Chapter 37 Discovery
"Maybe the zombies have evolved again."
It was already after four o'clock in the afternoon when Jiang Qian and the other two returned to the car.
Huang Liping was surprised they came back so early, but when she saw the blood on the three people, she became worried. "Did you encounter zombies?"
Jiang Dong nodded and said, "It's okay, don't worry, there are only two of them. Dad and I can knock them down with just two hoes."
Huang Liping: "Have you found the magic crystal?"
Jiang Dong raised two fingers and said, "Found it, two."
"Great." Huang Liping felt a little better. "Then can we leave now?"
Jiang Dong shook his head.
"This is not enough. We finally found a relatively safe place. My father, sister, and I want to collect more before we leave. Besides, we have an appointment with someone to exchange supplies tomorrow."
Huang Liping: "Have you seen other people?"
"Yes, from a nearby village."
"Is there any danger?"
"Probably not. Let's go earlier tomorrow and run if there's any danger."
Jiang Dong took off the blood-stained outer clothes, but he still felt the lingering smell of blood on his body.
Ren Ru had already taken out disinfectant wipes from the bag next to her and distributed one to each person.
While cleaning, the three of them recounted their encounter with the person.
After they carefully cleaned the exposed skin, Ren Ru brought a small basin of water.
Jiang Dong put on rubber gloves, soaked the three people's coats in water and started scrubbing them.
Jiang Qian asked her mother to bring the dirty water collected after washing vegetables, and poured it on the two small balls in the palm of her hand with a ladle.
The dirt on the outside of the small ball, which was originally stained with blood, was washed away by the water, revealing its original appearance.
Jiang Qian said "Huh" in surprise and realized something was wrong.
Huang Liping was nearby and when she heard the noise she asked, "What's going on?"
Jiang Qian held up the small ball in her hand and said while recalling the previous one, "The previous one was yellow, and this one is green, and there seems to be less blood in it."
Huang Liping didn't look at the previous one carefully and couldn't remember what color it was.
But others who watched it carefully at the time still remember it.
Jiang Dong was washing clothes. Upon hearing this, he came over to take a look. "It has indeed changed. The previous one was yellow and a little smaller than this one."
Huang Liping was puzzled. "What's going on? Can this thing change color?"
Jiang Qian put the ball in a clean transparent plastic bag and guessed, "Maybe the zombies have evolved again."
"But we didn't feel any difference when we fought zombies before," Jiang Weimin tried to recall. "The zombies' movements didn't become more agile."
Jiang Dong also said that he didn't notice any difference, but the fact that zombies might evolve still made the whole family panic.
Huang Liping sighed, "Doesn't this world leave people any chance to survive?"
Jiang Dong comforted him, "Don't worry too much. Zombies can evolve, and maybe we humans will too! Not to mention, we're smarter than them!"
"As for whether the zombies have evolved, we'll find out by asking the people of Xiaozhao Village when we trade tomorrow. As long as we're together as a family, even death is nothing to be afraid of!"
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, children's words are without restraint!"
Huang Liping spat several times, not realizing that the person who had just spoken those "childish words" was already over 30 years old.
Because they came back early, the family had dinner early as well.
After dinner, before it got dark, the family began to dig the soil in the surrounding land, preparing to plant grains and vegetables in all the empty space in the carriage.
After it got dark, they loaded all the containers filled with soil into the truck.
The lights in the car were on, but it was still dark outside.
Their cell phones were already fully charged, but they couldn't get any signal here and couldn't make any calls. The whole world seemed to have become a series of separated islands.
It was only eight o'clock and Jiang Qian had nothing to do, so she called on the whole family to go to the driver's seat to learn how to drive.
Huang Liping didn't expect that she would have to learn it herself. She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "I'm already so old. You young people should learn it!"
Jiang Qian didn't try to get around her. "What's wrong with being older? My dad is only two years older than you. If he can learn, why can't you? What did you say when you encouraged my dad to learn to drive?"
"Is your father a man? Besides, he already has some basic skills in driving. How is that the same as me?" Huang Liping was still unwilling and kept struggling in her daughter's hands.
"What's the difference?" Jiang Qian disagreed with her mother. "Everyone starts by learning. Who is born knowing everything? Why? There are no female bus drivers on the road. Are they worse than my dad and Dongzi? How are you worse than them, Mom?"
Jiang Qian hated people who underestimated themselves the most. "I never thought you were bad. When I was a kid, you drove my dad's sports car. You knew almost everyone in the dozen or so villages around us, even calling them by name. You never made a mistake once when it came to checking the accounts at night or dividing the money on weekends. You're obviously very capable and have such a good memory, so why are you so afraid of driving? Driving isn't just for men. Isn't there a law that prohibits you from learning?"
Huang Liping was stunned, but still spoke in a low voice.
"What you're talking about happened many years ago. My brain isn't working very well anymore. What if..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted.
"What if? What if? Where is the what if? If you don't learn, where are the ten thousand? Where is the one?"
"Besides, even if something unexpected happens, are the rest of us just sitting there doing nothing?" Jiang Qian calmed down. "I don't understand why you always set limits for yourself? There's obviously no one stopping you!"
Huang Liping was completely stunned.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting bad, Ren Ru quickly came out to smooth things over.
She held her mother-in-law's hand and said, "Mom, don't be angry with my sister. She just wanted us to have a skill. If anything happens in the future, we won't have to rely entirely on Dad and Dongzi."
"Now that we've learned this, it won't just come in handy in times of crisis. Even in normal times, if Dad and Dongzi get tired, there's someone who can take over their work! Mom, you definitely wouldn't want them to bother driving all the time, right?"
Ren Ru gave Huang Liping a way out and she followed suit.
"Then I'll learn from you."
Jiang Dong half-pushed the person into the cab, "Go ahead and learn. I'll teach you. It's really not difficult at all. Mom, you're the smartest in our family, so you'll definitely learn quickly."
After the family of six entered the cab, Jiang Dong found the video introducing the train and opened it, letting them first understand the various function buttons on the train.
After the two-minute video is finished, there will be a three-minute simulation operation.
Jiang Qian took the driver's seat first.
She put on her headphones and instantly felt that everything around her changed.
The family members who were originally around me have disappeared, and the surroundings are quiet, as if I have entered another world in an instant.
She adjusted the joystick according to the instructions on the screen and in the headphones and the knowledge she had just learned. The next second, the train took off from the ground and flew into the air.
The wasteland outside the car window also changed, replaced by a deep blue starry sky.
She carefully followed the system's instructions, drove the train in the air for a while, and then found a place to land smoothly.
After landing, Jiang Qian took off her headphones and stood up from her seat.
The scene around her suddenly changed in an instant, making her feel a little dizzy.
Seeing her body swaying a little, the people around her immediately surrounded her and asked, "How is it? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
After a dizzy feeling, Jiang Qian opened her eyes and looked at her parents and relatives who suddenly appeared around her, still a little confused.
I looked out the window again, only to find that the train was still stationary and the deserted land was still outside the window.
"Didn't the car move just now?"
"No." Huang Liping shook her head. "Why do you ask?"
Jiang Dong and Jiang Weimin, who knew the inside story, laughed.
They were also surprised when they tried it for the first time. They didn't expect that a simple driving simulation operation would use holographic technology.
Only Huang Liping and Ren Ru were still confused.
But then, they were both pressed into their seats one by one. "You'll know if you try it."
The train driving course was indeed not difficult. Except for Huang Liping who was a little flustered during the final test and failed, Jiang Qian and Ren Ru both received the system's certificate of passing the test.
But Huang Liping, who was initially forced to take on the challenge, was not discouraged. Instead, she became even more motivated. This attempt gave her even greater motivation and aroused her competitive spirit.
After the whole family went to rest, she still stayed in the cab to practice simulation.
…
In Xiaozhao Village, more than ten miles away, the villagers had just escaped from the chaos.
In the large meeting room of the village committee, more than a dozen men gathered together, their bodies covered in sweat and dirt, their brows and eyes full of irritation.
The person sitting at the top took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, gave one to each person, and put the rest back into his pocket.
A few minutes later, the conference room was filled with smoke, but everyone's expressions did not improve at all.
The big guy sitting at the end of the conference table looked around and broke the quiet atmosphere.
"Brother Wen, Brother Wu, we really can't stay in the village any longer. We have to find a way to get out. The zombies from the two surrounding villages will surround us at any time. The walls we built and the trenches we dug on the road can't keep them out forever! Today, the chickens in the chicken farm might rebel and bite down the wall, and tomorrow the rats in the fields might make a nest in our yard! Animals are constantly mutating, and we can't just sit there and wait for them to die."
Hearing how serious he was, some people disagreed.
"Isn't it just that a few chickens in the chicken farm went crazy today? Just kill them, the others are still fine, right?"
"What's wrong with staying in the village? Aside from the lack of signal, we have water and electricity, and we have food at home. If we really leave, there will inevitably be casualties. If something does happen, it will be too late to regret it!"
The big guy retorted, "Old Yang at the chicken farm noticed something was wrong with the chickens yesterday. A few chickens went crazy today, but what if a few more go crazy tomorrow? There are tens of thousands of chickens in the farm. If every one of them is as powerful as today, can you kill them all?"
Then he looked up and said, "Brother Wen, the chickens are fine, but we still have a dog farm. Those dogs are well-behaved now, but what if they go crazy in the future? There are more than a dozen large dogs there!"
【Author’s words】
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