Through Sloane's description, Ye Hao learned that survivors in the San Diego area can use hunting zombies and then obtaining the crystals in the zombies' brains to exchange for food in some large gathering places, and it is said that these crystals will eventually be purchased by Buffalo Town. These crystals also became the alternative currency of the San Diego area, circulating in various settlements, and together with the crystals, gold formed the monetary system of the San Diego area.

Ye Hao was very surprised, as far as he knew, these crystals could provide him with the operating energy of that mysterious system, and he didn't know exactly what was going on. In short, from Ye Hao to the end of the world, the zombies hunted by himself and the convoy will all be dug out of crystals, and these crystals will automatically disappear after entering the system space. I didn't expect Buffalo Town to also collect zombie crystals, which is really getting more and more interesting.

These impoverished people include homeless people in the wasteland and survivors in various settlements, who hunt zombies and dig up crystals to exchange for food and other supplies, and fight for their own survival. They have an exclusive name: "Corpse Hunter".

The convoy of Maple Leaf Town is nothing new in the San Diego area. The size of the four cars can only be considered small, but driving on the road is still the envy of the poor hunters, who watch the convoy pass by. After all, the convoy was armed with an assault rifle and two armed off-road vehicles in front and behind with machine guns, so it was easy to eliminate a small, unarmed gathering place.

The smoke and dust brought up by the four cars can be clearly seen even if they are several kilometers apart. Ye Hao sat in the passenger seat of the off-road vehicle at the head, and he played the role of an observer and commander. The driver was Sloan, who was the driver and guide. The machine gunner in the back seat is the biological metal robot Li Tie, how can such a powerful bodyguard be wasted, and this is the end of the world, Ye Hao doesn't need to be so scruples as in the real world, so he casually found an excuse and said that it was sent by the organization to protect him, Tes

Dr. La and the others didn't dig deeper, so Li Tie appeared beside Ye Hao in a bright way, and now Li Tie is the machine gunner of the first car.

The co-pilots of the four cars are equipped with a telescope, the telescope is a scarce commodity in the last days, and the advantage of anticipating the enemy is enough to compare its value with a light machine gun, of course, these telescopes were brought by Ye Hao from the real world.

In addition to being equipped with four telescopes, there is also a walkie-talkie, which has long been brought to the end of the world by Ye Hao and has become the standard configuration of the team. These equipment are very valuable for a team that is going to cross the zombie activity area, so that the team can detect the signs of zombie activity in advance, and notify everyone in the team through the walkie-talkie. It is no exaggeration to say that the value of a telescope and a walkie-talkie is definitely not lower than a tank.

The boring itinerary was originally full of boredom, Jimmy concentrated on driving, Li Tie observed the movement a few kilometers ahead on the roof of the car, with Li Tie's eyesight in this open wasteland, every grass and tree within ten kilometers was extremely clear. Ye Hao found that the telescope in his hand was an ornament. However, Ye Hao's leisure did not last long, soon after the sun came out, the sharply rising temperature was unbearable, especially the air conditioning on the armed off-road vehicle had long been broken, sitting on the armed off-road vehicle, it was like being roasted by fire.

On the side of the highway, a thin woman stared blankly at the advancing convoy, like this, Ye Hao is also unprecedented, and there is nothing curious, many women who have no support, they will also join the murderous corpse hunting team.

But the next moment, the thin woman, who was lame, suddenly crossed the road.

Sloan's driving skills were also practiced, and he reacted in time, and with a screeching sound of brakes, the armed off-road vehicle came to a sudden stop. Fortunately, the distance between each car in the convoy was kept at about 50 meters, and the speed of the car was not fast, and the sudden braking did not cause any accidents.

This thin woman is very smart, she knows the cruelty of the last days, if she encounters some murderous people, she will shoot herself directly, so when Ye Hao and the others have not reacted, she has already shouted: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, I'm useful to you." ”

Han Meimei has long figured out that in the last days, useless people can only be eliminated by the society as a result, and only the use value is the only condition for survival.

In this case, anyone will have a fire in their stomachs, and Ye Hao is no exception, but when he heard what the other party said, Ye Hao laughed, and looked at the woman who walked to the edge of the auxiliary seat, it turned out to be an Asian, Ye Hao asked curiously: "Oh, are you useful to us?"

Han Meimei said very seriously: "I know you must be going to Buffalo for the convoy, I lived in a small village on the edge of Buffalo for a while. She quickly pointed out this, and then added, "The road from here to Buffalo Town has been destroyed, and if you follow the road, it will take at least three to four days to reach Buffalo, and it is very dangerous, but I know that there is a shortcut, the number of zombies is small, and the distance will be shortened, and you can reach Buffalo in two days." ”

Ye Hao frowned slightly, and said a little strangely, "What do you mean?"

Han Meimei stared at Ye Hao, biting her chapped lip and said, "As long as you are willing to take me to Buffalo, I will show you the way." She looked at Ye Hao's convoy and said, "It's not very difficult for you to bring one more person. ”

Ye Hao looked at Han Meimei and nodded. A shortcut, only a small number of zombies, save more time, this is undoubtedly what everyone wants, at least your risk will be minimized, with luck, you can smoothly save half of the time. Despite having Sloan as a guide, it's always good to have multiple people who are familiar with the terrain, and this woman is the first Asian that Ye Hao has met in the last days. As for the risk, Ye Hao believes that with himself and Li Tie here, it can be said that he is walking on the ground.

Ye Hao looked at the position next to Li Tie and stretched out his hand to open the car door, and said, "Get in the car, we still have to hurry." ”

Han Meimei breathed a sigh of relief, dragged her injured thigh, got into the armed off-road vehicle with difficulty, smiled at Ye Hao, and said, "Thank you." ”

Han Meimei's face was black and yellow, covered with a thick layer of dust, her hair was messy, draped over her shoulders, and her clothes were a little tattered, and she could see the exposed skin inside. It may be because of the hot weather, the skin inside the clothes is a little black and not slippery, as for what it looks like, this is not something Ye Hao needs to care about, he glanced at Han Meimei's injured and purulent thigh, and said, "This should be a bullet wound, right?"

Han Meimei grinned, showing her white teeth, "I stopped the convoy a few times, and once I was unlucky, I ran into an unreasonable person, and I was shot by them, but fortunately I didn't kill him, I just made a hole in my thigh." ”

Han Meimei seems to be speaking easily, but Ye Hao knows that there are not many reasonable people in the last days, like Han Meimei's approach, it is easy to be killed, abandoned on the road, and become a lunch for zombies in vain. But Ye Hao is even more strange, Han Meimei's value is not small, why don't others bring her?

Ye Hao asked this question, Han Meimei smiled bitterly, and said, "Many times I don't even have a chance to speak, and I am blown away by them. After the thigh injury, I also knew that it would be difficult to survive in this world, so I hoped that I could try my luck and find a team that believed in me and let them piggyback on it. ”

What Han Meimei said is not an exaggeration, like an injury, in the absence of medicine, the wound is easy to deteriorate in this weather, and the entire thigh is lost. If the thighs are not sawed off, they can be life-threatening. In the last days, no one will pity you, if you die, you will die, and no one will have mercy.

"Buffalo, I don't think it's necessarily heaven, even if you go anywhere, with your current situation, it's a question of whether you can live or not......," Ye Hao said casually.

Han Meimei looked very plain and said: "I know that Buffalo is not a paradise, there is no paradise in this world, I just want to die in the place where I once lived." ”

The other party has a cold and flat look in his despair, but in Ye Hao's eyes, it represents the unwillingness of life and the fact that he has to surrender to the cruel reality.

"Are you from Huaxia?" Ye Hao asked in Chinese.

"Yes, are you too?" Han Meimei replied in Chinese in surprise.

"Hmm. ”

"I really didn't expect that I had a guess when I first saw you, but I didn't dare to ask. Han Meimei explained.

"Hello, you can call me Robert. ”

"Han Meimei. ”

Through a simple conversation, Han Meimei slowly relaxed.

Han Meimei's leg injury has suppurated, saying that it is not serious, it may be amputated, and it is said that it is serious, as long as there is medicine, it can still be saved. Ye Hao glanced at it a few more times, sighed, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only close his eyes, lean on the passenger seat, listen to the sound of the engine, and close his eyes to recuperate.

Han Meimei saw that Ye Hao had no interest in continuing to chat, so she didn't speak again. In the last days, the relationship between people is cold and even guarded, and it is a dream to expect that just because you are from the same country, others will look at you differently.

The convoy went all the way to the east, and after leaving Maple Leaf Town for more than 20 kilometers, the number of zombies began to gradually increase, and the originally empty highway could be seen zombies wandering on the road from time to time. In this area, the road began to become difficult to walk, and from time to time you could see the wreckage of cars, which were abandoned on the road. The shattered corpses could also be seen through the wreckage of the car. Ye Hao even saw a charred black truck, which had half of the corpse exposed, and the other parts had been ripped off alive by the zombies and swallowed alive. The mutilated corpses were highly decomposed, some of them had dried and turned black under the scorching sun, and at a glance they were at least ten days old.

This is the cruel end times, and on this often passing highway, there are still zombies left behind. Correspondingly, on both sides of the road, a large area looked like dried radish, and a large number of zombie corpses also fell, most of them were smashed heads, and a small part was torn to pieces in front of large-caliber weapons. The high temperature also made the corpses of these zombies turn into dried corpses, which was creepy at a glance.

No one expected that just after leaving Maple Leaf Town for more than 20 kilometers, they saw such a hellish picture, and it could be seen that this trip was by no means an easy thing. The original relaxed mentality of the entire team was broken, and everyone became serious, as warriors, they have all been tested by zombies, and they still know how to prioritize.

Ye Hao picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "This is the command car, all pay attention, all pay attention, enter the alert state, pay attention to the situation on both sides of the highway at any time, find an abnormality, report to me immediately, over." He put down the walkie-talkie, took the binoculars and looked around, and only after confirming that there was no large-scale zombie herd, did he breathe a sigh of relief.

After advancing a few kilometers, the convoy was attacked by scattered zombies from time to time, but fortunately, the assault rifles were equipped with mufflers, and without alarming the other zombie groups, relying on these guns with mufflers, these scattered zombies who tried to attack the convoy were eliminated.

Han Meimei endured the sharp pain in her thighs, wrinkled her brows and poked her head out of the window, trying to observe the surrounding environment, and soon she pointed ahead and said: "The shortcut is about a kilometer ahead, it is a dirt road, and it is not connected to the road, we must move forward in the mud and sand for a while before we can see it." ”

Hearing this, Sloan stared at Han Meimei, a suspicious look on his face.

"The reason why not many people know about this shortcut is because it is not connected to the road, and those who are not familiar with it would not have thought that there would be a dirt road after crossing this stretch of sand. Han Meimei was very calm, and her two big eyes blinked, "If you follow the highway again, you will enter a densely populated place, where the number of zombies will be huge." ”

"This shortcut was specially built by the travel company in order to increase a tourist route, along this dirt road, not only can you enjoy the long yellow sand, but also see the endless gravel land, as well as clumps of green grass, and weathered stone forests. I also accidentally passed by and learned about this path. In fact, it is not a road, many places are still sandy, but there are some signs, so that people will not go the wrong way. ”

Ye Hao hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Sloane: "Do as she says, and drive the car off the road in a while." ”

At this time, in Ye Hao's walkie-talkie, there was a call: "Command car, command car, here is the tail car, there is a convoy behind it, the number is unknown." ”

Ye Hao picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The command car has been received, stay vigilant, and wait for instructions." ”

The convoy behind was very fast, fortunately, the road was enough for four cars to drive side by side, and in the sound of horns, they easily overtook Ye Hao's convoy, and in the sound of the whistling car engine, they slowly threw Ye Hao's convoy away, raising smoke and dust in the sky.