Chapter 200: Brainless Corpses
Seeing that the sunset had been submerged in the back of the mountain, the sky had darkened, Zhang Weimin, who turned on the headlights, looked at his watch, the pointer had pointed to 5:16, this way to the north, the zombies did not bring much trouble to the doomsday action group, this highway is much quieter and safer than before, and the zombies here do not seem to be chasing the transporter as before, they just calmly looked at the A2 transporter whistling by, and then they each stood where they were standing.
Zhang Weimin held a cigarette in one hand, hung his hand outside the car window, his expression was very relaxed, although he knew that he would go into the city tomorrow to face the behind-the-scenes organization, but at this moment, he had to let himself relax first, after all, who knows what will happen tomorrow, looking at the road sign that appeared on the side of the road in front of him in the line of sight of the lights with the words "Longmian Mountain Exit 2km", Zhang Weimin drove the car towards the road on the right, although the highway at this time was quiet, and there were no other vehicles, But Zhang Weimin always drove the car to the rightmost side of the road very well.
Sun Yijun, who had fallen asleep in the passenger seat, felt that the body began to change lanes, and slowly woke up.
Sun Yijun rubbed his eyes and looked at the distance illuminated by the headlights, and there was a black hole, so he asked, "Team Zhang, is it about to arrive?" ”
Zhang Weimin took the last puff and popped the cigarette butt out of the window and said, "Well, I've gotten off the highway and am heading towards Longmian Mountain." ”
Sun Yijun lit up his laptop, looked at the map on the screen, at this moment the A2 transport vehicle that the team members were riding on was already driving on the side of the highway called Longmian Avenue, according to the display on the navigation, it was less than 5 kilometers away from Longmian Mountain, and Longmian Village was at the foot of Longmian Mountain, which was similar to Xiaoshan Village at the foot of Xiaoshan Mountain.
Sun Yijun sat up straight, opened the window on his side, and suddenly the cold wind blew in, he pulled his collar, poked his head out and looked out, Longmian Avenue was very quiet, the street lights had already been cut off, he took out the tactical flashlight he carried with him and shone it around, the shadows of the trees on the side of the road were swaying, and there were faint figures among them, he knew that these figures must not be human beings for a long time, otherwise it was impossible to stand there motionless, and the number was not much.
Zhang Weimin saw that Sun Yijun was observing the situation along the way, in order to make him observe more clearly, so he lowered his speed, thinking that there was not much distance left, so he was no longer in a hurry.
At this time, Yang Guoping asked Pang Jun in the transportation room for a cigarette and lit it and came to the cab, he slowly sat in the back row, looked at the rearview mirror and said to Zhang Weimin who was driving: "Team Zhang, why did you suddenly slow down?" ”
Zhang Weimin glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that it was Yang Guoping who came to the back seat, so he replied: "Mr. Yang, why don't you rest, we are about to go to the place where we will camp tonight." ”
Yang Guoping opened the window next to the back seat, looked out the window and said, "Don't you plan to go into the city tonight?" Shall I check with Fleisman again? ”
Zhang Weimin hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't worry about Mr. Yang, wait until we settle down first and then contact him!" ”
Yang Guoping nodded, so he stopped talking, just sat silently in the back seat and looked out the window, smoking the cigarette in his hand while thinking about talking to Fleisman for a while.
The transport truck turned right on a fork in Longmian Avenue, this fork is obviously narrower than Longmian Avenue, the ground is also a little potholed, and the surroundings are still black holes, because the windows are open, the three people in the cab can still hear the rustle of the A2 transport truck driving over to drive various plants planted on the side of the road.
To the surprise of several people in the cab, a very disgusting rancid smell was blown in by the wind along the car window, this rancid smell was stronger and more disgusting than the smell of those zombies rotting after death, and the smell became stronger and stronger as they drove towards Longmian Village.
Because the road began to become narrow, Zhang Weimin had to reduce the speed to 30 kilometers per hour, the A2 transport vehicle slowly drove on the road to Longmian Village, and the three people in the cab who couldn't stand the smell immediately pulled up the window, but helplessly these strong rancid smells had drifted into the car, and could not be dispersed for a long time, Zhang Weimin had to open the internal circulation on the car to alleviate this disgusting smell.
Since the door connecting to the transport room was not closed, the smell quickly spread to the transport room at the back, and the sleeping team members immediately woke up one by one.
Da Zhuang even ran to the cab directly with his nose covered, and while waving his hand and fanning the air around him, he frowned and complained: "Brother Zhang, did you drive the car to the garbage dump?" What a smell, so bad. ”
Zhang Weimin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said: "I don't know exactly where this is, I only know that this is the road to Longmian Village, which is where we camped tonight!" ”
"Camp for the night?" Da Zhuang opened his mouth incredulously and played: "Brother Zhang, aren't you joking with me here, do you want us to spend the night in this stinky place tonight?" ”
"yes!" Zhang Weimin said without looking back: "If you don't spend the night here, where are you going to spend it, then is it possible for us to enter the city at this point?" ”
"But this smell is too stinky, compared to this stench, I'd rather go into the city and fight the zombies!" Da Zhuang still looked at Zhang Weimin sitting in the driver's cab with a disgusted expression.
Hearing Da Zhuang say this, Zhang Weimin began to feel a little reluctant to talk to Da Zhuang, he felt that now was not the time to discuss where to spend the night, he had to arrive at Longmian Village as soon as possible, and then check what this disgusting smell was all about.
There was an intersection in front of the car, and there was a decayed wooden sign erected at the intersection, which was written in red paint, '200 meters to the right side of Longmian Villa', Zhang Weimin drove the front of the A2 transport truck to the right according to the instructions on the plate.
After a few small intersections, the entrance of Longmian Village finally appeared in front of everyone, this is a typical southern village, the village entrance can see the small flower beds that have been cleaned up, although some flowers have withered at this time, but you can still see the delicacy before the village.
The car drove into the village, although it was completely dark at the moment, but the scene in the village can still be seen through the headlights of the car, the houses here are all ancient style buildings, white walls and black tiles, the roof is carved with all kinds of mythical beasts, the demeanor is different, lifelike, it can be seen that this village is not as poor and backward as Xiaoshan Village before, from the whole architectural style can be seen that the level of the people who once lived here is still relatively high, and the three-story house building is the best proof.
The doors of some courtyards are open, and the lights can see that the courtyard is also very exquisitely arranged, and the various wall paintings made of ceramics and the courtyard decorations of some small bridges and flowing water all reveal the taste of the villagers who once lived here, but now the scene is indeed empty and the strange rancid smell makes people feel that they have destroyed the elegant environment that should have been.
The wheels seemed to have overwhelmed something on the small road in the village, and the car was jolted, and all the team members in the car were all sober, Zhang Weimin stopped the car and prepared to go down to check.
After the car turned off, the entire Longmian Village immediately became silent, Sun Yijun on the co-pilot held a tactical flashlight and shone out the window, he knew that Zhang Weimin was going down to check the situation, so he wanted to take a look at the surrounding situation first, so as to confirm that there was no danger before letting Zhang Weimin get out of the car.
After confirming that it was safe, Zhang Weimin opened the car door, and suddenly the strong rancid smell hit his face, Zhang Weimin had to retreat into the car, and then found a towel to cover his mouth before getting out of the car.
He was alone with a tactical flashlight and just touched the ground, he felt that he had stepped on something, and the thing burst open, and then he heard a buzzing sound of flies flying, it was already deep winter, how could there be flies, he quickly took the flashlight to shine on the place he had just stepped on, and a zombie corpse that had been crushed by him appeared in front of him, and half of the zombie's body was pressed under the front wheel on the left, obviously the vibration of the car just now occurred because of the pressure on this corpse.
The flashlight shone on the corpse of the semi-ossified zombie that was broken by himself, Zhang Weimin saw that there were still many maggots wriggling in his cranial cavity, seeing this scene Zhang Weimin retched unconsciously, and then illuminated his military boots with a lamp, a few fat maggots were wriggling on his shoes, and quickly shook off these things that made him feel uncomfortable, and walked aside.
After relieving himself, Zhang Weiming shone the flashlight on the ground around him, and there were many zombie corpses lying on the small road in the village, some of them curled their bodies to one side, and some of them were lying on the ground with their arms outstretched, in different postures, the only thing in common was that they were all very shriveled and accompanied by ossification in different parts of the body.
Zhang Weimin walked cautiously towards these zombies, and at the same time pulled the towel on his face downward, revealing his nostrils, and suddenly a strong stench filled the entire nasal cavity, which made him completely understand why there was such a big stench in this vicinity, it turned out that it was all emitted by these zombie corpses.
After confirming that all these zombies were dead, Zhang Weimin was ready to return to the car, he wanted to take his teammates to the village again, but there was a strange phenomenon that caught Zhang Weimin's attention, that is, the heads of the dead zombies on the ground had a round hole as big as the mouth of a red wine glass, some were on the forehead, some were at the top, and some were at the back of the head, which made Zhang Weimin feel a little puzzled, at first he thought that this might be the common sense that everyone knows to completely eliminate zombies, It was to attack his head and destroy its brain, so that they could be completely destroyed, but a more strange phenomenon appeared, that is, it shone along the round hole on the zombie's skull, which was empty except for the wriggling maggots, which made Zhang Weimin wonder, could it be that these maggots ate all the heads of the zombies?
With this question, he examined the corpses one by one, and indeed without exception, the cranial cavity of these zombies was all empty, no wonder there was no disgusting liquid splashed on his shoes when he stepped on the zombie's head when he just got out of the car.
As Zhang Weimin walked, the flies that were attached to the zombie corpse flew up one after another, and their wings vibrated and buzzed around him, which made Zhang Weimin feel very bad, after all, these flies flew out of this disgusting zombie corpse, so he waved his arms to drive away these flies and ran back to the cab.
As soon as he got into the car, Zhang Weimin immediately closed the car door, and after closing the window, he breathed heavily, and the team members who rushed to the cab immediately surrounded him.
Guo Lin asked, "Team Zhang, did you find anything?" ”
Zhang Weimin gasped and said: "Is it dangerous, but this place is a little strange, there are even flies in this winter, and these zombie corpses on the ground have a round hole with a diameter of 7-8 cm on the cranial cavity, and all the brains in it are gone, and they are very dry, what do you think is the reason for this?" ”
"Hey, it's not simple, is it left by the villagers when they fought with these zombies with the tools of work, even if they are just children who have played games, they all know that if you want to kill the zombies completely, you must blow their heads out!" Da Zhuang said without thinking.
"No, I just checked it carefully, these zombies are very dry around their heads, it stands to reason that there should be liquids such as brains or blood around the round hole, even if they have been dead for a long time, it is impossible to have no marks at all, how is it possible that there is nothing?" Zhang Weimin immediately denied Da Zhuang's speculation.
"Dry?" Jiang Wei looked at Zhang Weimin incredulously and asked.
Zhang Weimin nodded and said, "Yes, I don't feel like it was caused by a weapon injury, it's more like someone used something to take it away!" ”
"Drained? Team Zhang, don't be kidding, I've only heard that zombies like to eat brains, and I've never heard that anyone will go to collect zombie brains. After Yin Chenbao finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Wei beside him and asked: "Dr. Jiang, do you have any reason for what I said, at present, these zombies can be destroyed as long as they destroy their brain tissue, why bother to drain their brains after they die, what is the value of research if they are not zombie heads?" ”
Jiang Wei hurriedly shook his head and said, "We have only extracted their serum from the zombies to extract the X reagent, but I really don't know exactly what the brain is doing." ”。
"Team Zhang should not discuss this issue yet, we should find a place to settle down first, and then getting in touch with Fleisman is our first priority, you say yes!" Yang Guoping suddenly interrupted everyone's conversation and said.
"Yes," Zhang Weimin nodded, and then started the car.