Chapter 15 Baoding
This small cave is leaning against an unknown stone mountain. The entrance of the cave is only a few meters deep, and there are no dangerous species inhabited. After everyone comes in, they form a stubborn man. Zhang Qin, Liang and Ding Kun have a big axe and hammered at the door. As long as those things are not attacking them with life, there will be no danger.
"Have we taken the bend before?" After a little settled down here, Li Qing frowned and asked at the man: "How long have you been caught by a rat and monkey when you set out from Dingzhou?"
"It wasn't long before Dingzhou was very close to Baoding, with less than 100 kilometers in the middle. I left Dingzhou City with a large team. Later, I was swept away by an insect swarm. The fog was so big that when people were swept away, I could not find my companions. Not long after I got away, I was trapped by a rat monkey and dragged it to the tree..." The man introduced his origin, but it made Zhang Qinliang very puzzled, "Where is the mobile phone? Why don't you use a mobile phone?"
"There is no signal, the red fog has the function of disturbing electromagnetic signals, and all wireless devices cannot be used." The man shook his head. He was no longer surprised by the "common sense" questions of these people. He even saw the abilities of these people along the way. He really suspected that they were time travelers.
"Well, that's it." Li Qing nodded, thinking about the scene when Taozi took out the compass at first, and the compass was scattered.
Human civilization in this world has been gradually replaced, and it seems that God is not helping humans. Communication equipment cannot be used. Without wireless equipment, humans will retreat in many aspects for many years. Especially in the military, there is such a heavy fog outside, and large-scale troops cannot use individual weapons at all, because both machine guns and artillery are too easy to injure teammates by accident. Once communication is disturbed, missiles and satellite positioning cannot be used. Human seemingly powerful weapons are suddenly disintegrated.
It seems like a joke, but the truth is that - human technology is technology that is built on the environment. Once the environment changes, many technologies will lose their original effectiveness.
"Humans are very miserable now, right?" Li Qing asked the indigenous again.
"Well, I haven't eaten for two days. Do you think I'm suffering? Animal attacks are second-hand. The key is that there is no grain reserve. If the grain is not properly reserved, it usually breaks in a few hours. It's not easy to plant and preserve, and many people starve to death." The man shook his head, and the weakness in his body made him close his eyes.
"In this way," Li Qing heard the man's description and slowly had some pictures in his mind. Then he waved his hand, "Everyone should take a break, take turns to watch the door. There is not much time to rest. When the animals outside disperse, we will set off."
After Li Qing said something, he leaned on the corner of the wall and closed his eyes.
The people in the team were repaired on the spot, which was already the second night they came to the mission world. In the past two days, everyone was sleepless and had no food or drink, and they were all seriously injured. Even the Iron Man was exhausted now.
After Chen Si put Zhizhi on his legs, he fell asleep leaning against the wall. Li Qing closed his eyes and opened his mouth, not knowing whether he was asleep or thinking about things. Ding Kun patted Zhang Qinliang on the shoulder and signaled him to rest as well, and to guard the entrance of the cave himself, while Taozi placed plum on the ground, curled up by the wall and rested.
More than an hour later, Li Qing replaced Ding Kun, looked at the entrance of the cave, and asked him to rest. Chen Si woke up and replaced Li Qing. The last person to change the guard was Zhang Qinliang. Not long after Zhang Qinliang stood guard, Li Qing woke up again and went outside to investigate. His mental power was overloaded into the perception channel. He went to the door and glanced around and found that most of the hunters had left, and it was already close to dawn.
Dawn is basically the time for the hunters to calm down at night. Li Qing wakes up the team and everyone sets off again.
This time the team has understood the situation and has a clear goal. It is no longer aimlessly looking for ways. The purposeful team always seems to be very fast. After two hours before dawn, everyone found the highway ruins.
It used to be a place with highways and viaducts, but now only scattered traces of gravel were seen. Along the expressway, everyone found the national highway and headed towards Baoding.
Baoding is the closest city to Beijing along the way. Li Qing suggested that before going to Beijing, he had to go here for a large-scale rest. After all, there are many things to do in his team - the first thing is Zhizhi's condition, she needs doctors to clean food and care for food; the second is the source of the news and the grasp of the mission world. After all, if the news is heard only from a person's mouth, it is inevitable that there will be bias and omissions. He wants to know too much. Only by knowing more things can he have a clearer judgment on his future plans.
After all, now he didn't even give a mission in the Death Space, and he even felt like he was not sure where to go. The only thing he knew was that his opponent's camp was Liu Shufang, and Liu Shu seemed to be attacking him - this was the only news breakthrough point, and he wanted to know more about Liu Shu.
After deciding on the itinerary, everyone headed along the national highway. Maybe it was a great opportunity. Last night, I picked up firewood and was bitten by a snake and started a fire to attract rats and monkeys. So today's itinerary was quite smooth. Everyone walked along the way, but they encountered danger several times, but it was no longer fatal.
Especially after approaching the edge of the city, the dangerous animals gradually became rare, and the surrounding trees were no longer as tall and dense as the sky. Li Qing felt the desolate atmosphere gradually leaving him.
"It's almost time to the city." The indigenous people were also very sensitive to the surrounding environment. It was obvious that the hard life of several years also gave him some understanding of the surrounding environment.
"Yeah." Li Qing nodded. All living things have their own circles and communities. Where humans are dense, other living things are usually not too prosperous. This is a natural avoidance phenomenon.
As expected, the team continued to move along the road. The trees became more and more sparse and low, and the plants on the ground were no longer so dense. After walking for more than ten minutes, Li Qing finally saw the human house.
It is a large courtyard like a house-like courtyard in the suburbs of the city. After Li Qing entered the city, he saw other people - it was actually a team that had just entered the city. Because of the existence of the red fog, Li Qing did not strengthen his perception and could only see three meters during the day, so he did not find their existence before.
"Do you need to say hello? What are the rules for you?" After Li Qing entered the city, he asked a question, and his body suddenly shook, and a belated mission message suddenly came from the front of his retina.
"The first link of the chain mission: the human camp mission, go to Beijing and find Liu Chang."
"Task Tips 1: There are brain mutants around Liu Chang."
"Task Tips 2: Liu Chang is a powerful transformer."
"Task Tips 3: No time limit, but if Liu Chang is found first by the Willow Sect, the task will be determined to be a failure. If the task fails, you will lose the camp and face the attack of Willow Sect alone."
There are three prompts in a series of tasks, and the content of the third one is the clearest and the most obscure.
"Losing the camp? Facing the Willow Square creature alone? Isn't that death?" After reading the content of the mission, Li Qing looked directly at the people behind him. They obviously received the mission information.
"Call Liu Chang?" Zhang Qinliang shouted behind Li Qing, "This name is too ordinary, right? I have several Liu Changs in elementary school, and there are also at home, and it is not surprising that someone in the mental hospital calls Liu Chang. This name... Oh, it's the same level as Zhang Wei and Wang Yong, and there are all over the streets."
"Isn't this a prompt?" Li Qing glanced at the indigenous people and then pulled the team aside. "The others are in Beijing, and there are brain mutants around him. He is still very powerful. I guess if ours finds them, they may become helpers."
"Help? Isn't that someone from the Willow Sect camp still chasing him? His dick chases him, that means the opposite side is stronger, I'll say I have to choose the Willow Sect." Zhang Qinliang was about to continue complaining, but Chen Si stepped forward, "Don't worry about the task first, Zhizhi is almost out of reach, I'll find a hospital and a doctor first."
"Yeah." Li Qing glanced at Zhizhi and continued to walk to the indigenous people, "What are the rules in this disaster world now? Where can I find a doctor? Is the money still useful? What is hard currency?"
"Rules are no rules. Whoever has the biggest fist is the rule. Hard currency is food, firearms, and clean water, and money is waste paper." The man said, "The hospital is gone, and basically stops operations, but doctors can still find it, it depends on how to find it. However, sometimes doctors can be found, but it is difficult to find medicines. Now drug factories are basically shut down. The drugs are from a few years ago. Not to mention that the shelf life has passed, there are very few that can be left until now. In the early stage of the doomsday, because they cannot resist the mutations of bacteria, many people are sick and infected with wounds. The drugs were almost robbed and consumed at that time. Now serious drugs are very expensive. And you may not be able to exchange them for things."
"Then find places with a lot of people." After hearing the situation, Li Qing nodded, signaled the team to follow, and then ran to the front to chat with another foreign team.
After a conversation, he learned that there were no doctors or drugs in the other party's team, so he stopped entangling. Under the guidance of the indigenous people, he headed towards the city center.
According to him, after the end of the world, many people died and the city became empty. Usually, people from small cities gathered in the city center area, and then formed a small market for commercial exchange in the core area. It is the most crowded place. If you want to find something, you will go there.
Chapter completed!