After finally tidying up the things here, Gu Zhuo and the others took a simple nap, while Jia Sheng chose to sleep in the broken car. They planned to set off again during the day the next day.
One night passed, and during the day, Jia Sheng filled up his old car with gas, and planned to use this old car to lead them all the way to the fire observation tower.
Gu Zhuo originally wanted Jia Sheng to change his car. After all, his car looked like a battle-damaged vehicle from the Iraq War. The entire steel plate of the body had cracks and it was shaky to drive.
, it seems that the whole car will fall apart in the next moment.
But Jia Sheng didn't care and said it was okay. Gu Zhuo could just follow him.
Seeing this, Gu Zhuo had no choice but to prepare a walkie-talkie for Jia Sheng and communicate with him on the walkie-talkie at any time if there was any situation. The three of them left Qidong again with a pile of supplies and drove in the direction of Qingshui.
Gu Zhuo felt like he was on the road all the time. He ran to this place today and to that place tomorrow, never stopping anywhere. On the other hand, Chaoying and Sam were always by his side no matter where he was.
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Relying on the fortress of doomsday, I am like a bird with a branch ready to perch at any time in the apocalypse, seemingly wandering aimlessly forever.
But it was this feeling of having no fixed place, this strange feeling of not knowing what kind of people or things he would meet tomorrow, that made Gu Zhuo truly realize that he was still alive, still living in the same place.
In the dangerous apocalypse.
In order to avoid accidents, Jia Sheng took them along a trail as much as possible.
The trail is more like a dirt slope than a road. The advantage is that it is very hidden and difficult to detect even with high-altitude reconnaissance. The disadvantage is that the trail is naturally very muddy and winding, and it is almost impossible to pass a vehicle as big as the Doomsday Fortress.
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Fortunately, although the bulldozer in front of the vehicle is already very unstable and may fall off at any time, it is still easy to knock down these frozen trees.
Pushing and driving all the way, Qidong was really too remote. We drove for most of the day. It was not until around noon that a few people broke out of the narrow path and drove onto the road to the fire observation tower.
As soon as he drove on this highway, Jia Sheng's mind was flooded with memories.
At that time, he drove on this highway with a completely different mood than he does now, but he returned halfway without success. Now, he is back here with Gu Zhuo.
The road is still not open. There is no snow on the ground. The surrounding trees are very low and the branches are intertwined. At first glance, it looks like countless monsters standing on the roadside with their claws and claws. It is exactly the same as the scene that day.
Jia Sheng drove forward quickly, looking at the scenery outside the car window that seemed to remain unchanged for eternity, he felt complicated.
"It's almost there. I remember that if we drive a little further, we will reach the place where the big tree fell."
Jia Sheng turned on the intercom and said to Gu Zhuo.
"Okay, I understand. Keep driving forward. We will soon reach the big tree. Leave everything to me."
Gu Zhuo answered him.
After the two of them said this, there was no sound on the intercom.
Then, about half an hour later, Jia Sheng’s voice came from the intercom again:
"Here we are, did you see the tree that fell to the ground?"
Needless to say, Jia Sheng saw Gu Zhuo from a distance in the middle of the road. A huge tree fell there, forming a shadow. It was so huge that the moment it fell, it created several looming gaps in the road.
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"I saw it, please stop the car and I'll take care of this tree."
Gu Zhuo said to Jia Sheng through the intercom. After hearing this, Jia Sheng parked the car on the side of the road really quickly.
Gu Zhuo rushed from behind his car. He stretched out two mechanical arms from the side of the car of the Doomsday Fortress. Then the mechanical arms stretched out to the fallen tree on the ground and grabbed it. The two mechanical arms exerted great force and fiercely
Grab the tree trunk and try to lift it from the ground.
I don’t know how heavy the tree was, and it was a little difficult for the robotic arm to move it. Even Gu Zhuo, who was behind the scenes, felt a huge resistance, as if he was really exerting his own strength. Fortunately, in the end
It was still difficult to move it.
Hearing a "click" sound of dry trees being squeezed, Jia Sheng had just lit a cigarette. Before he was halfway through smoking, he saw that the big tree that was blocking the road like a natural chasm was actually used by Gu Zhuo.
The robotic arm was raised abruptly.
"I wipe..."
When Jia Sheng saw the power of these two robotic arms, he forgot to finish his cigarette and directly burned the tips of his fingers.
He couldn't help but think that it would have been better if he had known Gu Zhuo and the others before. If he had known them before, he would not have suffered so much in the future.
The robotic arm lifted the giant tree that had fallen to the ground, raised it slightly, and then threw it into the dense forest next to it.
The giant tree was smashed into the dense forest, overwhelming a piece of dead tree that was still ferocious. There was only a "squeaking" sound of birds' wings. It turned out to be a forest not far away, and the birds inside were all frightened by the huge movement.
It was so frightened that it fluttered its wings.
Not only Gu Zhuo, but also Jia Sheng, who never cared about these details, noticed the unusualness of these birds.
Each one of them seems to be very huge, and the feathers all over their bodies seem to be made of machinery. They are flying in the blue sky now, exuding a black metallic luster.
In particular, their two hanging claws are as sharp as inverted blades, extending straight down. It is hard not to doubt that as long as they fly downward slightly, flying to the top of people's heads, their claws
It can easily cut open the top of a person's head.
"What are these!? Are they...birds?"
Gu Zhuo heard Jia Sheng's confused and disbelieving voice coming from the intercom.
Gu Zhuo himself felt ashamed when he saw the flock of birds flying away.
After all, the flock of birds he saw yesterday didn't look like this yet. In such a short time, they turned into such a terrifying form.
I don't know if it's because of the different types, or because the animals' mutations are becoming more and more powerful over time.
Gu Zhuo had no choice but to answer first:
"These are mutated animals. It's a long story. In short, let's get to the fire observation tower first. I suspect that the observation tower is no longer so safe..."
"OK."
After Jia Sheng finished speaking, he put out the cigarette that had burned his fingers, threw it out of the car window, stepped on the accelerator, and led Gu Zhuo to continue driving to the fire observation deck.
After passing this section, it will be much faster to get there.
Jia Sheng first got off the highway, and then entered a man-made trail. There were no trees on this trail, and there were many road signs beside it. It seemed that as he said, there was an extremely hidden fire prevention lookout.
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Keep driving along the road sign, the surrounding space is getting bigger and bigger, and the trees are getting fewer and fewer.
"We're almost there. Just wait for another five minutes. But we have to force open the wire door in front of the observatory later. I don't have the key."
Jia Sheng spoke to Gu Zhuo through the intercom.
"Can."
We drove forward for five minutes, and sure enough, soon, the fire observation tower appeared in front of Gu Zhuo and others.
I saw that the surrounding dense forest surrounded the place into a circle, and within the circle, the entire area covered by the observation tower.
This observation tower covers a large area. There is a observation tower shaped like a lighthouse in the center. The observation tower has three floors, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The outside is a gray cement wall. It looks very stable and has suffered so many years of damage.
Despite the wind and rain, there was still no damage.
The entire architectural style gives people a feeling of a bleak and decadent abandoned watchtower in an American movie.
Around the watchtower, as Jia Sheng said, there was a parking lot. What was surprising was that there were two very old and dilapidated cars parked in the parking lot.
But even if the fire observation tower is right in front of them, Gu Zhuo and others cannot enter.
Just because the original wire door in front of the fire observation tower has been violently broken open.
But the one who broke open the wire door was not the other survivors, but a wild boar.
It was as tall and heavy as a tiger. The two upward-facing tusks in its mouth were so sharp that they seemed to have two swords stuck in them. The black hair all over its body stood upright, like an oversized wild boar wearing a hedgehog's shell!
At this time, the wild boar was lying behind the broken wire door, taking a nap with its eyes closed.
Next to it, there was a disemboweled animal corpse. It was the corpse of an unknown animal. It could only be seen that the flesh and blood were blurred, the internal organs were all hollowed out, blood flowed all over the floor, and the head was twisted.
He came down and ate it cleanly.
"Fuck...how could there be such a big wild boar!?"
Jia Sheng quickly stopped the car and asked Gu Zhuo in a low voice through the intercom. He was really afraid of waking up the sleeping wild boar.
Gu Zhuo clicked his tongue, what he was most worried about happened.
Since mutated wild animals appear in the ruins hidden in the dense forest, the fire observation tower hidden deep in the forest must have been invaded by mutated wild animals.
"Jia Sheng, be careful not to wake it up!"
Gu Zhuo whispered.
They were not going to drive away now, nor were they to stay where they were, for fear that the slightest movement would wake up the wild boar.
Jia Sheng was worried that his battle-damaged vehicle would not be able to outrun the mutated wild boar, and would probably fall apart if it was hit.
What Gu Zhuo was worried about was what if he took the initiative to anger the wild boar, and it attacked and injured his Doomsday Fortress more seriously.
"Gu Zhuo, what should I do? What should I do with this wild boar?"
Chaoying suddenly asked from the side.
Hearing this, Gu Zhuo turned to look at Chao Ying.
We've come here, so we can't turn back now. Isn't it a waste of time to travel such a long distance?
Moreover, Gu Zhuo took a look at the thermal imaging display and saw that there seemed to be a large creature like a wild boar.
"Go ahead and find a way to kill this wild boar. It's here anyway!"