Volume 6: The Twelve Wallfacers Chapter 27 Sir, please open the door!
Zhang San is a local resident of Jinzhou City.
He was rescued by the people of Tianluodiwang at the beginning of the apocalypse and brought to this temporary base in the suburbs. The people of Tianluodiwang were very far-sighted. They predicted that there would be too many zombies in crowded places and they would not be able to defend them. So from the very beginning, they did not go to the base in the city, but chose to seize the granaries in the suburbs first, and enclosed all the surrounding factories to take in the local survivors of Jinzhou City.
This also allowed Zhang San and his family to survive.
Zhang San was very lucky. When the virus broke out, his family...his wife and his daughter were not infected, but successfully entered the survivor base in Jinzhou City.
It has been almost a year since then.
From the initial panic, to peace of mind, to the subsequent confusion, and to now... numbness.
At the beginning, he thought that Tianluodiwang was the patron saint of China and was invincible, and this small zombie virus could be cleaned up with just some effort.
He was a military fan and knew how strong the country's thermal weapons were. However, he never expected that all the thermal weapons were unusable. The guns, ammunition, and most of the armaments carried by this army were all ineffective. The only long-range weapon they could use was the military crossbow.
It was impossible to recover their homeland quickly, so they settled down under the protection of the dragnet. Although the living environment was a bit poor, there were only factory staff dormitories, and they lived together with two other families in an 8-person dormitory.
With both a boy and a girl, life was a little awkward. The people from Tianluodiwang once asked them if they wanted to live separately, with the boys living in the boys' dormitory and the girls living in the girls' dormitory. However, Zhang San refused. In this world, their family could not be separated, and he wanted to be with his wife and daughter.
Many of his family members who are still alive share the same idea as him. They would rather be with their families even if it is inconvenient.
Jinzhou City has a small population, but many people survived.
So the dormitories in this factory are not enough and we have to squeeze in.
It's the end of the world, it's good enough to be alive, there's no need to be so particular, I feel more at ease when there are more people around.
But this kind of days didn’t last long, and Zhang San began to think...where is the future path?
They were given food every day by people from the Tianluodiwang branch of Jinzhou City, so they would not go hungry.
Behind them is a large granary, enough to feed these people for 10 years.
The food might have gone bad before they had finished eating, so the food supply in Tianluodiwang was never insufficient and they were ensured to have their fill at every meal.
But... although I could eat enough, the food was not good.
Rice, millet, corn, beans, and occasionally mixed nuts.
This is the food composition of the survivor base in Jinzhou. In the beginning, there were still some supplies. Everyone brought some with them, and they could also find some from the factory dormitories. At least they could change their taste and eat something else. But after three months, everyone had run out of food and could only eat the food in the granary.
Every day I drink porridge, boiled corn, and steamed rice, and eat them all together. Fortunately, Jinzhou City also stored some salt, and pickled salt beans were made as pickles, which were still edible.
The water supply is limited, and electricity is also limited. Occasionally, the power will be turned on for an hour at night so that everyone can relive that warm and bright light, but most of the time, we can only stroll around the factory at night, looking at the moon and counting the stars.
Moreover, the people in the Tianluodiwang base in Jinzhou City did not require everyone to do anything. Occasionally, some work only required some people to help. Most people were idle like Zhang San and his family. They just stayed in the dormitory, basking in the sun and playing chess every day.
There is no difference between them and the old men and women in the nursing home.
There is a saying that is very true: when you are a student, you want to graduate quickly and start working, while people who are working want to retire quickly and do nothing. But after actually doing nothing, they find that there is only endless emptiness left... Then they want to learn something again.
This kind of life makes Zhang San feel more and more annoyed. He feels that he cannot see where the future lies. Whether he can survive in this doomsday depends entirely on whether the people in Tianluodiwang can protect them. He is like a waste if he stays at home!
The zombies outside were becoming more and more powerful. The people from the Jinzhou City Tianluodiwang Base would go out every day to clear out the zombies, but the speed was very slow. It was not until the past two months that they received new equipment and a large supply of supernatural potions that they were able to barely make progress.
Zhang San once organized some people to go to the door of the Tianluodiwang branch and ask if they could get some supernatural potions so that they could also use their own power to protect their homes and clear out the zombies.
But they were rejected by the people from Tianluodiwang. Their own people had not yet fully become extraordinary beings, and there were no extra potions to give to the survivors below. Their attitude towards these people was: feed them, and just stay put and don't make any trouble.
As for Zhang San and other survivors, they were taken into this safe base at the very beginning, so they naturally had no chance to come into contact with extraordinary powers. Gene-locked extraordinary people need to comprehend between life and death, and burst out a strong power and will to survive in order to open it. It can be said that they are in danger of death.
Apart from taking potions, the only way for those with supernatural powers to unlock their powers is to slowly absorb energy from the crystal core, allowing their bodies to evolve and naturally awaken their supernatural powers. They don't have crystal cores.
These 100,000 survivors have no chance of getting either of these two options.
Zhang San gradually became numb.
What the world is like has nothing to do with him. He just eats delicious meals with his wife and daughter every day, waiting for the next day to come.
Maybe one day... Tianluodiwang will win and kill all the zombies, and they will be free and no longer have to live in factory dormitories. Maybe one day... the zombies will be too powerful and wipe out Tianluodiwang's people, and then their lives will end along with Tianluodiwang.
Life and death are determined by God and cannot be changed by one's will.
This is the case with Zhang San's family, and it is also the case with most of the survivors in this base.
Zhang San has always been in my own hands. Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Zombies should not bully humans who are poor!
Now it's completely lying flat.
Until today…
He saw a beam of light!
"Mom and Dad, is that Ultraman Tiga? Didn't Mom say we would never see him again? Is there really light in this world?"
Zhang San was also a little surprised. This beam of light was real light, but it did not come from the base in Jinzhou City, but from outside.
At the west gate of the Jinzhou City base, there are bright lights. Red, green, and yellow lights, scrolling screens, and dazzling LED billboards bring a feeling to this dark base that is like a night under the neon lights of a pre-apocalyptic metropolis.
Zhang San’s wife is Zhao Min, she is 36 years old this year, has a healthy complexion and still has charm.
But Zhao Min and Zhang San were already an old couple. After graduating from high school, they accidentally got pregnant during a gun fight. At the age of 18, Zhao Min became pregnant with her daughter. At that time, Zhang San's father gave him a severe scolding and then reluctantly held a wedding for the two of them.
Of course, they are not old enough to get a marriage certificate.
Zhang San and Zhao Min are high school graduates and both were admitted to university, but Zhao Min's belly kept getting bigger and bigger and she could no longer go to school.
So in order to give birth to the child, Zhao Min chose to drop out of school for a year, and Zhang San went to college, while Zhao Min waited for him in her hometown.
Although they had some teenage impulses at the beginning, they have been together for 18 years today. Their daughter is 17 years old this year and is a beauty like her mother.
So it was very troublesome for the three of them to live with others in an 8-person dormitory in the base.
Beautiful wives and daughters also bring a lot of trouble...
The other five people came from two families, one was a young couple, and the other was a 45-year-old single mother with her 70-year-old father-in-law and her 20-year-old son.
It is very inconvenient for men and women to live together in an 8-person dormitory, especially for Zhang San, as a father, who does not want his daughter to live under the same roof with so many people of the opposite sex, as it would be very bad for the child's life.
But he had no choice. A family like theirs with mixed genders could only live with other families with mixed genders. He wanted to bring his wife and daughter to live in a room filled only with women, but the family was unwilling to do so.
Since Zhang San's family didn't want to separate, they naturally had to squeeze in with other families like this.
There were many conflicts and daily awkward situations, but there was nothing they could do. They had to endure it in the apocalypse, especially the young couple. Every time they quarreled, they would yell, "If you don't want to live here, you can leave. If you want to go out and kill zombies, there are plenty of houses for you to live in! It all depends on whether you can survive. We are all refugees, why are you still being so pretentious!"
This made Zhang San feel helpless, because what the young couple said was right. If he really had the ability, there were plenty of houses to live in out there, but... they were not safe.
Although the dragnet does not restrict ordinary people here from going out, they do not recommend it. The situation outside is very critical, and even professional soldiers have a high chance of getting into trouble when they go out. Only the extraordinary can barely protect themselves, and ordinary people like them will be a feast for the zombies if they go out.
At least they can have enough food to eat staying in the base. Zhao Min also often advises her husband not to be impulsive and that it will pass if he is patient.
At this time, Zhao Min faced her daughter's question and shook her head and replied: "Maybe the people from Tianluodiwang are doing some kind of test."
"But why do I feel like I hear a music... A new storm has appeared, how can it stop?"
“Ah, this…”
Zhao Min and Zhang San listened carefully and found that there was indeed music coming from the west side of the base.
Zhang San put on his coat and said, "Wait here for a while. I'll go take a look."
Ever since such a majestic wall was built on the west side this week, Zhang San felt that something was bound to happen. Today's bright light and sudden music might be a precursor to what was about to happen!
A hint of excitement suddenly surged in Zhang San's numb heart.
He didn't know why he was so excited, or maybe... every little variable in life was enough to make him excited.
Zhang San came to the west gate of the base. There were already many people standing there. They all came to see what was going on like him. The soldier in charge of controlling the gate was also embarrassed. He didn't know what to do when faced with so many people watching the fun...
Because the zombies outside have been cleared out and it is not as dangerous as before, and the headquarters of Tianluodiwang has ordered not to prohibit the freedom of Chinese citizens.
Everyone has the right to choose his or her own life, even if it means dying in a pile of zombies, it is his or her own choice.
Everyone is extraordinary, everyone is fighting against zombies. This is not just a slogan. It is the result of the lives and blood of all Chinese people who have sacrificed their lives to achieve today's situation.
However, Jinzhou City has always been stable and has not encouraged these survivors to go out. Occasionally, there are one or two who are stubborn and refuse to listen to advice. Once they go out, it will be difficult for them to come back. Over time... everyone assumes that the survivors will not leave the base.
This was also the first time in this year that a large number of survivors gathered at the door, wanting to watch the excitement.
The extraordinary person guarding the gate was in a dilemma. The people below were already shouting, "Sir, please open the door and let us go over there to take a look. The one across the street was also built by our Chinese people, right? Is there anyone coming from your base headquarters?"
"Wow, you played 'Miracle Again' in the middle of the night, and it just made me so excited. I was taking a shit, and I stood up right there and turned into light!"
"Look at the scrolling electronic screen on the opposite wall. It says '24-hour free water, electricity and WiFi' and 'Guests have priority in choosing large houses'. Isn't this just reusing the scrolling electronic screen in the previous hotel?"
"It's so boring to put this on such a big electronic screen. Let's have Ultraman Tiga. I asked my son to watch it. He said the light will not come back. Isn't it coming now?"
A middle-aged man held up his son, who was less than 10 years old, and let him listen to this dynamic music.
Like sunlight shining through the night.
Dawn quietly passed across the horizon.
Whose figure is traveling through the cycle of reincarnation.
…
A new storm has emerged.
How can we stand still?
Travel through time and space with all your might.
I will come to you.
Smile in the face of danger.
Dreams coming true are not far away.
Have the courage to move forward.
A miracle will definitely happen!
…
The dynamic music and shining lights made these people's hearts gradually become hot, and they felt... their DNA was moving!
Suddenly someone asked, "What if what's scrolling on the banner over there is true? Look, it says there's a supernatural potion over there! Is he hinting that as long as we believe in ourselves and move forward bravely, there might really be a miracle ahead?"
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
They looked at the towering city wall opposite and the brightly lit city gate, as well as the street lights that stretched all the way from the opposite city gate to the front of them, emitting bright yellow light.
All this showed them the strength of the opposing base.
Zhang San's heart was also in turmoil at this time. He stared at the words next to the red lantern.
"The carp leaps over the dragon gate!"
These five big words immediately broke his defense!
He is more than just a carp now, he is simply a salted fish, a salted fish that cannot turn over!
If there really is such an opportunity that allows him to keep up with the tide of the times and make a small career in this doomsday, then he will throw himself into it without hesitation!
Of course, the premise is to ensure the safety and lives of his wife and daughter.
At this time, another person said, "What kind of power can, in the end times... have vegetables, meat, eggs, and milk, and such high strength, build such a magnificent wall in just 7 days?"
His words aroused everyone's thinking and heated discussion. Some knowledgeable people have already speculated something from clues and news reports from time to time. Their eyes flickered, as if they saw an opportunity.
While others were discussing, Zhang San stepped forward resolutely: "Sir, please open the door!"
