"Tiger, you and the fat sheep stay to watch the house, and leave two pistols, if the situation is critical, you don't need to bring anything, immediately dig the culvert and run west. We will definitely come back before dawn, if you don't come back, don't panic, wait here steadily, it's time to go to work. ”

"I still have some money here, go to the market to buy some building materials, and first build a small building and live in a few rooms. As long as I'm alive, there must be a way to bring my brothers back. ”

Now that he has found a relatively hidden channel, Hong Tao has a little bottom in his heart. Of course, with his temperament, he will never forget to arrange the aftermath. Populus euphratica followed them to pursue a better life, and they did not have the obligation and responsibility to be born and die together.

Part of the money stolen from Youlong Labor Company was spent to buy a house, and the rest was divided into two parts, half of which was given to Tiger as living expenses for him and Fat Yang, as well as for the construction of the rear area.

The other half is carried on the body for oneself and other people's use. In case the alliance patrol finds out that he can't come back in a short time, he can still run south to the safe area of Jinmen to temporarily avoid the limelight, and then he will need money.

"Hmm...... You don't need to take out the walkie-talkie, and you can notify us immediately if you encounter danger. ”

As the leader of the gold diggers, Hu Yang has long been accustomed to life and death, and has no objections to Hong Tao's arrangement. However, he felt that it was better for everyone to be together, and it was not easy to get together so many trusted partners in the last days.

Even if the rules set by the East Asian Alliance are more inclined to protect the weak than the redeemers, it is still an environment where the jungle eats the jungle. It's okay for everyone to suffer a little together, as long as they are spiritually rich, they still have a head, and after they disperse, they can only survive in secret.

“…… Don't do it for the time being, we don't have many batteries left, so let's save it for the critical moment before using it. Don't worry, as long as God doesn't want to take me, there is no need to make a big deal about ordinary small troubles. This is not Xinjiang Province, and you are no longer gold diggers, so don't be the first to think about fighting and killing when you encounter problems. ”

Hong Tao thought about it carefully, and finally rejected the proposal. In addition to not wanting to involve more people, the main reason is that the walkie-talkie is more likely to be exposed. The Redeemer doesn't have this kind of technology, but the East Asian Alliance certainly does, and it's not just itself that can use individual communication terminals.

Farming prays for good weather and good weather, when robbers prefer the moon to be dark and the wind is high. It was not only dark and windy, but it also rained, and although it was not as heavy as the day before, and there was no lightning or thunder, it still allowed some people to do something unsightly under the cover of the weather.

At night, six figures tiptoed and approached the western boundary of the new Sixth District. After watching a team of heavily armed vigilantes go south along the road, they slid down the dirt slope and groped for less than 100 meters to the north.

"Stupid pig, was that what the hole looked like the last time you came?" The culvert is only half a man high, but it is quite long, and after crossing the road above, it extends dozens of meters to the west. After Hong Tao entered the cave, he turned on his headlamp, looked around as he crawled, and suddenly stopped when he was about to reach the exit.

“…… yes, did you run into a peer? Suddenly asked this question, the stupid pig did not react for a while, but soon realized an important question, and his expression could not help but become nervous, and his hand followed the holster tied to his thigh.

"When I came in, I looked carefully, and it was 100% buried before the entrance, and it was probably the construction debris from the time when the land in the new area was leveled. But it wasn't buried deep, and then it was dug up again, and you see what it is! Hong Tao nodded, stretched out his palm and opened it.

"Looks like asphalt, right?" Several people picked up a small piece of black stuff and put it under the headlamp to look at it carefully, and then leaned under the nose to smell it, and there were those who stuck out their tongues and licked them, and the scalper was the first to have the answer.

"Pretty much, it's the residue that drips off after the linoleum has been burned. Someone used to use linoleum as a torch to light the passage here, and depending on the amount of residue left on the ground, it was either a large number of people or a lot of people. I think it's probably the latter, which means we're probably not the only ones who use this culvert to enter the red zone. ”

Hong Tao took out a lighter, picked the black residue on the tip of the dagger and roasted it, kneaded it into a small ball with his fingers, put it under his nose and sniffed it, he confirmed this speculation, and then led to a lot of speculation.

"At least two people, but the footprints are not new, what now?" Lazy dogs and stupid pigs are good at surviving in the wild, and they are a little uncomfortable when they suddenly arrive in a big city. Let Hong Tao also start to search on the ground as soon as he was reminded, and soon found footprints.

"Don't panic, this isn't Pear City, and there aren't that many gold diggers. Let's do our job, keep an eye on it, and then talk about it when we find out. Seeing that everyone was ready to fight for their lives, Hong Tao hurriedly signaled not to be so nervous.

But what he did afterwards made people nervous, and the monoculars, which no one usually let touch, snuggle in their eyes, hiding on the edge of the cave and looking out.

Everyone who has been with him since he left Yining knows one thing very well, when Brother Mouse takes out this weird and battery-powered and power-hungry thing, when will he not be far from the dead.

No one can guess what it is, and Brother Rat never says. But everyone is not stupid, they know that they must be able to see people's equipment in the dark, and they all call this thing a mourning star in private.

But today, the Mourning Star failed, and Hong Tao squatted at the entrance of the cave and looked around for a long time without finding any suspicious targets. There are quite a few heat sources, but they are not human in terms of size, they may be mice, or weasels, or even foxes, and of course there is no lack of regulars in the ruins of the city, crows!

Since the equipment is fine, there should be no humans within a few hundred meters of the cave. Of course, the thermal scope can't detect the heat source hiding behind the building, so you have to change the angle for a few more minutes every time you walk a distance.

Walking through the ruins of a city on a moonless night is not easy, and it is even harder not to make any noise. Because it was too close to the safety zone, no one in the group dared to turn on their headlights or flashlights, so they could only slowly grope their way forward with experience.

"Click, click...... Holy! But no matter how careful you are, you will inevitably step on some kind of object that makes a sound, and this time it was the scalper who won the bid.

"Shh......h Dodge and it's over, what to shout! Hong Tao heard the sound and immediately hid his body behind the garbage can on the side of the road, eager to go over and kick the scalper's buttocks. It's not the first day to be a gold digger, why is it the same as a novice to make a fuss about a little accident, it's too unprofessional.

"Brother Mouse, Brother Mouse...... Come and see ......," but instead of correcting his mistakes, the scalpers intensified their mistakes.

Hong Tao had to leave the bunker, walked across the street to the other side, and turned on the headlamp with his hands, intending to see why the scalper was so out of shape. Then he saw a lot of dead branches stacked on the pavement, layer by layer, quite neat.

But if you look closely, you will find that there are only a few types of dead branches, each of which is very similar in appearance, less like a product of nature and more like man-made.

Hong Tao couldn't help frowning when he saw it in his eyes, those things were not dead branches at all, nor were they any processed man-made products, but the remains of zombies.

That's right, hundreds or thousands of corpses are piled up on the sidewalk on the west side of the road, most likely zombies killed during the first battle to defend the capital. But after so many years of exposure to wind and rain, they still maintain the appearance of humanoid skeletons except for being more shriveled, and they have not changed much from color to texture.

This is just the appearance, in essence, the dry bones are still weathered, just now the scalper accidentally stepped on a zombie remains, and the thigh bone of the person was broken.

However, just like the research results of Wang Heping and Fan Chunling in the medical laboratory back then, the skin, muscle tissue and bones of zombies are much harder and more resistant to corrosion than humans, and even more stable than plants.

Although there is also weathering, it is only the joints that are the most serious, not to mention the bones, and even the superficial skin has not completely lost its toughness. Hong Tao pinched it with his hand and broke it hard, but the bones were not broken, and the skin and muscles were not torn apart. It feels exactly like holding a piece of wood, or hardwood, and it's quite heavy.