Along the way to the south, Zheng Jieming and the other four people did pass through many survivors' strongholds.

They spent two days in a riverside town.

This is a small town in the southern province, which can lead to the plateau of the southwest region to the west, and further south, it is the economically developed area of the southern province.

The water system in this area is extremely rich, often intertwined with mountains and hills, and the lakes and mountains are extremely beautiful.

"If I had a choice, maybe if our family had been born here, there would never have been those things that used to happen." Zheng Jieming liked the scenery here and sighed.

"Yes, but even then, we're still going to die from the zombie virus." Zheng Zhilan ruthlessly broke Zheng Jieming's illusion, "There are some things that cannot be decided or escaped by individuals. ”

This area is just because it's relatively low in population density and it looks like there are fewer zombies -- but that's a huge illusion.

Due to the large number of mountains, hills, and water systems here, there is correspondingly less land that is purely suitable for human habitation. Zombies don't go into the water on their own, so zombies are actually more dense on these habitable lands.

The local survivors are unwilling to pollute their water system after killing the zombies, so they would rather encircle the zombies than take the initiative to slaughter the zombies.

"You're from the Northern Province?? ??? from the capital "There are only seven families in the town that survive, and they are the lucky ones in the area. They were spotted and greeted by a sturdy old man.

"Yes. How's the situation on your side? Zheng Jieming replied.

"Ouch......," the old man sighed, "we're miserable here!" This town has a population of more than 100,000!! In the end, we searched and searched, and there were only these seven families. Our family is fine, all thirteen members of the family are still alive, and the other six are more or less dead. ”

Zheng Jieming nodded, quite envious of the family.

In such a situation, the number of people can still be reduced, and I am afraid that there will be no such family in Zhongzhou.

It is a miracle that a family of thirteen survived without being infected by the virus, being slaughtered by zombies, or being killed by the struggle between people.

Zheng Zhilan looked at these people, and all seven families left their original houses, and everyone gathered on a small island in the center of the lake to live, using the lake as a natural barrier to live and work on it.

The only downside was that they had to row out of the center of the lake from time to time and go to the town to find food, firewood, and other supplies. Three of the seven families died when they were besieged by zombies when they came ashore.

"This is a paradise, isn't it?" Zheng Jieming thought, and at this time, a child next to him asked Zheng Jieming a question.

"Brother? North City must be pretty good, right? Can you still come here to inspect it? The child said childishly, he had a three-haired head shape, and his eyes were shining, "Who are those people running around??" Dad told me there was a war, but he said that as long as I didn't go ashore, they wouldn't hurt me? ”

Zheng Jieming raised his head and looked at several people around him, who all looked at Zheng Jieming with an extremely expectant and longing look.

They seem to be waiting for a real answer -- no, not so much waiting for a real answer, Zheng Jieming feels that what they are more looking forward to is a hopeful answer.

"En......" Zheng Jieming hesitated for a moment and decided to tell a lie, "Yes, everything is fine, Beidu has come over, and in another year or two, everything will return to normal." You are safe here, as long as you continue to stay here and live well, everything can be overcome. ”

"Why can't you see the sun?" The child said, "Why hasn't the sun come out for a long time??" My dad always said that he was disobedient and ran around, and he said let me stay at home and there would be sun, and I thought he was lying to me. And what about my mom? ”

"Okay, don't ask, uncle is tired." His father refused to let the child continue to ask questions and tried to take him back to his room.

Zheng Jieming didn't speak, watching the father send the child back to the room -- this is a very young child, he is full of childishness when he speaks, and he even walks staggeringly, which is estimated to be a preschool or just over the age of kindergarten.

After a while, his father came out of the room and continued to ask Zheng Jieming questions with anticipation.

"Is the North City alright? Is it okay in Northern Province?? What the hell is going on?? You call these things zombies?? What do you mean??? ”

The father started the question, chattering more than his son.

Zheng Jieming could only answer the questions one by one.

Zheng Zhilan looked at him and listened to him fully beautify or soften every question, so as not to let these people know the tragic truth.

"These people are all sick, and the government also has many people who have this disease, and now we are organizing a study, and we are sent by the government to investigate......"

"We'll be back, we'll take everyone back. Everything will be fine! ”

"When necessary, you can kill those zombies, only killing the head is useful, right! You've found out. Don't let them bite, if they do, they must be isolated, and there is a possibility that they will be fine. ”

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Zheng Zhilan listened to what he said, and secretly felt funny in her heart. It was only in the evening that she asked him.

"Do you think it's really appropriate not to let them know what's really going on? It feels like you're just coaxing a bunch of kids to play. Zheng Zhilan said, "You lie to them that those are sick people, and the government is researching an antidote, will it cause them to dare not kill zombies?" Wouldn't that be even worse? ”

"Maybe. But maybe it can be done? Why is there no such thing as an antidote? Zheng Jieming replied.

"Did you leave your buddies and have a lower IQ?" Zheng Zhilan spoke to his younger brother without caring about his face in front of Mu Xiaofeng and Lu Muqing, "These zombies have been living as walking corpses for a year, and in a year, in addition to eating rotten meat and drinking rancid water, there may be some microorganisms in their bodies that have energy reactions, providing them with the motivation to continue standing up, their brains have long since died, antidote?" Solve a bunch of vegetative people? Or solve a bunch of patients? I've thought about it and tried it before, but the idea is simply not realistic. ”

Zheng Jieming did not answer.

He didn't know why, he often examined the character of the survivors he had met before, felt good, invited them to join the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and then continued to rush south. If you encounter something that you feel threatened, you will bypass it directly. But these seven families, Zheng Jieming feels that they are full of simple folk customs, and he doesn't want them to face reality and the truth too directly.

"Don't think that's the protection of these people. It's useless, the sooner they recognize the world, the more real they can survive. Zheng Zhilan said, but then she added, "Oh, but also, what can this change anyway?" We're going to go back tomorrow, maybe this summer, it's going to be flooded, right? They will lose this base on which they depend. ”

Yes, the flood season is coming, and this part of the southern province is mountainous and watery, and there are large or small flood peaks every year. This is indeed the biggest threat to those who build bases by water.

"They're locals, so they should have moved to the mountains in advance." Lu Muqing said.

Zheng Zhilan smiled and did not speak.

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The next day, they said goodbye to the family, filled up their tanks, and continued their journey south.

Behind the hills and suwon is a mountain range that seems to have been cut off from the middle, creating a huge gap.

The car crosses this pass to reach the core economic zone of the southern province.

"Park!!" After Zheng Zhilan stopped the car, Mu Xiaofeng passed by her, and Zheng Zhilan asked him to stop as well.

"What's wrong, what's the problem?" Mu Xiaofeng was puzzled.

"There may be a large group of zombies ahead, so get ready." Zheng Zhilan replied, then rolled up the window, turned off the engine, opened the door and jumped out of the car.

Zheng Jieming looked ahead suspiciously, the front of the road was unobstructed, and there was no sign of zombies, why did she believe that there were zombies? ?

And there is no village in front of it, there is no store in the back, and staying here really makes Zheng Jieming feel insecure.

The crow's voice was very noisy, and they vaguely felt that the nearby treetops should be full of crows.

Lu Muqing and Mu Xiaofeng also got out of the car and looked at Zheng Zhilan.

“Lane？ What's going on? You say there's a zombie up ahead? Where? Mu Xiaofeng asked, "Well, there are a lot of crows, so you can't calculate it based on this, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilan looked back at Mu Xiaofeng with slanted eyes, opened the side door of the RV, and pulled out body armor, helmets, guns and ammunition from it -- usually for the convenience of driving, large things are stored in the car, and they have enough reaction time to take things.

"That's right, it's just a finger pinch. This place is clearly dangerous. Zheng Zhilan said, and took out the bazooka and night vision goggles from the car.

"What do you mean?" Zheng Jieming also got out of the car and asked puzzled.

"There must be plenty of corpses in this area. Do you see the mouth of the two mountains ahead? Zheng Zhilan explained, "There will be a pile of migrating zombies at the intersection. Have you noticed that there are more zombies wandering along the road? What I said may not be absolutely correct, but be prepared to fight. ”