Judging from the location marked on the map, the temporary garrison of the troops was not too far from the riverbank, and after three hours of travel, Wang Zhen could already see the abandoned factory in the distance.

Before the end of the world, it was originally a heavily polluted chemical plant, which was strictly ordered by the government to be rectified many times, and even experienced a large relocation of the factory site, which also made the chemical plant far away from residential areas and villages, and had a certain guarantee of safety, so it became the preferred location for troops to set up camp.

The route of the troops' march is perfectly planned, they know the best route to the target location, they know how many safe houses to rest along the way, and even the arrival time has been strictly planned, this is the importance of the distribution of functions, and this chemical plant is an important stop in the army's march.

Compared with the disciplined army, the team of refugees led by Fan Zixuan was like a swarm of headless flies scurrying around, and it was a miracle that they had survived until now.

However, this time, the route planning of the troops was obviously wrong, and they encountered a large-scale zombie attack.

As far as the eye could see, the surroundings of the chemical plant were densely packed with all kinds of mutilated corpses, and the smell of decay filled the air, stimulating the nerves of everyone in the field.

Obviously, there was a terrible battle here, and most of those soldiers died here.

In such an apocalypse, it is normal to see dead people, but seeing mountains of dead people is the first time for them.

No one wants to go into a place like this, and the picture they see is so oppressive that they can't breathe.

On the way here, the rat had led people to interrogate Bai Mo and the mercenary respectively, and learned that the unit they were talking about was a battalion on a mission outside, with about 500 people.

can wipe out a battalion of 500 people, and they must not be besieged by ordinary zombies, and it is very likely that they will encounter a terrifying tide of corpses. Wang Zhen had seen the horror of the corpse tide, and he knew that it was not an existence that could be stopped by human beings at all.

Even if they were heavily armed soldiers, even if they had tall walls and strong factories, they could not withstand the footsteps of the corpse tide that covered the sky.

However, Wang Zhen didn't care about the details of this battle, what really made him care was that the time node when the troops encountered the corpse tide was very special, and the direction in which the corpse tide spread was also very special. According to what Bai Mo and the mercenary said, the time when they lost contact with the battalion was after Niujiazhai was engulfed by the tide of corpses!

Judging from the distance, it is entirely possible that after the corpse tide engulfs Niujiazhai, it will overflow the river bridge and go directly to the camp station.

Therefore, the tide of corpses encountered by Wang Zhen and the battalion is likely to be the same batch!

Thinking of this, Wang Zhen only felt a chill down his spine, and the feeling of fear finally came to his heart.

On the war horse, Lin Jiali obviously guessed this, looking at the traces left by the spread of the corpse tide, she looked at Wang Zhen with palpitations, and the two of them tacitly saw the affirmative answer in each other's eyes.

They escaped from Niujiazhai together, and in order to avoid being caught up by the tide of corpses, they hurried day and night.

If the pace of the spread of the corpse tide has never stopped, and Wang Zhen and Lin Jiali fled in the same direction as the corpse tide spread......

This time, they are a brush with death, right?

Not only Wang Zhen and Lin Jiali, everyone standing in the arena at this moment should be glad for this, they all walked before the ghost gate.

In addition, they also faced another question, according to the trajectory of the spread of the corpse tide, has the human gathering place in front of them also fallen?

They're going right now...... It can't be a dead city, right?

Regarding Wang Zhen's worries, Bai Mo gave a completely opposite conclusion, he didn't believe that the human gathering place would fall easily, because the mission they followed the army to carry out this time was to find the traces of the corpse tide, and to lead the corpse tide away from the direction of the human gathering place without being able to disintegrate the corpse tide!

Let the trajectory of the corpse tide spread and deviate from the gathering place of human beings, this is the content of the task carried out by the battalion.

If they want to lead the tide of corpses, this must be a lifeless task, or they are here to send them to death at all, but knowing this, they still do not flinch. The soldier's spirit of sacrifice made Wang Zhen's heart feel respect for no reason, which is not an awareness that anyone can have, at least at this level.

However, the tragic situation in front of him has more and more highlighted Bai Mo's despicability and shamelessness.

In order to save his life, Bai Mo betrayed his comrades-in-arms who should have lived and died together, while his comrades-in-arms and companions carried out the mission of sacrificing themselves for the sake of human gatherings.

To be able to die in the tide of corpses should be better than to die in a battle betrayed by your companions.

Facing the tragic battlefield in front of him, Bai Mo's face showed no remorse, he probably didn't think of sacrificing himself here in the first place. Unlike Bai Mo, the other mercenary showed a sad expression, according to what the mercenary said, the battalion's encounter with the corpse tide here was indeed an accident, and this should not be a battlefield to defend to the death.

Therefore, this should only be the first battlefield, and along the direction of the spread of the corpse tide, they may still be able to find the second battlefield, and there may even be a third and fourth battlefield.

After all, it was their task to lure away the tide of corpses, and for the sake of the survivors' gathering place, those soldiers would not stay here forever.

And the Free City in Bai Mo's mouth, just as Lin Jiali guessed, was indeed not a name made up by Bai Mo out of thin air, but the original name of the human gathering place they were about to go to.

As for now, after a change of power, the once free city is long gone, and it is controlled by the hardliners who came to power to implement more iron-clad policies.

Therefore, the original city of freedom has also been renamed the Iron City.

As the saying goes, the chaos of times is used to re-enforce the code, and the collapse of the free city is also reasonable, which is no longer in line with the survival logic of today's society. The survival of the fittest, this is the main theme of the last days, and it is also the foundation of maintaining the operation of the survivor city.

Freedom cannot be imagined out of thin air, it needs the support of iron-blooded policies, and only in this way can chaos and crime be suppressed, which is also the reason why Uncle Kuan and others were eliminated by the times, and it is also the foundation of Niujiazhai and Xiajia.

However, Wang Zhen believes that the concept of iron and blood also needs to use freedom to convey goodwill to the world and win people's hearts.

Today's Iron City is in such a delicate situation.

Wang Zhen took a few agile awakened people to search the chemical factory, found some military food and water, and carefully selected the military supplies left behind, but the rest of the harvest was not much.

Most of the weapons and equipment left behind have been damaged, and they have run out of ammunition and are basically useless.

After a simple search, the team did not stay too long in this place of death, nor did they follow the traces of the corpse tide to find the second battlefield, the outcome of this battle was already sealed, and there was no need for them to search for delay.

From here, it only takes a day and a half to reach the Ironclad City if the march is fast enough.

Unfortunately, with the current situation of the troops, it is difficult to reach the speed of the army's march, especially the old and weak women and children among the refugees, as well as the disabled and the sick, which greatly slows down the march of the troops.

With such a mass of personnel, it would have taken them two days to arrive.

Wang Zhen's plan to leave the team was also set a day later.

(End of chapter)