Darkness is Coming

  After the Spring Festival Gala, Xinyuanjiang lifted the curfew and canceled the city entry tax. The city gate, which used to be quiet in the past, became noisy, with people coming and going. Ding Zhuangfei, who was in charge of a material transportation team, often went in and out of the city gate. At this time, he was sitting beside the city gate, staring at his servants busy in the unloading area. gradually lose focus.

   "Old Ding, what are you thinking!" Another material transportation team returned with a full load, and the bearded captain greeted Ding Zhuangfei cordially.

Ding Zhuangfei woke up from his contemplation and saw the face with a bushy beard, so he subconsciously put his hand into his pocket, ready to take out the cigarette case, his fingers that were frostbitten and cracked by the low temperature touched the wrinkled soft leather cigarette case, and sent back Ding Zhuangfei's touch made Ding Zhuangfei realize that he only had the last cigarette left.

  This, to pay or not to pay?

Tobacco is getting more and more difficult to deal with. Half a year ago, it was all over the street. You can pick it up everywhere you want to smoke it, but now it has become a luxury item. Previously, when Jiang Haichao was in office, tobacco trading was prohibited, but he paid extra for the soldiers of the 258th Division. Ding Zhuangfei is one of them, but he is responsible for material transportation and belongs to the logistics department, not a combat establishment.

The cigarette in his pocket was the last one of his quota this month. Ding Zhuangfei was a little reluctant to take it out, but he was too embarrassed to just grab a handful of air with his hands in his pocket. Ding Zhuangfei gritted his teeth and decided to Take out the cigarette.

"Don't, smoke me." Beard waved his hand, grabbed Ding Zhuangfei's wrist, proudly took out a box of newly opened soft medium, and patted it in Ding Zhuangfei's hand, "The ban on tobacco trading has been lifted, If you want cigarettes, it's enough."

  Ding Zhuangfei was stunned, clicked his tongue, and asked, "Have you made a fortune?"

   "Hmm, good luck." Beard pointed to the unloading area, and his team members were carefully carrying the goods down, all of which were bottles and jars of medicine.

   "Medicine? Then you really made a fortune." Ding Zhuangfei said enviously, "Now all medicines are very valuable."

"It's just some vitamins and antibiotics, you can look at that again." Beard pointed to an eight-wheeled truck with the cover lifted. There was a small helicopter on it, with a red cross painted on it. There is little wear and tear from the outside and should work fine.

   "This?" Ding Zhuangfei was stunned, "Where did it come from?"

"It's good luck, haha." Beard let out a bold and hearty laugh, but his voice was low and hoarse, and he laughed like a Donald Duck, "This is the hospital's ambulance helicopter, which is used for critically ill patients. It should be Someone in the hospital drove this to escape the hospital half a year ago, and then landed on a rooftop because of lack of fuel, and abandoned the helicopter and let me find it."

Ding Zhuangfei scolded in his heart, the luck of the dog is really good, although this ambulance helicopter is small in size and its performance is definitely not as good as an armed helicopter, but in any case it is a helicopter and has great value. Get great rewards.

   "Old Ding, you scolded me in your heart, I heard it." The bearded fart smiled.

"Don't talk." Now that the other party has made a fortune, Ding Zhuangfei is no longer polite. He takes a soft cigarette and lights it in his mouth, eating people's mouths and making people short. Since he smoked his good cigarettes, Ding Zhuangfei feels that I should give something in return, so I said, "Didn't you just ask me what I was thinking? Let me tell you, since you made a lot of money this time, don't run out for a while, it's better to apply for resignation and retirement. ."

   "Why?" The bearded man asked with a pair of tiger eyes.

  Ding Zhuangfei came close to his ear and said in a low voice, "We're going to fight!"

"How did you know?"

   "Isn't this obvious!" Ding Zhuangfei rolled his eyes and said, "The 258th Division has mobilized even the militia and the reserves. The battle is huge. Do tanks and helicopters need to be used to maintain public order in the city?"

   "That's true." Beard nodded in agreement, and asked again, "Then just fight, what are you afraid of? Why do you tell me not to run out and apply for retirement?"

Ding Zhuangfei took a few glances left and right, making sure that no one was listening to him, and then explained in a low voice: "I heard the news, this time it is really true, and the troops from the Yuanjiao Association and Qianzhi went to Nanyan District. The black domain with the most mutants, but found that the zombies and mutants there are gone! I heard that it is likely that mutants with high intelligence appeared, and the mutants and zombies in the Nanyan District were collected to form a group Zombie army. Think about how terrifying it is. The 258th Division was under pressure to set up an anti-corpse commander together with Commander Liu and President Yang. This is not a petty fight like before. The confrontation between the two armies is too dangerous, we must not participate!"

   Beard sneered and said with a smile, "Where did you hear this gossip?"

"What's wrong with the gossip!" Ding Zhuangfei was so anxious that his nostrils smoked, and the smoke he had just swallowed in his lungs spewed out of his nose, causing him to cough a few times, "Don't believe me, listen to me! Look, the new Is it crowded in Yuanjiang? Now Nanyan District has recovered? Why don't you send people out? Let us keep transporting things from Nanyan District back? Why is this?"

   "Why?"

"That of course means that the Nanyan District is not safe! If the zombies and mutants are gone, why is it not safe? It must be because they are still there, but I don't know where to hide, and they may come out at any time. The mutants are wise enough to say, zombies are brainless walking dead, how can they hide? Think about it for yourself, sometimes the gossip may not be wrong."

   "What you said seems to make sense." Beard nodded and shook his head again, "But if this is the case, we should go out more."

   "You let the zombies eat your brain?" Ding Zhuangfei stared at him angrily, the reasoning was so clear that he couldn't understand it, rotten wood couldn't be carved.

   "No. You think, if there is such a mutant, leading an army of zombies, who will it come to?"

   "Nonsense, of course find someone to eat."

   "Where are the most people now?"

   "Nonsense, that's of course..." As if turning over a book, Ding Zhuangfei's face suddenly turned pale.

   Now Yuanjiang has the most survivors and the most densely populated place, which is Xinyuanjiang where he lives.

"If a terrifying zombie army like you said comes to attack the city, how sure do you think the 258th Division will be able to defend the Xinyuan River?" The bearded man asked again, "We don't know the specific situation, but it's not 100%. Bai Neng can hold it, right? Don't tell me to run away, if the Great Wall is not safe, running to other places will even kill you."

"Since this is the case, shouldn't we hurry up and send back as many materials as possible? Look at the helicopter I picked up this time, with a little modification, it can be turned into a reconnaissance plane or a machine gun. , put some bombs on it, and it can also provide air firepower. Lao Wu and the others brought back a lot of heavy trucks, let alone those trucks are useless. At that time, at the Saint-Nair Church next to the memorial tower, you used construction machinery to push the corpse tide. Do you remember?"

"Every time we bring back a little medicine, a little food or other messy things, it may add a little strength to Xinyuanjiang. Since you yourself said that this war is not a small matter, we should do our best to fight for it. Are we going? Maybe we can bring back more useful things, so the odds of winning this battle are better? If everyone becomes a tortoise, then everyone will die, right?"

   "Looks like... yeah." Ding Zhuangfei swallowed hard.