End of the World

"Everyone be careful, there are a lot of zombies in the tunnel!"

Chen Guangjun was leading the way, Dafeng was supporting Wu Bin, and He Yuxin was standing guard behind.

There are many abandoned vehicles in the tunnel, almost all of them are stuck together.

There is no light source in the tunnel, and it is only illuminated by two flashlights. This section of the tunnel is about two kilometers long, which is not very long.

As I was walking, a handful of dust fell from above my head.

"Danger! Get out of the way!" Chen Guangjun pushed Dafeng away.

With a few bangs, several pieces of rubble fell from the top of the tunnel, and the soil also rushed down like a small stream. The explosion destroyed the tunnel structure, and the outside could collapse at any time.

"Are you all okay?" Chen Guangjun glanced at the three people, all of them were just covered in dust.

I shone the flashlight on the top of the tunnel, which was full of scary cracks. You never know when a piece might fall off.

"Hoho~"

The sound of the stone slab falling to the ground startled the zombies in the tunnel, as they were all attracted by the explosion at the exit.

"Ready to fight!"

The three of them pulled the bolts of their guns with a click. The zombies were already very close.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Tu Tu Tu!"

The two men opened fire one after another, and the sniper rifle in He Yuxin's hand only killed the zombies that were missed by the two men's fire.

There is no way back so we can only try to rush forward. There should be an evacuation passage reserved in the tunnel, or a safe passage left over from the construction.

The two men misfired one after another, their magazines were empty, and there were unexpectedly many zombies in the tunnel.

"Bang! Bang!" He Yuxin took over and killed the first few zombies.

"Hurry, there is a door there!" Just as Chen Guangjun expected, there was indeed a door in the middle of the tunnel.

Chen Guangjun killed several zombies and then broke the door lock with a gun.

"Get in quickly!"

The four of them flashed into the door one after another. Chen Guangjun closed the door. He Yuxin found an iron rod nearby and handed it to him. Chen Guangjun then blocked the door handle.

The door began to tremble, and Chen Guangjun slowly stepped back: "It's better to leave here!"

This is a pump room, not a passage. Under the steps is a water pump surrounded by several water pipes, and there is also a distribution box next door.

Obviously, the water pump should be used to control the fire hydrants in the tunnel.

"It's over. I'm really like a turtle in a jar this time!" Dafeng was a little depressed.

"There is a ventilation fan above, which should be connected to the ventilation system in the tunnel!" Chen Guangjun was mentally tougher than anyone else present. The underground warehouse in Longshan was the most despairing.

Fortunately, he had a strong psychological quality and escaped with Chen Haitao from dozens or hundreds of meters underground.

"I hope the pipe can accommodate us out!" He Yuxin also looked at the ventilation fan.

"It should be no problem!" Chen Guangjun looked at He Yuxin: "We may not be able to, but you can definitely get in!"

He Yuxin was the slimmest among those present. She did not have the best figure in the convoy, but Lu Qiqi did. Su Yuling, who died in Nanling Town, was the smallest.

He Yuxin wanted to say something but remained silent. If it really didn't work, it would be a good thing if she could go out, but she couldn't go away alone.

What's the point of her going out alone if she can't save the three people?

"The ventilation duct in the tunnel should be an inverted 'T' shape!" Chen Guangjun gestured on the ground.

The ventilation ducts in the tunnel usually have exhaust fans at the entrance and exit, and there are one or two exhaust fans on the mountain directly above the tunnel. Of course, not all tunnels are arranged like this.

The entrances and exits have collapsed, and what remains is the exhaust pipe leading to the top of the mountain. There is a problem here, as the exhaust pipe going upwards is almost 90 degrees perpendicular to the horizontal plane, which is almost like climbing a factory chimney.

"Ninety degrees? Are you kidding?" For some reason, Dafeng felt his nails sore and he felt suffocated when he thought about the narrow space and having to crawl.

"Actually, it's not a big problem. Everyone can get in. At worst, I'll go up first and find a rope to pull you up!" said Chen Guangjun. It's not like he hasn't climbed a 90-degree steel pipe before.

"Then there will be no problem...!" Dafeng said.

He Yuxin couldn't help but pat him, and Dafeng immediately changed the topic: "What should we do?"

Chen Guangjun couldn't help but laugh and said, "What can you do? Come up with me?"

Dafeng was in a difficult situation and would do anything as long as he wasn't asked to climb something at a 90-degree angle.

"I'm not completely sure, just wait here!"

Chen Guangjun found a wooden box that was just big enough to touch the fan, then took out his omnipotent dagger, pried open the grille, unscrewed the screws, and removed the fan.

He tried to climb up and the space seemed okay, but there was a lot of dust and it hadn't been cleaned in ten years.

After a while, Chen Guangjun came back and said, "I think it will be difficult for you to climb. I'll leave the food for you. I'm going to go out. If I don't come back in more than twelve hours, you'll have to find another way out. Don't wait for me!"

Chen Guangjun has already calculated that this is the limit. Regardless of food consumption or psychological endurance, people should not stay in a confined space for too long.

Otherwise, all indexes of the human body will decline, which is unfavorable for survival in the apocalypse. Moreover, Chen Guangjun estimated that even if the three of them were lucky enough to find an exit, it would take more than twenty hours.

"Brother Jun, you have to be careful!" Dafeng said. He hoped that Chen Guangjun would come back on time, but it was definitely not that he didn't want to climb the ventilation duct.

"Take care of the captain!"

"I will. Brother Jun is the one who needs to be more careful!" He Yuxin nodded.

Chen Guangjun took another look at the three people and then left. He followed the pipe to the intersection, and found that the ventilation pipes of the two tunnels were actually connected together.

I don’t know if it’s to save costs, but it’s a good thing, the main pipe size will be larger.

Hmm? The two tunnels are connected. In this way, the three of us should be able to find the exit!

Chen Guangjun looked up at the endless pipe, threw away all distracting thoughts, supported himself on the pipe walls on both sides with his feet, and bit a flashlight in his mouth. Since it was not a dead end, he decided to train himself.

"Sister-in-law, let me go in and take a look!" Dafeng waited for more than ten minutes, but he felt annoyed and couldn't calm down, so he decided to find something to do.

"Then be careful!"

"Hey!" Dafeng responded and his figure quickly disappeared into the vent.

Wu Bin was not asleep in the first place, but He Yuxin kept holding him and not letting him move. In order to save power, He Yuxin turned off the flashlight.

"Brother Bin, are you scared?" He Yuxin asked in the darkness.

"All the time, but I'm not afraid now!" Wu Bin tried to sit up, and the wound on his back hurt.

"If there is no tomorrow, I really want to be a woman!" He Yuxin said, but her expression could not be seen.

Wu Bin was silent. He couldn't do anything in this state.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. You have to have faith in your companions until you run out of ammunition and food!"

"Well, after so long, I finally have some time alone!" He Yuxin threw away the gun and hugged Wu Bin's arm.

Although she was careful enough, Wu Bin still frowned, forced himself not to make a sound, and held He Yuxin's small hand tightly.

"Yeah, take a rest if you're tired!"

"Not tired!" He Yuxin shook her head slightly.

I don’t know how long it was before Dafeng came back and found the two of them sleeping in each other’s arms. He didn’t dare to disturb them. After all this time, they should have a good rest.

……

It took Chen Guangjun nearly two hours to successfully reach the summit. He lay down in a relatively flat place to rest, with the exit exhaust fan in front of him.

I drank a few sips of water, rested for a while, removed the fan, and kicked open the grille outside. The fresh air was really nice.

Chen Guangjun really wanted to close his eyes and sleep, but his stomach was not happy after consuming so much.

It was already dark, and Chen Guangjun had no choice but to hurry on. Everything around him was white, and it was difficult to find food in the wild in winter.

Maybe I can try my luck on the highway.

Chen Guangjun came down from the mountain and spotted a bus on the highway at first sight. He quietly killed two zombies and when he got closer he found that the bus was full of zombies.

They were trapped inside, and Chen Guangjun groped for the storage box, pried the lock with a dagger, and searched through the passengers' luggage.

I found a bottle of mineral water, probably the driver's, as well as other packaged foods and pickles.

I can’t care about too much, just fill my stomach first.

After replenishing his strength, Chen Guangjun began to look for ropes. Luckily, there were some on the bus. Ropes were definitely good things.

Chen Guangjun crawled into the luggage rack of the bus to rest and locked the side door panel from the inside. It was not sealed inside, so there was no need to worry about suffocation, and it was very warm.

As the night was about to fade away and dawn was about to come, Chen Guangjun woke up from his dream, ate something quickly, and walked to the top of the tunnel holding the rope.

When the sun rises, it's right next to the exhaust fan.

The winter sky is very clear when it is sunny, and the snow-white mountains are charming. Chen Guangjun had time to appreciate them and waited for the three people to come out.

The three of them felt like a long time had passed. The time on their cell phones showed that it was already the early morning of the next day. According to Chen Guangjun's words, they should find a way out.

Staying in the dark all the time can easily make people lose their fighting spirit.

"It's difficult. I didn't give up yesterday and checked the entrances and exits as Jun asked, but the entire passage collapsed!" said Dafeng.

"So have you finished your exploration?" Wu Bin asked.

"No, there is still a passage from the middle to the upper part!"

"Then let's look for it again!" Wu Bin had no choice. If it really doesn't work, he can go back to the tunnel to check. It shouldn't be completely blocked.

The three people packed up their things and went into the pipe one after another, He Yuxin in front, Wu Bin in the middle, and Dafeng at the end.

"We are too close, can the passage withstand it?" Wu Bin was a little worried.

Dafeng grinned and said, "Don't panic, I checked, we are on top of the tunnel, unless the tunnel collapses!"

When they arrived at the intersection of the ventilation vents, He Yuxin looked up. The flashlight showed clear footprints on the pipe wall, indicating that Chen Guangjun should have gone outside.

"Huh? There's a passage here!" He Yuxin discovered that there was a mesh grille on the right.

"There's more?" Wu Bin was surprised. The space or the pipe here was bigger. Could it be that the two tunnels were interconnected?

He Yuxin took out a small tool, pried open the edge, removed the grille, and revealed a new passage.

He Yuxin thought that Chen Guangjun must have seen this position, and he was still going up? He Yuxin could probably guess something.

As expected, it was indeed a tunnel in the opposite lane. The three were quite surprised, but this is how things always work out.