Undead
Chapter 75
Five minutes ago, at the South Sea Headquarters.
"The first wave of communication from the front has arrived!"
A second lieutenant in the communications office said loudly, "It's from Captain Cymbidium Annuum … uh … it's designated to connect to Colonel Zhou's temporary channel."
"Huh?" Zhou Rongyi raised his head, "You need off-site guidance so soon?"
The second lieutenant respectfully made way for Zhou Rong to sit down. He put on his headset and heard an unclear voice amid the static.
"On the day Brother Rong was infected … I realized that I was still a little sad …"
Zhou Rong, "…"
In the communications office, the staff was focused on monitoring the latest updates from the search and rescue teams all over the country. Lieutenant General Zheng angrily said into the phone, "What?
What do you mean by you parachuted into a bunch of zombies?
Lieutenant Colonel Tang!
Speak clearly! "
The second lieutenant stood on the side a little fearfully. Zhou Rong gestured for him to leave, indicating that he could handle it.
"Do you need me to do anything?" Chun Cao's voice sounded in the private channel, "Or should I talk to Si Xiaonan and ask him to apologize to you?"
Zhou Rong gently held his breath. After a moment, he heard Yan Hao's vague and bitter laugh, "No, what does it have to do with the Sinan?
His words hurt because he was telling the truth. "
There was no sound in the channel, only the sound of heavy breathing and footsteps.
After a long time, the sound of the gurgling stream suddenly became obvious, probably because they had finally reached the bottom of the canyon.
Chun Cao said "Hello" in the headset, lowered her voice and asked, "Brother Rong?
Brother Rong, are you there?
Emergency request for off-site assistance. The team flower is in a very sad state. He's almost a dog's tail flower now, what should we do? "
Zhou Rong glanced around, "Lower your voice, can Yan Hao hear you?"
"No, he's in front, we're almost at the assembly point."
"Is there any sign that he's going to mutate into a man-eating flower?"
"Not at the moment, but it's hard to say … Yan Xiaohao hit the cliff with his arms and legs spread out. Now that he's almost disfigured, I think he's not in a good mood …"
"Let him maintain his dog's tail flower form, don't activate his man-eating flower form," Zhou Rong said solemnly, "I'll get Si Xiaonan to talk to him at the communication center later."
Spring Grass said, "Understood, ah!
I saw Da Ding and Xiangzi!
We're almost at the rendezvous point, talk to you later! "
On a small rocky beach in the valley, the yellow signal smoke went straight up into the sky with the wind. The surroundings were densely packed with zombies. A rough count showed that there were no less than a hundred of them.
Tang Hao had obviously gone through a fierce battle. His parachute was hanging on a treetop not far away. His body was covered in black blood and rotten flesh. He was kneeling by the stream and washing his face, exhausted.
More than ten team members had gathered in the open space. When Guo Weixiang saw the two of them, he turned pale with fright. "Team Flower!
Team flower, how did you get disfigured?
Did you land face first?! "
Yan Hao was speechless.
Spring Grass immediately signaled him to shut up with her eyes. Then Ding Shi carried his gun across the rocky beach. When he looked up, his expression changed dramatically. "Vice-captain!
Vice-captain, why is your face so swollen?
Did you land face first?! "
Yan Hao was speechless.
Spring Grass forcefully hooked their necks and dragged them away, one in each hand. Yan Hao turned to the stream to wash his face, which was covered with dried nosebleeds.
However, when he squatted down, Tang Hao unexpectedly raised his head. Their eyes met.
After five seconds of strange silence, Yan Hao said coldly, "Face first …"
Unexpectedly, Tang Hao interrupted him. "No, no need to say anything.
Everyone has bad luck sometimes. "
At that moment, Yan Hao was stunned by Tang Hao's understanding. Then, in the next second, Tang Hao burst into laughter and took out a miniature spy camera from his pocket.
Click!
Tang Hao ran away. Yan Hao roared, "Come back here!!"
Half an hour later, Yan Hao was finally tired from running around the rocky beach. He held his knees and gasped for breath.
Tang Hao stopped and threw the camera into the tactical bag. He clapped his hands and said, "Everyone gather points!"
The team members from all over the valley gathered in the open space. However, Tang Hao looked carefully and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
He asked everyone to stand in line and count off. Sure enough, he found that something was wrong. There were four people missing.
How could there be fewer people?
Did they have an accident when they were parachuting?
Parachuting in the valley was very dangerous. There were many zombies nearby, so it was reasonable for there to be an accident. However, the four special forces soldiers disappeared without a sound. It was very strange no matter how he thought about it.
Tang Hao thought for a moment and looked around. The narrow sky above the valley was getting darker and darker. It was close to six o 'clock.
Once it was dark, groups of zombies would be active, which would bring them great danger.
"Maybe they are temporarily lost. We can't wait for them here."
Tang Hao thought and said, "Let's enter the search area first. Find a place to set up camp in the lee of the wind. Arrange for people to take turns to be on night duty. We will start a thorough search tomorrow morning."
Everyone responded in unison and split up.
"What?" Lieutenant General Zheng frowned, "Four people are missing?"
Lieutenant General Zheng turned around. Zhou Rong suddenly stopped spinning the pen in his hand. He shrugged and said, "Maybe they are lost or sacrificed."
Before Zheng Xie could say anything, Tang Hao's roar came from the phone, "Zhou — Rong!
Why is it you again?
Please stay in the rear and don't talk too much. Every time I meet you, I am very unlucky. Thank you so much! "
Lieutenant General Zheng hurriedly covered the phone with his hand. However, Zhou Rong answered slowly, "Sorry, Team Leader Tang. Ben Ou … Colonel Tang is now the long-range combat consultant of the Black Falcon Group. I have the right to ask about the latest battle reports from the frontline.
The General Staff Department just gave me the appointment this morning. You can ask the higher-ups for confirmation … "
"What?" Tang Hao said angrily, "Combat consultant?
You? "
Lieutenant General Zheng covered the phone with his hand. He was so annoyed that his head was about to explode. Finally, he pushed Zhou Rong's head back into the swivel chair.
"Colonel Zhou was appointed as the long-range guide because of his rich experience in team operations. We opened a temporary communication channel for him." Zheng Xie said to the phone with a straight face, "Okay!
Stop protesting, Team Leader Tang!
Stay alert and report the direction of the movement. "
Lieutenant General Zheng hung up the phone and finally let out a sigh of relief.
Zhou Rong sank into the swivel chair. He secretly took out a cigarette box. Before he could light it, it was taken away by Lieutenant General Zheng.
"… Okay."
Zhou Rong helplessly started to play with his pen. He said in a low voice, "The four people who were left behind may have been attacked by zombies. They were blown away by the wind and couldn't make it to the rendezvous point in time.
Tang Hao should have sent back the canyon terrain and wind data, right?
Ask the fighter pilot to report the parachute time and altitude of the four people. Combined with the wind speed, we can estimate their landing location. "
Lieutenant General Zheng's face finally looked a little better.
"But Tang Hao's decision to give the order to move out is correct."
Zhou Rong sighed and said, "Now, no matter who was left behind, we can't go and save them. We have to give up when it's time."
Lieutenant General Zheng nodded in agreement, "If the map Tang Hao sent back is correct, there are at least ten thousand zombies in the canyon.
It's too dangerous. We have to make it quick. "
Zheng Xie got up and went to find the flight team to report the parachute jump. Zhou Rong's face was full of awe. He respectfully watched the old lieutenant general's back as he left. He immediately fell down as if his bones were pulled out. He secretly waved at the door of the communication room, "Si Xiaonan!
Si Xiaonan! "
Sinan crept into the office. Seeing that there was no one around, she magically took out a lit cigarette.
Zhou Rong took a long, satisfied drag. He crossed his legs and leaned on the swivel chair. He hugged Sinan's waist and sighed, "This is the life I want …" Then he put on the headset, connected the channel, and said lazily, "Hello, daughter?
How are you guys? "
In the woods under the waterfall, the well-trained soldiers quickly set up army green tents. They started a fire, ate, and stood guard with guns.
"So far, so good!"
Grassy sat cross-legged on a big rock beside the tent. She was eating her high-protein beef pancake and said vaguely, "We lost four people. We lit a red signal cigarette and asked them to gather!
There are a lot of zombies in the canyon. We just bombed several times!
Yan Hao's dog tail flower mode is still going. Damn, we're off to a bad start. Why do I feel so unlucky this time? "
In the communication office, Zhou Rong caught a glimpse of Lieutenant General Zheng passing by. He immediately took the cigarette out of his mouth and hid it under the table.
"…" Zheng Xie seemed to smell a trace of smoke. He suspiciously stopped and looked around. Suddenly, he met Sinan's eyes.
Sinan sat not far away, quietly staring at him. Her skin was pale and bloodless. Her light amber eyes were cold and indifferent. She looked like an inorganic mannequin.
Zheng Xie: "…"
A chill ran down his spine to his brain. Lieutenant General Zheng's eyelids twitched. He hurriedly turned around and left.
"I already said that your group's code name was problematic."
Zhou Rong looked from behind the console until Lieutenant General Zheng left. Then he took out the cigarette and continued to speak into the microphone, "The Tang guy is already evil enough. Why didn't he find a master to figure out a good code name? Why did he have to call himself 'Black Falcon'? Did he think it was not good enough or did he want to fight poison with poison?
— — I think you guys should be called 'Golden Rooster', 'Wang Cai', or 'Panda' is also good.
Go out and show up together. Hey!
The Panda Panpan Special Team of the Ninth Search and Rescue Team is here to report!
… "
Chun Cao wanted to cry but had no tears. "Can we not talk about this now?
The higher-ups have to come up with this unlucky name to fight against the White Eagle of Country A. What can you do? "
Zhou Rong said, "That's not right.
You can ask Si Xiaonan yourself. The White Eagle's opponent has always been our 118.
The Tang guy still wants to fight against the White Eagle. This is pure blackmail. First of all, he doesn't know his position in the right way … "
There was a slight noise in the woods. Chun Cao raised her head. In the darkness, she could vaguely see people moving in the distance.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Rong asked, "Zombies again?"
Chun Cao grabbed the submachine gun, but then Guo Weixiang strode over from the side of the camp. He waved to her and said, "It's okay!
We found a small group of wandering zombies. It's already taken care of! "
Only then did Chun Cao relax.
Zhou Rong said thoughtfully, "My daughter, the Feng Shui of your camp is not very auspicious."
"I don't know. When we set up camp just now, the surroundings were still clean."
Chun Cao frowned and said, "There are suddenly more wandering zombies. It seems that they are obviously coming for us … But maybe it's because it's getting dark …"
She stood up from the rock full of mud and moss and looked in all directions with her outstanding eyesight.
Night gradually fell on this deserted open space. The torches around the camp were burning, illuminating the camouflage tents and the distant woods with flickering shadows and whimpering wind.
Chun Cao took a few deep breaths.
She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she always felt that the night air contained the smell of the forest's rotting trees, the smell of insects' corpses in the soil, and the salty water vapor of the distant waterfall. In addition, there was a faint smell unique to zombies. It was gradually gathering here under the cover of the night.
She shivered.
"No, let's not talk about the Feng Shui. This damn place is really uncomfortable. The more I talk about it, the more guilty I feel … Tonight, I have to go back and comfort the poor dog's tail flower Yan Hao."
In the office of the Communications Department, Sinan raised her head in confusion.
Zhou Rong asked with great interest, "How's the wound on Yan Hao's face?"
Sinan: "… What does dog's tail flower mean?"
Chun Cao asked in a drawling voice on the phone, "Hey — Dad, haven't you told your new love about the dark history of your old love?"
Zhou Rong laughed and lit the cigarette in the air. He said, "The personality of Major Yan Hao of the 118 Squadron is basically divided into three types."
"First, in the normal state, he is a human-shaped rose with legs. Although the thorns are particularly hard, as long as you don't provoke him, they are generally harmless. When he meets someone he likes, such as you, he will be particularly coquettish and attract bees and butterflies.
The second type is dog's tail flower. Basically, it will only appear when he is depressed. His external appearance is melancholy and sad, and when he uses it on the cafeteria aunties, it often has a surprising effect. "
"The third type is the man-eating flower, also known as the pitcher plant."
Zhou Rong shook his index finger and said, "So far, the most intense episode was when I was parachuted in as the captain. In order to squeeze me out, Comrade Yan Hao used all kinds of bad means, such as forming gangs, openly provoking, using sharp weapons, premeditated assassination, and so on. He even almost drove me directly into the morgue …"
Chun Cao said, "I have to say something fair for Yan Hao. If you didn't beat him up three times a day during mealtime, Yan Hao wouldn't have killed you. He clearly said before that he only wanted to hit you into a vegetative state."
Sinan was speechless.
Sinan raised his hand and clapped, showing his respect out of courtesy.
"The tricky part is," Chun Cao stood on a high rock and said seriously, "Yan Hao's dog's tail flower mode and pig cage mode … and man-eating flower mode will occasionally switch with each other.
For example, when he succeeded in casting the spell on the cafeteria aunties and obtained half a spoonful of beef with potatoes, he could quickly recover from his state of self-pity. But if the person who got the food was a warrior and the other party didn't fall for his trick, Yan Hao would very likely turn into a man-eating flower out of thin air and force the other party … "
In the night, a dark shadow flashed out of the woods and gradually approached Chun Cao.
"Force what?" Sinan laughed and asked, "How did he trigger his dog's tail flower mode this time?"
Chun Cao said, "Well, it's a long story. In the end, it's because of you … Ah!!"
A cold hand grabbed Chun Cao's ankle.
The communication device fell to the ground with a bang and the channel was cut off. Chun Cao grabbed the gun and turned around to load it. The other party held the muzzle of the gun and raised it at lightning speed. The next moment, a faint question sounded.
"What are you talking about?"
In the nick of time, Chun Cao's finger that was about to pull the trigger paused. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Yan Hao!"
Chun Cao jumped off the rock and picked up the communication device. However, it was damaged after falling from a height of nearly three meters. No matter how she tried to adjust it, there was only the static sound of the current.
Yan Hao stood behind the rock with his arms crossed and said angrily, "I'm fine!
My condition is stable and there are no abnormalities!
My mood is very stable!
What are you worried about?
Don't tell the captain everything! "
Chun Cao held the communication device and wanted to cry. In the middle of the camp, Tang Hao noticed the commotion and shouted, "Over there!
Why aren't you sleeping?! "
Yan Hao immediately grabbed Chun Cao by the back of her neck and slipped away.
Four people shared a tent. Da Ding and Xiangzi were already preparing to sleep.
Chun Cao fumbled into the sleeping bag and heard Yan Hao nagging, "Don't tell Brother Rong everything, understand? What if Sinan finds out?
What do you want Sinan to think?
He's a very simple person. He thinks that he has done nothing wrong. If you do this, he will have a bad impression of me … "
Chun Cao was speechless.
In the dark night, the wind passed through the forest. It was sharp and mournful, bringing with it the sound of crying.
"He will think that I'm very petty and petty. I'm still brooding over trivial things.
In fact, I don't feel much now. Brother Rong is indeed a good partner. I will try to calm down and correct my attitude … "
"Wait."
Yan Hao said, "In the end, it's my own problem … Hmm?"
Chun Cao listened carefully and slowly sat up. In the dark, her eyes flashed with a cold light.
"Listen," she said softly, "Did you hear anything?"
The cold wind leaked into the tent, and the thousands of tree branches swayed together, like withered hands competing with each other, producing a rustling, rustling, rustling sound.
Yan Hao gradually frowned. Ding Shi and Guo Weixiang also seemed to have noticed something and sat up at the same time.
"Woo —"
"Woo —"
"Roar —!!"
The familiar screams suddenly sounded and gathered from all directions. Their faces changed dramatically at the same time!
Chun Cao jumped out of the sleeping bag, grabbed her gun and went straight to the entrance of the tent.
Just as she lifted the curtain, a sharp alarm exploded in the entire camp!
"Everyone!" Tang Hao's roar resounded through the night sky, "Prepare for battle!
Immediately!
The zombies are coming!! "
Within a hundred meters of the camp, the fire reflected the zombies' rotten faces and withered hands that stretched forward like a forest. In the blink of an eye, there were so many of them that it was impossible to count how many there were.
Further away in the dark night, human heads moved and their footsteps dragged, like an endless army of the living dead. In the blink of an eye, the entire camp was surrounded by zombies and became an island in the sea of zombies!
— — Clang!
Zhou Rong and Sinan looked back at the same time. Lieutenant General Zheng's face was pale. He quickly stepped forward, slammed a stack of documents on the table, and whispered in a hoarse voice, "The Flying Brigade just reported back.
The plane that sent Romuir back to A Country inexplicably disappeared halfway. The radar couldn't track it, and now we suspect that it crashed. "
Zhou Rong's pupils shrank slightly.
Lieutenant General Zheng and Zhou Rong looked at each other, and the surroundings fell into a short and helpless silence.
"It's okay."
The two turned their heads at the same time and saw Sinan sitting sideways with a calm expression, "As the only living family member of Romuir, I express my understanding and will not hold anyone responsible. I feel sorry and sad for my brother's accident.
Do you want me to write you a signed letter? "
Lieutenant General Zheng: "…"
Lieutenant General Zheng's impression of the former White Eagle instructor was instantly refreshed. However, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, before he could perfect Sinan's plan, urgent footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor, and a Second Lieutenant of the Communications Department rushed in.
"General!
General, things are not good here!
The latest news from the Black Falcon Group, the zombies attacked in the night, and the camp has been surrounded! "
Zheng Xie's old heart was still in his stomach, and then he felt his heart in his throat.
Zhou Rong Huoran stood up, "What did you say?!"
"The number of zombies is too large to estimate. Everyone is in the camp."
The Second Lieutenant said in a trembling voice, "Lieutenant Colonel Tang Hao cut off the communication after he finished speaking. Now … now we can't contact them at all."