Two days later, they finally arrived at another city, which was also in ruins.
This time luck finally happened to them. They found a dilapidated local city map in a suspected train station ruins. Most of the map was damaged, but some key information was still there, such as the specific location, City name and provincial highway information.
This important information was undoubtedly timely, and they finally no longer had to rush around like headless flies.
However, the city had been reduced to ruins and changed beyond recognition. The group of people almost circled the city before they found the location of the provincial road. It had almost completely merged with the surrounding green and was covered by a thick layer of vines. If it weren't for the map, the group would have ignored it.
This kind of vine is very strange. It has no leaves, only rough and flat branches intertwined with each other, forming a thick carpet. The vines on the ground stepped on by the heavy feet of the monitor lizard and King Kong broke one after another, making a clicking sound, and countless small mutant beasts fled in panic.
As the team walked out of the city, plants similar to cactus gradually appeared in front of everyone. However, compared with ordinary cacti, these plants were astonishingly huge. They were almost one or two hundred meters tall, and were taller than most trees. It is as high as a flock of chickens. From a distance, it looks like green skyscrapers.
"This is a super cactus. It is edible and is one of the main vegetables in the reconstruction area. We are not far from the desert." Captain Xia said excitedly when he saw these plants.
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After traveling for less than two hours and passing several intersections, the surrounding environment began to change significantly. The plants became sparse and low, and the soil was revealed for the first time. It was a kind of yellow-white fine soil. sand.
This place is already a desert, or in other words, this place was a desert before the end of the world, but now it is also covered by plants, but it is slightly sparse.
The windbreaks on both sides of the road seemed to have been cut down several times. The newly grown plants and the plants in the distance were much shorter. As we moved forward, there were more and more abandoned vehicles on the road. In the end, almost The entire road was blocked, like a long dragon, extending to endless distance.
There are basically no cars here, most of them are modified buses and trucks, and there are also some armored vehicles and tanks.
The ground was littered with bones, both from mutant beasts and humans, covering the entire road. If you look carefully, the road surface appears light brown, which is dried blood.
Some jewelry, gold bars, and antique fragments were scattered on the road as if they were free, mixed with the bones. As for the banknotes, they had already rotted.
It is conceivable that when they first migrated here, humans bled almost all the way and the roads were covered with corpses.
The scene in front of them made everyone feel heavy, and they couldn't help but think of the bad past.
However, the appearance of these shows that the reconstruction area is not far away!
At this time, Luo Yuan seemed to hear the sound of someone speaking. He followed the sound and was slightly startled: "Hey, there is someone!"
"What, where?" Huang Jiahui asked in surprise.
This was a wilderness. Along the way, they could not see a single person except themselves. If they had not known that there was a reconstruction zone, they would have thought that humankind had become extinct.
Luo Yuan pointed in the direction, and the group quickly looked around. In the jungle in the distance, a group of people were squatting on the ground and looking there with vigilance.
There were a total of six people in this group. They were unkempt and tattered, but they did not look embarrassed. There was a look of unruliness in their expressions. They did not look like ordinary refugees. However, looking at Luo Yuan and his group, especially the two huge ones. They were obviously a little wary when it came to mutant beasts.
"They are some wanderers!" Captain Xia suddenly said at this time.
"Wanderer?" Luo Yuan asked doubtfully.
"This is a group of deserters, criminals and some unruly evolvers!" Xia Lianchang said with a hint of contempt and disdain: "Most of them are deserters. The battlefield is too stressful. People die every day. Many people Unable to adapt, they became deserters. They could no longer go to the reconstruction area, so they had to wander around. "
"If they are allowed to do this, won't the reconstruction area be encircled and suppressed?" As a former policeman, Huang Jiahui looked at them with some disgust and asked.
"There are too many wanderers, estimated to be at least hundreds of thousands, and they are very scattered. Ironically, the weaklings who are afraid of death on the battlefield become extremely vicious after becoming wanderers, especially since there are some powerful evolutions among them. It was very difficult. We had carried out large-scale encirclement and suppression campaigns several times, but the results were not great, and in the end it was nothing.
Moreover, their existence has also reduced the pressure on the defense line to a certain extent. Therefore, as long as there are no dangerous groups or vicious incidents, they can only be allowed to exist. "
Luo Yuan nodded in his heart. Humanity's biggest enemy is still mutant beasts. There really isn't much power that can be expended on internal fighting.
"You stay here, I'll go over and ask some questions." Luo Yuan thought for a while and said.
"Be careful, they may have guns." Huang Jiahui said.
Nowadays, firearms do not pose a great threat to him. Unless he encounters dense bullets, with his agility, he will never be able to hit him. However, Luo Yuan still nodded, and then he jumped off the giant lizard and covered seven or eight meters in one step. Although he walked step by step, his speed was astonishing.
When the group saw this scene, their expressions changed drastically and they subconsciously took a few steps back. Two of them took out a rifle and seemed ready to shoot, but were hurriedly stopped by the leading middle-aged man: "Don't act rashly, put the gun away." , see what he is going to do?"
After a few breaths, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them. Everyone's breathing shortened, and a depressing atmosphere suddenly filled the air, and even the air seemed to begin to tremble.
Everyone's faces were a little pale, and they felt a little difficult to breathe. The middle-aged man in the lead calmed himself and said: "Friend, what do you want from us brothers?"
Luo Yuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this group of people had good willpower. Even Huo Dong and others would not be better than them when facing his own three-point momentum. This was because they were familiar with it.
Seeing that he had already established his authority, Luo Yuan did not want to be arrogant, so he calmed down and said: "Nothing else, I want to know how far away the reconstruction area is. It would be better if there is a map."
The leading middle-aged man suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the strong man he met this time seemed to be an easy talker. However, when he reacted, he was a little surprised and asked: "You are going to the reconstruction area? Are you from outside?"
"Why, no survivors have found this place recently?" Luo Yuan was thinking quickly and quickly understood the message from his expression.
"I don't know about other places, but there have been no survivors in this area for three months. Maybe there are no survivors in other places either." The middle-aged leader said quickly.
"There's no one left!" Luo Yuan felt a little sad and didn't speak for a long time.
The middle-aged leader observed his words and said carefully: "Are you planning to sneak across, or are you going directly to the garrison?"
"Smuggling?" Luo Yuan reacted: "In addition to smuggling, can't we directly enter the reconstruction area?"
"No, a huge defense line has been set up somewhere, and there are soldiers everywhere. If you want to enter the reconstruction area, you must pass through the defense line, unless you sneak across, and I just know the location of a cave!" The middle-aged leader said: "Maybe you don't know. , the rules of the reconstruction area are harsh, including mandatory military service that almost leads to death, and smuggling can perfectly avoid this because it does not enter the system. "
Luo Yuan glanced at him and already understood his plan in his heart. He was planning to use the strength of his group to try to sneak back to the reconstruction area. Moreover, the tunnel for smuggling might not be easy to get through, but this was destined to disappoint him. .
"Go directly to the garrison. Do you have a map?" Luo Yuan said.
The leading middle-aged man's face was stunned, and a trace of disappointment and admiration flashed in his heart, but he did not dare to neglect, and said quickly: "There is no map now, just follow this road, walk for two or three hours, and you will soon be there." Can defend the defensive zone.”
Luo Yuan left quickly.
Seeing this group of people riding on the huge beast and quickly moving away, the middle-aged man in the lead breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a touch of regret and envy. His face was changing, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.
Maybe it would have been better not to be a deserter in the first place.
"Captain, let's go back!"