Chapter 26
A tide of corpses? What kind of a tide of corpses?
Seeing the heavy and helpless expression of the crew cut, someone finally reacted and his face turned pale: “Could it be a zombie tide?!”
After he said this, even if others didn’t understand what he meant, they realized the problem.
But these days, the area around the community has been calm and peaceful. They rarely encounter groups of zombies and cannot imagine the specific scale of the zombie tide.
“How many zombies will come in this zombie wave?”
“I don’t know, there must be dozens, or hundreds?”
“I also think there will be hundreds of them. The temporary barriers we built may not be able to stop them. When we collect materials later, see if there are any metal plates and take them back to reinforce them.”
Everyone started chattering, but no one noticed the indescribable expressions on the faces of the man with a short haircut and others.
One of the men with a scar on his face couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
He and his companions joked, “I think the feng shui here is really good. It’s been several days since the doomsday broke out, and we haven’t even encountered a few hundred zombies.”
No wonder Scarface reacted like that.
This group of people have been traveling along the way, sleeping in the open air, climbing mountains and wading through rivers, and have seen countless tragic scenes.
Now, seeing the innocent faces of the community foraging team is just like suddenly seeing a few rabbits slowly eating grass in the wild animal area. It is incredible and a little funny.
His companions couldn’t help but sigh at Wen Xin and his friends’ good luck: “There are more than one or two thousand people in one community.”
If there has ever been a residential area occupied and surrounded by hordes of zombies, no one would be able to say “there may be hundreds of zombies in the zombie tide”.
But what they didn’t know was that long before the foraging team set out, the kids from Wen Xin’s family had already cleaned up the surrounding area in advance, and they had eliminated more than a few thousand zombies.
Because there were only a few small fry left nearby, they dared to let Wen Xin go out with the team to explore.
However, even with such caution, Wen Xin was still in danger and almost got into trouble.
Jin Si Canary secretly regretted that he should have kept a closer eye on Wen Xin.
Wen Xin asked on behalf of the team members: “How many zombies are there in the zombie tide you are talking about?”
Scarface: “About a hundred thousand.”
What?
Did they hear it right? More than 100,000?!
When the others heard this, their eyes almost popped out of their heads.
Wen Xin was about to continue asking when he suddenly felt someone tugging at his clothes. He turned around and saw Canary’s face.
The young man looked more solemn than ever before and nodded slowly towards him.
Wen Xin knew that his boys were no simple people. Even the teenager couldn’t help but worry. It was conceivable how terrifying this upcoming zombie wave would be.
He acted decisively.
When the team leader still suspected that Scarface was trying to trick them, Wen Xin grabbed his arm and said firmly, “Lao Zhang, if what he said is true, we must go back and inform everyone, and then find a way to leave City G as soon as possible.”
“Leaving… Leaving G City? So suddenly?”
The team members were all stunned.
Some people couldn’t help but question: “Wen Xin, who are these people to you? Are their words reliable?”
Others chimed in: “Yeah, so far everything is fine, there’s no movement, it’s not as serious as they say.”
“How is it possible that more than 100,000 zombies appeared all of a sudden?”
The man with the crew cut and the others have stopped talking.
It’s not like I haven’t been questioned like this before. I’ve said everything I should say and given warnings I should give, but the results are often in vain.
In the end times, there are many people who cannot see the reality clearly, and even more are dead.
Call them callous or cruel, they are simply too lazy to waste words on those who are about to die.
Faced with everyone’s distrust, Wen Xin was uncharacteristically firm: “They have no reason to joke.”
On weekdays, the team members’ main impression of Wen Xin is that he does whatever he is told to do and has a very good temper.
But the usually amiable young man became serious, and there was an aura in his eyes that could not be ignored.
Wen Xin turned to Scarface and asked, “In which direction will the zombie tide appear?”
Scarface looked at him in surprise, but still answered, “Southwest.”
That is to say, the west side of the city!
The first large number of zombies to appear in City G came from the west of the city. Wen Xin did not doubt what he heard and looked at all the members of the team.
“Doesn’t our community logistics team have three drones? We can go back and use the drones to investigate, and then we’ll know whether what they said is true or not.”
But people in the community think it is not that easy.
A good aerial photography drone starts at several thousand yuan, and basically no one uses it except enthusiasts. At the beginning, they searched and asked throughout the entire community, but only found three.
The west of the city is so far away, and we have to pay attention to the control range. If an accident breaks down during the process, it will be a huge loss!
What’s more, drones consume a lot of electricity. There is only one diesel generator in the entire community, and it has to be evenly distributed among the more than 1,000 households that remain. The power is already very tight, so where can there be any extra to use?
In this regard, Wen Xin had only one sentence to hit the nail on the head: “Which is more important, people’s lives or drones?”
Everyone looked at each other.
Finally, it was the captain, Lao Zhang, who gritted his teeth and made a decision: “Such a big matter cannot be decided by just a few of us. Let’s go back and ask for everyone’s opinions, and then we can consider it.”
Everyone else agreed with Lao Zhang’s proposal, but their faces showed more indifference.
There are more than 100,000 zombies. Even if they are distributed throughout the city, they are not dense enough. Can the area in the west of the city hold them all?
The team members returned to the community in a hurry. The man with a short haircut and others stood by and watched with their arms folded. Until they found that Wen Xin was about to leave, their brows jumped.
To be honest, they now wished they could just pack Wen Xin up, put him in the car, and teleport to City A, away from any possible danger.
Although they were indifferent, they would not really stand by and watch these people stay here and wait to die, so they were willing to wait quietly until Wen Xin persuaded the people in the community to investigate.
But when Wen Xin went back, the situation was different.
What if the other party intends to advance or retreat with the people in the community, how can they evacuate within a safe time?
Scarface felt a headache just thinking about it, and wanted to grab Wen Xin, cursing: “Let them go back, why are you going back?”
As soon as he stretched out his hand, the young man next to the other person stepped forward as if he had expected it, and looked at him coldly.
In an instant, a familiar sense of crisis pierced Scarface’s nerves like lightning.
He stepped back reflexively, placing his hand on the holster at his waist, staring at the expressionless boy in shock.
Who is the other party and why does he feel dangerous?
The man with a crew cut saw Scarface’s reaction, glanced at the boy, didn’t see anything wrong, and frowned in some surprise.
He explained to Wen Xin: “The nearby city Z has already fallen. We have to take a long detour back via G177 Avenue. We can only stay here for five hours at most.”
“If you want to accompany them and wait for the drone’s reconnaissance, I advise you to give up.”
There was another sentence that Choutou kept in his heart and didn’t say.
Judging from the doubts just expressed by the residents, he felt that these people would take most of the day to even get started in sending out the drone.
After saying this, the man with the crew cut deliberately observed Wen Xin’s expression.
If the other party still insists on going back, they must find a way to persuade him to stay.
Wen Xin said without hesitation: “I want to go back.”
The worst case scenario happened, the person they were going to pick up was an idiot who couldn’t understand the situation.
Scarface’s expression suddenly turned ugly, and he moved his lips and almost started to curse again. The man with the buzz cut and the others couldn’t help but sigh.
But to their surprise, Wen Xin went back for reasons other than what they thought.
Wen Xin said, “There are still some things I haven’t brought with me. I have to go back and pack them. You can come with me.”
Scarface: “What kind of valuable thing is it that requires so much effort…”
Wen Xin looked at him calmly: “Five cans of high-calorie candies including chocolate, two boxes of instant noodles, and some beef jerky, chicken sausage, and canned meat.”
Upon hearing this, the men who had been eating energy bars for almost ten days to save cooking time subconsciously swallowed their saliva.
Wen Xin looked at the dusty appearance of these people and said something that they could not refuse at all: “Also, you rushed here in a hurry, you must be very tired, right?”
“Before the water supply was cut off, my family stored tap water. I have tested it before. If you only use this water for bathing, it will not have any effect on the body. Now there are six buckets left, which should be enough for everyone to bathe.”
“There are sofas and beds at home. You can lie down and take a rest. The community is relatively safe for now. There are no zombies, and you don’t have to worry about being attacked suddenly.”
“I only need 40 minutes at most to pack and talk to other people about some things. I can leave in less than an hour.”
Everyone was convinced by him.
Seeing this, Wen Xin turned to Scarface and asked for his opinion: “Although we can find food and water on the road, it is better to get what is ready, right?”
Scarface’s depressed expression was long gone.
Being stared at by the young man’s gentle eyes, he touched his nose angrily and said for his bad attitude just now: “Sorry.”
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The man with the crew cut followed Wen Xin back to the community.
The open space in front of the community garden was noisy, and from time to time people heard the sound of the assembly horn and rushed over there.
The residents seemed ready to hold a collective meeting.
Besides, seeing that the overall environment of the community was clean and tidy, and that basic buildings such as trees, flower beds, and bulletin boards were all intact and did not look damaged at all, the crew cut guys were surprised.
Originally, they thought that Wen Xin’s statement about there being no zombies meant that all the zombies had been cleared away, but they never expected that there really seemed to be no zombies attacking this place.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is probably the most peaceful and harmonious place they have ever seen along the way.
Several people followed Wen Xin and the other person upstairs.
Looking at the straight back of the young man, Scarface and his companion who had just complained together had a big change in attitude and couldn’t help whispering to each other.
“Why do I feel that he is different from what was rumored…”
“Yeah, he doesn’t seem like the type of person who would run away from home for no reason.”
“He also said he had a stubborn temper and a bad temper, and he would be away from home for several years.”
“Ahem!”
Fearing that Wen Xin would be unhappy after hearing this, the man with a crew cut walking in front of them coughed heavily twice, interrupting their discussion.
The man with the crew cut turned around and glared at them, then lowered his voice to warn them: “Don’t believe those gossips, or I’ll deal with you when I get back.”
The two men with scar faces immediately shut up.
Although they controlled the volume, to the mutants with keen hearing, it was no different from speaking right next to their ears.
Canary couldn’t help but glance at Wen Xin.
It seems that people rarely mention things about the other person’s family.
Soon, several people arrived at Wen Xin’s door, but Wen Xin kept his hand on the door and did not take out the key immediately.
He said to the crew-haired guy and his group, “I have cats at home, and I will take them with me later.”
This was something that the crew cut guy and his friends had not anticipated.
Scarface opened his mouth and wanted to curse again.
But thinking about the embarrassment he had made with his impulsive question just now, he held his nose and did not mock, but his face showed obvious disapproval.
Apart from him, everyone else had a similar reaction.
Wen Xin had previously said that he wanted to take the boy with him, and they had no objection. After all, there was still space in the car , and it wouldn’t make any difference whether they took one or two.
But animals are different.
If you bring someone with you, you can hold the animal down and make him quiet if something happens, but how do you control an unruly animal?
Among the few people, the man with a crew cut is relatively calm and rational, otherwise he would not have taken the lead in this rescue operation.
He said in a deep voice: “In principle, we can’t take pets on the road.”
Wen Xin: “Yeah, but I want to take them with me.”
Seeing Wen Xin’s firm attitude, the man with a crew cut knew that he couldn’t be persuaded with just a few words.
But he had to ask: “What if your pet barks along the way and attracts zombies?”
“I can guarantee that they won’t make any noise,” Wen Xin said. “If they attract zombies, I’ll get off the bus with them.”
They, not it, which means there is more than one.
Scarface and the others’ mouths twitched.
After hearing this, the man with the crew cut was already feeling overwhelmed.
He was thinking about such a troublesome thing, why didn’t Wen Xin say it just now?
To be honest, he would never agree to let the other party come back to this community.
Wait a minute?
The crew-haired man’s expression changed, and he frowned at Wen Xin: “You are afraid that we will take you away directly, so you only mentioned taking the cat with you until now.”
Wen Xin nodded and said, “Yes.”
After hearing his admission, the crew-haired man’s expression suddenly became gloomy and uncertain.
Because in their view, this journey is basically equivalent to escape, and it is not something that can be calculated casually.
The crew-haired man spoke again, and said slowly: “But even if we have already reached your doorstep, we can still take you away directly.”
“Our mission is to bring you back safely. To achieve this goal, even if we use some uncivilized means, it won’t hurt.”
The atmosphere seemed to freeze in an instant.
Hearing that they were going to attack Wen Xin, Canary raised her eyelids, with a hint of anger in her eyes.
Not only him, but the other kids inside the door also heard the noise outside. At that moment, they even figured out where to bury Scarface and the others.
However, the person who broke the tense atmosphere was still Wen Xin.
He first patted his own door to calm the irritable kids inside.
Then he turned back and looked at the men with short hair calmly: “If you attack me, you won’t get any food or water.”
“Maybe I didn’t tell you before, whether it’s the shops, supermarkets or convenience stores around here, they have all been ransacked by the people in the community.”
“The nearest supermarket is 20 kilometers away by car, but we have used drones to scout there before, and there are many zombies there. For you who are short on time, it is unlikely that you will make it in time.”
“Even if you make it in time, no one can guarantee whether those places have been searched by nearby survivors.”
After hearing Wen Xin’s methodical analysis, the men with the crew cut had very cold expressions, but they couldn’t help but admire him in their hearts.
The young man was thoughtful and strategic. If the current situation was not inappropriate and if the other party was not that man’s brother, they would really like to recruit him on the spot.
It’s just a pity.
For some unknown reason, this neighborhood did not experience the baptism of the zombie tide, so the young man did not encounter any truly bloody and desperate things, and still retained a bit of the innocence before the disaster.
The man with the crew cut touched his chin, and decided to let the other party know the dangers of society. He smiled and said, “Who said we can’t get food and water? Or, you don’t bring your keys when you go out?”
Wen Xin: “Do you want to rob it?”
The buzz cut man: “My friend, don’t say such harsh words. This is called taking emergency measures.”
As he said this, he asked Scarface and the others to search him.
Unexpectedly, the young man’s next reaction was even more surprising.
The other party actually laughed and stood there motionless, as if waiting for them to do this.
Scarface thought something was wrong and stopped immediately. The crew-haired guy also asked in confusion, “What are you laughing at?”
“Laughing. I finally have a legitimate reason to complain to my brother.”
Wen Xin didn’t care at all how shameless his words were. He just blinked his eyes with an innocent look.
“It normally only takes five days to get from City A to City G, but you made me wait for almost ten days. If my luck had been worse during this period, I would have become a piece of meat in the mouth of a zombie. Isn’t this your dereliction of duty?”
The crew-haired guy wanted to refute immediately: “That’s because…”
Wen Xin interrupted him: “Whether it is because of difficulties or other things that delayed you, you can explain to my brother later, you don’t need to tell me.”
“I only know that, under such circumstances, not only did you not take my frightened feelings into consideration, but in order to complete the commission, you forcibly abducted me and robbed my supplies.”
“What a great harm this is to me, oh.”
As the crew-haired man and the others kept twitching, Wen Xin pretended to cover his chest slightly.
The next sentence was like a knife stabbing into the hearts of the crew-haired guy and his gang.
“If you and my brother are only in a temporary employment relationship, then you can take me away by force, as long as the mission is completed in the end… But it seems that you are working under my brother?”
Wen Xin’s expression clearly told the crew-haired guy and the others that if they dared to take forceful action, he would give Wen Jinfeng a hard time.
The man with the crew cut and others were dumbfounded, especially Wen Xin who added one more sentence.
“I hope you will be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions. Don’t be afraid to admit it when the time comes, and don’t be afraid of my brother getting angry.”
In the crowd: …………
As shameless as it is, they are really fucking threatened, damn.
Under the young man’s strong guidance, friendly smiles quickly appeared on the faces of several people present, and they turned their hostility into friendship.
The scene became harmonious.
When Wen Xin turned around to open the door, his calm expression suddenly collapsed and he pinched his fingers hard.
Don’t be fooled by Wen Xin’s confident look and appearance of not being afraid of anything just now.
In fact, only he himself knows how nervous he is.
When Wen Jinfeng sent him the information of the man with the crew cut and others, what was shown in the document was their ID photos.
ID photos have one characteristic: no matter if you are a handsome guy who is hated by both humans and gods, or a muscular man, you can always look harmless in the photo.
This made Wen Xin overlook that the people entrusted by Wen Jinfeng to pick him up might be a group of people who would do anything to complete the task.
It was not until he saw the appearance of the crew-haired man and his gang and watched their swift and decisive methods of action that Wen Xin finally reacted.
Even if the identities of these people in the documents are normal, such as electricians or welders, this does not guarantee that their personalities will not change after the disaster.
The time was too short, and the words he came up with on the spur of the moment had some loopholes, big or small.
As for the matter of reporting to Wen Jinfeng, it is unlikely that he would do it, and Wen Jinfeng would not scold his subordinates for him.
Fortunately, they were finally scared.
Otherwise, he could only refuse to go with the crew cut guy and his friends, and then think of other ways to take Xiao Hei and the others away.
Wen Xin exhaled slowly and opened the door.
At the same time, Scarface winked at the crew-haired man from behind: Do you really want to take those cats with you?
The man with a crew cut nodded slightly and had no choice but to put it on.
If those cats can really be as well-behaved as Wen Xin said, then they can certainly be given a ride.
If not, the distance between City G and City A is so long that no one can say whether some accidents will happen.
In times of crisis, people must be the priority, otherwise everything will be messed up.
Many dark thoughts popped up in the man with the crew cut’s mind, and the next moment, he heard a fox howling in the house.
“Hmm.”
In an instant, the man with the crew cut and others felt as if they were hit on the head, and their pupils suddenly dilated.
Wen Xin didn’t notice what was happening behind him.
He first greeted the other dumplings, then saw the little fox lying in the nest with a listless look on his face, and picked it up with heartache.
“Good boy, are you still feeling uncomfortable?”
The little fox’s mental state began to deteriorate rapidly a few days ago, and he began to feel the same unbearable pain as the black ball.
If Canary hadn’t told him that this was a normal reaction for a little fox growing up, Wen Xin really wouldn’t have known what to do.
Following the young man’s fingers scratching his chin, the little fox shook his ears comfortably.
It tried to raise its head and rubbed it against his cheek, trying to comfort him with its actions.
“Boo! Boo!”
It’s okay! I’m about to evolve into my perfect form, and then I’ll be able to protect you better!
Seeing the little fox trying so hard to comfort himself despite the pain, Wen Xin hid the worry in his eyes.
He reached out and patted it gently, as if coaxing a child: “Well, I’m not worried. Our little fox is growing up. I should be happy.”
“But we have to go out soon. There will be many monsters in this city. We have to escape in advance. I’ll have to ask you to be patient.”
The little fox put its head on Wen Xin’s shoulder and whimpered, as if to say yes.
At the same time, its clear dark eyes looked towards the door, meeting the dazed-looking man with a crew cut and others.
“Hmm.”
We won’t get into trouble, and we won’t do bad things secretly without permission.
The man with a crew cut and others murmured silently: Okay, don’t do bad things.
“Hmm.”
Listen to Wen Xin and don’t bully him.
The man with the crew cut and others: Okay, we’ll listen to Wen Xin and not bully him.
“Hmm.”
Leave some of the delicious food for Wen Xin, and the good drinks as well. Of course, you can eat them too. We don’t need too much food.
The man with the crew cut and others: Okay, okay.
After giving the order, the little fox looked visibly tired.
It found a comfortable position, leaned its furry little head on Wen Xin’s shoulder, slowly closed its eyes, and fell asleep again.
The men with crew cuts suddenly came to their senses and scratched their heads in confusion.
Seeing Wen Xin was packing up, something seemed to be touched in his mind, and he immediately rushed over enthusiastically.
“Let us do it! You take a rest!”
Seeing everyone’s attitude suddenly change 180 degrees, Wen Xin was stunned and blinked blankly: “?”
