Transparent tentacles suddenly appeared, and everyone looked at each other, all at a loss.

Haichen, who was most familiar with the sea of all, was pushed out. But when he looked left and right, he couldn't figure out what the hell this was.

"Speaking of transparent tentacles, I think they must be jellyfish. However, the jellyfish usually dock in September and October, and it is impossible to burrow in the sand. ”

As they pondered, they saw that the transparent tentacle was still wriggling, and it groped around the mud pit wall, and then it was about to retract back into the mud of the mudflats.

"Do you want to take it out and have a look?"

Duan Whale raised the shovel, but asked the others for their opinions before making a move. Su He shouted "Wait", and at this moment, the rising tide "boomed" into the mud pit.

Something even more incredible happened.

When those transparent tentacles met the seawater, they began to shrink and blacken rapidly, turning into a mass of charred black residue and bubbling white water in just one minute.

"If you're so afraid of the sea, you can't be a marine creature." Su He already had a little understanding in his heart: "Do you remember the zombie tree?" ”

Du Yunfei also had similar suspicions: "This is its root? Twenty kilometers, is it possible. ”

"It's the end times, what's impossible." Haichen shrugged his shoulders, "The drone has been going to reconnoiter every day in the past few days, and the tree hasn't grown much, and the feelings are developing underneath." ”

Lin Youqing became worried: "What do you say these roots do?" ”

"I don't know, but it's certainly not going to be a good thing." Duan Whale easily pulled him and Duan Xingze to his side, "Anyway, it's better for us not to touch it for the time being." ”

"Will it go all the way to Foguang Island?" Lu Rulan raised the most critical question.

Su He looked at the depth of the pit, and then looked back at the sea that was close at hand.

"These tentacles look soft, and if they can only be extended on the surface of loose soil, then there is no need to worry too much. The concrete bridge will definitely not be crossed, and even if it can get into the concrete, the bridge will inevitably collapse. As for crossing the sea, you just saw it. One of the remaining possibilities is to drill down into the seabed. From here, through the rock formations under the sea, and then along the rock formations into Foguang Island, I can't rule out this possibility, but I personally think it's very small. ”

It is obviously meaningless to discuss here, because of the appearance of tentacles, everyone has no intention of continuing to stay on the tidal flats for a long time.

Su He proposed to collect a tentacle and go back to study, but everyone was unanimously vetoed. The seven people quickly packed their things and jumped into the car to return to Foguang Island.

Although almost all mudskippers were lost, razor clams and fiddler crabs were still abundant. The razor clams were raised in the water for several hours, and when the mud and sand were spit out, they were put into the pot and boiled quickly in the clean water. Eat it directly with condiments, fatty, fresh and tender. The small crabs are marinated in a sauce made from sake sauce for later consumption.

It's obviously delicious, but when they think of the tentacles, everyone is a little nervous. I even began to think that Foguang Island might not be a place to stay for a long time.

This uneasiness lasted for two whole days. On Monday of the following week, things suddenly took a huge turn.

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Duan Whale, who was busy with the modification of the monitoring system, finally became empty and completed a transformation that may not be a breakthrough for him personally - the car radio in Suhe's car was converted into a full-band base radio.

But in Su He's words, this is "a small step for Duan Whale, a big leap for humans".

Having an all-band radio means they can communicate with other radio stations that are working on the planet at any time. What the outside world is like will be revealed soon.

Monday evening. With nervous and excited feelings, everyone gathered in the hall on the first floor of the villa. The base radio station began its first official work.

Duan Whale's fingers slowly turned the band knob, and a strange noise immediately came out of the speaker. Everyone held their breath for fear of missing even the slightest unusual sound.

However, it was much easier than they thought, and the radio soon picked up the first sound from the outside world.

It was a man's voice, speaking a language that no one could understand, presumably a foreigner. Although there was no way to judge the content, his tone was not nervous, more like he was doing some kind of daily broadcast.

It's not a pleasing voice, nor is it some earth-shattering news, but in everyone's ears, it becomes a wonderful natural sound.

"Can we talk?" Su He asked, "Ask where the other party is." ”

It's the end of the world anyway, and I don't care about any rules and irregularities. Duan Whale nodded, turned on the microphone after a while, and greeted in English.

The other party quickly responded in less proficient English, and welcomed the new friend who was "online" for the first time.

THE MAN ON THE OTHER END OF THE AIRWAVES, NAMED FOONG, CLAIMED TO BE MALAYSIAN, AND WAS CURRENTLY LIVING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN A SECLUDED LOCATION IN MALAYSIA. Duan Whale responded in English, saying that he was Chinese.

As soon as he finished saying this, an exclamation erupted from the other side.

"I can also speak Chinese, my surname is Feng!"

Only then did everyone realize that the so-called FOONG is actually the transliteration of Feng, and this should be Malaysian Chinese. The two sides immediately switched to Chinese mode, and immediately felt more cordial.

After a Chinese-style greeting, Feng threw out the first question: "What's inside your walls, or what's 'outside the walls'?" ”

"Walls?" Duan Whale was puzzled, "What wall?" ”

“…… Friend, you really don't know anything! ”

Feng was very enthusiastic and immediately started popular science for them - the so-called wall was a new concept that only appeared during this time. After the outbreak of the zombie virus, human society has been hit by a global devastation. Many small countries have no survivors, while some powerful large countries have organized the surviving citizens to evacuate to remote areas en masse to escape the zombie frenzy.

In the space of more than a month, several major countries, including China, have set up official resettlement sites for disaster victims and arranged zombie fortifications on the periphery.

Because these fortifications protected the people inside like a city wall, it was customary to call the official settlement "inside the wall" and the survivors outside the "outside the wall".

Hearing that there was an official resettlement site, everyone was naturally surprised, and hurriedly asked Feng Zhi if he knew the specific location.

"I'm not very familiar with the geography of China." Feng sounded a little embarrassed, "But I heard that there is one in Tibet, and there is one in Qinghai or somewhere." ”

Qinghai and Tibet are nearly 2,000 kilometers away, and it is obviously unrealistic to defect to the organization. Duan Whale hurriedly asked if there was a resettlement site in the coastal area, but what he got was a wry smile from Feng.

"Brother, are you kidding me? Everyone knows that the coastal areas of the world have been conquered, and the more economically developed the area, the more active the zombies. Settlements? That's not even a thought about it. ”

Explaining this, he asked Duan Whale one more question: "In this way, you should be in the coastal areas of China?" ”

"We are ...... Z"

Duan Whale was about to answer, but was interrupted by Feng.

"Brother, don't say it, don't say it!"

"How?"

"Do you think I'm the only one listening to you? The signal is public and can be heard by anyone with a device! Think about it, what happens if there happens to be a bad guy near you? ”

Duan Whale was silent for a while, looking at everyone beside him.

"You mean, robbers who take advantage of the fire?"

"It's not just taking advantage of the fire!" Feng deliberately emphasized, "There is no royal law outside the wall at all, and no one cares about killing people." ”

Duan Whale immediately asked, "Have you ever killed someone?" ”

"Me?" Feng hesitated for a second, "...... Of course I did! ”

"Bluffing." Su He said softly.

I only heard Feng go on to say that there was once a survivor in the United States, who kindly revealed their coordinates on the radio waves, and welcomed other survivors to join them. The next day, they were heard screaming for help on the airwaves, and the family disappeared and was never seen again.

"In short, just be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years."

Feng also said that although the heart of defense is indispensable, on the whole, the communication atmosphere in the radio waves is quite good. Some survivors with specialized knowledge are also happy to provide professional information and help to others. For example, Feng's specialty is weather forecasting, but only in a small area.

In addition to this, the settlements of several large countries also have their own broadcasting frequencies. Play different content inside and outside the wall.

Broadcasts inside the walls are generally medium-wave stations, which are difficult to receive outside the walls. Outside-facing broadcasts are divided into two types: one is automatic broadcasting, which loops the specific locations and broadcast frequencies of the major settlements. The other is manual broadcasting, which is used to provide survival help and technical guidance to survivors outside the walls.

Thanks to Feng's explanation, everyone finally has the most basic understanding of the situation. From his mouth, they also learned that Krakatoa volcanoes have long since stopped erupting, and it seems that a global ice age will not come, but this year's lack of summer is almost a foregone conclusion.

As for winter, the mid-latitudes may be okay, but the ice age in the high latitudes will be greatly extended, and the United Kingdom, Northern Europe, Russia, Canada and other places will face rare extreme cold.

Although the two sides can be said to be familiar at first sight, Duan Whale is still worried about finding China's official channel, so he notes Feng's frequency, and the two sides say goodbye amicably.

The knob continued to turn slowly, and although it was ready to find a needle in a haystack, to everyone's surprise, the surprise came quickly.

Skipping a few foreign language communication channels, the chaotic radio signal suddenly turned into Mandarin.

"This is the People's Republic of China Emergency Public Broadcasting, here is the People's Republic of China Emergency Public Broadcasting ......"

Duan Whale's hand stopped suddenly, and everyone was silent.

The imagined ecstasy did not arrive, but was replaced by a calmer, heavier sense of reassurance.

"The country is still there." Lin Youqing said what everyone felt at this moment: "We are not alone. ”

The frequency that Duan Whale searched for was an automatic channel for national emergency broadcasting. As Feng said earlier, the coordinates of several civic settlements in Tibet and Qinghai were broadcast on a loop, as well as three other frequencies for artificial communication broadcasts.

Duan Whale chose one of the frequencies to jump over. There was no one talking in the speaker, but a melodious song "Jasmine" came out.

Duan Whale tried to shout into the walkie-talkie, but the music stopped abruptly and was replaced by a nice man's voice.

"This is China's national emergency broadcast, please speak."

"I'll go, why is this man's voice so familiar." Su He whispered.

"I think I've heard it somewhere." Lin Youqing also nodded.

When they say this, others say that they have the same sense of déjà vu. At this time, Lu Rulan suddenly came over and grabbed the walkie-talkie.

"Big Pig !!"

The man with a nice voice on the other end of the radio wave was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "...... Little Blue? ”