Volume 1 The Endless Wilderness Section 7 Regret
Chen Xing twisted the throttle to the maximum and rushed towards the north.
In the wilderness, in the "zone zero" where there is no satellite coverage, there is no law at all. The people who used to be pleasant and happy in the town are fierce beasts when they go outside and tear off their skins.
Although it was hundreds of meters away and could not be scanned, Chen Xing could conclude that there must be more than one person in the car, and with his current strength and equipment, he would not be able to defeat him at all.
"Woo......"
With the hum of the engine, the pointer of the speedometer entered the red zone, and ninety kilometers per hour was already the highest speed in the wilderness. But after running for more than ten minutes, he turned left and right, but he still couldn't get rid of the tracker.
Compared with two-wheeled locomotives, four-wheeled sand bikes are faster, but they are far less agile than locomotives, and there is a gap in off-road ability. Many locomotives can walk, but sand bikes may not.
As soon as it reaches an open area, the sand cart approaches quickly, and when it reaches the bend of the slope, it slows down again. Under the advantages of the other, no one on both sides could help anyone, maintaining a distance of three or four hundred meters, chasing and catching up.
Chen Xing kept driving north, and after about 30 kilometers, the road ahead became more and more difficult to walk, and there were many gravels of different sizes on the ground, and the locomotive was frustrated. But the sand cart behind was still chasing persistently, which made him curse secretly.
To the north of Orchid Town is the outskirts of the human-controlled zone, deep in the wilderness. In Chen Xing's memory, there will be a large stone mountain ahead, and the terrain will become more and more complicated. Once there, the advantages of locomotives will be even more apparent.
After more than an hour, the terrain began to climb upwards, and the speed on both sides slowed down a lot, with only about forty or fifty kilometers left.
"Woo Woo ......"
Suddenly, there was the scream of bullets cutting through the air, followed by the loud sound of gunfire.
"Da Da Da!" "Da Da Da!" "Da Da Da!"
Chen Xing hurriedly lowered his body and half-lay on the locomotive. From the sound of gunfire, it can be heard that the other side is using AK47s, and at least three guns are firing at the same time.
It seems that the other party also knows that after entering the mountains, they will be lost, and they can't wait to shoot. Fortunately, the effective range of the Ak47 is only two hundred meters, and although it is still lethal at more than a thousand meters, it cannot guarantee the accuracy of shooting. The two sides are three or four hundred meters apart, and there is a small black spot in the naked eye, and it is still a little difficult to hit him. And both sides are moving at high speed, and even a sniper rifle is difficult to hit.
Moreover, bullets are very precious things, and rifle bullets cost about two to three silver coins, and it is impossible for the other party to shoot all the time. Sure enough, the other party finished firing a cartridge and stopped shooting.
Half an hour later, Chen Xing bypassed a stone mountain and finally threw the other party off. After running forward for more than ten minutes, he drove up to the top of the mountain, looked into the distance, and saw no trace of the sand cart, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He estimated that it was at least seventy or eighty kilometers away from Orchid Town. It's four o'clock in the afternoon, and if you rush back now, you can still arrive before dark.
But tomorrow when it comes out, the other party will follow again. And the other party is richer than him, maybe he will catch up by changing cars. So he can't go back, he has to spend the night in the wilderness, wait until tomorrow to go to the water station, kill all the living corpses on it, and then look for the entrance.
It's already the periphery of a human-controlled zone, and it's dangerous. On the way, he saw many wandering ghouls and the living dead, as well as groups of wandering wilderness wanderers. They eat almost everything, as long as it's alive, it's their food.
He rode on the locomotive and walked slowly. Before nightfall, he must find a hiding place with a good view so that he can be prepared for any danger that may arise at any time.
"Huhuhu......"
Between thoughts, behind the stone in front of him, a black shadow suddenly burst out and rushed towards Chen Xing, and the distance between the two was less than five meters.
Chen Xing subconsciously pulled out his pistol, opened the safety buckle, and shot over.
"Bang!"
The black shadow flew through the air and landed on the ground, struggling. Chen Xing turned the front of the car, tightened the accelerator, and ran over directly.
"Click!" Heavy wheels pressed over the ghouls' heads, and there was a crisp cracking sound.
Looking at the convulsive corpse on the ground, Chen Xing couldn't help but wipe his cold sweat. If it weren't for luck and a single shot, it is estimated that he would be lying on the ground now.
He must scrape together money to buy a primary evolution potion as soon as possible to activate his innate ability "Danger Perception". It is with this ability that he was able to survive all kinds of dangers in his previous life.
Danger perception is also known as "soul antennae", or "gray talent". People with this talent can sense the dangers around them and ignore obstacles, which is a very useful ability.
Lv1 hazard perception has a range of about 15 meters. For example, just now, Chen Xing was able to find the ghoul dog hiding behind the stone in advance and respond early. Either run, or fight, or set a trap.
Then, Chen Xing continued to explore forward. This time, though, he was much slower, and wherever he could hide, he tried to get around.
As far as the eye can see, there are bare stone mountains everywhere, and the gravel is craggy, a lonely and barren scene.
About half an hour later, he found a stone cave halfway up the mountain. It is about half a person tall, one meter wide and more than two meters deep. Just enough to get in and sit and lean against the cave wall.
There were some compressed biscuit wrappers and empty tin cans in the hole. It's not hard to see that someone has been here before. If you look closely, you can see that the walls are carved with blurred handwriting in stone.
"Yang Zhiche came here for a visit."
"Fuck boy, you're dead!"
"It's so lonely for a long night, add my social account 1169765274."
"Ernie sauce, oh ha~"
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Chen Xing read the messages of different people for a while, cleaned up the garbage, and then got out, unloaded water, food and small kerosene stoves from the body, and then blocked the locomotive at the hole. If you encounter danger, you can still resist it.
After settling down, he washed his hands and face with water, then lit a kerosene stove and boiled some hot water to drink. Then I opened a canned meat, added dried vegetable pieces, and cooked it with the noodles.
The Northern Wilderness is located north of the Ambergris River and is also the northernmost part of the Red Earth. It's either a wasteland or a rocky area, where crops cannot be grown. Most of the grain comes from the Dragon Snake River Valley. Due to the long distance, fresh vegetables and meat are very expensive, and most people eat this kind of canned meat with dried vegetables soaked in water.
After eating, Chen Xing sat at the entrance of the cave, looking at the pile of rocks under the mountain and the sparse grass and trees between the cracks of the stones, and was stunned.
I have to say that the location is very good, with a great view and thousands of views to see from thousands of miles away.
Further north from here, beyond the mountains, is the Black Dead Forest. The radiation is still so severe that you must wear protective clothing to enter.
And the plants there have undergone a complete mutation, which is completely different from before the cataclysm. One of the plants called "black moss" is the most famous. It is precisely because of its presence that it is difficult for radiation to dissipate. It absorbs and utilizes radiation contamination and retains it in the cell fluid as an essential nutrient for survival.
On the surface, black moss may seem like it is absorbing radioactive material, but in reality, due to the extremely high energy content of radioactive material, black moss takes a long time to digest. Instead of removing the contamination, it prevents the natural decomposition of the radioactive material.
As time passed, night fell, and the sky shimmered with a little starlight.
Chen Xing laid two explosive traps on both sides of the cave entrance with a pull rope and grenades, and once a creature approached and pulled the silk thread, the grenade would be detonated. Even if you can't blow up the target, you can wake him up.
After arranging, Chen Xing drilled back into the cave, blocked it with a locomotive, and then leaned against the cave wall, closed his eyes and rested.
"Whew......"
I don't know how long it took, Chen Xing was suddenly awakened by a howl, and hurriedly crawled to the entrance of the cave and looked out.
Below, black shadows were as fast as the wind, scurrying between the rocks.
Worm wolf!
When this term crossed his mind, Chen Xing was almost out of breath.
The Worm Wolf is a true overlord of the wilderness, with a hard insect shell and an extremely strong life. Shooting at close range with an assault rifle and emptying a whole cartridge of bullets may not kill one.
Even one is not something he can deal with at this stage, not to mention that the insect wolf is a group animal, a group of at least hundreds.
He subconsciously looked at the locomotive, the Great Wall iron rider with a speed of sixty kilometers per hour, slow like a turtle in front of the insect wolf. You must know that a worm-like wolf running at full speed can reach 120 kilometers per hour.
If you are in the wilderness, you can barely run, but in this kind of rocky, uneven mountain, you will be caught up in the blink of an eye.
The best thing to do right now is to retreat into the cave, hold your breath, and resign yourself to fate.
"Rustling ......" "Whisk......huhuhu"
In the dark, Chen Xing covered his mouth and nose with his clothes, curled his body, and tried not to make any sound.
The sound of agile footsteps, constantly passing outside, and the sound of breathing looming, sometimes far and near, made him frightened.
There were at least fifty insect wolves running by, which shows how large the size of this wolf pack is, there are no less than five hundred of them.
In his mind, the image of being torn apart by wolves uncontrollably came to mind. He involuntarily pulled out his pistol and slowly pushed the safety buckle open. When necessary, he would give himself a shot in the temple. It's all death anyway, so why be so undignified. Rather than suffer from falling apart, it's better to solve it yourself.
"Alas......," he sighed softly. Unexpectedly, when I returned from rebirth, I just got a little better, and I was about to say goodbye. If you don't regret it, it's impossible.
"Whew......"
The howl of the head wolf sounded again, and the footsteps that flew by became more and more frequent.
"Roar!"
But at this moment, a roar resounded through the wilderness, shaking Chen Xing's ears and causing him to lose his deafness for a moment.
He didn't care so much about it, so he quickly climbed to the mouth of the cave and looked down the mountain.
I saw a huge figure running thousands of meters away. At least 100 meters high, more than 30 meters in one step, the foot board stepped on the ground, and the gravel fell apart. Everywhere he went, he withered and decayed, and the earth shook.
Corpse King!
Chen Xing's eyes were like copper bells in shock, and his hair stood up.
The next moment, a tide of insect-like wolves flocked to the Corpse King.
The latter clasped his hands together, straightened his chest, rounded his arms, and slammed them towards the densest part of the pack.
"Boom!"
With a dull loud thud, the ground was smashed into a dent. Gravel flies and sand flies. The swarming wolves were beaten to pieces in an instant. Only a few of them ran up the shoulders of the Corpse King along their arms, biting wildly at the neck.
"Wow!" The Corpse King tilted his head and let out an earth-shattering roar, grabbed a few worm-like wolves from his neck, stuffed them into his mouth, and chewed them heavily, making a crisp bone cracking sound.
Suddenly, the wolves lost their momentum, let out a low wail, and dispersed to both sides, like a divergent river.
"Whew......"
But at this moment, a wolf howl soared into the sky, piercing the clouds and cracking stones. Following the prestige, on the mountain peak in the distance, a white light flew down, as fast as a rainbow lightning, straight to the corpse king.