Episode 34 Crisis of Allies
Early the next morning, I got up, looked at the head of the dead fat man's bed, there was no one in the room, and hurriedly got dressed and walked downstairs, and saw that Su Wan was assigning people there. The fat man sat on one side and nibbled on steamed buns, and across from him sat the three Americans, each holding a big bowl of steaming bean juice, drinking it with relish.
I leaned over and said to Su Wan, "Brother Jiu, I thought of a question last night. You say I don't know how to speak dumbly, how can I communicate with them when I go to find them? Is it still the same as last time, one by one? That's just too inefficient. ”
Su Wan smiled and said, "What do you want, old flower?" Did I send you to play Lucky 52? The question of translation has already been thought of for you," Seeing that I turned my head to look at Old Man Zhang, he quickly said: "Don't fight Old Man Zhang's idea, the old man is so old, he can't afford to toss, you better take Nana there......"
As soon as I heard it, I was stunned, and said what can Nana do? She doesn't know how to speak, so she can barely speak a few words of English, and you really use her as an all-round translator?
Su Wan leaned over and whispered in my ear: "Look at you, it's not a knowledge!" Do you think anyone has the opportunity to take a beautiful woman out for a walk? Aren't I creating opportunities for you......"
After hearing this, my head immediately grew three, and I gritted my teeth and whispered: "If you still mess around like this, then I will revolt, I ......"
Su Wan laughed when she heard this, walked up to the fat man, picked up a steamed bun from the big basin on the table, shook her hand and still gave it to me, and said: "Nana has been learning dumb language with Old Man Zhang, although she can't compare, but she can watch~~~ Who are you putting on a stinky face for?" Looking down on women? ”
As soon as I saw Xiao MM walking down the stairs not far away, I hurriedly said: "No, no ......" Su Wancai nodded and said, "The old man can't go when he is older, so now only Nana is suitable." Then you bring Master Che and Ou Xiang, as well as Yao Fangzhong, an engineer from the pharmaceutical factory, to systematically solve the problems encountered by the skeleton soldiers. It is imperative to stabilize the situation. ”
What else can I say? had to sit down beside the fat man without a sound, bowing his head and nibbling on steamed buns. Seeing the dead fat man talking about the helicopter with the black boy Hoffman, his eyes couldn't help but fire with envy.
Su Wan sat next to me, took a sip of bean juice, and said, "In my opinion, we should find a better base for the skeleton soldiers." We can't let them live in the arsenal all the time, because the conditions are not suitable for living, and second, the distance is too far away for us to be inconvenient to coordinate. Lao Hua, you go and discuss with the big zongzi to see if you can let them move to our neighborhood, which is also convenient for management. ”
I said that I would solve this problem, and after eating breakfast in a hurry, I was too lazy to see the arrogance of the dead fat man, so I took my team and set off.
The base of the big zongzi is in the armed police corps, we have been there before, we are familiar with the road, and we will soon arrive at the place. I instructed everyone not to get out of the car, so the driver parked the armored car in the large courtyard of the armed police corps and honked his horn vigorously. After a while, several skeleton soldiers walked out of the warehouse gate.
The skeletons were afraid of the sun, so they didn't dare to approach us, so they stood far away and waved their arms at us. I saw that they were all wearing that kind of military casual pants, so I was somewhat relieved, took everyone out of the armored car, walked over with my chest and belly up, and asked, "What about Zhang Changsheng, the big zongzi?" ”
The skeleton soldiers gestured for a long time, and I looked back at Xiao MM, who was stunned for a long time before he said inexplicably: "They said that the big zongzi was trapped by rice porridge." ”
I couldn't help but roll my eyes secretly, thinking to myself that unprofessional is unprofessional, what kind of nonsense is this translation? Just the big zongzi and the macho man, can you still trap the rice porridge? Besides, he's just a skeleton, not a human being, so what's the point of comparing it to rice porridge? While I was thinking about it, a few skeleton soldiers who greeted us were already impatient, and pulled my sleeve into the warehouse, looking like the situation was quite urgent.
The skeleton soldiers were so strong that I staggered and almost fell down when they pulled me. Ou Xiang over there thought I was in danger and had already started to pull out his gun, so I quickly told him not to move.
When I got to the warehouse, I was a little dizzy...... Although Da Zongzi had already told me that they had more than a thousand skeleton soldiers, I was still shocked when I saw so many skeleton soldiers with my own eyes!
I saw that the warehouse was densely packed with large and small skeleton soldiers, they were all wearing that kind of military casual pants without exception, and they couldn't see anything awkward when they were tall, and a few skeleton soldiers and children were too funny, all of them looked like they were wearing a green skirt, quite a bit of the style of Xiao Shenyang, a two-person actor on TV. But the skeletons looked very embarrassed, listless, as if they had just crawled out of the dirt. They looked at us blankly, not knowing what was going on in their hearts.
We were led to the innermost secret room, and as soon as we entered the door, we saw Da Zongzi coming over like a robot, gesturing to welcome us.
I looked at the big zongzi in amazement, and saw that he was covered with a layer of white and shiny things, and asked in amazement, "Man, what the hell is going on?" How can you have so much rice porridge on you? ”
Da Zongzi helplessly made a crying gesture to me, and then gestured, and Xiao MM next to him explained: "He said that the food supply of the skeleton soldiers is very problematic, and after the Zongzi is killed by us, the dirty blood on his body will quickly coagulate, so they can only obtain very little nutrients in the process of carrying and disposing of the corpses." So as a last resort, they began to ask for a way out. Later, they were inspired by the glucose solution and thought that they could replace it with boiled rice porridge......"
When I heard this, I couldn't help but laugh and said, "And then? ”
Da Zongzi continued to compare, and Xiao MM followed: "Da Zongzi said that this method is not bad, and it can completely achieve the purpose of maintaining life...... It's just that there is one thing that is more troublesome, their skin is not very well absorbed by the rice porridge, once the water in the rice porridge is absorbed, the remaining impurities will form a hard crust on the surface of the bone, thus limiting the movement of the joints......"
I vaguely felt a little pain in my stomach, but I couldn't hold back a smile, and when I glanced at the big rice cooker in the corner, there was rice porridge still cooking, and the heat was bubbling up, so I couldn't hold back anymore and laughed.
The power system has not collapsed, which I did not expect, and later I studied this problem with Mr. Zhang. The old man said that our power system can be maintained for a period of time, and it is difficult to say how long it will be, but it will certainly not be less than three or five years. Although thermal power plants will stop production because there is no speculation from workers, and the furnaces will be shut down because there is no fuel, there are still other ways to generate electricity in our country, such as wind power stations, water power stations, and solar power stations, which can be maintained for a period of time. There are even a few nuclear power plants in our country, and these power generation equipment is basically all controlled by microcomputers, and even if there are no workers to maintain them, they will continue to work for a long time...... Of course, it will not work endlessly, and without worker maintenance, the efficiency of the machine will become less and less efficient until it is completely stopped. The one that lasts the longest is the hydroelectric power plant, which will continue to work until the parasite does not grow the drain pipe to death.
Although our country is dominated by thermal power generation, fortunately, there are not many survivors now, and the demand for electricity is very small, which can be wasted ~~~.
The big zongzi was very annoyed by my laughter, and he was busy for a long time, and Xiao MM said: "He said that they are crossing the river by feeling the stones now, and it is inevitable that something will go wrong......"
"Well," I asked, noncommittal, "and what are you going to do with this hard shell on you?" Do you think you're a wild boar? I also learned to make natural armor...... If this hard shell is not disposed of, how will you eat next time? Do you want to carry them with you for the rest of your life...... By the way, what are you going to do with this hard shell? ”
The big zongzi lowered his head and made a bathing motion.
I nodded, and said that it seemed that it was the only way to go. I saw the big zongzi wave his hand, and several skeleton soldiers moved into a large bath tub, which was filled with water. Da Zongzi glanced at me and made sure I wasn't smiling, and then slowly soaked my whole body in the bath.
My eyes widened, and I was stunned to find that the big rice dumplings were all in the water. I saw that he didn't surface for a long time, and I was stunned and asked, "You can't drown?" The big dumplings turned a deaf ear, and the big hands soaked in the water began to rub the hard shell on the surface of the body.
I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that the sound transmission link between the hydrated air was not good, so I hurriedly pulled over a skeleton soldier and said to him: "You ask Da Zongzi, why can't he drown?" ”
The skeleton soldier looked at me blankly for a long time, and he didn't want to be a translator, so he made a few strokes on his chest, turned his head and asked Xiao MM to translate.
Xiao MM was also surprised, and said in amazement: "He said that they have no lungs, and there is no difference between being in the water and on land, of course they can't drown." ”
My eyes lit up all of a sudden, and I reached out and fished out the big zongzi from the bathtub, and said with a split face: "Man, I want to talk to you, talk about it now, talk alone!" I was so excited by the idea that popped up in my head, and I didn't care if Da Zongzi understood it, so I reached out and pulled him out of the tub.
Da Zongzi looked at me blankly, and I hurriedly said, "Very important thing!" Da Zongzi nodded and waved his hand to drive the skeleton soldiers out. I also turned back to Xiao MM and the others and said, "You guys go out first, I have important things to talk about with Da Zongzi." Of course, Xiao MM and the others had no objections, so they walked out of the secret room one after another and closed the door.
I sat down with the big dumplings and asked, "Man, you're the head of the skeleton soldiers now, aren't you?" Seeing that he nodded, he continued: "So you have to be responsible for them, not only for their lives, but also for their lives. ”
Da Zongzi nodded again, reached out and scraped off a handful of rice porridge from his arm, and showed it to me, which means that you see I have been working hard.
I laughed and said, "Are you trying?" You're just fooling around! Are you going to tell your brothers to eat two meals of rice porridge a day and then spend the rest of the time bathing? "The big zongzi spread his hands at me and asked me what to do with you?
"That's an easy question!" I reassured the big zongzi and said, "You should admit that you are a product of human civilization, and you are essentially different from those zongzi who wander the streets." In other words, you and I have inherited human civilization, so I can't let you continue to mess around like this. ”
Da Zongzi waved his hand and let me continue.
I said, "Brother Jiu and I have already discussed, we must help you solve the food crisis, I have found all the engineers, we can set up a production line within a few days, and continue to produce enough glucose solution for you." ”
Now the big zongzi was happy, and when he saw me holding a cigarette, he immediately took the lighter and lit it for me. I took a sip and continued, "But man, as you know, we don't have a lot of people over there, so it's hard to get so many people to produce glucose solution for you all at once...... Don't worry, I know that some of the work skeletons can do on their own, but have you thought about it, even if we help you through the current difficulties, what about the future? What will you do in the future? The raw materials for the manufacture of glucose solution are all crops. Although many grain depots now have stocks in them, and the state still has a number of strategic grain reserves...... But have you thought about it? What are you going to do when you run out of food? Which of you can farm? Even if you put all your agricultural activities at night, what about your seed sources? At present, all the seeds produced by the seed department are all life-saving goods, and they can only be planted once, and they are not suitable for further seeding. ”
The light in the eyes of the big zongzi became darker and darker, and his head slowly drooped.
I patted him on the spine and said, "There are still many things you haven't encountered, and the difficulties in front of you alone are enough for you to drink a pot - in my opinion, you still find a way to convince your guys, and in the future, you can follow Brother Jiu to mix, and we will not see you, and we will treat you as our own, although at the beginning, everyone will feel awkward, but it will be good after a long time." Nowadays, agriculture, food, and medical technology are very advanced, as long as we send a few professionals, we can help you through the difficulties. ”
I said this part, I thought that the big zongzi would be very happy to accept it, but I knew that he shook his head one after another and made a lot of gestures, I really couldn't understand it, there was no way, but okay Xiao MM shouted in again.
Xiao MM explained: "Da Zongzi said that although they and we can be friends, it is impossible to be a family. After all, the physiological structure of the two sides is not comparable, and there are few things that can be relied on in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation. ”
When I heard this, I became angry and yelled, "It's so unkind for you to say that, if it weren't for the broken guns you got us, we would have hung up a long time ago...... If we can help each other, why can't we become a family? Do you still want to set up another central government to do it alone? Let me tell you, the zombies, ghosts, and ghosts we're encountering now are just a tentative force sent by the dungeons, and if you're still so confused, we'll all be finished when the Warcraft army arrives in Mexico. "I didn't bother to talk nonsense with him anymore, so I asked Xiao MM to tell Da Zongzi about the situation we are currently facing.
After hearing this, Da Zongzi was obviously shocked, he hurriedly gave me all kinds of gestures, and Xiao MM didn't translate for me, so he said: "You still need to say this?" Of course, we have to hurry up and prepare, aren't we here to cooperate with you this time? This apocalyptic catastrophe is far from over, and we survivors are far from truly safe. ”
Da Zongzi nodded heavily, shook my hand, made a few gestures, and said that he had understood, from now on we are a family, and there is anything that the skeleton soldiers need to do, just ask.
I stepped on the cigarette butt and asked solemnly, "You skeleton soldiers are not afraid of water, are you?" Seeing the big dumpling's nod, I took a deep breath and said, "I now want you to select a part of the manpower, take a few technicians from the Fuldo base, take an icebreaker, and go to drive the Varyag aircraft carrier out of the dock and dock at the nearest dock to us." ”
Da Zongzi nodded in agreement and asked me if there was anything to pay attention to, and I said that I was not familiar with aircraft carriers, but you can take your time in this matter, you are the captain, and you must get this thing done.
Then a few of us walked out of the secret room, and in the outer storeroom, we gathered all the skeleton soldiers, and I gave them a lecture class. I explained the current situation to them in general, telling them that everyone is now a grasshopper on a rope, you can't run away from me, and if you want to live, you must unite and work hard. I also told the skeleton soldiers not to worry about the food problem, this matter is on me and Brother Jiu, to ensure that everyone has enough food supply...... These words won a round of applause from the skeleton soldiers.
Now that the goal is the same, the rest of the matter is much easier, and I promise the skeletons that I will not force them to do anything, and that it will be of their own free will. Those who are willing to join the armed forces can distribute guns and ammunition, and those who are unwilling to kill people can sign up to be pharmaceutical factory workers or ship sailors, and the remaining 200 or so skeleton soldiers and children must go to schools to study and receive nine-year compulsory education.
Da Zongzi proposed that the armed forces should separate the skeleton soldiers from the human armament, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, and as for the school, it is best to adopt the method of mixed subdivision, so that the children of humans and skeleton soldiers can be familiar with each other from an early age, so as to reduce unnecessary racial discrimination as much as possible, resulting in unnecessary internal contradictions being stimulated.