Volume II, Chapter 7: The Camphor Tree
The third line of small print is just a warning: "When you encounter zombies, kill them if you can." ”
"Sure enough, there are survivors!"
Fu Hongyang stood on the roof of the building, staring at the red characters on the white wall with burning eyes: "The fork in the Wanglou is not far ahead, and the big tree must be a mutated tree, creating a haze-free area!" On the 15th, the survivors gathered, and on the 21st, they came to promote it again, and now on the 24th, they must all be there! ”
Almost subconsciously, he wanted to take Doudou and go to the haze-free area at the fork of Wanglou.
But he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, at half past three in the afternoon, it was still early, so he cautiously did not rush over: "The smog disaster has collapsed the moral system of mankind, and the ghost knows if there is a psychological problem with the remaining survivors, I have to investigate before I can go to the fork in the road of Wanglou." ”
Fu Hongyang is no longer the college student who is still dreaming in the ivory tower, living in claustrophobia and hunting zombies, sharpening him with strong nerves and a cool mind.
Even, he has now begun to enjoy this state of solitude in the haze.
Squinted his eyes.
He turned around and continued to leap along the roof, and soon came to the first fork in the town, the Yanliu fork. Although Taoji Town is a poor countryside, there are also three main streets horizontally and vertically, forming two more "prosperous" forks, Wanglou fork and Yanliu fork.
The Yanliu fork can be said to be the center of the town, and he climbed to the top of the fourth floor of the traffic hotel facing the street to see the whole town - but unfortunately the smog obscured most of the scene, and he couldn't see far.
"There was definitely a battle at the fork in the road, there were a lot of zombie corpses, the blood stains have dried up, it should have been left a few days ago. There are barricades piled up with debris on the streets, and it is conceivable that there are many people on the survivors' side, organized by the town government, and there are small-scale confrontations with zombies. ”
He wasn't Sherlock Holmes, and he couldn't find more through subtle clues, only a guess.
After observing for a while, I continued on my way, and after crossing the street, the buildings were no longer next to each other, and there were many small alleys that were blocked. Fortunately, there were no zombies here, he could go directly along the road, and when he was about to reach the fork in the Wanglou, he hid in the house again.
Move forward little by little.
Finally, in the field of vision, I saw a special transparent halo belonging to the haze-free zone, and on the periphery of the halo, there were two rows of cars on the street, which happened to cut the street together with the buildings on both sides.
On the street, there are still black charred black ruins, Fu Hongyang thought about it for a while, and then thought clearly, this is probably the corpse of a zombie after burning - zombies will also rot after death, and if they are not treated, some terrible infectious diseases may break out, besides, there are too many zombies to die, and the smell is also unpleasant.
"Further on, we will reach the fork in the road of Wanglou, and it seems that I have heard a voice over there." Fu Hongyang carefully climbed over each building.
The supplies and the like in these buildings were emptied.
When he could fully see the haze-free zone, he found that someone was standing guard on the roof of the opposite building. It should be three people, sitting in a corner of the roof, playing poker. Occasionally, I look up to see what's going on outside the haze-free zone, but overall, it's more relaxed.
"There are almost no zombies around here, and there are basically no dangers to the survivors in the haze-free zone." Fu Hongyang judged in his heart that the urgency of the settlement was less than he imagined.
At least three survivors of the sentry also know how to play cards and relax.
He tried his best to avoid the eyes of the sentinels, quickly climbed over the courtyard wall, and then sneaked into the haze-free zone. The huge tree is clearly presented in the field of vision, it is a camphor tree - Taoji Town has responded to the construction of the new countryside in recent years, and the streets of the town have not only been widened, but also planted with many camphor trees.
The camphor tree grew hugely, much taller than the naked eye, perhaps forty meters long, and the entire fork of the royal tower, including the surrounding rows of buildings, was shrouded in a canopy.
"Bigger than my tree...... But if I hadn't moved the tree, maybe my tree would have grown so big. ”
I didn't know what was going on in my heart, and a stream of sour water came out.
There is a tree house on the camphor tree, and obviously the concept of a tree house is not only something that Fu Hongyang can think of. However, more people here live in rows of buildings, busy carrying all kinds of supplies. In the middle of the fork in the road, next to the trunk of the camphor tree, there are several diesel generators.
The diesel engine did not generate electricity for the time being, but there were many sockets around, and there were messy wires, and a few wires even went into the canopy of the camphor tree.
At night, it is estimated that the electric lights will come on.
"There are quite a few people, four or five hundred." Fu Hongyang silently estimated, "There are many young and strong, and there are many women and children, but there are almost no old people, and they should all have turned into zombies...... The virus in the haze is difficult for the elderly to resist...... Well, there's someone making noise over there. ”
He looked at the building in the distance, a group of people were gathered together, and he could vaguely see a person lying on the ground crying and making trouble.
Within a few minutes, several uniforms driving the chengguan electric patrol car came over to separate the crowd and drag up the people lying on the ground.
It's a woman.
Not knowing what was said, the crowd gradually dispersed, leaving the woman sitting on the front steps, motionless. The people around them continued to go about their own business, as if they had become accustomed to the woman's behavior. Fu Hongyang also looked away and looked elsewhere.
The green belt near the fork in the road has been dug up with flowers and trees, and various vegetables have been planted, and the growth is very gratifying.
A group of dogs were confined in a courtyard, and from time to time there was the sound of dogs barking; Occasionally, you can still hear a few pig calls, and I don't know where to raise the pigs; Rice noodles, mineral water, bacon, and other foods are piled up around the trunks of trees or hung on branches; There are also several large trucks, which are being converted.
The arc light of the electric welding flashes and flashes.
Even Fu Hongyang saw that on the corner of the street, several people were practicing martial arts, fighting each other with sticks: "These people are a bit powerful, not weaker than my sword drawing skills, and their reactions are also very quick...... It must be an evolved person who has eaten the fruit of the camphor tree! ”
He could see fist-sized green and black round fruits on the branches in the canopy. I didn't smell the fragrance, it should be just an ordinary fruit, and as for that kind of fragrant fruit, it was probably eaten by these people who practiced martial arts.
It's just that I don't know how many fragrant fruits the camphor tree can bear.
In his superficial cognition, fragrant fruits are relatively scarce, and there have been two fragrant fruits in total, and the tree has produced three fragrant fruits.
For the first time, there was only one fragrant fruit, which was a strong fragrance type; the second time, there are more than a dozen fragrant fruits, lightly scented type; The third time there are six pieces, which are also lightly scented.
"If my black tree continues to grow, I guess it will be able to bear a second batch of fragrant fruits, right?"
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a car in the distance, and on the street at one end of the fork in the road, a group of people quickly rushed out to move the car blocking the road. Immediately afterwards, an SUV rushed out of the haze and plunged headlong into the camphor haze-free zone. Many survivors quickly gathered towards the SUV.
A few people got out of the car.
Dressed in a police uniform, with an obvious gun at his waist, he was talking loudly to the survivors.
It was too far away for Fu Hongyang to hear clearly, but he saw the three people on the roof of the building over there, and one of them quickly got up and hurriedly went downstairs, obviously also went over to inquire about the news.
"Hmm."
Fu Hongyang touched his chin: "It seems that the atmosphere is not bad, there should be no danger in the camphor haze-free area...... It's only been three weeks since the disaster, and the survivors all look normal. ”