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After Ghost finished speaking, he took Xiaobai to the side, leaving Lu Ze where he was.

"Captain, we—" Chen Xin walked over from the camp with his sniper rifle in hand, and frowned when he saw Lu Ze's face clearly: "What's wrong?"

Lu Ze still didn't look away from Ghost, he was a little absent-minded: "What?"

Chen Xin followed his gaze and frowned a little deeper: "What happened?"

Lu Ze seemed to come back to his senses at this time, and blinked: "What did you just say?"

Chen Xin glanced at him with some scrutiny, and didn't ask further: "We are ready and we can leave at any time."

Lu Ze nodded: "Then let's go."

As he spoke, he was about to go to the camp, but he took two steps forward before realizing that Chen Xin hadn't followed.

"What's wrong?" He turned around suspiciously.

Chen Xin looked in Ghost's direction, and said in a cautious tone, "Is he going with us too?"

Lu Ze nodded: "Yes."

Chen Xin took two steps in his direction, lowered his voice, and said with some doubts: "Although he helped us in the old city, I always feel that his origin is a little unclear. We... can Do you trust him?"

Lu Ze was silent for a few seconds: "At least so far, he has the sincerity to cooperate with us."

Chen Xin looked back at Ghost and said nothing more.

Fang Luxian and Zheng Guanqi had already packed their supplies and waited at the back of the armored vehicle. When they saw Lu Ze and Chen Xin approaching, they couldn't help but stand up straighter.

"This mission is different from the previous missions." Lu Ze said, "Before at the base, we had only one mission, which was to kill the living corpses. Here, in the old city, the situation is a bit special. I asked about it before. Is there still living people in the old city? This question is not easy to answer. To be precise, it is not easy to define. From what I have seen, in addition to the living corpses, there are some infected people in the old city."

"Infected? They... didn't die? Didn't they mutate?" Fang Lulian's eyes widened.

Lu Ze seemed to recall some bad memories, and avoided her eyes: "I can't confirm their specific infection status and changes in physical functions. The only thing I can be sure of is that they can think and act like normal people. Action. So to be on the safe side, when shooting, the priority is to aim at the head."

"But... if they... why did they stay here? Why did they ask for help from the base?" Fang Luxian still had an expression of disbelief.

Lu Ze cleared his throat: "Deer title."

Fang Luxian also knew that now was not the time to say these things, so he swallowed his voice.

Lu Ze glanced at the others: "In addition, keep the radio unblocked throughout the journey. If there is any unexpected situation where communication is interrupted, the meeting point is the first gas station on Highway 1 in the eastern suburbs. If there is no problem, get ready to go."

Ten minutes later, the armored vehicle roared out of the small col.

Zheng Guanqi was driving, Chen Xin was in the passenger seat, and Lu Ze, Fang Luxian, Ghost and Xiao Bai were all in the back of the car.

According to the map they have in hand, they are now located in the western suburbs of the old city.The oil depot was in the southern suburbs, near Highway 4.Lu Ze's plan is to go on Highway 7 first, put Xia Luxian and Chen Xin at the junction of Highway 7 and Highway 4, let them enter the range of the oil depot from the mountainside, and then he and Zheng Guanqi park the armored vehicle at the intersection of Highway 1 in the eastern suburbs. The gas station, then cut across Highway 1 from Highway 4, and enter the reservoir area directly from the front.

Because these roads are all outside the infected radiation zone, the road surface did not suffer any serious damage during the bombing, so their trip went smoothly.

Nearly 4 o'clock, a ramp fork appeared at the end of the line of sight ahead.

Zheng Guanqi slowly slowed down the car and leaned against the side of the road, Chen Xin knocked on the window of the rear compartment to signal, the rear door of the compartment opened after a while, and Lu Ze jumped out first.

Fang Luxian had been sitting near the door of the car, and he didn't make a sound all the way, his eyes fell on the micro punch in his hand.Seeing Lu Ze and Chen Xin standing in front of the car door, she seemed to realize the current situation belatedly, put on her backpack and jumped down.

"Let's go." She said to Chen Xin, and just as she was about to take a step, Lu Ze put a hand on her shoulder.

"Captain?" She turned around suspiciously.

"It's not the first time to perform a mission, so don't think too much about it. The situation in the old city... can't be explained clearly in a few words."

Fang Lujian lowered his head halfway, and after a while he let out a muffled "hmm", turned around and walked towards the roadside.

Lu Ze looked at her back, and turned his eyes to Chen Xin. Chen Xin seemed to read the meaning in his eyes, nodded slightly at him, and turned to follow Fang Luxian.

After jumping into the car, Lu Ze opened the window of the front cab: "Watch the chess, let's drive. Go east and take Highway 1."

When he sat back in his seat, there was a very light laugh from the shadow opposite him.

Lu Ze raised his eyebrows slightly: "What?"

"I was just thinking, you protected them too well, Captain Lu." Half of Ghost's face was hidden in the shadows, and the expression on his face couldn't be seen clearly.

Lu Ze's tone was a little blunt: "They don't need my protection."

Ghost laughed again: "You don't want them to face the reality, but they will know some things after all, but which way will be more cruel?"

Lu Ze didn't answer, and Ghost didn't say any more, and the carriage fell into silence for a moment.

After nearly an hour, the car jolted slightly and stopped, and Zheng Guanqi's voice came from the front: "Captain, we are here."

Lu Ze looked ahead and opened the door of the rear compartment: "I'll take a look around first, find a hidden place to park."

It was almost evening, and the blood-red sunset hung heavily on the mountains not far away.There are many mountains around the old city. This terrain is sometimes a natural barrier, and sometimes it provides an excellent cover.

The gas station where they were located was leaning against a small hill. The signs at the entrance and exit had fallen to the ground. The original bright red paint on the building had been scattered and mottled. The door of the convenience store was wide open and the glass was broken. All over the place, the items on the shelves inside were also looted.

Lu Ze looked around, but found nothing of value.On the other side, Zheng Guanqi had already parked his car on the side near the foot of the mountain, and was using camouflage cloth as a cover. Ghost and Xiaobai also got out of the car, and stood there silently facing the direction of the road, making it somewhat impossible to guess what he was thinking.

As if sensing Lu Ze's gaze, Ghost turned his head slightly, and then pointed to a low mountain in front of him: "If you want to turn off Highway 4 to the oil depot, this mountain is the shortest route."

Lu Ze walked up to him: "Usually, there would be a 'but' here."

Ghost choked on him, and looked at him a little bit speechlessly: "There is indeed a 'but'. Army, if you remember, there is not only our destination tonight, but also a wildlife park along Highway 4. "

Lu Ze's pupils shrank.

Of course he remembered that it used to be the largest wildlife park in the old city and the five small satellite cities around it.At that time, in order to develop an ecological experience project, the site was finally selected on No. 5 Highway. The reason was that it was backed by mountains and rivers, which could maximize the use of the ecological environment and reduce labor costs.

Of course, he also understood that it would definitely not be a good thing for Ghost to mention this zoo at this time.

"Unfortunately, this zoo was not within the scope of the bombing at that time. It was left unattended and fed for a long time. Although a small number of animals died of starvation or illness, most of the carnivores managed to escape. Behind the zoo is this mountain , People in the southern district specially set up a piece of barbed wire at the foot of the mountain to prevent people from entering by mistake."

"...by mistake?" Zheng Guanqi just came over, and was a little confused when he heard Ghost's last sentence: "Where did we go by mistake? Aren't we going to the oil depot?"

Lu Ze turned his head and glanced at him, and suddenly grabbed Zheng Guanqi's neck in a nasty way. Zheng Guanqi was unprepared, and was bound under his arm in the blink of an eye. He still looked out of sorts: "Team, captain?"

Lu Ze's subordinates relaxed a little, and pointed to the mountains and fields shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun in front of him: "Watching chess, what did you see?"

Zheng Guanqi looked in the direction of his finger, with a confused look on his face: "Mountains, forests? Forests? Hillsides?"

Lu Ze sighed: "Little brother, you can give full play to your imagination."

The look on Zheng Guanqi's face became even more confused: "And... the sun? The weather is fine tonight?"

"A question for you, did you ever go to the Central Zoo when you were a child?"

Zheng Guanqi thought about it seriously: "I remember when I was 5 years old, our whole family went there together, but it didn't seem to be called the Central Zoo at that time, right? Later... Later, when I entered the military academy, my brother took me there once. Captain Why did you suddenly ask this? The old city was bombed at the time, so those animals must have died too? I remember that the location of the zoo seems to be in the southern suburbs, it seems..."

As he was talking, he seemed to have realized Lu Ze's intention of raising this question at this time, and his face changed: "Captain, what you said is not what I thought... is it?"

Lu Ze hooked his lips in a good mood: "Then did you have any animals that you were particularly afraid of when you were young? Like lions and leopards?"

"I'm afraid of snakes..." Zheng Guanqi said subconsciously, and then looked at Lu Ze cautiously: "Captain?"

Lu Ze let go of him mercifully: "I hope your luck will be better tonight."

Ghost on the side couldn't stand it any longer, and kindly said, "What your captain means is, you remember correctly, the location of the zoo was not only in the southern suburbs, but also behind the mountain in front of us."

"We... want to pass through here?" Zheng Guanqi stuttered.

"Here's the closest route, unless you want to take Highway 1 again."

Zheng Guanqi wailed and did not answer.

The corners of Lu Ze's mouth widened a little, he took a look at Ghost, put on his night vision goggles, and walked out first: "Let's go, comrades, before it's dark, if you're lucky, you can catch something and you can fight tomorrow." To be honest, since I left the base, I have never missed the cafeteria so much.”

Ghost shook his head, the corners of his eyes slightly curved, and turned to look at Zheng Guanqi: "Let's go."

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To explain the general orientation a little bit:

Oil Depot and Route 4: Southern Suburbs

Route 7: Western Suburbs

Highway 1 and meeting point: Eastern Suburbs