Chapter Twenty-Six: Survival
Zhang Heng cautiously crouched in the grass and looked out, and saw that the farm in the distance was quiet, there was no movement, and the whole world seemed to have no other noise except for insects and birds.
But Zhang Heng still didn't dare to move in the slightest, he was very sure that there were people on this farm, two old men, a man and a woman.
He's been trapped, no, it's not him, he's seen others trap with his own eyes......
It was a motel on the highway, and the group had already observed it in advance, and they had observed it three times in a row, and confirmed that the motel was really empty, and the team only had two people to go inside, wanting to check if there was any food, or at least a safe resting place.
And then...... The people hiding outside heard the sound of gunshots, followed by the screams of the two men who entered, but the two men never came out.
The two of them didn't have any guns or anything, and it was obvious that the gunshots were not fired by them......
The two people who went in to explore died.
They are people from a tour group, and they came here to travel and play, but halfway through the tour, they found that the whole network and countries are issuing emergency avoidance notices, no, it should be issued by all countries in the world.
Because they were tour groups, their return tickets had already been decided, and even if they wanted to buy planes to return home urgently, they were told that all planes were grounded, and then, after emergency contact with the embassy, they were placed in an abandoned warehouse outside the diocese of the country's capital.
Since this warehouse is an abandoned warehouse, it is naturally impossible to be very comfortable, not only is it full of moldy smell, but also there is no hot water, which makes most of the people in the group very dissatisfied, they directly decided to go back to the hotel in the capital, only Zhang Heng, his college roommate Mo Lu, travel friend Zhang Yisi, Cao Zhan, Xia Linchuan three, and a fat man in his forties who looks nervous, Ah Sheng, only a few of them are willing to obey the arrangement to stay in this abandoned warehouse.
Finally, they really couldn't stand it anymore, and on the twenty-third day of wandering in the wilderness, the four of them were already exhausted, and needed enough food, enough vitamins, enough comfortable beds and shelters......
There was nothing to say that night, and the four of them fell asleep at a little after six o'clock, and they all felt that the quality of sleep was amazingly good.
There was nothing more terrifying than that.
“…… Is the old couple still not coming out? Mo Lu came to Zhang Heng's side at this time, and asked on the ground.
10 days......
Fifteen days......
Zhang Heng and Mo Lu looked at each other, and they both saw excitement in each other's eyes, Zhang Heng whispered, "Did you find us?" ”
To put it mildly, those who can travel abroad will basically not lack money for hotels, and after contacting the embassy of the country, even if the embassy staff is for the sake of public opinion, it is impossible to arrange for them to live in an abandoned warehouse, and if they dare to arrange it like this, there must be a reason for such an arrangement.
They are willing to believe in the arrangements of the embassy, on the one hand, because they are young, and on the other hand, they are very cautious people.
A staggering old man with a sawtooth axe was walking towards the toilet, and behind him stood an old man with three human heads in his hands......
Only Zhang Heng's stomach has always been bad, although he was drowsy and urgent, but his stomach had a seizure, and he had to go to the toilet outside the room to solve the problem of diarrhea.
All they saw was silence, all the people were gone, everything was intact, as if these people had left everything around them, not even the car, not even the things, and walked into the wilderness or the city empty-handed......
Nothing.
And then......
After a brief exchange, the four of them lived in this farm, and the two old men were also kind, prepared two rooms for them, and let them freshen up and change their clothes, just a simple rest for the afternoon, the four of them felt as if they had come back to life, and when it came to dinner, the four of them were even more appetizing, and ate all the food that belonged to them.
In this way, they went from the abandoned warehouse to the town, and then they found that there was no one in the town!
The key is that there are really a lot of rabbits in Tuao, even if they are rookie-level means, just a few sets, they can always catch the rabbits every day or two, which really saves their lives.
They are actually mentally prepared to see corpses all over the ground, whether it is to see the army slaughter, or to see aliens, or even to see all kinds of mutated monsters in those sci-fi horror movies, or zombies and the like, they will not feel so terrifying.
Just when Zhang Heng dozed off and went to the toilet, suddenly, he heard a muffled snort, followed by a very low moan of pain, which made Zhang Heng's drowsy head sober for a moment.
And so, five days passed, the food ran out, all the internet signal still hadn't been restored, and there was no movement from the outside world, the fires, explosions, missiles, or riots that everyone had imagined...... None at all, everything is silent.
He tried his best to wash his face and the back of his neck with cold water, and then listened carefully, but he didn't hear anything, which made him laugh at his stupidity, and his nerves became weak for the past twenty days.
Five-day ......
The two of them stared at the pumpkin for a while, and then walked from where they were, carefully ran to the pumpkin point and picked it up, and then the two of them ran back to the makeshift shelter, telling the other two about the pumpkin and what they had seen.
Zhang Heng still stared at the front and said, "Yes, they haven't come out yet, it's strange, they usually come out for a walk at this time." ”
In this case, Molu, who has a more impulsive personality, proposes to go out and explore, at least to buy some food in the town, but this proposal is immediately rejected by everyone, and in this way, they stay for another whole day, and the next day, without even Molu's proposal, everyone agrees to explore...... People are iron and rice is steel, and each of them is hungry and panicked.
Fortunately, there is still one Zhang Yisi left among the travelers, and although the nervous Ah Sheng seems to be in the wrong state, he has a good cooking technique, and he can tell whether some food is poisonous or not, plus Zhang Heng and Mo Lu are both young and strong guys in their twenties, and the four of them worked together, and finally did not starve to death in this wilderness.
But there was nothing, neither a corpse, nor any visible source of violence, nor any monsters, nor so on.
Although it is a small town, the last time they came to buy food and fresh water, they could still confirm that the town has at least a few thousand people, and although it is not very prosperous, you can still see pedestrians walking on the road, there are restaurants and shops, and there are vehicles on the road.
But only five days passed, and everything in this town became quiet, no one existed, and the most important thing was that everything in this town was intact, cars, houses, even the shops on the streets, but there was no one, all the people in this town were gone.
And then...... The network was cut off, the mobile phone signal was cut off, all their communication with the outside world was cut off, and at the same time, there was a final message from the embassy to remind them, they naturally did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and they all shrank in the deepest part of this abandoned warehouse, making up their minds that unless the food ran out, or the embassy people came to pick them up, otherwise they would not go out if they were killed.
All of these humans are armed with firearms, which is very dangerous, they do not dare to approach easily, and some of them are even doing evil, they have seen with their own eyes on a farm, a group of people are executing, whipping, piercing, and finally skinning two men......
What's more, when they asked for help from the embassy, they had already seen many nationals leave the countryside outside the city, and because of this, they chose to stay in the abandoned warehouse, anyway, there are tents, they can buy food and fresh water, and now it is winter in this country, but they don't have to worry about the need to bathe frequently, so they can stay in this abandoned warehouse.
Then in the last motel, they finally encountered humans, but they were greeted by gunshots and bullets, and Cao Zhan and Xia Linchuan of the two travelers died there, and the remaining four no longer dared to approach any buildings at will, so they only dared to wander around in this wilderness, insects, fish, hares, wild fruits...... If you can find what to eat, if you can't find it, you will go hungry.
The abandoned warehouse is just outside the country's capital, and from here to the inland outside of the Yellow Field, there are actually many small towns along the way, as well as rest stops on the highway and various car hotels, but they have not seen a single person along the way, whether it is alive or dead.
When they stayed in the warehouse for five days, at first they could still receive information from the outside world, and they could also walk to a nearby town not too far to buy food and so on, but then the network was disconnected, and before the network was disconnected, they received a message from the embassy that they should never leave the warehouse, do not listen, do not look, do not think, and stay in the warehouse with peace of mind.
The two of them stayed a little longer, and were about to go back to the makeshift shelter to call the other two to take over, when they saw the old woman pushing a cart outside the farm fence, and after a few glances left and right, she took a pumpkin out of the cart and put it at the door, and then returned to the farm alone.
Then, as he walked from the toilet to the bedroom, he suddenly saw the reflection of the candle flame.
In these twenty-three days, they have seen too many small towns, and even ventured into a large city, where there are no people, but there are no monsters, no danger, and there are very few humans who hide in some buildings in the wilderness, such as highway rest stops, such as motels, such as farms, etc.
All of this frightened them, and in the end they had to come to the farm, where there was only an elderly couple, who they expected to take refuge.
After the four of them ate the pumpkin, they didn't hesitate anymore, and went to the farm together, of course, they didn't dare to break in directly, but stood outside the farm and shouted HELP, sure enough, after a short while, the two old men walked out of the farm with shotguns, and the four of them hurriedly raised their hands from a distance, and the old man took aim and put down the shotgun, which is a sign of goodwill.
Mo Lu also said in a low voice: "It's very likely, you think, we don't know how to hide reconnaissance skills, just hide in the distance and observe, the old couple are both indigenous residents here, it's not too normal to find us." ”
Everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly took some biscuits, bread and mineral water on the side of the road, and then they didn't even dare to go back to the warehouse, and went straight down the highway to the wilderness.