Chapter 57 Decision (Part 2)
"Then do we still need to continue clearing out the zombies?"
Of course, Zhao Wen did not explicitly state the latter conjecture, but it was not difficult for the villagers who were prompted to imagine what benefits such a station would bring to the village.
As the old saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first.
In order to build this airport, the government held many meetings to explain the benefits of building an airport when they came to mobilize for demolition.
Although the airport has not been built yet and they have not yet enjoyed the various benefits mentioned at the time, the significance of the establishment of this magical train station should be similar to that of the establishment of an airport!
Thinking of this, the person who had just been feeling depressed became energetic again.
"Why don't we just not leave then?"
"Let's not leave. We have a goose holding golden eggs right here. Once the news gets out, the government will definitely come. We can just follow the rescue troops. Isn't that better than making our own way to the base?"
"That's true."
"Then do we still need to continue clearing out the zombies?"
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent again.
Since we have decided to stay where we are and wait for rescue, then clearing out the zombies doesn’t seem so urgent?
Although they have not suffered any casualties now, clearing out zombies is still a risky task after all.
Unless necessary, they don't want to come into contact with those disgusting monsters.
"We still need to continue clearing out the zombies," Zhao Wen said. "Besides anything else, we live in a village, so we have to clean up the surrounding villages before we can sleep peacefully."
"Besides, the news about the train has probably spread in City B after today. Starting tomorrow, a lot of people should be taking the train from there."
"Although our village has quite a few people, as long as the trains keep bringing people here, there will always be more outsiders than us. We have to work with them to find a way out, otherwise they won't be able to leave and will have to stay here..."
But if there are too many people, there will be chaos.
Strictly speaking, the people in Xiaozhao Village all have the same ancestors and are all family members. He and Awu have enough prestige in the village and can still control them. But if too many people come, others may not be willing to listen to them.
By then, it is not certain whether their houses, fields, and food will belong to them!
Therefore, these people must not stay in the village for a long time.
"We must continue to clean up the zombies."
"But don't worry, everyone. Starting tomorrow, people from City B will be working with us..."
…
In the southeastern suburbs of City B, the newly built unfinished residential buildings are brightly lit.
People wearing various special uniforms came in and out, and helicopters landed on the rooftops of each building.
Hundreds of tents have been set up on the green land in the community that has not yet been built, and they are full of people who have been rescued from nearby areas during this period.
Zhao Jingyu, the highest commander in charge of the rescue in City B, stood in front of the window, looking at the city not far away with a solemn expression on his face.
Since receiving the notice from their superiors, they immediately took action even though they didn't know the reason.
They first sent people to secretly take over factories and granaries throughout the city, but before they could do anything else, something strange happened.
That night, he witnessed with his own eyes the sudden change in his secretary, who had caught a cold from being caught in the rain a few days ago, and he also heard screams and chaotic sounds coming from all over the city.
The assembled police forces and rescue workers immediately joined the rescue, but this disaster was different from previous natural disasters.
At the beginning, the rescuers were able to suppress the monsters with force, but later, as more and more people mutated, the number of enemies far exceeded the number of rescuers, and the situation was out of control.
Seeing that not only could he not save the people, but that so many rescue workers might even lose their lives, he had no choice but to order all rescue workers to withdraw from City B.
They re-planned and decided to start from the southeast of the city where the population density was the lowest and there were the fewest zombies, and then gradually attack inward.
But the effect is not very good...
As the sun had mostly sunk below the horizon, the helicopters on duty also returned.
They have only a few helicopters at their disposal, so each one can only be used to complete the most urgent and difficult tasks.
Seeing that the last car returned safely, Zhao Jingyu felt a little relieved.
He was just thinking of finding the newly appointed secretary to ask about today's rescue situation when he saw the young clerk from the Propaganda Department hurried in.
Zhao Jingyu's frown relaxed, and he looked kindly at the little girl who had been on duty recording distress messages on the Internet almost all the time since the incident.
Compared to his age, this girl, who had just graduated from college two years ago, was still a young girl. But it was this young girl who took on the responsibility of the entire department after the head of the publicity department transformed into a zombie.
"What's wrong? Why are you so anxious?"
The girl took a few breaths, and after calming down a little, she showed the phone screen to the person in front of her.
"Look, this is the news that a citizen posted online this afternoon."
She was originally ordered to record the help requests on the Internet and post some messages to boost the morale of the citizens.
Although this job seems simple, you cannot be careless for a moment. Not only must you carefully identify and record the request for help, but you must also promptly pass it on to the rescuers on the front line, so that they can achieve the best rescue results by the most convenient route or at the lowest cost.
But this morning while working, she found a lot of inquiries online, most of which were accompanied by a blurry picture.
She was busy with work at the time and didn't think it looked like a request for help, so she ignored it. But in the afternoon, similar posts suddenly increased like a spurt.
As she saw more and more posts, she took a look and found that everyone was talking about a flying train. Some citizens had even posted photos and videos.
The comment sections of the relevant posts were all abuzz with activity, with many people saying they would venture out to check it out the next day.
Such a miraculous train appeared in the city without their knowledge. She wanted to report it immediately, but because she suddenly received other rescue information, she didn't come until now after completing her work.
"Boss, according to the internet, some citizens have already left on this bus, and many are waiting for it to return tomorrow..."
This short period of time was enough for Zhao Jingyu to figure out what had happened.
He frowned. "Someone has already left? Where did they go?"
"It's said to be the airport in City A. It seems this bus can only travel between City A and City B at the moment," the girl said, looking up at the leader beside her. "Many nearby residents are already planning to go to the train station tomorrow. Should we investigate first?"
Zhao Jingyu remained silent.
If he had encountered this situation before, he would certainly send people to investigate without hesitation.
But now, there is a shortage of helicopters and manpower, and every person and every aircraft is operating at almost 200%.
We are already overwhelmed with the daily rescue and supplies distribution. The rescue plans for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow have already been arranged, and the citizens to be rescued have been notified to make preparations in advance. Temporarily withdrawing people and changing the plan will definitely cause panic.
Even though he was the commander, it would be difficult for him to spare people to do other things in this situation, especially since the train station was almost across the entire city from their current base.
Do you want to send someone to investigate?
I don’t know if the online news is true or false, and I don’t know if this car is good or bad.
If it is real, where did it get such advanced technology? If it is fake, what is its purpose in using this as a gimmick to attract so many people?
In fact, he was very happy to see the people starting to gather together to save themselves. Only he, who was in charge of the rescue forces in the entire city, knew how tense the current rescue situation was.
Many young men in the rescue team have not had a rest for many days, but the number of people they have rescued so far is less than one-tenth of the entire city.
If the entire city relied solely on government aid, even doubling or tripling the number of people would be overwhelmed. So from the very beginning, he urged citizens to actively help themselves.
But perhaps the zombies were too brutal and terrifying, or perhaps the situation in the city center was too serious. Even though they dispatched helicopters and rescue workers to use thermal weapons to clear the zombies on the main streets of the city, very few citizens took the initiative to leave their homes. Most people still did not have the courage to fight the zombies.
However, judging by the current rescue speed, it would take far too long to fully rescue the entire city, and most people might not even be able to wait until rescue arrives...
The appearance of this car has prompted some people to take action.
Zhao Jingyu was silent for a while, then called the newly appointed secretary on the intercom.
"First, go to the Internet Technology Center and have them investigate the accounts that posted these messages online. Also, retrieve the surveillance footage from the neighborhood near the train station and capture and save all images of this train..."
After instructing his secretary, he found the number of the City A Rescue Headquarters in the phone book next to him and dialed it himself...
…
It is not yet known what the top leaders of the two cities said on the phone, but the Jiang family spent another peaceful night on the airport land.
If it weren't for the desolate surroundings, they would have thought they were still at home before the end of the world.
We were afraid of meeting other people like yesterday, so today, no one in the family got out of the car.
Because yesterday's harvest was quite rich, the whole family had a relatively rich breakfast this morning.
After breakfast, Ren Ru took out the teaching video that she had cached from the Internet when she was in City B from her mobile phone and showed it to her son. The others left the space in the carriage for them and went to the driver's seat.
During the time after they got up, as expected, there were people coming to see them from outside the train from time to time.
Jiang Weimin took a few looks and found several faces familiar.
"They should be from Xiaozhao Village. I saw a few of them who look quite similar to Zhao Qingshan and the others. I guess I heard about them from relatives yesterday, so I came to take a look today."
But although these people looked, no one got on the bus until nine o'clock.
Jiang Dong was a little disappointed sitting in the driver's seat. He had thought that he could make some profit from this trip today, but he didn't expect that the car would be empty in the end.
But the empty train wasn't surprising. City B was so dangerous that few people would go there unless absolutely necessary. It seemed they could only earn enough magic crystals for the one-way trip from City B to the airport.
Thinking of the posts made online by people from City B who took the bus yesterday, Jiang Dong thought that there should be quite a few passengers returning today.
But to his surprise, there were already many people waiting on the platform of the train station before the train arrived.
He slowly controlled the vehicle to slow down and descend, and the people on the platform saw the vehicle also move to the side.
As they got closer, they roughly counted the people waiting, there were about twenty or so, including some familiar faces they had seen yesterday.
The train stopped steadily on the track, and before everyone gathered around, the train door opened.
The people on the platform spontaneously lined up, exchanging their magic crystals for tickets and entering the train compartments one by one. Everyone who entered the compartments couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
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