Doomsday Allure

Withdrawing his gaze from looking down, Shen Wei looked up again at the blue sky, then at the colorful forests on both sides of the road, and said to the people around him: "Enough is enough, get ready to go."

After speaking, he turned to the car to get his backpack.

Getting off here is not because the few of them yearned for Jimancheng so much that they couldn't even hold on to the 10-minute drive, and wanted to admire its style earlier, but because the car was turned off, and the four of them could crush the high-level The level of car repairing by the auto mechanics worked together for 10 minutes, but they couldn't make the Land Rover move again.

The wall of the Land Rover's fuel tank became rice paper as thin as a cicada's wing, and the gasoline inside disappeared.

The same goes for all other unpainted parts of the underside of the car, the painted body surface is better but the paint has started bubbling and peeling.

Almost all the cars they saw parked on the side of the road looked like this along the way, and the cars heading west from Jiman were basically normal.

From this, it can be judged that the blowing sand that lasted for more than a week contained certain components that could corrode metals and other substances. Persistent,

At a gas station in front, Wang Zhengqing asked a driver who was picking up people from Jiman back to his hometown. The driver said that the dust blowing in Jiman started on the morning of October [-]st, and it was already very thin in the afternoon of the [-]th.

And Shen Wei and the others were suddenly surrounded by Yangsha on the afternoon of September 29th. He estimated that Yangsha should not have completely disappeared in the target country of their mission and the Hojira area.

But these are no longer what they need to consider. It is still [-] kilometers away from Jiman City, and they have to go there before dark to inquire about the situation of the shuttle bus to Gaozhi County.

Hong Jie looked at his unrecognizable car and almost cried. He walked a few hundred meters with his bag on his back and kept looking back.

Wang Zhengqing comforted him: "If you can find a trailer, drag it back. If you can't find it, everyone is like this now, so let's do it."

Hong Jie said: "My factory is very small, and I don't have much money. I just like good cars."

Shen Wei and the others expressed their understanding, there is no man who doesn't like a good car, and those who say they don't like it are all because they can't afford it.

The electronic and mechanical equipment are still out of control, Shen Wei and the others can only roughly estimate the time, it should be around [-] pm at this moment, October [-]th.

The road they walked behind did not pass through towns and villages at close range, so they did not encounter zombies again, but they knew that not encountering does not mean that there were no, and those people who dragged their families and panicked and blocked the road along the way were probably There are zombies around, so I want to escape.

Thirty kilometers is not a problem to Shen Wei and the others, but to Hong Jie it is like keeping up with the knife mountain.

Shen Wei and the others stood by the side of the road, trying to stop a car, and just take Hong Jie back.

But the cars coming from the same direction as them were almost full, and it was impossible to pick up any more people. As for the west direction, they didn't see a taxi, so they couldn't reserve one for Hong Jie in advance.

After failing to stop the car for half an hour, Hong Jie smiled wryly and said, "Retribution!"

Xiang Zhen smiled and said: "If it's retribution, you should stop the car soon, after all, you are actually a very good person."

After a few people chatted and laughed about five kilometers, a car appeared at a small intersection next to it. It was a brand new Porsche. The owner of the Porsche was very civic-minded, and stopped at the intersection to show courtesy to several pedestrians.

Shen Wei quickly ran over and knocked on the window of the driver's cab.

The driver was a young man in his 20s, the passenger seat was a strong man in his 50s and [-]s, and there was an elderly man in the back seat.

Shen Wei asked: "Excuse me, are you going to Jiman?"

The young man said, "What's the matter?"

Shen Wei turned and pointed at Hong Jie and said, "We came from Hojila, that gentleman is from Shang Shan, he gave me a ride with my friends, but his car couldn't move just now. , can you give him a ride in your car? Just him, to Jiman."

Young people look at middle-aged people.

The old man behind suddenly said: "Just pick it up along the way, let someone come up."

Shen Wei repeatedly expressed his thanks.

After Hong Jie got into the car, the old man pointed to Gao Youxiang and said, "If you can't sit any longer, let that child come up."

Gao Youxiang waved his hands again and again: "Thank you, Grandpa, I don't need it, we are together, and Mr. Hong kindly helped us."

Shen Wei said: "Go up, let's talk about a place and wait."

Gao Youxiang still wanted to decline, but Hong Jie had already moved to the middle, opened the door and waited quietly for him.

Wang Zhengqing and Xiang Zhenti sneaked Gao Youxiang into him.

The young man who was driving asked the location of Hong Jie’s house and said, “We’re not going there. We’ll turn south when we get to Jiman Shopping Mall. How about this? I’ll put you at the entrance of Jiman Shopping Mall. It’s easier to find there. .”

Shen Wei waved his hand: "Thank you!"

Three hours later, the three of Shen Wei and Gao Youxiang met at the entrance of Jiman shopping mall.

Gao Youxiang told them that when he and Hong Jie arrived here, a living person suddenly turned into a zombie happened here, but the policeman who caught the zombie did not say it was a zombie, but said it was acute specific pneumonia. Someone next to him said that yesterday Jiman has appeared a few times.

Hong Jie was very worried about his wife and children, so he told him in detail the way to the coach station, recommended a hotel with a good reputation, and went home first. Before leaving, he gave Gao Youxiang 2000 yuan.

Along the way, Hong Jie had already seen that Shen Wei and the others had financial problems.

Shen Wei and the others lamented a few words that they had no chance to make friends with a person like Hong Jie who was generous and generous, and immediately set off for the bus station.

The sense of crisis in their hearts is getting heavier and heavier, and they can't wait to rush back to Zhongzhou, and see their parents and relatives after returning to life

About 500 meters away, they saw a taxi, several people waved together, but the taxi didn't stop.

It was about ten o'clock in the evening, and the taxi driver probably felt that it was not safe to pull the four big men.

Fortunately, Jiman City is not big, and after about an hour, they arrived at the coach station.

The surrounding area of ​​the station was dead silent and dark, the waiting hall was closed, only two very large glass lanterns hung at the ticket office.

There are two large blackboards next to the horse lantern. It says that because more than 30 buses cannot be started for unknown reasons, the trains to various regions will be adjusted again tomorrow morning, and the trains to the provincial capital Uda and other cities south of the Ula River will be adjusted. All of them were cancelled, and all the replacement trains only went to the towns in the north of the river closest to the Wula River. The bus bound for Wuda went to a place called Linjiang Town in Yulang County.

The following is the number of trains sent to each city after adjustment.

The air force training base they were going to was in Gaozhi County on the south bank of the Wula River, but it was far from the county seat. It was on the northeastern edge of Gaozhi County, in the mountains near the Wula River. But now, all the trains did not cross the river.

Fortunately, Shen Wei knew that Yulang County was a neighbor across the river from Gaozhi County, and Shen Wei was no stranger to Linjiang Town.

When Shen Wei was receiving special training at the base in Gaozhi County, he was encouraged by several comrades in the base to cross the river on a rest day to visit a temple in Yulang County on the opposite bank.

That temple is very famous in the local area. It is said that the abbot in it is very accurate in interpreting the lottery. He can judge a person's career, future, marriage, children, and lifespan based on the four-line sign on a wooden stick. He has never made a mistake, but this senior People only randomly draw one day every three months based on their mood, and on this day, they randomly draw three people's lottery to solve it. Experts call this resignation.

Because the abbot of the expert is very casual, the day and time period for the release of the lottery are random. The lottery was also drawn by the host.

Several comrades in arms were very envious of Shen Wei, all of them went there many times, and never met the abbot once, let alone being drawn out of dozens or hundreds of lots.

But the final result was unexpected, even thinking about it until now, Shen Wei still feels fucked.

After the abbot drew his lottery, he did not comment on his career or marriage behind the curtain like the two people who were drawn before, but stopped for a long time, before Shen Wei wondered if he When he fell asleep in the back, the abbot opened the curtain, looked at Shen Wei's face for a moment, folded his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the donor has a very high fate and great merit. The poor monk has shallow virtue and low awareness. Don't dare to misinterpret the fate of the benefactor, this small temple has taken back, the benefactor forgives."

At that time, Shen Wei was fully expecting that he would give him a future as the commander-in-chief of the three armies and a beautiful daughter-in-law, but it turned out to be so nonsense that he never went to that temple again.

Unexpectedly, because of that trip, he brought convenience to today.

That temple was on a small mountain in the north of Linjiang Town. He and his friends drove to the temple by themselves, and they had to pass through Linjiang Town back and forth, so now he knows which bus to take.

After seeing clearly that the bus to Linxian Town departed at around [-]:[-] and [-]:[-] in the morning, Shen Wei and the others got out of the station immediately. After walking for half a street, they didn't find a restaurant that was still open, so they went directly to I took the hotel recommended by Hong Jie.

There is a small shop in the hotel, which has daily necessities. They bought a few packs of instant noodles and ham. Because there is no electricity, the service counter boils water slowly. I bought it.

Gao Youxiang was surprised: "Captain, you actually like to eat chocolate and toffee, I always thought that these are exclusive snacks for girls."

Wang Zhengqing slapped him on the head: "Stupid? The captain is worried that there may be a food shortage in the future."

Gao Youxiang blinked and looked at Wang Zhengqing for a while, and suddenly realized: "Oh, it's preparation for the end times."

Shen Wei ignored him, took out a black and gray lighter from his jacket pocket and fiddled with it.

It took almost half an hour for the boiling water to boil. Shen Wei and the others ate the noodles and went to bed right away. They were really exhausted.

At about one o'clock in the morning, Shen Wei was awakened by screams.

He opened the door, and the first thing he saw was the scene that Xiang Zhen and Gao Youxiang had described to him: a woman with flames flashing in her hands pushed a man with gray complexion and scarlet mucus from the corner of his mouth out of the room and pushed him to the ground. At the same time as he fell, the clothes on his body burned, and he howled like a trapped animal, got up and rushed to the street.

The woman with supernatural powers crazily cursed the man to die, but instead of chasing him and continuing to set fire, she ran back to the room, where a child's heart-piercing cries were heard.

The guests in other rooms also heard the sound, and someone held a candle in his hand, and another had a flashlight.

But no one went out to watch the man rushing out of the hotel, covered in fire, and no one went to spy on the woman and the crying child. It seemed that human curiosity did not exist in these people.

Shen Wei took the coat that Gao Youxiang handed over, put it on, and walked towards the woman's room.

Someone reminded him in a low voice: "It is said in the book that if you are bitten by a zombie, you will also become a zombie, and will soon bite others. At noon today, people were bitten at the entrance of Jihe Restaurant and Jiman Shopping Center." After that, it also turned into a zombie."

Shen Wei said: "Thank you, I'll just take a look outside to see if they need help."

He said to Wang Zhengqing, Xiang Zhen, and Gao Youxiang: "Go into the house and lock the door."

The doors of "Boom" and "Boom" sounded almost simultaneously in other rooms, but Wang Zhengqing and the three of them didn't go back. Wang Zhengqing even came to Shen Wei's side: "Let's go together."

Just as Shen Wei raised his foot to go in, a few people ran over from the service hall, probably the hotel owner and employees. They all held flashlights, electric batons and a big fork that could restrain people from a long distance.

The person who looked like the boss yelled at Shen Wei and Wang Zhengqing: "Don't go in, go back to your room, otherwise we won't be responsible for any problems."

When Shen Wei and Wang Zhengqing saw the tools in their hands, they immediately stepped back to make way for them. Having professional tools can greatly increase the safety factor.

The boss and three male employees stood at the door of the supernatural woman's room and said: "I will refund all the expenses to you, you should leave immediately and go to the hospital. All public hospitals in Jiman City have set up special hospitals for your situation Treatment room."

A woman's hysterical roar came from the room: "Get out, I'll burn you if you dare to come in, you stinky men, you have no good things, beat us, scolded us, and dragged my daughter on my back when you were dying, get out of here."

The boss held up a fork and said, "We won't go in, and we won't get close to you. Go away, I've sent someone to call the police."

The woman yelled, "Go away."

Before the words were finished, the woman came out holding a crying child who looked about two or three years old, and came out with a big bag on her back.

She didn't even look at the boss and Shen Wei, and went straight out.

The boss and a few employees carried tools and chased after them a few meters away. The boss said to the back of the woman: "Go out and go to the right for about 200 meters, turn left at the biggest intersection, keep going, and pass two The next intersection is Jiman City Public Hospital."

The woman didn't respond, and quickly disappeared with the baby in her arms.

Shen Wei and the others came to the street together with the guests from other rooms to see how the man turned into a zombie and burned was doing.

For a maximum of seven or eight minutes, there was only a scorched black corpse less than one and a half meters long, curled up with a small blue flame burning on the corpse.

It was late at night, and apart from the people in the hotel, no one else was watching.

The boss and several employees stood in front of the dead body, waiting anxiously for the police to arrive.

Wang Zhengqing asked him: "You let that woman go, what if the police come?"

The boss said tremblingly: "Yesterday, there were more than a dozen such people in Jiman. One was burned to death, and the other was stabbed to death by a steel bar. Everyone in the city knew about it. Just now Well, with so many of you testifying, that woman will start a fire, and the police probably won’t say anything, even if they come, they won’t dare to stop the woman who set fire, right?”

A male employee whispered, "Actually, I had it the day before yesterday, but the government didn't let me tell you. My brother was at the police station. He sent one to the hospital the day before yesterday, but that person doesn't bite."

Shen Wei and Wang Zhengqing returned to the hotel, and the four of them met in Shen Wei's room. Shen Wei said: "Before zombies, those people must have some kind of feeling, but they didn't expect this to be the case and ignored it. We started from the desert Come over there, the pollution is very serious, and there is also the possibility of zombies, remember, if you feel abnormal, no matter whether it is an illusion or not, you must speak out."

Three people answered: "Yes."

Shen Wei said: "However, there is no way to prevent this kind of thing, and it's useless to worry too much. Let's all go to rest. We can continue our journey tomorrow after resting."

Now it's about two o'clock in the morning, and there are only four or five hours left for them to rest in peace.

Wang Zhengqing and Xiang Zhen returned to their room, Shen Wei lay on the bed, took out the compass and mechanical watch to look at them, both of them were still circling in the rhythm of the [-]-meter trapeze competition; took out the lighter, but there was still nothing .

He forced himself to close his eyes and not think about it, and fell asleep as soon as possible to recover his strength.