Chapter 12: The Refuge
Just as everyone was harvesting in an orderly manner, the roar of a mad corpse was heard again from the rear.
The gunfire attracted more corpses, all of them with hideous faces, as if they had urgent syrup on them.
"I'm running out of bullets, what should I do if there are more and more zombies?" Some of the long-range outputs began to be anxious, and they didn't have the firepower to suppress themselves, and these two hundred or so people were just snacks for grinding their teeth.
"What else can I do, where do I run with zombies on both sides?"
"Cold salad! Kill first, don't worry about so much. β
"FK, for the Mao Void to put us in a desperate situation as soon as it comes? This TM doesn't make sense! β
"Hey! Here's the river, you say zombies can't swim? Someone asked, looking at the river below.
"Swimming takes skill, and eighty percent of them can't! Comrades! Jump into the river! "A redeemer jumped down with a gun in his hand, making a splash of Filipino water.
The others were hesitating, Su Ming felt that zombies should not be able to swim, and swimming was not something that could float with a few casual gouges in the water.
After Su Ming slashed the neck of a mad corpse with a knife, he jumped over the railing.
"Bang!" There was another big splash below.
After someone dived one after another, everyone didn't hesitate anymore, and was blocked by the crazy corpses on both sides, covered in iron, how many nails can be twisted?
The river suddenly sounded like dumplings. Su Ming swam along the current on the surface of the water, and the direction of the river was slightly off.
"Help! I...... Grunt...... I can't swim...... Grunt. The nurse cried out hoarsely on the surface of the water, and in a few moments she took a few sips of water.
A strong man next to him took the nurse in his arms and led her slowly in the river.
"Ahh There was a scream from the rear.
Su Ming looked back and looked goosebumps, if you use dumplings to describe everyone, then it is suitable to use rice to describe the corpse tide.
The tide of corpses was like an overflowing stream of water, whistling on the railing, and a few slow swimmers were grabbed by the legs and feet of the crazy corpses under the water, and they were dragged into the water after a few struggles.
Seeing this, everyone accelerated the speed of the parade, and the brother who guessed that the wild corpse couldn't swim was right, except for a few who couldn't swim and some people who fell into the water slowly, the redeemers basically jumped into the water and survived.
After falling to the surface of the water, the mad corpses flutter for a while and sink to the bottom of the river, and they only excite the fish and shrimp at the bottom of the water. There were also dense corpses on the shore heading into the water, but they all disappeared after the current overflowed overhead.
Su Ming didn't dare to be careless, and after swimming along the current for more than an hour, he climbed ashore exhausted. There was no trace of the mad corpse nearby, and after regaining some strength, many people took off their wet clothes in front of everyone, and took out dry new clothes from their backpacks to change into.
A man still wanted to change his underwear, and a cough from several female redeemers dispelled his thoughts.
"Where's the kid who fired the first shot! I'm going to beat his out! A black reckless man shouted from the crowd.
"It's late, it's dead." Someone answered.
"How did you die!" The reckless man's eyes widened with rage.
"I was held down by zombies and eaten alive, and I smoked it before I died."
"Oh, then I'm relieved." The reckless man nodded, satisfied with the result.
Su Ming also took out a set of clothes from his backpack, and after changing into dry clothes, it was much more comfortable.
The river washed them to the outskirts of the city, and beyond were dense forests, and the land inside was full of green grains.
Su Ming couldn't help but be in a trance when he saw the familiar farming, and after a moment he withdrew his gaze. Another human civilization, is the world here real in the universe? Or do you say that the two worlds you experience are ......
"Hey, there's a couple of zombies in front of us!" A ranged man holding a sniper rifle and looking into the distance said, he has the ability to increase the distance of sight.
"Use melee weapons, kill quickly, don't delay." Someone reminded him, and he didn't need to say that everyone knew it in their hearts.
Su Ming took out his mantis bayonet and followed the rest of the melee to stand in front, and there was a tan with an iron shield next to Su Ming.
After several mad corpses approached, Su Mingli slaughtered two, and Tan next to him raised his shield and smashed the skull of a mad corpse.
Everyone trotted all the way to the edge of the forest, and from time to time there would be scattered wild corpses and small groups of corpses attacking, all of which were turned into land nutrients under the sharp blades and iron shields of the redeemers.
Su Ming stopped and walked all the way, and finally arrived near the survival point after two hours. It was a newly built shelter, less than half a year old from the oxidized walls outside.
The high walls of the vault are made of concrete-like material, and the gate below is closed, and rows of barricades stand in the middle of the way to the doorway.
Someone found the figure of the redeemer on the high wall, and someone opened the door after Su Ming and the others approached.
"The government's special forces? Why are you here? The guard who opened the door asked.
"Mission." Su Ming replied casually.
The guards stepped aside, and everyone entered through the door one after another, and many people breathed a sigh of relief.
The guard's doubts confirmed one of Su Ming's guesses, and every time the Void sent him to the world on a mission, he would be given a disguised identity.
[Hint: You've completed the first stage of the mission.] γ
[Task reward: Attribute +2, Void CoinsΓ 1500.] γ
Su Ming came to the inside of this shelter, and many of the evacuees looked at the outsiders with thin faces and yellow faces. The long period of closure led to the stagnation of farming, where food was the second most precious thing, and the first was guns.
For the time being, I don't know when the second phase of the mission will be activated, Su Ming bought 500 Void Coin bullets in the exchange shop, and the corpse tide made him a little phobic of lack of firepower.
The leader of the vault appeared after learning that the "special combat team" had arrived, and judging from the situation outside the shelter, it had been a long time since a wild corpse had attacked here, and Su Ming guessed that the next stage of the mission might find clues on this leader.
"I'm the leader here, Che Ford, may I ask what the special forces are doing here?" The chieftain, Chefort, was an old man of fifty or sixty years of age, with a bare forehead covered with wrinkles and a pair of eyes sunken in their sockets.
"The upper echelons have sent us to solve difficulties, and you can talk to us about any problems you have." A woman in a beige trench coat said to the leader.
"Oh, is that so? Who is your chief? Chefort asked, looking at the female redeemer.
"When I came, I met a group of corpses on the side of the iron bridge, and the chief died. We jumped into the river to escape. Her words were true, and Chefort couldn't find fault with them for a while.
Chefort squinted his eyes at the crowd, "It seems that the government has not forgotten us, we need a lot of food and guns now, and the rest of the things are not important, these two supplies are too scarce." Chefort said to the female redeemer, dissipating his suspicions.
The woman's eyes lit up in a beige trench coat, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She was tasked with finding enough food to give to Chefort to get a reward.
The Female Redeemer whispered something in her ear to a woman next to her, and another Female Redeemer stepped forward to talk to Chefort, and sure enough, she received a similar task.
Seeing this, the other redeemers came over in twos and threes, and after some conversation, they also received the task, and soon the news spread, and a group of people surrounded the old Chefort in the crowd.
[Hint: The second stage of the mission has been activated, do you want to accept it?] γ
A hint of the Void appeared, and unlike before, this time it seemed that it could be refused. All of the Redeemers in the Vault received a quest hint, and some were given the task of collecting supplies after being confirmed.
Su Ming didn't immediately confirm that the task option could be kept until the task requirements were met.
One by one, people came out of the shelters and went in teams to the city's food storage places in search of supplies. Others went to the arsenal and the gun store.
There were also a few people who asked if Chefort had any other needs, and they received some hints to exterminate the zombie tide, and they could also get a reward for killing a certain amount.
The few remaining people were still watching, and Su Ming walked to Chefort's side after seeing the crowd disperse.
"Mr. Chefort, you've been in the vault for half a year, haven't you?" Su Ming asked.
"The exact time is 165 days. The whole world was in chaos after the outbreak of the virus, and our shelter was established relatively early. But after the people were unable to get food from the land, life here became more and more difficult every day. Chefort shook his head, his face haggard.
Su Ming snapped a key vocabulary, "You just said that the shelter was established relatively early, did you get the news in advance that the virus would break out?" β
"I don't know how the virus appeared, I have some connections in the military area. An old friend told me about a contagious virus that attacked all living creatures, and he told me to find a place to take refuge. Before the virus had even spread here, I organized some people to build this shelter. Chefort explained to Su Ming.
"And where did you first know about the outbreak?" Su Ming asked.
"Help City, don't you special forces even know this?" Chefort asked rhetorically.
"Don't get me wrong, we have some other information that seems to be the source of the outbreak, and we want to compare it with what you know." Su Ming's face was not red, and his heart was not beating, and he said in a panic.
"Other sources of outbreaks? I don't know much about this......" Che Ford looked down and thought, Su Ming had already left his side.
[Hint: You've activated the main quest.] γ
Hint: Other of your current tasks have been reset. γ
[Note: The current main quest is a phase - investigation.] γ
[Quest completion conditions: Go to Help City to investigate the source of the virus (time limit is 15 natural days.] γ
[Task Punishment: -1 for all attributes.] γ
Su Ming's decision was not wrong, if he accepted the same task of collecting resources as a bunch of people, he would definitely miss the main line and have no oil and water to fish.
"Hello, my name is Duanmu Zong, mage."
"My name is Tang Tian, Department of Therapy."
Su Ming was stopped by a wet nurse and the delicate mage boy, and the two seemed to have something to discuss in front of him.
"Something?"
"Our team plans to gather people to carry out the mission together, don't be in a hurry to refuse, there are a lot of zombies in this world, there is no harm in having a few more teammates, and it will be easier to complete the task." Duanmu Sect said to Su Ming.
Su Ming thought about his words, he wasn't sure if he could complete the main line alone, since someone was willing to form a team and could test the water first, if these two people paid attention to him, he wouldn't be polite.
"I'm on the main quest, won't we clash?" Su Ming thought of this question.
"Main quest! Wow! You're lucky, I've heard that the main quest rewards are very generous. Tang Tian said.
"When we join your party, the quest will reset to your main quest, which is the highest priority." Tang Tian explained.
"That's right...... That's fine. Su Ming agreed.
Hint: No. 3424271**** requests to join your party. γ
[Hint: Number 1875660**** requests to join your party. γ
Su Ming agreed all, and a row of translucent team bars appeared above the line of sight. His avatar has the captain's logo on it.
Please select the current allocation mode:
1. Prediction allocation.
2. Bidding allocation.
3. Captain assignment.
4. Random assignment.
Su Ming saw the prompt and decided to allocate the bidding, this distribution rule should be set for the distribution of equipment and props dropped by the task, the bidding distribution is the most reasonable, those who want things pay for it, and the others share it equally.
"Bidding is best-allocated." Tang Tian nodded.