Chapter 274 Encounter with Claire’s convoy
On the barren desert plain.
The scorching sun is like a cruel tyrant, swaying its scorching power indifferently, absorbing the last trace of moisture in the desert.
The endless sand dunes stretch as far as the eye can see, with no sign of life. Only a few irrational zombies with only bloodthirsty instincts wandering around on the road across the wilderness.
Cheng Long, who arrived here quietly, couldn't help but frown.
The abandoned village and town buildings are like giant steel dragons with their backs exposed in the desert. From the degree of wind erosion on the surface of the buildings, it can be judged that the disaster in this apocalyptic wasteland world has not lasted long.
The glass of many buildings buried by the wind and sand was intact, and the lightning rods on the roofs were not rusty.
"There are zombies on the road, and the town is buried in the wind and sand. Could this be..."
Just as Cheng Long made a guess, a convoy consisting of two oil tankers, a school bus, and three off-road vehicles quietly broke into the range of his spiritual sense.
"Hey Carlos, it's me, do you still have a cigarette?"
"No more."
"It seems I should believe you."
"Claire, what's the point of lying to you?"
"LJ, do you have any cigarettes?"
"No..."
Hearing the conversation between several people in the motorcade, Cheng Long suddenly felt reassured.
The world he came to this time was not some strange apocalyptic wasteland world, but an apocalyptic world evolved from the classic zombie series, Resident Evil.
The main plot of Resident Evil revolves around the heroine Alice. The opening chapter tells the story of a deadly virus agent in Umbrella's laboratory that was artificially broken, causing hundreds of people in the entire laboratory to be infected with the virus, lose their lives, and become transformed. Become a walking zombie with only the original desire to eat...
What Cheng Long was experiencing at the moment was the third plot of Resident Evil. At this time, many years had passed since Raccoon City was leveled by a nuclear bomb.
The T virus not only infects organisms but also plants, causing permanent damage to the environment. This leads to the death of large areas of vegetation and eventually desertification.
But desertification takes time, and it will take many years to turn the Great Plains in central America into desert.
"Claire's convoy is a bit far away from me. Let's kill a few zombies first to try to gain some harvest."
Cheng Long, who was in the desert, walked leisurely towards the road. At first, the zombies wandering on the road did not find him until the distance shortened to thirty meters. Those slow-moving zombies just When they found him, they all rushed towards him as if they had been injected with blood.
"Bang bang bang..."
The heads of the four zombies exploded like watermelons under the squeeze of powerful mental power.
"So damn disgusting!"
Cheng Long had a look of disgust on his face. The zombies were covered in putrid flesh and blood. You could smell a fishy stench from more than 20 meters away when their heads were crushed.
The most terrible thing is that the harvest is quite rare.
The energy gained from killing four zombies is far less than that of killing one living person, only about 20% of that of a living person.
In other words, killing twenty zombies is equivalent to killing one evil person.
"Less is a little less, but it's better than nothing, not to mention that evil people don't always exist. The biochemical world is full of zombies. Even if you don't save the world, you can still gain a lot by spending time cleaning up the zombies."
When Cheng Long thought about it, he felt instantly relieved.
However, he still has to save the world. The merit gained from ending the biochemical crisis and saving the world will definitely expand his merit golden wheel several times and become thicker and stronger.
"Idle time is also idle, cut a watermelon to quench your thirst!"
Claire's motorcade was a bit far away from him, more than 20 kilometers away, and it took more than ten minutes to drive.
Cheng Long had nothing to do, so he walked far away, took out a large watermelon from the fruit container in the storage column, cut it in half, and carried the two halves of the watermelon to the roof of a scrapped car on the roadside. We ate while waiting for the convoy.
……
About ten minutes later.
Carlos, who was at the head of Claire's motorcade, noticed Cheng Long standing on the roof of the car in front of him eating melon. His pupils suddenly tightened. He quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and stammered: "K-Claire, I may have been dazzled. I just saw something. A survivor stood on the roof of the car and ate a big watermelon! ”
"I saw it too."
Claire's eyes were full of disbelief.
"And I..."
The black LJ's voice also rang from the intercom.
At this moment, Cheng Long, who was standing proudly on the roof of the car and eating melon, was like a big star at a concert, attracting the attention of everyone in the convoy.
Soon, the rapidly approaching motorcade slowly stopped on the side of the road.
Claire, Carlos, LJ and others rushed out of the car.
When a group of them came to Cheng Long, they found that he was really a survivor, and the watermelon they were holding in his arms was indeed the watermelon that everyone had missed for a long time. They all swallowed their saliva in a very shameless manner.
"Gululu~~"
Cheng Long lifted up half of the melon with the pulp removed, and raised his head to drink the watermelon water.
"Gulu~~"
Claire and others swallowed their saliva.
This is so... so cruel!
They even had to save water. The survivor in front of them was not only incredibly clean, but he could also eat fresh watermelon.
Bang!
Cheng Long threw the watermelon rind on the ground, hugged the other half of the uneaten watermelon, and smiled at the heroic Claire: "Hey, can you give me a ride?"
"Of course..." Claire nodded blankly.
She, Carlos, and everyone around them all looked at the half watermelon in Cheng Long's arms.
This was something they had never cherished before the T-virus spread. They could buy it anytime and anywhere they wanted, especially in the summer, when they could buy several at a time.
But now, it is indeed the fresh fruits and vegetables they dream of. If they can take a bite, they will definitely feel happy.
In this weird atmosphere, a dozen children suddenly rushed out of the school bus in the motorcade, picked up the watermelon rinds on the ground, broke them into pieces of different sizes, and ate them one by one.
Everyone ate with gusto!
Not dirty at all!
The melon rind contains a lot of water, and Cheng Long didn't eat it all. There is still a lot of sweet pulp on the melon rind.
In a world without a serious shortage of fresh fruits and vegetables, the watermelon rinds picked up by children are undoubtedly the most delicious food.
In fact, not only children like them like it, but also the adults and women in the car, but they are too embarrassed to snatch it.
At first, Cheng Long wanted to tease Claire, Carlos and others with half a watermelon, but now his mood suddenly became heavy.
"You can share this half melon!"
Cheng Long took the initiative to hand the watermelon to Claire and others. "Thank you~~"
Claire was not polite either. A cut watermelon won't last long and will go bad quickly if you don't eat it. What's more, the survivor in front of him had just eaten half of it and threw away the rind luxuriously. This shows that before this, this guy They have never experienced hardship at all. Instead, they get fresh fruits. Not to mention the rind, even the core can be eaten in one bite.
"Claire, cut some for me and try it."
LJ, the black man who escaped from Raccoon City in the second movie, couldn't wait to gather in front of Claire. This half watermelon weighed seven or eight pounds, ensuring that everyone in the convoy could have a taste of it.
Claire didn't show any pretense, she immediately took out the dagger on her trouser leg, cut the watermelon into slices two fingers wide and one centimeter thick, and distributed them to everyone in the convoy.
"Mmm, such sweet juice! I love this taste!"
"Me too..."
"Melon rinds taste better than cigarettes..."
Carlos, LJ, Otto, K Matt and others who were given watermelon could chew for a long time after taking one bite, but they were reluctant to chew it.
Only Claire ate faster, but she even swallowed the remaining melon rind in one bite.
In the end, he didn't even let go of the juice on the knife, licking it all up with his tongue.
After licking.
Only then did she realize that Cheng Long had been looking at her. Most women would blush when this happened, but Claire didn't. Instead, she said calmly and generously: "Sorry, we haven't eaten fresh fruit for a long time."
"No need to explain, I can understand..."
Cheng Long didn't actually understand humans' desire for food in the apocalypse at first, because he had never experienced famine. Although he saw many ancient people in the replica world who were hungry, at least they still had water to drink and could find ways to borrow money. Buy food.
It wasn't until a dozen children on the school bus rushed out of the bus, scrambling to grab the melon rinds they had thrown away, that he realized firsthand how difficult the survival of the doomsday survivors was.
"Get in the car!"
Claire smiled slightly and invited Cheng Long to get in her car.
After a short stay, the convoy set off again.
K-Matt, a girl sitting in the same car with Cheng Long, asked curiously: "What's your name?"
"Cheng Long, just call me 'Long'."
"My name is K-Matt."
Kmat is not a person's name, but a place name. Claire found her in this place a few years ago. At that time, she lost all her relatives, friends, and acquaintances, so she named this place to bid farewell to the past.
But this name made her unable to forget the horrific scene of her relatives and friends turning into zombies!
"What about you?"
"Claire."
After a brief acquaintance.
Claire was curious as she drove: "Where did the melons come from? Plants are not even common in this place, so they shouldn't be able to grow them, right?"
"I'm quite mysterious. I can take out anything I want, including food, drink, and clothing..." Cheng Long didn't intend to hide his identity because he didn't want to eat expired cans or be crowded with a group of people at night.
"But you don't even have a bag on you!" Matt questioned.
"I have space equipment, and I can take out anything I want, just like now."
Cheng Long grabbed his right hand into the void, and a bottle of unbranded bottled water appeared in his hand out of thin air.
"Wang Defa!"
Claire looked shocked as Cheng Long grabbed pure water out of thin air.
The girl Matt was even more shocked and speechless.
"Claire, watch the road!"
"Oh, Sauri..."
Claire quickly grasped the steering wheel to prevent it from straying. After a long pause, she finally said, "Long, do you have a lot of food and water stored in your space equipment?"
"It's not a lot, just enough to feed a hundred people for three to five years."
She didn't hear much, so the expression on Claire's face didn't change much. But when she heard the following sentence, it was only enough to feed a hundred people for three to five years, she suddenly couldn't hold back.
"Real or false?"
"Of course it's true, but I won't take out all of these things. I will only take out a little to pay for the fare. If you want more food, you have to take me to a place where you can eat dozens of Food for the year..."
Cheng Long's words were not surprising, and Claire and Matt couldn't close their mouths. They were in a state of shock.
First they were shocked by the space equipment, and then they were shocked by the three- to five-year food reserves for a hundred people, but they never expected that the bombshell was still behind them.
With food reserves that can last their fleet for decades, is it possible that Jackie Chan is going to a hidden granary in a certain city?
"Long, where is the place you mentioned?"
Claire's breathing became rapid.
Why is she traveling around the world with her motorcade? It’s not just about wanting the survivors in the convoy to survive.
If there is a place hiding food that can last them for decades, then there is no need for everyone to be homeless and collect food everywhere.
"I don't know the exact location. I only know that it's in a desert near the Desert Boat Hotel..." Speaking of this, Cheng Long smiled slightly and said bluntly: "Actually, what I'm looking for is the Umbrella Company's desert base. That place is easy to find, as long as you see a large group of zombies gathering in the desert, you can determine the location.”
"The Umbrella Company's research base is heavily fortified and it will be difficult for us to break through."
When she heard that Cheng Long was going to the Umbrella Company's research base, Claire had no doubts about the massive amount of food stored there.
Umbrella is a multinational company with scientific research bases around the world.
On the surface, the company is an international super monopoly, covering most high-tech industries such as drugs, medical hardware, and defense industry products. However, the real source of profits comes from unknown high-tech military technology, life engineering, and biotechnology. Weapons and other secret industries include many top-secret projects that cannot be made public.
Claire had no idea about the idea of an umbrella company.
"I can take over this desert base by myself without you taking action, but if we want to completely occupy this base, it may be more troublesome in the future..." Cheng Long said confidently.
With his strength, it is not difficult to take down the desert base, but the various mechanisms inside may hinder his life.
There is also the artificial intelligence White Queen in the base, which needs one person to conquer.
"Not only is it troublesome, it's also a question of whether we can survive."
Claire has a deep taboo against the Umbrella Company, and her eyes are full of fear, and at the same time there is anger in the depths of her eyes. At this time, any capable survivor can basically conclude that the end of the world may come from the Umbrella Company.
Umbrella, which had benefited one party and developed various drugs, had not developed the T virus, billions of people around the world would not have died and become zombies.
"Don't be so pessimistic! Maybe in three to five months, the end will suddenly end."
Cheng Long remembers the plot of the Resident Evil series very clearly, especially the final chapter of the last installment of Resident Evil, which clearly states that the Umbrella Company headquarters keeps an antidote to the T virus, and as long as the antidote is taken out of the base , smash it anywhere, and the antidote will spread in the air and spread around the world with the wind.
How the virus infects billions of people around the world, how the antidote can eliminate billions of zombies around the world.
(End of chapter)