Volume I: Section 33: Consciousness

Several other people looked at each other and focused their eyes on him.

"I also don't like that guy surnamed Su calling the shots. But as things stand, he probably didn't lie to us. ”

A short, stocky man frowned and said, "When we came out of the city, we all saw the cars blocking the road, as well as zombies and dead people. These things aren't fakes or props that can be disguised, they're."

"There are two cars outsideβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

Li Yongxiang interrupted him unceremoniously, and said hurriedly but resolutely: "The oil drums in the storage tent are full, and under the tarpaulin are rice and flour. With food, fuel, and cars, we will set off tonight and enter Sichuan early tomorrow morning. ”

"There's no way he's going to give you these things."

Another middle-aged man shook his head again and again, obviously not optimistic about this so-called plan: "The vehicles and materials are all taken care of, Su Hao will not agree, and it is impossible for us to use them casually." Of course, I didn't like the young man, and I wanted to leave too. We should have a good talk with him, ask him for food and water, and then we will go on our own. I think he would have acceded to that request. At least, not in front of anyone else. ”

"Walk on your own? Hum! Where can you go? ”

Li Yongxiang scoffed at this statement: "The plague caused by this virus has spread widely. Towns along the route are likely to be infected, and zombies may be hiding in any of the rooms. Once encountered, can you outrun those monsters? Even if you get away with it, how long will you be able to carry water and food with you? Do you know where to eat? What is not an endemic area? How far can you go if you walk on your own? ”

The white-snatching meal made the expression on the middle-aged man's face very ugly. He turned his face to the side in displeasure and asked in a stiff tone, "Then what do you say?" I don't want to stay here, and I don't want to be called like a cow or a horse. ”

Li Yongxiang smiled predictably. He leaned out, looked in the direction of the shed in the distance, withdrew his gaze, lowered his voice, and said, "That's right, no one is qualified to give orders to anyone. We had to leave, we had a car, plenty of food and water. The kid surnamed Su didn't even give us food, let alone give us these. There's only one way to get itβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and waved it heavily, roaring with a hideous expression: "Hard robbery!" ”

The men and women in the tent only felt a tightness in their throats. They looked at each other, their eyes trembling slightly. The short and fat man sitting on the marching bed opposite hesitated and asked, "How to rob?" Be specific. ”

Li Yongxiang slowly glanced at the people in front of him, his snake-like gaze carefully examining all the subtle changes on the other party's face that were noteworthy. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly burst into a sinister laugh, lowered his voice and said, "They have guns." To be precise, Su Hao and another young man named Tao Yuan had guns in their hands. ”

He raised his left hand, spread his five fingers, and clenched them into fists again: "There are only two of them. And we, there are six. ”

The middle-aged man said worriedly, "The comparison of numbers is meaningless. They are younger than us and have a strong physique. Even if it's three against one, we're not necessarily opponents. What's more, there are two more women. ”

"There will always be times when they slacken."

Li Yongxiang licked his lips, and the corners of his eyes twitched a little because of excitement: "Everyone goes together, six is definitely no problem for one." Just get a weapon from one person, kill him, and take advantage of the chaos to deal with another. ”

The night in the wilderness is darker than in the city.

A cold-toned energy-saving lamp wrapped around the top of the stick, held tall between the heavy food bags, illuminated the entire camp. Countless mosquitoes were attracted and flew back and forth around it, as if it were the most beautiful and coquettish female in the world. Under this irresistible temptation, the insects that were carried away by the confused thoughts launched one after another to attack the lamp, breaking their muscles and bones, breaking their legs and limbs, but they still went forward without fear of death.

There was silence in the camp, and people stayed in their tents to rest. They sleep deeply, and numbness and exhaustion make the mind completely relaxed at such times. At the moment, only sleep and rest are at the heart of everything. Nothing else matters.

Su Hao carried an assault rifle on his back, sat on the top of the tower that had been poured with cement, smoked a cigarette, and looked in the direction of the city in the distance and pondered. The tower is located very high, and although there are rolling hills, the view from here is very open and easy to watch.

It's not just the physique that strengthens the superiority of people over ordinary people. Metabolic functioning and cellular activity are also enhanced. Although the silver bone that Su Hao took had not yet enabled him to evolve to the fifth stage, in addition to eating normally, the daily rest time he needed had been shortened to about three hours. Or even less.

Hundreds of wooden poles were planted around the perimeter of the camp. Backed by them, fibre bands and wires are wound back and forth to form a dense net, on which are tied empty cans of different sizes and cans. As soon as an object forcibly breaks through, the rope net will immediately sound a "clang" alarm.

More than 20 meters away from the tent, leeward is a makeshift toilet made of bricks and tarpaulins. Tao Yuan's pants faded to his knees, his bare buttocks, squatting on the dirt pit, his eyes bulging, holding his breath, and shitting hard.

Fortified people are more powerful than ordinary people, but they are still human. Eating, sleeping, and excreting normal physiological activities are also indispensable.

The simple toilet has no door, and the entrance that twists back and forth can barely serve to block the view. Just when Tao Yuan had just released the first blockage in his large intestine and felt extremely comfortable all over his body, he suddenly heard the sound of small footsteps outside.

"Who is it?"

He asked casuallyβ€”β€”β€”β€” the cordon did not make any abnormal noise, and Su Hao, who was in charge of the vigil, did not fire a gun. This means that the person who came should be a member of the camp team.

It's normal to wake up at night to get out of your hands, and it's not worth making a fuss.

Without answering, the person who came walked directly into the toilet and came to Tao Yuan.

Tao Yuan's thinking detection range was far inferior to Su Hao's, even so, he still judged the identity of the person standing in front of him through his consciousness and vision.

Her name is Wang Yanli.

The name itself doesn't matter, the crux of the matter is β€”β€”β€”β€” she's a woman.

And Tao Yuan is bare-bottomed at the moment, squatting on the dirt pit to do standard excretion movements.

Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will have a few seconds of blank thinking in their brain. Shock, surprise, and the shame of human instinct make conscious judgment completely difficult.

Tao Yuan was no exception, even though he was a first-order enhancer, he was still unable to respond to such an emergency in a short period of time. I don't think it's dangerous. He just subconsciously quickly took out a tissue from his pocket, wanting to complete a series of actions such as wiping his butt and lifting his pants as quickly as possible. As for reaching out and touching the gun to aim at the other party, and at the same time shouting a warning, he didn't even think about it.

Previously, Su Hao had talked to him about the problem of new team members.

They all felt that these people would not absolutely obey the command, and it was impossible for them to be as united as the core members in the short term. There will certainly be confusion and disputes. However, based on the fact that they have been strengthened, and the other party is just an ordinary person's superior psychology, Su Hao and Tao Yuan don't feel that they will encounter any danger when facing new team members.

None of them expected that the other party would suddenly make trouble in the toilet.

Tao Yuan's mental consciousness caught five rapidly approaching humans outside the toilet. In a matter of seconds, they had rushed to the door. The woman standing in front of her also pounced like a female leopard, she "hissed" and roared, and pressed down with her huge body full of fat and oil, like a mountain, Tao Yuan, who was still in a squatting posture and had not yet stood up, was at a loss, and covered it underneath.

It's chaos.

There were noisy footsteps, and scolding and shouting at a low volume. Tao Yuan had already seen every face that rushed in and beat him. The man at the head is Li Yongxiang, they are obviously premeditated and have a clear division of labor. While holding down Tao Yuan's shoulders and thighs, the two steel bars also hit his knees.

It's all too fast. If the time and place were exchanged, Tao Yuan's reaction would definitely be much faster than now. I have to admit that Li Yongxiang did have a firm grasp of his psychology. Although his physical strength and strength were far inferior to Tao Yuan, he suddenly shot out under the opponent's surprise, and the continuous heavy blows to the knees and shoulders were not fatal, and the time they bought was enough for them to get the gun from Tao Yuan smoothly.

Tao Yuan felt that his kneecaps were almost shattered, and the underside of his body and back were wet and slippery, emitting a disgusting stench. He tried to stand up on the ground, but found that his hands were stuck in the dung pit, and every time he grabbed it, it was. Complex emotions of embarrassment, shame, and anger rush through my mind like cannonballs. He didn't care about anything, roared in rage, and swung his right fist and slammed into the side of the woman's skull that was lying on top of him. In the crisp combination of bone cracking and screaming, the fat body immediately flipped over. Under the dim light of the tent area in the distance, the woman's left cheek could be seen sunken, and her eyeballs flew violently from their sockets, connected by nerves and blood vessels, and collapsed next to their nostrils.

Li Yongxiang held the "95" pistol he got from Tao Yuan, opened the safety forcefully, and aimed the muzzle at Tao Yuan.

He had several friends in the army. Although I am not very familiar with this pistol, and I am not proficient in operation, I know how to use it.

A hint of hesitation flashed in Li Yongxiang's eyes.

In a society governed by the rule of law, murder is an unpardonable felony.

In a moment, this habitual thinking has been completely dispelled by him, and his gaze has become cruel and cruel. He gritted his teeth, ready to pull the trigger.

"Bang β€”β€”β€”β€”"

In the darkness of the entrance to the toilet, a flame suddenly lit up. Li Yongxiang felt a sharp hard object drill into his head, releasing unbearable heat and severe pain. The sight distance also undergoes a strange shift, oscillating between blood and darkness. They quickly obscured everything they could see, swallowing up even the last shred of consciousness.

Su Hao's eyes were full of killing intent, he held a fighting knife in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, like an angry beast, wantonly killing in the panicked and frightened crowd. The sharp tip of the knife sliced a man's throat with precision, and with the blood that had not yet lost its temperature, it turned around and plunged into the cheek of another man. Knocking out teeth in the mouth, cutting off the tongue, piercing another layer of fragile flesh, accompanied by a heart-rending and indistinct howl, pumped out with all the force.

The sleeping people in the tents have been awakened. They came running in amazement and surrounded the entire toilet in a matter of minutes. His leg was injured, and Tao Yuan, who was covered in dirt, was helped out of it. The man, who had been severely stabbed in the face, was carried to an open field in the center of the camp. The other two participants who were still alive stood next to them shivering, their faces trembling with fear.

The interrogation did not last long. Faced with a threat of death, most people choose to confess. Moreover, the dead and seriously wounded companions lie beside them, and they are the best example of this.

People stand around in a circle, forming an irregular circle.

"I saved you, provided you with food and water, and safe shelter. I have told you that the world has changed, and that there will be no rescue, and there will be no army and police as you imagined. We have nothing to rely on but ourselves. The city will soon become full of dangers, food and water will run out quickly, and we must build new camps here, sow seeds, cultivate and get life-sustaining things from the soil. I admit that you are a bunch of able-bodied deaf, blind people who are deaf and deaf to everything that is happening outside. Your hearts are still full of illusions that the world can and must operate according to a fixed mind. Other cities are still thriving, and money can be used there, and it is also possible to reclaim lost status, identity, and property in those places. I am amazed by your persistence and stubbornness, and I have to admit that you are a bunch of stubborn idiots. So much evidence, so much reality, so many corpses, all of which seem to you to be false and empty, and even death and blood cannot make you wise. ”

Su Hao paced back and forth in the center of the venue, he didn't know what kind of words to use to express his anger at the moment. He finally felt the huge gap between the future and the reality. Today's survivors cannot relate to, and cannot understand, the hardships and sufferings of the wilderness displaced decades later. Their minds are full of illusions, and they have no sense of self-help or self-reliance. They will only rely on others, imagining relief forces bringing food and medicine, as well as large donations from all of society

Humanity in the age of civilization is indeed something to be proud of. They have a complete disaster relief system. The exiles of the future world are sincerely envious of this, and they also sing it as a legend in books and poems. People even use the time of the outbreak of the virus as a separation, and label the past as "the age of civilization", "the old era full of good memories", and so on. As for the future, the term endless horror, death, disease, and hunger is unanimously recognized by everyone in the future world, and May 11, 2020, when the virus broke out, is also regarded as the boundary between glory and decay, and is called the "Black Age".

No one responded to Su Hao's words. The gaze projected in a pair of eyes releases different meanings. Indifference, numbness, anger, fear, sarcasm, but no matter who it is, they can feel that a violent flame is brewing in Su Hao's body, which may explode at any time.

"We're building our own home."

He raised his hands and waved them vigorously and angrily in the air: "I have never forced you, I have always regarded you as companions, as friends. Yes, you've never been exposed to this kind of work, so it's natural to be resistant. Believe that these things have nothing to do with you, and refuse to take the corresponding responsibilities and obligations. I don't want to have a conflict over something like that, so I use a more gentle approach and trade the actual work for the food and water I need every day. Is this wrong? It actually makes you think of killing people, don't forget to kill your own companions, Tao Yuan saved your life, he saved youβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

As he spoke, Su Hao gritted his teeth and rushed to Li Yongxiang's corpse, grabbed the body that had lost his head, roared like a mad lion that had lost his mind, and tore the corpse in half.

Blood and shredded flesh splattered all over him, and in the distant light, he looked like a demon who had just risen from a pool of blood.

The crowd of onlookers began to stir, and people looked at him in horror, subconsciously retreating, wanting to stay away, and soon gave way to a clearing that had been trampled by countless footprints.

A middle-aged woman with deep glasses stood behind the crowd and looked nervously and fearfully at Su Hao, who was covered in blood. Perhaps they felt that this barbaric and crazy act was contrary to normal thinking, and the other two men and women standing next to the corpse had pitiful expressions. She was very unwilling, and she also cried out indignantly: "Why do you order us to do all those dirty and tiring heavy work? What qualifications do you have to distribute food and water? Don't forget, you're not a government agent, and you got all these supplies from the city. They belong to the people, to the country, not to youβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

After a moment of silence, Su Hao separated the crowd and slowly walked in front of the woman, staring at the extremely nervous eyes with a hint of regret, and asked lightly, "Do you really think so?" ”

"You, what are you going to do?"

The woman took a few steps back in a panic, her voice trembling: "Don't! Stay back! You've just killed someone, you're a murderer. ”

Su Hao lowered his head and smiled like a devil: "Yes! You're right. Those things are not mine. But you didn't eat less. It's not just you, everyone here has eaten and drunk, right, what did you just say? Do they belong to the state? Belong to the people? ”