Chapter 77
Since the end of the world, Qingtian Gathering Area, as a gathering place for human civilization bordering the occupied area, will have survivors join from time to time, and the gathering place is also in urgent need of these fresh blood to join it.
"It's only when the official really runs a thing at full strength, and the power of this explosion is far from what we can imagine. Feng Yan muttered to himself.
The gathering place at his feet was far from being comparable to the one he had encountered in the suburbs of Hangzhou before, and it had caused him a shock in terms of scale and military strength.
The predecessor of the Qingtian Gathering Place was Qingtian Town, but within a radius of one kilometer from the gathering place, there were no tall trees to be seen, and secondly, within this range, a group of armed abilities armed with guns were patrolling all the time, and at the same time, there were a large number of hunter squads going back and forth around the gathering place.
And all this feels extremely real to Feng Yan, the survivors here seem to have adapted to this kind of life, just like the peasants before the end of the world, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, hunting and survival have been deeply integrated into their bones.
Of course, if this was not enough to surprise Feng Yan, what really shocked him was the magnificent city wall that was still being built on the periphery of the gathering place.
It can be seen that it is a wall made of the planks of the board house, which is about 20 meters high, and such a wall extends to the end of the realization, enclosing the entire gathering place.
This is nothing, the most special thing is that countless machines are roaring inside these walls, excavators and transport trucks are operating at full power one after another, and there are also abilities of various abilities constantly casting abilities to accelerate the construction of this section of the wall.
"I'm surprised, the foundation of these walls is at least ten meters, and the real walls are forty meters high and nearly ten meters wide, which can be said to be the real wall of life, and the trees and vegetation on the periphery are cut down in order to better discover the mutant beasts hidden in the dark, and the walls built of plates are only the first line of defense, and it is the rudimentary city wall inside that really guarantees the safety of the survivors. Just under the shock of Feng Yan, the survivors who fled from Hangzhou, Liu Ying spoke.
"The situation is different now, and the government can only think of such a way for a while, as long as the disaster is not particularly serious, the population will be relocated to such a gathering place with a wall of life. And gatherings like ours are all under military control, of course, now that the situation is stable, the official is also encouraging us to go out to hunt mutant beasts, the purpose is to develop our abilities. ”
The group quickly walked past the checkpoint, and when they actually entered the interior of the gathering place, the first thing they saw was an orderly military garrison.
This military garrison was not like before the end of the world, blocked by a tall iron fence, and it was impossible to even see through it; as he passed by, Feng Yan saw a number of military cards coming in and out, all of which were full of armed Alien soldiers, and inside the garrison were rows of tents arranged in a row, and one after another neatly arranged soldiers.
Such a picture gives the hearts of the survivors a feeling of blood and heaviness; the army, no matter at any time, represents the weapon of the country, and it is precisely because of their existence that the country can be stable, the society can be stable, and the name of the country can live and work in peace and contentment.
"It's the latest planned settlement, but we all call it a slum. Liu Ying said with a smile.
I saw that there were dense tents set up in the open space not far away, and of course, there were more quickly built board houses, the structure of the board houses was very simple, but at least it was better than tents.
In short, the entire Qingtian gathering place is simply a high-speed cloud-like machine, and earth-shaking changes are taking place every moment.
"Baby, it's so clean in here. Obviously, Wang Xi was shocked by the environment in the gathering place.
As she said, from the moment she stepped into the gathering place, the entire road surface was as if it had been washed with a brush, and there was no sewage or garbage at all.
Especially in the surrounding board houses, you can't even see the slightest stain when you reach out and touch them, and even the pedestrians, although their clothes are shabby, they are definitely clean.
It's really hard to imagine how much effort the high-level of the Qingtian gathering place has put into environmental sanitation, let's just say that the snow that is more than one meter thick has been cleaned up in half a day, even the roof has not been spared.
This alone can make the pre-apocalyptic sanitary city and civilized city shameful.
"Brother Liu, I know how much you have lost in infection, in this environment, not to mention rats and cockroaches, even the weeds and wild flowers on the roadside will be eradicated as soon as possible. Wang Yi looked at the clean ground and even had a feeling that he couldn't bear to step on.
"Captain Wang is right, in today's environment, if the gathering place wants to be maintained, environmental issues are the top priority. Liu Ying paused and continued: "This area has not been planned yet, and you will not be surprised until you enter our living area, but our team has to go to the trading area to trade this hunt successfully before entering, Captain Wang, do you plan to go and see it together?"
There are still a lot of mutant rats in the team that can be exchanged, and the team of hundreds of people also needs daily necessities to integrate into the life of the gathering place, so Liu Ying's proposal was quickly approved by everyone.
The procession of more than 100 people marched for two or three kilometers until it came to a halt under a tall wall.
"Everyone. We're about to enter the trading area now, so be prepared for what comes next. Liu Ying cast a mysterious look at Feng Yan and the others behind him, then smiled slightly, and handed a document-like thing to the guard at a sentry post.
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The first impression of entering the trading area is that it smells no better than drinking sewage directly from the ground, and although they are mentally prepared at the entrance of the trading area, the reality inside is still untouchable.
All kinds of garbage are everywhere, sometimes you can see palm-sized cockroaches infested, some rotten mutant beasts, flesh, bones, and fur everywhere, especially the puddles of water, the black and red sewage makes people's scalps tingle.
In some corners, some people lie numbly, and occasionally people pass by, all of them have cold eyes and numb expressions, as if there are no vegetative people, if it is not for the ups and downs of the chest when breathing, otherwise it is really no different from a dead person.
"Who are these people?" Looking at the scene here, Xiao Yao muttered to himself, these people are not as good as animals before the end of the world.
Liu Ying, who was walking in front, shrugged his shoulders and turned to explain to everyone: "The environment of the trading area is quite special, the building in front is a slaughterhouse, which is specially used to deal with mutant beasts; ”
"But why don't you divide this trading area near the entrance of the gathering place?" Wouldn't it be better to deal with it nearby?" Guan Yue asked suspiciously, looking at the slaughterhouse in front of him.
Liu Ying first nodded to Guan Yue, and then replied with a smile: "Alas, the smell of the trading area is too strong, so the entrance to the gathering place over there is built first, and the high-level of the gathering place is also for the sake of safety." ”
"And on this road, don't you see a few people passing by at all? That's because only us hunter teams will come here, in fact, after we get used to the hygiene of the residential area, we are also very comfortable with this place, but there is no way, the place to buy mutant beasts is here, we have to come. Liu Ying finally added.
After listening to Liu Ying's words, everyone understood that the high-level leaders of the gathering place had also put some thought into managing environmental sanitation; maybe there were other thoughts, compared to the flesh and blood of mutated beasts in the last days, it was the most precious resource, and some hungry and crazy people would not care about snatching together; at this time, the advantages of centralized management were once again reflected.
"But Brother Liu, what's going on with the people around here, why do they gather here like dead people?" Xiao Yao looked at the people around him who were huddled in the corner like walking corpses, and asked another question in his heart.
Hearing this, Liu Ying shook his head and sighed: "They are all a group of hard-working people, you see that most of these people are missing arms and legs, they are all former hunters, because they were injured while hunting, and now they can't be self-reliant, they can only eat here and wait for death, and the discarded fur and bones on the corpses of those mutant beasts have become their food; ”
"Then it's okay, take a step back and say that if they die suddenly, wouldn't it really breed some terrifying germs?" Xiao Yao said helplessly.
"How can no one care, this street will not take twenty minutes, there will be an armed patrol of twenty people to check, if it is dead, it will naturally be dealt with as soon as possible, don't underestimate the desire of those people above, for their own lives, they will even pay attention to every detail. Liu Ying pointed to the top of her head and said with a strange expression.
Everyone was stunned, and suddenly understood that those people who sat high on their buttocks were more afraid of death than the ordinary people in the market. It is estimated that many times those high-level people will probably compromise with ordinary people, and even act as peacemakers, after all, if they really do something to provoke the masses, everyone will not riot, just throw it on the ground after eating, and don't care about hygiene, I am afraid that it will be a disaster at that time.
Of course, these are all relative, those people don't mind compromising on small details, if they do something that violates their interests, see if they will accept the threat of the masses!