The raging flames spread warmth in front of Zhang Xiaoqiang. Zhang Xiaoqiang sat next to the bonfire, looking at the flamboyant flames in a daze. The distant splashing sounds of the zombies falling into the water was like the sound of frying potatoes in a frying pan. The noise did not stop even for a moment. The noisy noises did not attract Zhang Xiaoqiang's attention. In his eyes, there was only the bonfire in front of him. His bare chest was flickering under the bright yellow light of the fire. His smooth muscles slightly trembled, as if recovering from the high intensity exercise during the day.
"Ao ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~"
An angry roar came from within the splashing water. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not move, even if the roar of the D2 was less than a hundred meters away from him. At this moment, he was on the sandbank. He had taken off all of his clothes and was baking on the branches around the fire, giving off a faint white smoke. Beside him were all kinds of miscellaneous items and dry rations. Big Bun was also baking next to the fire. For an entire day, he had been entangled with the zombies here. After luring the first hundred D2 zombies to fall off the bridge, the mutated water snake went crazy and ate all the zombies that fell into the water. It must be known that the hundred D2 zombies were about two-thirds of the snake's size.
Even so, the mutated water snake was not satisfied. When the blood on Zhang Xiaoqiang's tail dried up, the mutated water snake simply dragged Zhang Xiaoqiang and rushed to the opposite bank of the river. It almost scared the unprepared Zhang Xiaoqiang to death. He had never seen the snake so brave. In the first moment, Zhang Xiaoqiang had killed hundreds of zombies. However, the snake did not stop and rushed into the middle of the zombies. This made Zhang Xiaoqiang, who did not know what was going on, almost die from anxiety. He thought that there was a mysterious zombie controlling the snake and that it was luring the snake into the group of zombies.
In the end, Zhang Xiaoqiang used the pain treatment to wake the snake up. It had no choice but to follow Zhang Xiaoqiang back to the river. However, the snake had mastered the method of using blood to attract zombies. It did not heal its own wounds, but instead lured zombies to jump off the bridge. As soon as one jumped, it would eat one. Until now, who knew how many it had eaten. Zhang Xiaoqiang was too lazy to care. He went to the sandbank to dry his clothes and let the snake soak in the river.
The change in the snake caused Zhang Xiaoqiang to be puzzled. This was something that had never happened before. In Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart, the snake was the most honest. Although it was gluttonous, it listened to Zhang Xiaoqiang's commands and was timid. It did not dare to step on Zhang Xiaoqiang's nose and eyes. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not expect the snake to be able to go on a killing spree. It was just that today's events were extremely strange, so strange that it made him worry for his future journey.
The water snake seemed to be fishing as it devoured the zombies one by one. As Zhang Xiaoqiang sat by the bonfire and ate his biscuits, he suddenly felt that he was being watched. He did not get suspicious and stood up to look. Instead, he picked up the MP7 submachine gun and placed it next to his side. The two Rat King Blades were also placed next to his hands, and he calmly waited. The splashing sound in the distance did not stop. With Zhang Xiaoqiang's hearing, he could easily tell how many zombies had fallen into the water. Counting up to now, there had been close to a thousand D2 zombies that had fallen into the water. Although he did not know why the snake had such a strong appetite, he was too lazy to care.
When night truly came, another three hours had passed. During this time, Zhang Xiaoqiang had been sitting by the bonfire without moving. He even seized the time to take a nap. Just as he was gradually losing his patience, thinking that the spying would not appear again, a man's voice suddenly came over, causing him to become alert.
"Can you give us some salt …."
The voice was faintly discernible, but it still resounded in Zhang Xiaoqiang's ears. A gust of wind blew, and the raging flames gave rise to fine sparks that drifted in the air. The surrounding grass also moved up and down in the wind. Zhang Xiaoqiang squinted his eyes, and did not reply. He just picked up the dry firewood beside him and threw it into the fire. Sparks once again flew out from the firewood as it collided with the firewood, flickering on the flame.
"Please …."
"Come out …."
Zhang Xiaoqiang shouted, interrupting the request of the man hiding in the dark. This time, it was the man's turn to be silent. Zhang Xiaoqiang closed his eyes slightly, listening to the rustling sound of the grass outside the water. After waiting for a minute, Zhang Xiaoqiang grabbed the burning firewood in front of him and threw it out. The whirring flame rolled in the air, sprinkling sparks, and fell to the grass thirty meters away, suddenly causing a sharp scream.
It was a girl. As soon as she screamed, she was frightened by a few reprimands in the dark and did not dare to make a sound. Then, the torch fell to the ground, igniting some weeds and illuminating a few vague figures. This time, the people hiding in the dark could not hide anymore, and they all burrowed into the dark vegetation. However, they heard a woman shouting loudly, "He is only one person, why should we be afraid of him …"
"Shut up …."
It was still the man reprimanding before. When Zhang Xiaoqiang heard these words, he could not help but laugh contemptuously, but his whole body relaxed a lot. There was a woman going out, it proved that this survivor team at least respected women, but during the reconnaissance mission, a woman actually interrupted and said some brainless words, it showed that the leader of this team was just a good person, and did not have enough dignity to command the people below. Also, during the day, Zhang Xiaoqiang and the snake had been patrolling here for a whole day, and the woman still said such words, it proved that the information exchange among them was not timely, and it also proved that these people were just a motley crew, without a complete structure and system.
The man who spoke before reprimanded the two women, and waited for a few minutes before they decided to come over. In the rustling sound, a few shadows were getting closer, and not long after, three men and two women appeared in front of Zhang Xiaoqiang. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not pick up the weapon beside him, nor did he get up to put on the military uniform placed by the side of the fire, he just casually looked at the people in front of him.
If these people did not have different figures, Zhang Xiaoqiang would not be able to tell whether they were men or women, they all had medium long hair, messy hair, covering their cheeks, their clothes were similar, all kinds of colors and styles of tattered clothes were randomly mixed, they looked a little down and out. The man walking at the front was the shortest, less than 1.65m, the people behind him were much taller than him, but he was the only one holding a Type 95 rifle, the others were holding fishing nets, harpoons, and sharpened wooden spears.
These people did not dare to come closer, and the woman who said those shameless words did not say anything, it was obvious that she remembered what the man told her. The man did not dare to point the rifle at Zhang Xiaoqiang, in the darkness, his legs could be seen slightly trembling. Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at these people, took out a cigarette that was dried by the flame, and lit it up, leisurely smoking in the darkness, he did not speak, he just waited for their next reaction. Unknowingly, the sound of the zombies falling had disappeared, but the water snake went crazy in the river, constantly stirring the water, making strange sounds, in the darkness, it was unknown if it was cramping.
"Sir, can you give us some salt … we will use gold to exchange for it …"
It was still the same man, he handed the rifle in his hand to the others, raised his hands and carefully walked towards Zhang Xiaoqiang, under the flame, the man's thin cheeks were revealed. Zhang Xiaoqiang stared at the man and his companions behind him, he did not say anything, causing the man to be unable to advance or retreat, he could only awkwardly stand 10 meters away from Zhang Xiaoqiang. Although Zhang Xiaoqiang did not have any clothes on him, nor did he have any weapons, the man did not dare to act rashly, he had seen Zhang Xiaoqiang standing on the Flood Dragon during the day, he also saw Zhang Xiaoqiang rushing into the midst of the zombies, although it was not a long time, the number of zombies that rolled down the river bank was not small.
"How many people do you have, how many men, how many women, also, who blew up this bridge?
In addition, I want to know about the surrounding survivors, as long as you tell me these … this bag of salt is yours … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang asked the man about the information in this area, his hand was tossing the bag of salt. Zhang Xiaoqiang's question was very forceful, the man could not help but feel conflicted, the latter question was easy to answer, the former question was their root, no one would casually reveal their family's wealth to an outsider. The splashing sound in the river was getting louder, as if there was a monster stirring up trouble in the river, as far as the man knew, there was only one monster, it was Zhang Xiaoqiang's mount, the Single Horned Flood Dragon, a mythical monster appearing in front of him, it made him deeply afraid of this seemingly harmless man in front of him.