Chapter 249: The Apocalypse of the Living Dead (24)
The unit building in the residential area where the Lan family is located belongs to the first batch of newly built buildings in the suburbs of Nansu City in the early years, and it has reached a certain age, and the unified six-story building is completely open to the public. Most of the people who live in it are workers in the seafood processing factory like the Lan family, and almost everyone knows each other well. In densely populated areas, the number of living dead is always the highest, and the number of residents in this community is only about 100 households, most of whom seek help from the evacuation area after the disaster breaks out, and only a few remain.
The Lan family is one of the few people who remained.
Xiao Lan followed the sewer all the way to the vicinity of the community, and the moment she lifted the manhole cover, she was besieged by several living dead. Xiao Lan used the iron rod in his hand to condense into a blade, the most weapon, to solve the trouble one after another, and then took off his rain boots and lighting cap, and ran in the direction of the community.
From the observation of the fight just now, Xiao Lan found that the evolution of the living dead had reached the second stage, and the speed began to be faster than that of ordinary people. In the second stage, the movement speed of the living dead is greatly increased, and the speed of movement is about 1.2 times that of humans. In other words, if you sprint, the living will never be able to escape the siege of zombies. At this stage, the advantages of the living dead have begun to appear......
Dusk reflects the fiery red of the west, birds are returning to their nests in the sky, and the interior of the neighborhood and the streets next to it are silent. In the past, in the afternoon, under the shade of the trees, there would be some elderly people chatting before dinner, children returning from school, the sound of cartoons and the sound of frying in the pan, and the smell of home-cooked meals lingering on the tip of the nose.
But now, everything is different.
A trail of blood under the shade of the trees indicates the misfortune that has happened here, and the surrounding area is so quiet that there is only the regular barking of dogs, which is eerie. Xiao Lan entered the corridor belonging to Laneige's house, and the corridor was full of disgusting corpse stench, rotten into a puddle of minced meat, flesh and bones were connected, but they were just traces of the gnawing of the living dead. was bitten to death, and you can imagine the screams that surrounded the interior of the corridor at that time.
It was dusk, and there was no electricity inside the corridor, and it was pitch black. Xiao Lan banged on the door lock downstairs with an iron rod, attracting the living dead wandering upstairs, his eyes in the darkness facing the evening light, his expression uncertain.
"Click, click, click......" The regular percussion sound echoed in the corridor, and after a moment of stopping, there was a strange movement upstairs, and finally gradually approached, violently.
A living dead man almost pounced, climbed over the railing, fell from the second floor, smashed its lumbar vertebrae into the stairs, temporarily lost its ability to walk, and then waited for its head to be punctured and completely dead.
In Xiao Lan's memory, this person was a very good neighbor aunt to Laneige before her death.
There was more than one living dead, and the moment Xiao Lan solved the corpse on the ground, there was another living dead coming down upstairs, and she was just a five-year-old girl before she died. When she was born, Laneige also hugged her. What she just solved was Laneige's closest neighbor.
Memories were rolling, Xiao Lan suddenly felt tightness in her chest and her eyes were inexplicably dry.
Such a sad emotion is Laneige's.
This catastrophe changed everything.
"Ah Zhi!" suddenly came from upstairs.
"Mom!" Xiao Lan looked up and saw Lan's mother's face, smiled with relief, and whispered, "I'm back." But the tears flowed for some reason.
Upstairs, Lan Tian knew that his mother had just fed Father Lan water, and he had nothing to do, so he could only sit and watch in a daze, staring, motionless, no one thought of what he was thinking. In fact, behind his immobility is fear, he is afraid that something will happen to his mother and sister, and he is afraid that they will not come back......
The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and I was highly vigilant.
In a quiet environment, there was a slight movement outside the door panel, and he couldn't help but grasp the fruit knife.
There was a bang, and the door opened. Lan Tian first saw Lan Mu's face, and then he saw Xiao Lan standing behind.
"Sister!" Lan Tian shouted, put down the fruit knife, pounced directly, and hugged Xiao Lan's waist, Xiao Lan was hugged with a full embrace.
But as soon as he got closer, he buried his face, and said in a muffled voice, "You stink!"
"Stinky boy, why do you say that about your sister? Lan Mu locked the door, heard what Lan Tian said, wiped the corners of her wet eyes, and hit him on the head with a smile.
Xiao Lan also knew that when he came out of the sewer, the smell on his body would naturally not smell good. She just smiled and touched Lan Tian's head. Then he looked up and looked indoors, and found Father Lan lying unconscious on the sofa in the living room. So, her smile gradually disappeared, her face was expressionless, and she pulled Lan Tian away from her arms.
Xiao Lan frowned, walked to Father Lan without saying a word, and asked solemnly, "How long has Dad been like this?"
"I have a fever, and I haven't gotten better after taking medicine until now. Lan Mu said, her tone full of worry, but she didn't know that the matter was much more serious than she imagined.
Xiao Lan squatted next to Father Lan and observed his pale face, his limbs were weak and his fingertips were stiff. She didn't understand why she saw one in the sewer just now, with symptoms similar to Lan's father.
It's mid-zombie stage......
Xiao Lan put his backpack aside, sat on the ground with his head bowed, and said nothing.
She suddenly felt very tired, which was Laneige's emotion, and even more so her emotion.
After all the calculations, Xiao Lan still couldn't escape. Even if she told Lan's father and mother not to go out to find her and let them stay at home safely, she still couldn't hide. She never calculated the possibility that the Lan family would be infected, but she knew that there was no cure for the infected people.
So, what is she going to do?
Xiao Lan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and finally came back to her senses, and said calmly: "Mom, let's pack up and go to the shelter in the city, there is medical assistance, try to hurry." There was no hesitation in the words, only determination, and only one more try, even if there was no hope.
When Lan Mu heard Xiao Lan say this, she stopped pouring water.
"But now it's dark, and it's not safe outside. ”
She knew that her daughter was worried about her husband's feelings, and she also knew that the refuge area was safe, but it was reckless and dangerous to go out now.
"Hurry up, you have to go, Dad's illness is very serious. Xiao Lan said, mobilizing the senses of her body and adjusting her abilities little by little.
"I'll show you something. As she spoke, water vapor immediately appeared on her hands, and the water vapor gradually gathered into small water balls.
"It's an ability, it's a superpower. Another sentence fell, and the water ball instantly condensed into an ice blade, and as soon as he shook his hand, the ice blade thrown out at high speed was instantly inserted into the doorway.
"With it, I can protect myself and I can protect you. At the end, a sentence was added, and the attitude was very resolute.
At this moment, Lan Mu was finally frightened, as a normal person, she couldn't accept everything at all, and asked in shock: "What's going on with all this? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with your father?"
All of this changed unexpectedly.
Of course, Xiao Lan would explain, but it wouldn't be like this, she turned her head and instructed Lan Tian to say, "Lan Tian, quickly pack up your things, and we'll leave later." ”
"Mom, you also collect things, we must go to the evacuation area now. She put on her bag again, took the iron bar, and prepared to go out, and finally said to Lan Mu, "I will go down and look for the car now, and I will explain later, we must be fast." ”
Otherwise, it's too late......