Chapter 1442 Thrilling! Wild boar zombies!
Southeast of Oil City, Dabie Mountains.
The forest was chilly, and the moonlight shone through the dense woods onto a small earthen slope halfway up the mountain.
The small earthen slope was covered with a thick layer of soil, which was trampled very tightly. In the middle of the top, there was a steel chimney, which was slowly emitting white smoke.
In front of this small earthen slope were six or seven big trees, which were tied up with three ropes up and down to prevent ordinary zombies from approaching.
Below the small earthen slope was a wooden door made of thick logs, and on the left and right sides of the wooden door were grille ventilation windows also made of wood.
There was a faint flame glow inside.
Going in, you will find that it has been hollowed out and sunken.
This is quite like the Hobbit's underground house, but it is much simpler, and more like a shelter in the jungle outside at night.
Although this shelter looks simple, its defense can at least block the attacks of a small number of ordinary zombies.
Inside the shelter, it was much bigger than it looked from the outside, with an area of more than 20 square meters, and there were about ten people crowded in it.
This group of people was Xie Dongming and others who had exchanged ultraviolet lamps from the trading market.
The biggest feature of their team was that most of the members were wilderness survival enthusiasts before the end of the world, and some of them were wilderness survival experts before the end of the world.
The simple earth pit stove was well built, and the burning flames were dispersed through the chimney, and almost no flames stayed in this shelter.
Everyone ate the cooked food, and the walls of the earth pits on both sides were hung with various processed and smoked black meats.
"Brother Dongming, we have been in the Dabie Mountains for almost half a month. The wild animals we caught and the wild plants we dug are enough to support us for a while. Do you want to return to the trading market to rest?" Zhu Ziming said while eating the cooked rhizomes in his hand.
In just a few years in the end of the world, there are still many animals that have escaped the pursuit of zombies.
Especially in the primeval forest, ordinary zombies walk slowly and are easily stuck by vines in the primeval forest, which also gives many animals a chance to survive.
The Dabie Mountains are rich in resources, with many edible plants and animals.
But most ordinary people don’t know these plants and don’t know if they can be eaten.
And when facing some animals, they don’t know how to set traps to catch them.
On the contrary, those who were outdoor survival enthusiasts before the end of the world live a more comfortable life in the end of the world.
Xie Dongming tore the meat strips in his hand. The smoked pheasant meat was dry. After being smoked and dried, it was dry. There was a lot of powder floating when he tore it hard.
He did not answer Zhu Ziming's question immediately, but asked his wife next to him:
"How much food do we have now?"
Xie Dongming's wife thought carefully and answered:
"Pheasants, civets, pangolins, wild boars are about 500 kilograms, and various edible plants are about 300 kilograms."
"Half of them were hidden by Zihao and his men in our underground secret storage room in Xinxian at the foot of the mountain."
"Yeah."
After thinking for a while, Xie Dongming looked at Zhu Ziming and said:
"Almost, if there are more, we probably can't carry them down the mountain."
When everyone heard that Xie Dongming was going down the mountain, they immediately showed happy smiles on their faces.
In the past half month, they went out to catch animals with bows and crossbows and spears almost as soon as the sun came out, and the women dug and collected edible plants in the mountains and forests, and processed and smoked the large animals they caught.
They set up many traps, and the meat they caught was mainly due to the two fat wild boars.
They processed more than 500 kilograms, which were smoked and dried.
A three-pound pheasant only weighs one pound after being smoked and air-dried.
A ratio of three to one.
The smoked and air-dried meat will not only reduce its volume and weight for easy transportation, but also have a longer shelf life.
Although it is not as delicious as fresh meat, it is the end of the world, and the first key consideration is to be able to store food conveniently and for a long time.
"Brother Dongming, are we going back to the trading market tomorrow?" asked a man who looked less than 30 years old in the crowd.
Xie Dongming nodded, "Well, let's go down the mountain tomorrow. It will take a day to walk from here to the bottom of the mountain. Let's set off early tomorrow and try to arrive in Xinxian before the sun sets."
"Great!" The man took a big bite of the food in his mouth, imagining that he must sleep for a day and a night after returning to the trading market.
Although they are used to living in the wild, they are always worried about the approach of zombies at night.
Although there are relatively few zombies in the mountains, occasionally appearing outside the shelter is enough to make people palpitate.
"Ziming, Wang Jing, Sun Peng, you three will take turns on the night shift tonight." Xie Dongming told the three people.
"Okay." The three nodded.
Xie Dongming looked at the others and said, "Others should rest early. We have to carry these things to climb the mountain road tomorrow, which is not easy."
Everyone nodded, ate the food in their hands, and rested on the earth wall behind.
Zhu Ziming and the other two took turns, and Zhu Ziming was the first to take the shift.
He held a spear and placed a UV flashlight next to him.
They only used this UV flashlight once.
That was the first night they arrived at Xinxian County after coming out of the trading market.
That night they spent the night in a secret warehouse in Xinxian County. A wall-climbing zombie smelled them, came over, and violently slammed the door of the warehouse.
In the end, they turned on the ultraviolet light to scare off the wall-climbing zombie.
No one wants to fight a wall-climbing zombie at close range at night.
Most ordinary people will die if they encounter a wall-climbing zombie at night.
The wall-climbing zombie is extremely agile, has amazing jumping ability, and can crawl. Many times it appears behind you without anyone noticing, making it hard to guard against.
They have been reluctant to use up the power in this ultraviolet flashlight. If they hadn't encountered a wall-climbing zombie, they would never turn it on easily.
Once the power is used up, they can only rely on physical combat against the wall-climbing zombie, and they don't know if they can survive.
Time passes.
A soft snoring sound came from the small shelter.
After Zhu Ziming was on duty for three hours, he stood up and walked inside.
"Sun Peng, wake up, it's your turn to keep watch."
Sun Peng was covered in dust, perhaps because of the fire burning in the earthen stove in the shelter, which made him a little dry-mouthed and his lips were cracked and white.
"Oh, okay."
Sun Peng rubbed his face hard, trying to make himself more awake,
stood up, took the spear from Zhu Ziming, and walked towards the wooden door of the shelter.
When he was a little sleepy and just sat on the wooden stake behind the wooden door in a daze, there was a clanging sound outside.
Hiss!
In an instant, Sun Peng got goose bumps after hearing this sound.
"Something's going on!" He shouted loudly to everyone in the shelter.
Zhu Ziming, who had just sat down, immediately climbed up, took a crossbow and several arrow feathers from the earthen wall, and rushed to the door.
Everyone in the shelter woke up, but they didn't move.
When they built this shelter, in order to minimize the construction work, they used a semi-underground method to build it.
The shelter is long and narrow, with only one door leading out, and the window is only two meters long.
If they move around, they will not only be unable to help, but will also cause trouble to the people in front.
"Don't get up, I'll go over and take a look." Xie Dongming, who was in the center of the shelter, picked up his spear and hurried to the door of the shelter.
Zhu Ziming was holding a flashlight at this time, shining it through the wooden grille to check the situation outside.
"Did you see what it is?" Xie Dongming asked nervously.
Zhu Ziming looked serious, shining the flashlight left and right.
"No, I don't know what it is."
At this moment, there was a sudden noise above their heads.
The soil fell from the top of their heads.
On the first layer, they used a row of thick tree sticks to support the top, covered it with a layer of waterproof cloth, laid a layer of leaves, and then laid a thick layer of excavated soil.
People standing on it will not collapse.
But this noise is obviously definitely greater than the weight of a person.
"It broke through our rope and is above our heads!" Zhu Ziming said in horror.
Boom!
There was another loud noise above the head, and the supporting wood made a cracking sound.
One of the supporting wood was stepped on and broken.
"I'm afraid it's a big guy! I don't know if it's an animal zombie!" Xie Dongming's eyes were slightly cold.
Although there are relatively few zombies in the mountains and forests, zombie animals can be encountered occasionally, and encountering large zombie animals is the most troublesome.
The current situation is that the big guy above may be a brown bear weighing hundreds of kilograms, or it may be a zombie brown bear.
If it is a brown bear weighing hundreds of kilograms, it is still lucky. After solving this brown bear, they can get hundreds of kilograms of meat again.
But if it is a zombie brown bear weighing hundreds of kilograms, it will be a big trouble!
They would rather not encounter brown bears, not have these meats, and not encounter such emergencies at night.
Trample! Trample! Trample!
The big guy above caused the dirt to fall with every step he took, and the entire shelter was covered with dust.
Boom!
Suddenly, the big guy landed outside their shelter.
Zhu Ziming shone the light over it, and saw a black guy with a full body of bristles.
It must have weighed more than 250 kilograms.
"Black wild boar?" Zhu Ziming quickly handed the flashlight to Sun Peng next to him, and prepared to shoot an arrow.
The wild boar slowly turned its head, and its long fangs and red pupils revealed that it was a wild boar zombie.
Hululu——
The zombie wild boar let out a low roar.
It used its hind hooves to flick the dirt on the ground, and it was obviously going to rush over.
Whoosh!
Zhu Ziming closed one eye and aimed with the other. He pulled the compound crossbow in his hand back to the top and gently released it.
The arrow feather burst out from the wooden fence window.
It flew straight to the head of the wild boar zombie.
Bang!
The wild boar zombie just launched an attack and rushed towards the wooden door.
Puff!
The arrow feather penetrated into the belly under the wild boar's head, and penetrated very deeply.
Due to the movement of the zombie wild boar, the arrow that could have hit the target failed to hit the target.
Wild boar zombies are the same as ordinary zombies. As long as there is no fatal damage to the head, they will not die if they attack other parts.
After being shot by the arrow, the wild boar zombie was only delayed for one second, but it did not stop the attack.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Ziming couldn't help cursing: "Fuck!"
So he quickly put the arrow on again and prepared to shoot again.
But it was too late!
"Back off. Back off!" Xie Dongming shouted, and at the same time pulled Zhu Ziming, who was shooting arrows, back off.
The people inside hurriedly backed off to leave more space for the people at the door to retreat.
As soon as they retreated, the wooden door in front was hit by the wild boar zombie.
Boom!
The wooden door did not fall down directly. The lower part of the door was at least made of wooden stakes buried at a height of nearly half a meter with a diameter of 40 to 50 centimeters.
This is also a method that was thought out in consideration of the possibility of encountering zombie attacks. It is troublesome to enter and exit each time, and you need to climb out from above.
But!
The upper part of the door is not protected by soil, and it was directly knocked open by the wild boar zombie.
A huge pig head broke through the upper part of the wooden door, and its sharp and ferocious fangs almost pierced Sun Peng's neck and even tore his clothes.
After seeing the humans inside, the zombie wild boar became more excited and struggled to drill in.
The pig head is huge.
It happened in a flash.
Xie Dongming rushed towards the wild boar zombie without hesitation, and with all his strength, he held the spear tightly in both hands and stabbed it into the nostrils of the wild boar zombie.
The nearly one-meter-long spear did not go in most of the way.
The head of the wild boar zombie was directly pierced.
Death!
Xie Dongming checked the wild boar zombie and said to everyone:
"Dead!"
Huhuhuhu——
After hearing that the wild boar zombie was dead, Sun Peng quickly checked his neck and felt around. When he saw the small hole on his sleeve, he quickly took off his clothes and checked his arm.
"Help me check, help me check."
Zhu Ziming picked up a flashlight to help him check, but found no wound.
"It's okay, you're lucky."
After hearing the word "it's okay", Sun Peng collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.
The fangs of the wild boar zombie were just a little bit away from piercing him.
Thrilling.
Surviving a disaster.
So thrilling!
Xie Dongming looked at the wooden door. The wild boar zombie was just stuck in the gap of the door. It was difficult to move such a heavy wild boar zombie corpse.
The door was blocked!
"Brother Dongming, we have to find a way to get this wild boar zombie out, otherwise we won't be able to get out tomorrow." Zhu Ziming frowned and said.
After thinking for a while, Xie Dongming looked up at the sunken wooden stick above his head.
He looked at the person behind him and asked, "What time is it now?"
"1:30 in the morning."
After Xie Dongming calculated for a while, he said to Zhu Ziming:
"Don't get it out, get this wild boar zombie out through the crack of the door. It will definitely not open if you push it directly. It's stuck."
"We can only remove the wooden fence windows on both sides, but if we remove them, what if there are zombies or zombie animals approaching us in the second half of the night, and we have to repair the door. It will take at least three hours to handle these things. There are also risks during this period."
"What should we do?" Zhu Ziming asked.
Xie Dongming said calmly: "Let's just get stuck here and don't move. When it's daybreak, we'll tear down the roof and get out directly from above. We're just about to return to the trading market, so this shelter is useless."
"Okay."
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