Chapter 52: Five Rivers Town
The river becomes a street, the street and the bridge are connected, the house is built according to the river, and the water town is integrated, which is the characteristic of the town in the south of the Yangtze River.
The car drove on the narrow country road for more than half an hour, and it had not yet detoured from this vast and complicated road. The road is a cement road, flat and clean, with neat and regular rice fields on both sides. Coming down from the provincial road, Zhang Zhao regretted it a little. It turns out that there is no navigation, there is no map, and it is really easy to get lost.
It's not deserted, but after the apocalypse, there are hardly any people to be seen, and along the way, only this one car is running. The more Zhang Zhao opened, the more he regretted it, but it was impossible to turn around at this time, on the contrary, if he turned back, he might be more confused along the way. He stopped the car, smoked a cigarette on the side of the road, then knocked on the window and asked, "Who of you is familiar with this area, we seem to be lost." ”
Several people shook their heads, this kind of remote place, it is generally difficult for non-locals to find a way out. Lu Yang pointed to the quaint house in the distance and said, "Brother Zhang, wasn't there a billboard when I was at the intersection just now?" It says that the ancient town welcomes you, although you don't know the road, but this is the boundary of Jiacheng, and this should be the famous Wuhe Town. ”
Although there are many ancient towns in the Jiangnan area, only Wuhe Town can maintain its intact architectural complex. It maintains a relatively good architecture of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and is famous throughout the country and even the world. Many film and television dramas are filmed here, and it attracts many tourists every year. As a result, tourism has become one of the important incomes of Rivers Town.
Zhang Zhao of Wuhe Town has heard of it, and he has come to Jiacheng on a business trip before, but he has never had the opportunity to travel here. After another thrill at the gas station, he is now extra careful with every step. Several people in the car also gradually recovered, especially Li Zhizhi and Park Anna, who were not as scared as they imagined. A few hours later, the two sat in the car chatting as if nothing had happened.
A good state of mind is sometimes better than a good state. Zhang Zhao is still quite satisfied with the performance of Li Zhizhi and Park Anna. "How much food is left in the car?" Zhang Zhao asked Guo Rong this sentence, the logistics captain Li Yan is now separated from them, and there is no one to manage the materials, in fact, there are no materials, and some of the food collected before should be consumed. In everyone's backpack, in addition to the necessary items, put as much food as possible. But now that there are two more people, the others will have to give them some food. Indifference and selfishness are not allowed in Zhang Zhao's ranks, they can kill their corpsed companions with their own hands, but they can't give food to their companions.
Guo Rong asked a few other people, counted it a little, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's almost gone, only two breads and some water, and some of the things I secretly took from Brother Biao yesterday are almost finished." "Food is always being consumed day by day, and there is not much to collect at any time, so everyone spends more time collecting food than avoiding zombies. The zombie virus outbreak has only been a few months, and it is a little difficult to eat. Without entering the city, it is difficult to get something that can be kept for a longer time.
Zhang Zhao frowned and said, "It seems that we have to enter the town." ”
Park Anna has been paying attention to Zhang Zhao's words and deeds, and when she saw him frowning at this moment, she asked Li Zhizhi beside her. Li Zhizhi explained to her the current predicament, and Park Anna also seemed a little worried: "Wisdom, can't we find people with food and exchange some with them?" ”
"It's not good, not to mention that it's hard to meet living people now, even if there are, what if you meet bad people, Anna, have you forgotten Brother Biao and them? Not all of them are kind. Li Zhizhi took her hand and said solemnly: "Anna, you may not understand that the cruelty of the apocalyptic world is not as simple as you think. "Anna Park is a person with little social experience, since she was valued by entertainment companies in college, after focusing on training, she has assistants to help with everything, and her daily life is not only staying in the hotel, but also training and performing. The journey to the stars is smooth, which makes her feel that the world is still beautiful. Even if she was harassed and bullied by Brother Biao in every way during this time, in her eyes, such a person is already very bad.
Anna also realized her mistake, no one would exchange food with them, not to mention that they had nothing else of value to exchange with people.
Zhang Zhao went around to the other end of the car again, smiled at Li Zhizhi and said, "What are you two muttering, your task in the future is to teach this stick girl to speak Mandarin, otherwise how will you live together in the future?" ”
Li Zhizhi is actually very grateful to Zhang Zhao, she knows very well in her heart the status of the man in front of her in the team, if she wants to survive, she must first learn to be obedient, in this way, at least someone will ensure their safety. She nodded: "I'll teach her, in fact, Anna is very smart, as long as she learns seriously, it won't take long to have some simple communication." ”
"Alright, we're ready to go, get ready before you enter the town, and pay attention to every place where danger may be." Zhang Zhao reminded him, and then got into the car.
When the car drove slowly, Park Anna recovered from her nervous mood just now, and she asked in a low voice, "Wisdom, what did he say just now?" ”
Li Zhizhi looked at Anna Park, whose face was slightly red, and said in astonishment: "Anna, why are you blushing?" He just said, let me teach you Mandarin so that you can communicate later. ”
"Teach me Mandarin?" Park Anna was excited and said happily: "I want to learn, I want to learn." ”
Looking at Anna Park's abnormal behavior, Li Zhizhi was a little worried. In the past, Anna Pu learned simple Mandarin just to increase her exposure in front of the media, and her Mandarin was often skimmed, which attracted more attention from fans and the media. And now, her motivation for learning the language is not so much for a better survival in the apocalypse, but because of Zhang Zhao, is it possible that Anna Park is in love with him? If that's the case, it's a real trouble. Li Zhizhi knows very well that the final destination of a woman in the apocalypse cannot be because of love.
Even the bridge into the road, the water boat, the road and the water, is the pattern of Wuhe Town. At the junction into town, there is a wide parking lot. This season is not the peak tourist season in Rivers Town, but there are also quite a few cars parked. Most of them are still intact and parked in the parking spaces in a regular manner. However, some cars have been damaged, broken windows, and there are also traces of burning. There was a lot of garbage discarded on the side of the road, as well as some sun-dried corpses.
With the combination of stylish ancient buildings and modern facilities, the population of a commercial tourist town is not small. A few hundred meters away from the parking lot, there are several zombies wandering at low speed. Zhang Zhao motioned for the people in the car to get out of the car, cars are not allowed to drive in the town, and there are several circles of thick iron railings around the entrance. What's more, I don't know how many zombies are hidden in this ancient town, the road is not wide, and the sound of the motor of the car can easily attract corpses, and it will be troublesome when the time comes.
A few hundred meters away, those zombies wandering aimlessly, occasionally raised their heads to look at Zhang Zhao and their group, and they didn't bother to follow. This is extraordinary, it stands to reason that as long as zombies find traces of living creatures, they will rush up desperately. Does this indicate that there is something more attractive to zombies?
Lu Yang got out of the car happily, saw this scene, and joked: "Brother Zhang, you see, these zombies don't seem to be interested in us, they are really poor and bullied." What he meant was that except for a few people in the escape team, there were no supplies in the team, and even the zombies couldn't look down on them.
Guo Rong pushed him and said, "Don't look down on it? You come closer and try it. ”
With this sudden push, Lu Yang almost stumbled and fell, jumped up all of a sudden, and took a few steps back. He is not a fierce man like Guo Rong and Wang Wu, and he will not dare to fight with zombies face-to-face, unless he has to.
Entering Wuhe Town, I used to buy tickets, but I encountered a zombie crisis, and at this moment, the vast ticket hall is scattered with all kinds of things, dilapidated, and looks very depressed. Except for the two zombies that were wandering in the hall, which were easily dealt with by Wang Wu, they searched inside smoothly for a while. But the results were not obvious, only a few cans of drinks in the vending machine, and eight people were not enough.
Zhang Zhao didn't know where to find two fifty or sixty centimeter steel pipes, handed them to Li Zhizhi and Pu Anna respectively, and said: "This town is very dangerous, there may be places that you can't take care of, you should pay attention to yourself when the time comes." ”
Li Zhizhi was stunned for a while, and then honestly took the steel pipe, although the weapon was simple, it was better than empty-handed. She knows very well in her heart that if she wants to integrate into this team, she has to contribute and fight. She is no longer an idol star in the limelight, but an ordinary woman who survives in the apocalypse.
On the contrary, when Anna Park took the steel pipe, she was extremely excited, and said to Li Zhizhi: "Wisdom, he gave me a weapon." ”
Passing through the ticket hall, there is a quaint street outside, bluestone paved roads, lined with shops, most of which sell souvenirs and snacks. Some of the storefronts were closed, and probably when the zombie virus broke out in this town, these storefronts still had time to close their doors. And those whose doors are open are mostly not spared the bad news. The counters, shelves, and even the walls of the store were somewhat glued with blood.
This shopping street is also the largest and longest street in the town, with a length of five or six hundred meters. There are more than a dozen zombies walking back and forth on the street, including staff, tourists, and actors.
Just in case, Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong walked at the front of the team, and five or six meters behind them were Lao Wang, Donna, Li Zhizhi and Park Anna, Wang Wu and Lu Yang. The three groups were always separated by a distance. This is to prevent a sudden encounter with a group of corpses and not having time to escape. For example, if you encounter a small group of zombies, Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong are responsible for cleaning up, and Lao Wang and Donna are in the middle to cover. If they encounter a group of corpses, the two can also alert the team behind in time. Including the last Lu Yang and Wang Wu, it is the same reason, no matter which direction the zombies appear from, they can be found in time.
They didn't dare to risk walking on the main road for too long, and when the zombies found and surrounded them, they quickly ran into the alley. The streets and alleys of Rivers Town are crisscrossed and become a vast network. The five rivers that run through the town are connected by various bridges between the land. This also brings convenience to everyone, and there will be no way to escape after encountering zombies.
After walking for about five minutes, they came across the first river, which was not wide, only seven or eight meters. At the end of the alley, a stone arch bridge serves as a road connecting the two banks.
Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong always pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife, and if a zombie appeared, they could cut him down at the first time. On the bank of the river is a slender road, and there are also some shops, scattered zombies, standing or squatting. Suddenly, Zhang Zhao made a stop movement.
Anna Park was shocked, and subconsciously grabbed Li Zhizhi's arm beside her. In the past few months, she has encountered zombies every day, but since she came to this team, she has also become surprised.
The expression on the face of the brave man became serious, and he slowly drew his knife and walked to the right.