Chapter XVIII Decisions on the Future
Tang Zheng was thinking about the possibility of this place becoming a survival base, and Meng Zhiliang spoke.
"Squad Leader Tang, where are you going?"
"I'm going to Kawanishi, my family is in Kawanishi."
Maybe Tang Zheng's words are more like a family routine, and the survivors next to him have a sense of intimacy, and the previous aunt took the initiative to answer: "Oh my God, western Sichuan is tens of thousands of kilometers away from here, young man, you are so brave." ”
"yes, yes, I can't imagine that anyone would be able to get out of this city, you know, even if we have a foothold in this house, we have a lot of dead, and if those people were alive, we would be more than a hundred now."
"It's too difficult, it's too difficult, now the traffic is paralyzed, young man, you must think about it, to put it mildly, when you go back, most of your family will be gone, this is a bit too risky."
"But I think it's a little romantic, thousands of miles to go home to save relatives, it sounds very manly, right? If my child and his father came to save our mother, I would be willing to treat him as a cow and a horse for the rest of my life. ”
Survivor, you say a word to me, and the conversation box opens.
Tang Zheng smiled and looked around, there were more survivors around him, and there were more young women between twenty-five and thirty-five.
There are also some women who are about fifty years old, and there are fewer men.
The other ones are children, and many women have children around them at this time.
This is a playground, it was noon when the incident happened, many young mothers or grandmothers or something, brought their babies to play here, and the father with the baby, after all, there are not as many mothers with babies, so as to create such a scene of yin and yang.
However, such a scene still looks relatively warm, and it feels like a kindergarten parent-teacher meeting before the end of the world.
Perhaps seeing Tang Zheng's thoughts, Meng Zhiliang couldn't help but speak.
"Squad Leader Tang, to be honest, most of the mother-son combinations you see are actually not biological."
"Ahh
Tang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Meng Zhiliang.
These children snuggle up to women, and women instinctively hold their children, how can they not be biological mothers and sons?
Meng Zhiliang smiled bitterly: "I am very impressed, when the end of the world broke out, I was taking my child to play a roller coaster in the playground, and I still clearly remember that my child was mutated by my side." ”
"Squad Leader Tang, can you imagine the scene of the child you brought up by yourself turning into a beast under your nose, rushing towards you and biting your flesh and blood?"
"Right in the front seat of me, a mother was bitten to death by her daughter, and blood sprayed all over my body."
"Behind me, a mother mutated and bit her son to death and tore him apart."
Meng Zhiliang said, his eyes seemed to fall into sad memories.
"And I..... I might be a selfish person. ”
"At the beginning, I was still trying to subdue my daughter, but seeing the later scenes, I.... I'm ..... I broke my daughter's neck with my own hands..... Whining~~~! She's still so small, so cute..... In the morning, she was still coquettish in my arms, calling me dad sweetly, kissing me and telling me to get up, but I killed her with my own hands..... Whining!. ”
As he spoke, a tall man actually cried a handful of snot and tears.
Tang Zheng was also sour in his heart, so he could only pat Meng Zhiliang on the back: "No, you didn't kill your daughter, before you did it, your daughter was gone." ”
Meng Zhiliang paused for a moment, his eyes were a little touched, but the sad mood was not so easy to alleviate.
Seeing that Meng Zhiliang couldn't go on, the young man next to him interconnected.
"Squad Leader Tang, Brother Meng is a very strong person, he is also very sensible, he made the most correct choice, and later he endured the grief of losing his child, and took those of us who survived to find this survival base."
"Our mothers here, they have basically lost their children."
"And our children here have lost their parents."
"Mother's love needs a sustenance, and children also need to be raised, so the mother-son combination here is a temporary match, which can be regarded as a real dependence."
"We persuaded Brother Meng to adopt a child, but he refused, he said that if he had a child, no one would fight zombies, and we all admired him and were willing to listen to his command."
Hearing the words of Meng Zhiliang and the young man, looking at the eyes with tears around him, Tang Zheng was also very uncomfortable.
The end times came, and countless families were shattered.
Many families have no one left, and some families will have one or two people left, and they don't know which one is more painful.
But these people chose to be strong and survive, which is right, so that there is hope and a future.
At this time, a little girl with a round apple face and two pigtails asked Tang Zheng: "Uncle, you all have guns, and the people with guns on TV are very powerful, so will you be like Uncle Meng, and save many, many people?" ”
Faced with the child's innocent question, Tang Zheng felt a little ashamed.
He really didn't think about how many people to save before, and now in his heart, he just wants to find his family as soon as possible and save them.
At this moment, he firmly believes that if his family is still alive, he has the ability to save them.
But what about after that?
Will he save a lot of survivors?
The scene he experienced at the Chunxi Hotel made him not want to do it.
But seeing the scene in front of him, seeing these children who had lost their parents and relatives, and looking at those eyes full of hope, Tang Zheng felt that he should do something.
At this moment, the direction of the future is no longer confused.
Tang Zheng gently stroked the top of the little girl's head with his hand: "Uncle promised you, it will definitely be." ”
"Uncle is so nice."
The little girl smiled sweetly and snuggled into the arms of her new mother, and it could be seen that she had come out of the shadow of the loss of her loved ones.
The children here are very well-behaved, and the scene of the last days before them also made them grow up.
Tang Zheng let out a long breath and did not continue to talk about this sad topic.
The survivors here warmly entertained Tang Zheng and his party, even if Tang Zheng had no intention of taking them away.
Maybe in their hearts, they are also afraid to leave, after all, there are zombies everywhere outside, and if you want to get out of the city, it is not as simple as words.
Tang Zheng is not sure to leave with these people at all, and it is still unknown whether his group will go out or not.
For dinner, Tang Zheng took out the remaining half of the mutant mastiff's meat and made a pot of broth for everyone.
This is mutant beast meat, and eating it can strengthen the body and increase strength, so it should be repaid as a gift to these people.
The survivors did not hesitate and took out food that was incomparably precious to them, and gave them several dishes.
Meng Zhiliang even found a case of beer and drank a meal of wine between men with Tang Zheng.
One meal, everyone eats to their heart's content.
At night, Tang Zheng lay down in the cubicle arranged for him by Meng Zhiliang to rest.
He pondered the future of this small group of survivors.
During the day, he thought that if the group continued to grow, it could become a base for survival.
But now that you think about it, the risks are too great.
The main thing is that they don't have any weapons, just a few machetes and two fire axes, it is impossible to deal with too many zombies, one wind and grass, this group of people have the possibility of no bones.
If you want to develop, the armed forces must be there, after all, this base is in the city after all, and the danger is still very great.
Tang Zheng decided to do something for this group of people.
......
The next morning, the rain finally stopped after a night of rain.
Tang Zheng got up, and the survivors had already prepared warm rice porridge.
After drinking the porridge, Tang Zheng, Meng Zhiliang and others said goodbye.
Before leaving, Tang Zheng took out a big bag and handed it to Meng Zhiliang.
Meng Zhiliang opened it and saw that there were five rifles, five revolvers, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
"Squad Leader Tang, you.... This and this and this ...... ”
He thought it was carried by the warriors in their backpacks, and did not suspect the origin of the weapon.
Tang Zheng waved his hand: "You can keep it, most of the women and children here are not good, it is not possible to protect without weapons, I hope you can make good use of these weapons to create a safe home for everyone." ”
Meng Zhiliang showed excitement on his face, and even gave Tang Zheng a crooked military salute.
Tang Zheng smiled dumbly and returned the gift to Meng Zhiliang.
"Oh yes, I almost forgot, squad leader Tang, you wait a minute."
Meng Zhiliang took the bag, ran back, and then quickly took back a small bag.
Tang Zheng paused for a moment, took the bag and looked at it, it was all kinds of gold jewelry!
"This?"
"Squad leader Tang, yesterday your warrior was on duty at night and killed two zombies wandering over, I saw them rummaging for things, so I asked casually, your warrior said that you need some gold jewelry, I told everyone, our women here are willing to take out their jewelry and hand it over to you, this is also a little heart of our people for you."
Holding the heavy bag of jewelry in his hand, Tang Zheng also had mixed feelings in his heart.
Everyone regarded them as soldiers, and Tang Zheng didn't take the initiative to explain, but he received this kindness.
This bag of jewelry has five or six hundred gold, which is more than the funds exchanged by himself.
This can be regarded as a good reward for good people.
Tang Zheng didn't say anything more, and waved at Meng Zhiliang and the survivors who were standing at the door, watching them.
"Goodbye, everybody have to live well."
People also waved to Tang Zheng.
"Goodbye, squad leader Tang!"
"Good luck Uncle Luck!"
"Squad Leader Tang, if you have a chance to come back in the future, remember to come and see us, after all, there are not many people we know in this world."
Everyone waved goodbye to each other.
Tang Zheng took the soldiers and left the Yida City Playground and continued to set foot on the way home.
He had a feeling that in the near future, he might actually come back here.