Section 45 Gasoline
Another rotation weekend.
Su Hao drove an off-road vehicle back to the city. The landscape along the way had almost no changes——The dense flow of unmanned vehicles had become sculptures on the viaduct, and the stench of carrion was still floating above the city, and the empty buildings showed an unsettling silence.
Zhou Chen stayed in the laboratory to continue the unfinished research.
He always feels that the verification of black particles is still at the surface stage, and Su Hao is not crazy enough to turn everyone into so-called "bees". As of yesterday, 317 team members have injected their blood. He does not intend to further expand the immunized population on this basis. The data obtained by the KD01 Institute shows that the military already has an immune agent formula, but they have not had time to distribute the people around this area. According to the USB disk formula left by Xu Yi, an officer of the institute, Su Hao has tried to produce more than 100 standard units of immune agents.
These drugs are completely different from Su Hao's blood. They only produce immunity in the injector's body and cannot have a natural strengthening effect. Taking silver bones on the basis of immunity can only increase the strength of the bones and cannot become a real strengthening person. If you want to achieve muscle enhancement, you must also take the corresponding level of strengthening drugs.
With these immune agents as disguise, Su Hao can conceal a series of strange effects produced by the prototype agent after being taken by himself, and can also explain the current situation that more than 300 team members are reinforced.
The military will not give up on the city. They will always come back.
Because, the most important combat force against the constantly evolving monster group can only strengthen people.
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Everything in the building is the same.
When Su Hao walked into the first floor lobby, Han Jing first came up and hugged his neck happily. This feeling was different from the love with Xinyan, but the affection between brothers and sisters. For Han Jing, the meaning of Su Hao's existence is not only to save his life from the zombies, but also like a brother worthy of dependence, respect, and reliance.
Su Hao smiled and touched her head and asked, "It's already the third stage?"
Han Jing nodded with a smile: "Last week we surrounded a large group of zombies, with hundreds of them."
"so much?"
Su Hao was quite surprised and turned his eyes to Du Tianhao standing next to him: "What's going on?"
Since the outbreak of the virus, many things in this city have been fixed under a new order. For example, the range of zombies or the living habits of other survivors. Taking zombies as an example, they often wander in a certain block according to their remaining memories. Most of these areas are dark, rarely exposed to sunlight, and the surrounding environment temperature is lower than usual. Just as giant pandas only live in the mountains where arrow bamboos grow, zombies also have their unique living habits.
If there are no special circumstances, zombies usually do not leave the fixed wandering area.
With the strength of Han Jing and others, it is certainly no problem to deal with hundreds of zombies. As far as Su Hao knows, the number of zombies in each of the detected areas in the city is more than thousands. It is difficult to lure hundreds of zombies out of them. These rotten creatures have almost no wisdom, and their sensitive sense of smell and hearing make them interested in the same target. They will not be humble or retreat. Even experienced hunters in the future will find it difficult to use bait to draw out some of them from the zombies alone.
“There are a lot of people who are still alive.”
Du Tianhao spoke loudly, enough for everyone present to hear it: "According to our observation, survivors were active in several neighborhoods. They might have been afraid to hide some time ago, but no matter who they were, they had to go out to find food and water. This inevitably leads to some contact with zombies. Those monsters are not as scary as they imagined. They are slow and their weaknesses are very obvious. As long as they are not careless and are besieged, they can easily be killed... In this way, many survivors gathered together and formed a team like ours. There are two blocks in the south, about thirty people. There is also a relatively large one on the west side, which may have hundreds of people."
Su Hao gradually understood what Du Tianhao said: "You mean, those people lead out zombies?"
Du Tianhao nodded: "It was made by a small team in the south block. The nearby supermarkets and shops have been emptied by us for a long time. They couldn't get food nearby, so they could only go to a farther place to find food. Those guys were very stupid. When they started the car engine, they did not cut off the alarm line, which alarmed the corpse groups near the gymnasium. The scene was spectacular, with the corpse groups of at least more than 4,000, or even more. They drove around and crossed half of the city with the corpse groups. Of course, this kind of good opportunity for hunting cannot be missed. We intercepted some of the zombies left behind, and the results were brilliant."
As he said that, he opened the drawer in the closet next to him, took out a bulging small leather bag and threw it over. Su Hao unzipped the zipper of the seal and saw it was filled with rotten hormone hose, and a bag of cleaned silver bones, at least a few hundred milligrams.
"The old rules---we eat half of it, and the remaining half belongs to you."
Du Tianhao's voice was thick, and this sentence made everyone standing next to him laugh.
They are already strengthening people and all understand the preciousness of silver bones. But in everyone's opinion, these things should be Su Hao's.
Without him, I might have been dead.
Su Hao's heart also had an indescribable warmth echoed in his heart———He once suspected that it might be a mistake to return to this time and space?
After all, if it was not for insufficient energy, if it was not for the situation at that time, if it was not for the limitations of various factors, he might have chosen a better time to land.
However, he now only felt unprecedented satisfaction. This kind of family affection and friendship that cannot be described in words cannot be replaced by any interest relationship.
Of course, there may also be subtle changes caused by prototype drugs. Su Hao often ignores this relationship and only focuses on friendship and feelings.
Tao Yuan stood next to Du Tianhao, with a gun on his shoulder. He looked very relaxed: "We heard from Lao Song that the construction of the outdoor camp is very fast, and the main project is expected to be completed next month. It is safer there than here, and women and children can also be transferred."
Su Hao nodded: "Our personnel have increased a lot, which is a very troublesome problem."
Li Xiaomei held the baby as usual, her voice weak: "The food should be enough. There is still a lot of inventory in the warehouse. If you go a little further, there should be many unvisited stores in other blocks."
"It's not just food. In fact, the food problem is not difficult to solve."
Su Hao smiled and said, "We have harvested all the ripe wheat near the camp, and in a few months, rice can be harvested. The newly planted radish and potatoes are large enough to eat until next summer. Moreover, food can be found in many places in the city. Especially in the residents' homes, some food can be found more or less. The amount of these foods should be very considerable when accumulated. However, these things are very scattered and searching from door to door will take a lot of time. The problem we must urgently solve at the moment is fuel."
He did not exaggerate.
In fact, fuel has become one of the most important materials for the entire team besides food. Diesel is required for operation of various machinery and heavy trucks, and ordinary vehicles also require gasoline to drive them. Once the fuel supply is interrupted, the connection between the city and the field camp will be very difficult, and the materials and food cannot complement each other.
Su Hao walked to the table, took out the map of the city from the closet next to it, pointed to the location of the small building on the map, and said to the people standing around: "We are here, and several nearby streets are our actual control area. The nearest gas station is on the Heng Street more than 300 meters away. The fuel there has been supplying all our consumption since May. As we all know, traffic control prohibits large-tonnage load-load vehicles from entering the city. Therefore, gas stations set up in the city have common characteristics - the diesel storage capacity is small, while the gas storage capacity is large. Now, there is not much diesel in this gas station, so we have to find another source of oil."
Liao Qiu stood on an automatic rifle, staring at the signs representing gas stations on the map, and said thoughtfully: "You mean, we want to control more gas stations?"
“We need oil———”
Su Hao said calmly: "Of course, there is another way - the abandoned vehicles scattered outside have some oil storage. You can use leather tubes to pull them out and stock up in scattered ways. However, this method is very slow and also takes a lot of time. We only have more than 300 people, and we need to build camps, farm, hunt zombies, and find resources... I'm afraid we can't draw too many people to do this. Therefore, the most convenient and direct way is to control other gas stations."
Du Tianhao held his hands in front of his chest, frowned, and tried his best to turn his mind: "What should I do? Load all the oil stored in other gas stations away? I know there is a parking lot in the suburbs where there are several large tankers, so I can make good use of them."
"Even a heavy-duty oil tanker with a load capacity of 30 tons cannot transport all the oil stocked."
Su Hao shook his head repeatedly: "We can transport part of the fuel to the field camp for storage, and we must make the most of these abandoned gas stations. I have calculated that there are more than 230 gas stations in the city. Although the locations are scattered and some gas stations are far away from us, it doesn't take much time to travel back and forth. We can clear out several commonly used main traffic roads based on the coordinates of the gas station. It is not difficult to do this. You just need to tow the cars that block the road to the side."
“More than 230 gas stations…”
Tao Yuan inserted his words with interest and asked: "So what is the capacity of each gas station? How much oil can be stored?"
"uncertain!"
Cao Rui, who was standing next to her, seemed to be familiar with this aspect. She cleared her throat and said lightly: "The capacity of the gas station depends on the traffic flow in the area. Generally speaking, the capacity is usually 30 to 100 tons. As for the stock... A while before the zombie chaos broke out, there was no news about oil shortages in the city, and the oil prices were also very stable at that time. You can make a half-fold and calculate it at 50%. However, this is just my personal guess, and the actual number may be much more than this."
You can clearly hear the "hiss" sound of many people smoking in their mouths.
"It's a big number, very considerable. This fuel is enough to keep existing machinery and vehicles running for a long time."
Su Hao looked up at the surroundings, his eyes full of determination and strength: "We need them——"
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the next day.
On the road outside the bank building, a "Buick" off-road vehicle that had just driven out of the underground garage a few minutes ago was parked. This car has good performance and strong horsepower. As one of the most frequently used vehicles, survivors have made comprehensive protection and enhanced modifications.
A layer of steel plate was welded around the body, and the surroundings and front windshield were covered with fine and sturdy steel wire mesh. The roof sunroof was changed to a movable cover. In an emergency, a 12.7mm heavy machine gun can be dragged out from the rear compartment to the roof. Next to the long chain chain, there are two oil-filled chainsaws, as well as a complete set of anti-slip chains specifically for complex road conditions.
Su Hao chewed a steamed bun with fermented bean curd and opened the car door, bent down and entered the passenger seat. Two large balls of swelling on both sides of his cheeks looked a little funny. Xinyan, who was holding the steering wheel, couldn't help but laugh out loud. This atmosphere quickly infected Yang Lulu who was staying in the back seat, and two women, one big and one small, immediately laughed and leaned backwards.
Su Hao swallowed the food in his mouth hard, gasped, looked at them quite angry, then pulled off the sun visor, looked in the mirror for a few seconds, and said unhappily: "What's so funny? Don't you think this is a man's action? Being able to eat means health----"
"You're right!"
Yang Lulu shook her rosy face with baby fat, looked at Su Hao with a look that was obviously not in line with her age, turned her head to look at Xinyan, and said with a smile: "Health means having strength, so that she will not be kicked out of the bed by a dissatisfied woman when she sleeps in the middle of the night for physical reasons."
This sentence sounds scary.
Su Hao and Xinyan stared at Yang Lulu with cold eyes at the same time. The latter put on sunglasses awkwardly, coughed lightly, then stepped on the clutch, and pushed the forward gear. The former grew up in shock and widened his eyes and asked, "Where did you hear these messy theories? Who told you?"
The nine-year-old girl didn't care about the threat of fierce gazes in Su Hao's eyes. She took out a lollipop from her pocket, tore off the wrapping paper, stuffed it into her mouth, and said very proudly, "I'm smarter than you think, aren't you?"
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The off-road vehicle spans most of the city, passes through the bustling area near the south, and slowly stops in front of a gas station with red and white signs.
The building opposite the bank building has been cleared, and together with the survivors who rotate every two weeks, there are more than 120 team members moving in. In addition to more than ten people, including Li Xiaomei, responsible for the alert and daily logistics, Su Hao divided the remaining team members into a group of five. According to the plan agreed yesterday, these search groups were divided into two parts—Tao Yuan led half of the people, with the bank building as the core, searching the surrounding areas. Their task was to hunt zombies and collect supplies. Su Hao and Du Tianhao took the other half to occupy and control all gas stations in the neighboring area.
In the green belt on the side of the road, there is a van light truck that has overturned. There are eye-catching ant patterns and the words "Ant Moving" on both sides of the body. Its right front wheel shrinks, which may have been crushed to cause a sharp object to break out of the open rear door. A large number of chaotic furniture scattered from the open rear door, crushing the bushes in the green belt. Just under this pile of debris that fell like a mountain, half of the human remains were exposed.
Su Hao jumped out of the car and carefully observed the movements around him.
Four zombies wandered around the corridor in the gas station—one was lying under the eaves that could not be sun-sun, the other two stood next to the corner of the wall and swayed slowly, and the last one was lying on the ground, studying a few ants like the most professional entomologist. It stretched out its dry tongue very curiously, trying to lick these seemingly delicious little animals.
Although, there is not much meat.
The off-road vehicles are very dynamic, and whether the engine roars or brakes are loud enough to attract the attention of zombies. They seem to be given a cardiotropic agent and immediately wake up from their lazy drowsiness. Their steps are slow and they pounce on them with fangs and claws.
Su Hao swung the fire axe and cut off the leg of the leading zombie. Yang Lulu, who was following behind, immediately used the fork rod to wrap its head. The neck of the zombie who had lost its ability to move was stuck, and she lay on the ground and howled constantly, but could not rely on her hands to break free. Su Hao and Xinyan took the opportunity to deal with the other zombies separately, extracted rotten hormones as quickly as possible, and then turned around to deal with the leg-deficient zombie that was pressed by Yang Lulu. The little girl who freed her hands was not idle. She swung the axe that Su Hao threw next to her and slashed the zombie's buttocks hard.
Although she is only nine years old, her body transformed by silver bones is stronger than that of adults. Even with height restrictions, Yang Lulu can deal with the lonely zombies alone.
Of course, her hunting process is more troublesome than that of adults. In hand-to-hand combat, the legs of the zombie must be cut off before it can attack the head of the zombie.
The team members liked the nine-year-old girl very much, but they did not give up fighting training for her because of her age. Like everyone else, Yang Lulu also had to learn how to hunt zombies in the trap courtyard, receive shooting training in the suburbs, and learn how to use firearms.
Spartan education is cruel, but it can create a large number of outstanding warriors who have fought life and death since childhood.
Su Hao just took Yang Lulu's growth time a little earlier.
Chapter completed!