On the mountain road, against the wind and rain, Wang Lu's footsteps are hurried, and I don't wait, I don't wait.

Wang Lu also wanted to live a peaceful and quiet life.

The four of them are guarding the cliff mountain, as long as the zombies don't come up, what if they are old here, look at the green mountains and green waters, the wife and son are by your side, and Xie Ling, the big girl, is playing with you to play with you, it is really a fairy-like day.

The problem is that the trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop.

When he first arrived at Yashan, although there was a lack of various survival materials, Wang Lu had to fight with zombies alone, but the enemy was just zombies who were born idiots. Use your brain more and you can always be invincible.

But later, I met the crazy woman who raised the corpse first, then Xie Ling, then the long knife man, and then the old man Chen, Mrs. Cui.

There are more and more survivors encountered, the frequency is getting faster, the intervals are getting shorter and shorter, and the number of opponents is increasing.

Wang Lu is naturally not stupid enough to think that there are only these few living people in Yonggang City, and there must be more survivors.

Wang Lu had a hunch that the time to meet them was getting closer and closer. There will be those who are alone, those who have families, and those who are in groups.

In either case, with Yashan's current state, it cannot be said to be invincible.

To be precise, Yashan is as dangerous as an egg.

All the current defense systems of Wang Lu and the others are aimed at zombies, and to a normal person, they are scum.

There must be someone who is smarter than Wang Lu, and there is someone who is higher than Wang Lu's military value, I rely on it, not to mention anything else, Wang Lu is less than 1.7 meters tall, and most people are taller than him.

It's all an advantage.

Faced with the challenges ahead, Wang Lu had to climb out of his comfort zone, form gangs, and try to build a close-knit small group.

It's all forced.

Your sister, Lao Tzu really just wants to live a good life, but why is it more and more like he is occupying the mountain as the king, pulling the banner to recruit troops and horses in order to dominate the world.

Wang Lu was sad and indignant in his heart. It's just that if you want to be a good old man who has no quarrel with the world, is it so difficult?

The mountain road was full of rain washed down from the slopes next to it, and the stagnant water rushed down with a large amount of sand, gravel and soil, and some of the stagnant water was so deep that it was up to the feet and necks.

Wang Lu stood firm, turned his head to Xie Ling and said, "Xie Lu Xie." ”

The heavy rain hit people's eyes and made it almost impossible to open them, and it was pitch black all around. Although Xie Ling was close to Wang Lu, she couldn't see Wang Lu's face clearly, she was a little surprised, she didn't know why Wang Lu wanted to say thank you solemnly for such a casual little thing, and replied casually: "It's dark and you can't see the road clearly, brother, be careful." ”

Wang Lu didn't say anything more, turned around and continued to move forward.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you.

Our family met you. It's the only good thing this thief has ever done.

By accident, you and we got together, and with the help of the thief, we became a family—okay. It's an inexplicable family.

But after all, it's still a family. Except for Chen Wei and Wang Bian, Wang Lu is the only person who can give her his back to her with confidence.

One plus three equals four.

Wang Lu privately calculated that in the last days, the survivor groups must be mostly linked by blood, and the original units, colleagues, friends, so-and-so sororities, and so-and-so associations, these common organizational forms are absolutely gone, and the second-stage infection of the biochemical virus will force the survivor groups to further split, just like Xie Ling's classmates once experienced, the big waves and sands, and the team that survived in the last days can only return to the most basic organizational form of human beings - family.

Nowadays, families are mostly three-person structures.

Wang Lu pondered. If-just if, if you meet survivors like Old Man Chen and Mrs. Cui again, your family of three may not be able to beat them, but there is Xie Ling. It's a sure win.

Four is more than three, more than two more. A little more hope of survival. There is also more hope of victory in the face of potential conflict.

Xie Ling is one. It is a crucial weight on the scales of victory.

Xie Lingzhu didn't know the fly camp dog in Wang Lu's stomach at all-if she knew Lu Dao, with her character, she would definitely kick Wang Lu off the mountain road with a gorgeous kick - what kind of weight did she use this girl for?! Go to hell! …,

The two hurriedly went down the mountain and ran to the Yinjiang River, and sure enough, they saw that the river had risen a lot, and the water flow was much faster, and they couldn't stand by the river in the dark and look far. But there was the sound of rushing waves in my ears.

Yinjiang really has the taste of a big river.

The bamboo raft is useless, such a rush of water. I can't hold it up against the current.

Wang Lu and Xie Ling got on the boat and rowed an oar. One is propped up with a bamboo pole and struggles to move forward.

Rainy nights, countercurrents, heavy water, typhoons, the boat can't go fast in the water at all, fortunately, because of the rising water, several dikes have been able to sail smoothly, Rao is so, Wang Lu and Xie Ling still spent twice as long as usual, before they came to the place where the excavator ran aground.

As expected, the rocky beach had been flooded underwater, and the boat was able to row all the way to the side of the digging boat, so Wang Lu tied the cable to the stern of the digging boat and jumped on it.

As soon as he jumped on the excavation boat, Wang Lu's heart sank, he jumped so hard, the excavation boat did not shake a little like the usual adrift boat, he immediately looked at the bow and stern carefully, and confirmed a bad news: the excavation boat did not float.

The water level of the river has not risen deep enough.

Xie Ling also discovered this, ran to Wang Lu's side and asked anxiously, "What should I do?" Would you like me to try using a digging arm? Towing the boat into deep water? ”

Wang Lu hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Let's wait, the water level will get higher and higher, we come all the way, the wind and rain are getting stronger and stronger, this water from the surrounding mountains to the river, there has to be a time process, before the typhoon completely landfalls, the river will definitely rise." ”

However, Wang Lu did not sit back and wait, the bamboo tubes brought by Old Man Chen and Wang Bi'an were pushed on the beach on the shore, Wang Lu went to pick some of the thickest diameters, and tied them with ropes to both sides of the excavation boat with Xie Ling.

Wang Lu hopes to use this method to increase the buoyancy of the excavator, and at the same time, protect the excavator that has lost its ability to drive, so that it can have a protection when it is washed downstream by the river.

The mountains and rivers will surely wash down many stumps and trees. There will be rockfalls on both sides of the river, and the excavation boat that broke the propeller can not be avoided, so it can only be hit hard, although it is very simple to use the bamboo tube for protection, but it can protect a little is a little.

Wang Lu stood in the water, swayed by the turbulent river, squinted his eyes and put a big bamboo tube in the stern, Xie Ling squatted on the boat, helping him to wrap a rope around the bamboo tube, the bamboo tube was already smooth. It was even more difficult to exert strength when immersed in water, and when the last knot was tied, a stone at the bottom of Wang Lu's feet suddenly loosened, and one fell backwards.

Xie Ling slashed his hand and fished out. was so frightened that he was about to scream, and with a bang, Wang Lu himself came out of the water: "It's okay, it's okay, the water is not deep." Alas, it would be nice to have a little deeper water. ”

Wang Lu's words are upside down and inconsistent. Xie Ling understood—no matter how deep the water was, the digging boat would be able to get out of trouble, and the two would no longer have to take any more risks.

After tying up the bamboo tube, Wang Lu and Xie Ling went into the control room to hide from the rain.

Wang Lu and Xie Ling didn't bring ponchos when they went out. The shack that everyone set up on the beach during the day had long been washed away by the rising river, and the few towels and blankets that Chen Wei put in the shed were gone, and the wet clothes were still very cold.

Wang Lu fumbled in the control room in the dark, trying to find out if there were any old work clothes left by previous workers, but he only found a few greasy rags.

Wang Lu threw away the rag in frustration, raised his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and there was actually a curtain in the window of the control room, and the curtain was closed. Wang Lu hadn't noticed it before.

Wang Lu was overjoyed, and tore off the curtains and the wires with the curtains in a few clicks, which were actually four thin pieces of fabric, and they were still full of dust. But the point is, it's dry.

Wang Lu stuffed the curtain to Xie Ling: "Quick, take off your wet clothes and put them on." ”

Xie Ling didn't push, turned her back slightly, took off her coat and pants in the dark, and barely wrapped the curtain, originally a single curtain was not big, not enough to be worn as clothes. But the wire hanging the curtains was still strung on the buckle, and Xie Ling simply put the two curtains together. Half of it is worn around the upper body as a bandeau and half is draped around the waist as a skirt.

Wang Lu also took off the wet clothes on his body. Twist it and wring the water as dry as you can, before putting it on.

The control room is very narrow, Wang Lu and Xie Ling are rubbing each other in it, their naked bodies will touch each other from time to time, Xie Ling's skin is a little cold, in the dark, you can faintly see her slender and graceful lower body, but Wang Lu has no thoughts at all - the two of them are in danger, how can they think about this. …,

Now the two are safe for the time being, but when the water level rises further, the digging boat will go down with the waves, which is the most dangerous time, and the risk of sinking the ship and dying is not non-existent.

Wang Lu thought about it and was not at ease, so he took off his half-dry clothes, jumped out of the boat and ran to the shore, and when he returned after a while, he came with several foam blocks and empty plastic oil bottles that could be found everywhere in the garbage heaps on the shore.

Xie Lingqi said: "What do you do with all this garbage. ”

Wang Lu said in a sullen voice: "Be a lifebuoy." As he spoke, he strung the foam block and the oil bottle together with the wire and tried it around Xie Ling's waist. Xie Ling twisted her waist and frowned, "Does this thing work?" The foam block was too big to even get out of the hatch around my waist. ”

Wang Lu took off the strange lifebuoy that smelled of garbage from Xie Ling's waist again: "It's better than nothing, remember, I put the lifebuoy next to the hatch, if there is an emergency, you must take it with you to go into the water." ”

As the two were talking, Wang Lu's feet suddenly became weak, he thought that he was tired of getting on and off the boat and tying bamboo tubes, and when he raised his eyes, Xie Ling also stumbled, and held the helm's chair to stabilize his body, and then he suddenly realized that the boat was moving!

The ship moved.

The water is rising.

The boat shook again, and now it was even more obvious.

Wang Lu rushed out of the control room, Xie Ling followed closely behind with a curtain, and ran to the side of the boat to see that the rising river water had half-supported the excavation boat, and under the impact of the river, the hull of the boat was also sloped.

Wang Lu could hear the gurgling of the bottom of the boat scraping on the rocky beach.

Wang Lu and Xie Ling tacitly grabbed the two bamboo poles that had been prepared on the board of the boat and put them under the water, trying to pull the boat out of the rocky beach.

The bottom of the boat rattled and the stones moved, and then jammed.

Wang Lu wiped the rain from his face and shouted at Xie Ling, "The water level is still almost." ”

Xie Ling shouted, "Wait a little longer, just wait for the water to rise again." ”

Neither of them went back to the control room, standing in the rain and observing the depth of the water, Xie Ling felt that the rain-soaked curtains were in the way, so she simply ripped them off and threw them into the water, wearing only a bra and shorts, Wang Lu did not persuade Xie Ling, because he was also undressing, and after taking off only his pants, Wang Lu turned over and went into the water with the side of the boat, Xie Ling was startled, and threw himself on the side of the boat and shouted: "What are you doing?" Come on! The water is too urgent! ”

The impact of the river was so strong that Wang Lu shook straight, and he tightly grabbed the side of the boat and shouted to Xie Ling, who was anxious: "Quick, give me the bamboo pole." ”

Although Xie Ling was puzzled, she quickly handed the bamboo pole to Wang Lu, who inserted the bamboo pole diagonally into the bottom of the boat, and sled desperately, trying to loosen the boat.

After working hard for a long time, Wang Lu found nothing except being soaked in the river and shivering, so he had to climb back onto the boat under Xie Ling's pull.

Can't let Wang Lu take risks anymore, Xie Ling immediately decided: "I'll go and start the digging arm." This time Wang Lu did not block it, he had already found when he pried it just now, the boat was clearly almost floating, and it didn't take too much effort to use the digging arm, as long as he pushed it, maybe the boat could move.

Wang Lu returned to the control room, and Xie Ling was already running the engine.

Wang Lu stood beside Xie Ling, looking at the dark river through the glass window.

Xie Ling took a deep breath, pushed the right joystick, and slowly lowered the digging arm, this time the action does not need to be too complicated, as long as the digging arm is pushed to the bottom of the river, it is possible to get the boat out of trouble.

The huge digging arm with the shovel head reached into the water, and the raging river water crashed into the white waves on the steel arm, and from time to time the tree trunk hit the digging arm. Such an impact was far from enough to damage the digging arm, and Xie Ling calmly continued to push the lever forward.

In the rainy night, there was a dull sound, and Wang Lu, who was standing next to the driver's seat, stumbled and shouted in surprise: "It's moving!" ”

Xie Ling pushed again, and the digging boat shook more obviously, and under the continuous impact of the river, the stern of the boat slowly turned around, showing a posture of tail front and back, and broke away from the rocky beach.

Without waiting for Wang Lu to remind, Xie Ling pulled back the joystick, and the digging arm rose from the river with the bucket and the water flowed with a bucket.

The excavator was finally freed.

Xie Ling was about to reach out to turn off the engine, but Wang Lu stopped her: "Don't, it will be useful later." ”

Although the excavator was freed from the rocky beach, it was far from safe.

The boat is going straight down the river, and without a propeller, the excavator can only go with the current, whether the boat crashes into the floating debris or crashes on the shore, it is very dangerous.

Wang Lu patted Xie Ling's bare shoulder and said, "Get ready, listen to my command." He turned around and walked out of the control room.

Xie Ling didn't understand what Wang Lu meant by "listen to my command", but she still sat obediently in the driver's seat