The flickering firelight, accompanied by the crackling sound of firewood, Zhang Xu recalled the summer outing in high school, when everyone in their dormitory gathered together, without defense, without zombies, only the beautiful days of youth.
Even fighting for a bag of potato chips was so heartwarming. Zhang Xu held Xuan Zhinuo's hand and leaned under the tree, looking at the fireflies not far away and the bright moon in the sky. They could still huddle together after eating. Watching a movie while staring at the screen of a small laptop makes you laugh and laugh.
"Mengyao, this atmosphere is really like when we were camping during summer vacation..." Zhang Xu sighed melancholy.
"Yeah, I don't know if everyone else is alive..." As he spoke, Liu Mengyao's voice was a little hoarse, and the red light of the fire completely covered his eyes.
Zhang Xu stood up, held Liu Mengyao's shoulders, and handed him a bottle of beer. The latter rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you drinking this? I'm not drunk."
"Drink to create a mood...for the past and for the present." Zhang Xu raised his chin lightly and gestured to the wine bottle he held in his right hand.
"Okay, cheers!" Liu Mengyao smiled and shook his head helplessly, then took it.
Bonfires allow people to see light and illuminate hope for the future.
Late at night, when it was time to go to sleep, Zhang Xu and Liu Mengyao squeezed into a small dormitory. There was only one bunk bed and one bunk bed. Zhang Xu slept on the bottom bunk as usual.
Zhang Xu used his hands as a pillow and turned his head to Liu Mengyao, who was on the upper bunk. He took a long breath and asked: "Mengyao, are you... going back with me? Gao Peng is waiting for you."
Liu Mengyao didn't sleep either. He lay on his side, with his back to the wall, looking at the night sky outside the window, and said: "I...it's so late. I have to go to Luo H base tomorrow. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"...Okay." Zhang Xu and Liu Mengyao understood each other tacitly. He already knew that Liu Mengyao was unwilling to go to Zhang Xu's artificial island base. As for the reason, it might be because of Lian Mu.
The next day, Zhang Xu got up early and stretched his muscles. He looked at the empty upper bunk and the scenery outside the window, feeling much better.
Walking out of the building, Zhang Xuzheng looked at Liu Mengyao who was fully prepared. All kinds of weapons were ready, and two large boxes of magazines were prepared. He smiled inexplicably and asked: "We are not going to fight here, so we have to bring so many What are the weapons for?”
"I'm just afraid that if a fight breaks out... Hehe, the King of Hell is easy to meet, but the kid is hard to deal with! When the fight really breaks out, I can save energy by using these guns." What Liu Mengyao said is indeed very reasonable. Although the Evolver Very powerful, but if the gene unlock level is lower, firearms will still pose a great threat to them, and their abilities may not be as easy to use as firearms.
But for Zhang Xu, it doesn't matter whether he has weapons or not. He is a bomb that can explode at any time, and there is no need to install other weapons on the bomb.
He patted Liu Mengyao on the shoulder with some helplessness and said calmly: "You are so arrogant with so many weapons, do you think they are stupid? They won't come out at all, and they won't be found by then, how can you still Can it compete with the entire Dizihao base?"
"Don't worry, your brother Xu will protect your life." Zhang Xu patted Liu Mengyao's chest with the back of his hand, looking confident.
Looking at Liu Mengyao's disgusted expression, Zhang Xu smiled again and said: "Mengyao, when we were in school, if I couldn't do something, I would admit that I couldn't do it. The thing I was sure of was that I was absolutely sure. Just be at ease."
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Tang Qiuyue wiped the sweat from her forehead with a determined look. She stepped on the zombie's chest, then pulled the handle of the knife hard, and suddenly drew out the black blood. Several zombies lying on the ground next to her gave off an unpleasant rotten smell.
She breathed a sigh of relief. She had dealt with these zombies by herself. As a woman, she did not hide in the base like others and be a waste escaping reality. Instead, she chose to go out to collect supplies without hesitation.
After closing the door, she looked left and right. After making sure it was safe, she cautiously went to the door. She immediately took out her backpack and started filling it with food.
Whether it was seasoning packets or moldy rice noodles, she had no reason to be picky. Tang Qiuyue looked up out of the window from time to time, fearing that there would be zombies discovering her.
After loading, she stood up slowly and weighed the weight of the backpack in her hand. She had almost enough supplies this time, and she had to go back to Lian with some small items. This is Tang Qiuyue's rule for going out for many months, otherwise he will definitely not be able to escape when he encounters zombies.
She went from the kitchen to the bedroom in this courtyard, just glanced at it, and then walked out. The clothes inside did not fit. Taking them out alone would only increase the burden too much. Moreover, it was winter, and the clothes and other cold-proof supplies had already been Reserved.
Tang Qiuyue is a calculating woman. Every step of her plan is to prepare for the next step. She likes this sense of strategizing and control. Only in this way can she feel particularly safe.
Passing an electronics store, she stopped. Even across the street, she could see the solar panels in front of the counter at a glance. Unfortunately, when the apocalypse broke out, a 3A masterpiece was on sale, and people who came to buy it There are too many, so there are a lot of zombies inside now.
She walked around the alley, seemingly in circles, but she never left the place. Soon she, Tang Qiuyue, came to a dead end.
She turned around slowly, her face was still so beautiful, but her tone was much colder: "Come out, don't follow me." As soon as Tang Qiuyue finished speaking, two men appeared from behind the corner, and she looked up and down. Looking at the two men, his right hand moved closer to the pistol on his waist.
These two men were Zhang Xu and Liu Mengyao. They had arrived near the Luo H base and saw Tang Qiuyue accidentally. Since Liu Mengyao didn't know the situation in the base, they both wanted to ask who were the forces in the base.
The two approached slowly. Seeing that they were silent, Tang Qiuyue pulled out the pistol from her waist. The black muzzle was like a barrier, separating the three of them. Zhang and Xu stopped moving for an instant.
"Wow, little girl, don't get excited. Our gathering place has been overwhelmed by the corpses. Many people are dead! Now we just want to enter this Luo H base. Do you know where to go?" Liu Mengyao saw Tang Qiuyue's action, immediately pretending to be scared.
Seeing Tang Qiuyue's hesitation, Zhang Xu took a step forward and secretly gave Liu Mengyao a thumbs up. He raised his hands with a helpless face and said, "Look, we don't have anything. We don't even have food." No, as long as you take us to the base, I still have some points, and I can give you some as reward." Then, Zhang Xu showed a pleading expression.
"Huh!" Tang Qiuyue snorted coldly. After taking back the pistol, she tilted her head, her face unchanged: "Follow me."
But she was very smart. Tang Qiuyue walked behind, followed by Zhang Xu and the two in front. She was afraid that these two people would do something small. At the same time, she looked at everything around her from time to time.
The outside world in the apocalypse is too dangerous. If those military bases are okay, there will often be security robots patrolling to maintain order. But there is another world outside the base, and everyone is so duplicitous, including herself.
Tang Qiuyue is short of points. She needs these, otherwise it is difficult to say whether she can survive this winter.
Along the way, Zhang Xu shamelessly asked questions about Ye Junyuan and Venomous Bee, but she only knew a little about it.
Zhang Xu was not disappointed. Maybe there was a certain communication gap between ordinary people and evolved people.
The vast majority of evolved people are superior to ordinary people and start to indulge in pleasure. Naturally, there are more topics to talk about. The ordinary people are still worried about food, clothing, housing and transportation. Naturally, there is nothing to talk about.
The strength of the two is different, and the higher one will naturally look down on the lower one.
But Zhang Xu is not like this. He feels that the only difference between ordinary people and evolved people is the number of zombie viruses. Everyone's genes are human, and it is these viruses that strengthen the human body.
Not knowing the whereabouts of Ye Junyuan and Venomous Bee, Zhang Xu changed other topics, such as certain forces in the base, about which Tang Qiuyue still knew something.
Some names passed by in a flash, but there was a deputy city lord whose name was very familiar, named Han Yi. Liu Mengyao had never heard of it, but Zhang Xu didn't frown.
Han Yi? It can't be him...
If this person is the same as Han Yi whom I met at Basil Farm, it might be too much of a coincidence.
He nodded secretly and thought. Not long after, Zhang and Xu saw a magnificent steel city wall with neatly arranged Km-23 Furious Sea heavy machine guns, interspersed with Lx3-Kamikaze cannons that were a threat to evolved zombies. Each There will be a lookout tower 50 meters away, equipped with an M99-710 sniper rifle.
Compared with the Zhengzhou base, the scale here is very different. Apart from the smaller area, it is still very shocking. For example, Liu Mengyao next to him was also a little stunned with surprise and stood motionless on the roadside.
Zhang Xu couldn't help but feel a little funny looking at his appearance, which was very similar to how he looked when he saw Zhengzhou Base.
The Dizihao base is slightly inferior to the Tianzihao base in terms of area, walls, and weapon configuration. For example, Zhang Xu of the Tianzihao base has not seen the electromagnetic railgun in the Tianzihao base.
"Hurry up, don't be too impatient. You'll have plenty of time to watch then." Tang Qiuyue curled her lips and signaled Liu Mengyao to go in quickly and stop being embarrassed by standing outside.
"Okay, you lead the way first..." Zhang Xu took Liu Mengyao's arm and said with a smile.
She snorted coldly, lowered her head and entered the inspection area. Zhang Xu and Tang Qiuyue tested very well and were ordinary people, but Liu Mengyao was a little embarrassed as they detected a high concentration of zombie viruses.
"You need to be isolated, so your friend is an evolved person?" Tang Qiuyue sat next to Zhang Xu and took a deep breath.
"Uh, I don't know either..." Zhang Xu couldn't help himself, so he could only answer with "I don't know."
Since energy detectors for detecting evolvers are not yet widely available, new evolvers need an observation period of one hour before they can enter the base.
Of course, this premise is that the evolvers have not entered a military base once. Whether it is Renzihao or the largest Tianzihao, they only need to fill in the information once in the satellite space station, so that the evolvers can enter and exit easily.
In order not to appear awkward waiting, Zhang Xu chatted with Tang Qiuyue about herself. He seemed to want to know why a woman would walk out of the base alone and scavenge.
