The sky in the early morning was still dark and gloomy, with thick dark clouds lingering overhead and never dissipating.
Tang Zheng woke up early, distributed food to everyone, and was ready to set off.
From here to the wildlife park, there is still about five kilometers to go.
During this part of the journey, Tang Zheng did not take his sister and the others with him.
After calling Ning Yuwei over, Tang Zheng told her to stay here with a few girls and wait until he cleared the way to the zoo before coming to pick them up and leave.
Ning Yuwei nodded in agreement, and Tang Zheng handed her a walkie-talkie to report any situation at any time.
After leaving a few girls on the top of the mountain and some food and water, Tang Zheng led the people down the mountain.
It was almost the same as when we went up the mountain. There were almost no zombies at the top of the mountain. When we walked down the mountain, there were gradually more zombies.
The journey was relatively smooth, and Tang Zheng and the others arrived at the south gate of the park.
Strictly speaking, the Wildlife Park and Xiaotangshan are both mountainous areas, with only one road separating them.
Exiting the south gate of Xiaotangshan is the north gate of the wildlife park.
Without looking at the radar map, Tang Zheng gave up the idea of entering through the north gate of the wildlife park after taking a quick glance at it.
The number of zombies in the front square and near the ticket hall can only be described as terrifying.
"Go west for a while and we'll enter through the outer wall."
The team began to head west, not daring to shoot all the way. They could only use bayonets to slowly clear away the zombies. It took nearly two hours to walk about 300 meters, avoiding the main entrances of the park and zoo, and then crossed the road from here. , came to the outer wall of the wildlife park.
The outer wall of the zoo is made up of tall iron piles and barbed wire, about five meters high. Not only can people not get through, but animals can't get out either.
Guo Yun came out again, took out his pipe pliers, and cut off the wire mesh.
Soon, a hole nearly one meter high appeared.
Dogs can easily pass through it, and people can pass through it by bending down, just like a dog hole.
Guo Yun took a step back and waved to Tang Zheng politely and respectfully: "General, please come in."
Tang Zheng gritted his teeth. He had long known the virtues of these Tie Hanhan men who had almost negative emotional intelligence. He didn't say anything more and bent down and got into the dog hole.
The soldiers filed in, and soon everyone entered the zoo.
The zoo was originally one of the greenest areas in the city. These plants were not taken care of for a month after the apocalypse. In addition, it is summer now, and the plants in the zoo have grown wildly. It is now overgrown with grass, like a combination of forest and grassland. Look, It's almost the same as in the wild.
The trees overhead blocked the sky and the sun, making the light dim.
In the air, dust floats.
Tang Zheng walked a few steps, dug a few times in the grass, and found a road sign.
The road sign marked their current location and a tour map of the zoo.
"We avoided the north gate, and our current location is on the edge of the herbivore range."
"Based on the analysis of the mastiff, it can be concluded that once a carnivore mutates, it must be very ferocious, so we try to walk along the herbivorous area as much as possible. It should be relatively safe."
The herbivore area occupies about a quarter of the wildlife park, with a length and width of about five kilometers.
Tang Zheng quickly planned a route, and everyone began to move forward slowly.
After walking for three to four hundred meters on a road overgrown with grass, we could no longer see the way we came.
Tang Zheng turned on the radar at all times and observed the red dots within the radar range.
There are many red spots in the zoo, and many of them are bright red.
The redder the color, the higher the degree of danger, and Tang Zheng would try his best to avoid it.
But the deeper you go, the greater the number of red dots, making it impossible to completely avoid them.
Click~~~!
Click~~~!
Not far ahead, there was a slight sound of chewing.
"Everyone, be careful, there may be mutant beasts there."
Except for the large number of zombies at the north gate, there were almost no zombies seen along the way. Although he didn't know why, Tang Zheng still instinctively felt that the ones here should be mutant beasts.
As Tang Zheng and others approached, they were already less than thirty meters away from the red dot.
The sound of chewing suddenly stopped.
Tang Zheng looked in the direction of the sound.
As the grass swayed, a pair of blood-red eyes appeared.
The two sharp horns looked like knives, and there was a bone in its mouth.
It has golden fur all over its body and looks as big as a small pony.
But actually, it’s an antelope!
Compared with before the end of the world, the size of the antelope has increased by three times, and the docile look of herbivores is no longer visible.
At its feet, half of a human corpse was lying. It was impossible to tell whether a living person had died or a zombie had been eaten by it.
Research soldier Guo Yun stood next to Tang Zheng and said warily: "General, animals are territorial. We may have stepped into its territory."
Tang Zheng was not careless and spoke slowly: "Then is it too late for us to return it?"
"It should be okay. After all, this is just an antelope..."
Before Guo Yun finished speaking, the antelope suddenly let out a bleating sound, spread its hooves, and rushed towards Tang Zheng and the others.
The speed is very fast, smoke is emitted under the feet, and the two horns have extraordinary lethality at a glance!
"Try not to shoot or make too much noise!"
Tang Zheng gave an order, and next to him, Ji Yuntian put down his AK47, took out a silent pistol, and fired.
Phew~~!
After being hit by two bullets, the antelope's body shook slightly. Although it was injured, its speed barely slowed down and it was already in front of Tang Zheng.
The power of the silent pistol is no longer enough to cause too much damage to the mutated beasts.
Two mobilization soldiers were protecting Tang Zheng. If he continued like this, he would definitely be injured by the antelope.
"Fire!"
Tang Zheng couldn't care less. This mutant beast was almost impossible to deal with without shooting.
The two conscripts had already pulled the trigger with their fingers and opened fire immediately.
Ta da da~~~!
A series of rifle bullets were fired, blood spattered on the antelope, and it was knocked down on the spot.
Rifles can indeed cause great damage to mutant beasts, but the disadvantages are equally obvious.
The sound of gunfire here immediately attracted some nearby red dots to quickly approach here.
"No, this kind of mutated beast is much harder to deal with than zombies. This antelope is almost as agile as zombies. If there are too many, we will be in danger."
Before Tang Zheng and the others could make any effective response, three or four red dots arrived nearby.
There are antelopes, zebras, and wildebeests.
Each body shape is much larger than before the apocalypse, with blood-red eyes and fierceness clearly revealed.
Tang Zheng immediately ordered: "Don't run around yet. The wider the range, the more mutant beasts will be attracted. Deal with these on the spot and try to clear a safe area first."
The soldiers immediately stopped and started a ring defense.
The rifle fired continuously, and streaks of blood appeared on the mutant beast.
The mutant beast that used to be knocked down with a few hits now requires three times the bullets to knock it down.
However, there are more than thirty soldiers, and they can still deal with it relatively easily.
But what happened next became increasingly serious.
The sound of gunshots spread far inside the zoo, and all mutant beasts within a kilometer radius sensed the movement.
Within the radar range, more and more red dots began to appear.
But Tang Zheng and the others had no way to retreat and could only defend where they were.
Fortunately, Tang Zheng has plenty of funds. As long as he survives this wave and there aren't that many mutant beasts around him, things should be easier in the future.
Mutated beasts kept rushing out of the grass. They could jump more than ten meters, even faster than agile zombies.
In such a situation, it is very difficult to attack, because it is difficult for you to hit the vital point with one shot. If you cannot hit the vital point, the current mutant beast will not be easy to kill.
Fortunately, the soldiers were well prepared, and at this moment they were on the edge of the zoo behind them, so they were not worried about being attacked from the front and back. The soldiers of the three combat squads took turns shooting, and they could still manage to hold on.
Tang Zheng stared at the radar screen, observing the arrival of the mutant beasts.
Sudden.
On the radar screen, a large group of red dots rushed over at an extremely fast speed, which was abnormally fast.
Tang Zheng looked in surprise at the direction the red dot was rushing towards, but found nothing.
"What's going on? There's obviously an animal coming over."
Just when he was in a trance, Ji Yuntian beside him shouted: "General, bow your head!"
Tang Zheng quickly lowered his head almost instinctively, and then felt a chill on the top of his head.
Ji Yuntian raised his hand and fired a bunch of bullets into the sky. A strange scream came from behind Tang Zheng, and something was hit and fell into the grass.
Tang Zheng touched the top of his head and found that his bulletproof helmet was knocked off.
He looked back and saw a crow as big as a goshawk rolling over in the grass, not quite dead yet.
At this time, in the sky, crows the size of goshawks, swallows the size of crows, and sparrows larger than swallows, with blood-red eyes, were coming densely through the sky.
