For four days in a row, Zhang Qiru and the four of them were busy with the chariot business, and did not care too much about the changes in the outside world, let alone go out hunting, until the governor's clerk arrived.

"Hunter Zhang, the Governor is invited!" The clerk was very polite, he understood that the status of the person in front of him was by no means ordinary, although he was also a person with some status in the government, but Zhang Qiru was now a popular person in front of the governor, not to mention, Zhang Qiru and others were very capable, and they could not be offended.

"Well, I see, I'll go right away." Zhang Qiru's impression of the governor changed a little, he didn't procrastinate, turned his head to Shang Ze and said, "Shang Ze, you come to guard the door, everything that comes to find trouble, all of them will be shot, there is nothing particularly important, don't disturb your master." In special cases, you can find Mr. Zhao or your master. ”

"Got it, teacher. I'll take notice. "Chaise is also a qualified hunter now.

Office of the Governor.

"Xiao Zhang, I still need your help with something." The Governor has even changed his title.

"Speak, Mr. Governor." Zhang Qiru said.

"Yesterday, satellite monitoring detected a large number of walking corpses gathering 30 kilometers east of the Amagi resettlement camp and slowly moving towards us. I've sent a team to the front to check on the situation, but I'm still not reassured, so I'd like to ask you to come out. The governor looked at Zhang Qiru, "You are much stronger than the soldiers under me, so you have to use it." ”

"The governor has won the award, we are just more accustomed to it, each has its own strengths, if we want to engage in management, we really can't do it." Zhang Qiru smiled.

"You're too modest...... This mission does not need to confront the walking corpse head-on, it only needs to investigate the specific situation of the walking corpse. According to researchers, walking corpses are not intelligent, so how such a large number of walking corpses gathered together and why they did not disperse need to be clarified. The Governor said, and then added, "This time the reward is not much, I know what you are making, I guess you will need diesel, the reward is 4,000 liters of diesel." ”

"Hehe, sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the eyes of Mr. Governor." Zhang Qiru said with a smile, he had long known that the governor was secretly spying on them.

"Don't worry, as long as it doesn't endanger the safety of the resettlement camp, I won't care." The governor was also afraid that Zhang Qiru would misunderstand.

"I think, Mr. Governor, that I have something to tell you." Zhang Qiru planned to tell the governor about the wisdom walking corpse.

"Is it a wise walking corpse? I heard Liang Lao mention it, and they thought it was the name you gave to some kind of special walking corpse. I don't think so, I guess you've met some kind of walking corpse that might be wise. I figured you'd tell me if I could, so I didn't rush to ask. "The Governor is very wise.

"Indeed, we have encountered a kind of intelligent walking corpse, twice, not the same one." Zhang Qiru said.

"Oh? How do you have a wisdom method? "The Governor felt that this information was important.

Zhang Qiru told the story of how they met the wisdom walking corpse twice. The Governor was silent for a long time.

"In other words, the kind of intelligent walking corpses you are talking about can control low-level walking corpses, including lickers and night demons?" The Governor's face was heavy.

"Yes, but I don't know if there is a limit. Judging from the fact that they can control more than two dozen lickers at a time, it is no problem to control dozens of them. Zhang Qiru also had some speculation.

"It is also possible for them to use the enhanced animals to evolve to a higher level on their own - in other words, the intelligent walking corpses will continue to grow stronger, and the stronger they are, the more walking corpses they are likely to control, and if they are strong enough to a certain extent, they can control tens of thousands or even millions of walking corpses to fight against us!" The Governor was aware of the gravity of the situation.

"Theoretically, it's possible." Zhang Qiru also knew that what the governor said was true.

"Then we must strangle them in the cradle, and the danger of killing one of us is one point less. In case these guys also have high and low levels, the high-level ones control the low-level ones, and the low-level ones control the lower-level ones...... That's a problem! A few days ago, the country's preliminary casualty statistics report has come out, more than a billion people, and now the preliminary estimate is that there are less than 200 million left, that is, there are more than a billion walking corpses outside! Coupled with a large number of walking corpses, once the army of walking corpses is truly formed, non-weapons of mass destruction cannot solve it, and besides, a resettlement camp like ours will not be able to stop a wave of attacks at all! "The Governor is getting more and more serious.

"Therefore, I think the city defense of the resettlement camp must be strengthened, although the hillside can effectively prevent a large number of walking corpses from attacking, but it can't prevent the night demons and lickers, and at the critical moment, we have no energy to stop these guys, once these guys enter the city and break through from the inside, the entire resettlement camp will fall short!" Although Zhang Qiru didn't care about the resettlement camp, he still didn't want hundreds of thousands of people to die in front of him.

"Don't worry too much about that, we've been prepared for it a long time ago. The Engineer Corps has been busy with this matter for the past few days, and most of the mountains have been disposed of, and all of them have used explosives to blow up cliffs at least thirty meters high. The mountain here is dominated by various stones, and there is no landslide. However, our walls have not been completely repaired, and the original plan was to build only 10 meters, but now it seems that it is still too low, at least 20 meters! However, except for the main wall, which is a little higher, the rest of the city is 10 meters, and it is too late to repair it now. So, we urgently need to find out what is going on with the walking corpses to the east, and preferably lure them away. The Governor said.

"That's dangerous, if the walking corpses really attack the main wall, it won't be a problem. The main walls are long enough to disperse the forces. If you attack the side walls, the narrow valley will pile up corpses, which will quickly flood the walls, and once the corpses have piled up to six or seven meters, it is possible for the night demons and lickers to climb up. Zhang Qiru felt that the ten-meter city wall was very dangerous.

"Alas, there is no way, we can only plant a large amount of explosives at the walls of each side, and if it doesn't work, we will blow up the mountain, delay the time, and then evacuate through the other gates as much as possible." The Governor sighed.

"Then I'll go to the east and reconnoiter to see if there's any chance of diverting the walking dead. But I don't think there's much chance of it, and with what I know about the intelligent walking dead, they won't be fooled. Zhang Qiru realized that the role of the wisdom walking corpse in the corpse group is very large.

"Then please." The Governor was also polite.

After saying goodbye to the governor, Zhang Qiru returned to the garage.

"Qiru, I'm back. What is the Governor looking for you? Zhao Yun asked.

Zhang Qiru talked about the matter.

"This is not good news...... Zhao Yun touched it, "I also have some bad news." ”

"Say."

"According to the latest broadcast, a large number of trees have grown in the middle and lower reaches of the southern great rivers, occupying large areas of cities and towns, and wild animals have begun to appear, many of which are extinct species." Zhao Yundao.

"It's not bad news, after so many years of afforestation, it's finally succeeded." Zhang Qiru didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"It's not bad, but the bad thing is that the area of forest land is still expanding, and there is a tendency to develop into large river basins, and of course it doesn't necessarily cover us."

"Do you feel like once the numbers get to us, the camps will have to be relocated?"

"Of course not, we are not afraid. The point is that the phenomenon of the jungle appearing this time is global, so the world climate has also changed. Winter will come early here, and the temperature will be much colder than usual. To make matters worse, most of this season's crops have died in the fields, and experts say that there will be a big increase in new crops next year, so we are now facing extreme food shortages. ”

"Don't we still have a lot of food?" Zhang Qiru wondered.

"It can still last for two months, we now have three more mouths, and we haven't looked for food for a long time, plus the eldest brother's reserves have basically been squandered by our cars, and after two months, we will also run out of food." Zhao Yun spread his hands.

"I'm going, so serious? The surrounding 30 kilometers have basically been swept away? If you want to find food, you can't go dozens of kilometers away? "Zhang Qiru hasn't thought about food for a long time.

"Do you know that, big brother?" Zhao Yun was helpless.

"How long is winter coming?" Zhang Qiru asked.

"The cold air has already reached Outer Mongolia, and at the current rate, it is estimated that it will arrive in a month, and then it will last for four months until February next year."

"Will the central base be affected?" Zhang Qiru thought that the central base was on the west side of Outer Mongolia, and he didn't know if it would be affected.

"Yes, but not seriously. It's much lighter than ours, about the same as a normal winter. However, there are strong soldiers and horses over there, and there are all kinds of grain depots, oil depots, heavy industries, etc., even if there is a cold winter. Our side is different, we have not got any of the city-level grain depots around Tiancheng, only six county-level grain depots and the city-level grain depots of Tiancheng City, it is still difficult to feed 600,000 people, one pound of rice a day, the whole city is 300 tons, and a month is 9,000 tons! There are still a large number of refugees who are taking refuge, and food distribution will soon be restricted. Zhao Yun has a clear grasp of "money".

"Then we have to prepare in advance, don't be caught off guard. But for now, let's do the Governor's commission, and the Governor has paid him four thousand diesel. ”

"Four thousand liters? So generous? ”

"This old guy probably intended me to do some special work, but he hasn't told me yet." Zhang Qiru knew that the governor was an old fox, "But it won't be a difficult thing." When the matter is done, we will go and find reserves, and we must prepare the chariots and reserves before winter. ”

"Well, now that the tank shell has been installed, the details have begun to be cut and processed."

"Gotta hurry!"

Zhang Qiru felt that the time for the real test was coming.