Doomsday rat

It may be that there are more primitive instincts in the bones, and it is easier to adapt to wild life, especially in the northern winter.Those ornamental species that are overly favored by humans and deliberately hybridized, even if they are not starved to death, will become the dinner of other carnivores.Like more and more weasels, maybe badgers and foxes.

Chapter 269 Expedition 9

"Brother Sun, turn on the dome lights, you shine to the east, I shine to the west..." With the roar, the vehicles on the viaduct began to slowly move towards the middle of the road, and at least three vehicles apart.After most of the vehicles were in place, two lights suddenly turned on, piercing the dark wilderness and illuminating both sides of the expressway.

"I fuck..."

"Oh my god..."

"The eyes of this fucking dog are green, they won't have eaten human flesh..." As the lights came on, the public channel immediately became Toad Hollow again.

Those points of light in the wilderness were indeed eyes, the eyes of dogs, and there were many of them.Since the lights on the roof of the two saber-toothed tigers alone cannot illuminate all of them, the exact number is unclear, but there must be one or two hundred that are only visible to the naked eye.

"Stop, stop, stop...Everyone, don't talk casually on this channel, leave it to the commander. Commander Gao and Captain Yan, what do you two think?" Hong Tao could only stand again for this messy reaction. Come out and be the bad guy.

"...Will they take the initiative to attack?" Yan Qiang didn't answer, but asked instead, it seemed that he had no idea.

"If we change the place, they won't be chasing for tens of miles!" Gao Tianyi is not afraid of dogs, but one or two and hundreds of them are not a concept at all, and he even feels a little like facing a pack of wolves.

"I guess it's the same in another place, unless you withdraw to the city. I suggest not to move, don't get out of the car, let most people sleep, and send more people to take turns on duty. They are not real wild dogs yet, and they should be safe for humans. They are afraid, so they are unlikely to take the initiative to attack. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if they attack, we can retreat, after all, they are dogs, and they cannot bite through the iron sheet."

Hong Tao is really not afraid, not to mention just a few hundred dogs, even if there are wolves, there is nothing to be afraid of.This is neither a forest nor a grassland. Human beings have not yet reached the point where they can be bullied by animals at will.

It's easier to deal with their attacks. Just let the car go and keep the tires spinning. What else can these guys who only use fangs and sharp teeth bite?

The convoy maintained a column all the way, and started a confrontation with the dogs in the dark.Each team sent a car with its lights on and took turns guarding the mission while the others slept in the car.Regardless of whether the pack attacked or not, no one was allowed to shoot without the order of the leaders of the teams.

"Chir... chirp..." But Hong Tao was an exception. He came out of the fort fully armed, scanned back and forth with the light, and fired at the two dogs who tried to cross the guardrail of the highway with a pistol with a silencer.

"Two, these dogs eat even their own kind... It seems that we are oversimplifying the situation. If they see a person who is alone, they will definitely jump up and bite. I suggest that we will see these things in the city in the future Kill as long as you can. In addition, you have to make it clear to the team members that when you go out to perform tasks alone, don’t just stare at the zombies, but also guard against wild cats and dogs. Once you are bitten and scratched, there is no place for a tetanus injection. , it might be dead!"

The bodies of the two dogs were quickly dragged down by a group of dogs, and the process was a bit bloody.Seeing this scene, Hong Tao didn't need to experiment any more. The answer was already there. Dogs that cannibalize each other will definitely not have any old feelings for humans.

I am afraid that the date of the big animal invasion that I am worried about has to be brought forward, but the first wave is not wild animals, but the former friends of human beings, the pets that were kept intimately.

It is estimated that no one slept well that night. In addition to the cold, there were dogs barking from time to time.Those guys have been scurrying back and forth on both sides of the road all the time, and not many really rushed up.They didn't disperse until the white belly appeared in the east.

The search area on the second day was five times larger than that on the first day. It wasn’t that big originally, but after this night’s encounter with the dogs, both Yan Qiang and Gao Tianyi felt guilty from the bottom of their hearts and unanimously agreed to temporarily Revise plans and try to avoid overnight stays in the wild.

After a collegial discussion, everyone decided to merge the two-day search scope into one day and go directly to the Hanshengzhuang Overpass.In this way, we only need to sleep one more night, and we can arrive in the port area tomorrow.

Then why not just give up the search and go directly to the port area to save people?Because no one is willing to give up the benefits of finding survivors. Yes, Hong Tao used this rhetoric to attract the other two teams to join the rescue operation.

It is obviously not in line with human nature to give up the huge benefits that can be obtained in a hurry as soon as you encounter a group of wild dogs.How to put it, people die for money, birds die for food, it's as simple as that.

Today's lottery results were completely reversed. The Pingnan Army drew to the east side of the expressway, and the rescue team and the Flying Tigers divided the west side of the road equally.Moreover, the Flying Tigers got the priority, and the rescue team had to drive more than 20 kilometers south and cross the Tanglang Line to start the search.

Compared with yesterday, the length of this area has more than tripled. It is just over 30 kilometers long, but its width is relatively narrow. It is only 1 kilometer away from the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway in the west, and the far point is only about 3 kilometers away. It is a slender strip.

For logistics drones, this kind of terrain is the most convenient, and the fleet can be within the remote control range without leaving the highway, so the search speed is faster, almost flying along the highway at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, while flying Broadcast, fly for half an hour to rest, and observe if there is any movement nearby by the way.

I took two breaks and searched about 15 kilometers to the south, but still found nothing.The mood of the team members was relatively low, and they didn't sleep well last night, so Hong Tao simply ordered to stop advancing and eat lunch first.

"Old Hong, there is a service area in front, there should be a gas station, do you want to go and have a look?"

Hong Tao still eats fast as usual, and after eating, he sits on the roof of the car and smokes, wondering if he will meet wild dogs at night.Sun Jianshe is not slow to eat. Regardless of his age, he is a restless person. He is very energetic and always likes to find something to do.

"Then you and Feng Wu go." Hong Tao also saw the roadside sign. There is a service area called Meichang one kilometer to the south, and diesel should be available there.

Both the sabre-toothed tiger and the bus are good, but the weight is a bit heavy, and it consumes more fuel. In addition to the diesel consumption of the two teams, this tanker has to maintain a certain amount of stock to be reliable.

"Old Hong, there seems to be something wrong... You'd better bring someone over to check it out!" Sun Jianshe and Zhang Fengwu called in the channel less than 5 minutes after they left, their voices were still very low.

"Tell me what's wrong first...Old Du, Xiao Pan, Zhong Wei, grab your weapons and get in the car! Randy, you are in command here, prepare for battle!" Sun Jianshe was definitely not joking, and Hong Tao immediately became nervous when he heard this Get up, greet people while launching the saber-toothed tiger.

"I didn't go directly into the service area. I wanted to see if there were any zombies, but it turned out that the windows in the west service area were all closed! It doesn't look like the decoration here. I think there is a problem with the lack of security!"

Sun Jianshe and Zhang Fengwu's oil tank trucks were parked on the main road with their heads facing north, and they seemed to be turning around.There is a long slope on the road here, and the angle at which he parked is just enough to avoid the sight of the service area.

"Brother Sun, can you help me see if the quilts are hanging outside the public toilet?" Hong Tao ran up the slope with a cat on his waist, looked through the binoculars through the gap in the guardrail, and handed it to Sun Jianshe behind him.

"It's really a quilt, and there seems to be a pillow towel... There is no real person hiding here!" Sun Jianshe took a few glances at the telescope and gave a positive answer, with supplements and follow-up conjectures.

"Hey hey hey...we're going to get rich! It's called going through the iron shoes and finding nowhere to go. It doesn't take much effort to get it! Just wait, I'll go over there and have a look."

A smile appeared on Hong Tao's face. Those quilts and pillow covers looked quite clean, and they were by no means left over from when the zombie disease did not break out a few months ago.Then there is only one answer, and there are survivors living here.

But he didn't immediately call Randy to help out, but ran to the other side of the road, looked carefully at the opposite service area, and put down the binoculars after a few minutes.

"Randy, you lead people to remove the guardrail and go retrograde into the east service area, and block the tunnel connecting the two service areas. After it is in place, I will go down here, and you will be the fire support. Remember, some people run with their legs You don’t need to shoot, just run into it while driving. Try to use a pistol with a silencer, and there is a town three or four hundred meters behind.”

Chapter 270 Expedition 10

Hong Tao's warning was correct. The residential area is more than 300 meters away from the service area, but it is not a town, but a village. It's just that the three villages are put together, so it looks relatively large.Weizhuang, Donghe and Xichenzhuang all belong to Meichang Town, Wuqing District, Jinmen City.

In addition, there are two villages on the south side, Dongliangzhuang Village and Zhangdazhuang Village. A little farther away is a high-rise residential area with a funny name, Jinguojiayuan, why isn’t it called Heiguojiayuan?

There are indeed people hiding in the service area... Oh, no, they are not hiding, they should be staying temporarily.There are quite a few people living there, 18 people.These people include villagers from five nearby villages, as well as passengers of long-distance buses passing through this place and the drivers of large trucks who were resting here.

In the past half a year, they have experienced a series of unexpected and unexpected changes such as sudden change, overwhelm, report to the group for warmth, fall apart, and return.

To put it simply, the 8 villagers were awakened by the sound in the middle of the night. Facing the pursuit of their relatives and neighbors, they all remembered to run to the highway, successfully got rid of the zombies, and arrived at the service area smoothly.

But before they could catch their breath, they found that the service area was not a paradise, there were still half-human, half-ghost monsters chasing and biting the living.They can't do anything to their relatives and neighbors, but to unfamiliar monsters, these villagers who have been doing farm work all year round and are full of strength are not so weak.

Under the organization of the only village cadre, director of the Weizhuang Village Committee Yang Xitang, everyone grabbed all the weapons that could be found in the service area, fought desperately against dozens of zombies in the bus, and gradually found the winner. Knack, defeated a powerful enemy in one fell swoop, won the first anti-encirclement victory.

There were 8 villagers, 3 passengers, 2 truck drivers, and 1 employee in the service area. There were only 14 people at the beginning.But soon the staff at the service area suggested that there might be people in the service area across the road, so the big guy rushed over again and rescued a gas station employee who was trapped in the gas station by zombies and had nowhere to escape.

Once the 15 people discussed it, the chief of Yang Village was the oldest, and he was relatively older. Now the phone can't be reached, and there are monsters everywhere. You can make up your mind what to do.

Although he is just a small village head, Yang Xitang's consciousness is still good.He carefully analyzed the current situation and came to a conclusion that it is best not to go anywhere at the moment, just stay in the service area and wait for help!

There are restaurants, supermarkets, gas stations, and vehicles that can move, so you can attack or escape.As for going back to the village to rescue relatives, how can I save them? Standing on the roof of the service area, you can see the village in flames, smoke billowing, and ghosts everywhere.

It is a truth that has been practiced by the Chinese people the most for thousands of years to keep the green hills alive.

In the days that followed, two more truck drivers were pulled over.After listening to their description, everyone felt even colder. One of them came from outside the pass, and almost every city along the way was occupied by monsters.He ran more than 1200 kilometers in two days. Seeing that the fuel tank was about to be empty, he couldn't even find a place to refuel.

If he hadn't been stopped here, he would have unloaded the trailer, just drove the front of the car, and went to the service area to fight the monster desperately. At least he had to get some oil and drive to Shanxi's house, where there was still a family whose lives were unknown.

Another driver had been stopped for more than half an hour. He was pulling a cart of fruit into Beijing from the south.After hearing what the driver in Shanxi said, I immediately lost my mind. I definitely can’t go to the capital, and I don’t think I can go back to my hometown in Inner Mongolia. There is no gas everywhere, so I can’t walk back.

The last survivor to join was a cattle farmer who escaped from the cattle farm on the east side of the road. He was watching the cows giving birth in the cattle farm in the middle of the night, and was lucky not to be surrounded by zombies.

But there was not so much food and drink in the cattle farm. After three days, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I drove the tractor with feed along the farmland all the way to the highway.In the end, I was really fooled, and escaped from the sky!

The 18 survivors, 15 men and 3 women, temporarily settled down in the service area.After getting over the fear at the beginning, I also slowly pondered the behavioral characteristics of the zombies, and tried to clean up the zombies around the village in an organized way.After more than three months, the nearest villages of Weizhuang and Donghe were finally recovered.

But no one wanted to go back to live again. They all packed up some daily necessities and returned to the service area in unison.They said that as long as the sky is getting dark, there will be faint cries in the village, which is miserable...

Just at the beginning of winter, their small group split.The three truck drivers and the three passengers in the bus were unwilling to nest here, and wanted to go out to find a way to survive.

Everyone couldn't persuade them, so they had to open the underground oil depot of the gas station to fill up the front of the two large trucks, prepared a hand-operated oil pump and a lot of food and drink, and waved goodbye.

This trip lasted for ten days. At the end of November, the two cars drove south and north, and came back one day apart.No way, no matter where you go, you can't escape the pursuit of monsters. It's too tiring to live on the ability of two or three people.

After that, everyone basically gave up the idea of ​​separating, and focused on self-help activities under the leadership of Village Chief Yang.

Farmer brothers are more capable of surviving than urban people. Village head Yang arranged what to plant, how much to plant, which to use in greenhouses, how to irrigate, and where to find seeds, pesticides and fertilizers. Physical strength, age, gender, divided into three production mutual aid groups, waiting for the implementation in the spring.

"Brother, do you think we should go out?" Yang Xitang was lying on the window at this time, looking out through the cracks in the wooden boards.Before lunch, there was a burst of broadcasting from the north, but there was no one there.

Half an hour ago, a white tank truck passed by on the expressway, which caused ripples in everyone's hearts.But what appeared from the entrance of the service area was not an oil tanker, but a big weird black guy with the words "SWAT" painted on the body, which made it a bit confusing.

"...the license plate of the capital, why don't I jump out the window from the back and ask?" The man called the big brother is the Shanxi truck driver. He is bold and knowledgeable, and has become Yang Xitang's right-hand man. .

"No, they've already come in, I can't hide it... If you want to go out, I will go, you take everyone to hide behind and wait for my news. It's not that we don't trust the government, it's better to be careful in this world, in case Bad guys, you can go through the window and run back to the village."

Village Chief Yang shook his head, judging from his experience that this car did not pass by by accident, he must have found something before he came in to take a look.In this case, it is basically impossible not to be discovered.

The only thing we can do now is not to be discovered by all of them, leaving only myself and the two elderly villagers. If you can handle it, you can handle it. If you can't handle it, most people can still have a way out.Of course, if it is really a government car, that would be the best.

"Brother Yang, then you guys won't be able to run away!" Shanxi man's eye circles were a little red, even though he had been together for a few months, he couldn't stand the high intensity, and his true colors were more easily revealed.

This village head, Yang, is not a good person. I heard from the villagers privately that his family made a lot of money when the highway was built and occupied the village.He is also quite domineering at ordinary times, and even the senior village officials want to give him some points.

But at a critical moment, the village chief didn't have diarrhea. He was the first one to pick up the shovel and slap the zombies.Without the rescue of these villagers, it would be very difficult for the people in the service area to survive.

"Hey, don't talk about it... I'm a party member anyway, and I'm a senior citizen. Except for a few old guys in the village, I have to be called uncle. The number of uncles shrinks, so that outsiders can't even enter the ancestral grave after death... Go, go, you know your way, you have run everywhere, don't forget to take them with you when it's time to leave..."

Yang Xitang sighed, raised his hand to stop those who wanted to persuade him, and waved his hand again, telling everyone to hide by the back door.After all the people left, I stood up, took off the lapel of the leather jacket, and stomped on the leather cotton shoes on my feet. I tried my best to find the feeling of talking about compensation with the leaders of the Highway Management Bureau, and then walked slowly to the door. , gently unscrew the strike lock.

Chapter 271 Expedition 11

Escaping was impossible. When the drone found someone sneaking into the field behind the house, Randy's saber-toothed tiger roared and rushed out of the passage. It only took a few minutes to intercept the group of people.

Seeing the blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigner with loaded guns and live ammunition in camouflage uniforms, even the Shanxi driver, who was well-informed, was immediately taken aback. Without daring to say a word, he obediently raised his hand and led a group of people back.

Hong Tao's car was never close to the house in the service area, and no one got out of the car when it was parked more than 100 meters away. The three people who got out through the big horn on the roof walked to the parking lot with their hands raised.

It wasn't until Randy drove everyone back, and then simply searched the room with the windows blocked, and only after making sure that there was no one in it, did he walk in front of the three people.No need to distinguish, the one on the left is for making up your mind, why?Because one of the two on the right is a little lame and the other is too young.

"Brother, let them stop crying first, we are not devils, so why cry!"

"Shut up, you don't want to kill yourself!" Hong Tao guessed right, the man on the left who looked like he was in his early fifties, with a shy chest and belly, and a shiny face uttered a voice, and the crying in the crowd stopped.

"...Leader, leader... country people have never seen the market..." The crying stopped, and Yang Xitang carefully glanced at the man in front of him, how old is he... Wearing a helmet, the collar of the clothes is still so high, you can see All that was left was a pair of squinted eyes.

Judging from the skin, it should not be too old, and there is no military rank on the camouflage uniform, so it is quite troublesome to call it.Regardless of whether people are willing to listen to it or not, today is a failure. In this case, you must have a good attitude and try a cigarette first.

"What's the name?" Hong Tao took the cigarette and moved closer to let the other party light it.However, the small eyes kept aiming at the man's toes and shoulders from the corner of his eye, but these two places must be moved first in order to exert force.

"Yang Xitang, the director of the Weizhuang Village Committee...they are all from nearby villages...well, it's a long story..." Seeing that Hong Tao didn't refuse his cigarette, Yang Xitang felt a little more at ease. Just a chance to speak!

"Let's talk about the long story later. I'm a little short here. Let's listen to it together. We are from..." It's a pity that he encountered a chatterbox, and the chatterbox is very unwilling to listen to other people's chatter.So I was interrupted before the beginning, but it's not wrong to say a long story, it's just listening, not talking.

After about seven or eight minutes, Hong Tao's speech finally came to an end. The content was quite rich, not only introducing the origin of the rescue team, but also the current status and development direction.I don't know if these people understood or not. Anyway, no one spoke, and their eyes were basically fixed on Village Chief Yang.

"Go, go to the city...Leader, aren't there many monsters there?" The cigarette in Yang Xitang's hand had already been burned out, and he replaced it with another, without bothering to smoke.

His mind has been following Hong Tao's speech all the time. This is also a work habit. When listening to the leader's speech, there may be more than ten words out of a thousand words that are the key points. He must distinguish carefully and not be distracted for a moment, otherwise it will be useless to listen. .Normally, Bai Ting would lose his official position at most, but now Bai Ting is probably going to die.

"A lot, but there are also a lot of supplies, and the quality of life can be better. Now the zombies around the base have been cleaned up, as long as they don't run around, it won't affect their lives."

Hong Tao is getting more and more fond of this self-proclaimed village chief. First of all, he has the courage to use himself as a bait to cover others from escaping. The chicken is gone.Even if they met the Flying Tigers, they would have to be beaten for the last time, and then thrown to the cavalry team to do coolie work.

Secondly, he has a brain, and is carefully considering the difference between here and the city, and then analyzing whether what he said is reliable or not.Even if you are forcibly taken away because you are unarmed, being able to understand your own habits of dealing with people will be very useful for getting along in the future.

In the end, he had prestige among this group of people. After talking for a long time, he couldn't just pick good things to say, but he avoided the important things and just made big cakes lightly.But none of these people made a statement, leaving the right to choose and decide to this person.

If they were not from the same village or unit before, it would be very difficult to achieve such a level in just half a year.Even in the rescue team, I dare not say that 100% of the members trust me so much.

"...then there will be a day when we finish eating, when the city will be covered with concrete roads and the seeds will be gone, so why do we plant land?" Yang Xitang was not very satisfied with this answer.It's not that he looks down on city people. When it comes to doing business, relying on scientific research, and playing with capital, city people are indeed more efficient than rural people.

But now there is nothing left, if it is really as this person said, the living person has to be one in a million, then there is only one most important thing, to have enough food!The food in the city is dead, what do you mean, it just sits and eats the mountain, and it won't grow again.

But the food in the countryside is all alive. As long as the seeds are sprinkled and preserved from generation to generation, there will always be food to eat.We can't wait for this matter. If we miss a year, we will basically not find suitable seeds, so we must do it immediately.

When it comes to farming, Yang Xitang can only look down on the people in the city.What?Let us hang out with you!Do you know what barley looks like?Do you know how to grow vegetable seeds?Following you can eat and drink enough now, but in two years you will all starve to death!

"Brother, what you said is true. Seeds are indeed a big problem. But don't treat all the people in the city as trash. Everyone will inevitably get sick. We have doctors and equipment from large hospitals, and various medicine."

"Besides, it's not that people in the city can't cultivate land. Now there is a greenhouse of one mu of land in the base, and the tomatoes have grown a crop. If you are willing to go back with us, you can be responsible for agricultural production. After all, in the city Farming in the countryside or farming in the countryside, as long as it can produce food, it doesn’t make any difference.”

Talent!Hong Tao felt that he was lucky again. Although Yang Ping and Yang Ling could also cultivate land, they were several grades behind the village chief.They not only have the technology but also the foresight, and they know that they need to protect the seeds quickly, which I didn't expect.

"...Is it okay if you don't leave?" Yang Xitang also felt that the big man in front of him was not a bad person, and the willingness to reason with the unarmed man with a gun was commendable.However, he was not naive enough to rely on reasoning to retreat from the enemy, and he knew the current situation very clearly... The one with the gun has the final say!

"Indeed, we need to unite with all those who can be united... including uniting by force!" Hong Tao couldn't be more tactful when he said this, but there is no need to be embarrassed to tell the truth, it is the truth.

"...Can I explain it clearly to them first?" Village Chief Yang nodded, expressing that he fully understands, but it will take some time.

"One hour, I have to leave after one hour... Village Chief Yang, I hope I won't use this thing in the end, but it's not that I'm afraid to use it!"

Hong Tao looked at his watch. It was 02:30 in the afternoon, two and a half hours before the assembly time.It is only more than ten kilometers away from the assembly point, and it is enough to leave an hour to drive, even if there are abandoned vehicles on the road.

Village head Yang had a heated discussion with the villagers, and even raised his hand and slapped a young man in the middle of the discussion.The young man didn't fight back, but just rolled his eyelids and looked this way a few times.Hong Tao knew in his heart that this slap was probably on his own head again.

After more than 30 minutes of verbal confrontation, Captain Yang should have finished his ideological work. After getting permission, he returned to the room one by one to pick up personal items, and was handcuffed one by one before boarding the bus.

"Zhong Wei, you go to the bus. If someone dares to make trouble, you don't need to ask for instructions and shoot directly. The responsibility is mine!"

Eighteen people were added at once, most of them were middle-aged men. Even if there were iron nets specially used for isolation in the bus, Hong Tao was still not at ease, so he added another man.

When the three teams met on the Hanshengzhuang Overpass, Gao Tian smiled the most blatantly, and couldn't help it anymore.With a light wave of his hand, the trunks of three big G's were immediately opened, and 6 people who were tied up were pulled out from inside.

Two men and four women, the oldest looked to be no more than 30, and the youngest was probably a female student, at most a junior high school student.His eyes were quite bright, but his face was hard to see, and most of his face was covered with tape.

Chapter 272 Expedition 12