Chapter Forty-Six: The Three Great Forces of Jintie City
Those two people are obviously ordinary people, but their speed is extremely fast, far exceeding normal people, and it is estimated that they can not be much different from second-order zombies with exoskeletons on their feet.
However, they still looked extremely embarrassed, because they were still followed by five or six second-order zombies, after all, zombies would not be tired at all, and people estimated that they would lack stamina after running for a while.
Strangely, instead of fleeing to the shops on both sides of the road, one of them was running towards the center of the city, and the backpacks behind them were also thrown on the ground by the two of them, revealing some of the biscuits inside.
Although Li Ze is not a good person, he finally saw a living person, and since he can save it, he will save it.
As soon as he thought like this, before he could speak, Wangcai had already rushed to the zombie group, relying on his identity as a third-order mutant beast to ravage these zombies.
When the two figures heard the voice, they stopped rushing forward and looked back, and saw that Wangcai Liu Ci was looking at ease in the zombie group, and there was a young man with a praying mantis attached to it not far away.
Didn't think about entangling too much with zombies, this thing will only get more and more, Li Ze vibrated his wings and floated towards the two people from the top of the head of the battle group, grabbed one in one hand, turned around and shouted Liu Ci, and took the two of them out directly.
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In a small restaurant, Li Ze looked at the two people who were trembling and looking at Wangcai in front of him and asked, "Isn't there an army to take over you?" Why is it still in the city. ”
These two people looked very clean on their faces, but they were a little ragged, and these two boys didn't look big, they were in their early twenties.
A boy came back to his senses and replied in Mandarin with some local accents, "Big brother, are you from somewhere else?" The army actually came, but no one came with them. ”
"Why is that?" Liu Ci touched Wangcai's dog head and asked curiously.
The boy didn't know why he was a little worried, and only said, "I'll take you to a safe place first, and then I'll talk about the way." ”
With the strength of a few people now, they are not afraid of being overshadowed at all, so they nodded and said yes.
took the two of them on the road, and along the way, you and I said a word, and Li Ze and the others finally had a preliminary understanding of the city.
One of the two is called Wen Biao, the other is called Wen Long, they are cousins, and a younger sister did not come out, Wen Biao seemed to be a little more enthusiastic, and Wen Long was a little wooden.
It turned out that the reason why these people didn't want to leave was because there was a stone monument in the center of the city on the night when the meteorite fell.
After the stone monument landed, all the mutated zombies within the barrier area were thrown outside, and later it became the only safest place in the city.
However, the army obviously doesn't like this place as a refuge, there are too many zombies, and there is no extra strength to clean up the zombies in the entire city at the beginning of the apocalypse, so no one wants to go with the army, and even some soldiers stay.
However, especially after the red rain, the disadvantages have also been revealed, which is like a cage, it is difficult for ordinary people to escape, the supply of food is becoming more and more important, and one day, the nearby food will be consumed.
As for why there are no mutant beasts in this city, the two brothers also don't know much about it, but they have heard that there is a very powerful zombie who controls all the other zombies and expells all the mutant beasts.
Li Ze's footsteps paused slightly, and he secretly said in his heart, impossible, could it be that this city breeds a fourth-order zombie!
"It's coming soon, but it's a pity I didn't get anything to eat this time." Wen Biao pointed to the front and said.
Wen Long on the side pushed him and didn't speak, just pointed to the shoulder bag on his body to show that he didn't find nothing.
Li Ze looked at the barrier in the distance in front of him, and the barrier was like a pale green transparent bowl buckled upside down in the center of the city.
Li Ze and the others accelerated towards the barrier, and Wangcai unknowingly broke away from the team under Li Ze's instructions, after all, Wangcai couldn't get in, and he was afraid that it would scare others.
When we got to the barrier, there was a huge gap between the inside and the outside, and the outside was a wasteland, while inside it looked like people were coming and going, the buildings were intact, and there were many people shouting and shouting on both sides of the road.
A zombie wandering outside the barrier seemed to not be able to see the human sitting under the tree two or three meters away from it, and walked straight to the side.
"People are really still group animals, and people can't help but want to fit in, let's go." With a faint smile, Li Ze lifted the spirit that had lasted for several hours, and strode forward with several people.
When Li Ze and his entourage stepped into the barrier, they attracted the attention of people on both sides of the road, especially when they saw Li Ze and Liu Ci wearing bulletproof vests, neat and tidy, and carrying two full backpacks, others showed envious eyes.
In this world, those who dare to go out and fight hard are not ordinary people who don't want to die, but the awakened ones, looking at the clothes of Li Ze and the others, definitely belong to the category of awakened people, and they belong to the mixed ones quite well, but they don't know which side of the three major forces they belong to.
Li Ze and Liu Ci looked at the road and saw people sitting on the ground in rags everywhere, obviously they were not happy here, and they might not even be able to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Others caught Li Ze's attention, and they set up a random stall on the side of the road, on which some food and daily necessities were placed, and each with a small piece of paper marked the price.
Interestingly, capsules have now replaced the role of money, and the price list also says how many capsules can be exchanged for what.
Liu Ci approached a stall with a little curiosity, the owner of the stall was a middle-aged man sitting on a chair under the tree, and he noticed that someone was standing still in front of his stall and did not speak, but when he saw that Liu Ci was neat and tidy and carrying a large backpack behind him, he immediately smiled.
The middle-aged boss asked with a smile: "What do you need, my price here is absolutely affordable!" ”
Li Ze also poked his head curiously from the side, looked at the stall, there were cigarettes, alcohol, food, daily necessities, and it was very complete, and the price was even lower for Li Ze and a few people, all of which could be exchanged for first-order capsules, and the most expensive one on it belonged to the vacuum-packed grilled chicken, which only needed three first-order capsules.
Li Ze touched his head and sighed secretly, I didn't know that I was so rich, all the previous first-order capsules were thrown away by me, what a loser.
Neither of them is interested in these things, basically they have these things, and don't they live in the house where they live in the daily necessities?
Pulling the two brothers Wenlong and Wenbiao behind him, he asked, "What's going on?" The capsule has become currency, what is the use of ordinary people asking for this thing? ”
Wen Biao said hesitantly: "Don't you know? Ordinary people can also use this to enhance their own strength, my brother and I have used almost fifty pieces each, and now we are almost on par with a second-order zombie. ”
Li Ze instantly thought about it, it seemed that the people over there had talked about it when he was in Baiyun County, but he didn't care too much, but he didn't expect that he would start to use this as currency.
Wen Biao then said to himself: "Except for those like us who are desperate to live a little better, the people who are closest to the barrier at the beginning are basically ordinary people who dare not go outside, they live miserably, but at least they don't live in danger every day like us." ”
Li Ze nodded thoughtfully, the two attitudes to life are just their own choices.
Looking at the boss who was still chattering about introducing his things to Liu Ci, Li Ze interjected and asked, "How many first-order zombie capsules are equal?" ”
The boss was obviously surprised, knowing that the two of them had rushed over from somewhere else, and those who dared to cross the entire city to the central stone tablet had to be at least second-order evolutionaries, so he hurriedly replied: "The value of the second-order capsule is equivalent to thirty first-order capsules, if it was a few days before the red rain came, it would have been higher, and now the number of second-order is also quite low." ”
Li Ze casually threw out a second-order capsule, and successfully accepted all the things of the boss, and the boss trotted away with the capsule and carried the stool all the way, probably to the big man behind him.
After all, if you can set up a stall in it, and you won't be robbed by those hungry people, there must be other characters behind you, and it is estimated that he is also an awakened person.
He pouted at Wen Long, who had not spoken, and said, "I have given you all these things, so I should thank you for being a guide, and by the way, I will trouble you to help us find a house to live in." ”
Wen Long just said thank you and stopped talking, and began to pack the things on the ground, Wen Biao said that he wanted to go home to see his sister first, and then look for a house immediately.
Li Ze agreed, and followed the two to what they called "home", on the way Li Ze also found some people wearing uniform uniforms, wandering around the road in groups of three, and couldn't help but be curious:
"What are these people doing, is there such a thing as a security guard?"
Wen Biao, who was leading the way in front, took over the conversation and said: "I forgot to tell you, this gathering place is controlled by three major forces, one is the gangsters who used to be here, the other is the people of the mayor's faction, and there are scattered people. ”
Listening to Wen Biao's introduction along the way, Li Ze knew that these security guards were made by the mayor's faction, and the most powerful person in the mayor's faction was a third-order henchman, and the gangster boss was also a third-order guy, only there was no third-order support scene among the scattered people, but the number of awakened people was the largest.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ze and the others walked to an underground parking lot under the leadership of Wen Long, and the garage at the bottom looked a little dim, and after a while, Wen Long naturally stopped in front of a garage.
Li Ze looked at the rows full of people and sighed slightly, Liu Ci has been pulling Li Ze's sleeve from behind since he went down to the underground parking lot, for fear that she would not pay attention to Li Ze's running away.
When Wenlong opened the door, a pretty little face appeared inside, and a little girl about fifteen or sixteen years old appeared in front of Li Ze and the others, even in the dark, she could feel that she was a little malnourished.
There are not many things in the twenty-square-meter garage, just a single bed and two sofas occupy most of the position, and there are nothing else just some clothes and the like, I heard them say that although a garage only needs a first-order capsule for ten days, but for them, the energy of the capsule is not as good as absorbing it, and no one is willing to spend money on it.
After Wen Long put the things he bought, he took the initiative to say, "This is my sister, Wen Meng." ”
Li Ze looked at Wen Meng, who was a little yellow and thin in front of him, but with a pair of big eyes that were unusually bright, took out a chocolate from his pocket and handed it over, and said with a smile on his face that he didn't look like a good person: "No, meet the gift." ”
After cleaning up, Wenlong Wenbiao took his sister to accompany Li Ze and the two to find a house, and came to a position close to the central stele, where a lot of bright and beautiful figures can obviously be seen, and there are no people on the side of the road who eat and wait for death, only a few stalls with large parasols.
Li Ze and the others walked towards one of them, there was nothing on these stalls, and it was estimated that they were intermediaries specializing in renting houses.
After some negotiations, Li Ze and the two rented a centrally located hotel room for ten days at the cost of a second-order capsule.
This is the only hotel within the barrier, and there are no residential buildings in the most central part of the city.