Ren Xinyu's leg injury has become festered. It is not serious, but it is serious. If it is serious, it can still be saved as long as there is medicine. Zhou Yuanqiang looked at it a few more times, sighed, and didn't know what to say for a while. He could only close his eyes, lean on the passenger seat, and listen to the sound of the engine.
After the convoy left the settlement more than 20 kilometers westward, the number of zombies began to increase gradually. Zombies could be seen lying on the road from time to time on the originally empty road. When it came to this area, the road became difficult to walk on. From time to time, cars like wreckage could be seen abandoned on the road. The broken bodies could still be seen through the pile of car slag. There were even some stuck in the car, and the exposed half was torn off alive by the zombies and eaten alive.
The incomplete bodies were highly eroded, and some became dry and black under the scorching sun. At a glance, you can tell that they were dead half a month ago.
No need to guess, looking at this situation, we know that this is the masterpiece left by the first caravan heading to the Grand Canyon settlement under the attack of zombies. Not only that, on both sides of the road, there was a large area of zombie bodies lying like dried radishes, most of which had their heads smashed, and a small number were torn to pieces in front of large-caliber weapons. The high temperature also turned the bodies of these zombies into dried bones, which was creepy at first glance.
No one expected that they would see such a hellish scene just more than 20 kilometers away from the settlement. It can be seen that this business trip was not an easy thing.
The original relaxed mentality of the entire team was quickly broken, and everyone became serious. As veterans, they had been tested by zombies and knew how to distinguish the important from the unimportant.
Qiu Guorui picked up the intercom and called: "This is the command vehicle Qiu Guorui. All units, please pay attention. All units, please pay attention. Enter the alert state. Pay attention to the situation on both sides of the road at any time. If you find any abnormality, report it to me immediately. Over." He put down the intercom and took the telescope to observe the surroundings. After confirming that there was no large-scale zombie group, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After advancing for a few kilometers, the convoy was attacked by scattered zombies from time to time. Fortunately, the homemade silencers were very cheap. There were quite a few people in the convoy who prepared them, and they did not alarm other zombie groups. They only relied on these guns with silencers to solve these scattered zombie attacks.
Ren Xinyu endured the severe pain from her thigh, frowned and stuck her head out of the window, trying to observe the surrounding environment. Soon she pointed ahead and said, "The shortcut dirt road is about two kilometers ahead. It is not connected to the highway. We must go forward in the mud and sand for a while before we can see it."
Hearing this, even Zhang Yixuan stared at Ren Xinyu, with a look of suspicion on his face.
"Not many people know about this shortcut dirt road because it is not connected to the highway. People who are not familiar with it would not think that there would be another world after crossing this section of sand." Ren Xinyu was very calm and blinked his big eyes. "If you continue along the road, you will enter a densely populated area, and the number of zombies will be huge." "In order to add a tourist line, the travel company specially built it. Following this dirt road, you can not only see the endless yellow sand, but also the endless gravel, as well as clumps of green grass, and weathered stone forests. I also led the team on this tourist line several times before I knew this road. In fact, it is not a road. Many places are still on the yellow sand. There are only signs along the way to prevent people from going the wrong way." Zhou Yuanqiang hesitated. Finally, he said to Zhang Yixuan: "Do as she said, and lead the team to turn from the road later."
Just after making the decision, Qiu Guorui's walkie-talkie came with a call: "Command car, command car, this is the tail of the convoy, there is a convoy behind, the number is unknown, the number is unknown."
Qiu Guorui glanced at Zhou Yuanqiang and said: "Command car received, command car received, temporarily on alert and waiting for instructions." He thought for a while and said: "Boss, it should be the third wave of caravans, and they should be heading to the Grand Canyon settlement like us, and they should not be robbers."
The convoy behind was very fast. Fortunately, the road was wide enough for four cars to drive side by side. Amid the honking of horns, they easily surpassed Zhou Yuanqiang's convoy, and slowly left Zhou Yuanqiang's convoy behind with the roaring sound of car engines, raising a cloud of mud smoke.
Qiu Guorui had been staring at the convoy. When the other party left, he said, "Forty-seven cars, the number of people should be about three hundred. They belong to Tian Ying's team. They are very powerful and have the best equipment in the settlement. They are ranked very high, and should be within the top ten. Judging from their appearance, no one should hire them, but they are acting alone."
"It seems that there are still many people who are unwilling to be lonely!" Zhou Yuanqiang sighed. The law of the jungle, sailing against the current, and not advancing or retreating, this is the truth.
In order to prevent Tian Ying's people from discovering, Qiu Guorui asked the convoy to drive slowly. Finally, he confirmed that the other party's convoy was out of sight. Only then did he let the convoy follow the pickup truck, get off the road, and move forward in the mud and sand. Fortunately, the sand here is dotted with grass, so it is not too difficult for the car to drive. After leaving the road, about half an hour after driving, I saw a dirt road paved with gravel, but the gaps between the gravel were covered with grass, and it had been abandoned for a long time.
"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Ren Xinyun laughed happily. The tense atmosphere just now was somewhat relieved after the dirt road appeared.
This dirt road was simply repaired. There were many scattered gravels in many places. Cars drove on it at a very slow speed. But there are advantages. It is far away from villages and towns, and there is not even a shadow of a zombie along the way. There is a signpost every kilometer of the dirt road, which will lead to a section of the road.
The attractions that can be built by travel companies with huge investments for tourism are of course beautiful. Zhou Yuanqiang, who has never felt the desert wind and sand, has never felt the Gobi Desert. Seeing the scene along the way, he couldn't help but see it infatuated. A man's heroic ambition surged from his chest. In the desert atmosphere, Zhou Yuanqiang suddenly understood that men should have manly spirits. If you sneak around, you will never be able to succeed.
Handing a two-finger-thick potato pancake to Rent Xinyun, Zhou Yuanqiang thought of her despair just now, smiled faintly, and said: "I know you must be hungry, eat something. There is no hurdle in life that cannot be overcome, hope is always greater than despair, maybe if you are patient for a while, hope will suddenly come to you."
Ren Xinyun took the potato pancake and listened to what Zhou Yuanqiang said blankly. The confusion made her wonder what Zhou Yuanqiang was referring to. Was it the end of her life like a fallen leaf returning to its roots?