Chapter 68: Retention
In the dark cabin, this man who was covered in a dirty quilt couldn't tell how old he was. Probably because his body was too weak, he barely supported his body, and his breath was like a gossamer, and the first thing he asked was: "You guys, do you have anything to eat?" Perhaps he was really hungry, and he had long forgotten the rough door-breaking behavior of this group of strangers. His eyes are timid, and he is not very comfortable standing.
"Pot, you go to the car and get some food for him." Zhang Zhao said to Guo Rong. Guo Rong answered, and trotted downstairs, and not long after, he came back with a small bag in his hand. He rested the bag on a table in the hut and took out the food from it one by one, including pure water, bread, instant noodles, and ham.
There are only a few flashlights in the house, and a few are turned off to save money. When the man saw the food, he hurriedly grabbed a loaf of bread from the table and devoured it. Zhang Zhao helped him turn on the water and said, "You slow down, it's not enough." ”
The camp was isolated from the outside, there were no resources, and I don't know how long this man was hungry, so he ate four or five breads and two packets of dry instant noodles in one go, and drank the last sip of water with his neck tilted, and then said gratefully: "Thank you so much, I haven't eaten for four or five days." ”
Since the outbreak of the zombie virus, although Zhang Zhao and his team have spent all the way in a thrilling situation, they are fortunate to be able to find food and have not been hungry because of this. A person who hasn't eaten anything for four or five days is not something that ordinary people can feel. So, even with strong protection, it is difficult for humans to survive without food.
The foul smell of the room was unbearable, and the man slowed down before he came out of the house. Wang Ying touched the tabletop, a thin layer of ash had accumulated on it, and it seemed that this hiding place had not been taken care of for a long time.
The man ate and drank to his heart's content, then went out to tidy up for a while before returning. People are clean, and they look refreshed. He was a little overwhelmed, and he stuttered a little when he spoke: "It's so ...... Thank you so much, my name is Liu Jie, and this is the original ...... The janitor of this factory. ”
Liu Jie looks to be in his thirties, with dark skin and a bit of an accent. Guo Rong said: "Dude, you're too good, aren't you, now in this camp, you're the only one left?" ”
Liu Jie was puzzled, what did Guo Rong mean by saying that he was too good. In fact, as early as when Zhang Zhao and the others entered the camp, he had observed them through the window of the hut. It's just that I've been hungry for too long, I don't have much strength on my body, and I don't know who the other party is, so I don't dare to show up. So when Zhang Zhao and the others were about to wake up and search the camp, in a panic, he struggled to put the big table behind the door. On the one hand, he prayed that the other party would not find out here, and on the other side, there was a contradiction in the hope that someone could solve his predicament.
According to Liu Jie, the camp was rebuilt from an electronics factory. They are actually a new area in a nearby industrial town, and the factories in the vicinity have not been relocated for a long time. At that time, when the zombie virus broke out, the people here didn't have time to react at all, and they were surrounded by hordes of zombies. Thanks to the walls built by the factory, as long as the gate is closed, the zombies can be kept out.
Since it is a new factory, there are not many workers, only more than 200 people. Looking at the zombies roaming in horror outside the walls, many people almost collapsed. They held out for three days, did not see the rescuers, made countless phone calls, and were all busy. There is a canteen in the factory, but it is impossible to store too much food during this season, and it only takes a week for everything to be eaten. In desperation, there were many people who wanted to break through together, but no matter how many people went, they were finally surrounded by zombies and became food for their mouths. None of them managed to escape, but they added to the number of corpses outside.
Later, only a few dozen people remained alive in the factory. When there was no food, everyone dug weeds to satisfy their hunger, and they tried many ways, but they could not stop the death caused by hunger. Finally, one day, many packages fell from the sky, which were rescue kits dropped by the state. There was medicine and food in it, and the factory employees relied on this for another two weeks.
The zombies were hungry and tired, and wandered outside the walls every day, seeing that the food was running out and everyone was ready to die, when suddenly a group of people came. It was a group of young men in military uniforms, about thirty people, who were driving military vehicles and attracting the zombies around the factory to other places. Many people saw that the zombies outside were gone, and rushed out of the door excitedly.
But not long after, the soldiers who drove military vehicles also hurriedly retreated to the factory. There are too many zombies, they are everywhere, and the nearby towns have long since fallen. These soldiers also escaped from the city, bringing with them several truckloads of supplies. In the few hours that the zombies were being lured away, they quickly built two iron fences outside the factory walls.
Later, I learned that this group of soldiers were all new recruits, and they escaped from the city with the large army. Later, he was separated from the large army and took many detours before escaping here.
"It stands to reason that since they have cars and supplies, it shouldn't be a problem for them to stick here, but why did they all leave later?" The tents outside seemed to have been left behind by the soldiers, and they left in a hurry, but definitely not because they were besieged by zombies. Zhang Zhao was a little puzzled, no matter how strict the immediate discipline of being a soldier was, it was impossible to leave no trace at all.
Liu Jie was seriously full of complexities, and sighed: "I thought the same way at the time, our colleagues, only a dozen people survived in the end, and those who escaped probably won't survive." You think, people who are soldiers don't dare to trespass if they have cars and guns, they are just ordinary people, how can they live if they run out. The dozen or so people we left behind at that time were glad that they didn't run out. Now that the army is coming, and there is so much food, we all think we can live, but ......"
"But what?" Zhang Zhao asked.
"But these people, we don't know what they're here for. They built a fence here, and they set up a lot of tents in the square of the factory, and we thought at first that they were going to at least stay in this place, and when the time came, they would take us with them to the big camp. Unexpectedly, they saw that we were all starving to death, and they didn't touch the supplies on the car, and gave us a little bit every day. Later, I seemed to hear them say that the whole area could not be defended, and that they had to move to the East China Sea Islands. ”
Now Zhang Zhao figured it out, this team, at the beginning, was transporting supplies with the army, and most of them were still recruits. It was only later that the large army was dispersed by the tide of corpses, and this team ended up in this place. This is an open plain, and if an army is involved in the construction, a camp can be set up in a short time. When this team is preparing to set up camp here, it should have received an order from their superiors to abandon this area. It is no wonder that the zombie virus has broken out and spread rapidly, and the coastal areas are densely populated, and no manpower can resist in a short period of time.
"And when they left, took your colleagues with them? Why are you here? Guo Rong said curiously.
Asked here, Liu Jie's body trembled slightly, and finally held back a sentence: "Take a hair, when they left, they didn't even look at us, not even a loaf of bread left, from preparing to evacuate to leaving, it was only less than an hour, and we didn't even dare to chase." ”
At that time, the zombies had slowly attracted the living people in the camp, and many zombies came one after another outside the iron net. Watching the army leave, the employees of those factories went crazy, and some tried to climb into the car, but after a long time of lying on their stomachs, they fell out of the car. Many people chased them out, and before they ran far, they were chased back by the zombies that surrounded them. In the end, a few lives were lost for no reason.
"Damn, this is too cold-blooded." Guo Rong opened his mouth and wanted to scold a few words, but he felt that it was not appropriate.
Liu Jie talked about these things, Zhang Zhao always felt that something was wrong, but think about it, anything can happen in the last days. The soldiers were also doing what they were told, and searching for survivors was not their most urgent task at the time. Moreover, there are thousands of survivors, and since they have to complete the mission, they can't do both.
I heard Liu Jie tell you a little about the situation of this factory, this electronics factory was just relocated a month before the outbreak of the zombie virus, and many living facilities are not perfect enough, and even an assembly line has only been built. This place is called Pingqiao, which is a newly planned industrial area in Wangchun Town, a large industrial town, and there are four or five small factories around. However, their factory should be the first to be put into use, that is, there are several factories around it, and it is very likely that there are no survivors.
The fourth and fifth floors of this building are staff dormitories, and they are basically occupied by migrant workers. There are about twenty rooms on each floor, but after Zhang Zhao and others searched a few rooms, there was no use for anything to eat except for quilts and clothes. Liu Jie took a few people to give a brief introduction, and then looked a little tired: "The fourth and fifth floors are almost like this, and there are no other valuable things, and in the end, only one of us is left here, and everything that can be eaten is also eaten by me." ”
Zhang Zhao originally wanted to ask the people from the team to come here for the night, but Liu Jie said that this was the property of the company, and he couldn't make a decision. Looking at his far-fetched appearance, Zhang Zhao was not reluctant. The weather is very hot and humid during this season, and even at night, if you stay inside without a fan or air conditioner, you will sweat. It wasn't in the open air, and in the second half of the night, there was a cool breeze.
The arrival of Zhang Zhao and his team added life to the camp. Liu Jie also walked out of the building and returned to his guard room, after all, there were more people and security was also guaranteed. If there is only one person left in the camp, they will all find a hidden place to hide.
Late at night, a bonfire was lit in the clearing, and most of the people had already gone to sleep in their tents. At this time, there were only seven or eight people sitting around the campfire, and they all couldn't sleep with insomnia.
There are a few beer cans discarded on the ground, as well as some food bags, and when food is scarce, you can eat what you can, and you can't be picky. Tonight's dinner is a few cans of beer and some bread. Wang Ying seemed to be overwhelmed by the strength of alcohol, and as soon as he drank the beer, his eyelids began to fight.
Zhang Zhao suddenly missed Li Zijing and them, as well as Song Qing, Han Yue, and Li Yan...... He Miaomiao, at least in this team, can feel a different warmth. At the very least, there are lovely women in the team and the occasional hot meal. I just don't know how they are now, whether Li Zijing can take them out of the zombie pile and reach a safe place. Who knows, now I can only say peace.
Guo Rong took off his shoes and looked east and west, his feet were extremely smelly, if it weren't for the fact that everyone was too lazy to move now, everyone would definitely have to run away. Wang Ying drank the wine, his whole face turned red, and he frowned and said, "Pot, your unique taste, this zombie within a radius of ten miles is going to smell and find it." ”
Guo Rong was not embarrassed at all, and picked his feet with his hand, and said: "If there is really this kind of function, the task of attracting zombies will be handed over to me in the future, hehe." ”
Guo Rong's shameless personality is quite easy to make friends with, because he doesn't care about many things, as long as he doesn't touch his bottom line. During this period of time, he and Wang Ying have also gotten along very well, after all, there are very few people who can admire Guo Rong, and Wang Ying's character of happiness and revenge is very appetizing to Guo Rong. Don't look at Guo Rong's conflicts, it seems that he is dragging 258,000 yuan, but before doing things, he will actually weigh the gains and losses. For example, in H City at the beginning, Rotten Orange committed something that hurt heaven and reason, and people and gods were angry, and Guo Rong did not hesitate to find him desperately. But after seeing the strength of the other party, he didn't make a rash move and did the thing of the egg touching the stone.
And Wang Ying is different, although Huang Zi's actions did not cause great consequences, his behavior is worse than rotten oranges. Wang Ying has his own criteria for judging right and wrong, and judging good and evil. Although Huang Zien took revenge and did not harm Chen Hua's life, what is the difference between him and murder? Therefore, Wang Ying killed him recklessly at that time. Wang Ying is fair, he is not killing innocents indiscriminately, and from him, I see a more suitable leadership temperament. As a qualified leader, to lead the team to survive, you need to be both strong and soft, and decisive, although Wang Ying never admits that he is a leader.
Guo Rong yawned, and sleepiness welled up, "Two leaders, I'll sleep first." He stood up and prepared to return to the allotted tent, and then thought of something: "By the way, are we going tomorrow?" ”
"No, we're going to stay for a few days, and it's rare to have a place where we can get some rest. Xiangcheng is not far here, and we have to plan well while this gap is here. Zhang Zhao said. The convoy was formed when they left Rivers Town, and to put it bluntly, these people were just going to the camp in the East China Sea Islands together, not a team in the true sense of the word. When they get to the place, everyone will have to separate, everyone has their own ideas, since this is the case, there is no need for Zhang Zhao to take everyone into account.
But before arriving in Xiangcheng, the convoy was still secretly decided by Zhang Zhao and Wang Ying on matters of size for the time being. Although it is only a short distance of more than 200 kilometers, it cannot be taken lightly. Zombies don't give you a chance to think, prepare. The population of coastal cities is several times that of inland cities. Zhang Zhao's N City, where they live and work, is close enough to here, but there is still a gap in population. According to statistics in previous years, Zhonghai City, the nearest metropolis, has a population of 20 million. Twenty million, what kind of concept is that.
All the people sitting around the campfire also left one after another and went back to sleep in their tents. The camp was quiet only by the sound of the wind, and the gloomy buildings looked very strange in the darkness. Occasionally, the roar of a zombie could be heard from outside the iron net, but it was soon killed by the night watchman with a stick in his hand.
And somewhere in the darkness, there was a pair of bloodshot eyes, carefully observing the brightness of the campfire.