Chapter 35 Reaching a tacit understanding
The noon sun was a bit scorching, and several figures were running in the courtyard of the mine under the scorching sun.
Zeng Qiang was fully armed, carrying a backpack with a corpse butcher knife hanging on his bag, and a bottle of five kilograms of drinking water and some food in his bag, leading the way in front.
Following Zeng Qiang was Wang Xin, who also carried a big schoolbag, but the schoolbag was full of her cosmetics.
followed by Li Zitong and his two brothers, Xia Wei and Luo Bin, and there was another person left behind - Li Ying.
At the beginning, everyone was not fast, everyone could keep up with Zeng Qiang's pace, and when the team was about four or five hundred meters, the team was getting longer and longer, and Li Ying at the back was already two hundred meters behind Zeng Qiang.
During this period after the end of the world, Li Ying was hungry and full, running like this was not something her body could withstand at all, her intuition told her that it would be better to follow Zeng Qiang, Wang Xin was a good example, so she boldly proposed to enter Zeng Qiang's search team.
Zeng Qiang's speed was not fast or slow, running at a uniform speed made him not even dare to breathe, he had already run past the backward Li Ying, and the speed of others was getting slower and slower, he neither urged nor encouraged, because this was only the first level for him to test these people.
Li Ying knew that she was at the end, and she saw Zeng Qiang running past her just now, how she wished Zeng Qiang would stop and look at her and say something encouraging to her, even if it was a look.
But Zeng Qiang didn't do anything, and at that moment she understood that if she couldn't persevere, Zeng Qiang would not leave her.
Li Ying ran slowly, she felt that her throat was very dry, her heart was beating fast, her breathing became heavy, and her legs were like they were filled with lead.
Li Ying clenched her teeth, she couldn't think of anything now, her mind was blank, and she was supported by a belief in her heart.
When she saw Zeng Qiang surpassing her again, and even Li Zitong and Wang Xin ran past her, tears flowed unconsciously.
"If you die, you will die in vain, and you can only rely on yourself." Li Ying remembered what Zeng Qiang said before.
"I'm going to live, I'm going to live at least like her." Li Ying was shouting in her heart as she watched Wang Xin run past her.
She felt dizzy, her vision became a little blurry, and a voice full of temptation kept sounding in her head: "Li Ying, stop, you're already very tired, just stop and rest......"
"No, I can't stop, to stop means to quit, to quit and to live that life is worse than death, I! No! Want! Li Ying used those tragic memories to stimulate herself to persevere.
Watching this man who can give himself human rights and freedom surpass himself again, Li Ying is just taking mechanical steps, it is a miracle for her to be able to hold on until now, she feels that this is the longest road she has ever run in her life, her feet are still walking, but she doesn't know where the end of the road is?
Zeng Qiang ran more and more energetically, he never felt that running was such a fun thing, remembering that he used to run 800 meters and was half tired and half dead, how much is this today? At least four thousand meters.
Looking back at the back, Li Ying didn't know when she was lying on the ground, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead.
Li Zitong and the others also squatted on the ground panting.
No, what about one more person? Where did Wang Xin go?
Zeng Qiang was very focused just now, and he didn't notice where Wang Xin was at all.
Zeng Qiang looked around and found that Wang Xin was moving a chair and lying on it with sunglasses, and the big yellow dog was lying at her feet.
"Wang Xin! If you are lazy, you will be punished for ten laps! Zeng Qiang yelled angrily.
"Woohoo." The big yellow dog was so startled that he stood up all of a sudden, wagging his tail, it was saying, Zeng Qiang you have made a noise to the dog.
"Hmm~ keep running." Wang Xin replied lazily, but he didn't intend to stand up at all.
Zeng Qiang was even more annoyed when he saw it, walked over and took off her glasses, and said loudly: "I'll punish you for running ten more laps." ”
"I'm a woman." Wang Xin opened his eyes lazily and pouted with some dissatisfaction.
"She's not a woman?" Zeng Qiang shook his hand and pointed at Li Ying, who was unconscious on the ground.
"She? She can compare to me! I'm your wife. Wang Xin was helpless, sprinkling, and didn't want to go out again.
Zeng Qiang felt a little powerless, the one-eyed dragon only gave him five days to prepare, and after five days, no matter how well he trained, he had to go out to find supplies, but when he saw a few people on the ground and Wang Xin, who was cheating, he felt that going out like this was to give zombies a snack.
"Brother Zeng Qiang, which one are you singing?" Chen Xiang came to the courtyard and asked puzzled when he saw this scene.
"Haha, isn't it like I'm going to go out to find supplies in a few days, I have to train them first, otherwise the zombies won't be able to run away when they come." Zeng Qiang explained casually.
"It's still my brother who thinks thoughtfully, unlike my squad's subordinates, who eat and sleep all day long." In fact, in Chen Xiang's opinion, Zeng Qiang is so idle, they didn't think of training search team members, but now people generally can't eat enough, how can they still have the strength to train?
Chen Xiang pulled Zeng Qiang aside, and then whispered: "My brother knows that you are capable, so my brother has something to ask for." ”
"Brother Xiang, you have exalted me, how can I have any ability, I guess I can't help you with your business." Zeng Qiang didn't care what happened to Chen Xiang, he refused first, and then he didn't know him well, so he had to take care of his affairs.
"Brother, don't be busy refusing first, listen to me first." Chen Xiang suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and then said: "I want to ask my brother to help me get a batch of weapons back, I know there is a place where I can get it." ”
"Oh? What weapons are there? Zeng Qiang was also curious, he had long wanted to inquire about the origin of the one-eyed dragon's guns, and after asking Li Zitong, he also said that he didn't know, those guns were all given to them by Chen Xiang.
"There is a detention center not far from Fugui Town, I used to squat there, there used to be a squadron of armed police stationed there, after the end of the world, there were prisoners who escaped inside, saying that the policemen inside have become zombies, then their weapons ....." Chen Xiang's voice was very low, if it wasn't for Zeng Qiang being close enough, and his ears became sensitive after borrowing the ability of the big yellow dog, it is estimated that he may not be able to hear clearly.
"Since you have a weapon, Brother Xiang, why don't you get it yourself?" Zeng Qiang is not a fool, there must be a lot of weapons in it that can make Chen Xiang pay so much attention, and the same danger will not be small.
"Ahem...... Chen Xiang coughed awkwardly and said: "You don't know, I actually took my brother on a trip before, but I lost a few people, but I only got a few police pistols and a few rifles, and the bullets were even more pitiful." ”
Chen Xiang did not tell Zeng Qiang about the situation in the detention center, he was worried that Zeng Qiang would refuse directly if he found out, after all, the things he encountered in the detention center last time were too terrible, and now he still has palpitations when he thinks about it.
"Let's talk about it when I have a chance, I have to train the team first, and I heard that there is not much food in the mine, so let's solve the food crisis first." Zeng Qiang agreed, because he also wanted to get a batch of weapons and ammunition to give himself and Wang Xin more ability to protect themselves in the last days.
"Okay, I'm relieved to have a brother." Chen Xiang happily patted Zeng Qiang's shoulder.
"Brother Zeng Qiang, if you continue to train your team, I won't bother, but please keep this matter a little secret." Chen Xiang carefully admonished Zeng Qiang.
"Does Brother Long know about this?"
Chen Xiang stared at Zeng Qiang's eyes and said meaningfully: "Brother Long doesn't know about this matter. ”
"Well, I see." Zeng Qiang's heart moved, judging from Chen Xiang's various actions, this guy shouldn't want to attack the one-eyed dragon, right?
"Brother Xiang, it just so happens that I also need your help with something." Zeng Qiang said to Chen Xiang.
"Brother, you said, as long as I can do it, I will help you."
Hearing that Zeng Qiang also needed his own help, Chen Xiang relieved himself, not afraid that you would have needs, but worried that you would not want anything.
"The training intensity of my team in the past few days may be a bit large, I would like to ask Brother Xiang if he can prepare more food for us, otherwise the training effect will not be achieved." Zeng Qiang felt that since Chen Xiang had a heart of disobedience and asked for himself, it was a bit unreasonable not to take advantage of the opportunity.
"Haha, no problem, although we don't have much food, it's still not a problem to supply a few of you." He also thought that Zeng Qiang would take the opportunity to make some excessive requests, and of course he agreed to such a trivial matter as preparing more food, and it was a big deal to let those women eat less.
"Haha, then thank you Brother Xiang." Zeng Qiang and Chen Xiang looked at each other and smiled, and the two seemed to have formed a tacit understanding.
Zeng Qiang also did this for a purpose, if he wanted to mobilize the enthusiasm of his team, he had to use food to motivate, and he exercised every day, if he couldn't even eat enough, it would have no effect, and if he wanted the horse to run, he had to give it grass.
Zeng Qiang asked Wang Xin to help Li Ying back, poured her a bowl of boiled water, and with Chen Xiang's privilege, he specially asked for an extra bowl of porridge to feed her at noon, and then slowly woke up, and then fell asleep after a while.