#51 - Chapter 51 Survivors from the Outside World

Guangyuan City.

Mentang Town is located in Fenghe County.

Longmen County borders Fenghe County.

It lies southwest of Fenghe County, with some areas bordering Shenzhen City.

It is also a necessary passage from Mentang Town to Shenzhen City.

Although both Fenghe County and Longmen County are counties under Guangyuan City, the economic gap is obvious.

Unlike Fenghe County, which mainly focuses on agriculture with light industry as a supplement, Longmen County is close to Shenzhen City, and has attracted many factories relocating here in recent years.

This has led to rapid economic development, making its GDP one of the highest in Guangyuan City.

The number of migrant workers has also increased significantly in recent years.

Of course, they are mainly concentrated in the southwest near Shenzhen City, while the areas closer to here are still lagging behind.

At this moment, in the northwest direction of Longmen County.

Three cars are driving on the road.

Leading the way is an SUV with some damage and bloodstains on the front.

Behind it are two sedans.

Through the car windows, you can see that there are many people inside!

In the SUV at the front, there are three men and one woman. At this time, a young man of about twenty-seven or eight years old in the passenger seat is saying to the driver:

"Brother, can we really find a gathering place for surviving humans? We've been out for two days, and we haven't seen a single living person on the road."

From the speaker's disheveled appearance, furrowed brows, anxious expression, and uneasy eyes constantly looking outside the car, it can be seen that he has not been having a good time recently.

A woman in the back seat, about thirty years old, dressed fashionably, and with a fairly pretty face, also asked anxiously:

"Yeah, Brother Chen, we all followed you out here to take a gamble because you said there was a human gathering place. You can't lead us into a pit!"

The Brother Chen who is driving.

Looks to be in his thirties or forties. Although his appearance is not very neat, his eyes are obviously brighter than the others.

They are a group of surviving refugees.

The person who asked him just now is his cousin.

They both lived in a certain residential area in Fenghe County.

The two of them happened to be eating together when the mutation occurred at night. Fortunately, neither of them mutated, and they hid at home, avoiding the zombie rampage during the first wave of corpse fog.

Later, when the fog dissipated.

Those zombies were attracted by something else outside and left, so they dared to cautiously come out to investigate the situation.

The entire residential area is not large, belonging to an old-fashioned community, with a small but not insignificant number of people, about two to three hundred.

Perhaps thanks to the fact that everyone was at home at the time, many people who did not mutate survived.

Those who mutated into zombies were either locked in their houses and unable to come out, or ran out to hunt other survivors.

Residential areas are also where the most human beings survive.

After all, the country is full of reinforced concrete buildings. After something happens outside, except for those who like to watch the excitement, most people stay at home to see what happens.

After realizing that the situation was not right, most people would not go out easily.

After Brother Chen found out the situation, after the fog dissipated and the zombies left.

He mustered up his courage and shouted a few times. In addition to attracting some zombie roars from the rooms, he also learned that there were many survivors in the community.

In this way, in those few days, everyone added each other's WeChat, and even formed a group to survive together.

As a result, after the power outage a few days ago, the internet disappeared, and everyone could only rely on other means to communicate.

He glanced at his cousin, and then looked at the two people in the back seat through the rearview mirror, tightened his hands holding the steering wheel, and at the same time showed a smile, and said:

"Don't be afraid, the day before the internet was about to go down, I really saw someone posting on a website that there are official organizations in Dongguan City that have established an isolation zone, preparing to build a new living area for mankind!"

"Not many people may have seen this news. At that time, many social media platforms were successively disconnected and unable to log in. The one I saw appeared on a relatively niche media platform. Those who have already arrived at the living area have even posted photos and videos!"

"I saw very high walls in the photos! At least three or four meters high!"

"There are so many people inside! So many people are still alive!"

"I also saw some people with guns maintaining order in the video!"

"This is where we should go!"

Brother Chen exclaimed with longing.

He had been worried and afraid for the past few days, and the crazy momentum of those zombies was really frightening.

If they hadn't all disappeared somewhere later, he wouldn't have dared to come out.

He was also stimulated by the news of this human gathering place he saw before the power outage, and decided to take the risk to come out.

Of course, he didn't dare to set off alone, so he told the news to the people in the community.

In the end, except for a few people who were unwilling to leave.

Most of them followed him to the desired gathering place.

At that time, he was so happy to see the news that he didn't have time to take screenshots or save the video. Now that the internet is gone, even if the phone has power, he can't log in.

So he is a little unclear about the people who questioned him later.

After his repeated explanations, the others were dubious.

Compared to continuing to stay in one place and waiting for rescue, those of them who came out were yearning to live in groups in the official shelter.

There is a sense of security where there are many people.

Brother Chen also went with them, and they were more willing to believe that this was true.

After all, everyone is on the same boat, there is no need to fabricate a lie that harms themselves.

So now they have only one goal, which is to get there.

Brother Chen remembered the address of Dongguan City and knew the general location.

It's just that now there is no internet and no navigation to guide the way.

They have been out for two days and have only traveled more than a hundred kilometers.

They also encountered zombies several times on the road and had to bite the bullet and rush over.

Fortunately, they were not intercepted. His SUV also suffered some damage to the front of the car due to several waves of zombies.

Yesterday, they had no experience and actually chose to leave at noon, thinking that they could reach it in three or four hours for more than two hundred kilometers.

As a result, they encountered sporadic zombies not long after they set off, and were so frightened that they detoured everywhere and changed their routes, delaying them for a long time without leaving Fenghe County.

Later, they learned to be smart and avoided some more prosperous areas, and they also took the wrong way several times, taking a lot of detours, before arriving in Longmen County before nightfall.

Last night, they originally planned to find a deserted place to sleep in the car, but they were disturbed by a zombie that popped out of nowhere.

They were so frightened that they drove a long distance overnight before finding another place to stop and rest.

Even so, none of them slept well in the second half of the night, and some even stayed up all night.

Today, with fatigue and unease, they quickly continued on their way as soon as it dawned.

It's already past ten o'clock today, and after running for four hours, they have only just arrived at the edge of Longmen County.

They are about to enter the junction of Shenzhen City, Dongguan City, and Guangyuan City.

The roads in the doomsday are unexpectedly difficult to travel, with traffic accidents everywhere and occasional zombies.

They can't drive fast.

And they often have to detour.

Having arrived here, according to Brother Chen's previous memory, they should be able to reach the gathering place after driving another forty or fifty kilometers.

With this kind of yearning, they found a place with a wide field of vision at noon and stopped the car to eat.

The other two cars also contain some survivors from the same community, and everyone is silently eating their own food.

Everyone basically has some snacks, and there are no conditions for cooking at the moment.

It hasn't been long since the end of the world, and most humans have not yet reached the point of robbing others.

It is even more impossible for the tragedy of cannibalism to occur so quickly.

Moreover, they are about to arrive at a new residence.

This small survivor team is still temporarily maintaining a fragile balance.

As long as they can get to the gathering place, they believe that soft and comfortable beds, hot rice, and fragrant dishes are waiting for them.

Most importantly, there are tall walls and soldiers with guns, which represent safety!

It is much safer than staying at home.

In the cognition of most people, humans cannot be defeated by a mere virus.

As long as they recover, humans will regroup and take back what belongs to them.

Zombies are just a number in front of hot weapons.

It's just that no one knows that humans have basically collapsed now.

There are not many organized organizations.

Nor are they strong.

I don't know that the disasters to come will destroy most of human technology!

For groups like Brother Chen, it may be good not to know these things.

"Everyone, hurry up and pack up after eating. Let's try to get to the gathering place in the afternoon, otherwise it will be dangerous to be in the city at night!"

Brother Chen called on everyone to set off quickly after only ten minutes of dining.

As long as they don't encounter any accidents, they should be able to find the gathering place soon for the remaining distance.

Soon their small team embarked on the journey.

Heading towards the paradise in their hearts.

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In a certain residential area in Fenghe County.

In a certain unit on the third floor of a five-story building.

There are three survivors staying in the room.

A man and a woman, two adults, and a child of about six or seven years old.

"Husband, are we really not going to find that so-called gathering place? Old Zhang and the others next door have all gone."

The woman, who looks to be in her thirties, can be guessed from her words to be a family of three, and fortunately, no one mutated.

"Let's just stay at home! We don't know what's going on outside now. There were zombies everywhere when the internet wasn't down a few days ago. I guess it's not much better now. Isn't going out just sending ourselves to death!? It's better to stay at home safe!"

The man said to the woman, who is his wife.

"That's what you say, but what if the place Old Chen said is real? Wouldn't we be at a great loss if we didn't go? If we save the rice and other food at home, we can only last for less than a month. What should we do after we finish eating? Do we risk being bitten by zombies to go out to find food?"

"It's all your fault for always saying to see what happens a few days ago. The food that was easy to get outside was taken away by those good neighbors first, and they weren't willing to share any with us. Why are these people like this? Isn't it right to help each other in the face of difficulties?"

Facing the questions raised by his wife at home.

The man took out a cigarette and smelled it, unwilling to light it.

This cigarette is his last one, and the previous pack has been smoked one after another in the past few days.

After smelling the smell of the tobacco, he slowly said:

"I think even if that place is really a location established by the official, it doesn't mean that we can sit back and relax if we go there. Even the original office location has been abandoned and a new place has been found for defense, which shows that the establishment was quite hasty. If so many people pour in at once, our family may not even have a place to sleep."

"It's better to continue staying at home. If the officials recover and solve the chaos outside, we will be directly rescued."

"Don't worry, if it really doesn't work, I will find a way to go out to find food, and I will never starve you and our child."

The man said in a low voice.

Expressing his opinion that he would not go out with Old Zhang and the others.

His wife didn't say anything after hearing this.

Just continued to frown and busily went to prepare today's dinner.

Tonight, the family is still eating rice with soy sauce.

Other vegetables and meat have all been eaten. They can't be stored after the power outage. Now there is only half a bag of rice left at home, as well as some flour, pancakes and other grains, plus some oil, salt and other seasonings.

I don't know how long this catastrophe will last.

They have now reduced three meals to two meals, and each person only eats half a bowl of rice per meal. The child has been complaining about being hungry these days.

Unfortunately, there is no way.

Those who were brave a few days ago had already run out and searched the uninhabited homes.

They only thought about going out to find food these two days, but unfortunately they were all scraped clean, leaving some worthless things.

They didn't dare to open the doors to those residents who had turned into zombies and were trapped at home.

They had seen too many people being bitten to death by zombies before. A few ordinary people can't deal with a single zombie.

Ordinary people have no experience, and they are finished if they are scratched by a zombie. On the contrary, even if a zombie's body is stabbed into a sieve, it can still move. It is too difficult to hit the vital point with one blow.

The current situation is that many of the residents who are still left in the community have grabbed supplies and food.

His family is one of the few who didn't grab anything, so it's no wonder his wife was complaining just now.

It's also his fault for being too cautious a few days ago.

If he could have moved a few bags of rice or other food back, he wouldn't have to be afraid to eat too much every meal now.

He has made up his mind that he will consider going out later if it really doesn't work. There must be zombies in the farther places. If he wants to find food, he has to face zombies, which is too dangerous.

It's still safer to continue waiting for rescue.

Anyway, he can last for another month, so there's no hurry. If it really doesn't work, he'll just eat less.

What if he is scratched or bitten to death by a zombie while going out to find food, and then rescue appears later? Wouldn't he be at a great loss?

He remembers a movie he watched before where this happened before dawn.

It made him feel depressed to death.

According to his character, he will continue to wait if he can wait, and then talk about other things if it really doesn't work.

So what he said just now is actually very different from what he is thinking in his heart.

But that's his character.

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The humans who are still surviving all over the world are trying to survive in their own ways.

Those with courage and means have already begun to establish various groups, attracting more survivors to form their own survival teams.

Those with little courage are still cowering in their own houses, praying that the outside world will automatically become better, and then someone will come to save them.

There is no right or wrong.

Everything is a choice from the heart.

Only seeking survival.

(End of Chapter)