Zhang Xiaoqiang sat in the bumpy off-road vehicle and looked at the desolate scenery outside. Zhang Xiaoqiang's current location was in the central region of the country. In the past, the weather would have been hot, but as far as the eye could see, there would still be large patches of green. However, due to the abnormal weather, everywhere was yellow and withered. Countless trees had lost their leaves, and it was unknown how many of these trees could survive until next spring.
In front of the off-road vehicle was a small village, which was far from the national highway.
The village had not developed much, and there were not many buildings, most of them were brick houses. Three had previously brought people to clear out the zombies here, so it could be considered a safe zone.
The convoy did not enter the abandoned village, but directly drove forward. In front of them was the county town, which was where the zombies that Three had mentioned would start. This county town had a population of over 100,000 before the apocalypse. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not dare to search the county town, because he was afraid of the hundreds of thousands of zombies. Now that the zombie tide had spread, Zhang Xiaoqiang was most nervous about this county town.
Zhang Xiaoqiang's base was said to be remote, but there was no place in the country that was truly remote. This small county town was only a few hundred kilometers away from Zhang Xiaoqiang's base. A zombie could walk 5 kilometers in an hour, and in less than 20 hours, it would be able to reach Zhang Xiaoqiang's hot spring base from the county town. This was something that Zhang Xiaoqiang was anxious about.
"Creak …." The off-road vehicle came to a sudden stop, and the sound of a bolt being pulled came from the machine gun nests on the roof. Zhang Xiao Qiang opened the door and got out of the vehicle. Other than the driver, the other two people were holding onto their Type 56 submachine guns and following behind.
This was a road junction, and the asphalt road in front of them led to the county town. There were already many buildings in front of them, and behind the buildings was a small hill. The landscape was filled with 'Liu Huer', 'Chang Hong' and other citrus trees. In the forest, there were many black zombies wandering around. On the contrary, there were not many zombies on the buildings below.
Looking at the 7-8 storey tall buildings in the distance, Zhang Xiaoqiang looked around. With his enhanced vision, Zhang Xiaoqiang could see every detail within a kilometer. The closer the buildings were to the roadside, the denser the buildings were. Denser buildings meant denser zombies, and if the zombies wanted to spread, they would have to spread along the road.
Looking at the zombies that covered the hills, in Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyes, these zombies slowly formed a net. The distance between each zombie was 7-8 meters, and the furthest was 30 meters. Their speed was not fast, but the area they searched was very detailed. Logically speaking, as long as the zombies passed by, there would be no place for survivors to hide, unless the survivors could hide 40 meters underground.
A zombie was slowly staggering forward. In front of it was a large hole. The hole was slanted on the small hill, and the soil inside was red. Obviously, there was a brick factory nearby, and this hole was where the soil was used to make bricks.
"Plop …" The zombie rolled down the edge of the hole, and there were dozens of zombies walking towards the hole. Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the size of the hole and estimated how many zombies it could fill. Suddenly, the dozens of zombies stopped, and then spread out to the sides, trying to search around the edge of the hole.
"Plop …" Another two zombies fell into the hole, and then the zombies on top of them widened the gap. In the end, all the zombies crossed the hole. The depth of the hole was enough to fill about 100 zombies, but now only three zombies were able to fill it. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoqiang began to sweat again. The zombies' behavior today was too strange.
Zhang Xiaoqiang couldn't believe that the zombies could predict the future, until a group of zombies walked towards the hole. This time, it was even worse. Only one zombie fell into the hole, and the rest safely crossed it.
"Hiss …" After taking a deep breath, Zhang Xiaoqiang began to force himself to calm down. The original zombies didn't know how to spread out and search. They only knew how to swarm together. Back in Y-City, there were 200 zombies blocking the corner of Zhang Xiaoqiang's building.
In the past, the zombies didn't know how to communicate. In the small town, Zhang Xiaoqiang set a fire and burned a few hundred zombies and a D2. The powerful D2 helped Zhang Xiaoqiang kill nearly 600 zombies.
But now, how did the zombies know how to work together?
And how did these zombies know that the zombies in front of them had fallen into the hole?
Could it be that the zombies also knew how to communicate from a distance?
Zhang Xiaoqiang was preparing to bring two members to kill a few zombies and see how they would react. Suddenly, an illegal wooden building on the side of the road suddenly broke into pieces. The broken pieces of wood flew into the sky.
The wooden building was close to the outskirts of the county. It wasn't very big. In the eyes of Zhang Xiaoqiang's team members, the wooden building wasn't even the size of a peanut shell. No one would notice a peanut shell. But in Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyes, it was different. In his eyes, the wooden building was the size of a dollhouse.
Suddenly, an old green painted truck rushed out of the broken wooden building. The truck smashed through the wooden building and turned onto the asphalt road out of the county. It suddenly accelerated, and behind the truck were countless zombies the size of ants.
Zhang Xiaoqiang turned around and took a pair of binoculars from a member's neck. This pair of binoculars was found in a house in the small town. It looked like an antique from World War II. The binoculars were dim and only had six times the field of vision. But with Zhang Xiaoqiang's abnormal eyes, it was different.
Through the dim windshield, Zhang Xiaoqiang saw that the driver was a middle-aged man in his 40s with an unshaven beard. Beside him were a few children under the age of 10. As the old truck bumped into the road, the children in the car kept tumbling.
There were more than 20 men and women squatting in the back of the old truck. On both sides of the wooden railings, there were many blood stains. Everyone had their heads buried in their legs. They used one hand to hold onto the wooden railings, and the other hand to hold onto their companions.
Behind the truck were countless Type-S zombies. From time to time, the Type-S zombies would jump out from the horde and pounce on the old truck. The driver's driving skills were very high, and he was always faster than the rest. The zombies would always miss their target and roll to the ground, only to be stepped on by the zombies behind them.
In the past, when the virus broke out, there was a mass exodus in the county. There were many abandoned vehicles on the roadside. The average-sized Lao Jiefang could only pass through the gaps between the vehicles. This indirectly slowed down the Lao Jiefang's speed.
An Type-S zombie jumped and slammed into the back of the old truck. The Type-S zombie bounced back and fell into the group of zombies. This Type-S zombie was the first to hit the old truck, but it definitely wouldn't be the last.
The old truck's constant driving attracted the attention of the members of the combat team. They all looked over. The old truck was only a kilometer away from them. Looking at the old truck that was the size of a matchbox, the members all raised their rifles and looked at Zhang Xiaoqiang, waiting for orders.
Zhang Xiao Qiang didn't say anything. He moved the binoculars away from the old car and looked at the other zombies. As expected, Zhang Xiao Qiang guessed correctly. This was also what he didn't want to see. The scattered zombies in front and on the left and right of the old car started to gather towards the center. Their gathering point was impressively the intersection in front of the old car that was driving forward.