Hu Kaiqing is thirty in his sixties this year, and he is a very long-lived person. Sixty-three years old is a dying age in the last days of lack of food and clothing, but for Hu Kaiqing, this is an untenable proposition.

Hu Kaiqing is different, although he is old, his strong muscles make many young people in Xiacheng have to admire and worship, thanks to the special physical fitness of Daddy Hu. Although he is already over the age of six, when it comes to getting up, there is no figure in the exploration team who can walk around Daddy Hu's hands.

The special times and special circumstances have created a special Daddy Hu, who has many abilities that ordinary people do not have.

He is proficient in writing, history, and various survival skills, proficient in the use of various firearms, weapons, and various vehicles of the old era, and even can operate the cutting-edge technology of the old era - the brain.

As an old man who has come all the way from the old era, the grief and vicissitudes experienced by Hu Kaiqing are not something that the new generation of chicks can imagine. The amazing experience has forged the authority of Daddy Hu in the exploration team.

At this time, Daddy Hu was crawling on the ground and listening quietly, and his gray beard was stained with a lot of mud and dirt without care. Beside Daddy Hu, dozens of young people of different shapes were waiting anxiously.

After a long time, Daddy Hu got up from the ground, patted the soil on his body, and said, "San'er, go up to the tree to see, the location of the three miles due north, focus on observation, and report any movement immediately." As he spoke, Lao Hu handed a tube in his hand to a man behind him.

The man took the object and tied it with a cloth band, then latched it in his mouth, and climbed the tree like an ape until he reached the top. After selecting the lookout point, Li San took out the tubular object and put it in front of his eyes to peek into the distance.

This is a telescope left over from the old era, a treasure in Lao Hu's hands, relying on this rough telescope with poor condition, Lao Hu brought the exploration team of Xiacheng safely from the wild back to the settlement again and again.

Just now, gunshots rang out in the distance, which made Lao Hu a little nervous. He touched the backpack that was straddling his body, and his uneasy heart became relieved.

Weapons are the greatest asset in the Lower City Exploration Team, and there are not many bullets stored in the Lower City. You must know that it has been almost 20 years since the end of the world, and in a long period of time, many weapons of the old era have been exhausted, raw materials and weapon processing conditions have been lost, and one bullet is less than one round, and the maintenance and repair of firearms has also become a serious problem, and most of those armorers in the old era are old and sick. In fact, human civilization has been shackled in all fields, not only in the military industry.

Lao Hu counted the gunshots, two consecutive shots, three point shots, a total of nine rounds before and after, and it could be heard from the sound that the performance of the firearms was at least seventy percent new. Most of the pistols in the nine rounds were modified weapons, and no one in the entire Xiacheng settlement had such weapons, and Lao Hu could conclude that outsiders had entered this area and were in a lot of trouble.

Not a small hassle, yes, otherwise who would have shot bullets so carelessly?

Li San quietly slipped down from the tree, leaned over to Daddy Hu and whispered softly, Daddy Hu took the binoculars and put them in his backpack, and then Daddy Hu looked at the explorers behind him who were resting in groups, and his white eyebrows wrinkled into twists.

In a short period of time, Lao Hu made a decision that he would no longer wait for those who had not returned, and that he must leave here as soon as possible.

"Assemble them all, pass the word, count the number of people in each team, sort out the equipment, and we will set off in two minutes." Lao Hu shouted in a low voice, and the captains of the various teams beside him heard the order and went into the crowd to carry out the order.

In the next moment, the noisy team quickly quieted down, and spontaneously formed a very regular dozen small groups, and a young man who looked quite like Hu Kaiqing jumped up to him and said: "Father, there are four teams of people who have not yet returned, they are all teams that are heading to the northeast to collect the ropes, should we wait no longer?" ”

Hu Kaiqing waved his big hand to object, and directly conveyed the order without explanation: "Let the reconnaissance team first lead people to disperse and advance in a reconnaissance formation, with a second-level alert level, 150 meters and a sentry, and collect the environment with a radius of two kilometers in front, and after a minute, each team will return according to the planned route, and we will strive to rush back to the settlement overnight." ”

Hu Kaiqing drew his waist knife and slashed it on the big tree, making a big mark, and he gave the final guidance to the team that did not rush back in this way.

Everyone didn't have any objections, in the Xiacheng exploration team, Daddy Hu is the absolute authority, since Daddy said so, there must be a reason for him, so everyone packed up their equipment and followed their team to prepare to retreat.

The exploration brigade began its return march in an orderly manner, each carrying large bags and small bags. These packages contain fresh fruits, vegetables, wild grains, hares, elk, moles, turtledoves, sparrows, pheasants, and ducks, but the biggest catch this time is a litter of wild boars caught by the two squads, and these young pigs may be good meat for the winter.

Since the end of the world, the natural environment that had suffered great damage has reached the level before the destruction of the old leap forward movement after more than ten years of restoration, and all kinds of captive livestock escaped from the cage and returned to nature, inhabiting and reproducing safely, and after losing the biggest natural enemy of human beings, almost all animals and plants have been given great space for development.

Fate is also ridiculous, the zombie X virus that makes humans talk about tiger color change has not affected other animals. It seems that no other creature except humans will not worry about the persecution of the X virus, perhaps this is the so-called karmic reincarnation.

Fortunately, there is no endless road, because of the support of these wild animals and plants, the Xiacheng settlement can last for so many years.

Daddy Hu looked at the harvest of the exploration team, this exploration only completed three-quarters of the progress and ended hastily, I am afraid that another exploration will be organized before the winter, and then go to the river valley in the south to have a look.

The precise sixth sense always tells Daddy Hu that this place is no longer safe and must leave quickly.

Lao Hu has always believed in his sixth sense, and this indescribable sense of crisis has saved his life many times, and this time will be no exception.

The exploration team marched through the jungle in an orderly manner, like a twisted snake, gradually disappearing into the depths of the green field.

About four hours after the expedition team left, Wang Qiang came to the meeting place under the tree. They had already left, and according to the Hu team's mark, they would rush back to the settlement overnight, Wang Qiang thought as he looked at the big tree that had been cut down into road signs.

Looking at the moonlight in the sky, and then at the injured leg he was bandaging, Wang Qiang knew that it was too late to go back tonight, and the sky was already dark.

It is extremely dangerous to travel at night, and it is necessary to find a place to hide quickly, otherwise it is very easy to be attacked at night, because the visibility of human beings at night is extreme, coupled with long-term malnutrition, resulting in the prevalence of night blindness, and the night is a nightmare for human beings.

Finding a tall and stout tree, Wang Qiang climbed it and built a simple tent out of branches and canvas. Then take out a tin jar, which is the ashes of the zombie corpses, which can make the camp safer, and take out a handful of zombie ashes powder from the tin jar and scatter it around to cover up the breath of the living.

After covering the injured foot wrapped in coarse cloth with a piece of flesh peeled off from the zombie's body, Wang Qiang finished all the preparations.

Lying on the branch of a giant tree that was quite wide, General Wang Qiang ate a little wild fruit, and took out a biscuit the size of a fingernail from his pocket, which was searched from the dead Lu Ming's military bag.

Wang Qiang couldn't remember when he had eaten a biscuit once, so he gently opened the tin foil package, pinched a small piece, and put it in his mouth. With this peculiar biscuit, Wang Qiang felt a smell of starch and rice bran, as well as a little salty, which was really delicious.

Thinking of the dead Lu Ming, Wang Qiang felt sad for a while, if that strange good person would not die, maybe everyone would become friends.

After a long day's work, Wang Qiang thought wildly and soon fell asleep.

The night of the forest is full of silence, where the moonlight falls, there is always a little light and shadow, and occasionally a crow chirps, full of ghostly feelings, making the forest more and more depressing. While he was asleep, Wang Qiang suddenly felt the sound of rustling under the tree, which was like a reptile swimming on the beach, and like a wheel running over the muddy ground, in short, it didn't sound very comfortable.

The sound went from far to near, and finally stopped under the tree, and then the sound of nails rubbing against the tree, yes, something was climbing the tree.

Wang Qiang rubbed his astringent eyes and looked sideways at the bottom of the tree, trying to see clearly what was disturbing his dream with the help of the moonlight. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, I was scared half to death when I saw a black press under the tree, and a cannibal zombie with its head upstretched and its claws stretched out! On those rotten faces beyond recognition, a pair of dark green pupils shimmered with the light of hell.

Wang Qiang felt creepy, and raised his eyes to see that everywhere he could see was full of zombies, densely packed and countless! These monsters huddled together to create a unique dense terror, and countless heads appealed to him for blood, and Wang Qiang didn't dare to look at it a second time after seeing it for the first time.

He thought of Lu Ming who was sleeping next to him, and hurriedly lifted the tent, this Lu Ming was good at everything, but he slept too dead and heavy at night, and he didn't react. Wang Qiang thought to himself how this girl became a soldier, and now she can still sleep soundly.

With his life in jeopardy, Wang Qiang picked up his fist and smashed it at Lu Ming, hoping to wake up this lazy soldier so that they could find a way to escape together.

A few punches slammed down, Lu Ming woke up slowly, his mouth let out a grunt of dissatisfaction, and then slowly turned to look at Wang Qiang. Wang Qiang was about to say that you should think of a way, the two brothers are about to feed the zombies, but they glanced at Lu Ming's face - the blue and black face was full of blood and fat maggots, and there were corpse worms crawling in and out of his lips, and Lu Ming was chewing! And Lu Ming's bottomless pupils burned with a raging glow, just like those monsters under the trees. Lu Ming looked at Wang Qiang, grinning wide, revealing his white teeth.

Then Lu Ming stretched out his dark hands and grabbed him.

Ouch my mother! Wang Qiang screamed and fell directly off the tree, and at the moment he landed, Wang Qiang seemed to see countless pairs of big hands under the tree to greet him, and the zombies in front of him were singing, dancing happily, as if celebrating the harvest, and then, there was no more.

Wang Qiang found himself lying under the tree rolling left and right, a ray of morning light shining through the leaves on his eyelids, Wang Qiang sat up straight, only to realize that he had just had a terrible nightmare.