Chapter 166

"Eh eh, stop chatting, who among you has been to Tianmayu?"

Zhang Su picked up the walkie-talkie and asked everyone.

"I've been, I've been..."

Soon, Zhang Ya in the same vehicle answered: "The company I worked for last year went to Tianmayu for a team-building outing!"

"Tell me what the situation is."

Zhang Su turned his head to look at Zhang Ya and said.

Zhang Ya thought about it and said: "To put it bluntly, it's just a few mountains. There's a pretty long canyon, the slopes up and down aren't steep, the road construction is quite good, nothing special. I just felt the air on the mountain was good. It's a scenic spot newly built in recent years, nothing unique. The company only went there for team building to save money."

"Then Tianmayu should have places to stay, right?" Zhang Su pursued.

Zhang Ya said without hesitation: "Yes, there are several homestays of the farmhouse-fun type on the mountain, eating and everything is quite convenient. Brother Su, I think it's pretty good, I remember..."

"Hiding two 'old six' zombies!"

Everyone had no objections. Drifting outside, they eventually had to find a place to settle down, and it could be considered a suitable piece of land.

He stood by the road and looked toward the mountain. He could vaguely see the shadows of some houses through the gaps in the trees that hadn't completely withered yet; it was very hidden.

After taking care of the zombies, pushing the corpses under the trees by the road, returning to the vehicle, and setting off again, they drove about two hundred meters up the winding mountain road, and a wide platform halfway up the mountain appeared—it was the parking lot of Tianmayu!

Not far from the parking lot, the three characters "Tianmayu" were written in vigorous and powerful calligraphy on a large rock seven or eight meters high. Not far away were the archway and ticket gate leading to the scenic area.

Zhao Dezhu complained, and when the vehicle stopped, he jumped out and swung his knife at the zombie's neck.

From the provincial road to the foot of the mountain was a very smooth self-built road. The ideological principle that "if you want to be rich, you must first build roads" applies everywhere.

Judging by their attire, the two zombies should be nearby villagers, both male. After hearing the roar of the vehicle, they turned their heads and rushed toward the vehicle.

Walking twenty or thirty meters along another fork in the road, the houses of the farmhouse homestays appeared before their eyes. The homestays built along the mountain each had their own characteristics; judging by the scattered signs, there were at least seven or eight of them.

The scenery on both sides of the self-built road was clearly better than the provincial road. Although there were zombies wandering in the distance, the nearby wasteland was very clean.

Zhang Su glanced into the distance and said: "In that case, Tianmayu is indeed very suitable as a safe camp. There is relatively little farmland on the mountain, but we don't have many people, so it's completely enough. There's also a fish pond, worth going to see!"

After the vehicle drove through a section of self-built road in the fields, it began to climb the mountain. Just after turning a corner, two zombies appeared in front of the vehicle.

The vehicle drove to the fork in the road pointing to Tianmayu. Zhang Su parked the vehicle by the road and notified everyone to get off.

Zheng Xin and Master Jia worked together to deal with the other one; there was no need for Zhang Su to do it himself.

"Yeah, a bit unaccustomed."

"We are also quite pitiful, a breath of fresh air has become a luxury."

Zhang Su opened the window, and a cold breeze rushed toward his face; it was the long-lost fresh air. He greedily took a deep breath, feeling it refreshing to his heart and spleen.

She knew Zhang Su was considering the issue of setting up camp, so she shook out all the memories in her mind about Tianmayu.

The people in the vehicle felt the chill, and seeing Zhang Su open the window and enjoy it with a look of intoxication, they followed suit.

"I almost forgot what fresh air tastes like!"

After saying that, the four of them sat in the Prado and drove toward the scenic area.

"Xinhu, Zhuzi, Master Jia, you three come with me to scout the road and see what the situation is like up there. The others stay here."

Unlike the shops in the city that had been destroyed beyond recognition, the homestays in the Tianmayu area were preserved very well, as if even the heavy rain a few days ago hadn't caused too much impact here.

Zhang Su didn't have much interest in the situation inside the scenic area, and he couldn't drive into the mountain, so he parked the vehicle in the middle of the parking lot.

"If it weren't for this disaster, it would probably be quite lively during the Huang Jinzhou..."

Getting off the vehicle, Zhang Su looked at the farmhouse homestays, which were as silent as a ghost town, and felt very touched.

"Someone's coming!"

Just as he was about to step toward the nearest homestay called Wangshan Homestay, a burst of footsteps suddenly rang in his ears, which made him subconsciously tighten his grip on his rifle.

Zheng Xin and the other two followed Zhang Su's gaze but didn't see any figures. However, they all faintly heard footsteps coming from behind the courtyard wall and raised their vigilance.

Soon, a man and a woman turned around the wall and appeared in their field of vision. Both sides were stunned when they saw each other.

The woman was wearing a goose-yellow light down jacket and was in her early thirties. The man was in a black cotton-padded jacket and was taking off an apron from his chest; he should have been working before.

"Ah, several military lords, we finally waited for saviors. Heaven has eyes."

The man was slightly stunned when he saw the standard rifles hanging on the chests of Zhang Su and the others, and then he shouted joyfully.

"Military lords, are you here to rescue us? We've waited for many days, and we've finally waited for you."

The woman was also quite excited, rubbing her hands.

Zhang Su slowly pressed down his gun, didn't pick up the conversation, but asked vigilantly: "How many people do you have here?"

"Military lords, have a smoke. Reporting to the military lords, we have four people here. The two of us siblings, and another man and woman, who are the surviving chefs."

As he spoke, the man very obsequiously offered a pack of cigarettes and said flatteringly: "Several military lords, you've had a hard journey. Come, go into the courtyard and rest."

"No rush to leave. I ask you: is it just the four of you left in this entire Tianmayu Scenic Area?"

Zhang Su didn't take the man's cigarette and asked vigilantly.

"Yes, we were originally counting on making a fortune during Huang Jinzhou, but who would have thought that the disaster would strike just as we had prepared the goods. We wanted to go back to the city, but the road was full of biting zombies, so we had no choice but to return here to take refuge!"

"Yes!" the woman added: "Phones, phones can't get through, TV, TV has no signal, we don't know anything, it's so worrying. May I ask what the situation is in the city now?"

The woman looked at Zhang Su expectantly.

"The situation in the city is even worse. When the disaster first broke out, there should have been quite a few people here who turned into zombies, right? Did you guys solve all the zombies?"

Zhang Su asked quite suspiciously. Judging by the scale of the homestays, each one had at least three to five staff members. Even if it was the tourist off-season and there were no tourists, there should have been at least forty people in this area!

According to the ratio of zombification, at least thirty people should have turned, but looking at the scene here, there wasn't a single trace of fighting or struggle; it was clean and tidy.

"Ah?" The man said with some confusion: "Quite a few people? Not many people..."

"This year the scenic area is undergoing forest cultivation and maintenance, and it won't officially open until Huang Jinzhou. There are no tourists. The owners who run homestays here basically live in Qincheng or Qingxian. Without business, they don't come often. At that time, there were only... ten or so people."

"Then how did you deal with the people who turned into zombies?" Zhang Su pursued.

The man pointed to the cliff not far away with lingering fear: "We knew they were zombies, so we worked together to get them down the mountain..."

Zhang Su and the others exchanged a look, feeling speechless in their hearts. It's really convenient to deal with zombies on this mountain.

"Have there been no zombies here since then?"

Zhao Dezhu asked.

The man waved his hands exaggeratedly: "How could there be none? Every few days, some would wander up, but the number is small, at most three or four. We always have someone watching, and when we find zombies, we lure them to the cliff side. Zombies are stupid and don't know how to step over, so they all fell down. There hasn't been any danger."

"Alright!" Zhang Su said bluntly: "I won't beat around the bush with you. Actually, we are not soldiers, nor are we here to rescue you. We are survivors just like you."

"The same survivors?"

The siblings were slightly stunned, and then the slightly chubby man said: "Survivors are good. We are in the same boat. You are planning to take refuge here, right? No problem, we have plenty of space here!"

Zhang Su looked at the overly enthusiastic man and couldn't help but feel a bit strange, but he couldn't say where the strangeness was. He thought to himself, could it be that he hadn't met any good people since the disaster, and now that he had, he wasn't used to it?

"Brother, you seem very enthusiastic?"

Sometimes a straightforward question is the best way to pierce a lie.

Facing Zhang Su's question, the man smiled awkwardly and pointed to the chests and shoulders of the few: "You have guns. Now the outside is in chaos, and having guns can protect this place. How could I not be enthusiastic about people who can protect us? Hehe."

"Besides... we wouldn't dare to go against you all anyway."

Very realistic, making people feel it was very real...

(End of chapter)