Chapter 24: Xu Jingqiu
Nanhu service area is located at the junction of western Sichuan, Tiannan and Qianzhou provinces.
This service area is also a large service area with a capacity of 20,000 passengers.
Within the empire, many industries were subordinate to the nobility, and this service area was one of them.
Its owner, a baron, contracted the service area, and continued to develop and build it, eventually becoming a tourist attraction at the junction of three provinces.
Before the end of the world, there were countless vehicles coming and going here every day, and it was very prosperous.
After Tang Zheng arrived here, he found that the first difficulty of this high-speed journey had finally arrived.
Even if he didn't plan to come here, he probably wouldn't be able to get around this service area.
The four motorcycles stopped at the edge of the service area, looking at this place like a small town, and feeling a little worried.
I don't see too many zombies here, but there is another problem that must be faced, and that is that the road is blocked.
It's no wonder that along the way, it is rare to see vehicles in this direction, it turns out that this service area has been blocked.
The reason for the road blockage is mainly that there are too many buses coming and going here, and many buses are overturned on the road, one in the east and one in the west, blocking the entrance of the entire service area.
Stains of black-brown blood were everywhere on the ground, as well as bits and pieces of bones.
As you can imagine, there has definitely been a humanitarian tragedy here.
Tang Zheng could even think that if he took this as the center point and walked to the surrounding area, he could still find a lot of survivors, after all, this was a wilderness, and it was impossible for everyone to die when the end of the world broke out.
But Tang Zheng won't do anything like that, the most important thing at the moment is to find a safe place to rest here.
Tang Zheng did not rush to find the hotel, but took his mobile phone to check the map here.
"On the left and right sides of the road are restaurants, and there are seventy or eighty in total."
"In the middle is the service hall, and in my direction, there is a security office of the Imperial Sheriff's Office."
"On the other side, there's a gas station."
"I should find a hotel to stay and settle down and have a good night's rest."
Tang Zheng looked left and right, and after careful analysis, it was decided that the men and women should go to the left and the left.
Parking the motorbike in a secluded spot on the edge, the group walked into the huge service area.
This service area can accommodate up to 20,000 passengers, but that's the maximum capacity, and there aren't that many in normal times.
When the apocalypse broke out, it was noon, it was the peak of the flow of people, and as far as the eye could see, the two-kilometer-long service area had countless abandoned vehicles piled up in the middle, and a large number of zombies were wandering among them.
Tang Zheng was blocked by the abandoned vehicles, although he couldn't see the situation on the other side of the service area, but from this point of view, there were not tens of thousands of zombies in the service area, but at least seven or eight thousand.
"This place is really dangerous, and it seems that how to get past is still a problem."
Tang Zheng didn't have the idea of hard steel with this group of zombies, he just wanted to settle down first.
On the left is a large row of restaurants, Tang Zheng looked at it and decided that it was the first one on the left, at least there was no need to go deep into the danger zone here.
The three-story hotel is called the Flower of the South Lake.
"The name is taken, I guess the owner of the restaurant is a girl."
"The general is right."
"The general is wise."
"The general has no last resort."
The first two to speak were Yang Mu and Luo Fei.
The third one to speak turned out to be a recruit.
Tang Zheng glanced back at his several heavily armed, majestic, seemingly loyal subordinates, and was a little speechless.
I don't know when there was an unhealthy trend in my own troops.
"Forget it, wartime is special, don't care about them for now, now in July, wait until the Spring Festival, and we must rectify the atmosphere."
Several people walked into the hotel, and the room was a mess.
Tables and chairs overturned, and dishes shattered to the floor.
Some of the leftovers had turned black and spoiled, and there were flies flying around the room.
Tang Zheng frowned slightly, glanced upstairs, and decided to go up.
If it weren't for the radar prompting him that there was a survivor on it, he might not have really gone up.
"Be careful, there's a survivor upstairs."
Several of the warriors nodded, but they didn't particularly care.
After this journey, except for the two recruits, all the rest of the team has been upgraded to two stars.
Luo Fei's number of kills is even closer to the level of strengthening three stars.
Strengthen the two-star, you can fight four with hand-to-hand, Tang Zheng's side is nine people and two dogs, no matter who it is, it is impossible for one person to win them.
Luo Fei walked in front, and as soon as he stepped on the first staircase, his feet slipped.
Thanks to his good skills, he held on to the handrail of the stairs and did not fall.
"General be careful, there's oil on the stairs."
Tang Zheng nodded, motioned for Luo Fei to walk in front, he followed the handrail carefully, and walked up to the second floor.
"It's in this bedroom."
Tang Zheng instinctively touched behind him, but this time he didn't touch the hammer.
By the way, new recruits have been added to the team, and the hammer is given to the recruits.
I don't know why, he still feels a little unaccustomed.
Just as he was about to tell the recruits to break down the door, the door suddenly opened.
A small head is exposed.
A pair of big black eyes glanced at a few people, and then tears flowed out.
"Woo~~~! Finally saved. ”
As he spoke, this person took the initiative to rush out, ran in front of Tang Zheng, and hugged him.
The big smart and little beautiful who were guarding Tang Zheng blinked and looked at it, and did not make an attacking move.
They are very spiritual dogs and can sense that the person in front of them has no ill will towards their owner, nor does they have the ability to harm their owner.
Tang Zheng was also a little confused, the person holding him in front of him was a young and beautiful girl.
Wearing a white knit sweater on the top and black yoga pants underneath, he is of moderate height and his hair is scattered.
Holding his slender arm, a faint fragrance came, and the soft touch made him not know how to deal with it for a while.
Tang Zheng, who had the intention of pushing this person away, but Tang Zheng, who had already decided to rescue the survivors in the future, still had a relatively kind heart.
Seeing that this girl was emotional and tearful, she must have been frightened for a long time these days, and her mood was agitated.
That's it, just bear with it, and it's okay to suffer a little loss.
But it was clear that this girl was not as weak as he thought.
After crying a few times, she let go of Tang Zheng with some embarrassment.
"Uncle squad leader, I'm sorry, I'm a little out of shape."
Tang Zheng glanced at a mirror on the second floor and saw his situation at the moment.
After days of rushing and fighting, there is no difference between his own group and asking for food.
Several veterans, including him, had their military uniforms ripped out of many holes by zombies.
Bloodstains, dust, rain, sun exposure.
Scars, scabs, peeling off.
The image is indeed a bit unbearable.
So this uncle, Tang Zheng didn't care, but just said to this beauty: "Girl, can you get some food here?" ”
Looking at the mess on the first floor, Tang Zheng was a little unsure.
The beautiful woman in front of her nodded frequently: "Yes, I used to be the chef of this restaurant, and I am good at cooking." ”
"Really? That's great, let's make us some meals. ”
"But..... But the first floor is a bit dangerous. ”
"It's okay, Luo Fei, take a few people down, clean up the first floor briefly, lock the door, and ensure the safety here."
"Understood, guaranteed to complete the task!"
Luo Fei took a few people down to work, and after a while, the door had been locked, and some garbage in the room had been piled up in a corner.
At this time, Tang Zheng also got to know each other with this beauty.
The girl's name is Xu Jingqiu, the owner and chef of this restaurant, 22 years old this year, did not go to college, and has been running a restaurant here for four years.
She was born to like cooking, and the restaurant was prosperous, and before the end of the world, she was already a rich woman with a little wealth.
It's a pity that the end times came, and almost everything was taken away from her.
It is already a great luck to be able to survive, and thanks to the fact that she is a restaurant here, and the food reserves are quite abundant, so she can last for such a long time.
After the first floor was safe, Xu Jingqiu immediately went down to cook.
It didn't take long for the lobby of the hotel to fill with the aroma of food.
After getting Tang Zheng's instructions, she made a big pot of rice and fried eight dishes, and the amount was very large.
Tang Zheng and his party waited hungrily for more than forty minutes, and the meal was served.
found a table for ten people, and also got a meal for the two dogs, and then Tang Zheng beckoned Xu Jingqiu to eat together.
Xu Jingqiu is not reserved, during this time, she didn't dare to come to the first floor to get food, and she really needed to supplement nutrition.
Tang Zheng and a few people gobbled up, and the speed of eating in the wind and clouds brought Xu Jingqiu faster.
"Whew! It's so enjoyable, sure enough, even in the last days, eating is the most important thing. ”
After eating seven bowls of rice, Tang Zheng put down the bowl, he hadn't eaten enough for a long time, and it was not a good thing to eat too much at one time, so it should be done in moderation.
Xu Jingqiu finished eating, she followed Tang Zheng's instructions and went to the kitchen to boil water, she not only has tap water here, but also a well in the backyard, the water quality is better than tap water, so there is no shortage of water.
Several cauldrons boiled water at the same time, ready to be used by Tang Zheng for bathing.
After eating other people's food, and asking others to be busy boiling bath water, Tang Zheng was also a little embarrassed.
He decided to talk to the girl, and he was willing to help her if he could.
At the same time, he also wanted to know about the situation in this service area and ask her if there might be any unexpected gains.