The early morning breeze gently caressed the wilderness covered with wild grass on both sides of the road. The wild grass swaying in the wind was like layers of waves rolling on the wilderness.
Zhang Zhe and Mo Xi, each carrying a hiking bag, took their daughter Zhang Yuxuan with a white stuffed toy rabbit in their arms. Taking advantage of the coolness of the morning, they set out early to find a new home in the south.
The zombie apocalypse has lasted for six years since the outbreak. During the days when Moxi and his children were wandering around in this apocalypse, the most troublesome thing for Zhang Zhe was not the various zombies that could be seen everywhere. Nor are they those apocalyptic survivors who will do anything to survive.
The thing that bothers him the most is the increasingly difficult to find gasoline. As gasoline becomes harder to find, the cars that can be seen everywhere on the road have become a pile of worthless scrap metal.
Especially in areas where living people gather, almost all car fuel tank caps that can be seen everywhere have been opened. The gasoline in the fuel tank has also been drained out by people.
What's more, all the parts of the car have been removed, leaving only an empty shell lying quietly in the grass beside the road.
Zhang Zhe and Mo Xi, who had been unable to collect gasoline, had long been accustomed to the life of moving on foot with their backpacks on their backs. Although their backpacks were limited, some of the supplies they had finally accumulated had to be discarded with this move.
But in order for their baby daughter to have a safe growing environment, the two did not show too much reluctance. After all, in their eyes, everything can be abandoned at any time. But only their daughter Zhang Yuxuan is These two are truly everything!
At noon, the fiery sun scorched the earth mercilessly.
A family of three who had walked ten kilometers south were hiding under a railway bridge leading to the north and south to enjoy the cool air.
Zhang Zhe, who picked up branches and lit the bonfire, was roasting on the bonfire a sheep hind leg that was cut from the carcass of a goat in the sheepfold when he set out in the morning. At the same time, he quietly watched Moxi squatting on the ground beside him. My daughter was sitting on the hiking bag, gently squeezing her calves that were a little sore from walking for a long time.
As the aroma of smoked and roasted lamb legs spreads freely under the railway bridge, the lamb legs grilled on the bonfire are also cooked.
At first, because of the tragic death of her beloved goat last night, her daughter Zhang Yuxuan, who was still in grief, refused to take a bite of the mutton leg no matter what.
But it didn't take long for this little girl, who had not escaped the law of true fragrance, to turn her grief into appetite.
Looking at their precious daughter who was holding a piece of mutton leg in her hand and her mouth was full of oil, Mo Xi and Zhang Zhe just looked at each other and smiled.
Just as the family of three was enjoying the delicious food in their hands, two men and women wearing camouflage military uniforms suddenly ran out from the side of the railway bridge, with a saber on each waist and a rifle in each hand.
The man wore a military cap crookedly, was of medium height and slightly chubby, and had a beard all over his face. His age was indistinguishable. Although the man looked very slovenly, there was no trace of evil in him.
The woman is of medium height, with short shoulder-length hair, a slightly pale face, and a pair of particularly bright black eyes. Due to her thin body, the loose camouflage military uniform looks extremely fat on the woman's body.
The man among the two seemed to have some familiar qualities. After suddenly appearing in front of Zhang Zhe and the others, he had a simple and honest smile on his face. While walking towards Zhang Zhe and the others who looked a little surprised, He said to Zhang Zhe, one of the three, with a smile.
"Hey, brother, are you eating? I can smell the aroma of your mutton from afar!"
"Hehe...brother, don't be nervous, we don't mean any harm. The two of us are from the military in City L. Because the food we carried with us was lost, we wanted to come over and beg you for some food. Look..."
When he said this, the man immediately changed his words with a smile.
"Brother, don't worry, we won't eat your food for free."
"We are going back to our base in City L. If we are on the way, we can provide you with protection. Of course, if we are not on the way, we can trade our belongings with you for some food!"
"Is the dagger on my body okay? It's very sharp! Otherwise, this watch of mine..."
Before the man who showed Zhang Zhe the watch on his left wrist finished speaking, Zhang Zhe glanced at Mo Xi and then smiled at the man and spoke.
"You don't need to exchange anything, the three of us can't eat a leg of lamb!"
"This leg of lamb should be enough for the five of us. Come over and eat together!"
As he spoke, Zhang Zhe immediately took out the knife he carried with him, cut off two large pieces of lamb leg meat from the lamb leg roasted on the campfire, and distributed them to the two military personnel who suddenly appeared.
The man took the mutton leg from Zhang Zhe and after saying thank you, he sat on the ground leaning against the concrete wall under the railway bridge and started to devour it.
The woman who came with the man looked much more elegant and quiet compared to the man's devouring food. When the woman held the piece of mutton leg meat that Zhang Zhe handed her in her hands and chewed it slowly, Zhang Zhe accidentally caught a glimpse of it.
A wolf head tattoo on the back of a woman's right hand.
After catching a glimpse of the woman's wolf head tattoo, Zhang Zhe became suspicious of the identity of the two L City military personnel.
He had been in the military base of City L. If it hadn't been for the accident at Baishiqiao five years ago, he would still be a general of City A!
There are indeed former wolf soldiers in the L City military base, but those wolf soldiers who join the military must have their wolf tattoo marks completely removed!
First, it means that they have completely distinguished themselves from the wolf tribe, and secondly, it also means that these former wolf tribe soldiers have decided to change their minds and become qualified soldiers.
Zhang Zhe, who had not had much contact with living people for five years, originally wanted to give some food to the two people here who claimed to be military personnel, so as to get some information about the current situation of the military in L city from their mouths.
But who would have thought that these two people who claimed to be L City's military were actually wolves pretending to be members of the wolf clan?
Zhang Zhe, who knew the wolf clan's behavior, immediately felt a murderous intention in his heart after discovering that the woman was a member of the wolf clan.
At this time, the man sitting on the ground with his back against the concrete wall had already devoured the piece of mutton leg meat in his hand. After reaching out to wipe the grease on the corners of his mouth, he took out half a pack of cigarettes from his arms.
After taking out two cigarettes, the man handed one to Zhang Zhe in front of him.
Zhang Zhe, who subconsciously took the cigarette from the man's hand, was about to rummage around for a lighter when he saw his daughter Zhang Yuxuan, who was sitting on the mountaineering bag beside him, staring coldly at him.
Zhang Zhe, who was holding a cigarette in his hand, returned the cigarette to the man in front of him with some reluctance and said with a wry smile.
"Sorry brother, I stopped smoking for a long time."
The man who had already seen this detail lit the cigarette in his hand, then turned to look at Zhang Yuxuan who was sitting on the hiking bag and staring at Zhang Zhe with a happy smile on his face, and said to Zhang Zhe with a smile.
"Brother, you are a good father."
"If I had such a lovely daughter, I would have quit smoking long ago."
With that said, the man exhaled the smoke from his mouth, looked at Zhang Zhe sitting in front of him, and spoke with a serious expression.
"Brothers, where are you going? Judging from how big and small you are, you probably haven't found the apocalyptic survivors staying at the base, right?"
"Brother, I won't eat this mutton of yours for nothing. I'll help you and give you and your family of three pointers to the living base nearby, so that you and your family of three can settle down as soon as possible."
"About fifty kilometers to the southwest from here, there is a food production base under the management of the L City military. You can obtain residency rights by working there."
"Also, you can also go with us to the military base in City L, which is more than a hundred kilometers away from here. There..."
Before the man could finish his words, a thin woman squatting on the ground beside her, holding an uneaten lamb leg in her hand, looked at Zhang Zhe and said with a smile.
"You can also join the wolf base in City H organized by the military in City L. I came from that base!"
"Our place is great. Everyone's relationship is like that of brothers and sisters. Our White Wolf King is very considerate of his subordinates..."
Before the woman could finish her words, the bearded man immediately spoke and choked back.
"Xiaoying, can you be realistic?"
"There are zombies on this road, and there are also zombie killers released by our military. How can you let a family of three get to your wolf base in City H?"
"We have to go back to the base in City L to report the situation anyway, so why not take the family of three directly to the base in City L..."
Just as the man was choking the woman, the two of them did not notice the shocked expressions of Zhang Zhe and Mo Xi when the woman said that the wolf clan in H City belonged to the military establishment of L City.
However, after hearing the man's retort to the woman, the shock on their faces flashed away. Both Zhang Zhe and Mo Xi heard an important message from the man's mouth.
"Zombie killers" released by the military?
Could this so-called "zombie killer" be related to the mutated giant mantis they encountered?
Just when Zhang Zhe and Mo Xi looked at each other, and Zhang Zhe was about to ask the bearded man in front of him for some information about the "zombie killer", Mo Xi's expression suddenly changed.
After quietly pulling his daughter who was sitting on the mountaineering bag close to him, he looked around with great vigilance and said to Zhang Zhe beside him with a stern expression.
"Hey, we have stayed here for too long. It will be dangerous as time goes by. Let's continue on our way!"
Seeing that Mo Xi had sensed the approaching danger, Zhang Zhe picked up the samurai sword and was about to get up and pick up the hiking bag. The man sitting in front of him immediately stood up and faced Zhang Zhe and Mo Xi.
The two of them spoke with smiles on their faces.
"Yes, yes, we have indeed stayed here too long."
"No matter where you are going? This journey is not very unsafe, and you have a child with you. I think we might as well just have a companion along the way. No matter what dangers we encounter, we are on the road..."
Before the man could finish speaking, a creature suddenly appeared on the concrete wall of the railway bridge behind him. It was about one meter long, with light green short wings attached to its back. Its slender neck took up one-third of the total body length, but it was carrying
A mutated giant mantis with a triangular head the size of a human face.
With the sudden flash of the mutated mantis, Zhang Zhe, who had just picked up his hiking bag from the ground opposite the man, saw the prostrate figure and the mutated mantis on the cement wall waving its giant sickle-shaped forelimb on the right side. In an instant,
He cut off the head of the bearded man who was talking in front of him.
The moment the man's head fell from his neck, the decapitated neck suddenly erupted like a high-pressure fountain, and scarlet blood spurted directly upward more than two meters high.
And the mutated mantis that chopped off the man's head also spurted out with the man's blood and disappeared again on the cement wall under the railway bridge.