Eight o 'clock in the evening.
Night had just fallen, and the lights were not on. Looking out of the car window, the highway had become a huge abandoned parking lot, and the howling of zombies could be heard from the wilderness.
Zhou Rong held the steering wheel, his eyes were red, and he didn't say a word.
Sinan got into the driver's seat from the back of the car. The strong smell of nicotine rushed into his nose, and he couldn't help but cough, "Let me drive."
Zhou Rong shook his head.
"You've been awake for too long."
Zhou Rong didn't say anything.
Sinan was silent for a moment in the bumpy car, and then gently advised, "Brother Rong, you can't do this. There are dozens of people in the two cars counting on you. If you fall, what will happen to the others? Yan Hao and Chun Cao in the back of the car have already changed hands twice. "
"… The biochemical car is not easy to drive." Zhou Rong finally said with a hoarse voice, "The wilderness is difficult to drive. We have to be fast, and the farther we are from T city, the better."
Sinan Kong wanted to say something, but suddenly the radio rang, "Yan Hao calling the car in front, Yan Hao calling the car in front! Captain, give it a try. Our radio is dead, how about you? "
Zhou Rong's eyes changed slightly, and he turned on the car radio.
Countless electric currents flowed out like a flood, and all the channels converged into a dark sea.
There was no signal on the shortwave.
The three special forces soldiers in the back of the car woke up sensitively. They seemed to have noticed something, and they got up and squeezed forward. Zhou Rong's face became very ugly, and he raised his hand to turn on the base's communication. However, the command center channel was like a fish that disappeared in the sea of radio waves. No matter how he tried to adjust it, there was a hopeless silence.
Zhou Rong suddenly stepped on the brakes, took a deep breath, opened the door, and walked out quickly.
The minibus in the back also stopped, and the exhausted survivors woke up from their sleep, and there was a buzz of confusion.
Yan Hao and Chun Cao also jumped out of the car. Both of them were exhausted, but Zhou Rongyi didn't waste any time and said directly, "The base's communication is dead."
The remaining members gathered around and stood on the grass, looking at each other in fear.
"… There's no … sign of a nuclear bomb either." Yan Hao said softly, "Didn't they say it would be launched at eight? It's ten past eight now. "
"Will there be any changes to the plan …"
"If there are any changes to the plan, the base will inform us." Yan Hao interrupted Chun Cao and explained, "If we change it to nine o 'clock, the base will send us to rescue more people, and the helicopter will be sent again. More importantly, delaying the launch time will cause the zombies to spread from the center of the city to the surrounding areas. The sooner the better."
Sinan walked up from behind and stopped two or three steps away. He crossed his arms and looked at them quietly.
A terrifying thought gradually rose in everyone's mind, but no one said anything. No one even moved. It was as if as long as they kept their mouths shut, that terrifying possibility would not exist.
The late autumn night was already very cold, and the wilderness was undulating under the curtain of night. In the distance by the railroad tracks, the faint yellow light of the street lamps was faintly illuminated.
"Your base." Si Nanping's quiet voice came from behind them, "Something happened, right?"
Two or three special forces soldiers shouted at the same time, "Impossible!"
"The B Military Region has complete facilities and is impregnable. When the virus first broke out, a large number of armed police guards were mobilized. Even a fly couldn't get in! Moreover, the national government, the General Headquarters, and all the survivors in the entire North China area are all, all … "
No one answered, and Chun Cao's shrill voice gradually weakened.
Sinan looked at her gently, "No matter how strong the fortress is, it can't withstand an internal collapse. Once the virus breaks out from the inside, it will be overturned in an instant. You know that, right? "
Everyone thought of the people who had been sent to the B Military Region shelter by four helicopters this afternoon, and instantly shuddered.
"Yingjie." Zhou Rong said in a low voice, "Report the location."
The team member named Zhang Yingjie was holding a tablet in his hand. It wasn't any brand known to the world, but it must be a military product, "We took a detour, and we are still 57 kilometers away from the B City suburbs. The highway ahead is seriously congested, and it is recommended that we take a detour to the industrial area. The nearest industrial area is still eight kilometers away … "He thought for a moment and said," Maybe there are survivors. "
Zhou Rong said slowly, "If B City falls, it will be wiped out by nuclear bombs in two days at most, and we can't go any further."
The people in the minibus couldn't help but stand up and look out of the car door. They wanted to say something but stopped.
Zhou Rong pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision under the gaze of dozens of people.
"Set up camp here, count the supplies, and arrange for the people's food and lodging."
"Yan Hao," he ordered, "compile the list of survivors and prepare for night duty shifts."
The sound of the wind was mixed with a whistle-like sharp sound, sweeping in all directions from the wilderness, as if thousands of ghosts were crying and rushing to the sky.
Zhou Rong's proper arrangements at the beginning of the escape immediately showed results. The minibus was piled with rice noodles, oil and salt, canned meat and vegetables, and warm clothes. He personally led people to move boxes from the warehouse of the mall last night. In addition, there were also knives, medicine, generators, and other materials collected little by little, which were stored in the biochemical vehicles of the special forces.
The survivors were in groups of three or four, sharing the canned food. From time to time, there were suppressed cries and laments. Sinan sat on the steps of the biochemical car door, and was picking up a bottle of syrup yellow peach. Zhou Rong came over and stuffed two tablets of fever medicine into his mouth.
Zhou Rong's hands were full of smoke, and his fingertips were slightly salty. They were all rough and chapped.
"Captain." Yan Hao, who was not far away, suddenly said.
Zhou Rong lowered his head and wanted to say something, but he waved to Sinan and turned to Yan Hao.
"There is not much high-energy gasoline in the biochemical car, and diesel can barely be used as a substitute. We are going to the highway after dawn to check the fuel tanks of the abandoned vehicles. After arriving at the industrial area tomorrow morning, we will try to send a positioning signal to the military region. If City B has not completely fallen, someone will come to pick us up. "
The two walked side by side to the lee, and Zhou Rong asked in a low voice, "How many people are left?"
"Thirty-six survivors. Thirty men, six over fifty, two under fifteen; six women, two in their twenties, four in their forties. All of them are beta. "
Yan Hao gulped and stopped in his tracks.
"We have six left. You, me, Chun Cao, Zhang Yingjie, Ding Shi, Guo Weixiang. "
"The others are … gone."
The surroundings were quiet, and the night wind brought one after another sobbing in the crowd.
Zhou Rong's teeth were so tightly clenched that his cheeks were somewhat convulsed. After a while, suddenly bang! He punched the trunk heavily!
The wood that was thicker than a person cracked in an instant, making a dangerous creaking sound. Yan Hao reflexively took half a step back under the force of the punch.
"What are you doing!" Yan Hao roared in a low voice, "What if you attract zombies?!"
Red threads slowly appeared between Zhou Rong's fingers, and the extremely powerful and intimidating alpha pheromone in his blood instantly broke through the suppressant, like a roaring beast, and drifted in all directions.
Zhou Rong forced himself to inhale, and trembled as he withdrew his fist.
Yan Hao took out a water bottle and quickly washed the tree trunk. He wanted to pour water on Zhou Rong's hand, but Zhou Rong blocked him without saying a word. Then, he licked his own wounds. His eyes were bright in the shadows, like a wolf that was unwilling to give up in a desperate situation.
"… Three people in a group. We will leave at six o 'clock tomorrow morning and go to the industrial area." After a while, Zhou Rong said in a hoarse voice, "If there is no movement in B City in two days, I will go into the city to explore by myself."
Yan Hao wanted to dissuade him, but seeing Zhou Rong turn around and leave, he hurriedly chased after him.
Sinan ate half a bottle of yellow peaches, and exchanged the remaining half with a man on the bus for half a pack of white sand cigarettes. The man gave the peaches to his wife and son, and Sinan went to find Zhou Rong with the cigarettes. When he walked to the edge of the forest, he suddenly stopped.
The night air was faintly mixed with a trace of smell that made him feel uncomfortable.
The smell floated in the air, strong, mature, and extremely aggressive. He subconsciously looked for the source, but after standing here for a long time, his nerve endings suddenly jumped, and an indescribable dizziness slowly rose from the bottom of his heart.
… It was the alpha pheromone.
But how could there be alpha pheromones in the wilderness? Was there a corpse in the depths of the forest that was bitten to death by zombies?
Sinan looked around, and the lights on the open space were on, and the people who had finished resting were getting on the bus one after another to prepare for the night. On the other side of the forest was hidden in the darkness, and the street lights in the distance were dim, as if they were emitting an ominous aura.
"Are you okay?" A female voice suddenly came from behind.
Sinan Hui turned around, and Spring Grass was looking at him curiously.
"… Do you smell something?"
"No?" Spring Grass sniffed hard, and then her eyes glazed over, and her expression was strange.
Sinan: "?"
In the next second, Spring Grass sneezed loudly, and Sinan was instantly covered in her sneeze.
"It must be the smell of rotting corpses!" Spring Grass rubbed her nose in embarrassment, and while blushing, she rushed Sinan to the car, "Go back to sleep, don't worry about it! Go! "
Sinan was a little confused, and was forced to go back to the biochemical car.
That night, the special forces were divided into three shifts. Spring Grass Ding Shi was on duty until midnight, Yan Hao and Guo Weixiang were on duty until three o 'clock, and the last shift in the early morning was Zhou Rong and Zhang Yingjie.
Zhou Rong didn't sleep well, and when the shift changed at midnight, he woke up in a daze.
The seats in the back of the car were lifted up, and a few special forces soldiers were sleeping on the floor, snoring one after another. He felt someone close to him, and with the help of the car lights shining through the window, he saw that it was Sinan.
Sinan's body temperature dropped in his sleep, and he subconsciously moved closer to the heat source, hugged Zhou Rongyi's arm, and breathed deeply into his shoulder.
At that moment, Zhou Rong was in a trance.
The memories of the young and restless youth in his memory came rushing back, and even the gentle and handsome face in the dark, with his tightly closed eyelashes, quietly overlapped with the images that had long disappeared in the years.
Zhou Rong raised his hand and tucked Sinan's hair behind her ear.
At that moment, footsteps sounded outside, and the car door was gently opened.
Zhou Rong immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, although he didn't know why this was a conditioned reflex. A few seconds later, he felt someone get into the car, almost silently crossing the floor, and stopping in front of them.
Then the person bent down and lifted Sinan's hand gently and carefully.
Sinan took a fever medicine with tranquilizers, but he didn't wake up. He just murmured and turned over.
Zhou Rongyi lay there motionless, and after a while, he finally heard the person say softly,
"Thank you, you saved my life."
— — It was Yan Hao.
Zhou Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he almost imperceptibly narrowed his eyes. In the dim light of the car, Yan Hao lowered his head, breathing quickly and nervously, and kissed Sinan's temple.
It was a gentle kiss, like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water, nervous and sincere.
Zhou Rong's eyes were indescribable.
Yan Hao was like a child who had secretly eaten candy. He got up and tiptoed out of the car, closing the door behind him.
The car returned to darkness, and for a long time, Zhou Rong was silent and closed his eyes.
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