Chapter 971 Survivors

"Boom!"

A huge black shadow fell from the sky, and everyone was shocked when they saw the shadow in front of them. In front of them, a warrior nearly three meters tall, wearing strange and terrifying heavy armor, holding a huge war hammer, staring at them coldly. The skull-like helmet flashed a scarlet, cold light, and it was terrifying to look at it!

What is this? Is it a new type of zombie?

Facing this terrible existence in front of them, even the people who were fighting against the zombies before completely lost their courage at this moment. This terrible warrior seemed to represent the end of everything, like the incarnation of the god of death. When it came here, they didn't know how to resist at all...

"Huh---!"

In full view of the crowd, the huge warrior suddenly swung the war hammer and instantly knocked out all the zombies surrounding him. Seeing the zombies being swept away as easily as baseballs, everyone was so scared that they stepped back and could only watch the behemoth walking towards them...

"Mr. Duanmu, if you keep going like this, you will scare them to death."

Fortunately, just when everyone was at a loss, a voice suddenly appeared, and then everyone saw two girls sticking their heads out from the left and right sides of the warrior's shoulders. Seeing this scene, everyone was somewhat relieved. Although they didn't know what it was, at least it didn't look like zombies?

It shouldn't be.

"Excuse me, who are you...?"

"We came from the train and saw your signal, so we came here to see the situation."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai took off his helmet. Seeing his face, everyone couldn't help but exclaim again... Fortunately, no matter what, it's not a zombie.

Next, the survivors here also introduced themselves.

First was the group of four. They claimed that they came here from other places for a school trip, but encountered a zombie outbreak. In the end, only the four of them survived. The four-member team consists of one man and three women, namely Komuro Takashi, Miyamoto Rei, Takagi Saya and their team leader, Marikawa Shizuka.

In addition, they also rescued a girl named Ciri Alice. According to them, after escaping the initial zombie outbreak, they have been staying in the mall.

After that, other people have joined in one after another.

Aiden Cradwell, who joined later, is a local. He calls himself a wanderer. The so-called wanderer is a person who walks alone between various human settlements in this abandoned continent, transporting goods and delivering information.

In addition, there is Joel and Ellie, among whom Joel is an uncle and Ellie is a fourteen-year-old girl. Regarding their purpose, Joel did not say much, but just said that he wanted to send Ellie to a certain place, because of some reasons, he had to stay here.

Well, Duanmu Huai swears in the name of Grandpa Kindaichi that the main task is between them!

It should be.

It’s better to be like this, don’t do anything weird to me.

Everyone was somewhat tempted by Duanmu Huai's invitation to board the train. But soon someone raised a question.

"Although I know that trains are definitely more reliable than cars in terms of movement, but..."

The twin-tailed girl named Gaocheng Saya reached out and pushed the glasses on her nose.

"How do you plan to resist the blood moon?"

"……………blood moon?"

"What is that?"

"What? Don't you know?"

Everyone was shocked to hear Duanmu Huai's puzzled answer, but soon Gaocheng Saya explained to them that the so-called blood moon is a very special mechanism in this world. Simply put, every seven days, the moon in the sky will turn red, and at the same time, those zombies that usually slack off like mushrooms will become violent, and even some powerful zombies that are never seen on weekdays will appear. They will sweep across the entire city with great momentum and kill everything they see.

In fact, when the zombie virus broke out at the beginning, human casualties were not particularly severe. As long as they gathered together, they could still defeat most zombies. However, the appearance of the blood moon dealt a heavy blow to these survivors, which is why humans suffered such heavy casualties.

The reason why Aiden and Joel were willing to hide in the mall temporarily was because they found that the blood moon was coming soon. At this time, continuing to walk around the streets was tantamount to suicide, so they thought about waiting here until the blood moon was over and then continuing to set off.

"Hey, I thought it was nothing, just a trivial matter."

After listening to Gaocheng Saya's explanation, Duanmu Huai also calmed down and waved his hand fiercely.

"Don't worry, those zombies are just a bunch of zombies, no matter how many come, they are just food!"

"……………………"

To be honest, looking at Duanmu Huai's unreasonably confident look, everyone was a little uneasy, but no matter what, it was impossible to continue staying in this city, and from the current point of view, trains are indeed a good means of transportation compared to ships and airplanes. Of course, the best is airplanes, but... ... At present, it is impossible to find airplanes that can be used.

Joel and Aiden had originally planned to move on. Now that they had transportation, of course they would not object. Others also felt that there was no point in staying here anymore, so the two parties agreed to Duanmuhuai's invitation after discussing it for a while. , walked towards the station together.

On the way, everyone also learned the origins of Duanmu Huai and others.

"Inquisition?"

"An organization I have never heard of..."

"This is quite normal."

Aiden seemed very calm.

"After that disaster, the remaining people also formed various organizations, with whatever they were called. Of course, it's hard to say what these organizations are like, but to be honest, using the train as a base Action, this is the first one.”

Perhaps because of his professionalism as a wanderer, Aiden is very interested in organizations like the Inquisition that rely on trains to operate. This is also normal. Wanderers have to walk from one stronghold to another in most cases. In this case, it is easy to encounter dangers and mistakes. If the next stronghold cannot be found within seven days, then One can only hope to find a good shelter, or simply die outside without help.

On the contrary, with trains, rail transportation will be more convenient and the freight volume will be larger, right?

After everyone boarded the train, as the whistle sounded, the train continued to set off and headed forward.

"I didn't expect that there is such an organization..."

Sitting on the soft and comfortable sofa, Miyamoto Rei couldn't help but sigh and stretched at the same time. Except for the front of the train, the entire train consists of a VIP room, a women's carriage, a men's carriage, and a dining car and freight carriage at the back. Of course, from the outside, this train has not been modified and looks just like an ordinary train. But when everyone got on the train and watched the dilapidated city go away, there was an indescribable complex emotion in their hearts.

"I don't know what the situation is like in other cities... I hope we can go smoothly in the future."

"I don't think so."

Aiden shook his head.

"Most important cities have basically been razed to the ground by nuclear bombs. Our city escaped because of its remoteness, but in the central city it may be a different situation."

As he spoke, Aiden touched his backpack. This time he was going to one of the cities to deliver a letter—as for whether the owner of the letter was still there, it was hard to say.

"Compared with those, I'm more worried about the blood moon in two days."

Looking at the setting sun, Komuro Takashi's expression became extremely stiff and serious.

"Although Mr. Duanmu said there is no problem, but... no matter how you look at it, isn't this just an ordinary train? Is there really no problem?"

"………………"

Everyone was silent when they heard Komuro Takashi's question. They naturally knew how terrifying the blood moon was. You know, every time there is a blood moon, they will lock themselves in the playback booth of the movie theater in the mall, because this is the only place with soundproofing equipment so that the zombies cannot hear their voices. On the night of the blood moon, the zombies' hearing sensitivity more than doubled, and even the slightest sound of breathing could be detected, let alone this speeding train.

Although they didn't know what would happen on the night of the blood moon, no one wanted to know. After all, on the second day of the night of the blood moon, just looking at the mess outside was enough to scare them. .

As for what happened on the night of the blood moon, no one wanted to see what happened - after all, those who faced the night of the blood moon almost all died.

Judging from the map, based on their current route, it would take almost two days to get to the next stop. I don’t know how things will turn out by then. If they are fast, they can find the next human gathering place before the blood moon arrives. If they are unlucky... then it may be another story.

"I hope that gentleman can find a way, instead of leading us to die foolishly - well, anyway, his armor is quite safe."

Aiden made a small joke, and everyone nodded. After all, in this world, the most feared thing is to be bitten by zombies. And if there is armor like Duanmuhuai, then he is definitely not afraid of it - but from the looks of it, it is obvious that the armor is definitely not something that ordinary people can equip.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the part that surprised them was that this was just the beginning.