Chapter Ninety-Seven: Don't Count (5800 words)
"Okay.." Fat Zhou nodded and went back to the simple room.
Jiang Cang noticed that after Zhou Fatzi walked away, he looked at the corpse on the ground, and dragged him outside the factory, in order to ensure that the killings were all eliminated, and they were beheaded separately.
Wait until later.
It's all clean here.
Jiang Cang was stunned for a while, and did not sleep, but went around half a circle outside the factory area and walked to the north of the factory building of the simple house.
With the car 'humming' the sound of the engine.
Turning around the side of the wall, the gate of the north factory building is open.
Director Li stood at the door with the cigarette butt, the cigarette was burning the cigarette holder, although he didn't smoke, he was still reluctant to throw it, looking at the flashing sparks.
"Wipe to the left!" There were three or four other people beside him, directing several large trucks, heading towards the factory.
And these vehicles are going to leave tomorrow to bring the goods.
As soon as I drove to the factory tonight, Director Li asked him to check the condition of the vehicles, and by the way, he added something to change these five trucks into 'combat vehicles.' ’
But anyway, how to modify.
It is always too dangerous for people to work outside the factory, so Director Li asked people to drive the car to the north of the factory, which can not only prevent zombies, but also isolate some sounds.
Of course, this is also a bit dangerous, and it will attract zombies, but it will be relatively better.
"Master Jiang."
At this time, Director Li saw Jiang Cang coming, but he gave an explanation to the master next to him, so he walked over with a smile, pointed to the car in the factory, and said, "There should be a lot of zombies on the road tomorrow." So several masters discussed, ready to weld something on our car body, decorate the iron frame, use it to strengthen and strengthen the body, and make it safer on the road, hit the zombies, and pressed all the way over. ”
Director Li said, maybe he has seen a lot of zombies and flesh-and-blood scenes in the last few days, so when he said that he hit zombies, his expression did not change at all, but there were some reasons for it.
Didn't think of zombies as humans, even if they were 'humanoid creatures.' ’
Especially after he finished saying this, he also took out a crumpled cigarette box, which was a little painful, but he gave Jiang Cang one very happily, and he felt that this big master would come over, and he was probably worried about tomorrow's trip, so he came to take a look.
It's like an inspection from above.
Besides.
Director Li didn't have any ideas, and he didn't know that Jiang Cang had killed two people just now.
In other words, the former brother has not shown his strength, and they are the 'newcomers' in the past two days. ’
Whether they are dead or alive, no one really cares.
After all, the survivors' stomachs are almost full, and there are two fewer people, and they can eat more.
When Jiang Cang heard Director Li's words, he didn't mention any pot to talk about these trivial things, but took the cigarette, took out a whole box of cigarettes and said, "There are no cigarettes in the factory, right?" Director Li smoked this and took it on the way. More than sixty yuan a box. It's good to smoke, Jiang Cang will go back and get you some more. ”
"This smoke is good.. I only smoke when I go out to run errands.." Director Li took it, poured it out, and suddenly sighed: "This catastrophe has changed, and things are worthless. But there are zombies everywhere, but they have to exchange human lives."
"Then it's something of value." Jiang Cang's expression didn't change much, but he tilted his head and nodded towards the factory, where there were more than a dozen young people, seven or eight masters, and twenty people checking the vehicles.
"Are they going tomorrow?" Jiang Cang asked Director Li, "They did their part tonight." ”
"Go. Gotta go.." Director Li held a good cigarette in his mouth, covered his hands, lit it, and wanted to give it to Jiang Cang, but Jiang Cang lit it himself, and smoked the one that Director Li asked.
"They're going. Those masters really helped. Jiang Cang said, and took out two boxes of sixty yuan of good cigarettes from his pocket, "You can give these masters a way." I don't go because I have a bad face. ”
"Okay.."
Director Li responded to this matter, and the kindness was recorded. Because of this spiritual food, there are really people who don't want to die, who dare to fight with their lives, exchange them, and go out on adventures.
So this thing is really valuable, and it is worth the worthless human life money in the last days.
And then, Director Li glanced at the iron frame that was being cut in the factory, and gestured to install a master on the side of the car, but suddenly he didn't know what he thought, and said to Jiang Cang: "Master Jiang.."
As he spoke, he thought about it for a while, as if he was guessing whether he had this 'craft' in the factory, and then continued: "I'll talk about shaking, Master Jiang listen." ”
When Director Li said this, he looked at Jiang Cang's waist double knife and cowhide black brocade cotton boots, and said, "When I saw Master Wang and them put a steel frame on the car just now, I suddenly had an idea. Is it your boots that can be boned? I think the boots should be better protected by adding a steel bone to the inside of the boots, and they can also be used as weapons if necessary. ”
"Crushing a man's leg bones with one foot?" Jiang Cang asked rhetorically, he was also interested, and he remembered the 'unfinished business of Yuanwu', so he continued to ask: "What do you need Jiang Cang to do?" ”
"Look at what you're saying." Director Li hurriedly waved his hand, it was really not Tu Jiangcang or anything, but a whim, coupled with the kindness of this cigarette, he said this.
Of course, they don't have a full-time tailor in the factory.
This big master is not cheap at first glance, and there is only one pair of boots.
Therefore, Director Li was afraid that this matter would be damaged and affect the relationship, so he asked first.
If it is successful, he will find someone to measure Jiang Cang's boots, and then find someone to draw a piece of straw paper, and finally a few lathe masters will grind and grind, thinking of a 'steel bone plan' that does not hurt the boots and can ensure that it does not affect Jiang Cang's usual walking and action. ’
"You're bothered."
When Jiang Cang heard Director Li's plan, he immediately agreed.
But I didn't take off my boots myself, and let people measure it now, after all, the masters are now busy with the big thing of the 'chariot'.
There is no need to point out which is more important, it is all a matter of obviousness.
Thereupon.
Jiang Cang didn't say anything more, went back to the house to rest, there will be a big charter tomorrow, let's talk about it later, it can be regarded as his kindness to the base, let Yuanwu be more concerned about this matter.
And Director Li sent Jiang Cang a few steps, and when he saw Jiang Cang waving his hand to let him go back to worry about business, he turned back to the factory, put a few boxes of cigarettes that Jiang Cang gave him, put them on the work shelf, and scattered to everyone.
"In the past few days, the big guys can't go out, so they are all smoked, right? Come, exactly three boxes, whether you smoke or not, three sticks per person. When you go out tomorrow and pass by the store, bring it back. This is what Master Jiang asked, you guys, don't say anything, there will be a cigarette tomorrow, you have to give Master Jiang a cigarette, right? ”
"Okay!"
"Master, don't worry!"
"Master Jiang? It's the master who sent Xiao Zhuo back, right? ”
Everyone laughed, and they all walked to the table, and the rules were one person and three people, tucked behind their heads, or put them in the pockets of their blood-stained jackets.
Others couldn't hold back, lit a fire, smoked cigarettes, and drank half a bottle of mineral water left over from this morning, as if they were working harder.
"Finish the work before twelve o'clock, and you have to get up early tomorrow!" A master smoked half of it, pinched it, straightened the whole tobacco, and smoked it later.
"Work hard, work hard!" The three young men laughed, and the nine cigarettes of the three brothers were put together in a cigarette case.
The sound in the factory rang out until about ten o'clock in the evening.
By this time, all that was left in the factory was the sound of 'choking' steel knocking and the inaudible grinding sound of 'rustling'.
Until half past eleven.
At about this time, the factory was completely safe.
More than a dozen people went back to sleep in the factory, three or two went back to the simple room, and a few masters fell asleep in the car.
The survivors in the big factory saw that the zombies did not come again, opened the door, and after letting the people in, all their nervous feelings were put down.
And as time passes.
The next morning, at 7 a.m.
Cloudy and dark.
When Jiang Cang went out, he felt that the weather seemed to have picked up a little, and the puddles on the ground were not frozen, and then he looked at the thermometer hanging in front of his house, about four or five degrees.
And on the factory side, there is also a simple house here.
Everyone wore sweaters and padded jackets, and after a little activity outside, they also felt much warmer than yesterday.
Especially today's food.
Several women got up, Chinese cabbage, green vegetables, and more than 20 catties of meat were stewed, and a pot of fragrant soup.
As soon as Jiang Cang walked to the side of the factory, he smelled the fragrance wafting out of the factory.
Wait until about half past seven to finish eating, and smoke a cigarette.
A large truck with five side-welded iron frames drove out.
Jiang Cang, Director Li and others said goodbye, and set off with more than 40 young workers who had 'seen blood and killed zombies', aiming at the building materials market three miles away.
Zhou Fatzi was sent at the door, holding a book in his hand, and vouched for Brother Jiang that he would ensure the safety of the base during the time he was reading.
Of course, I won't say anything about it when I die, this favor is over.
And on the way.
A convoy of five trucks here.
The driver drove the car attentively, his legs were like hitting the sensor, and he just wanted to step on the brakes, except for the beginning of the road, he had never been so attentive in his life.
Jiang Cang sat in the co-pilot of a truck, flipping through a book of impurities.
The other 30 or so people were all sitting in the loading area of the big truck, and there were six or seven people in one car.
And Jiang Cang will sit in the co-pilot, and it is these people who let Jiang Cang sit in a relatively safe cab in order to protect Jiang Cang's safety, so that Jiang Cang can evacuate.
Because, Director Li respects Jiang Cang, and has never told these people that Jiang Cang has 'martial arts', and said that these 'individuals' **. ’
Jiang Cang didn't want to say anything, he would know when he saw the zombies.
And although these survivors knew that Jiang Cang was taking Xiao Zhuo out of the city, they didn't think that Jiang Cang could resist the zombie group alone, so he couldn't say that he was secretly hiding.
There are several of them in the factory.
Even if Jiang Cang has a weapon, it looks like a 'Lian Jiazi'. ’
But now, they are also carrying steel pipes in their hands, or knives made by themselves in the factory in the past few days, enduring the cold wind, while looking at the dim sky around them to prevent zombies from attacking.
They all have these weapons that can kill people, and there is no shortage of men, women and children in the factory, all to save their lives.
And Jiang Cang listened to the 'whirring' wind outside the window, looked at the somewhat gloomy sky ahead, and there were occasional soaked corpses on the road, but he felt that there would not be many zombies on the road, and he didn't show anything to them, so just rest.
Especially think about it, it was a heavy rainstorm yesterday, and the zombies estimated that they were all hiding from the rain in the city, and there was no one in this big suburb, even if there were zombies, there were not many.
In particular, this road leading to the steel market may be located close to the suburbs, and the zombies are catastrophic in the early morning, so that there are not many overturned or parked cars on the road.
At least the road conditions are much better than in the city, and there is no problem with traffic.
Anyway, along the way, the car crashed over, and there was a triangular iron frame in front of the front of the car, which didn't affect anything.
Even if they encounter scattered zombies, they are completely crushed by cars, and the survivors wield iron tools, and these zombies are finished, and they can't cause any harm to the convoy.
Then you don't have to make a move, or rather, what to do.
In this wave, there were only seven or eight zombies around, and the car was crushed to death as soon as it hit, so what did you do with this strength.
It's better to nurture their bloodiness and improve the 'overall combat effectiveness' of the base.
Because if you have a big task in the future, you need to be away for a long time.
If there is a group of 'sheep' in this base, the 'mission point of the guide' can easily be given by someone.
But in just three miles of road, these survivors were really crazy, covered in blood, red and angry eyes, yelling, waving the deformed iron pipes and knives in their hands, and slashing at the zombies next to the vehicle.
Let's be honest.
Jiang Cang saw them covered in blood in the reversing mirror, and saw them laughing at the zombies being crushed into flesh by the wheels, he really thought that the people who could survive the last days should not have few normal nerves.
Maybe after a long time, they will basically belong to the 'executioner' who kills people without blinking.
This base is really safe.
And, three miles away.
When the car arrived at the steel market, it crushed the zombie corpse and drove into the door of the warehouse where he had come before.
Look the way you came.
In addition to seeing a lot of zombie corpses left along the way, Jiang Cang also saw that after they got out of the car, although some of them had trembling legs and fell down without standing firmly, more people were talking about a 'check count. ’
And 'counting up' is a topic in the base, and it belongs to the 'game of the brave'. ’
It's that after a fight, many people like to get together and talk about how many zombies they have killed.
Perhaps, in this apocalyptic world of killing and repression, only murderous creatures can show their strength, or release the depression that is about to collapse in their hearts.
And now.
As several masters entered the warehouse and went to debug the voltage and power supply inside, there were four or five men covered in blood gathered together, either sitting or standing on the body of the car full of minced meat, resting, talking about the results just now, and were checking the numbers. ’
"I killed five zombies! Joyfully! It's fucking fun! ”
At this time, a big man sitting on the ground was smiling and dancing with steel pipes, and the uncondensed blood on it was flying wildly.
When the few men next to him saw it, they didn't care about the splashing of flesh and blood, anyway, their clothes were already covered with blood and sticky, and they didn't care about more minced flesh for a long time.
And that's not all.
When a young man heard the big man's somewhat nervous laughter, he wiped the blood on his face with his blood-covered hand, and then said with a smile: "Brother Xie, you are a little bad!" Brother killed nine zombies, four more than you! ”
"Really?" Brother Xie laughed and scolded him: "When you first saw the zombie a few days ago, you were so scared that you got under the lathe!" If it weren't for Lao Tzu protecting you, you would have been eaten by Master Liang a long time ago! ”
Brother Xie said, gave the young man a punch in the shoulder, and joked: "I haven't seen you for three or two days, why didn't I know that you were so bold!" I thought you could only hide in the car and kill two or three. ”
"What Xiao Fei said is true!" The people next to him were also coaxing, "Although Xiao Fei was scared stupid just now, he couldn't stop when he swung his stick out!" Yelling as if killing eight? Or nine zombies? Anyway, the fifth is counting next to him, you ask him. ”
"It's nine." Without waiting for Brother Xie to ask, a man who was smoking a cigarette and spitting out a circle shouted, took out a blood-stained cigarette case from his pocket, and threw it to Xiao Fei, "There is still half a box of cigarettes, brother save a few cigarettes, don't finish it for me, this cigarette is now something that money can't buy." ”
"Thank you, brother.." Xiao Fei grinned, "There are so many shops here, I'll finish my work in a while, talk to Brother Jiang, let's go and have a look?" ”
Xiao Fei said, opened the cigarette case with it, and sniffed the clean cigarette inside.
When these people saw it, they hugged and surrounded them, not to mention it, just take Xiaofei's cigarettes first.
After smoking again, waiting for the masters to finish debugging the machine, they still have to go to work and move the goods.
This is a serious matter, a serious matter that is more important than 'smoking' and 'counting the numbers', and no one dares to be ambiguous about the orders given by Director Li.
But they didn't finish the cigarette, but one person wiped his hands clean, and then several people came to the door of the warehouse together, and with a slightly clean hand, they flicked the bottom of the box, popped the cigarette, and gave it to Jiang Cang, who was standing at the door as if watching the scenery.
"Brother, the smoke is not good, don't dislike it."
Several big men said, their faces covered with blood and their smiles were a little hideous.
In other words, the waves of people who made smoke with Jiang Cang just now were all like this, and none of them seemed to be 'kind'.
And Jiang Cang saw these big men to give up the cigarette, and took it with a smile, the fifth cigarette, a group of people in a car, exactly five cars, thirty-four people, some people lost their strength, but no one was injured, no one died.
"Kill a few." Jiang Cang also asked them, knowing that they were also checking the number just now, estimating that the last one was combined, and the people in the five cars were compared again.
In these last days, boring people will die of depression.
"Thirty-four, nine of my own!" Xiao Fei replied, reporting that it was their car.
But when Jiang Cang heard it, he ignored them, and suddenly looked at the corner about two hundred meters away.
Because there are three or two, seven or eight of them, and more and more zombies are poking out!
It is estimated that the zombies who did not die along the way, or the zombie groups that heard the sound of cars around, slowly followed here.
The task will not be simple...
Jiang Cang pondered, turned his head to listen, and watched, according to such a small footsteps, there must be at least more than two hundred zombies!
And as the footsteps of 'clicking' got closer and closer.
Many of the survivors resting on the side of the truck or in the warehouse, as well as the master who was debugging the machine, also heard the sound of broken footsteps a little later.
"What a sound.."
'Is it a zombie, or is it a human..'
They guessed, or nervously walked out of the warehouse, clenched their weapons, and looked past the truck parked in front of the door.
But in an instant.
When they saw the dense group of zombies in the distance, rotting and torn clothes, they panicked and choked with fear!
"I'm grass, there must be hundreds of ones?!"
When everyone saw this scene, the scene of people next to their heads was stunned for a while, they didn't dare to count, and the weapons in their hands were a little tight.
"Let's go.." Some people were shivering, their legs were weak and they wanted to run, but they couldn't run, and a few people retreated towards the warehouse.
"Can you run away?!" But when the moment of life and death came, more survivors, the bloody and instinctive survival beasts that had been killed by killing zombies in the past few days, roared angrily, pretended to be brave, copied the murderous iron tools, and stood on the edge of the warehouse.
The car at the door is blocked, as a cover, let's fight.
If you can kill it, you will live.
If you can't kill it, it's a death to hide.
But at this time.
When they were hiding by the door to play cover, they saw Jiang Cang flick his hands, 'sonorous' double knives out of the sheath, and rushed towards the zombie group alone!
"Master Jiang!"
They were taken aback, and many people were ruthless in their hearts, stepping out of the car's bunker, wanting to follow Jiang Cang.
But also in the next moment.
With a flash of the knife, 'poof' blood splattered, and the heads of four or five zombies flew up, but their footsteps stopped.
It's just that although their footsteps stopped, as Jiang Cang rushed into the zombie group, he opened the way with two knives, or cut or split, and the corpses of the zombies fell one by one.
Even the people who were hiding, or those who were about to run, heard the screams or roars of no companions behind them for a long time, and they subconsciously hooked their bodies to look at the scene of Jiang Cang's corpses!
Suddenly, everyone at the door was completely stunned, looking at Jiang Cang's figure in the zombie group, and they didn't know what to say in surprise.
For a while, it was quiet near the warehouse.
There was only the muffled roar of the zombies, and the 'snapping' corpses falling to the ground, as if they had smashed into everyone's chests!
Ten minutes have passed.
The roar of the zombies outside the door stopped,
Tick –
Blood slipped from the knife.
Jiang Cangcai stepped on the corpse, and in the dim sky, he turned around and glanced at the shocked people at the door of the warehouse.
"Don't count them, three hundred and seventy-seven. Load it up. It's getting late.