mtl008 Chapter 180 Arrival at the Safe Zone
Chapter 180 Arrival at the Safe Zone
The distance to the safe point was not far. Originally there were about 200 people in the team, but by the time they got here there were only about a hundred people left. The group walked for almost three hours in a nervous mood, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they reached the outskirts of the safe point.
However, when they arrived at the safe zone, they found that it was guarded and they were not allowed to enter. In particular, there were many soldiers with live ammunition standing at the checkpoint. Suddenly, both sides looked a little nervous, especially in the safe zone, many people stuck their heads out and kept looking at the people outside with uneasiness, which made the people who had been on the road even more worried.
The soldiers guarding the gate saw a large group of people coming, and immediately a muscular man stepped out from the crowd. He stood at the deer fence (a barrier shaped like deer antlers facing outwards, similar to preventing collisions, set up with sharp tools) and first glanced at the crowd. He found that many of them had blood on their bodies. Some of them seemed to be psychics or people with enhanced bodies who seemed to have the ability to break through. He immediately shouted:
"Everyone in front, stop and don't approach the checkpoint, otherwise we will shoot. Choose someone who can take charge to come out and talk to us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers behind him immediately raised dozens of guns and pointed them at the crowd. The few people who had originally planned to force their way in stopped and kept backing away when they saw that they were being pointed at with guns.
At this time, a man holding an axe walked out from the crowd. He organized the crowd to avoid many attacks along the way. He was also the leader elected by these hundreds of people. At this time, only he could negotiate on behalf of everyone.
"We came here because we saw a leaflet saying there was a safe zone here. So many people died along the way, why aren't you letting us in now?" After saying this, he took out a leaflet from his pocket. They had finally escaped here at the risk of being wiped out, but were told not to go in. Everyone's emotions almost broke down.
"Everyone calm down first. It's not that you are not allowed to come in, but it's just for everyone's safety. Please go to the quarantine area for a few days. Don't worry, the quarantine area is next to the safe area. It is a dormitory converted from a factory. It is our temporary shelter. There will also be military patrols outside, so don't worry about safety issues.
We will guarantee everyone's basic food there, and we will also send special personnel to check on you. Anyone with wounds will need to be isolated for three days and confirmed to be fine before they can enter the safe zone!"
After hearing this, the commotion in the crowd subsided a lot. They looked at the factory area guarded by the army not far away, and their emotions gradually stabilized. The leader went back and discussed with everyone in a low voice before agreeing to the other party's arrangement.
The person who was speaking in the safe zone breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the other party relax as requested. He raised his hand, and a team of soldiers behind him opened a small gate and walked out. They began to guide the group of people to the shelter next door in an orderly manner.
This suburban area had been rectified a long time ago, and the government had made preparations in advance. In addition, this large suburban area used to be an industrial park, and these large factories originally had many employee dormitories. Coupled with the government's advance rectification before the end of the world, these factory buildings were transformed into independent small rooms. However, it is the end of the world after all, so don't think too much about it. There are only a few wooden boards in the room, and it is good enough to ensure that one person can have a room alone to rest.
Moreover, these parks have reinforced walls. The government originally planned that these would be places for survivors to live in in the future. However, there are not many people now, so these outer areas are used as quarantine areas first.
Each park is also guarded by a small team of troops and some survivors. Before entering, everyone must go to the public bathroom built in advance by the government to wash collectively. These places are facilities exchanged by the government from the human front. Some special medicines are added to the washing water, which can show recent wounds. There will also be special personnel responsible for inspection. Of course, the cost of these medicines and inspections will have to be repaid through work in the future.
At this time, no one will care about your human rights or not. The most important thing is to ensure the collective safety. In fact, the officials stationed here are also troubled.
Because now not only are humans getting stronger, the speed at which the viruses of infected bodies evolve is even faster than that of humans. Military cleanup personnel have discovered that more and more infected bodies are no longer afraid of the sun and are beginning to gather in groups.
Moreover, the infected bodies have already acquired some intelligence. While eating or absorbing spiritual energy, they have begun to slowly learn the knowledge of humans in the crystal cores. Now many infected bodies already know how to open doors, break windows, and even ambush humans in secret.
Nowadays, most of the initially mutated infected bodies in the urban area do not have special powers, but they have their own D-level physical fitness. Some C-level infected bodies have also begun to appear. They seem to have suddenly appeared overnight. These high-level infected bodies also have their own range of activities, and they can also control low-level infected bodies to attack living people.
Therefore, during this period of time, even the teams that went out to search for supplies suffered heavy casualties, and many psychics also suffered casualties. What's worse is that the virus in the infected body has begun to become stronger and more latent. Now some people will not mutate immediately after being infected with the virus, and the host will not be infected. Usually they are like this straw man, but they will suddenly mutate within one to two days and attack the living people around them.
These infected people even have a large amount of virus in their breath. They are like mobile sources of the virus. There may be a large amount of virus remaining in the area where they have been active in the past few days. Once people with wounds on their bodies come into contact with them, they are very likely to be infected.
This kind of situation has occurred dozens of times in the safe zone recently. Although not many people have died in the past few days, the main reason is that people's hearts are in chaos. Now no one knows whether the person you live with day and night will suddenly mutate. The trust that was hard to build up before began to collapse. Many people suspected of being infected have been locked up in the isolation area outside. Fortunately, these garrisons can communicate in time through the information exchange provided by the human front. Scientific researchers have also developed a number of medicines, which are distributed through the human front system.
However, although the riot was suppressed, the people in the camp began to become suspicious, and even showed obvious resistance to new outsiders. It was not until the isolation measures were initiated that order was barely restored in the safe zone.