Chapter 49: The Gas Station
"Don't ask me where I'm from, my hometown is far away, why wander, wander far away......"
There was an old song fluttering in the car CD, and Guo Rong and Lu Yang hummed along with the rhythm. The glow of the sky slowly climbed up the hill, illuminating the trees on both sides of the valley with a dazzling light. A hint of dew, slipping from the verdant leaves.
Zhang Zhao had been driving all night in a row, driving very slowly, and they came across villages and small towns on the way, and they chose to avoid incidents like Wu Jinming's. There are some things, out of sight is pure, and now he is in a state of running for his life, and Zhang Zhao doesn't want to cause trouble. In the post-apocalyptic world, a place with a lot of people is not necessarily the safest, rather than always guarding people's hearts, it is better to fight with zombies.
Except for Zhang Zhao, Guo Rong and Lu Yang, the others were sleeping soundly, and the snoring of Wang's father and son played alternately, and they could keep up with the beat of the music from time to time. Driving out of the winding mountain road, the road ahead gradually becomes wider. It is a small valley about 30 meters wide, and the mountain walls on both sides of the road have been carefully decorated, and the walls are painted with cement, which is quite artistic. Not long after opening, there were many roadside billboards, which indicated that it was about to enter a densely populated area.
A roadside sign indicated that there was a gas station two kilometers ahead, and Zhang Zhao looked at the gas gauge that had been beating for a long time, and then pulled the car to the side of the road. The people in the car became conscious one after another, Donna opened her eyes, looked at Zhang Zhao who was about to get out of the car, and asked, "What's wrong?" Where is this? ”
"Drive a little longer to Jiacheng, this car is almost out of gas, I can't drive far, I want to refuel at the gas station in front." Zhang Zhao replied, and walked to the side of the road to pull the trouser chain.
Donna took a sip, her face was slightly red, and she deliberately turned around and asked Guo Rong, "Are you familiar with this place in Jiacheng?" Li Zijing: Will they go to Jiacheng? "If you want to go to the East China Sea Islands, Jiacheng is the only way to go, and Donna speculated that Li Zijing, who escaped from the city by the tide of corpses, would be in Jiacheng. Although their destination is the East China Sea Islands, there are several big cities, small towns and county seats, and countless villages along the way, and the chance of meeting again is very small.
In fact, Guo Rong is more worried about the separated team than anyone else, after all, he has just fallen in love with Han Yue, and he doesn't want them to have any accidents. There are a lot of dangers on this road, and the road that is not very far is often a big circle, and there are countless unexpected situations. There is still a long way to get to the islands of the East China Sea.
Guo Rong didn't answer, and Lu Yang next to him grabbed the words and said: "I know Jiacheng well, I often came when I was a child." I just don't know how it's now. ”
What he said is tantamount to saying that a developing city will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes in a year or two at a rapid rate or three or five years at its fullest. What's more, no matter how well you know the city, and the situation changes every day, without any information, even if you're in your hometown, you will be at a loss when you go out.
Donna was slightly disappointed, she had traveled to many cities and countries, but she knew too little about her home country. Zhang Zhao conveniently returned to the car, looked at Donna, who was frowning, and said with a smile: "It's not a good thing to go into the city now, H City is a good lesson, I don't think other cities are much better, we will go around from outside the city after filling up in front." ”
"You're not looking for Li Zi to respect them?" Donna asked.
Zhang Zhao lit a cigarette and looked at the distance of the provincial road: "The camp of the East China Sea Islands has distributed leaflets before, right?" I remember the location of the ferry, and I think if they could find a leaflet on the road, they would have gone there too. ”
At the other end of the road, a zombie in a colorful shirt was slowly entering the field of vision. The zombie looked left and right, and the hair on his head had almost fallen out, only a few sticks stuck to the epidermis. When the zombie walked about twenty meters away from the car, it seemed to have noticed something interesting, dragged the foot with a broken ankle, and ran over with a low roar.
The car restarted, the motor sounded, and as the car passed by the zombie, a glittering knife stretched out of the window. The knife slashed through the zombie's neck, barely making a sound, and the zombie's head rolled off its neck, while its body remained in a forward posture, and fell to the side of the road with a pop.
Anna Park and Li Zhizhi also woke up when Lu Yang parked just now, and they were still a little scared when they saw the zombies, but Guo Rong's understatement of the knife looked particularly powerful in the eyes of Anna Park. She grunted at Li Zhizhi, and then looked at Guo Rong.
Guo Rong showed a cold look, put away the knife, hugged his arms, leaned back and said: "What is this stick girl talking about, it's really terrible, the language is not understood, it will be a big trouble in the future." ”
In fact, to save Li Zhizhi and Park Anna, it was Zhang Zhao's idea alone. Although others also have a desire to help, they are not so strong. In the apocalyptic survival, companions are important. One more person means more power, and on the contrary, one more person is one more danger and consumption.
In Guo Rong's opinion, these two women have no other advantages except for being beautiful, so don't they just kill a zombie, what is there to be excited about. To say that in the past, Guo Rong may also be lustful, and he will look at beautiful women twice. But now, he is a person with an object, compared to Zhang Zhao, Guo Rong is more dedicated, and it should be said that he is more innocent.
Li Zhizhi put her arm to Park Anna and said a few words, she is a smart woman, which Zhang Zhao knows very well. In that situation last night, it was really rare for this woman to be able to deal with the world without being surprised under a few words of her own advice. Li Zhizhi also guessed that Guo Rong might have some misunderstanding between himself and Anna Park, so he explained: "Just now Anna said that you can easily kill a zombie without any fear, and the previous group, although they look fierce, will only hide every time they encounter zombies." She said you are brave and will learn to be like you in the future. ”
This was beyond everyone's expectations, and Guo Rong couldn't say anything more. Zhang Zhao turned off the music, and now that there are two new people in the team, it is necessary to know more about them, "By the way, Li Zhizhi, where are you from, and your accent is also from the south." Is there anyone else in your family who has been in contact since the virus broke out? ”
"I'm from Fujian Province, and I called home after the virus broke out, but the connection was disconnected before I could make it clear." Li Zhizhi looked out the window, "I don't know how they are now." ”
Zhang Zhao didn't want to tell her the true seriousness of the virus, let alone say something like bad luck to her. Zhang Zhao is not a good person, on the contrary, sometimes, he is extremely bad. Yesterday, he didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he actually moved the idea of saving people. He is a person with a plan, and he has not mentioned this plan to anyone, including Guo Rong.
Doomsday survival, the most important factors, bases, materials, personnel. Bases can be found, materials can be searched and created, but people alone cannot be controlled. He believes that if he can live longer in the future, he will have such a need. It takes all kinds of people to work together to create a condition for survival. And whether it is a man or a woman, an old man or a child, it is a condition for the formation of a team. The most important thing is that what a team needs most is not ability, but balance, so that it can last for a long time.
The car drove to the gas station indicated by the road sign, and several abandoned cars were parked on the side of the road and in the gas station, judging by the broken glass and the looted shelves, the gas station had been looted by several waves of people after the apocalypse. The car couldn't get in, and Wang Wu tried to start a few cars, but there was no movement. I could only take two oil drums from the service hall and fill them with some gasoline.
The ladies got out of the car and went to the public place next to the gas station, taking turns to make it convenient. Donna walked back and forth with her gun in her hand, keeping an eye on her surroundings.
The counter was covered with dust, and Guo Rong blew a breath, found a map in the smoke, and put it in his pocket. Lu Yang picked up the vending machine, looked at it with his face close to his face, and complained: "What a robber, I don't even leave a bottle of water." He searched the store for a while and found nothing of value. There is a small bed of 1.5 meters in the staff lounge, and the quilt is neatly folded, but there are some blood stains stuck on it. The corpse, dressed in overalls, collapsed on the other side of the cot. It's a zombie that's been killed just after transformation, with a long-handled screwdriver stuck in its head. There was no sign of gnawing on the body, and the maggots scattered on the belly. Lu Yang covered his mouth and nose, the stench was so disgusting that he didn't want to stay in this room for a second.
Lu Yang closed the door of the lounge and happened to meet Lao Wang. Lao Wang drank too much wine last night, and he could still smell a strong smell of wine in one mouth. He smiled and said, "Didn't find any treasures?" ”
Lu Yang said: "Ouch, my Uncle Wang, you squeaked when you stood behind me, and scared me to death." ”
Lao Wang has a good impression of Lu Yang, after all, this young man is stupid and frustrated, and he can find a little fun by teasing him. Lao Wang patted him on the shoulder: "Young people are so timid, there is not even half a figure in the wilderness here, there will be no problem." ”
Lu Yang was about to talk about his sixth sense, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it, every time he went to a place, he would feel that this place was wrong. This is a person's insecure psychology about the new environment, but this psychology is like a spell in his eyes. Everyone stayed for half an hour, and Zhang Zhao called for a gathering outside.
"Hey, what about Anna Park and Lee Zhizhi?" Everyone got on the bus, only the newcomers Li Zhizhi and Park Anna, Zhang Zhao asked.
Donna said, "The two of them are still in the bathroom." ”
Zhang Zhao frowned slightly, these two women are really troublesome, and if they stay in one place for too long, there is danger. It takes half an hour to go to the toilet? This has violated Zhang Zhao's doomsday survival rules.
"It takes so long to go to the toilet, there won't be any accidents, Team Tang, it's more convenient for you to go and see." Zhang Zhaodao.
From the time they arrived at this gas station, Li Zhizhi and Park Anna have been staying in the toilet, and Donna, as a woman, can probably guess the reason. She stood at the door of the toilet and shouted, "Li Zhizhi, are you all okay?" It's ready to go. ”
"Wait, wait a minute, and I'll be fine." Li Zhizhi responded in a panic.
Donna raised her hand to signal that it would be okay right away, since last night, although she rarely talked to Li Zhizhi and them, but as a woman, she actually cared about them in her heart. After all, in her opinion, these two beautiful girls are a vulnerable group. The long-term military life, both physically and mentally, has given her a great exercise, and she will inevitably feel sympathy for the disadvantaged.
Donna was leaning against the wall, thinking about the camp in the East China Sea Islands, when she suddenly heard a slight rustling sound around her. Alertly, she raised her gun and walked into the crevice of the crowded building.