#48 - Chapter 48 Leaving
Night fell.
The Green Source Combat Team had successfully returned to base after just finishing their task.
The curfew was lifted.
The base returned to its normal security level.
They briefly explained the situation to those who had stayed behind.
When the remaining personnel learned that someone was actually targeting their base, they were all indignant.
They wished they could have kicked those people a few times themselves, but the boss had already eliminated them.
The night was deep.
Qin Jin waved everyone away to rest, as they still had to go out to search for supplies tomorrow.
He was also exhausted after what had happened, so he returned to his cabin, quickly washed up, and went to sleep.
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The next day, very early in the morning.
The personnel who needed to go out were ready, the vehicles were inspected and refueled, and under the leadership of their respective captains, they prepared to go out on their supply search missions.
Qin Jin still woke up early.
He met with the squad leaders who were going out to exchange information and reminded them of some important matters.
"If you pass by this gas station today, pay attention to whether there are any survivors inside. If there are, ask them if they have heard of the 'Doomsday Survival Group'. If they have, bring them back to the base."
He took out a tablet and opened the map software.
On the pre-downloaded offline map, he pointed out the location of a gas station, which was more than sixty kilometers away from the base.
According to the speed at which the combat teams were searching for fuel supplies, they would reach this gas station in the next few days.
He hadn't forgotten that he had invited people from the Doomsday Exchange Group to join before the power and internet were cut off a few days ago.
Perhaps some of those people were already trying to join and had arrived at that gas station.
Anyway, the base was short of labor, and there wasn't much pressure on the food supply yet. Taking in more people in the early stages of the apocalypse could bring multiple times the return.
Moreover, it would be good to recruit some talents.
The squad leaders all acknowledged the order.
Soon after, the main force rumbled out of the base to carry out their respective missions.
Qin Jin returned to the office and called in several managers, indicating that he had something to tell them.
Looking at the managers who had arrived, he said directly: "Everyone needs to pay attention in the future. Go and find out about the living arrangements of the personnel inside the base today, and make a record of those living alone or in groups."
"After humans die, as long as their heads are intact, even if they haven't been bitten by zombies, there's a high chance they will turn into zombies!"
"I hope everyone knows about this first, and then slowly spread it to everyone in the form of rumors, so that everyone pays attention. In the future, whether it's accidental death or death from illness, the bodies must be disposed of. I don't want someone in the base turning into a zombie after death and causing internal chaos!"
Wow!
This information shocked the managers!
In this case, the base would indeed need to strengthen its management in the future.
If some bastard deliberately killed someone, wouldn't that be equivalent to creating zombies!?
Too terrible!
Seeing the managers' faces turn extremely ugly, Qin Jin continued:
"Don't be too afraid. According to our recent observations, normal humans don't immediately mutate into zombies after death. There's a process involved, which may be related to individual physical fitness or the concentration of viruses in the body. Basically, it takes one to three hours to mutate. As long as we take precautions and extinguish the signs before they appear, it will be fine."
Phew.
After hearing what he said, the others' expressions improved a little.
With a few hours of buffer time, they could prepare as much as possible. At least when someone died, there would be some time to deal with it.
This was mainly because it was difficult to manage when everyone returned to their rooms and dormitories at night. No wonder the boss wanted this information.
Qin Jin didn't explain the source of this information in detail to them.
This was information that the survivors of the previous life had spent all kinds of bloody costs to figure out.
Because everyone theoretically carried trace amounts of the virus in their bodies.
After the human body dies, the immune system collapses, and the virus begins to multiply in large numbers. When it reaches a certain concentration, it will mutate. This time is indeed difficult to grasp and is related to each person's physical fitness.
Too many humans suffered from this in the previous life.
Many survivors banded together to survive, and there were often people who were injured and died or starved to death. If they were not dealt with for a long time, they would mutate into zombies and bite and eat the survivors next to them.
After everyone knew about this, they would tacitly guard against the people around them. If someone died one day, they had to deal with it immediately.
Many people had to put light pieces of paper or feathers under their noses or on their faces when they slept at night to tell others that they were still breathing and alive.
The watchmen had to pay attention from time to time. Once they saw any abnormalities, they had to wake everyone up. The people who could survive in the previous life all had their own ways of survival.
In the Green Source Base environment, even if someone suddenly died of illness and mutated at night, most people were still in their rooms, and the internal personnel had ways to deal with it quickly.
After briefly explaining the points to note to a few people, he let them go down to continue working.
Qin Jin stood alone in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, with his hands behind his back, looking into the distance.
The increasingly high walls had completely blocked the buildings outside. Inside the base, you could basically only see the sky.
In mid-to-late October, the temperature was only less than twenty degrees, and there was already a slight chill.
The sun had just risen.
The warm sunlight shone on his single-layered clothes, dispelling that little bit of chill.
His eyes looked at the slowly moving clouds in the sky, his focus scattered.
Wondering what he was thinking.
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Yang City.
A villa complex.
In the courtyard of a closed small western-style building, a figure can be seen tinkering with something.
Looking closely, it is a fully armed person modifying a car!
It is the group owner of the Doomsday Survival Group, Li Xu, who was mentioned earlier!
After deciding to reclaim the villa that day.
He made a plan and used traps and self-made weapons to solve the zombie nanny aunt without any surprises.
Successfully turned the entire villa back into his activity area.
Afterwards, he checked the entire house and reinforced some safety loopholes.
The outer courtyard was also sealed by him.
It can be said that the activity space has increased a lot all of a sudden, and food and various supplies have been moved to his room for storage. From a purely survival point of view, he has done a good job.
There is not much food at home, and eating sparingly can only last about a month.
Knowing that he can't just sit back and do nothing, he started preparing to go out to search for supplies. The nearby neighbors are good targets.
Their community is a relatively high-end residential area with few residents.
In theory, there should not be too many zombies for the time being, and the probability of obtaining food should not be too small.
A few days ago.
He made preparations, tied himself with self-made protective gear, and sneaked into his neighbor's house during the day with a kitchen knife and an iron rod.
After successfully entering the house, he encountered four zombies there!
He was so scared that he turned around and left.
He can handle one if he is well prepared.
With four coming at once, let's run for our lives.
Fortunately, he closed the neighbor's door in time, so he was not caught up and safely returned home.
During the day, zombies hide indoors or in various shady places. Without prior preparation or professional technical treatment, it is indeed difficult to kill them.
You must know that the speed and strength of zombies are not weak. It is too dangerous to face too many alone.
The failure of the first expedition severely hit Li Xu's confidence.
The zombies he encountered now are much more terrifying than those in movies. If the zombies were like those in a certain large-scale TV series, only crawling slowly and with garbage strength, he felt that he could fight ten of them alone!
Unfortunately, it is difficult for him to beat a few of them now. He has to weigh it even in a one-on-two situation.
He deeply felt the advantages of a team and the disadvantages of a lone wolf in this apocalypse.
If he had a few more partners, he would have too many other plans to implement.
In the next two days, he regained his confidence, changed his target, and went to the other two neighbors' houses.
Unfortunately, he also returned in defeat. There were more than three zombies in those places.
He thought about opening the door, luring the zombies away first, and then going in to search for supplies, but the situation has not been right these two days.
He found that there were more zombies on the road outside, and they often wandered around his house at night, as if they had discovered that there was "food" here.
Thinking of the statement that zombies are getting stronger mentioned by "Qian Jin" in the chat group, he carefully observed for two days and found that it was very likely true!
It is possible that after a few days, many of the remaining survivors have been found and killed by zombies, and the number of zombies has greatly exceeded the number of survivors, so more zombies will begin to surround the remaining survivors.
In addition, the zombies' sense of smell and hearing are slowly increasing, and he will be besieged by more zombies sooner or later!
Occasionally looking at the prosperous area of Yang City across the river, he feels a chill when he thinks of the terrifying population there used to be.
If the zombies really evolve to a stronger state in the future, then staying here will be a dead end.
The simple iron fence and low wall at home cannot stop the attack of too many zombies!
No way.
I can only choose to escape from here.
Giving up finding more food and waiting at home for rescue that is almost impossible to appear is almost like waiting for death. It is better to go out to other places and take a gamble.
Thinking of the place "Qian Jin" mentioned.
He used his still-powered mobile phone to view the offline map. It was nearly three hundred kilometers away from him.
According to the previous driving speed, it might take three or four hours to reach.
It's hard to say now.
But since there is no other destination, this location has become the only option.
Even if he can't find "Qian Jin", that place is also within the scope of second- and third-tier cities. In theory, the zombie density will be much better than in Yang City where he is.
It may not be difficult to find another place to live.
Now that he has decided, he did not hesitate.
He stopped trying to take advantage of his neighbors and concentrated on preparing for the departure.
As a doomsday enthusiast, he knows a lot. Today, he is simply modifying the off-road vehicle at home.
Thanks to his love of off-roading for a while, he has a decent SUV.
He is now installing a front guard plate and wire mesh on the car windows.
The tools usually placed at home came in handy. They were basically modified yesterday, and he is now transporting various supplies and placing them in place.
Food, drinking water, a powered-up power bank, flashlight, lighter, tent, clothes, and quilt.
Various items have filled the car to the brim.
Looking at the car that was basically unable to hold any more, he could only regretfully give up continuing to stuff it, as it would affect driving if he continued.
He locked the door of his house and took one last nostalgic look at the home where he had lived for many years.
He resolutely climbed into the car, ignited the fire, and started.
The fuel tank still has 80% of the fuel, and it should be no problem to drive to the destination.
If it doesn't work, he also has a suction pipe and can borrow some fuel from a car on the road.
He glanced at the time.
Around nine o'clock.
The sun has come out.
Without further delay, he lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the car slowly drove out, came to the iron gate of the yard that had been opened and ajar, and gently pushed it out.
Roar~
There are still three zombies waiting at the door.
Seeing that the door had been completely opened and the zombies had begun to pounce on the car, Li Xu stepped on the accelerator and rushed out at the zombies!
Boom boom.
Two of the zombies were knocked out and rolled out of the car like gourds.
Li Xu glanced at the rearview mirror and stopped paying attention to the rear, concentrating on driving on the road ahead.
This road out of the city will be his biggest challenge!
In theory, as long as he drives out of the city and away from high-density population areas, his safety will be more guaranteed.
He had also specifically looked for a route on the map that avoided various downtown areas and residential areas with high population density, and prepared to choose roads with as few people as possible.
He also thought about getting on the highway, but the mutation happened in the early evening, and there must have been countless car accidents on the highway, and it would be troublesome if a certain section of the road was blocked.
He is only alone, so it is safer to take the small road.
He kissed the Buddha card hanging on his neck and prayed to the unknown gods and Buddhas.
He drove towards the rising sun.
What awaits him.
No one can tell him.
(End of this chapter)
