There are mountains on the east and west sides of the county. The east mountains are flat and gentle, and there are a lot of cultivated land and villages. The west mountains are high and steep. Except for a small town named "Qishan", there are few villages or towns.
The ammunition storage warehouse that Wang Liansheng mentioned is located in this Western Mountain.
The Shuguang convoy, a group of more than a dozen vehicles, drove into the city again in a mighty manner, because in order to enter the Xishan Mountains, they must cross the river to the west of the county. They can only pass through the bridge in the northwest of the county. This is the closest route.
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Fortunately, the roads in the county town had been cleared, and without much effort, the convoy passed the bridge and headed towards Xishan.
When crossing the bridge, a large number of zombies had gathered under the bridge. They were all zombies that were attracted to the river by the dawn. Because of the noise of crossing the bridge, they were attracted to the bottom of the bridge. They raised their heads and grabbed upwards with their hands, but this
It's all in vain, and its only effect is to bring some psychological pressure to the ordinary people of Dawn Racing Team.
After crossing the bridge, there were fewer vehicles, and it became easier to drive in the lane. It was often more than ten meters before encountering a car blocking the road. The convoy passed through the villages on the outskirts of the county, and two forked roads appeared. Under Wang Liansheng's guidance
Next, the Shuguang convoy headed north again, continued to drive for more than 20 kilometers, and then entered the western mountainous area through the road built by the army.
The total distance reached more than 40 kilometers.
Because of the thick snow on the road, the convoy moved very slowly. There were survivors along the way who asked for help, but Sugon rejected them all. The mission was still on hand, so we did not bring any survivors, because every time we brought a survivor, Sugon personnel would
It will take effort to explain, but there are dedicated communication personnel who will convey a message to survivors every time they meet them.
They will take the survivors with them on their return journey.
Of course, there were survivors who didn't have eyes to attack the convoy, but Luffy's five corpse guards were no longer vegetarians. They stood forward in full gear, and no one dared to say a word.
Soon, the convoy entered a sparsely populated area.
"Big boss, boss, we have reached the three-way intersection. We are still 23 kilometers away from our destination and pass through two villages in Qishan Town."
On the intercom, Wang Liansheng reported the current situation, "The first village is called Xiada Village, and the next one is Shangda Village. The specific number of people in the two villages is unknown."
"receive!"
Lin Qiaoni's voice came through the intercom.
"Brother, the proportion of survivors in rural areas is much larger than that in cities! In one village, the number of survivors is close to 50%!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Qiaoni couldn't help but sigh.
"That's natural. Population density determines the number of corpses when the apocalypse breaks out. Rural areas generally have the habit of accumulating grain. Village materials are standardized. Villagers will buy a large amount of materials every time they go to town or county. And every time
Every household has a well, and even if every household lasts for a year and a half, there will be no accidents." Luffy said.
"That's right, the faces of the survivors in the countryside are obviously much rosier than those in the cities..." Xiao Xiaoling interjected.
In recent days, she has been subconsciously trying to integrate into the circle of Luffy and the two.
Continuing forward, everyone entered a canyon.
This canyon is not that canyon.
Instead, a mountain was split in the middle. An asphalt road covered with thick snow passed through the middle of the mountain. The canyon was in the shape of an inverted trapezoid. The road was only two cars wide. The top of the canyon was unmeasurable, about more than a hundred meters.
Suddenly, the motorcade stopped.
"What's going on?" Lin Qiaoni asked on the intercom.
Wang Liansheng replied, "Back to the leader, there are fortifications built by survivors at the end of the canyon ahead, and the road is blocked!"
"Just knock it away..." Lin Qiaoni said casually.
"Chief, over there... there are a lot of evolved sheep over there..."
Luffy, Lin Qiaoni could hear Wang Liansheng's tone trembling at this moment.
"Evolved sheep?" Luffy stood up, "By the way, I don't have many lamb legs stored here..."
In recent days, due to his own consumption and the consumption of the two Tibetan Mastiffs, the leg of lamb in the space in his palm was about to be exhausted. He walked all the way just to hurry up and did not make any replenishment. At this moment, he was blocked by the evolved sheep, so he just needed to replenish it.
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"Stay in the car and don't move!" Luffy ordered, and two rifles appeared in his hands instantly. He threw one of them to Lin Qiaoni and said, "Come on, let's go down and take a look!"
At the moment the convoy stopped, he had already used his mental power to detect that there were no zombies in the village ahead, which meant that the survivors in the village had already cleared away the zombies.
The two of them walked along the convoy, passing the pilot car and the heavy truck reversing, and saw the blocked road. It was not made of cars, but welded with steel bars of different lengths and thicknesses, about three or four meters high.
, connecting the two mountains, with a small gate in the middle.
The mountains on both sides of the road are extremely steep, and barriers are set up here, which is equivalent to blocking the road in.
Through the steel grid, they saw a group of about a hundred evolved sheep on that side, clinging to their bodies, raising their heads, looking at them. Most of them were first-order evolved beasts, and a few reached the second-order.
level.
One of the evolved sheep is extremely large, almost as big as General Black. On its head, two curly horns are long and thick. The tops of the horns are dark brown, and they look like dried blood. They are like snow.
Against the backdrop of such pure white fur, it is so conspicuous, which shows its brilliant achievements.
This is an alpha sheep that is about to evolve to the third level, and its eyes are already glowing with a faint green light.
"Brother, what should I do?"
Lin Qiaoni stopped with Luffy, faced with a large number of evolved sheep, and had to prevent their impact.
"It depends on the situation. If you get hit later, jump to the roof of the car!" Luffy said, "It's just that something is wrong~"
"What's wrong?" Lin Qiaoni was puzzled.
"Why do I feel like these evolved sheep are being controlled by someone?" Luffy tried his best to look toward the end of the herd, but the special terrain prevented him from seeing what was happening at the end of the gentle slope.
He raised his head, and his nose was filled with the smell of evolved sheep, fresh blood and flesh mixed with the faint smell of sheep dung. Even if there were survivors there, they were covered up by these smells.
"Impossible~" Lin Qiaoni said quietly, "Can these sheep be tamed?"
"Why not? Aren't General Black and the others tamed by us?" Luffy said, "These sheep, like dogs, have elements of being domesticated by humans in their genes. Plus the leader sheep of the flock, they have basically been raised since childhood.
Damn it, its relationship with its master must be extraordinary. If the master is strong enough, he can tame this sheep again. As long as he tames the sheep, the others will surrender!"
Finally, Luffy added, "Of course, this is just my guess! Whether it is true or not remains to be verified, but I think it is 80% true. If they were not controlled by others, they would have already launched an attack on us at this moment."
Lin Qiaoni nodded, agreeing with Luffy's guess, because other than that, she couldn't think of other possibilities.
At this time, there was a loud sound suddenly.
"Pa~"
This is the sound of a whip cracking.
Immediately afterwards, there was a commotion among the sheep, and the two saw a slightly stooped figure slowly walking over from the sheep.
He held a long whip in his hand, and as he marched, the sheep gave way to him. After he passed by, they gathered together again.
"Brother, you guessed it right, he is indeed an animal tamer!" Lin Qiaoni said quietly.
"Yeah!" Luffy nodded and continued, "It seems that the evolved beast can indeed be tamed, but I also guess that the taming of the evolved beast must meet two conditions. One is that the evolved beast must be tamed before the end.
The second reason for those that have been tamed by humans is that when they are tamed, their strength is higher than that of evolved beasts."
"Does that mean that some evolved animals can never be tamed? For example, wolves, tigers and other animals that have not been tamed by humans?" Lin Qiaoni asked.
"It should be roughly like this, but I'm not sure..." Luffy shrugged, "Who knows...it's just a guess..."
"Does that mean that all evolvers can tame evolved beasts?
Some evolved beasts can be tamed as long as the evolver is strong enough, but some cannot be tamed no matter how strong they are?"