Today was the same as the previous days. The weather was fine, the golden waves of rapeseed fields on both sides of the road were waving, the warm wind was blowing, and the fragrance of flowers and plants was refreshing.
Shen Shian stood in front of the car and rolled out a map. According to the map, they have crossed several cities after leaving H city. They were only 200 kilometers away from the border of A province. If the traffic was good, it could take only three hours.
However, he could not take highways and other arterial roads. Looking at his experience of the past few days, he would definitely be blocked. It would take a long time, and he would be prone to zombies. He could only go from provincial roads and county roads or township roads on the edge of the city. Counting the possible delays in clearing zombies, car repairs, and getting lost in the middle of the journey, it is expected that driving out of province a within two days should be possible.
He used a pen to mark several important road junctions and turning points. Then he carefully folded the map and closed it. He turned to Shen Xun and shouted, “Come back, we are going to leave.”
The child was chasing fluttering butterflies in the field. Hearing Shen Shian, he immediately ran back with the heavy sword on his back. His head was full of petals, and he carefully opened his palms to show him a half-dead butterfly, “An An, I give you this.”
Shen Shian raised an eyebrow, “Thank you.” He released the butterfly, took some water and washed the child’s hands carefully, then took him to the co-driver seat, “Hurry up eat.”
Breakfast was a homemade toast sandwich. Between two slices of bread, lettuce and poached eggs, then cheese slices and fried bacon. Finally, it was covered with two slices of sweet and sour tomatoes, and served with freshly squeezed strawberry milk in the morning. The nutrition was balanced and delicious.
Shen Xun was eating a burger and drinking cola collected from the fast food restaurants in the mall. When he saw Shian Shian eating the sandwich, he was tempted and took a bite.
Shen Shian put out a finger and pressed him back, “No sandwich for you, I didn’t allow you to eat fast food. You don’t listen. It’s not your share.”
Quickly finishing breakfast, he made sure that the child’s seat belt was fastened, started the engine, and opened the solar panel on the roof. Sunlight energy collection was the design that comes with this off-road vehicle, which was intended to serve the survival in the wild. Mr. Gu did not remove this function when he sent it for modification. Instead, he replaced the material with the military’s most advanced solar panel. In normal sunny weather, the amount of electricity that could be collected in a day was quite large and can be used to charge phones. It was also sufficient to support the air conditioner in the car for more than two consecutive days.
The car drove for more than ten minutes. Out of the corner of his eyes, he glimpsed that the child had finished eating the burger, and then took out an extra prepared sandwich and handed him, “eat slower, don’t eat too much.”
Hee hee hee hee. Shen Xun smiled so much that he could see his teeth. He took a big strawberry from the fruit plate and tried to feed him, “An An, you eat too.”
“Sit well and don’t disturb.” Shen Shian frowned and took the strawberry, and then asked him a moment later, “Drink the milk after eating.”
The journey was smooth. He didn’t encounter a road blocked by abandoned vehicles. Occasionally, a few ordinary zombies came out of the road, and Shen Shian would drive directly over it.
When approaching another city, Shen Shian got off the provincial road ahead of schedule and was going to bypass the road from the outer edge of the city. After driving along the outer ring road for about half an hour, he saw two people, no, three people about two hundred meters away.
Tian Yishou has waited for more than an hour by the side of the road. Seeing a car, he immediately dragged his tired body, rushed to the middle of the road with his hands up, “Stop, please stop, I have no bad intentions, please kind person stop.”
However, the car quickly dodged him and the wind full of dust blew to his face.
Tian Yi covered his mouth and nose and coughed a few times. His body was tired and his face was bitter. Nowadays, no one will stop at all.
After a while, he straightened up, wiped his cheeks, turned and walked towards the same tired and disappointed wife and daughter. “It’s okay, let’s wait for the next one, or just leave after a while. The destination is not far anyway, we could walk slowly there.”
The dark gray off-road vehicle that was speeding quickly slowed down and stopped in front of them.
Tian Yi subconsciously turned back and took a few steps backwards, guarding his wife and daughter behind him. The co-driver’s window lowered, revealing a small face carved like a jade sculpture, which lightened the vigilance in his heart.
He was secretly relieved that the man in the driver’s seat was a good looking man in his early twenties. He quickly pulled his wife and daughter over to him.”Hi brother, my name is Tian, Tian Yi. This is my lover Ye Ping and my daughter Tian Yaoyao. I don’t know if I can bother you with us. We brought some water and food. You can discuss how much you want as remuneration.”
Shen Shian looked at the three of them from beginning to end. “Where are you going?”
“We plan to go to the survivor base in Dongming County,” Tian Yi replied.
“There is a survivor base in Dongming County?” Shen Shian was a little surprised, he remembered that there were no troops stationed nearby. “How do you know?” The power system was completely cut off shortly after the outbreak of the virus, and most of the mobile phones and radios were unusable for such a long time. In his impression, the survivors still could only wait for rescue. This was the first time he saw someone knowing the survivor base.
“The horn broadcasts on the helicopter. Three or four helicopters fly back and forth twice a day. It has been broadcasting for more than a week. By the way, these flyers were scattered from the helicopters.” Tian Yi immediately pulled out a neatly folded paper from his pocket and handed it to Shen Shian through the car window. “Brother, you passed this road, I thought you were going to Dongming County too. It was said that the army has cleared out the entire Dongming County. A special security base has been built, with a large area, there were fields, water, and food. The broadcasts allowed survivors in several nearby cities to catch up, and we have met several times on the road.”
Shen Shian took the flyers. The paper was the most common office paper, about half the size of normal a4 paper. The printing was very concise. The bold outline of the security base and the specific location were shown. A simple map is provided to recommend actions. Survivors were told to lock the doors and windows to wait for rescue, and if possible, went to the base and met with the large forces.
Shen Shi’an quickly read the content of the leaflet and handed it back from the car window, “You just said that the broadcasts let the survivors of several nearby cities to go to the base.”
“Yes, we are from C city, and we met several survivors from other cities who also heard the broadcasts or picked up the leaflets and rushed to the base. “
To be able to clear up an entire county to set up a survivor base, and could use several helicopters to go back and forth in several cities. It seemed that the size of this army should not be small. It was likely that Dongming County was selected as one of the long-term large-scale security bases in A province.
In order to hurry as soon as possible, most of the time he chose to pass through remote areas far from the city, so his knowledge in this part was lagging behind.
Tian Yi was afraid that he would not bring them together with him, and he softened his tone and said, “Brother, we are not bad people. I originally drove out with a carbut the car broke down in the middle, and the oil was burned out. It’s okay for us adults to walk tiredly for our children. I walked for a day yesterday and walked another morning today. My feet are bleeding and I felt really bad as a father. As long as we can do it, we will do our best to help you.”
Shen Shian glanced at the little girl who was protected by the two adults. She looked about seven or eight years old, with two braids and wearing a red dress. She looked at Shen Xun with curiosity, and was frightened by the child’s teeth and then hid behind her parents
He wouldn’t beg like this if it wasn’t for the sake of his daughter.
Dongming County was not too far away, about 50 kilometers away. If they drove, they would definitely arrive by this evening, and it was exactly on the route that Shen Shian will take. Perhaps he could also go to the base and try to get in touch with Mr. Gu. A team of this size must be equipped with special military communication equipment.
Do a good deed everyday.
His mind was set, and he looked at Tian Yi with a cold face. “I am only responsible for taking you to the base. If there is any accident midway, I am not responsible for ensuring your safety.”
“Ahhh.” Tian Yifu’s wife was overjoyed. She thanked Shen Shian quickly, “Thank you brother, thank you brother do not worry, we only ride with you, we will not give you any trouble.”
Shen Shian unlocked the car, “Get in.”
The two breathed a sigh of relief, immediately dragged their luggage with their backpacks, and took their child to the back seat.
Shen Shian started the car again.