The night is dark and windy, and the cold wind howls.
Four zombie wolves roared and charged towards the two of them.
The tallest zombie wolf took the lead and rushed towards Zheng Shiwu.
Whoosh!
Zheng Shiwu shifted his left foot to avoid being attacked by the zombie wolf.
Boom!
This zombie wolf pounced too fiercely and hit the wall behind it.
Zombie wolves, like zombies, do not have any intelligence and only rely on instinct to kill their prey.
Generally speaking, northwest wolves are very intelligent and can even use tactics.
But after becoming a zombie, although he became more ferocious and fearless of death, he lost the cunningness of a wolf.
Then the second zombie wolf pounced over. Zheng Shiwu aimed at the zombie wolf's head, and with his height advantage, he stabbed the zombie wolf's head accurately from top to bottom.
Press firmly.
This zombie wolf was pierced through the head with a dagger.
No too many dazzling skills, one hit is sure to hit.
After killing this one, Zheng Shiwu quickly changed direction to meet the zombie wolf behind him.
Ouch!
The tall zombie wolf behind him roared, clawed the ground twice, and pounced again.
Zheng Shiwu dodged again, because the speed of this zombie wolf was much faster. If he was not sure that one hit would hit, he would never confront this zombie wolf head-on.
You must find the right moment to stab this zombie wolf to death.
Killing zombie wolves is the same as killing zombies.
It's only useful if you hit the head. It's pointless to make various wounds on their bodies. On the contrary, it will stimulate these zombies to become more ferocious.
Whoosh!
The black hand next to him also killed a zombie wolf.
The two got closer again, and the two zombie wolves also stood side by side.
Without any rest and waiting, the two zombie wolves came to kill again.
call out!
The black hand directly projected the iron stick in his hand and hit one of the zombie wolves in the head.
Zheng Shiwu also used a Nepalese saber to kill the other tall zombie wolf.
Looking at the motionless zombie wolves, Zheng Shiwu held a saber in his hand and walked over to the zombie wolves, striking them one by one.
"What to do with these corpses?" Blackhand asked.
Zheng Shiwu raised his head and looked in the direction of the northwest power base, and then looked at the factory building behind.
"It's too close to them. If you leave the body here, it will be easily discovered. Drag it to the factory."
"OK."
The black hand squatted down and grabbed the zombie wolf's legs, dragging the zombie wolf into the factory.
Ten minutes later, the two men dragged the four zombie wolf corpses to the far corner of the factory.
Unless someone comes in here, the bodies of these four zombie wolves will never be found.
However, it is also possible that other zombies will find it and come to eat the corpse.
Tap tap tap——
The two came out of the factory and returned to the street.
The two picked up the package on the ground, looked left and right, and walked towards the private house not far away.
Since they had already been here during the day, they were quite familiar with the yard.
There is a cellar on the right side of the yard. There is a hole above the cellar. It is very narrow, only one meter high and one meter wide. There is an escalator on the wall of the cave.
"You go in first and I'll seal the entrance of the cave." Zheng Shiwu said to Black Hand.
"OK."
After Black Hand entered the cave, Zheng Shiwu handed over the backpack and asked Black Hand to take it down.
There is a heavy cement cover next to the cellar entrance, weighing dozens of kilograms.
Zheng Shiwu picked up the cement cover and placed it above the cellar to cover a small portion of the cellar entrance.
He ducked in, then pushed the cement cover with his right hand, completely sealing the hole bit by bit.
It is a bit difficult to push the cement cover, which weighs several dozen kilograms, with one hand from below.
He pushed for a while before completely sealing the cement cover to the cellar entrance.
This cellar has a vent. In the evening, they lit a lighter down there and it didn't go out, indicating that there was enough oxygen down there.
The vent and the entrance are not the same place. The main function of the cellar vent is to ensure the air circulation inside the cellar, discharge harmful gases such as carbon dioxide, and keep the air inside the cellar fresh.
The entrance is where you enter and exit the cellar.
call--
Zheng Shiwu came down from the ladder and saw Black Hand turning on the light, so he took off the night vision goggles on his head.
The entire cellar has a long and narrow shape, about ten square meters, which is considered a very large cellar.
Some of the vegetables stored in the entire cellar had long been emptied by the survivors, leaving only some sacks and wood.
The air is a bit stuffy, but it's much warmer after coming down than above.
It's very windy outside, taking away the warmth from your body.
Kaka!
Zheng Shiwu walked over with his bag, only to see black hands digging around on the ground with a small shovel.
"What are you doing?"
The black hand shoveled the soil and said, "dig it out, maybe there is wine in it."
"How do you know?" Zheng Shiwu was a little surprised.
"My hometown also has a cellar. Sometimes we put wine in the cellar. Smell it carefully. There is a faint smell of wine in this cellar. Do you smell it?" Black Hand said.
"Smells like alcohol?"
"Yes, my hometown is the same as here in the northwest. We need to stock up on vegetables every late autumn. It's pretty much the same."
"oh."
Zheng Shiwu ignored him. He took out the moisture-proof mat and sleeping bag from the package, then spread the moisture-proof mat on the ground. He leaned on the earthen wall and ate dry corn cakes.
I turned around and felt a little tingling under my butt.
Guessing that the ground was uneven, he put the tortillas back into the bag, stood up and picked up the moisture-proof mat.
He pulled out his saber and picked out the clod of soil.
clang--
Hearing this sound, he felt something was wrong. The sound of a saber hitting a clod of soil was not like this.
Instead, there was a sound like the collision of ceramics.
"Didn't you say there might be wine buried in this? Bring the lamp." Zheng Shiwu said to the black hand next to him.
Hearing this, Black Hand ran over and shined a lamp on the place where Zheng Shiwu was lying just now.
The raised area in the middle is somewhat reflective under the light.
When Black Hand saw this, his eyes lit up.
Squatting down and digging twice with a shovel, a pottery jar appeared in front of them. Although only a few centimeters were exposed, he was sure that this was the buried wine jar!
"It's true! Get out of the way and I'll dig it out! It feels so good now!" Black Hand said excitedly.
Zheng Shiwu was also a little excited when he heard this. It is very cold here in the northwest, and since they will be here for the next few months, the temperature will definitely drop further.
With wine, at least I can warm myself up.
He removed the entire moisture-proof pad, along with the package and sleeping bag, to make room for the black hand.
The black hand held the shovel and dug little by little. Half an hour later.
The black hands dug out two wine tanks, one of which was about the size of a 10-liter household mineral water bucket.
There is also a layer of mud sealing on top of the wine tank, which seems to have been buried for a long time.
The black hand gently taps the side of the mud seal with a shovel until cracks appear in the mud seal.
He continued to pound, and as he pounded, the cracks grew larger and larger until the cracks could be covered with mud peeled off by hand.
He was very gentle when peeling it off, for fear of damaging the mud seal.
After the mud cover was peeled off, he wiped the dust from the mouth of the altar with his sleeves.
The covering underneath, the bamboo raft, is exposed.
Seeing the bamboo basket, Heishou grinned and said: "It seems that this wine has been stored for at least ten years. It is an old wine. Now we are both lucky."
"More than ten years!?"
Zheng Shiwu was a little surprised. He had not drank ten years of old wine, but if he thought about it carefully, six years had passed since the end of the world.
"Can you open it? If you open it, it won't be easy to seal it back. If this unopened wine is sold in the trading market, it will definitely sell for a high price." Blackhand asked Zheng Shiwu behind him.
"Open it." Zheng Shiwu said without hesitation.
"good."
The black hand carefully removed the bamboo cover.
After a few seconds, a smell of alcohol filled the air.
The tangy pure grain wine aroma is mellow and elegant. As soon as you smell it, you can tell that it is the kind of old wine that has been stored for a long time.
"It smells so good! Want some?" Black Hand turned his head and looked at Zheng Shiwu.
"Everything is open. It would be unreasonable not to come. Come!"
Blackhand got up and went to get the kettle. Their kettle was a large 2-liter kettle with a recessed lid that could hold about 2 to 3 taels of water.
He came over with the lid and the wine jar was leaning on the ground.
The lamp shines on the inside of the wine tank, and the wine inside appears light yellow and clear.
The rich aroma of wine hit his nostrils, making Hei Shou swallow his saliva. Looking at his appearance, Zheng Shiwu knew that this guy might have been a good drinker in the past.
"Just drink a little, don't drink too much, we have to do things tomorrow."
"Don't worry." Black Hand waved his hand.
"Help me take care of it, don't pour it out and waste it."
He squatted on the ground, turned the wine jar, and poured the wine on the bottle cap.
Very carefully, when the bottle cap was almost full, he held the wine jar and poured it back.
The wine line was immediately cut off.
Not a drop was spilled.
The black hand picked up the bottle cap and handed it to Zheng Shiwu, "Come on, Old Zheng, you have a taste first."
Zheng Shiwu glanced at him and took the bottle cap.
took a sip.
Um?
Zheng Shiwu's eyes lit up. He was not a good drinker, but he felt that the wine he drank this time was the best he had ever drunk.
The entrance is slightly sweet, the alcohol is mellow, the taste is strong and full, and the hops are light, full and even.
He took another sip, his mouth full of wine.
Mellow, because after many years of aging, the alcohol and water in the wine have been fully integrated, giving it a very soft taste.
"How's it going? How's it going?" Black Hand looked at his expression and asked excitedly.
"Very good." Zheng Shiwu commented after taking two sips.
Very good. Zheng Shiwu has always had extremely high requirements for many things. Being able to achieve very good results means that he is already ridiculously good.
Zheng Shiwu handed the bottle cap to Black Hand.
Blackhand couldn't wait any longer and couldn't wait to take a big sip.
Hold the old wine in your mouth and savor it carefully.
The wine went into my throat, straight up to my stomach.
call--
The rich scent of wine spurted out, and Black Hand groaned:
"Damn, I didn't expect to be able to drink such good wine in this apocalyptic world. This trip to the northwest is so worth it!"
He couldn't bear to drink such a good wine too quickly, so he drank it slowly and slowly.
Zheng Shiwu didn't drink much, and he wasn't a good drinker. He drank one or two more and stopped drinking.
After drinking some wine, my stomach feels warm. On such a cold day, drinking some wine is the most comfortable and makes it easier to sleep.
Zheng Shiwu stood up, took the moisture-proof mat aside and spread it, and continued to eat his dry food.
Seeing that Black Hand was still drinking there, he reminded:
"Blackhand, don't get drunk and cause trouble. If you finish drinking this bottle cap, don't drink anymore."
"Okay, I know, don't worry, I drank less than half of the two kilograms, and I'm not drunk at all." Black Hand said with a smile.
The cold wind howled outside the vents, and they hid in the safe shelter of the cellar, drinking and listening to the wind.
After Zheng Shiwu ate his dry food, he took off his outermost camouflage suit and got into his sleeping bag.
Listening to the wind, I fell into sleep.
Black Hand sat next to the wine vat, dazed for a while.
Drinking this wine reminded him of the past.
The first half of his life was full of ups and downs, and the past was playing before his eyes like a slideshow. He thought of many things, some of which he was about to forget.
.......
The next day.
Zheng Shiwu woke up early, looked at the wine vat that had been resealed, and looked at Black Hand.
It's okay, I didn't drink too much.
Today they want to change places, to a place where they can see the northwest base.
It is still too far away from the northwest base, and only their frontline sentry towers and barbed wire fences can be seen.
The closer you get to the northwest, the more careful you have to be. Once discovered, they will be dead.
He woke up twice in the middle of the night last night, and the roars of zombies woke him up.
They were lucky yesterday and didn't encounter too many zombie wolves. They could handle four of them, but if there were more than a dozen, it would be troublesome.
"Blackhand, wake up."
Zheng Shiwu kicked Black Hand's leg.
Black Hand woke up leisurely. He had a good sleep last night.
This was the most comfortable sleep he had ever had in this journey.
He stood up and moved his muscles, making the bones in his body crackle.
After the two of them ate some dry food, Black Hand looked at the two bottles of wine and became entangled.
Should I take it away or leave it here?
"Don't look at it, this wine vat is so big, we can't take it away!" Zheng Shiwu saw what he was thinking and interrupted him without hesitation.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this, Black Hand was like a cat with a fried hair, and retorted: "But... it would be such a waste to leave such good wine here!"
Zheng Shiwu sighed and said:
"No, I didn't say no. The wine jar is too big for us to carry. Let's bury it first, and when we leave later, we can get some plastic barrels to take away. We don't have a container now, and it's inconvenient to move around holding the wine jar.
"
When Black Hand heard what he said, he understood.
But he was a little unwilling to put it all here.
So I rummaged around in the package and finally found a container that could be used to hold wine.
A water bag made of animal skin, which they found in a private house when they were stationed overnight near ZY City.
It was originally used to hold water, but he drank all the water in the water bag.
Seeing him taking out the water bag, Zheng Shiwu didn't stop him.
Anyway, they all drank up the water, but it would be troublesome for them to replenish it later.
There are still 7 liters of water in the car 20 kilometers away from them, and the two large-capacity water bottles add up to three liters.
Today we first need to find a suitable location to observe the northwest base, and then we need to find a way to replenish the water source.
Although the northwest has been arid for many years,
But here is at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, and you can see the snow-capped mountains at a glance.
There is abundant snow-melted water in the mountains, and clean water can be replenished from the Beida River in the south or at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.
Afterwards, the two packed their bags, put on camouflage clothes, and sneaked close to the northwest base.
They did not go in a straight line, but made a large circle, starting from the north of the northwest base, detouring from the west to the south.
The south side of the northwest base has a higher altitude and numerous mountains. From there, they can overlook the entire northwest base.
According to the information provided to them by Oil City,
The northwest base was built in the Guancheng Scenic Area of Jiayu City before the end of the world.
There is an ancient city wall over there that has stood for thousands of years.
Located in the middle of a narrow valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayu City,
The city walls on both sides of the city pass cross the Gobi desert and are connected to the Black Mountain Cantilever Great Wall to the north and the No. 1 Pier in the World to the south. It was the pass at the western end of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty and was historically known as the Throat of Hexi.
The two of them were not very fast and relied on the surrounding buildings to get closer to the northwest base.
