Doomsday rat

Especially for buildings with glass curtain walls, many of them were knocked down by zombies in one piece. After rolling and flying down, the farthest ones could hit the middle of the road, making it difficult to hide.

"Leader, shall we... retreat further..." Seeing hundreds of zombies striding towards this side, followed by a large number of wounded soldiers with their arms and legs broken, Zhang Tao immediately panicked.In the car, he often discussed the equipment of the US military with Jiao Qiao, and he was eloquent and eloquent.

"I'm afraid, they can't come up again!" A large number of weapons were hundreds of meters away, but they couldn't get through, Jiao San raised the breathing crossbow, a little impatient.

"The ones over there are coming up..." Zhang Tao pointed to the entrance of the main road next to the guide. There were indeed a few zombies coming in from the auxiliary road, but most of them gathered under the main road, looking up at the bridge stupidly.

"Don't go there, wait for them to come over before killing them!" Hong Tao grabbed Jiao Qiao who was about to rush over to kill them. The main road here is a viaduct, but the entrance is parallel to the ground. If people don't pass by, the zombies will not gather immediately to the entrance.You can use the terrain to lengthen their team and kill them slowly in batches.

"Damn it, why are there so many down here!" Four or ten minutes later, hundreds of zombies had fallen on the main road, but the number on the side road hadn't decreased much.

"Let's go, pick up the crossbow arrows, move away first, and come back after a while." Hong Tao was not in a hurry. Before he came, he knew that this job could not be done in a day or two. If he didn't have such high expectations, he would naturally not be so big. disappointment.

In fact, they only killed for a whole morning before returning to the small courtyard. The main purpose of coming this time was not to kill many zombies, but to sum up a set of methods and precautions for clearing zombies in the buildings according to the terrain. There are great gains.

For example, it was the first time I noticed falling objects, mainly broken glass.Another example is that the zombies in the basement will come out later, so after seeing that there are no more zombies in the buildings on both sides, don't rush to go deep into the street. Wait for 10 minutes and often a few or ten will come out. a few.

There are also those zombies that fell from high places, some of them can no longer move, but don't take them seriously, once someone gets too close, they may still be bitten or scratched.

In addition, the three of them also experimented with burning zombies with gasoline, and the results were not very optimistic.Zombies don't know how to avoid flames, so they gather stupidly under the main road, even if gasoline is poured on them, they don't feel it.

But these guys are not flammable. A bucket of gasoline can ignite dozens of them, but few of them are actually burned to death.Those who were blackened and even burned most of their bodies could still move around, grab people, and bite people.

It takes a lot of gasoline to completely burn them to death. From collecting gasoline to transportation and storage, it is a big project.Finding a way to lure them to gather on special terrain is even less efficient. It is better to shoot with crossbows and goug their heads with spears.

These new discoveries were all experienced in the bungalow area, so although the field investigation in the morning only killed a hundred or ten zombies, it was very rewarding just after entering the street for tens of meters.

From tomorrow, Hong Tao and Zhang Tao will have to bring four more newcomers to start rotation training. Except for the elderly and children in the team, no matter who they are, what positions they hold, or what work they are doing, in principle, they must participate in rotation training at least twice.

If Jiao Qiao and Lin Na wanted to continue searching for survivors, they had to hurry up and search the bungalows near Houhai within one month of the catastrophe at least. The longer it took, the less likely the survivors would survive.

At the same time, Hong Tao had to listen to Sun Jianshe and Li Xiang's reports on the construction of the new base every day. In addition to giving suggestions, he had to roughly determine the moving schedule based on the overall progress.

The time is spent in such a busy day, and it is a week in a blink of an eye.It was raining again that day, and in the early morning, a group of people in stab-proof suits, helmets, gloves and masks gathered at the gate of the courtyard.Compared with the last time the whole group went to the hospital, the number of people with weapons in their hands has increased significantly, and at least one-third of them are women.

This is the result of a week's rotation training. Now Hong Tao's men and women are basically equal in proportion.All members without special skills were basically included in the field team by him.

In this way, when going out to perform tasks, there is no need to call in a large number of professionals from other teams, let them do what they should do, and initially achieve a division of labor and cooperation.

But how effective the new team members are after a week of rotation training, this has to be judged by facts.Hong Tao couldn't give an accurate evaluation before he participated in the formal settlement operation.

Standing in the rain, Hong Tao was quite satisfied with the discipline of the eleven members of the field team in front of him. Even though the rain was getting thicker and thicker, they were still neatly lined up in two rows, and no one left the team without permission to go to the next car Hiding from the rain, no one said strange things.Of course, I may have said it in my heart, but as long as I don't make a sound, I am qualified.

Compared with more than a week ago, Shui Nanqin is obviously a bit reborn. She is no longer that cowardly female student. Although the steel crossbow on her back is wrapped with colored silk threads, she can't see any feeling of a murder weapon, but she died under its crossbow arrows There are at least forty or fifty zombies.

"Girl, this time we are not standing on the bridge and waiting for the zombies to come over. We have to go deep into the building area, are you afraid?" Hong Tao raised the shield in his hand and gently slammed it into Shui Nanqin's small face.

"Hey...we are all sharpshooters, every bullet kills an enemy!" Shui Nanqin didn't hide, but lowered her head slightly, put her helmet against the shield and pushed forward with all her strength, like a calf without horns .

This is a game she and Hong Tao often play. During a training session, Hong Tao disliked her for always shooting with her eyes closed, and her accuracy rate was too low, so he hit her on the head with a helmet.As a result, the girl not only didn't shrink her neck, but also pushed forward after knocking. It wasn't intentional, it was just out of habit.

Chapter 098

"Everyone, don't be like her two hundred and five. In the past, you were all standing on the viaduct and waiting for rabbits. Zombies were lured out in batches according to a plan. But today is not the case. We have to really go deep into the streets, buildings, and underground garages. , What kind of accident will I encounter? To be honest, I don’t know myself. In this case, I can’t think that zombies are easy to kill like Shui Yatou, so the purpose of our operation this time is not to make much progress, how many zombies to eliminate, and to clean up the zombies. Pay a few buildings. In a word, if everyone returns safely and sees the cruelty of the end times, that is victory!"

Ordinarily, before the action, as the highest leader of the team, he had to cheer up the team members and sprinkle chicken blood or something without doing anything.Use spiritual attributes to make the impossible possible.

But what Hong Tao did was just the opposite. How frustrated he was, he almost lost the passion and enthusiasm of the big guys, and looked at each other, not knowing what it meant, let alone how to express his position.

"Okay, get in the car and set off, if you want to come back alive, just remember what I just said!"

Hong Tao's reaction from the team members was not surprising, and he didn't expect them all to understand.People are such a thing, when you are alone, your brain will be much easier to use. After joining a group, your IQ will immediately decrease by N times, and your courage will increase by N times.

This strange-sounding change has both positive and negative aspects.As a team leader, you must adjust these two influences at any time according to the actual situation.

Now people are more precious than anything else, so safety comes first.When human resources are not so stretched, it is natural that resources should come first.Just die as many as you die, and after you die, you have to use the dead to make a fuss, so that the living can continue to fly to the flames and enjoy it.

After this period of rotation training, there were no zombies moving around on both sides of the street near the third ring road to the east of the embassy. Correspondingly, there were dozens of piles of dark burning wreckage on the viaduct.

It was a cremation ground for zombies. At the end of each training rotation, the trainees would pull the dead zombies together with iron hooks, pour gasoline on them and burn them thoroughly.Note that it is thorough, not pouring gasoline on the fire and leaving, it must be thoroughly burned to be considered qualified.

If Hong Tao found out that the rotation training team did not do this step well, then the team will be punished from the team leader to the players.The content is very simple, as a porter during the day, and night shift at night.

If anyone dares to sleep on duty, that's fine, without Hong Tao speaking, everyone will consciously regard you as unreliable and untrustworthy.If you are not recognized by the group and are treated as waste by the group, you can imagine the treatment.

This is the other side of group attributes. Whether it is positive or negative depends on the actual situation.At this time, it should be more positive than negative.

Then someone said, I'd rather be a porter and get tired, than take the risk and go out with the lunatics in the field team all day to kill zombies for rotation training.At the beginning, Hong Tao also thought so. In order to make everyone more active in rotation training, he even planned to introduce incentive measures.

As a result, I had just rotated for three days, and before I could figure out the reward method, I found that the actual situation was far from my imagination, and even made a 180-degree turn.

Every member of the rescue team is counted as one. No matter men, women, old or young, they are all willing to go out for training in the field, and no one is willing to stay at home to work.The reason is very simple. The work at home is endless from morning to night, and there is always no end to it.

In addition, being in the logistics team is not without danger. God knows if a certain zombie or a few zombies will suddenly come out of a certain place, and then they will pounce on them, and whoever meets them will be unlucky.

On the contrary, when going out on the field, each team is led by experienced veterans with relatively high force values, who are always on high alert, kill for a while and rest for a while, the labor intensity and danger are actually lower.

Today's scheduled goal is to clean up the Hilton Hotel and the dormitory of the National Song and Dance Troupe next to it. As long as all the zombies in these high-rise buildings are killed, you can safely arrive at the Korean Embassy along the north side of the street, and then pass through the courtyard of the embassy. , directly outside the main gate of the US embassy.

One advantage of planning the route in this way is that it can avoid several nearby high-rise buildings.Although killing zombies is not too difficult, whoever has the means is willing to fight hand-to-hand with these fearless, painless and painless monsters all day long.Compared with high-rise buildings, the number of people in the embassy will be much smaller after all.

"My team with Randy entered, and Sun Ge and Zhang Tao's team was in charge of peripheral surveillance. Everyone check your equipment and make a call every 2 minutes. Usually, don't chat in the mobile station unless there are special circumstances."

On the issue of how to divide labor and cooperate, Hong Tao still played a leading role as always. He was the first to go to any job that was dangerous, and never made excuses to shirk.

It is because of this that no one in the team can shake his leadership position. Even if you give a hundred reasons, as long as you dare not take the lead again and again, all the reasons will appear extremely pale.

In fact, Hong Tao really didn't want to use this method to increase his prestige. He mainly didn't trust anyone.The more dangerous the job is, the more critical and important it is. Hong Tao would rather do it himself than pretend to be someone else.

In addition, the word danger in his mind is different from the understanding of most people. Others think it is very dangerous to keep one zombie in the yard, but he thinks it’s okay to keep two more, unless someone deliberately destroys it. Otherwise, it will still be the same for 100 years.

As for the issue of becoming a zombie after being bitten or scratched, in the eyes of most people, it seems to be more unacceptable than direct death.But Hong Tao didn't think there was anything to worry about, he just changed if he changed, anyway, after mutating, he would be dead, so what's the use of thinking so much.

And there is always a question in his mind, that is, he was scratched by zombies once, and he was indeed no longer attacked by zombies after being scratched, and he was basically infected.But what followed was neither mutation nor death. The wound was itchy for a long time, and I had a low-grade fever for half a night, and nothing happened!

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a great blessing, a great fortune, and it is too late to be happy. Why do you think so much.But Hong Tao couldn't let go of it all the time, and even secretly observed countless zombies, trying to find similar cases, but found nothing.

That is to say, so far, not even a single case of humans not mutating after being bitten or scratched has been found.The actual situation is that once bitten and scratched by a zombie, the infection is very rapid.The zombies would stop talking to the infected person after a few seconds, even if the other person hadn't mutated, they wouldn't attack again, exactly the same as their own situation at that time.

The only difference is that everyone else has mutated, but I am still alive and well.The only explanation that Hong Tao could think of was that there was some kind of antibody in his body, which could eliminate the invading virus or other things, so even if he was infected, he would not mutate.

If this is the case, it can also explain why these survivors do not mutate. They may also have some kind of antibody in their body, which can ensure that the body is not attacked by the virus.

But their antibodies may be different from their own. They can only resist common contact infections but not blood infections. To put it bluntly, their resistance is relatively weak, and they will not be able to withstand large-scale invasions.

Is that so?If you want to solve this mystery, you have to find an opportunity to try it again, that is to say, let the zombie bite and scratch yourself again, and it is best not to scratch your face.

If there is still no mutation, it means that there are indeed antibodies.If you don't resist, then...then nothing will happen.When encountering Jiao San, he can remember his old love without slapping his face, but if it were someone else, he would be stabbed to death with random guns and shot with crossbows in minutes.

So Hong Tao never thought about whether he should do this experiment or not.I am not afraid of death, and I don't even lose sleep because I am about to die.But not being afraid of death and deliberately sucking death are two categories. Obviously, the latter has a more fearless spirit than the former.Coincidentally, Hong Tao is just a guy who lacks mental power, and he can't see any signs of sublimation in a short time.

Chapter 099 Treasure Hunt

With an order, Sun Jianshe and Zhang Tao respectively led their teams to disperse and closely monitored the nearby high-rise buildings.However, there was a problem with the direction in which they scattered. They did not rely on the buildings on both sides of the street, nor did they hide behind the vehicles on the side of the road, but stood in the middle of the road brightly.

But after Hong Tao saw it, not only did he not correct him, he even gave Zhang Tao a thumbs up, looking very satisfied.Could it be that Hong Tao is too confused and has completely forgotten how to hide his body?

This is the experience and lessons learned from more than a week of rotation training, and it has also become one of the operational disciplines of the field team: when passing in high-rise buildings, you must try to stay away from the buildings!

That's right, walking in the middle of the road is not conducive to concealing your figure, but compared with zombies and glass shards that jumped from upstairs, the concealment attribute can be ignored.Moreover, the eyesight of zombies is very weak, and they mainly rely on smell, hearing, or other means to detect the outside world, and it seems useless to hide or not.

"Captain Hong, can you really not shoot those monsters?" Besides the two team members and Randy's team of three who followed Hong Tao slowly into the hotel gate.

Since he joined the team, this guy has shown a very high level of force and an incomparable love for weapons. He participated in the rotation training for the first time and faced zombies without any hesitation. Zhang Tao is also proficient.In addition, in terms of personal strength, skills, physical fitness, and adaptability, almost no one can match him except Hong Tao.

Faced with this kind of performance, what Randy ushered in was not praise but suspicion.Members of the rescue team once thought that he was not a visa officer at all, but that Bao Buqi was a Marine Corps soldier stationed in the embassy.

Hong Tao didn't think so. He had contacted many European and American people, and there were not a few of them like Randy.He looks like a well-mannered white-collar worker, but as soon as he takes off his suit, he turns into a fishing master, outdoor sportsman, hunting madman or all kinds of ball game lovers in a blink of an eye.

But in order to dispel the doubts of the team members, Hong Tao persuaded Randy with alcohol, and let him take the initiative to state his past experience in front of everyone in a dazed state.

The result was as expected. This guy has been a baseball outfielder since high school, and even joined the school team after he got to college.

But instead of entering the sports circle for further study, he signed up for military service.The reason is very simple. In Chinese, there are only two words, family biography!His grandfather, father, and uncle are all officers of the U.S. Army. His family is a pure military family. According to tradition, he naturally has to try in the army.

It has been proved that he has lived up to the expectations of his ancestors. He did not get a part-time job in the army. After being discharged from the army in disgrace, he only started looking for a job and a partner at the age of 27, and he was officially independent.

Although he has never participated in any war in the army, and has always been stationed in a military base in the central United States doing nothing, but I have to say that the training of the US military is closer to actual combat, especially for the actual operation of firearms, almost every day. The gun still had to be disassembled and repaired.

Year-round physical training has given him a strong body, professional military training has given him willpower and fighting skills that are higher than ordinary people, and the influence of university and family has made him good at thinking rationally. Gave him experience communicating with strangers.

When confronting zombies face to face for the first time, he was also terrified, flustered, and even a little disgusted, but his previous experience supported him in every way, and told him clearly that using a spear to smash a zombie's body Skulls are no harder, if not easier, than shooting a reindeer with a shotgun in a hunting ground.

"Brother Hong, I think Sister Shuang and Han Li may have a more comfortable life in the United States than us. Just such a guy sitting in an office doesn't take killing zombies seriously, and there are all kinds of guns available. The zombies over there Wouldn’t it be enough for them to kill? Why don’t you go out and let him lead the team in the future? Those who can do more work!”

Everyone was relieved after listening to Randy telling the truth after drinking, but the original worry quickly turned into jealousy, especially Jiao San.He is always proud of being second only to the old bastard Hong Tao in terms of force value. Suddenly, Randy is a foreign devil.

"But they are few in number, only 3 million in total, and even fewer will survive in the end. Moreover, the greater the ability of a person, the harder it is to lead. All of them are presidents and military strategists, and they quarrel with each other every day. They don’t obey anyone. Unlike here, obedience is already in our genes, and we are more used to listening to the voice of the strong. In this case, it is easier to unite, and sometimes stupidity is an advantage.”

In fact, Hong Tao is more worried about Randy's appearance than anyone else. On the surface, it seems that there is an extra powerful member in the group. In fact, after gaining a foothold and accumulating a certain prestige, it will naturally have an impact on the people around him, such as thinking. Aspects.

At that time, if he subtly infects some people around him with the European and American way of thinking and ideology, this team will not be easy to lead, and he will end up causing trouble for himself.

But then again, there are some things that cannot be based on speculation and speculation, and I can’t keep saying that people are the most precious wealth, and then kill Randy just because of speculation, the impact will be even worse, in the eyes of the team members It's no different from Sun Dacheng's group.

"The gunshots will attract all the zombies within a range of hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters. We have tested this before."

Hong Tao knew what Randy meant by asking this question. He always felt that it was unnecessary to have a gun. Even a pistol is more efficient than a spear and crossbow in the eyes of people who are accustomed to using guns.Of course, this guy really doesn't know the power of police pistols. It is estimated that he has never used a police pistol, and he always regards the power of military firearms as the standard.

"...In that case, it seems meaningless for us to look for guns again?" Hong Tao Randi has also been carefully probing, from thinking patterns to personal qualities, all-round probing.

The purpose is very clear. He wants to determine whether this person has the ability to lead the team to the light. If he encounters an untrustworthy leader, he has to make a choice in advance.

"It still has meaning, but it's not for zombies. Randy, as a visa officer, you should have systematically and seriously studied the culture, habits and ideology of our country, right?"

Hong Tao has already noticed Randy's careful thoughts, but it's not that he really has the ability to read people's hearts, it's just that Randy's actions are too blatant, maybe he doesn't feel it.

In the world, the arrogance of Americans is basically a consensus, as long as you live in the United States for a period of time, and then live in Europe, Asia, and Africa for a period of time, you can clearly feel it.

Americans are a bit like the silly sons of landlords. They haven't been out much yet, and they are used to the rules of the house. No matter where they go, they still follow their own rules and rarely consider other people's feelings.

In fact, they have no malicious intentions, just like the empire on which the sun never sets. They have been the boss for a long time, and they are not used to seeing other people's faces, and they are not very proficient in skills such as observing words and expressions, falsehood and deception.

"Those things on paper are far from the real situation. I have not been in China for a long time, and I can't even distinguish many dialects..." I wanted to discuss the issue of firearms, but the topic suddenly turned to work, the country and ideology , which made Randy a little overwhelmed.

"Relax, there is no country or ideology anymore, not even a nation, there is only one thing left, people. You are here on the shortwave radio these days talking to all parts of the world, and you must be able to understand it from a few words The current situation, the number of survivors is not optimistic."

In order to explain this problem clearly to Randy, Hong Tao simply lit a cigarette, stood in the hotel lobby and stopped moving forward.The rest of the team members had a basic tacit understanding, and immediately formed a new four-member team before the leader could speak. Holding crossbows and long guns, they monitored the stairways, passageways, and fire doors, one by one. Troubleshoot.

"..." Randy still didn't understand what Hong Tao wanted to express. On this issue, he very much agreed with Jiao Qiao's theory. This leader Hong is well versed in the art of language. Regardless of whether he uses Chinese or English, he doesn't turn his head away anyway. It is almost impossible to hear the so-called foreign voices.

As for why you can't just say something, the beautiful director Lin gave an explanation.She said that this is the leader's test of the IQ of his subordinates. If you can't even hear the voice, there is no hope of promotion, and the IQ is insufficient!

Chapter 100 Treasure Hunt 2

"Do you mind shooting other survivors?" Seeing that Randy didn't make a sound, Hong Tao stopped going around in circles. This topic is too heavy, and basically no one would think about it.

"...Why did you do this!" In fact, Randy still didn't quite understand what Hong Tao meant, but he could no longer remain silent.

That's right, I was present when I used the shortwave radio to communicate with survivor groups around the world, and even operated it, and had a brief chat with two fellow Americans.The situation is not optimistic. Although the number of known survivors is increasing day by day, the absolute number is still very small.

Since there are very few of them, you still say that people are the most precious all day long, and you would rather fail than lose people.But I was thinking about how to use a gun to eliminate other survivors, crazy or insane!

"Because as long as there are human beings, there will never be a shortage of wars. You don't have to believe it, but it's best to check the history books, and then discuss this issue."

There is no need to discuss the confrontation among survivor groups within the rescue team. Everyone agrees that no one can be trusted.Don't say there is a threat, as long as you think there is a threat, you should start first.

The reason for such a unified understanding is the Sun Dacheng gang. After seeing the tragic situation of those rescued women, those who were still a little hesitant immediately changed their minds, such as Liu Quanyou.But now there are more Randy and several medical staff, they didn't see it with their own eyes, and it seems that the influence of hearing alone is not enough.

"Just like a country, the system can be different, but there is no need to use the mode of war to solve the problem. You also said that the current resources are close to infinite, which can fully meet the needs of all parties."

Sure enough, Randy didn't agree with Hong Tao's point of view, not to mention being the first to shoot at the same kind, and he was not even willing to confront each other.But he didn't rely entirely on his personal preferences, and finally gave a reasonable reason, not to rob resources.

"I also said that the most precious resources at present are not food and water, nor fuel and batteries, but people. I remember this and you agree, but you obviously forgot this, right?" It's just plausible, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all.Hong Tao didn't wait for the cigarette butt to burn his hands, so he threw the question back intact.

"...It's hard for me to accept this statement. It seems to be back to the era of slave trade. People become commodities and can be bought and sold at will." Don't look at Randy's advice not to go around in circles when you have something to say. No worse than the Chinese.

"Actually, no one cares about whether you accept it or not. If you lived in the era of slave trade, do you think you can stop the slave trade?" Hong Tao curled his lips, as a contempt for the arrogant Yankee.

"Huh... What would you choose if it really came to that time? Kill all the slave traders? Rescue all the slaves?" Of course, Randy saw Hong Tao's expression, and probably understood it. He was very stimulated, and his tone became rude. It sounded a little sarcastic.

"Bah, I may have smoked fake cigarettes, how can Huazi still drop the cigarette butts... I can only choose not to let my group become slaves, and I can't control other things. Have you ever thought about it, maybe the slavery system is the most suitable It is developed now. Think more about it, if we survivors cannot restore technological civilization within a year or two, what situation will we face after all existing energy sources fail, and there will be slave civilization by then It's not bad."

Maybe it was because he smoked too hard. After taking two puffs of the newly lit cigarette, the butt was flicked off.Hong Tao cursed in a low voice, took out the cigarette case and looked at it carefully.In fact, it is useless to look at it. Before the disaster, he was reluctant to buy such an expensive cigarette.

"Leader Hong, have you guys finished talking? We've searched to the third floor, we're still waiting for orders!" At this moment, Shui Nanqin's crisp voice came from the emergency passage, and she was pouted. impatient.

"Here we come, what's the rush? Zombies are not singers. If you go late, you won't be able to see them...Let's go, Team Leader Lan, the old rules, your team is in charge of cover, and if you have something to talk about, wait until the break."

Hong Tao was very angry that someone dared to interrupt his lecture, and threw half a box of Zhonghua cigarettes over with his hands.But the little girl was quite agile, and she dodged it as soon as she shrank her head, and then disappeared through the fire door.

In addition to Shui Nanqin, Hong Tao's group also had a male surgeon, who was under 40 years old and supposedly in his prime.However, those with scalpels and those with machetes are not in the same industry after all, and their combat effectiveness is very average.Randy's team members are also a man and a woman. It is not safe for the four of them to search alone. Even if they don't like it, they have to stop the discussion.