Chapter 323: The Migration Path
By about two o'clock in the afternoon, the procession had traveled about thirty kilometers. This speed is extremely fast, because except for the first ten kilometers or so, there is a decent road, and the rest of the road is all in the grass. Not only is walking in the grass more physically demanding, but it is also easier to encounter mutated creatures that are attacking, so the team's speed slowly slows down.
What's more, at first, everyone had high morale, but after the passion, the super physical exertion was reflected.
After Zhang Le killed a swarm of wild bees with the death ray, he ordered the python to stop. He had to stop, because the line behind him was getting longer and longer, and there were fewer and fewer people able to keep up with him.
Nearby, a gravel wasteland, with a greatly reduced weed population, only clusters of low shrubs and a handful of tall tropical trees, the view is much wider than the previous one, and there are far fewer mutated creatures than in the previous stretch.
Cai Kangjian followed Zhang Le closely, he carefully avoided the body of the giant python, approached Zhang Le and asked, "Comrade Zhang Le, are you resting here?" ”
"yes, the team can't keep up!" Zhang Le said.
"Comrade Zhang Le, I suggest, don't stop, it's okay to walk slowly, even if you overcome all difficulties, you must reach the business road in one go!" Cai Kangjian hurriedly said.
"It doesn't have to be like this! With me here, I'll just keep most of you safe. Wouldn't it be better to rest for a while, drive a little more before dark, and arrive at the business road by noon tomorrow? Zhang Le asked with a frown.
"But...... It's so unsafe for so many people to spend the night in the wild! Cai Kangjian sighed. There's one more thing you don't know. The team at the back expanded again, and several small nearby gathering areas joined the team. Now the target is getting bigger and bigger, and if it drags on for a long time, all the nearby monsters will besiege this place. So, we can't stop now, get out of here as soon as possible......"
As if to confirm Cai Kangjian's words, at this moment, there was a scream in the middle of the team! A huge pit appeared in what was supposed to be a straight line. Zhang Legu couldn't be shocked, and flew directly. A herd of huge field mice rushed through the crowd.
Along the way, Zhang Le was most worried about this large-scale social mutant creature. The current creatures in the wild have basically reached the elite level, which is comparable to the strength of second-level mutant humans. Moreover, most wild animals have maintained their fearless nature, which is very different from the nimble humans, who have always had the courage and sacrifice to be in the minority without strict conditions.
In group combat, if the strength is poor and the morale is insufficient, it can also be compensated for by formation. Now, after the team, which had no formation, was completely crushed, the wild mouse herd began to slaughter mode.
By the time Zhang Le flew over, more than forty Chinese had permanently remained in a foreign land. More than fifty giant rats were killed by the death ray, and the remaining dozen were directly shot through the head by him with his fist, and the Chinese around him looked like gods.
Ten minutes later, Wu Changfeng rushed over, and after seeing the situation clearly, he suddenly felt guilty to himself.
"How many people are there?" Zhang Le patted Wu Changfeng on the shoulder and asked.
"The specifics are not clear, but it must be no less than sixty thousand. The line is too long, and if you don't change it, there are many more people who will die! Wu Changfeng looked at the corpse on the ground and said in a somewhat hoarse voice.
"In that case, let's huddle together and hurry, it's okay to slow down." Zhang Le made up his mind.
It lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the new formation was finally assembled.
Thirty kilometers away, the losses are not only the ranks of the Chinese, the scattered death toll has exceeded seventy. Most of them were killed by a single blow from some wild creatures with agility mutations or toxin mutations. However, because they are all lone wolf attacks, and after the attack is completed, these wild creatures retreat into the wild grass again, so they do not attract much attention.
Everyone was extremely cooperative with the requirements for consolidating the formation. Wu Changfeng served as the general guide, and in the end, a dense phalanx of about 400 meters in length and width appeared.
In the center of the formation were women, children, old and young, and infirm people with low combat effectiveness, as well as logistics teams transporting supplies. Although they all set off in a hurry, each gathering point brought all kinds of reserve dry food without accident, but the most abundant and most reasonable combination of Chinese reserve food.
Locals carry simple bread, biscuits and jerky, while Chinese carry a much richer variety, in addition to pasta sacs and steamed buns, there are also pickles, various flavors of jerky, dehydrated vegetables and dried fruits.
Although it is much the same, the means of transportation for transporting materials are without exception two-wheeled flatbed carts with brackets, which are simple to manufacture and suitable for a variety of terrains, and can not only pull goods, but also pull people.
The perimeter of the team is full of power mutants, all of them are armed with long weapons, once a mutant creature approaches, two rows of ten people in a group, forming an attack point, blocking the enemy at the perimeter. Under this dense defensive formation, agile mutants are not very useful, but fortunately, power mutants are in the mainstream among humans.
Because the miscellaneous team in the center occupies too much space, the members in the dense phalanx occupy less than one square meter each, which is a little depressing.
Once the team was assembled, everyone couldn't wait to leave immediately.
It was still Zhang Le who led a group of pythons to open the way, and sixteen giant pythons lined up in a horizontal row, scattered over a length of four hundred meters, and headed for the wasteland.
Except for the leader Black Ash Python, who is the king of the race and is close to the level of high-level creatures, the other pythons are all at the level of team leader or above, which is a cut above the elite level. This group of pythons can only be regarded as above average level in the wasteland, and it is impossible for them to act so arrogantly. However, because of Zhang Le in front, everything has become possible.
At six o'clock in the evening, the last rays of the setting sun disappeared, and the wasteland instantly entered a dangerous night mode. Night is the time when all kinds of insect creatures are active, and at the same time, it is also the time when rodent creatures are active in hunting, which is unprecedented in the last days.
The suppression and taming of the python relied on the biological coercion of the golden dragon, and Zhang Le had more powerful means for the Zerg. However, the sequelae of entering the Zerg mode every time made Zhang Lehou afraid.
Moreover, this sequelae is getting more and more serious, and it has already manifested itself before he opened the Zerg information hormone network. For example, when facing Xue and Fei'er, his impulses are even stronger. For another example, when facing the untransformed Kubu jade bee, he can have some kind of impulse.
Zhang Le speculated that this might have something to do with his Zerg level approaching the lord level. When he reaches the lord level of a certain race, there will be a kind of transformation both inside and outside the body and mind, as if he now steps on the earth, the virtual roots will automatically absorb energy, which has completely become an instinctive behavior.