MTL - Doomsday Commander

  Chapter 18 Decisions about the future

   Tang Zheng was thinking about the possibility of becoming a survival base here, Meng Zhiliang spoke.

   "Squad Leader Tang, where are you going?"

   "I'm going to West Sichuan, my family is in West Sichuan."

  Perhaps Tang Zheng’s words were more of a commonplace, the survivors next to him felt a sense of intimacy, and the former aunt took the initiative to answer: "God, western Sichuan is tens of thousands of kilometers away from here, young man, you are so brave."

"Yeah, yeah, I can't imagine that someone can get out of this city. You know, even if we have a foothold in this house, we have died a lot of people. If those people are alive, we are now There must be more than a hundred people."

"It's too difficult. The traffic is paralyzed now. Young man, you must think about it. To put it bluntly, when you go back, most of your family members will be gone. This is a bit too risky. "

   "But I think it's a bit romantic. Wanli goes home to save his relatives, sounds manly, doesn't it? Back then, if my child's father came to save our mother and daughter, I would be willing to be his cow or horse for the rest of my life."

  Survivors, when you say something to me, the chatterbox opens.

   Tang Zheng looked around with a smile, there were more female survivors, and among them there were more young women between twenty-five and thirty-five.

   There are some women in their fifties, and there are fewer men.

  The others are children. Many women have children around them these days.

This is a playground. It was at noon when the incident happened. Many young mothers or old grandmas brought their babies here to play, and the fathers brought their babies. After all, there were not as many mothers with their babies. The scene of yang decline.

  However, such a scene still looks relatively warm, and it feels like a pre-apocalyptic kindergarten parent meeting.

   Perhaps seeing Tang Zheng's thoughts, Meng Zhiliang couldn't help but speak.

   "Squad Leader Tang, to be honest, most of the mother-child combinations you see are actually not biological."

"ah!"

   Tang Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Meng Zhiliang.

  These children are nestled next to the woman, and the woman instinctively hugs the child. How can they not be the biological mother and child in such a dependent manner?

  Meng Zhiliang smiled wryly: "I was very impressed. When the apocalypse broke out, I was taking my child on a roller coaster ride in the playground. I still clearly remember that my child mutated right beside me."

   "Squad Leader Tang, can you imagine the scene where the child you raised by yourself turns into a beast under your nose, pounces on you, and bites your flesh and blood?"

   "Just in front of me, a mother was killed by her daughter, and the blood sprayed on me."

   "Behind me, a mother mutated, bit her son to death, and tore him apart."

   Meng Zhiliang said, his eyes seemed to be caught in sad memories.

   "And I might be a selfish person."

"At the beginning, I was still trying to subdue my daughter, but seeing the later scene, I broke my daughter's neck with my own hands~~~! She is still so small, so cute. I am still in the morning She acted like a baby in her arms, calling me daddy sweetly, and waking me up while kissing me, but I killed her with my own hands. Woohoo!."

   While talking, a tall man was crying with snot and tears.

   Tang Zheng was also heartbroken, so he could only pat Meng Zhiliang on the back: "No, you didn't kill your daughter. Before you did it, your daughter was already gone."

  Meng Zhiliang froze for a moment, his eyes were touched, but the sadness was not so easy to alleviate.

  Seeing that Meng Zhiliang could not continue, the young man next to him interjected.

"Squad Leader Tang, Big Brother Meng is a very strong person. He is also very rational and made the most correct choice. Later, he endured the grief of losing his child and brought us survivors to find this survival base. "

  “The mothers here, they basically lost their children.”

   "And the children here have also lost their parents."

   "Mother's love needs a sustenance, and children also need to be raised, so the mother-child combination here is a temporary match, which can be regarded as a real dependence."

   "We persuaded Brother Meng to adopt a child, but he refused. He said that if he had a child, no one would fight zombies. We all admire him and are willing to listen to his command."

  Hearing Meng Zhiliang and the young man's words, and looking at the tearful eyes around him, Tang Zheng also felt very uncomfortable.

  The end of the world is coming, and countless families are broken.

  Many families have lost one person, and some families have one or two people left. I don’t know which one is more painful.

  But these people chose to survive strong, which is right, so that there is hope and a future.

At this time, a little girl with a round apple face and two braids asked Tang Zheng: "Uncle, you all have guns. People with guns on TV are very powerful, so you will be like Uncle Meng. Did you save many, many people?"

   Facing the child's naive question, Tang Zheng felt a little ashamed.

  He really didn't think about how many people he would save before, but now in his heart, he just wanted to find his family as soon as possible and save them.

  At this moment he firmly believes that if his family is still alive, he has the ability to bring them back.

   But then what?

   Will he save many survivors?

  The scene he experienced at Chunxi Hotel made him not want to do this.

   But seeing the scene in front of him, seeing these children who lost their parents and relatives, looking at those eyes full of hope, Tang Zheng felt that he should do something.

  At this moment, the direction of the future is no longer confused.

  Tang Zheng stroked the top of the little girl's head lightly with his hand: "Uncle promises you, it will."

   "Uncle is so kind."

  The little girl smiled sweetly and snuggled into the arms of the new mother. It could be seen that she had come out of the shadow of losing a loved one.

  The children here are very well-behaved, and the scene of the last days also made them grow up.

   Tang Zheng let out a long breath, and didn't continue talking about this sad topic.

  The survivors here warmly entertained Tang Zheng and his party, even though Tang Zheng had no intention of taking them away.

   Perhaps in their hearts, they are also afraid of leaving. After all, there are zombies everywhere outside, and wanting to get out of the city is by no means as simple as talking about it.

   Tang Zheng was not sure at all to take these people away, and it was still unknown whether his group would go out or not.

  Dinner, Tang Zheng took out the remaining half of the mutated mastiff meat and made a pot of broth for everyone.

   This is mutated animal meat. Eating it can strengthen your body and increase your strength, so it should be a reward for these people.

  The survivors were not stingy, they took out food that was extremely precious to them, and added several dishes to them.

  Meng Zhiliang even found out a case of beer, and drank a man-to-man drink with Tang Zheng.

   After a meal, everyone is satisfied.

  When night fell, Tang Zheng lay down in the cubicle Meng Zhiliang arranged for him to rest.

  He ponders the future of this small group of survivors.

  During the daytime, he thought that if this group continues to develop, it may become a survival base.

  But thinking about it now, the risks involved are too great.

  The main reason is that they don't have any weapons. With just a few machetes and two fire axes, it is impossible to deal with too many zombies. If there is a disturbance, this group of people may have no bones left.

  If you want to develop, you must have armed forces. After all, this base is in the city after all, and the danger is still very high.

   Tang Zheng decided to do something for this group of people.

  The next morning, the rain that had been raining all night finally stopped.

   Tang Zheng got up, the survivors had already prepared warm rice porridge.

  After drinking the porridge, Tang Zheng, Meng Zhiliang and the others left.

  Before leaving, Tang Zheng took out a big bag and handed it to Meng Zhiliang.

  Meng Zhiliang opened it and saw that there were five rifles, five revolvers, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside.

   "Squad Leader Tang, you this... this..."

  He thought it was carried in the backpacks of the soldiers, and did not suspect the source of the weapons.

   Tang Zheng waved his hand: "You guys keep them for use. Most of them are women and children here, and they can't do without weapons for protection. I hope you make good use of these weapons to create a safe home for everyone."

  Meng Zhiliang showed excitement on his face, and even gave Tang Zheng a crooked military salute.

   Tang Zheng laughed dumbfounded, and returned the gift to Meng Zhiliang.

   "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, Squad Leader Tang, wait a minute."

  Meng Zhiliang took the bag, ran back, and quickly got back a small bag.

   Tang Zheng froze for a moment, took the bag and looked, and found that it was full of all kinds of gold jewelry!

"this?"

"Squad Leader Tang, yesterday your soldiers were on duty at night and killed two wandering zombies. I saw them rummaging through things, so I asked casually. Your soldiers said you need some gold jewelry, so I told everyone. The women here are all willing to hand over their jewelry to you, this can be regarded as a little kindness from our common people to you."

  Holding a heavy bag of jewelry in his hand, Tang Zheng also had mixed feelings in his heart.

  Everyone regarded them as soldiers, and Tang Zheng didn't take the initiative to explain, but he received the kindness.

   There are five or six hundred gold in this bag of jewelry, which is more than the funds I exchanged.

   This can be regarded as good people get rewarded.

   Tang Zheng didn't say anything more, and waved to Meng Zhiliang and the survivors who stood at the door and watched them off.

   "Goodbye, everyone must live well."

  People also waved to Tang Zheng one after another.

   "Goodbye, Squad Leader Tang!"

   "Good luck uncle!"

   "Squad Leader Tang, if you have a chance to come back in the future, remember to come and see us. After all, we don't know many people in this world."

  Everyone waved goodbye to each other.

  Tang Zheng led the soldiers, left the Yida City playground, and continued on the way home.

  He had a feeling that in the near future, he might really come back here.

  (end of this chapter)