Chapter 1 Turning Defense into Offense
"Actually, some people have already begun to doubt whether we can hold this place, and people have committed suicide every day for more than a week. This is also what I am most worried about, I am afraid that in the end, we will not have to wait for the zombies to eat us, and we will be scared to death by ourselves first. Qu Heng fell on an armchair and said to Xue Kaimo with a pale face.
"Have you noticed anything different about the zombies here?" Xue Kaimo asked Qu Heng.
"They don't seem to be afraid of the sun, and someone has seen them in the school during the day. Qu Heng said.
"What else?" Xue Kaimo continued to ask.
"They've learned how to use weapons, and they've begun to learn to capture captives, and some of them have turned into zombies, and I saw a few of them in their ranks last night. Qu Heng replied.
"That is, they are growing, and we are being eaten away by them. And I have a hunch that, with their abilities, it is perfectly possible to organize several more effective attacks during the day. Xue Kaimo said.
"This goes back to the original question, maybe they already have the strength to destroy us, but why do they stop every attack in moderation instead of killing them all?" Qu Heng asked to himself.
"Maybe..." At this time, Wen Li, who had been sitting next to the two of them, seemed to remember something.
"Maybe what?" Qu Heng straightened up and turned sideways to ask Wen Li.
"Maybe they're training themselves. Wen Li whispered.
"Why do you say that?" Xue Kaimo asked Wen Li.
"Remember when I told you that I once met zombies with Xu Pet on campus?" Wen Li asked Xue Kaimo.
"Yes. Xue Kaimo nodded.
"At first, I thought that Xu Pet could easily kill those two zombies because of her strength, but then I recalled that when Xu Pet made a move, the two zombies didn't even make a single action to parry and resist, their eyes seemed to be very scattered, and their movements were also very slow. In other words, if I were to face them alone, it would be possible to kill them. But the zombies we saw last night were different, their eyes were full of murder, their movements were even more agile than ours, or it could be said that they seemed to have regained some of their consciousness. Wen Li said.
"But what is terrible is that their consciousness is still stagnant in primitive times, and although they have learned to think simply, most of the time they are still governed by the most primitive desires of their own minds. Xue Kaimo continued.
"Is it possible for them to slowly recall the events of their lives and become normal?" Qu Hengming knew that this was a stupid question, but he still couldn't help but ask.
"Even if they agreed, I don't think the blood bank would agree. Wen Li said.
"What did you say?" Xue Kaimo suddenly jumped up excitedly, and his movements startled Wen Li and Qu Heng.
"Blood bank?" Xue Kaimo patted his head and spun around in place a few times, and finally stopped to face the stunned Qu Heng and Wen Li and said, "Those zombies are all under the control of that blood bank, and if we keep holding on like yesterday, it will be tantamount to sitting still, so I think..."
"Turn defense into offense?" Qu Heng also stood up from his chair, and the gloom on his face just now was swept away.
"Yes, we took the initiative to destroy that blood bank, this is our only way to survive. Xue Kaimo said with a solemn face.
An hour later, Qu Heng organized everyone to classroom 2612 again, and announced his decision to take the initiative in public. Most agreed, but others hoped that they could wait a little longer, "maybe someone else will come to our rescue." A skinny girl said.
"Every day for a week, we would send people to the school to look for food and everything else that could be used against the zombies, and we searched almost every corner of the school, but no one knew where the control room of the power grid and the tower was. Another dark-faced boy said.
"Where's the administrative building?" the girl asked.
"The control room should not be in the administration building. Xue Kaimo said, "Because Dean Su and He Xun are also trapped here, if they could cut off the power supply to the power grid and the power tower in the administrative building, they must have left a long time ago." In other words, there's a good chance that the control room is in the same blood bank that you haven't been to. ”
"But I'm really scared, I'm scared to death..."The girl lay on the table and cried as if she had suddenly heard the apocalyptic declaration.
Some other girls were also infected, and one fainted before she could even cry. Gradually, the crying became louder and louder, and the boys who had just expressed their approval of the proposal began to waver.
Qu Heng looked at the people who were gradually getting out of control, and felt extremely conflicted in his heart. He understood how many deaths these people had experienced in the past seven days, and of course how many horrific experiences he had experienced, which were originally written in books or movies. They need to vent so much, even if it's just to cry desperately. On the other hand, Qu Heng also knew that the chances of success of this operation were very small, and the people who participated in the operation were likely to have no return, and they would face a group of primitive beasts, even more cruel and terrible than the beasts. But as Xue Kaimo said, this is their only way to live, and only by fighting to the death can they survive.
"No, I will not choose to stay here and die. I'd rather be hacked to death by them with a knife than stay here like food waiting to be eaten by them. Wen Li picked up the microphone and stood on the podium at the front of the classroom. "Believe me, they're nowhere near as scary as we think, they're just a bunch of filthy and ugly walking dead, and we're human beings, people who know how to think and act. So, what we lack now is not only food, but also courage, and if we are brave enough, we will survive to the end. ”
Xue Kaimo and Qu Heng looked at Wen Li standing on the podium, and their hearts were full of gratitude and appreciation. None of them thought that Wen Li would say such a thing at such a moment, and as a girl, her incitement was obviously more effective.
The cries in the classroom fell silent, and several of the more daring girls stood up and offered to participate in the operation. Those who were not very clear about their attitudes before were also encouraged by the atmosphere around them, and they all expressed their approval of Qu Heng's proposal.
"No, the girls will stay in Building 2, and we'll keep a hundred boys. This is our last refuge and our only retreat, so we must not be careless. Qu Heng decisively rejected the girls' request. After that, he divided the remaining 300 boys into three groups, and made careful arrangements, and finally he announced to everyone, "Everyone go back and make preparations, and we will set off after lunch." ”