The last emperor

Chapter 97 The Unknown Xinhua Village
The smoke from the roof continued to rise. It was thick smoke at first and then turned into a lighter smoke.

Unable to find a good place to visit for a while, and not wanting to scare the snake, Zhang Jin leaned on the well room and waited silently to see if there was any movement.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the smoke disappeared after half an hour, and the village was still quiet.

After waiting for another half an hour, it was getting dark. Zhang Jin saw that there was still no abnormality, so he quietly went down to the well room and chose a path to go back directly.

There was no trouble along the way except for a few zombies blocking the way and being cleared away. The sentinels near Guangyuan Village also withdrew and disappeared, so he started to run faster.

When he ran to the defense line, Zhang Zhen wandered there with patrolling soldiers, obviously waiting for him specially.

"I said, Mr. Village Chief, if you are going to investigate the situation alone, please let us know. If you have the conditions, please notify us by radio. Don't make us wait with worry." Zhang Zhen complained.

Zhang Jin smiled apologetically and said, "I won't do it next time. I've turned too far today and came back late. Let's go. I won't be able to catch up with dinner when I'm late."

Zhang Zhen shook his head helplessly and followed, "How's the situation outside?"

Zhang Jin said as he walked: "Guangfeng Xinli is okay. It can be cleared directly when you find someone. Xinhua is a bit complicated and I haven't figured it out yet. I will continue to observe."

"The four-wheeled vehicle can't be used yet?" Zhang Zhen said worriedly: "The efficiency of relying on manpower and electric three-wheeled vehicles is a bit inefficient. The longer the project is delayed, the worse it will be for our defense. Under such circumstances, the soldiers will have no rest time. "

Zhang Jin nodded. After all, he was an ordinary person. He would be overwhelmed by patrolling under the scorching sun for a long time every day. Without rest, the soldiers would not be able to accumulate energy. In case of an emergency, they would lack sufficient combat power.

"I will continue to observe. If the conditions are right, we will eliminate them in one fell swoop. Now using four-wheeled vehicles will increase the pressure on the defense line. It is better to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Zhang Zhen knew that this was the only way to go. The workers could be replaced in shifts, but the soldiers had no time to rest. The pressure was too great.

In the next two days, Zhang Jin rushed to the outside of Xinhua Village early in the morning, looking for different places to observe the yard, but it was strange that no one could be seen, could it be that there was an accident after the last time?

Invaded by zombies?Running out of food?Or is it sick and unable to move?

Just when Zhang Jin was a little discouraged and wanted to return, a figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard, blinked into the kitchen, and soon the cooking smoke came out again.

Zhang Jin has been working hard to observe. The corpse is more than 100 meters away, and the curtains are tightly drawn in the main room. Apart from the smoke, there is no sign of living people.

About half an hour later, a figure finally came out of the kitchen. The courtyard wall was not very high, but the person was so close to the wall that he couldn't see clearly. From the messy hair, he looked like a woman, and his figure was a little delicate.

He should be holding a rice bowl in his hand, and his footsteps sped up a little, he pushed open the main door and opened the curtain inside, and he disappeared.

After waiting for another half an hour and nothing happened, Zhang Jin had no choice but to return home because it was getting late.

Except for this mysterious woman, Xinhua's situation is only half clear. There is a group of corpses that he dare not get too close to, and there are not many places where the corpse's eyes can see through. few.

After he returned to the village, he didn't mention the person who found it. He continued to observe the next day, and this time it was the same as the first discovery.

Still no one else came out or was found in the house, only the woman who was estimated to be in her 30s was cooking a meal in a hurry and then brought it in.

Judging from the same rice bowl, I probably don’t eat much or can’t cook every day for other reasons. If I’m alone, this bowl should last for two days without any problem. That’s because of safety considerations.

If there is more than one person in the house, then they will face a big problem, and they have no choice to escape, which means that there must be something more dangerous in the village. After all, the corpses are some distance away from the yard. Be careful and try to escape from the opposite direction. .

Zhang Jin didn't find any good way to clean up Xinhua Village, and it was useless to continue to consume it. Taking advantage of the stability of the other two villages, he could only consider cleaning them up first.

After thinking about it all night, he decided to clean up Guangfeng Village first, and called everyone including Lei Zhengtang over for a meeting.

The people in Guangfeng Village had no objections to cleaning up Guangfeng Village. The two captains of Army Soul and Chariot as the mission team were even more supportive, and even a little excited.

Zhang Jin ordered: "The patrol time is shortened today. It is enough for the two teams to go once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Tell the soldiers to repair their weapons and rest for a day."

Lei Zheng and Sha Dan responded, and each went back to give orders.

Zhang Jin also ordered those who went to the greenhouse to stop going from today to reduce the burden on the soldiers. Lei Gang and Lei Liu expanded the patrol area to the defense line to replace the original patrol team.

He said to Lei Zhengtang: "Starting from this afternoon, the construction site will start at 8 o'clock every morning, and the patrol soldiers will not proceed until the safety is confirmed. Before 4 o'clock in the afternoon, everyone will return to the mountain except for necessary ones, and try to stay in the village as little as possible."

Lei Zhengtang nodded, and replied, "I've recovered from my injury, should I also go to help?"

"You have to keep an eye on the people on the construction site. During the period of clearing Guangfeng and Xinli, the construction should have stopped, but the weather is so hot that the water in the canal will evaporate too much and affect the construction, so you can only continue. When you start work, you must count the number of people. There can be no mistakes." Zhang Jin said seriously.

"Okay, I will order this matter and send someone to carry it out." Lei Zhengtang knew the seriousness of the matter, so he no longer asked for a fight.

Zhang Zhen said: "There are only 22 people in the two teams. It is a bit risky to deal with a zombie village that may have 200 people. I have Zhang Hu's team here to stay on defense, or I can just help myself."

Zhang Jin shook his head and said: "You are the only ones who have experience in combat and defense. You must keep a team of elites to prevent accidents. Your team has to take care of several construction sites and establish a defense line for emergency response. There is a shortage of manpower. Guangfeng's I will go personally, you just need to protect your home well."

Zhang Zhen was a little depressed that he couldn't go to clean up the zombies, but he knew that his responsibility was not small. Although there are about 100 fighters left now, except for his own team who are all rookies, they feel a little leaderless. The whole village throws a person [-] meters away. They couldn't circle them all, and the task wasn't easy.

"Yunfei, the sentry has adjusted, Bai Qin and Lei Lin'er have returned to the sentry, and now that the number of patrols has decreased, the sentinel must control all the vigilant vision outside the village." Zhang Jin ordered.

"Understood, I will start to adjust the position later." Yunfei replied.

Lei Liner stared wide-eyed and said, "Village Chief, you..."

Zhang Jin looked at Lei Lin'er with a stern face and said, "You are in charge of guarding 1000 meters to the west of the village. If you leave your post without authorization, you will be expelled from the ranks of soldiers. Clang Rose will be disbanded!"

Seeing Zhang Jin's cold and stern expression, Lei Lin'er swallowed all the frightened complaints, and hurriedly nodded in a little panic to obey the order. She had never seen Zhang Jin so cold and emotionless. The look on her face, she was not afraid of anything, she was a little frightened.

(End of this chapter)