It was noon when we walked out of the Dead City Forest, and the humid air and uncontrollable sweat had already soaked our clothes more than once. After a long journey, we were all sweating profusely, my legs were shaking, and my chest was so tight that I had to gasp for air.

But in any case, we are all considered to have walked out of the Dead City Forest alive, you must know that before the change, it is estimated that few people believed that there would be people alive to walk in that gloomy place, and now it seems that everyone is like doing a "pioneering act", breaking into the ghost place one after another, and it seems that everyone no longer takes the horror of the Dead City Forest in their eyes.

Our team came to the Qingzhu overpass, which can lead to Qingshan and is the only way to reach the river, the river embankment is faintly visible in the distance, and the mottled mountain road leading to Qingshan at the other end can still remind me of the disaster in Qingshan; However, to my surprise, the road near the forest side of the Dead City had already engulfed more neighboring blocks, and my alma mater was not spared, and the familiar school gate was no longer visible.

I didn't expect the forest to be so much more deteriorating than I thought; Wei Hong told me that some people in Qingshan estimate that if this level of diffusion continues, maybe in another three years, the whole city will really become a forest. But only if the level of human activity is greatly reduced, because the edge of this forest did not expand so significantly before the destruction of the Castle Peak Safe Zone.

Another noteworthy thing that Wei Hong told me is that there are now small patches of jungle on the original site of the Qingshan Safety Zone, and the frequency of mutants has increased several times, so that they have to find another way to enter and exit Qingshan. It seems that compared to the current rampant mutants and human cannibalism, it is possible that the spread of mutant plants and cancer cells is the deadliest threat.

The roar of car engines suddenly sounded behind us, and everyone hid on the edge of the overpass to hide. A convoy of six or seven armed vehicles of various modifications came from the direction of Wanxiang City, passed under the overpass where we were, and drove straight to the river embankment.

"That's Zhang Xing's convoy." Wei Hong stared at the farther convoy and said, "We have to move quickly." ”

Wei Hong got up and glanced at the few of us, who were about to speed up and leave the overpass, but a few people in the team seemed indifferent.

They looked at each other for a few seconds, and one of them stood up and said to us, "Wei Hong, our brothers don't think it's necessary to take this risk for them. ”

It was the middle-aged scout who had an argument with us just now, and he glanced at his companions with his spare eyes uneasily, and after receiving the support of his companions, he said, "At the beginning, our mission was to detect the movements of Wanxiang City and the people of Jiangshang based on intelligence and try to collect useful resources, and we were not allowed to meddle in their affairs. If it's a clash of small forces, it's okay to say, as you just saw, with such a huge convoy, maybe something will happen. We should hurry back to Aoyama and report back. ”

"It's just a waste of time to discuss this now." Wei Hong scratched his head impatiently, "If you don't want to go, go back to Qingshan." ”

"Wei Hong." The middle-aged man put his hand on Wei Hong's shoulder and said in a calm tone, "Your actions this time can't represent Qingshan, you must know that if you are separated like this, you can't be Qingshan's people." ”

The meaning of the middle-aged scout was actually very simple, he couldn't let Wei Hong drag down the people in the Qingshan Safety Zone because he went to save his friends. Of course, Wei Hong understood what this meant, but at the moment he could only sigh. "Say sorry to Professor Zhang and Wenyu for me."

I don't know what the relationship between Wei Hong and Zhang Xizheng is now, but he and Zhang Wenyu can be said to be like brother and sister, and they are more or less inseparable. I approached Wei Hong and whispered to him, "You can go back, and I'll take care of the rest." ”

"That's not good, you don't always want to be a hero." Wei Hongqiang smiled and patted me, and looked back at Wu Fei who was standing on the side.

Wu Fei didn't seem to have any psychological baggage, she stomped the mud on her feet, and smiled easily: "Don't look at me, I have no opinion, it's important to save people." ”

After some of the people who had no intention of wading in this troubled water left, only Wei Hong and Wu Fei were left in the team, and Sister Jiang was also willing to stay, but her other two friends also decided to go back to Qingshan because they were injured. In fact, this is fine, the small size of the team is conducive to concealment. Wei Hong has an old van hidden near the overpass, and although it has not been modified, it is still a pretty good means of transportation.

At some distance from the embankment, Wei Hong parked the car on the side of the road and did a little simple cover, making it look similar to the scrapped car next to him. The wharf of the Jiangshang people was built under the Huluding Bridge, and there was originally no port here, but later because it was convenient for the Jiangshang people to dock to collect supplies, and to trade with the people of Qingshan and Wanxiang City, Wei Jiahui sent people to set up a so-called port station here. At that time, Jiangnan's condition was out of control, and the government blew up the bridge and closed the city, but the wreckage of the broken bridge blocked the estuary, and the river rose several meters in a row.

Half of the station entrance of the people on the river leans against the embankment under the head of the Hulu Ding Bridge, and we can occupy the commanding heights at the head of the broken bridge. But just as we were about to go up the bridge, there was a loud bang at the end of the river's port, and black smoke billowed up.

"Looks like the negotiations over there are over." Wei Hong quipped while trotting while checking his equipment, "I guess the result is not satisfactory." ”

I glanced at him with a sad face. The weapon in hand is a dagger, and the combined firepower of all of us can't compete with the Jiangshang people or the Wanxiang scavengers. Listening to the gunshots one after another, I could only do something anxious.

We trotted along the side of the road to the gates of the port, where shouts and gunshots rang out from time to time, but the white smoke made it impossible to see exactly what was going on in the harbor. A stumbling figure slowly emerged from the smoke, and we randomly looked to each side for something to hide. The man walked out of the smoke, his whole body covered in blood, and there was a knife mark on his back that ran from his neck to his tail vertebrae. He still has a pistol in his hand, but I don't think he'll have much of a chance to use it. The man walked a few steps, spun around in a circle in front of a rejection horse, and held the rejection horse like a leaky balloon to the ground little by little.

After he didn't move, we all had to step out of our hiding place and gather in front of his corpse. Wei Hong handed me the gun in the man's hand, which was a traditional police Type 64 pistol, and there were only three bullets left in it; Although this little pistol was nothing compared to the rifle I had been using, it was better than nothing; And in the case that humans are enemies, this pistol is still better than the dagger in my hand.

"He's a scavenger." Wei Hong briefly checked the dead man's pocket.

"The knife wound on the back is estimated to have been given by someone from Jiangshang. The two sides clashed? Wu Fei looked at Wei Hong, but Wei Hong could only shake his head uncertainly.

Wei Hong made a tactical gesture to a few of us who were in charge of guarding, signaling us to advance covertly and close our formation. I was in Tianyang before, and Xie Tao had taught a little tactical gestures, but I didn't expect Wu Fei and Sister Jiang to also know it, and it is estimated that these useful knowledge are compulsory courses for them. As for the red-haired man who didn't belong to us, he had to foolishly follow us and follow the same example.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the red-haired man. His name is Liu Yanjiang, and he was a barber in a hair salon before all this happened, and Jiangshang joined Jiangshang people in the early days of his establishment with the Dong brother who was killed by me. Although he worked hard for Wei Jiahui, to put it bluntly, it was also for a mouthful of food. I've killed people, but I guess less than I do; He explained that he still had no patience with humans compared to mutants. This is similar to me, the previous me. But now, I won't hesitate so much, after all, many times, I don't do it, and it's myself who dies. And a lot of people don't think of me anymore.

As he was a prisoner, we did not give him a weapon, although he always claimed that even if the matter was settled, he would leave the people of Jiangshang to join us. We all accept it on the surface, but who can say this kind of thing? Let him prove it himself.

As soon as we entered the harbor, we saw modified vehicles parked in the open area, gimbal vehicles, one of which had a machine gun emplacement, but the machine gunner had been killed with an arrow stuck in his throat. Most of the people in the vicinity of the car had already fallen in a pool of blood, but it seemed that someone still used the car as a cover to shoot back the onrushing people.

There happened to be a hut next to us, and Wei Hong took the lead and led us quietly into the hut. As soon as he pushed the door, he saw two people in the room searching for a dead man. When they noticed our uninvited guests, they picked up their weapons in horror, but Wei Hong didn't say a word, and first shot one of them with a sword, and was about to rush towards him. Seeing that his companion was killed on the spot, the remaining man dropped the knife in his hand in panic. Wei Hong pulled out the knife in his hand in front of his neck, stared at his eyes, lowered his voice and said, "Tell me what happened." ”

"I, we're also eating together, begging to stay alive." That person's whole body was weak, and he had been forced into a corner by Wei Hong.

"It's not my problem."

"I, our boss wants to make a deal with the head of another force, I haven't negotiated. I don't know. It's just that someone gave the order to do it, and we started fighting. ”

"It's like nothing." Wei Hong quickly knocked the man unconscious with a blow from the hilt of his knife, turned to us and said, "This is not a way, we have to find Huang Weizheng and them." ”

We were at a loss when a screeching sound of a car belt twitching could be heard outside the house. A converted cargo van was struggling back and forth under a hail of bullets, smashing into a road that could drive out of the port. The windows of the van were plated with steel plates, and the front windshield was also covered with a layer of iron mesh, so we couldn't see who was driving inside. But the sudden start of this car has become the target of the exchange of fire between the two sides, and people on both sides are firing at this car, which is indeed strange.

With a bang, the rear wheel of the van was punctured. However, due to the slow start, the car quickly regained its direction and still drove out of the port with difficulty.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! A man who looked like a person from the river shouted, "Miss is up there, everyone don't shoot!" ”

After the ceasefire on the Jiang side of the people, Zhang Xing was seen walking out of his armed car with two of his men. Wei Jiahui also stood in the open space of the harbor and shook it, skimmed the blood from the knife, elegantly put away the knife, and raised his chin slightly to look at Zhang Xing. The people on both sides did not put away their weapons because of the departure of the van just now, and the tense atmosphere still did not dissipate.

"The car had a flat tire, and some of them were injured again, so they probably won't be able to escape far." Zhang Xing smiled, "Boss Wei, it seems that we haven't done a good job." ”

"I got the medicine I wanted, and your trick of killing people with a knife has almost killed the person you want to kill. I think our cooperation is still possible. Wei Jiahui laughed and said, "It's just that if you want to get rid of me, I'm afraid it's still a little bit short." ”

"It's a businessman, and he kept such a hand or two. To be honest, I'm not surprised. Zhang Xingmian was embarrassed, but he didn't lose his bearings, "It's better to be like this, after all, we in Wanxiang City have almost researched the vaccine, and I think it's for the sake of Boss Wei, your future days." Let's not break the good atmosphere of cooperation, and that's all for today. ”

"Forget it? Zhang Xing. If I don't agree, I guess you won't be able to get out of this port today. As soon as Wei Jiahui's voice fell, all the people on the river in the port eagerly weighed the weapons in their hands.

Zhang Xing looked around at the people on the river, it was the first time I had seen such an ugly expression on his face. He leaned back slightly, his scheming little eyes looking left and right. "Boss Wei think about it, if I die here today, I'm afraid those brothers in Wanxiang City won't stop there. At that time, even if Boss Wei doesn't take someone to take the initiative to hand over Wanxiang City, my brother Wanxiang scavengers will take the initiative to find the door. At that time, not to mention that the vaccine will be useless, your life on the river will not be easy, maybe your fleet floating on the river is safer. But if you think about it, if all the ports on this river bank are occupied, how long will your lonely boat last? ”

Wei Jiahui still maintained his posture, and his tall figure looked like a warrior statue from a distance. He squinted his eyes as if he was carefully calculating, and when he opened his eyes, a sharp aura instantly shot out of his eyes, firmly locked on Zhang Xing's body, and shouted in that majestic voice: "Good! Today is even a wake-up call for Brother Xing! In fact, I think you can guess how many Jiangshang people there are in Wanxiang City. Our people don't want to be like you have twenty-three people on my boat. From now on, if you want to have a cooperation like today, as long as there are suitable conditions, I will definitely accompany you. But if you hit my attention at the same time. I advised Brother Xing to worry less about this. That's all for today. Wei Jiahui whistled, and all the people on the river were lifted from their guard, and he just wanted to turn around, but he turned back and asked seemingly nonchalantly, "Oh, that's right." Zhang Xing, what are you going to do with the car man? ”

"It won't be long before it gets dark. If they survive tonight, they may return to Wanxiang City. ”

"You know, my sister is up there, she knows everything." Wei Jiahui said.

"What if you know? Could it be that you will go back to Wanxiang City to seek revenge on me? Just those two or three little children and a dying mourning dog still want to slaughter the city? Zhang Xing waved his hand indifferently and got into his armed car, "But of course, if I see Liao Shuzhen's little sister, I will ensure her safety." ”

Zhang Xing put down a completely unreliable guarantee and sailed out of the port under the escort of his own convoy. This time they suffered a lot of losses, the corpses all over the ground were not cleaned up, and the armed cars were all in full shape. I think that Zhang Xing, who is now sitting in the return convoy, is also silently relieved, glad that he went back alive.

From what they talked about, it can be seen that the van that fled in a hurry just now was Huang Weizheng and them. There is no need to stay here anymore. We scavenged for useful things on the two Jiangshang people who had been resolved; The people of the river were busy cleaning up the mess and happened to have no time to pay attention to the port gate, so we seized the opportunity to slip out of the port.

There was no trace of other people's activities outside the port, and the scavenger convoy probably hurried to leave as much as possible, after all, after the first battle just now, it is estimated that there are not many people on Zhang Xing's hands. Not far from the bridgehead, we spotted the van with a flat tire, steadily hitting the roadside sign, and the chassis was stuck in the green belt.

Judging from the footprints and scattered things around him, Zhang Xing also asked someone to come down and check the van when he passed by. However, according to Wei Hong's investigation, Huang Weizheng and the others should have left before Zhang Xing came. There were no signs of fighting on all sides.

"Just like Zhang Xing said, Huang Weizheng and some of them should have been injured, and the injuries were not light, so they shouldn't be able to go far." Wu Fei pointed to a large pool of blood on the back seat of the car and asserted, "I think they should be in the building near here." ”

"Could it be that?" Liu Yanjiang squinted at a white building not far away, "It seems to be a hospital." ”

"That's right." Wei Hong put his hand in front of his eyebrows and stretched out his head to look, "We can go there, and maybe we can get some medicine." ”

"Okay." I swallowed, I couldn't care about my thirsty throat anymore, "There's still some time until it gets dark, let's hurry." ”

We found a little blood on the way to the hospital, which confirmed our judgment to some extent. Along the way, I occasionally saw a few languishing mutants, and it was not a problem to solve them. But as we got closer to the hospital, there were more weeds and clumps of plants on both sides. Due to its relative remoteness from the city, it was rarely passed by, not to mention that it has naturally become a place where mutants and mutant plants gather. If it were in the past, I am afraid that this pure place was a good place to calm the nerves and recuperate.

Ambulances were haphazardly parked outside the hospital's gates, and stretcher beds lined up all the way to the hospital building. In the far corner, a hill of black body bags was piled up, and a chemical barrier was pulled up. The corpses on the ground were already stinking, some of them were wearing police uniforms, some were wearing white coats, and some were ordinary people in civilian clothes, but in addition to bite marks, there were gunshot wounds. Some of the headshots were motionless and waiting to rot, while others with their heads intact had become mutants, but because of the injuries of varying degrees on their bodies, they moved slowly, and some even crawled towards us with a little bit of gas; And we can easily poke or stomp on them in the head. In fact, before us, someone had already cleared a way, and many mutants on both sides had just been solved.

Walking into the hospital, we heard the noise echoing through the hallways and halls. The outpatient building, which had lost its electricity, was surprisingly gloomy, and the light from the outside seemed to be covered with white veil through the windows at the end of the corridor, and the beds, chairs, and doors that could be seen in the backlight were only black outlines. We ran up the stairs to the sound of running in the building, to the second, third, and fourth floors, and before we went up to the first floor, the group went up one floor. We didn't shout at them, because after all, we couldn't be sure that they were Huang Weizheng and his party.

The stairwell on each floor was pulled up with a sliding railing iron door, but when we went up to the fifth floor, the iron door was pried open, and we opened the door to see that it was Huang Weizheng and them. They ran to the other end of the hallway, where a sign on the ceiling read three big words about the operating room.

"Cow! It's us! I shouted, but they had already rushed into the operating room, only to be pushed open again after a few seconds.

Huang Weizheng and Chen Mo held the door in surprise, and when they saw us, they said happily: "It's you?" How are you here? ”

"It's hard to put into words." Finally caught up with them, Wei Hong and I slowed down together, and ran to the door of the operating room with a small breath, I patted Chen Mo, "Are any of you injured?" ”

"The old wolf was hit by an arrow, and it was stuck in his waist." Although Huang Weizheng was happy to see us, he could only crook his mouth when he mentioned the old wolf.

When I heard that the old wolf was hit by an arrow, my first reaction was not his injury. "Yes......"

"Not her. She saved us. Huang Weizheng still seems to have some concerns, I'm afraid the last thing he wants to mention at this moment is Zhang Xiaoying's name.

"Let's go to the medicine depot to get ......" Wei Liqin appeared from the operating room, but when he saw me, his whole body shuddered, as if he saw me like this for the first time, "Medicine, I'll go get medicine." ”

Wei Liqin avoided my gaze, and just said hello to Wei Hong. Xie Tao, who came out, excitedly gave us a firm hug when he saw us, and followed Liao Shuzhen behind him. Liao Shuzhen saw me and Wei Honghou have the same innocent smile on her face as the last time she saw her, she didn't hide my strange appearance, and made a joke with me in a slightly ridiculous tone.

After they left, a few of us followed Huang Weizheng into the operating room. The old wolf lay on it, gritting his teeth and twisting his hands and feet in pain, and an arrow thicker than chopsticks was stuck in his abdomen. Both ends of the arrow were broken, but the part that was inserted into the old wolf's body was not pulled out, in order to avoid heavy bleeding after being pulled out. Even so, the old wolf's blood was still shed. To my surprise, Zhang Xiaoying was also present, she and Liao Zhuojun were both pressing the old wolf's body to prevent him from causing a second injury when he writhed, but neither of them dared to draw arrows for the old wolf easily, and could only watch the old wolf's blood flow away little by little. Ban Zhiyu and Wei Hong, who have accumulated a lot of medical experience in Tianyang, have some understanding of arrow wounds, and while examining the wounds of the old wolf, they whispered about how to pull out the arrows.

The old wolf's face was bloodless, and his struggle became more and more weak. Ban Zhiyu made up his mind, let us prepare the gauze and needle and thread to stop the bleeding, and then decided to shoot the arrow for the old wolf under our watch. He clenched his hands into fists, took a deep breath, grasped the shaft of the arrow, and held his breath to pull out the shaft of the arrow stuck in the flesh. I saw that the moment the arrow was pulled out, thick blood immediately trickled out of the hole-like wound. Sister Jiang hurriedly handed the gauze to Wei Hong and asked him to step forward to stop the bleeding, but the gauze was quickly soaked red.

"No! The bleeding can't be stopped! Wei Hong said anxiously, "The bleeding can't be stopped!" ”

Those of us who didn't have emergency rescue skills could only watch Wei Hong from afar, scrambling to find a way to help the old wolf stop the bleeding. At this time, Liao Shuzhen pushed open the door of the operating room in a panic and shouted breathlessly: "Quick! Hurry up and save Wei Liqin and them! There are a lot of zombies in the pharmacy! ”

When Huang Weizheng and I heard this, our first reaction was to shout to Liao Shuzhen: "Take me there!" ”