Chapter 0008: The Outside World
Outside the 5th arrondissement, the wide streets are covered with fallen leaves, and the willow trees on both sides of the road have all withered.
It's only early autumn now, but everything is already in a depression.
There are no buildings in the vicinity, except for the ground level of Ward 5, which is what a research institute looks like.
Xiumu and his party left the fifth area along the escape pod, and the exit was inside this institute.
There is usually no one in this research institute above, only a receptionist at the front desk, and a few security personnel.
And now, this house, which covers an area of more than 200 square meters, is terrifyingly silent.
The people who were supposed to work here were gone, and the whole house was in disarray, with tables, chairs, and benches all overturned, and a lot of documents scattered everywhere.
Shumu picked up some papers, and as the number two in the Fifth District, he knew that the documents here were of no value.
When something happened in the fifth district, all the people who could evacuate were evacuated, and Xiumu was among the people who could not be evacuated.
It's the greatest luck to be alive and standing here now.
Huang Mao's cousin's name is Wang Buwen, he just turned 16 this year, and he was supposed to go to high school again.
When the meteorites fell, some of the meteorites fell in their homes, and the elders of the family had their birthdays, and everyone was invited to the fifth district for treatment and observation.
And now, the family that Wang doesn't ask, and he is the one who still survives.
Others either stayed down or died because of the mutation.
Zhang Mad was placed in a corner, and Jiang Xiaomo found a blanket and spread it on the ground to give Zhang Mad a place to live.
The group searched around and finally found a spare medical kit.
There was some gauze and some alcohol swab disinfectant, but that was enough.
Wang Buwen and Jiang Xiaomo worked together, first cutting the clothes on Zhang Mad's body with scissors, and then using alcohol to clean the blood stains on his body.
The blood was blackened, all solidified, and the clothes were almost glued to the insolent body.
Halfway through the cleaning, Jiang Xiaomo was surprised to find that the wounds on Zhang Mad's body had healed, and the exposed skin was white and pure and did not look like an injured person at all.
And Zhang Yan's breathing was very steady, as if the person who almost died before was not him.
"Brother Xiumu, come and see!"
Xiu Mu walked over, he checked the situation of the arrogance, and he was also very stunned.
Insolence survived, and this mutant survived the first hurdle without any problems.
After being infected with Pandora virus, many tissues of the human body will undergo abnormal changes, and the human body itself is a very close existence, once there is a change in a certain place, the whole person is likely to face death.
Man has always been a strong but fragile creature.
Xiumu's eyes finally had a luster, and he couldn't help but murmur: "If he can finally successfully complete the mutation, then he will be the only surviving mutant in this area, as long as the secret of the crazy body is solved, the Pandora virus may not be incurable." ”
"Does it have something to do with his physical fitness?" Jiang Xiaomo asked curiously while cleaning up the blood stains.
Xiu Mu shook his head and sighed: "Maybe it matters, but it's not absolute, some of the people who were infected before were also very good in terms of physical fitness, and in the end they still didn't survive three days." This person is special, it was the right decision to bring him out, Momo, this time thanks to you. In the days to come, I will never give up on this kid again. ”
Xiu Mu is still in the position of the team leader, and seeing that there is nothing to do on Zhang Mao's side, he will take people to work.
There was no human population around, and they found a truck and were still looking for enough gas.
Otherwise, the truck will definitely have to stop cooking before it has to go far.
No one knows what the outside world is like, and it's always a good thing to be a little more prepared.
As for helping Zhang Qi clean up, the second half of Jiang Xiaomo was handed over to Wang Buwen to do, after all, Jiang Xiaomo is a girl, and it is inconvenient for her to do many things.
Wang Buwen was a little clumsy, and it took a sweat to clean up the blood stains on Zhang Mad's body, Xiu Mu and they found some work clothes, and everyone changed into them, and they also changed their bodies.
The dark green overalls fit perfectly, and there are some large pockets for easy stuffing.
Xiumu took someone to clean up the materials in his hands now, the big truck used diesel, and they also found spare diesel barrels in the warehouse, similar to 16L laundry detergent, which is very convenient for storage and transportation.
In addition, there are several vending machines at the service station with quite a few drinks in them, as well as some sealed canned meat.
And that's all they can find.
Xiumu got all the things he could use into the compartment of the big truck, and even the few sofas here, all the mats on them were removed, and they were laid in the spare space of the big truck, so that they could rest on the road.
"Look, there are some medicines here, do you want to bring them? Unopened, brand new. ”
"Take it with you, take all the useful things, and I don't know what the situation is when you leave here."
"I found a flashlight, and a toolbox, good stuff."
"Power bank or?"
"There's something wrong with your kid, but it's okay, the phone is almost the same as the furnishings now."
A cacophony of voices poured into his arrogant mind, and his consciousness finally came to his senses.
Zhang Qi sat up violently, as soon as the person woke up, he felt very relaxed all over his body, and the previous muddy feeling disappeared.
Zhang Madness looked around, just stunned.
In his eyes, it seemed that these people around him were very different, Xiu Mu and Jiang Xiaomo's bodies had a faint red luster, and that Wang Buwen also had them, and the rest of them were normal.
What's going on?
Zhang Qi thought that he was asleep, rubbed his eyes and looked at the past, it was still like this.
All three of them had a faint red sheen on their bodies, much like the feeling of the sun shining on their bodies, but now that they were all indoors, such a situation could not have happened.
Zhang frowned, a long time ago, he realized that he was different from the rest.
He is a mutant, and he has always wanted to hide such a thing, but in order to save people before, he felt that he must have been exposed.
Wang Buwen looked at Zhang Madness, and shouted with some surprise: "Wake up, wake up, he is awake!" ”
Zhang Mad gave the kid a roll of his eyes, stood up and stretched his waist to move his muscles: "Isn't it just a sleep, as for such a fuss." ”
"What, don't you know, how terrible you looked before, it's all blood, we all thought you were dead!"
The king gestured without asking, trying to make something clear.
Zhang Qiao's heart moved, and he recalled how he had fallen asleep, to be precise, how he had fallen into a coma.
The feeling of a knife cut all over the body, heating from the chest, and the feeling that the whole person seemed to be burned, and the insolence was still fresh in my memory.
Wang Buwen gave Zhang Yan a brief introduction to the current situation, Xiumu and they were ready, and they would leave here in half an hour.
Zhang Mad and wandered around to check the situation.
When he saw Xiumu, this guy nodded at the arrogance, which was regarded as a greeting.
Zhang Mad walked over and said, "Our deal is complete, I'm leaving." Oh, thank you for helping me clean up my wounds. ”
"You're leaving? Walking alone? ”
Zhang Mad smiled and pointed to a motorcycle outside, meaning that he would use this to leave.
This is something that Xiumu didn't expect.
Although Zhang Qi said before that once they came out, they would part ways, but I didn't expect that Zhang Qi would do such a desperate thing.
Leaving alone in this situation, is this guy really not afraid of death?
Jiang Xiaomo came over to persuade Zhang Madness, hoping that Zhang Crazy could leave here with them, instead of going alone, after all, it was too dangerous to be alone.
Zhang Mad smiled and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
Xiumu took out his mobile phone and said that this was some of the things they could see after they came up and connected to the Internet.
Now the outside world has changed a lot, and there are mutated creatures everywhere, all kinds of things.
And people have also made some measures, and some big cities have moved quickly and completed the cleanup of the city.
The nearest safe city to the 5th arrondissement is just a hundred kilometers away, and you can get in by driving along a highway.
That's where they get the assurance of safety.
Zhang Mad looked at the map on his mobile phone, listening to the explanation of Xiumu and others, but he shook his head and said: "I'm not going here, you know my identity, after the mission, I want to return to the team." ”
"Homecoming? Does your squad still have a place to stay? ”
To this, Zhang Qiang did not answer.
Zhang Qiang belongs to a security organization, and as long as others are not dead, no matter what happens, he must return to the team.
At the beginning, the fifth district left Zhang Qi to check his body, and then the Pandora virus broke out in the fifth district the next day, and five days have passed since Zhang Qi escorted things over, until today.
Zhang Mad has been training in that place since he was ten years old, and he has a deep affection for his team members and the security organization he belongs to.
Now that such a big thing has happened, what Zhang Qiang wants to do most is to go back and see the situation quickly.
He tried to contact the team members, but to no avail, there were many phone calls, either they could not be reached, or the network had been interrupted.
There are not many places left to maintain the signal now, and all Zhang can do is to rush back to the headquarters as soon as possible.
Jiang Xiaomo still wanted to persuade Zhang Qiang, but at this time, Xiu Mu said decisively: "Okay, let's go with you." ”
Zhang Mad looked at Xiumu a little helplessly, he didn't expect this guy to make such a decision.
"What are you kidding, there is a safe city a hundred kilometers away, you want to follow me, are you willing, are they willing?"
Insolent glanced at the rest of the people.
Sure enough, there was something wrong with the eyes of these people.
Obviously, now their thoughts are different from Xiumu, these people don't want to follow the arrogance to take risks, but want to take refuge in the safe city.