Aurora Soldiers

Chapter 22 Escape
  Under the guidance of Zhang Chengguang, everyone quickly arrived at the south gate of the community. From here, they walked through a crossroad about fifty meters and crossed the six-lane road in both directions in front of them. They were in a stretch of old-fashioned single-family commercial houses. and the unit building area. As long as you walk through this area, you can reach Xinnan Street.

This road is not safe. The battle outside the west gate not long ago caused a lot of noise. Monsters may gather from all directions. If they are discovered by the opponent while traveling, things may be very bad.

"You guys wait for me here, I'll go ahead and explore the way."

Zhang Chengguang whispered that he had to know the conditions of the road ahead so that he could be sure to lead everyone through safely without any accidents.

"Be careful."

Several old men nodded, tightened their weapons, and took Zhang Chengguang's guard position.

Zhang Chengguang nodded slightly, looked around outside the gate, and then quickly ran out.

Jiang Yiming hid in the shadow behind the gate. There was no light outside. Unlike the road conditions outside the west gate, there was a small cross road outside the south gate. There were trees planted around it. The moonlight could not shine in at all. At a glance, he just felt There was a terrifying darkness all around, and the looming branches of the trees were like the tentacles of the devil. There seemed to be fatal dangers hidden everywhere, which made him feel a strong suffocation.

He felt that if it were him, he probably wouldn't have the guts to plunge into this rich darkness alone.

"Wouldn't he be scared?"

Looking at Zhang Chengguang's figure completely disappearing into the darkness, Jiang Yiming whispered to himself.

"Maybe it's because he's strong enough?"

Beside him, the tall female college student whispered, seeming to recall the battle he saw not long ago.

"Being strong does not mean being brave, and being weak does not mean being cowardly. Courage does not increase or decrease based on strength, it is only determined by one's will."

The bald Uncle Cheng beside him said in a low voice.

Jiang Yiming and several other women were slightly silent when they heard this, especially Jiang Yiming and others. The three uncles sacrificed their lives at that time. Were they very powerful?

Not necessarily, but Jiang Yiming and others would not question their courage.

"Uncles, thank you very much. When the disaster struck, I thought I was going to die. A burden like me should be the first to die, right? I never thought that there would be people who would risk their lives to save others." I, I always thought this kind of thing only happened in stories.”

Jiang Yiming said softly.

"Have you read too many novels? Do you feel that at this time, everyone should be selfish, cruel and cruel, wishing that you could survive by stepping on other people's corpses?"

"You young people, as the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things travel thousands of miles. There are too many people and media with ulterior motives, and everyone is in danger now. Why don't you think about the big earthquake that year, who went to search and rescue, and who The first person to blindly jump out of a plane with supplies? During the flood, who used their own bodies to build embankments? During the epidemic, who provided medical care? And during the recent wildfires, who put themselves in the line of fire? Rush? Which one of these is not risking your own life? Isn’t this what happened around you? Don’t think that there is no rice in the pot just because of a piece of mouse excrement. We Donghua people, what a disaster never seen it?"

The white-haired man whispered with a smile, and then his tone became serious and continued: "In such a disaster, a person who is selfish may be able to survive for a while, but if the human group is completely destroyed, How will he survive? You young people, remember, we old guys all came from the turmoil, so we understand one truth better than anyone else. The more difficult it is, the more we must unite. Our country and our nation have been able to reach this stage precisely because countless people have united together. Human civilization has been able to develop to this day precisely because of unity and cooperation. Unity and bravery are the keys to our survival and victory over disasters. !”

"I see."

Hearing the white-haired man's words, Jiang Yiming felt as if his brain was electrified, and he clenched the vine shield in his hand.

"You were worthy of being an instructor back then. You have such a eloquent mouth. No wonder those old ladies love to hang around you."

Uncle Cheng joked.

"Fuck off!"

The white-haired old man glared and cursed.

Perhaps it was because of what the white-haired uncle said, or perhaps the optimistic attitude of the uncles moved everyone. At this moment, the suffocating and despairing darkness around them seemed not so scary. the other side.

Zhang Chengguang quickly walked through the crossroads using the cover of surrounding shops and green belts, and soon reached the end of the road, with the spacious road in front of him.

Suddenly, his figure flashed, shrank into a shadow in the corner, and looked to the right.

There, at a road intersection about 150 meters away, a bright fire appeared in the dark night, and the ferocious figures of monsters could be vaguely seen in the fire.

At first glance, the number seems to be at least five.

Fortunately, they were at the south gate of the community at this time. The previous movement was at the west gate, so the monster team's fire did not approach here, but quickly headed towards the west gate from the other side.

In addition, Zhang Chengguang did not see any fire in other directions, so it should be safe for the time being.

"The monster team will only get bigger and bigger. We must leave as soon as possible now."

Zhang Chengguang immediately turned around and ran towards the south gate.

"Follow me."

After meeting again, the group moved quickly. To Zhang Chengguang's surprise, the women who were originally timid moved much more smoothly this time in the darkness, saving a lot of time and trouble.

He did not cross the main road directly, but led everyone to use the green belt next to the road as a cover, walked about fifty meters away, and entered the pedestrian bridge.

Using the cover of the overpass, everyone quickly and safely crossed the road and re-entered the construction area.

Along the way, Zhang Chengguang led everyone, sometimes hiding in the building to observe the surrounding situation from a high altitude, and sometimes letting everyone hide in the building while he went out alone to explore the way.

For a distance of nearly one kilometer, everyone avoided at least six monster teams.

These monster teams all carry torches and are very conspicuous in the dark, so it is not very difficult to avoid them.

Among these six teams, one team caught Zhang Chengguang's attention, because in this team, a monster he had never seen before appeared!

The height of this monster is not much different from that of the bone knife monster, but its body latitude is almost twice that of the bone knife monster. It has thick fat all over its body, and it does not hold a bone knife in its hand, but two pairs of them. A forest-white bone warhammer the size of a human head. Every time this monster takes a step, the ground seems to be shaking slightly, which is extremely oppressive.

"There are actually other kinds of monsters"

Zhang Chengguang muttered to himself, his expression becoming solemn.

Originally, he thought that he had enough understanding of the monster's abilities and characteristics, but he didn't expect that new variables would appear now.

He still knew too little about these monsters.

He did not immediately tell others about the existence of this monster, because it would not help, it would only increase everyone's panic, and would not be beneficial to the current escape operation.

Keeping this matter in mind, Zhang Chengguang became more cautious in his actions. Fortunately, no other accidents happened along the way. The number of this new type of monster seemed to be very rare.

It took more than half an hour for everyone to finally arrive at Xinnan Street. Under the cover of a low-rise shantytown, they entered a six-story self-built building, and their situation was temporarily safe.

(End of this chapter)