16 years

The journey back is much more difficult than the journey back.

The deterioration of the situation, the increase in the number of zombies, the shutdown of the city, and the paralysis of a large area of ​​public facilities are all obstacles to the return journey.The action team ran out of supplies once, and when they entered the city for supplies, they were almost stuck inside and could not get out.

Food and water are trivial matters, but Yang Fan's off-road vehicle is good everywhere, with complete performance and a solid chassis, but it just consumes fuel.Hot weapons cannot be used in the gas station, only hand-to-hand combat is allowed. Liu Ruosong also suffered a lot for resupply along the way.

They used it for a month when they came, and almost doubled the distance when they went back.

Fortunately, although Zhao Jincheng was very busy, he was also considerate of these confidantes who had been involved with each other. He didn't rush the progress of the return trip. He just made two routine phone calls, asked about the safety situation, and exchanged news by the way.

The vitality of nature is extremely terrifying. Just two months after the peaceful era, the deserted city began to show a faint atmosphere of decay. Moss and weeds emerged from the cracks in the floor tiles, and animals that were invisible in the past began to appear ostentatiously. In the middle of the road.

Zombies and wild dogs walked side by side without interfering with each other. They occasionally bumped into each other, and soon separated and went their own way.

The world fell into absurd chaos, Liu Ruosong really became a recorder this time, he recorded every scene and detail, but he didn't know who to record it for.

Photos, words and history are works of art to be left to future generations, but Liu Ruosong asked himself, can they still have future generations.

He didn't know, and didn't dare to think about it.

Fu Yan was still the same as before, no matter what happened on the road, he remained as motionless as a mountain, like a needle that stabilizes the sea, as long as the members of the action team can look back and see the "captain" is there, there will never be chaos in this square inch.

"I haven't called on number one for a week." Liu Ruosong said, "Aren't you worried?"

"The base now has all kinds of leaders, and No. [-] is also in a state of distress." Fu Yan said: "The last call, No. [-] said that the border survey has been advanced for a long time, but there is still no progress. After Yang Yuqing's death, the research group at the base has no leader, and the progress has been delayed. Slowly, he is probably also worried."

The bombshell dropped by Yang Yuqing before the mutation was not small. The difficulty of "finding an experimental base" and "finding a special living person" is far from the same level.The previous moping had to be overthrown and restarted. They didn't know anything about the "petri dish", and they didn't even know that it was a living person with the appearance of an ordinary person, or a big boss like a zombie king.

Liu Ruosong put himself in the shoes of others, thought about it for a while, and realized that if he were Zhao Jincheng, he would be thinking of jumping off a building now.

The base is safe, but there are many troubles. Zhao Jincheng bears the reputation of a commander-in-chief, but there are still a bunch of "consultants" and "supervisors" on the top of his forehead. It is not easy to pick on one shoulder.

Since the city was shut down, most of the people who hid in their homes or remote corners in the early days of the last days had to take their own way to survive. Most of them became zombies, and a small part survived, hiding in Tibet like squirrels in late autumn Also stock up on available supplies for yourself.

When Fu Yan's team entered the city to look for supplies, they bumped into a few skinny young teenagers. They entered the same auto repair shop, but Fu Yan and the others were a step late, and they surprised the teenagers when they entered the door. , Picking up the wrench is going to be desperate.

"I won't grab your things." Fu Yan put down the gun first, raised his hands high, and said, "What did you take?"

The leading boy was like a little wolf cub, wrapping the things in his hands tightly in his arms, refusing to speak.

"I have no other meaning." Fu Yan said: "There is only one piece of advice - don't eat indiscriminately. I have seen many people who were starved to death or ate badly on the way. The plants outside can't be eaten, but the animals can. "

After he finished speaking, he made a gesture, led He Tang and Shao Qiu out of the auto repair shop, and left everything inside to the group of people.

In fact, Liu Ruosong knew that those teenagers only wanted food and water, but Fu Yan wanted other tools, but he understood how sensitive people are in the last days, so he took the initiative to take a step back and would rather not have it.

Those teenagers were not very old, they looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, and their tempers were already sharpened.After Fu Yan exited the auto repair shop, he didn't leave immediately. Instead, he waited in the corner for a while, only to see the teenagers come out of the shop, rush to a nearby sewer cover that was raised, and jump off.

"There are also abandoned underground pipes in the city." Fu Yan explained to Liu Ruosong: "So some people choose to live underground."

The more things like this go into the city, the more prosperous the city is, the faster it becomes dilapidated.All kinds of people turned into walking dead, and they occupied the city, as if they had returned to the origin of the peaceful age in a different form.

Liu Ruosong felt more and more numb as he walked, he gradually accepted the new look of the world, and no longer had the illusion that "this is just a contagious disease".

On this return journey, Fang Sining was actually the busiest.

Because of Zhao Jincheng's order to "destroy documents", he moved almost all the materials and samples he could bring into the car.

The plant samples are very delicate, even if there is a curing box, he needs to take care of them from time to time, not to mention that there are still a lot of materials that need to be sorted out. He hardly slept a full night on the way, until he approached Yancheng, he had already sorted out most of the materials After that, they were even bound into a book and coded, and then sorted and placed in different boxes, just like a manual sorting machine.

Rao He Tang, who is likely to favor Shao Qiu like this, can't help but feel admiration.

"His operation made me feel like I was calculating calculus with abacus." He Tang said in a low voice.

"Or how can you say that he is a scholar?" He Feng said.

He Tang curled his lips, elbowed him, then picked up a can of energy drink from the grass on one side, went to the car and knocked on the window.

Fang Sining turned around and saw it was her, he lowered the car window unexpectedly, and asked what's the matter?

"Take a break." He Tang handed him the energy drink, and said casually: "Although it's confiscated, there's no need to just grind and rest. We are a serious organization and don't engage in slavery."

Fang Sining smiled and accepted her kindness.

He Tang is a typical military style, hard-spoken and soft-hearted, protecting his shortcomings but not unreasonable. She will unconditionally favor Shao Qiu in her heart, but she will not treat Fang Sining coldly because of this.

From the point of view of temperament, it can be seen that the whole team's style and temper have a kind of righteousness handed down from Fu Yan.

"Thank you." Fang Sining said.

He Tang didn't have much in common with a "mysterious expert and scholar" like him, so he nodded politely, and went back to the fire to chat with He Feng.

Fang Sining weighed the cold drink can in his hand, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally opened the door and got out of the car as if he had made up his mind.

It's not difficult to find Shao Qiu. The white-headed kite is used to focusing on two directions separately like a peregrine falcon, even during the rest period.

On the other side with Fu Yan as the center, Fang Sining found Shao Qiu who had just returned from patrol.

He didn't return to the team immediately, but stood by a stream, looking down at the moon's shadow in the stream.

Fang Sining slowed down his pace and approached him, making sure he saw him out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't walk away, so he walked slowly to his side.

"Here." Fang Sining handed him the drink can in his hand.

Shao Qiu didn't answer, and said without blinking: "Borrowing flowers to offer Buddha?"

"Well, I don't have anything now." Fang Sining said in a low voice, "Although you may not like to hear it, I still want to say sorry."

"... How many times do you want to say this sentence?" Shao Qiu said impatiently.

"It's not for anything else." Fang Sining said, "This time it's for the document and video."

"Didn't you say you didn't know?" Shao Qiu asked back.

"I didn't think carefully." Fang Sining said: "I shouldn't have asked you to open it directly, I should have seen it first."

Shao Qiu frowned and looked back at him, as if seeing some alien creature.

"Don't be angry, I'll pay attention to it in the future." Fang Sining said: "We don't have to talk about the teacher's matter in the future. I didn't want to force you to forgive him, I just... just feel that if there is a misunderstanding..."

"There is no misunderstanding." Shao Qiu interrupted him roughly.

"I know." Fang Sining comforted: "I mean, it would be a pity if there was. So I choose to tell you the matter. If you have your own decision after that, I won't force you to make a decision. You can't Forgive him, but I respect him, we can't convince each other, that being the case, we don't need to mention him."

"That doesn't sound like what you said." Shao Qiu said.

"We haven't seen each other for many years." Fang Sining said softly: "You have grown up, and I have grown up too. Sometimes I feel that you are a little strange, so I feel flustered, and I always want to be like when I was a child. I said a lot If you don’t like to listen, I’m too impatient when I think about it. After we reunited, every time we talked, I knew you were uncomfortable...I’m sorry, I didn’t consider your feelings at the time.”

The water surface under the night is like a mirror that shatters when touched, the moon shadow is crookedly bent by the water ripples so that it cannot see its true colors, Shao Qiu's eyelashes tremble slightly, as if a little invisible dust has fallen.

Maybe it was due to the atmosphere, or maybe it was Fang Sining's sincerity today, Shao Qiu didn't feel restless, he unconsciously licked his lips, and whispered: "You were..."

He seemed to want to ask a question, but his throat moved slightly, and he finally swallowed it back and replaced it with another one.

"Why did you say this today?" Shao Qiu asked.

"I only have you as my relative." Fang Sining didn't say anything about reconciliation or not this time, and said bluntly: "I want to regain your trust."

Shao Qiu didn't say yes or no, just said: "Then your wish may come true."

"It doesn't matter." Fang Sining said: "Let it take its course, I will listen to you."

Shao Qiu turned around and walked a few steps, apparently wanting to go back to the camp, but after walking a few steps, he stopped for some reason and looked back at Fang Sining.

"Remember one thing, after going to the base, be careful." Shao Qiu paused and said threateningly: "Not everyone is like us."

Fang Sining was stunned, and wanted to ask more questions, but Shao Qiu had already walked away.

On the last night near the base, the entire Special Operations Team couldn't sleep.

Fu Yan and Liu Ruosong sat beside the fire in the camp. Liu Ruosong lay sleepily on his backpack, covered with Fu Yan's coat, and chatted with him.

"Brother." Liu Ruosong said, "What if the end times don't end?"

"There is nothing to do." Fu Yan lowered his eyes, whittled a stick, and said casually, "I will do my best."

Liu Ruosong was so sleepy, his left ear went in and his right ear went out, and he subconsciously replied, "Why are you working so hard?"

"I didn't do it for anything." Fu Yan's voice seemed to float far away: "If I have to say it, it is..."