Chapter 131: Cities Are Dangerous Too
With the exception of zoos, most of China's human settlements are devoid of wildlife, and this situation has been largely continued in the last days. The Pearl River Delta region is one of the largest urban agglomerations in China, and there is no room for wild animals.
The two of them passed through a riverside area with abundant water and grass, mostly former urban wetland parks, and high-rise buildings could be seen in the distance, but a third of them were in ruins, and they were overgrown with wild greenery.
Zhang Houde and Wang Zhigao rowed along the edge waters of the north bank of the Pearl River, and along the way, there must be mutant creatures, and there are many threats to human existence, but they are all varieties that Zhang Houde and Wang Zhigao did not expect.
For example, black fish, crucian carp, silver carp, carp, catfish and other fish in the water, such as frogs, toads, water snakes, leeches, red nematodes, shellfish, etc. in the aquatic plants on the shore, and butterflies, bees, wild bees, grasshoppers, spiders, centipedes, ants, moths, etc. in the flowers and plants on the shore, these mutated creatures are generally much larger than before the nuclear war, and their appearance is much more hideous, but when the two saw the huge ducks and white geese playing in the river, the two finally couldn't help laughing.
It is very pleasant, and it is completely different from the mutated species encountered in the ocean, if it were not for the huge bodies of these creatures, the surrounding scenery would be completely a scene of a good harvest in a fishing ground, with fat fish, ducks, fat geese, and fat geese.
Zhang Houde's strength is very great, although it is countercurrent, the speed of the boat is not slow at all, just half a day, the boat from the original Shenzhen Bao'an Airport sunk into the water for most of the time to Dongguan Shajiao Square.
However, the good fortune of the two ended here. Zhang Houde's oars alarmed a huge mutated blackfish that was resting. The overlord of this freshwater area with a body length of nearly 20 meters unceremoniously overturned the small boat in which the two were riding, and in the process of the two of them hurriedly climbed ashore, Wang Zhigao was burrowed into the calf by several nematodes.
These red nematodes are more than two meters long, and their drill-like heads can inject an anesthetic-like liquid into their prey, causing them to lose their sense of pain, and then become silent when they burrow into their prey.
Wang Zhigao is a big living person, naturally not as sluggish as an animal, not to mention, even if it gets into the body, it takes time, and the nematode that is more than two meters long is not two centimeters long.
"Why aren't there any bugs burrowing you?" After Zhang Houde helped Wang Zhigao pull the nematode out, Wang Zhigao asked depressedly.
"You only think about it now, I have perfect skin, very, very smooth, and very Q-bomb, mosquitoes can't get their mouths, so I'm not afraid of mosquito bites!" Although Zhang Houde's face has been turned black and red by the tropical sun, his skin is still delicate and smooth.
"And this benefit, I ...... Forget it. Wang Zhigao looked at Zhang Houde's face, made up for the appearance of himself putting on perfect skin, and refused unwillingly.
Fortunately, nematodes are not poisonous, but even if there are ordinary toxins, it will not cause any harm to Wang Zhigao, who has been injected with the restoration of genes.
It used to be a small park, and there is a well-established gazebo not far from the shore. A few minutes later, the wound healed, and the two sat down on a gazebo chair and settled their lunch, a little jerky, a flatbread, and a cucumber.
During this time, volcanic eruptions on Earth have become more frequent. Although by the beginning of May, the temperature in the Pearl River Delta region was only 15 or 6 degrees. The two of them washed their wet clothes briefly, then hung them on their backpacks and continued on their way.
In a nuclear war, the scope of destruction of nuclear weapons themselves is not very large, especially in cities built of reinforced concrete, where secondary hazards are the key. And in addition to a large number of nuclear weapons, neutron bombs, which have basically no destructive effect on buildings, have also been widely used in warfare. So, despite the fact that many places have been attacked, the Pearl River Delta is a large urban agglomeration, and most of the buildings and streets have been preserved.
It's just that the city is still there, but the people are gone.
Compared to the muddy ground in the wild, the streets are generally smooth and clean, except for the thick fallen leaves, of course. The streets, green belts, and bare land are all overgrown with wild grass more than one person high. In the middle of the road, you can often see all kinds of vehicles that have been rusted, such as buses, cars, battery cars, bicycles, etc. Most of the shops on both sides of the street are wide open and you can see them in full view, but most of them are empty.
Every now and then huge rats pass through the streets, or into the buildings on either side, or climb into the open manholes on the road.
In addition to the military sapper shovel and dagger on their bodies, each of them was armed with a harpoon. Although Zhang Houde prefers to use heavy weapons, one is inconvenient to carry, and the other may be confiscated if he enters a populated area. Therefore, Zhang Houde did not carry his own heavy wolf tooth hammer.
The streets were not very peaceful, and the two walked along the desolate and uninhabited streets for an hour, and they encountered two giant rat attacks, one giant centipede attack, although they successfully killed the mutant creature, but Zhang Houde's harpoon was broken.
The giant rat and centipede all suddenly jumped out of the manhole in the street, which also gave the two of them an extra eye to stay away from the manhole. At the same time, the two of them also understand why all the manholes in the streets are open, and it seems that the sewers have become one of the strongholds of these mutated creatures.
Passing by a large shopping mall selling clothes, Wang Zhigao accompanied Zhang Houde to look for new weapons. At the corner of the stairs, the two found a huge fire axe. When they came out, the two of them took a few more T-shirts out of the store and stuffed them into the backpacks behind them.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and both of them were a little anxious. Although it is said that I have returned to China, this is too different from the imagined China. The two had never had any experience of survival in the wild, and both were a little scared of the night that was coming soon. Although the mutated creatures here are not as big as the sea beasts, they are very fast, and there is no safe area like the Lychee icebreaker, so you can rest for a while if you are in danger.
With the fire axe in hand, Zhang Houde's confidence was much greater, and he said: "I think we should hurry, run, all the way to the west, don't deviate too far from the Pearl River, we can definitely reach the human gathering area in Guangzhou!" Otherwise, at the current rate, I don't know when it will arrive! ”
Wang Zhigao was a little nervous by the mutant creature attack just now, this sudden attack was much more exciting and terrifying than killing prey in the sea.
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Zhigao also agreed with Zhang Houde's idea, but he still suggested: "It's too dangerous to run naked, or let's find something to defend!" ”
The two entered a restaurant and found a four-corner thick square table, Zhang Houde hung the fire axe on the armed belt around his waist, half-raised the table in front of his chest, and the leader began to run wildly, followed by Wang Zhigao. Wang Zhigao's method was really effective, and Zhang Houde, a strong man with a third-level strength, opened the way, and the thick table with oak noodles knocked three passing giant rats in a row, invincible.