State of Decay - Chapter 356

[Chapter 351 Angel Alliance]

Because it is a mining town, the main road in the town is very wide to facilitate the transportation of large trucks. Shitou relied on his own skills to get rid of all the zombies with zero damage and drove the jeep to 40 meters from the edge of the Angel Alliance safety zone.

When Shi Shi got out of the car, Lin Meng also wanted to open the door, but Lin Wu held his shoulders: “Check the weapons before getting out of the car. Focus on the jeep and don’t enter any safe zones.”

Lin Meng looked at Lin Wu: “Don’t you have friends? Are you here?”

Lin Wu said: “We can’t rule out the possibility that our friends have been eaten by each other.”

Shitou walked to the safe area alone, and soon someone greeted Shitou, and the two talked in the ‘peopled’ safe area. . Shitou said through the headset: “You repair the car first, and I’ll use their radio.”

Lin Meng stood beside the jeep with a puzzled look on his face: “Why repair the car?”

Lin Wu said: “That’s for them. “.”

Lin Mengdao: “Don’t say it is so scary, okay? It seems like there are bad people everywhere.”

Lin Wu said: “What you said this time should be right. Judging from the pictures sent back from childhood, the people here are not bad people.”

From the images sent back from childhood, deep in the alliance, there are people farming, carrying water, and greeting each other. It seems that the atmosphere is relatively good. If this is a group of people who open a black shop, without external resources, there will inevitably be internal strife and calculations. However, at the same time, we can also know that the conditions here are not good in all aspects.

One problem should be the water source. Although the creek guarantees water, because the alliance buildings are scattered, each base is at a different distance from the creek. Some bases have to walk more than a kilometer, and some bases only need to walk ten meters. Therefore, all bases are crowded towards the creek, causing alliance problems to become prominent.

There are two to three people in each base. Due to manpower constraints, they can only form alliances in pairs. The alliance is an important guarantee for defending the city. Even if non-alliance bases are willing to help, they can only use firearms and other long-range weapons for joint defense outside the safe zone. Lin Wu didn’t believe they had so many bullets.

The most important thing for a community is the principle of fairness. From the resource branch to the base branch, the unfair side is highlighted. To run such a community successfully requires leaders with extraordinary talents. Even so, there must be some people who feel they are being treated unfairly.

The root cause lies in insufficient resources.

…

5 minutes later, Shitou came out of the ‘manned’ base, returned to the jeep, and said: “No one in the alliance has an outpost card. Previously, a base called Kuanglan had one, but it was already connected to the power supply. It is said that the Kuanglan base is an angel. The alliance’s gathering area at night.”

Lin Wu asked, “Where are the snow eggs and the knife?” This is the key point, okay?

Shitou said: “They left the Angel Alliance.”

Lin Wu asked: “Why?”

“Because of armored trucks, because of infrastructure skills, because they talk too much and don’t know how to hide wealth.”

When they separated, Xue Dan and Xiao Dao went there in order to cope with the situation. The zombies who must pass through the tunnel of the Angel Alliance drove away the armored truck. They also arrived at the Angel League smoothly, were welcomed by everyone, and settled locally.

All the cars in the Angel Alliance were already lying down. After Xuedao lived there for a few days, someone asked them to borrow a car to go to the mountain forest to cut wood. One was to reserve some building materials, and the other was to prepare for winter fuel. They didn’t come empty-handed, but brought a basket of vegetables. I was embarrassed not to borrow it, so I borrowed it.

The family was very kind and even gave Xuedao some agricultural products when returning the car.

The next day someone else came to borrow the car. Then the third day, the fourth day… Finally, some people started to borrow cars empty-handed. The reason was that Xuedan can harvest one fuel every day. Since you don’t use Xuedan, it doesn’t matter if they use it.

On the fifth day, Base A encountered a five-star siege. According to their survival rules, once the five-star siege is exceeded, supplies should be evacuated immediately and the base should be changed. However, this family has a large amount of wood piled at home. If the base is abandoned and all materials in the safe zone are cleared, the base will return to an ownerless state.

The wife of base A is the sister of the husband of base B. The two bases found Xuedan and Xiaodao during the 10-minute preparation time for siege, and borrowed bullets and trucks from them. Xuedan and Xiaodao knew that they had no ability to return bullets, and the truck would be used as a defensive weapon. Not to mention that it would be scrapped, it would definitely cause a lot of damage.

Xuedan and the others refused to lend the truck, but gave the other party 30 rounds of pistol bullets. Base A was breached and all assets in the base were wiped out. Base A did not thank Xuedan and Xiaodao afterwards. They believed that if they borrowed, they would borrow, and if they did not borrow, they would not. If they had not given them 30 rounds of bullets, they would not have held on to the base and would not have caused huge losses.

Although this cannot be said clearly, the two bases AB are beginning to feel dissatisfied with the Snow Egg Base. Soon, Base C, which was rejected for borrowing a car, also became a member of the anti-Xue Dao movement.

At this time Xuedan and Xiaodao realized what the problem was. In a simple sentence: they are not from this circle. Because they are too wealthy. Not only do they have armored trucks and endless fuel, but they also have various weapons and a large number of bullets. Even their clothes are system items, not cloth they synthesize from rags.

One day when they were doing laundry, Xue Dan and Xiao Dao found that the BC base people upstream had deliberately muddied the water. They stepped in the water and looked like they were playing with it, but in fact they stirred up sediment and spit into the water.

That night at the Kuanglan base, the resentful Xue Dan demanded alliance arbitration. Most bases support Xuedan, and the BC base apologized to Xuedan and Xiaodao under pressure.

The boss of Kuanglan Base told Xuedan privately that his biggest mistake was to connect the power supply to the base. At first, everyone was very grateful to Kuanglan for providing light, and later they regarded Kuanglan Base as their home. Some people stayed up all night playing cards in the Kuanglan base, which annoyed the people at the base.

Because of its infrastructure skills, Snow Egg Base is also a base with a steady stream of resource output. Boss Kuanglan said, either don’t tell others that you have such skills. Either reject everyone from the beginning, don’t lend cars, don’t lend building materials, don’t lend bullets, don’t lend anything. Or we have to accept everyone’s behavior of taking advantage of others’ convenience. Otherwise, there will be more and more arbitrations like tonight.

Finally, Boss Kuanglan asked Xuedan a question. He had said so many things from his heart, and he also spoke for Xuedan at the arbitration meeting. If he borrowed Xuedan’s car for a day now, would Xuedan borrow it? Seeing Xuedan speechless, Kuanglan boss said earnestly: For many people, saying no is not easy.

The next day, Xuedan contacted the boss Kuanglan and asked about the surrounding situation. Boss Kuanglan told Xuedan that there was a large farm 20 kilometers away from the tunnel road toward Fantasy City, called the Big Farm Plain. One of the systems recommends a small base: Farmland Courtyard, which was once Kuanglan’s base.

The biggest disadvantage of farmland compounds is that they are surrounded by fields and there are no mountains and forests, so it is difficult to obtain building materials. Secondly, there is a lack of alternative bases in the surrounding area. Once zombies attack the city, you can only carry it out or abandon the base. Once you abandon your base and want to reoccupy it, you must eliminate all zombies within the base.

Other than that, it’s a pretty good base.

The next day, Xuedan and Xiaodao left the Angel Alliance. Boss Kuanglan was not sure if they went to the farm compound.

Shitou asked Kuanglan’s boss: Do you have any suitable employee recommendations?

The other party replied: Everyone in the alliance is not bad, but their human nature and standpoint are different, and their different perspectives on problems lead to conflicts. So hiring anyone is not a bad choice.

Shitou asked: What’s a good choice?

The other party replied: Only brothers who have gone all the way are good choices.

“This idiot is more pretentious than me.” Shitou rolled down his sleeves and turned around while driving: “But I have to admit that what he said makes sense.”

Will you die if you don’t find the steps?

Lin Wu knew Shitou’s temperament very well. If Xuedan and Xiaodao lived well here, Shitou might not invite them to go home. But after hearing that his old brother who had been with him for more than a year was suffering hardships outside, he began to loosen his mind, so he first laid a step to avoid being unable to get off the platform.

Lin Wu thought of the years of the church on the top of the mountain. Shadow, as a dragon head, placed a sign at the entrance to clearly indicate that the base refused visitors. Even if someone comes to the door, they are received very bluntly. Shadow’s partners are not nearby players, but Rangers and Invincibles who are far away but have the same strength. In the days that followed, Shadow made a lot of profits from his business with the two families.

…

According to the guidance of Boss Kuanglan, the jeep drove about 30 kilometers along the main road towards Fantasy City and arrived at the plain farm that Boss Kuanglan mentioned. The terrain is correct, but now the farmland is full of weeds.

There is a farm every few kilometers. The owner of the farm previously lived in the farm and managed the fields around the farm. After parking the car, I searched with binoculars for a long time, but I couldn’t see any farm with a safe zone. Lin Wu let Xiaoda fly, and Xiaoda took off into the air. After searching the surroundings to no avail, he continued to rise to three thousand meters and started cruising, taking in a panoramic view of the large farm plains.

Lin Meng stretched out his head to look at the personal computer on Lin Wu’s wrist to help them find a safe area. However, Xiaoda’s detection ability was not as good as that of the reconnaissance drone, and the images fed back were not clear enough. Lin Meng patted Lin Wu on the shoulder: “It’s too high, lower it, lower it.”

Lin Wu lowered the cruising altitude, Lin Meng: “Lower it, lower it again.”

Lin Wu asked: “Are you teaching me how to do things?”

Lin Meng looked at Lin Wu stretched out a finger with a smile: “Just lower it a little bit.”

Lin Wu rolled his eyes at her, lowered the cruising altitude again, and began to search plot by plot. Lin Meng stared at it without blinking. . In fact, Lin Meng could not see as clearly as Lin Wu, but Lin Wu did not explain. He looked at the stone and shook his head, saying that he had not found the base safe area in dozens of farms on the farm plain.

Shitou gestured, indicating that it was rare for Lin Meng to be so dedicated, so he would let her watch for a while. Lin Wu sneered, and Shitou sneered in return. Just as the two of them stared at each other, Lin Meng asked, “Is this a truck?”

Lin Wu lowered his height and could see very clearly this time: “Yes, it’s our armored truck. It’s about seven kilometers away. The next one is Turn right at the intersection.”

Shitou came over and asked: “Did you find anything around the truck?”

“I didn’t see the base anyway.”

Shitou said: “The plain area of the big farm is too large, and Boss Kuanglan can’t tell the specific location of the base. Xiaodao and the others The information received is generally the same. They can only drive to find the farm base recommended by the system until the truck runs out of fuel.”

Lin Meng added: “So they walk, find a random spot to camp or set up a temporary base, and get fuel the next day. After that, continue driving.”

Shitou calculated the time: “They left the Angel League for about a week, so they won’t be wandering here for a week, right? Can Xiaoda see anyone?” “

Of course, but you need to determine the approximate location before flying low. Search.”

Shitou: “Let’s go take a look first.”

The three of them got in the car, turned right at the next intersection, and drove about ten kilometers before finding the armored truck. Xiaoda took off again, and Lin Wu searched around the truck, but still found nothing. At this time, Lin Wu had to come up with a pessimistic conclusion: “They are already dead. If they were alive, it would be impossible for them to abandon their means of transportation.”

Shitou was convinced and couldn’t help but sigh: “Alas!”

Lin Meng asked: “Why did they just Are you dead?”

Shitou answered: “Xuedan has the ability to produce oil. If the car is out of oil, they will camp nearby or even live in the truck. There is no need to abandon the armored truck. There are no zombies around. One possibility is that they starved to death, another possibility is that they planned to occupy a nearby farm after the truck ran out of gas, but were defeated by the zombies in the farm. Another possibility is that their destination is nearby, which is the farm recommended by the system. The zombies in the farm are powerful, and eventually He died after losing to the zombies.”

Lin Meng asked: “Is it possible that they found a car that doesn’t consume so much fuel?” She was optimistic by nature and subconsciously thought about the good.

“It’s possible.” Give up the big gas-guzzling trucks and switch to driving a car. Shitou said: “Follow the road and look for a while. We can’t waste too much time. We still have a lot to do.”

…

The jeep drove another 20 kilometers and drove from near the second river to the third river. nearby. The jeep was parked on the bridge. There was a three-way intersection in front of it. Lin Wu let Xiao Da fly again. This time, as soon as Xiao Da took off, Lin Wu got the information: “Go straight for two kilometers. There is a bar on the roadside, which is occupied by players. As a base. No cars or people were seen.”

This is a place to provide a little entertainment for the staff of nearby farms. Opposite the bar is a gas station. Neither building is a recommended base for the system, so the area of the safe zone is very small.

The jeep stopped near the gas station. Lin Wu took off the assault rifle and hung it on his chest. He imitated Maya and put one hand on the rifle, ready to fire at any time. The three of them dispersed and walked half a circle around the safe area of the bar base. Shitou said through the headset: “No crops were planted.”

Lin Wu said: “Xiao Da was unable to conduct a thermal scan of the base, but no one was found within one kilometer of the base. , and no water source was found. The nearest water source is two kilometers away, and this is not a qualified temporary base. But they have oil and can drive to pull water.”

Shitou said: “Maybe go out to fish and hunt.”

Lin Wuyi Pointing to the entrance of the base: “Stone, it’s them.” A fluorescent fairy stick was hung on the door to serve as a light at night, and Lin Wu recognized it as a knife.

After Shi Shi confirmed that the items were correct, the three of them entered the safe area and pushed open the door of the bar.

(End of chapter)