Chapter 343: A ruin

"Let's go, set off, continue to busy ourselves with our own affairs!"

Zhang Su waved his hand, signaling for the group to get out of the car.

The appearance of the Zhengdao Society is undoubtedly good news from the human level. Rebuilding civilization requires people, and continuing civilization requires even more people!

To ensure that the human race does not degenerate, that is, to avoid inbreeding, it requires at least over five thousand people. And this is only the most basic situation. If one wants to continue civilization, or even rebuild the order of civilization, the population required will be ten times, a hundred times that of five thousand!

Whether it is five thousand, fifty thousand, or five hundred thousand, for the survivors now, these are astronomical figures. The population of the vast majority of survivor camps does not exceed two digits. Reaching three digits in a city area is already rare, not to mention four digits. According to the provincial units of the past, that is also a rare existence!

The two cars set off again and soon drove into the county seat of Qingxian. On both sides of the road were identical dilapidated streets, with obvious traces of smashing, looting, and burning. What was slightly reassuring was that no zombie figures could be seen.

This small county town had been swept countless times by the Green Dragon Legion, and the resources that could be collected were already very few, lacking the significance of exploration. Zhang Su didn't stop at all and headed straight for the fertilizer plant that Xin Qi had told him about.

Walking out of the urban area and entering the suburbs in the northwest direction, under the open field of vision, one could see the factory walls in the distance. As for whether it was a fertilizer plant, it was unknown. At the same time, zombie figures appeared, which was where they had previously lured the barracks zombies.

The zombie horde wandered aimlessly in the depths of the wilderness. It was unknown how long it would take before they would re-sense human communities and start gathering and moving. When the Green Dragon Legion experimented on the zombie horde, there was one parameter that was not included, and that was distance!

Xie Yanshan later talked about this matter. Because of the lack of the distance condition, it was impossible to know what kind of relationship ratio the trigger time of the zombie horde sensing humans had with distance, but it was certain that the further the distance, the longer the time required!

The zombie horde was massive, and the vehicles could not get close to observe, otherwise it would inevitably trigger a riot of the zombie horde. This was when Zhang Su's super vision came into play.

The two cars stopped on the side of the road. Zhang Su looked into the distance. Even with his superb vision, it was difficult to identify venom zombies in the zombie horde because their characteristics were not obvious enough. But as long as he used binoculars, the zombie horde hundreds of meters away was as if it were right in front of his eyes, within reach.

Su Xiaoya sat on the side. Seeing Zhang Su staring into the distance very earnestly, she didn't dare to disturb him and felt very confused in her heart.

The group in the Big Dog car was also observing with binoculars, but their efficiency was much lower. Every time they looked at the zombies in a lens area, it took a long time before they could move their arms.

"Let's go, it's not there!"

After about twenty minutes, Zhang Su notified via the walkie-talkie and put down the binoculars in low spirits. The thousands of zombies stumbling in the distance were not all ordinary varieties; there were two or three petrified-skin zombies mixed in, and it was unknown where they had wandered from.

Although petrified skin was also precious, it was not worth specifically disturbing a zombie horde of at least three or four thousand for it!

"Can I ask... what are you looking for? Is there anything I can help with?"

Su Xiaoya saw Zhang Su restart the car and finally couldn't help but ask curiously.

"A type of zombie."

Zhang Su didn't hide it and said bluntly, "A special type of zombie with light purple patches on its skin. They aren't obvious under normal circumstances and only become particularly conspicuous when they launch an attack!"

"Is there anything unique about the zombie you mentioned that makes it worth specifically coming out to find?"

Su Xiaoya pursed her lips. Through her observations at Tianmayu, she already knew that zombies could be used as fuel for burning, but since they specifically ran out to find a certain type, there must be something tricky about it.

"Why does a little brat need to know so much? Take the binoculars and look carefully. Just tell me if you find anything unusual!"

Zhang Su couldn't be bothered to answer Su Xiaoya's question, recalled the route Xin Qi had told him, and drove toward the fertilizer plant.

The road was clear, and in a short while, the two cars arrived outside the gate of the fertilizer plant.

"Nongxing Fertilizer Plant?"

On the road more than ten meters away from the gate, Zhang Su stopped the car, looked at the factory sign, then cast his gaze into the factory area, and couldn't help but suck his teeth.

The scale of the fertilizer plant was not too large, and judging from the architectural style and equipment, it appeared somewhat backward. It was clear that it was not a modern chemical plant put into production in recent years; it had been around for some years. But these were not the key points.

At this moment, the warehouse in the factory area had collapsed, the chimney had toppled, and the ground was stained colorful by various chemical substances. Even from a distance of tens of meters, one could smell a scent that was faint but pungent.

"Damn, there's no way to go in and look!"

Zhang Su frowned, exhaled a breath of turbid air, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said, "Let's go, leave here first. It's making me tear up, it might be poisonous!"

The two cars finally stopped at a place two hundred meters upwind.

"There are zombies coming!"

Zhang Su was about to open the car door when Su Xiaoya pointed at the wasteland by the road, extremely nervous. Three swaying zombies were walking toward the car with inflexible steps, clearly attracted by the sound.

"So what if there are? What are you shouting for? Take this, stab it in the head!"

Zhang Su handed the steel bar he had placed beside the seat to Su Xiaoya, then pushed the door open and got out of the car, regardless of her stunned expression.

The four people in the Big Dog car had already gotten out and were preparing to meet the zombies without Zhang Su's orders. However, before they could make a move, they heard Zhang Su speak.

"Leave that zombie with the white cloth strip hanging on it to Su Xiaoya!"

"Ah... okay!"

"Understood!"

Lu Yubo and the others were slightly stunned, nodded, and then rushed up.

Su Xiaoya walked out of the car hesitantly. Seeing the big brothers solve two zombies in a few moves, the fearful look on her face faded quite a bit.

"Go ahead. The freezing cold has made the zombies a bit sluggish, which is just right for a rookie like you to practice!"

Zhang Su pushed Su Xiaoya and gave Chen Hanzhou a wink at the same time.

He intended to train Su Xiaoya, but he wouldn't let her encounter any mishaps.

"Understood!"

Su Xiaoya was somewhat resistant in her heart, but seeing the five men with impressive combat power standing behind her, she wasn't too afraid. Mimicking the way Lu Yubo used the grain sampler to stab zombies earlier, she rushed up holding the steel bar.

"Ya!"

With a delicate shout, because the steel bar had some weight, she couldn't manage a one-handed stab and could only hold the steel bar with both hands and thrust it toward the zombie's face. However, the scene of the zombie's head exploding as expected did not appear. Instead, she lost her aim and rushed forward, which made her hair stand on end, watching as the zombie was about to kiss her face.

Thud!

Chen Hanzhou flew up and kicked, kicking the zombie diagonally back four or five steps, and then it fell to the ground.

"Having the courage to strike counts as your first step. Watch carefully!"

Zhang Su took the steel bar from the shaken Su Xiaoya, stepped forward, stepped on the zombie's chest, and said, "When you're not sure of a hit, the best way to attack is to make the zombie fall to the ground first! Then..."

Puchi.

The steel bar pierced into the zombie's open mouth. Zhang Su pressed down with the weight of his body, and the steel bar directly pierced through the zombie's skull. The swaying and struggling body stopped moving.

"Did you see clearly?"

Swish, Zhang Su pulled out the steel bar and wiped it on the zombie's body along the way.

"I saw clearly!" Su Xiaoya nodded earnestly, then turned to Chen Hanzhou and said, "Thank you, brother, thank you."

Chen Hanzhou raised his mechanical prosthetic limb and waved it, meaning, you're welcome.

"Luezi, did you bring a drone?"

Zhang Su handed the steel bar to Su Xiaoya and then looked at Wu Lue.

"That's right!"

Wu Lue ran to the back of the Big Dog car, opened the trunk, took out a large box from inside, and said happily, "Reconnaissance drone, the whole set of equipment is fully charged and brought over!"

"Alright, search the factory carefully, especially inside the collapsed warehouse. It's very likely that some zombies are trapped there, and there's a possibility of mutation!"

Zhang Su signaled for Wu Lue to hurry up.

"Alright, watch me!"

Wu Lue wiped his nose and immediately became motivated. Usually, there was nothing he could show off, and now he finally waited for an opportunity to perform!

Found a flat piece of ground, set up the stand, turned on the screen, started the drone, and gently pushed the remote control joystick...

Hum...

The drone's precision propellers spun at high speed, took off very smoothly, and then rushed directly toward the fertilizer plant like an arrow off a string, with a speed that was astonishing.

"This 0-100 acceleration is simply... amazing!"

In the blink of an eye, at most three seconds, the drone had already circled over the fertilizer plant. At the same time, the screen on the stand showed the scene inside the factory area.

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