each have at least two range sights, tactical lasers and flashlights, as well as a series of incredibly cool gun accessories such as grenade launchers.

This gun, when fully equipped, is known as the Christmas tree. You can imagine how many things the handsome man has hung on these guns, and how beautiful and dangerous they look.

So, Margaret, who had just swallowed a mouthful of saliva, swallowed another large mouthful, then held her breath and came to Gavin, stretching out her hands to him from a distance.

"My God, it really is you, Gavin! I've been listening to your radio show lately, and I even heard you sing yesterday. I was so moved I cried!"

"I'm Margaret, Margaret Worthington. It's so good to see you! God has finally come to save me and my friends!"

At this point, Margaret couldn't hold back and actually managed to shed two tears.

What she never dared to tell anyone was that ever since Lucien left, she had been regretting making the decision that prompted Lucien to leave!

With four able-bodied men suddenly gone from the camp, many tasks became impossible to carry out, and she and the girls under her command faced even greater pressure.

Especially this morning, when Lucien returned to the camp with his men, swaggering around.

Margaret worried more than once that Lucien might impulsively storm the camp!

Fortunately, Lucien was probably worried about losing manpower, so he didn't attack her camp in the end. Otherwise, she wouldn't know how she would have managed to use a group of high school girls to fight against seven burly men.

That's why she was so irritable just now; she was in a really bad mood, and Nathan actually dared to speak loudly to her!

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