I licked my fingers, which still had the salty taste of beef jerky, and put the brochure that I had read more than once into my backpack. Every time I have time to rest, I can't help but look at it and think about what happened to us in the past. Coincidentally, this manual was found in the supply backpack given by Liu Licheng after we left Tianyang, and I don't know what his purpose was in doing so; Maybe it's just out of sympathy for us.

We should already be on the outskirts of Nanning by now, and if nothing else, we can return to Nanning tomorrow as we wish. Judging by what happened in the morning, the situation here is probably not much better, maybe worse than Tian Yang. As the capital city, the population here is obviously several times larger than that of a small town like Tianyang, which means that we may have to face more mutants, and the fact that the marauders in the morning are so rampant shows that the power to restrain the mob is quite weak, and it is even possible that no one dares to resist them at all. It seems that we still have a long way to go, and even returning to the city that should be called "home" will not be safe.

"Brother Heng."

As soon as Long Hao approached, I hurriedly put away the manual and all kinds of nostalgia for the past, although my heart was not completely calm at this time. "What's the matter?"

"Now that we're almost back in the city, what are we going to do next?" Long Hao spoke the hearts of each of us, and the room was suddenly shrouded in confused silence.

"I kind of want to go home and see......" Long Hao whispered secretly, "I don't know what has become of my family now......

"How can it be? Outside the city, it's not much better inside the city. Wei Liqin spread his hands and said without any scruples, "If you want me to say that it is best to find a place as our base in Nanning first, and wait for everything to be stable." ”

"How do we know where to set up camp without going into the city and looking around?" Huang Weizheng asked, "What will we do when we run out of food and other supplies?" What is the distribution of forces in Nanningli? We haven't figured out who is the enemy and who is the friend, and it is easy to follow the mistakes of our Tian Yang. ”

Liang Minxuan chewed a large piece of preserved fruit in his hand and said: "I think what Huang Weizheng said makes sense, since these problems can only be solved after going into the city to investigate around, we might as well go to Long Hao's house to have a look; Anyway, I don't have any memories of my home, and I guess it's in ruins. ”

"We have cars and guns, so as long as you are careful, it shouldn't be too dangerous to do this during the day."

After getting Huang Weizheng's support, Liang Minxuan raised his forehead more confidently and said, "It's so decided!" Du Yuheng, you don't have to express your opinion! ”

"Shhhh Don't talk! The slightest sound outside the door immediately touched my nerves, and I was on high alert for many days of traveling, so much so that I could feel the sound of glass shards being trampled on the walkway outside the door.

"What?" Liang Minxuan glared at me, and she would have scolded me as usual, but this time she could see that something was wrong with my face.

I didn't pay any attention to the eldest lady's protest, but grabbed my rifle and glanced at my friends, jumped out of bed, and quietly approached the door, observing the situation outside the door through the cat's eye on the door; The dimly lit aisle was empty. Huang Weizheng turned off the lamp at the head of the bed, turned on the safety of the shotgun, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, opened a small slit in the curtain, glanced out, turned around and shook his head at us, indicating that the mutants wandering downstairs were not abnormal.

"Brother Heng, are you too nervous?" Long Hao, who was holding the homemade spear behind me, said to me nonchalantly.

"No, I heard the sound of glass shards being trampled on the outside." I shook the muzzle of my rifle in the direction of the door and insisted.

"Do you want to tear us off, Du Yuheng?" The muscles on Liang Minxuan's face, who was standing in the safest position in the center of the room with Chen Mo, had not yet relaxed, and this sentence was more like her comfort to herself.

"Am I as boring as you? Be quiet. I lowered my voice and retorted, just about to check again to see if it was safe. But what I saw in the cat's eyes was darkness! I froze in place, and with my right hand I made a vigilant gesture behind me, signaling for my friends not to act rashly.

In just a few seconds, I could feel something pressing on the other end of the door, and I was also watching the movement in our room through the cat's eye. There was a double bump on the door, and my friends behind me were all startled, but no one felt the slightest sound, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be blocked by us at this time.

"If you think about it, let's find a room where we can hide quickly." A girl's clear voice came from outside the door.

"No way, there must be someone behind this door." The boy who was just a door away from me said categorically, "If it's a scavenger, we'll be miserable." ”

The girl outside the door begged, "Wei Hong, let's go quickly!" ”

"No, I'm going to make sure you're 100% safe." The darkness of the cat's eyes suddenly became clear, and as I expected, the boy named Wei Hong just now kept looking at me through the cat's eyes. He looked away uneasily, and I could finally see the true face of him and the girl.

The corridor light in the hotel corridor is not bright in the first place, but I can still know the outfit and appearance of the two people outside the door. Their clothes were more or less shabby; I don't know if what they call "scavengers" is the same type of organization as "marauders," but they look more like literal scavengers in my eyes.

These two guys look like a brother and sister, the man is probably not much older than us, like a college student; The girl is more like a junior high school student. She was carrying a large swollen travel backpack, a blue thin down jacket similar to Chen Mo's hooded jacket, and the jeans on her feet had been worn to pieces, but at a glance, she knew that the quality was absolutely high. Don't look at the girl's bloated dress, you can see that she is slimmer than Chen Mo. Her slightly puffed cheeks reminded me of the white rabbit in the cartoon with a carrot and jumping around, and her fair skin and big bulging eyes deepened her cute image like a white rabbit.

Compared with the girl's white and jade-like complexion, this guy named Wei Hong is much darker, and I don't know if it's because of the light or the girl's snow-white gives people an obvious contrast, Wei Hong can't be called a yellow race, and his chocolate-like black skin makes people feel more like a white and black mixed descendant. He wore a dark blue denim jacket on his upper body, but it was the camouflage military wearable trousers on the lower half of his body that caught my attention, and the military boots on his feet reminded me of the soldiers I met in Tianyang.

Wei Hong is similar to us, not as tall and straight as Xie Tao, but the big backpack on his back does make us admire a little; I guess I'm going to have a bit of a hard time carrying it. He did not hold a rifle or any other firearm in his hand, but a black athletic crossbow, the whole bow of which was longer than I remember, and the rough appearance was not overly embellished, and the skids of the crossbow arm had been polished, and a homemade crossbow bolt rested on it; The rest of the bolts were all tucked into the leather quiver on his left leg.

Wei Hong also wore a Han sword on his waist, it is estimated that this should have been a handicraft collected by a family, and no one would have thought that it had become a powerful weapon now. Compared with Wei Hong's set of extremely effective weapons and equipment, the mountaineering cone in the little girl's hand was a little dwarfed like a fruit knife next to a big knife. But it is undeniable that even so, the two can be regarded as the best ones who can survive the apocalyptic chaos.

"Then let's go somewhere else." The girl said indifferently, "There are so many houses around anyway. ”

"Wenyu, listen to me, it's dark now, we can only rest here, but I have to make sure that at least this floor is safe, so I can rest assured that you can rest here."

I didn't expect Wei Hong to be a good bodyguard with a sense of responsibility, I looked at them with relish on the other end of the door, but I felt that I had something to do with myself, after all, this kind of good drama is not common in the last days.

"Okay, listen to you...... You're more verbose than my dad. Wen Yu stood aside with a pout, just like a sister who couldn't resist her brother and had to act obediently.

"I shouldn't have taken you out today without listening to the professor's advice." Wei Hong shook his head helplessly, turned to face my direction, straddled the crossbow behind his back, pulled out the Han sword at his waist and stood in front of him, and said to Wen Yu beside him, "You step back a little." ”

"Hmm." Don't look at how naïve Wen Yu was when talking to Wei Hong, when faced with an unknown threat behind the door, she immediately showed her battle-hardened caution, clutching the slightly funny mountaineering cone, waiting for Wei Hong's order.

Wei Hong took Wenyu to the door frame and disappeared from my sight, but I could still feel them moving by the door.

"Hey! The people inside listened, we were ordinary students, just coming out to find some medicine for our team, and there was no hostility. Why don't we all meet and talk, so that all of us can spend the night in peace? ”

As soon as I turned around and wanted to ask everyone what their intentions were, who knew that Liang Minxuan directly snatched my question and asked quietly, "What should I do?" ”

I shrugged my shoulders and said I didn't know what to do, and everyone fell silent. Judging from their previous conversations, these two people should not be some unscrupulous people, and we are superior to them in terms of equipment and numbers, so there should be no danger in facing the two of them like this, but if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of what kind of trouble, who knows what trouble these two guys of unknown origin will cause us.

After leaving Tianyang, almost a year has passed, and it is another round of spring and winter, under the tempering of various helpless choices and threats from all sides in the last days, we have gradually faded away from simple student ideas, and replaced them with selfish survival after the original world morality was shattered**. Feeling social has replaced empathy for others, helping others has become redundant, and keeping a low profile is a guarantee of safety, and constant vigilance is necessary to avoid surprise attacks...... I feel like I can write a last-day survival guide, and I would definitely write one if I had the chance.

I was still waiting for my friends' response in a cranky way, when Huang Weizheng stepped forward and gave me a look, knowing that this was a prelude to our negotiator's appearance, so I obediently stepped out of the way and stayed behind him; Even though the shotgun in his hand was more than enough to deal with the two guys outside the door who were just armed with melee weapons, I still didn't want any accidents for the two of us at this time; I can only use my hands and not my mouth, so I can only protect my partners in this way.

Huang Weizheng unlocked the door and gently opened the door. He did not go out of the room, but immediately stepped backwards after opening the door completely, and stood at the entrance of the entrance at a distance, and suddenly pulled the bolt of the shotgun, and the click of loading was like a warning to outsiders. The muzzle of the shotgun was not mentioned by Huang Weizheng, but I believe that as long as that Wei Hong has any unusual moves, he will definitely shoot without the slightest hesitation.

"We are also not hostile." Huang Weizheng said calmly, "But your actions are not as honest as you say." ”

Well said! I resisted the urge of admiration and glanced at Huang Weizheng, this guy really feels like a negotiator.

Wei Hong glanced at the door frame like a shy kitten and then immediately retracted, and then continued in a crisp tone: "Each other. ”

Seeing this, Huang Weizheng shook his head and motioned for Wei Liqin to turn on the lights, and the light around him suddenly became a lot brighter. Huang Weizheng and I also put our guns in front of us with one hand at this time to express our sincerity, hoping that Wei Hong would let down his guard.

"Now it's okay." Huang Weizheng asked.

Wei Hong glanced at us uneasily, and under the warm light, everyone's friendliness was also unobstructed, and the tense atmosphere just now quickly disappeared. I shook my head and hinted at whether Wei Hong should also withdraw his weapon. He also retracted his dagger with understanding.

"I'm sorry, but the situation forced me." Wei Hong's tense head suddenly relaxed a lot, and he reached out his hand in a friendly manner without waiting for us to respond.

Huang Weizheng shook hands and said, "I understand." ”

"My name is Wei Hong, this is my friend, Zhang Wenyu." Wei Hong moved away as he introduced, so that we could see Zhang Wenyu, who looked innocent and even a little unresponsive like Chen Mo.

"Hey!" Zhang Wenyu showed her white teeth and beckoned to us with a grin, as if she had no idea that we were likely to misfire just now. There was no trace of the tiredness on her face after the apocalypse, but on the contrary, it was full of vitality and vitality, as pure as a jade that was not stained by the mud.

After getting used to the kind of distrust and vigilance after seeing strangers, we didn't know what expression to use to face Zhang Wenyu's innocent smile.

I was still thinking hard about what expression to use to respond to Zhang Wenyu, and Chen Mo in the room waved her hand excitedly as if she had known her for a long time: "Hey! Come on in! ”

"Okay!" Zhang Wenyu didn't have any scruples, she didn't care about me and Huang Weizheng in front of the door, as a matter of course, she got into the room between the two of us, and started their conversation with Chen Mo as if they were old at first sight.

It's really like a gathering of likes, and the smell of these two natural girls makes it unnecessary for us to have any negotiations.

Huang Weizheng sighed, reluctantly got out of the way, shook his right hand into the room, and said with a smile: "Come in, it seems that there is nothing more to say." ”

"I, I think so." Wei Hong shook his head awkwardly and walked into the room together in the company of us.

As soon as the door closed, the sense of security returned, and we seemed to have two more companions, the boys had some safety concerns, but the girls were in a monstrous circle by their nature, and it didn't take long for us to start talking about topics we couldn't understand.

After a brief greeting introduction, the girls' small words were almost over, and Wei Hong took the opportunity to ask Huang Weizheng beside him: "Hey, by the way, you just said that you rushed back from Baise...... So that the other side has already fallen? ”

"The word fall is a bit exaggerated, but it's pretty much the same." Huang Weizheng handed Wei Hong a bag of food, and he didn't know what it contained; I hope it's not my favorite beef jerky.

"Hell ......"

"What's wrong? Having trouble? ”

"It's okay, we originally wanted to retreat over there, but it looks like we'll have to go to the beach." Wei Hong explained, "But the road in the direction of Beihai is no longer passable......

"Why did you leave Nanning?" Liang Minxuan interrupted the conversation as usual and said, "It took us a lot of effort to come back, but I didn't expect you to escape from here." ”

Wei Hong glanced at Liang Minxuan and replied as if reporting the situation to his superiors: "The current situation in Nanning is very complicated, there are several forces in the strongholds of human beings entrenched in several important areas alone, plus the group of ghouls who hide in the corners and haunt at night, our weak survivor group can only choose to leave. ”

"Ghouls?"

"It's the zombies that mutated after being bitten." Zhang Wenyu answered my questions like a primary school teacher.

I didn't expect someone to give those monsters even more domineering names than I did, and I reluctantly said, "Oh, we're calling that thing mutant." ”

"Mutant ......," Zhang Wenyu held her chin and thought about it, and suddenly smiled at me, "It seems that you are more appropriate!" ”

"yes!" The first time I was recognized, I couldn't help but look up proudly and scan my friends with the eyes of a victor.

"Ouch, people are courteous to you, what are you proud of." Liang Minxuan slapped me on the head mercilessly and shouted, "Listen to people talk about business." ”

As usual, at such a nonsensical moment, Huang Weizheng will definitely not speak from the position of a thorn like me, but I still want to be glad that he did not fall into the ground, but continued to ask Wei Hongdao: "Do you know what the distribution of power in Nanning is now?" ”

"Well, it's hard to say. The most domineering and powerful should be considered a group of bandits in Wanxiang City, we call them scavengers. "The Wanxiang City that Wei Hong said is the largest shopping mall in Nanning, and it has everything in it, and it is estimated that the things on the shelves alone are enough for us to survive this winter, not to mention the stocks in its warehouse. Not only that, but Wanxiang City also has a five-storey underground parking lot, the last of which is designed as a bomb shelter. It can be said that during this period, Wanxiang City was the strongest castle of doom.

"We also encountered a group of bandits today, but we call them all marauders."

"If you encounter a bandit around here, it shouldn't be the scavenger I said." Wei Hong corrected Long Hao, "The scavengers have recently been fighting with the survivor camp on the green hill for control area. You're probably running into bikers. "Qingshan was originally a tourist attraction in Nanning, and the low hilly mountain roads and some walled scenic buildings are now a powerful barrier for those who hide inside. Qingshan and Wanxiang City are separated by several blocks, but I suspect that the two forces that also have a unique advantage must be incompatible.

"Those men were on motorcycles, driving pickup trucks, and some small arms ......"

Before Long Hao could finish describing it, Wei Hong affirmed their description: "Yes, these are the people who just destroyed our camp a while ago. ”

"We just taught them a lesson today." I smirked, "Anyway, they definitely scrapped a motorcycle, and I guess the guy who rode the motorcycle is either dead or disabled." ”

"Wow! Are you so good? Zhang Wenyu looked at me with bright eyes, and the eyes full of worship were so dazzling that I felt uncomfortable.

"Uh...... Of course! ”

As soon as my chest stood up, Chen Mo immediately dismantled the stage without giving face: "Please, Du Yuheng, if it weren't for Huang Weizheng today, we don't know what would have happened." ”

Seeing that Chen Mo was defending her love for boys, I didn't refute her. After all, I'm a soldier now, so it's better to ask some serious questions. So I pretended to be serious and said, "Is there any other organization besides?" Like troops and the like. ”

"Troops?"

"yes, like some rescue organization or an army that helps evacuate."

"When the disease first got out of control in Jiangnan, the government had to blow up the bridge connecting the north and the south, but it still did not stop the disease from spreading. The government blocked all access roads in the city and then set up the only evacuation station at the train station, but citizens had to pass a medical examination one by one before they could get on the train and leave. The armed police and police who maintained order were not able to quarantine and inspect thousands of citizens, and some began to stir up emotions and riots when they lost patience. The army was dispatched later, but by that time ghouls had already appeared in the city center, and the original army of citizens had all become ghouls, and the military could only flee for their lives after firing bullets......"

"The more densely populated the place, the more dangerous it is......"

"That's right." Wei Hong glanced at Huang Weizheng, who was deep in thought, and continued, "We were still waiting for evacuation on the university campus, so we were lucky to escape. ”

"If you say that, it seems that there is no need for us to go into the city." Wei Liqin said, "It's better to find a place to stay." ”

"Where can I go? Go back to your Gao Lao Zhuang? ”

Long Hao's sarcasm was really ruthless, Wei Liqin pushed him and retorted: "Then where do you say we are going?" ”

"Why don't you come with us to Qingshan?"