Chapter 13: Apocalyptic Scene
There are almost no signs of living people on the road.
Some roads are open, but in some sections, there are several cars with open doors or closed zombies parked in the middle of the road, or cars that crash into roadside flower beds block the way.
Most of the shops on the roadside are closed.
Some have broken windows and open doors, or their roller shutters are pried open. Most of these are convenience stores, tobacco shops and various restaurants.
Bai Zhi and Li Chengyi have no shortage of supplies for the time being, and they plan to go straight to the official resettlement site.
So they don't plan to spend time stopping by the roadside to collect and replenish food reserves in the stores they pass by.
Li Chengyi's car has an offline navigation system, and his phone also has a backup offline map, so Bai Zhi doesn't need to hold a paper map to show the way.
On the way to the stadium, she sat in the passenger seat, curiously looking at the real apocalyptic scenes along the way.
Maybe it's because the apocalypse has just begun. Along the way, there are only a few zombies wandering on the road, broken bodies lying on the ground, and some smashed shops.
Most of the streets are deserted after a power outage.
Compared with the wasteland-style scenes in the game, the situation is much better.
But Bai Zhi knows that as time goes by, if the city's water, electricity and transportation cannot be restored, and no one lives there for a long time, the world before her eyes will sooner or later become like the imagined, a shabby and dilapidated apocalyptic scene.
Along the way, Bai Zhi also saw people other than her and Li Chengyi.
People looting supplies in open convenience stores and restaurants, cars parked at the door with open trunks and doors, and dark shops. Or people
carrying backpacks, holding weapons such as sticks, iron pipes, and knives, fighting zombies alone or in groups.
Bai Zhi and Li Chengyi occasionally need to stop the car and get out to move a car parked in the middle of the road with a key in the car.
Or deal with zombies that are blocked in the middle of the road and cannot be bypassed.
Li Chengyi drove for more than 40 minutes to finally arrive at the stadium that only took 20 minutes to get to before the end of the world.
But they were unlucky, and the nearest stadium to their home was not an official resettlement site.
There were no military vehicles at the entrance of the venue, and there were no soldiers stationed in the stadium.
Instead, they found a few people who might have the same idea as them, so they came here in advance to wait for rescue.
Bai Zhi looked at the faces that popped up vigilantly on the opposite stand, looked up and asked Li Chengyi beside her, "What should we do? Continue to the next place?"
Li Chengyi answered her without hesitation, "The next one."
This place is not suitable for defense.
It would be too dangerous for just a few of them to encounter zombies and people with bad intentions at the same time.
And it is meaningless to wait here, waiting for the official troops who will arrive here at any time.
It is convenient for them to get in touch with the official as soon as possible so that they can grasp the latest intelligence and information.
If the conditions at the official resettlement site are not good, he will take Bai Zhi and find an uninhabited house or hotel nearby.
As long as they can keep up with the official main force during the evacuation, or get the possible address or information of the official base.
The two of them, or other people who are capable of fighting in the temporary team, can go ahead.
In short, Li Chengyi took Bai Zhi back to the car without hesitation.
Continue to drive along the pre-planned route, to a possible resettlement site farther away.
Coming out of the convention and exhibition center that was empty again.
Bai Zhi obviously found that there were more zombies encountered along the way.
She looked at the names of nearby places on the navigation map, and found that the area near the convention and exhibition center was full of schools.
Not only universities, but also middle schools and elementary schools.
If they don't have time to go home before the government's announcement, then students whose families live outside the city or who voluntarily choose to live in the school will probably be trapped in the school after the end of the world.
Many of the apocalyptic stories Bai Zhi had read before would list universities as the first rescue points.
Would there be military units on missions nearby?
Could they get news about the official resettlement points from those on missions?
But there might be a lot of zombies near the school. If there were no military rescue team, would they be trapped by the zombies if they went there headlong?
She told Li Chengyi these thoughts.
Li Chengyi parked the car on the side of a wide road. He
dragged the in-car navigation map, looked at the distance between their original route and the nearest university, and thought about it silently for a while.
Li Chengyi: "Let's go and take a look at the situation. If there are too many zombies, we won't go in. If a military rescue team has been there, the zombies on the road must have been cleaned up in large numbers. You can tell from the traces."
Bai Zhi: "You're right. If they don't find a lot of corpses, it means the military rescue team hasn't been there. Then the official resettlement point must not be nearby. When they carry out rescue missions, they must be centered on the resettlement point and radiate outward."
Bai Zhi was enlightened by Li Chengyi's words.
Bai Zhi: "We can also look for resettlement sites based on the number of zombies on the ground and the clearance of the lanes on the road. The places where the rescue team has passed will definitely be much smoother."
Li Chengyi: "Well, we can also check the situation at nearby universities along the original route. If we can't find a resettlement site, we can find a military rescue team."
Li Chengyi restarted the SUV and turned around in the direction of nearby C University.
The closer to C University, the more zombies there are on the road.
Occasionally there are a few wandering zombies, and there are no vehicles that completely block the road.
Bai Zhi's premonition of finding a rescue team is getting stronger and stronger, and an excited smile unconsciously appears on her face.
She turned to look at Li Chengyi and found that he was still as calm as ever.
Whether it was the repeated misses along the way or the news that he might soon get a resettlement place, he seemed to be always expressionless in any situation.
Is this the hidden talent of the workplace elite?
Shouldn't she learn from this?
Don't show your emotions, otherwise it will be too easy for people to guess your thoughts.
"There's a military truck in front."
Li Chengyi suddenly spoke up, interrupting Bai Zhi's thoughts.
She looked up and looked forward.
About a hundred meters in front of the SUV, there was indeed a large military green truck parked.
But at such a long distance, all they could see was that there was no one near the car, and they didn't know what was happening in front of or inside the car.
Bai Zhi: "Maybe there's someone in the cab."
"Yeah." Li Chengyi responded to Bai Zhi and slowly drove the car closer to the military truck.
When they got closer, Bai Zhi saw some supplies on the military truck, but no one was in the back compartment.
Before Li Chengyi parked the car next to the military truck, they met a pair of sharp eyes in the rearview mirror of the military truck's cab.
Bai Zhi's heart was beating fast, and her face was a little nervous.
The other party may have seen her non-threatening appearance, and there were only two people in the car, so his eyes and expressions softened a lot.
Li Chengyi: "You stay in the car, I'll go and ask about the situation."
Li Chengyi parked the SUV next to the military truck, opened the door and got out.
The window of the driver's seat of the military truck also rolled down.