#1835 - Is this the trading market?

The next day.

Early in the morning, after Chang Yichang and his companions had some food, they went down to the bottom floor of the No. 1 sentry tower.

Nanshan followed them down to see them off. Chang Yichang opened the door of the sentry tower, turned around and looked at Nanshan and said:

"Nanshan, I'll leave this to you."

"Don't worry, big brother. We'll be waiting for your news."

"Um."

Chang Yichang nodded, put on his scarf and hat, and climbed up along the corridor that he had dug yesterday.

After a while, he crawled out of the tunnel.

It was white outside. There were only a few trees left in the woods not far away, and the trunks were covered with ice.

Rustle, rustle——

He stepped on the thick snow, breathing the fresh and cold air outside, feeling free as if he had been released from a cage.

Tap tap.

"I am so tired."

Biaozi was following closely behind him with a machete on his back. When he climbed up just now, the machete on his back kept hitting the ice, and he was also quite big, so it was not easy for him to climb up.

Soon after, Shunfeng also came up carrying a shriveled black backpack and holding a crossbow in his hand.

Look around and take in this white world.

Chang Yichang waited there for a while, and after everyone came up, he looked towards the direction of Oil City.

"Walk."

The previous main road had long been covered with snow, but they still remembered the direction of the oil city and knew they would definitely get there if they followed the direction.

After all, the Oil City and the Trading Market are such big places that they are easy to find.

The snow-capped peaks on both sides were covered with snow, and they looked extremely small in the world of ice and snow.

The sound of shoes stepping on the snow is boring but healing.

"Look, there is smoke over there. It must be the trading market!" Shunfeng pointed to the front and said to everyone.

In the sky not far away, I could see a tall chimney with smoke rising from it.

"It seems that the trading market has withstood this ice and snow disaster." Chang Yichang murmured after seeing the smoke.

This is a good thing, but it is also not a good thing.

If the trading market did not survive the natural disaster, they could still find food by sweeping it over.

Even if they get through it, it is very likely that they will still not be allowed to enter the trading market.

But at least ask for it. Maybe out of pity you can give them some food.

"Let's go."

Chang Yichang walked in front with mixed feelings, and the others followed closely behind him.

Sudden.

Several zombies came from the right. They were originally heading towards the trading market, but after seeing Chang Yichang and his group, they immediately shifted their target to them.

"Be careful, there are zombies at the mouth of the mountain on the right!" Shunfeng quickly raised his crossbow and pulled out an arrow from his back.

whoosh!

An arrow shot out and hit the head of one of the zombies.

Biaozi, Zhao Dongbao and Liu Guodong stepped forward and killed the zombies running out from the right in a few moves.

After quickly and efficiently dealing with the zombies, Chang Yichang looked around and saw no other zombies.

"Let's move quickly. It seems that there are still many people in the trading market who are very popular. Otherwise, it would not attract zombies."

Rustle, rustle——

Two hours later, they arrived at the buffer city wall, which was covered with snow. They stepped on the snow and overlooked the buffer city.

In the buffer city, near the wall of the trading market, a number of bulldozers were digging the snow, and behind the gate, trucks were driving out of the city one after another.

"Brother, this is not right. I remember that the buffer city wall was only eight or nine meters high. How come the wall has become higher after the snow?" Biaozi asked in confusion as he looked at the wall of the trading market.

As he spoke, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"The gate of the trading market was closed before, so we couldn't get in. But now it's open. Maybe we can get in this time. Let's go over and take a look."

As he said this, Chang Yichang threw the weapon in his hand downwards.

And then it just slid down.

whoosh!

He slid on the snow slope for more than ten meters, his center of gravity shifted backwards, and he slid to the bottom of the slope.

When Shunfeng and others above saw this, they followed suit and slid down together.

They walked together towards the gate of the trading market.

At this moment, there were some other zombies in the buffer city. When they saw Chang Yichang and others walking towards them, they all started to walk towards them.

Chang Yichang and others did not sit there and wait for death. They picked up the weapons on the ground and started to fight back.

On the wall.

Tietou saw Chang Yichang and his men killing zombies through the scope, and his face was full of question marks.

"Did you see that? Zombies are actually attacking each other? What's going on!"

Due to the long distance, and the fact that Chang Yichang and the others were wearing hats and scarves and were dirty, they looked indistinguishable from zombies from a distance.

Tiger Head heard this and said, "That's impossible."

He quickly raised his sniper rifle and took aim, and also saw this scene.

Realizing that something was wrong, Hu Tou quickly called Dong Feng.

"Captain, there's something going on here."

Dongfeng and Ju Tianrui ran out of the sentry tower, "What happened?"

"There's a fight over there, but I'm not sure whether it's zombies or humans." Tiger Head said quickly.

Dongfeng picked up the high-powered telescope on his chest and looked over there.

Upon closer inspection, a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

"They are still alive!?"

"???"

Ju Tianrui, who was standing next to him, looked puzzled. He put down his telescope and asked, "Do you know them? Who are they?"

Dong Feng quickly explained: "When the icy disaster just started, a group of people came from Lu Province and wanted to enter the trading market."

"But at that time, the buffer city had been completely sealed off, so they were not allowed in. Later, when I told the minister about this, the minister asked me to give them some food and walkie-talkies and let them stay outside the No. 1 sentry tower."

"The Communications Office occasionally contacts them, but has lost contact with them in the past month. I originally thought they were all dead, but I didn't expect them to be still alive!"

"So that's how it is." Ju Tianrui nodded thoughtfully.

After thinking for a moment, he picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered the 11th Militia Battalion that was escorting the convoy.

"Chen Er, send two teams over to rescue those people."

Ju Tianrui admires the tenacious vitality of the person for being able to hold on until now.

He saw through the telescope that Chang Yichang and others seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, so he sent someone to support them.

Chang Yichang and the others were already weak. Although they had eaten a lot in the past two days, they had also consumed a lot of energy. In addition, the 5-kilometer journey made them exhausted.

With so many zombies attacking them at the same time, it was really overwhelming.

Phew!

After Chang Yichang knocked down a zombie in front of him, he raised his head and looked into the distance, his eyes flashing with surprise.

"Brothers, hold on, someone is coming to the trading market!"

Seeing those snowmobiles coming, Shunfeng and his companions, who were originally unable to hold on, immediately saw hope and gritted their teeth to resist the siege of zombies.

Bang bang bang!

As the snowmobile approached, a burst of gunfire killed hundreds of zombies.

Chang Yichang panted and used his knife to support himself on the ground, trying hard to keep himself from falling.

Chen Er got out of the car with a gun in his hand.

He looked at Chang Yichang and the others curiously and asked, "Has anyone of you been bitten?"

Chang Yichang quickly shook his head, "No."

"Stand in a row."

Chen Er looked at one of his men next to him and said, "Xiao Ding, check them to see if they have any injuries."

"yes."

After a rough check, it was confirmed that they were bitten by zombies and infected. Chen Er picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Ju Tianrui.

"Director, we have rescued the person. What should we do next?"

“Has anyone been bitten?”

"No, but they look like they have been hungry for a long time and are very weak."

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"Bring them to the city."

"yes."

Chen Er took off his mask and looked at Chang Yichang and the others, "You guys, follow us into the city."

Chang Yichang heard this and asked anxiously:

"Can we enter the trading bazaar now?"

"It should be possible, as long as you haven't been bitten by zombies. After entering the city wall, you can do a detailed inspection. If there is no problem, you can enter." Chen Er replied.

"Very good!"

"YES!"

"We can finally go in!"

Shunfeng and his companions were so excited that they wanted to jump up on the spot.

It’s not easy at all. It was very difficult for them to survive these three and a half months!

After being excited for a few seconds, Chang Yichang quickly said:

"We still have about twenty people in Tower 1. They are still alive. Can we let them in together?"

"Do you have anyone else?" Chen Er was a little surprised.

"Yes, they are all at Tower 1."

"I can't make the decision on this, but since you can all enter, then they should be able to too. How about this, you follow us into the city wall first, and then I'll report this to my leader."

"Thanks."

Afterwards, Chang Yichang followed Chen Er and the others into the city wall.

Cao Le in Wengcheng was very surprised. It had been frozen for more than three months, but there were still new people coming to the trading market.

They were checked according to normal standards to make sure they hadn't been bitten, and their luggage was checked to find no dangerous items. Their weapons were the only things they had to hand over.

Chen Er then brought them to the lounge of Wengcheng, and Ju Tianrui and Dongfeng came down to meet them.

Seeing Dongfeng coming down, Chang Yichang recognized him.

It was Dongfeng who gave him the tortillas and the walkie-talkie.

"It's you!" Chang Yichang stood up and bowed to Dongfeng.

"Thank you for the food you gave us. If it weren't for the tortillas and the key to the sentry tower, we might not be alive today."

Dong Feng frowned and said, "You shouldn't thank me. This was decided by Minister Li of Oil City."

"Thank you, Minister Li."

Ju Tianrui asked curiously, "How did you survive these past few months? The snow was so high during the Baimaofeng. I remember that the No. 1 sentry tower was only about 20 meters high, right?"

As he spoke, he looked towards Dongfeng to determine the height of the No. 1 sentry tower.

Dongfeng nodded and said, "Yes, sentry tower No. 1 is 20 meters high."

Chang Yichang then gave an overview of what they had experienced in the past few months.

How to get frozen mushrooms, how to collect firewood, and how they were lucky enough to catch a brown bear. They almost suffocated to death in the white-haired wind.

After listening to this, Ju Tianrui exclaimed in admiration, "You guys are really tenacious."

"Leader, we have some companions at the watchtower. Can we let them enter the trading market as well?" Chang Yichang asked.

The reason why Chang Yichang and his group were not allowed to come in before was because the buffer city was completely sealed off at that time. If they were to be allowed to come in, they would have to use an excavator to clear out the sand and gravel on the gate entrance.

Or use a hanging basket to hang them on the wall.

In that kind of blizzard, it was against the regulations to allow strangers to climb the wall.

What if someone below gets bitten? Without the city wall as a buffer, it would be extremely troublesome if the virus spread.

It is also not allowed to put strangers on the wall.

So at that time, they could only refuse Chang Yichang and others.

But things are different now. The gates of the trading market are always open, and the convoys have to go out to get ice.

As long as they check that they have not been bitten by zombies, they can come in.

Ju Tianrui nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Perhaps because he saw that they had such a strong will to survive, Ju Tianrui thought for a moment and asked Chen Er to send out a few snowmobiles and take Chang Yichang back to pick up the rest of them.

That’s great, I can also take a look at the situation nearby.

The freezing disaster has lasted for three and a half months, and they have been hiding in the trading market without going out.

When Xiao Ding brought Chang Yichang to the No. 1 sentry tower, only the 7-meter-high sentry tower and the corridor below were left. He gave them a thumbs up and praised them:

"You guys are really awesome!"

While they were sitting in a heated room with a temperature of over 20 degrees Celsius inside the trading market and eating food, these people were staying in a tin house like this in a temperature of minus 70 or 80 degrees Celsius, relying on burning wood for heating and eating powdered elm bark to fill their stomachs.

The vitality is really strong!

Nanshan, who had already seen the snowmobile at the top of the watchtower, ran down excitedly to inform everyone that they were saved!

The people who stayed here were so hungry that they felt dizzy and were on the verge of starving to death.

Everyone was very happy when they suddenly heard the good news.

They took the precious elm bark powder and the two remaining pieces of meat with them, which were their last food.

Carrying large and small bags of luggage, they climbed up the corridor.

Their physical fitness was too weak and some of them could not climb up. Later, Chang Yichang thought of a way and took a rope to drag them out.

Half an hour later.

Everybody came out.

They got on Xiao Ding's snowmobile and drove towards the trading market.

Uncle San’s office.

Ju Tianrui reported the matter. Generally speaking, there is no need to report such a small matter as the arrival of a new employee to the minister.

But now is a special period after all, and Uncle San knew about the existence of this group of people before, so at least he should be let know that they are coming in.

When Uncle San heard that they were still alive, he was as surprised as Ju Tianrui.

After all, when these people arrived outside the buffer city, they had no food.

The 50 tortillas they were given were not enough to sustain so many people for so long.

"Okay, I know." Uncle San put down the walkie-talkie.

He walked to the window and murmured with emotion:

“People are sometimes so fragile, and sometimes so strong!”

Chang Yichang and others were inspected by Cao Le and surrendered all their weapons. Cao Le then issued them number plates and entered their information before allowing them to enter the trading market.

Dongfeng was a thoughtful person. When he saw that Chang Yichang and others looked like they were starving to death and had no other options left, he realized that they were starving to death and had no other options left.

Remind them that they can go to the North District to borrow points first, and then use the points to buy food.

And let Hu Tou go over and familiarize them with the place.

Entrance to the trading market.

Chang Yichang looked at the flat land without snow, and saw some people coming and going in the commercial district not far away.

On the road, vehicles are constantly transporting ice.

The densely packed houses, the crisscrossing roads, and the tall chimneys in the industrial area made me feel dazed for a moment.

Is this the trading market?

“We are finally here.”

(asking for monthly ticket)