Chapter 23: The Army
87_87180 Lin An turned off the radio software on his mobile phone, spread out the map, and once again pointed at a dot located on the left side of Shoujing - Huaiqiong County, Zhaoshi City, 500 kilometers away from Shoujing, a famous agricultural county in this province, with a population of only 200,000 and an area of 400,000 mu of cultivated land.
No one thought that an ordinary agricultural county would develop into a base that could rank among the top 20 in China in just five years after the end of the world.
It's not because there are many people in Huaiqiong County, but because the base is strong enough and the proportion of people with abilities is large.
Lin An had heard of it in Shoujing in his previous life, and he didn't have to worry about food, and he was not too strict with the acceptance of survivors - it doesn't matter if you are an alien or not, as long as you are willing to work hard and contribute to the base, you can have something to eat.
It is controlled by the local garrison, which is quite a bit of a feudal king's secession and paradise.
Of course, this so-called paradise is compared to the capital-rich base, and in the last days, there is no real peace.
Now Lin An has taken a fancy to this Huaiqiong County.
He knows that he is just an ordinary ordinary person, and he has a little bit of an eye, and he is far from a truly smart person. Ordinary people have awakened such a rare ability as the space system, and if they really want to go to a place like Shoujing where there are many deep bosses, sooner or later they will be calculated.
Can't afford to hide, Huaiqiong County is a small point, maybe the later base construction, living conditions are not as good as Shoujing, fortunately simple.
The advantage of the base controlled by the army is that it is strictly disciplined, has few simple things, does not have bad intentions, and honestly does its duty, and there will not be people who will calculate and find fault all the time.
What Lin An wants is this simplicity.
As for the army coming from Shoujing, although I didn't want to go to Shoujing, it is not impossible to follow the road for a while, and it is safer to have an army to open the way than to go by yourself.
In the bedroom next door, Huo Cheng finished his last push-up, sat on the floor and wiped his sweat with a towel, and turned off the radio that turned out from the head of the original owner's bed. The man's face did not show much joy, as if the rescue was the same for him.
He looked up and glanced at the next door through the wallβthis wall should be facing Lin An's bedroom
In Room 6 on the second floor, Li Ruiyan happily packed a few pieces of her jewelry, and sewed the little cash left at home into the lining of her clothes.
She pushed Niuniu, who was holding a rag doll next to her, and gave her a piece of candy, and said with a smile: "Baby girl, there will be an uncle from the People's Liberation Army to save us in two days, you go upstairs now, order more food, and let us keep it for the road to eat." β
"Mom, I don't want to go" The little girl held the candy in her mouth and looked aggrieved: "Grandma Qian upstairs will beat Niuniu, it hurts." β
Li Ruiyan sneered: "Don't be afraid, that old woman can't get up from the bed long ago." β
She originally thought that the fall really killed Mrs. Qian, and she hid at home for several days, afraid that her son Qian Jun would come to the door, but fortunately, I heard that it was a knock.
Niuniu was still unwilling, made a bull temper, and stood in place pouting without moving.
Seeing this, Li Ruiyan's face fell, and she poked Niuniu's forehead with her hand: "You don't want to go?" You don't want to go to what we eat! I know how to eat every day, what I will do with you, hurry up! β
Niuniu felt aggrieved in her heart, and tears swirled in her eyes. Since Dad disappeared, Mom is no longer the same mom she used to be, yelling at her, beating her, and starving her.
"Mom," the little girl cried out wiping her tears, her face was dirty and a little thin, and she was no longer white and tender.
"You still know that I'm your mother, so disobedient, what are you going to do!"
Li Ruiyan stroked her oily hair, and waved her hand a little upset: "Okay, don't cry, don't go to the old lady Qian's house on the fourth floor, she may have a grudge in her heart and wait for revenge, go to the third floor to ask for it, or Uncle Gao's house on the fourth floor, in short, stay away from the Qian family." β
Li Ruiyan thought about the blood shed that day, in the end, she was weak-hearted, and she was afraid that the Qian family would be suffocated, so she didn't dare to let her daughter get closer.
Niuniu still went upstairs, knocked on the doors of two houses on the third floor, and was kicked out after only half a piece of instant noodles.
"Get out, don't bother knocking on the door every day, let your mother take care of you when you're hungry!"
No one is rich in food, and they are not willing to help others every day.
"Phew! Why don't you say it with our car! Li Ruiyan hurriedly went upstairs and snatched half of the instant noodles from her daughter's hand, and pushed her up: "Go upstairs to your Uncle Gao's house, if you want something, go home, and your mother will open the door for you." With that, she walked lightly downstairs.
People will pity a child, and if they are tired of slamming the door on the top and bottom, they will not be so polite to her as an adult. Li Ruiyan knew in her heart that her neighborhood relationship had always been bad.
Niuniu was afraid of being scolded by her mother, so she didn't dare to follow, so she stood in place and hesitated for a while, holding her rumbling stomach and going up to the fourth floor.
The little girl was standing at the door of Gao's house and was about to knock on the door, when the door on the side suddenly opened, Qian Jun held a candy in his hand, and called her with a smile: "Niuniu, come, come in, uncle will give you candy to eat." β
Niuniu shook her head: "Mom won't let me in." β
Qian Jun said: "It's okay, you sneak in and don't let your mother know, your uncle's house has a lot of sugar, and your uncle will fill a whole bag for you when you come in." β
It was as if I had tasted the sweetness of candy, and saliva secreted in my mouth. Niuniu held her fingers in her mouth, hesitated for two seconds, and walked over.
Qian Jun closed the door, handed her the candy cube in his hand, and asked, "Niuniu, you are good, uncle asks you a question, you answer correctly, and all the sugar in your uncle's house will be given to you." β
Niuniu quickly peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed the fruit candy into her mouth, "Uncle, you ask." β
Qian Jun said: "Okay, uncle asked you, that day your mother brought you to your uncle's house, did you see how grandma fell?" β
Niuniu shook her head: "Niuniu doesn't know, my mother won't let me say it, she said that she would fight." β
Qian Jun: "Good boy, you secretly sue Uncle SΓΉ alone, and your mother won't know, your uncle still has chocolate, do you like chocolate?" β
Niu Niu licked her lips: "I love to eat." β
Qian Jun: "Okay, tell Uncle SΓΉ the truth, and I'll give you chocolate." β
Niuniu lowered her head and hesitated again and again, and muttered: "It's Mom"
Li Ruiyan and the others were rumbling at home, and they couldn't help but nibble on the instant noodles in their hands for two bites, and were chewing when they heard a scream outside the window, followed by a slamming sound.
The sound is so familiar.
The woman was stunned, her hands were stunned, and suddenly her face turned pale and she ran to the balcony window-
"Niu Niu!!"
On the concrete clearing in front of the sixth floor, the little girl's body twisted and fell there, her fragile neck crooked on her left shoulder, her brain shattered, and blood slowly spread out, flowing all over the ground along her body
Not far away, a few zombies that smelled, to be precise, were excitedly walking towards this direction.
Lin An stood in the kitchen, his fingers holding the water cup tightened, his brows furrowed, and he looked out through the balcony window.
Two or three zombies, attracted by the smell of blood, were lying on the ground licking the little girl's mutilated *. Rotten flesh and saliva dripping from their mouths, pupils constricted to the size of pinpoints unconscious, filled with primitive cravings to eat.
Upstairs was the desperate cry of a woman, the voice was sharp and torn like a human voice, and downstairs was the howl of zombies, wafting with the smell of blood.
After the child's mother cried out, she didn't dare to come down to take back her daughter's body from the zombie's mouth, and the rest of the neighbors closed their doors, and at night, when they looked out of the window, there was nothing left on the ground except for a pool of blackened blood.
With no food, the zombies staggered and began to wander aimlessly again.
The system collapsed, morality decayed, and the new world order stretched out its fangs to the people in the most cruel and vivid way, trying to swallow up most of them that could not adapt to it.
On December 20 people, a team of military trucks loaded with loaded guns and well-equipped soldiers drove into the highway of Jinshi.
Under the fire of rows of machine guns, the zombies roaming the highway were shot in the head and fell next to each other like dominoes, some of them were hit in other parts of the body, and the rotting bodies paused for a short time before staggering towards the departing truck.
Heavy wheels ran over the decomposing corpses, and the two vehicles dispersed in a team and drove towards the residential areas and residential buildings in the urban area of Jinshi, including the desperate carp pond community.
A team of two trucks, a total of about a dozen soldiers, after entering the Liyutang community, trained to set up a separation fence at the intersection of the community, sweep away the zombies wandering in front of and behind the building, and drive around the entire community to broadcast.
After more than a month, the place finally regained its safety for a short time.
"Attention to the residents of the Liyutang community, we are a rescue team from the Sixth Army of the Shoujing Base, from now on, we will organize everyone to evacuate in an orderly manner, adults will hand over 200 catties of food each, and children under one meter will have 100 catties You only have two days, after listening to the radio, please quickly bring the food to the open space at the door of the neighborhood committee."
The soldier with the gun stood in front of the car with a straight face, making sure that the sound could be heard throughout the neighborhood with the loudspeaker.
The residents of the Liyutang community panicked.
"Comrade, aren't you the people's army, why do you want us food, where do we have food now, can we give money?"
"Yes, we can give money"
"Every 100 grams of gold can be discounted by 50 catties of grain, and the rest of the currency is not collected"
"Robbery, how can you ask for so much, a hundred grams of gold are tens of thousands of yuan, and two hundred catties of grain are only a few dollars!"
"You are asking for a mess, what about your leaders, I want to see your leaders!"
"Little comrade, be accommodating, where do we poor people have so much gold."
The group of large-headed soldiers with guns and uniforms of unknown teams were unmoved, coldly repeating the orders from above