Chapter 91: Going Out

A few days later, Gu Ming led Gu Xiao and Zhang Henghui out of the base.

Last night, Gu Ming held a meeting with the cadres of the base and arranged some future work. There was also the issue of material transactions with the official base. Gu Ming decided to go out in person to see if he could get in touch with the official base.

In the past, when the zombie virus broke out, the official could still maintain a strong rule over the country in the face of zombies. If Gu Ming was too high-profile at that time, he might become a tool of the official.

Now, after experiencing the crisis of an asteroid hitting the earth, all countries on the earth are at their weakest link in terms of their rule over local areas. The satellite system collapsed. Although the big killer weapons cannot be said to be completely used up, the big countries must still have some left, but without the satellite navigation system, many weapons of the modern army are completely useless. The central government's deterrence against local areas has been greatly reduced, and some ambitious people in local bases are ready to move. ✭✸

Meteorites hit the earth, and there were volcanic eruptions. The entire earth was surrounded by volcanic ash, water vapor, and the debris from the explosion of tens of thousands of nuclear bombs. It was equivalent to adding a thick film to the earth's atmosphere. The sun's light could not reach the surface of the earth at all. Some scientists estimated that this kind of day without sunlight would not end for another hundred years.

Although Gu Ming is not a scientist, he has seen speculations about the consequences of nuclear war on the earth on the science and education channel before. He knows that now is equivalent to the consequences of human beings fighting the Third World War. The sky is dark and the visibility outside is very low. The heavy snow falling from the sky is not white, but black, which gives people a very ominous feeling.

Fortunately, many plants on the earth have mutated, and the need for sunlight has become dispensable, just like photosynthesis is not needed.

Gu Ming is not a botanist, and he doesn't know what the reason is. He can only guess that it is caused by the zombie virus. This is also a good news for the earth to give humans. The large-scale death of plants will not lead to a large reduction in oxygen.

Of course, the reduction of oxygen is inevitable. Some plants that have not mutated cannot survive. In such an era, those who cannot adapt to the environment are destined to be eliminated, whether it is plants or animals. Everyone is on the same starting line, and humans are the same in this regard.

The chariot was driven by Zhang Henghui (the chariot can be driven automatically or manually), Gu Xiao sat in the co-pilot seat, and Gu Ming observed the outside from the observation deck on the second floor. There was an invisible drone in the sky monitoring the situation around the chariot.

After closing the top cover, Gu Ming went down from the second floor to the first floor. It was dark outside and there was nothing to see. Gu Ming sat next to Gu Xiao and looked at the images sent back by the drone's infrared night vision device.

Some zombies can be seen in the image, but the zombies now are not the same as before. They no longer look like turkeys without hair, but are covered with long white hair, as if they grew out overnight to adapt to the earth's environment. This is completely unscientific.

"Henghui, were the zombies you met a few days ago like this?"

Gu Ming has been staying at the base to play with his daughters these days, or going to Lv Honglian for exercise. He didn't go out to hunt zombies. He didn't expect that the zombies would change after a few days of not seeing each other.

"No, the zombies we met the day before yesterday were still the same as before. It's really strange."

Zhang Henghui was also very curious. Yesterday, everyone in the base stayed at the base to watch the missiles around the world go up, and didn't go out. In just one day, the zombies evolved into long hair. Could it be that they can evolve at any time according to changes in the environment?

Gu Ming also thought of this. Originally, he guessed that the zombies would be frozen to death because the earth was about to enter the ice age. Unexpectedly, the evolution speed of zombies far exceeded human imagination. Of course, this kind of thing is not something he can worry about.

This time he brought Zhang Henghui out mainly because the other party has comrades working in the city. I just don't know how the other party's comrades are doing. If they are still alive, it would be great. Gu Ming can use his relationship to get in touch with the official base in the city.

"Henghui, tell us about your comrade?"

Gu Ming thought it was boring for the three grown men to be in a daze, so he found a topic to talk about.

"Actually, he was a student I taught when I was an instructor. After graduating from the army, he was assigned to the special police brigade in the city."

"I don't know how he found me a year ago. We became friends after going back and forth. We usually have supper together. He is a nice person."

Zhang Henghui said while driving the chariot seriously.

"Oh, I hope he is in the city."

Gu Ming hoped that nothing would happen to him, otherwise they would not know who to find if they wanted to get in touch with the authorities. Zhang Henghui also knew what Gu Ming meant. The zombie virus had been broken out for half a year, and yesterday's asteroid hit the earth and meteorites fell from the sky. It was not surprising that there were any accidents. However, he was still very confident in his student and friend Xu Yunkong. You know, Xu Yunkong's skills are among the best among the students he has taught.

An hour later, the tank arrived at the outskirts of the city. From the ruined buildings, it could be seen that a meteorite hit here yesterday. From the pictures sent back by the drone, a faint fire could be seen in the distance. It was a burning building. But he didn't know what happened to the base in the city. Gu Ming was a little worried.

The high beam of the tank changed to low beam, and the zombies wandering around could be encountered. The zombies moved much faster than before, and there were many smaller zombies. Gu Ming knew that these smaller zombies were newly born zombies, and they were faster. During this period, Yuanxin Base encountered many new zombies when hunting zombies outside. The reduction in the combat department was due to these new zombies. It can be said that they are not far from evolving into mutant zombies. Gu Ming thought that the situation of humans would become more difficult as long as the new zombies evolved into mutant zombies.

Because they were attracted by the light, the zombies ran over to hit the tank, biting with their teeth, scratching with their claws, and even hitting with their heads directly, but it was useless for the thickness of the tank's armor. The tank directly hit it and drove all the way to the city.

There was no sign of life at all, no survivors were seen, only zombies and mutant animals. Most of the mutant animals were cats and dogs. Sometimes you could see them fighting with zombies. Maybe they all regarded each other as food, after all, it was not often that they could eat humans.

"Did everyone in the city evacuate?"

Gu Ming had some doubts.

"They should have gone to the city center. I've been here before. There is a civil air defense system left over from the last century in the city center. If you want to build an underground base, it should be there."

Zhang Henghui thought of the scene when he came here half a year ago. At that time, there were a lot of people, it was prosperous, and the whole city was full of vitality, not as dilapidated as it is now, like a ghost town.

At this moment, a light flashed a few times in a window on the upper floor of a building not far away. Gu Ming and the other two saw it. They looked at each other and knew that there should be survivors who saw the signal sent by the tank. Gu Ming decided to go and see, maybe he could learn some information about the city.