Chapter 58: Safe Zone

Zhang Su touched his chin and asked, "Officer Qin, I want to ask about the exchange of fire that night. With such strong thermal weapon firepower, you didn't hold on in the end?"

This matter was also very concerning to everyone. For people who had never experienced the flames of war in reality, the exchange of fire not far away a few days ago was quite shocking!

Qin Ya patted the assault rifle on his shoulder and shook his head bitterly. "No matter how powerful the firepower is, it can't handle the zombies appearing continuously from all directions. The most regrettable thing is that we misestimated the number of zombies in the street block."

"Once the gunshots rang out, the zombies in the other street block could be attracted. In a rush, the ammunition we prepared could ideally eliminate 100,000 zombies, but when we really exchanged fire, we found that it was truly 'the ideal is plump, the reality is too skinny'!"

Zhang Su asked closely: "How do you say that?"

"To deal with zombies, you only have to shoot them in the head, otherwise, even if you hit their legs with bullets, they are still jumping around. Unless you hit the same part continuously, who can guarantee that they can shoot accurately in the head in that kind of tense and chaotic situation?"

"I don't know how many zombies were finally finished off, but I estimate it's not even one-tenth of the theoretical value..."

Qin Ya's expression was very heavy when he said this, and his brows were deeply furrowed.

"Then, are there any weapons left there?"

Zhang Su looked at Qin Ya with an inquiring gaze.

From Qin Ya's account, the sound of thermal weapons would attract more zombies, but they were still the most effective weapons and had unparalleled deterrence to humans!

The control of thermal weapons in the Heavenly Dynasty was strict, and ordinary people couldn't come into contact with them at all. Now the environment was different, and Zhang Su wanted to get some firearms, which would greatly increase the chance of survival.

Qin Ya shook his head with a wry smile at Zhang Su's question: "Fighting until the last bullet..."

During the conversation, he took off the assault rifle on his shoulder and unloaded the magazine to show everyone. It was empty.

This scene left everyone present silent, and it was hard to imagine what kind of despair that was.

A moment later, Qin Ya was stunned and raised his eyebrows. "I remember one thing. When there was still communication, I heard a piece of news, but I don't know if they succeeded in these past few days."

Qin Ya saw that everyone was looking at him with hopeful eyes, showing a look of recollection. "At that time, I heard the authorities say on the walkie-talkie left in the brigade that they would strive to establish a temporary safe zone at the Olympic Sports Center."

In order to undertake part of the Olympic Games events, Qincheng had spent a huge amount of money to build a gymnasium, which was quite magnificent.

"Olympic Sports Center?"

When everyone heard this news, their expressions dimmed in unison.

Shengqin Garden, where Zhang Su was located, was in the north of Qincheng, while the Olympic Sports Center was in the southwest of the city. The straight-line distance was four kilometers, but if driving, it was about seven kilometers!

In the past, the seven-kilometer journey would have been enough in an hour even with traffic jams, but now, they might not be able to go very far even if they risked their lives.

However, in any case, this could be considered one of the few good pieces of news in recent days, allowing a small flame of hope to ignite in everyone's hearts.

"Then... Officer Qin, did you hear any relevant news later?"

Duan Wuhu asked with great anticipation.

Qin Ya shook his head expressionlessly and said, "Communication was cut off. The walkie-talkie was lost during the exchange of fire. Now people really have no sense of crisis. I searched seven or eight families and didn't find a single radio..."

Mobile phones used to have radio functions integrated, but for various reasons, they had been removed. Now few people used that kind of equipment, unless it was elderly people who might take a radio to listen to broadcasts.

There were also cars. Basically, as long as it was a fully functional car, it would be equipped with a radio, but finding a car now was also a problem.

"Radio?"

Who would have thought that the milk delivery man, who had been keeping his head down and not speaking, suddenly opened his mouth, took out a palm-sized thing from his dirty messenger bag, stood up, and walked to Qin Ya's side.

"This... it fell once before, and only one battery is left. I don't know if it can still be used."

"All-band radio?"

Qin Ya took the thing from the milk delivery man's hand and looked at it, his joy instantly showing on his face. "Xiaoyu, hurry, take the battery out of your toy dinosaur and give it to Uncle!"

"Okay!" Liu Xuanyu nimbly took out the battery and handed it to Qin Ya.

Everyone looked at Qin Ya fiddling with the radio in his hand very nervously.

Soon, the battery was installed, and Qin Ya pressed the power button without hesitation.

*Click. *

The indicator light lit up, and a burst of *crackle-crackle* no-signal noise rang out.

"It can be used!"

"That's great, hurry and search, see if there's a signal."

"God bless..."

Under the hopeful gaze of everyone, Qin Ya stretched out the radio antenna and walked toward the window while tuning the frequency.

*Hiss-hiss-hiss, thump-thump-thump, crackle-crackle-crackle... *

However, as Qin Ya dialed, he was only switching back and forth between different noises, and there was never any meaningful sound.

"Let me try..."

The milk delivery man said behind everyone.

"Master, you come."

Qin Ya immediately returned the radio to the milk delivery man. Although he knew how to use it, he certainly wasn't as proficient as the original owner.

The milk delivery man's dark hands took the radio. He didn't know what he pressed on it, but the noise became louder, and then it kept making *zizi-lala* harsh sounds.

"Don't move!"

However, just when everyone was frowning, Zhang Su suddenly raised his hand to stop the milk delivery man from continuing to tune the frequency.

"*Zizi-lala*... Qin... *crackle-crackle*... people... *zizi-zizi*... intention, Olympic... *zizi-zizi*... temporary... *zizi-zizi*..."

"There's sound!"

"Really, someone is talking."

"Shut up, listen carefully!"

If Zhang Su hadn't shouted to stop, everyone wouldn't have heard the faint human voice mixed in the *crackle-crackle* noise.

"People of Qincheng, please note, the Olympic Sports Center safe zone has been built. We have basic catering and water supply, provide basic medical care, and look forward to people from all walks of life joining us to overcome the difficulties together?"

"This FM transmitter is too bad... it should be about this meaning!"

Because the signal was very poor, everyone could only slowly collect useful information from the noise. Fortunately, the broadcast kept repeating, and after listening to it for twenty or thirty times, they managed to piece together a complete sentence.

The sudden news left everyone with mixed joy and worry.

The joy was that there really was a safe zone, proving that humanity hadn't been completely defeated. The worry was that wanting to go to the Olympic Sports Center wasn't an easy thing!

Qin Ya signaled the milk delivery man to turn off the radio, then looked at everyone with a heavy expression: "Everyone, let's talk about your thoughts."

For a moment, the room fell silent.

Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan naturally followed Zhang Su's opinion and looked at him one after another.

Duan Sihai looked at his brother Duan Wuhu, and the brothers communicated with their eyes.

The milk delivery man stood on the side and still didn't speak, clutching the radio tightly in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

I don't know what virus I'm infected with, it's so uncomfortable...

The child was infected first, and then the whole family followed suit.

Headache, runny nose, coughing non-stop, could it be that I'm going to turn into a zombie.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 59 =====