Doomsday Allure

As the sun rose higher and higher, Wei Buzheng suddenly felt a little flustered. He was hungry. He quickly entered the space with his mind to check the time. It was 10:30. It turned out that he had been walking for more than five hours.

The scenery along this road is beautiful, but the hillsides on both sides of the road are not suitable for farming, so the population density in this area is very small. In the past few hours, Wei Buzheng did not want to use the food stored in his space, but now, no solution anymore.

The road is already very lively, with cars and people going from Gaozhi to Linjiang Town Bridge, there are only a few cars on Wei Buzheng's side.

He pretended it was convenient to find a place, got into the woods on the hillside, found a safe place, slipped into the space, and ate a bowl of braised noodles in it, which took less than a minute in the real world.

He lay on the Luohan bed for an hour, and after he got out, he continued on his way.

Two hours later, a small town appeared ahead.

A supermarket next to the national road in the small town is open, but customers are not allowed to enter the supermarket. Instead, a table is placed across the door. When the customer asks for something, the boss and his family take it out and put it on the table, and the customer puts the money. Into a cardboard box and take things by yourself.

This is a self-protection method invented by the boss's family. They do not have physical contact with customers to avoid being infected with zombie disease.

Wei Buzheng stood away from other people, and ordered a box of chocolates, a pack of instant noodles, ten vacuum-packed ears of corn, a whole pack of napkins, and two bottles of purified water.

He was carrying his own big travel bag today, but there was only a down jacket inside. He carried the big bag so that he would not be suspected when he put things in it.

After carrying the things for a few hundred meters, at a turning point on a hillside, he entered the woods on the side of the road and put the things into the space, but the two carrying bags failed to go in.

There were more and more cars coming from the opposite side, and there was a large group of people walking with their children and women in the middle. It should be the same as Wei Buzheng and the others that day. The bus was turned off on the road, and the passengers could only walk.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Buzheng passed a village. The road sign at the head of the village said that it was [-] kilometers away from Gaozhi County.

Wei Buzheng leaned against a tree by the side of the road, knocking the pebbles in his right shoe.

A black BMW SUV flashed past his eyes, and after running for more than 20 meters, it suddenly pulled over and stopped.

"Wei Buzheng, Wei Buzheng, come here quickly."

A familiar voice came over suddenly.

Wei Buzheng looked up, Wang Yatong was sticking out his head from the rear window of the BMW, waving at him: "Hurry up, come here quickly."

There was also a young girl on the co-pilot sticking out her head to look at him.

Wei Buzheng put on his shoes and ran over.

Wang Yatong pushed the car door and moved inside: "Quick, come up quickly."

Wei Buzheng hesitated: "You are already full, one more..."

There were three people sitting in the back row, Wang Yatong, Xin Yuan, and a gray-haired old lady.

He gestured to the middle-aged female driver with his eyes: Do you agree?

The female driver seemed to hear Wei Buzheng's heartfelt voice, turned her head, and said with a smile: "Come on, it's not far away, you'll be there in a squeeze. These two girls have been talking about you since they got on the bus."

Wei did not argue, "Where are you going, sister?"

The female driver said: "I'm going to Yajin, and I heard from the two of them that you are going to Wuda, so I can only take you to Gaozhi."

Wei Buzheng got into the car happily: "Eldest sister, the planes and trains are closed to Wuda, I won't go to Wuda, I will also go to Yajin."

Uda is 320 kilometers away in the south of Gaozhi County, which is slightly westward.

Yajin is about [-] kilometers southeast of Gaozhi. It is a prefecture-level city on the eastern edge of Uza Province. The expressway between Wuza and Zhongzhou passes near Yajin.

If the three points Gaozhi, Yajin, and Wuda are connected by a straight line to form a triangle, Wei Buzheng going to Wuda is equivalent to walking the two straight sides of a right triangle.

To go to Yajin, he only needs to take a slope.

Knowing that there are no planes or trains to Wuda at noon, Wei Buzheng has already decided to go directly to Yajin after arriving at Gaozhi. Unexpectedly, he has caught up with a ride that fits his route so well. He is in a good mood like Hit the jackpot.

He felt that what he just said was not enough to take advantage of it, and immediately said after getting in the car: "Sister, I will be responsible for fueling this way."

The female driver started the car and said with a smile, "No, without you for a ride, we would have to refuel."

Wei Buzheng didn't insist any longer, it's meaningless to fight now, and he can just pay the bill then.

Wang Yatong and Xin Yuan were happy and disappointed at the same time. They were happy to see Wei Buzheng again. Lost had just met, and they were about to say goodbye forever.

Thirty kilometers away, after Xin Yuan and Wang Yatong told Wei Buzheng about their experiences of the day and night, the car arrived at Gaozhi County.

Wang Yatong also wanted to fight for it, saying that a supermarket in their family only needs to turn in about one kilometer to get there, but the driver, Sister Lin, is in a hurry. She was afraid of delaying her car, and her own car would also be left halfway.

Everyone is aware that cars are constantly being corroded by something in the air.

Saying goodbye to the two tearful girls at the intersection, Wei Buzheng and the others turned east.

***

At about 05:30 in the afternoon, the four of Shen Wei stood in front of a barracks with a sky-blue circular seat above the gate and an abstract eagle logo in the middle.

The guards asked who they were looking for and why.

Shen Wei said that he was looking for Station Master Cheng Yuanyang. He used to serve in this base as well. He was the station chief's correspondent. He retired five years ago. Because he missed the chief, he took advantage of the annual leave with his friends to travel here and stopped by to visit.

The guards asked him to show his ID, and Shen Wei took out the passport he used to perform the mission.

In addition to the wrong name and age, the passport was genuine, but the guard still did not allow him to enter, but asked him to wait outside the gate, and a soldier inside the gate would notify the stationmaster Cheng.

Shen Wei said to the temporary correspondent: "Comrade comrades, if Station Master Cheng can't remember me coming, you can tell him that I am the correspondent who pissed off Shen Wei with him every day. Remember, Shen Wei."

When he finished speaking, the guard said to him: "Please wait 30 meters away."

During the special period, they understood this approach, and several people retreated to the east of the gate under a big tree. Wang Zhengqing took the lead, and the four of them sat on the curb.

After waiting for about an hour, the guards didn't ask them to go in, so Shen Wei went over to ask.

The guard said: "Station Master Cheng is very busy. If he is dealing with urgent military affairs, we can't interrupt him and report your affairs first."

Shen Wei could only continue to sit and wait.

About an hour later, the temporary correspondent came back, and the four of them ran over together.

The young soldier said: "Station Master Cheng is still in the meeting, and it will take at least an hour or two. If not, you can come back tomorrow."

Shen Wei said: "Thank you! I'll wait here. If Station Master Cheng finishes the meeting, please report to him. Just say that I was serving here at the same time as Shen Wei, and he will definitely meet me."

The soldier reluctantly agreed and left.

Shen Wei pointed to a three-story building on the east side and said to Wang Zhengqing and the others: "That's the base guest house, you go and get a room, I'll wait here."

The three of them said in unison: "No need, if we want to sleep, we'll go to sleep right away."

Shen Wei said: "No, if we can't borrow a car today, we have to keep walking later, we have to protect our bodies first."

Xiang Zhen said: "If that's the case, we will have to sleep in the wild for at least half a year, and this night is not bad."

Shen Wei couldn't convince a few people, so he had to let them sit first.

There was a small market not far to the west of the base, but all the shops in the market were closed, Shen Wei and the others didn't even want to buy a pack of biscuits, probably zombies appeared in this market.

It was completely dark, and two large wind lanterns were hung on both sides of the gate of the base.

After the catastrophe five years ago, there were frequent power outages. Government units and ordinary people kept such lamps and candles in their homes, and kerosene lamps were re-used in many places.

At around nine o'clock, Shen Wei ran over and asked the guards who had changed their guards, if they could send someone to help them see if Station Master Cheng had finished the meeting.

The guard said, "We've been very busy these days. Station Master Cheng is so busy that he doesn't even have time to sleep. Don't make any trouble. Come back tomorrow."

Shen Wei asked him: "Is the guest house still open to the public?"

The guard said, "On, but there is no hot water, so you can't take a shower."

Shen Wei went directly to the guest house, opened a three-person room for 100 yuan, and then came over and handed the gun to Wang Zhengqing: "If you don't go to bed, they won't refund the money."

Wang Zhengqing and Gao Youxiang had no choice but to go to the guest house, but Xiang Zhen insisted on accompanying Shen Wei.

At about two o'clock in the morning, Shen Wei and Xiang Zhen were awakened by the sound of a car engine. When they opened their eyes, they saw two guards opening the gate of the base, and three large military trucks came out in a file. Soldiers in full armor.

Watching the big truck disappear and watching the guards close the gate, Shen Wei sighed.

Xiang Zhen said, "Why do I feel like a big war is coming?"

Shen Wei said: "Natural disasters are sometimes more terrifying than wars. Wars only concentrate the fear of death. Natural disasters take away the living space of people bit by bit. In the end, more people may die than a world war. "

Xiang Zhen looked up at the sky and said, "I hope it won't really be the end of the world. My great youth has just begun. I'm not married yet, and I haven't been enough comrades-in-arms with you."

Shen Wei smiled and said, "Yeah, youth has just begun, at least let me marry a daughter-in-law who is as good as fish and wild goose, and show off with you until the end of the day."

***

There is no expressway between Gaozhi and Yajin, even if there is, there are so many bridges on the expressway, it is definitely impossible to go now, Wei Buzheng and the others still take the ordinary road.

The white-haired old lady is Sister Lin's mother, and her niece is in the passenger seat.

Sister Lin's natal family is heading east at the T-junction that Wei Buzheng passed in the morning, in a village near the air force base, and her own small home is in the north of Yajin City, a county called Luo'an.

Yajin is an industrial city, famous for producing a variety of non-ferrous metal mines. Sister Lin’s family owns a small mine. She returned to her natal home this time to pick up her niece who had just graduated to work in her mine.

Because of acute specific pneumonia in the village yesterday, Sister Lin was worried and wanted her old mother, brother and sister-in-law to go to Luoan with her, but the autumn crops in the field had not been confiscated, and her brother and sister-in-law refused to come.

Sister Lin met Wang Yatong and Xin Yuan at the T-junction.

Sister Lin said: "At that time, two girls were standing on the side of the road to stop the car. They were about to cry, so I let them come up."

She smiled and looked back at Wei Buzheng: "I heard from them that you stopped the car yesterday and there was no one to slow down. Do you know why?"

Wei Buzheng: "Why?"

"Because you are a man." Sister Lin said, "Although you are handsome enough, a man is a man. Who dares to let a man he doesn't know get into the car halfway, and die?"

Wei Buzheng said helplessly: "Not all men have the potential to be robbers."

Sister Lin laughed: "It's enough to have that kind of possibility, how dare you be 100% robbery and murderer?"

The eldest sister has a very cheerful personality, so although the old lady and niece are silent, Wei Buzheng does not feel embarrassed.

Two hours later, they came to a county town more than 80 kilometers away.

The county town runs from east to west, with a narrow terrain between two mountains and a river. The provincial road passes through a street in the north of the county town. When we are about to leave the city, there is a gas station on the south side of the road, and there are many cars queuing up to refuel.

Sister Lin's car should also be refueled, but Sister Lin said that when she returned to her mother's house, she filled up the fuel tank in Gaozhi County, and she ran out of gas just after running [-] kilometers.

After these few days, everyone already knew what was going on, and it was useless to complain.

Wei Buzheng jumped out of the car and went to pay the money, but Sister Lin couldn't stop her.

Wei Buzheng asked clearly that Sister Lin's car usually costs about 730 yuan to fill up, so she paid [-] yuan.

After handing the □□ to the eldest sister, Wei Buzheng pointed to a supermarket diagonally across the road and said, "Elder sister, I'll go there to buy something."

Sister Lin told him to just go, there were so many people queuing up to refuel, she had to wait for a while.

Wei Buzheng crossed the road and ran into the supermarket.

A small supermarket of [-] square meters, because there is no electricity, it looks very dark inside, but the things are neatly arranged, except for the middle-aged cashier and a young woman who is picking up vegetables, and immediately a woman is picking at the fruit place pick.

Wei Buzheng came to the place where pots and pans were sold. The shelves blocked him, so no one could see him. He put his hand on a large stainless steel single-layer steamer that was a bit rusty. The pot disappeared, and the medium and small sizes He tried one each, and put them back into the space. With a flash of his mind, the three pots returned to their original places.

He put it on a porcelain basin with a diameter of about [-] centimeters, and the basin disappeared and appeared again.

He went to the place where the noodles were sold again, put his hand on it, but the noodles did not move.

He tore off the plastic wrapping from one of the noodles, and the noodles disappeared, then reappeared.

Wei Buzheng shouted: "Boss, I do a lot of shopping, so come here."

The man at the cash register came by.

Wei Buzheng pointed to the washbasin and said, "Is there a bigger one? Take them out if you have any."

The boss said: "This is the largest size, and it can be made to order."

Wei Buzheng said: "Then, I want all of these pots, as well as that kind of ceramic pot, and I also want all of them; the single-layer stainless steel pot, one for each model.

And your stainless steel knives, I want several sets.This dried noodle needs to be packed in a whole box.

Remove all the plastic packaging on all the products, leave nothing behind, wipe everything clean, I am in a hurry to leave, can half an hour be all right? "

Wei Buzheng looked at the speed of the opposite gas station, Sister Lin might not be able to make it in half an hour.

"No problem, no problem." The boss was very happy, and shouted to the woman who was picking up the vegetables, "Go outside and call your sister-in-law and the others back, hurry up."

The woman ran out immediately, and soon, a middle-aged woman and a young man in his twenties came over.

The boss told them about Wei Buzheng's request, and several people rushed to remove the plastic wrapping paper on the noodles.

Wei Buzheng pointed to the bagged rice next to it: "The best quality, five bags; and salt, all in the whole box."

The boss laughed until his eyes disappeared: "Okay, okay."

Wei Buzheng said: "The quality of your pot and knives is not very good, they are all rusted, please give me a discount."

The boss said: "[-]% off, okay?" The stainless steel was rusted, and he thought it would never be sold, so he was planning to return it to the supplier.

Wei Buzheng said irrefutably: "[-]% off, no one wants rusty stainless steel, that is, I don't pay much attention to purchasing for the unit, and also, [-]% off for other things. Hurry up, help me get it done." I moved to the entrance of the mechanical and electrical maintenance department over there, to the east of the blue car, you should also start to settle accounts, I am in a hurry to leave."

This place is already close to the edge of the city, and it is very lively when people come and go, and they are all passing by, so apart from a few car-related shops, they are still a bit popular, and nothing else is good. It is three doors away from the supermarket to the east. There are more than a dozen shops that have been closed for a long time. The open space in front of the shops is full of all kinds of low-end motor vehicles because there is no owner. Now it looks like a scrap car processing plant.

There was no one at all in that section, even if someone passed by on the road, as long as they didn't deliberately turn back after passing by, no one would notice that the things around Wei Buzheng were decreasing.

Wei Buzheng's price sounded cruel, but the boss definitely made a profit, so he didn't bargain any more, and squatted down to help clean the basin.

Wei Buzheng received a total of more than 12 in Jiman that day, and he saved 7000.

There were more than 2 yuan left. At that time, considering the peak tourist season, the air ticket from Wuda to Zhongzhou might quadruple, and the cost was seven to eight thousand. After arriving in Zhongzhou, he had to buy some valuable gifts for his grandparents to show that he did not return home in despair. .

Now, he regrets that he shouldn't have saved the money.

Everything was finished quickly, totaling more than 400. Wei Buzheng went to the place where rice noodles were sold, bought several kinds of beans, put them in a clean basin, and made up a total of [-].

The boss and his family were very efficient, and moved the things to the entrance of the mechanical and electrical maintenance department in more than 20 minutes.

When the boss's family left, Wei Buzheng leaned back against a pile of things, making sure that there was no one on the left and no one on the road noticed him, so he started to collect them in the space in the same way, and he finished collecting them in less than 5 minutes. He ran quickly Go back to the gas station and get in the car.

After waiting for almost 45 minutes, Sister Lin refueled. She was so angry that she would have to refuel before she got home, and it would be midnight when she got home.

Wei Buzheng sighed a few words with her, and the car started on the road.

From this county to the east, the number of cars that suddenly stalled for no reason on the road is gradually decreasing. In addition, the traffic volume of this road itself is not large. Even if there is a stalled car parked in the middle of the road, it will not have much impact on other vehicles. passed.

At nine o'clock in the evening, they refueled again. This time, Sister Lin said nothing to let Wei Buzheng take the money.

It took an hour to refuel this time. After refueling, Wei Buzheng drove and let Sister Lin rest.

Waiting for the refueling time, Wei Buzheng took a look. Although everyone was waiting anxiously, the atmosphere here was much more relaxed than when refueling for the first time. There were only a few towns in the northwest of this county where zombies appeared. The gas station was east of the county seat. People around are talking about the zombies with great interest, some people don't believe it, saying that the prophecy of the end of the world has never been broken since ancient times, but it turned out to be all rumors.

On October [-]th, at [-]:[-] in the morning, Wei Buzheng and Sister Lin arrived at Yajin.

About two kilometers into the urban area, at an intersection, Sister Lin stopped the car.

Both the old lady and the niece fell asleep, Sister Lin turned her head and whispered to Wei Buzheng: "Just put you here, see, there is a hotel there."

Wei Buzheng took out three bottles of pure water from his bag: "Sister, don't throw this away, you must drink it, and drink it several times."

Sister Lin looked at Wei Buzheng in surprise: "What do you mean?"

Wei Buzheng smiled and said, "Thank you."

Sister Lin said: "No need Xiaowei, you took 700 yuan, but I actually took advantage of you."

Wei Buzheng thought for a while, opened the door and jumped out of the car, walked to the driver's side, Sister Lin opened the window: "Goodbye."

Wei Buzheng didn't speak, and stretched out his right hand in front of her, a puddle of water appeared in the palm of his hand.

Sister Lin exclaimed, "Oh!"

Wei Buzheng smiled half-truthfully and said, "I am a water-type supernatural being. These three bottles are the water I condensed. It is said that this kind of water is the purest."

As he spoke, he handed over three more bottles of water.

Sister Lin took it carefully: "My God, supernatural water."

Wei Buzheng took two steps back and raised his hand: "Sister, there may be particularly serious natural and man-made disasters in the future. This water may help you a little. Goodbye, big sister. You are safe in life."

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the east.

He didn't see it. Sister Lin was so surprised that it took several minutes after his figure disappeared before she turned around, carefully put three bottles of water into her LV bag, turned the car around, and drove back along the road they came from just now .

The intersection leading to Luo'an County is [-] kilometers west of Yajin, because there are no villages and towns in the middle, Sister Luo sent Wei Buzheng to Yajin City.