Chapter 284 Waiting for Rescue

The next day.

The helicopter left the military base and flew towards the Bauhinia Base.

Even though the night had passed, Wang Tao was still somewhat excited.

The 20,000 survivors at Bauhinia Base...may be saved!

"Lao He, do you think they are reliable?"

Wang Tao looked at He Jijun, the driver.

"It's hard to say, but I think it should be relatively reliable. Of course, I have no basis for it, I just rely on intuition, haha!"

He Jijun laughed.

Wang Tao smiled and shook his head, then said nothing more.

the more you hope, the harder you fall. If he doesn't have high hopes, he won't be disappointed.

Of course, this is just for him personally. For most people, there is still hope.

After a while, the helicopter arrived over the Bauhinia base.

Wang Tao could clearly feel that there were many more zombies surrounding the base. And these zombies are no longer besieged, they have begun to attack the Bauhinia base!

Zombies kept attacking the high wall, and even those crazy zombies began to adopt the posture of stacking arhats, trying to climb the high wall!

Fortunately, there are survivors guarding the high walls. They will throw down some stones, wood, and even use flamethrowers and firearms to stop the zombies.

Now at this time of life and death, there is no need to care about the loudness of the sound, and the noise caused by so many zombies roaring together is not small.

The arrival of the helicopter instantly attracted the attention of many zombies, and the zombies became more violent. They all stared at the helicopter with their gray-white eyes, as if they wanted to knock the helicopter down!

Wang Tao also saw several third-level lord zombies. However, these third-level lord zombies are not under the high wall, but are far away, and the survivors on the high wall cannot attack.

Before Wang Tao came to Zijing City, he had already taken out his mobile phone and took pictures of everything along the way. We took some focused videos over the Bauhinia base, and then let He Jijun land.

Buzz——

The helicopter slowly stopped on the apron specially designed by Lan Yulian.

Lan Yulian and Lu Yingfeng were waiting for him below with umbrellas.

"When did these zombies start attacking?"

Wang Tao asked after getting off the plane.

"They started going crazy last night! I suspected that there were lord zombies commanding them. I specially asked people to attack those lord zombies with guns, but the attack of the zombies did not weaken at all, and those lord zombies are very smart. The ground is hiding behind..."

Lan Yulian's face looked very ugly.

Wang Tao suddenly understood.

No wonder those lord zombies couldn't come over. It turned out that they were scared by Lan Yulian.

There were some armed soldiers here at the Bauhinia Base, and Wang Tao also airdropped some weapons and equipment to Lan Yulian. But because the sound of gunfire is too loud, it is generally not used much. But now in this situation, there is no such scruple anymore. Under this kind of modern firepower, even the third-level lord zombies have to avoid its edge.

"I brought you some weapons this time."

Wang Tao asked people to unload the cargo from the plane.

Lan Yulian next to her was hesitant to speak. She really wanted to ask what was going on at the large survivor base and whether there was any possibility of them retreating there. But she was afraid of getting a disappointing answer...

Wang Tao did not tell Lan Yulian about Changhe Base City's plan to rescue them. Don't be too happy until things are settled.

And Wang Tao is also a little unconvinced - it's not that he doesn't believe that the other party is willing to come, but that he doesn't know how to come. After all, there are a thousand kilometers between the two, and there are zombies on the road. This time...it feels like there is Death has no life!

After everyone unloaded the cargo from the plane, Wang Tao said to Lan Yulian:

"Gather all the people who are idle now. I need to take a video and include them all."

"Ah good!"

Lan Yulian was a little strange, but she didn't ask much.

There is a large indoor venue in the Bauhinia Base. The venue was originally designed to hold conferences and can accommodate many people.

It didn't take long, except for the survivors who were on duty on the city wall and taking turns, everyone else came, including the logistics department. After all, Wang Tao is just shooting a video and won't waste too much time.

The survivors in the base didn't know what was going on, and they were all talking quietly. They generally thought it might be a pre-war mobilization or something.

For a moment, everyone looked sad and scared.

Hiding within the high walls of the base, there is still no way to avoid zombies...

After everyone arrived, Wang Tao and Lan Yulian came out together.

Looking at this dark crowd, Wang Tao's mood was a little complicated. If the base falls, these people will become zombie food...

Lan Yulian asked everyone to stand in a proper manner, with the strong and tall standing at the back, and the women and children at the front.

"Look at me, look at the camera!"

Lan Yulian shouted with her mobile phone. When she saw everyone looking at her, she turned on the video mode and took pictures of everyone.

When some survivors saw Lan Yulian's action, their hearts trembled, and they whispered in a low voice:

"How does this feel like taking a posthumous photo..."

As soon as he said this, the other survivors felt a chill on their backs. It seems really possible!

After people die, they have to leave something behind to prove that they were here. Now that they have nothing to keep, it seems reasonable to leave some videos for latecomers to see... assuming there are still latecomers.

And let alone them, even Lan Yulian herself had such a feeling.

However, although the survivors were very scared, they all stood there obediently. One reason was that Lan Yulian had a high prestige, and the other was that they all knew that they had no way to retreat.

Looking at the well-behaved but frightened expressions in the camera, Lan Yulian sighed helplessly. Then she held up her mobile phone and came to the babies being held.

"Come on, smile~"

Lan Yulian teased one of the babies with wide eyes.

Perhaps it was Lan Yulian's gentle temperament that made people feel kind, and the baby suddenly grinned and laughed happily.

"So good~"

Lan Yulian took pictures of him for a long time before leaving.

If this is really their portrait, Lan Yulian hopes to leave a smiling face. Others will definitely not be able to laugh, at most they will force a smile. Only these children who know nothing can laugh from the heart.

After shooting for a while, Lan Yulian came to Wang Tao.

"Is this OK?"

Wang Tao quickly finished watching the video and nodded.

"It should be OK. I'll take a few more photos."

After taking a few more photos, Wang Tao nodded to Lan Yulian.

"Okay. I'm going to get busy."

Wang Tao sent the video and photos to the military base, and then the military base sent them to Changhe Base City.

Theoretically, it should be sent over soon. But as expected, there was a small accident - the underground line was broken again.

There was no choice, Wei Zhenguo and others who stayed at the military base started to repair it, and they were busy until the evening, and the data was finally sent over.

"Wang Tao, the situation is not good now. These buried lines have many problems, and they can't be repaired many times. Our communication with Changhe Base City may be cut off at any time..."

Wei Zhenguo said to Wang Tao during the call.

They are actually quite lucky now. The broken lines are not far from the military base and can be repaired. If the line in the distance is broken, let alone repairing it, it may not be possible to check where the problem is...

"I hope it can be finalized quickly..."

Wang Tao sighed.

...

Changhe Base City.

At night, the lights in the communication hall were bright.

A middle-aged man in military uniform and very burly was standing in the hall, looking at the map of Changhe Base City on the wall.

He was the commander of the Third Corps of Changhe Base City, Hou Zhiyuan.

"Commander Hou, there is news!"

Suddenly, someone shouted in surprise.

Hou Zhiyuan immediately turned around and came to a workstation.

There was a computer and a phone on the workstation, and a woman in her thirties, Li Ping, was sitting inside.

Hearing the noise, many people gathered around. They all knew that Li Ping had contacted a base suspected of having 20,000 survivors!

If it was true, it would be a big deal for the entire Changhe Base City! After all, 20,000 survivors!

"Project it on the big screen!"

Hou Zhiyuan said immediately.

"Yes!"

Li Ping connected to the big screen. There was a video and several photos. She clicked on the video.

"Hoho... Roar..."

When she opened the video, she saw all kinds of roaring zombies.

The video was from a bird's-eye view, and it seemed to be shot on a helicopter. It can be clearly seen that the zombies raised their heads, revealing gray pupils and ferocious expressions.

As the helicopter flew, the dense and endless zombies below appeared!

"Oh my God..."

Li Ping covered her mouth, and everyone else was shocked by the picture.

"So many zombies... What a terrifying corpse tide!"

"This... Can we survive!"

"Too scary!"

"We are so lucky to live in the base city..."

"..."

Compared to the fear of others, Hou Zhiyuan looked at the corpse tide in the picture with a blank expression.

At this time, the video screen turned, and a small-scale base appeared. And around the high walls of this base, it was surrounded by the corpse tide!

"There is a survivor base!"

"Looking at the style of this base, it should be left by the government before... but it is surrounded by the zombies!"

"The wall of this base is not very high. If there are too many zombies, I am afraid they can climb up directly!"

"They have no way to retreat..."

"Looking at the scale of the zombies and their weapons and equipment, I feel that they can't hold on for long..."

Everyone in the hall was talking in a low voice.

Hou Zhiyuan still didn't speak.

The video screen turned again and came to the room.

This is a very wide hall, full of people.

These people have sallow and pale faces, wearing patched clothes, and their hair is messy without any effort. But they all stand in order, obviously very disciplined.

"So many survivors!"

Someone in the communication hall subconsciously exclaimed.

The picture slowly passed through the faces of these people, and the fear in their pupils could be clearly seen.

Seeing the expressions of the survivors in the video, they didn't speak again this time. Because they all felt the same way. They were also so terrified and helpless at the time. If they hadn't been lucky enough to be rescued by the army, they would have been in a worse situation than these survivors...

At this time, the picture moved to a slightly fat woman. The woman's mental and physical state were much better than others. Did she feel like she was being treated preferentially? Does she have any special identity?

The scene continues to move, to the woman's arms. A pink little face was revealed.

"baby!"

In the communication hall, Li Ping exclaimed softly.

Everyone else's eyes also shone, and even Hou Zhiyuan, who had always been relatively calm, had some fluctuations in his expression at this time.

In the video, the baby is staring at the camera curiously with big clear eyes. Then the videographer teased the baby gently, and the baby soon started grinning.

Seeing the baby's innocent smile, everyone in the communication hall subconsciously laughed too, including Hou Zhiyuan.

The screen then moves, and you can see that there are more than twenty babies here!

Some babies are crying and their mothers are coaxing them softly; some are sleeping and look very sweet; some are looking at the camera, grinning widely at the photographer...

Looking at these heartwarming pictures, everyone in the communication hall subconsciously raised their lips.

The birth rate in the apocalypse is already very low, and the infant mortality rate is even frighteningly high! Even in their base city of Changhe, not many babies can be born successfully. It's like being cursed! This has nothing to do with medical conditions. After all, the medical conditions in their base city are not bad...

Seeing these newborns, everyone seemed to see hope for the future.

The video ends with the last baby smiling.

The screen has gone dark and no one is speaking.

Hou Zhiyuan took a deep breath, and then said to Li Ping:

"Look at the photo again."

The photo is much clearer than the video, but it also makes it easier to see the fear on the faces of the survivors.

In addition to the photo, there is also a detailed data.

There are now a total of 21,945 people in the Bauhinia Base, mostly between the ages of 15 and 40. Except for babies, there were no children or elderly people. They were all young adults. After all, those with poor physical fitness were eliminated.

In addition to the detailed number of people in the base, the data also contains some information on the distribution of zombies.

"Level 5 zombies!"

"Disaster level?"

"It has a large range of radiation? Will it kill plants or zombies?! No wonder they named it disaster level!"

Everyone looked ugly after seeing the information about the fifth-level zombies.

Hou Zhiyuan's face was very serious, but he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the specific location of the fifth-level zombie.

Fortunately, this fifth-level zombie was in the urban area of ​​Wuyang City and missed the rescue route he planned. Otherwise, judging from the introduction to this fifth-level zombie, it’s hard to say whether we can rescue it...

…

Wang Tao has not returned to the military base for the time being. He stayed here to wait for news and to clean up the zombies around the Bauhinia base.

"These zombies are really crazy..."

Facing these crazy zombies who were rushing towards the city wall tirelessly, Wang Tao smashed dozens of crazy zombies with a casual shock wave. But they didn't know fear at all and still rushed towards the wall crazily.

"I'll leave these crazy zombies to you, and I'll take care of those third-order lord zombies!"

Wang Tao felt that these zombies should be commanded by the lord zombies. As long as the lord zombies are killed, some pressure should be relieved.

"careful!"

Lu Yingfeng next to him gave instructions.

"Um."

Wang Tao jumped off the high wall directly. In the process of landing, his whole body was instantly wrapped tightly by the entangled tree roots.

Boom!

After Wang Tao landed, he rushed straight towards the Lord zombies hiding among the zombies.

The third-level lord zombies are very powerful, but they are nothing to Wang Tao today. In just a few moves, a third-level lord zombie was eliminated, and then Wang Tao went to kill the second one, and the third one...

It wasn't until the third-level lord zombies could no longer be found in his field of vision that Wang Tao returned to the wall and took a breath.

"call--"

Even if these zombies are not his opponents, killing so many zombies is still a very physically demanding task.

However, after seeing the zombies under the high wall suddenly become confused, Wang Tao suddenly grinned.

These zombies really obey orders!

Without the command of a third-level lord, their efficiency will be greatly reduced.

At this time, Lan Yulian's voice sounded on Wang Tao's walkie-talkie.

"Wang Tao, someone is looking for you at the military base."

"Okay, here I come!"

Wang Tao came to the communication room of Bauhinia Base and picked up the intercom.

"Zizzi..."

The military base transferred the signal, and after a moment, a solemn male voice came from the other side.

"Mr. Wang Tao, the video you sent has been confirmed. We will send people to rescue you, but the journey is long and I need you to hold on for three days!"

"Three days? OK! We will hold on! But our line here is not very good, and we may permanently disconnect from you at any time..."

What Wang Tao means is that if the other party can't contact him, it may not necessarily mean that the base has fallen, but it may simply be that the equipment is broken.

He was afraid that after communication was cut off, the other party would think that everyone on his side was dead and then give up the rescue.

Hou Zhiyuan obviously heard Wang Tao's concerns, and he said:

"Don't worry, since our people have set off, they won't give up halfway. You just need to wait for rescue and leave the rest to us!"

"good!"

After ending the call with Hou Zhiyuan, Wang Tao immediately found Lan Yulian again.

"I need to go back to the military base."

"Now? It's getting dark now..."

Lan Yulian was a little worried.

"It's okay. I need to go back and get all the supplies and equipment from the military base."

"Ah? Then you won't defend the military base?"

"I'm going to give up the military base and come to the Bauhinia base to defend it."

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Lan Yulian was surprised to hear this, but also worried.

"Have you really decided..."

"I just contacted the people in Changhe Base City. They said they would send someone to rescue us!"

Lan Yulian was stunned for a moment.

"They... sent someone to rescue us? Two thousand kilometers round trip?"

"Yes. So... hold on and wait for rescue!"