Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 223 Zombie Siege
From a distance, the humanoid monster in the bee pupa looks like countless ants, converging into a large black wave, describing it as ferocious, vying to be the first to move in the same direction.

Just looking at this scene can make people feel endless despair from the bottom of their hearts, and there is also an inescapable fear.

However, on the tall building that was besieged by countless zombies, basically no one was moved by this. Everyone was just like lifting the most sophisticated machine, grasping the weapons in front of them, and didn't even need to aim, just open the gun at full speed. Firepower was fired wildly at the zombies that were besieging them under the city wall.

Rows of zombies fell down, and then a large group climbed up. Slowly, a pile of hideous and terrifying corpses gradually accumulated some distance away from the foot of the city wall.

Even so, the zombies attracted by the smell of fresh flesh and blood still rushed in crazily, unaffected by the large number of deaths of the same kind. Moreover, they themselves were dead creatures and had no fear of death at all.

On the contrary, the remaining crystal nuclei on the dead bodies of the same kind will attract them to dig out with their deformed and twisted claws, and then greedily swallow them into their stomachs, turning them into the energy needed for their own evolution.

"Increase the firepower, increase the firepower, and don't let the zombies cross the cordon. Haven't you found the zombie king inside yet?"

The human commander shouted at the top of his voice, but everyone was focused on fighting the zombies attacking from outside the base, and no one had time to answer his question.

After a while, a combatant emptied the magazine and took the time to answer him while changing ammunition: "The leader hunting team has been sent out. It seems that the zombie king has not been found yet."

Because based on past experience, if the zombie king is killed, even if the zombie siege will not end immediately, because the unintelligent zombies have lost their command, the attack will definitely collapse, so it is easy for everyone to This can be used to determine the situation of the Zombie King.

Just after he finished speaking, before the commander could say anything, almost everyone involved in this defensive battle could clearly sense that the attacking steps of the zombies below were in vain, and there were even some zombies appearing on the periphery, confused and unaware of themselves. Driven by what they were doing, they began to show signs of spreading out, and they no longer looked as orderly as before.

Upon seeing this, someone immediately shouted excitedly: "The zombie king has been killed. Brothers and sisters, hurry up and increase the firepower to repel this wave of damn zombies! I can still go back in time to pick up my kids from school."

Amused by this man's last words, several bursts of laughter rang out, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became much more relaxed, but what followed was indeed a more intensive and surging fire attack on the zombies below.

These attacks are not just thermal weapons, they are also mixed with various magical attacks, ice knives, rockets, earth spikes... which directly add gorgeous fantasy elements to this high-tech battle scene.

And this is just the most common scene six years after the end of the world.

"I didn't expect that the zombie king this time was actually a little hamster. The target was too small and it was hidden deep, making it difficult for us to find it."

Behind the zombies, there are several teams with special abilities sent out to search and hunt the zombie king.

Seeing that one of the teams successfully completed the boss hunting mission, the others skillfully transformed the mission content, starting from killing the zombie king to randomly killing the surrounding zombies.

Under their hands, even the fourth-level supernatural zombies, which are currently recognized as being second only to the fifth-level Zombie King in strength, could not survive a few rounds before they were forced to donate the crystal cores in their brains.

This is normal. After all, any one of the teams that can be dispatched to carry out the mission of hunting the Zombie King during the zombie siege is the top superpower in the apocalypse. He is an existence that can single-handedly challenge the Zombie King. Not powerful?

Chili is among them.

She was wearing a stain-resistant black combat uniform, her hair was cut into a neat and crisp short hair, and in an empty ammunition pocket on her top was a milk-colored hamster head that was only half the size of an adult's hand... and Its half-rotten carcass.

In order to prevent the putrid blood carrying the virus from seeping into her body through her clothes, she was covered with a black plastic bag, which looked like she was packing some garbage.

Obviously, the person who killed the zombie king hamster this time was Chi Li.

The zombie wave is actually mixed with not only humanoid zombies, but also various animal and plant zombies, and even a small number of ferocious mutated animals and plants.

Compared with the brainless former two, the latter has a certain amount of wisdom. The reason why he responded to the zombie king's call and came to attack the base was just to get a piece of the pie.

At this moment, I sensed that the zombie king was gone, and they were the ones running the fastest.

Chili and the others' attitude towards this kind of 'wall-worn' is to kill them if they encounter them, and leave them alone if they don't encounter them.

In fact, these mutated animals and plants are more valuable than most zombies whose only crystal cores are useful. However, the main purpose of this war is to defend the base, so what high-end combat forces such as Chi Li need to do most now is to kill everything as much as possible. When you encounter enemies, help the base reduce the pressure on the guards, instead of wasting time and energy chasing those mutated animals and plants.

Just as past experience has given the answer, once the Zombie King disappears, this defensive battle will come to an end.

Some of the zombies that were gathered rushed towards the base chasing the smell of flesh and blood, and were then killed by concentrated fire. Some were far away, and without the zombie king's call, they simply ran around like headless flies. They were far away from the battlefield while running, and they were lucky enough to survive. Some were hunted by Chi Li and other superpower teams dispatched, and became their trophies.

As time passed, this moderate crisis gradually came to an end. The fire on the city wall stopped. Then the city gate opened, and heavily armed teams poured out, inspecting and collecting the loot one by one.

When you find the crystal core, take it out and put it away. When you encounter zombies or mutated animals and plants that are not dead yet, pick up a weapon to hit them. Separate the ones with research value and put them aside, and pile the useless ones on the ground. Wait for a while. Soon, excavators drove out one after another. The huge robot arms scooped up the useless corpses and piled them on the large trucks that came out together.

They will transport these corpses to a site and burn them centrally to prevent them from being left behind to pollute the environment and breed bacteria.

This process seems to have been done hundreds of times, and every link is closely linked, and everyone is familiar with their work.

Seeing that the logistics troops had already come out, Chili and the others knew that their mission was over. Everyone collected their own trophies and then went back.

Unlike other teams of more than ten or twenty people, Chili and his team only have two rare people.

Chili, and her brother Meng Jialiang.

Although there are few people, no one here dares to underestimate them. This pair of siblings is quite famous in the base. If we want to list the strongest players in the capital base, these two siblings will definitely occupy the top ten. Among them, who My sister, who has water powers, can even make it into the top three.

This shows how strong they are.

On the surface, no one said it, but in fact, everyone in the capital base, including others who had heard of Chili's reputation, privately called her the strongest water superpower.

It sounds a bit cheesy, but it's true.

It might even be called modesty. After all, Chili's real strength is not only what she shows to the outside world, but she would reveal too much power and collapse this crumbling world. She has always been deliberately controlling herself.

He raised his hand and looked at the time, 5:08 pm.

"If we hurry up, we can still make it in time to pick up Tongtong from school."

Chili murmured to herself, and then urged Meng Jialiang: "Hurry up, go back and finish the task, then take a shower and change clothes. You go shopping for groceries, and I'll pick up Tongtong."

"okay."

Meng Jialiang responded, then followed Chi Li into the car sent by the base to pick them up, and returned to the base after crushing the corpses on the ground.

The front line of this battle is not very long, but it is still a few kilometers away. If Chili and other personnel who ran to the rear of the battlefield want to return to the base faster, they still have to take transportation. If they can only walk on their own two legs, But I can’t go back in time to pick up the kids from school.

It was as if everyone was out on a small business trip. After the work was completed, almost everyone seemed very relaxed. They started chatting while sitting in the car. Some talked about what they were going to eat for dinner, some talked about their families, and so on. , If they didn’t all have more or less blood stains on their bodies, I don’t know, I would have thought they were a group of people going out for an outing to build a team.

"By the way, Sister Chi, I heard last time that our Zihan teacher told parents to prepare food and water for their children, which would take about two days, and the school would arrange to take them to a practical drill. You know this? ?"

It happened that a parent whose child went to the same school and grade as Chili's daughter struck up a conversation with Chili.

Chi Li was closing her eyes to rest, but after hearing this, she opened her eyes and looked at the other party.

That was a middle-aged man, actually older than Chi Li, but his strength could only be considered average among elites like them, far inferior to Chi Li. Therefore, according to the post-apocalyptic mentality of respecting strength, even if his age Big, he has to call Chi Li sister.

Since the children of both parties were classmates, even if they were in different classes, they still had some common topics, so Chili had chatted with this person several times before, and they all became familiar with each other.

This time, someone took the initiative to talk to him, and the topic was still about the child. She did not ignore him, but answered seriously: "I know, I am planning to prepare for the child when I go back."

For the safety of the students, the protective gear and weapons for this actual combat exercise will be provided by the school, or the base official. However, in the end of the world, there is a shortage of materials. Food and water are still precious resources. The school cannot afford to supply them, so students are needed. Parents prepare their own for their children.

"Um, Sister Chi, can you sell me some water? My water card has been almost used up this month. The children must drink more water when they go out for activities. Look... Don't worry, I will never be a prostitute for nothing. How much do you want? Make a price."

Zihan's father rubbed his hands in embarrassment and carefully proposed his purpose of taking the initiative to talk to Chili.

In fact, his strength is not weak, and his income is not low. Logically speaking, he does not lack the money to buy water. As I said before, the people who can be sent out to carry out the task of hunting the zombie king are all the elite among the elite. In the apocalypse, humanoids are the objects of competition for all major forces. Their treatment cannot be lower, and they will never be short of money.

But no matter how much you earn, you can't bear to make money alone and spend it as a family.

Zi Han's father was lucky. After the apocalypse, his whole family, including himself and his wife's parents, all survived. However, in the early days of the apocalypse, he was the only one who awakened his powers. Later, in the third year of the apocalypse, his eldest son also After awakening his superpower, his eldest son was only six years old at that time. He is only nine years old now and is still in elementary school, so he is of no use at all.

And his parents and father-in-law are too old to do any heavy work, and they also have some old-age diseases. His wife has to take care of the family and cannot go out to work, so the whole family can only be supported by him.

So even though his income is not low, his family is still living in poverty.

Of course, this is only a relative term. Compared with those families who are not very powerful or are simply ordinary people, Zihan's father's family is already living a pretty good life in the base.
At least their children can afford to attend a special elementary school, and their family doesn't need to worry about food.

But just because there is no shortage of food does not mean there is no shortage of drink.

The most difficult thing for humans still alive after the end of the world is the severe shortage of water resources. Basically all natural water resources are polluted and cannot be drank directly.

If you want to get drinkable water, you must either drink mineral water left over from before the end of the world, drink water condensed by water superpowers and ice superpowers, or drink water stored in a special mutated plant. , or drink specially treated water from the base.

No matter what kind of water it is, the amount that can be obtained every day is limited. It can be said to be quite difficult to supply water to millions of people in such a large capital base.

Therefore, in order to reasonably allocate water resources, the base has launched a water restriction policy. Everyone has a water card in their hand. The water card can only produce a certain amount of water every month. This amount of water is enough to ensure that a person does not need water for a month. Drink enough to kill you from thirst, but no more.

If the water in the water card runs out and you still want water, you can either pay three times the price to buy it from the base, or you can buy it from someone else.

And the drinking water provided by the base to the people is not free. You need to pay a certain fee to the base every month to buy it, but the price will not be too high. After all, this is a necessary life guarantee provided by the capital base to the people. .

Fortunately, the contaminated water is not drinkable, but it can still be used in daily life for washing clothes and mopping the floor. Otherwise, everyone would not know how to live.

Zihan's father is short of water at home, so it's not impossible to buy water from the base, but the price of the base is too high. It can be cheaper to buy it from Chili. Under the huge pressure to support the family, he naturally chooses to rely on his little face and friendship with Chili. Province is province.

Knowing that the person was really in trouble, Chili didn't want to make things difficult for them: "How much water do you want? Just give it to me at the market price."

The so-called market price is double the water fee, which is one-third cheaper than three times the base price. This is a fixed price collectively set by some people who make a living by selling water.

The base does not give everyone a large share of drinking water, but there are always some people who can save some of it from themselves and others and sell it for money. After all, if there is demand, there is a market, and the base turns a blind eye to this behavior. , don’t take too much care.

"I, can I have a hundred liters?"

One hundred liters of water is too much. If a person drinks one liter a day, one hundred liters can even supply one person with water for more than three months.

As for the excuse that Zi Han's father gave Chi Li for asking him to drink more water for a practical exercise, it was actually a bit excessive to buy so much water. Zi Han's father must have known that, so after saying it, he waited for Chi Li anxiously. Li replied, always prepared to change her mind immediately if she didn't agree, as long as ten liters were enough.

Fortunately, it may be that today's mission went smoothly and she was able to pick up her daughter from school in time at the end, so Chili was in a good mood.

"Okay, come to me to fill the water when you have the container ready."

"Okay, okay, thank you, Sister Chi!"

Zihan's father nodded excitedly, attracting envious looks from others in the car.

They also want to buy water. These days, no one dislikes their own water storage.

Noticing the secretly expectant looks in everyone's eyes, Chili, who was in a good mood, showed no favoritism and generously said that anyone who wanted to buy water could come and find it, but the limit was one hundred liters per person.

It's not that she can't get more water. In fact, if Chili is willing, she alone can supply unlimited water for the entire capital base. But if she does this, it will inevitably break some balance, which is not a good thing. And her current behavior of selling water is not selling favors, it will completely change the taste.

Chili rarely sells water. After all, she doesn't need to live on it, even if the base has sent someone to talk to her.

Intimidated by her absolute strength, no one dared to ask her to do something she didn't like, so this time she was willing to sell water to her comrades in the same car. She was really selling them a favor. Everyone was very grateful for this and expressed their gratitude. Keep this favor in your heart.

This favor is not a big one, but you may not be able to use it someday in the future. Even if Chi Li doesn't need it, she has a daughter.

While chatting, the car has already driven into the base.

After feeling the car stop, Chi Li and other people on the car lined up to get off the car in an orderly manner, and then followed the team to conduct some necessary inspections before they could be put into the base.

The so-called necessary examination is very simple. It does not require blood drawing or isolation. You only need to stand in front of an instrument and be scanned to know whether you have wounds on your body and whether you are infected by the zombie virus.

They can be released after safety is confirmed.

There is no doubt that this kind of instrument is a black technology developed by the post-apocalyptic research institute. There are many similar black technologies. Some of them have been used in every aspect of people's lives, and some are still in the experimental stage. For example, rumors have been released. energy weapons.

Chi Li heard that the energy weapon is driven by zombie crystal cores as energy, allowing ordinary people to launch attacks similar to those with superpowers. The specific power is not yet known, and we have to wait for its real Only if it can be put into use.

Do you want to get one for your collection when the time comes?

With something on his mind, Chili did not delay Chi Li's handover of tasks.

After these elite teams returned to the base, they naturally had dedicated staff to handle tasks with them. When asked whether he wanted to keep the crystal core of the Zombie King himself or give it to the base along with the corpse in exchange for military exploits and money, Chi Li Just choose to submit.

This zombie hamster is of the spiritual type and does not match her or her daughter's powers. It is of no use keeping it. It is better to hand it over and exchange it for something practical.

After handing over the task, Chi Li took a look at the task reward given to her by the staff. After confirming that it was correct, she and Meng Jialiang took public transportation back home to shower and change clothes. Then one went to buy groceries and the other set off to pick up the children from school.

When Chi Li stood at the door of her daughter's school, the time reached exactly six thirty.

Tongtong is nine years old this year and is in the fourth grade of elementary school. She usually has to wait until six o'clock in the afternoon to get out of school.

Post-apocalyptic schools have also undergone certain reforms, and compulsory education is still there. However, due to the severe world situation, even the most developed and prosperous capital base in the country can only provide children with six years of compulsory education at most. , that is, until graduation from primary school.

The entry age for children has also been changed. Now they can enter primary school as long as they are five years old.

There are various factors to consider in this adjustment. One of them is that we hope that children can receive education early and learn basic knowledge and apocalyptic survival skills, so as not to die midway before they can grow up.

After all, the mortality rate of adults in the apocalypse remains high, let alone children.

However, this kind of compulsory education is only limited to ordinary primary schools attended by ordinary people. Like the special primary school Tongtong is currently attending, children need to pay a large amount of tuition every semester to enroll.

And the children who can attend elementary school for special abilities are 100% qualified.

In other words, this is a school for pure supernatural beings.

However, not all students with special abilities enrolled there are from well-off families. There are also some orphans with special abilities, or children with special abilities whose family conditions are not very good. There is no tuition fee for such children to enroll, and even special abilities are not required. Talented orphans and some children from really poor families can also enjoy free room and board provided by the school until they graduate.

The gifted ones can also get opportunities for higher education.

But all this is not given to them by the base for free. In exchange, they need to sign an agreement before enrolling, just like a student loan. However, the base provides them with education and resources that require them to give back not money, but themselves. , after they graduate, they must work for the base within a certain number of years, or it is appropriate to say that they work hard.

Therefore, they can also be regarded as the talent reserve cultivated by the base in advance for itself.

Therefore, in comparison, the biggest difference between children like Tongtong, whose families can afford tuition, and these classmates is that they are free and can make their own decisions about the path they want to choose in the future. They do not need to decide from the beginning. Tied to death on the ship at the base.

When Chi Li arrived, the school gate had opened on time, but her daughter was still not there.

She stood outside the school gate and waited patiently for a while, even buying herself a marshmallow. After taking a bite, she heard her daughter's surprise cry: "Mom!"

Tongtong, who is nine years old, has grown into a little girl. She carries her schoolbag and trots happily to her mother. She naturally reaches out to bite the marshmallow in her hand.

Chili tilted her hand slightly to facilitate her daughter to eat the candy, and stopped giving it to her after she took two bites: "Okay, mommy wants to eat the rest. You are still young, so you can't eat too much candy."

Tongtong stared at the marshmallow reluctantly, regretting not taking a bigger bite just now.

Chi Li was already immune to her daughter's pitiful eyes. She squeezed the marshmallow into a small ball, stuffed it into her mouth in a few mouthfuls, then poured out water to wash her hands, and then drove home with her daughter.

In order to facilitate travel, she later bought an electric motorcycle and drove her car when she came out to pick up her daughter.

Tongtong sat in the back seat and asked her mother curiously: "What should we eat tonight?"

"I don't know. It depends on what food your uncle bought."

Calculating the time, Meng Jialiang should have finished shopping and gone back to cook by now. If he was quick, he should be able to eat when the mother and daughter get home.