Chapter 26
Corpse tide? What corpse tide?
Seeing the heavy and helpless expression of the crew cut, someone finally responded, and his face turned pale in an instant: "Could it be a zombie tide?!"
After he said this, even if others didn't understand what he meant, they realized the problem.
But in the past few days, the area around the community has been calm. They rarely encounter groups of zombies and cannot imagine the specific scale of the zombie tide.
"How many zombies will come in the zombie tide?"
"I don't know. There must be dozens, maybe hundreds?"
"I also think there will be hundreds of them. The temporary barriers we built may not be able to stop them. When we collect materials later, we will see if there are any metal plates and take them back to reinforce them."
Everyone started to chatter, but no one noticed the confused expressions of the guy with the short hair and others.
One of the men with a scar on his face couldn't help but burst out laughing.
He joked with his companions: "I think the feng shui here is really good. It's been several days since the doomsday outbreak, and we haven't encountered even a few hundred zombies."
No wonder Scarface reacted like that.
This group of people have traveled all the way, sleeping in the open air, climbing mountains and wading through rivers, and have seen countless tragic scenes.
Now, seeing the innocent looks on the faces of the community foraging team is just like suddenly seeing a few rabbits slowly eating grass in the beast area. It is unbelievable but also a little funny.
His companions couldn't help but at their good fortune: "There are more than one or two thousand sigh people in a community."
Whenever a neighborhood has been destroyed and surrounded by hordes of zombies, it is impossible to say that “the zombie tide may have hundreds of zombies.”
But what they didn't know was that long before the foraging team set out, the Wen Xin family's gang had already cleaned up the surroundings once in advance, and they had killed more than a few thousand zombies.
Because there were only a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals left nearby, they dared to let Wen Xin go out with the team to explore.
However, even with such caution, Wen Xin still fell into danger just now and almost got into trouble.
Canary secretly regretted that he should have kept a closer eye on Wen Xin.
Wen Xin asked on behalf of the team members: "How many zombies are there in the zombie tide you are talking about?"
Scarface: "About 100,000."
What?
Did they hear it right? More than 100,000?!
When the others heard this, their eyes almost popped out of their heads.
Wen Xin was about to continue asking when he suddenly felt someone tugging at his clothes. He turned around and saw Canary's face.
The young man looked more serious than ever before and nodded slowly at him.
Wen Xin knew that his own dumplings were not simple people. Even the teenager couldn't help but worry. It was conceivable how terrifying this upcoming zombie tide would be.
He acted decisively.
When the team leader still suspected that Scarface was tricking them, Wen Xin grabbed his arm and said decisively: "Lao Zhang, if what he said is true, we must go back and inform everyone, and then find a way to leave G City as soon as possible."
"Leaving... Leaving G City? So suddenly?"
The team members were stunned.
Someone couldn't help but question: "Wen Xin, who are these people to you? Can you trust what they say?"
Others chimed in: "Yeah, so far everything is fine, there's nothing going on, it's not as serious as they say."
"How is it possible that over 100,000 zombies appeared all of a sudden?"
The man with the crew cut and the others have stopped talking.
This kind of questioning has happened before. I have said everything I should have said and given warnings where necessary, but to no avail.
In the end times, there are people who cannot see reality clearly, and even more are dead.
Call them callous or cruel, they really don't want to waste words on a dying person.
Faced with people's distrust, Wen Xin was uncharacteristically firm: "They have no reason to joke."
On weekdays, the team members' main impression of Wen Xin is that he does whatever he is told to do and has a particularly good temper.
But when the usually amiable young man became serious, there was an aura in his eyes that could not be ignored.
Wen Xin turned to Scarface and asked: "From which direction will the zombie tide appear?"
Scarface looked at him in surprise, but still answered, "Southwest."
That is to say, the west side of the city!
The first large number of zombies to appear in G City came from the west of the city. Wen Xin believed it and looked at all the members of the team.
"Doesn't our community logistics team have three drones? We can go back and use the drones to investigate and find out whether what they said is true or not."
But people in the community don't think it's that easy.
A good drone for aerial photography starts at several thousand dollars, and apart from enthusiasts, almost no one plays with it. At the beginning, they searched and asked throughout the community, but only found three.
The west of the city is so far away, and you have to pay attention to the control range when driving. If an accident happens and one of the machines breaks down during the process, it will be a huge loss!
Not to mention the power consumption of drones. There is only one diesel generator in the entire community, and it has to be evenly distributed among the more than 1,000 households that remain. The power is already very tight, so where can there be any extra power to use?
Wen Xin had only one sentence to answer this question: "Which is more important, people's lives or drones?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Finally, the team leader, Lao Zhang, gritted his teeth and made a decision: "We can't make such a big decision alone. Let's go back and ask everyone's opinions first, and then we can consider it later."
Everyone else agreed with Lao Zhang's proposal, but their faces showed more of indifference.
There are more than 100,000 zombies. Even if they are distributed throughout the city, they are not crowded. Can they be packed into the area in the west of the city?
The team members returned to the community in a hurry. The man with the short hair and others watched with their arms folded, until they found that Wen Xin was about to leave as well, and their brows jumped.
To be honest, they now wished they could just pack Wen Xin up, put him in the car, and teleport to City A, away from any possible danger.
Although they were indifferent, they would not really stand by and watch these people stay here and wait to die, so they were willing to wait quietly until Wen Xin persuaded the community staff to go and investigate.
But when Wen Xin went back, the situation was different.
What if the other party intends to advance or retreat with the people in the community, how can they evacuate within a safe time?
Scarface felt a headache just thinking about it, and wanted to grab Wen Xin, cursing: "Let them go back to their own places, why are you going back?"
As a result, as soon as he stretched out his hand, the young man next to the other party stepped forward as if he had expected it, and looked at him coldly.
In an instant, a familiar sense of crisis struck Scarface's nerves like lightning.
He stepped back reflexively, put his hand on the holster at his waist, and looked at the expressionless boy in fear.
Who is the other person and why does he feel dangerous?
The man with a crew cut saw Scarface's reaction, glanced at the boy, didn't see anything wrong, and frowned in some surprise.
He explained to Wen Xin: "The nearby city Z has already fallen. We have to take a detour via G177 Avenue and can only stay here for five hours at most."
"If you want to accompany them and wait for the drone to investigate, I advise you to give up."
There was one more thing that he kept in his heart but didn't say.
Judging from the doubts just expressed by the residents, he felt that these people would take most of the day to even get the initial steps of sending out the drone.
After finishing speaking, the man with the crew cut deliberately observed Wen Xin's expression.
If the other party still insists on going back, they must find a way to persuade him to stay.
Wen Xin said without hesitation, "I want to go back."
The worst case scenario happened, and the person they were going to pick up was an idiot who didn't understand the situation.
Scarface's expression suddenly turned very ugly, and he moved his lips as if he was about to curse again. The man with the buzz cut and the others couldn't help but sigh.
But to their surprise, Wen Xin went back for reasons other than what they thought.
Wen Xin said, "There are still some things I haven't brought with me. I have to go back and pack them. You can come with me."
Scarface: "What kind of valuable thing is it that requires a special ..."
Wen Xin looked at him calmly, "Five cans of high-calorie candies including chocolate, two boxes of instant noodles, some beef jerky, chicken sausage, and canned meat."
Upon hearing this, the men who had been eating energy bars for almost ten days to save cooking time swallowed their saliva subconsciously.
Wen Xin looked at the dusty faces of these people and said something that they could not refuse: "Also, you rushed here, you must be very tired, right?"
"Before the water supply was cut off, my family stored tap water. I have tested it before. If the water is only used for bathing, it will not have any effect on the body. Now there are six buckets left, which should be enough for everyone to bathe."
"There are sofas and beds at home. You can lie down and take a rest. The community is relatively safe for the time being. There are no zombies and you don't have to worry about sudden attacks."
"It only takes me 40 minutes at most to pack and talk to other people about some things. It will take less than an hour before I can leave."
Everyone was moved by his words.
Seeing this, Wen Xin turned to Scarface and asked for his opinion: "Although we can find food and water on the road, it is better to get it ready, right?"
Scarface's depressed expression was long gone.
Being stared at by the young man's gentle eyes, he touched his nose angrily and said for his bad attitude just now: "Sorry."
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The crewmate with the crew cut followed Wen Xin back to the community.
There was a lot of commotion in the open space in front of the community garden. From time to time, people would hear the assembly horn and rush over there.
The residents seemed ready to hold a collective meeting.
Besides, they were amazed to see that the overall environment of the community was clean and tidy, and the basic buildings such as trees, flower beds and bulletin boards were still intact and did not look destroyed at all.
Originally, they thought that Wen Xin's statement about there being no zombies meant that all the zombies had been cleared away, but they never expected that there really seemed to be no zombies attacking this place.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is probably the most peaceful and harmonious place they have ever seen along the way.
Several people followed Wen Xin and the others upstairs.
Looking at the straight back of the young man, Scarface and his companions who had just complained had a big change in their attitudes and couldn't help whispering to each other.
"Why do I feel that he is different from what is rumored..."
"Yeah, she doesn't seem like the type of person who would run away from home for no reason."
"They also said that he had a stubborn temper and a bad temper, and that he would be away from home for several years."
“Ahem!”
Fearing that Wen Xin would be unhappy after hearing this, the man with a crew cut walking in front of them coughed heavily twice to interrupt their discussion.
The man with the buzz cut turned around and glared at them, then warned them in a low voice: "Don't believe those idle words, or the boss will punish you when he gets back."
The two scar-faced men quickly shut up.
Although they controlled the volume, to mutants with acute hearing, it was no different from speaking in their ears.
Canary couldn't help but glance at Wen Xin.
It seems that people rarely talk about each other's family affairs.
Soon, several people arrived at Wen Xin's door, but Wen Xin kept his hand on the door and did not take out the key immediately.
He said to the crew-haired guy and his group, "I have cats at home, and I will take them with me later."
This was something the crew cut guy and his friends had not expected.
Scarface opened his mouth and wanted to curse again.
But thinking about the embarrassment he had already suffered from his impulsive questioning, he held his nose and refrained from mocking, only showing obvious disapproval on his face.
Apart from him, everyone else had similar reactions.
Wen Xin had previously said that he wanted to take the teenagers with him, and they had no objection. After all, there was still room in the car, and it wouldn't make much difference whether he took one or two.
But animals are different.
If you bring a person with you, you can hold him down and keep him quiet if something happens, but how do you deal with an unruly animal?
Among the few people, the man with a crew cut is relatively calm and rational, otherwise he would not have taken the lead in this rescue operation.
He said in a deep voice: "In principle, we cannot take pets on the road."
Wen Xin: "Yeah, but I want to take them with me."
Seeing Wen Xin's firm attitude, the man with the crew cut knew that he couldn't be persuaded with just a few words.
But he had to ask: "What if your pet barks along the way and attracts a zombie?"
"I can guarantee they won't make any trouble," Wen Xin said. "If they attract zombies, I'll get off with them."
They, not it, which means there is more than one.
Scarface's mouth twitched.
After hearing this, the guy with the crew cut was already a little overwhelmed.
He was thinking about such a troublesome thing, why didn't Wen Xing tell him just now?
If he had to tell it, he would never agree to let the other party return to this community.
Wait a minute?
The buzz cut man's expression changed, and he frowned at Wen Xin: "You are afraid that we will take you away directly, so you didn't mention taking the cat with you until now."
Wen Xin nodded and said, "Yes."
After hearing his admission, the man with the crew cut's expression suddenly turned gloomy.
Because in their view, this journey is basically equivalent to escape, and it is not something that can be calculated casually.
The crew-haired man spoke again, saying slowly, "But even if we have already reached your doorstep, we can still take you away directly."
"Our mission is to bring you back safely. To achieve this goal, even if we use some uncivilized means, it won't hurt."
The atmosphere seemed to freeze in an instant.
Hearing that they were going to attack Wen Xin, Canary raised her eyelids, with a hint of anger in her eyes.
Not only him, but the other members inside the door also heard the noise outside. At that moment, they even figured out where to bury Scarface and the others.
However, the one who broke the tense atmosphere was Wen Xin.
He first patted his own door to calm the irritable kids inside.
Then he turned around and looked at the men with short hair indifferently: "If you attack me, you won't get any food or water."
"Maybe I didn't tell you before, whether it's the shops, supermarkets or kiosks around here, they have all been plundered by the people in the community."
"The nearest supermarket is 20 kilometers away by car, but we have used drones to investigate before and found that there are many zombies there. For you who are on a tight schedule, it is unlikely that you will make it in time."
"Even if you make it in time, no one can guarantee whether those places have been searched by nearby survivors."
After hearing Wen Xin's methodical analysis, the man with the crew cut and the others looked extremely cold, but in fact they couldn't help but admire him in their hearts.
The young men were meticulous and strategic. If the current situation was not inappropriate and if the other party was not the younger brother of that person, they would really like to recruit him on the spot.
It's just a pity.
For some reason, this community did not suffer the baptism of the zombie tide, so the young man did not encounter any truly bloody and desperate things, and still retained a bit of the innocence before the disaster.
The man with the buzz cut touched his chin, and decided to let the other party know the dangers of society. He smiled and said, "Who said we can't get food and water, or that you don't bring your keys when you go out?"
Wen Xin: "Do you want to rob it?"
The buzz cut man: "My friend, don't say such harsh words. This is called taking emergency measures."
As he said this, he asked Scarface and the others to search him.
Unexpectedly, the young man's subsequent reaction was even more shocking.
The other party actually laughed and stood there motionless, as if waiting for them to do this.
Scarface thought something was wrong and stopped immediately. The buzz cut guy asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"
"Laughing at me finally having a legitimate reason to complain to my brother."
Wen Xin didn't care how shameless his words were, he just blinked and looked innocent.
"It normally only takes five days to get from City A to City G, but you made me wait for almost ten days. If my luck had been worse during this period, I would have become a piece of meat in the mouth of a zombie. Isn't this your fault?"
The buzz cut guy immediately wanted to retort: "That's because..."
Wen Xin interrupted him and said, "Whether it is because of difficulties or other things that delayed you, you can go back and explain to my brother, you don't need to tell me."
"All I know is that, in this situation, not only did you not take my shock into consideration, but in order to complete the commission, you forcibly abducted me and robbed me of my belongings."
"What a great hurt this is to me, oh."
As the crew-haired man and the others kept twitching, Wen Xin made a small gesture to cover his chest.
The next sentence was like a knife stabbing into the hearts of the crew-haired guy and his friends.
"If you and my brother are only in a temporary employment relationship, then you can take me away by force, as long as the mission is completed in the end... But it seems that you are working under my brother?"
Wen Xin's expression clearly told the crew-haired guy and his friends that if they dared to use force, he would give Wen Jinfeng a slap in the face.
The crew-haired man and others were dumbfounded, especially Wen Xin who added one more sentence.
"I hope you will be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions. Don't be afraid to admit it when the time comes, and don't be afraid of my brother getting angry."
In the crowd: …………
Shameless, but they're fucking threatened, damn.
Under the strong guidance of the young man, friendly smiles quickly appeared on the faces of several people present, and they turned their hostility into friendship.
The scene became peaceful.
When Wen Xin turned around and opened the door, his calm expression suddenly collapsed and he pinched his fingers hard.
Don't be fooled by Wen Xing's confident and fearless look.
In fact, only he himself knows how nervous he is.
When Wen Jinfeng sent him the information of the buzz cut man and others, what was shown in the document was their ID photos.
And there is one special feature of ID photos: no matter whether you are a handsome man who is hated by both humans and gods, or a muscular and stylish man, you can be photographed harmless to humans and animals.
This made Wen Xin overlook that the people entrusted by Wen Jinfeng to pick him up might be a group of people who would do anything to complete the task.
It was not until he saw the appearance of the crew cut man and his gang and watched their fierce and swift methods that Wen Xin finally reacted.
Even if the identities of these people in the information are normal, such as electricians or welders, this does not guarantee that their personalities will not change after the disaster.
The time was too short, and the words he came up with on the spur of the moment had some loopholes, big or small.
As for the matter of reporting to Wen Jinfeng, it is unlikely that he would do it, and Wen Jinfeng would not scold his subordinates for him.
Fortunately, I managed to scare them in the end.
Otherwise, he could only refuse to go with the crew cut guy and his friends, and think of other ways to take Xiao Hei and the others away.
Wen Xin exhaled slowly and opened the door.
At the same time, Scarface winked at the crew-haired guy from behind: Do you really want to take those cats with you?
The man with a crew cut nodded slightly and had no choice but to put it on.
If those cats can really be as well-behaved as Wen Xin said, then we can certainly give them a ride.
If not, the distance between City G and City A is so long, and no one can say whether some accidents will happen.
In the face of crisis, we must put people first, otherwise everything will be messed up.
Many dark thoughts popped up in the mind of the man with a crew cut, and the next moment, he heard a fox howling in the house.
“Hmm.”
In an instant, the crew-haired man and others felt as if they were hit on the head, and their pupils suddenly dilated.
Wen Xin didn't notice what was happening behind.
He greeted the other kids first, then saw the little fox lying in the den with a listless look on his face, and picked it up with heartache.
"Good boy, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
The little fox's mental state began to decline rapidly a few days ago, and he was in the same unbearable pain as the black ball.
If Canary hadn't told him that this was a normal reaction of the little fox growing up, Wen Xin really wouldn't have known what to do.
Following the young man's fingers moving his chin, the little fox shook his ears comfortably.
It tried to raise its head and rubbed it against his cheek, trying to comfort him with its actions.
“Boo! Boo!”
It's okay! I'm about to evolve into my perfect form, and then I'll be able to protect you better!
Seeing the little fox trying so hard to comfort himself despite the pain, Wen Xin hid the worry in his eyes.
He reached out and patted it gently, as if coaxing a child: "Well, I'm not worried. Our little fox is growing up. I should be happy."
"We will have to go out soon. There will be many monsters in this city. We need to escape in advance. You will have to be patient."
The little fox put his head on Wen Xin's shoulder and whimpered, as if to say yes.
At the same time, its clear dark eyes looked towards the door, meeting the dazed-looking man with a crew cut and others.
"Hmm."
We won't cause trouble, and we won't do anything bad on our own initiative.
The crew-haired man and others murmured silently: Okay, we won't do bad things.
"Hmm."
Listen to Wen Xin and don't bully him.
The crew-haired man and others: Okay, we'll listen to Wen Xin and not bully him.
"Hmm."
Leave some of the delicious food for Wen Xin, and the good drinks as well. Of course, you can eat them too. We don't need too much food.
The crew-haired man and others: Okay, okay.
After giving the order, the little fox looked visibly tired.
It found a comfortable position, leaned its furry little head against Wen Xin's shoulder, slowly closed its eyes, and fell into sleep again.
The men with crew cuts suddenly came to their senses and scratched their heads in confusion.
Seeing Wen Xin was packing up, something seemed to be triggered in his mind, and he immediately rushed over enthusiastically.
"Let us do it! You take a rest!"
Seeing the people's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, Wen Xin was stunned and blinked blankly: "?"
【Author's words】
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution during 2023-04-05 20:52:21~2023-04-06 20:04:21~
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine: Gu Huai'en 1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 5 bottles of Cen Cen; 3 bottles of Ming You; 1 bottle of 32394317, Citrus Gardenia;
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