End of the World

"What if we go down a steep slope?"

"...Dafeng, can you look forward to something?"

The tank was fixed on the carrier vehicle, and canvas was found from other trucks to cover the giant body to make it less conspicuous.

With the transport vehicle, the travel speed became slower. It was obvious that the road conditions were not suitable for large vehicles with poor passability. It took two days to struggle to advance more than 100 kilometers.

The road was littered with vehicle debris, and the trailer had four or five tires broken, so it was impossible to avoid it.

At noon that day, the vehicle slowed down and stopped, and the four people were forced to rest because there was a problem with the front of the car. The accelerator could not be stepped on, the engine was roaring, but the vehicle could not move, as if the torque was limited.

Dafeng got off the car and went to play with zombies. Chen Guangjun flipped over the driver's seat and felt a headache, especially the thick exhaust pipe and a bunch of sensors.

Damn it, a bunch of fancy and useless stuff that breaks down at critical moments. It would be better if military vehicles were big pump trucks.

"We have to change the car and find one with lower mileage!" Chen Guangjun shook his head.

"Okay!" Wu Bin guessed this would happen.

When Dafeng came back and saw three people unloading the truck, he knew that the truck was scrapped. Thinking of the scene of refueling the tank, there was no bitterness on his face, and he could drink oil again.

There were no suitable semi-trailer trucks nearby, so the four people could only get into the tank. The slight stench inside the tank and the smell of disinfectant made it difficult for the four people to adapt.

Half an hour later, we met two tractor trucks on the road. We stopped to check and found the vehicles were usable. We prepared to have lunch and then return to tow the flatbed trailer.

Lunch was simple. The two of them shared three cans of food and even cooked some wild vegetable soup.

The four of them ate canned food with vegetable soup, and a sense of happiness arose spontaneously. There must be many people who don’t even have food to eat, such as those in the shelter.

Although the environment outside is harsh, at least I can find food for myself. It may not be very rich, but at least it can fill my stomach.

The four of them were drinking the somewhat bitter soup when they suddenly saw an iron pot on the ground with steaming juice rippling out of it.

"Do you feel the ground seems to be shaking?" Dafeng said to the three people, holding a small bowl in his hand.

"Could there be zombies?"

The four of them stood up and felt the tremor. Could it be those huge piles of dead bodies again? It didn't seem like it!

Before the four of them could think, the entire ground began to shake in an instant. The road surface of the highway cracked and spread everywhere. Everything was shaking so violently that it was difficult to stand.

The four people reacted and steady themselves. This was an earthquake. The soup pot was knocked over and the tank weighing tens of tons was shaking violently like a toy.

"Get out of the tank!"

Wu Bin discovered cracks on the road surface under the tank. Fearing a landslide, the four of them quickly moved away from the tank.

In front of nature, everything seems so small. The four people are like a small boat in a storm, moving with the wind and rain.

A nearby road sign couldn't bear the weight and fell to the ground with a clang, but the surrounding plants seemed to be dancing, shaking with their roots firmly grasping the ground.

The vibration caused the smooth asphalt road at high speed to fall into pieces, and the hard road surface seemed so fragile.

The earthquake did not last long, only about a minute, but to the people who were in it, it seemed like a century.

The four people were in an open area on the highway and were not greatly affected, but were deeply shocked. The originally flat highway was covered with spider-web-like cracks.

"The… the earthquake has stopped?"

Dafeng jumped on the spot unconfidently, and the earth became quiet, leaving behind a messy surface.

"Stopped!"

The four people were still in shock, but they had to say they were very lucky. An earthquake of this magnitude should be rare in history. It was truly an earth-shaking moment.

Before we knew it, the originally clear sky was covered with dark clouds, which had quietly driven away the sun. The sky turned dark and a storm was about to come.

The front of the tank was lifted up and the rear collapsed about half a meter. The earthquake loosened the soil and the road surface could not bear the weight alone.

"It's not serious. We should be mentally prepared. The journey ahead will be extremely difficult!" Chen Guangjun said after assessing the tank's stuck condition.

Such a strong earthquake would destroy all roads. The four people didn't know where the epicenter was or how deep it was, so it should be close to them.

The sudden earthquake disrupted the plan and caused the already congested road to completely collapse.

There were a few loud thunders and heavy rain came, blurring the air in the earthquake zone. The rain seeped through the cracked ground and softened the soil. In mountainous areas, landslides should be paid special attention to.

The tank drove out of the pit, and its hard body temporarily isolated the four people from the pouring rain. The vehicle slowly moved along the road on the edge of collapse.

Tracked vehicles have excellent passing capabilities, but their weight of nearly fifty pounds makes everyone nervous. The cracked soil and rain increase the possibility of the vehicle getting stuck exponentially.

Apart from causing devastating damage to road facilities, the earthquake had no effect on the zombies in the wild. They fell down and quickly stood up again.

When driving to a bridge, Chen Guangjun's vision was limited. He didn't know it was a bridge, and the road sign was crooked, so he didn't pay attention.

The bridge was badly damaged and full of cracks. When tanks drove over it, the vibrations from the engines caused gravel to fall from under the bridge, making it shaky.

Chen Guangjun felt something was wrong when the bridge vibrated. He stepped on the accelerator and tried to rush across the bridge, but he was a step too late.

The entire bridge deck tilted and collapsed, and the tank fell into the water along with the bridge deck, and turned over with its belly facing up.

The tank's sealing was okay, but mud and water still poured into the cabin from every corner, and the four people in the car were stunned.

"Come on!"

Chen Guangjun unbuckled his seat belt, climbed to the bottom, and kicked open the tank's emergency escape hatch.

The other three people suffered minor injuries due to various parts inside the tank, but their movements were not affected.

Chen Guangjun climbed out of the tank first, turned around and pulled a few people out. Dafeng was still thinking about him, holding a bag of medicine. Several people were soaked, but fortunately they were all fine.

The water level covered most of the tank, and the engine automatically shut down after running for a while, probably because of water ingress.

The rain was still falling, and several people were getting wet, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't see the road clearly!" Chen Guangjun sighed as he looked at the tank slowly sinking into the mud.

"It's okay, luckily it fell on the shore!" Wu Bin waved his hands and said thankfully.

"Pity!"

Dafeng looked regretful.

"Everyone is fine, take a rest!"

To be honest, Wu Bin also felt sad.

The four of them took a break and it seemed they needed to cross the river, but the highway bridge above their heads had been torn into pieces, and all they could see were horrible cracks.

"We should be able to...!"

Before Dafeng could finish his words, another large piece of the bridge fell off, sending up a two-meter-high splash of water.

"...in the past...!"

Dafeng felt that the bridge was too disrespectful and wondered why it didn't hold up a little longer.

"Dafeng, I have a glorious task for you!" Wu Bin said with a smile.

"No! Brother Bin, the task is too difficult, we should do it together!" Dafeng said righteously, having already noticed Wu Bin's scheme.

The four of them went down the river and found a place with slow water flow downstream to cross the river. They had not been on the river bank for two minutes when the ground beneath their feet shook again. There was no doubt that an aftershock was coming.

It is now around four o'clock in the afternoon. The sky is very dark and it is raining. I am afraid that the night will be difficult to endure. I dare not spend the night in the housing area in the earthquake zone.

"Let's go to the national highway and find a car!" Chen Guangjun wiped the rain off his face.

The situation on the national highway is similar to that on the expressway, but there are more zombies than on the expressway. They are small groups of forty or fifty zombies gathered together.

"Let's get on the highway!" Dafeng killed a zombie and his hands became weak. The iron pipe of his melee weapon couldn't even withstand the bending.

Killing zombies without a gun is a dangerous job as you don't have the physical strength to keep up.

Back on the highway, the four of them squatted on the side of the road and observed secretly.

"Ho ho!"

There was a disabled zombie crawling on the ground. It found four people. Dafeng went up and chopped off its brain. It was disgusting and smelled particularly fishy.

"See that truck? We're spending the night in it!"

The three of them looked in the direction Chen Guangjun pointed and nodded slightly.

Dafeng and Chen Guangjun went up first, while Wu Bin and He Yuxin provided cover with guns from behind.

When it comes to provoking zombies, Dafeng patted his chest and said that he was a professional. He yelled and shouted, and then went up to use sticks to beat the abandoned vehicles.

Dozens of zombies turned around to indicate they had heard it, and rushed over howling and limping. Seeing that there were more zombies, Dafeng retreated repeatedly.

"I'll go over there!" Wu Bin guessed that it would be difficult for the two to deal with the zombies, so he picked up a steel spear and went over.

"Be careful!" He Yuxin from behind warned.

"Oh, Brother Bin, what a coincidence!"

At this time, Dafeng still didn't act seriously and sent the zombies into the green belt with a stick.

"What a coincidence! No problem?" Wu Bin stabbed a zombie to death and said unhappily.

"no problem!"

"Okay, I'll continue to cover you!" Wu Bin pretended to leave.

"Hey! Brother Bin, this is a big problem!" Dafeng was anxious. He was tired after all this trouble.

"Chichi!"

A few zombies fell, one step closer to victory.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

He Yuxin, who was providing cover, fired a shot and climbed over the guardrail, stumbling a little as she ran over. Fortunately, she was alert, otherwise she would have been caught.

"There are zombie dogs in the woods, more than one!"

"Be alert!" Wu Bin signaled to Dafeng and Chen Guangjun.

"Bang, bang, bang!" He Yuxin shot and killed the remaining zombies, and everyone was alert outside the guardrail.

"Be careful!"

After Chen Guangjun finished speaking, he climbed onto the roof of a light truck and looked into the woods.

"I didn't see them, come up quickly!"

Chen Guangjun said anxiously that the animals would hide and wait for an opportunity to strike, and it would be more difficult to deal with them in the wild environment than indoors.

The three of them climbed onto the roof one by one, their breathing became heavier. No one could face the hidden zombie dogs calmly.

The four of them looked vigilantly in several directions. Not far away, some zombies were attracted by the gunshots.

"In front of the highway, two people crossed the isolation belt!" He Yuxin fired two warning shots, but unfortunately one of them hit the target.

The zombie dog that had rushed into the isolation zone disappeared and lurked in the opposite lane.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

Chen Guangjun shot into the woods, but the zombie dogs dodged and the bullets only broke some leaves.

"They know how to outflank us, be careful!" Chen Guangjun felt troubled.