End of the World

The straight highway still has brightly painted road signs, but the central green belt has not been trimmed for a long time and looks messy.

Some of the cars on the road have been rusted after being burned by the fire, and most are covered with a layer of dust. The once prosperous avenue has come to an end.

A truck with peeling paint, rusted body and exhaust pipe spewing black smoke from time to time was speeding on the road. Its speed was actually faster than that of the zombies.

In the car were Wu Bin and his four companions who were heading to Nguyen Province. They had been traveling along the road for several days.

Although the car looked shabby and even the gear was difficult to push, Chen Guangjun, who was driving, felt comfortable and the vehicle's engine was roaring.

The vehicle is a Shaanxi Delong, a National III displacement car. The car is very old, but there is no problem with its running.

"There's the Xingde service area ahead. We can stop and rest!"

He Yuxin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said that she had a simplified tourist map in her hand and an administrative district map next to it. It took her half a day to determine the approximate location of the four people.

"Okay, let's see if the service area can get some supplies!" Wu Bin agreed.

Chen Guangjun tilted his head slightly but didn't say anything.

The truck was still speeding at a speed of over 40. The road had already been traveled by other people, so a lot of unnecessary trouble was avoided.

There was a large-scale traffic jam ahead, so Chen Guangjun slowed down and took a detour through a secluded path on the side of the road that other people had taken. However, as soon as he turned the corner, the situation ahead scared the four of them.

All that came into view were white bones, densely covering the entire road. It must have been half a year ago that someone had killed a group of zombies here.

The large number of white bones shocked the four people and also caused some minor trouble. Chen Guangjun was worried that the bones would damage the tires. The several tires of this car had different degrees of wear and tear.

"Trouble!" Chen Guangjun turned the steering wheel quickly, faster than the wheels, trying to avoid the pile of bones.

"Be careful, this might be the work of the survivors in the service area!" Wu Bin said. Obviously, only the survivors in the service area would need to clean up the zombies nearby.

The vehicle quickly drove through the bone area, crushing the bones to pieces, and the wheels were full of bone thorns.

Not long after driving out, the worried situation occurred. The left front wheel must have been leaking air, and the vehicle slowly pulled over to the side of the road.

Chen Guangjun ceremoniously turned on the double flashes before getting out of the car. Dafeng followed closely, howling at the lone zombie.

The four people got out of the car one after another and saw that the left front wheel was obviously deflated and was still leaking air.

"It must be something stuck in my teeth. I don't know what punctured the sidewall of the tire!"

The other tires on the car were quite strong. Some of the tires were pierced by the bones on the sidewalls, but they were not penetrated. However, there were small white spots all over the tires, like donuts sprinkled with white sesame seeds.

"Change it!"

Wu Bin found tools from the car, luckily there was a spare tire in the car.

He Yuxin went to the back alone to remove the fixing screws of the spare tire, but the tire was a little too big for her.

"Sister-in-law, I'm here!"

After killing the zombies, Dafeng saw her alone and hurried forward to help.

"Dafeng, hold on to the chain and don't let go!"

Although it was He Yuxin's first time to unload the spare tire of a truck, she had figured out the structure of the fixed plate. The iron chain on it was to assist in removing the tire, and there should be a buckle at the other end, but it was missing.

"it is good!"

Dafeng dragged out the iron chain and wrapped it around the iron rod in his hand several times to make sure it was secure.

"All right!"

"Hold on tight, otherwise I'll be in trouble!" He Yuxin turned around and said to Dafeng before loosening the last screw.

After letting go, He Yuxin quickly pulled out from under the car. Dafeng let go only after seeing He Yuxin come out, but the wheel was still hanging quietly on the beam.

"Something seems to have gone wrong!" said He Yuxin.

"How about it?"

Chen Guangjun in front walked over and saw He Yuxin crawling out from under the car, and couldn't help asking.

"The screw is loose and the wheel can't come off!" He Yuxin let go of her hand and put the rusty nut on the ground.

Chen Guangjun crawled under the car without saying a word, and He Yuxin signaled Dafeng. Dafeng understood and held the chain tightly to prevent accidents.

"There's a locking device on it!"

After Chen Guangjun finished speaking, he picked up the nut and put it on the bolt, asked Dafeng to let go, and used his iron rod to pry open the locking device. The wheel shook, obviously it was loosened.

After an hour of struggling, I finally installed the spare tire, but a problem arose: the tread of the front tire was unevenly worn, and there was a possibility of driving deviation or wear and tear.

But it is not a big problem for this truck. It is impossible for four people to drive the car to scrap. Besides, the wheel rubber sleeves of the vehicle have long been aged and failed, the clevis arms are loose and expanded, and it is normal for the steering to deviate.

The four got in the car and continued to drive towards the Xingde Service Area. When a five-kilometer notice sign for the service area appeared on the roadside, the traces of survivors' activities on the road became increasingly obvious.

As we gradually approached the service area, we saw towering wire fences on both sides of the lane. They were not originally part of the highway, but were built to ensure the safety of this section of highway.

The driver was temporarily replaced, and Dafeng confidently said that he would drive in one gear all the way to a stop because he was not used to this car.

When the vehicle slowly drove into the service area, the three people in the car stood ready with guns in hand, but the scene inside was horrifying, everywhere they looked, there were bones and the smell of death was extremely strong.

The parking lot at the service area was extremely spacious, surrounded by high wire fences and reinforced with water toilets filled with soil, but the parking lot was filled with corpses.

The entire service area was almost stained with a gray hue. There was not a single living thing, not even a zombie. It was terrifyingly silent.

“Put on your mask and get off the bus!”

Chen Guangjun was the first to go down, and the smell of decay hit him in the face.

"Let's look around!" Wu Bin said after getting used to the smell.

"it is good!"

Chen Guangjun nodded and walked towards the service area building with Dafeng.

Wu Bin and He Yuxin patrolled outside to see if they could find any useful clues. The numerous corpses proved that this place had suffered an unusual attack.

“They must have had a great time!”

He Yuxin saw several half-person-high plastic barrels with some crops planted in them. They had already dried up, and she felt inexplicably sad.

"Everyone is the same. This place must have been full of hope before!" Wu Bin sighed. Judging from the remaining traces, it should have been a relatively harmonious team.

The two walked for a while and saw corpses everywhere under their feet. There was no sign of a breakthrough in the barbed wire on both sides. Where did the zombies come from?

Chen Guangjun on this side found a lot of traces of fighting in the house. It was not a battle with zombies, but more like a fight between people.

Touching the scratches on the wall, Chen Guangjun's mind slowly emerged with the battle scene. The weak wanted to escape, but the strong were trying to kill them all. The helpless cries continued for a long time.

"A man-made disaster has occurred here!" Chen Guangjun withdrew his hand and spoke.

Dafeng kicked the debris on the ground and said suddenly, "No wonder it's so messy, zombies don't destroy things!"

The two saw bloody words in another hall, which might have been left by the attacker: "Devil Angel"

"The King of Hell's little bastards!" Dafeng felt that these guys were mentally ill.

"Although there is nothing useful, it can be used as a rest for us!" Chen Guangjun glanced at the hall.

The two went out and met Wu Bin and his companion who had returned.

"What did you find?" Wu Bin asked.

"There's nothing useful. The survivors here may have been attacked!" Chen Guangjun replied.

"Could it be related to the free survivor organization?" He Yuxin put forward her own guess.

"It cannot be ruled out. Yuan Bing said they were in the north. Although he didn't know where specifically, their lost team wouldn't be too far away!" Chen Guangjun agreed. He thought the survivors' organization should be a private armed force or a warlord.

Whenever there is troubled times, there are always some talented people emerging. What could be worse than now?

The Free Survivors Organization that was widely publicized on the radio was supposed to be aiming to absorb population and strengthen itself.

However, Chen Guangjun thought they were too naive. According to normal time estimation, the longer the time went on, the longer the emerging forces would last.

The current official forces have not collapsed. They have more resources in their hands, just like the Chuanling shelter mentioned by the special forces. The situation is stable and they are on the path of sustainable development. The gap will only get bigger and bigger.

On the other hand, outside, people were hiding from place to place and had insufficient food to eat. Chen Guangjun thought that it would be good to find a place to settle down and not get involved in the fights of the outside world.

"We need to be more careful on the road ahead!" said Chen Guangjun.

Wu Bin and the other two nodded. It seemed that they were not far from the organization of the survivors. Killing one's own kind was the cruelest thing.

There was no place to stay in the building, so the four of them could only drive to a place where the air was relatively good and rest in the car until the next day.

Early in the morning, Chen Guangjun checked the vehicle as usual and continued on his way.

After passing the Xingde Service Area, the tourist map was no longer useful. He Yuxin could only spread out the administrative district map and make marks on it.

At noon, the vehicle slowly stopped and the lane ahead was congested. Dozens of damaged cars occupied the road, making it impossible to pass.

Dafeng jumped out of the car as usual and attacked the zombies with great cruelty. The zombies regretted wandering around here.

Chen Guangjun got out of the car and glanced at the abandoned cars. Judging from the damaged parts, they should not be here.

"I think we have reached the territory of the free survivors mentioned by Yuan Bing!"

"They blocked the road to force us to get off the highway!" Wu Bin agreed. Not far behind him, there was a highway exit when he came over. People who didn't know what was going on might fall into the trap.

"It seems that they are not good people!" Dafeng threw the zombies away with a stick and spoke.

He Yuxin had already packed up the items in the car and took down the backpack to give to the three people. If nothing unexpected happened, the four of them would have to take Bus No. 11.

"Will they have any preparations?" He Yuxin asked worriedly. The four of them would do the same.

"This is inevitable, they won't let anyone pass easily!" Chen Guangjun was not too worried. Whoever stood in the way would be killed.