Chapter 25 Black Tide
The metal box was black and only the size of a palm. A white card lay quietly in the box, flashing a metallic luster. The card was only the size of a fingernail and was square. It looked like an inconspicuous piece of metal, but Lifeng understood that this thing was definitely of great importance, otherwise, the "big shot" of Haijing would not have gone to so much trouble to retrieve the card.
After putting the box away, Richemont leisurely opened the personal terminal in the next room, where he found the password and permission card that the "big shot" had mentioned.
At the same time, he also found the "life-saving news" mentioned by the other party.
This is a video message. In the holographic image, a middle-aged woman in professional attire is explaining something in front of an electronic map of the Red Star Republic. Below the electronic map, there is a small red star emblem with a knife and a gun intersecting, and it clearly reads: Red Star Republic Haijing Provisional Government.
"Based on the previous mass movement trajectory of zombies, we can conclude that in two days, large groups of zombies scattered in small towns and villages will gather in the ruins of cities everywhere. The total number will be around 2 billion. We call it the 'Zombie Tide'. Haijing and existing urban strongholds will also become the destination of the 'Zombie Tide' and may bear a larger scale impact. The following is the 'Zombie Tide' situation map."
Then, on the electronic map next to the woman, red dots were scattered all over the map of the Red Star Republic, and the number of red dots in the places where the big cities used to be was obviously much larger. However, compared with the places where the big cities were located, the number of red dots in other vast areas of the Red Star Republic was no less.
"Each red dot represents a zombie colony of 100,000. What follows is the dynamics over the next two days."
As soon as the woman finished speaking, the red dots on the electronic map began to move slowly and gathered towards some specific places.
Although the movement speed of these red dots on the map seems to be slow, Richemont understands that the movement speed of these zombies is not much slower than that of vehicles. You have to know that the territory of the Red Star Republic is vast, and a distance of one centimeter on the map may be hundreds of kilometers in reality.
Moreover, the places where these red dots gather are exactly the ruins of the cities and the remaining urban strongholds of humans.
Steel City was also on the list! A scarlet red color was rapidly moving towards Steel City from the west!
After two days on the map, the original locations of big cities have been completely covered by dense red dots, while the towns and wilderness have basically become blank.
The place where the Steel City is located has also turned scarlet. According to rough estimates, there are at least five million zombies!
Li Feng's heart skipped a beat. He seemed to have seen zombies covering the entire Steel City. Among them, the number of evolved zombies had reached an alarming level...
He immediately looked towards the lower right corner of the screen, and the time displayed there was the night before yesterday. In other words, he and Yang Yi only had half a day left!
Maybe there are only two or three hours left!
Li Feng's face was gloomy. Yang Yi also understood what was going to happen, but he did not panic. Instead, he waited for Li Feng to make a decision. Since he met Li Feng, he has admired Li Feng's calmness. In his opinion, no matter what happened, Li Feng would be able to come up with an idea and escape safely.
"Let's go now, the sooner the better, find a car on the outskirts of the city and drive away." In a blink of an eye, Richemont had come up with an idea.
They acted immediately and found the Steel City government's secret armory in another secret room and began frantically moving guns and ammunition inside.
"Mad Bee" automatic rifles, " Thunder -2" shotguns, Desert Eagle-L, grenades, bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, Richemont and Yang Yi searched the place extensively, and everyone was armed to the teeth. No one knew what the secret armory of the Steel City government was used for, but it could be said that all kinds of light weapons and protective gear could be found there.
Could it be that the officials of the Steel City government wanted to use these things to rebel? As soon as this ridiculous thought flashed through his mind, Li Feng shook his head. No matter what he wanted to do, it didn't matter now.
Fortunately, the physical fitness of the two has improved significantly now, otherwise, with so many guns and ammunition, they would probably have been exhausted to death before they even got out.
After being covered with weapons, Li Feng and Yang Yi immediately left the building where the Steel City government was located.
The building is located in the central area of Steel City, and Zeyang City is located to the east of Steel City. They now have to cross half of the city to leave the city.
After a while, the two of them came to the street where the Black Dragon Society was located again.
This street is no more than 200 meters long and only 20 meters wide excluding buildings. It looks like a small paradise. Ordinary zombies have all been killed, and those from outside cannot get in at all. The evolved zombies naturally don't know that there is a group of food hidden in this seemingly deserted place, so they don't show up.
Originally, Li Feng didn't want to have anything to do with these people anymore, but Yang Yi thought it would be better to tell them, and since they were both on the same way, they came here again.
When Li Feng and Yang Yi climbed over a pile of rocks and appeared on the street, more than 30 young men and women were having a bonfire party in the middle of the street, roasting some canned food.
Seeing Li Feng and Yang Yi appear, these people did not show the slightest joy, but stood up quickly, put their hands behind their backs, and looked at Li Feng and Yang Yi with uncertain mood. Several men's waists were bulging, obviously hiding pistols, and those women also looked at Li Feng with resentment, secretly holding knives in their hands.
Seeing this scene, Li Feng couldn't help but sneer in his heart. When he just saved these people, they might still be grateful to him sincerely, but when their positions changed quickly and they thought they could gain a foothold in this apocalypse, the selfish nature of human beings immediately prevailed again.
Obviously, they have now formed a small interest group and will not allow Li Feng and Yang Yi to join again.
You know, with two more mouths to feed, you might have to eat less food in the supermarket for a few days...
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, the young man in a green shirt who was leading the group laughed dryly and said, "Haha, um...um, are you two benefactors back? Have you had dinner? What can I do for you?"
Yang Yi also understood what these people were thinking, and immediately said with a cold face: "In half a day, a tide of zombies will appear in Steel City. If you don't want to die, you'd better leave here."
"What zombie tide... They just want to occupy this place..." Just as Yang Yi finished speaking, a sinister voice was immediately heard from the crowd.
Then another person echoed in a low voice: "That's right, that's right, seeing that we were outnumbered and didn't dare to take action, he came up with this idea..."
"You guys..." Yang Yi was so angry when he heard this that he was about to rush up to argue with them.
"Hey..." Li Feng pulled Yang Yi expressionlessly and said, "Let's go." After that, he didn't even look at those people, and walked directly across the street and out from the other end. From beginning to end, these people looked at them warily.
After Li Feng and Yang Yi left the street and walked away completely, a thin young man wearing glasses next to them said cautiously: "Is it a bit too much for us to do this? Moreover, could what they said be true..."
"Bullshit! They just want to scare us away! Humph, too much? In this world, only those who are ruthless can survive!" said the man in the green shirt, "Have you forgotten how powerful the Black Dragon Society is?"
"That's right. Besides, Yang Yi wasn't afraid of being bitten by zombies. Li Feng is even more cruel. Who knows what kind of monsters they are..." said a woman with heavy makeup.
"If anyone can't bear it, just give them your rations." The man in the green shirt said after looking around.
Hearing this, everyone else lowered their heads and stopped talking...
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"What? Are you still angry?" When they were about to reach the outskirts of the city, seeing that Yang Yi still had a gloomy face and didn't speak, Li Feng couldn't help but smile and said jokingly.
"No ... I just think it's not worth it... I shouldn't have saved those bastards in the first place." Yang Yi said angrily. Although he was kind-hearted, he had his bottom line, which was that he could be ungrateful, but repaying kindness with hatred was absolutely a crime worthy of death.
Li Feng laughed, rubbed Yang Yi's head with his hand, and said, "Don't be so stubborn, boy. There's a saying, never fight with an idiot, because he will drag your IQ down to his level, and then use his years of idiotic experience to defeat you."
"Next time we encounter this kind of situation..." Li Feng narrowed his eyes, "Just kill them all."
Despite this unpleasant incident, the two did not slow down, and soon they reached the outskirts of the city, where there were obviously fewer zombies. When they passed a small supermarket, Li Feng and the other rushed in and searched wildly, and each of them came out with a large package almost the same size as their body.
Seeing that the number of zombies on the street had decreased a lot, and the abandoned vehicles no longer completely blocked the road, Lifeng immediately found a car with a relatively full tank of gas, threw all the backpacks on it, started the ignition, and started the engine.
At the same time, from the steel city behind them, there suddenly came bursts of howling like the devils from the abyss, which could be heard far away under the gloomy sky. Turning around, they saw that above the tall buildings in the western city, there were black shadows like tides, which kept rolling and spreading towards the entire city.
And near Li Feng and his group, the zombies that were originally wandering aimlessly, after hearing the howling, seemed to have received some order and began to walk towards the city at the same time...
Yang Yi picked up the telescope and discovered that those black shadows were actually strange evolved zombies!
The tide of zombies has already poured into the Steel City!
