Chapter 870 Daryl Dixon (24)
The Salvation Army brought a lot of people with them when they first came to Alexandria, so a lot of them stayed.
For a period of time afterwards, it was not known whether they were trying to decentralize power or for some other reason, but Alexander, who was on high alert, did not wait for the attack from the Saviors.
When the cold winter passed and the world began to show some green buds, Yun Ci and Daryl set out on their journey home.
The graves on the roadside have become much older, and a few new ones can be seen from time to time on the edges.
It’s a pity that we were not able to get in touch with the Kingdom of God and Hilltop this time, otherwise we could have brought their people together to clean up the zombies, and the process would have been much faster.
At that time, the Whisperers can only bring the zombies they lured from other places, and the number will be much reduced, making it easier to deal with.
But it's still early, and the Whisperers are still wandering around somewhere unknown at this time. They have enough time to rest or do something else.
Maybe by the time the Whisperers come over, they will be able to clean up most of the zombies around them.
The two men continued to bury the bodies and walk back, but the number of zombies had obviously decreased, and in the distance they could see some marks left by their own activities.
Daryl rubbed his finger over the scratches on the tree. "They explored here."
"The number of graves has increased a lot since we left." Yun Ci stood on the other side, looking at the densely packed graves in the forest. "It seems that we have more manpower to clean up so many graves."
Daryl kicked the grass and chose a place with fewer graves to rest temporarily.
The two did not tidy up the camp on a large scale. They simply made a fire and cooked, then lay down on the ground covered with a thick layer of grass to rest, and continued their return journey the next day.
Atlanta can now be said to be the area ruled by Rick and his team, and the prison, Woodbury, and Terminal are the main bases.
They also cleaned up the hospital, searched for doctors, and sent them to the hospital to conduct research on the zombie virus.
Eugene and his two companions have also joined the gang. They have been able to stay here for so long, probably because they were beaten by Abraham. Now they are hiding in the terminal doing research.
He restored power to all three bases, as well as radio contact, and was making bullets, slowly expanding outward.
Before Yun Ci and Daryl got close to the base, they were discovered by the survivors who were active outside. Although they were pointed at with guns for a while because this group of people did not know them, the scattered protagonists quickly drove their cars to meet up on the only road back to the prison.
"Xiao Ci!"
"Daryl!"
The warm hugs continued.
Reunion, greetings, and telling travel stories.
They all gathered at the prison after a long absence, eating and drinking, and listening to Yun Ci talk about their experiences.
“When I think about other places where there are still survivors cleaning up the zombies, I feel that the future is promising.”
Although the zombie virus has not been solved, without the zombies, the virus seems to have no other effect on them.
Humans will die sooner or later.
Although it is possible to transform into a zombie after death, it is easier to accept if the person transforms after dying of old age, even if it is due to illness, than if he is transformed by being bitten by a zombie.
"Hearing what you said, I think we can contact the people in Alexandria." Maggie, who had already held her son, said, "We are in two different places, and maybe we have different supplies and can help each other."
"There must be other survivors over there, but we don't know whether they are good or evil. At least those scattered Saviors are not good to us."
"The benefits of resuming contact outweigh the dangers."
Rick decided to take a gamble.
Eugene was needed to restore contact, so he had to go.
Because we are going to a relatively unfamiliar place, our combat power must be high.
Except for a few people who had to stay behind to guard the house, those who finally chose to go to Alexandria were actually no different from the plot.
They drove several vehicles and brought some wheat flour as well as corn, soybeans and soybean oil for exchange.
The clearing of the zombies is to restore the fields, and with Eugene's repair of the machines, everyone's meals are now no different than before the apocalypse, and can even be said to be better - because Yun Ci brought different recipes.
"They all have names for themselves over there, shouldn't we also have a team name or something like that?"
Yun Ci's sudden question stumped everyone.
That makes sense, they are all released from prison, calling their base a "prison" seems to be compared with Alexander...
Woodbury and Terminus sound better, but they still don’t feel quite enough.
"We're all from 'Atlanta.'" Rick put his hands on his hips and said, "Atlanta."
"I think it's good."
“Atlanta… this really represents all of us.”
They smiled at each other and clinked their glasses lightly.
Their destination was Alexandria, but before going to Alexandria, they met Jesus who was searching for supplies outside.
Both the Hilltop and the Kingdom of God already knew that the Saviors had been defeated, and had stopped handing over supplies. They even fought several battles with the remaining Saviors, causing the Saviors to suffer a lot of casualties again.
The two places established contact with Alexandria and both knew the existence of Yun Ci and Daryl.
So Jesus had no intention of showing up, after all, there were so many of them, but when he heard them shouting 'Darryl' as he passed by, Jesus took the initiative to show up, ready to meet the two people he admired very much.
A group of people first followed Jesus to the mountaintop village. Although they had enough food at their base, they needed to eat on the road, so they exchanged the food for some fruits and vegetables.
Next is the Kingdom of God, following the same process, and finally Alexandria.
After personally observing these people, Rick felt that they could maintain long-term contact, so everyone got busy.
Go out together to search for supplies and find equipment to build radio communications.
If we want to communicate with Atlanta from here, a signal station in the middle is essential.
Besides that, it's all about cleaning up the zombies.
Watching the team clearing out the zombies grow larger, Yun Ci felt strangely relieved.
Time flies, half a year has passed.
Ezekiel, Jesus, Diana, and Rick sat together, surrounded by survivors from different camps, laughing constantly.
"After the apocalypse, I never thought we could still laugh so loudly and freely like this."
“It will get better and better.”
There will be fewer and fewer zombies.
There will be more and more places for survivors to move around.
"Now that the city has been cleared, I have no intention of leaving the Hilltop Village." Jesus, who has just taken office as the 'Village Master', said with emotion, "I have actually gotten used to living here."
"The city isn't as safe as here."
Although the number of zombies has decreased, there are still some.
There are too many shelters in the city, and it would be hard to find someone if they managed to sneak in, so it is better to live outside.
"However, now that you have a larger range of activities, you can expand it like us..."
Build houses, build walls, expand farmland...
They have enough usable space to make their lives better.