End of the World

"Based on our current position, we should be reaching the periphery!"

Chen Guangjun spoke out, and after two days of hardships and dangers, the four of them had left Lian Hengshan behind.

There is no logging site east of Lianheng Mountain, so it is still some distance away to see traces of human civilization, but the four people accidentally walked to a plane crash site.

"Friends, look at this!" Chen Guangjun, who was exploring the way, found a huge piece of aluminum debris, which looked like part of the tail wing of an airplane. It cut a pine tree in half.

"This thing should be the rudder of the plane!"

"I've seen this logo before, it seems to be something like that?" Dafeng thought hard but couldn't remember it for a moment.

"Nanzhou Airlines!" Chen Guangjun glanced at the airline's logo. He had taken it several times on business trips before.

"Yes, yes, yes! It's Nanzhou Airlines!" Dafeng slapped his thigh.

"Look there!" He Yuxin discovered a huge truncated cone just below the front.

"Oh my god, the engine fell there!" After saying that, Chen Guangjun went to take a look.

"Wow! It's so big. If it's installed on a car, it will take off directly!" Dafeng ran to the engine and said with an exaggerated expression.

There were serious impact marks on the hood, and half of the body was buried in the soil. It must have fallen from the sky alone to have such a powerful force.

Chen Guangjun looked back in the direction of Lianheng Mountain. In the distance, there were many treetops with signs of being cut. The plane also hit Lianheng Mountain before it crashed, so the main body of the plane should be not far ahead.

As expected, after the four walked 600 meters, they saw that the rows of trees in front of them had been knocked down, and the plane had been broken into several sections and was lying on the trees, with traces of fire.

Most of the wreckage was buried under the snow, the cabin was filled with a stench and there were many dry bones.

"Fortunately I wasn't there at the time!" Dafeng couldn't help but say when he saw such a tragic scene.

"Forget it, there's nothing, let's go!" Chen Guangjun kicked the debris on the ground. There would be nothing left in the wreckage. This was not a military transport plane.

The four people left the crash site and continued walking eastward. They should be close to the border of Nguyen Province. After reaching Nguyen Province, they would walk another five or six hundred miles to reach the prison.

"Wait a moment!"

Not long after walking out, Chen Guangjun noticed something strange.

"What's wrong?" Dafeng looked around and found nothing.

He Yuxin silently pulled out an arrow from the quiver on her back and put it on the string to deal with any emergency.

Chen Guangjun said nothing, walked forward with light steps, and immediately found a dead goat under a tree in front of him.

Four people approached. This was a recent death. There were traces of human activity nearby, which led to the back of a bush.

"Come out! Or I'll shoot!"

Chen Guangjun pointed his gun in the direction where the footprints disappeared.

The man in hiding sighed and slowly stood up: "Good man, don't shoot!"

He Yuxin sensed something and pulled the bow towards the other direction. A bearded man came out holding a shotgun.

Although the bearded man had a gun in his hand, he seemed a little weak compared to He Yuxin. In contrast, He Yuxin was calm and steady. The most basic quality of an excellent gunman is to be calm and composed. This was what Chen Guangjun taught her.

"Given the condition of your companion, you'd better persuade him to put down his gun!" Chen Guangjun said with a glance.

"Put down the gun first!"

The man also knew the bearded man's shooting skills, and if they clashed, both of them would be dead.

The bearded man was somewhat reluctant, but still did as he was told. He Yuxin also slowly loosened the taut string, with the arrow still on it. She was wary of the bearded man.

"You came from Lianheng Mountain?"

The man raised his hand and pointed slightly at the mountains behind him.

"Is there a problem?"

"No, I'm just curious!"

"Are you the survivors of the flight?" Chen Guangjun asked even though he knew it was impossible.

"No, there are no survivors on that flight, at least we haven't seen any. If it weren't for the wrong timing, I would think you are survivors!" the man denied.

"We are indeed survivors, not just from the flight! So you are locals?"

"Almost. I've been here since the disaster!" the man admitted.

"Well, get your companion over here!"

After further conversation, we learned that the man and the bearded man were a family of three here. The man's name was Duan Shi and the bearded man's name was Huang Hunian. They lived in a small private power station not far away.

Big Beard had helped install computers here before, so after the end of the world he took his wife and children to hide here. On the way, he met Duan Shi's family, and the two families came here together.

The private power station that Duan Shi mentioned was not marked on the map at all, which was normal. Firstly, it was too small, and secondly, it was impossible for the editor of the publishing house to visit it in person.

The two men were not too wary of the four people. They had been hiding in the mountains and had no contact with the outside world. They carried the goats and invited the four people to visit them.

It might also be because He Yuxin was there. They thought that since there was a girl with them, they should not be bad people.

The two asked about the situation outside, such as the government and so on. The four told them the truth. To be honest, they didn't know what the government was like and they were all trying to survive on their own.

The two were disappointed. It seemed that the situation outside was even worse. They could only live in the mountains for the rest of their lives.

The power station was very small, unlike what the four had imagined, with only two cement bungalows. The people at home hadn’t expected it to take so long, and when they finally saw other people, they greeted them warmly.

A little boy and a little girl looked at the four people curiously. When He Yuxin saw the children, she took the initiative to greet them.

The power station is privately owned, with an installed capacity of about 600 watts, and the generator is a product of the 1970s, at least that's what it says on the nameplate.

Behind the bungalow is a water pipe connected to the generator, which leads to the mountain next to it, forming a height difference. The generator can only operate at full capacity during the flood season.

Now it is winter and the water is frozen, so the generator cannot work. The only electrical appliances they have are a few electric lights, so it seems that they cannot use the generator.

Seeing the generator, the four men thought that it would be of great use if they took it back to the logging camp. It was a water turbine that generated electricity, but it seemed unlikely that they could carry it over the Lianheng Mountain.

"Captain, you are so lucky!" Seeing He Yuxin teasing the child, Chen Guangjun said that a girl who likes children will also be a qualified mother in the future.

Wu Bin shook his head and smiled. He Yuxin herself was almost an orphan. Judging from her growing up experience, she would definitely take better care of her children in the future.

Now that they were there, the four of them decided to inquire about the situation nearby and ask for directions.

Duan Shi was surprised that the four people actually came from such a faraway place, got separated from their companions, and had to walk hundreds of kilometers to reunite with them.

"You have to go to Kunbai, but the journey is not easy!" Duan Shi said. In the past, it would only take a few hours by car, but now it may take hundreds of hours. The journey is very long and dangerous.

"There's no other way. We have our own reasons!" Wu Bin spread his hands. If it weren't for what happened in the camp, the four of them wouldn't be in such a hurry to travel.

"The shortest route from our place to Kunbai is the Haixi Expressway. The Haixi Expressway passes through steep mountains, so the distance is the shortest. But now, unlike before, more than half of the journey from Haixi Expressway to Kunbai is on the viaduct!" Duan Shi said slowly. He had made several trips there before and passed by Kunbai.

"This is indeed troublesome!" Chen Guangjun nodded. He was not afraid of the road being blocked, but he was afraid that the bridge would break. There was really no way to solve the problem.

"Think about it yourself, I'll help you mark it on the map!"

Duan Shi found a pen and drew what he thought was the best route on the map, of course it was only for reference.

The wives of the two men were preparing food for the four of them. Given the limited conditions, it was mostly meat, with some wild vegetables in the summer.

"Do you have a child?" Chen Guangjun asked suddenly. Duan Shi didn't react. The topic changed too quickly!

"Yes, a daughter, she is over seven years old this year!"

"Very good, I advise you not to have the idea of ​​having another child!" Chen Guangjun warned.

"Hehe, the current conditions are indeed not suitable!" Duan Shi waved his hand. He had no idea for the time being.

"It's not that it's unsuitable, it's that you can't get pregnant!"

"What's wrong, you guys...!" Duan Shi was surprised.

"Opposite Lianheng Mountain, there is a logging camp. All the pregnant women there are carrying ghost babies!" said Chen Guangjun. He told him because he thought Duan Shi was a good person.

"Ghost fetus? What is a ghost fetus?" Duan Shi asked.

"She's pregnant with a little zombie, and the mother will be infected as well!"

Duan Shi was surprised. How could a human be pregnant with a little zombie?

"All the twenty or so pregnant women in the camp are without exception!" Wu Bin added.

"Thank you for letting me know!" Duan Shi was grateful. This saved his wife's life. Who knows, he might get angry one day.

"If you can't survive in the camp over there, you can go and take a look!" said Chen Guangjun.

"Okay!" Duan Shi agreed. This was a way out.

The four of them had their meal and rested for one night. They said goodbye and left the next day. Duan Shi and Big Beard did not try to keep them, as they knew that the four were in a hurry to reunite with their lost companions.

As Duan Shi said, if you follow the current path for about ten kilometers, you will reach the vicinity of a small county town. Find a way to get a car in the county and follow the national highway north to Nalin County. The entrance to Shanghai West Expressway is only near Nalin County. Then you can go east along the highway.

This was a great help. If it were a map, it would take a while to figure out the route.

"Oh, I actually had the idea of ​​staying here!" Dafeng couldn't help but sigh. The mountains were like a paradise, simple and plain.

The others laughed. Who wouldn't be the one to do so? As the saying goes, live by the mountain and eat from it. Hengshan Mountain is large enough and has a small population, so there is no need to worry about food and drink. It is the place farthest from the end of the world.

"Work hard, our revolution has not yet succeeded. Believe me, prison is a good place!" Chen Guangjun said. The mountains are good, but the ability to deal with danger is too low. The most direct manifestation is that there are few guns in the logging camp.

And hiding is not a solution. One day someone else will break in, and if your ability to deal with the crisis is too weak, you will be swallowed up by others.

It's the end of the world. The threat of zombies is secondary. What's important is people. When supplies are scarce, those without productivity can only rely on robbing. For example, the horse bandits in ancient times survived by looting.