Chapter 39: The City Center

In times of peace and prosperity, prisons are not a good place for anyone to live. The cage is dark and damp, except for a few minutes a day when you can stand inside the walls and walk around, the rest of the time can only be confined to a small space, enduring boundless suffering.

Zhao Qiang once thought that the base camp would be arranged on the most famous orange island in Changsha City, surrounded by water, with a bridge over the Xiangjiang River and a subway passage in and out, and the fertile water and soil on the island, whether it is the environment or transportation, it is an excellent refuge, much better than a bullshit prison. But after thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Qiang thought of the most serious problem, that is, every winter the Xiangjiang River will enter a dry period, and anyone can hike directly from the riverbed to the island, and in summer, the water of the Xiangjiang River is enough to flood the entire island, then this is definitely a disaster more terrifying than zombies.

Come to think of it, it seems that prison is the only place to be the only refuge. Zhao Qiang lay on the hard wooden bed, thinking about the future road over and over again, and the more he thought about it, the more hopeless he felt. There are zombies everywhere, and I don't know how many people can survive, and there are still villains like Li Zixin among the survivors, and the human race is at the end of the road, and they are still thinking about how to fight in the nest.

These people around us all pin their hopes on us, but we are even more confused now, prison can provide temporary security, but what about the future? Where is our future?

Thinking about it, Xiao Zhang Yu ran over with a big knife made of wood, saw Zhao Qiang lying on the bed, jumped on Zhao Qiang's body, and shouted in a milky voice: "Fat uncle, fat uncle, let's play games together." When Zhao Qiang was studying, he was used to being shouted by fat people and fat people, when Xiao Zhang Yu first started to call Uncle Fat, he was scolded by Li Yun, or Zhao Qiang stopped Li Yun, holding Xiao Zhang Yu with a face full of grievances and tears, saying something like "Fat Uncle, Fat Uncle" as soon as Xiao Zhang Yu saw Zhao Qiang.

Zhao Qiang threw Xiao Zhang Yu on the quilt, teased him and asked, "Little octopus, say, what do you want your uncle to play with you?" ”

Xiao Zhang Yu giggled, waved the wooden knife in his hand, and said, "Let's play Ultraman vs. Little Monsters." ”

"Hehe, I'll play the chubby Ultraman, how good are you to play the octopus monster?" Zhao Qiang smiled evilly, scratching Xiao Zhang Yu's armpit.

"Don't, I'm Ultraman, you're a fat monster, ahahaha, let's go alone......" After speaking, he waved the wooden knife in his hand and rushed towards Zhao Qiang.

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After some fun, Xiao Zhang Yu was tired of playing, and fell asleep directly in Zhao Qiang's arms. Sending Xiao Zhang Yu back to Li Yun's residence, the haze in Zhao Qiang's heart had already been swept away. Thinking too much about what to do in the future? Isn't Xiao Zhang Yu the future? If a man lives, will not he be at his feet?

Zhao Qiang laughed and walked back to his residence quickly, the cell was still cold and gray, but after letting go of the burden in his heart, Zhao Qiang's heart became warm and bright. Although I don't know where my wife is now, she must be waiting for her there, as long as she doesn't give up hope and hard work, she will reunite with her sooner or later.

Put Peng Sha's photo close to him, picked up the equipment he carried, hurriedly said goodbye to Wei Tao and others, and Zhao Qiang left the prison. Zhao Qiang's destination is the city center, yes, although there are more zombies there, there will also be more survivors. The wife can't be found for a while, and it's good to be able to find more survivors.

Driving a cash truck, Zhao Qiang wandered on the streets of Changsha, indeed different from the previous outside the Second Ring Road, the number of zombies is even more terrifying. Smasher and Zombie Dogs can be found almost everywhere, and judging by their distribution, it seems that there are no wise men.

Zhao Qiang stood on the top floor of the Peace Hall, overlooking the once bustling Huangxing Road Pedestrian Street. It has always been the most densely populated area in Changsha, and today, it is extremely lively, at least it seems.

The cash truck was parked far away on the side of the road, Zhao Qiang didn't dare to risk the car from the zombie crowd to kill a bloody road, the scene that was almost overturned by the zombies was still vivid, in the face of such a number of zombies, Zhao Qiang had to sneak closer.

Why did all these zombies gather here and not disperse? As Zhao Qiang pondered how to search for survivors in such a situation, a fireball with a flaming tail dragging it rose up.

With a loud bang, the fireball bloomed into a beautiful firework in mid-air, colorful. Someone! Zhao Qiang finally found a clue to the survivors, zombies will not set off fireworks.

The fireworks bomb rose from the building of Wangfujing Department Store, and as the fireworks bloomed, all the zombies around raised their heads, staring at the fading sparks without moving, until the fireworks disappeared, and the zombies were still staring at the sky as if they were still unfinished, looking forward to the appearance of the next fireworks.

Zhao Qiang was very strange, the zombies around him seemed to have lost interest in flesh and blood, and just blindly stared at the sky, so Zhao Qiang easily entered Wangfujing Department Store. The gate of Wangfujing was closed, and there was no trace of destruction, and dozens of corpses with their heads exploded piled up at the entrance.

Zhao Qiang suddenly became excited, everything showed that there must be survivors here. The closed gate, without the entrance, it is difficult for Zhao Qiang, and the high-tech wall-climbing tools used by the police solve this problem very well. It didn't take much effort, Zhao Qiang came to a glass window on the third floor of the mall like an ordinary gecko.

Don't worry about being broken in by zombies here, Zhao Qiang smashed the glass and jumped into the mall. The fireworks were set off from the top floor, and the survivors were supposed to be in that vicinity as well. After judging the situation slightly, Zhao Qiang ran towards the top floor.

On the top floor of Wangfujing Department Store, the cold wind was howling, and a lot of leftover fireworks were discarded on the ground, and after looking around, Zhao Qiang didn't even find a single figure. It's still warm, and people must be in this building. Zhao Qiang touched the wreckage of fireworks on the ground with his hands and made his own judgment.

A "click" sound came from behind Zhao Qiang, this is the sound of the pistol opening the insurance! Zhao Qiang's heart tightened, it was not clear who the other party was, and now he was holding a gun and pointing it at himself, which was definitely not a good sign.

"Raise your hands and stand up slowly." A crisp voice commanded.

It's a woman. Zhao Qiang was a little helpless, he heard the tremor in his voice, it was a manifestation of nervousness, in his mind, a little girl was using all her strength, raising the gun in her hand, due to nervousness, the body would tremble uncontrollably, and in this case, it is best not to stimulate the gun holder, maybe a careless, trembling finger will unconsciously pull the trigger.

Zhao Qiang sighed, slowly put his hands on his sides, slowly raised them again, and slowly stood up.