Everywhere Wang Lu's motorcycle went, the zombies avoided it in awe, but even so, Wang Lu still saw that there were always a few female zombies "taking care" of the fire next to the fire, although their "care" method was very clumsy, in addition to throwing all kinds of combustibles at hand into the fire, that is, pouting and blowing, at the same time, Wang Lu saw that there seemed to be some things in the fire, and the female zombies who took care of the fire pulled those things out from time to time, and then distributed them to the zombies next to them to eat. If Wang Lu is not mistaken, a few of the burnt sticks should be corn.

It wasn't until Wang Lu saw a strong male zombie throw a rabbit that was still struggling into the fire that he had to admit that the zombies not only used fire to keep warm, but also learned to eat cooked food - Wang Lu didn't know that there was also a credit to Wang Bi'an.

When Wang Lu was 6 years old, he liked to flip through the thick "100,000 Whys" in his hand, and he naturally knew that the transition from eating raw meat to eating cooked food was a leap in the history of human evolution, because cooked food was easier to digest, thus promoting the development of the brain. It's just that the digestive function of zombies is incomparably strong, and I have never seen these guys eat and stuff wildly, and I have never seen them excrete. Or is the use of fire a deep-seated instinct awakened by zombies?

Wang Lu was thinking nonsense, Feng Zhenzhen suddenly stabbed him in the back and whispered, "Look there." ”

Wang Lu looked in the direction pointed by Feng Zhenzhen, and saw a female zombie staggering in front of him, and what was different was that it was holding a torch high in its hand.

yes, a torch with dead wood as the handle, and leaves, withered vines, and rags wrapped around the head. Flaming torches.

The female zombie walked to a fire that had been extinguished but was slowly emitting a faint smoke, stuffed the torch into the pyre, and then picked it down with several female zombies and blew into the fire. Slowly, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and finally it burned again. The female zombies next to the fire were all burned with flames, and some of the female zombies' eyebrows and hair were also burned. Even the skin was scorched, but they still bounced the wind into the fire, like that. It's even called focused. Wang Lu believed that as long as the fire could keep burning, these female zombies would not even hesitate to throw themselves into the fire. Of course, zombies are not afraid of pain, Wang Lu has seen zombies burned alive many times, I have to say that the residual fat of zombies is also an accelerant, and the moving zombie torches are a spectacle.

Now Wang Lu knows why these female zombies who take care of the fire are more likely to put out fires than to toss around in the fire. There is no reason to extinguish the fire, it seems that in this reservoir tribe, there is a fire source, which has been burning, and the fire is continuously provided to various zombie gathering points.

Feng Zhenzhen also thought of this. She was very interested in the zombies in this reservoir, so far, she has not seen a single intelligent corpse, could it be that what these zombies do is actually spontaneous, this is really, amazingly.

Feng Zhenzhen leaned into Wang Lu's ear and said, "Find out, where did these torches come from." ”

In fact, there is no need for Feng Zhenzhen to say, Wang Lu also moved the same mind, the actions of these zombies mean a new evolutionary direction different from the intelligent corpses, although they are far less intelligent than the intelligent corpses, but their progress cannot be denied, those instincts that once slept in the depths of the zombies' minds are awakening one by one, and there is even a tendency to evolve from instinct to consciousness.

Wang Lu suddenly felt that understanding the survival of these zombies had an extremely important connection with himself and the future development direction of Yashan, although he couldn't think of the cause and effect for a while, but it was extremely necessary to know more about the situation of these zombies. Originally, he only came to the reservoir with the mentality of coaxing Feng Zhenzhen to be happy, but now, he no longer regarded this matter as a joke, and the expression on his face became solemn.

It's not difficult to find the source of the torches, because it's not uncommon for female zombies with torches to shuttle through the zombie hordes, as long as they follow the direction they are heading in the opposite direction, it is the source of the fire.

There were more and more zombies around, Wang Lu simply stopped the motorcycle, and walked with Feng Zhenzhen in his arms in the muddy reservoir, and finally, the two found the source of fire in the most central position of the reservoir.

It was a tower.

Yes, a tower.

A "tower" made of steel pipe scaffolding, stones, cement bags, several large tin bins, plastic sheeting, etc.

The thick base of the tower insulates the dampness of the ground, and the plastic sheeting erected by the scaffolding at the top of the tower blocks the rain, so in the center of the tower, a fire is burning steadily, continuing to emit the same light and heat since the fire was tamed by humans.

Wang Lu stopped, around the tower, gathered a large group of zombies, all of them were male zombies, moreover, they were armed zombies, with garbage cans and pressure cookers on their heads, holding kitchen knives, brooms, iron nails and other "weapons", at the "door" of the tower, a female zombie was standing there, wearing a curtain that was so dirty that she couldn't see the color, and was putting a piece of broken briquettes into the fire in the center of the tower. Its "technique" in taking care of the fire is much better than the female zombies that Wang Lu has seen along the way, and the fire in the center of the tower has been burning steadily, and there is not even a trace of smoke in sight. The bright and jumping flames seemed to carry a hint of holiness.

Feng Zhenzhen stood beside Wang Lu and looked more carefully, next to the tower, there were many combustibles, tree trunks, rags, coals, books, bamboo, and even plastic buckets, smelling it from a distance, Feng Zhenzhen knew that it contained gasoline, diesel, kerosene and other things.

These combustibles are all piled up on the higher slopes, and they are also covered with plastic sheets, raincoats, branches and leaves, etc., so they are relatively dry, and it is precisely because of these materials that the fire source in the tower is guaranteed to be extinguished for a long time.

Feng Zhenzhen nodded secretly, the zombie tribe in this reservoir was the smartest group of zombies she had ever seen, even smarter than the group of zombies she had trained in the zoo before. They have faintly formed the most primitive organizational structure - the tribe, and fire is the foundation that sustains this tribe.

Feng Zhenzhen had to marvel at the wonder of the evolution of the biochemical virus, which produced idiotic and clumsy zombies, but also gave birth to intelligent corpses like himself, created religious fanatics like the prophet Wang Lu, and inadvertently produced intelligent corpses like Tan Ying and Pan Jingfeng who promoted intellectual development through labor. What's even more bizarre is that in the far north, there is also a ghoul "he" who awakens as a corpse eater. Now, I saw the zombies who controlled the fire, whether consciously or instinctively. Of course, among the "children" born from the mother of biochemical viruses, the most extraordinary work is Wang Lu.

Feng Zhenzhen stared at Wang Lu's back. What kind of being is he? The longer he spent with Wang Lu, the more confused Feng Zhenzhen became. He is human, but he is also a wise corpse. His body fluids and brain waves have special abilities, whether it is for people, zombies, or intelligent corpses, they will have an incredible effect, and what is even more puzzling is that there is also a hidden power in his body, which is so strong that it is just beginning to emerge. Let a powerful intelligent corpse like Feng Zhenzhen be helpless.

However, Wang Lu, who has all these abilities, is ignorant and ignorant, still working hard to guard the one-third of an acre of land on his cliff mountain, diligently playing his image of a good old man who is a little pedantic and a little brainless. From time to time, I engage in some small tricks that cannot be put on the table, and I think I am smart. He, he idiot! Didn't he know that if he completely released the power bound in his body, he would become a true king!

Feng Zhenzhen even secretly deduced that Wang Lu used his blood to transform all the surrounding hostile survivors, and at the same time improve the IQ of the low-level intelligent corpses in Zhejiang, and then used his strong brain waves to make the intelligent corpses completely surrender, and then, from south to north, using the water conservancy of the Yangtze River, the railway, and the high-speed transportation capacity, it is not a problem to sweep the world. At that time, from human survivors to zombies and intelligent corpses, they will all bow to the feet of Wang Lu. And he will become the only woman by his side. Because such a king is no longer worthy of poor and despicable human beings such as Chen Wei and Xie Ling, only himself, who is also a high-IQ intelligent corpse, is his good match......

Feng Zhenzhen's eyes shone brighter and brighter, she saw the future, yes, the future that belonged to him and hers, an empire, an empire of intelligent corpses!

Feng Zhenzhen shuddered suddenly, the look in her eyes disappeared all of a sudden, she quietly stroked her forehead, and sighed in her heart, what happened to her just now? What could have such a bizarre idea? Yes, since I have recovered the memory of being a living person, the previous education has returned to my mind, the kind and gentle "Feng Zhenzhen" who used to be is no longer in the dominant position, "Feng Zhenzhen" is just the nature of a little girl when she is still an unknown world, and "Sun Meiping"'s consciousness is getting stronger and stronger, since she blurted out the name of "Sun Meiping" in the face of the wisdom corpse in the village of the small road, the relevant consciousness is becoming clearer and clearer, those who have undergone high-intensity training and the education of the elite of the elite, Feng Zhenzhen's consciousness is being reshaped.

But Feng Zhenzhen refuses such an awakening and transformation from the bottom of her heart, she, she hates "Sun Meiping", yes, "Sun Meiping" is the embodiment of a successful woman, but she is just a tool, a tool that is used to complete various dangerous and complex tasks.

Feng Zhenzhen hates being seen as a tool, which is paradoxical, she is proud of the extraordinary skills of "Sun Meiping", and even benefits from it, but she hates the identity of a tool.

Fortunately, it is the end of the biochemical world, the past is like a cloud, and the current self is a smart corpse. A loving corpse.

Feng Zhenzhen looked at Wang Lu's not generous shoulders, her heart was surging, her brain wave fluctuations affected the armed zombies around the Fire Source Tower, who were obviously guardians, and the armed zombies were in a commotion, they wanted to avoid this powerful intelligent corpse from afar, but the instinct to maintain the Fire Source Tower made them unwilling to leave, and for a while, the zombies under the tower pushed and pushed into a mess.

Wang Lu also noticed the strange actions of the zombies, he frowned, pulled Feng Zhenzhen to his side with his backhand, and pulled out a small hand axe, however, it was not as Wang Lu feared, the armed zombies did not attack them, on the contrary, because of the deterrence of Wang Lu's invisible brain waves, most of the armed zombies suddenly knelt down and bowed to his feet in the most pious posture.

At this time, the female zombie who was watching the fire next to the fire source tower also noticed the abnormality behind it, and it turned around - Wang Lu was stunned, this, this female zombie was actually his "old acquaintance", it was the female zombie who had been affected by Wang Bi'an's "maternal relationship" ability before, and had protected Wang Bi'an and Chen Qiong in the valley zombie camp, and then followed the female zombie to Yashan. But hell, I obviously threw this female zombie into the dissection room of the health center, why did I see it here? Wang Lu understood after a little pondering, it must be Wang Bi'an who couldn't bear it. quietly released this female zombie who had protected him and Chen Qiong in private.

Wang Lu looked up and down at the female zombie in front of him, and somewhat understood the origin of this reservoir zombie tribe, Wang Bi'an had reported to him in detail what happened between him and the female zombie. This female zombie learned to make fire from the "fire thief" Wang Da, and learned to take care of the fire source and use the fire to barbecue food from Wang Bi'an, and then these skills spread among the zombies. Interesting, it seems. This female zombie inherited the will of the "fire thief" Wang Da, and she did it quite effectively, unknowingly. has created such a tribe of more than 100,000 zombies, and his mother's, Lao Tzu's current Yashan only has a few hundred people.

Of course, Wang Lu knew that there was also an element of zombie instinctive awakening, after all, zombies were different from primitive apes, and the knowledge of fire had actually been sleeping in their minds. Once that memory is reawakened, it's natural to be able to get started easily.

It's really -- troublesome.

Wang Lu touched his chin, this reservoir zombie tribe is different from the corpse tide, although the number of zombies in the corpse tide is large, but the action is aimless. Except for being commanded by a small number of intelligent corpses, the vast majority of zombies just wandered around, attacking for a while when they smelled people, and when they couldn't find live food, they traveled around the mountains and rivers. The cohesion of the zombie tribe in the reservoir is significantly higher than that of the scattered zombies, and long-term collective activities, such as fire-making, hunting, gathering, etc., will greatly enhance the interaction between zombies...... Wang Lu remembered the pressure he felt when he first arrived in Yashan, when the zombies cooperated with each other to hunt and kill him, and now this zombie tribe has lived together for a long time, which has obviously greatly improved their behavioral flexibility, such as the small beasts captured by the strong zombies just now, which is a sign of a great improvement in their mobility ability.

Such a zombie tribe is a great danger to the human survivors, although they are now entrenched in the mountains, but if they leave the mountains one day, settlements like Yashan will be the first target of their attacks.

Wang Lu slowly pulled out a machete from his waist - this was still given by Pan Jingfeng when he said goodbye to the village on the road, he took the knife in his hand, it is not convenient to use this game to dismantle the fire source tower. That's right, Wang Lu wanted to dismantle the fire source tower and extinguish the everlasting flame. With the clumsy appearance of the Reservoir Zombie Tribe taking care of the fire, without this open flame, it won't be long before the fires in the tribe will soon be extinguished while there is a thunderstorm every afternoon in the rainy season. Without fire, this newly formed zombie tribe should soon collapse.

Wang Lu carried a machete upside down, along the stairs formed by the accumulation of rubble, step by step towards the fire source tower, under the pressure of the brain waves emitted by his strong will, the armed zombies around the fire source tower prostrate on the ground, only one zombie, one zombie is still standing, that is the female zombie who takes care of the fire source tower.

It was naked, draped in dirty curtains, with a leatherette shoe on one foot and bare-headed on the other, trembling slightly under the pressure of the king's road, but still standing, standing on the steps leading to the Fire Tower.

It's guarding the Fire Tower.

Wang Lu approached step by step, and finally stood in front of the female zombie, the female zombie trembled like a leaf on a dead branch in the cold west wind of winter, but it was still in front of Wang Lu, even in the face of the powerful intelligent corpse, it could not allow the fire source tower to be defiled in the slightest.

"Get out." Wang Lu shouted coldly.

The female zombie threw herself to her knees. But it's still in the way.

Wang Lu seemed to have a smile on his face, there was a kind, this was the first time he had seen a zombie who did not obey the orders of his ability state, in the village of Xiaolu, those intelligent corpses with different degrees of evolution still obediently obeyed their orders, this female zombie is really bold! He picked up the machete and pressed it against the forehead of the female zombie, slowly increasing the strength of his wrist, the sharp tip of the knife pierced the skin of the female zombie's forehead, and the black corpse liquid slowly flowed out. Wang Lu originally wanted to kill this special female zombie after destroying the fire source, the appearance of the fire source tower is inseparable from this female zombie, Wang Lu never wants to leave any troubles, there has been a "fire thief" Wang Da in this world, who was killed by himself, so in the face of this "fire protector" female zombie, he can also kill him.

At this time, a call came from behind, "Wang Lu." "But it's Feng Zhenzhen.

Wang Lu frowned, Feng Zhenzhen's call was full of pleading, what did he mean? She wants to save this female zombie?

Wang Lu's hand paused, and the female zombie under the knife suddenly moved, but it was not an attack, nor an evasion, I saw it turn around, squatted down in front of the fire source tower, stretched out its hands, and took out a flame from the fire source tower. Yes, he took in his hand a piece of coal, which was burning and red, and then, turning again, he faced the king's road, and knelt down, and raised his hands high, and offered the fire before the king's road. (To be continued.) )