Chapter 165: Elevated
Half past six in the morning, Riverside Avenue.
To the north of Binjiang Avenue, the farthest place I have been to is the intersection of Zhongxing Avenue and Binjiang Avenue when I first came to Harbour City. This section of the road is in good condition, there are not many obstacles on the road, and the convoy can drive fifty or sixty yards. There is a living map of Han Weijun, the harbor city, and the road is still smooth.
Zhang Zhao's off-road vehicle took the lead, and Han Weijun sat in the passenger seat, explaining the human geography of Harbour City all the way. Not only can you tell the strange stories of the modern Harbour City, but even the legends of the Song and Yuan dynasties.
What East China Sea dragon girl repays her kindness, sea monsters eat people, and you can always tell some stories when you have nothing to do. It wasn't until the intersection of Zhongxing Avenue on the convoy avenue that the speed slowed down and stopped his fantasy. This section of the road is a T-junction, one is to the city center, the other is to the resort hotel, and the other is what Han Weijun said, another section of the island road.
"The road was opened to traffic only five years ago, and although it is a little farther than passing through the city centre, it is wide and you can get to the pier directly." Han Weijun said.
Zhang Zhao nodded, stepped on the accelerator, and drove forward. The road conditions of Huandao Avenue are actually similar to those of Binjiang Avenue, and there are very stylish sculptures and buildings along the way. However, compared to Binjiang Avenue, it is more prosperous. Most of the buildings along the route are hotels, restaurants, some coffee shops, specialty supermarkets, etc.
Although it is a four-lane road, the road is wide enough, but the further you drive in, the more abandoned cars will be on the road. The convoy can only turn left and right, weaving through these scrap cars. As the buildings along the road became more and more dense, there were communities, buildings, office buildings, and zombies on the road, and gradually increased.
An Audi sedan, I don't know what happened at that time, directly inserted the whole front of the car under a bus, and lifted the front of the whole bus. The bus driver in the car, dressed in light blue overalls, had turned into a zombie, stuck in the driver's seat, waving his hands and letting out a low roar in his throat.
When we arrived at the intersection, there were many cars that had been rear-ended at the end of the day, crowded in the middle of the lanes on both sides. Those zombies who were originally wandering aimlessly on the road heard the sound of car engines, let out a roaring sound from their mouths, swayed their bodies, and chased after them.
"The zombies in Harbour City won't all be on the Ring Road, right?" Zhang Zhao operated the off-road vehicle, dodging the corpses left and right, and those zombies who were three or two together directly hit it.
When the vehicle slowed down, there were immediately zombies surrounding the body, slapping non-stop. The skin is dry and skinny, and you don't need to think about it to know that these zombies must have not eaten for a long time to cause this. It was the first time for Han Weijun to see so many zombies, and his heart was a little furious, and he said, "Let's hurry up, drive two kilometers further, and we will go on the elevated road." ”
"Still going to be elevated? Wouldn't it be too risky. Zhang Zhao glanced at him.
"The elevated direct access to the wharf, usually the big car has a specified time to get on, this ...... Probably not. Han Weijun suddenly said with a weak heart.
"Big brother, don't be so unsure, if we can't go, we have to turn around." Zhang Zhao said angrily, there are a lot of congested cars on this road, and you can barely pass if you go straight, if you really have to turn around, you have to clear out a car at an intersection.
The whole convoy has more than 20 people, and if you go the wrong way, if you want to turn back, it is not as simple as when you came. Han Weijun pointed ahead and said, "Let's go, let's go, in a small place like Harbour City, there won't be many cars, and the elevated highway leads to the wharf, if everyone's first thought is to escape by boat, whether it is an elevated or a wharf, even if the population of Xiangcheng is fully mobilized here, there is enough space to use." ”
"Don't you say it earlier, can you speak with some confidence?" Zhang Zhao did not speak politely, and criticized directly.
Sure enough, after a strenuous march, I finally saw the signage of the viaduct. On the uphill part, there were no more than half a car, only about five or six zombies, walking back and forth with their heads down. If the route that Han Weijun pointed out is indeed as seen in front of him, then the truck that is going back to the camp today can save a lot of work and reduce risks.
Zhang Zhao looked at his watch, went out at six o'clock, and arrived here for about fifteen kilometers and drove for an hour and a half. Mainly delayed on the section of the road around the island, if there were not so many abandoned vehicles, it would probably save half the time. As Han Weijun said, the vehicles on the elevated highway are almost negligible compared to the road surface. On both sides of the road are mostly buildings, office buildings and commercial streets with large traffic flows, and the zombie virus is mainly spread by humans. A zombie wreaks havoc in the crowd, like a pot of corn, one of which suddenly bursts into popcorn, and then more corn reacts.
When more people turned into zombies, the rest panicked and ran in all directions, some even ran across the road and jumped into the sea. If a car is a unit, unless the driver becomes a zombie, under normal circumstances, as long as the road is clear, you can escape from the dangerous place.
Cars driving on the elevated highway can rarely be directly intercepted by zombies, but some people were frightened by the sudden appearance of a few zombies, and drove the car directly to the elevated protective fence. There are also rear-end collisions, and there are those that hit the guardrail directly at the fork in the road. The car accident was strange, when passing by those abandoned vehicles, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but take a look, but found that the ground next to those cars were glued with blood, probably the owner of the accident at that time, got out of the car and was directly caught by the zombies who came up through the ramp.
From the elevated highway, you can see a lot of scenes of Harbour City, and those streets are crowded with cars, even people can hardly pass easily. In the gap between the vehicles, many zombies are wandering, slapping the vehicles along the way, as if looking for something. Harbour City is bigger than expected, and the dense streets are no longer visible to the naked eye. High-rise buildings are lined up, the prosperity of the past has come to an end, and the streets that were originally like cars and horses and people coming and going are quiet and terrible.
The artificial river in the city has dried up to the bottom, and there are not only walking zombies in it, but also those cars that have fallen and turned upside down. The whole picture seen by the eye is like a still photograph. In a group company building not far away, heavy smoke was coming out of the windows of one floor at this time. This is probably caused by the survivor hiding there, and something happened to him.
Although the elevated highway is spacious, the speed of the vehicle does not dare to drive fast, and any accident may occur if the traffic is unmanaged. Zhang Zhao didn't want to go through many dangers and still be able to escape, but in such a place, something went wrong.
Until the off-road vehicle climbed an elevated slope, when Zhang Zhao saw the scene in front of him, he stepped on the brakes with a hard foot, and the tires emitted terrible harsh friction, almost letting the pickup truck driven by Fang Dong behind him go straight up.
"This, this is." Guo Rong, who was sitting in the back seat, exclaimed, "Hurry up and turn around." ”
This straight line, about five or six kilometers long, is not because there are congested abandoned cars blocking the road, but because of the dense zombies, which are walking towards the convoy. The number of corpses is immeasurable, at a glance, the four-lane elevated road, the corpses are about two or three hundred meters long, and the lane is also submerged in the corpses.
The density of zombies between these two or three hundred meters is very high, almost one next to each other. Although they are still nearly a kilometer away from the convoy, there is a deterrent effect that hits people's hearts.
The vehicles behind arrived one after another, in a row horizontally, occupying four lanes, but no one dared to act rashly and take another step. After coming to Harbour City, except for the hundreds of zombies when cleaning up the hotel, the rest of the time, even when going out to search for supplies, the largest group of corpses was less than fifty.
And this group of corpses on the elevated shelf must have at least a thousand or more. Zhang Zhao held the steering wheel, licked his thirsty lips, and said, "Can you turn around and get off the elevated road?" ”
"You can turn around, but when you get off the elevated road, you go back to the city." Han Weijun's eyes were staring ahead, and he replied with a blank expression.
Zhang Zhao also knows that if you get off the elevated road, it is very likely that it will be difficult to move an inch, and those cars that have been accidents or have been discarded can be seen everywhere like garbage. The last ramp to the surface has been missed, and the viaduct further on, built over the sea, is a huge semicircle, which is also a landmark of Harbour City. While driving, you can also watch the blue sea and the sea breeze blowing. If it weren't for this purpose, it would not have violated the convention, and the viaduct, which was originally fast and convenient, went around half a large circle directly on the sea surface.
The next exit was also through the sea, and the corpses, for some unknown reason, prompted them to climb the viaduct in groups and walk so far.
Behind the dense group of corpses, there are scattered zombies, some of them lose their sense of direction while walking, and some have physical defects, which affects their speed.
"Rush over there." In the dry and cold air, Zhang Zhao's calm voice came. Originally, in Han Weijun's opinion, when encountering such a huge group of corpses, everyone's hearts should be trembling.
He thought he had misheard, and asked, "What did you say?" ”
This time, Zhang Zhao looked at him, both in his expression and in his eyes, he was extremely calm. Even Guo Rong, who was still exclaiming just now, shouted with some excitement: "Chong Teniang, I'm going to kill today." ”
Even if you turn around and get off the elevated highway now, and the road is smooth, but after Zhongxing Avenue, the other roads have to turn around to reach the wharf. Not to mention the delay, maybe you will encounter not only zombies, but also other survivors. Guo Kai once said that the harbor city is very chaotic, and the chaos he refers to is not zombies, but all kinds of people and all kinds of survivor forces. Just like the stick gang encountered at that time, who can guarantee that the others are also wolf ambitions and rely on plundering to survive.
In addition, the elevated road is the most convenient, safe and fast way to reach the wharf. Once the rations are found, the vehicles that transport them back to the resort will also need to pass through here. Instead of doing everything possible to get to the dock with difficulty, and then find another way back with unknown risks, it is better to take advantage of the present to clear a passage.
Han Weijun is also a person who has been mixed in society for many years, and his EQ and IQ are not low, but now it seems that Zhang Zhao is ready to face this huge group of corpses head-on.
"How is this going to be done?" Han Weijun sighed in his heart, these reckless people, is there any good way?
The corpses were getting closer, and a loud roar could be heard. After being hungry for a long time, they can smell the smell of living things, and the corpses have an illusion of restlessness.
(End of chapter)