Doomsday Commander

  Chapter 25 The Man Blocking the Road

  After taking a bath at night, Tang Zheng came to Xu Jingqiu's room.

  After seeing Tang Zheng's true face, Xu Jingqiu was obviously taken aback.

   "Brother Tang, I'm sorry, I misunderstood before."

   Tang Zheng waved his hands and smiled: "It's nothing, it's a trivial matter."

   "Then Brother Tang, sit down."

  Xu Jingqiu moved a chair for Tang Zheng, and looked at Tang Zheng with piercing eyes, with some apprehension and hope in his eyes.

  Tang Zheng knew Xu Jingqiu's thoughts very well, she was worried that he would take advantage of her, and hoped that he could take her away.

   After all, leaving with Tang Zheng is better than staying in such a hopeless place.

  However, Tang Zheng didn't make a promise right away, but chatted with Xu Jingqiu about family matters.

   "I can call you Jingqiu."

   "Yes, Brother Tang, you can call me whatever you want."

   "Hehe, Jingqiu, the previous business was doing well."

   Speaking of this, Xu Jingqiu was a little complacent, and raised her head proudly: "Of course, my craftsmanship is second to none in the entire Nanhu service area, and my business is also at an upper-middle level."

   "It's really good. It's a bit modest to say that the middle and upper classes are a bit humble. I think it's at least the top three."

Xu Jingqiu waved her hand: "It's not as exaggerated as Brother Tang said. My position is a bit disadvantageous. It's on the edge, and it's a little far from the service hall in the middle. Those buses have designated restaurants, and they're all near the middle. They entertain a busload of guests. , It’s enough for me to earn a day here.”

   Tang Zheng smiled: "That's not bad, we are about the same age, I still have nothing, you are the boss now."

  Xu Jingqiu was a little embarrassed: "No way, Brother Tang is amazing. He is the squad leader at such a young age."

   Tang Zheng didn't explain this problem, everyone who saw it in the last days would misunderstand that he was an imperial army, and he didn't bother to explain.

  Xu Jingqiu asked again: "Brother Tang, where are you going?"

   "I'm going back to my hometown in western Sichuan."

   "Oh, go west." Xu Jingqiu said, with a worried look on her face.

   "Is there any problem?" Tang Zheng saw something was wrong and asked.

   "If you go west, Brother Tang may have to take a detour. The road to the west is impassable."

   Tang Zheng was taken aback: "No way? Could it be that the highway is blocked? It doesn't matter, our car is a motorcycle, and ordinary traffic can't stop us."

  Xu Jingqiu shook her head, hesitated for a while, and then said with some difficulty: "It is indeed blocked, but it is not the kind of traffic jam caused by an overturned car, but it was blocked artificially."

   "Artificially blocked? You mean, there are other survivors here?"

  Xu Jingqiu nodded: "Yes, there are indeed survivors here, and there are quite a few of them. They are on the other side of the service area."

  Tang Zheng noticed some problems when he heard it: "Then why didn't you go there?"

Xu Jingqiu showed a trace of resentment on his face: "The leader over there is the contractor of this service area and an imperial baron named Sun Meng. I don't like this person very much. When he came to my restaurant before, he always said He is not clean, and he still wants to touch me, I wish I could stay away from him, how could I take the initiative to approach him, and."

   "And what?"

"After the end of the world broke out, Sun Meng took his people and established a firm foothold at the toll booth on the west side of the service area, and began to take in survivors. Sister Axiang, who is next door to me, went to his place, but a few days ago I I sent a message to Sister Axiang, and Sister Axiang said that Sun Meng didn't treat him as a human being at all, and the women there have become the playthings of Sun Meng and his gang. I will not throw myself into the trap."

   Tang Zheng's face was a little solemn, after the end of the world, this kind of thing happened frequently.

  Women are weak, and they don't have much dignity and freedom in this world.

  This kind of thing is unavoidable, even if Tang Zheng doesn't like it, he can't control it.

   But Xu Jingqiu said that the road is blocked, and this problem is serious. If the way home is blocked by these people, it will be very troublesome.

   "You said the road was blocked, how did it get blocked?"

"It's like this. Not only did Sun Meng contract the service area, he also had a toll booth in the west. After the end of the world, he took his people back to the toll booth, which was a little far from the service area. He used the nearby Building materials, built the wall of the toll station, leaving only one road to pass through, where survivors were intercepted, materials were collected, and even people were robbed to strengthen his team."

   "All the passing vehicles, don't leave anything that satisfies him, don't even think about passing by, he even killed several people there."

   "So don't talk about cars, even your motorcycles, don't even think about passing there smoothly."

  Tang Zheng said after listening, "Do they have guns?"

   "Yes, not only are there guns, but the toll booth is built very strong, like a bunker, and it is impossible to forcefully break into it."

   As she spoke, Xu Jingqiu took out her mobile phone, which contained photos taken by sister Axiang.

  It was originally an ordinary toll booth, but both lanes were blocked by concrete walls, and only one lane was still usable.

  The road is also full of speed bumps, and the speed of the car cannot be fast there.

  The most important thing is that above the toll station, a defensive building in the shape of a "gate" was built based on the original structure.

  There are a lot of shooting holes left on it, which looks like a bunker.

   Tang Zheng couldn't help frowning a little, such a thing lying across the highway is really a bit tricky.

  Do you have to accept the exploitation of these people when you go home?

  Of course Tang Zheng would not accept this, but he still wanted to talk to that Sun Meng.

  It's too late today, tomorrow morning, he will go and have a look.

   After talking with Xu Jingqiu for a few more words, Tang Zheng returned to the room Xu Jingqiu arranged for him.

   It could be seen that Xu Jingqiu didn't want to stay here anymore, but Tang Zheng couldn't make a promise right now, at least he had to solve Sun Meng's problem.

  After a good night's sleep, Tang Zheng woke up at the call of Xu Jingqiu in the early morning of the next day.

   It's been a long time since I slept so soundly, even though I only slept on the sofa in the hotel box, Tang Zheng felt relieved.

  After eating Xu Jingqiu's steamed buns and the porridge she cooked, I felt that my whole body had recovered.

  Tang Zheng looked at the soldiers around him, and finally said: "Two recruits stay here, and the rest will follow me today, and go to the toll booth on the other side of the service area to see if there is any possibility of passing."

   "Good general."

   Several fighters nodded one after another and began to organize their equipment.

   Their old military uniforms were all cleaned up and mended by Xu Jingqiu last night, and they looked much cleaner and tidy.

   This also made Tang Zheng fully aware of the benefits of having a woman in the team.

   After sorting out, the group left the Nanhu Zhihua Hotel and started running to the other side of the service area.

  The middle of the service area is almost impassable.

  The dense zombies make people not even have the thought of taking risks.

   Fortunately, the service areas are all built in the wild, which cannot be passed through, and can also be bypassed from the external wilderness.

   A group of people climbed off the highway and took a detour from the wilderness outside.

  There is a simple side road here, which was built by Sun Meng of the toll station. It can bypass the service area, but it cannot bypass the toll station. The fork is between the service area and the toll station.

   There are also sporadic zombies wandering in the wilderness. It should be the survivors who were bitten and ran out, but they mutated when they got here.

   Encountered sporadic zombies and killed them directly, walked a few kilometers along the side road, and finally came to the other side of the service area.

   Tang Zheng saw the fortress-like toll booth in the photo Xu Jingqiu showed him.

  The service area is built in a mountainous area. There are high mountains on both sides of the toll station, and it is difficult to pass. The road was built here at the beginning, and it took a lot of effort.

  Set up a toll booth here, and you don’t have to worry about other cars going around.

  There is a gate more than three meters high at the toll station, which can only be used by one car.

   Both sides are blocked, and above is the bunker with shooting holes.

   There are not only shooting holes, but also windows for observation. If you look at it from a distance, you can even see figures walking back and forth inside to observe.

  It is about one kilometer away from the service area. Not only is it far away from the corpses, but it also blocks the road. It is indeed a unique geographical environment.

  In addition, it is located at the junction of the three provinces, and there are always survivors who want to pass here.

  He is in such a block, all those who want to pass, besides accepting his exploitation, can only abandon their cars and walk, and live in the wilderness.

  Tang Zheng and the others got on the expressway, and were thinking of sending someone over there to negotiate, but they didn't expect to be discovered.

   The windows of the bunker were opened, and someone shouted, "What are you doing?"

  Luo Fei took the initiative to stand up and shouted to the other side: "We want to go there, do you have any conditions?"

  The person over there replied: "Tell me your name? Which part is it?"

  Luo Fei turned his head and glanced at Tang Zheng. Tang Zheng thought about it for a while, and then asked a few words.

   Luo Fei got the order and said loudly: "Our squad leader is Tang Zheng. We are from the royal army, and the troop number is kept secret."

"Wait, then."

  The person above answered, picked up the phone and started reporting to Sun Meng.

  Sun Meng's location, in the yard next to the toll station, is also heavily guarded at the moment.

  If it is ordinary people coming and going, the sentry here can decide, but Tang Zheng and the others say that they are the royal army after all, and the sentry does not dare to make a private decision, they can only report it.

  In the lobby of the toll station yard, Baron Sun Meng was smoking.

  Hearing the report from his subordinates, he immediately wanted to let it go.

   After all, they are the royal army, and nobles like them don't want to provoke them.

  Just as he was about to give orders, he was taken aback suddenly.

   "What do you say is the monitor's name?"

   "He said his name is Tang Zheng."

  Sun Meng thought for a while, and took out his phone.

   Open a group chat called Imperial Central South Aristocratic Group. There were originally more than 200 people in the group chat, but there are not many people whose avatars are still on.

   Scrolled up a few times and found a message.

  【Sanjiang Baron Song Yinghao: A deserter named Tang Zheng is wanted. This person is extremely dangerous and his affiliation is unknown. If found, please contact him in time. 】

  (end of this chapter)