It was already late August when the snow melted, and what was exposed underneath was bare brown land. All the vegetation had withered, leaving only shriveled trunks and completely withered grass blades.
"Is the land polluted?" Upon seeing such a scene, Tantai Yan frowned tightly.
Food is the most important thing in the apocalypse, but the food left before the apocalypse may be rotten or destroyed and is simply not enough for human survival. If the land is not polluted, it is possible to grow some crops to be self-sufficient. However, according to the current situation, this idea is obviously not feasible.
"Well, not only the land, but also the water sources have been polluted." Having already experienced it once, Feinuo spoke in a calm tone.
The weather has been suddenly cold and hot these days. In addition to the evolution of zombies, mutations of animals and plants, and pollution, it has also caused various physical diseases. In the apocalypse, medicines are scarce. Many people are often not killed by zombies, but die of cold and illness. of.
The two of them didn't speak anymore, but fell into silence.
After finishing breakfast, everyone packed their luggage and drove to the city where the small military base was located.
"Brother Cheng, there are people following us. They are two men and two women. The women don't seem to be threatening, but the leading man is very sinister and fierce." After walking less than five kilometers, Ren Xiao called the front line through the communicator. Fu Cheng.
He didn't notice anyone following him at first, and it wasn't until he left the city that he saw the vehicles following him. It was a small car. The body of the car looked bumpy because it had crushed too many zombies. However, it drove very smoothly and made almost no noise.
"Fei Fei, take a look." Fu Cheng, who was driving, couldn't spare any time, so he could only ask Fei Nuo to find a chance to observe.
Feinuo nodded and took advantage of the turn to look behind the car. After the marrow cleansing, her eyesight had improved a lot, so she could clearly see the man behind her even from a long distance away.
The man's perception was very keen. The moment her eyes fell on him, he also raised his eyes and looked straight at her.
His eyes were brown-black, with deep pupils, filled with thick darkness and blood. With just one glance, Feinuo knew that he was a true desperado.
"Brother, this person is not easy to mess with." Looking back, Feinuo told the truth. It has been less than a month since the apocalypse began. No matter how murderous a person is, he will not create such a strong bloody atmosphere in such a short period of time.
Fu Cheng nodded and said he understood: "Ren Xiao, you should be careful. If they don't move, don't act rashly." Although there are many of them, Fu Cheng doesn't want a conflict. It's difficult to survive in the apocalypse, and he doesn't want to kill each other anymore.
"I know, Brother Cheng." Ren Xiao agreed on the other end of the communicator.
The car was driving along the interconnected roads. Occasionally, there was no need to stop when encountering scattered zombies. Just a few metal blades or fireballs or ice balls could easily deal with them.
"Hello...you guys." When the car stopped on the desolate flat land, the wretched man hesitated for a while and cautiously approached.
He was wearing a red and black striped shirt. The style of the shirt was very fashionable, but it was covered with jagged holes of different sizes. Before anyone came closer, there was already a fishy stench coming from his body.
"Don't come here!" Qi Xin, who reacted the most, covered her mouth and nose and shouted harshly. She was clean, and even the smell in the air made her sick, not to mention the even more unpleasant fishy smell of the man.
Feng Ying, who was not far away, rolled her eyes. How long has it been since this happened? How can she still have time to pay attention to these things? For a person like her who has neither strength nor wink, it is good to have a stutter. , but she is too lazy to pay attention to her now. She will be sent away in a few days anyway.
The wretched man was a little unhappy, but he paused for a moment and came over hesitantly.
"Are you hard of hearing? Didn't you hear me telling you not to come here?" Seeing him getting closer and closer, Qi Xin's tone became worse and worse.
Everyone frowned in displeasure, Brother Cheng and Sister Nuo hadn't spoken yet, why would she, a freeloader, get in the way?
Xu Lin, who was standing nearby, was used to looking at people's faces. When she saw everyone's expressions were wrong, she put away her disgust and tried to smooth things over: "Forget it, sister Xin, you are so beautiful, why bother struggling with the mud under your feet." She said. He glanced at the wretched man with contempt.
Qi Xin's face looked better. She hesitated for a long time and finally retreated bitterly. She has no ability now and can only swallow her anger.
"Hello... hello." The wretched man stood five steps away, "My name is Qian Guangyuan. I come from W City. I... can I ask you to borrow some food."
As he spoke, he swallowed and looked at the fragrant rice in the pot. He had been eating dry food for more than half a month since the end of the world. Now, just smelling the food can't help but make people move. If it weren't for the other party There were so many people, so he had already rushed forward and grabbed them, so there was no need to be so cautious.
Feinuo was too lazy to take care of this matter, and was busy roasting sweet potatoes on the fire.
"Have you ever eaten this?" Tantai Yan was very surprised. He always thought that a wealthy lady like Fei Nuo would not know how to bake sweet potatoes, but he didn't expect that she not only knew how to bake sweet potatoes, but she also knew how to bake them.
Feinuo put away the stick in his hand: "Is it weird that I have eaten roasted sweet potatoes?"
Tantai Yan nodded matter-of-factly. Generally, children from big families would not eat at the food stalls. If it were not for the head wife of the Tantai family, he would not have eaten cheap and delicious food like roasted sweet potatoes.
In the end, Qian Guangyuan left without hesitation. In the apocalypse, no one will give food to others for no reason, unless that person is a good old man. But unfortunately, good people do not live long, so the longer the apocalypse lasts, the more people will survive. Indifferent, they often only care about their own interests and will not bother to care about the lives of others.
"Come in...Brother Jin." Facing the man's indifferent gaze, Qian Guangyuan was trembling. It was entirely his own initiative to approach Fu Cheng and the others this time. Now that he returned empty-handed, he was afraid that the man would be unhappy.
You must know that he has been following him for a week, but he has never heard him speak. He only knows that he likes to kill people when he is unhappy, so he has always been worried about killing him if he is unhappy.
If he could, he would even want to run, but when he saw the man's deep eyes, he couldn't help but feel weak in his legs, and could only follow him fearfully.
The man didn't speak. He only raised his head and glanced at him, then continued to eat the compressed biscuits in his hand. He had a large appetite and had already thrown three or four packaging bags and an empty mineral water bottle on the ground.
Qian Guangyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt that the clothes on his back were wet with sweat. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and started to eat with weak steps for a long time. The biscuits were dry and almost tasteless in his mouth. Tong Juexu, while eating, he couldn't help but follow the aroma of the food and look over.
The two women next to them were half-clothed and even though their stomachs were growling with hunger, they could only huddle together and tremble.
"Brother, try it." After the sweet potatoes were roasted, Feinuo took the lead and handed one to Fu Cheng.
Fu Cheng had never been exposed to this kind of thing before, so he could only hold the charred roasted sweet potato and had no idea what to do with it. Feinuo was watching the joke, but Hu Zhongguo couldn't stand it and pulled one out of the fire and peeled it open with both hands: "Brother Cheng, Don’t look at it because it’s dark, but it’s actually very delicious.”
As he spoke, he didn't care whether it burned his mouth or not, and took a big bite. This bite made his eyes light up, and he couldn't control it anymore and started to devour it.
"Sister Nuo, how did you cook it? I have never eaten such delicious roasted sweet potatoes!" Hu Zhongguo couldn't help shouting as soon as he finished one.
Feinuo didn't say anything. It wasn't that she baked well, but that the ingredients in the space were more delicious than those outside.
After lunch, everyone rested for a while and continued on the road. Along the way, they passed a small stream. The water in the stream was no longer as clear as before. At first glance, it was filled with turbid and black muddy water.
Feinuo threw a stone in, and in the blink of an eye he saw mouths with fangs emerging from the water. They jumped in mid-air, and when they smelled the smell of flesh and blood, they rushed over.
Everyone gasped, there were so many zombie fish, and if anyone came close, they would definitely be dead.
"...So cruel." Stunned for a moment, Dai Qingyun couldn't help but mutter to himself. He thought zombies were scary enough, but he didn't expect that there were even more cruel species. "Old...Boss, not all animals will become How about this."
"Won't."
"That's okay." Dai Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief, but what Tantai Yan said next made him dumbfounded.
"Although not all will become like this, it is almost the same. Most animals, like humans, will become zombies, and only a small number will become mutant animals. They have powerful bodies, and some even have superpowers."
"Then humans are more dangerous?" Ji Ruohai couldn't help frowning as he watched the swarms of zombie fish struggling on the land. You must know that the most common people in the world are not humans, but animals. Once animals Zombification or mutation will make human survival more difficult.
Tantai Yan nodded. If they hadn't met Feinuo, they would have suffered heavy casualties even if they returned to H City in the end. How could they be as relaxed as they are now.
"Brother, let's go around." After seeing clearly the situation in the stream, Feinuo chose to go around. Although they were strong, they couldn't get away with the zombie fish.
"Okay." Fu Cheng, who was a little numb, agreed quickly.
The car turned a corner and drove to the right. Everything along the way was bare except for soil. Everyone was a little drowsy until the thick vines hit the windshield hard and they suddenly woke up.
