doomsday survival

Chapter 129 Drifting Straight Down
When Shi Jian and five people came, they rode on reindeer. The reindeer has good physical strength and can maintain a speed of 48 kilometers per hour for several hours without any load. Even with people and goods, it can reach 25 kilometers per hour.

Shi Jian went northward this time and walked for eight days, at least eight hours a day. Calculated in this way, it was a distance of [-] kilometers.For such a long distance, calculated by walking [-] kilometers a day, it would take a month!
In fact, the distance between the two places is not that far. The distance from the Xiaoxing’anling camp to HLJ is only [-] kilometers in a straight line. HLJ is even closer to the arsenal, only [-] kilometers. Even if the mountain road is rugged, double it. It's only [-] kilometers.However, in order to bypass the old area full of zombies, he unknowingly detoured an extra thousand kilometers.

Is it really necessary to walk back on foot?
The five of them looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that they would have to walk for more than a month, and their legs were a little weak.

"Leader, why don't we catch some reindeer?" Andre suggested.

"Where is it? Can you find it?" Xiao Wu gave him a blank look.

Andre lowered his head and stopped talking. He also felt that this idea was not very good, but if he really walked on foot, his feet would not be able to support him at all. Of course, the first thing he thought of was to find a substitute for transportation.

Shi Jian saw Andre's uneasiness, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Andre, even if we carry you back!"

"Exactly! Don't look at your size, it won't take much effort for two people to carry you." Xiao Wu said with a smile.

Feng Chen and Mei Zi also nodded in agreement.

Everyone's expressions turned into a warm current and melted into Andre's heart. He wiped the corners of his eyes inadvertently, raised his head and said, "Leader, team leaders, thank you. I will only follow the lead of the leader in the future. Whoever wants to hurt you , let him step over my corpse!"

After listening to Feng Chen's translation, Shi Jian smiled and said: "Okay, don't be sensational, let's think about it."

Several people discussed again, but they didn't have any clue.Shi Jian scratched his head and said, "Actually, if you want to walk in a straight line, it's not too far away, but it's too cheating to always take a detour."

Although they don't know what the meaning of "pit father" is, but others can understand it roughly, Feng Chen sighed and said: "It's a pity that we are humans and not birds, and we can't fly, otherwise we will fly back directly."

"In the old days, not to mention flying, humans were omnipotent at that time, and even the sea could not stop them." Shi Jian couldn't help talking about the past.

"What is the sea? I haven't seen it before." Xiao Wu asked curiously from the side.

"Uh, the sea is full of water." Shi Jian didn't know how to describe it, so he could only use a classic saying from before.

"Isn't that just like this river? It's nothing." Xiao Wu pouted.

"How can this river compare with the sea?" Shi Jian said while gesturing with his hands, "This small river flows south, and it should flow into the HLJ we passed by, and then HLJ flows eastward, and flows into the sea. There is no end to it." Endless, blue, very beautiful..." As he spoke, he began to describe the beautiful scene of the sea.

"Then we can follow this small river to find the sea. I really want to go to see the sea and see if it is the same as what the leader said." Xiao Wu was fascinated by hearing this, and couldn't help sighing.

Shi Jian was stunned when he heard Xiao Wu's words, as if he had grasped something, but he couldn't be sure, he hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

Xiao Wu was confused by Shi Jian's hasty question, and stammered, "Uh, I really want to see the sea."

"That's not it." Shi Jian shook his head.

"See if the sea is the same as what the leader said. I don't mean to believe you, the leader," Xiao Wu hurriedly explained.

"It's not this sentence either, what's the first sentence?" Shi Jian urged.

"Uh," Xiao Wu thought about it and said, "We can find the sea along this small river."

Shi Jian stood up all of a sudden, clapped his hands and said, "That's right! That's it!" Then, Shi Jian put his hands on Xiao Wu's shoulders, and said seriously: "Xiao Wu, thank you, we can go home now !"

Xiao Wu scratched her head in confusion, wondering why Shi Jian was so excited.

"Okay, brothers! Move, we're going home!" Shi Jian shouted.

Everyone else looked at Shi Jian inexplicably, Feng Chen's mouth twitched, and finally he asked, "Boss, we have to make a stretcher for Andre first, right?"

"Haha, there's no need." Shi Jian laughed loudly.

When Andre heard it, his heart, which was still warm just now, felt a little cold, but he immediately said, "It's okay, I can keep going."

Shi Jian looked at Andre with a smile, and said, "Why go? Nobody needs to go! Let's go back by boat!"

by boat?Can this work?Several people are full of doubts.

"Xiao Wu's words reminded me just now," Shi Jian explained with a smile, "This small river is a tributary of HLJ. We only need to build a few more birch bark boats, and we can go straight down the river and reach HLJ. At least it can reduce the half the way."

Everyone suddenly realized that without waiting for Shi Jian's order, they immediately started to peel the birch bark, select branches, find pine resin, and prepare to make birch bark boats again.

These things are easy to find. White birch and red pine are common tree species in the north. The forest we passed last night was a mixed forest of pine and birch, and willows can be seen everywhere by the river.All the materials were quickly found, the only troublesome thing was the pine resin, and it was just a laborious collection.

With the previous experience, the shipbuilding was faster this time.By noon, three new birchbark boats were ready.

A few people hurriedly finished their lunch, boarded the birch bark boat, and went straight down the river.

In fact, Shi Jian still had a little worry that he didn't express.That is, I don’t know how many bends this small river has to turn to reach HLJ, and whether it will take everyone farther.

However, as long as you reach HLJ, everything will be fine. There are fewer villages near the riverbank, and it is much safer to walk along the embankment than in the jungle.Moreover, the speed of taking a boat is much faster, which can save a lot of physical strength.

Shi Jian began to imitate Chen Qiong and calculated the position in his mind.Calculations were made based on the direction and distance he traveled a few days ago, and he found that his current location was actually in the northwest of the landing point on the HLJ shore, which completely relieved him.It is said that it flows eastward into the sea. Even if this small river does not flow directly south, it is also deflecting eastward, and it may be near the landing point.

The place where Shi Jian and the others boarded the boat was in the flat valley below the mountain. The river flow was not fast and the water surface was very gentle.The three small boats drifted down the current. Although the speed was not fast, they were more stable.Occasionally, when encountering a boulder protruding from the river, several people used the pole to turn the direction to avoid colliding with it.Other than that, there is really no need to exert force, and I just took this opportunity to recover the physical strength that was consumed last night.

Out of this flat valley, the small river began to go all the way around the foot of the mountain.Sure enough, as Shi Jian expected, the direction of the river began to deflect to the east, but the direction of the river remained unchanged.

However, when passing the corner at the foot of the mountain, the current suddenly became turbulent.The boat was no longer as stable as it was before. It was bouncing up and down in the rushing river. If there were no poles to control the direction, it would even turn around.

Unlike Feng Chen and the others who were yelling, Shi Jian was much calmer.For him who had drifted before, this bump was really nothing.Compared to the thrills of going down the mountain, it can only be regarded as a piece of cake now.Shi Jian could even calmly remind others to adjust their direction and avoid rocks in the water.

The turbulent river brings not only thrills, but also faster speed.The trees on both sides of the bank swept back quickly, forming a green wall.Shi Jian stood at the bow of the boat, tapped the bottom of the river with a pole from time to time, and sang excitedly.

"Little bamboo rafts in the middle of the river,

Walking on both sides of the majestic green hills..."

The four of Feng Chen were also infected by Shi Jian, they stopped exclaiming incessantly, and started humming slowly following Shi Jian.Humming and humming, it turned into singing loudly, and the singing sound rippling in the mountains and fields, causing echoes.Although they were not on the tune, they were just howling at the top of their lungs, which seemed to be a kind of heroism.

In the evening, the river finally rushed out of the mountains, came to a plain, merged into another wider river, and continued to move southeast.

Before the two rivers met, Shi Jian took a telescope to observe the surrounding environment.Due to Maoziguo's large land and sparse population, there are really no villages, towns or cities here, but it is a good place to rest.

"Dock, get off the boat." Shi Jian yelled at the boats behind, pushing his boat to the shore.

"Boss, why don't we just drive overnight." Feng Chen leaned the boat to the shore and asked from the bow.

Shi Jian shook his head and rejected his proposal, and said, "It's too unsafe at night. If it hits a shallow reef, the ship will be destroyed. Besides, who knows if zombies can swim? What if they pass through the old district? "

Feng Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "I didn't think about it."

"It's okay, it's nothing, let's talk about it after a night of rest." Shi Jian smiled heartily.

The next day, Shi Jian and five people sailed into the big river ahead in a small boat.This great river is more rapid and much deeper.Shi Jian didn't dare to walk in the middle of the river, but led everyone along the bank.Along the way, you can also see some villages and towns scattered in the fields that have become wasteland.

These villages and towns are as dilapidated as ever, like a ghost land, which makes people shudder.Shi Jian also chose to camp far away from these places as much as possible to minimize the danger.In this way, the five people traveled day and night and came to HLJ along the river three days later.Several people shouted loudly with excitement, as long as they cross HLJ, they will be one step closer to home.Home is ahead, hope is ahead!
"I hope this journey will be safe and sound." Shi Jian prayed silently in his heart.

Can he get his wish?
(End of this chapter)