After sunbathing on the beach during the day, Lyon and his group stayed in a luxurious seaside hotel at night.
Although the furnishings of the luxury hotel have looked a bit old after a few years, the exquisite and luxurious interior decoration and high-end solid wood furniture are still pleasing to the eye.
After a sumptuous seafood dinner, Leon left the children, big and small, to the care of his two wives and several young maids, and went to the balcony on the third floor alone. He leaned back in a lounge chair, smoked a cigar, looked up at the clear starry sky, and admired the vast and magnificent scenery.
Without human industrial pollution and colorful light pollution, the sky has finally returned to its original appearance.
Sometimes Leon would think that perhaps it was precisely because humans were the pests of nature and the termites of the earth that this kind of world-destroying punishment occurred.
This may be nature's self-regulation.
Just when his mind was empty and he even began to think about some philosophical questions, Constantine came again, bringing two panicked survivors with him to ask to see him.
"A giant sea turtle?"
"Yes, Boss."
For a moment, the sound of humming and moaning filled the ears.
"Otherwise, we'll just get it ourselves."
Constantine immediately shook his head modestly upon hearing this, and complimented Leon and said:
"Mother, we have to leave. It's not safe here anymore."
After being slightly frightened by the villains of the Salvation Army, his legs became weak, but there was really not much food left in the mountaintop village. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue:
Texas.
Gavin squinted his eyes and looked at the man with a good temperament in front of him, then looked at the figures in the village on the top of the mountain who were ready to make a move behind the wall. After thinking for more than ten seconds, he said in a deep voice:
"Negan likes people with courage. In three days, you must deliver the remaining food to our base, and you must increase the amount by 30%."
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But after he took great pains to load the wild boars, which had been drained of blood, onto the pickup truck, he suddenly noticed that seven or eight zombies appeared a few hundred meters away from him.
Leon stroked the newly grown stubble on his chin, then turned his gaze to the two middle-aged men and asked with a kind expression:
After lying in ambush on the cold ground for an hour, Nick finally waited for a wild boar that came out to forage for food to walk through his trap. What surprised him even more was that the wild boar was followed by six jackal-sized piglets.
Fortunately, Nick is different from ordinary survivors. He is born with a strong will and extraordinary courage. It is precisely because of these two abilities that he stands out among many survivors and survives to this day.
"You must provide the amount we agreed upon."
Alicia, sitting in the passenger seat, still had some doubts about Nick's information. She knew that Nick used to be a drug addict with a promiscuous private life. No one knew if this was just his hallucination.
"Mr. Marco, Mr. Chuck, there's no need to be nervous. Can you tell me what the turtle you saw looked like?"
Although the resources of the Hilltop Village itself are not abundant, thanks to the advantage of being far away from zombies, they began to grow crops, hunt in the nearby forests, and plunder resources from nearby cities.
Although the residents of the mountaintop village looked down on him, they did not have the intention to bring him down.
Madison listened to her son's story in confusion. Although she didn't want to believe it, Nick had been very reliable over the past three years and he would not lie about such a life-related matter.
"After three days, we will have to explain to the Savior Army."
Without many people noticing, a mysterious mutation has been slowly spreading from the East.
This is a secret stronghold far away from the city and the countryside, far away from those zombie monsters. It is located on a hillside at a high altitude and has wooden walls and a sturdy and spacious museum.
"The fewer people we have, the less food we can grow."
At the place where the wild boars originally stayed, two wooden boards under the ground fell down, revealing a pit more than one meter deep underneath.
For many homeless survivors, they simply have no conditions to grow crops. Whether it is looters or wandering zombies, they will be forced to abandon the place they have finally found to live.
However, such a peaceful life did not last long.
A year ago, a group of survivors called the Saviors found them. With overwhelming numbers and combat power, they killed several of their rebels and quickly disintegrated the resistance of the Hilltop Village.
"Boss, regarding the construction of a new zombie city, I have found the target."
Jesus looked at Gavin with a sincere and determined look and said:
"And there are quarries and water sources not far from here."
"Since both sides are at peace for now, please don't cause trouble for us, okay?"
Because this place was not too far from the camp where Nick and his family were, for safety reasons, Nick picked up a machete from the car, drove the car, and slowly drove towards the location where the figures were.
"I just did what I was supposed to do, Mr. President."
It was not until this time that Nick truly saw what these zombies looked like.
Without any hesitation or pause, the zombies all spread out and rushed towards Nick.
While thinking about the favorable conditions mentioned by Constantine, Leon observed the environment around Venus Town. After thinking for a few minutes, he finally agreed with his statement and nodded.
It was as if a layer of plant shell wrapped around its body.
Constantine pointed to a place in the picture and said to Leon:
"Boss, the reason why I chose this place is largely because of this medium-sized wind power station."
Since escaping from Los Angeles, their family has experienced all kinds of hardships, almost crossing half of America, and many relatives and friends have died around them. Now they have finally lived a stable life here for some time.
"It's the town of Venus, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Port St. Lucie."
However, as a small town less than 200 kilometers away from the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant where a nuclear explosion crisis broke out, the various buildings in the town of Venus, as well as the surrounding woods and environment, were destroyed to a considerable extent by the huge shock wave generated by the nuclear explosion.
"Once the zombie city is built, we will have a stable supply of special mutant zombies."
What is even more bizarre is that the area between the eyes and foreheads of these zombies' faces is replaced by a huge mushroom-shaped plant, which almost covers most of his face, covering the eyes and nose completely underneath.
It looks like a ruin that time forgot.
Moreover, the various buildings and facilities inside the town are quite dense. As long as a wall is built outside the town, the entire town can basically be surrounded.
But now, food shortage is a problem faced by all small and medium-sized survivor camps.
"We ordinary people regard zombies as horrible and disgusting monsters and have never thought about how to use them. Only you can abandon those worldly concepts and think of using the method of captivity to enhance the power of our Human Alliance."
Leaving the settlement they had long been accustomed to before the end of winter was easier said than done. It was not only a physical difficulty, but also a test of physical strength, luck, power and all aspects of physical fitness.
Thinking of this, Nick no longer hesitated. He seized the opportunity and decisively pulled the mechanism beside him, triggering the trap he designed.
After just a few seconds of thinking, Madison decided to trust her son. She pushed away her son's hand on her arm and said:
"Go and inform the others. I need to pack the supplies we need to bring. We can't go out empty-handed. Otherwise, even if we are not killed by the zombies, we will starve to death in this winter."
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However, judging from his performance when facing the Saviors, Gregory is too weak and is indeed not suitable to continue serving as the leader of Hilltop.
It is still winter, and although the temperature in Texas is not too low, the survivors' daily activities will consume more of their energy.
"There's a large group of abnormal zombies outside. They run as fast as ordinary people, and their hearing is very sensitive."
Seeing this, Jesus helplessly propped up Gregory's body with his palms, walked forward and said to Gavin:
"Mr. Gavin, it's not that we don't want to hand over enough food, but this year's harvest is really not good."
"I need to know the most real intelligence."
Perhaps he was convinced by Leon's reasoning, or perhaps out of obedience to the supreme leader, Constantine did not dwell on this matter anymore, but discussed another matter with him.
This was the direction the mushroom zombies were running towards. However, he had been driving for ten minutes before he finally got rid of the mushroom zombies' tracking. This made him feel that something terrifying had happened.
He actually encountered hundreds of fungus zombies with mushrooms growing on their heads at one time.
"Due to the terrain, the wind farm was not destroyed in the nuclear explosion. With a simple repair, the town will be able to regain its electricity supply."
"We ordinary people, without fortifications, have no way of dealing with them."
And finding food in winter is definitely more difficult than in other seasons.
"I always admire your foresight."
"No, old bastard, everyone must abide by the rules set by Negan.""Of course, this is also because the turtle monster has not shown much aggression and will not necessarily take the initiative to provoke us."
Every once in a while, they must provide a certain amount of supplies and food to the Salvation Army, otherwise, what awaits them will be killing and enslavement.
Talking about this matter, Leon also became interested. He stood up, found a laptop in the study, connected to the military satellite directly through the internal device, and quickly found the town of Venus mentioned by Constantine.
That afternoon, Nick left the camp, carrying a shotgun, and went out to look for supplies.
Twenty minutes later, when Constantine sent away the two middle-aged collectors and returned to Lyon's study, he found that the boss didn't seem to care about the monster. He was leaning leisurely on the leather chair, reading an English classic.
However, before Nick could take a closer look, those mushroom-headed zombies, like hounds that had found food, all focused their attention on Nick's buzzing car.
"When the time comes, you know what will happen."
However, hearing the roar of the car, these strange zombies became even more excited. They threw their hands away and continued to run in one direction. No matter how far Nick was from them, these zombies were like dog-skin plasters and could not be shaken off.
"These external conditions are conducive to our construction of a zombie city."
If food cannot be obtained within three days, more serious conflicts will definitely break out between the Hilltop Village and the Salvation Army, and the Hilltop Village with its small population will definitely suffer.
Gavin frowned and stared at the old man in a suit in front of him. Although his tone was calm, his words were full of threats.
"Your sub-bases will prepare the manpower for building the wall and renovating Venus Town."
Seeing that Constantine still had some worry on his face, Leon said comfortingly:
Leon looked up at Constantine, put the book in his hand on the table, and said nonchalantly:
"You must remember this, Mr. Constantine."
Without time to think, out of survival instinct, Nick immediately started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and rushed forward more than ten meters, putting some distance between himself and the running mushroom zombies.
The time was approaching four o'clock in the afternoon.
However, even though he was sweating all over, Nick did not dare to stop for a moment. He ignored the wild boar in the car and immediately ran to his mother Madison, grabbed her arm, and pulled her towards the car, saying:
When Jesus heard Gavin's rather excessive request, his expression did not change at all and he readily agreed.
"Then...then give us a few more days, and I will make up for the agreed amount, okay?"
If he continues to hold this position, it won't be long before the Hilltop Village becomes a complete slave of the Savior Army and is at their mercy.
"We simply don't have that much food, and we haven't found a place to store supplies."
In order to prevent these guys from finding the camp where he and his family were, Nick simply turned the steering wheel, turned the car around, and ran in another direction with the zombies chasing him.
As someone who had watched the mountaintop village being built bit by bit, Jesus did not want to lose his only home.
Jesus looked at Gregory with a look of disappointment, said nothing, and turned to walk into the village.
This time Nick didn't dare go further into the direction where the fungus zombies were coming from, fearing that he would encounter more zombies. Instead, he turned the car 90 degrees and drove straight to the right.
However, when Nick was only a few dozen meters away from the zombies, the zombies seemed to have sensed some information. They began to shake their heads and turn their faces towards the location of Nick's car.
It was not until the Salvation Army had left with all the supplies from the Hilltop Village and gone far away that Gregory resumed his superior attitude and said to Jesus in a complaining tone:
What surprised Nick was that the running speed of these mushroom-headed zombies was almost the same as that of ordinary people.
Gregory was the first to find this place, and then he gradually took in some survivors who followed him.
The two sides were clearly dozens of meters apart, but in just a few seconds, the zombies closed the gap.
He involuntarily took a few steps back and bumped into the survivor named Jesus behind him. His feet slipped and he almost fell to the ground.
These running zombies are obviously much stronger than those ordinary zombies that slowly rot and seem like they will fall apart at any time.
The look of killing people just because they didn't agree with each other almost scared Gregory to death.
Gavin snorted impatiently, and his scolding became more powerful.
Hilltop, Ohio.
"The world is changing rapidly now. We are just a group of survivors struggling to survive. As long as it does not hinder our survival, we don't have the energy to care about these trivial matters."
"I will send construction experts and some soldiers to assist you. We will go to those places in Florida where the zombies have not been cleared out yet and capture the zombies."
In order to prevent them from escaping from the pit, Nick did not hesitate and immediately stepped forward and killed all the wild boars with his homemade iron spears.
"You did very well, Mr. Constantine."
Amid the screams of fear from the mother wild boar and her piglets, the whole family fell neatly into the trap that Nick had dug with great effort.
"Everyone should be aware of the current situation. The food in the city is basically undrinkable. We can only rely on farming to fill our stomachs."
Hearing the little leader Garen's scolding, the other members of the Saviors also smiled maliciously and raised their guns, pointing them at Gregory.
Although it was somewhat difficult and there were many twists and turns, the camp was gradually developed into a shelter for dozens of people.
He closed the computer, nodded to Constantine appreciatively, and said:
Since then, this united and peaceful community has become the breadbasket of the Salvation Army.
"I will ask the research department to come up with a way to leave a locator on the turtle and find out what is hidden in the cave. This way, we can continue to collect radioactive seaweed while it is out."
It is a very ordinary European and American style town. If there is anything special about this town, it is that it is located in a remote area, far from the highway. It is difficult to find it without looking for it specifically.
Time was running out, and Jesus did not have much time to think about those troublesome things. He packed some weapons and luggage and walked out of the camp alone.
Constantine pointed at the two middle-aged men who were sitting in luxurious leather chairs and seemed a little restless, and said:
"These two people are Marco and Chuck. They are the workers I arranged to go into the water to collect radioactive seaweed."
"Otherwise, we will let you know what Negan's wrath is."
They chased and stopped along the way, avoiding the mushroom zombies that continued to be discovered, and waited until Nick returned to the camp he had set up with his family.
"This afternoon, they, along with a dozen other team members, all saw that huge monster turtle. It definitely wasn't an illusion."
Upon hearing this, the two middle-aged men, who were meeting the President of the United Nations for the first time, immediately nodded and bowed, and replied in an excited and nervous tone:
"Okay, Mr. President!"
"I must take the agreed amount today, otherwise, we will go get it ourselves."
"This afternoon, after lunch, we went to collect seaweed as usual, and we were working..."
If we could catch all of these guys, the families in the camp would be able to enjoy a delicious meal of wild boar meat.
It was similar to the situation at the beginning. When these mushroom zombies heard the sound of Nick's car engine, they all became activated as if they were injected with chicken blood, and began to chase Nick's car frantically.
As for the idea of getting out of the car to fight these zombies, Nick immediately gave up when he saw how fast they were running.
"So, please give us three days. Once we find the food, I will personally deliver it to the Savior Army's base."
Five minutes later, at Nick's urging, everyone in the camp took only the necessary daily necessities, and in the spirit of "it's better to believe it than not to believe it", they all got into their own cars.
"Not bad, let's temporarily settle here. The location is hidden and is within the radiation zone. It basically meets the conditions I mentioned."
So he asked:
"Boss, how are you going to deal with this matter?"
Jesus knew very well that this so-called leader was unreliable, but so far, although Gregory had not made any great achievements, he had not made any major faults either.
"We really don't have enough food now. Even if we are forced, we can't do anything. But we found a place where there should be food stored."
"This is enough to ensure that our zombie technology will not come to a standstill due to a shortage of raw materials."
When Gregory saw the murderous intent on the faces of the Salvation Army members, he immediately became timid. Before the disaster, he was a bureaucrat and a politician, and he had no courage or responsibility in his heart.
Completely different from the zombies he had seen before, these zombies had a series of large, mushroom-like fungal spores growing on their shriveled, naked bodies.
"Why are there so few supplies this time? It's not enough."
However, when everyone got in the car, and when they saw through the telescope the hundreds of zombies with strange mushroom heads thousands of meters away from them, they finally believed Nick's warning.
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