Chapter 15 - The Test of the Living Corpse
The next morning, after the training camp and breakfast, the three groups each went out on motorcycles with weapons and equipment.
Liu Jianyu and Zhang Hongda stayed behind, while Zhou Zhiyuan, Chen Guohao and Xie Dongcheng, drove in an off-road vehicle with search and rescue drones and weapons to the nearest small village.
There are many natural ecological parks around the airport, as well as dozens of villages ranging from more than 20 households to more than 200 households and 3 towns, and between villages and towns are large areas of farmland; At least a dozen villages were on the planned escape routes.
Of course, not all Zhuangzi had people, and many of those houses were empty; After all, now is the era of scientific and technological agriculture, as long as you have the field of several people, one person can do all the farm work; Therefore, many farmsteads and houses are only occupied at certain times.
After arriving at the gate of the nearest small village, Chen Guohao brought the drone equipped with a thermal camera and a telephoto lens to the top of the village; Then Zhou Zhiyuan and Xie Dongcheng followed Chen Guohao's instructions to kill the living corpses in the house.
The first hamlet consisted of only about 20 low houses, and soon all the living bodies were killed; The three of them returned to the car and headed for the next target.
The next village was much larger, with more than 60 houses; Looking at the picture on the drone, there are about 2 or 30 living corpses, but Zhou Zhiyuan and them are just a piece of cake.
The three of them used a carpet search to clean up, and one person went door to door to visit one street after another; It didn't take long for another village to be cleared.
There are only more than 60 living corpses in the largest Chenjia Village, and it is estimated that the explosion at the airport before attracted the living corpses on the road.
The three of them were too lazy to kick the door one by one, and drove the car to the middle of the village; Take out the imported bass Bluetooth speaker, and put the electronic dance music to the loudest; It didn't take long for the living corpses of the whole village to slowly approach them, chopping melons and vegetables for a while, and then calling it a day and moving on to the next target.
"Brother Yuan, I want to experiment with the sense of smell of living corpses, I always think that living corpses should not find people by movement"
As he was heading to the next village, Xie Dongcheng suddenly spoke
"Okay, wait a minute, you can run a few laps and sweat; Take a look upwind"
Zhou Zhiyuan said with a smile
When he arrived at the next village entrance, Zhou Zhiyuan parked the off-road vehicle upwind; Xie Dongcheng started exercising on the spot.
This is also something that cannot be helped, and now their physical functions are different from ordinary people, even if they are under the sun, they will not sweat much; Unless there is an action that consumes energy.
Xie Dongcheng, who was covered in sweat, stood at the entrance of the village, and it didn't take a few seconds for the living corpses in the house to come out!
"I'm going... It's a dog's nose," Chen Guohao exclaimed
Although the village where they are now is not large, the road in the village is more than 200 meters; The smell of Xie Dongcheng's sweat attracted all the living corpses in the house in front of him.
Zhou Zhiyuan took the ice axe in both hands and killed all the living corpses one by one, and then went to the next place again.
"I feel like living corpses can smell organic excrement with human bodies"
Xie Dongcheng said solemnly
"You mean that and pee attract them?"
Zhou Zhiyuan asked
"Uh... Yes"
Xie Dongcheng was stunned for a moment
"No wonder... Living corpses will surround residential areas."
Chen Guohao said
"Ah Hao, wait a minute, you go to the upwind to pee and try it"
Zhou Zhiyuan said with a smile
Chen Guohao nodded, the technical man is also very experimental; Not to mention the big things that matter to survival
After clearing the remaining villages, Zhou Zhi still had a long time to see; I discussed with the two of them to go to a small town of more than 400 households about 4 kilometers north of the mall.
"Ah Hao, scratch it with a drone to see if there are many living corpses"
Zhou Zhiyuan said to Chen Guohao
After the drone came back, Zhou Zhiyuan took out a survival knife; After disinfecting it with an alcohol sponge, he made a cut on his arm, and then took out a few pieces of gauze to suck up the blood that flowed out.
"Hey, Brother Yuan, why did your wound coagulate so quickly"
Xie Dongcheng said in surprise
Although Zhou Zhiyuan's wound was not deep, ordinary people would not be like him, and the blood would not even be squeezed out in a few seconds.
"Strange, there seems to be a thin film on the wound; I can't squeeze out the blood."
Zhou Zhiyuan was also surprised
"Yes, it seems that our bodies have changed much more than just strength and brains."
Xie Dongcheng Road
In the midst of a few conversations, the living corpses in the town were unusually active; They all walked towards Zhou Zhiyuan's position, and the speed was faster than the usual movement.
"Look, the living corpses are coming!" Chen Guohao shouted loudly
Zhou Zhiyuan and Xie Dongcheng turned their heads to look, only to see a large group of living corpses striding towards them; And as if excited, black and gray blood vessels appeared on his face.
"I'm going, I've stabbed a hornet's nest!" Zhou Zhiyuan exclaimed
The three of them took out their weapons and prepared for battle
Not far away, on several four-story buildings, several living corpses fell from the balconies; Some of the living corpses even knocked down the iron gates and walked out.
The three of them are second-hand and each hold a weapon, and Zhou Zhiyuan likes to use an ice axe; Xie Dongcheng and Chen Guohao took the camping axe, and the three of them scattered and rushed towards the corpses.
Zhou Zhiyuan flashed between the two living corpses, and his hands were divided left and right; The tip of the two ice axes pierced the back of the head of the living corpse to the handle, and then pulled out the ice axe and took a step forward; Second-hand slashed downward, the tip of the pickaxe piercing into the heads of the two living corpses that lunged forward; Every time he shot, he fell the living corpse of the two.
Chen Guohao and Xie Dongcheng cut their necks, and the living corpses where they passed were separated from their heads.
Although the number of living corpses is not large, there are hundreds; Although the speed of excitement is a little faster than that of the usual living corpses, the three of them rely on their unusual strength and reaction speed; The battle ended in a few dozen minutes.
"Whew... How can this group of living corpses be different from what you usually see?"
Zhou Zhiyuan exhaled and said
"I think it's your blood that makes them abnormal... Excited"
Because he had killed too many living corpses, Xie Dongcheng, who was pale, said solemnly
"I thought it was just like sweating, but I didn't expect them to smell blood like this"
Zhou Zhiyuan said
"Also, go back and inform the girls; If you have a menstrual period, it is better to wear perfume on your pants, otherwise it will be very dangerous."
Xie Dongcheng Road
"Can you test the distance of the living corpse's sense of smell?"
Chen Guohao asked
"It shouldn't be a big problem, it's just that I don't have the tools right now and don't know the exact distance."
Xie Dongcheng replied
"It's okay, just have a rough idea; Look at the GPS location and map to catch a distance"
Zhou Zhiyuan said
As he spoke, he turned the steering wheel and headed north of the airport; There are also a few small villages there, but park your car about 1 kilometre from the village as seen from the map.
"Brother Yuan, I'll come this time," Chen Guohao said
learned from Zhou Zhiyuan to cut a wound on his arm, swaying the blood-stained gauze in the air; Zhou Zhiyuan and Xie Dongcheng each held a telescope to observe the nearby villages.
Not long after, I saw several living corpses striding out of the binoculars, and the living corpses from several nearby villages were also moving towards their positions.
"You can smell it from such a distance, and living corpses are very sensitive to the smell of blood."
Zhou Zhiyuan said solemnly
After the three of them disposed of the scattered living corpses, they got into the car and prepared to return to the mall, and they had to tell the women in the mall what they found today; Otherwise, it's dangerous.
When Zhou Zhiyuan and his party returned to the mall, the other people who went out had not yet returned, so he held a small meeting with his own people in the safe room.
"Do you think the mall is safe now?"
Zhou Zhiyuan looked at everyone and asked
"I think... We've been a little too comfortable lately, and we're shallow to believe in rescue; People who take it for granted will come."
Liu Jianyu said thoughtfully
The other three looked at each other, not understanding what the two brothers meant
"Yes, our minds have changed to just wait; Just wait until help comes."
"At the moment, I can't receive any official news at all, how many people do you want to escape from such a population in Nandu? None of the military, police, and official people have become living corpses? Guan Haiqin: Her father said that we will wait in a safe place, and we will really wait? Not to mention that she herself couldn't even be sure that her father knew where she was!"
"Now is not a troubled time, but an end time; The only way to survive is to rely on yourself, and I believe that the official will definitely do something; But we can't just wait passively."
"It's only been more than twenty days, and the living corpses are changing, and it will be dangerous if we are still living with our previous thinking!"
Zhou Zhiyuan said to himself as if he was talking to everyone and to himself
These words made everyone fall into deep thought.
"Hao, can that radio repeater be changed to a vehicle?"
Zhou Zhiyuan raised his head and asked
"Theoretically, yes, but I don't have the tools and parts at hand"
Chen Guohao thought for a while and replied
"Well, what's the transmitting and receiving distance of that handheld?"
Zhou Zhiyuan then asked
"3 to 5 km, if there is no repeater"
Chen Guohao replied
After a pause, he said: "Actually, if we don't stay here, we only need to think about food and water, and the radio and radio can be kept in a state of reception."
Zhou Zhiyuan nodded
"Brother Yuan, do you want to get out of here?" Liu Jianyu asked
"I haven't figured it out yet, but I think it's still too close to the city; The change of living corpses makes me feel that this place is still very unsafe."
Zhou Zhiyuan replied
"Also, although this is a suburb, it is still within the administrative area of the southern capital; And there are really a lot of living corpses at the airport, counting more than 20 kilometers away there are 3 secondary cities; If the living corpses have nothing to eat, we will really be dumplings."
Zhang Hongda touched his chin and said
"I'll rub, fat, you said this to my heart; I'm just worried about what will happen to the living corpses if they don't have anything to eat!"
Zhou Zhiyuan slapped his hand and said loudly
"And today's test is only one kilometer, and it is very likely that the perceptual distance of living corpses is more than that."
Xie Dongcheng Road
"Didn't the movie say that a living corpse can survive for 50 years without eating, is it possible?"
Liu Jianyu frowned
"That's the little devil's game setting, it's pure. Every organism needs energy intake to survive; Living corpses don't breathe or have a heartbeat, but they're still a living thing, and their most basic biological trait is to eat..."
Xie Dongcheng said to Liu Jianyu seriously
"Brother Yuan, do you want to tell all of them what you think?"
Chen Guohao asked
"It depends on the mood, although it's not a big deal; Some of them think they can survive the apocalypse after killing a few living corpses, what is it that we slaughter a dozen living corpses in a day? We don't have to care what they think."
Zhou Zhiyuan didn't care about authenticity