Doomsday rat

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The first snow in winter not only came early, but it was snowy in mid-November.As usual, most of the outdoor work is stopped at this time, and the survivors can get a rare rest time.However, there were many people who refused to be idle, and gathered in the fasting palace noisily, laughing loudly and whispering softly.

This group of people was roughly divided into three parts, the left row was full of young girls, regardless of whether they were fat, thin, beautiful or ugly, they all had red faces.The row on the right is full of young and middle-aged men, and each of them has a number on their chest, from 1 to 10.Near the gate of the courtyard were men, women, young and old, and they were the ones who made the loudest noises.

"Come on, let's start with you... What are you looking at, be bold, aim carefully before you strike!" Standing in the middle of the courtyard was Chu Ting, who was smiling and waving at a chubby girl.

Snowflakes are still falling in the winter, but she wears cooler clothes. White high-heeled boots are exposed under the long fur coat, and a section of stockings can be seen from the front hem that is lifted from time to time when walking.

What is the reason that makes a not-so-young woman rejuvenate? There is only one answer, and of course it is great love!She and Randy have officially confirmed their relationship and plan to participate in a group wedding on New Year's Day.

Not only did she put on makeup all day long as if she was going to a reception, but even Randy started to shave and spray perfume every day.In Hong Tao's words, with the disappearance of a large number of human beings, the earth's climate has changed, and the solar terms have also been messed up, so the time for cat trouble in February and August has also been messed up, and it has been changed to winter.

"..." Encouraged by Chu Ting, the chubby girl stepped out boldly, seemingly flustered, but the pheasant feather in her hand was accurately inserted into the jacket pocket of the young man with the No. 5 label on it, and then He lowered his head and ran back to his own queue, his eyes still glancing at the young man from time to time.

"Sun Yiming, you are blessed. He is Minister Lin's secretary. From now on, you better be more honest, otherwise the police will trouble you every day!" There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and some people yelled loudly, making both men and women cry. uncovered.

"Go and go, what a mess. No matter what people say, they are still husband and wife. They take half of the ration and have a rest day every week. When they have children, they can take one and a half more people. They have two days off every week. What about you? The bed is cold when I go home at night, and it’s something that no one hurts when I’m sick!"

Seeing that the two rows of young men and women were about to lose face after being judged by so many people, Zhou Jinlan stood up with her hips akimbo, pointed at the group of idlers at the door and launched a personal attack.

After a run on, they didn't dare to talk back, everyone was honest, but their minds became active.Zhou Jinlan's words were quite ugly, but it was not unreasonable.Whether they came from the old rescue team, the Pingnan Army, the Flying Tigers, or joined in groups later, there are really not many pairs.

I want to find my other half by myself, but I don't have enough time.There is endless work to do all day long, and the male and female dormitories are separated. If they are not working together, there is no chance to meet each other, let alone get to know each other.

Now that the alliance has introduced a marriage law, it actually allows willing single women to take the initiative to select single men who sign up. The selected men cannot refuse, unless you do not plan to live in the alliance.

It sounds funny and out of habit, but in fact, by this time, many people have no reveries about romantic love in their minds.Having a family, being able to take care of each other, and enjoying more benefits provided by the alliance by the way, a more comfortable life is more important than a good-looking face.

"Minister Zhou, when is the next mass wedding!" Soon there were single dogs who couldn't bear it anymore and asked loudly.

When this regulation was announced, many people didn't take it seriously, but when they saw that it was actually implemented, ten couples would immediately participate in a group wedding on New Year's Day, and they couldn't help it immediately.

"March, every quarter. In addition, let me tell you another news. Secretary-General Hong has proposed it, the council is discussing it, and a new labor law is about to be introduced."

"At that time, what kind of housing and how many rations can be obtained by each person will depend on the accumulation of points. This point, in addition to your job position and technical ability, will also be multiplied by a coefficient. The coefficient will be higher if you are married. The coefficient is higher with children, and the coefficient is higher with more children."

"Think about it for yourself. Don't complain when you can't rank any good things. Complaining is useless. There are only so many things. The average score is definitely not enough. The total score is three or six or nine. Getting married and having children is a disservice to the alliance, greatest contribution to humanity."

"Only if we have more children, can we grow stronger and stronger in the future, and we will be able to produce more workers, and more soldiers will participate in the battle to kill all the zombies. Of course, if one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, no one will stop him. The alliance will definitely not Let no one starve to death, and no one will be unemployed, there are hard, tiring and dangerous jobs waiting for you!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Zhou Jinlan enjoyed it very much, put down her hands on her hips, and her tone eased a lot.But the content is still quite torturous. Isn't this a forced marriage in disguise? What about Renquan?What about dignity?What about personality?

Although the west courtyard of the Zhai Palace is only separated by a wall, the environment is much more elegant than the messy east courtyard.Hong Tao and Gao Tianyi sat in the glass-enclosed corridor, with a set of Go, a jug of red wine, and a plate of pistachios on the table.

It was snowing heavily outside, while the inside was as warm as spring. The snowflakes fell unscrupulously on the glass, and were immediately melted, turning into drops of water, and then merged into a trickle and slid down, as if painting on it.

There are two wintersweet trees planted in the yard, one of which is already in full bloom.Although the flowers are small, the colors are very bright.At least in the cold winter days everywhere, it is very eye-catching.

But Hong Tao doesn't like it very much. He doesn't like plum blossoms or red wine, especially red wine in a decanter.He has never tasted the difference in most red wines, and sometimes the more expensive the wine, the worse it tastes.

As for the need to drink red wine at the right temperature, fully in contact with the air, and take a special cup... He finds it even more annoying.I wanted to drink it at first, but after such a toss, I lost all interest.

But this is the office area of ​​the council, which is Gao Tianyi's home court.Hong Tao borrowed the East Courtyard to hold his first marriage event. Based on the principle of doing whatever he wants, he has to bear with it if he is not used to it.

"It's not that I don't give these things, it's that the zombies snatched them away. I don't have them either. What can I give them? It's not difficult to want them. Go to the zombies and ask for them. When you kill all the zombies, you'll have them!"

But for Gao Tianyi's question, he couldn't bear it anymore.Some people always pay too little and demand too much, and always think that they should deserve it, as if everything is innate, and it is abnormal to not have it.

"Do you really think you can kill all the zombies? Not to mention the whole world, there are more than one billion in China alone...more than one billion, not a million, not ten million, not a hundred million, more than one billion !"

Gao Tianyi's Go skills are very good. He said that he often played Go with his grandfather when he was a child, and he played Go until high school. Compared with a half-baked player like Hong Tao, he is an amateur Go player who has received basic training.But he is not very interested in winning on the chessboard, but rather likes to attack with questions.

"You know Jiao Si, right?" Hong Tao thought about this question countless times during the months when the zombie disease just broke out, and the answer was basically the same as Gao Tianyi's. As long as the zombies don't get infected and kill most of them, humans have no chance. .

"I also attended its funeral..." Gao Tianyi picked up his cigar helplessly. What I have to say is that this guy has a good skin, full of elegance, and his every move is full of nobility.

"Do you know what it likes and what it is afraid of?" But through the research and observation of Focus Four, Hong Tao suddenly discovered that the reality is not as bad as imagined.As long as human beings can continue a part of technological civilization and don't go backwards too much, they still have a chance to win.

"..." Gao Tianyi obviously didn't know, and didn't even have the will to guess.

"It likes to eat Snickers bars, and it's afraid that I'm holding a rubber stick in my hand... I don't understand, right? I didn't pay attention at first, but after I found out, I suddenly thought of a problem. Jiao Si's behavior is very similar to that of a three or four-year-old human toddler. , You said that it has evolved to a certain level, does it have the human thinking mode?"

Chapter 406 Give You a Chance

"Wouldn't that be worse? If I can command a million zombies, even if the Revival Alliance has twice as many people, there is no hope of victory." Gao Tianyi really didn't understand why he still expected the living corpses to evolve quickly.

"There are currently two known ways for them to evolve. One is to eat each other, and the other is to eat humans, especially the brain, and they have to be dead. That is to say, there are only two ways for them to evolve. People, or kill each other..."

Although Hong Tao doesn't understand pathology, genetics, virology, or even medical shit, his understanding of living corpses is probably deeper than any expert in the medical laboratory.It's just from another angle, the perspective of zombies.If humans have humanity, zombies also have temperament.

"...You want to wait for the living corpses to kill each other? This, this is too wishful thinking!" Gao Tianyi thought that Hong Tao had some unexpected plans, but he didn't expect the answer to be so ridiculous.

"It's not waiting, it's a possibility. Living zombies must eat people if they want to evolve. Survivors will become more and more experienced with each battle, and it's not easy to sweep them away easily. This time the zombie army is not without more There are many, but the ability to control living corpses is so much. If you don’t get enough human living corpses, you can’t evolve, but evolution is their instinct..."

This theory came to mind after returning from Jinan, and it came from Jiao Si's greed for the same kind, his eyes were much hotter than seeing a living person.It can be deduced from this that there is not only the relationship between the strong and the weak, but also the instinct of the weak to prey on the strong among the living corpses.

"You want to use the instinct of living corpses to make them eat each other!" Gao Tianyi was indeed a smart person, and Hong Tao got something before he finished speaking.

"It's not available for the time being, I'm just assuming a trend. Living corpses will evolve to a certain extent, and human emotions will also be reflected. I guess their human memory has been partially restored. From a certain point of view, it can be regarded as the recovery of a part of human beings." Instinct. If this assumption is true, then I am sure that their enemies must not only be humans, they must include the same kind.”

But Gao Tianyi still thought about it simply, how could it be so easy to control a living corpse, and Hong Tao didn't think about it.He was just looking forward to the long-term plan, and took the living corpse into consideration as an important variable.

"Human nature... don't you think you are particularly evil?"

As soon as Gao Tian understood what Hong Tao was talking about this time, as long as the survivors can effectively defend against the attack of zombies and prevent the living zombies from taking advantage of them, they are likely to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages like humans, looking for simpler evolution Road, such as killing each other.

If the living corpse really possesses a certain human nature as Hong Tao said, this hypothesis is likely to become a reality.Human beings will fight and kill each other in such a harsh environment, which is the best explanation.

In this way, the internal friction of the zombies is equivalent to giving the survivors a chance to gain breathing time.Time is the greatest opportunity for survivors, and the longer it is delayed, the greater the opportunity.

But after hearing the good news, Gao Tianyi didn't feel sincerely happy, but rather lonely.The man in front of him was too terrifying. Apart from being meticulous in thinking, courageous and capable, and good at disguising, he was also extremely cold-blooded.

It's not bloodthirsty, but the deep distrust after seeing through human nature.It seems that everyone is shameless in his eyes, and he is very good at using it and profiting from it.Such people are the most difficult to fight, as long as they are people, they will be caught as weak points, even living corpses.

Leaving aside, take the Flying Tigers as an example.Hong Tao made full use of human nature, let Yan Qiang grow grass in his heart, and foolishly sent the main force to other people's mouths, and by the way, let himself get into the trap, and sat honestly in the base waiting to be surrounded by zombies.

"Hehehe... Commander Gao, don't be unconvinced. Even if you do it again, you are still not my opponent. The difference between the two of us is not who is smarter, but who has a broader mind. Too calculating, entangled in gains and losses, It blinds your eyes and limits your ability to think."

"I am just the opposite of you. As long as you set a goal, you will overcome all difficulties and move forward. As for the gains and losses of interests and status, they are all by-products on the way forward. To me, power is just a tool for doing things, not indispensable. .”

"I often tell my children that the most powerful people are not those who are not afraid of death, nor those with high positions, but those who have no desires. They are too young to understand, but you can understand but don't believe it, right?"

Hong Tao knew that Gao Tianyi had always had resentment in his heart, so there was no need to explain this matter, and there was no way to explain it.To swallow the Pingnan Army and the Flying Tigers by himself was indeed a trick, and he never felt guilty.But it is still possible to make a simple evaluation, which is also the right of the winner.

"So what if I believe..." As a loser, he can only listen to it now, and he has no capital to talk back.

"Believe it, I'll let you do something serious, so you don't have to waste your time thinking about the origin of tea, red wine, and cigars."

In fact, Hong Tao is the most evil at this time. He knows what people want, but he refuses to give it.When you are discouraged, he will deliver it to your mouth.There is a movie line that says, you can't take what I don't give.I have to add half a sentence to him, I must give you what I want!

Tossing back and forth twice, people can't hate and love, it's very helpless.Such as Jiao Qiao, such as Chu Qiu, such as Ran Di, such as Liu Quanyou...and Zhou Yuan.This may be due to living too long and experiencing too many sequelae, he can no longer talk to people normally.

It’s also true when you think about it. Ordinary people talk to each other to increase mutual understanding.And through observation and comparison, he can find similar people and things in his memory, just like watching a movie.Now that you have understood it, why bother to spend time and effort in communicating with others step by step.

"...You don't need to seduce me. According to the regulations, directors are not allowed to participate in management, unless you plan to destroy the rules you made yourself?" If Gao Tianyi didn't want to do something serious, it must be against his will.Not to mention that he is only in his 30s, even if he is [-] or [-], he still wants to do things. If he doesn't do things, he has no right.

But he really didn't believe that Hong Tao could be lenient and broke the rules for himself.The reason why the revival alliance is getting bigger and bigger but there is no chaos, the root cause is that it started from Hong Tao, and the management all set an example and did not make changes every day.

"This matter is not against the rules, and it is not considered to be involved in management, but there is a sense of accomplishment for someone with power. If you want to hear it, please help me..."

Don't look at Gao Tianyi's calm and calm words, as if he has seen through everything, but from the action he took the cigar and forgot to smoke for a long time, he could feel the throbbing heart.Now you only need to give a small step, and you can harvest a person who can help.

"...Crack..." The windproof lighter was ignited crisply, and Gao Tian chose to give in after hesitating for a few seconds.As the saying goes, a Taoist is poor and short-sighted, he is now a poor man, and he has to give in when faced with opportunities and desires.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll take the opportunity to run away!?" But after hearing Hong Tao's short narration, Gao Tianyi was not calm again.It's really nice to have someone with the right to do this job, but he can't figure out why he should ask himself to do it.

"Under the current situation, there is no chance to start all over again. No matter whose group you vote in, you have to rebuild trust. Compared with mine, you have more opportunities. Don't look at us as enemies, in fact, the more enemies we are get to know each other better.”

"Both of us are people with ideals, and we can seek common ground while reserving differences and continue to cooperate. As for the future, I can't keep suppressing someone just because someone might be replaced in the future. If that's the case, you won't be ranked among the top few, right? ?” What does Hong Tao want Gao Tianyi to do?It's easy to say, the common saying is called fooling people, and the official name is diplomacy.

Hong Tao wanted him to represent the Revival Alliance to make formal contacts with several large groups, and persuade them to contribute people, effort, and resources. First, try to make small-scale key links in several industrial chains such as energy, petrochemicals, steel, and mechanical processing. recover.

"With your reputation, it should be more convenient for you to do these things yourself?" Although he couldn't tell what was wrong, Gao Tianyi was still not at ease.Once bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of well ropes, he doesn't want to be tricked again.

Chapter 407 Ambassador Gao

"I'm afraid of death... It's not safe to fly around, and it's even less safe to hang around in other people's territory all day. I have a different identity now, and the alliance has just started on the right track, so I don't want to die easily."

"Don't tell me I'm not afraid anymore!" Gao Tianyi had the urge to punch round for this reason.

"This is the price. You have to invest in everything. There is no benefit in the world. In fact, apart from the fact that the plane is not fully insured, there is no other danger for you to go. No one will offend the Revival Alliance to death because of an envoy. , it doesn’t make sense to do that unless you want to seduce other people’s wives by yourself.”

Hong Tao didn't think this reason was absurd, he was just telling the truth.The last time I went to Changsha to pick up people, I almost became a victim of the local survivors' infighting, so I can no longer just wander around in other people's territory without incident.

These things can be left to other people to do, and there is more room for maneuver.But after much deliberation, none of the people who have already entered the management team are suitable.

First of all, this person should not be too stupid or petty, and must have a certain degree of independent judgment and the ability to negotiate with others.This condition alone drove many people down.Secondly, this person had better not be a woman, especially a young and beautiful one, so a lot of people were filtered out.

In the end, this candidate must not be the current backbone. If something happens on the road or encounters a lunatic, it will be like losing a helper for nothing, which is too bad.

After much deliberation, Gao Tianyi was the most suitable.He has seen the big world, worked as a middle-level cadre, and has a strong experience in dealing with people.He also shows talent and speaks elegantly, which is easy to give people a good impression.Unlike myself, anyone who sees them will first raise their vigilance, or simply look down on them.

In addition, he has a relatively high level of education, a wide range of knowledge, and can speak relatively fluent English. If he needs to contact foreign groups in the future, he will not need to be replaced temporarily.

The most important thing is that once he has an accident, it will not have any impact on the Revival Alliance.It's just a director, even if it's a standing director, it's still a job that a dog on a leash can do well.

This is called waste utilization. Instead of letting him huddle in the dark all day thinking about how to stab himself in the back, it is better to find him some work to do.When people are busy, sometimes they don't think about it.

"...I want someone to help, do you dare to give it?" Gao Tianyi should be able to figure out these reasons, but he still wants this job.

With the development momentum of the Revival Alliance, more and more people will come to join them. It is not difficult for Hong Tao to find someone with diplomatic skills. After passing this village, there will be no next shop.But he didn't want to be docile like a kitten, so he still had to leave a little bit of backbone, even if it was useless.

"Tell me..." Hong Tao definitely didn't dare to agree blindly. If Gao Tianyi wanted Niu Dafu, then he would continue to be a rubber stamp and don't be shameless.

"Wu Wenbin, I don't know if he's still alive!" Gao Tianyi gently said a name, then stared at Hong Tao's face, hoping to see an answer from it.

"...What did he do in the past?" Hong Tao had a bewildered expression on his face, he half-opened his mouth and tried hard to think, but he didn't have any association with this name.Ordinarily, the one who can make Gao Tian famous should not be an unknown person.

"The wolf team captain of the Flying Tigers..." Gao Tian curled his lips and put Wu Wenbin on the death list in his heart.

"A member of the Flying Tigers?" Hong Tao still blinked his small eyes and his face was full of confusion.

"It was he who said that Yan Qiang was the one who attacked you, and even revealed the news to me!" Speaking of this period of history, Gao Tianyi wanted to slap his mouth. He was so fucking blind, how could he believe it? That guy's bullshit.

"Oh...he...why do you insist on this person? Does he have any specialties?"

Hong Tao is really not pretending. He has never seen this young man in the management of the Flying Tigers. He only heard a few words from Lu Yejiangnan, and his evaluation was very low, so he never took this person seriously. Don't know the current situation.

"He is not very good, but he has a clever mouth and is very good at exploiting. Since this job is to fool people around, he must be the most suitable. Both Yan Qiang and I have suffered."

Thinking of that little dwarf's face, Gao Tianyi is also very boring, but he knows the principle of making good use of people, and Wu Wenbin is the most suitable to help in this job.Some communication occasions that are too unsuitable to put on the table also need such a person who has no principles and only recognizes interests.Compared with him, I'm really not good at this.

"Hehe...I will tell Minister Lin, you go to her to ask for someone. But I have to remind you, this kind of person can be used as a knife to open the way, or a dagger to stab your back, don't make trouble for yourself .”

Hong Tao laughed dryly twice, expressing that he understood.Indeed, people are not completely useless, and Gao Tian dared to use Wu Wenbin, which showed that he really wanted to do things seriously.But what should be reminded has to be reminded, I am not worried about Gao Tianyi running away, but I really dare not vouch for Wu Wenbin.

"I've seen a lot of people like him. He's actually very timid, but as long as he thinks it's profitable, he will immediately become cowardly. Can you give him some hope and make him feel that he has a chance to climb up again. What? Sometimes I feel that I can't control it, and Minister Lin will solve it without waiting for you to get your hands dirty. He has caused both the Pingnan Army and me to suffer, and many people want to settle this account!"

Is Gao Tianyi afraid?I am really not afraid. After experiencing this unforgettable setback, my fighting spirit has become stronger, and I have the same feeling as when the Pingnan Army was first established.At that time, the internal instability and the external pressure of survival were huge, and I was not afraid of it either.

Neither the Niu family brothers nor the dead Yu Fanqing was easier to manipulate than Wu Wenbin, and they didn't just make themselves docile.That is to say, after meeting Hong Tao, he was always being calculated everywhere.

"One more thing... How is Zhou Yuan now? Has she... asked me about me?" Thinking of the glory of the Pingnan Army, Gao Tianyi saw the figure of a woman again.If... unfortunately not if...

"Brother, I am much older than you, so I have to say a few more words on this issue. Let go if you have to. She is not something you can handle. If she hadn't left the Pingnan Army back then, even if I didn't do it, you would Not much better. Do Wu Zetian and Cixi know? She is the modern version. Too strong a desire for power, it’s good to be a partner, don’t lie on the side, and lose your life!”

It's really sad, it's hard to imagine that Gao Tianyi is still thinking about Zhou Yuan in his heart.I don't have the courage to want beauty and not country, but it's good for everyone to stop thinking about it.If the two of them get together again, I'm afraid he will have to let Lin Na kill him.

"But I think she really admires you, and she didn't express it to you? Or are you really unmoved?" If he can get a man out of love with a few words, Hong Tao can become the world's most powerful psychological counselor up.Gao Tianyi obviously didn't intend to listen to persuasion, and was still inquiring from the side.

"Do you understand that people die better than people? You may not be able to control the things I can control! Well, let's not talk about this issue. Even if you want to regain her favor, you have to do something first, otherwise she I won’t even look at you. This is the plan I wrote, and you use it as a big framework to talk about. I don’t care about the details, you can control it yourself, but the final share ratio can’t be too much.”

The ancients said that people in love are fools, and Hong Tao didn't intend to discuss relationship issues with fools anymore, so he took out a few folded papers from his pocket and threw them on the Go board.There is no way to play this game of chess. I will lose for sure. If I mess it up, I will not lose or win.

"...Is this matter too urgent? I think the industries related to pharmaceuticals and electricity should be given priority."

Gao Tian looked at it very carefully. The above is the direction of cooperation planned by Hong Tao.But what puzzled him was that petrochemical and mechanical processing ranked first, and the ultimate goal of restoring these two industries was to manufacture burials, bullets and shells.

In fact, the most indispensable thing now is weapons. You can find a large number of weapons and ammunition in any military garrison. If you can find an arsenal, hundreds of people will not be able to move for several days.

The Revival Alliance has found more than one such warehouse in Xishan. Although most of the military supplies stored are not weapons and ammunition, the magnitude is really astronomical.The military uniforms in any warehouse are enough for the Revival Alliance to wear for a hundred years.

Chapter 408

"You are not in charge and don't know about Chai Migui... This time, in order to fight against the zombie army, we have consumed more than 80.00% of the ammunition in stock, and more than half of the guns and barrels have been scrapped. You just think there are too many ammunition in the arsenal, but It’s hard to find ones that really work.”

"Will it be useful to give you 50 howitzers? You can't expect me to train another artillery! The most consumed are 25mm and 30mm anti-aircraft artillery and 12.7mm machine gun bullets, as well as mines, grenades, and explosives. "

"These things are the simplest and most practical, especially mines and explosives. If large-caliber artillery shells can be transformed into aerial bombs, or the aerial bombs can be produced directly, the bombing effect will be much better. The transport aircraft can be changed into bombers."

"It doesn't need to be many, five or six planes can carry out carpet bombing in a small area, and the number of zombies is not enough to bomb tens of kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms of aerial bombs. That thing is the size of a basketball court when it is bombed. Not to mention Take the risk of flying at low altitude to find the exact location of the living corpse, throw a few more within a kilometer, and the light shock can also stun it."

"Also, have you ever thought about how many arsenals we can find? I'm afraid it's less than one percent. There will be many large-scale battles in the next few years, and the consumption of ammunition will be very large. If we can't make it ourselves, It’s too passive to just rely on picking up leaks.”