Chapter 2525
It is still a long distance from the Ping District base to Yu City.
Before the apocalypse, this distance only took a few hours to reach by airplane or high-speed rail, but now it takes at least two months to drive there, stopping and starting, and taking a detour for safety.
But Wen Jiuze had walked this road before and was quite familiar with it. When he got here, he didn't need to look at the map anymore. He could use the landmarks he was familiar with to correct his direction.
He also knew where there were bases along the way where he could replenish supplies. He also had a map he drew himself, with some markings on it that only he could understand.
Because the more prosperous and populated places were, the faster they fell, most of the bases today are built in formerly remote areas or in small towns with few people.
Between the bases, there are large tracts of abandoned areas that were once prosperous cities, but are now sparsely populated.
When he arrived at a place like this, with no one on the road, Wen Jiuze would open the car window to let the outside wind blow in.
We would also often look for places with few zombies, get off the car with Xue Ling and walk around, and find a place to sleep and cook at night.
But as soon as they got close to the base and saw other people and cars on the road, Wen Jiuze would close the car windows and drive past in silence and speed, never communicating with anyone unless necessary.
That wary look that suspected everyone made him look more like a zombie lurking among humans than Xue Ling.
Xue Ling is a real zombie. When he meets a lot of people on the road, he has to lean on the car window to take a closer look.
It has been a long time since she has seen so many people. She has been in the pile of zombies for so long that she often has the illusion that humanity has become extinct and she is the only one left.
Seeing her leaning on the car window and looking out at people, Wen Jiuze joked with her: "Hey, did you pick out what you wanted to eat? Is your body more balanced than mine?"
Xue Ling: “…”
In most cases, Wen Jiuze ignores people on the street, and others will not take the initiative to cause trouble.
Occasionally, their cars were attacked.
After all, it's just one car. If it's driving outside, it's definitely not as intimidating as a convoy of cars, so it's inevitable that people will want to try to grab it.
If you are more blatant, just chase the car directly.
Wen Jiuze opened the car window and fired outside. Usually, after killing a person sitting on the roof of the car watching, they would stop chasing him.
People with guns are not easy to deal with. Even now, not everyone can get a gun. Most people use some weapons that they have modified themselves.
Those who only dare to rob lone passers-by are usually not doing very well. Even if they have guns, they are not sure whether they can use them.
Those who acted more cautiously would set up roadblocks on the road and wait for people to get off the car to clear the road. Several people rushed out and rushed forward.
However, Wen Jiuze's skills are more impressive than his face, and he has a lot of experience in being besieged. At this time, he didn't even use a gun, but a dagger.
A human neck is softer than a zombie neck.
This kind of situation often happens: Wen Jiuze is fighting in a group, and someone else sneaks into the car.
When he saw Xue Ling curled up in the car, wrapped tightly, his first reaction was to pull her out, hoping to use her as a hostage to force Wen Jiuze to surrender.
Xue Ling usually only has two actions: showing his face and opening his mouth to take a bite.
"Ahhhhh it's a zombie, I was bitten!"
Basically everyone had the same reaction, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
In the eyes of these people, the apocalypse has been going on for so long, and there is no normal person who would raise zombies and dress them up like living people.
Basically no one is on guard, and after being bitten it takes a while for people to realize something is wrong.
After dealing with the highway robbers, Wen Jiuze squatted by the water to wipe the blood off his body and face, while Xue Ling rinsed his mouth with a mouthwash cup.
The guy who was holding her today had very hairy arms, and it looked like he didn't shower often. There was sweat and mud on his arms. I took a bite... ugh.
Physiological nausea.
The zombies were unharmed, suffering only some psychological trauma, but humans were different.
In a one-on-many situation, Wen Jiuze would inevitably suffer some minor injuries.
The skin on the fist was broken, and the knuckles were cracked due to excessive force. These can be disinfected, but if there are bruises caused by being hit by a stick, there is no blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine for him.
Seeing Wen Jiuze hanging his freshly washed upper body and eating from a bowl with two red and swollen marks on his back, Xue Ling felt that he had not considered everything carefully when he took the medicine last time.
Noticing her gaze wandering around his back, Wen Jiuze smiled. The wet hair on his forehead slightly covered his eyes, which he casually pushed away.
"It will be healed in two days," he said. "You know me, my wounds heal faster than others."
Yes, Xue Ling knew. He was used to being beaten since he was a child. A stick hit him with such force, leaving only two red marks on his body. If it were someone else, their bones might have been broken.
Xue Ling applied some disinfectant on his back, but it had expired a while ago and she didn't know if it was still useful.
At night, Wen Jiuze slept with his back exposed to the air. It was too hot and he was sweating, with beads of sweat running from his back to his waist.
Xue Ling sat beside him with her knees hugged, took out her tablet, and ordered some food to whet her appetite.
She lied. Wen Jiuze actually looked delicious.
After walking like this for more than half a month, the power in the mobile power supply was used up and there was not much gasoline left.
It is very convenient to drive, and this modified car has not been a big problem even though it has been smashed several times on the road. It just consumes too much fuel.
Wen Jiuze found a larger base to exchange gasoline. He almost couldn't make it to this base and had to rest. If the car stopped halfway, it would be troublesome.
Xue Ling took the abstract map he had drawn and asked him why he didn't go to the closer base but to the farther one.
"That base is gone now. It used to be a black base where ordinary people couldn't get out once they entered," said Wen Jiuze.
The leaders of the big bases are basically former official personnel, and they are relatively orderly.
Smaller bases have no supervision, and the good and bad are mixed together, so it is easy for local tyrants who bully men and women to emerge.
A group of big brothers and little brothers started to do business of occupying the mountain and becoming the king.
"Have you been here?" Xue Ling asked curiously.
"I have been there, otherwise how would I know that it was a black base. The boss of that base wanted me to stay there and work for him as a thug." Wen Jiuze spoke like he was telling a story.
"The boss made a promise to me, saying, 'Become my brother, I will not treat you unfairly. Once we take down the two surrounding bases, I will let you become the boss of the other base!'"
He curled his lips and commented: "He thought he was playing a Three Kingdoms battle game, trying to recruit soldiers and horses to fight for supremacy."
Xue Ling was amused by him and wrote: "Why is that base gone? Does it have anything to do with you?"
"They arrested the wrong people, and I was paid to go rescue them with a group of people... and then this base was gone."
Too much has been omitted in the middle.
Xue Ling listened attentively and felt that Wen Jiuzhe's life in the past three years was much more exciting than hers.
Unlike her, who just keeps walking on the road, getting lost, and looking for a place to rest.
"Have you been to all these bases?" Write, write.
"I've been there." Wen Jiuze put his hands behind his head and looked at Xue Ling's dark red eyes which were almost filled with the words "Tell me what interesting things happened there."
Wen Jiuze thought about it and decided that it was definitely not as interesting as Xue Ling had imagined.
He cooperated with others just to earn supplies. Every time he got enough things, he would leave. He didn't pay much attention to those bases and he almost couldn't remember who he cooperated with.
He thought for a long time about something interesting but couldn't find anything interesting.
Thinking about what she would find interesting, Wen Jiuze said, "There is also a large-scale base of bandits on this map. I almost got trapped there and barely managed to escape death."
Xue Ling became nervous after hearing this and clenched his fists, waiting for the next step.
"The reason... I don't remember the reason, but there was a leader there who didn't like me, so he brought dozens of people to hunt me down. I ran out of the base, but they still kept chasing me."
The long wound on his waist was left at that time.
"I took them around the abandoned city nearby, and in an empty building, I spent a day and a night dealing with them, and finally I stole their car and ran away."
"Yes, this one. I have to thank them. This car is really nice."
Seeing Xue Ling loosen his fist and shake it to express his happiness, Wen Jiuze also smiled lazily.
He didn't say how thrilling it was at the time. That night, he used one hand to push back his intestines that were about to fall out to plug the wound on his stomach, and with the other hand he drove forward, and the entire seat was covered in his blood.
He thought he was going to die there. In a semi-conscious state, he gritted his teeth and dragged himself in the car with his injuries, and he managed to hold on even though he had to take random medicine.
Maybe it was because he was so unlucky that he had to die, or maybe he was just unwilling to die there.
Xue Ling suspected that he was making up a story to amuse her, but she still clapped her hands to give him face.
She thought about what Wen Jiuze didn't say and felt that it must be as thrilling and exciting as what was portrayed in action movies.
The final departure scene must be set against the backdrop of dawn, foreshadowing escape and that everything will go well.
"So, when we pass by this base, we'd better take a detour." Wen Jiu drew a cross on the base.
Xue Ling nodded.
Wen Jiuze crossed out another base and said, "You can't go to this base either."
Is it also a black base?
Wen Jiuze: "This base is the largest one among the three surrounding provinces. There are many people living inside and the management is very strict. The intersections leading to the base are guarded and inspected. We definitely cannot get close."
Xue Ling will definitely be found out.
He stayed in that base the longest. There was a long street of missing person notices, and his notice looking for Xue Ling was also posted there.
"As for this base, it's better not to go there." He marked another base.
What's going on with this base?
"The daughter of the base commander has taken a fancy to me and wants me to be her son-in-law."
Xue Ling: “…”
“It must be fake,” she wrote.
Wen Jiu smiled but said nothing.
Before going to bed at night, Xue Ling, who was lying on the bed with his hands on his abdomen, suddenly sat up, picked up the writing board and hit Wen Jiuze.
The three words "It's fake" have not been erased yet.
"It's fake, it's fake. I was just kidding you." Wen Jiuze laughed so hard when she hit him.
Xue Ling lay down again.
Actually, it’s nothing, they broke up.
And they, one a zombie and one a human, will they stay together like this forever? Definitely not.
Xue Ling moved her hands from her abdomen to her chest. After a while, she suddenly sat up and took the writing board: "Is it true or false?"
"Puchi." Wen Jiuze turned over and his shoulders kept shaking.
"It's fake. No one likes me." He said, "Only those with eye problems would like me."
Xue Ling: “…”
Got scolded.
She stretched out her foot and stomped on his foot.
Wen Jiuze was still laughing.
Xue Ling thought to herself, I'm stepping on you and it's turned on and off. Why do you feel happy when you step on it?
Worried that if she stepped on only one foot, he would limp the next day, Xue Ling considerately stepped on his other foot as well.
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