Chapter 11: On Land
Early the next morning, Long Fei gathered everyone and prepared to set off.
Three transport ships were driven into the woods not far from the beach, and hidden, protected by all robot guards with live ammunition.
Then everyone was equipped with weapons, the necessities were on their backs, and Dr. Wang also put on a nuclear radiation protection suit, and everything was ready.
Long Fei opened the holographic image to explain today's itinerary for everyone. "We're in the north-east of the continent, and there's a lot of intense radiation in the south and north, so the best route for us is to follow this area where the radiation intensity is below level 1," he said. About 30 kilometers from here, there is a small safe area with a nuclear radiation intensity of 0, and this is where we are today. ”
After speaking, Long Fei asked loudly, "Do you understand?" ”
"Understood!" Everyone replied in unison.
Long Fei continued: "Okay, form a circular formation, protect Dr. Wang in the middle, and pay attention to vigilance!" Let's go! ”
"Yes!"
Long Fei held a laser rifle and walked in front, and everyone was in the shape of stars holding the moon, protecting Dr. Wang in the middle.
A distance of 30 km, at an ordinary walking speed of 5 km/h, is a 6-hour trip.
The reason why Long Fei didn't sail over was because he was full of unknowns about the land. Once you've found a place to settle down, it's not too late to sail over.
The crowd marched forward in the woods, observing their surroundings at the same time. This forest is a tropical rainforest with stout bread trees, patches of rubber trees, and a variety of shrub weeds endemic to the tropics. When I looked up, I could only see the sparkling sunlight in the gaps in the leaves.
"Whoosh!" Something passed through the bushes, and everyone immediately raised their guns and took aim. When it was discovered that it was just a wallaby, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Long Fei was about to continue moving forward when he noticed a group of kangaroos rushing towards him in front of him, and quickly made a hidden gesture.
Everyone immediately split up to dodge, and he himself found a bush to lie down on his back, so that it was convenient to observe the situation around him. He saw kangaroos flying over his head, and when they were all gone, he got back on his feet.
Everyone resumed their formation again and continued to move forward, and the big bull came over and quietly asked, "There are only a few dozen kangaroos, why don't we destroy them?" ”
Long Fei patiently explained: "There are many potential dangers in the woods, as long as the other party does not attack us, we will try not to expose ourselves. ”
Keep going, but the road is getting harder and harder. There were more and more thorns ahead, as if no one had passed through them for many years.
So he drew his Tang knife and slashed the thorns with it as he continued to move forward.
After a long time, everyone finally walked out of the woods. In this short 3-kilometer journey, they walked for more than an hour.
As soon as you step out of the woods, the scene changes dramatically. In front of him is an endless stretch of red earth, sparsely planted with shrubs and weeds. All kinds of animals are in groups, foraging for food or hiding from enemies, but there is no one to be found. There are white bones everywhere on the ground, and there are some animal carcasses that have not completely decomposed.
Long Fei led everyone on, trying to keep their distance from the aggressive beast herd. Occasionally, daring beasts rushed at them, and they concentrated their fire.
Long Fei approached a mutant wild dog that they had shot, and was a little shocked, the mutant wild dog was actually larger than an adult lion, and the muscles on his body were also very strong.
Dr. Wang walked over and saw the mutated wild dogs on the ground, and said with some curiosity: "It is said that nuclear radiation will cause animals to mutate, and anything with three eyes, six legs, and two heads may appear." But along the way, I only saw the big ones with strong bodies, but I didn't see other mutant types. ”
Long Fei pondered for a while and said his opinion: "Natural selection, survival of the fittest." In the initial period of nuclear radiation, various deformed animals will certainly appear. But after nearly a hundred years of survival of the fittest, only these big and strong ones can survive. Just like in the Arctic, only polar bears survive, and no one sees other species of bears in the Arctic. ”
Dr. Wang pondered carefully and nodded earnestly.
Long Fei continued to take the lead and led everyone to move forward. On this flat red earth, the people walked much faster.
By the time it was almost noon, they had already walked most of the distance.
Long Fei found a place where the wind was blowing, and asked everyone to make a fire to cook and prepare for lunch.
The aroma of boiled fish slowly came from the pot, and everyone who was hungry swallowed their saliva.
"There's something flying this way in there!" Ruyue held a sniper rifle and pointed to a place in the sky and said.
Long Fei immediately stood up and saw a dense white dot in the blue sky, flying towards this side at an alarming speed.
Information also appeared on his glasses: Species: Mutant Seagulls, Current Speed: 300 km/h, Attack Strength: Level 2, Defense Strength: Level 1, Population: About 125.
"It's mutant seagulls, they're downwind of us, they must have smelled fish, these guys have a really sensitive sense of smell." Long Fei couldn't help but sigh.
He was about to give the order for everyone to shoot, but the bull held the rotating machine gun and said, "Don't be nervous, let me clean them up!" ”
Long Fei looked at Da Niu's confident look, and he also knew that the maximum rate of fire of the rotating machine gun was 1,000 rounds per minute, and it was not a problem to destroy these mutant seagulls. Just let the big bull do this, and keep an eye on the battle situation by his side.
When the mutant seagulls were still 1,000 meters away from them, they began to accelerate and dive. The bull pulled the trigger, and the barrel of the rotating machine gun spun and turned faster and faster. The bullets from the rotating machine gun shot towards the mutated seagulls like tongues of fire, and in an instant, more than a dozen mutant seagulls were hit and fell downward.
As the machine guns fired, the number of mutant seagulls rapidly decreased, and the downed mutated seagulls stained the red earth even redder.
Just when the number of mutant seagulls was getting smaller and smaller, there was a strange scene.
The rest of the mutant seagulls not only scattered in all directions, but many of them skillfully dodged the machine gun bullets, but the speed of the charge continued unabated.
"These mutated seagulls have actually learned to strain!" Long Fei judged that at this time, the flight speed of the mutant seagull reached an astonishing 800 km/h, and seeing that there were still dozens of mutant seagulls about to rush in front of him, he immediately ordered: "Everyone shoot together, don't let them rush down!" ”
Everyone shot wildly together, but unfortunately it was still too late, and more than a dozen mutated seagulls had already rushed in front of everyone.
"Lie down!" Long Fei shouted, and everyone immediately fell down. The mutated seagulls swooped down, then flew into the sky again, ready to dive again.
The bull was furious, and raised the rotating machine gun to shoot a round of strafing. The remaining mutant seagulls were shot off before they could dive again.
Just when Long Fei breathed a sigh of relief, Athena's exclamation was heard: "Oh no, Dr. Wang's nuclear radiation protection suit is torn!" ”
It turned out that when everyone was lying down just now, Dr. Wang didn't react, and a big hole was scratched in the protective suit.
Long Fei hurriedly took out the tape and glued the protective suit, although it did not have much effect, but there was no problem for the time being.
He began to regret his decision to let Da Niu attack alone, but it was a pity that regretting it now would not help.
Long Fei opened the map and found that it was less than 10 kilometers away from his destination, and when he looked up, he could already see the stone city wall and the tall buildings in the city wall.
So he picked up Dr. Wang on his back and started running. As he ran, he said, "Dr. Wang, you have to hold on!" We're almost at our destination, and we'll be saved when we get there! ”
But I didn't hear Dr. Wang's answer, and only Dr. Wang's painful moans were heard in my ears. Long Fei quickened his pace and ran, and everyone followed closely behind, continuing to maintain the formation, protecting him and Dr. Wang, while shooting the beasts that rushed towards them.
In less than half an hour, the crowd finally came to the stone city wall. It is said that it is a stone city wall, but in fact, it is a ruin wall that is not high, and many places are repaired. And in the middle of the stone wall, there stood a large rusty iron gate.
After observing it, Long Fei felt that this place should be inhabited, because if this section of the city wall is not maintained, it can be washed away by a heavy rain.
So he slammed the door with his fist and shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”
After a while, a voice came from the door and asked, "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”
Long Fei replied: "We were shipwrecked at sea, and we fled here for refuge!" ”
"Look at you are cleanly dressed, where do you look like refugees?" The man inside the door asked.
"The island where we live was destroyed by a typhoon, so we had to come here." After Long Fei finished speaking, he found that the person inside did not answer, so he continued: "We have a patient here who needs urgent treatment, and we can't delay any longer!" ”
"It's okay to come in, only you and the patient can come in, and everyone else has to stay outside." The man in the door continued.
"Good!" Long Fei immediately agreed, turned around and said to everyone, "You wait here for a while, and I'll take Dr. Wang in for treatment first." ”
Everyone nodded silently, Feng Wu came over and whispered to him: "Be careful after you go in, we will wait here for half an hour, if they don't let you out, we will rush in." ”
Long Fei was a little moved, and nodded seriously at Feng Wu. At this moment the small door on top of the large iron gate opened. He dodged in, and the door immediately closed behind him.
When he came in, he was dumbfounded, and there were twenty or thirty men at the door, with worn-out pistols, rifles, knives, etc., all pointed at him, and surrounded him in the middle of him, unable to move.
"Get out of the way!" Hearing the voice, everyone parted to the sides, making way for a middle-aged man to fly towards the dragon from behind.
"I'm the leader of this town, you can call me 'Jones.'" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he walked up to his side and began to check on Dr. Wang's condition.
Long Fei also introduced himself: "My name is Long Fei, this is Dr. Wang, his nuclear radiation protective suit is torn, and he needs to find a place without nuclear radiation." ”
He saw Jones checking on Dr. Wang's condition, and was a little worried, but after a while, he heard Jones say, "It doesn't seem to be a big problem, I haven't been exposed for too long, you come with me." With that, Jones walked forward.
Long Fei followed closely, he carefully observed the surroundings, in front of him, there was a magnificent building, but it was already very dilapidated. Following Jones, he ascended the stairs and entered the hall, descending through the hallway.
Observing his surroundings, Jones said, "This was originally a cathedral where the monks built an underground shelter. I didn't expect it to be used one day. ”
He exclaimed, "What a magnificent cathedral! ”
He followed Jones as he walked through the underground shelter and was a little dumbfounded by the sight in front of him. In contrast to the tall and grand cathedral, it is dark and damp, surrounded by shabby beds and various household items. The ragged people all around them cast curious glances at this side.
He asked curiously, "Why are you living so hard here?" Jones did not look back, and replied in a tone of course: "This is the life of most people on land now!" Look at your outfit, you're from the Floating City on the sea, right? ”
Long Fei felt that the other party might not believe it to be honest, so he replied half-truthfully: "It's almost the same, we live on an island." Jones stopped, turned to him and said, "You put him here first, we don't have any medicine here, we can only see his own resistance." With that, Jones left.