As expected, it was almost evening and the team was only halfway through the journey. The team originally planned to rush to the nearest city to stay overnight before night fell, but the accidents on the way made the team stop in an awkward position. If they wanted to reach their intended destination, they had to move in the dark. For safety reasons, the leaders of the base advocated finding a place to stay nearby. In order not to take a detour and to make it convenient to evacuate at any time, they proposed to find an open space to camp.
The direct members of the base and those who had cars had no objections, but the ordinary survivors who did not have cars were not happy. Many of them did not have tents or camping equipment. Most of them had entered the base early and had not spent much time outside. They immediately protested.
Those who had experienced fighting with zombies and mutated animals all understood that all wisdom and wealth were nothing in front of them. Fighting strength was the foundation of survival. They had begun to realize that this was an era where the strong were respected. However, it had been less than a month since the apocalypse. Most people were still deeply influenced by the ideology before the apocalypse. For example, to ordinary people, even if they were unreasonable, the leaders had to be reasonable and try their best to persuade them. If it really didn't work, they would use force to deter them, but they wouldn't really hurt them.
In the face of those protests, the base leaders sent representatives to reason with them. Li Xi and the others rolled their eyes. Why didn't they look at the situation? Was there any use in dealing with it like this? Aren't those ignorant people afraid of attracting zombies by shouting?!
The survivors who were strong and had cars were dissatisfied. The leaders of the base were concerned about this and that, but they did not care. They waved the knives in their hands and shouted at the shouting crowd,"What are you arguing about? Lure the zombies over and kill them!"
As soon as those people heard that they were going to kill zombies, they immediately stopped talking. At most, they whispered a few words and didn't dare to shout anymore.
The base leader was very happy when he saw that the situation was under control. However, the practical problem had to be solved. The people who were shouting about not having tents was indeed a problem, but if they went to the nearby villages, it would be inconvenient for those big trucks to drive in. They were afraid that they would not be able to turn around and evacuate in time if they were in danger.
After some discussion, it was decided that large vehicles such as trucks would be parked outside the village, while small vehicles could enter.
The nearby village was not big, but the houses were barely enough to live in. For safety reasons, everyone tried to squeeze together and did not want to live far away. Some houses that were far away could only be lived by people with cars.
Li Xi and the others chose to park at the nearest place to the village entrance and planned to spend the night in the car.
There were also people on duty in the military vehicles, especially the vehicles with supplies.
The ordinary survivors took their luggage out of the car and prepared to cook. In fact, this place was not safe, so it was not suitable to make such a big commotion. However, even if someone tried to persuade them, no one would listen. The weather was too cold, and there was no heating in the house. Burning the fire could warm the body and eat hot food. At this time, no one really listened to the persuasion.
Zhao Ledan also took out the food that she had prepared. Fortunately, they still had a mouthful of hot soup to drink, so they did not have to eat dry rations.
As everyone ate dinner, they looked at the people who were busy moving their luggage outside the car window. Yu Xiaowei couldn't help but shake his head."These people really don't have any sense of crisis. What if zombies come to see them at this time?”
"Don't jinx it!" Zhao Ledan glared at Yu Xiaowei, unwilling to hear such inauspicious words.
"I'm serious. Every time we stay in the village, there will definitely be a large number of zombies or mutated animals in the middle of the night, so we never dare to unpack our luggage.”Yu Xiaowei was not joking. He really thought that it was possible.
"Xiao Wei is right, but we can only take care of ourselves. No one will listen to us even if we persuade the others.”Zeng Zhiqiang affirmed Yu Xiaowei's statement. However, it was difficult to be a good person. There were many people who did not recognize a good person's heart. He did not want to be a good person and stick to someone else's cold buttocks.
The zombies loved to attack at night.
In fact, zombies had no concept of time. It was just that night was the time when people easily let down their vigilance. Zombies did not distinguish between day and night. When humans were attacked by zombies without preparation, they would naturally panic and be easily captured.
Obviously, tonight was both unfortunate and lucky. Unfortunately, the zombies and mutated animals did come. Fortunately, it was past mealtime and not late at night.
Even though everyone was awake, they were still caught off guard, especially those survivors who had just eaten and were feeling warm and sleepy. They were extremely relaxed.
The survivors with combat experience were better off. They immediately reacted, picked up their weapons and backpacks, and left. Those who had little combat experience were dumbfounded. They wanted to escape immediately and grab their luggage under the reminder of others. They were often caught before they could figure out what to do first.
It was as if water had been poured into a pot of oil, and the village instantly boiled up. Shouts, cries, running, killing, gunshots, the sound of cars starting...
The armed personnel of the base reacted the fastest. They were the first to line up the base leaders and important technical personnel to get on the bus. Fortunately, the trucks did not enter the village, so there was no need to turn around and waste time. They directly opened the way in front, followed by the cars of the important people.
Li Xi and the others reacted quickly and followed closely behind. The other cars also caught up one after another. When they encountered zombies and mutated animals, they directly ran into them. Fortunately, they were not large animals. Otherwise, it would not be the animals that were knocked away, but the cars.
"Ji, don't follow them!”Li Xi looked at the team that was like a skewer and the group of zombies and mutated animals that were chasing after him, and hurriedly shouted.
Zheng Ji hurriedly turned the steering wheel and let the car leave the group. Although the cars behind were puzzled, they didn't have time to think and followed to fill the gap.
He didn't know where the small path that branched out from the side led to, but Li Xi just wanted to leave the main group first. If it really couldn't be blocked, he would wait for the main group to lure the zombies over before retreating.
Perhaps the team's actions had attracted the curiosity of others, but there were actually several carriages following behind them!
There was also a small group of armed personnel sent by the base to cover the rear. They occasionally used guns and ammunition to save other survivors, buying time for them to escape. There were also many people who couldn't get on the bus in time, so they could only run and fight the zombies. The scene was too chaotic. Zombies, mutated animals, and survivors were mixed together. If one's marksmanship was not good, they would not dare to shoot casually, making it very difficult to rescue.
In this situation, the casualties of the survivors were rapid. Most of them were not very strong. More importantly, a scratch meant that he was infected. In other words, injury and death were the same. The difference was whether he died earlier or later.
"Let's use explosives. There are too many of them!”Zeng Zhiqiang saw that the situation was not looking good. It was time for the explosives to be used.
Zheng Ji slowed down the car. Yu Xiaowei pressed down the window and pressed his head against the iron fence around the window. He shouted at the motorcade behind him for them to come forward.
They took out the explosives (fortunately, they always prepared some ammo before they set off, so Zheng Ji didn't need to take it out of the ammo box), opened the door, and waited for the zombies and mutated animals to get close to a certain range before lighting the fuse and throwing it out.
" Boom…" After a series of loud bangs, dust flew everywhere and broken limbs littered the ground. There were still some " strong " zombies and mutated animals that dragged their broken limbs and crawled resolutely towards the convoy. Their " spirit " was commendable, but unfortunately, no one praised them. Everyone wanted to give them another blow.
When the other teams saw that the Hope Squad had explosives, they made up their minds to follow them, making Li Xi and the others extremely depressed.
Then, they sadly realized that the road ahead was blocked again. Now, they either had to go back or the other path led to a nearby mountain.
The zombies in the village weren't completely attracted by the main force, not to mention that as long as there were people, they would automatically attract zombies from other places. The mountain was also not safe, and everyone was once again caught in a dilemma.
"Let's go up the mountain!" Guo Rui thought for a moment and suggested," We are most worried about large mutated animals and social mutated animals. There is a temple on this mountain. In order to ensure the safety of the pilgrims, there should be almost no large aggressive animals. There will also be social animals in the village. More importantly, J-City wasn't far from the mountain. If they went around the mountain, the distance would be several times longer, and there was a river blocking the way.”
"If we go up the mountain, won't we have to abandon the car and walk? What about these supplies?" Zhao Ledan's mouth was wide open. She couldn't accept the possibility of leaving the supplies behind.
"Relatively speaking, going up the mountain is safer.”Zeng Zhiqiang thought about it carefully and agreed to go up the mountain.
"It's already dark. We don't have much time to think. If he decided to go up the mountain, he would think of a way to take the supplies with him.”Li Xi didn't care which one to choose. If most people agreed to go up the mountain, she naturally had no problem.
"Let's go up the mountain!" Zeng Zhiqiang glanced around and said," We'll pick the important supplies and bring them with us. We can't do anything about the supplies that we can't bring.”
Zhao Ledan looked at the supplies that he had gathered with great difficulty and thought about what to bring and what to keep.
When Li Xi saw Zhao Ledan's appearance, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up. He kindly said something that made Zhao Ledan's dark expression immediately turn bright,"Make a cart!"
Zheng Ji began to dismantle the usable parts from the car. The others also came over to help.
This was relatively simple. There were ready-made spare tires for the wheels, and the frame and the surrounding fixing frame were just right. He just needed to find a suitable material. With all the materials and tools, they were done very quickly. They only made one, and it would be inconvenient to make too many.
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