Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 179: Pandemic
Ever since Ou Yang brought back the military radio, Zhu Yiming has devoted himself to the radio, but there has been little progress for several days and he could only receive a few broadcast signals from Shizhou.

There are two music stations, one entertainment channel, and one traffic radio.

"This thing doesn't work!" Ou Yang said disappointedly.

"It's not that the radio is bad, it's that our location is bad," Zhu Yiming said objectively. "It's best to add an antenna."

Ou Yang immediately became interested: "How do we do this?"

"It's easy." Zhu Yiming said, "It's in town."

They acted immediately and drove the pickup truck back to Baifeng Town.

To be cautious, we did not drive directly into the town. Instead, we stopped outside the town, climbed up the nearby ridge on foot, and observed the situation in the town through a telescope.

There was no sign of movement on the roadblock to the east, and there was no change on the roadblock to the west.

Ou Yang immediately confirmed that no one had entered the town: "Everything is normal, let's go!"

Returning to Baifeng Town, the two drove around the abandoned military camp. Zhu Yiming quickly locked onto his target, pointing to an antenna on a house and saying, "That's it!"

It was easy with a target. The two men parked the car behind the warehouse, set up a ladder, climbed onto the roof, and removed the antenna that was more than two men tall.

Fortunately, this thing is not a whole unit. It took some time to disassemble it into parts and it can be easily installed in the car.

Zhu Yiming went into the warehouse again and dismantled a lot of wires and cables.

The power supply in Baifeng Town had been cut off a long time ago, so there was no danger no matter what was demolished.

Ou Yang was a little confused and didn't know how to use these things, but it didn't matter, as long as Zhu Yiming understood.

Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly heard a faint sound of an engine in the distance. The two men looked at each other and immediately hid themselves in tacit understanding, praying that the visitor's destination was not the military camp.

As the saying goes, "What's scary is what's happening." Not long after, several cars drove into the military camp. A group of old Americans with guns jumped out of the cars and rummaged around. They soon found the warehouse where the supplies were stored. The old Americans who found the warehouse were as excited as mice that fell into a rice jar: "Come and see what I found!"

Ou Yang and other survivors took away a lot of supplies, but they left behind even more, including food, drinks, toys and other daily necessities.

Hearing the shouts, the scattered Lao Mi rushed into the warehouse and cheers were heard everywhere.

They brought out all the food and drinks, used Coke as alcohol, and celebrated with great fanfare.

The other team was not composed entirely of men. A greasy old man who looked like the leader hugged the scantily clad girl next to him, kissed her while laughing, and even put his dirty hands directly into her collar.

Not only did the girl not refuse, she also smiled very happily.

Some of the old Mis who were watching were whistling, some were yelling, and the whole scene was in chaos.

A breeze blew by, and Ou Yang smelled a faint scent of spores.

Zhu Yiming was a little anxious and whispered, "How long will this be hidden?"

Those old Americans were so busy partying that they showed no signs of leaving. Instead, they seemed to be planning to occupy the place for a long time.

If I keep waiting, when will I be able to leave?

Ou Yang also felt that continuing to wait was not a solution, and whispered, "Let's cooperate!"

After saying that, he suddenly left his hiding place, lay on the ground, set up his M249, and fired a short burst of shots at an empty area. Then he lowered the machine gun and aimed at the reveling Lao Mi: "Listen up, people in front, this is our territory. I'm warning you, leave immediately!"

All the old Americans were stunned. The greasy man put one arm around the girl and held a Coke in the other: "Who are you?"

Ou Yang ignored him: "Last warning, leave now, or I will shoot!"

After that, to show his determination, he fired a long burst of shots towards Lao Mi.

Bullets hit the ground and walls, making ping-pong sounds.

The Americans subconsciously protected their heads and faces, hugged their heads, and kept cursing: "Fuck, fuck!"

Zhu Yiming also threw a grenade at this time, which landed right in the middle of Lao Mi.

Several old Americans were frightened and ran away in a panic.

Zhu Yiming chuckled: "Leave our territory, or the next one will go off!"

Only then did the Americans realize that the pull ring of the grenade that fell to the ground had not been pulled off.

"OK, OK!" The greasy man finally let go of the girl. "Don't shoot, don't throw grenades, let's go, can't we just go?"

Lao Mi left reluctantly and took away a lot of supplies before leaving.

Ou Yang did not make any more trouble, but just supervised them to leave the military camp, and did not get up from the ground until the other party was far away.

Judging from the direction, it is heading west, as if it is planning to leave the epidemic area.

After confirming that the other party had indeed left, Zhu Yiming opened the door and got into the car: "Why make it so complicated? Can't we just rush out directly?"

"Of course not." Ou Yang held the machine gun cautiously. "We must let them know that we have guns and that we are not to be trifled with. Otherwise, they may not be willing to let us go."

Zhu Yiming thought about it and realized that it was true.

If you drive out without saying a word, the other party will definitely shoot to stop you, and you never know which shot will hit one of your own people.

On the contrary, you should show off your muscles first and then forcefully expel the other party. On the one hand, you can proactively show off your muscles and give enough deterrence; on the other hand, you can test and see the other party's attitude.

Tough, weak, neither humble nor arrogant, different reactions require different responses.

Anyway, this little accident was resolved smoothly. Zhu Yiming drove the pickup truck out of the town and was about to return to the camp, but unexpectedly saw several of Lao Mi's cars parked on the side of the road.

Ou Yang immediately set up the machine gun, as if to monitor the other party's departure, with the intention of politely seeing him off.

Lao Mi got into the car and left silently, looking very unwilling.

Zhu Yiming said cautiously, "Can we still move forward? Are you planning to ambush us?"

"It's okay, the number of people is right." Ou Yang said.

Zhu Yiming looked at him in surprise: "No, when did you count the heads?"

Ou Yang laughed: "Just now!"

The pickup truck continued to follow the other party until the convoy was out of sight, then quietly returned to the camp.

For safety reasons, after leaving the road, I found a hidden place and hid there for a while to prevent Lao Mi from following me.

Fortunately, the other party was not as smart as they imagined. After making sure that they were not being targeted by the other party, the two drove into the depths of the jungle.

When they were almost at the end of the field, Jiang Yuwei suddenly jumped out from the bushes.

Zhu Yiming stopped the car, opened the window and asked with a smile: "Beautiful lady, would you like a ride?"

Ou Yang looked past Zhu Yiming and asked, "Why did you come out?"

Jiang Yuwei opened the door and got into the back seat: "I heard gunshots, and I was worried, so I came out to check."

"Hey, it's okay, just a little accident." Zhu Yiming said casually.

Ou Yang briefly recounted his previous experience: "Baifeng Town has been exposed. There will definitely be more and more Lao Mi coming. We should try to go there less often in the future."

"I'll listen to you." Zhu Yiming said.

Jiang Yuwei nodded silently and kept Ou Yang's instructions in mind.

After returning to camp, Zhu Yiming immediately assembled the antenna and fixed it to a large tree near Camp 1, connecting it to the radio via several wires. By the time the two of them finished, Jiang Yuwei had also prepared lunch. Zhu Yiming ate while adjusting the radio and quickly memorized several frequencies.

With the help of the antenna, his work efficiency was greatly improved. In just half an afternoon, he determined the communication frequencies of the grizzly bear safe zone, snow bear safe zone and brown bear shelter.

This is inside the epidemic area.

Outside the epidemic area, Lion Radio, Cub Radio and United Radio, etc. have been identified as important news channels.

In addition, direct contact was established with several private radio stations, two in Xiongshi, one in Changshi, and even a vague signal from Luzhou.

There are many other signals, but none of them can determine the specific location.

Zhu Yiming selected a signal in Lion City and grabbed the microphone to communicate directly: "Hey, man, can I ask you a question?"

"can!"

"Do you know what happened in Bear State?"

"Of course, don't you know?"

"I know a little, but I'm not very clear." Zhu Yiming opened his mouth and said, "Can you tell me in detail?"

"No problem!" The other party was very enthusiastic and told him in detail what he knew, including fungal infections, the continuous spread of the epidemic, and even hallucinations, but he did not mention the dangers of severe infections.

Obviously, although the authorities disclosed some facts, they also concealed some key points.

After Zhu Yiming acknowledged the other party's help, he asked, "Have you made any preparations? I'd like to get some reference."

"Prepared? Of course we are," the other person said. "Officials have distributed masks to everyone and required every family to stockpile sufficient food and water. I just bought two rifles, two pistols, and 3,000 rounds of ammunition, which is more than enough to deal with any emergency."

Well, my neighbor stores food and I store guns, so my neighbor is my granary, right?

Zhu Yiming kindly reminded: "I think it's not enough. It's better to build a shelter... You know, once a disaster strikes, the danger may not be the epidemic itself, but people."

The other party was silent for a moment: "Thank you for your advice, I will."

After the call ended, Zhu Yiming took over and continued the conversation.

Ou Yang listened with great interest and felt that this thing was a bit like early online chatting.

On second thought, I felt very sad.

Only after the epidemic spread did Mi Gong realize the need for comprehensive preparations. It would have been great if Brown Bear City had such comprehensive preparations in the beginning.

As it got late, Zhu Yiming took the initiative to finish work.

It’s not that I don’t want to keep in touch, but there are more mosquitoes when it gets dark. If I don’t want to feed them, I have to go back to the car.

"We have to go back again." Zhu Yiming said during dinner.

Ou Yang frowned: "What are you going back for?"

"I think we should get a few personal radios," Zhu Yiming said. "If we run into something like today again, we can contact them directly and avoid being so nervous."

As he said this, he glanced at Jiang Yuwei.

Jiang Yuwei didn't say anything and ate in silence.

Ou Yang thought for a moment and asked, "Is the communication distance sufficient?"

"It should be no problem." Zhu Yiming said, "Isn't there a carrying platform?"

The communication distance of a soldier's radio is not far, the shortest is about one kilometer, and the longest is only five or six kilometers, so the coverage is limited.

The backpack is different. It is a long-distance communication device. A hundred or eighty kilometers is a piece of cake. If there is a suitable antenna, a thousand kilometers is not a problem.

The straight-line distance from the camp to Baifeng Town is less than ten kilometers at most. What's wrong with that?

Ou Yang nodded: "Okay, I don't understand this, I'll listen to you."

The next morning, the two returned to Baifeng Town again.

This time everything went smoothly and there were no more accidents.

But the individual radio that Zhu Yiming brought back was far beyond Ou Yang's expectations.

He thought this thing was just like in the movies, no different from headphones, and could be used by just snapping it on your ears.

This is what the American soldiers gave him when he was attacked before.

"That's actually a helmet intercom terminal." Zhu Yiming shook the individual radio in his hand, "This is the individual radio!"

He explained it briefly and Ou Yang finally understood it.

As the name suggests, a helmet intercom terminal is a wireless communication device integrated into a helmet. It is small in size, light in weight, and has a very limited communication distance.

Individual radios are much more complicated, more like a walkie-talkie or a PLUS version of a mobile phone. The main unit is like a brick and the antenna is about 30 centimeters long.

The individual radio is the core of team communication. All communication terminals rely on the individual radio and are the branches and tentacles of the individual radio.

After receiving the equipment, Zhu Yiming trained Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei on how to use the radio.

It doesn't need to be complicated. Just remember a few blank frequencies and make sure you can stay in touch with the camp after you leave.

Moreover, Zhu Yiming repeatedly emphasized that people should not try functions they do not understand and should just maintain their current state.

To be honest, he was a little nervous because although he had come into contact with radio stations, he had never come into contact with US military equipment.

This thing can not only make calls, but also locate, transmit data, encrypt communications and so on.

Zhu Yiming was very worried about whether the backpack radio and the individual radio used the same encryption protocol. If not, he didn't know how to solve the problem.

Fortunately, the situation he worried about did not happen.

A few days later, a light rain came quietly, and the fine rain lasted for a whole day and night.

The next morning, the sky cleared up, but it was already the end of September. As the saying goes, every autumn rain brings a chill, and the temperature dropped a lot with the arrival of this rain. I had to wear a coat to keep warm in the morning and evening.

Ou Yang goes out early and comes back late every day. He first takes a thorough look around and knows clearly which direction there are mountains and which direction there are rivers.

Then a small path was opened from the camp directly to Baifeng Town.

But he did not return to the town. Instead, he hid outside the town and observed the situation in the town.

At first, nothing was discovered, and those guys who suddenly appeared in the town seemed to have arrived by chance.

However, within a few days, more Lao Mi from the epidemic area appeared in the town. They formed gangs and quickly took away all the supplies in the warehouse.

Although the supplies Ou Yang took away were enough for three people, he still felt very distressed.

All the old people who appeared in the town were planning to leave the epidemic area and had no intention of returning to the epidemic area.

Some of them left and never came back, while others returned to the town in a dejected state.

Some of them stayed in the town, while another group returned to the epidemic area. This cycle continued. More and more Lao Mi stayed in the town, and more and more Lao Mi fell ill, fell into hallucinations, and got into all kinds of trouble.

The whole town was filled with smoke.

(End of this chapter)