Chapter 178 Arriving at the F City Tribe
The large group had already run out of the city, with only a few zombies following them. After easily dealing with them, they chased after the bus.
Kong Fenglin led everyone along the designated route and waited 50 kilometers away. He was relieved only when he saw that the large team was safe and sound.
"Hurry up and get in the car. It's warm inside."
It was indeed cold running against the cold wind, especially for the team of old professors who stayed in the laboratory all year round. Their faces were ashen, their hands and feet were out of control, and they walked like zombies, shivering violently.
Lan Shiruo put away her scooter and let the group of people squeeze into the bus first.
He got some hot things to take internally and apply externally, and Kong Fenglin drove slowly forward. They had not yet completely escaped the danger zone.
The large team and the seven brothers had all suffered hardships before, and they recovered quickly. The old professor and his group took more than three hours to recover, especially the old professor, who was sixty years old and could not bear it.
Lan Shiruo felt quite guilty, thinking that she had not thought it through carefully enough. At least she should have gotten a car with a roof.
It’s too late to say anything now, just take care of it slowly in the future.
By mid-afternoon, the old professor and his group were looking grim. Lan Shiruo asked them to find a good place to stop and rest before continuing their journey tomorrow. The eight men and six women breathed a sigh of relief; they were truly exhausted.
The old professor was in very poor health, but he was still thinking about Bingchan and his research.
The team stopped, but refused to rest. They pestered Duan Jianghe for information and Lan Shiruo for ice toad mucus and blood.
Lan Shiruo was so annoyed that she released the laboratory specially built for Duan Jianghe. It was converted from a container and was fully equipped with all the research materials of Duan Jianghe, as well as the mucus and blood left by the ice toad.
The old professor's eyes sparkled with excitement. He dove in and never came out again, not even to eat.
Or maybe Lan Shiruo was afraid that he would kill himself, so she confiscated all his belongings and let him out to wash, eat and sleep.
They slept in containers at night. For the seven brothers, this was the best place they had ever lived. But for the medical team, this was the worst place they had ever lived.
Different life experiences always make people sigh with regret.
The next morning, we set off according to the planned route.
There are now sixty-three people in the team and the transformed guys in total. One bus can't accommodate them all. The men and girls took their transformed friends and divided into two off-road vehicles, walking in front and behind the bus. The journey was relatively peaceful.
After walking for five or six days, they arrived at the jurisdiction of City F. The seven brothers were very excited and wanted to let themselves go back. They had to take care of food and clothing, and deal with rotting corpses along the way, and they also had to consider the distance. It would take at least three to five months to return.
Not knowing whether their families were still there, the seven brothers began to hesitate as they were homesick.
The men patted their shoulders and said, "Let's go. If we hide our heads, we will get hurt. If we stick our heads out, we will get hurt. Let's go early. Maybe we can help."
The seven brothers nodded, took a deep breath and led everyone into the mountains.
There were also only twelve girls and men, along with the seven brothers, who went. The others were led by Kong Fenglin and waited at the foot of the mountain. Just in case, they had plenty of containers, food, and weapons.
Nineteen people plus the spirit and Lebao rode their bikes into the mountains. If everything went well, they could go back and forth on the same day.
I am afraid that the mountain road will be unused for a long time and cannot be walked on.
The mountain roads are all winding and rugged trails. Without some skills and courage, you really don’t dare to drive.
The only good thing is that the entire forest has been damaged by acid rain, and new weeds have not grown yet, so there is no need to grow in the grass.
"Everyone, be careful. There are steep cliffs at the bottom of the mountain road. You may die if you fall down." Sa Bing was worried that if something happened to the big team because of them, he would feel guilty for the rest of his life.
The men carried the girls, and they had already gone through more difficult and dangerous roads than this one, without taking it seriously. "Take care of yourself, brothers, how can we be weaker than you?"
Sa Bing chuckled. That couldn't happen. He was worried. "Okay."
Such towering mountains and steep cliffs are the world of the goshawk. It likes to roam between heaven and earth, with the eagle's cry, circling and diving, flying back and forth between cliffs.
Master Mastiff looked down on it, thinking, what was there to be proud of? It just didn't have wings, otherwise it could still fly into the sky.
The winding mountain road is unobstructed, with a few damaged areas but fortunately still passable.
The seven brothers were very happy, but the big group narrowed their eyes, "Someone is passing by here, could it be someone from your tribe?"
The seven brothers were stunned. "That's impossible. Normally, no one comes in or out of the tribe, let alone now. Could it be a wild animal?"
"No, there are a lot of footprints on the road. There were quite a few people passing by two days ago."
"Who could that be?"
"I don't know, everyone be careful."
The seven brothers' excitement turned into anxiety, and bad premonitions started to emerge. The more they thought about it, the more panicked they became, and they almost drove off the cliff several times.
"Be steady, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe someone from your tribe is out looking for a way out. Lead the way well. If others don't find it, you'll be the one who gets killed."
The seven brothers took a deep breath and calmed down a lot.
After crossing a cliff and seeing the wooden houses lined up at the foot of the mountain, the seven brothers became excited again. "Going down this road is our tribe. There are more than 1,300 of us in the tribe. I wonder how many are left now."
"One is one, let's go."
The seven brothers knew about it, but they just sighed and rushed down the mountain road with their large group.
Before entering the tribe, he opened his voice and shouted, "Dad, Mom."
"Sister, brother."
They shouted all kinds of things, and the big team didn't stop them. If they called out some monsters, they would work hard to deal with them.
To my disappointment, I shouted for a long time but nothing came out.
The seven brothers' faces turned pale. Could they be dead?
Lan Shiruo patted the general and said, "Go and look for him."
The generals and ministers rushed out, and the goshawk was circling over the wooden house. The large team followed the seven brothers and searched among the rows of bamboo houses.
There are obvious traces of human life here, and it doesn't look like it has been abandoned for a long time.
Many rooms were in a mess, with signs of fighting and a small amount of blood. Judging from the depth of the blood, it must have been from three days ago.
The seven brothers were so enraged that their eyes turned red. If it was a natural disaster, they would accept it, but they would never tolerate a man-made disaster.
The general and the minister could not find any trace, and the hawk brought the news, and the seven brothers ran excitedly to the back cliff.
There is a hidden cave on the cliff at the back of the mountain. It cannot be seen at all if you don’t pay attention. A hawk is circling outside the cave, saying that there is someone inside.
The seven brothers were overjoyed. Yes, this was their clan’s secret hiding place. Usually, someone would go up there every day to check the ladder in the cave. When they encountered danger, they would hide in the cave. Only when the ladder was released from inside could the people below go up. There was no other way.
The cave is naturally formed. There is cliff water coming from somewhere, which drips continuously every day to form a small pool. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is well ventilated and breathable. It can accommodate hundreds of people and is a good place for refuge.
However, the cave was in the middle of the cliff, several hundred meters away. If you hid in the cave and covered the entrance tightly, you really couldn't hear the shouting from below.
"I want to go up. The goshawk is at the entrance of the cave. They will think it is attacking them and will not come out." Sa Bing said.
Ao Chengyi nodded and called back Goshawk, "Take him up."
(End of this chapter)
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