Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Chapter 726 Special Chapter. Winter Queen. Exploration Team

Entering May

The darkening of the sky is becoming more and more obvious. Many times in the morning there is no sunlight at all and the sky is gray. In the afternoon, the sunlight will be slightly stronger.

Gerry quietly looked at the people of the Winter Guard who were still busy in front of him. They were trying to clean up the cars on the road that had been dismantled to only their frames. This place was more than 70 kilometers away from Winter City and was the last place they arrived. Come from far away material recycling places.

This time Gerry came out with 200 people and dispatched 8 trucks, carrying reaction batteries that could travel at least 2,000 kilometers. Their main purpose this time was to go to the city to find some supplies.

There were more than 40 technicians among the 200 people, and Fred was among them. Many young people seemed very excited, because they had been living in the cold winter city for a whole year. They were forced by life in order to survive. I had to stay calm down, but now it is different. Many people are in a happy mood. Even though the world has been destroyed, many people want to take another look at the once civilized and glorious world.

Some of them are newcomers. They are responsible for leading the way. They are going to a big city more than 200 kilometers away from Winter City. There are many factories in that place. If you search around, you should be able to get a lot of things, especially It is a metal wire, which is currently lacking in Winter City. As long as the place is determined, they will make several trips back and forth in an effort to get more supplies.

It was just after 12 o'clock in the afternoon, and the motorcade stopped. Everyone started to cook something to eat. They brought dried food. Just add water and some seasonings to the pot, and you can make a delicious pot. food.

Fred is still discussing with the people in the technical department what specific items are needed. Some items are still being added to the long list. Among them, computer equipment is necessary, but the carrying capacity of 8 trucks is limited. , we can only deliver some needed supplies back first.

"King Fred, it's time to eat."

Fred smiled awkwardly.

"Just call me Fred."

Although Fred said so, most people still use honorifics. Most people have adapted to this kind of life, especially Fred. Many people like him quite a lot. He is not like his sister Verla. With such seriousness, many people have felt Fred's kindness in the past few months of managing citizens' lives.

Now many people can take one day off a week. Fred carefully planned all aspects of work in the city. Although it was difficult, he still arranged a timetable that would not bring the city to a standstill, and Vierla also approved it.

The only thing is that if there are special circumstances, no one will cancel their rest and must carry out their own part of the work every day.

The number of people in Winter City is almost over 50,000. Those who survived are constantly moving towards Winter City. There are people every day. They have met several groups of people on the way. Fred will explain to each other every time that Winter City system, they used to be cared for, given food and a place to rest.

Fred also shared some of the food with them, and many of them ran towards Winter City with joy.

This seems to be a good sign to many people. A steady stream of people are passing by, and the city is still being developed. According to the plan drawn up by my sister, Winter City will receive at least 300,000 people. If it continues to develop slowly, it will eventually become A large city with a population of 1 million.

There is no need to worry about the current production capacity for the time being, but technological matters need to be carried out as soon as possible, especially the construction of greenhouses for crop fields, which is the first priority. Although many places can rely on manpower to do it, the efficiency is always low. A large amount of materials must be found to realize mechanized work.

"King Fred, come over here."

Fred said, carrying a bowl of hot vegetable soup, walked to the side of the truck, and then climbed on, where Gerry was eating.

"According to the route, we will arrive at the earliest tonight. There should be a small town past here. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Gerry asked and Fred said with a smile.

"That's fine with you Mr. Gerry."

Gerry smiled helplessly.

"You must at least have some sense of being a king."

Fred shook his head helplessly.

Looking at the map, he saw this town 100 kilometers away from Winter City. Fred had been there before. It was a very ordinary town with a population slightly larger than that of Winter City in the past, with about five to six thousand people.

"Didn't you go see it when you came?"

Gerry shook his head and said.

"When we came here before, something went wrong. Someone had entered the town in advance and launched an attack. We didn't want to conflict with them, so we had to keep walking."

"Forget it then, let's go directly to the city."

Gerry nodded. After eating, everyone rested for half an hour. The convoy continued to move. Now there were very few cars parked on the side of the road. The road became wider. Gerry stared quietly. Everything around them, after a while, they came to the entrance of a town. The road sign was crooked to the side, and there were some dark red blood stains on it. There were several shriveled corpses at the entrance of the town.

"It's better to go in and take a look."

Fred said, and Gerry nodded. Then he brought 30 people with weapons and planned to go in. Fred also followed.

"King Fred, you still..."

"It's okay, I want to go in and take a look too."

The entrance road was about 2 kilometers long. The group of people walked in along the road and soon saw more corpses. There were shocking traces in many places.

When he came to the town, Fred swallowed a gulp. Everyone looked at what they saw in shock. A large number of bones were hung at the entrance of the town. Gerry walked over and confirmed that it was at least half a year or even It was much longer ago.

Amidst the sound of the wind, the human skeletons that were hung up made rattling sounds. Gerry shouted several times, but no one answered. They walked around casually, and there were traces of crossfire everywhere.

The farmland next to the town had long since withered, turning the entire town into a wasteland. They found weapons that could still be used next to some corpses, but they didn't see any living people.

"If we continue to fight, it will end up like this."

Gerry muttered, and many people nodded. The reason why Gerry had not entered this town before was because when they came, there was already a fierce exchange of fire in the town. Although Gerry didn't know what the reason was, it was just It was only the third day after the disaster occurred.

It can only be said that there are people who are more crisis aware than Gerry and know what the consequences will be if an effective shelter cannot be found at the beginning of a disaster.

There was no water and electricity in this town, let alone food. Then the group left, and some weapons and ammunition were found in the town, although the amount was small.

The convoy continued on the road, with nearly 100 kilometers to go. Their speed was not very fast, and they would arrive at around 4 p.m.

Along the way, they met some more people who knew the location of Winter City through radio, but Gerry did not allow Fred to give them some food, only gave them a little water, and told them to just keep walking. Arrive at Winter City.

"By the way, Gerry, congratulations."

At this time, Fred said, Gerry became a little embarrassed, and several people in the car also snickered, because everyone knew that Gerry's wife Silly was pregnant and would give birth this winter at the latest. Gerry She said thank you shyly.

Everyone was happy along the way, but when they were about to approach the city, the joy began to dissipate. Along the way, they saw many corpses and many charred humanoids on the ground. These were people who died after being infected with the annihilation virus. What's left is that a huge city can be seen in front of you, but under the gray sky, the city doesn't look alive at all, and some buildings are dilapidated.

Along the way, you can see many traces, which are the last traces of human beings' existence in this world.

"We are approaching the city, be on alert!"

As Gerry said, the trucks slowed down one after another. Some Guardsmen got out of the car and stood guard on both sides of the trucks with weapons. There were people on the eight trucks looking around with sniper rifles. , according to people who have arrived in Winter City in the past few months, there are still people in this city, especially an organization called the Blood Alliance, which has hundreds of people.

The people in this organization do all kinds of evil in the city and do inhumane things. Many people who have escaped have mentioned it, and there are also some small organizations that have a small number of people but are wandering everywhere.

The epidemic and mutual fighting caused this metropolis, which originally had a population of close to 2 million, to be almost empty in just a few months.

Gerry looked at an old city map on a laptop and directed the convoy to go to the right. They needed to go to a manufacturing factory first. This was also their primary purpose here. They needed to bring back some pharmaceutical tools and medicines. raw materials.

At this time, in an eight-story building at the entrance to the city, several men and women with unkempt hair, dark spots on their cheeks, and some raised bumps on their skin stared at the advancing motorcade with cold eyes. All have traces of being cut.

"That's the people from Winter City. They seem to be doing well. Let's go down and prepare to start hunting."

A burly man said, and the people behind him laughed coldly.

At this time, Gerry was still explaining some things that everyone needed to pay attention to. Although they did not encounter any problems now, Gerry was thinking that they might have been discovered, but if the other party attacked, his side would definitely be defeated. You won't be polite.

The convoy slowly drove into the compound of the pharmaceutical factory that had been attacked. Many corpses could still be seen. Gerry immediately asked the guards to start checking around, and then placed some snipers near the convoy. Reid and the people from the technical department walked into the factory. It was a mess. There were a lot of pills scattered on the ground. It looked like the place had been ransacked. Several doctors started to pick up some pills on the ground and looked through the pill packaging boxes. and the letters on the pills, you can tell what kind of medicine it is.

"Bring everything you can use."

This used to be a large pharmaceutical factory, and soon the people in the technical department found some usable machinery.

"Fred! Take the people and find a place to hide. Someone is coming."

Gerry's voice came from the radio. At this time, trucks drove into the internal workshop of the pharmaceutical factory. Gerry was directly on the second floor of the factory, smashing some glass and looking at it with a gun. .

"Hey! You are the guys who call themselves Winter City. Why don't you say hello to us when you come to our territory?"

A jeep drove in, and the man in the car shouted with a loudspeaker. Gerry felt that the situation was not good. More and more people showed up. In less than a few minutes, the pharmaceutical factory was surrounded. .

But Gerry didn't panic at all, because although the opponent was large in number, they were not vegetarians. Gerry was arranging training for the Winter Guard every day.

Accuracy training using recyclable pneumatic steel bullets to replace bullets has achieved certain results. More than 30 snipers were deployed nearby, all using high-precision hunting rifles with a range of 500 meters.

"What do you want to do?"

Gerry shouted, looking at the weapons they were holding, there were RPGs in their hands. This was something Gerry didn't expect. They had to fight quickly, otherwise they would suffer heavy losses if they were bombarded like this.

"Little pigs, you better come out quickly, otherwise it will be very miserable later."

The leading man on the jeep shouted. Without any hesitation, Gerry suddenly turned around, raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger.

Bang bang

The gun rang out, and the man who was still shouting at the head was shot and fell to the ground. In an instant, following Gerry's firing signal, the Winter Guards who had been ambushing all around started shooting.

The battle basically became one-sided. In less than five minutes, the gang members who planned to encircle Gerry and the others had suffered heavy casualties, and many people began to flee. Gerry did not order a pursuit, but looked at the people on the ground. Hundreds of corpses. Although they fought back, in Gerry's opinion, their fighting back was nothing more than chaos.

Sure enough, there is a huge difference between the well-trained Winter Guards and ordinary people like them who only rely on the weapons in their hands. At this time, Fred walked up.

"I found a lot of useful things. There is a warehouse down there with a lot of medicines. I have to move them all and come back again."

Fred said as he glanced at the people lying on the ground outside. There were still people who were not dead.

"Don't worry about these people Fred, they're already dead."

"What do you want, you bastards?"

The leader who had just been shot screamed, one of his hands was stepped on by a man, and another man stepped directly on the wound of his mid laner, and blood was still flowing out.

"Hey, boss, you are very unlucky. Why did you get shot? It's the same thing you always said. Do you remember? What did you say?"

The leader looked at the group of laughing men and women in horror.

"In this world, if you are injured, you will die."

A bunch of people burst into laughter. In the end, they let the leader go without killing him. The leader pressed his wounds in pain and staggered away from the people. Although he was angry, he had no choice now.

The leader underestimated the people in Winter City too much. Now he probably knew that those people were more like regular troops than a temporary ragtag group like them.

But now the leader has lost too much blood, and he must find medicine, otherwise he will die.

Once again the leader stepped into the pharmaceutical factory, he raised his hands and shouted.

"Help me, as long as you save me, I can tell you all the information you need."

Gerry looked at the dying leader quietly, his attitude completely opposite to that just now.

"Let him come."

Fred said, and Gerry nodded. After a while, the man who was almost fainting was brought to a temporary operating table. Several doctors used some of the medical equipment they found to help treat his wounds. , the bullet was removed, medicine was put on, and sutures and bandages were performed.

Materials in the factory are still being transported, but some warehouses are inaccessible. Only by blasting the warehouse doors open can we know what is inside.

"I think it's better to forget about Fred, that guy's words can't be trusted."

Gerry said and Fred shook his head.

"Let's listen to what he has to say when he wakes up."

It wasn't until about 3 o'clock in the morning that the leader named Tony woke up. He also bluntly said that he was almost killed by his subordinates because of his injuries, because he also treated those injured in the same way.

Tony began to talk about some things. After the chaos lasted for three months after the disaster, the military suppressed the riots and began to set up some temporary bases. However, this order was restored in just one month. Then it collapsed, and due to the outbreak of the epidemic, the place fell into extreme chaos again.

They also gather together in order to survive.

"What did you do before Tony?"

Tony laughed.

"I used to be the owner of a motorcycle shop."

"After we have moved some things tonight, will you come back to Winter City with us?"

Gerry naturally knew what Fred was thinking. At this time, it was a good thing to have someone familiar with machinery.

"I do!"

Tony immediately said hurriedly.

At this time, Gerry's face was heavy. What Tony said was basically the same as what the people who entered the Winter City said. Although many people still harbored the last trace of fantasy, human society could return to its original civilized order. , but the last hope of this trip was shattered.

In just over a year, human society has come to an end.

Then Tony also said something about where Fred and the others could get the mechanical parts they wanted, because in the past year, Tony had led people to sweep most of the city, and they only absorbed those who were useful, and not those who were useless. All will be killed.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, everything that can be stuffed into the truck has been stuffed into it. It will be slower when going back, but this trip is quite fruitful. Many people can only sit on the top of the truck, with guardrails welded on both sides. As the trucks rocked, the convoy drove out of the city.

Gerry's heart that had been hung up all night finally relaxed. He felt unusually tired. This trip of less than two days for exploration had completely cut off some of the thoughts in Gerry's mind. Maybe most people were like this.

At this time, the sky began to get brighter, and the convoy had already driven out of the city. In the dim light, Kuris stood quietly on the top of a building, looking at the leaving convoy. Behind him stood dozens of people who were no longer needed. A parasite that relies on natural food to maintain body functions, he followed the convoy all the way to the city.

Just now, Kuris had killed all those who attacked Gerry and the others, leaving only less than 50 people who had not died after being invaded by this parasite.

Kuris intends to help them. At this time, no one needs to disturb or hinder the progress of Winter City. Winter City must be established.

Kuris has already made a plan, and will only seize everything in Winter City when the time is right.

"You can hunt as much as you like in the city these days, kill all the gang members, and bring those who can be used back to the lair."

Soon, traces of crawling appeared on the skin of the parasites behind them. They dispersed in all directions very quickly, making a rustling sound. A large number of parasitic tentacles were released from the surface of Kuris's body, and then It penetrated the floor a little bit, and soon Kuris returned to the third floor. In the room, people were wrapped in plants with only their heads exposed. They looked very painful. Some of them were conscious and still there. Weeping weakly.

"Everyone must work harder. If your will is eroded by these things, you will definitely die. Think more about the reasons for living. This is a way to strengthen everyone's willpower."

Kuris laughed as he spoke. He had recently discovered something strange. This parasite was guiding him vaguely, trying to get him to the coast. This feeling cannot be described in words, but it is certain. What's more, there is something on the coast. This feeling, which is like a special signal transmitted from afar, makes Kuris feel strange. He plans to set off to the coast to check. After the adapted parasites appear among these people, Kuris Just plan to go.

Curris is becoming more and more fond of the things that are parasitic in his body. Curris knows that they are conscious, but they will not take the initiative to talk to him. Curris often asks questions about what they are and where they come from. The question of what it intends to do, but these things are never directly answered.

But Kuris knew that behind these things there was an immense consciousness, which was unimaginable and could be called a cosmic consciousness that could encompass everything.

When Kuris swallows something, he is always able to swallow it easily. This is different from the difficulty at first. It is certain that these things can analyze the material structure in an instant and then directly use some special means to decompose them.

“It’s getting better and better!”

Kuris raised his hands excitedly and looked at a woman who was completely awake. She was only terrified at this time. Kuris walked over and let go of the woman with his tentacles.

"Congratulations, miss, you have been given a new life!"