Chapter 24: Hope

The order of this settlement was originally established by Captain Liu, and now he has re-assigned work to people and is familiar with the road with ease.

"Team Liu, take a break and drink some water!" Shi Qingshan took a bag of purified water from the car.

"Oh, thank you, Team Stone!"

Captain Liu was sweating profusely, took the water handed by Shi Qingshan with both hands, took a sip, and sighed: "Oops! Now there are many better people to arrange! I used to be afraid of being attacked by giant rats, and I didn't dare to sleep at night! Now with these guns, at least the security of the base will be guaranteed in the future! ”

Shi Qingshan asked curiously, "Are the giant rats you said more dangerous than zombies?" ”

"Oops! Much more dangerous! Zombies are slow and have no intelligence, as long as they don't get surrounded by them, they can escape! Giant rats don't! They are swift and cunning, and several of my brothers have been caught up and eaten by them! ”

The muscles on Captain Liu's face were beating as he spoke, and he seemed to have palpitations when he thought about it now.

"So powerful? I've seen the cunning of giant rats, and I was almost fished by them a few days ago! But why didn't they chase and bite me at the time? Is it because they are afraid of light? Shi Qingshan asked.

Captain Liu nodded: "Yes!" They're afraid of light! You've never seen the eyes of a giant rat, have you? Normally the eyes of rats are black, but the eyeballs of these rats are blood red! Once, we went into a small supermarket during the day to look for food, and we came across a litter of giant rats, the size of two small wild boars and the size of seven or eight cats. Maybe it was night when they went in, and they couldn't go after dawn, and when we opened the door, we found that they were all huddled together with their eyes closed, and they were completely devoid of the rampant energy of the night. When we look for something to smash, they will also bare their teeth and threaten, but they dare not open their eyes at all, and they squeak in pain when they open them. In the end, they didn't open their eyes until we set them all on fire! ”

Shi Qingshan's heart pounded when he heard this, and he sighed: "It's really a disaster!" I thought that only zombie humans were going to perish! I can't imagine that these rats are even more powerful! Do you say that the brain-eating worms that infect humans have anything to do with the appearance of these giant rats? ”

Captain Liu shook his head: "I don't know!" After the outbreak of the epidemic, our fire brigade also held a video conference, which was mainly about the infection situation in various places, but when the meeting was open, people kept getting sick, and before the cause of the epidemic could be discussed, the signal was interrupted! ”

Shi Qingshan hurriedly asked, "What about the infection situation in various places?" ”

Captain Liu shook his head: "A national outbreak!" The coastal areas are the most powerful, and the inland areas are also spreading very quickly, but it can be delayed by a day or two, and there is no way to prevent it! Because the infected person has already been infected, a day or two later is just in the incubation period, and the disease has not yet occurred! ”

The more Shi Qingshan listened, the more his heart sank, his home was in the coastal area, although it was a small city, but it was very densely populated, looking at the current appearance of Liancheng, his hometown was probably not much better!

"I don't know how many people have become zombies, is humanity going extinct?" He said to himself with a frown.

Captain Liu thought for a while and said, "Team Shi, I have a discovery, I don't know if you have noticed?" ”

"What discovery?" Shi Qingshan asked.

"I found out that the uninfected people in our fire brigade were in dormitories, and the water used by our squadron was taken from the ground, so I suspected that the city's water network was contaminated. Later, I found out that most of the more than 200 survivors also used groundwater, purified water and stored rainwater, and lived in a relatively closed environment, without contact with external water sources, which confirmed my idea even more! ”

Shi Qingshan's eyes lit up, this was good news for him, his parents lived in the family courtyard of the old meat factory, and they used groundwater, and Captain Liu's words gave him hope again!

"Quick! Stone team, received satellite broadcast! Wang Hongwen suddenly stuck his head out of the chariot and screamed.

Shi Qingshan jumped up when he heard the words and ran over quickly.

A video message by the president of the country, with the aircraft carrier deck in the background, was repeated on a large screen in the car, in which he ordered the entire country to be put under military control immediately, requiring the surviving troops to report casualties, search and rescue civilians in the nearest major cities, maintain order, and wait for the next instructions.

Shi Qingshan watched the broadcast carefully a few times, then turned around and said, "Team Liu, we're leaving!" Before I leave, I want to help you get rid of the criminals in prison! ”

"Great! Thank you so much! Captain Liu happily shook Shi Qingshan's hand violently: "I'll arrange it, leave four guns to guard here, and the rest of the people will go with you!" ”

"No, you don't! Just find three or four people with accurate marksmanship to follow, and the chariot can't sit in if there are too many people! Let's find a few people to help me install the elastic chain first! ”

Captain Liu agreed again and again, found a dozen or so men with quick hands and feet, lifted out a few tables, and loaded ammunition on the bullet chain under the car.

There is strength in numbers! It took an hour for a hand-cranked chain loader and manual loading to complete the ammunition for the machine gun and two vehicle-mounted machine guns. Captain Liu found three firefighters who had touched the gun and came to stand by under the chariot.

Shi Qingshan saw that there was a circle of women waiting to take pictures with her next to An Jia at some point, so he didn't say hello, and took Captain Liu and they got in the car and left!

Who knew that Zhang Gonggang turned the car around but suddenly stopped, poked his head out and asked, "What's wrong, Anjia?" ”

"Where are you going? Why don't you call me? Anja asked loudly.

Shi Qingshan hurriedly jumped out of the car, pulled her aside and said, "We're going to prison!" What do you take you for? ”

Anjia shook her hand and said, "Okay! Now you're in the way of me! You want to dump me halfway, right? ”

"Dumped you? I'm sick...... Miscellaneous...... What the? You, you, you...... You want to go to the capital with us? ”

"Me, can't I go along?" Anjia stammered as he asked.

"Great! Of course you can! That's pretty go-to-go! Shi Qingshan clapped his hands and laughed.

"Look at your bear-like look!" An Jia snorted, and the ten thousand styles naturally revealed between her eyebrows and eyes really made people's hearts stir.

Shi Qingshan was distracted for a while, and immediately bit the tip of his tongue and woke up: "Old ...... Won't Ann come with us? ”

Anjia sank her face and shook her head: "He and the female student looked at each other, the woman's family is still alive three or four, and they are not willing to leave, my father wants me to stay too!" ”

"That's not going to work! Did he take my feelings into account? If I had known this, I wouldn't have let you recognize you! Shi Qingshan deliberately lowered his face and said.

"What nonsense! Why should Lao An consider your feelings? Say a thousand things and ten thousand, I won't stay anyway! I don't want to be someone's light bulb! ”

Shi Qingshan smiled, looked at the time and said, "That's good!" Let's go and get back soon! Take advantage of their unstable foothold and kill them by surprise! Let's rush to the capital overnight today! ”

"Well, then you have to be careful! Don't be reckless, bullets don't have eyes! Anjia said as she stared into his eyes worriedly.

"Don't worry! Bullets can't penetrate armored vehicles! Shi Qingshan patted An Jia's shoulder and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

"What's wrong?"

An Jia hurriedly took off a string of Tibetan silver bracelets from his wrist, held it up in front of his eyes and said: "This is the talisman I asked for in the Jokhang Temple, I haven't taken it off for many years, I borrow it from you!" ”

"Borrow it back? Don't you want to give it to me? Shi Qingshan took the bracelet and teased her with a smile.

Anjia pouted: "This is women's!" I have a chance to ask you for a man to bring it again! ”

Shi Qingshan looked at the bracelet for a while, looked at An Jia's sincere eyes, and gave a thumbs up: "Exquisite!" ”

"You're big!" An Jia raised her hand to hit Shi Qingshan, but when her hand reached the air, she turned around and stroked Shi Qingshan's eyelid wound.

"I'm leaving!" Shi Qingshan smiled, turned around and got into the chariot.

With a buzz, the chariot disappeared from sight, and Anja had a complicated look in her eyes, sighed lightly, and turned back into the crowd.