The wind in early winter is cold and dry. The undulating hills limit their freedom. They can only roar through the air with fine steps, like staggering old people, carefully avoiding the hard rocks and dense vegetation. These cold and unkind guys will mercilessly tear their bodies and pull the thick wind into small airflows. In desperation, the wind can only slow down and slowly pass through the tiny gaps in it. However, they did not expect that this would speed up the speed of their own death.

Lei Cheng squatted on the ground, looking at the electronic map on his wrist, while carefully observing the surrounding geographical environment. Beside him, four live ammunition team members kept them firmly in the middle in a circular manner.

The target location is a food processing factory in the suburbs of Chengdu Economic Development Zone. Two days ago, the base observation station received a distress signal from there, claiming that in the most solid central warehouse of the factory, there are fourteen survivors who are still struggling to support them.

The distance between the base and the processing plant is about 150 kilometers. After a "Nighthawk III" armed transport helicopter delivered five members of the 17th Squad and all the equipment to the designated landing location, it was like those lazy stars hidden in the light blue sky in the early morning. At the moment when the team members moved the last box of bullets out of the cabin, they immediately raised the height and disappeared at the fastest speed in the golden color on the horizon that was about to jump out of the valley.

This is the edge of the city, and a few miles eastward is the location of the factory. Judging from the feasible areas and routes marked on the electronic map, the wide avenue passing through the center of many low buildings is the fastest way to the factory.

"That's it."

Lei Cheng, who closed the map screen, stood up from the ground, looked around carefully, directed four teammates to form a warning formation, and ran quickly towards the end of the street directly in front of him.

The empty streets are much safer than hidden houses. This is not only Lei Cheng's personal idea, but also the common experience of the other four people. Like Lei Cheng, they are also survivors who have fought to fight out of the siege from other cities captured by monsters and relying on their personal strength from those long forgotten corners.

The twin brothers' surname is Gao, the older brother Dayong and the younger brother Dabiao are both workers in an automobile repair shop in Shenyang. They are rough and tall and burly, and have had a strong interest in Sanda and fighting since childhood. It is precisely because of this that they were able to open the way with two insharp fire axes under the bloody fangs of many monsters, and finally rushed to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, which was guarded by a large number of armed police, and boarded the last helicopter full of civilian evacuation.

The K50P light machine gun has extremely powerful firepower. If it weren't for the terrible amount of ammunition consumption, this weapon would have become the best individual equipment for the Federal Army. However, the Gao brothers seemed to be born with muscular men with strange power. In their opinion, the five-kilogram standard ammunition box was like a ball of extremely light toys. The load of a mere dozen boxes of bullets was naturally no problem.

(For the setting standards for firearms, please refer to the sister book "The Hunter of the End of the World". Recently, a friend proposed the difference between Lao Hei's Russian system 7.92 and NATO 5.56 in ammunition caliber. Lao Hei said many words: This book is purely fictional, if there is any similarity, it is indeed accidental.)

The thin man was Chen Zhang. He said that he was thin, but it was just a look covered by military uniforms. Lei Cheng paid attention to his arms with his cuffs, and the muscles there were smooth appearances. He could easily grab an improved sniper rifle with a grenade launcher and fire it flat, and achieve amazing hit accuracy. Such excellent gun control ability really made the Gao brothers admire him.

Chen Zhang rarely speaks. Compared to quarrel with the lieutenant in the conference room, he usually almost doesn't say a word. He is like a melancholy patient whose vocal cords have been cut off.

At least, that's true to others.

However, just before boarding the plane, Lei Cheng discovered that this taciturn man hid in the corner of the bathroom, sobbing secretly at a photo that seemed to be him and another woman...

As a woman, Yan Rui has a very nice name and a nearly perfect body that makes other women jealous. If it weren't for the scratch that completely destroyed the beauty of the facial, Lei Cheng believed that everything she had, even the legendary angel would be moved.

If we want to calculate the time she survived in the city, Yan Rui should be the second of the five who was only under the thunder. She stayed in the ruins completely covered by rubble for eight months. No one knew how she got out of that terrible hell of death. Even the soldiers responsible for rescue outside the city only knew that when she just discovered this weak-looking woman, she seemed to have an unusual special preference for fresh animal internal organs and meat...

The entrance of the factory is right in front. Two iron doors that have been sunk by huge impact are stuck in the dead corners of the wall and the door bar. They are forced to tear open a crack that can no longer be closed.

According to federal law, any house and facility must be filed with a detailed structural drawing to the military at the beginning of construction. When this legal provision was formulated, the supreme rulers of the federal government were only out of a desire to strengthen the monitoring of civilians. However, they did not expect that this move would provide unexpected help to these people who were striving for survival decades later.

Judging from the factory structure displayed on the electronic map, the central warehouse where the signal comes from is located exactly in the corner on the left side of the production workshop. However, on the thick door made of pure steel, an electronic lock with dust on the surface was hung. Except for the manager who holds the password or sets up the system initially, others cannot open it.

Lei Cheng did not waste time. He knew very well that with the team's current equipment, he could do nothing to deal with this huge door lock. The damn lieutenant did not mention this at all before setting off. It seemed that he didn't want this group of unqualified soldiers to go back alive.

"Walking around, there is a side door behind it."

It is said to be a side door, but it is actually the cargo entry and exit passage on the back of the warehouse. Although an electronic control system is also installed on the gate, a huge heavy truck was stuck between the thick metal door walls, forcing an extremely spacious gap to be left.

Lei Cheng was not busy entering the warehouse, but arranged for other team members to form fire defense points on all sides, and then slowly turned sideways and carefully visited the interior of the warehouse where the light was not very bright.

Chen Zhang, who was protecting Lei Cheng's back, felt that this young man, who was about three years younger than him, had a very special attraction. Even he himself couldn't explain why he proposed to let the other party serve as captain before setting off. According to his previous personality, he would not be inferior to anyone at all. Not to mention willingly obeying the other party's command.

However, the matter was so strange. As soon as she said that the two muscular twin brothers who were obviously not very good in their minds actually agreed in unison. Even Yan Rui, who looked cold and arrogant, did not raise any objections. She just nodded slightly.

If I had recommended myself at that time, I'm afraid that the person who is now the captain should be himself?

Of course Lei Cheng would not know Chen Zhang's complex mood. After carefully observing the inside of the warehouse and confirming that there was no danger, he waved to his teammates outside the warehouse, jumped onto the completely abandoned truck, and drilled straight into the gap in the roof.

The empty warehouse is piled with square lumps wrapped in canvas on both sides. It looks thick and solid, and there is no place that can attract people's attention except for their inherent hidden value.

The source of the signal is in the small room not far ahead. The area on the electronic map represented by eye-catching red lines also determines this.

Lei Cheng was not busy approaching the target. Instead, he slowly squatted down, picked up a little tiny dust from the dry and hard concrete floor with his fingertips, and carefully approached his nose.

A faint bloody smell, and a hint of sour smell similar to the rotten corpse.

It is obvious that people have died in this warehouse. Moreover, the bodies have been piled up for a long time.

"Can it be a mouse?" Such thoughts flashed through Lei Cheng's mind. After all, as long as it is a creature, the corpse after death will be rotten and smelly.

Assuming it did not last long. When the ground next to Lei Cheng was dusted again, this idea was firmly denied. After all, there may be dead rats, but the number will definitely not be large. What's more, the ground in the warehouse was very clean, and it was obviously cleaned. If you have to wait until the dead rats rot before cleaning, it is obviously not in line with human cleaning habits.

Who cleaned the ground here?

Where will the bodies of those dead who have been removed be?

Lei Cheng didn't say anything, but just unscrewed the visiting spotlight fixed on his shoulders. Following the bright light, along the fine blood marks that had gradually faded under the oxidation of the ground, he walked to the pile of items next to him that were covered by canvas.

What will be below this?

Dead corpse? rotten meat? Or, something else...

Gao Dayong strided forward, pulled out a sharp dagger from his waist, flexibly wrist a knife flower at his fingertips, poked heavily at the center of the canvas, and then pulled hard. With a crack, a crack of about a meter-long thrust appeared on the thick cloth surface. All the secrets hidden under it also appeared in front of everyone.

bone!

Piles of bones.

Compared to corpses, the shock brought to people by bones is obviously not too great. However, the scene of hundreds of white skeletons piled together to form a mountain of empty and crevice can undoubtedly cause severe oppression to the discoverer's psychology. They are almost breathless, and endless fear also occupy all their thinking.

This should be human bones.

The human skulls that were scattered between the bone piles have already explained their origins. This has also dragged the thoughts of several discoverers into the abyss of horror and speculation.

"It's really strange that they don't smell bad."

Lei Cheng's words pulled the other four people back from the sluggishness at the right time. Chen Zhang took a deep breath subconsciously and was surprised to find that the captain was right. This pile of bones really didn't have the kind of disgusting smell that they should have.

"Fuck! Why is this happening? This place is so weird!"

Gao Dabiao spat, took out a dagger and wanted to pierce the canvas next to him. However, Lei Cheng shouted sternly.

"No need to look at it. I guess the other stacks are all the same things under it. Instead of wasting time here, it's better to find the target first."

The room in the center of the warehouse is not large. It has an area of ​​only a few square meters. According to the structure on the electronic map, it is actually the entrance to the factory's underground storage room.

The small iron door of the room was closed tightly. From the dents clearly visible above, it can be seen how destruction and torture it had suffered.

"Can't open!"

Gao Dayong pushed the door wall that had been somewhat deformed, but it had no effect at all.

"Fried it!"

A small plastic bomb pressed against Yan Rui's beautiful hands tightly against the door wall. After a loud bang, a tightly closed iron door finally revealed a gap.

The room was empty. There was only one who took a piece of authentic entrance to the underground storage room, and used countless wooden boards and debris to nail a tight "door" horizontally and vertically.

The source of the distress signal is inside.

Lei Cheng picked up the assault rifle in his hand and took a few steps back. Before everyone could react, a beautiful turn turned around and kicked the right leg out. The huge force, with the inherent inertia of the body, hit the room blocking the entrance heavily, smashing the seemingly thick door panel to pieces.

"Ah He——"

Just as the wooden door was broken, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the inside of the entrance. Lei Cheng subconsciously turned sideways, and only heard a dull sound of "punch". When he looked back, he was a strong man in blue work clothes, and the huge wrench that he had slashed down hard in his hand, hitting the opposite wall made of concrete.

"Damn it! Are you crazy? See clearly, we are here to save you."

Gao Dayong roared angrily, grabbed the man's collar and pulled it over. He slapped the man's right face so much that he slapped the man's right face.

"Military... army... are you soldiers? Are you here to save us? Oh my God! We're finally saved!"

The beaten person who saw the identity of the visitor clearly did not care about the other party's rough behavior at all. He threw down the wrench in his hand with a "clang" and took Gao Dayong's hands in surprise, then ran towards the dark tunnel entrance. He shouted in his mouth regardless of everything: "Lao Zhang, Lao Han, Xiao Zhuzi, hurry up, come out quickly, the rescue troops are here."

This is an arched and round underground storage room. In addition to the boxes of various foods integrated into piles, there are more than a dozen men and women with nervous expressions, ferocious faces, holding various weapons such as hammers, steel pipes, fire axes, etc. Lei Cheng believes that if he breaks into this place without any defense, he will definitely be beaten into a pile of meat paste by these almost crazy people.

With this man's intervention, the survivors completely eliminated their hostility to outsiders. The tense and dull atmosphere also disappeared.

"It's finally here, it's finally here. We don't have to die, we can live."

A slightly fat middle-aged man sat on the ground as if exhausted, muttering this simple sentence. Although there was almost no trace of blood on his pale face, the ease after he was completely relieved was self-evident.

Not only him, but all the people in the storage room have the same expression.

"That's right! There are fourteen."

Yan Rui counted the people in the room. The number was exactly consistent with the distress signal.

"Bring your respective weapons and set off now. Chen Zhang, inform the base that we will join the helicopter at the landing point in an hour."

Lei Cheng did not ask how long these people had been here, nor did he ask about their experiences. Too much nonsense would only cause more crying and trouble. In his opinion, there was enough food and bottled water here, so anyone could live well if they changed it.

What he was interested in was another thing.

"What's going on with those bones outside? Also, we didn't encounter any obstacles along the way. Why don't you leave here?"

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