Doomsday rat

Chapter 104

"Captain Hong, try mine..." Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, and there was not much rest time, everyone dispersed one after another, those who should eat, and those who should find shade to lie down.But one of them didn't leave, and instead moved to Hong Tao's side and handed over the cigarette case.

"Hey, Randy, you have a lot of research on Chinese culture, and you know that you have given up cigarettes. But your choice of cigarettes is not to my liking, and it's boring. Tell me, what do you want to do?" Hong Tao looked at the cigarette case, I didn’t pick it up, it’s a thin one, I don’t like to smoke.But Randy's efforts to do as the Romans do was not in vain, it can be regarded as an encouragement.

"I also listened to everyone's speech just now, and I was deeply touched, and I would like to ask about this aspect." Randy didn't smoke at first, but there are many people who smoke in the rescue team, especially the senior management. He took out the cigarette for a while before everything, and for the convenience of communication, he could only follow suit.

In fact, not only did he learn, but several female members also started smoking.Not to cater to the habits of leaders, but to relieve loneliness and fear of the unknown.

"...Don't go around in circles, continue!" Hearing that the topic was still on, Hong Tao quickly took the cigarette over.The two Chinese insurances I took from the Qiaotou canteen were not complete, and they were fake, and the thin ones were not easy to smoke, and they were better than fake cigarettes.

"I want to know how the rescue team will operate in the future... Don't get me wrong, I am not opposed to being led by you. Yes, I am an American, but the American system has also been improved step by step. It was not this way at first. look."

After all, it is not the original product that has been nurtured since childhood. Randy learned it quite alike, but he couldn't help but run into an old trickster, and he missed the bottom line with one sentence, and didn't even try it a second time.

"If this is the expression of true intention, then I congratulate you, our views on this aspect converge. But don't be happy, I still can't answer your question. The reason is also telling you, it is too big and too far , I can’t see clearly what’s ahead, so I can’t determine the direction. The only thing I can do now is to lead everyone to live, expand the team as much as possible, and wait until I figure out what happened and what the world looks like before May answer your question."

What Hong Tao said was basically the truth. In the eyes of outsiders, he was a leader who commanded dozens of people.It seems that you know everything, you can solve everything, and you can't stop anything.

In fact, most of them are illusions. He is no different from other survivors in essence. They are all lucky and in a state of confusion. They all need to find the right path and survive.

The reason for the superficial illusion is nothing more than that he is bolder, more talkative, has more life skills, and has a deeper understanding of human nature, that's all.

Compared with the judgment of the future, they are equally ignorant and helpless, and can only take one step at a time.This is a statement of high emotional intelligence. In other words, it is resigned to fate. Whether you can survive depends on whether God rewards you or not.

It doesn't take much setbacks and hardships, as long as these sources of infection that can turn people into monsters mutate a little bit, and then spread through the air, he can only watch his companions die one by one, and he can't guarantee that he will be infected faster than others .

"...Things may not be as pessimistic as you think. Indeed, I was also desperate when the disaster just happened. It seems that at the end of the world, I may become a monster at any moment. But through observation these days, I feel that monsters They are not that scary, as long as the survivors can unite like us, it is very likely that humans will win in the end!"

But these truths sound too pessimistic to Randy. He is not an optimist, but generally speaking, he is more rational.Because of this, I feel that the future is entirely possible to get better day by day.

It's not a feeling, it's a conclusion drawn through observation and logical analysis.That's right, the number of zombies is huge. Compared with them, the survivors can almost be described as one in a million.

But zombies have no intelligence, even worse than ordinary mammals, and they are dominated by some kind of instinct.Even if they can use solar energy to obtain energy, they don't need to eat and drink, and they can even live forever.But as long as their IQs don't advance by leaps and bounds, they will be wiped out by humans sooner or later, and it won't be too long.

Right now there are only more than 30 people in the rescue team, half of them are women and children, but they are already able to trap and kill hundreds of zombies in a planned and targeted manner without any damage to themselves.If the group can continue to expand, when the number of members reaches hundreds or even more, the speed of cleaning up the zombies will be faster.

At the same time, having enough manpower is equivalent to having a variety of skills.At that time, it is definitely not a dream to use existing resources to restore part of the power, and then small-scale production is definitely not a dream. It is not a dream to completely occupy cities or some important factories and mines. Long-distance sports are not a dream.

If it is calculated in this way, it is certainly not a dream for mankind to restore the army, restore the government, and restore order from one point to one area, and from several areas to connect into regions.

In the face of modern troops and weapons, the number advantage of zombies seems to be gone.There are so many arsenals in the world, so many weapons of mass destruction, just take out any of them, enough for zombies to drink from a pot.

It doesn't need to be too high-end, just use an aircraft to mine mines, use minefields to tighten the encirclement of zombies step by step, and then carry out carpet bombing at the level of World War II, and more areas will be cleared soon.

The difference at that time will be nothing more than the earth with a population of 70 billion and an earth with a population of 1000 million. The recovery speed will definitely take decades, but human civilization will basically not be affected, or even go backwards. It is more appropriate to use the term temporary stagnation.

"Well, you are quite optimistic, I hope..." Hong Tao originally thought that this well-informed visa officer could come up with a different point of view, but he did not expect to have the same approach as Zhang Tao and Pan Wenxiang.

The ancients said that it is not speculative, and I can't produce any evidence anyway. It is meaningless to just talk about the truth.Even if the mouth is itchy, it is only needed to talk about after dinner.

"What are you worried about? Is there anything I didn't expect?" Randy is not Zhang Tao, he is very sensitive to Hong Tao's perfunctory.

"Huh...it's very simple, let me give you an example. If you arrive at the embassy, ​​you suddenly find that there is a group of survivors who are also looking for weapons. The strength of the two sides is similar, and they are not willing to join us, and we don't want to join them, because we don't understand. .In this situation, what should you do?"

It took only three puffs for Hong Tao to finish smoking the thin cigarette. It wasn't that he finished smoking, but the filter was deflated, and there was a strong smell of tar.I wanted to end this conversation, but seeing Randy's serious discussion, I felt that it was too perfunctory and disrespectful, so I had to take out another box of Zhonghua in my pocket, unpack it and order it.Fake cigarettes are fake cigarettes, they are better than cigarettes that have no strength at all.

"It's very simple, the two sides share the weapons equally!" Randy gave the answer without thinking, and shrugged his shoulders, expressing disdain for this question.

"I'm not happy. After spending so many days getting half of the weapons, I'm not too happy. So I took advantage of people's unpreparedness and shot at them. Some of them were killed, and some of the prisoners were left. The weapons belonged to me. People also belong to me, what do you think?"

With a pungent taste rushing into his throat, Hong Tao felt much better under the influence of nicotine, at least he didn't think about the guy who ate people and ran away, then he grinned and continued to ask Randy.

"...This, this...why?" Randy suddenly felt very strange looking at the man's face with the corners of his mouth crooked, one eye raised and one eye lowered, the face of a man who was laughing but not smiling, and crying without tears.

Although we haven't known each other for half a month, this man has never shown such an evil expression before.That's right, it's evil. You can clearly feel from the smile that all the hypotheses he said may become reality.

"Why? Let me think about it... because I need men, because I need weapons, because I didn't eat enough in the morning, because I was in a bad mood because of hemorrhoids... why is it important? Even if I don't, you can guarantee Wouldn't the other party do this too? If you can't promise, then I have to do this. I can't put the life of myself and other companions on the promise of a stranger. Don't forget, there is no place to reason now, There are no restrictions either. After beating me to death, they wouldn’t even say sorry, and they would even spit if it wasn’t complete, calling me an idiot!”

A why made Hong Tao lower his opinion of Randy by another notch.This military service is for nothing, and the training for the visa officer is also for nothing. How can they be as innocent as the boy scouts? No wonder they are so optimistic.

If all the survivors in the world can be like him, let alone one in ten thousand human beings survive, even one in one hundred thousandth, then it is human beings who will win in the end.But the question is is this possible?If possible, there is no need to wait until now. Human beings have established a global village long ago, and they will rush to the stars and the sea without any worries.

"...Oops, I still haven't fully adapted to the current situation! Yes, you are right, how to reach an agreement is indeed a huge problem. Besides killing, is there any other solution?"

After hearing Hong Tao's answer, Randy immediately fell into deep thought, and hit the back of the head with his fist while pondering.He was a bachelor, and it was easier to admit a mistake than to catch his breath, and then he lit a cigarette and continued to ask questions.

"...It may be easier to merge with vulnerable groups, but the chances are not high. The team that can survive and develop in the present will not be too weak. Guess a few strangers with particularly strong abilities get together, yes Is the chance of alliance higher or the chance of mutual defense? I think, but all strong people are very assertive and difficult to persuade, unless there is a great crisis, the chance of alliance is very low!"

Hong Tao could feel that Randy wasn't asking casually, but was really planning for the future, whether it was for his own benefit or not, it was worth saying a few more words.Compared with him, many people in the rescue team didn't even think about this kind of question carefully. Don't ask, if you ask, you can't think so far, it's too annoying.

Chapter 105

"...If you really met other survivor groups, would you take the initiative to seek cooperation?" When he asked this sentence, there seemed to be some kind of expectation in Randy's eyes.

"I will first find a way to find out the general nature of the other party's group, and make sure that there is not too much danger before making contact... This is not being overly cautious, but a lesson. After you go back, you can talk to Ms. Shu, and some of her experiences will remind you Adjusting the world view is very helpful. Well, it’s getting late, it’s best to find the weapons today, I’m getting tired of gouging their heads!”

The demise of Sun Dacheng's gang is a secret, and Hong Tao strictly forbids it to be spread internally.Randy joined relatively late, even if he heard about it, he didn't know the details, let alone the tragic experience of Shui Nanqin and the others.Hong Tao intends to make an exception and let Mrs. Shu speak out to dispel the overly optimistic illusions in this guy's mind.

Leaving the flower bed for the lunch break, to the east is a T-junction, with a black wall blocking the front, which is the embassy of the Republic of Korea.Not far south along the intersection, the black wall suddenly turned into a white wall. This is the Brunei embassy.Opposite there is a group of buildings and two bubble tennis courts, which are the diplomatic apartment complex.

A short walk to the north of the intersection is also a residential area, so no matter whether you go north or south, you have to pass through densely populated areas. It may not be easy to pass safely without killing for three to five days.

Hong Tao chose neither north nor south. He wanted to enter the South Korean embassy and climb over the north wall. The main entrance of the American embassy was across the road, perfectly avoiding the high-rise residential buildings at the intersection.This is the advantage of being familiar with the route. There is no need for field exploration at all, and you know how to go based on the memory in your mind.The so-called geographical advantage.

If you change cities, Hongtao will definitely not be so calm, you have to walk in a difficult way, and you have to be afraid to find a canteen. You don’t know if there are courtyards or alleys near the canteen, and you don’t know where the crowds are. There are passages somewhere.

He turned over the electric fence gate in a big way, and as soon as his feet landed, he was considered to have gone abroad.According to the Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the building land of an embassy or consulate belongs to the territory of the host country, but the jurisdiction belongs to the sending country.

There are indeed fewer zombies in the embassy courtyard, and the buildings are much lower, so there is no need to worry about zombies falling from the sky.In fact, apart from the security personnel on duty at the gate, more than a dozen zombies were found in only two buildings.

This is not because the South Korean embassy is small in scale, but according to the usual practice, the staff of embassies of various countries basically live nearby, such as in the diplomatic apartment. Safe and confidential.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, at the American embassy where they are going, most of their employees must and can only live in the embassy. Only peripheral positions like Randy are allowed to rent a house.Of course, it's not just the US embassy, ​​but the Russian embassy as well.

"I'll let you Ouba, I'll let you put your nose up..." Hong Tao still led his team as the vanguard, gnashing his teeth and hacking, and soon the world was clean again.

Because Hong Tao and Ran Di's team moved too fast, when Sun Jianshe and Zhang Tao's team came in from the rear, there would be no zombies to kill.As an old comrade with extremely rich experience in cleaning work, he was not idle, and immediately led two team members to search the main building.

The targets are medicines, communication equipment, armor and weapons.As for other things, whoever wants to take what they want.The rescue team didn't emphasize too much in this regard, as long as they didn't take items from the zombies.

Under normal circumstances, men prefer watches, lighters, game consoles, cameras, tobacco and alcohol, while women pay more attention to clothing, shoes and hats, cosmetics, and bedding.

"Leader, go and have a look, I found something good in the basement, it's a bit like your radio station, but bigger!"

Sun Jianshe made some gains in this search. A set of Yokogawa brand ratchet wrenches, together with sockets of various sizes, hundreds of pieces, large and small, were neatly packed in a toolbox.This thing is mainly used for repairing cars, which belongs to his old profession.In addition, he also found some useful things for Hong Tao.

"Don't worry about it, the radio stations in the embassy are all encrypted, but you can go and look carefully to see if there is a generator. If you want a smaller one, it's okay if it's too stupid. Let's go, Randy, let's go and see it first. Look at your workplace."

It would be great to have a more advanced and more powerful radio station, but the communication equipment in the embassy is definitely not civilian-grade, and no matter how advanced it is, it can only be discarded.The main goal now is not to pick up trash in the South Korean embassy, ​​but the huge courtyard outside the north wall.

The strength of a country cannot be said to be reflected only in the size of the embassy, ​​but it is also an important parameter.For example, the current Russian embassy, ​​formerly known as the Soviet embassy, ​​is the largest foreign embassy in Beijing with the closest geographical location to the city center.There are not only office buildings, but also pavilions and large grasslands.

In the same way, as the only superpower in the world, the United States would certainly not want to make the embassy too small or too far away, so the American embassy became the largest and most heavily guarded in the embassy district on the East Third Ring Road.

At most, other embassies use barbed wire to enclose the wall to prevent idlers from approaching, and armed police are stationed at the gate to stand guard.Laomei’s embassy simply sealed off a street in front of the gate, and blocked the streets on both sides with refusing horses.

The country has also stationed police cars at street corners all year round, which is equivalent to adding another blockade outside the embassy. Without special documents, even the street in front of the main entrance cannot be approached.

The wall of the South Korean embassy is not too high, but you can't see the outside just by standing there.Hong Tao didn't bring his magic ladder, and he didn't bother to look for it. He just found a car key from the ambassador's bedroom, drove the ambassador's car to the wall, stepped on the roof of the car with Randy, and halfway through the barbed wire fence on the top of the wall. With a head, looking out slyly.

"That's where I work, the tallest building, on the sixth floor!" Compared with the wall of the South Korean embassy, ​​the American embassy is more than half a meter higher, and there is nothing to see inside.

Randy pointed to a ten-story building in the east and introduced it to Hong Tao with a sad and nostalgic expression.Although he had not been in Beijing for a long time, there were his colleagues and friends there. I don't know if any of them survived. Even if there were, they were probably very rare.

"Do you have any very important personal items in your office that you need to take?" Hong Tao raised his binoculars to look at them, then put them down again.That building is all glass curtain walls, you can't see the inside of the building.

"..." Randy shook his head.

"Then tell me something useful, such as the most likely location of the arsenal!" Even if Randy nodded, Hong Tao would not lead someone to the sixth floor to help him get his personal belongings. The question just now was just a Chinese-style tease, but it's a pity Foreign devils can't tell, so it's useless to say it.

"It's just under the parking building, the first basement... or the second floor... I don't know if there will be three floors?" Randy pointed to the yellow two-story building on the west, the top of which is the roof parking lot. The east and south sides are integrated with the wall, without a single window.

"It seems that your compatriots don't regard you as their own. Haven't you been in a few times in a year?" This range is a bit large, which aroused Hong Tao's dissatisfaction, and then he was naturally ridiculed.

"Discipline, to use your words to describe it is strict discipline!" However, Hong Tao's sarcasm didn't work. I don't know if Randy is really thick-skinned, or if he really doesn't understand, and he licks his face as a metaphor.

"Now that your superiors are dead, can you tell me some secrets, such as whether the CIA agents know each other? Don't deny it, it doesn't matter if you are, I'm just curious."

In the past, Hong Tao always laughed at Jiao San for being suspicious, but now he unknowingly followed in Jiao San's footsteps. Once he found out that the people around him had special identities, he would start to think wildly.This shit is also human nature, if you are a human, you can't avoid it.

"FXXK...you can't always doubt me like this!" Randy's reaction was much more intense than Hong Tao's, and he opened his mouth to scold me. If he didn't care about his identity, he might have punched him.

Chapter 106 Hell!

"Hehehe... Not only do I have reason to doubt you, but I also want to use you as a shield! Don't move, keep the posture of chatting just now, someone is peeping on the east wall!" After being scolded and threatened, Hong Tao not only did not stare , and grinningly moved his head closer, until the two heads were almost touching before he whispered a warning.

"People? Survivors?" Randy originally wanted to avoid this strange face, but after hearing the familiar English, he immediately realized that Hong Tao was not joking, and resisted the urge to turn around and tried to relax his body.

"I can't see clearly... I'll pretend to light a cigarette for you, and you can call Team Leader Sun with your handset. His angle is better to observe!" Hong Tao was really not joking. When Randy scolded people just now, he wanted to give this overly casual Yankee lesson.But before he turned his head completely, a small black spot suddenly flashed in the corner of his eye.

It appeared on the wall in the southeast corner of the South Korean embassy, ​​and its outline looked like a human head.Is it a human head?Hong Tao thinks it is, and has a feeling that the head is staring at him.

If this is the case, then any actions you make will be seen by the other party.Fortunately, Randy's handstand is hung on the chest of the stab-proof suit, and he can call other teams with a slight bow.

"Group by group, see clearly, that guy may be human...or maybe not...We are a little uncertain, why don't you come over and see for yourself, Xiao Pan took a picture of him."

Sun Jianshe is a very boring and old-fashioned person, but he is also a very reliable person.As long as it is within his ability and approved by him, he will complete it meticulously.This time is the same, not only finished, but also perfect!

When Hong Tao and Randy jumped off the roof, there was nothing on the east wall.But thanks to Sun Jianshe's serious attitude, the thing on the wall was recorded by Pan Wenxiang with his mobile phone.

At this time, I have to praise the otaku. He is far more familiar with game consoles and mobile phones than ordinary people, including Hong Tao.This video was recorded clearly. According to Pan Wenxiang, the clarity of the video can be improved by means of sharpening and the like.

No one is pure waste, and whether it is waste or not has to be seen dialectically.Hong Tao didn't ask Pan Wenxiang to continue to increase the resolution of the video, not because he didn't trust it, but because he didn't need it at all, and he could already see what it was.

No, I can see the outline and facial features clearly.It is clear that most of them have human heads, males, short dark hair with curly hair, slightly fat face, and the general race cannot be distinguished for the time being.

The main reason is that his eyeballs are gray and white, very similar to zombies, except that there is a black spot at the position of the pupil.It might be the pupils, otherwise he would be squatting on the wall and turning his eyes back and forth, he wouldn't be smelling with his nose!

Oh my god, zombies with sight!This thought sent a chill down Hong Tao's back... In this way, the zombie's search distance would suddenly increase from 200 meters to [-] kilometer or even several kilometers, if the weather was good enough and there were no obstacles.

Oh my god, the sight of a zombie who can peep, this thought directly makes Hong Tao's crotch tighten... What is peeping?But can anything without IQ do such a sneaky thing?

Zombies with intelligence quotient, this still makes people unable to live.Imagine that the zombies can communicate with each other. No matter who finds the target, they will first measure the balance of power between the two sides. If they are not sure that they can win, they will immediately use various methods to shake people.

The devil knows whether there are some sound waves and pheromone communication methods that humans cannot hear and cannot perceive among the zombies. Soon, a large number of zombie brothers and sisters rushed over, some attacked from the front, some detoured from the side, and outflanked road...

"Brother Sun, what do you think?" Maybe there are still people who know how to use tools, drive the car against the door panel, or simply copy the guy... Hong Tao dare not continue to think about it.

"I observed in the telescope for more than a minute before this video was shot. He seemed to be very afraid of us, always poking around... Do you think he is human or..."

Although Sun Jianshe was getting old, his eyes didn't degenerate too much. He had already noticed something wrong, but he didn't dare to confirm it.In other words, pin your hopes on Hong Tao, and hope that this more capable leader can give reasons for denying it, so that you can feel more at ease.

"I hope it's a human...Randy, hold it, this thing has a limited shooting range and average power, you'd better go to the basement and test-fire a few shots first to get a feeling. The next step is to find out what's in the video. My fellow, find out whether it is a human or something else. It may be very dangerous. After all, you have served in the army, so don't shake your hands at critical moments!"

Hong Tao took a deep breath, handed the mobile phone to Randy beside him, and then handed over the police pistol he was wearing with spare magazines.Lao Sun reminded himself that that thing or that person was also very afraid of being discovered.This shows that he or it does not have the ability to besiege his own group of people, at least not for the time being.

Alright, here comes the multiple-choice question, should I wait for it to call more companions or slip away quietly, or should I lead the members of the field team to retreat quickly to avoid possible dangers.

This is a very difficult choice, but Hong Tao only made a decision in a split second, he must take risks!

If the other party is really a more advanced zombie, it must be killed before it grows up.Escaping cannot solve any problems. Living a few days, dozens of days, or a year or two years may be important to other people, but it is meaningless to Hong Tao.

He can pretend that his grandson bowed his head on many things, but he did not discuss some things, such as matters related to his own life and death.He is not afraid of death, and he doesn't care much about the life and death of others. If he himself is dead, it doesn't matter whether all human beings survive or not.

But he belongs to human beings after all, and he doesn't want to see his family wiped out by other races, such as zombies.When it's time to struggle, you have to struggle. Whether it works or not is another matter, and what price you pay is another matter. At worst, you will die, and you will not pay for it!

"... We are really abandoned by God, how could there be such a monster... Where is the basement?" Randy took the pistol, not knowing what happened.As mentioned so many times before, the captain didn't agree to equip himself with a gun, why did he suddenly change his gender?

But when he watched the video on his phone, he immediately knew why.It's a good idea to let myself fight the unknown monster desperately, it's too much to use people to go forward instead of people to go back.But it was too late to say no at this time, apart from complaining a few words to God, he hurried to find the basement to get familiar with this revolver.

"Oh, misfortunes never come singly. God's tossing once is not enough. I really don't have a way to survive... Come on, come on, whether you stretch your head or shrink your head, I can live enough..."

Sun Jianshe didn't have to wait for Hong Tao's answer at this time, he let out a long sigh, both self-deprecating and nostalgic and decisive.But after seeing Zhang Tao, Pan Wenxiang, and Shui Nanqin, the murderous aura all over his body weakened a bit.I'm afraid these young people haven't lived enough, and I don't know how many will survive after this.

"Old rules, Randy's team and I will open the way ahead, and keep within sight between each group, and don't enter dark spaces such as corridors and basements at will. The zombies we are going to face this time may be different from the previous ones. , Everyone should have seen the video, no matter who finds it, just shoot and kill it without asking for any instructions! Xiao Shui, drive all the cars that can be used here to the door, and be ready to evacuate at any time!"

Seeing Sun Jianguo's expression, Hong Tao understood, but couldn't agree.No matter how much you pay, you have to kill that thing. If there was still time for these young people to get acquainted with and grow up slowly, then now is an exam.Only those who pass the exam are eligible to continue living, and those who fail the exam can only say goodbye.

Facing Hong Tao with a very serious expression, even if there were disagreements among the crowd, they could only keep it.They trust this leader's ability, but it's not enough to be willing to obey orders. The most important factor that makes everyone unwilling to oppose or not dare to oppose is Hong Tao's cruelty.

Let alone killing zombies, everyone knows this skill now, and it's nothing to be afraid of.But killing uncle with his own hands and cremating the body is not something ordinary people can do.

The most frightening thing was that he killed several living people in Sun Dacheng's gang, not with guns or crossbows, but with paratrooper knives touching their necks face to face, watching the blood spurt several meters away.

Chapter 107 Crisis of Trust

Sun Jianguo didn't gossip about the scene at that time, but only talked with Jiao San in private.But Jiao San's mouth was not so strict, and he didn't think it was something that should be kept secret. Instead, he thought it was a kind of honor, and unscrupulously helped Hong Tao promote it for free in the team.

As a result, no one dared to oppose Hong Tao's decision in person anymore, but everyone's eyes were different when they saw him.Hong Tao could feel this change himself, but he couldn't change it, he could only let it go.Anyway, the bad reputation has always been with him, and it wouldn't be awkward to have one more time.