The railing of the toll booth at the entrance of the expressway in Xinghua City has long since disappeared, and the pavilion is also in a mess. A pile of change is scattered on the ground, but there are no large-denomination banknotes.
Hao Jian picked up all the change, not even a 50 cent coin.
"..." Lian Runing looked at her, "Are you... short of money?"
"There is no shortage at present, but I always feel that I am a good citizen. How can I see so much money and not pick it up? Let them be hit by wind and rain, sun and rain, and finally damaged or lost, this will cause National financial loss!"
"Dead can be made alive by your jokes." Lian Ru Ning slandered.
"You really don't need to look for them?" Lian Runing looked into the distance again.
She and Hao Jian were the first to come here, and cleaned up the wandering zombies by the way. She confirmed through the walkie-talkie that Peng Mao and the others were safe, but because Peng Mao did not know where to drive the car in order to avoid the zombies, they were now trying to urge Shi Gongzhui to find a way to get the map.
"If they can't find them, let's part ways!" Hao Jian didn't stop his steps just because he got separated from his partner.
"You don't have to worry about them." Lian Runing sighed and looked around with the binoculars. Except for the zombies that had gathered vaguely, there was no sign of the car.
"There's Shi Gongwei here." Hao Jian put all the change in his pocket, took out her spicy sticks in his backpack, and ate it slowly.
Lian Ru Ning smelled the spicy strips and was stimulated. Although she seldom eats these junk foods, her sister Lian Rumeng said that life without spicy noodles is incomplete, so she did.
The taste of spicy sticks is unique and unforgettable. Although she usually doesn't touch it, she can't help staring at the sticky sticks in Hao Jian's hands. Her taste buds are screaming.
Hao Jian took a bite of a spicy stick, looked up at Lian Runing, and then pointed to the other end of the spicy stick: "Junior sister also try it?"
"!!!" Lian Runing gritted her teeth, she saw the cunning in Hao Jian's eyes, and knew that she was definitely teasing herself.
Feeling that she was being teased too much, not only was she not numb, but she was a little annoyed, so she moved over impulsively and bit the other end of the spicy stick.
The unique spicy taste of spicy strips instantly stimulated the tip of the tongue, and soon, she couldn't help but want to swallow it.
However, she quickly realized what she had done after swallowing a mouthful of saliva... Although her lips were still two or three centimeters apart from Hao Jian's, she seemed to be able to hear each other's heartbeats.
Feeling each other's breath, neither of them moved, as if it was a rally, and whoever moved first would lose.
At this moment, the nose tips of the two suddenly touched, Hao Jian snapped off her section of spicy sticks, chewed it for a while, and then pointed to the spicy sticks in the packaging bag: "I didn't expect the little sister to like it. Playing like this, although I'm referring to the remaining hot sticks, but... Since little sister likes to play like this, let's continue?"
Lian Runing felt that the remaining half of the spicy strips was neither swallowed nor spit.
In the end, she also bit off the half of her mouth and threw the rest away.
"I didn't!" She regretted that she seemed to have lost her mind just now, otherwise why would she do such a thing? !
"Don't be restrained, I know you like Junior Sister!" Hao Jian whispered the magic spell in her ear again.
However, Lian Runing was kept awake by the spicy noodles. She looked down and saw the spicy noodles that Hao Jian handed over. So if she didn't pay attention, maybe in Hao Jian's eyes, she was active again!
"No need." Lian Runing's eyes dodged a little.
Hao Jian smiled and reached out to wipe off the oil stain from the corner of her mouth for her.
There was still the feeling of Hao Jian's fingertips on the corners of his lips, and Lian Runing couldn't contain the overflowing feelings. Xin Ting and the others pointed the way.
Hao Jian retracted his hand in the air, smiled, and took the machete to kill the zombies near the toll booth.
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When Peng Mao drove his car to the toll station, his body was already very embarrassed. As soon as he stopped the car, Shi Gongzhui immediately got out and scolded: "I will definitely not ride in your car in the future, I will drive without paying attention, and I will miss out on giving you directions. I almost died under your mistakes! "
Peng Mao didn't refute this time, but just quibble with lack of confidence: "I can't guard against zombies. I'm not Hao Jian, I can do two things with one mind. And there is no glass in the driver's seat, so the zombies are all caught on the iron net. When I was afraid, I went astray!"
"What's there to be afraid of, you are so big, can you only use it to see?"
I have to say, Shi Gongzhui is the truth.
"Are you all right?" Lian Runing asked concerned.
"It's alright, it's just a little more travel, and none of us were touched by zombies." Xin Ting hurriedly said.
Hao Jian checked the outside of the car and said, "Some of the iron nets are loose, but now is not a good time to repair them. Let's hit the road first! Find a place to stay before dark."
Shi Gongzhui got into the driver's seat first: "It's my turn to drive!"
Knowing that he was wrong, Peng Mao silently sat in the back seat and let Xin Ting sit in the passenger seat. He was worried that he would quarrel with Shi Gongzhui along the way.
Hao Jian and Lian Runing were naturally riding motorcycles. This car still had gas, and it was more convenient to move around in congested roads. It was impossible for them to give up their motorcycles and return to the car.
This was the first time they had taken the expressway in so many days. Although there were many road sections that caused congestion, many passable roads were cleared out. It was not big, but it was enough for a CMB to pass.
There are not no zombies on the highway, but some zombies were trapped in the car, and some left the congested road for food and scattered. So when Hao Jian and the others passed, they did not face the trouble of being besieged by zombies.
After driving for more than half an hour, you can see the service area, but since this service area is too close to Xinghua City, Hao Jian and the others did not dare to enter.
Peng Mao asked the reason, Lian Runing said: "This place is too close to Xinghua City. Many people choose to come here to find food or use it as a shelter when they escape, so the risk factor here is 7."
"Danger factor?"
"Yes, in order for us to better understand and define the danger level of a place, Xin Ting and I have formulated ten levels. The lower the risk factor, the safer it is."
"It's a good way! The training classmates really deserve to be the intellectual output of the whole team." Shi Gongzhui said with a smile.
"...Why do I think you're sarcastic?" Xin Ting asked.
"… "
Peng Mao couldn't help snickering. Shi Gongzhui's skills were good, but his emotional intelligence was too low. With Shi Gongzhui as his "companion", he wouldn't be too lonely.
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Ordinary expressways have a service area every 50 kilometers, but areas with hilly terrain like Xinghua and Chengxiang, mountainous areas and underdeveloped traffic areas have less service areas.
Lian Runing searched along this highway on the map, and found only two, one was a service area near Xinghua City, and the other was dozens of kilometers away from Xiaochuan County in Cheng Township. From here, we have to walk for more than an hour.
Fortunately, the motorcycles still have enough fuel to get them there.
Along the way, they also encountered a lot of zombies, but Shi Gongzhui drove a car in front of them and hit a lot of zombies, which also avoided Hao Jian's trouble of stopping the car to deal with the zombies first.
It was not until four in the afternoon that they saw the sign of the service area.
As always, Hao Jian stopped to observe first. Now that they have telescopes, they don't need to get close enough to see with the naked eye.
"There are few vehicles, and the number of zombies can be seen in single digits. It can be predicted that there is no one in the service area." After Hao Jian made such a conclusion, he gave Lian Runing the telescope.
"There is no one inside, which means that there is no material inside, and there may be other zombies in places we can't see." Lian Runing also said.
"If we don't have supplies, do we want to go?" Peng Mao asked.
"I respect your choice." Hao Jian didn't reply directly.
"There are still more than 50 kilometers to reach Xiaochuan County, and I don't know what the situation is there. If we encounter a situation like 'no blame' blocking the road and robbery, I am afraid it will not be worth the loss. But if we can solve the zombies here, it will be There is no need to find another place to spend the night, after all, this place is surrounded by wilderness." Lian Runing said.
"If the zombies here can be cleaned up, I'm in favor of staying here for the night." Shi Gongzhui raised his hand.
"I-I think so too." Xin Ting hesitated.
"Okay, if there are a lot of zombies, then leave quickly!" Peng Mao said.
Everyone had already expressed their attitude, and Hao Jian stopped wasting time. They parked the car seven or eight hundred meters away, and then instructed Shi Gongzhui to honk the horn to see if there would be more zombies in the service area.
The zombies closest to them rushed over when they heard the movement, but Hao Jian and Lian Runing dealt with them. The rest of the zombies were dealt with by them one by one, just like "Huluwa saves grandpa".
After Shi Gongzhui honked the horn, more than a dozen zombies sprang out one after another. These numbers were a bit difficult for them to solve, so Shi Gongzhui drove a car into it, attracting some of the zombies first, and Hao Jian and the four to solve the rest.
Peng Mao is now a person who can solve zombies independently. When he killed two zombies and couldn't help asking for credit, he turned around and saw Xin Ting crying.
Holding an axe in her hand, she cried and slashed hard at the head of a zombie that could no longer move...
"What's wrong with you?" Peng Mao hurriedly asked, "Could it be that you were bitten?"
Xin Ting wiped her tears: "I'm afraid..."
"… "alright, you win.
However, although Xin Ting was frightened and cried, the strength in her hand did not decrease at all. When Peng Mao saw that a weak woman could solve zombies independently, he immediately lost the desire to take credit, and honestly went to help Hao Jian and Lian Runing to solve the crisis around him.
Shi Gongzhui drove the car and repeatedly crushed the zombies on the ground, while turning his head and shouting: "I said, can you give me a weapon next time, I'm so passive!"
"You're not a technical talent, what weapons do you want?" Peng Mao said.
"That's more useful than a weapon in your hand!" Shi Gongzhui retorted.
The reason why they were still in a noisy mood was naturally because they managed to clean up all these zombies, and when they approached the service area, they didn't see many zombies.
In order to find a good place to stay tonight, their mood is a little easier than before.