Chapter 249 I'm Dead
The scenery inside the wall is somewhat similar to that outside, both are overgrown with weeds. But there are no zombies here, there are many buildings nearby, and there seems to be an airport in the distance.
Wang Tao and others came to the gate of one of the buildings. Although the gate was locked, there was an eave to hide from the rain.
You have just fought a battle, so you can take a short rest and replenish your strength.
Wang Tao looked at He Jijun and said with admiration:
"Lao He, that's amazing! I didn't expect you to think of such a method!"
If He Jijun hadn't thought of a way to throw the pie, he would definitely have been injured.
"Alas..." He Jijun sighed, and then explained, "I also raised a retired military dog before, but it turned into a zombie. At that time, I was knocked down by it, and I thought of the method of training it before. It really worked, but it was only temporary. It no longer had its own thoughts. In the end, I ended up killing it with my own hands..."
Wang Tao did not expect He Jijun to have this experience.
"Condolences."
"Haha, it's okay, I'm used to it."
He Jijun shook his head indifferently.
Wang Tao didn't talk much about this matter, but asked:
"Where do you think we should go now?"
There seemed to be no danger inside this wall, but the doors and windows of these buildings were all locked, and these locks were different from anything Wang Tao had ever seen. He felt that he might not be able to open them.
He Jijun thought for a while and said:
"Go to the command center. If there are any survivors, they will be there because the entire military base can be monitored from there."
"Okay, you lead the way!"
Wang Tao turned on his perception to the maximum, and the group followed He Jijun to the command center.
"Huh? Is that a plane?"
Suddenly, Yang Changhong pointed to a place on the airport and asked.
Wang Tao and others followed the sound and saw two corroded military transport aircraft.
"Pity……"
Seeing this scene, He Jijun sighed.
Looking at it like this, these two planes have been exposed to corrosive acid rain for a long time and are obviously unusable.
Wang Tao frowned.
"These two planes should not be the ones airdropped to us. They are all corroded into a pile of scrap metal..."
He Jijun said:
"Here is the hangar. If the airdrop plane you mentioned is at the base, it is most likely in the hangar."
"That's good!"
Wang Tao was still hoping to get a flying drop.
After a while, Wang Tao and his party arrived at the command center building of He Jijun Club.
"It's all locked..."
After walking around the outside of the building, we returned to the gate of the command center. He Jijun's face looked a little ugly.
"Is there no way in?"
Wang Tao asked.
"The defense here is very tight. If we don't open it from the inside, it will be impossible to get in unless we blow it up with bombs."
"..."
Hearing this, everyone was speechless.
After finally arriving at the military base, you can't get in, right?
The important buildings in the military base are all locked in this way. They can't enter the command center or other places, including the hangar.
Wang Tao has been using a military walkie-talkie, but unfortunately he still can't make contact. I don’t know if something happened to Colonel Luo Guozhong...
"Buzz——"
But at this moment, an alarm suddenly sounded at the gate of the command center. The sound was not loud, and Wang Tao and others outside the gate were startled.
"what's the situation!"
Several people instantly became alert. He Jijun was also a little confused.
A "rumbling" sound came from behind the door.
Then, the door opened!
"It's open!"
Seeing that the door slowly opened a gap, Wang Tao suddenly became excited, but he did not relax his vigilance. He immediately took out the bone knife and at the same time probed into it with his sensory abilities.
"It's safe inside, there are no zombies or humans..."
The door opened to a position that could accommodate two people and then stopped. It was dark inside and looked a bit scary.
Wang Tao's eyes immediately glowed with green light.
His senses didn't see any danger, and he looked again with his night vision, but he didn't find any traps or anything like that.
"Come on, let's go in!"
Wang Tao took the lead, and the group followed Wang Tao and walked in.
Rumble——
As soon as a few people came in, they saw the door behind them slowly starting to close!
Wang Tao naturally had time to go out, but his purpose was to come to the military base, so it was naturally impossible for him to back down.
After the door is completely closed and the last trace of light disappears. Just a buzzing sound was heard, and the lights here automatically turned on!
"Someone is controlling?"
This is a hall that looks a bit sci-fi style, but it is empty and has nothing.
Wang Tao immediately shouted:
"Colonel Luo Guozhong, is that you? I'm Wang Tao! We've contacted each other on the radio before! I said I would come to the military base to treat you to a drink, and here I am, bringing the wine!"
Wang Tao's voice echoed in the empty hall, but there was no response.
He Jijun patted Wang Tao's arm, and then pointed to the flashing cameras on the roof.
Wang Tao immediately understood. He came to the camera openly, repeated what he had just said, and focused on showing the two bottles of white wine in his hands.
But after waiting for a while, there was still no movement.
"What's happening here?"
Wang Tao frowned a little.
If the people here didn't want to see him, they probably wouldn't open the door for him. But what does it mean to open the door and let them in, but not come out?
He Jijun said at this time:
"We'll look for it ourselves!"
"OK!"
The lobby on the first floor is relatively empty and has nothing. There were several doors leading to unknown places, but they were all locked.
After all, this place was owned by someone else, and it was someone else's territory. Naturally, it was not easy for Wang Tao to unlock the door, so the group of people walked towards the second floor.
As soon as a few people went up the stairs, the lights on the stairs turned on, and the lights in the hall on the first floor went out instantly.
"Maybe it's energy saving mode...",
He Jijun was a little confused. He felt like there was no one here.
But since Wang Tao said that there is a colonel named Luo Guozhong here, there must be someone...
He Jijun didn't say much. He came upstairs with Wang Tao and others.
There is also a lobby on the second floor. There are many screens here, which seem to be able to monitor the entire base. But the screen is all black.
"There are traces of human life here!"
He Jijun suddenly pointed to a place and said.
Wang Tao and others looked over and saw that it was a ceramic cup. There were dried tea leaves inside, but no water.
He Jijun picked up the cup and looked at it, then frowned and said:
"This should be tea from a long time ago, at least a month ago..."
"so long?"
Wang Tao frowned. The last time he and Colonel Luo Guozhong talked was only a few days ago?
Before she had time to think about it, Jiang Shixue's voice suddenly sounded.
"Brother, there is a letter!"
Everyone turned around immediately and saw an envelope on the table where Jiang Shixue was standing.
Wang Tao and others walked over immediately.
There was no writing on the envelope, so Wang Tao opened it directly, and there was indeed a letter inside.
"Wang Tao, hello, I am Luo Guozhong. If you can see this letter, I will be dead."
"died?"
Wang Tao was a little confused when he saw the first sentence of this letter.
"Colonel Luo is dead? He airdropped me a few days ago. Did something unexpected happen after the airdrop? Then if I had come a week earlier, I could have seen him!"
Wang Tao had a look of regret on his face. Whether it was from a utilitarian point of view or from his own heart, he really wanted to get to know Colonel Luo, but it was a pity...
"I have shut down all the defense systems in the base except for the power grid. If someone comes in, they only need to cross the power grid. I believe that if it is a human with superpowers, there should be a way to get in."
"The defense systems are all shut down?"
Wang Tao looked at He Jijun.
He Jijun suddenly said:
"I was just wondering why the defense system here wasn't turned on! It doesn't look like it was completely destroyed...it turned out to be manually turned off!"
He Jijun was very cautious before entering the military base. He said there were many defensive weapons in the base. If the defense system is open, it will be dangerous to break in from the outside.
But from the time they entered the military base until now, they have not encountered any defensive measures. This made He Jijun a little confused. The whole system couldn't be paralyzed, right?
As far as he knew, there were many defense equipment in the military base that could be operated by no one as long as the equipment was on, unless the base energy was exhausted or completely destroyed. Otherwise, it will continue to work even if the person dies...but if it is turned off manually, it would make sense.
"I don't know if you can come here. I don't want you to come because it's too dangerous. But I hope you can come, because if you can come here, it means you are safe. And, I want to drink from you. of wine.”
Seeing this sentence, Wang Tao suddenly felt a little sad.
"I was infected with the zombie virus and took too many inhibitors. There is no cure. I will die in the next moment at the earliest or tomorrow at the latest. But I am very content to survive until now. Please don't be sad for me. "
"..."
"Although we are a military base here, it is not as good as you think. On the contrary, this is a place mainly besieged by zombies. There is a battle log in the computer, and everything here is recorded in it. The computer password was canceled by me. I hope the base’s power will last until your arrival.”
This was not beyond Wang Tao's expectation. After all, the fighting at the military base must be very noisy, and it is normal for zombies to be attracted.
Wang Tao is also very interested in this battle log.
"Honestly, I want to live."
"But I don't have a chance, and I don't allow myself to survive. Although I can't continue to fight on the front line, I will do my best to help those in need."
"In the few days after the virus broke out, satellites in the sky also experienced problems one after another, and were eventually completely paralyzed. Fortunately, we have other backup communication methods. We contacted other bases and contacted the Hope Research Institute. Hope Research Institute , is indeed our hope.”
"But unfortunately, our connection with the capital is cut off, and the connection with the Hope Research Institute is also cut off. I don't know if any of them are still alive. I hope they are all alive, and they will never be like me."
"I miss my daughter, I miss my wife, I miss my parents. It would be great if they didn't die!"
"I really miss them!"
"I want to die."
These three words "I want to die" are very ferocious.
Then there was a large piece of garbled code. Looking closely, it should still be Chinese characters. However, when Luo Guozhong wrote these words, his state might not be right. The writing was very messy, and Wang Tao and others could not recognize what it was.
At the end of the content, the handwriting suddenly returned to normal.
"Sorry, I lost my composure. It may be because I am lonely. But fortunately, I still have three comrades. We can still do something meaningful together."
"By the way, I have a good partner. It is called Lightning. It is a military dog. It is one year old this year and has just become an adult. If you call its name, it will be very obedient. I hope you can allow it to follow you."
"Military dog? Could it be the zombie dog we just killed?"
Wang Tao and others looked at each other.
"Finally, I want to say. Wang Tao, or other survivors who see this letter, come on! Don't give up! You must work hard to survive!"
"——Luo Guozhong, September 15"
After reading this letter, everyone felt mixed emotions.
They could sense the despair in Colonel Luo Guozhong's heart from the words.
Luo Guozhong was infected with the zombie virus, which was incurable. He could only take inhibitors all the time, but using too much of the inhibitors would cause problems...
In short, Colonel Luo Guozhong had been waiting to die since he was infected with the zombie virus.
Before, he could still contact the Hope Institute in Beijing, and the Hope Institute was his hope.
But he lost contact with the Hope Institute, and his hope was also gone...
But... there is a problem here!
Wang Tao had previously thought that there was communication between the Wuyang Military Base and the Hope Institute, and that inhibitors, robotic arms and the like were all taken from the Hope Institute. After all, they have planes and can fly over.
But judging from the meaning of the letter, Colonel Luo Guozhong did not contact the Hope Institute, and the Wuyang Military Base and the Hope Institute were only in communication. So how did they get these inhibitors?
Could it be some kind of space transmission technology?
"Look at the battle log! There should be an answer in the battle log!"
He Jijun immediately found the switch of the main switch.
Zizi--
Instantly, all the display screens in the hall lit up.
Then, one by one, the screens began to show pictures, some flashing snow screens, and some showing surveillance pictures.
"Surveillance!"
Seeing these monitors light up, everyone was very curious.
After all, this is a military base, which is naturally very mysterious. They have entered many places, so they naturally look at the surveillance subconsciously.
"What is here? It seems there are guns!"
Yang Changhong pointed to the first surveillance screen that lit up and said.
"This is the arsenal. The arms and ammunition of the Wuyang Military Base are all here. But it looks like... there is nothing left."
He Jijun explained.
"What about here?"
Nie Si pointed to the second screen with some curiosity.
"That's the medical room..."
"This is..."
"That's the living area..."
"This is the logistics support room..."
"That's the military garage. Huh? There are military vehicles! They are not corroded!"
"..."
Facing everyone's doubts, He Jijun answered them one by one.
Then he said:
"Since the systems here can all be used, we can remotely open the doors of other places. For example, the things in the armory and the medical room can be taken out and used."
"That's great, I see a lot of weapons inside!"
Yang Changhong was a little excited, she saw a lot of guns!
Although it is not safe to use guns in the end times, it is still possible to use guns in certain specific times, such as when it is raining heavily now.
If so many guns are fired at the same time, the lethality must be stronger than many superpowers!
And since it is the armory of a military base, there must be more than just guns, there should be some other weapons, right?
Are there any cannons, missiles, etc.?
If so, it would be amazing!
The few people are looking forward to it more and more.
"Someone!"
Suddenly, Jiang Shixue pointed to one of the screens and said.
Everyone hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound.
On this screen, there is a huge transport plane.
Wang Tao is very familiar with the appearance of this transport plane, it is the plane that airdropped him!
But the focus now is not the plane, but under the plane, there are several figures in military uniforms, and there are some airdrop boxes beside them.
"Are there still living people?"
Everyone was a little excited.
At this time, a figure wearing a broken pilot helmet slowly walked under the monitor.
He raised his head, revealing a hideous face and white eyes.
"Zombies, zombies?"
Yang Changhong and others were stunned.
The pilot zombie staggered to the other figures.
"All zombies?!"
Everyone realized that the other three military uniform figures were all zombies! No wonder they felt a little stiff just now!
But the next scene made everyone unforgettable.
I saw that the military uniform zombies actually moved these airdrop boxes into the plane! They were actually carrying airdrop boxes!
Then they closed the rear door of the plane again!
And the pilot zombie actually staggered to the bottom of the plane, opened the cockpit door, and sat in the cockpit!
"These zombies...are actually flying a plane! Oh my god!"
Buzz——
But at this time, a red light suddenly flashed in the hangar.
"Warning! Thunderstorm weather, temporarily not allowed to fly. If you want to fly, please enter the authorization password."
"Warning..."
After the warning sounded, the door of the plane's cockpit opened. The pilot zombie staggered out, and he and three other zombies in military uniforms opened the rear door of the plane and moved all the airdrops inside down.
After moving, they seemed to rest for a while, and then began to repeat the previous actions and move the airdrops onto the plane!
"Warning! Thunderstorm weather..."
The pilot zombie came down again, and moved the airdrops off the plane with the three zombies!
So...repeatedly.
...
Command center.
Everyone was completely stunned.
And Wang Tao seemed to have thought of something, and quickly opened the letter written to him by Luo Guozhong again.
The date on the letter was "September 15".
He looked at his watch and saw "October 22" written on it.
"The zombie pilot in the hangar is Colonel Luo Guozhong!"
"He didn't die last week, but...last month!"
"Just two days after I 'called an airdrop' last time, he died..."
"That is to say, after Colonel Luo Guozhong died, his zombie body was still flying planes to airdrop...and it has been going on for more than a month!"
"The person I contacted by radio before was actually his...corpse!"