Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Strange Fork in the Road
The speed of the car is not very fast, considering that there are many cars blocking on both sides, a journey of about an hour, An Qitong and they walked for nearly two hours, during which they also had to face the zombies that suddenly came out of the middle of the vehicle, without affecting the driving of the vehicle, they have chosen not to care.
To An Qitong's surprise, they didn't meet a single living person on the whole road.
Xiao Dapeng, who was driving, hadn't spoken for a long time, and when he could see the high-rise buildings in the county seat of Orange County at the end of the road, he felt a little impatient inexplicably.
"Damn, why didn't you see a living person after walking for so long? Is everyone hiding? ”
Xiao Dapeng, who couldn't help it, looked around at the car, and there was nothing except the abandoned vehicle.
"Why do I feel bad?"
Hu Min, who was sitting in the back seat, didn't say much after getting into the car, and when she was about to arrive in Orange County, she said something that made people even more uncomfortable.
"Xiao Dapeng, you stop and wait for Lin Zihao and them to be together."
Wenhu asked Xiao Dapeng to stop, and just as they drove the car to a four-way intersection, they went straight to the urban area of the county, and they knew that it was to the surrounding towns through the street signs on the left and right.
The road condition at the four-way intersection is not very good, there are a lot of cars parked around, and I don't know if it's a coincidence, the location where the vehicles are parked is just leaving only a one-way lane, which leads straight to the direction of the county, and the intersection on both sides is blocked.
Unless they turn around and go back, they can only go straight towards the county seat, but this is the same as their original destination, An Qitong didn't care much about this, probably because there were survivors passing here before, so the intersection was like this.
Fortunately, during the time they parked, there was no trace of zombies.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Zihao got down from the truck behind, opened the door next to An Qitong, and got into the car.
"Brother, I'm feeling a little weird here, and I always feel like something is going to happen if I go any further. What do you see? ”
Wen Hu also said something similar to Hu Min, and his eyes kept looking outside the car, trying to find something to get rid of the weirdness in his heart.
After Lin Zihao listened to Wen Hu's words, he carefully looked at the road in front of the car.
There are a lot of vehicles, blocking both sides, completely blocking the intersection on the left and right, and a road three or four meters wide extends straight from the national highway under the car to the direction of the county seat.
After watching it for a long time, Lin Zihao also felt a little weird.
The same messy, depressed streets, just feeling like something was missing.
"We've been here for so long, will there be any zombies coming out?"
An Qitong was a little worried, after so many days of survival and testing, she already knew that she couldn't stay in one place for too long, it would attract zombies.
"Zombies? Yes, it's zombies! ”
Lin Zihao finally remembered what made him feel weird.
The intersection was clean, and he didn't see a single zombie, not even a corpse.
"Yes, there are no zombies here, not a single one."
Wen Hu also found something strange to him.
After so many days of escaping, they have seen so many ugly zombies on the road, in the car, and on the street, that they have become accustomed to thinking that the zombies are just hiding, and they may suddenly appear at any time, so they have not seen a zombie for half a day, and they did not notice anything different at first.
"It's so clean, someone must have cleaned it, but I don't know what the purpose of this is."
Lin Zihao looked at Brother Hu, and they both saw doubts and embankments in each other's eyes.
An Qitong heard what Lin Zihao said, she hurriedly looked out of the car, and sure enough, as far as the eye could see, there were only vehicles and some scattered items, but the zombies that should be feared the most did not see it.
"Shall we continue walking?"
Xiao Dapeng couldn't understand what was going on here, he just instinctively felt as if there was something waiting for them in front of him, and he didn't like this feeling very much.
Lin Zihao thought about it, he couldn't just go forward unprepared, they had a cart of rice, this was their most important thing, and they had to do it.
"We've got to find a place to hide the van first."
Wen Hu nodded in agreement and didn't say anything.
"Why?"
Xiao Dapeng didn't understand, let alone understand, he drove well, why did he hide the truck, if it was really dangerous, didn't they all hide it?
"The rice in the truck is our most important material, and it is very difficult to find a truckload of rice easily, so no matter what is ahead, we have to be prepared, if it is safe, we will come back and drive, if it is not safe, then as long as we are okay, we have nothing to lose."
Lin Zihao rarely explained in detail to Xiao Dapeng, and An Qitong and Hu Min on the side also figured it out.
"But can't we not go the way ahead?"
Hu Min also felt that it was time to prepare, but if he didn't have to take the road ahead, wouldn't it be so troublesome.
"You also see that the road on both sides is blocked, and we can't get out of it for a while, so if we turn around, won't we go back again? Besides, we were going to go through the county to the southeast, so let's explore the road now. ”
After Lin Zihao finished speaking, he got out of the car and went to the back, probably telling Zhao Ran in detail about the situation, seeing that Zhao Ran got out of the car clearly, he quickly got into the SUV and sat next to An Qitong.
"Lin Zihao asked us to wait here for him for a while, and he went to hide the car."
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhao Ran opened his mouth to explain.
"Where is he going to hide the car? Do it alone? Is it safe? ”
An Qitong was a little anxious, such a big car was to be hidden, it definitely needed a big place, not to mention what if he ran into a zombie alone?
"It's okay, he said that when he came, he saw a place on the side of the road that was just right, not far away, don't worry."
Zhao Ran felt a little pantothenic acid in his heart, An Qitong's anxiety was beyond words, it seemed that he was really worried about Lin Zihao, and his heart was a little uncomfortable, but everyone was looking at him, so he had to pretend to be very relaxed.
"Otherwise, I'd better go down and go with me."
Xiao Dapeng in front said that he was about to get out of the car, but was stopped by Zhao Ran.
"No need, otherwise I would have accompanied him just now, and he said no."
Zhao Ran's words are not wrong, Lin Zihao did say so, it seems that the place Lin Zihao said should not be dangerous.
The occupants of the car were quiet, vigilant outside the car, but worried about the uncertainty ahead.
An Qitong was a little worried about Lin Zihao, she didn't know where he was hiding the car, whether it was safe or not, she kept looking back, as if she was looking forward to seeing Lin Zihao come back soon.
Zhao Ran, who was sitting next to him, saw An Qitong turning around from time to time, and knew what she was looking at, but he felt a sense of loss in his heart, just because the person in An Qitong's eyes was not him.
This strengthened Zhao Ran's thoughts, he wanted to keep An Qitong by his side.
"Zhao Ran, didn't Lin Zihao really say where he went? Why haven't you come back for so long? ”
An Qitong was really a little worried, could it be that he was in danger, could they really sit here like this?
"I really didn't say it, don't worry, he'll be fine."
As he spoke, Zhao Ran easily held An Qitong's hand at his side.
An Qitong hurriedly broke free, this is not good, she leaned towards Hu Min's side, but Hu Min glanced at An Qitong suspiciously, seeing An Qitong's somewhat unnatural face, coupled with Zhao Ran's straightforward eyes next to her, Hu Min felt as if she had found something interesting.
Just in An Qitong's anxious anticipation, Lin Zihao appeared in her sight.
She hurriedly motioned for Hu Min to open the car door, and only after Lin Zihao got into the car did she feel relaxed.
Lin Zihao first glanced at An Qitong, and then said:
"I parked in the big woods we saw when we came over, which was not easy to spot on the road and surrounded by fields. Now this season is the time when the trees are vigorous, and the grass in the forest grows deep, and there are no villages around, and it is quite hidden. ”
"Is it reliable?"
Wen Hu asked.
"It should be fine to park for two days, so we're going to try to get the car away within two days."
Lin Zihao's meaning is very clear, if there is no problem in front, it is best, if there is a problem, try to solve it within two days.
There were four people in the back of the car, An Qitong sat on Hu Min's lap, vacated her original position to Lin Zihao, and waited until everyone was seated, Xiao Dapeng slowly drove the car out.
This intersection is quite large, after all, a road is still a national highway, and the more you drive to the middle of the intersection, the more you feel that it is artificially set up.
Abandoned vehicles completely blocked the road on the left and right, and it was impossible to hit it directly, unless you had to use a large machine such as a bulldozer.
This can't be formed by a crash when the end times happen, it's too regular here, and the traces of man-made are obvious. What's more, all the vehicles are empty and there is nothing.
When An Qitong saw this, he immediately understood the reason why Lin Zihao stopped talking after getting into the car, and felt that something was watching them in a certain direction outside the car, although it was separated by a car, it still made An Qitong shiver.
What's even more disturbing is that An Qitong doesn't know what this is looking at them at all? Man or zombie? And from where are you watching them?
Hu Min nervously grabbed An Qitong's arm, and even rested his head on An Qitong's back, not daring to look outside.
Xiao Dapeng drove the car, his nervous hands were sweating, and the steering wheel he was holding was a little slippery, he wanted to speed up the throttle and rush over, but Lin Zihao behind him pressed his shoulder.
From the rearview mirror, Xiao Dapeng saw Lin Zihao shaking his head at him and motioned for him to continue driving at this speed.
The distance is not a long intersection, and the strange feeling makes An Qitong in the car suddenly feel that this intersection is too long, and they all hope to pass it quickly.
The car slowly drove in the direction of the county seat, and the strange feeling suddenly disappeared, and An Qitong's tense nerves slowly relaxed.
When the national highway enters the county seat of Orange County, this section has been widened a lot, and the road surface has been paved with asphalt, and the original two lanes have become four lanes, and there is a wide green belt in the middle, and the greening is very beautiful. In the distance is the high-rise buildings of the county seat, standing there quietly.
It can be seen that Orange County, which is close to H City, is also developing well, and the population must be quite developed.
The strange intersection passed like this, and the mystery that everyone couldn't solve was not solved, but even more confusing, this feeling made Lin Zihao have a deep sense of danger, and this uncontrollable situation was very frustrating.
"There must be something at that intersection, and we have to continue to be careful. Xiao Dapeng, you keep this speed, be careful. ”
Lin Zihao's eyes carefully looked at both sides of the road outside the car, hoping to find any clues, but there was nothing else on both sides except for a billboard hanging "XX Auto Repair Factory" not far from the left front of the car.
The billboard did not fall, it was still erected intact on the side of the road, but the difference was that the two large characters on the billboard that were supposed to be names were drawn into two squares with black paint, leaving the words "auto repair shop" at the bottom.
At this time, Xiao Dapeng stepped on the brakes suddenly, and a "lean" popped out of his mouth, and he didn't move.