End of the World

This is the first night that the convoy is back on the road. We have only traveled 20 kilometers today and the process has been relatively smooth.

The straight-line distance from our current location to Qishan is nearly a thousand kilometers. If everything goes well, we should be able to arrive within half a month.

The convoy chose to spend the night on a remote road. Chen Haitao took people to scout nearby, and Chen Guangjun led people to clear out the zombies nearby. Only after confirming it was safe did they let the team members get off the car and move around.

"This is not Orange Island. We can't just rely on Wu Bin and the others. We have to prove our worth. We can slowly adapt to fighting. Now let's see if there's anything we can do to help!"

Jiang Hong gathered everyone on Orange Island and told them that if they wanted to gain the right to survive, they would need to fight for it themselves. Everyone nodded and got off the car and dispersed.

The Su Yun brothers followed Dafeng and wanted to learn some fighting skills, and Dafeng was generous in teaching them.

Jiang Hong also looked for something to do, he went to help check the vehicles. Chen Wen wanted to study nursing, so he went to find Fang Xiaoyun embarrassedly. Li Zile thought he had some knowledge of computers and electronics, so he went to find Leng Chuan, and after explaining his purpose, there was a broken device, so he asked him to look into it.

In short, they have all found things to do and I believe they will be able to integrate into the team soon.

Zhou Pan followed Wu Bin.

"Can't you find something else to do?" Wu Bin glanced at this guy.

"Okay, but I'd rather hang out with the boss!" Zhou Pan said, quite shameless.

"What the hell, leader, what else can you do besides fooling you?"

"You can tell fortunes, how about I help you read your palm?"

"roll!"

……

After the convoy had been on the road for a week, it finally ran into trouble. The entire team suddenly stopped. The road ahead had been destroyed, and there were a considerable number of zombies around, all surrounding the convoy.

Jiang Hong and his group were extremely nervous. Wu Bin calmly directed the vehicles behind to turn around and all the vehicles backed out of this section of the road. Qiao Xinghua instructed the vehicles to go to the second alternative road.

But the road there was blocked as well, and the convoy came to a standstill again. They had no choice but to find an open space for the convoy to camp.

Chen Haitao scouted the surrounding area, while Chen Guangjun drove to the two planned roads for reconnaissance.

Wu Bin and Qiao Xinghua studied the map again to see if there were any other routes available.

Not long after Chen Guangjun left, he brought back some not-so-good news. There was most likely a battlefield ahead and the roads had been destroyed by bombs. In addition, there must have been intensive bombing and there were craters everywhere.

The most important thing is that there is a group of zombies gathered in the periphery. If the zombies in the central area are not eliminated, it will be extremely dangerous to cross rashly.

"In this case, we can only go around to the north or south, which will take a lot of time!" Wu Bin said in a deep voice.

"How big is the battlefield?" asked Qiao Xinghua.

"It's impossible to survey it for now. I suggest taking a detour. The army dropped a large number of bombs on this area, so they must have their reasons!" said Chen Guangjun.

The two of them nodded. This was the only way.

According to the map, if you go south, you will pass through many villages and towns, and if you go north, you will need to pass through a forest area. It is not a virgin forest, but an artificial forest that has only grown in the past ten years.

Since it is an artificial forest, there must be a road. Wu Bin and Qiao Xinghua discussed and decided to go north. They didn’t care about the time as long as they could reach their destination safely.

The convoy turned north and after two days of traveling north, they saw more lush green plants. It was summer and the plants were growing particularly luxuriantly.

Before officially entering the forest area, the convoy needs to replenish some supplies, such as fuel, in the town outside.

There is a fuel truck in the convoy, so as far as possible, there is no need to use the fuel in the truck and the fuel can be refilled on the road.

There are obvious traces of survivors' activities in the town outside the forest area. Wu Bin hopes not to encounter these people after entering the forest area, as there are always conflicts every time.

There was still fuel at the gas station outside the town. Chen Haitao led his men to connect the power supply, and the fleet lined up one by one to refuel.

Dafeng took Jiang Hong and others outside to patrol the area and kill lone zombies. After getting used to it, Jiang Hong and others were not so afraid.

Compared to the beginning, the zombies have become much less active and more fragile.

But they encountered a new type of zombie. The head of this zombie had fissioned, leaving only a mouth on the entire face. The eyes and nose turned into pieces like wood ears, but the texture was hard.

Dafeng discovered that it had almost no vision. Ordinary zombies could detect people, but it couldn't. It had to rely entirely on hearing. Any slight movement would make it very aggressive.

There aren't many new zombies, only a few of them mixed in with the regular zombie group.

As for the types of zombies, the most common zombies Wu Bin and his team encountered were the night zombies. They had only seen the others at the Nanhu Air Force Base.

For example, the so-called insect corpses, the hosts of the corpse moth worms mutate and explode, and their blood is corrosive. Wu Bin and his friends seem to have never seen them again.

Dafeng killed them and carried the bodies back to the convoy for everyone to study. Its nails were longer and more violent than those of ordinary zombies, so one must be careful in close combat with them.

This type of zombie is a mutated ordinary zombie. As the infection time increases, the zombies will gradually die out, and a large number of zombies will die on their own.

Others will extend the time limit by mutating or going into hibernation, and then all they may have to face are mutated zombies.

The convoy had already found zombie corpses on the road, but did not think that it was the end of it.

The vehicles quickly refueled, organized their formation and drove into the forest area. The roads in the forest area were not well developed, and there were only two roads marked on the map. One was a forest dirt road, and the other was a cement road, but it was very narrow, only the width of one car.

The road was covered with fallen leaves and there seemed to be no signs of vehicular activity, in stark contrast to the town.

"Attention everyone, we might encounter other people!" Wu Bin picked up the communicator.

"Roger that!"

"Roger that!"

As soon as the cars responded, Wu Bin's RV suddenly braked, slowed down, and pulled over with the hazard lights on.

"what happened?"

Wu Bin came forward and asked.

"The wheel ran over something, probably a tire breaker made of wire or something!" Chen Guangjun said as he pulled the handbrake and got out of the car.

Wu Bin asked the others to get off the car and check, only to see that the front wheels were tangled with sharp wires, which seemed to wrap the wheels like dumplings.

"Let's get some pliers!" Chen Guangjun took a look and Wu Bin turned around to find the tools.

Fortunately, the RV was equipped with puncture-proof tires, so this level of damage was only superficial.

The convoy came to a standstill, and Chen Haitao got off the car to stand guard and scout both sides to make sure there was nothing unusual.

Chen Guangjun quickly dealt with the sharp thorns on the tire. He then checked the roadside and made a major discovery. There were long nails hidden under the fallen leaves. Someone had deliberately dug a groove on the road and then embedded rows of iron nails in the groove. Not to mention cars, even people walking without paying attention could easily get hit.

"Watch your step!" Chen Guangjun reminded Wu Bin.

"There are nails all over here!"

Wu Bin saw nails in two rows, cutting the road into two sections. He was afraid that there might be survivors in this forest area.

"Uncle Zhao!" Wu Bin glanced at the sturdy shovel on the bumper of the RV and shouted into the walkie-talkie.

"Captain, what's wrong?" Zhao Bofeng responded immediately.

"Is it possible to lower the bucket on the front of the car?"

"Yes, it is movable. There is an adjustment switch on the car. The lowest it can be put on the ground, but there will be some damage!"

"Okay! Come over here!" Wu Bin said.

"Okay!" Zhao Bofeng responded and came over quickly.

"team leader!"

"There are nails on the road, I want to shovel them away with a shovel!" Wu Bin expressed his thoughts, pointing at the nails on the ground.

"You can embed an iron plate so that the shovel will not be damaged!" Zhao Bofeng looked at the nails on the ground. They were straight, but it could be solved.

"Okay, you arrange it!" Wu Bin nodded.

Zhao Bofeng went back to the tool cart and quickly carried over two iron plates. He redesigned the shovel on the front of the vehicle. Not only was it movable, but it also had a groove reserved above and below for installing other components.

Wu Bin helped to install the iron plate. The iron plate did not touch the ground to ensure that it could sweep away the nails. Zhao Bofeng only installed it for the two lead vehicles.

Chen Guangjun got in the car to try it, and it indeed worked. The row of nails were either shoveled away or deformed, and it was difficult for them to threaten the tires. The only thing to pay attention to was not to drive too fast. If the car body rose and fell too much, it would rub against the ground and might damage the bumper.

The convoy started slowly again, maintaining a speed of 20 to 30 kilometers per hour. Traveling at a low speed would consume more fuel, but Wu Bin felt that as long as they were moving forward, it was all worth it.

On the way, the convoy stopped twice and Chen Guangjun had to get off the car to deal with the wire. When it stopped for the third time, a roadblock appeared ahead and the vehicles could not pass.

"Trouble!"

When Wu Bin saw these things, he thought there should be a gathering place for survivors ahead.

"We can only turn back. This thing can't be cleaned up!" said Chen Guangjun.

The roadblocks were a collection of concrete cones and steel pipes stuck into the road, similar to anti-tank cones.

"Everyone on alert, Xinghua, come here!" Wu Bin grabbed the intercom.

Qiao Xinghua rushed over, took a look at the roadblocks, and then found Wu Bin. The two studied the map together. There were no other roads around, and reversing back now would be the same as doing nothing.

"Can those things be taken away?" Qiao Xinghua asked.

"We don't have the conditions, and if we go deeper we might encounter other people!" Wu Bin shook his head. The convoy currently did not have any heavy equipment.

"What should we do after we pour it out?" asked Qiao Xinghua.

Wu Bin looked at the roadblock, thought for a moment and said, "Go north and bypass this place!"

"We've already taken a long detour!" said Qiao Xinghua, but there was no better way.

The convoy stopped for more than ten minutes and then backed out. The road was too narrow and most of the vehicles could not turn around. They could only back out. The drivers were going crazy.

Finally, before dark, the convoy arrived at the intersection. All the cars took time to organize the formation, and it was already dark when they drove out of the forest area.

The convoy stopped to rest on a certain section of the road, and we need to arrange manpower tonight to prevent any sneak attacks.

Wu Bin was looking at the map. He had done nothing in the afternoon except destroying the nails. At the same time, he thought it was really necessary to get a reconnaissance vehicle like he had done before.