Chapter 68 Return to Steel City
The dark, cold, and the strong wind mixed with dust and sand kept raging, spinning and hitting people's faces.
Humans have been using the sun to judge time since ancient times, but now, this has become a luxury. All humans can judge is morning, noon, and dusk, because during these three time periods, the glimmer of light cast by the clouds will have a significant change in intensity.
The earth, once prosperous and full of human footprints, has now fallen into a dead silence. Only in the remaining human fortresses can a trace of prosperity in the past be found. All of this has gradually faded with the power limiting measures taken due to energy shortage.
Without the sunlight, enough photosynthesis cannot be carried out, the plants on the wilderness will appear to have withered and decayed. I believe that in no time, most plants will die or even become extinct. Those who can survive seem to be the only tenacious ferns. These plants have survived major disasters over hundreds of millions of years and witnessed the demise of countless species.
Perhaps, this time they will witness the complete decline of a high-level intelligent civilization.
In the vast wilderness, if you walk a distance, you can see a quiet city ruin, with only ghostly zombies wandering inside, like huge graves.
Of course, there is not a completely silent sound above the wilderness. Any silent wilderness may pass by a group of blood-red ghosts, quickly, manic, hungry, and always looking for meat that can be devoured. Zombies operating in large-scale clusters will even eat some animals hiding in the deepest part of the cave wherever they pass.
Richemont lies quietly in the sand, only revealing its nostrils and eyes. Looking at a hill not far away, trying not to make a sound.
Beside him were six mutants who were also hidden in the sand, all looking nervously at the hills in the distance.
On the hill not far away, hundreds of thousands of zombies were passing there like a gust of wind, thinking about the southeast direction.
Among these zombie beasts, there are smaller animals such as mice, rabbits, and large animals such as horses, cattle and sheep.
However, I don’t know if it was because of the T virus that produced a genetic mutation. Even the smallest mouse is now as huge as a dog! And the whole body is filled with rotten abscesses, with deadly viruses, and rows of fangs with barbs in the mouth, which makes people chill.
While rushing forward, these zombies spread out like a big net, looking for the alive normal creatures, and then seizing the flesh and blood of their bodies.
Fortunately, Richemon and others were in a downward direction and discovered the existence of these zombie beasts in advance, so they hid several kilometers away from the beast group.
Although Richemon himself was not afraid of these beasts and could escape safely if he could not defeat them, the six mutants he brought with him would not be so lucky.
This time he brought a few subordinates out, one to let them exercise, but to study the growth rate of mutants, which is now unbearable for any losses.
After about half an hour, the huge group of beasts finally completely passed, leaving only the occasional zombie beasts in groups of three or three. Richmond then stood up, shook the dust on his body and said, "Okay, there is no danger, everyone should get up."
The six subordinates stood up as they spoke, shaking the sand on their bodies, and looked at Rifeng with a serious face.
In addition to Miao Yang, Han Jialuo, and Qingqing, the remaining three mutants are called Xiaopeng, Luo Yi and Lone Wolf. The reason why Richemont brought these three people was that they were all energy-type mutants, which could output heat energy, ice energy and electricity respectively. It can be said that the heat energy output and ice energy output are relatively common energy variations, and the electricity output is relatively less.
Richmond smiled slightly, pointed to a fairly intact house on the side of the road, and said, "Don't be so serious. There will be many opportunities to encounter such a thing in the future. Let's go there and rest for a night and continue to rush tomorrow."
Hearing this, the six mutants immediately came to the house as if they were amnesty, and ate some food, and then fell asleep one after another. They were different from the pervert of Richemont. They were already exhausted after this day.
Early the next morning, with the glimmer of light cast from the clouds, the group rushed for a long time and finally saw a huge shadow not far away.
The ruins of the steel city have arrived.
Seeing the ruins of the steel city in front of him, Richemont couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.
I remember when he just escaped from the ruins of the steel city, he secretly swore in his heart that if possible, he would never want to return here in his life. But what he didn't expect was that he would come back so soon.
"Roar—" There were already zombies wandering around the edge of the ruins of Gangcheng. After seeing Rifeng and others, several zombies immediately roared and rushed towards him.
Richmond smiled and turned to the mutant people and said, "Everyone takes out the prepared bed sheets. If you want to enter the ruins of the steel city, you still need to disguise yourself."
Miao Yang and others immediately took out a bed sheet from their backpack with a smile and headed towards the zombies.
Richemont had already told them about the blood cloak before, and they thought it was very interesting. At this time, they took it on their own, so they naturally felt very interesting.
Xiaopeng stepped forward and punched him. A ball of flame was already on his fist. With a "bang", a zombie's head was blown up. Xiaopeng blocked the bed sheet in front of him and took a bunch of dirty blood.
Luo Yi and the Lone Wolf also did the same. However, there was a layer of frozen air on Luo Yi's fist, which instantly frozen the head of a zombie. The Lone Wolf emitted a thick arc, which turned a zombie into coke.
After a while, all seven of them were covered in blood cloaks.
However, what surprised the six mutants was that Richemont did not take them deep into the city, but only brought them to a company on the edge of the ruins of the steel city, found two heavy trucks, loaded two trucks of various electronic equipment, and then sent them back.
"Let's go, remember to see a group of beasts on the road, and you must protect yourself. But we have just encountered a large group of beasts, and I guess there will be no problem in the past few days." Richmond looked at the six people with a surprised face and said with a smile. The reason why he brought people here was actually to get some electronic equipment back. After all, Warehouse No. 7 has a geothermal energy system, and a small amount of electronic equipment can still be used.
As your own subordinate, you should not be too shabby. After all, Warehouse No. 7 has nothing but food. If you really want to establish an organization, you also need corresponding equipment. You cannot go back to the Stone Age directly from the Information Age.
"Boss, are you sure you won't go back with us?" Miao Yang asked anxiously. Although he has not been together for a long time, he also knows one of his boss's hobbies, which is to take risks alone. What should he do next, so how can he not worry?
Richmond smiled and said, "Okay, you guys will take everyone to transport things back, which is better than anything else. Go back quickly, wait for me to go back in a few days, and hope to see a different base."
Seeing that Richemont had made up his mind, others stopped talking, started the engine and carried the equipment full of cars toward Warehouse No. 7.
Watching the two trucks disappear into the darkness, Richmond's face gradually turned into solemnity, pulling off the blood cloak on his body, turning his head toward the depths of the dark ruins of the steel city.
From time to time, bursts of shrill howls came from the dark ruins of the steel city, like the legendary hell. Richemont sneered, and suddenly roared to the sky: "Roar--"
Chapter completed!