End of the World

To the north is the Shili logging site, and the group unanimously decided to cross the forest. The forest in winter is also unusually beautiful.

It is said to be a ten-mile logging site, but in fact, according to the scale on the map, the depth of the logging site is nearly thirty kilometers, and the central part is a virgin forest with few human traces.

Chen Guangjun speculated that the central forest might have a national forest reserve, after all, the logging camp was only on the outskirts.

The worst-case scenario is that it would take five days to walk thirty kilometers, but three days should be enough.

The four of them got an SUV on the roadside and headed towards the Shili lumberyard. There were a large number of transportation companies and wood processing enterprises near the lumberyard, and obtaining materials nearby could greatly reduce costs.

Therefore, there were many timber transport trucks parked on the side of the road leading to the lumberyard. Some of them had encountered accidents on the day of the disaster, and the vehicles and timber fell into the ditch.

The vehicle was moving forward quickly and some factory workshops could be seen not far away.

"Di Di!"

The vehicle's dashboard suddenly flashed, and along with the brakes, He Yuxin found that the accelerator was no longer effective.

"Squeak!"

This is the teeth-grinding sound of brake pads.

"There are zombies ahead, rush over!" Chen Guangjun said in a deep voice.

"The accelerator doesn't respond!" He Yuxin stepped on the accelerator several times, but there was no response at all.

Chen Guangjun took a closer look at the buzzing dashboard and suddenly realized that it was the vehicle's own safety system that was causing trouble, as the sensors identified the zombies as pedestrians.

"Try to avoid them!" Then Chen Guangjun operated the central control screen and turned off all security configurations. It was a damn ghost system.

After turning off the corresponding option, the instrument panel will still make sounds, but it will no longer control the accelerator and brake.

As the dashboard screamed, the vehicle kept hitting zombies. There were simply too many of them, and there were even more in the nearby lumber factory.

After crossing the factory avenue, I finally saw the entrance to the lumberyard at the end. The dirt road was overgrown with weeds and there had been no vehicles in or out for a long time. How could any survivors enter such a place?

If it was just grass, it wouldn't be a big deal, but the key is there is snow. City SUVs are not off-road vehicles, the engines are roaring and the wheels are slipping all the time.

"I overestimated. If this broken car keeps going like this, we could last a month!" Chen Guangjun said. In ten minutes, the car only moved forward 500 meters.

The roads in the forest farm are very bad, but luckily the car is rear-wheel drive so it is not completely blocked.

By evening, Chen Guangjun estimated that he had only walked six kilometers, and the car's fuel gauge sounded, so he had to start hiking tomorrow.

Nothing happened during the night. At dawn, the four of them got up and cooked some hot food to warm themselves up.

Chen Guangjun went to cut a few branches and made them into a wooden spear, which could be used as a self-defense weapon in the mountains. There shouldn't be any wild beasts in such a place.

The mountain road extends along the mountain and is extremely winding. Even driving requires extreme caution. The four people are carrying bags, some of them look like mountain climbers. Being in such a place close to nature, they feel indescribably comfortable.

"Oh la la...oh la la!"

It’s over. The mood was broken again by Dafeng’s singing. What the hell was he singing?

"Dafeng, can you let me listen to the sounds of nature?" Chen Guangjun couldn't help it.

"Oh, let's change it. Ahem... I don't have the fragrance of flowers, nor am I as tall as trees. I am just a small grass that no one knows about...!"

"...!"

In the cheerful singing, the three of them vented their long-suppressed emotions, but... Dafeng was in trouble!

After being tired from playing, several people sat down to rest for a while. Dafeng's body was covered in white. His beautiful singing just now was envied by the three people, and then they "brutally" beat him!

"Guys, this place is not isolated from the world!" Chen Guangjun was at a high point and saw a wisp of smoke passing through the woods. Someone was cooking.

"Let's go check it out after we have rested!"

The four of them walked along the road. The smoke was blowing in from the mountains. From this location, they could clearly see new wooden buildings on the mountain. Not far away, there were rows of logs forming a fence. It seemed that there were quite a few people there.

The four of them were somewhat resistant, as they had always known nothing good would happen when they met other people.

The map was of no help. Chen Guangjun observed the terrain and thought it would be better if he could go around it, but the four of them were soon discovered by others.

"Hey, friends outside, how are you?"

The four were surprised. In the past they would fire a burst of bullets from their guns as a sign of friendliness, but this time there were some enthusiastic greetings. Of course, the four were still very alert.

Now that they were discovered, the four of them no longer hid and showed up.

However, because of the guns in He Yuxin and Chen Guangjun's hands, the other party was obviously a little nervous.

"Friends outside, we have no ill intentions. Where are you from?"

Several people looked at each other, and Chen Guangjun stepped forward: "We came from Dongzhou and passed by here!"

Dongzhou? The person in the conversation didn't know where it was, so he shouted: "Friends in Dongzhou, do you need help?"

At this time, a few more people came to the wall, both men and women. They looked at the four people outside and discussed something in a low voice.

"Uncle Bao, what do you think?" A young girl with a ponytail tied with a red bow asked the bearded middle-aged man who had just shouted at the four people.

"I feel they are not bad people. You decide!" The bearded man scratched his head.

"They have guns!" another young man warned.

"You said you were from Dongzhou?" asked the girl with ponytail.

"You don't believe it?" Chen Guangjun replied indifferently.

"No, I'm surprised. Dongzhou is not close to here. I'm curious how you got here!" The girl with ponytail smiled.

Ha! Chen Guangjun laughed secretly. Yes, no one would believe that he came from there.

"Stop disturbing you. If you don't welcome us, we'll leave!" Chen Guangjun said, throwing away the thought, and the four of them turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" the girl with ponytail spoke.

"I've been to Dongzhou. If you can tell me a place that matches my impression, then I'll believe you!"

"What should we do?" Dafeng asked in a low voice. It was obvious that if they didn't pass through here, it would take more time.

"What do you think, Brother Jun?" Wu Bin had no idea.

"We can give it a try. It shouldn't be a problem to ask them for permission to pass through our passage!" Chen Guangjun was inclined to negotiate with them. After all, he had no conflict with them.

"Okay, how much do you know about Dongzhou?" Wu Bin asked. You have to make people believe you.

"Damn, if I had an ID card, it wouldn't be so troublesome!" Dafeng said.

"Dongzhou, she may not have been to the places I have been to!" Chen Guang said. He is a police officer and most of the places he goes to are special agencies.

"Let me do it!" He Yuxin, who had been silent, spoke up. She was a student at Dongzhou University and was very familiar with the university town.

Seeing that it was He Yuxin who came forward, the girl with ponytail softened her voice.

"You should know the university town, right?"

Unsurprisingly, this is a place that is familiar to the average person.

"I know, I'm from Dongzhou University!" He Yuxin replied.

"Really?"

He Yuxin's answer surprised the other party. Not everyone can enter Dongzhou University unless they are visiting.

So the two of them started communicating, and He Yuxin then found out that the girl with the ponytail was also a student at Dongzhou University. Later, due to some reasons, she did not graduate, so her father asked her to come back to learn how to manage the family company.

Before the apocalypse, her family owned a well-known logistics and transportation company in Su Province. When the apocalypse occurred, she happened to be working in the Shili branch, whose main business was transporting timber.

In this way, she is a female president who manages the family business, but of course there is no need for her to get a high degree.

"Okay, I'll believe you for now!" said the girl with the ponytail.

Four people were let in, and the others all looked alert.

Chen Guangjun looked at the girl. She didn't look like the CEO of a company.

He Yuxin understood that probably she didn't want to manage any company and her current appearance was the real her.

"My name is Mu Ruonan, this is Bao Xiuluo, if you have the same name as me, just call me Uncle Bao, and he is Du Baichuan..." The girl introduced the four people.

"Wu Bin!"

"Chen Guangjun!"

"My name is Liu Haifeng, you can just call me Dafeng!" Dafeng patted his chest.

"He Yuxin!"

"Welcome, you must be tired from the journey. I will take you to rest!" Mu Ruonan led the way in front and introduced the four people from time to time.

"We have about a hundred people now, mostly survivors from the neighborhood. I hope you can stay. That's a residential area, and everyone can be assigned a room. Of course, you can live with a few people if you want. If there aren't enough rooms, you'll have to wait for a while. I promise it won't take too long!"

"I'll take you to the hall to register first. After all, this is a group, and I'm sure they will welcome you!"

This is the outskirts of Lianheng Mountain. The real Lianheng Mountain is behind the survivor camp. The camp is backed by Lianheng Mountain, which is a natural barrier. Almost no zombies or survivors choose to cross Lianheng Mountain because there is no road in Lianheng Mountain.

According to Muronan, their camp was built on the basis of a small sawmill in a logging camp. The workshop is equipped with wood saws and generators, and can process materials locally.

Many of the wooden houses in the camp were built after the disaster. Whenever there are survivors here, a small wooden house is added. Although it is not very spacious, it is very warm.

Of course, if you want to expand, that's no problem. You can go out and cut wood yourself, sawmills can process it for free, and then you can build it yourself, or you can hire someone, but you have to pay some price, which is nothing more than some food.

The camp will send out search teams every week. You can sign up to participate and hand over 70% of what you get to the camp. The rest is yours. After all, the camp will also distribute food to you every day.

Unless they are women, children, the elderly or the weak, basically everyone has to participate in the work of the camp. They can go out, stand guard, or cut wood and process wood. In short, there are no idle people.

This is normal. No matter when, you have to rely on your own hands. Others can help you temporarily, but you have to solve the rest by yourself.

"Ruonan, who are these people?"

In the central management office of the camp, several men and women were discussing and saw Mu Ruonan with four unfamiliar faces, and more importantly, they had guns in their hands.

"A new survivor!" Mu Ruonan said calmly, obviously not interested in the man asking the question.

"Haha, you've worked hard. Sit down and have a drink of water first!" another man immediately tried to smooth things over.