ACT116: Bright Flowers

Two hours later, the roundabout personnel were assembled and ready to go.

Ming Junwei and Lao Tian had a brief discussion, and decided to suspend the construction of the laboratory first, put aside all the affairs that needed to be handled by manpower, and gather all the combat units to prepare for the rescue. Lao Tian is easy to solve here, a group of field ghosts are Wu Wentao's descendants, I heard that the boss is in trouble, so it is naturally incumbent on him, as for the interior of the roundabout, there is more or less a situation.

It's not a big deal, but it's embarrassing: it's understaffed.

As we all know, the roundabout lost a large number of people on the night of the acid rain corpse mutiny, and the current population base is quite a lot, but most of them are female dependents who are not capable of fighting. The addition of Wu Wentao's troops brought a group of bandits, and at the same time raised the number of non-combat units to a higher level, so that if all the troops were dispatched around the island, the base camp would face the dilemma of having no soldiers to defend.

The female dependents in charge of internal affairs are by no means useless, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, Ming Junwei believes that they will definitely be able to deal with the walking corpses in the city, but the potential threat is not only the walking corpses, but also Wu Wentao's old colleague, Caroline. Since the last fight, the foreign girl has not shown up again, Ming Junwei and they swept the strawberry field, and the nails that were close at hand were pulled out, and at the same time, it can be regarded as a bond with the foreign girl. Originally, with the help of Wu Wentao's many bandits, everyone also had some confidence in dealing with foreign girls, but the situation of the coal pulling team made it necessary to mobilize manpower around the island.

Meng Fan couldn't provide more information, and the whole person was in a trance, Song Yao and Luo Yu took turns to fight, but unfortunately they couldn't get an answer from her mouth. The two women did not embarrass Mengfan, they are both women, they can vaguely understand a little, and originally wanted her to rest around the island, but Mengfan insisted on going with the team, considering the situation she might know, Ming Junwei did not stop her.

As the only one who escaped back, Lin Daochang naturally needed to follow the large army, this time Lao Lin did not flinch, and repeatedly mentioned the scene of the day to everyone, hoping that everyone can take it seriously, and never happen again The tragedy of capsizing in the gutter. The faces of the people around the island were awe-inspiring, Wu Wentao's expression was as usual, the ghosts were generally nervous, and they were disdainful of Lao Lin's statement, stubbornly thinking that it must be Song Jiu who dragged the captain back, and thousands of walking corpses couldn't help them, which onion was a few savages?

Ming Junwei is helpless about this, the two sides are ** teams, and no one has the right to command the other party, since they are full of confidence, he can't forcibly pour cold water.

"I'll leave the roundabout to you." Ming Junwei glanced at the clear sky and secretly prayed that the trip would go smoothly.

"Don't worry, you have to be careful." Xiao Wei nodded, he didn't go with the team, and the cook Jia Yinuo and the others stayed with him to guard the roundabout.

"Well, it's not far, it shouldn't be too long." Ming Junwei responded, and when he saw that Song Yao and the others had already prepared, he advised: "In case of a situation, remember not to fight hard." ”

"I understand." Xiao Wei knew his worries, and originally wanted to ask if he wanted to keep some reserves, but then he thought that if Ming Junwei and they were also planted, the people around the island would definitely not be of any use.

The gasoline stored around the island had been given to the coal pulling team before, and the search team in the city had not yet had time to find new resources, but fortunately, the two vehicles left by Ming Junwei in the fire compound still had surplus food, so that the rescue team would not be allowed to march on foot. This time, almost all the people were dispatched, and the people on both sides added up to forty, and the sophisticated weapons of Yishui were majestic and high-spirited, and under the leadership of Lao Lin, they went straight to the high speed.

In the car, Ming Junwei, who had a dignified face, suddenly smiled, and several people around him were puzzled.

"Yaoyao, your younger brother is really similar to Jiang He." Ming Junwei put on a cigarette, motioned to the graduate student to open the car window, and lit the fire beautifully.

"Huh?" Song Yao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant by mentioning this stubble.

"Everywhere you go, not a single grass grows." Ming Junwei pursed his lips and shook his head with a wry smile.

"It's not a family, it's not a family." Song Yao smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth and turned her head to look out the window.

……

Caves, dark rivers.

The turbulent water washed against the dark rock walls, and the tentacles on both sides of the river were slippery, covered with cold moss, and the rocks lay in the middle of the river, blocking the flow and stirring up large splashes. There was a sudden crisp sound in the darkness, as if a hard object was hitting the rock, and in the thick ink, a naked figure hugged the boulder in the middle of the river, and climbed up with his hands and feet.

Song Jiu was soaked, his hair was sticking to his face, droplets of water were sliding down his cheeks, his lips were pale, and his teeth were bumping violently. The sound of the water rushing in my ears was very loud, the echo of the confined space was bursting, and it was pitch black all around, and there was no sense of direction at all, and if there was no water flow, I couldn't even tell which way I was washed down.

Song Jiu lay on the boulder for a long time, cold and shivering almost swallowed his reason, fortunately the claw hammer was always in his hand, otherwise he really didn't know where he would end up. Still careless, just to avoid the pursuit of the bald monster, for a while forgot that the natural environment is also sinister, in the strange cave rashly jumped into the dark river, looking back to think about it is really fatal, who knows how deep the dark river is, will there be other waterways in the river that dissolve and collapse...... Song Jiu forced himself to keep his eyes open, curled up on the cold stone and rubbed his body hard so that the blood could continue to circulate, and his fingers and toes were almost numb, and he couldn't even feel their presence.

Song Jiu took a deep breath and sat up with his body propped up, he didn't know where he was now, let alone how to return to the cave, his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, there was a deep darkness in front and back, left and right, the sound of water murmuring, and there was no other movement.

Originally, he just wanted to jump into the dark river to avoid the skinheads, he knew that the bald people didn't seem to be afraid of the cold, so he held his breath and swam deep for a distance, never thinking that the water in the depths of the river was so turbulent, not like a shallow water like stagnant water at all. In addition, his vision was blocked, and his body couldn't move, so he didn't wait for the bald people to approach the dark river, and he fell into the river without paying attention, and was swept out by the rapid current in the blink of an eye.

His little knowledge reserve was obviously unable to deal with the dangerous underground river, he thought that this was just a pool of surface water seeping down, but he never expected that this was actually a living water, and in a panic, he just poked his head out of the water, and struggled to plop his hands and feet to prevent himself from sinking, and he felt that his body suddenly fell with the water, and then seemed to fall into a wider water, and the water seemed to be less turbulent.

It's false to say that you are not afraid, facing the walking corpse and facing the red mother and facing the deep cave are two different things, Song Jiu thinks he is strong-willed, but he still inevitably feels a little desperate when he is in the boundless darkness. Song Jiu silently muttered the names of Jiao Ziqian and several people in his mouth, trying to stay awake in this way, he heard that some people have claustrophobia, and it is easy to hallucinate in a dark space with only monotonous sounds, Song Jiu feels that he has not yet reached the point where the oil runs out and the lamp is dry, his mind must be clear, if the spirit collapses in this environment, it is really not far from death.

Song Jiu sighed, spread his legs and straightened the chain between his wrists, raised the mallet to identify the position of the screws, poured some strength into his arm, and smashed it hard.

Boom

The sound of gold and iron echoed far away in the darkness, buzzing and echoing, and the ankles were numb from the shock. Fortunately, the shackles were all old things, and a hammer went down quite effectively, and the lock was loosened, and it was squeezed hard, and it broke into two with a clatter. Song Jiu was overjoyed, stepped on the chain between his wrists with his feet that were out of trouble, continued to exert force in an extremely distorted posture, and finally freed his hands after a long time. I couldn't get it on my neck, so I could only hang it first, and I took a breath, carefully climbed down the boulder, and little by little I probed the sewer under my feet and climbed up to the riverbank.

Song Jiu touched the ground, there was no sand, it was all cold and sharp stones, there was only moss in this kind of place, and it was estimated that it was difficult to find vegetation for fire. Song Jiu groped for a relatively flat ground, took a breath and did a few sets of warm-up exercises, faintly felt the wind passing by, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to carefully distinguish the direction of the wind. After a while, feeling that his body had regained some heat, Song Jiu did not wait any longer, and carefully crawled and moved along the trajectory of the wind, struggling towards the possible exit.

I couldn't feel the passage of time in the dark, Song Jiu didn't know how long he had been gone, and he wanted to give up several times in the middle, but he rested for a while and survived. Song Jiu estimated that he should have found the right direction, the sound of water in his ears became smaller and smaller, and the way of travel gradually changed to climbing, the terrain was gradually getting higher, the gravel was gradually decreasing, and there were more craggy big stones, although it was dangerous, but it was much easier to walk.

The darkness in front of him gradually faded, and a faint light appeared in the distance, fluctuating and disappearing.

Song Jiu stopped, leaned against the boulder and rubbed his face, was it an illusion? Bending down, he picked up a handful of water and slapped it on his face, trying to sober himself up, and stared for a long time, the light in the distance was still there, and the dancing was non-stop, and the wind was strong and weak.

Song Jiu had a little hope in his heart, he climbed up with his hands and feet, it hurt to step on sharp stones with his bare feet, but at the same time, it was better to judge whether his feet were safe, he held his strength and climbed a distance, with the light fluttering in the gap, Song Jiu jumped on a platform, the stones under his feet became flat, and some crazy vines could be faintly seen above his head, and cobwebs were generally attached to the mountain.

Song Jiu was a little confused, he didn't know much about the relationship between the cave and the mountain, he looked back at the height he climbed, and vaguely felt that his current location should be higher than Hongma's base, could it be that Hongma's nest is underground? Just as he was thinking wildly, there was a low whimper sound from the gap in the light, like a woman suppressing her cry, and the cold wind penetrated Song Jiu's ears little by little.

Song Jiu couldn't help but shudder, and couldn't help but think of many mountain ghosts and gods in his mind, and he bravely leaned over, the gap seemed to be naturally formed by sand erosion, very narrow, full of moss and some dry and hard things that didn't know anything. When you reach out, it's not a mountain rock. Song Jiu couldn't help but wonder a little, clutched the chain to prevent making a sound, climbed up on the sand, and glanced through the palm-wide gap, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Behind the gap appears to be a cave, the entrance of which is sunken and can be seen as excavated, like an oil pot, with the mouth open towards the top position. There was a bonfire burning in the cave, and a man and a woman sat by the fire, with their backs to the narrow slit, and the light of the fire pulled at the figures, and they couldn't see their faces clearly. The woman by the fire was weeping, and the two of them looked embarrassed, their clothes covered with dust, machetes stuck in the side of the fire, and two large backpacks.

The man was very burly, and the stick stirred the fire, and a clay shell was dug out of it, and in a low voice, he said, "Don't cry, eat something." ”

The woman shook her head, her voice choked: "I don't want to eat." ”

Song Jiu sniffed, and said in his heart that he would not eat it for me, buddy is almost hungry and stupid.

The man was not reluctant, he knocked the mud lump with the back of the knife, the mud shell cracked, and the steaming heat came out, and the oily blades of grass wrapped something in the fragrance.

Song Jiu's saliva was about to flow out, and he tried to buckle the dirt on the edge of the gap, which was not too hard, and he wanted to shout out loud, but he was afraid of scaring people, so he had to continue to peep patiently, and his mind turned to think of a way out of trouble.

The man cut off a piece of fatty meat with a knife, blew it and handed it to the woman, who said that she would not eat it, but her body took the knife very honestly.

"Eat, only when you are full will you have the strength to cry." The man reassured.

"Don't cry anymore." The woman wiped her tears, took a bite of food, turned her grief and anger into appetite, and muttered, "I didn't find the body, maybe it's still alive." ”

The man sighed and said in a low voice: "I also hope that Doudou is still alive, but we have to face the reality, there are so many walking corpses, she didn't bring weapons, and she ran into the mountains and forests for fear of more than luck." ”

"We're also in the mountains, don't we live well?" The woman turned her head to look at the man, with tears on the side of her face, her eyebrows and eyes were very good-looking, and she was also a young girl.

"But the walking corpse chased into the mountains." The man shook his head, didn't continue, was silent for a while, and said, "That's it, let's go into the mountain to find it at dawn, okay." ”

The woman nodded, burying her face between her legs, her back still shaking.

Song Jiu wiped his saliva, and while sighing at the endless road, he was glad that his memory was good enough, and his voice changed in ecstasy: "Comrade, help me." ”

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