State of Decay - Chapter 333

[Chapter 328 Rainforest]

After the communication ended, Maya felt quite heavy. She originally wanted the two of them to retreat towards the ramp. She and Lin Wu could provide cover. Since Sky Base can leave a radio channel on the billboard, it won’t be too far from the ramp. But what if it comes? She is only a GP and cannot treat infections.

“Gentlemen, ladies, and the tattered reptiles down there!” A wave of sound penetrated the cochlea.

Maya and Lin Wu came out of the tent and saw colorful lights on the rooftop of a dozen-story building two kilometers away. Two high-power speakers were placed next to the rooftop. The man holding the microphone must have been Blue Mountain. He shouted: “Next, we invite Miss Mocha to play Castle in the Sky for us.” It was clear through the telescope that

Mocha was wearing a black evening suit, sitting at the piano and starting to play. Play. As the piano played, Lan Shan left with a crowbar in hand. He stood at the entrance of the corridor leading to the rooftop and waited quietly.

30 seconds later, a group of zombies rushed out from the corridor entrance and pounced on Mocha, who was playing the piano. He forgot about the Mocha character and let the zombies bite him, but he persisted in playing the first section. When the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, two rockets hit the piano, and the fire wave of the explosion swept away everything, leaving only the flashing lights, which seemed to be beating with the rhythm.

Lin Wu took back the drone, jumped off the horse and said: “We have delayed people’s performance time.”

Maya still looked at the lanterns and said: “Do you think they are stupid? They know that there are only two people who still defend the city, and the event has passed so far If they can survive for so long, they must have a way to retreat to a safe place. For example, Route 88. If you go south or north along the road, you can definitely find a place with resources.” Lin Wu said: “Maybe they just don’t want

to Leave. Maybe after losing their friends and companions, they no longer have the belief to survive. Just like us, if I were alone, no matter how powerful I was, I would not be able to return to the shadows, nor would I be able to get here.” Maya said: “Do

n’t Stupid, we will either die together, or there will be only one of us.”

“Eat… that thing.” Who knows whether it is called dumplings, boiled dumplings or pot stickers. Are fried dumplings pot stickers? Which category does it belong to? What about steamed dumplings? Do dumplings include taro dumplings?

“Yeah.” Maya said, “I met a lot of people by walking two thousand kilometers.”

Lin Wu said, “If you had a choice, would you choose to walk two thousand kilometers and meet people after death, or stay alive in the shadow.” “

Shadow.”

…

Sky Base provided a way to the suspected Route 99, but they didn’t know that Lin Ma had two accompanying horses. With two horses and two people plus Xiao Wai and the package, the weight is almost two tons. First of all, how big a bamboo raft should be built to have enough buoyancy? Secondly, if such a large bamboo raft hits a stone or the shore during the rafting process, it is likely to cause the entire bamboo raft to disintegrate.

There is another road that goes through Fantasy City, from the east of Fantasy City to the west refinery. This is a dead end.

“Unless God helps.” Lin Wu said: “There will be another typhoon and drive all the zombies back into the building. We will cross the river and reach the refinery before the flood occurs.” That will happen next summer.

Maya said: “Or abandon the two horses.”

Lin Wu said: “Abandon the two horses to Highway 99, and then walk 750 kilometers?”

Maya: “The problem is not to walk 750 kilometers, but to abandon the phantom and sandstorm .”

The two of them looked at the bonfire in silence. The journey in recent months has not been easy. The two horses are not only tools, but also companions on the journey.

Another solution is to settle in the suburbs. I think with the ability of two people, building a fixed base will not be a big problem for survival. But this was not their original intention.

Maya said: “There is only one last way left: to bypass Fantasy City.”

“Bypass Fantasy City, which covers an area of 5,000 square kilometers?”

Maya said: “75 kilometers.”

“Huh?”

Maya said: “Suppose Fantasy City The city is a circle. The diameter of the 5,000 square kilometers is about 70 kilometers and the circumference is about 150 kilometers. The semicircle is 75 kilometers. But it is impossible for us to go around the city. It is expected that the total mileage will exceed 100 kilometers. And the process will be It’s very difficult.”

“That’s it.” Lin Wu asked: “Going north or south?”

Maya replied: “Face the sea to the south and surrounded by mountains to the north.”

Lin Wu had an impression of the surrounding terrain: “What do you mean? Are you going to follow the mountain range with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters to the west?”

Maya: “It’s not that exaggerated. As long as you don’t take the ridge line and go through the forest area at the foot of the mountain, the basic altitude will be about 300 meters.”

Lin Wu walked out of the tent. It was a good night today. , you can see the outline of the mountains in the distance. If Lin Wu remembered correctly, there was snow on the tops of some peaks in this fantasy mountain range, and the altitude was obviously over five thousand meters.

Maya stood next to Lin Wu, looking at the monster-like mountains: “It’s better than diving.”

Ha, I didn’t expect you to be humorous. Lin Wu knew there was no other way. Using the Fantasy Mountains to surround Fantasy City is the only feasible way to reach the west. Lin Wu said: “Now it seems that big cities are barriers and fortresses, and their biggest role is to block the way forward for players.” The only

good news is that he has a compass, so he will not get lost in the mountains. But when he thought of living in the mountains and forests for many days, Lin Wu was extremely scared. The most terrifying thing in the mountains and forests this season is not the beasts and venomous snakes, but the mosquitoes. Of course, camping can deal with mosquitoes, but if you camp every day, it will take years and months to reach the west coast.

Lin Wu said, “Have a good rest, we have to evacuate the tent in the middle of the night.” His tone was somewhat depressing.

…

Avoiding the bustling city and heading into the mountains and into the woods, only in the last days would such a strange situation happen.

The mountain is a decent mountain, with all kinds of trees, large and small, not too dense, so there is no difficulty in walking through it. It’s uphill for a while and downhill for a while. It’s tiring, but it’s not tiring for the horse. I had wanted to tire the horse before, until a tree branch fell to the ground while riding through the forest.

Standing on the edge of the mountain, you have a panoramic view of most of Fantasy City. No matter how you look at it, you can only go around to the west along the mountain range. During this process, Sandstorm was obviously not as good as the all-terrain enhanced Phantom, and its hooves slipped slightly in several steeper places.

The first night was a miserable camping night. Even with foresight, countless mosquitoes were still like bombers in the sky, attacking through the blankets. The temperature is high and the humidity is high. Being close to a fire or wearing a sleeping bag can make you almost die from the heat. What’s even more disgusting is that it starts to rain in the middle of the night.

The next day was cloudy and the road became extremely muddy, making your feet slippery even if you stepped on the leaves. Today, the woods are more dense. Not only can’t you ride a horse, but you also have to lead your horse around the trees. Maya told Lin Wu some bad news. From 10 o’clock yesterday morning to 10 o’clock this morning, they walked a total of 18 kilometers while camping.

Before setting up camp in the afternoon, they faced a choice: should they take the highland mountain route? Or take the low jungle route? Either go up the mountain and advance through the ridge. The problem is that the terrain is unclear and there may be cliffs that humans cannot climb. Either it goes through the dense woods at the foot of the mountains. This road should not be impossible to move forward, but it is extremely difficult to walk in the jungle-like woods.

The camp site was by a creek, the only open space nearby. Its emptiness is caused by the impact of flash floods during the flood season. Lin Ma didn’t even know if it would be a local flood season in the near future, but she had no other good choice but to act according to circumstances.

Lying in the creek full of rocks, Lin Wu felt refreshed both physically and mentally. Besides mosquitoes, the biggest difficulty they faced these two days was humidity. Because the humidity exceeds 85%, it is difficult for the heat in their bodies to be excreted through sweating, so they can only drink water constantly. Because the core temperature of the human body is too high, the whole person feels uncomfortable everywhere.

I really experienced everything on this trip. The worst part is that it’s not over yet, they have only walked 20 kilometers of the 100 kilometers.

Maya stepped in the stream, enjoying a moment of coolness and said: “The woods ahead are denser, we are going to make a batch of stone knives. Starting from tomorrow, I will use the stone knives to open a path ahead.” Lin Wu touched a pebble: “We have the stone

. Maya

said: “Our food reserves have bottomed out.”

Lin Wu picked up a small fish: “We have meat.”

There is murderous intent! Lin Wu sat up and threw the small fish aside: “Stay here for two days to hunt.”

Maya looked up at the mountains, and there was a rain cloud above the mountains: “I’m worried that there will be a flash flood, so stay here for at most one day.” “

You Jianxun Grilling house, leave the hunting to me. Give me a hand.” Lin Wu stretched out his hand, stood up with Maya’s help, and snapped his fingers at Xiao Wai who was playing on the shore: “You have to work, and you have to play all day long. Play.”

…

With the help of dedicated hunting dogs and high attributes, Lin Wu brought back a total of 40 kilograms of meat from three wild boars in less than an hour. While it was fresh, Lin Wu arranged for barbecued meat and wild vegetable broth, cooked a pot of rice, and took out the kimchi made in the kitchen earlier.

The rice is mixed with chopped kimchi, barbecued meat and the fragrant broth, making the two forget about the hard work of the past few days. Because it is beside a creek, the surrounding area is empty, and cool breeze blows from time to time. The environment and food are no different from the vacation experience.

After eating and drinking, Maya was busy smoking meat, and Lin Wu went to the creek to play with Xiao Wai. The day was approaching Xishan, and just as the mosquito army was about to move out, the tents were set up. Lin Wu couldn’t help but sigh: What a wonderful day.

Tent bases are much better at dealing with mosquitoes than ordinary bases. Ordinary bases only have indoor building facilities that are not infested by mosquitoes. The interior of the tent base is completely immune to mosquitoes.

The sky turned dark, and Maya, who had been busy for a long time, sat down and had a good dinner. Although there were no candles or champagne, the atmosphere of the dinner was quite good with the burning clouds and cold water in the west.

Thinking of staying another day tomorrow, Lin Wu happily returned to the dormitory and soon fell asleep. Lin Wu didn’t know how long he slept, but he was woken up by Maya who broke into the dormitory.

“Huh?”

“When the water level rises, evacuate the tent immediately.”

Lin Wu said weakly, “Our tent is set up on a high place.”

“Right now!”

Lin Wu walked out of the tent extremely unhappy, and was greeted by lightning and thunder. Wow, the dormitory The sound insulation effect is really good. No, this is not the time to think about this. With the help of candles sent by the system outside the tent and the flashlight obtained from Lin Meng, Lin Wu saw the rising water level, which was still fifteen meters away from his tent and two meters high.

Maya has been soaked by the rain, and she is covering the smoking room with large leaves to try to let the meat simmer for a while. Lin Wu walked aside to help: “There is no need to evacuate the tent, right?”

“Yes!”

Lin Wu said: “It can’t be such a coincidence.”

Maya: “When did you start to believe in probability? The object of setting probability is still the situation of dawn Come on.”

After saying this, Lin Wu felt a chill in his heart, yes, Shuguang.

Maya said: “From a scientific point of view, there have been signs before. It has been raining in the direction of the mountains since noon. How about the tent? If it is flooded or destroyed by a mudslide before being put away six hours, how to calculate the loss?”

“I don’t know.” Lin Wu said, “Let me ask.”

Summoning the little white rabbit, Lin Wu understood the situation after asking. The tent base has a durability value. It will remain standing until the durability value reaches zero. The total durability value is the sum of the durability values of all facilities. For example, if the total durability value is 100, and a zombie siege or other reasons cause the durability value to drop to 80, the 20 reduced durability points will be evenly distributed to each facility. Durability can be restored by repairing facilities.

There is no big problem with water soaking at the bottom. Of course, it is definitely not suitable to build it in a river. The impact and pressure of the water flow will cause durability damage to the tent. Once the durability reaches zero, it is equivalent to the base being destroyed and the tent no longer existing.

Maya looked in the direction of the mountains: “In other words, the only thing to consider is the mudslide.”

Lin Wu spread his hands: “Maybe there is lightning.”

What came from it, a bolt of lightning hit a tree more than 20 meters away, and the tree It fell down in response and lay across the creek. Maya looked at Lin Wu in shock, and saw Lin Wu, who was also shocked, about to speak: “Shut up, go back to the tent, and don’t talk.” “Oh.”

Lin Wu returned to the tent.

The tent is in the process of being closed. During this period, all facilities in the tent base are unavailable, including dormitories. Of course you can also sleep in the hall. The size of the tent does not change until the end of the reading. Once you start packing up the tent, you can’t stop. The first thing to be taken away is the carpet on the ground. Now the ground is original moss, dirt and stone. Secondly, the tent loses its function of blocking mosquitoes.

The only humane thing is to keep the campfire. Lin Wu stood by the bonfire, getting as close as possible to the bonfire. After all, mosquitoes also knew that this was the best place to take shelter from the rain. Fortunately, this is a mountain forest with a lot of wood. You can just cut down two trees and burn them overnight. After Lin Wu added fuel, the fire rose, blocking the darkness and mosquitoes five meters away.

“Lin Wu.” Maya entered the tent.

“I’m here.”

Maya said: “The stream has become turbid. You should lead the horse to a higher place and tie it up first.” If you can’t save the tent, you have to save the two horses.

“Okay.” Lin Wu came out of the tent, and the clothes that had just been dried by the fire were instantly soaked by the rain, which made him extremely uncomfortable. Lin Wu led two horses, entered the woods from the side uphill, and tied the two horses to the trees. He can only do this, because Sandstorm recognizes him, but Phantom does not recognize Maya.

It turns out that being trusted is so painful.

(End of chapter)