Chapter 188 [No Choice] (Part 2)
"Luo Lie!" Yan Tianxin's call interrupted his thoughts.
Luo Lie took a deep breath and nodded.
Tan Zicong said: "We must set out immediately. Once night falls, those zombies will probably catch up with them if they have recovered their ability to move."
Luo Lie looked at Martha not far away, and she was kneeling in front of her father's grave and reciting the Quran for him.
Yan Tianxin suggested: "Wait a little longer."
Luo Lie opened the car door and began to count the weapons in the car. Although the crisis has not yet arrived, they must be fully prepared, and Yan Tianxin also came to help. Tan Zicong said: "We must hurry back to Xinman Camp immediately. Only by telling General Ma Yongping about the situation here and asking him to send troops can we completely eliminate the zombies."
Luo Lie put away the grenade and said calmly: "The first army that went crazy came out of Xinman camp, right?"
Tan Zicong was stunned by his reminder. Yes, Fang Pingzhi and his subordinates came out of Xinman Camp. The earliest crazy man, He Laoliu, was his subordinates. If there were also infected people in Xinman Camp, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Tan Zicong remembered that his father Tan Tiande was still in the city. Since the people from Lianyun Village seized the territory, most of their troops retreated to Xinman Camp. Tan Zicong's face changed. He said tremblingly: "My father is still in the city..."
The headlights did not play any role in the wind and sand. Luo Lie could only fumble forward based on his feelings, because he couldn't see the road conditions ahead clearly, the speed was very slow, and the windows were damaged in many places. Even if he was in the car, there was still sand and dust.
Everyone breathes carefully through the mask, fearing that once the breathing is too large, it will inhale sand and dust into the lungs.
The cars were rushing in the bumps, and fortunately they did not lose their way, nor did they encounter those crazy zombies again. After fumbled in the darkness and wind and sand for two hours, they finally arrived at the west gate of Xinman City at 9 o'clock that night.
Luo Lie stopped the car when he was about one mile away from the gate, and he asked Tan Zicong to get out. Tan Zicong actually had the idea of escaping. Unexpectedly, Luo Lie could let him go so easily. He couldn't believe it for a moment. He even doubted whether the three of them would shoot in the back when they turned around and left.
Luo Lie said: "You go and report what happened in Laoyingpan to Fang Pingzhi as soon as possible. No matter what the situation is, you will go to the gate of Xiangyang Inn to wait for me at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Tan Zicong nodded and said, "What if the situation in the city is worse than that in the old camp?"
Yan Tianxin said, "Then you will commit suicide, anyway, you have weapons in your hands." Luo Lie gave Tan Zicong a gun when he got in the car again.
Tan Zicong smiled bitterly and said, "If Xinman Camp also became like that, I would not be able to survive even if I didn't commit suicide." In fact, he had seen the lights on the Xinman Camp's city tower. According to Luo Lie, those infected with the zombie virus disliked the light the most. From this, it is inferred that everything in the city may be as normal as usual, which is a blessing. As long as there is nothing wrong in the city and he has seen Ma Yongping tell him about the situation of the old camp, he can send troops to annihilate the zombies.
Tan Zicong was just thinking about it, but Luo Lie had already turned around and drove away.
Martha always remained silent, and it was obvious that she could not get rid of the pain of losing her father in a short period of time. Yan Tianxin felt sorry for this girl, but she didn't know how to persuade her. In fact, she was the only one who could help her get out.
Luo Lie drove around the south gate of Xinman Camp and threw the car outside the city. The three of them entered the city from here. Although such an amazing tragedy occurred in the old camp, the news had not yet reached this place, and Xinman Camp's vigilance was not enhanced by what had happened before. Luo Lie and the others entered the city without encountering any obstacles.
Yan Tianxin had an in-depth understanding of Xinmanying before. She also had many places to settle in the city. She took Luo Lie and Martha to a house in the south of the city, which was not far from Xiangyang Inn where Luo Lie had previously stayed.
When Yan Tianxin was boiling water, Luo Lie went around the city and met with Dong Fangping. According to the preliminary situation he learned, there was no abnormality in the city at present, and no news of anyone going crazy. Luo Lie sent a message to Dong Fangping, telling him that Yan Tianxin had escaped safely and asked him to return to Hongshi Village as soon as possible to inform his clan members to be strictly guarded. In the past period of time, he must not leave without authorization, and must not come to Xinmanying. He bought some midnight snacks and returned to his place to settle down.
Yan Tianxin had finished bathing and prepared bath water for him and asked him to take a shower. I'll talk about anything later.
Luo Lie washed away all the dust and checked his body. The gunshot wound on his butt was almost healed. Apart from that, there were no other wounds on his body. Since his father planted the seed of wisdom in his body, his physical strength and repair ability have also improved. Although he was unable to heal the wound in a short time like a lone wolf, his recovery ability has been several times stronger than his past.
Lying in the warm water, quietly recalling the scenes that happened today, Luo Lie's heart was ups and downs and he could not calm down for a long time. In the past, this way of transmission was only seen in the legend of medieval blood-sucking zombies in Europe. I didn't expect that this scene would happen on the land of China. History? The history he learned was not like this. After his father implanted the seeds of wisdom into his body, a lot of knowledge and memories were silently immersed in his consciousness like spring rain.
Luo Lie even learned a lot of things that happened in the future. If his father was still alive, he could also confirm through his father whether these things had actually happened. However, it is no longer possible now. In the history he learned, the zombie virus should be discovered and exploded in a large number in the 22nd century. Even in the high-tech era two hundred years later, it paid an extremely heavy price to fight this virus. But why did it appear in advance?
Luo Lie buried his head in the water and fully felt the buoyancy of the water. His body fatigue seemed to be much lessened. Relaxing his limbs would make him feel slowly rising. In an instant, he had the idea of becoming a butterfly, and the word butterfly effect naturally poured into his mind. The butterfly effect was a theory proposed by American meteorologist Edward Lorentz in 1963. A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest in South America, occasionally flapping his wings a few times, can cause a tornado in Texas, USA in two weeks.
It is precisely this theory that the time travelers led by their fathers rigorously abide by a law. Although they understand and are familiar with history, and although they have mastered scientific knowledge and skills far beyond the current era, they will not use all this to change this society and history, because they are worried about the occurrence of the butterfly effect, because their wrong actions will bring great disasters to mankind.
Luo Lie suddenly realized that time travel itself was a change. The time travelers led by their parents traveled through time and space to return to the past to save the fate of mankind. According to the principles of chaos, any change will bring a series of corresponding changes, and the subsequent changes are unpredictable. In the normal history, there should not be any of their own fathers and mothers, and their companions who have traveled through time.
But if they had no parents, how could they have their own existence? From the moment they came through time, they had changed the world, but they were the biggest change they left to history. Now all the time travelers led by their parents have passed away. If their traces are erased from history, what about themselves?
There was a rapid knock on the door outside, and Yan Tianxin's concerning voice sounded: "Luo Lie, are you here?"
Luo Lie raised his head from the water, breathed a sigh of relief, and put his long hair behind his head. The long-term holding of breath made his breathing become a little rapid. His strong chest was fluctuating violently, and he agreed.
Yan Tianxin felt relieved when he heard his voice. Even though he had escaped from the zombie army, and even though they had returned to the peaceful Xinman camp, Yan Tianxin's mood had not calmed down. It was different from Luo Lie's search for answers from history. She believed that everything that happened today was probably related to Princess Longyu. It was precisely because the coffin containing Princess Longyu was robbed that these natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred.
Luo Lie put on his clothes and came out. Yan Tianxin looked at his wet hair and smiled gently, "The hair is so long, it's time to cut it."
Luo Lie nodded and said, "I have never been able to take care of it when I come from Peiping."
Yan Tianxin said: "I'll help you."
Luo Lie said in surprise: "You can get a haircut?"
Yan Tianxin nodded.
Facts proved that Yan Tianxin not only knew how to cut hair, but also had a very good skill. Yan Tianxin asked him to rest his head on the back of a chair and covered his face with a hot towel to prepare for him to cleanse his face.
Yan Tianxin told Luo Lie that his mother had left early and had grown up under the care of her grandfather and father since childhood, so she had to explore the things like braids and haircuts, and later she practiced with her family.
Luo Lie looked at himself in the mirror and was quite satisfied. He stroked his chin with his right hand and said, "I think if you open a hairdressing shop, your business will be prosperous."
Yan Tianxin also laughed: "Apart from my grandfather and dad, you are my first customer."
Luo Lie turned around, looked at Yan Tianxin eagerly and said, "I am willing to do it all my life..." Before he finished speaking, a scene of a burning fire suddenly appeared in his mind. The long-lost white figure ran towards the fire. Luo Lie covered his forehead with some pain and tried to dispel the unhappy effect, but he saw a huge black stone tablet floating in the air.
"Luo Lie!" Yan Tianxin noticed his abnormality, grabbed his shoulder and shook him hard, urging Luo Lie to return to reality.
Chapter completed!