Chapter 275: The Land of Mermaids
Ningxian is only a few dozen kilometers away from the coast, and the weather is changeable, a few days ago it was gloomy and terrible, but today the sun is scorching. It seems that even the climate has been deeply affected by the global catastrophe. It had been three days since Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong returned to Mashan Prison, and after they and the team were separated that day, Guo Kai also tried to go back to look for them, but the foggy weather and the obstruction of their line of sight were extremely unfavorable to finding them. After trying a few times, he either encountered a dead end or a group of corpses, Guo Kai shouldered a heavy responsibility, and after several people discussed, he had to go back to the base first.
Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong disappeared, and the people in the base were extremely worried, especially Song Qing and Han Yue, if it weren't for Li Zijing and He Miaomiao pulling them and asking someone to follow them all the time, these two would have secretly run out of Mashan Prison to find someone in Ning County. Fortunately, when the fog cleared, Li Zijing personally took a dozen people to Ning County, and happened to meet Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong who were returning on foot on the way.
Back at Mashan Prison, the two of them told in detail what had happened in the past two days, and everyone was uneasy, they didn't expect this small Ning County to be so dangerous. Not only are there a large number of mutant night demons, but there is also a monster that has never been encountered before, and even those sticks have come to the door.
No matter which of these three troubles it is, it is not something that Mashan Prison can compete with, although the fortifications here are very perfect, and it is more than enough to deal with ordinary zombies, but if you encounter those mutated night demons who can fly into the sky, it will not be long before you resist it will become a cage meal. Not to mention the monster with complete human intelligence, and the sticks that keep coming to Ning County to find them.
Mashan Prison is only a relatively strong refuge in these last days, but it is not an absolute safe place. Even though there are strong fortifications, it is like an isolated island, with no support and no way out, and if it is surrounded, it will starve to death under the shortage of resources.
Therefore, after Zhang Zhao brought back the news, the main members of the base got together and held three meetings, and gave everyone tasks, striving to get all the things they needed in the shortest possible time and go to the camp in the East China Sea Islands as soon as possible.
Li Mao's group of people is responsible for searching for food and medicine and other daily necessities in the surroundings, but only in the villages and towns around Ning County, the number of zombies in these places is relatively small, and it is not so dangerous. Originally, Li Mao's people had many local residents who knew the customs and habits of this place well, so they let them go to the homes of people in the township to find things, which was much more useful than those outsiders.
In addition to the personnel in charge of the search and transportation, Li Zijing also sent seven or eight people with hot weapons to follow in case of those difficult zombies and other hostile survivors.
There are not many people in Mashan Prison, only seventy or eighty people, and there are about 20 people who search for supplies, and many of them have to stay in the base to guard. There is also a group of people who are responsible for going to the shipyard to find ships that can be used, and there are seven or eight shipyards in Ningxian County, large and small, each of which needs to be checked. The matter of this shipyard was the first news that Li Mao informed, and he had not been to Ningxian before, so he personally led this group of people, including several technicians and personnel who had been engaged in fishing, in case there were things that could not be solved when the time came.
The matter of finding a boat is very important, and everyone attaches great importance to it, so the safety of this group of people is in charge of Guo Kai and Chu Fei, and nearly ten people are also arranged for the fighters.
The members of each group set off early in the morning, and Zhang Zhao watched the convoy go away, and looked at Guo Rong beside him. These two important tasks didn't have their share, and they could get a little bit of it as long as they volunteered to be brave, and they didn't even need to say much. But after the fog incident in Ningxian County for a few days, Li Zijing actually came to talk to them. It's nothing more than letting them rest at the base for a while, after all, the base still needs to be guarded.
But there is not only Li Zijing himself in the base, but also Donna and Langchen, and they are not needed at all. Li Zijing's words were very polite, but listening to the ears of the two, they felt that they were a little afraid of another incident.
What made the two even more speechless was that the personnel responsible for going to the coast to observe the environment turned out to be Song Muyuan and Lu Yang, who were no more reliable than Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong.
Song Muyuan and Lu Yang were also very happy to be assigned by Li Zijing, this was the first time the two of them went out alone. Coastal observation is nothing more than driving around the coastal highway to see the situation on the sea. Li Zijing instructed the two of them not to get out of the car no matter what the situation is, and to report when they return to the base, according to this method, there will be no danger at all. Coastal road, not to mention the corpse group, may not even meet a few zombies, these two people smiled happily, and regarded this mission as a drive.
As soon as Song Muyuan and Lu Yang got into the car and set the car on fire, Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong slipped in left and right. The smug look on Song Muyuan's face instantly turned cloudy, and he smiled bitterly: "Two big brothers, what are you doing here, didn't Brother Li let you go out?" ”
"Who said that, Brother Li is afraid that the two of us will work too hard, but after all, it is the time to employ people, and we are almost rested, so we are not happy to go out with you?" Guo Rong said with a wink.
Song Muyuan's face was depressed, he and Lu Yang were the same age, the two of them could still communicate well, the steering wheel was in his hands, and he could go wherever he wanted. Now if you take Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong with you, then you will definitely not be able to do what you want when you go out this time. From the dominant identity, to the younger brother who listens to orders, when the time comes, even Lu Yang is anxious, his eyes rolled, and said: "Brother Zhang, Brother Guo, it's not that we don't want to help you, it's really strictly forbidden by Brother Li, we can't help it." ”
"Come less, you are just afraid that Brother Li will find out when the time comes, and I won't give you such a chance in the future, right?" Zhang Zhao looked around, but didn't notice anyone else approaching, and then said, "Don't worry, we have said hello to Brother Li, so it's not a big deal to go out for a walk with you." ”
", we just came out of Brother Li, and he said that you two are too bold and reckless, although it is a simple task, I am afraid that you will do something else." Lu Yang rolled his eyes when he saw Zhang Zhao scolding him.
It's embarrassing now, the four people in the car, you look at me, I'll look at you, and finally Guo Rong hugged his hands, half-lying on the seat, Lai hummed: "Anyway, if you don't take us, we will rely here, you can do it yourself, either go together or don't go, it's a pity that it's such a good opportunity." ”
Zhang Zhao also did the same, his legs were still shaking: "Yes, such a good opportunity, Mashan Prison is a prison after all, people are crazy, ghosts are crazy." ”
Song Muyuan was relied on by these two scoundrels, and he knew that if he didn't take them, he wouldn't be able to leave today, so he simply gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go, but I said in advance, don't get out of the car later, and listen to my arrangement today." ”
"Okay, listen to Song Dashao's arrangement today, let's go!" Guo Rong and Zhang Zhao secretly high-fived, and promised verbally first, maybe Song Muyuan, the kid, couldn't help but get out of the car halfway to see the scenery or something.
"Let's go! Brother Li came out. Lu Yang saw Li Zijing hugging Linlin from the reflector, and was talking to He Miaomiao while walking towards this side. Everyone hit one by one, and Song Muyuan hurriedly put up gear and galloped towards the door with one foot on the accelerator.
The coastal areas rely on the sea to eat the sea, and after decades of development, the transportation has also become extremely convenient. Although Ningxian is small, it is the old town of Xiangcheng area, with a long history and cultural heritage. The vehicle drove in the coastal direction for a while, and saw several mottled Tanah Lot temples on the side of the road, looking at some history, although the building is old, it has been repaired many times, and it is not damaged. If it is before the end of the world, every important festival, people from ten miles and eight villages will come here to worship.
Along the way, the convoy searching for materials was parked outside the village, which inevitably caused many incidents, and Zhang Zhao urged Song Muyuan to drive directly over. After decades of development in Xiangcheng area, there is a lot of financial income every year, so the roads in most areas are well repaired, although the coastal road in Ningxian County is also two lanes, but the road surface is very wide, and it is more than enough for five or six cars to drive side by side.
And in such a remote area, the distribution of people is not dense, and when the catastrophe comes, only the locals of Ning County will flee overseas through here. So this coastal road is very clean, driving dozens of kilometers, there are only a dozen scrapped vehicles on the roadside, and the lonely zombies are almost not seen.
If you have strong manpower and material resources, it is also quite good to build a camp in this area of Ning County. It's just that such an environment can only be maintained because there are no living people, and once enough popularity is gathered, the zombies will evolve and change, and they may come on a large scale. Those at the top of the regime, with countless resources and manpower, have already made the most rapid and correct response when the catastrophe is coming.
The off-road vehicle has been transformed, and the front windshield glass and the windows around it are welded with steel bars, and in such a hot weather, in order to save some gasoline, only four windows can be opened for ventilation. The speed of the car remained at sixty yards, and only slowly slowed down when the coast appeared ahead.
Compared with the harbor city, the sea surface in the Ningxian area is much cleaner, not to mention whether there are ships on the sea, even the sea water is much clearer. After all, although there are many shipyards in Ningxian County, the tonnage is very small, and basically the shipyards are mainly built by traditional fishing boats, and even larger sand and gravel boats cannot be built.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao was a little worried, those who went to find the boat might have to spend a lot of energy. There are nearly 80 people in the Mashan base, and if they really want to go to sea to the camp in the East China Sea Islands, although they are not far away, there are so many people that an ordinary fishing boat would not be able to sit down.
As I was thinking about it, the off-road vehicle also drove downhill to the real coastal road, where the environment has changed, the artificial landscape, the colorful sculptures along the way, and some exotic plants, which are slightly different from what you saw in Harbour City.
"I really didn't expect that the most beautiful scenery in Ning County would be hidden here." Zhang Zhao couldn't help but sigh.
The sculpture of the mermaid on the roadside is lifelike, and it is unknown what material it is made of, and its clothes and scales glisten in the sunlight. And the roadside signs also read in many languages: Welcome to the land of mermaids in Cangzhou.