Endless Road of Corpse - C24

The mysterious Ghost Market began to spread among the survivors, which was also the most recent half a month. I think that the current crisis of the Zombie has something to do with it, because there are fewer living people here, the Zombie are no longer chasing after people like floodwaters, these unintelligent dead beings only rely on their instinct to chase flesh and blood, when they don’t have a living goal, they would wander around the place they were most familiar with when they were human beings, which is also the main reason why we are still able to survive in this originally sparsely populated industrial area.

If there is a human market, there will be a trade. This is an important characteristic of the human race that distinguishes them from other animals. There were philosophers who thought that the market was wrong, that it was formed to satisfy their greed, because the existence of the market had created a gap between rich and poor, and had created exploitation. They believed that as long as they destroyed the market, they would be able to unite the world and enter into communism. But at least until now, all kinds of social forms that have left the market have ended up in defeat, and all these attempts have brought great suffering to the people.

In a situation like this where goods were extremely scarce, the trade seemed even more important. In fact, from the moment the Zombie appeared until now, all sorts of trades had been going on, because in every single person group, the possibility of obtaining all sorts of supplies to support themselves became lower and lower. Usually, a person would obtain some food today, but would not have any fire element, while B would obtain some medicine, but he would have no food, C would have fire element and food, but someone was sick …

However, there were no rules or guarantees in the conduct of transactions. No one would come back to restrain the actions of both buyers and sellers, no businesses, no settlement contract, and even no underworld society. Thus, most of the time, when the transaction target was weaker or stronger than the seller, the transaction would often turn into a robbery.

And the Ghost Market, was said to be a place with rules and guarantees.

We heard rumors that a vice Mayor of the Qianchao City was unable to cross the river after the last city defense battle. Thus, she gathered some of the defeated troops, armed police, police and civil servants and entrenched them in an electromechanical market not too far away from us. Because of his great influence, and because of her background as an official, some survivors like us began to set up deals under his protection. As time went on, a spontaneous trading market was formed.

The reason why we have yet to go is because we have enough food in the past, and before an emergency comes, the second reason is because there is a village between our industrial area and the construction materials market.

“Qian Chao Jiang on one side, and the more dangerous downtown on the other. We can’t hide from this village no matter what!” We gathered at the bottom of the corridor, surrounding a map of Qianchao City, Lv pointed at it and said.

“I’ve seen it from afar. That area is filled with old corpses. As long as we’re careful, there shouldn’t be any problems.” San Mao replied.

“Should?” He shook his head and said, “This is an open area. Even if there are slow corpses, they would be surrounded in large numbers.”

New corpses and old corpses are concepts that we have come up with ourselves. They don’t refer to the time used to transform into a Zombie, they refer to the time used by the Zombie instead. When the Zombie first erupted, people had all sorts of exaggerated and unrealistic guesses about these strange undead. Many a times, the Zombie would be vividly portrayed as having superhuman abilities: extraordinary strength, lightning-like speed, and even had all sorts of superpowers, spells, and so on. These terrifying legends also caused a huge panic among the people in the early days of the crisis, which indirectly led to the collapse of the city’s defense campaign.

Some people said that the Zombie could not even withstand a single blow. Their speed was extremely slow and their steps were unsteady. Of course, such arguments only appeared in the early television news, which was designed to boost people’s morale, and not many people believed them.

From what we can see, the Zombie s are ultimately still human bodies, so the speed of their power and such aren’t much stronger or weaker than the bodies they occupied when they were alive. The only difference is, when we humans are exercising, we would feel fatigue and pain, and that’s because our bodies are telling us to stop and rest. Therefore, when the bodies they occupy are still in good condition, they will display extremely powerful strength and speed. They can use the speed of sprinting to a distance of a hundred meters for a few hours, but afterwards, their bodies will become worse because of their uncontrolled usage, the infection caused by wounds that every Zombie has, and the decay they have from it. At this time, we call them old corpses.

“And what if there are one or two new corpses?” He continued, “Don’t forget Xu Yang from yesterday.”

“How can you not take risks? If we have to do as you say, we might as well hide and wait for death? ” San Mao immediately retorted.

“I’m not waiting for my death, I’m trying to come up with a plan!” He raised his voice.

Just when we couldn’t make up our minds, a voice suddenly said from behind us, “I know there is a way out, and it’s very safe!”

We all turned around at the same time and saw Liu Guojun, who had never stepped out of the combat arena before.

“Which way?” I asked curiously. Ever since Liu Guojun joined us, he used all kinds of reasons to avoid going out of the field, to the point where he would rather have his wife replace him than to step out of the door. He was even more willing to hide from such a discussion, but who would have thought that he would actually come here himself today.

“There’s a tunnel there, I made it for bidding …”

“Tunnel? What tunnel? Why haven’t I heard of it? ” San Mao asked.

“It’s not finished …” Liu Guojun walked over quickly with his hands behind his back. He took out a finger and pointed at the map as he said, “From here to here …”

“Just happened to pass through the village?” He said with great surprise.

“Yes, to get past this village, the people here are all troublesome people. We need to build a road, and if we move even a little bit, they will go and visit us and cause a ruckus. The cost of moving to a new village is too high, so we simply came up with this plan and built a tunnel through the village.”

“Don’t talk about such useless things!” San Mao interrupted Liu Guojun’s show, “Can you walk then? “Isn’t it supposed to be incomplete?”

“The main body of the tunnel has already been cleared and the road has already been paved. All that’s left is the illumination. Moreover, both sides have built barrier walls, so no Zombie will be able to enter.”

“Sure!” He happily stroked his hair back. “Where is the exact address?”

“I’m the director of the Development Zone’s Management Committee. I’m familiar with the terrain, so I’ll take you guys there!” Liu Guojun said casually.

“What?” We all looked at him in disbelief.