Chapter 48: Isolation
The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became lively.
"Finally, the bitterness is over......" Yao Aiguo pushed his glasses and stood up excitedly.
"yes, his grandmother's, I finally see hope." The fat man sighed with some emotion.
"When I get to the place, I ask everyone to ......" Xie Xuan didn't finish speaking, and his voice faded again, "It's a pity that Brother Xiao is gone......"
When Qiao Hongxia heard this, tears appeared in her eyes again.
The atmosphere in the carriage became heavy again.
The bus followed the instructions and turned left into the intersection, where the vehicles blocking the road were pushed to the side of the road and spray-painted slogans were everywhere on the bus.
"Live!"
"Humanity will win!"
"It's just the darkness before dawn!"
"The future is promising!"
"Li Hongzhou, I love you."
"Cui Jingjing, I love you."
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In addition to the spray-painted slogans left by these passing survivors, what remains is the official signage indicating the payment.
"Turn right 500 meters ahead."
At the intersection where you turn right, there is a sign that reads, "Follow this road and go straight through the tunnel, turn right at 10 kilometers to the bridge." ”
After passing through a five-kilometre-long tunnel in the direction of the signs, the left side of the road becomes a steep mountain wall, and ten meters below the right side is a large river fifty or sixty meters wide, flowing slowly.
On the opposite bank is a very high wire wall, with five large characters on a white background and red characters hanging on the wall, "Long Ping'an District", through which you can see the figures of people walking and the cars coming and going.
The atmosphere in the carriage was alive again.
The fat man said excitedly: "Hope is ahead, I have seen a beautiful life beckoning to us!" ”
Yao Aiguo burst into tears of excitement, and pointed to the other side with the names of his wife and children in his mouth, as if they were still by his side.
Chen Yao held Qiao Hongxia's arm, and the mother and daughter snuggled tightly.
Old Man Qiao's eyes also had a light at this moment, and he was helped by Qiao Bing to look at the world on the other side.
Qiao Bing's eyes were red, "Grandpa, we finally arrived ......"
Su Xue pursed her lips with tears in her eyes, and seemed to think of her relatives.
Xie Xuan also looked at the other side and was silent.
He Shan held the steering wheel firmly and stared motionlessly ahead, as if he was afraid that the grumpy father would say that he was not serious about driving.
Xiao Zhuang has been sleeping most of the time these days, like a person who can't wake up all the time.
Qin Yue's mind was full of thoughts about that old K at the moment, although he had never seen this person, but there was a faint feeling in his mind that this old K might know him, and even his parents......
As soon as he thought of this, Qin Yue's heart became more and more anxious.
The bus was slowly slowing down, and everyone immediately gathered their minds, and a bridge across the river appeared in their sight, the bridge body was originally a reinforced concrete structure, and in some places it had collapsed, but now the entire bridge body has been re-reinforced by dense steel frames.
From the side, you can see that there is a "concave" shaped sandbag fortress stacked on the front of the bridge, more than three meters high, with several heavy machine guns on it, and several operators in military uniforms sitting behind it.
When there were still more than 100 meters from the bridge, a human-high sandbag wall appeared on the front road, leaving a passage in and out of the middle, and a buffer zone of nearly 100 meters extended outside the passage, separated by a horse full of thistles according to the left and right layouts.
At the entrance to the buffer zone, a large warning sign with a blue background was erected, with several large reflective white letters printed on it, "Stop for inspection", and eight soldiers wearing masks and loaded guns stood on either side.
On the bank of the river, there is a rectangular tin room, and at the door sits four quarantine officers in white protective suits, two of whom also carry high-powered sprayers.
Seeing the bus coming, eight soldiers lined up with the fully automatic in their arms, and a person who looked like a squad leader made a gesture to pull over.
The bus slowly pulled over, and the quarantine officer with the sprayer on his back immediately stepped forward, spraying disinfectant on the bus while spraying it.
After that, the car door was opened, and the two soldiers raised their guns to the car door, asking Qin Yue and them to get out of the car one by one, and then took their temperature measurements and eyelid examinations respectively, and waited aside after confirming that there were no signs of infection.
After everyone had finished checking, the two quarantine officers with sprayers on their backs boarded the bus, completely sanitized the contents of the car, and then let everyone get on the bus and enter the second guard post at the bridge.
After a brief interview with each person, a registration form was filled out and all weapons and ammunition, including controlled knives, were required to be surrendered.
The soldier in charge of registration said that the weapons and ammunition were only temporarily kept by the military, and if they wanted to leave the security zone, they could get them back with this receipt.
The fat man wanted to say more but Qin Yue stepped forward to stop him, and then took the lead in handing in his automatic and pistols, including the Snow Shadow Knife, which were also placed on the table.
Seeing this, the fat man reluctantly surrendered his firearm, and the others did the same.
Shen Kai's utility knife was kept, and although Xiao Zhuang's bow and arrow were also handed in, his ring knife was not known where it was hidden, and it was not found when he searched his body.
Although the weapons were forcibly surrendered, the supplies were left untouched. The group was then taken into the row of tin rooms behind the "concave" fortress for 24 hours of quarantine observation before entering the safe zone.
The tin room is made of steel frames, and a large room that extends directly to the opposite bank, separated by movable panels every ten meters, and six high and low beds are placed inside, which looks like a widened and elongated sleeping car from a distance.
In addition to Qin Yue, there were two other waves of people in the huge space, who were isolated in the isolation room next door and in the middle, and when Qin Yue and them entered, the sliding door was locked from the outside, leaving only a window the size of a book.
"Damn, what do you think of us? It's disarming and body searching! The fat man turned around angrily and said.
"Fat brother discourages." Xie Xuan smiled and handed over a cigarette.
The fat man took it, and Xie Xuan said while lighting a fire for him: "Didn't people say it, as long as we want to leave, we can get it back at any time." ”
Yao Aiguo also put down the things in his hand and stepped forward to explain to the fat man, "This is a normal procedure, and it is also for the safety of the security zone, and the environment here is not bad, at least there is no need to worry about those living corpses making a surprise attack." ”
"Gotta get it, the fat man can't say you," the fat man waved his hand impatiently, "I said, it's all time for dinner, let's sacrifice the Five Organs Temple first." ”
"Yes, yes, I'm hungry, Xue, take out the pancakes." Xie Xuan hurriedly agreed.
"You know how to eat." Su Xue gave him a blank look, but still took out the bag containing the pancakes from a pile of supplies and distributed them for everyone.
"Brother Qin, I heard that Longping District serves three meals a day, and this is about to be the meal, should we wait?" He Shan looked at the half sheet of pancake in his hand.
"I have to wait for you, the fat man can't wait." The fat man rolled up the pancake as he spoke, and took a big bite on it.
"Eat less and cushion it for a while." After Qin Yue finished speaking, he also tore off a piece and ate it.
He Shan looked at the pancake in his hand and then at the fat man's gobbling up, swallowed his saliva, and then ate it too.
After a simple cushion, everyone cheered up again, gathered around and looked forward to life after entering the safe zone.