末世 二三 事

This time when they went out, the main item they needed to exchange was salt, led by Qu Zhengchao, and their destination was Q province next door, where there was a salt-producing city L city.

When they left the county two days ago, the road conditions were fine because they took the road that Shi Lei and the others had brought back.However, after changing the route on the third day, the road conditions became more difficult. Occasionally, we would encounter abandoned cars blocked on the road, and then there were free-growing grass and dead branches everywhere, and some grounds were covered by the roots of big trees that grew suddenly. It was cracked, and some cracks were too big for the cows to walk through, and the wheels would sink in. Fortunately, Qu Zhengchao was prepared in advance, and he specially used a car to pull a few iron plates as auxiliary tools, and spread them on the cracks. alright.Sometimes there will be long crooked branches of big trees blocking the way, and everyone has to come down with weapons to cut the branches.

Jing Lin then asked Qu Zhengchao: "When you came back in a car, wouldn't it be the same way along the way?"

Qu Zhengchao said: "That's true. The places where people are active are okay, but they will basically be cleaned up. Like some winding mountain roads, the road conditions are even more difficult.

Unfortunately, this time they went to L City, they had to cross a winding mountain road, the surroundings were deserted, and the road conditions could be imagined.

This day is the sixth day of the journey, and the big guys have just united to clean up the blocking branches, and it happens to be time for lunch.

The stoves and pots are placed on the car, and everyone put the stoves on the side of the road, and all the firewood is ready-made, just pick some around.Now that summer is long and there is very little rain, there are always plants and trees that cannot withstand the scorching sun and wither and die. It is relatively easy to start a fire.

Most of the people worked in a division of labor, some squatted in front of the stove to light the fire, and some held basins, buckets, etc., and lined up in front of Jing Lin's car.

What are you doing, catch water.

In the beginning, everyone used the stove, and they ate the prepared dry food by soaking it in boiling water. They made do with three meals a day, because the water they could bring was not much, and they could only pass through populated villages or drinkable rivers along the way. , Lake water can only be replenished, and it must be used sparingly. I dare not use too much water for washing dishes, let alone washing my face and brushing my teeth.After a few days like this, everyone can't bear it.

Jing Lin's family couldn't bear it either. With so many little ones in his family, the daily water consumption is indispensable, and there is also a stinky duck that has to clean its feathers with water every day, and a little black dragon that likes to take a bath. He took out his own bathtub and towel and signaled Jing Lin to bring them to him. Because of lack of water, Jing Lin deducted two water for a day and made them very unhappy.

Seeing their grievances, Jing Lin could only hold back his brain to think of a formation, took out the pouring rain array, and arranged it in an open space, and then saw that the surroundings were rustling, and the ground was rushing in that area With heavy rain.

Jing Lin put the little black dragon's bathtub in, and quickly caught a basin of rainwater. As soon as he took it out, the little black dragon, who hadn't bathed for nearly two days, jumped in with a "plop", swimming around in the bathtub comfortably.

The little black dragon floating in the bathtub did not forget to remind Jing Lin that the rainwater was guided by spiritual energy and could be drunk.

Then there was a pouring rain, and the little black dragon was happy, as were his teammates.With this formation, everyone will not have to worry about running out of water in the future, and they can use it with their arms free.

So those who brush their teeth brush their teeth, those who wash their faces wash their faces, and those who wash their clothes wash their clothes. Some people simply suggested to Jing Lin that they have been out for a few days and no one has taken a bath. They should find an open space to build a bathing place and invite Jing Lin. Let’s set up a heating array—that’s what they call it, everyone boil some hot water and tidy up.

Jing Lin's family also hadn't bathed for several days, they were used to bathing every day, they couldn't take it anymore, they nodded happily when they heard this, and followed everyone's busy life.

So when we left that day, after leaving a lot of water stains, everyone was refreshed, and there were a few wet clothes hanging in front of each oxcart.

After that, Jing Lin will be in charge of providing water for everyone in the formation, and he will not charge any fees for this, after all, he also needs to use it for himself.With water, if you find wild vegetables on the way, you can also eat fresh stir-fried vegetables and drink vegetable soup.

So although they have been on their way, they don't look like they are in the wind and frost at all.

Qu Zhengchao thought about the refugees he saw along the way when he came back with Shi Lei last time. At that time, the whole team was lifeless. Now when he goes out again, his teammates are chatting and laughing, unlike those who are rushing in the apocalypse , it seems that they are traveling in a group. If you have a camera or something in your hand, they will probably leave their shadows along the way.

To go to L City, if you used to take a car, it would take more than 20 hours and pass through more than a dozen cities.

This way, Qu Zhengchao relied on the collected maps and led the team to try to take the sparsely populated road.One is that the reason is unknown, the city is always more dangerous than the outside, the variation ratio of animals and plants inside is much higher than that in the countryside, and the temperament is mostly not very gentle; The environment forced it to magnify infinitely. On the way back to the county, when they passed through the city, they encountered several times when refugees blocked the road and robbed them.

However, it is inevitable to pass through some villages or cities on the way. Fortunately, there are a large number of them, more than 100 in total, and they have been trained. They eat well and sleep well along the way. Take the lead when they match up, and the other refugees basically disperse.

On this day, they passed a deserted village, and it was just getting dark, so Qu Zhengchao asked the team to spend the night here tonight.After parking the ox carts together, everyone pulled some hay around the area to feed the cattle, and then began to prepare dinner.

Jing Lin entered an empty private house, looking for some rotten tables and chairs to chop up as firewood. He and Yan Fei happened to be in the night duty team tonight. Night duty people are not allowed to stay in the heating array because the environment is too Comfortable and easy to doze off, Jing Lin thought of setting up a fire to warm his hands at night. After all, the night is so long, and the temperature at night is extremely low, so it is not good to freeze for too long.

As a result, he went around several private houses in a row, but he couldn't even find a table leg.

He went to look for the firewood houses of these people, but there was basically no firewood in them.

Seeing this situation, Jing Lin frowned unconsciously.

He found Qu Zhengchao and told him, "The situation in this village is not right."

It's been almost half a month since they came out, and it's not like they didn't pass by the village where the villagers went out to escape. Those vacant houses, except for the important food and the like, are all there, such as furniture. Whoever escaped would bring these things, let alone There is no firewood in every house in this village.

Xiang Zehua happened to be talking to Qu Zhengchao, and he said, "Could it be that he fled to the mountains with his things?"

Yan Fei also came over at this time, and his discovery was the same as Jing Lin's. He said, "It's still not right. Since they are escaping, they usually panic. Did you find it? This village is too clean and tidy."

When Xiang Zehua first entered the village, he felt that the village was weird, so he couldn't help but come to talk to Qu Zhengchao. Now after being reminded by Yan Fei, he realized that this village was completely different from the villages they had passed through before. , there are very few weeds on the ground in this village. If you look closely, you will find that many of them have grown recently, and the doors and windows of these houses are all open, but when you go up to observe, you will find that the locks on the doors and windows are all good. , without any signs of damage.

This is very contradictory. You said that if they fled in a hurry, they would definitely not take all the furniture away, but you said that they fled to the nearby mountains, and they moved all their things because they were close, which proves that they did not leave in a hurry. , there is no reason that there is no time to close the windows and lock the door. If the things inside were taken away by the people who stayed here to collect them, there is no reason that the doors and windows are all good.

Therefore, Jing Lindao: "It seems to be specially made to give outsiders such as us the illusion that this village is uninhabited."

Qu Zhengchao, as a soldier who has been on missions all year round, hadn't had time to observe just now because he was arranging the parking of the team's ox carts. When Jing Lin and the others were analyzing, he saw all these situations in his eyes, and he immediately answered the question Said: "The people in this village must be hiding somewhere. These appearances are all to lower our vigilance. Maybe they are already hiding somewhere to observe secretly." Then he called out to the people who were busy in his team Yu Dafu, "Deputy Chief Yu, please come here."

Yu Dafu loves the kitchen by nature, and right now he was preparing to cook a rabbit they caught during the day, when he heard that he came over with two knives in hand, and asked with a smile: "Captain Qu, do you have anything to say?"

Qu Zhengchao kept his voice low and told Yu Dafu about their discovery.They, the small captains who came out on behalf of each base, all listened to Qu Zhengchao's deployment, and Qu Zhengchao asked them to pass on the message to their own team members. There will be a situation tonight, so let everyone not show any abnormalities, what to do or what to do, Just be alert at night and be ready to fight.

Therefore, although the team members who received the message from the squad leader tensed up, they were still joking when they should, and the atmosphere seemed to be very happy.

Jing Lin also sent a message to Xie Wen and the others, and then asked Lele to stay in the car and not get out, and told the other little guys not to show up. If something happened at night, two of them had to stay to take care of Lele.

Then, when dinner was being prepared, Jing Lin and Yan Fei released their spiritual consciousness and kept vigilant about the surrounding situation.

But until dinner was over, there was no movement around.

That night, everyone skipped the steps of washing up. After eating, all the people who were not on duty for the night climbed into the car and waited, leaving Jing Lin, Yan Fei, and two other teammates on duty for the night.

The light and shadow of the fire danced on everyone's face. The four of them chatted a little at first, but as the night got darker, everyone gradually stopped talking. The only surroundings were the crackling sound of the pyre and the snorting of the mutated cow. Voice.

suddenly--

Within the range of Jing Lin's consciousness, several palm-sized black figures suddenly appeared. They were extremely fast, using the not-so-luxurious grass as a cover, and quickly ran towards the direction of the team.

And at the place where the black shadows started to appear, more than a dozen figures walked out at the same time, all holding weapons in their hands, and they lowered their figures and touched them here.

They appeared silently, and they walked without making any sound. If Jing Lin hadn't cheated with his spiritual sense, I'm afraid these people would not be able to find them until Jing Lin, who was in the center of the team, took advantage of the cover of night.

Seeing that those palm-sized black shadows were about to run into the cattle team, Jing Lin whistled, and the teammates who were on standby in the carriage opened the curtain almost at the same time, and jumped out of the carriage with weapons in hand.

Each of them held an unlit torch in their hands, and they moved the torch to the fire as soon as they got out of the car, so more and more torches were lit.

It took less than a minute from the crowd rushing out of the bullock cart to lighting the torch.

The dozen or so people in the distance were stunned by the sudden change, but Jing Lin and the others did not give any reaction to those people, and rushed up with torches and weapons.

The originally quiet village suddenly became lively.