Chapter 50: Going to the Highest Point

five days later

There were almost no people in Jade's neighborhood, and many people left the neighborhood directly because the entire area exuded a strong smell of gunpowder.

Many people don't quite understand that the calm and kind-hearted Jed would actually do such a thing. Many people are rumored to be influenced by outsiders who claim to be scientists.

In the eyes of many people in the city, Jed is the best person in the city who can handle things. However, some people also explained the reason. The guys in the Jed area joined forces with people outside to do this. Get Jed, so Jed strikes first.

Most people who are sane know that there is nothing wrong with Jade doing this, but the balance in the entire city will be completely broken. Everything that happened six months ago is still vivid in the minds of many people who were lucky enough to survive.

Although Jed and his group have repeatedly stated that they will leave the city as soon as possible, it is obvious that they are still preparing something, and the group who killed more than half of them before will definitely not be able to swallow this breath.

It is very likely that the two sides will go to war. Half a year ago, Jed tried every means to stop the chaos in the city. Everyone began to spend half a year in peace, but he did not expect that Jed would break his own. Set rules.

Just 9 o'clock in the morning

Witte is screening some seeds in the planting field. He can complete the screening today. He has made many simple vacuum jars to save seeds. Seeds are the hope of future mankind.

"Mr. Witte, why did you suddenly ask to leave that day? Obviously if we delay for a while, it may be too late for your research."

Werther said with a smile after a moment of silence.

"Why, I felt the danger, so I thought it would be better to leave early."

Jade said with a hum.

"Have you ever experienced anything like this before?"

"Many times."

During the few days that Jed spent with these eight people, he gradually fell in love with them. They are all very smart, can do a lot of things, and know a lot of things. The most important thing is that they are very good at doing things. There was no hesitation.

"You have been through a lot before, traveling through mountains and rivers to get here."

Werther said and Jade nodded.

"We paid a very high price to come to this place because the virus spread so fast."

Jed still clearly remembered that in order to come to this city, he went through countless things that made him miserable. He finally came to this city and had fierce conflicts with the original people of the city.

Then it immediately evolved into a battlefield, but people kept coming every day. Although I don’t know whether it was someone who announced that this place had not been attacked by the virus, or whether it was driven by human instinct to survive, the number of people who came to this land became more and more... More and more are coming.

Everyone wants to find a safe haven here, but obviously, everything here is not enough to feed everyone, and the elimination of survival started a few months ago.

There are not enough medical supplies here, and many people have died of the disease in the past few months. In particular, some patients with serious infectious diseases have to be expelled from the city to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases.

"Mr. Witte, how do you think we humans can continue to survive?"

"First form a small society, with a maximum of 300 people. Such a small society has a clearer division of labor and is less likely to collapse due to certain things. As long as 300 people have some farmland, it is not a problem to survive."

Jade nodded, smiled helplessly, and then said.

"Actually, I am a little disappointed with human society. Perhaps it is because this disaster happened so suddenly that the essence of everything was exposed."

Werther smiled and said.

"Maybe Mr. Jade, I was the same way in the past. In the age of ignorance, I was always full of passion. I felt that it was easy to break everything as long as I worked hard. Only when I got older did I realize that I wanted to break something. It’s extremely difficult.”

Jade laughed.

"You look very young."

Werther smiled.

"We have participated in some research projects. Even if you look at us like this, we are actually over 50 years old."

Jade looked at Werther in disbelief, when one of his subordinates ran over in a panic.

"No, they're here, threatening to ask us to hand you over, otherwise they will launch a full-scale attack."

Werther did not expect that at such an important juncture, the opponent would attack.

Jade stood up directly and quickly gathered some of you. They carefully came to the vicinity of the dilapidated cafe. Sure enough, they could see some figures, but this time they were very cautious and did not rush over directly.

"What do you want? I have already said that we will leave as soon as possible. After we leave, everything here will be yours."

"Jade, stop pretending. You are obviously preparing. You want to wait for us to attack and then catch them all."

Angry voices came from the megaphone on the opposite side, and there were more and more people around. The subordinates had already identified them as people from some gangs in other areas. They had united and planned to take action.

Jade didn't expect them to be so fast. Once they started to attack now, they would definitely not be able to withstand it.

"I don't know who instigated you to do this, but you'd better think it over. If you want to be tough, we are not vegetarians either. Don't let the guy who instigated you suddenly stab you from the back."

Jed shouted loudly. He knew that these words might have some effect, but now he had to think of other ways. The other party was determined to take action. Jed began to lead his men to retreat. The only place they could retreat to now was some processing workshops.

Deguna and the others said that once the enemy launched an attack, don't hesitate and retreat to the processing workshop. As long as you retreat there, those who attacked will stop.

Because there is a lot of food in the processing workshop, and food is what most people rely on for survival, they have to consider the gains and losses before attacking.

Originally, they planned to leave tonight, but now it seems that they can't delay. Someone has already opened fire. Jed can only be forced to let his men fight back. Soon Jed and 30 people retreated to a processing workshop, where a lot of processed food was placed. They began to disperse and occupy some advantageous positions to prepare for the enemy's attack.

As Deguna said, many people from other gangs stopped moving forward after seeing Jed and his men enter some processing plants, and seemed to be discussing something.

Jed has already agreed with his men that as long as they can hold on until night, they will retreat directly to the planting area, and then get on the vehicles prepared outside, and they can leave the city.

Some necessities have been placed on the car. The only thing that has not been fully processed is the seeds. Now Witt and his men are still working hard to process them and take as many seeds as possible.

At this time, the other party began to attack tentatively, but soon such attacks came to an abrupt end.

Jed was very anxious. He just hoped that time would pass faster. However, soon some people came up, and Jed could only continue to fire, and the other party also began to fight back.

The worst situation has come. The other side is very clever to find their position through such a tentative attack, and then began to surround and break. Some of his men have been killed. Jed is very angry, but now he can only continue to endure.

Now the only way is to continue to retreat to the back. After retreating to a processing workshop again, Jed lightly counted the number of people. There were 4 fewer people, and the others were furious.

"Stop it, all we can do now is to leave this city and find a place suitable for a small number of humans to survive and continue to live."

The movement began to stop. Sure enough, the other side's goal was food. Some vehicles drove in directly. Jed watched them constantly carrying food. This was their ultimate goal. As long as they got the food, they would most likely not attack in advance.

Now food is extremely scarce for many gangs. This is probably the reason why they attacked in advance, so as not to let Jed and his team take away too much food.

Jed just thought that their actions were too ridiculous. Just for a little bit of food, they would do such a thing. What should they do after the food is eaten?

Witt has said that the planting land here is dying, and the planting lands of other gangs are probably the same.

Time passed by minute by minute, and finally Witt ran over.

"We can leave Mr. Jed."

Jed nodded and led his men to evacuate. All day today, they basically emptied all the food in the processing plants, and many gangs came.

After passing through the planting land, more than ten cars have started. After Jed and his men got on some cars, the convoy started. Now they are going to a place higher than here, because there is more sunshine above, and Jed said that there should be no human beings for the time being.

Based on the air flow and some grass and leaves flowing down the river, Ellie and the others can be sure that the situation above is at least better than here.

Jed looked back at the small city behind him again. He was a little reluctant, but at the same time a little sad. Everything in the past six months seemed like a dream.

"I thought I could do it, become the leader of a city, and lead everyone to survive."

"It's enough to have this heart."

Witt comforted.

At this time, next to the plantation, a leader of the gang next to Jed yelled angrily.

"This is different from what was agreed."

However, as soon as the leader finished speaking, someone opened fire and shot him like a sieve. The one who shot was one of the leader's men. The other men did not feel unhappy at this time, but laughed happily.

"Mr. Hillman, this will be ours in the future, right?"

The guy named Hillman laughed and nodded.

"From today on, you will manage the plantation, and you only need to pay some food every month."

The man looked a little gloomy. His name was Alan Hillman. He had crossed the mountains and ridges with Jed Angus and others to come here thousands of miles away to avoid the virus.

Alan knew very well that if a city wanted peace, it only needed one doctrine, and that was realism. Alan had long been the actual controller of this city.

Allen will not directly control these poor and weak forces, large and small, but will cross-control each other, allowing these gangs to occupy each other's shares in the same form. Even Allen's own gang has given them to other gangs. Shares, so that no one suffers a loss, but instead unites more closely.

It's just that in such a city, there is an alien, Jed Angus. Everything he does seems to Allen to be meaningless. The reason why the person who manages the planting land on his side will join the guy next door. Gangs are there for a reason.

People are easily corrupted without strong control, and Allen excluded Jed and the two gangs on his arm from the beginning, because he knew very well that instead of forcing them to collapse, let them The most ideal thing to do is to collapse yourself. After all, you can maximize your profits without paying any casualties. This is what Allen has always admired most.

Now that the city has completely become Allen's thing, he has no idea what to do next. If the city wants to survive, it must integrate manpower and material resources to the maximum extent, so that the whole city can take on a new look.

"Listen carefully, gather all the technical personnel together tomorrow. We must make a food shelter before the sun disappears, otherwise all of us will be ruined. Gather the men who are in good health, they will To become the city’s labor force, women need to provide some services for free.”

After Allen finished speaking, many people cheered. This is also Allen's most ideal social structure in the apocalypse. It doesn't need to be complicated, it just needs to be able to allow the human group to survive, and the control that I feel is very necessary. of.

In order to better control these gangs, Allen has already been in contact with the second and third figures of the gangs, and intentionally or unintentionally encouraged them to do something. As long as the leaders of these gangs have the slightest delusion, Allen will definitely Let them die from gunshots from behind.

Allen looked at the lights in the darkness in the distance. They should be Jed and the others. He was a little helpless. Jed's approach was too gentle and was not suitable for such an apocalypse, in which human society and civilization had already collapsed. , only power is the foundation to consolidate everything.

There is no need for one-person-one-vote democracy, only strong people with strong control and skills. Allen has known the essence since he set foot on this land, so he did it from the beginning, and now he has succeeded.