After the news of plant mutation spread, panic also spread. The entire team's marching speed increased a lot. Everyone was trying their best to hurry on their way. They set out earlier in the morning and rested later in the evening. Every night at their camp, they had to eradicate all the plants nearby before they could feel at ease.
Finally, on January 29th, which was the eleventh day after our departure, we entered the territory of Ning City. However, the sky was gray and the air was very humid from the beginning of the morning, as if it was about to rain.
Lin Tantan looked at the sky and felt worried. Was it going to rain? She would not have worried before, but the early appearance of mutant plants made her nervous.
Historically, in February, most areas of the south would experience a three-day rainstorm. In this rainstorm, zombies would riot like a carnival and evolve rapidly. Plants would grow abnormally lush as if they were irrigated with endless nutrients, and mutant plants would emerge rapidly like mushrooms after rain. The living conditions for humans became even worse.
Isn't the rain coming now
Facts have proved that what you fear will come true. The weather was gloomy all morning, and it started to drizzle around ten o'clock. Then the rain got heavier and heavier, and the vision began to be affected. The road condition, which was already bad to begin with, soon became muddy and slippery, and many puddles appeared.
This is very detrimental to driving.
The convoy slowed down.
In the middle of the convoy, in the armored vehicle, Zhu Xin muttered to himself: "We are still going on in such heavy rain. We should wait for the rain to stop before going on."
Xing Guoliang thought about it for a while and called Ye Xiao: "Captain Ye, it's raining so hard, why don't we wait a while before leaving? Anyway, we are not far from the base."
Ye Xiao was in the front car of the convoy at this time. After hearing what Xing Guoliang said, he looked at Cheng Qinan beside him. Cheng Qinan's face was pale. Looking at the white rain curtain in front of him, his expression was not good. He shook his head at Ye Xiao: "We can't stop."
Ye Xiao responded to Xing Guoliang: "There are only the last twenty kilometers left, so we should hurry up to get there, so as to avoid any accidents."
Xing Guoliang was a little unhappy. He was almost at his doorstep, what could possibly go wrong? Although he had encountered several waves of zombies along the way, they had not caused much damage. Now that he was almost there, could there still be any danger
He felt that Ye Xiao was too cautious and was unwilling to accept other people's suggestions.
He didn't know that this was because Cheng Qinan had a premonition that the rain would last for a long time and that it would bring bad things.
Cheng Qinan’s premonitions have always been accurate. The more serious the event and the wider the impact, the more accurate his premonitions are.
After hanging up the phone with Xing Guoliang, the intercom rang again soon. A short number appeared on the screen. It was Lin Tantan's number. Ye Xiao picked up the phone immediately.
"Ye Xiao, are you still in front of the team?" Lin Tantan's voice was a little solemn.
Ye Xiao said: "Yes, I'm here."
"How's the traffic? I mean, is it possible to speed up?"
Ye Xiao looked at the muddy gravel road ahead. In order to bypass the city center of Ning City, they took the road in the suburbs. The road was blocked, and only this gravel road could pass such a large-scale convoy. However, this road had been in disrepair for many years, and the soil was exposed in many places. It was also very uneven, so it would be very muddy when it rained, and there were many bends.
Ye Xiao said: "It's possible to speed up, but it will be more dangerous."
“Is that so…” Lin Tantan’s voice was mixed in with the sound of rain.
Ye Xiao whispered, "Don't worry, if we keep going at this speed, we'll be there in three hours at the latest."
There was a soothing tone in his voice. Lin Tan Tan looked at the needle on the dashboard that was pressed to "10" and then at the distant view that was moving very slowly outside. "Okay, I just feel a little uneasy. I hope we can get to the base sooner."
They are such a large team with so many people, so they are usually attracted to zombies. They have encountered quite a few zombies on the road, and now it is raining... It is said that during the three days of heavy rain, anyone who went out had a bad ending. The number of zombies increased dramatically, and the population suffered heavy losses.
But it’s just starting to rain now. Nothing should go wrong within three hours, right
She advised herself to relax, but Ye Xiao frowned: "What do you think will happen?"
Lin Tantan couldn't say for sure. It wasn't that she didn't dare to say it, but she was not sure. So she could only say vaguely: "Anyway, I think it's very dangerous when it rains."
Ye Xiao thought for a moment: "Okay, I understand." Then he contacted Bai Cheng from the fourth team, and the two had a discussion. After that, he contacted Xing Guoliang. Xing Guoliang was very surprised after hearing what Ye Xiao said: "You want to throw away the supplies?"
"We should leave the supply truck here first and come back to get it later. Major General Xing, we have already made the decision. I suggest you do the same. Compared with the supplies, getting these people to the base safely is the most important thing."
Xing Guoliang felt that Ye Xiao was really unreasonable. There were only two or three hours left. He gave up the supplies? How could people survive without supplies? Moreover, his team had more than a hundred supply trucks.
When he left the Ning City base, the food pressure in the base was already very heavy. The situation is definitely more serious now. Without supplies, everything is useless.
So Xing Guoliang decisively rejected the proposal.
Ye Xiao did not force it. Immediately afterwards, in the ten major convoys, everyone who had a walkie-talkie or a loudspeaker installed in their car heard Bai Cheng's emergency order to abandon all material vehicles except those carrying medicines.
The supply trucks are numbered separately, and each truck is equipped with two drivers, who are all specially trained before departure and are more obedient than ordinary people. There are also plans for abandoning the supply truck. For example, if an emergency occurs and they need to escape urgently, they need to abandon the supply truck, and the drivers know what to do.
So even though the order sounded a bit strange, the drivers still drove their supply trucks out of the convoy, parked them in the wasteland nearby, then quickly got out of the vehicles and caught up with the nearest car carrying people.
These supply trucks included tanker trucks, trucks filled with rice, grains and vegetables, trucks filled with barreled water, and trucks loaded with tents, bedding, pots and pans and other sundries. They were basically bulky trucks that required special caution on rainy days, including the bulldozer that had been leading the way.
Each convoy had more than ten vehicles, with the fourth and fifth convoys having the largest number. When these vehicles left the convoy, the entire convoy suddenly became much more streamlined, the speed increased, and it soon distanced itself from the convoy behind.
"These idiots actually left the supplies behind!" Zhu Xin said excitedly, "Brother Xing, they don't want the supplies, but we do!"
Xing Guoliang frowned. He didn't expect Ye Xiao to really give up the supplies, and did it so quickly and decisively, as if he was trying to escape at full speed. He felt a little uneasy. Could something have happened to them
Xing Guoliang asked: "The drone didn't find anything, did it?"
"No, the surroundings are very clean and safe."
Xing Guoliang nodded and looked at the trucks loaded with goods with envy. Since people had abandoned their trucks, it wouldn't be considered stealing or robbery if he took them. Ye Xiao had no reason to say anything afterwards.
Xing Guoliang then signaled Zhu Xin to arrange someone to drive.
He was optimistic about Ye Xiao, but he felt that with his personality, he might not be able to get along in the base. In fact, he might not benefit from his success. With these supplies, he could retain more loyal people. When others had to organize people to search for supplies, he could sit back and relax.
He sighed and let it be.
Naturally, the engines of these supply trucks were turned off and the keys were removed. It took some time to restart them, and they had to move forward and backward one by one before they could get back on the road. In addition, the rain was getting heavier and the road was becoming more and more difficult to travel. After all the back and forth movements, they soon completely lost sight of the ten large convoys in front of them.
Of course, the people following the army also noticed that the convoy in front had sped up and left. Some of the alert and decisive ones with good car performance directly passed the army and followed them, causing people like Zhu Xin to curse inwardly, saying that they were going to be reincarnated.
At this time, the speed of the ten large convoys had returned to about 20, and the field of vision was almost white. The sound of rain was like hitting people's eardrums directly. The wipers kept shaking left and right in front of the car. Every driver stared at the rear of the car in front of him with the high beam on, not daring to get too close, nor too far away.
Fortunately, reminders would be given from the intercom and the car speakers from time to time, such as how far the turn is ahead, where there are puddles or obstacles ahead. The front team would remind the back team, and the information would be passed down one by one. Accidents could be avoided to a large extent.
In short, Lin Tantan was very nervous, as if he was in a race against time.
More than half an hour passed like this, and the GPS map showed that the former security zone, now the Ning City Security Base, was about to arrive. At this time, Jiang Xiaotian in the carriage suddenly shouted: "Zombies! Zombie tide! It's a zombie tide!"
Lin Tantan was startled by him. Qian, who was driving, bent the steering wheel. Lin Tantan held him down and said, "Hold steady!"
She got into the car from the passenger seat: "What zombie tide?"
"Look, look!" Jiang Xiaotian pointed at the screen to her and Mei Bosheng. He had just been controlling several drones flying around by himself. This was the picture taken by one of the drones. Due to the heavy rain, the picture was not clear, but also because of the heavy rain, the drone could not fly high, so the distance to the ground was quite close, otherwise these pictures would not be seen.
In the city buildings and on the streets, zombies with strange appearance and movements came out from the cover, walking back and forth or even running in the rain, and gathering in one direction.
Jiang Xiaotian typed quickly on the keyboard, and the screen of a computer turned into a satellite map. The red signal dot was a drone, and the location shown was the area of Ning City closest to their suburbs. The thick and thin yellow arrows near the red dot were simulated zombie trends, and at a distance was a long blue icon representing their convoy.
In this way, it can be seen intuitively that the thickest yellow arrows gathered at the end... seem to be coming in their direction, and there is another wave heading behind them, which is obviously the team behind them.
"Oh my God, these zombies are crazy! How could they find us from such a long distance!" Jiang Xiaotian was about to report to Ye Xiao, but Lin Tantan dialed Ye Xiao's intercom number faster than him.
As soon as the call was connected, Lin Tan said, "Ye Xiao, a wave of zombies has appeared!" Jiang Xiaotian followed up, "Captain, your computer is on, I'll transfer it to you."
Ye Xiao said, "Open it, pass it over." Then there was a moment of silence, and Ye Xiao's voice was steady: "I know, don't say anything, Xiaotian, continue to pay attention to the zombies' movements, and report to me and Bai Cheng at any time."
Then he died. Not long after, Bai Cheng's soft and steady voice sounded, asking everyone to accelerate steadily. This was the right thing to do. If someone shouted that a tide of zombies was coming, everyone would be in chaos. If a car suddenly skidded and overturned at this time, there would be a series of tragic rear-end collisions.
After a while, Ye Xiao took the initiative to contact them. He asked Jiang Xiaotian if he could contact Xing Guoliang behind him.
Jiang Xiaotian tried: "No, it's too far. The walkie-talkie can't reach such a long communication distance. Try to contact him using the military channel."
"I tried it, it didn't work."
There is nothing we can do about it.
Ye Xiao no longer dwelled on this, as everyone was in a difficult situation now.
He looked at two maps, one showing that he was still 4.8 kilometers away from the security zone, and the other showing a bright yellow arrow approaching on the satellite map. His eyebrows twitched.
Then he said something to Bai Cheng, and drove the highly maneuverable pathfinder vehicle directly towards the base.
At this moment at the Ning City base, a lot of people were crowding and scrambling at the gate to get in. Many of them were people from the base. They went out to search for supplies today, but they didn't expect it to rain so heavily suddenly.
"It's raining so hard!" A group of young men, who were obviously a group, entered the base with weapons in their hands. One of them wiped the sweat off his face and patted another young man on the shoulder: "Luckily you insisted on coming back, otherwise we would be surrounded by zombies now."
He looked at the people who kept running outside the base, and the zombies following behind them. Although those zombies were shot dead by the soldiers on the base walls and sentry posts before they got close enough, the fear of being chased by zombies all the way was really hard to understand for those who had not experienced it. It was almost like being chased by ghosts.
Not getting a response, the young man glanced at the person he tapped on the shoulder. He saw the other person looking at the rain outside with a bleak face and muttering to himself: "Why is it so early? Did I remember it wrong? It's impossible! Is this an upgraded version of the end of the world?"
The young man narrowed his eyes, a hint of suspicion flashing in them.
The author has something to say: There is no drama in this chapter, sad