After meeting up with the team members.

Lin Miao and others took advantage of the starlight to rush to Xicheng District.

Under the gray sky, the team's seven special vehicles passed through one gate after another and were allowed to leave the city only after repeated confirmation by groups of patrolling and garrison soldiers.

It is still under military control.

Even after the disaster is over, we still need to remain vigilant for the time being.

Outside the base, there were lines of defense inherited from the disaster a few days ago, one after another.

Compared to the defense strength during disasters.

It is even worse than before.

It was not until half an hour after leaving the survivor base in Linjiang City that the convoy completely left the last line of outer defense.

For the time being, we have left the large buffer zone that has been opened up outside the survivor base in Linjiang City.

Because the buffer zone is set up during disaster periods to prevent monster invasions, the purpose is to hold back monsters that enter the defense line layer by layer, using distance to delay time.

Therefore, its coverage is quite broad.

It wasn't long after they left the buffer zone that they were already close to the urban area of ​​Linjiang City.

But soon after, the roads near the city began to become difficult to travel on, with more vehicles, monster corpses and collapsed buildings.

Fortunately, some important main roads have been simply dealt with and the obstacles have been cleared to both sides of the road. Now we can drive smoothly all the way to a place closer to Xicheng District.

Apart from the fact that the vehicle may be bumpy due to not cleaning it properly, there is no need to worry about too many other possible troubles.

only……

The smell of burning in the air made some people on the bus cough uncomfortably.

After all, there are not enough resources for breathing masks, and they are mainly provided to the teams responsible for collecting bodies.

Fortunately, the smell is not strong today.

You'll get used to it if you just bear with it.

For the rest of the journey, the only sound was the low roar of the car engine.

Everything was so quiet except for the creaking sound of the vehicle as it drove on the bumpy road.

Soon, after entering the city.

The road became more difficult to walk on.

There are more vehicles stuck in traffic and more collapsed buildings, blocking all the roads that should be connected in all directions, making the situation worse than before.

Only a few main roads cleared by the exploration team were passable, but they were extremely narrow.

But as mentioned before.

The main roads leading to several important areas are still barely passable.

only……

Not long after.

Just turned an intersection.

The first car in the convoy suddenly turned on its warning lights and slammed on its brakes.

The vehicles behind also stopped one after another.

There is timely signal communication and a sufficiently long safety distance.

There was no collision in the convoy.

Everything stopped very peacefully.

Li Hongtu, who was in the second car, frowned and looked ahead of the convoy through the window.

He did not ask on the radio what happened to the car in front.

Because it's just looking forward.

You can immediately understand why you stopped.

With his eyesight he could see it clearly.

The road not far ahead was blocked by a huge monster.

At first glance, the huge monster seemed to be more than ten meters tall, but it was just lying sideways.

It was a huge military mecha with sharp blade structures and gun barrels, but they were basically all twisted.

Most of his metal right arm was broken, and his lower limbs disappeared, leaving only a bitten wound, which showed that he had lost the ability to move.

Most of the paint patterns sprayed on the surface have been scratched.

Li Hongtu recognized this thing.

Although I didn't see this during the disaster.

But yesterday, when he was performing survivor exploration and hazard inspection work in Xicheng District, he saw this damaged mecha lying next to a building in an area he had not been to when the disaster struck.

The surrounding area was filled with cordons, and four serious-looking soldiers were standing guard.

It is said that the mecha was brought from the main battlefield of the Eastern Military District within the circle during the disaster period, by a small group of defeated monsters.

After all, there are not enough mecha reserves.

Their non-first-tier city does not have mechas to protect it.

This kind of thing can only come from somewhere else.

The Linjiang City Survivor Base has inquired about the relevant matters with the head of the Eastern Military Region, who said that they would send someone to deal with it in the next few days and asked their people to help with the vigilance work.

And now.

Obviously, the person in charge of handling the matter has come.

only……

Although this military mecha was docked and fixed on a truck, the truck, which had the words "Eastern Military Region" simply spray-painted on it, had already broken down.

One of its tires burst.

The tire tracks that suddenly changed direction near the vehicle indicated that the entire vehicle had apparently skidded and ended up lying sideways on the road.

Fortunately, although the front of the car hit a nearby wall, it only lost a layer of paint.

The wall that was hit was shattered into pieces.

Fortunately, the mecha was fixed to the truck and did not fall off.

No need to reload.

Now the problem doesn't seem to be that big, and all that needs to be done is repair the truck's damaged tires.

At this moment, three soldiers were operating around the tire, and five soldiers with guns were guarding around the truck at all times.

Seeing this, Li Hongtu did not rush forward to communicate.

Although the disaster is over now, it does not mean that there is no danger.

Otherwise the country would not be in a state of war all the time.

Each country that still retains a certain amount of power is on guard against other countries taking advantage of the chaos to covet its power.

After all, everyone is a little dazed now, and their strength has been greatly damaged.

Only a country that is basically destroyed or has lost its institutional official power would be so corrupt at this time that it would not care about the covetousness of other countries.

Each survivor base has continued to maintain its alert lines and restrict outings.

The monster is gone though.

But there are still people with bad intentions.

Whether it is a brutal person who has become evil because of the doomsday, or a conspirator who has bad intentions and is taking advantage of this opportunity to seek benefits, or a guy who dares not go to the survivor base because he has done something illegal.

They are all extremely dangerous.

He had certainly heard some of it these days.

For example, someone from the fourth team of the exploration team was searching for an apartment building with signs of life yesterday, and was stabbed in the back by someone who had eaten human flesh and was afraid to follow the team back to the base.

Anyway…

Be careful, you can never go wrong.

So, Li Hongtu remained vigilant.

At the same time, he immediately sent a message to the survivor base in Linjiang City to inquire.

After the person on the other end of the communicator learned about his situation, he first verified his identity.

Then tell him that the other party will use the disaster 4 and 3 series gesture codes, alternating between typing the four numbers 1457 for verification communication.

He only had to honk his whistle four times in response.

The disaster series gesture passwords are a total of seven special password systems with similar systems, and it is easy to confuse each other.

Its precision lies in the fact that the password gestures in the seven sets of codes are the same, but the same gestures have their own meanings in the seven systems, and the specific numbers they refer to are completely different from those in English.

Someone who has only learned one of the passwords, when multiple passwords are usually used in combination, may be able to crack a password that he thinks is correct, but in fact it is completely wrong.

Li Hongtu has learned this code.

He immediately recalled in his mind the gesture combinations of 1 and 5 in the disaster 4 series, and 4 and 7 in the disaster 3 series.

Then wait a moment.

Not long.

Li Hongtu, who was looking ahead, discovered that one of the soldiers on the opposite side suddenly took out a communication device and said something.

Then he immediately waved towards them.

The frequency of the waving was obviously some kind of code.

That is the disaster series code.

"1...4...5...7."

"Verified, thank you."

Li Hongtu thanked him into the communicator and then hung up the phone.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly honked the horn four times in response.

Then he opened the car door and got out.

Lin Miao, who was in the same car with him, also got out and followed behind. The two of them slowly approached the stalled truck.

"Former captain of the Yongzhu Linjiang City Base Mobile Task Force, now temporarily serving as the captain of the third exploration team of the Linjiang City Survivor Base."

"Brother, what are you doing?"

After approaching.

Li Hongtu first introduced himself, then saluted the leading soldier who had just made the gesture and said.

"Head of the temporary task force of Linjiang City in the Eastern Military Region, Post-disaster Recovery Department!"

"As you can see, there was a sudden flat tire on the road."

"Fortunately, the car was braked in time and no other major problems occurred."

"We'll make room for you as soon as possible."

The leading soldier first introduced himself like Li Hongtu.

Then he began to explain.

Looking at the direction the man was coming from, the leading soldier realized that he was blocking the convoy's way.

So he stated that he would be able to make way for them soon.

He knows the situation around here.

With his truck blocking the way, he basically blocked the most critical part of the road cleared by the survivor base in Linjiang City.

This is indeed a bit of a hindrance.

"Is there anything we can do to help?"

As Li Hongtu spoke, he took out a cigarette and handed it to the leading soldier in front of him.

Now the sky is gradually getting brighter.

It's almost five in the morning.

The exploration team in Xicheng District still needs reinforcements and succession from them.

so.

He wanted to help this group of people get it done as quickly as possible.

The leading soldier waved his hand to refuse the cigarette, but Li Hongtu forced it into his hand.

So he simply put it on his ear.

Then he pointed to a truck not far away and said, "Thank you for your help. We are almost done here."

I saw that the new tire had been replaced and several maintenance personnel were getting on the car.

The roar of the engine sounded.

Apparently, this really isn't a big deal.

Professional military maintenance personnel repaired it quickly.

In the time it took them to say these few words, the problem was almost solved.

It can be said that it took not much more time than the two of them had spent on hand gestures and passwords before.

Seeing this.

Li Hongtu didn't say anything more.

Instead, he immediately turned around and directed his own convoy to pull over.

Make as much space as possible for the truck that is turning its front end little by little.

After all, you can't expect such a large truck to give way to your convoy. It would be troublesome if the truck got stuck somewhere.

The two teams lived in peace from then on.

We passed each other silently and nodded in greeting.

Continue to be busy with what you should do and move towards your respective destinations.

The truck carrying the mecha may first go to the survivor base in Linjiang City to stay temporarily.

After all, if you need to take a break, the Linjiang City Survivor Base is nearby.

It is also possible that they will head directly from here to a military base somewhere in the Eastern Military Region, instead of settling down at the survivor base in Linjiang City.

After all, the mecha was discovered and reported yesterday morning, and these people drove here in a truck early this morning, which means they are not too far from here.

Besides, they should have already traversed a passable road on the way here, so there shouldn't be any problem if they drive back now.

As for Li Hongtu, he brought his team with him.

Continue towards Xicheng District.

Their destination is there, to take shifts with the people there, with the goal of continuing to explore for survivors.

Today is the third day after the disaster.

The survivors in the wild basically knew that the disaster was over through continuous radio broadcasts across the country and helicopters carrying large-scale sound amplification equipment.

They also know the location of the shelters near them, as well as the various things they need to pay attention to after leaving the hiding area on their own.

Including but not limited to: the principle of not approaching monster corpses, the principle of staying away from damaged and easily collapsed buildings, the principle of strictly prohibiting malicious harm to other people, etc.

Most of these survivors have escaped on their own and found the survivor base in Linjiang City.

Or they may be picked up by the exploration team on the way here.

The possible survivors that their exploration team wanted to search and rescue were naturally not those who could go out and find the survivor base on their own.

The kind that doesn't require them to rush for rescue and search.

A real search and rescue operation.

They are the survivors who are injured and unable to move, the survivors who are trapped in special areas such as collapsed buildings and cannot get out, the survivors who do not know that the disaster has ended in the outside world for various special reasons, and the survivors who are still afraid to go out because of fear...

Most of these survivors are injured, and they often need to be discovered and treated as soon as possible.

so.

After the traffic jam ended, the speed of Li Hongtu and his team increased slightly.

Even in this dilapidated city, on this not-so-wide cleared road, they couldn't drive too fast.

But it was still a little bit faster.

Although no one spoke, everyone felt a sense of urgency in their hearts because of their responsibility.

Sitting in the car, I looked around at the dilapidated city scenery that I had seen countless times these days.

Li Hongtu still felt a little reluctant.

He couldn't help but look up at the sky which had just turned a little grayer, but at this moment he couldn't help but be a little dazed.

All I saw was the gray sky.

The faintly visible stars have become dim.

Because something brighter is brewing, ruthlessly snatching away the brilliance of the stars.

In the distant skyline, a faint ray of light appeared, with radiant light, lifting the veil-like mist.

The moon and darkness have not completely dissipated.

But the sun.

It has begun to prepare to rise from the horizon, lighting up a stubborn glow of dawn.

now.

Dawn has arrived.

The dawn light gradually brightened behind them, illuminating them as they moved forward.

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