Chapter 1432: Going down the mountain to trade, peoples hearts can be used!
August 20th, Year Two of the Wasteland Calendar.
A huge and ultimate disaster struck, rarely causing too much panic.
All in all, the current death wave may be the disaster that humans can best understand and deal with.
Except for a small number of territories with less than a thousand people who will complain about their sufferings on the World Channel, larger territories are basically discussing with great interest how to deal with disasters.
From discussing monster types, abilities, and response methods, to redemption priorities in stores, selection of various resources, to how to build defense facilities to deal with the death wave.
The world channel refreshed the screen very quickly, and many ordinary survivors also participated and spoke freely.
Boulder territory.
Inside a small stone house on the first floor of the cottage near the cliff.
Zhao Jun put on his shoes, stood in front of the basin, raised his hand and touched his rough face.
The ultraviolet rays in the southern fire zone are very strong, and even if you wear a hat, the effect will be minimal.
The faces of most survivors have already turned black and red, and have been exposed to the sun to the point of peeling and ulceration.
Many people even develop special skin diseases because of this. Whenever they are exposed to direct sunlight, they will be in pain and want to scratch their skin.
However, at this moment, the face reflected in the basin was much better than most of the survivors.
The whole thing is black, with only some sporadic peeling on the edges and corners, and no ulcer at all.
Zhao Jun couldn't help but smile, feeling both joyful and dazed.
Since joining the Boulder Territory, these days have been like a dream, not real at all.
"Army, you have to go to the front line today, so bring more pancakes. It's not okay if you don't have enough to eat."
A gentle voice came from behind, and Zhao Jun turned his head.
His wife Yue Xiang held two black pancakes in her hands, the size of an adult's hands.
Although the pancakes are dark and don't look good, the taste is really attractive. The aroma of oil mixed with the smell of roasted sesame goes straight to the nose.
"Leave it all for you and Niu to eat. I heard from Old Uncle Wang that there are special subsidies for those who go to the front line. I will definitely not starve."
Zhao Jun twisted his collar and instinctively shook his head in rejection.
Yesterday, he worked hard to guard the village gate, and received a total of four kilograms of flour, enough to feed the family for half a month.
However, the Boulder Territory missed the time to cultivate the land, and there were no fields around it that could be cultivated.
This means that the source of food for everyone in the territory can only come from external exchange.
"I see on the World Channel that there are territories that have been invaded by infected bodies. You still have to take the initiative to explore outside. I don't know what kind of chaos will happen outside."
The worry on Yue Xiang's face could not be concealed: "Including the golden giant eagle, in such a large territory, I heard that the infected body almost broke through the first line of defense last night."
"That's because the golden giant eagle is incompetent. Our boulder territory is doing well."
Zhao Jun interrupted in a deep voice: "Not to mention before, even the day before yesterday, I was still thinking about whether we did the right thing or the wrong thing by giving up queuing and coming to this boulder territory."
"But today I can be sure that our choice is absolutely right. Following Lord Zhang, Boss Ji, Captain Lou, and Captain Luo, we will definitely be able to live a better life than the ordinary people in the Golden Eagle Territory!"
The good and bad of human nature can only be seen before disaster.
When the infected attacked the city yesterday, both Boss Ji and the other guards were risking their lives in the charge.
This feeling was something Zhao Jun had never experienced before after joining several territories.
At that moment, he could even feel that everyone's beliefs were connected together, and there was no longer any barrier.
Will joining the Golden Eagle feel like this?
Absolutely not!
"Yesterday, the surrounding territories have made gains after overcoming the disaster. As long as our large shipment today goes smoothly, our territory can stock up on food for at least two or three months, and even better, it may even be four or five months."
"And Boss Ji is still leading the team today, what are you worried about?"
Zhao Jun said confidently.
The Boulder Territory is small in size, with a smaller number of waves and enemies being struck, and not many supplies can be exchanged from the store.
But the surrounding territory of tens of thousands of people suffered a much more serious impact yesterday than the boulder.
If you send in-demand medicines to trade, you will definitely be able to get a large amount of food in exchange.
"Although Mr. Ji is leading the team, don't be careless. It's better to be careful."
As soon as she heard the words "Boss Ji", Yue Xiang felt much relieved.
During the battle yesterday, these women had witnessed that exaggerated fighting style with their own eyes.
It can be said that one man can stand the test and no one can open it.
The infectious body that others feared was like a child's toy, rolled and flattened in the hands of Boss Ji.
So much so that when we got to the back, the women in charge of logistics were protected and came forward to practice with the infected for a few rounds.
This is definitely hard to see in other territories.
"The subsidy is a subsidy. It won't be paid until you come back. You'd better take it with you."
"That's fine. You won't feel at ease today without me." Zhao Jun pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't tell Niu that I went to the front line, otherwise she will definitely make trouble with me."
"Don't worry, I just said you went down the mountain to investigate the situation."
Looking at each other with a tacit smile, Zhao Jun put on his straw hat, opened the door and walked out.
He deliberately rushed to the meeting point after his daughter went to the second floor platform to study medicine, so that his daughter could study with peace of mind and not worry about whether his old father was safe outside.
As long as you can learn how to make medicine, you will still have a foothold even if you change territories or sectors in the future.
As for the dangerous ones, the old father can bear them with all his strength.
"Old Zhao, it's early today. I thought you would have to delay for more than ten minutes to get there."
As soon as Zhao Jun went out, he met Song Chunlai next door who was also leaving.
There are basically no single people in the Boulder Territory, they are all with families, and there are often four or five of them.
Song Chunlai has a son and a daughter. The daughter was also sent to study medicine in the morning.
The two of them had the same idea, and they both set out at this time in order not to worry their daughter.
"That won't work. Boss Ji is leading the team today, and I have to leave a good impression on him."
The meeting time is half past nine.
The two of them went out at half past eight and arrived an hour early. The purpose was self-evident.
However, when they arrived at the gathering place, they discovered that all sixteen people selected to go to the front line were actually there!
Everyone arrived an hour early, and everyone was in high spirits and radiant.
"Old Zhao, Old Song are here, we are all here."
A group of people greeted each other cordially.
Guard captain Lou Zhi just counted the number of people. He didn't say anything, but he was a little happy in his heart.
People’s hearts are available!
There was still an hour before the meeting time. If he called everyone over in advance, he would inevitably be suspected of deliberately showing off in front of Somo.
Not only did he get no benefits, but it might also make Lao Zhang doubt his ability.
But now these people are coming here one by one, that means he leads the team well and trains well!
"Mr. Ji, everyone is here, how about we leave early and come back early?"
When he noticed that Su Mo had a smile on his face and looked at him with admiration, Lou Zhigang felt at ease.
"Gather your things and let's go."
Sumo nodded.
A group of people sorted out the medicines to be traded with the outside world, basically anti-inflammatory medicines, mixed with some antipyretics, diarrhea medicines, etc.
The quantity is about ten kilograms, which is the largest shipment in the Boulder Territory during this period. It has almost emptied all the inventory accumulated before.
The village gate opened from the inside out, and the black air mass that had been entrenched before going up the mountain road had disappeared.
Several young men who lived in Shitou Village at the foot of the mountain were squatting on the roadside and rushed over when they saw the door open.
"Hey, what are you doing? You don't want to live anymore."
Lou Zhi just subconsciously moved forward, but unexpectedly these young men knelt on the ground, crying with snot and tears:
"Boss, please save us, we are willing to work as cattle and horses for you, any dirty work will do!"
"There are monsters all under the mountain. They are not afraid of death. They will kill everyone they see."
"All dead, all dead, now the village is full of living dead, all zombies!"
You said something and I said something, and the young men kneeling on the ground were obviously frightened.
He doesn't look as unruly and unruly as he did a few days ago. He is so well-behaved that it's simply shocking.
"Tell me slowly, what happened at the foot of the mountain?"
Su Mo frowned and stepped forward, picking out the familiar man in front of him and asking.
The person who was called quickly said, "It's the stupid Stone Gang. They are simply not human. In order to exchange supplies in the store, they turned people into living dead to earn rewards."
"What?"
Everyone was shocked.
Is there such an animal behavior?
"After you left yesterday, they had a fight over grabbing things in that courtyard, and several people died. As a result, when the disaster began, these people all turned into the living dead and hunted the living in the village."
The man wiped his tears: "These living dead are actually not strong. After everyone got the courage to come up, they were not afraid and easily killed them again. But when they were redeeming the rewards, a group of people quarreled again, and no one was afraid.
Agree with the other party’s distribution plan.”
"The people from the Stone Gang later discovered that the living dead could be exchanged for a lot of supplies, so they deliberately made a mistake and found an excuse to infect more than a dozen members of the Liu family into living dead, and then killed them to redeem the rewards."
"I didn't expect that other people would follow suit and find enemies."
A few infected bodies that could have been easily killed have turned into the current situation due to lack of human support.
No one expected that there would be nearly a thousand people in Stone Village, most of them young and strong.
After one night, nearly half of the people were dead.
These people basically died at the hands of their own people and were turned into infected bodies to collect store rewards.
hateful.
Damn it!
Su Mo's face suddenly turned cold, and for a moment, the young men were so frightened that they did not dare to cry anymore.
"What's the situation now?"
"The people from the Stone Gang exchanged more than a dozen guns in the store by collecting rewards. They are now the most powerful. They plan to collect rewards for another two days. Once they have more guns, they will immediately go up the mountain and knock down the cottage as their own.
, and then turn all those who are unconvinced into the living dead to earn rewards."
"How brave, they are looking for death!"
Lou Zhigang was furious. What kind of animal behavior was this? How dare you be so arrogant.
However, he did not lose his mind because of his anger, and then asked:
"It's so detailed, how do you know?"
"Captain Lou, you should have seen me, I. I ran away from the Stone Gang. They are so scary. They are simply not human!"
A thin man behind raised his hand.
Lou Zhi just took a look, and he did have some impression, as if he had seen this person in the Stone Gang's team.
Just when he was hesitating whether to let this person lead the way or not, he sent someone to investigate at the foot of the mountain first.
Unexpectedly, Sumo said directly:
"Where will they be now? You can lead us the way. Let's strike first and kill them."
"Ah?" The thin man hesitated for a moment.
Under the pressure of Sumo's eyes, he reluctantly nodded: "I will take you to kill them, and then you can join the cottage, right?"
"Of course, killing them will not only allow you to join the copycat, but you will even get rewards."
Sumo forced out a smile and tried his best to make his face no longer cold.
Seeing this, Lou Zhigang originally wanted to say something, but when he thought of Su Mo's meticulous thinking and extraordinary calmness these days, as well as the fighting power he showed yesterday, he no longer worried.
When you are strong enough, you no longer need to worry about traps.
On the contrary, taking the initiative to enter the trap will give you an advantage.
"I'm going to ask Lord Zhang to call for help. These beasts cannot be let go no matter what. You guys should prepare here first."
"clear."
Facing Su Mo's slightly suggestive eyes, Lou Zhigang was determined.
Half an hour later, all forty guards at the cottage were gathered together and headed down the mountain in a menacing manner.
During this period, the thin man went to the mountain trail to solve the problem because of his stomach discomfort.
The man who spoke at first seemed to want to say something, but after seeing the empty defense of the cottage, his eyes flickered a few times, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
However, as they approached the mountain pass, another group of people rushed over, more than twenty people in total.
Unexpectedly, the leader turned out to be the Niu brothers.
Seeing Niu Dan and Niu Shuang, the few people who were leading the way just exchanged glances and fled to both sides of the road.
Unfortunately, before he could escape a few steps, the guard who reacted took aim with his gun.
One by one, they squatted down unwillingly with their heads in their hands, their faces full of resentment.
"Why are you here?"
Su Mo stepped forward in surprise and faced Niu Dan with an anxious look on his face.
Unexpectedly, the latter looked at him with complicated eyes, sighed, and said haggardly as if he had aged a few years: "Mr. Ji Ji, I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you. I really didn't expect you."
"Um?"
"Don't you think there's something wrong with these people? They tricked you into going down the mountain because they want to sneak into the stronghold!"
"Yeah?"
A look of surprise appeared on Sumo's face.
"Why don't you join them?"
"Those people are beasts. If I join them, wouldn't it be okay?"
Niu Dan shook his head subconsciously, but as he spoke, he was suddenly startled and looked at Somo's plain face.
No, it should be the ordinary middle-aged face of the human skin mask.
"You know?"
"Are you surprised?"
"That."
"They want to rob the copycat, and I just want to deal with them, so I don't have to come to the door."
Sumo was not surprised.
Rather than the Stone Gang trying to rob the cottage, he was more curious that the Niu brothers would take the initiative to inform.
"But your people"
Niu Dan swallowed, not knowing what to say.
It is already a miracle that forty armed guards can be found in a cottage with more than two hundred people.
It is absolutely impossible for the current boulder territory to have the same number of guards defending it.
Even if there were, how could they withstand the attack of nearly 200 people from the Stone Gang?
However.
Somo turned around, as if sensing something, and looked in the direction of the village.
boom.
A bright flame exploded, and the fire was a bit dazzling even in the daytime!
