In the evening, the car drove into the city.
The originally bustling streets were now filled with filth. Everyone was used to such a scene. If they suddenly saw a neat and clean city one day, they would probably be surprised and incredulous. Did they travel back to before the apocalypse?
The car drove slowly along the street. There were no living people along the way, and there were even fewer zombies. Occasionally, a few people with crooked heads would be ignored by the crowd.
"Aren't there too few zombies here?”Guo Rui was puzzled. He had thought that the zombies in the city were more concentrated and that there would be fewer mutated animals. The team had chosen to take a detour into the city to rest because of this consideration. What made everyone feel strange was that there were zombies, but there were too few of them! According to the proportion of the city's population, there shouldn't be so few zombies unless the zombies migrated collectively.
"Sigh, we have to worry if there are too many zombies. We have to worry if there are too few zombies.”Yu Xiaowei did a Westerner's habit of shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands.=_= "||
"Something must have happened here that we don't know about. We can't find it on the Internet. Either they couldn't contact the higher-ups, or the matter wasn't serious and didn't attract attention. No matter what, we can't stay here for too long. We'll leave after resting for a night.”Li Xi closed his notebook and expressed his opinion.
He nodded! It made sense!
Following the old rules, they chose a relatively safe temporary resting spot.
Zhao Ledan, on the other hand, seized the time to cook. She also made some dry food such as steamed buns and flatbread, as well as some hot soup, and placed them in a thermos container (she had asked for this container from the base and was praised by everyone for this). She planned to prepare them in such a way as long as it was convenient to start a fire to cook in the future. This way, she would not have to eat biscuits and cans when it was not convenient to cook.
A rare quiet night passed just like that.
Everyone did not let down their guard because of the silence. Instead, they felt that this was a sign of the storm, and they were even more vigilant about their surroundings.
The team was fully equipped and headed north of the city. Some places along the way were blocked, and some places seemed to have been forcefully opened up by someone. From the traces, it looked like they were in a hurry.
"What should we do? Are we still going in this direction?”Seeing that something was wrong, Yu Xiaowei was a little worried.
"We have to go north eventually. Is it safe to take a detour?”Zeng Zhiqiang could tell, of course, but he did not have a better solution." Besides, isn't there a medium-sized base in J-City? Ah Rui's home isn't far away. We still have to go there to ask about his parents. If he wanted to go to the base, this was the closest way.”
"We don't lack weapons or food for the time being. As long as it's not a major disaster, it won't be a problem!”Li Xi gave them a reassurance. Everyone thought about it and their tense nerves relaxed a little. In fact, Li Xi just felt that as Zeng Zhiqiang said, there was no better way to go, so it was better to face it. It was good to be cautious, but it was not good to be too nervous.
Even so, Yu Xiaowei was uncharacteristically quiet and looked around with binoculars from time to time.
After walking for about an hour, the fork in front of them was dark. Everyone was so scared that they thought that it was another mutated animal group attacking. After a closer look, they realized that it was actually a human!
It wasn't unusual for a group of people to gather in the open, but it was unusual for a large group of people to gather outside the base!
At the front of the group were some police cars, jeeps, and army green military trucks. In the middle were various types of vehicles, and behind them were many people on foot. There were at least 500 people!
Li Xi instinctively felt that something was wrong and was unwilling to go up and meet them. He frowned slightly and said in a dilemma,"Let's retreat!"
"Aren't you going to ask around?" Yu Xiaowei was very curious about the origin of this large group of people.
"I'm afraid we can't avoid it unless we retreat along the way we came. The other roads around here aren't easy to take either.”Zeng Zhiqiang had been observing the terrain and road conditions along the way and replied helplessly.
Li Xi also knew, so he could only say unwillingly,""Then follow me from afar."
"Isn't it better to find out more about the situation? Otherwise, wouldn't we be too passive?" Guo Rui was used to knowing himself and his enemy. He was quite puzzled by Li Xi's attitude at this time. In view of Li Xi's prestige in the team, he carefully tried to make a suggestion.
Li Xi turned his head and actually closed his eyes, ignoring everyone.
Zeng Zhiqiang had a little understanding of Li Xi's temperament after spending a long time with him. He knew that she was most impatient to get along with a large group of strangers, especially in an environment where there was a crisis. The more people there were, the higher the possibility of being dragged down and implicated. Knowing that she was throwing a tantrum, he coughed twice to cover up his laughter and instructed Yu Xiaowei,"I'll go and ask around when I get closer.”
When most of the people in front had passed and only a few people were left, Yu Xiaowei got out of the car and ran over to check on the situation.
After some investigation, it turned out that these people were from a small local base. A few days ago, the base was continuously attacked by zombies and mutated animals. Finally, they felt that they could not hold on anymore. They sent a request for help to the higher-ups, but before they could wait for help to arrive, they were forced to organize an evacuation. This morning, a portion of the people stayed behind to attract the zombies and mutated animals and cover the retreat of the main force through a secret passage.
This was not good news!
The people who stayed behind might not be able to stop them. Moreover, with so many people retreating together, even if there were no zombies or mutated animals chasing after them, they would attract other unknown creatures along the way.
Everyone had thought of this, and the leaders of the base probably did too. However, they had no choice but to leave together.
Now that he was faced with a dilemma, it was very dangerous to follow these people. If he didn't, there was no other way.
"What do you think?" Zeng Zhiqiang looked at his team members.
"It seems like it's equally dangerous to advance or retreat?!……Sigh, we don't have anyone with a strong background in our team. Otherwise, wouldn't everything be solved with a private jet?”Yu Xiaowei had no idea, so he could only joke.
"I have no objections." Zhao Ledan just wanted everyone to bring her along.
"Follow!" Li Xi thought about it carefully and felt that since both sides were dangerous, it was naturally better to advance. If it worked, it would naturally be closer to the north. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be much worse than retreating." But we shouldn't be too close to them. Be prepared to escape at any time!”
Zheng Ji only looked at Li Xi, his eyes firm, indicating that he would advance and retreat with Li Xi.
Zeng Zhiqiang and Guo Rui were also inclined to move forward.
Zheng Ji drove the car and followed them from a distance. The others observed the people in front of them while paying attention to the movements around them.
When the person at the tail felt that there was a car following behind, he was first surprised, then happy, then disappointed, and finally ignored it.
Everyone was puzzled by their expressions. It took them a while to understand what was going on.
As there were fewer cars and more people, most of them could only walk. In order to take care of the ordinary survivors who did not have a car, the base specially sent a few trucks to follow them. A few were used to carry their heavy supplies, and a few were used to carry people. The people who walked and took the car took turns. Because there were too few cars, even if they came across a usable car on the way, it would still not be enough. Therefore, when they saw an additional car, they were first surprised to see where the car came from. They were happy because they thought that there was a car to sit in, but they were disappointed because the car was already full. If they ignored it, they would naturally have no strength.
As expected, there were zombies and mutated animals harassing them from time to time. Fortunately, the scale was not large, and there was strength in numbers, so they did not pose any threat. However, it still slowed the team down. In addition, in order to take care of the people walking, the speed of the car was comparable to the speed of the ox cart.
In order to get more information, Yu Xiaowei occasionally got out of the car and walked with them. In order to speed up the team, they walked faster. Some people would even talk to him, while others didn't even have time to catch their breath. How could they have time to talk to him?
Suddenly, a few people in front of them were panting and coughing. They seemed to be very uncomfortable. The truck had to get out of the car and let a few people take their places to rest.
"What's wrong with them? It can't be..." Yu Xiaowei couldn't guess blindly, so he only asked the person next to him vaguely.
"Don't be afraid. They're not mutated, nor are they sick. It's caused by the smog!”When the middle-aged man next to him heard Yu Xiaowei's tone, he understood what Yu Xiaowei was trying to say. He kindly explained to ease Yu Xiaowei's heart.
"Is it the smog weather from a few days ago? Staying indoors was not a big problem! Could they have gone out?"
"They went out to do missions and didn't have any protection! "Sigh, I wasn't caught by zombies, but I fell ill because of the smog. It's really…" The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed.
Yu Xiaowei was silent. He was glad that they had stayed indoors to avoid the smog.
The team didn't stop to rest along the way. The drivers took turns driving, and the pedestrians took turns getting on the bus to rest. Everyone ate some dry food in the car to buy time to reach a safe place.
According to Yu Xiaowei's investigation, the base in J-City would send a rescue team to pick them up. At this time, the route they took was the closest to J-City, so they should meet each other on the way.
Because of this, the survivors didn't panic. Other than being scared and helpless when they were forced to flee at the beginning, now that they saw so many people together, even if there were zombies and mutated animals on the road, they would be quickly dealt with. Their confidence suddenly returned, and some people even started to talk and laugh as if they were on a trip.
Li Xi and the others were not so optimistic.
According to the road conditions before the apocalypse, it would take less than two hours to get to J-City from here. Even if they walked, it would take about a day. But what was the situation now? The road conditions could not be compared to before the apocalypse. In many places, the convoy had to clear the obstacles before they could pass. There were also many zombies and mutated animals along the way. As for the rescue team, they also had to face these problems.
Perhaps things weren't as pessimistic as the team thought, but the experience these days had made them develop the habit of thinking about the worst before doing anything.
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