Volume 3: The Struggle of the Last Days Chapter 182 The Ghost Village in the Mountains
The "boom" truck crashed directly into the wooden frame in the middle of the road and sped along the road, while behind the truck, the infected people, who had already red eyes, were "roaring" and "roaring" while chasing the truck desperately.
"Huh" Qian Zhenshan leaned on a few rice bags, breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed his collar with his left hand, and pulled it four or five times in a row: "It's really dangerous." ”
But Wei Yilin's face did not relax in the slightest, because his attention has been focused on those infected people who are chasing after them, these infected people are very different from what he has seen before, and there are very obvious traces of "modification" on their bodies. They have more blood on their bodies than other infected people, because the nails on their hands are surprisingly long, and in the sunlight, they actually glow with a cold light that belongs to metal, in fact, they are sharp hooks, which have been put on the fingers of the infected in an unknown way.
This sharp iron hook is like a tiger with wings for the already powerful infected. Even if it is a light touch, it can make people's skin open and flesh open, if you use a little force, it is not too simple to disembowel. It seems that the people in this village have far surpassed the blood remnants of Mi Feng's gang in the use of infected people.
"If this group stays, it will be a disaster." Wei Yilin, from those infected who were gradually falling behind, withdrew his gaze.
"Yes, except for the regular army, other people basically can't escape." Qian Zhenshan agreed, "No wonder, they can catch so many people." ”
Qian Zhenshan didn't mean to say it, but when Wei Yilin heard it, his eyebrows tightened unconsciously, not only that, he also held up his chin and looked thoughtful.
"So, is it difficult for them to know how to control these infected?"
"What? Control? ”
Wei Yilin nodded: "If these infected people are used to force others to give up resistance, then they must have a way to make the infected stop, otherwise, these infected people can kill all those people." ”
"It's a problem."
Soon the whole village was left out of sight by the truck, and it was estimated that it was now three or four kilometers away from the village, so Wei Yilin stopped the truck to wait for others to catch up.
While waiting, Wei Yilin climbed a small hill on all fours, which is the highest point within a radius of one or two kilometers, standing on it, forward, you can observe the road conditions ahead, and behind, you can monitor the small village located on the back of the hillside. At this time, in the small village, dozens of infected people were roaring wildly, chasing a person, but this person seemed to have been prepared, he was wearing a very thick looking clothes, and his body was also very athletic, and he turned left and right with these infected people, and after a while, disappeared into the village below the road.
After a while, the others caught up, but fortunately, no one was injured, so the group continued on their way. After such a toss, the shadow of the sun has begun to tilt westward, and this small episode has made them nearly fifty kilometers behind the original plan. In this way, they may not be able to rush to the outskirts of Yangchuan City before the night comes, and it is estimated that they will have to camp in the wild tonight.
"According to the map, the next village, twenty kilometers away, after it, will have to go another sixty kilometers before it is inhabited." Meng Zhuofan gently pressed his finger on a point of the map, and then slowly moved forward along the road, this distance looks short, but because it is a winding and rugged mountain road, therefore, this eighty-kilometer road, no matter how to say, has to walk for four or five hours, but there are still three hours at most, and this day, it will be completely dark. In other words, the rest of the road has to be traveled in the dark.
Wei Yilin glanced at the sky, and then looked around at the increasingly dense woods: "I remember that after passing this village, there was a long road, all of which passed through the mountains and forests. ”
Meng Zhuofan nodded, he has been guarding here for many years, so he is very familiar with this area: "Yes, the locals call this forest a ghost and a forest." I heard that no one who went in at night came out again. People think this is a curse, but in fact, this area is inhabited by many carnivorous beasts, poisonous snakes, and poisonous insects. And at night, it's time for them to come out and move. ”
"In this way, as long as you don't get out of the car, it's fine." Qian Zhenshan interjected.
"I can't say that, after all, now, there is one more danger." Qin Tianwu said, glancing at Xie Lingguang, who was sitting opposite, and the two spoke almost at the same time. "People."
Wei Yilin frowned for a while before making a decision: "Then rest in this village for one night." Let's hope it doesn't take possession again. ”
I have to say that the scenery in this group of mountains is very charming, you can see the murmuring of flowing water in the near distance, the mountains and mountains can be seen in the distance, the orange-red sunset, just hold your face, put your chin, gently pillow on the highest peak, like an old man, lying on the top of the mountain, quietly looking at the frolicking naughty children in the valley.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a beautiful view." Wei Yilin leaned on a pile of boxes, stretched his legs, and looked at the mountain scenery on the left side of the truck.
"But if you stay for a long time, you will really cry and shout that you want to go back." Meng Zhuofan also leaned down on another pile of boxes, "This place, what do you want?" ”
"Hahahaha."
The sky slowly darkened, and in the southwest sky, a few heavy dark clouds suddenly floated, if those rainbow-colored clouds were light yarn, then these dark clouds should be heavy armor. Looking at their bloated bodies, it is estimated that the water in their bodies is not much less. They moved slowly, but by tonight at the latest, they could reach the top of the truck.
"It's been raining a lot lately." Qin Tianwu put his hand on the pergola and looked at the darkening sky in the southwest, "If it goes on like this, it is estimated that there will be a flood." ”
"It's extreme." Xie Lingguang responded, "Either you don't go down, and you can come here at once." ”
"Captain, the village is found ahead." The sudden sound in the communicator suddenly made everyone excited, and everyone grabbed their weapons one after another and began to guard the surroundings, after all, although there was no danger just now, but who can guarantee that this time there will be no danger?
This time it was the same as before, Xie Lingguang first ran to the commanding heights and set up his gun, so as to have a preliminary understanding of the whole picture of the village. This gathering place in front of everyone is not so much a village as a stockade, because it is surrounded by a wooden fence, this fence, about two meters, there is something similar to the archway at the entrance of the village, on both sides of the archway, there is a three-meter-high watchtower, but the strange thing is that the gate is open, and those slightly dilapidated village houses seem to have been deserted for a long time. Even the clothes stuffed in the courtyard were crumpled, and they were estimated to be dry and wet, wet and dry.
"The door of the village is wide open, and there is no smoke in the village. There are no roosters or dogs barking. Combined with the circle of people in the village 20 kilometers away, there is reason to think that this village is deserted. Meng Zhuofan's analysis was straightforward, "It's just one point, this village is on the side of the highway, and it is protected by a wall, why should they abandon such a place with superior conditions, and instead choose the village that was divided into two by the highway just now and is not protected by a high wall?" ”
Qin Tianwu was a little unimpressed by Meng Zhuofan's question, and said in a more contemptuous tone: "Double-edged sword, choose that village, so that it is easy to intercept and win over more people." But in the same way, when encountering a large group of hostile forces, their situation is dangerous. That's why they will try their best to make the infected serve them. ”
"Not necessarily, right? They specially built a high wall in the square of the village just now to lock up the people who were intercepted, but in this village, the wall is ready-made. Isn't it half the effort to give up here and go there? ”
Qin Tianwu was a little impatient: "What do you want to say?" ”
"Just go in and see." Wei Yilin pressed his hands lightly to stop the argument between the two, "Either there is something in this village that makes them abandon here, or they don't give up here, but it's just hidden a little deep, so that we don't see any trace of them." Or ......"
"What?"
"The woods." Wei Yilin raised his gun and pointed to the woods in front of the village, "This forest is not peaceful. ”
Meng Zhuofan and Qin Tianwu both nodded, compared to the first two situations, they felt that this one was more convincing.
"Let's go, take advantage of the sun not going down, go into the village and have a look, don't be blind at that time, and make trouble for yourself."
Qin Tianwu immediately expressed his concern: "The streets of this village are very narrow, and there are fewer people, if they are really ambushed, they will not be able to get out, but if there are too many, it is easy to be made dumplings." ”
Wei Yilin nodded thoughtfully, and after his brows were relaxed again, the plan had already been finalized in his mind: "Old Qin, Xiao Tian, Xiao Xu, Zhenshan." The four of you go in and have a look. ”
"Yes!"
The four quickly shrunk into a single dot and then disappeared behind the houses in the village. This village, although it is not large, but to say the least, there are dozens of households, and most of them are two-story houses, and there may even be underground storage rooms, and it does take a lot of time to check them all - however, this is also relative, such as some people, will never feel that this waiting time is very long.
"What are you thinking?" Wei Yilin took advantage of everyone's inattention, secretly jumped out of the truck, walked to Bai Yunlian who was leaning on the passenger door, and asked, he is also a person who has experienced blood and rain, but when facing Bai Yunlian, he is still shy like a child, and there is always a little inexplicable excitement in his heart.
"You...... You don't have to be busy? Bai Yunlian timidly glanced at the bucket, looking at the light in her eyes, just like a good girl in the eyes of her parents and teachers, when she secretly met her lover, she wanted to indulge, but she was afraid of being known and ruining the character that was branded on her body.
Wei Yilin smiled wickedly: "I'm busy." ”
"Ah, yes!" Bai Yunlian suddenly stretched out her hand, pulled Wei Yilin's sleeve, and pulled him to the front of the truck, and then stretched out her hand and pointed to the village and said, "Why do these villages have tarmacs?" I think there's that one just now. ”
Indeed, along the way, all the larger villages will find a place to lay out a concrete floor with a big "H" printed on it, and the edge of the apron is also painted with reflective paint. What's more, there are even valuable searchlights installed next to the tarmac.
"In these villages, there are nearly 100 kilometers of mountain roads to the nearest county seat."
"On weekdays, when the villagers are sick, they either have to boil hard or ask for a barefoot doctor, but this barefoot doctor is also a scarcer person than the village officials. But some minor illnesses will become serious illnesses if they drag on for a long time, and some people, who are fine on weekdays, suddenly fall ill, and if they want to put it forward, this family will come to an end. The repair of these aprons is to give these people a hope. After all, these individuals may be the pillars of the family. ”
Bai Yunlian's expression also kept changing as Wei Yilin spoke, first surprised, then worried, but when she heard the end, a smile unconsciously appeared on her face: "That's it." ”
"But it costs a lot of money to maintain these aprons, right?"
"Isn't that how taxes should be used?" Wei Yilin asked rhetorically, "Moreover, the strength of a country does not depend on how graceful and luxurious its top layer is, but on whether its bottom layer can feel the warmth of the country." ”
Bai Yunlian nodded thoughtfully, but the smile on her face faded little by little.
"Old Wei...... Love...... Situation ......"
"Old Qin, what's wrong? Lao Qin! ”