Chapter Seventy-Two: Heading South
The sky began to fall with a drizzle, and after the chariot drove onto the street, Liu Shubao yawned and asked Wang Hongwen to drive for him, and he changed to the artillery commander's seat and asked Shi Qingshan, who was sitting in the commander's seat to check the virtual map: "Lao Tie, let's go to the south for at least ten days, right?" ”
Shi Qingshan had already seen that he was reluctant to give up Fang Jing, and he was looking forward to coming back before he left, so he deliberately teased him: "Horseback? How can it be so fast? It's 2,500 kilometers long! For the same distance, it took Tang Seng twelve years to ride the white dragon horse! ”
"Don't make a fuss! Seriously! How long do you have to run? Liu Shubao didn't have the heart to joke at this time.
Shi Qingshan thought for a while and said, "To be honest, I don't know how long it will take. I'm going to go home to see if my parents are safe, and Lao Wang is going home too, if the road is smooth and everything goes well, it will be almost there in ten days, right? ”
"Oh...... It takes more than ten days to go and ten days to come back. I told Fang Jing that I would come back in a month, which is more reliable! Liu Shubao nodded and muttered in a low voice.
Shi Qingshan and An Jia glanced at each other and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you looking for troops with me?" You're not a soldier anymore, are you? ”
"It's not right! I thought about it last night and figured it out! Life can't be without regrets, now it's not me alone, I still have to take care of Fang Jing! Liu Shubao said matter-of-factly.
"But after we get to the army, we may not come back for a while! Are you ready to go back on your own? Shi Qingshan asked worriedly.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain! Let's talk about it then! Liu Shubao said nonchalantly.
Shi Qingshan touched his chin, feeling that this matter was tricky, and thought about it for a while and said, "Otherwise, let's pull Fang Jing together, let's leave one person on duty every night, so that there will be a place to sleep!" ”
Liu Shubao shook his head and said, "No! Sooner or later, I have to come back, Fang Jing wants to go back to his hometown in the Northeast to see, he still has parents, I also have to accompany him back to see my brother and sister-in-law! ”
"Oh...... So? ”
Shi Qingshan suddenly had an urge to let Liu Shubao stay. But after thinking about it again, I still didn't want to speak, and there was no place to find an all-round talent like him in a short time.
"We want to ensure the safety of Sydney! After sending her off, I won't be able to accompany you back! He said.
"Okay! Let's talk about it then! It's not certain whether you can send it away! Liu Shubao turned around and returned to the cockpit.
In the sight of the panoramic helmet, there are still a few places where smoke is rising, and it will not stop all night.
Shi Qingshan had always thought that the fire in some buildings had not been extinguished, but he heard Hu Zhenfeng say last night that in fact, the places where the smoke came out were temporary corpse incinerators used to incinerate the bodies of zombies, otherwise the corpses that rotted in the high temperature would inevitably lead to diseases.
The lives of tens of thousands of people are not child's play, and the most important issue in the safety zone now is safety and hygiene, and there is no need to consider the temporary sufficiency of food.
More than ten minutes later, Sydney's home arrived. Shi Qingshan called her at the door, and after a while, Commander Yang and Hu Zhenfeng took umbrellas and walked out with Sydney and Yanan with a long wooden box on his back.
Sydney's eyes were a little red and swollen, it seemed that she had just cried, and after she slowly climbed into the car, she kept her head down, losing her usual liveliness.
Commander Yang took the initiative to shake hands with An Jia, Liu Shubao, Wang Hongwen, and Shi Qingshan one by one under the car, and said to Shi Qingshan with a stern face: "I just got the news this morning that Tutor Xiaoxue's helicopter has not arrived in Shenzhen, and it has not been contacted so far, so there may have been an accident on the way." Now this information is extremely important, and her safety is up to you! ”
"The old chief can rest assured that he will resolutely complete the task!" Shi Qingshan saluted and showed his attitude.
"Good! I rest assured of your ability! Commander Yang patted Shi Qingshan's shoulder. Don't be in a hurry on the way, go back to your house to see the safety of your relatives first, and then go to Yanan's house to have a look, and tell his father that he can't stand it anymore and will come to the capital. Also, if you run into survivors on the road, remember to ask them to find a way to get to safety on their own. It is somewhat difficult to maintain the three-ring defense line, we must hurry up the construction of the separation wall, and the troops will not have manpower to go out in the near future! ”
Commander Yang said a lot, but he didn't mention what happened in the nightclub last night.
"Yes!"
"Alright, let's go! Bon voyage! ”
Commander Yang was helped by Hu Zhenfeng to climb into the car, without saying a word, patted Sydney and Yang Yanan on the shoulders, turned his head and got out of the car, and got into a wheeled personnel carrier waiting on the side of the road without looking back.
Hu Zhenfeng looked back at the commander's back, hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake Yanan, and said, "Take care!" "Turn around and get out of the car and chase after him.
Shi Qingshan saw that Commander Yang's chariot was not moving, as if he was waiting for him to go first, glanced at the parameters of the chariot on the virtual reality screen, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Target No. 2 highway, go!" ”
Under the floor, the high-power drive motor immediately resounded with a slight whining sound.
The black shell of Thor, which was drenched in light rain, flowed with an oily luster, like a futuristic mechanical reptile, turning around in a small radius in place, winding up the street and roaring away.
As soon as the three-ring elevated defense line came out, the endless zombies that made people's hearts congest appeared in the field of vision again, and when they heard the movement, they came from afar with their teeth and claws.
The newly added shovel at the front of the chariot is effective, and any zombie it hits will spin and fly to both sides.
In the future, I shouldn't have to worry about the broken flesh and bone stubble stuck in the tracks.
When it rains, it stops, the chariot smoothly drives on the G2 Jinghai Expressway leading to Zhonghai, all the way south, out of the Sixth Ring Road, through Tianjin Port, through the new area, into Jingnan, all the way to the closed elevated, there are few zombies, the road is unimpeded, the speed of Thor can drive to an average of 70 kilometers, and in the evening, it has entered the boundary of Hedong.
On the way, they encountered several convoys from the Central Plains, most of which were driving large vehicles converted from scrapped fuel buses and electric trucks with generators, with each team numbering as many as one or two hundred or as few as a dozen people, men, women, and children, all of whom fled to the safe zone after hearing the announcement.
Every time he met the survivors, Shi Qingshan would always get out of the car and exchange a few words with them, but the news he got was not optimistic.
Many provinces in the interior of the south are in chaos, and in a situation where there are no rules and dangers are everywhere, bandits and cults have taken advantage of the situation.
Gangs such as the Chai Knife Gang, the Axe Gang, the Qin Family Army, the Doomsday Salvation Society, and Sun City competed for territory and resources, and the people killed by cannibalism accounted for most of the post-apocalyptic deaths.
There is also the Central Plains region. In the past, there were many people there, and the terrain was flat, and after the end of the world, several zombie waves have been formed, and the few survivors who have seen it still remember the scene at that time.
Looking down from the tall building, the dense zombie team is endless, they are like marching ants without vision, following the movement and smell in front of them, swaying, crashing all the way, constantly absorbing the newly encountered zombies. As soon as a zombie stops or accidentally trips, it will be trampled into flesh from behind. Everywhere they go, anything edible will enter their stomachs, and it can be said that there is almost no grass.