Chapter 1595: Surprise, Aged Wine in the Cellar!

It was a dark and windy night, with the cold wind howling.

Four zombie wolves roared and rushed towards the two of them.

The tallest zombie wolf rushed towards Zheng Shiwu first.

Swish!

Zheng Shiwu deviated his left foot and avoided the zombie wolf's attack.

Boom!

The zombie wolf hit the wall behind because it attacked too fiercely.

Zombie wolves, like zombies, have no wisdom and can only kill prey by instinct.

Generally speaking, Northwest wolves are very intelligent and even use tactics.

But after becoming zombies, although they became more ferocious and fearless, they also lost the cunning of wolves.

Then the second zombie wolf rushed over, and Zheng Shiwu aimed at the head of the zombie wolf. With the advantage of height, he accurately stabbed the zombie wolf's head from top to bottom.

Press down hard.

The zombie wolf was pierced through the head by the dagger.

There was no excessive showmanship, and the hit was a sure hit.

After killing this one, Zheng Shiwu quickly turned around to meet the zombie wolf behind him.

Aoao!

The tall zombie wolf behind him roared, dug the ground twice with its claws, and rushed again.

Zheng Shiwu dodged again, because the speed of this zombie wolf was much faster. If he didn't have the confidence to hit it with one shot, he would never confront it head-on.

He had to find the right time to stab this zombie wolf to death with one knife.

Killing a zombie wolf is the same as killing a zombie.

Only hitting the head is useful. It is meaningless to cut various wounds on their bodies. Instead, it will stimulate these zombies to become more ferocious.

Swish!

The black hand next to him also solved a zombie wolf at this time.

The two people approached again, and the two zombie wolves also stood side by side.

Without any rest or waiting, the two zombie wolves rushed again.

Swish!

The black hand directly threw the iron stick in his hand and hit the head of one of the zombie wolves.

Zheng Shiwu also killed the other tall zombie wolf with a Nepalese machete.

Looking at the motionless zombie wolf, Zheng Shiwu walked over with a machete in hand and finished off the zombie wolves one by one.

"What should we do with these corpses?" Black Hand asked.

Zheng Shiwu looked up in the direction of the northwest base, and then looked at the factory behind.

"This place is too close to them. Leaving the corpse here will easily be discovered. Drag it into the factory."

"Okay."

Black Hand squatted down and grabbed the legs of the zombie wolf, dragging it into the factory.

Ten minutes later, the two dragged the corpses of the four zombie wolves to the corner of the factory.

Unless someone comes in here, they will never find the corpses of the four zombie wolves.

But it is also possible that other zombies will find them and come to eat the corpses.

Tap tap tap -

The two came out of the factory and returned to the street.

The two picked up the package on the ground, looked around, and walked towards the house not far away.

Since they had been here during the day, they were quite familiar with the yard.

There was a cellar on the right side of the yard. There was a narrow hole above the cellar, only one meter high and one meter wide, with an escalator on the wall of the cave.

"You go in first, I'll seal the cave entrance." Zheng Shiwu said to Hei Shou.

"Okay."

After Hei Shou entered the cave, Zheng Shiwu handed over the backpack and asked Hei Shou to take it down.

There was a heavy cement cover plate next to the entrance of the cellar, weighing dozens of kilograms.

Zheng Shiwu picked up the cement cover plate and placed it on the top of the cellar to cover a small part of the entrance of the cellar.

He shrank his body and crawled in, then pushed the cement cover plate above with his right hand, and completely closed the entrance of the cave little by little.

It was a bit difficult to push the cement cover plate weighing dozens of kilograms from below with one hand.

He pushed for a long time before the cement cover plate completely sealed the entrance of the cellar.

This cellar has a ventilation hole. In the evening, they lit a lighter below and it did not go out, indicating that there was enough oxygen below.

The vent and the entrance are not in the same place. The main function of the cellar vent is to ensure air circulation inside the cellar, discharge harmful gases such as carbon dioxide, and keep the air inside the cellar fresh.

The entrance is the place where the cellar enters and exits.

Huh——

Zheng Shiwu came down from the ladder and saw Hei Shou turned on the light, so he took off the night vision goggles on his head.

The entire cellar is long and narrow, about ten square meters, which is considered a large cellar.

Some vegetables stored in the entire cellar have long been emptied by the survivors, leaving only some sacks and wood.

The air is a bit stuffy, but it is much warmer than above.

The wind outside is very strong and takes away the warmth of the body.

Kaka!

Zheng Shiwu walked over with his bag, but saw Hei Shou digging on the ground with a small shovel.

"What are you doing?"

While shoveling the soil, Hei Shou said, "Dig it, maybe there is wine in it."

"How do you know?" Zheng Shiwu was a little surprised.

"My hometown also has a cellar. Sometimes we put wine in the cellar. If you smell it carefully, there is a faint smell of wine in this cellar. Do you smell it?" Black Hand said.

"Wine?"

"Yes, my hometown is the same as the northwest. We have to stock up vegetables every late autumn. It's almost the same."

"Oh."

Zheng Shiwu ignored him. He took out the moisture-proof mat and sleeping bag from the package, and then spread the moisture-proof mat on the ground. He leaned against the earthen wall and ate dry corn cakes.

I turned around and felt a little bit of pain under my butt.

Guessing that the ground was uneven, he put the tortillas back into the bag, stood up and picked up the moisture-proof mat.

He pulled out his saber and picked out the clod of soil.

clang--

?

Hearing this sound, he felt something was wrong. The sound of a saber hitting a clod of soil was not like this.

Instead, there was a sound like the collision of ceramics.

"Didn't you say there might be wine buried in this? Bring the lamp." Zheng Shiwu said to the black hand next to him.

Hearing this, Black Hand ran over and shined a lamp on the place where Zheng Shiwu was lying just now.

The raised area in the middle is somewhat reflective under the light.

When Black Hand saw this, his eyes lit up.

Squatting down and digging twice with a shovel, a pottery jar appeared in front of them. Although only a few centimeters were exposed, he was sure that it was the buried wine jar!

"It's true! Get out of the way and I'll dig it out! It feels so good now!" Black Hand said excitedly.

Zheng Shiwu was also a little excited when he heard this. It is very cold here in the northwest, and since they will be here for the next few months, the temperature will definitely drop further.

With wine, at least I can warm myself up.

He removed the entire moisture-proof pad, along with the package and sleeping bag, to make room for Black Hand.

The black hand held the shovel and dug little by little, half an hour later.

The black hands dug out two wine tanks, one of which was about the size of a 10-liter household mineral water bucket.

There is also a layer of mud sealing on top of the wine tank, which seems to have been buried for a long time.

The black hand gently taps the side of the mud seal with a shovel until cracks appear in the mud seal.

He continued to pound, and as he pounded, the cracks grew larger and larger until they could be covered with mud peeled off by hand.

He was extremely gentle when peeling it off, for fear of damaging the mud seal.

After the mud cover was peeled off, he wiped the dust from the mouth of the altar with his sleeve.

The covering underneath, the bamboo raft, is exposed.

Seeing the bamboo basket, Black Hand grinned and said: "It seems that this wine has been stored for at least ten years. It is an old wine. Now we are both lucky."

"More than ten years!?"

Zheng Shiwu was a little surprised. He had not drank ten years of old wine, but if he thought about it carefully, six years had passed since the end of the world.

"Can you open it? If you open it, it won't be easy to seal it back. If this unopened wine is sold in the trading market, it will definitely sell for a high price." Blackhand asked Zheng Shiwu behind him.

"Open it." Zheng Shiwu said without hesitation.

"good."

The black hand carefully removed the bamboo covering.

After a few seconds, a smell of alcohol filled the air.

The tangy pure grain wine aroma is mellow and elegant. When you smell it, you can tell that it is the kind of old wine that has been stored for a long time.

"It smells so good! Want some?" Black Hand turned his head and looked at Zheng Shiwu.

"Everything is open. It's unreasonable not to come. Come on!"

Blackhand got up and went to get the kettle. Their kettle was a large 2-liter kettle with a recessed lid that could hold about 2 to 3 taels of water.

He came over with the lid and the wine vat resting on the ground.

The lamp shines on the inside of the wine tank, and the wine inside appears light yellow and clear.

The rich aroma of wine hit his nostrils, making Hei Shou swallow his saliva. Looking at his appearance, Zheng Shiwu knew that this guy might have been a good drinker in the past.

"Just drink a little, don't drink too much, we have to do things tomorrow."

"Don't worry." Black Hand waved his hand.

"Help me take care of it, don't pour it out and waste it."

He squatted on the ground, turned the wine jar, and poured the wine on the bottle cap.

Very carefully, when the bottle cap was almost full, he held the wine jar and poured it back.

The wine line was immediately cut off.

Not a drop was spilled.

The black hand picked up the bottle cap and handed it to Zheng Shiwu, "Come on, Old Zheng, you taste it first."

Zheng Shiwu glanced at him and took the bottle cap.

Take a sip.

Um?

Zheng Shiwu's eyes lit up. He was not a good drinker, but he felt that the wine he drank this time was the best he had ever drunk.

The entrance is slightly sweet, the alcohol is mellow, the taste is strong and full, and the hops are light, full and even.

He took another sip, his mouth full of wine.

Mellow, because after many years of aging, the alcohol and moisture in the wine have been fully integrated, giving it a very soft taste.

"How's it going? How's it going?" Black Hand looked at his expression and asked excitedly.

"Very good." Zheng Shiwu commented after taking two sips.

Very good. Zheng Shiwu has always had extremely high requirements for many things. Being able to achieve very good results means that he is already ridiculously good.

Zheng Shiwu handed the bottle cap to Black Hand.

Blackhand couldn't wait any longer and couldn't wait to take a big sip.

Hold the old wine in your mouth and savor it carefully.

The wine went into his throat, straight up to his stomach.

call--

The rich scent of wine spurted out, and Black Hand groaned:

"Damn, I didn't expect to be able to drink such good wine in this apocalyptic world. This trip to the northwest is so worth it!"

He couldn't bear to drink such a good wine too quickly, so he drank it slowly and slowly.

Zheng Shiwu didn't drink much, and he wasn't a good drinker. He drank one or two more and stopped drinking.

After drinking some wine, my stomach feels warm. On such a cold day, drinking some wine is the most comfortable and makes it easier to sleep.

Zheng Shiwu stood up, took the moisture-proof mat aside and spread it, and continued to eat his dry food.

Seeing that Black Hand was still drinking there, he reminded:

"Blackhand, don't get drunk and cause trouble. If you finish drinking this bottle cap, don't drink anymore."

"Okay, I know, don't worry, I drank less than half of the two kilograms, and I'm not drunk at all." Black Hand said with a smile.

The cold wind howled outside the vents, and they hid in the safety of the cellar shelter, drinking and listening to the wind.

After Zheng Shiwu ate the dry food, he took off his outermost camouflage suit and got into his sleeping bag.

Listening to the wind, I fell into sleep.

Black Hand sat next to the wine vat, dazed for a while.

Drinking this wine reminded him of his old days.

The first half of his life was full of ups and downs, and the past was playing before his eyes like a slideshow. He thought of many things, some of which he was about to forget.

The next day.

Zheng Shiwu woke up early, looked at the wine vat that had been resealed, and looked at Black Hand.

It’s okay, I didn’t drink too much.

Today they want to change places, to a place where they can see the northwest base.

It is still too far away from the northwest base, and only their frontline sentry towers and barbed wire fences can be seen.

The closer you get to the northwest, the more careful you have to be, as they will be dead if discovered.

He woke up twice in the middle of the night last night, woken up by the roars of zombies.

They were lucky yesterday and didn't encounter too many zombie wolves. They could handle four of them, but if there were more than a dozen, it would be troublesome.

"Blackhand, wake up."

Zheng Shiwu kicked Black Hand's leg.

Black Hand woke up leisurely. He had a good sleep last night.

This was the most comfortable sleep he had ever had in this journey.

He stood up and moved his muscles, making the bones in his body crackle.

After the two of them ate some dry food, Black Hand looked at the two bottles of wine and became entangled.

Should you take it away or leave it here?

"Don't look at it, this wine vat is so big, we can't take it away!" Zheng Shiwu saw what he was thinking and interrupted him without hesitation.

Hearing this, Black Hand was like a cat with a hairy fur, and retorted: "But it would be such a waste to leave such good wine here!"

Zheng Shiwu sighed and said:

"No, I didn't say no. The wine jar is too big for us to carry. Let's bury it first, and when we leave later, we can get some plastic barrels to take away. We don't have a container now, and it's inconvenient to move around holding the wine jar. "

When Black Hand heard what he said, he understood.

But he was a little unwilling to put it all here.

So I rummaged around in the package and finally found a container that could be used to hold wine.

A water bag made of animal skin, which they found in a private house when they were stationed overnight near ZY City.

It was originally used to hold water, but he drank all the water in the water bag.

Seeing him taking out the water bag, Zheng Shiwu didn't stop him.

Anyway, they all drank up the water, but it would be troublesome for them to replenish it later.

There are still 7 liters of water in the car 20 kilometers away from them, and the two large-capacity water bottles add up to three liters.

Today we must first find a suitable location to observe the northwest base, and then we must find a way to replenish the water source.

Although the northwest has been arid for many years,

But here is at the foot of Qilian Mountain, and you can see the snow-capped mountains at a glance.

There is abundant snow-melted water in the mountains, and clean water can be replenished in the Beida River in the south or at the foot of the snow-capped mountains.

Afterwards, the two packed their bags, put on camouflage clothes, and sneaked close to the northwest base.

They did not go in a straight line, but in a large circle, starting from the north of the northwest base, detouring from the west to the south.

The south side of the northwest base has a higher altitude and many mountains. From there, they can overlook the entire northwest base.

According to the information provided to them by Oil City,

The northwest base was built in the Guancheng Scenic Area of ​​Jiayu City before the end of the world.

There is an ancient city wall over there that has stood for thousands of years.

It is located in the middle of a narrow valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayu City.

The city walls on both sides of the city pass cross the Gobi Desert, connecting the Heishan Suspended Wall to the north and the No. 1 Pier in the World to the south. It was the pass at the western end of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty and was historically known as the Throat of Hexi.

The two of them were not very fast and relied on the surrounding buildings to get closer to the northwest base.

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