doomsday survival

Chapter 406 First Contact
Hokkaido in May is the season of spring.

The soft green grass is like a carpet, covering the ground, and the wild flowers are dotted on the carpet, adding colorful colors to this fresh green, and at the same time exuding an incomparable fragrance.

The tall and straight trees are waving the twigs that have just been pulled out, fluttering in the wind, showing their graceful figure to their heart's content.

The forest is filled with the singing of birds, not only does not make people feel irritable, but it makes the forest more peaceful.

In such an environment of anti-basic nature, anyone who is in it will feel refreshed and at ease.

However, the three people walking in the forest at this moment did not feel intoxicated at all, but hurried along instead.

"It's so harmonious here, it's like walking into a primeval forest, but where are the people?" Shi Jian sighed softly.

Meizi and Zhang Jian also felt it, and found it incredible.

If they had just landed three days ago and came to this forest, they wouldn't find anything incomprehensible.

However, in the past three days, they have passed through several old districts, but what they saw was a desert.

There are no zombies in the old area, which further convinced Shi Jian that this is an island of refuge, but there are also no humans in the old area, which is really unpredictable.

It stands to reason that the population that the Celestial Dynasty planned to relocate was as high as 5000 million. Even if only one-tenth of the population was relocated, then there would have to be 500 million. How could it be impossible to abandon these old districts and not live there?

The result is just like this, these old areas have already become a world of plants.Not to mention villages and towns, even cities are full of chaotic trees, like relics of ancient civilizations hidden in virgin forests.

Of course Shi Jian did not give up. He took Mei Zi and Zhang Jian to search several buildings carefully, but found that all useful materials had disappeared, and the rest were some useless odds and ends.

This discovery somewhat reassured Shi Jian, which was enough to show that someone had transported all the supplies, but they didn't know where they were now.

Shi Jian took the aerial map of Hokkaido and analyzed it, and finally decided to head south to Sapporo to have a look.

Sapporo is the largest city in Hokkaido and the capital of the province. The original population of Hokkaido is mostly concentrated in the southern area centered on Sapporo.

If the Celestial Dynasty chose this place as an island of refuge, it would definitely use the Sapporo area as its main place of residence.

But what Shi Jian can't understand is that although the population in the north is small, there are a lot of cultivated land and coal mines. Why are they not developed and utilized, but abandoned instead?
"It is understandable not to mine coal mines, but if the cultivated land is not sown, it will be completely barren in a few years, and it will take a few years to cultivate it again. Besides, is there still too little food?" Shi Jian said The question in my stomach came out.

Meizi and Zhang Jian also knew this truth, but they couldn't figure it out either.In the end, the reason can only be attributed to the small population on the refuge island.

The three agreed to go south to Sapporo, and they set off immediately, heading towards Sapporo according to the direction of the air map in their hands.

Along the way, the three of Shi Jian were not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery along the way, and they had lived in the mountains and forests of the last days for a long time, so they had long been accustomed to this kind of natural scenery.

Since it was confirmed that there were no zombies in Hokkaido, the three of them felt relieved and traveled day and night. They actually walked nearly [-] kilometers in three days, which was one-third of the distance.

But starting today, Shi Jian and the others will slow down, because the dry rations they carry with them have bottomed out, and they need to hunt.

For the sake of safety, Shi Jian did not use a rifle to prevent the sound of the gun from attracting humans.

Speaking of it now, Shi Jian was quite conflicted. He wanted to see humans earlier, but he was also afraid of conflicts with the humans here. After all, this was not the first time he had made enemies with other human tribes.

"This is the damn end of the world, I can't trust strangers easily." Shi Jian cursed in his heart.

If you can't use a rifle, you have to use a steel crossbow. Fortunately, the accuracy of the steel crossbow is good, and the bolts of the crossbow can also be recycled, so there is no problem in hunting.

Now the three of them left the deserted old road and came to the forest to hunt.

There are not many prey in the forest, but there are not many large prey. The three of them only killed a few hares, which can solve the problem of eating.

"Let's find a hidden place to start a fire, so that no one will notice the smoke." Shi Jian said and walked to the depths.

It was easy for them to find a col, and they lit a bonfire here, cleaned up the hares briefly, and roasted them.

"Boss Shi, it's been a third of the way, why is there still no sign of anyone?" Meizi asked suspiciously while turning the hare on the bonfire.

"I haven't figured it out yet. It is estimated that there were few people who successfully migrated here at that time, so we have never met them." Shi Jian guessed.

"If there is no one here, we can all move here. I think it is much better than Sakhalin Island." Zhang Jian interjected.

"If no one is really there, we'll move here!" Shi Jian said with a smile.

Speaking of family members, Meizi suddenly sighed, and said, "Speaking of which, the family members don't know how worried they are. There hasn't been any news for so long."

"Yo, Meizi is thinking of Su'e." Zhang Jian joked.

"I just thought about it, what's the matter?" Meizi said frankly.

"I said Meizi, why didn't you marry her earlier?" Shi Jian asked with a smile.

Meizi sighed, and said, "At first I had nothing to do with her, and it was confirmed at Korsakov's place. Later, when I said that I wanted to come over here with you, I told her that I would wait until I got back." marry."

"What's there to wait for? Just tell me, you two just live together, don't tell me you and her are still innocent..." Shi Jian curled his lips disapprovingly.

Meizi gave a dry laugh and said, "Mr. Shi, we are really innocent. I was afraid of going to sea and encounter some dangers, so I postponed the marriage."

Shi Jian spat a few times when he heard the words, and said, "Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah! There is no limit to childish speech! Besides, what does this have to do with your marriage?"

"I had that kind of experience back then. After my daughter-in-law died, I was going to die of sadness. I was afraid that if we got married, if something happened to me, she would be sad too." Meizi said in a low voice.

Shi Jian was so angry that he poked his head fiercely, and reprimanded him: "You treat yourself as a lover? You still think of bad things all day long, what kind of brains are you?"

Meizi chuckled, but didn't make any distinctions, but seeing him like that, she didn't feel that she had done anything wrong.

This topic was put aside, and no one brought it up again. After eating, the three of them continued to return to the old road and went south.

After walking like this for another three days, there are only more than 100 kilometers away from Sapporo, and finally traces of human beings are found.

The road ahead is a three-way intersection, and the other two roads are very different from the ones below.

The road surface suddenly became very smooth, and there were no weeds on the road, which was as smooth as the old road.

However, although the road is level, it is not clean, and it is covered with black dust.Between the dust, you can still see the ruts of cars.

Shi Jian didn't go to check the road right away, but took Meizi and Zhang Jian to hide in the forest, raised his binoculars and took a closer look at the two roads opposite.

It was only after confirming that there was no one there that Shi Jian walked over to check the road surface. After a look, Shi Jian immediately knew what was going on. .

Shi Jian grew up in his hometown in the countryside, where coal was still used for heating. He was very familiar with the dust on the road ahead. This is coal!
"See, it's coal ash," Shi Jian said to the two people. "From the ruts, it's obvious that this is a channel for transporting coal, and cars often pass by."

There was a hint of excitement in Meizi's eyes, and she said, "Then let's go find them quickly and use their batteries to contact home."

"I know you're afraid of Su'e's worry, but we still have to observe." Shi Jian said slowly.

Meizi was a little discouraged when she heard the words, and asked, "Then where shall we go?"

"Let's go along the road into the mountain first, and go to the coal mine to have a look." Shi Jian pointed to the road that turned into the mountain and said.

"Why don't you go to their base camp?" Meizi asked puzzled.

"Coal mining is heavy manual labor, and these workers can tell whether they have a sense of hierarchy or whether there is a slave system," Shi Jian explained, "If these workers are obviously abused, then you have to think carefully. "

Having made up their minds, the three of them stopped going south to Sapporo, but walked along the road to the mountains, doing some reconnaissance first.

Shi Jian cautiously did not choose to walk on the road, but walked in the forest along the direction of the road.

The coal mine is not far from here. The three of them walked for more than an hour and finally found the coal mine.

When they arrived at the coal mine, just as the coal miners were closing their shift, they all stood upright and boarded two buses one by one.

"Look," Shi Jian said, pointing to the people who got into the car, "Although these people are all black, they are full of energy. It seems that they are not hard labor."

Meizi and Zhang Jian also took a closer look with the binoculars, and saw that although these people were queuing up to get on the bus, although they didn't speak, their energy was definitely not pretending.

"Also," Shi Jian continued, "Have you noticed that they look like an army now."

Both of them reacted to Shi Jian's reminder.

They have participated in military training, and have also watched military movies and TV shows, but they have not been linked together.

But this also made the three of them worry more.

"They should all be soldiers, and they seem to be militarized." Shi Jian said slowly.

(End of this chapter)