End of the World

The four of them left Xinhu City, got a small truck on the highway, and headed north along the highway. Without a map, they did not dare to take the national highway easily.

After two days of driving on the highway, we only covered about 100 kilometers. Due to the road conditions, the vehicle was abandoned.

"There is a service area ahead. Let's go there to rest!" Wu Bin said. The four of them all saw the service area road sign warning.

Dantou Service Area, coincidentally, Dantou used to be Tangshan City.

Tangshan is not far from Dongzhou. The convoy got the ambulance from a foreign-funded hospital in Tangshan City. It was in the hospital that they saw the giant mutant zombie with three heads and six arms for the first time.

Thinking of this, the four of them felt a little emotional. If the convoy followed its original route, they probably wouldn't be able to move forward.

What is worrying is that after passing the nature reserve, there is a city called Changming, which seems to have been hit by a nuclear attack.

The four people quietly came to the back of the service area. There were a few zombies scattered in the huge parking lot. There were even more corpses piled on the ground. They were not left behind at the same time.

"I hate this place!" Smelling the corruption in the air, Dafeng waved his hand to clear the air in front of him.

"It's indeed not good to have too many dead bodies!" Wu Bin nodded. If no one deals with the corpses, they will breed a large number of germs. The plague at the beginning should have been caused by the corpses.

"Cover your mouth and nose, let's go in and take a look. Let's get a car instead of staying here!" Chen Guangjun said, and He Yuxin distributed masks to several people.

There were quite a few vehicles in the service area, but many of them were damaged. Almost all the windows and tires were damaged, and the vehicles were deliberately destroyed by the survivors.

"Damn it, not a single car is good!"

At a glance, all the vehicles were damaged, and Dafeng cursed.

"All the good people are dead, only the bastards are alive!" Chen Guangjun shook his head. People who let themselves go are scary.

"There's a car over there that looks good!" He Yuxin pointed to an SUV next to the supermarket in the service area.

The four of them went over to take a look. They were in a hurry to get on their way and had no requirements for the car, as long as it could move.

All four wheels of this SUV are flat, but the rest of the exterior looks good.

"You guys keep an eye on the zombies, I'll check it out!" Chen Guangjun opened the hood of the car and it looked fine.

After inspection, the car is in good condition and should be able to drive normally if the four wheels are replaced.

"The tires are punctured, what should we do?" Dafeng asked, pointing at the wheels.

"It doesn't matter, we can just go find four spare tires of the same size to replace them. Anyway, we can't drive fast on this kind of road!" Chen Guangjun said, looking towards the parking lot, he should be able to find all four spare tires.

The four people were divided into two groups. As long as they found spare tires of the same size, the rear luggage compartments of many cars were locked, but it was easy to open them by force.

The survivors were not so bored as to puncture the spare tires, or perhaps they had not thought of it at the time, so the four of them quickly gathered four spare tires.

"The tread of this spare tire is so narrow!" Dafeng said as he slapped the tire.

"Nonsense, who gave you a full-size tire? Can it be called a spare tire if it's not smaller?" Wu Bin said. Anyway, he had never seen a full-size spare tire.

"Stop arguing, hurry up and get some more jacks!" Chen Guangjun found that one jack was difficult to operate and it was hard to lift the wheel.

While the two were looking for a jack, He Yuxin used a socket tool to loosen all four wheel screws.

"Wow, haha, this is good!" When the three heard Dafeng's familiar tone, they knew that he had found something magical again.

Dafeng was seen carrying two large hydraulic jacks with great effort. Wu Bin took a look and was surprised to find that they were 50-ton jacks that could support thirty cars.

"Dafeng, where did you get this from?"

"Hehe, I was thinking about how to change the spare tire of a big truck, and sure enough, I found such a big jack. One is enough!" Dafeng said proudly.

"Hey! Dafeng, the jack is good, but it can't be put in!" Wu Bin reminded him that since it is used for large trucks, it cannot be used for small cars because the jack is higher than the chassis.

"Meh?" Dafeng measured it and found that the jack was indeed too high.

"It's useless. Come quickly and help me change the tire!" Chen Guangjun was too tired to complain about Dafeng.

With the joint efforts of four people, they finally installed the spare tire, but... it looked a little funny!

Looking at the car from the side, the steel wheel rims are just a bit ugly. Looking at the front, the tire tread is too small, and it seems like it was stolen from a motorcycle.

Chen Guangjun tried the car, and after a lot of effort, the car finally started successfully.

"Okay, this car can run at 40 kilometers per hour without any problem!" Chen Guangjun said, patting the car body.

"What about over forty?"

“The tire might burst, or you might lose control!”

Hearing this, Dafeng immediately stuffed all the extra spare tires into the back. Chen Guangjun shook his head, thinking it was very thoughtful.

Four people got in the car and drove away from Dantou Service Area with the spare tire.

With four spare tires installed, there was no feeling of abnormality when the vehicle was driving at a low speed, but it would shake when the speed increased. Chen Guangjun always kept the speed at around 40.

The highway was not smooth all the way. After driving for more than an hour, the vehicle was forced to stop as the road was completely blocked by several burnt cars.

"Get off the car! We have to walk!" Chen Guangjun said helplessly.

Without a map, the four people didn't dare to take a detour easily, as who knew if they would turn into a dead end.

"Is that Tangshan City over there?" When He Yuxin got off the car, she saw the outline of a city in the distance in front of her right.

"Based on the distance, it should be near Tangshan City. Do you want to look for old friends?" Chen Guangjun joked.

"No, to avoid any unpleasantness!" Wu Bin shook his head. It would have been terrible if there hadn't been a helicopter at that time.

The four abandoned the car and walked away. The sun was already setting, and it was time to find a shelter for the night. After walking about two kilometers, the four came to a highway overpass. There were a lot of traces left on the road.

Going down the curve of the overpass, almost all the vehicles stuck in the middle of the northbound lane were pushed to the side of the road, and those left on the road were crushed.

There were a lot of bullet shells and corpses on both sides of the driveway, indicating that a large team had passed by there.

"A tank is passing here!"

After examining the traces at the scene, Chen Guangjun concluded that an army had passed through here and was probably heading north.

Tangshan City is very close to Dongzhou and has no troops stationed there. However, judging from the traces at the scene, they were from at least half a year ago and should not be Dongzhou’s troops.

"tank!"

Dafeng's eyes lit up when he heard it. That thing is great!

"If only we could pick up a tank!"

"...!"

The three were speechless. Dafeng was really bold. He was almost invincible against zombies and was a treasure in the army!

"Let's hurry up and stop thinking about it..."

Before Wu Bin finished speaking, Dafeng suddenly found something good and rushed out crying.

It turned out that he saw that the overpass ramp on the other side seemed to have collapsed, and wondered if any vehicles would fall down.

"Hey!"

The three of them followed, Dafeng jumped over the guardrail and ran to the bottom of the overpass.

When the three of them caught up, their eyes widened. There was indeed a tank under the collapsed ramp bridge, but unfortunately it was lying on its back with a lot of weeds growing around it. It was obviously built a long time ago.

"Wow, this is fucking awesome!" Dafeng walked up to the tank and patted it excitedly.

"Okay, how do you plan to do it?" Chen Guangjun took a look at the tank and poured cold water on it.

"There is another car here!" He Yuxin saw another Mengshi vehicle. It seemed that the bridge could not bear the weight of the tank, and the two vehicles fell down together.

"If we can get it done, we'll be invincible!" Dafeng touched the pile of iron lumps, they were definitely real treasures.

"Captain, what do you think?" Chen Guangjun did not express his opinion, but asked Wu Bin.

Wu Bin was also somewhat excited when he saw the tank. This vehicle is hard to come by. He had come across an old Type 59 tank when he was returning to the shelter from the air force base before, and he felt a little regretful at that time.

"It would be great if we could bring it back!"

"Okay, then I'll check the tank!" Chen Guangjun knew that the two would definitely not give up, so there was no need for him to express his opinion.

Through Chen Guangjun's identification, it was determined that this was a new type of Type 96b tank. There was an emergency escape hatch on the belly of the tank, which was locked from the inside, confirming that the tank crew should be trapped inside.

"There's nothing wrong with the walking system. If we want to lift it up, we need a 50-ton crane, or we can find two excavators to dig up one side and lift up the other side. If we operate it properly, we may be able to straighten it out!"

Chen Guangjun gave suggestions, but where could he find a crane or an excavator?

Wu Bin frowned, looked up at the overpass pier above him, and said, "Can we use steel cables to make a few pulleys to help us?"

"That's a good idea, it will be easier that way, but we still need an excavator!"

"It's just a pulley system, I don't know how to do it!" Chen Guangjun spread his hands.

"A labor-saving pulley system? I can try it!" He Yuxin said. Isn't it the lever principle learned in junior high school physics?

Dafeng didn't say a word the whole time. He couldn't get a word in, so he just followed the arrangements.

Wu Bin smiled and looked at He Yuxin. It would have been great if he had known her earlier, so that he wouldn't have to guess physics in junior high and high school.

"The equipment we need are the following: an excavator, the more powerful the better, pulleys and steel cables, and a trailer to pull the pulley set!" Chen Guangjun concluded.

……

On the second day, the four of them headed for Tangshan City. Their journey would be delayed for a few days, and there would be gains and losses.

Without a map, the four of them could only try their luck in the suburbs. It was easy to find tow trucks, as some were near the highway exits, waiting for business.

The four of them came to a residential building, killed the zombies at the door and entered the building. The owner of the house was still there, and the four of them worked together to kill them.

Dafeng and He Yuxin searched for a while and took some useful things. Wu Bin and Chen Guangjun went straight to the roof. This self-built house was the tallest building in the surrounding area, with seven and a half stories high.

The two men climbed to a height equivalent to the eighth floor and looked into the distance. Chen Guangjun analyzed that the excavator might be at the construction site, so they first looked for the construction site.

"How about it?"

The two men came back, their expressions unreadable. Dafeng put down what he was holding and asked.

"If you can't see it, you can only walk more!" Wu Bin said as he sat down.

"There's no use in rushing to get that thing done!"

"What a pity that we have wasted so much time!" Chen Guangjun did not recommend building tanks.

"Let's think about other methods!" Dafeng said.