Chapter Eighty-Four: Choice
"Did you hear that? There is a chance to enlist in the army today. A man excitedly spread the news he had heard.
"Did you hear that the conscription from above was enlisted?"
", of course I know, if you look at the situation right now, those soldiers are doing dangerous jobs. The casualty rate is definitely large. ”
"Son, I can warn you not to be a soldier, or I will cut off relations with you."
"I'm going to enlist in the army, and I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
"Where can I sign up?"
In a plain area, tens of thousands of people knew the news sent by Commander Yang, and at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, whether it was everyone who wanted to enlist in the army or those who came to inquire about the news, they all gathered here.
Xu Xuening looked at Head Yang and nodded.
Regiment Commander Yang stood up and looked at the people in front of him, as well as the soldiers around him.
There are not many soldiers he brought out, and if you really want to escort these people to Hwaseong, they are likely to break here if they encounter a large zombie group.
If they want to reach Hwaseong alive, they must have the ability to protect themselves.
Otherwise, few of these tens of thousands of people would have been able to reach Hwaseong.
Thinking of this, for the sake of these people's lives, he stepped out.
"Ahem," a loudspeaker sounded that attracted the attention of everyone in the audience.
Everyone paused to speak, and looked up at Captain Yang standing on top of a dirt slope in front of them.
Everyone knows what the leading regiment commander wants to say at this time, whether he is really recruiting people to be soldiers.
"Without further ado, I think everyone already knows the current situation. Because of that unknown virus, we have encountered the most difficult stage in the history of human existence. The current virus, because of the widespread infection, has seriously threatened our survival. I believe that when everyone chose to go to Hwaseong on the road, they had already given their lives. When we go out of the city, we are out of the place where the virus threat is most serious, but this does not mean that we are safe, on the contrary, we will face more unknown difficulties on the road ahead. ”
Head Yang looked at the restless people below and continued: "These days, the things we encountered after we left are already known to everyone. Food, we have to figure it out ourselves. Zombies, we also have to overcome. However, this is not just a matter of one person, and any one of you can be infected and it can affect the whole team. Now, we are already facing the most serious problem. ”
"Yesterday, compared to a lot of people who have already seen new people join our team, they brought us important news."
Hearing what Commander Yang said, the people underground began to ask each other.
"What's going on? Lao Yang didn't talk about conscription? ”
"Don't worry, listen to what the man said, maybe this thing is not easy to do, so Lao Yang pushed it out."
"Who's that man? When you spoke to us yesterday, you didn't say anything? ”
Xie Yan looked at Xu Xuening, and she shook her head slightly.
Xie Yan knew that Xu Xuening was not going to stand up and speak, she didn't dare to raise her hand to speak in elementary school, and now she has no confidence in these tens of thousands of people. Even though she knows that what she says is important, she just wants to do things well.
Xie Yan stood up, looked at the people in the audience, and looked at the curious eyes of those people.
Disdain, suspicion, curiosity, and expectation.
That's right, expectations.
Xie Yan has faced countless speeches, from the university's entrepreneurship to the graduation speech of the whole school, from the company's annual meeting to the shareholders' meeting, he has experienced all kinds of scenes, but there is no speech, the audience is full of expectations in his eyes as today.
It was a look of hope.
It was the eyes that crawled out of despair, longing.
These days, they have lost their mobile phones, TV broadcasts, all electronic devices.
All the news was cut off, and they suddenly returned to a bygone era, and they had no way of knowing what was going on in the world.
Even if someone tries every possible way to get some news from Head Yang every day, the news that comes quietly is always bad news.
The city of Gaoning sought rescue
The city of Haichang sought rescue
That period the county sought rescue
The city of XX seeks rescue
……
Every day, such news comes like a piece of paper, but I never hear a word of reassuring news. At this time, even a single word of falsehood was not heard.
There was no one to comfort them anymore, and no news from a single TV station could be delivered.
Panic has already penetrated everyone's hearts, but no one dares to say it.
Can't say
Nor can it be said
Grief is contagious, and at the beginning, when they lost control of their emotions for the first time, a large number of people fell into grief, and despair almost drove the entire team, out of control.
In the midst of tears, some fell asleep exhausted, only to see the death of their companions the next morning.
That night became a pain in their hearts.
Many people silently chose death, suppressed and took away their lives, and at the same time brought the zombies around them.
There was no time to bury the bodies of these companions, and the group was almost wiped out by the zombies who arrived.
In the end, the oldest method was used, a group of ten people, to start dividing the area and comforting each other.
Encourage everyone to support each other and encourage everyone to face difficulties together.
That's what relieved the horror.
It has been mentioned that the psychological condition of modern people is deteriorating day by day, and it needs urgent attention.
However, the increasing work pressure and survival pressure have long made people have no time to pay attention to their psychological conditions, and they will only see a psychologist when they are at the most serious.
Those tumors lurking in the spiritual world of people have not been pulled out, knowing that this natural disaster has completely exploded.
Every day, there are psychiatrists who try their best to get people out of their suppressed emotions.
The group leaders also try to care for those people, but the results are often not very good.
Everyone knows that the fundamental solution is to overcome the zombie virus.
But at this time, no one dared to say this.
Xie Yan looked at the expectant eyes of these people, and he finally knew why Head Yang had let them speak for themselves.
"Guys, the virus has broken out, and there are only two options in front of you. Life or death. ”
Xie Yan stayed for a while, giving the people below time to think.
"Is there anyone here who has not seen a dead man? Raise your hand, please? As soon as Xie Yan said this, no one in the entire venue raised their hands.
"Well, you've all experienced death. Death, what else is there to fear for you? ”
"With the life of your companions, there is still anticipation, and every day is a new life for you."
"We are now facing the problem of the whole community. This is the same problem that species that have lived on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. Over millions of years, some species have been dying out because they have not been able to adapt to the changes in nature. Some species have rediscovered their direction due to mutations and have come out of the predicament of survival. The species that we call a link in the food chain have faced countless problems, and now they are also in front of us. I believe that with the wisdom of our human beings, we will inevitably break through it. Life or death is in your own hands. ”
The people in the audience listened to Xie Yan's words quietly, and they originally thought that they were humble and insignificant, but the hermit's words regained their confidence.
Yes, those ants, insects, and even plants have faced such problems, but some of them have survived in the middle, and what can't they survive.
Want to live
I want to live
The seeds of hope slowly took root in my heart and began to take root and sprout.
More and more people are seeing the anticipation in the eyes of their peers.
Encouragement, mutual encouragement, support each other, and live together.
"We are a few days behind you, and we have encountered a lot of zombies on the road, but there are also many people who have sacrificed their lives in order to keep their families and companions alive. They work harder than ever. Therefore, Heaven has not done us any wrong. ”
He showed the spars in his hand, and the colored spars were magnified through the screen.
"These are the hedrons we found in the heads of zombies on the road. After some of their companions ate it again, they had an ability. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the audience was still calm in the excitement and tears just now, and after hearing this sentence, he suddenly paused silently for three seconds.
Abilities
What ability?
Did you hear me wrong?
Countless people are turning over the river and the sea in their hearts. More young people are the first to reflect this.
Is it really an ability?
They looked at Xie Yan excitedly, and their fanatical expressions almost melted the people in front of them.
"This ...... This one...... And this ......" projection screen gradually showed a few photos of zombies, and after being enlarged, it immediately made some people excited.
But Xie Yan still stated quietly, no matter how excited the emotions of the people in the audience were, "The appearance of these zombies is most likely to find spars." If you find one, try to find it in their bodies. Of course, we've already had a group of people eat the hedrons of these zombies and have developed abilities. ”
Saying this, Xie Yan made Han Xiaoxiao stand up, and a huge fireball as high as a person suddenly appeared, and then immediately extinguished.
"But there are also some people who don't have any effect after eating it. As for whether it will cause other counter-effects and directly turn into zombies, further investigation is needed. Everything is unknown. But, we now need fifty people to try this test. If you are willing, you can come to the front desk within 15 minutes from now to sign up. ”
"What's the good of that?" Someone suddenly opened his mouth to ask.
"Nope. If you want to try, you can come, if you don't want it, forget it. ”
"How do we know if you're a liar?" Hearing Xie Yan's words, someone immediately shouted dissatisfied.
When Han Xiaoxiao heard the people in the audience say this, they all wanted to go over and beat up the two goods. These hedrons were finally found in the zombies' bodies, and they almost died several times in the middle. If it weren't for Sister Xue Ning's insistence on giving everyone a fair chance, he would be reluctant to give these things in exchange for his life.
"You can be a liar for me." Xie Yan's words stunned the people below, and they didn't know what to say.
"Fifteen minutes, you have fourteen minutes to think for yourself. Life is your own, not for you. ”
After Xie Yan finished speaking, he walked down the dirt slope.
He went back to his car, found a glass of water and drank it slowly.
The others looked at the hesitant look of the people in front of them, shook their heads, and followed back to the convoy.
In the end, more than 40 little soldiers and nine ordinary people stood up, each holding a spar, wrote his last words, swallowed water and sent it down.
It was a small choice in life, but it made a huge difference.