Chapter 64: The Lonely City
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From the location of the office building where Gao Feng was before, walking due north is the closest way out of the city. All the people are going in this direction, even if it's because they want to avoid monsters, they won't go too far.
Originally, if you go north, you won't be far from the suburbs. Although Gao Feng had been delayed for some time at the New Universe Department Store, he had also walked north for a while. In addition, after encountering a blockage of Xinzhen, after getting on the bus, a qiē is quite smooth. By noon, we were almost on the outskirts. As long as you get past the suburbs, you will be completely out of the city.
But he didn't expect that the pathfinders reported back again and again, saying that the road ahead was broken. I took a few detours, but I still said that the road ahead was broken. And there are more and more people encountered, and these people are all thinking about bypassing the broken road.
With no choice, Gao Feng and the others decided to go over first to see what the road had broken into. In fact, for Gao Feng, giving up the bus is nothing. Doesn't he still have a pickup truck in his hand, which can also be driven.
When the car drove to the place where the road was broken, Gao Feng and the others saw a lot of people. These people were about to leave the city, but no one moved, because there was no way to move ahead. What surprised Gao Feng and them the most was that the buildings in front of them that should have been stored were gone.
Even if Gao Feng and the others were about to enter the suburbs, it was only on the edge of the city, and this area was still very large. Not to mention high-rise buildings, but ordinary buildings, there will be no less. You must know that in these days, it is not easy to find a square on the edge of the city. Especially in the metropolis.
But now, there are no buildings in sight ahead. There was a flat river ahead, and there was nothing on the ground. Parallel to the ground, there is a black patch, as if the surface of the ground is covered by a layer of black cloth.
The crowd in front of them formed a long line. There is no head to be seen on the left, no head to the right, and it is not known how long the line of these people has been.
When Gao Feng and their car drove here, they couldn't drive, because there were cars and people in front of them. They could only get out of the car and squeeze into the crowd to see what was going on in front of them.
When they squeezed in front of the crowd and saw what was going on, they were all dumbfounded. I never thought that what was waiting for them in front of them would be like this.
"Damn, what's the situation, shouldn't it be that we crossed it collectively?" Li Jian said.
"Looking at the situation in front of us, it is really possible that we have all crossed over, and we have crossed with the city." Chen Qiang said.
"No wonder there are so many monsters, and those equipment, it turns out that we are no longer on Earth. That's outrageous, isn't it? Wang Lin said.
Not only Li Jian said this, but the people around him were also talking. Many young people said that they had crossed over. Gao Feng didn't speak, looked ahead carefully, and after looking at it for a while, he took out his binoculars to look. But even if you look through a telescope, there is still a flat river ahead, and the ground is still black and oppressive, as if you are on a black ocean, and you can't see anything in front of you at all.
Just in front of Gao Feng, more than a meter away, is where the road is broken. Where it was broken, a cliff had formed, and there was no bottom in sight, and it was all black smoke. Absolutely no idea how deep it is underneath. I can't tell how big the broken place is.
The situation in front of me was as if the entire city had risen from the ground and then landed on a sea of black smoke. It is precisely because of the scene in front of them that Li Jian and the others said that they had crossed over, and they also crossed with the city.
"Gao Feng, what now?" Chen Qiang asked.
"What else can I do, I've crossed over, and I'll start living in another world." Li Jian interjected.
Gao Feng put down the binoculars and said angrily: "What nonsense, what do you wear." It would be nice if it really crossed. If you look ahead, you can see the roof of the building when the black smoke is billowing. It's not that we've crossed over, it's that we've all sunk into the ground in front of us. ”
Hearing Gao Feng say this, Li Jian and the others also looked carefully with binoculars. In fact, many people are doing the same, and some are throwing stones in front of them.
"There really is a building. It's not very clear, but it really is. Li Jian said.
"I thought I had crossed over, but it turned out that everything in front of me had collapsed. What a big collapse this is. Chen Qiang said.
Gao Feng realized that this was difficult. I can't walk ahead, so I guess I'll have to take a long detour. Gao Feng also had a worry, in case the collapsed place surrounded the entire city, wouldn't it be annoying.
The collapsed place is straight down, and there is no way to go down at all, at least Gao Feng can't go down here. Now Gao Feng didn't see anyone going down, probably because no one wanted to take the risk.
After staying in one place for a while, I walked close to the collapsed place, hoping to find a way out. Quite a few people choose how to do it. After all, if you stay in a place where there is no road, you will have nowhere to run when you encounter danger.
The car is no longer available, but there are still many people who have not given up on the car. The bus was still blocked by Xinzhen's people, obviously not wanting to give up lightly.
I didn't go far, and it was only a matter of ten minutes before news came that I had found a place to go down ahead. Many people ran there, and Gao Feng walked over unhurriedly. Anyway, it's just to walk close to the collapsed place, so it's good to go and see.
Soon see where people say they can go down. There was a very wide slope. The slope is not steep, it extends to the place where it has collapsed, but it is not far to see. When Gao Feng arrived, there were a lot of people gathered there, and he couldn't squeeze in at all, so he could only watch from a distance on the periphery.
Plug Xinzhen came over and said to Gao Feng: "Mr. Gao, I heard that someone went down, but he hasn't come up yet, I don't know what the situation is." ”
"I don't think it's going to get any better." Gao Feng said softly. Keep looking into the crowd.
At this time, someone from Blocking Xinzhen ran over and whispered a few words to Blocking Xinzhen. Gu Xinzhen's face changed, revealing an anxious look.
"Mr. Gao, I'm afraid something big will happen this time." Plug Xinzhen said.
"Your people have found out something, it can't be this collapsed place, surrounding the whole city." Gao Feng said.
"I'm afraid you're really right. I just got the news from the military that the whole city is surrounded by this situation in front of you, and you can't leave at all. The only way to get out of the city is to get out of the smoke. Plug Xinzhen said.
Gao Feng didn't speak, just looked inside the crowd. Seeing Gao Feng like this, Du Xinzhen stopped saying anything to Gao Feng and went to discuss with the people in his own team.
After some time, word came from the crowd that someone had come down the slope and returned. People near the edge are asking how it is. Li Jian and the others also squeezed forward, to inquire about the situation.
After a while, Li Jian and the others returned. Li Jian said to Gao Feng: "The person who went down said that the place where the collapse was very deep, but it was not completely black underneath, and there was not so much black smoke. The place where it collapsed, the pavement of the house or something, was not too badly damaged. There are monsters, too, and there are zombie skeletons, and there are a lot of them, so it's not easy to walk. ”
"I heard that many of the people who went down died, and those who came back were also injured. No one dares to go down now. Chen Qiang said.
"So we're trapped in the city and can't get out. That's a problem. Gao Feng said.
Everyone else looked embarrassed. It's impossible to go back, and it's not possible to go forward. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the only way out is to walk into the place in front of them.
Unable to move forward, Gao Feng and the others found a place without monsters to rest. The bus stopped aside, and Du Xinzhen and others were there. The people gathered here did not continue to move, and all of them found a place to rest. As for the monsters, of course, they keep coming to them. But fortunately, they were all ordinary zombies and didn't cause any trouble.
More than an hour later, Gao Feng saw several military vehicles and cranes driving over. It was the military people, and when they came, they used a generator to set up a searchlight and a crane to shine at the collapsed place. He even got a machine that could blow a strong wind and blow at the black smoke.
Many people were watching, and Gao Feng also found a place to watch. With the help of the bright light, and the wind power of the powerful blower, there are things in the black smoke that can be seen clearly. It is true that there are buildings. But you can't see the depths, and you can't see the bottom at all.
After trying for a while, I couldn't see the bottom clearly. The searchlights were put away. The military also began to send people down to observe the situation. In addition to the military, there are also other teams to explore the way. Some people even go in and don't come back.
An afternoon passed quickly. The people who explored the subsidence did not bring back any good news. The city is getting more and more dangerous, with more and more black smoke and more monsters. And they're all moving towards the crowd.
Before it was dark, Gao Feng called Li Jian and the others to his side and said to them: "There is no way to stay in the city, if there is a way to stay, the military people will not evacuate." We've got to find a way to get out. Now the only way out is to enter the black smoke. Not today, it's going to be dark and there will be no light at all. Wait until tomorrow morning at dawn, and we'll go in. ”
"Isn't that too risky?" Chen Qiang said.
"You have to take risks, there's no other choice, everyone be prepared. If we can't get it right, we'll have to act in advance. Gao Feng said.
When it got dark, Gao Feng and the others did not choose to rest in the building, but chose to rest on the edge of the subsidence. There aren't many people resting on such edges, because people don't know if monsters will suddenly climb up to the collapsed place.
As the night deepened, in the center of the city, a large number of black smoke suddenly rose from the ground. The black smoke swirled in the air under the night for a while, and then rushed towards the edge of the city.