blood plague

Chapter 86 Empty city, plan?

Just as Joanna smiled at the incoherent Iger, Andy's head popped off the floor.

"Sorry to interrupt." Andy said: "We have rested for two hours, it's time to continue working."

Iger glanced at his watch, and it was almost three o'clock.

But it doesn't matter much, there are not many infected people left.Now Iger has no sleepiness and is full of energy. He is sure to clean up the remaining infected people before five o'clock.

After climbing down the billboard, everyone got into the pickup truck and returned to the hunting point again.

Now the rest are basically those wandering infected people who ran to the mountains.It's okay to ignore them, but Iger's philosophy is to kill one infected person when he encounters one, and as long as one is killed, there will be one less.

Joanna parked the pickup truck on the main road. She pressed the car horn and blared wildly. After hearing the sound of the horn, the infected people who were scattered around stopped waiting and gathered towards the car.

Iger didn't wait for them to gather, he opened fire as soon as the infected came within his "effective" range.

Using the .22 AR-7 to hit high targets, Iger felt very tired, and the muzzle needed to be raised very high. There was no way to fight it, so I had to hold it with both hands.After shooting, the bullet will hit the target with an upward parabola, and the effective lethal range will be greatly shortened.

Finally, the last infected person fell headlong to the ground and called it a day.

The four got out of the car and cleaned the road. After all, there were too many dead bodies on the road, and the car couldn't get through.

After the chores were done, Iger looked at his watch, 16:44.

Today's work is completed ahead of schedule, everyone can go back to the villa to rest.But it's still early, and Iger decided to go around the periphery of Jixi Town first.

The four jumped into the pickup truck and drove towards the Jixi Town Bridge.

Jixi Town Bridge, this is a 200-meter-long, 100-meter-span bridge with a two-way single-lane bridge.There was a long queue of cars on the bridge going into town, but the left side going out of town was unimpeded.

From the looks of it, it shouldn't be the traffic jam caused by the outbreak of the blood plague, but the blood plague that broke out after the car was blocked here for other reasons.

Thinking of this, Iger became happy, which shows that there is a high probability that these cars have car keys.

Iger hammered hard on the roof of the pickup truck, and Joanna stopped the car on the side of the road.

"Come on, let's check those cars, I think this time there will be a big harvest." Iger said to the other three.

Since it is to receive the car, try not to cause damage to the car.The old rule is that if there is an infected person in the car, pull it out first and then kill it.

The previous staffing is still the same, Erica holds a gun and acts as a security guard, Andy opens the door, Aigla, and Joanna chop.

Along the way, there were 22 cars blocked on the bridge deck and nearby by car inspection and hacking.

Among them, there were 5 infected people in the cars. Except for 5 infected people squeezed in one car, the other cars were single or double.

In the car with 5 people, the infected person was directly killed by Iger with the AR-7 through the glass. It doesn't matter if the car is no longer needed, safety comes first.

Of the remaining 21 cars, 16 have keys.

What made Iger particularly happy was that a luxury bus actually had a car key. After the four boarded the car, they started the car smoothly.

This bus is the most important trophy harvested this time. With it, the Gospel team can modify a mobile fortress and no longer need to be afraid of the attack of the infected group.

The bus was long and there was no way to turn around on the bridge, and Andy wasn't sure he would be able to drive the bus all the way back from the bridge.

After the four discussed it, Andy and Erica drove the bus into Jixi Town, took advantage of the intersection to make a U-turn, did not stop along the way, turned their heads and walked this way.

Joanna and Iger crouched in the pickup truck and provided covering fire before the bus crossed the bridge.

After the work was assigned, the four exchanged weapons.

Joanna parked the pickup truck on the higher grass outside the road at the bridgehead, Iger took the AR-15 and lay on the roof of the pickup truck, and Erica followed Andy into the bus with the shotgun in her arms.

Andy drove the bus into Rapid Creek Town, and he knew which road in Rapid Creek Town could make a circle with the smallest radius.

The bus made a sharp turn to the right and disappeared into the buildings. Iger and Joanna waited anxiously.

Iger hopes that there will not be too many infected people coming out with the bus this time, at least they will not block the bridge.

A few minutes later, the bus came out from the other side of the buildings. It could be seen that it was driving very fast, and when it was cornering, its body was tilted.

Iger held the gun nervously, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds...

Until the bus drove onto the bridge smoothly, the infected people behind it did not catch up.

"squeak."

The bus braked to a stop at the bridge, followed by the sound of the air brake deflation, and the door opened.

"What's going on?" Iger yelled at Erica.

Erica jumped out of the bus, and after closing the door, the bus slowly drove towards the grass beside the road, while Erica climbed into the cargo compartment of the pickup truck.

"Iger, you should go to the city to have a look." Erica said to Iger seriously. Iger saw Erica's expression and knew that something strange must have happened.

In short, it's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided, so we have to get rid of it.

Iger took a deep breath and asked Erica, "What's wrong?"

"The town is empty," Erica said. "We drove around and didn't see a single infected person. The whole town of Rapid Creek is empty!"

"Ah!" Iger thought of several possibilities, but never thought of this.

Isn't there hundreds of infected people in Jixi Town? How could it become an empty city?

For no reason, Iger suddenly shivered. He thought of an extremely terrifying story. Could this be the "empty city plan" prepared by the infected for them.

Put out the bait first, wait for the mice to enter the cage, and then suddenly encircle them.

Thinking of this, Iger's heart beat violently a few times, and then a layer of cold sweat broke out from his body.

After Andy parked the bus, he also ran to the pickup truck. He said to Iger, "Iger, I don't know what happened. The town of Rapid Creek is empty!"

Iger nodded, and he began to meditate.

"Don't scare yourself. No matter what the strange thing is, it must be based on the facts that can be explained."

Iger calmed down, he rubbed his lips back and forth with his fingers, thinking quickly.

Joanna got down from the cab, and now the three of them looked at Iger, nervously and reassuringly waiting for him to think about the result.

Iger remembered what Andy had said. Although Jixi Town is not big, it is a transportation hub. It extends in all directions. Counting the four roads and expressways in the front, back, left, and right, it has a total of 5 roads.

If, if the infected people did not disappear, but all went out, this matter could be explained.

Hypothetically, assuming that more than one screamer appeared in Rapid Creek Town, then there would be multiple large groups of infected people.

The conjecture in line with the current situation is that after eating up all the survivors in Rapid Creek Town, the infected people wandered and wandered for a month, and more than one screamer mutated.

Each Screamer leads the maximum number of Infected he can "control", forming large groups of Infested.

Then, under the leadership of the commander, the group of infected people abandoned the deserted Jixi Town and moved along the road to other places.

Thinking of this, Iger decided to take a risk. He raised his head and said to the three teammates: "Everyone, load the bullets, and let's go for a lively walk around the town."

(End of this chapter)