Doomsday Allure

The further east you go, the thicker the gray smoke, the fewer people fleeing on the road, the more collapsed and semi-collapsed houses, the more dazed and manic zombies wandering on the road, and the greater the concentration of Wu Chong.

Wei Buzheng escaped the pursuit of the zombies a few times and ran all the way east. Every time the zombies chased him for a certain distance, they gave up if they couldn't catch up.

Wei Buzheng is a little skeptical. The appearance and increase of zombies and zombies has nothing to do with infection at all, but that they have absorbed too much Wuchong. Otherwise, there is no way to explain the sudden appearance of so many zombies and Zombies, I have never heard of any infectious disease that can spread so fast.

He also suspects that zombies retain a certain amount of sanity, but different zombies retain different sanity, or that their current sanity has a certain relationship with their sanity when they were normal people.

But now, there is no way to prove his idea. He dare not approach zombies at all. If he is infected, how can the elderly grandpa and grandma survive in such a chaotic world?

After turning right for the second time and walking about 500 meters, Wei Buzheng turned left to a very spacious road, and saw that there were fence-like fences on both sides of the road and dead trees and shrubs inside and outside the fence. , he judged that this road might be the landscape boulevard of Yajin City.

After walking more than 100 meters, he suddenly saw a few zombies in police uniforms coming out from the north side of the road, crossing the road, and heading south.

Wei Buzheng didn't dare to attract the attention of the zombies, so he immediately dodged to a collapsed low wall, pulled a few dead vines to block himself, and waited for the zombies to enter a compound in the south of the road. After circling back and forth on the ruins, he continued to move forward.

When he walked to the collapsed gate of the compound, he was curious for a moment and saw a few zombies in a daze on a pile of ruins very far inside. A sign that says "Xiushan District Police Station".

It turned out that this group of police zombies came to work.

Wei Buzheng put the sign on the ruins and left quietly.

The dense fog is getting heavier and heavier, and it feels as if the sky is about to get dark. Except for the wandering zombies, there is no one around. Looking around, I can't see a window with lights on. Looking at the dark southeast, the first time , Wei Buzheng felt hopeless.

But as soon as he thought about it, he felt a completely different aura in the surging crow. He could already distinguish the subtle differences between the different attributes of the Qingling. This was definitely not the Qingling he was familiar with. any type.

Wei Buzheng quickly jumped onto the sidewalk and rushed to the side of a row of vine-wrapped fences that hadn't collapsed in the south of the road. During his running, his backpack had been retracted into the space, so when he reached the edge of the wall, he leaned against the middle of the fence wall. Shitouzi sat down, adjusted his breath, gathered his consciousness, and sank in the boundless energy world instantly.

In the turbulent and boundless black rush, there are a few pinpoint-sized light golden star spots looming, the star spots seem to be beyond the infinitely distant nebula, but also seem to be close in front of the eyes, like a few small koi in the boundless deep sea. The tail is pointed, like a few stars at the end of the vast universe, bright and moist, appearing and disappearing in the vast nebula, erratic, as if it will disappear into the vast universe at any time.

Wei Buzheng mobilized all his consciousness to feel, approach, and absorb, but the koi was getting farther and farther away from him. He chased all the way in panic, but there was always an unreachable distance between him and the star point. For a moment, he suddenly realized that as a human being, he would never be able to catch a fish in the deep sea with his bare hands.

He emptied his thoughts, allowing his consciousness and body to turn into countless tiny dust like star points, floating in the universe...

**

The vegetation withered, the houses collapsed, and the black mist shrouded.

There was no sound of insects, lights, human voices, or even a breath of wind, only black shadows moving slowly aimlessly.

In the range of big baby's high beam, there are ten zombies and two zombies.

The four of Shen Wei sat in the car holding their breath, nervously watching the familiar yet unfamiliar humans outside.

The big baby's voice seemed to have no effect on the zombies, but the two zombies swayed towards them.

The zombies circled the big baby, and finally stopped by the high beam. One of them stretched out his hand, as if trying to grab the light.

The other saw it, followed suit, and reached out to touch the light.

Seeing the two-inch-long nails of the two zombies, the one-inch-long fangs protruding from the lips, and the sharpened and elongated front teeth, Xiang Zhen and Wang Zhengqing, who were sitting in front, exchanged horrified looks: "Damn."

Gao Youxiang huddled in the corner, and said to Shen Wei in an angry voice: "I don't want to become like this, it's too ugly."

Shen Wei pointed to the female zombie sitting on the curb in a daze: I think the probability of you becoming like that is higher.

Gao Youxiang glanced at the female zombie and slumped on the back of the driver's seat. He still wanted to be a normal person.

Xiang Zhen and Wang Zhengqing were stunned by the situation in front of them for a while, Xiang Zhen looked at Wang Zhengqing: what should I do?Continue to go?Will it attract a large number of zombies?

Since Shen Wei had a serious illness last night, Xiang Zhen tried not to look for him when she had something to do, but discussed with Wang Zhengqing to resolve it. Shen Wei, as he knew, was always full of energy. Last night, he was really scared Living.

Wang Zhengqing frowned and thought.

One reason was that he was afraid that the lights and sounds would attract more zombies. He was also worried that the big baby would be corroded in such an environment, but he couldn't do without moving forward.

Shen Wei said: "Drive forward slowly, see if you can find a house that hasn't collapsed, and stop if there are supermarkets and restaurants."

They have been in the car for more than 30 hours, and they have to get down to stretch their legs a little.

At the same time, they also had to find some food and water. Cheng Yuanyang brought them only a box of egg fried rice and a box of tomato beef brisket. A large bag of fruit had turned into dried fruit before they realized it.

Xiang Zhen turned around and slowly drove around the two zombies.

I don't know whether it was the sound of the car engine or the sudden departure of the lights that stimulated the two zombies. They suddenly chased after them with their arms waving, and howled angrily from their throats.

Xiang Zhen speeded up.

The zombies seem to still keep their original habits, most of them keep to the right, the big baby drives in the middle of the road, quickly gets rid of the two zombies, and then slows down again.

A few people concentrated and looked at the collapsed houses on the side of the road, hoping to see the traces of the supermarket. The whole bottle of purified water they bought at the gas station was still fine when they cleaned up the mudslide for the last time. When Gao Youxiang wanted to drink I went to the trunk to get it, but there was only a puddle of water in the car and a few bottle caps that hadn't completely melted.

You can carry it for a while without food, but absolutely not without water.

But they walked for 10 minutes. Except for the dry grass, wandering zombies and zombies, there were ruins of houses. The traces of human life were more serious than Hojira's way.

Xiang Zhen couldn't help it anymore: "Captain, this city has become a dead city, if it doesn't work, let's hurry up and go to the next city."

Shen Wei leaned on the window and looked outside and said: "That's fine, I feel a little strange, I can't tell you exactly."

"Understood." Xiang Zhen agreed, and continued to maintain a speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

The roads in the urban area are also weathered, and the car feels heavy, but the tires of the big baby are suitable for various terrains, and the car is very stable.

About 10 minutes later, Xiang Zhen said: "Captain, I think the resistance of the car is much lower."

Shen Wei closed his eyes, and opened them after a few seconds: "Turn right at the intersection ahead, then turn left at the second intersection, the road going there should be getting better and better."

After 10 minutes, several people got out of the car. The road here is close to normal.

Xiang Zhen purposely turned the big baby's head to the south, and due to the diverging effect of its lights, Shen Wei and the others could vaguely see four three-dimensional hollow characters on the towering building in front of them: Crown Commercial Building.

There are ruins all the way. Not only is the road surface normal here, but there is also an intact building. The buildings near this building have not collapsed either. The four people find it strange no matter how they look at it.

Gao Youxiang pulled Xiang Zhen: "Could it be the base camp of the cult? But this kind of base camp should generally be underground."

Xiang Zhen said, "Read less brain-dead novels in the future."

Wang Zhengqing looked at Shen Wei: "Go in?"

Shen Wei said: "There are many people inside, and there are also many people in the nearby buildings that did not collapse."

The three of them were terrified.

Shen Wei said: "Let's go, it's okay. There should be no one who escaped. It's so cold and the house is gone. This may be the only place where Yajin can live."

Gao Youxiang opened the car door, took out the flashlight that Cheng Yuanyang had given them, and after a while, no problem, he ran a few steps to catch up with Shen Wei and the others.

The small square in front of the Crown Commercial Building was about 60 meters wide. Shen Wei and the others walked halfway, and a dozen people ran out of the commercial building, each holding sticks in their hands.

A man in a police uniform in the middle said to them, "Don't go any further, or we won't be polite."

Shen Wei raised his hands: "We have no malicious intentions. We traveled to Jiman and Sam's country. When we returned, we encountered blowing sand and an earthquake. The bridges on the expressway were all broken. We can only take the national road."

The policeman said: "As you can see, a major incident has happened here, and we are too busy to take care of ourselves, so we can't help you much."

Shen Wei said, "We just want to find some water to drink."

The police said: "All municipal facilities are out of use, and we have difficulty with water. We cannot let outsiders enter this building. If you have a car, hurry up, or you may become those people on the street. "

The policeman didn't show any malice, he was just protecting their territory, and they were not robbers. Speaking of which, they really had no reason to move on.

Xiang Zhen asked, "Boss, what should we do?"

Shen Wei said to the police: "We came here from Gaozhi. We encountered heavy rain and the road collapsed. We walked for more than 30 hours. We were very tired. We don't want to disturb you, so we can rest in the car, is that okay?"

A few people whispered to the police. After a while, the police said: "Yes, but don't go beyond the sidewalk and enter the square."

Back in the car, Xiang Zhen asked Shen Wei: "Boss, why don't we leave?"

Shen Wei said: "First, I think this place has a special atmosphere, which is very attractive to me, and I want to see what it is; second, I am a little tired, and I can't fall asleep while driving, so I want to rest here. It feels much more comfortable here than before.”

Although the mountains around Yajin were severely damaged due to mining, Wuchong erupted yesterday, and the few vegetation on the mountains died, but overall, the surrounding environment is better than the Yajin urban area where there are many factories, so It stands to reason that the closer you get to Yajin City, especially the closer to the industrial zone to the east, the more severe the uncomfortable smell, but Shen Wei felt less and less uncomfortable after entering the urban area for a few kilometers. When he arrived near the Crown Commercial Building, he actually felt a sense of comfort—an unprecedented comfort, which made up for the pain of exhausting his energy last night.

He is greedy for this feeling.

Wang Zhengqing, Xiang Zhen, and Gao Youxiang took a few deep breaths, and found that, indeed, the suffocation similar to the blowing sand that they felt before disappeared at some point, and the air here actually had a faint fragrance of grass and trees.

It was too cold outside, a few people returned to the car, turned off the big baby, and then shared the remaining two boxes of meals, packed the thick clothes sent by Cheng Yuanyang, and began to rest.

They were all tired, so they lay down until it was almost noon, when Wang Zhengqing, Xiang Zhen and Gao Youxiang woke up, but Shen Wei was still lying on the back seat, breathing evenly and long.

Wang Zhengqing gestured to Xiang Zhen and Gao Youxiang. Gao Youxiang followed Wang Zhengqing and got out of the car gently, opened the trunk, took out a special engineer shovel and a backpack, and went to search for food.

Xiang Zhen stayed behind to protect Shen Wei and the big baby.

There were people coming and going in and out of the commercial building all the time, but they all watched them vigilantly from a distance, and no one approached them.

More than three hours later, Wang Zhengqing and Gao Youxiang came back, bringing back a large package of food, mainly biscuits, and some convenient cooked food in vacuum packaging. They also brought back a box of blue and white porcelain bottles. Most of the wine.

Shen Wei was finally awakened by the smell of alcohol, and sat up lazily. Wang Zhengqing and the others were relieved to see that his expression had basically returned to normal.

A few people used the wine left over from volatilization as water, and unpacked several generations of vacuum-packed cooked food to eat.

Shen Wei ate half of the roast chicken, and stayed to watch the big baby; Wang Zhengqing, Xiang Zhen, and Gao Youxiang continued to look for food and water, mainly water.

Before dark, the three of them brought back ten boxes of wine and five packs of various convenience foods. At this time, they were sincerely grateful for the sudden cold weather. If it was summer, most of the food would probably stink.

Wang Zhengqing and Xiang Zhen broke off a few twigs of appropriate thickness and cut them off to serve as corks, but they corked the wine bottle if they didn't, and left the mouth of the bottle open to evaporate the alcohol on purpose.

When they were looking for food, they encountered seven or eight attacks from zombies. The zombies had no organization, and they were scattered in threes and twos. After three people beat the zombies to the ground, the zombies gave up the attack honestly like a defeated chicken Yes, two of them, the two zombies just lay down on the ground in the posture they knocked down, as if they were asleep.

Shen Wei looked at the three sticks about two and a half meters long, the thickness of an adult's arm, and covered with bark, and said with a smile, "Is this going back to the primitive society?"

Xiang Zhen looked at the dark clouds that seemed to be touching their heads: "The sky in the primitive society is definitely not like this. I suspect that these zombies and zombies just couldn't stand such a bad air, so they mutated."

Gao Youxiang raised his hand: "Second."

Shen Wei said, "Well, it makes sense."

Shen Wei didn't say to leave, Wang Zhengqing and the three stayed there peacefully, they felt that Shen Wei was too exhausted last night and really needed two days of rest to recover.

The three of them thought about the fact that the big baby might be corrupted after staying in Yajin for a long time, but compared to Shen Wei's body, they didn't think anything else was important.

Shen Wei closed his eyes and rested his mind when he was free, and asked the three of them to sit and practice breathing when they were free. There were no secrets of exercises, just thinking in his heart, exhale the dirty breath in the body, and breathe out the fresh and beneficial air in the air. The ingredients suck in.

The three of them were surprised by Shen Wei's sudden chatter, but no one protested, so they sat upright, closed their eyes and began to meditate until they fell asleep.

In the early hours of the morning, several people were woken up by Gao Youxiang.

Gao Youxiang's expression was desperate and determined. He touched his lower abdomen and said, "I might turn into a zombie. I'm hot all the time. Captain, you guys, tie me up and throw me away. I'm afraid I'll become a zombie too." That way, it will bite you and catch you."

Shen Wei took the flashlight that Cheng Yuanyang gave them, turned it on, and it was still working. He pointed the aperture at Gao Youxiang's face.

The light from the flashlight was a bit distorted, but Gao Youxiang's face definitely didn't turn black, he was just trembling with fear.

Shen Wei said, "Tell me about your feeling."

Gao Youxiang shook his head: "I don't know, I just feel that it's hot and swollen. It's definitely not the kind of stomachache or fullness. I've never felt this way before."

Shen Wei stretched out his hand and covered Gao Youxiang's lower abdomen. He stopped for half a minute, but he couldn't feel anything. He said to Xiang Zhen, "Take a packing rope and tie him up first."

Xiang Zhen hesitated.

Shen Wei raised his face to look at him.

Xiang Zhen got out of the car and took out a set of army green rope from the bag in the trunk.

Shen Wei tied Gao Youxiang up tightly with his own hands, especially his hands, which were wrapped several times with a pair of muddy trousers he took last night, and then fixed on his chest.

When Shen Wei was about to fix him on the seat, Gao Youxiang said: "Boss, if, if I become like that, you will break my arm and throw me into a mountain where there is no one..."

"You have to go back to Zhongzhou with us," Shen Wei interrupted him, said with a blank face, and tied him tightly to the seat with his hands, "The people I brought out must follow me back one by one. .”

Xiang Zhen and Wang Zhengqing looked at Gao Youxiang and Shen Wei with solemn expressions.

In the middle of the night, they didn't sleep, Wang Zhengqing and Xiang Zhen wanted to change seats with Shen Wei, but Shen Wei didn't agree.

The big baby was wide, more than two meters wide. Gao Youxiang was tied to the left, and Shen Wei was on the right, half a meter away from him with his eyes closed.

It was daylight, though it still looked like night.

Gao Youxiang was still the same, Xiang Zhen privately felt that his face was a bit ruddy.

Shen Wei asked him: "Is there any change in feeling?"

Gao Youxiang nodded: "It's almost not hot anymore, and it's not swollen anymore, but it still feels a little bit."

Shen Wei said, "Are you hungry?"

Gao Youxiang nodded: "A little bit, I still want to pee."

Shen Wei untied him from the seat, loosened the rope around his ankle, and opened the door: "Let's go, go pee."

Xiang Zhen said: "Captain, I'd better go with him, look, I guess he's too scared to pee."

Shen Wei hummed, Xiang Zhen pulled the rope behind Gao Youxiang, and the two went to the ruins of a house on the north side of the road.

When he came back, Gao Youxiang said: "Captain, I, I don't feel any more, it's not hot at all."

Wang Zhengqing smiled: "You kid is holding back your urine."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw more than a dozen people walking out of the gate of the commercial building, the leader was the policeman, who came towards them.

Shen Wei shook his head, Xiang Zhen got out of the car, and walked towards the group of people.

He did not break the agreement between the two parties, and waited for the other party at the junction of the sidewalk and the square.

The policeman asked, "Are you from the army?"

Xiang Zhen smiled and said, "No, the clothes were bought at an outdoor sports store, and the license plate was bought online for 300 yuan."

Their public identities for this mission were tourists traveling to the target country, and they had to maintain this identity until they were reinstated and the mission status was lifted.

The policemen were a little disappointed: "Look at you... you don't disturb the people, and you think you are soldiers, and the country's rescue is coming soon."

They have been observing several people in Shen Wei for more than a day. Now the imitations of the camouflage training uniforms of the Shanghai, Army and Air Force are everywhere in the market. The aunts who sell pickles in the supermarket can wear them as work clothes, so the clothes on Shen Wei and the big baby are the same. The military badge doesn't mean anything, they came here to inquire now because after observation, they felt that the four of Shen Wei behaved like soldiers.

Xiang Zhen said: "We came all the way from the west. There was heavy rain and landslides. The road from Gaozhi to here was blocked. The government rescue will not arrive for a while. I think you should help yourself."

The policeman looked at the dark sky: "We want to save ourselves, but we have nothing left, no electricity, no car, no food and water, pots and pans are unusable, and the clothes become very easy to tear for some reason. .”

The clothes on them were all soft, and the fabric of two of them was as thin as gauze.

Xiang Zhen's clothes also show signs of weathering, but they are much better than these people. Although she felt sorry for them, Xiang Zhen still said: "The ancients didn't know what electricity and cars were. Didn't they all live well? As long as you are willing to do it, There is always a way."

Just like the small mudslide the night before, most people may feel desperate when they encounter it, and they don’t even remember that it can be cleaned up by themselves. After living in modern civilization for too long, many people have forgotten about human beings. own ability.

A young man with yellow hair often said: "The water company is seven or eight miles away from here, and the Yanshun River is south of Qingsong Ridge. It's so far away, and the water is so heavy. Without a car, you can use clay pots and wooden basins to carry water, and you won't be exhausted. .”

Xiang Zhen said bluntly, "Being tired or dying of thirst, you have to choose one."

Another person said: "When there were disasters in the past, the government would organize rescue soon. Why has no one come for three days after our disaster?"

Xiang Zhen said: "Even if the government organizes rescue, the rescuers are human beings, and they will be tired. Before the rescue arrives, shouldn't you do something for your own survival?"

The policeman raised his hand to stop the person who wanted to defend Xiang Zhen: "This brother is right. It is better to rely on ourselves than anyone else. If we don't want to be troubled to save ourselves, why should others be troubled to save us?"

He stretched out his hand to Xiang Zhen: "Gao Yaofeng, nice to meet you."

"Xiang Yiming." Xiang Zhen also stretched out her hand, and announced her name in this mission, "I speak bluntly, it doesn't sound good, please forgive me with your friends."

"No, you're just telling the truth." Gao Yaofeng said, "It's cold outside, call your friends and sit inside for a while."

Xiang Zhen was thinking about how to answer when the big baby's car door opened, and Shen Wei got out of the car with Wang Zhengqing and Gao Youxiang. Shen Wei took the lead and walked over: "Thank you, Mr. Gao, it's really cold in the car, and you can't even stretch your legs." , we just wanted to come out and stretch our muscles."

Gao Yaofeng said: "I'm sorry, in this extraordinary time, we were a little too careful."

Xiang Zhen briefly introduced the two parties, and Shen Wei and the others followed Gao Yaofeng to the Crown Commercial Building.