Chapter 299: Hope Shattered (Part 2)
Chen Yuan had some doubts in his heart, he blinked his eyes twice in a row, and suddenly thought of a possibility. He quickly looked around, and there were no living zombies nearby, so he stopped the car and quickly said to the two women, "Wait in the car, I'll go down and have a look." ”
He ran eagerly to the sign, staring at the pattern carefully.
It looks like it should have been drawn with a kind of black marker.
The shape of the pattern is a simple arrow, and it seems that the drawing is somewhat distorted because of the urgency of the situation at that time.
Depending on the direction indicated by the arrow, they should turn left instead of continuing ahead.
Chen Yuan looked towards the fork in the road on the left.
Although there were no obvious marks on the ground, there was a strong feeling in his heart.
This must have been the mark that Tong Xia left on him when they escaped.
It's just that they've been separated for so long, even if they follow the mark all the way to find it, can they still wait for him there?
He looked back at the left-turning arrow.
My heart beat violently again.
He slowly smiled confidently.
They will definitely wait for him, they will!
With this in mind, he returned to the car.
"How?"
Li Qiluo asked anxiously.
Chen Yuan started the car and turned left.
"It's possible that my companion left me a mark. ”
"Really!"
"It's just possible ......"
"That's good, too! I think it must be! Let's go find them. ”
"Well, hopefully so. ”
The more times like this, the more you have to be calm.
After turning left, Chen Yuan drove along the road all the way forward.
Jiang Lian and Li Qiluo were lying next to the car window, helping him carefully observe the surrounding situation together.
There is nothing special to be found on this street, and there is still a crossroads at the end.
Since there were no signs, Chen Yuan slowed down slowly, hoping to find new signs from elsewhere.
After going around the intersection, Jiang Lian said suspiciously, "Look over there." She gestured, "Is there something painted on the wall of that store?"
Li Qiluo's eyes widened and he looked at it, "It seems to be! Chen Yuan, you drive over quickly." ”
"Good. ”
Chen Yuan quickly turned the car over, and since there were already some active zombies here, he didn't get out of the car directly, but looked out through the window.
On the wall in front of me, there was an arrow drawn with the same black marker.
"That's right, it's the mark. ”
Chen Yuan's mood became more and more excited.
When he followed the first sign, he wasn't sure the pattern was a hint. However, the fact that the mark appears twice now means that it is hardly a boring graffiti.
Following the direction indicated by the arrow, he continued to drive slowly.
Luckily, they found five identical marks in a row.
The off-road vehicle passed through the not-so-bustling city center, and Chen Yuan slowed down, eagerly looking for the sixth mark.
The zombies around him unconsciously increased.
But it doesn't affect them much.
After two laps in a row, they still didn't notice anything.
Two zombies on the right leaned over and staggered to knock on the door.
Chen Yuan spun the body, shook off the two zombies, and then drove towards the opposite side.
"Strange, why is there no mark here?"
Li Qiluo dragged her cheeks, her brows furrowed.
Neither Chen Yuan nor Jiang Lian spoke.
The three of them fell silent.
The atmosphere that had been a little joyful gradually collapsed.
When she got around the fourth circle, Jiang Lian whispered: "There are only two forks in this place, why don't you choose a direction and open a street ahead to look for it, maybe they didn't have a chance to leave a mark here at that time." Maybe at the next street corner, we'll find the mark. ”
"Okay, let's try it. ”
There was no better way at the moment, so Chen Yuan drove along the street in front of him. After driving to the next street in one go, the three minifigures carefully searched for two circles, but there was still nothing.
Chen Yuan reluctantly turned the head of the car and drove the car back to the fork just now. This time, they drove in the other direction.
Chen Yuan's mood became more and more worried, if he couldn't find the mark on this street, it might mean that the mark was completely broken here.
He prayed incessantly in his heart.
Perhaps it is the providence of the darkness, and there is a very conspicuous sign on the side of the street at this intersection.
From afar, Li Qiluo waved his hand and said excitedly: "I saw it, I saw it!
Chen Yuan hurriedly drove the car over, it was indeed the sixth sign, and the direction indicated was for them to turn right along the road.
It seems that due to the increasing number of zombies here, this sign was drawn in a hurry.
Chen Yuan drove all the way down the street, and then they found three new markers one after another.
Thus crossing three streets, they came to the edge of the north side of the smoke city.
The construction of the streets has obviously deteriorated, but strangely, the number of zombies has become more numerous.
Groups of zombies approached them after hearing the sound of the car's engine.
Chen Yuan drove the off-road vehicle and continued to move towards the street in front of him, and the zombies were quickly left behind by him.
When passing by a bus stop sign, Jiang Lian suddenly exclaimed, "Wait a minute, Chen Yuan! There's a mark there! It's on that bus stop sign!"
Chen Yuan quickly stepped on the brakes, and then adjusted to reverse gear and drove backwards.
The car stopped next to the bus stop sign, and the three of them looked at it together.
That's an arrow that goes left and then up.
But there's no way to turn right, right?
In confusion, Jiang Lian spoke again, "There, it must be there." She raised her hand and pointed to the unfinished building in front of her.
Chen Yuan suddenly realized, "Yes, it must be there!"
He shook off the zombies that came over and banged on the car door, and drove towards the real estate in front of him.
The joy grew stronger, but after driving into the open space in the real estate, he was completely stupid.
There are a lot of zombies dangling here, and there are also a lot of zombie corpses lying on the ground.
In addition to this, there are bags of food, cartridge casings for bullets.
This indicates that it is very likely that they had stayed here, but due to the sudden increase in the number of zombies, they were forced to move again.
Chen Yuan slammed the steering wheel hard, and then drove the car out.
The three of them searched for a long time around this property.
However, no new markings were found.
Even if we drove two streets ahead, there was still nothing.
"Maybe they've already left Yancheng, the real estate just now is quite close to the North Expressway, why don't we drive over there?"
Disheartened, Chen Yuan nodded.
After being separated from Shen Jingyuan, he never found her.
Now, there is no clue to find Tong Xia and them.
This feeling of despair pained him.
He couldn't help but wonder if he would be able to reunite with them again.
As the off-road vehicle got closer and closer to the highway entrance, there were finally fewer zombies nearby.
"Chen Yuan, don't worry, we can definitely find them. ”
Li Qiluo whispered a word of comfort.
Chen Yuan smiled self-deprecatingly and did not speak.
After getting on the highway, considering that there might be marks in some places, Jiang Lian asked Chen Yuan not to drive too fast.
It was about five kilometers like this.
Suddenly, zombies began to appear on the highway.
At first, there were only two or three staggering forward, but slowly, it became three or five, seven or eight, a dozen, and finally a dense group of corpses was formed.
Noticing the sound of the car's engine, they shook their heads and looked back, then slowly moved closer to the SUV.
Damn it......
The mood was already very bad, and it turned out to be this disgusting situation again.
Chen Yuan sighed helplessly, and then stepped on the accelerator heavily.
The number of zombies here is still too much for them, and for the sake of safety, they can no longer continue to look for the marker slowly, so they can only choose to stay away temporarily.
The off-road vehicle is getting faster and faster, and it looks like it is about to pass through a wave of corpses. The result was incredible, Chen Yuan saw the bald species standing in the crowd of corpses in the distance. He was still wearing the gray vest, with bandages on his hands, and holding the blood-stained hammer.