Chapter 14: Trouble in the Mall (2)
When they passed the second and third floors, the doors of the fire escape were closed, and there were no zombies on the stairs, and soon, they were on the fourth floor.
The door at the staircase is ajar, so I can't see the situation inside, it's dark, and there is no electricity, so I'm even more uncertain whether it's safe inside.
Lin Zihao asked the others to retreat to the stairs first, he himself quietly approached the door, listening carefully to the sound inside, he could be sure that there were zombies inside, and there was more than one, but he didn't know the specific location.
"What's behind the door?"
Lin Zihao asked Xiao Dapeng seriously.
"Behind the door are merchants, one by one, all of them are places to eat."
Xiao Dapeng didn't understand a little, what else could there be.
Lin Zihao glanced at Xiao's Peng, nonsense, of course he knew that it was a business, but what was the specific layout?
There was no way, Xiao Dapeng couldn't ask anything, so he had to figure it out by himself.
Lin Zihao listened carefully again, and found that there should be no zombies near the door, and the zombie sound he heard should be in which store inside. He thought about it, came to An Qitong's side, and whispered:
"An Qitong, now I need your help, do you dare?"
Lin Zihao is very serious, with a serious face, which reminds An Qitong of his original identity as a policeman, if there is no end times, Lin Zihao should be so serious and serious about handling the case.
An Qitong looked at Lin Zihao in a daze and didn't speak, making Lin Zihao wonder if there was anything on his face, could it be that he splashed blood when he killed the zombie just now?
"An Qitong?" Lin Zihao stretched out his hand and shook it in front of An Qitong, how could he be distracted so easily.
"Ah...... Help, okay, I got it. ”
An Qitong, who reacted, was a little embarrassed, she would never tell anyone that she was fascinated by seeing Lin Zihao's serious appearance.
The episode passed quickly, An Qitong and Lin Zihao came to the door, Lin Zihao pointed to the door and said to An Qitong:
"An Qitong, after I open the door in a while, I will go to the front, you have to pay attention, if you see more than two zombies appear at the same time, and I am dealing with one of the zombies, when the other zombies come towards us, you have to shoot at the head of the zombies, can you do it?"
Lin Zihao clenched An Qitong's shoulder, his eyes full of encouragement and trust.
An Qitong carefully thought about the use of the nail gun, and after feeling that he was fine, he nodded heavily.
Lin Zihao put his hand on the doorknob and turned around and smiled softly at An Qitong. looked at Xiao Dapeng and them again, and motioned for them to go in after they and An Qitong went in, and kept a distance of 50 meters from them.
The door was gently pushed open, and An Qitong followed Lin Zihao into it carefully.
The place where you come in is obviously a long and narrow corridor, with merchants on both sides, but some large and some small. You can still see the emergency exit lights on the wall, but they are no longer on, and the sunlight that comes in through the windows between the businesses makes the whole space bright or dark, which makes people nervous.
Lin Zihao, who was walking in front, turned around and reached out to shake An Qitong's hand, An Qitong's palms were already sweating a lot, and she was very nervous. This should be the first time she has taken the initiative to face zombies.
After the two of them walked out about 50 meters away, the nearest shop that should be a hot pot restaurant staggered out of a zombie, Lin Zihao quickly solved it, and he didn't see the fork in the road, so he continued to walk forward.
An Qitong turned around and found that it was Xiao Dapeng and Chu Chu who also came in carefully, Xiao Dapeng was holding a nail gun in front, and Chu Chu followed closely behind Xiao Dapeng. She saw Xiao Dapeng shaking at her with a nail gun, she nodded, and continued to follow Lin Zihao with a nail gun.
After walking through a few shops and not meeting zombies, An Qitong just wanted to take a deep breath and adjust himself, when he heard the sound of a glass bottle being kicked out behind him.
"Oops!"
Lin Zihao exclaimed, it was too late to blame Xiao Dapeng behind them, no matter who accidentally kicked it, it had already attracted the attention of the zombies.
I saw that many zombies kept pouring out of the shops in the dark, blocking their way.
An Qitong looked at the road in front of her that was filled with zombies, this was the first time she had seen such zombies huddled together, roaring and hideous, for a while, An Qitong stood there stunned.
Xiao Dapeng and Chu Chu in the back saw a lot of zombies in front of them, and they were frightened and immediately hid in the nearest store, not caring about the lives of An Qitong and Lin Zihao in front of them.
Lin Zihao found that no matter how powerful he and An Qitong were, they couldn't deal with so many zombies, so he hurriedly wanted to pull An Qitong to exit in the direction they came in, and at this moment, a person came out of the door of a shop next to Lin Zihao that seemed to be eating barbecue.
"Quick, come with me."
The visitor shouted anxiously.
Lin Zihao didn't think about anything, it was important to escape, so he hurriedly pulled An Qitong, who was still a little stupid, and quickly entered the store with the leadership of that person.
After Lin Zihao and An Qitong all came in, they quickly closed the door, and found a lot of chairs to block the door, and Lin Zihao on the side hurriedly helped move the chairs, and it didn't take long for the door to be blocked.
Soon, the zombies outside swarmed to the door, slapping, I'm afraid these glass doors won't do much. The person who came didn't say anything, and continued to take Lin Zihao and An Qitong around the restaurant, and finally they were taken to a glass door.
The door was opened, and the person who came motioned for Lin Zihao and An Qitong to continue to follow him, it turned out that this was another exit from this restaurant, just in the other direction, Lin Zihao and their movement just now just attracted the attention of most of the zombies on this floor, and there were no zombies here.
They followed the man around the floor, passing through many restaurants with zombies, and they all cleverly dodged, and even saw some zombie corpses in some restaurants, which were obviously killed.
Is there a living person here?
Lin Zihao had doubts in his heart, but knowing that he couldn't ask anything at the moment, he kept holding An Qitong's hand and found that her palm was cold.
After walking for about 20 minutes, Lin Zihao saw a protective wall that was obviously artificially built, using tables and chairs in the restaurant, about 2 meters high, blocking a place that looked like an exit.
The man walked to the side of the protective wall and gently knocked on a tabletop, three long and two short, obviously a code, seeing this, Lin Zihao began to slowly become defensive in his heart.
"Dongzi, are you back?"
In a gap in the protective wall, a head sticks out, and a pair of glasses are on the bridge of the nose, and I am very happy to see the person coming.
"Well, I'm back. I also brought back two survivors. ”
The person named Dongzi was the man who brought An Qitong and them back, and he was pointing at An Qitong and Lin Zihao at the moment and saying something to the people on the other side of the protective wall.
Lin Zihao didn't know what they were talking about, his voice was very small, he didn't hear it very clearly, he only heard it probably to explain how he met them.
Soon, Dongzi said thank you with a smile and walked to Lin Zihao's side.
"Brother, come down with me."
"Go down?"
Lin Zihao didn't understand.
"Yes, you're not here to find this supermarket. The supermarket is downstairs, so you can't go down. Dongzi kindly explained.
Seeing that Lin Zihao wasn't asking anything, he took the lead and walked to the end of the protective wall.
The protective wall on this side is connected to a wall, and I saw Dongzi move a wooden board like a door against the wall, revealing a hole for a person to walk sideways, Dongzi took the lead in and turned around to signal Lin Zihao to follow quickly.
An Qitong actually came to her senses when she was pulled into the store by Lin Zihao, but she was still a little afraid, so she was always pulled by Lin Zihao, and now, she looked at Lin Zihao very embarrassed, Lin Zihao just smiled comfortingly, and let go of An Qitong's hand as if it was nothing, but still walked in front of An Qitong and walked through the protective wall first.
When An Qitong also walked through, he found that behind the protective wall were two elevators that had been stopped, and there were two young men guarding them, holding sticks that seemed to be dismantled from mops and brooms sold in supermarkets.
Dongzi nodded at them, and continued to walk down the elevator, the two men looked at Lin Zihao and An Qitong in unison, and An Qitong was furious when she saw it, she hurriedly walked a few steps to catch up with Lin Zihao.
The elevator is the kind of flat ladder that can push the trolley, usually it should be up and down, and now there is no power to stop there, standing at the elevator mouth and looking down, you can see the sign of the supermarket exit, from here, it should be the third floor of the supermarket.
Soon, Lin Zihao and An Qitong went down to the third floor.
The elevator entrance on the third floor has to pass through a walkway of about 50 meters, and when you turn around, there are two elevators. Similarly, the position in front of the elevator is blocked by some tables and chairs, forming a wall.
Standing at the exit of the supermarket, An Qitong was frightened by a group of people at the door.
This is the first time she has seen such a living person since the end of the world, there are about 10 of them, although they don't look very good, but at least they are people and not zombies.
Lin Zihao stood in front of An Qitong, blocking the eyes of most of the people, this group of people looked at them very friendly, he clenched the stick in his hand and did not speak.
Dongzi, who had come down earlier, walked up to a middle-aged man who was about thirty or forty years old and whispered something. The middle-aged man's eyes still look at him from time to time, but his eyes are also not very friendly.
After Dongzi finished speaking, he stood aside and didn't speak, it was obvious that this group of people was headed by this middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man looked at Lin Zihao for a while, and when he saw the big backpack Lin Zihao was carrying, his eyes darkened, and he soon disappeared again.
"Brother, what are you doing here?"
The middle-aged man asked in an unkind tone.
Lin Zihao didn't want to answer, but after seeing the middle-aged man finish speaking, the people around him were a little warned, thought about it, and said:
"Oh, let's go to Orange County, passing by here, and want to find a place to spend the night, and find some food and water to bring with us by the way."
Lin Zihao didn't completely tell the middle-aged man their news, there were still Xiao Dapeng and Chu Chu on the fourth floor, and before he knew the purpose of the middle-aged man, he still had to wait and see what happened.
"Who are you in the back?"
The middle-aged man pointed to An Qitong, who was standing behind Lin Zihao.
Lin Zihao subconsciously stood in front of An Qitong, and he smiled and said:
"She's my sister. Timid, afraid of life. ”
"Sister?"
The middle-aged man didn't seem to believe it.
Just as he was about to ask something more, another person came behind the middle-aged man, who stopped beside the middle-aged man and said respectfully to the middle-aged man:
"Brother Tiger, Brother Yuan downstairs is here."
"What is he doing here?" This middle-aged man named Brother Tiger was obviously unhappy.
As he spoke, an amiable voice came from behind a group of people.
"Brother Tiger, you're in a meeting, it's so lively."
An Qitong quietly looked in the direction of the sound from behind Lin Zihao, and a person dressed like a manager was walking over from a group of people with a smile.
Soon, this group of people stood opposite the group of people just now, and just put Lin Zihao and An Qitong in the middle.
What is this situation and the pace of negotiation?
The previous middle-aged brother Hu didn't have the anger he had just questioned Lin Zihao at this time, and responded with a smile on his face:
"No, no, what is a meeting, isn't this just two newcomers here, just ready to welcome and welcome."
"Oh, there's a newcomer. Where? ”
Later, Brother Yuan asked knowingly, and his attitude was a little arrogant.
A young man next to Brother Yuan pointed to Lin Zihao and An Qitong who were standing in the middle and said:
"Brother Yuan, it's these two people."
"Oh, hello hello, little brother, welcome, welcome to warmth."
Saying that, Brother Yuan also took the initiative to stretch out his hand and wanted to shake hands with Lin Zihao, with a cordial and friendly attitude, which was diametrically opposed to Brother Tiger just now.
Lin Zihao stretched out his hand and held it back, quickly let go, and took the initiative to explain the reason why they came here.
"Brother Yuan, right, my sister and I are going to Orange County, passing by here, it's not early, so I want to come in for a night, and find some food and water by the way."
The rhetoric is no different from what I just said to Brother Hu, but the tone is better.
"Okay, welcome. Why are you still standing here, come down with me, I don't have anything else here, canned fruit or something, since you're here, don't be polite. ”
Brother Yuan was about to take Lin Zihao's arm and leave, but before he could take two steps, he was stopped by Brother Hu's people.
"Brother Yuan, this is not good, but my people found out first."
Brother Tiger gritted his teeth a little, and dared to rob people so blatantly in front of him?
Brother Yuan glanced at him and said with some distraction:
"What are your people and my people, everyone has fled here, it's just a family, it's not the same as anyone, you say yes, Brother Tiger."
An Qitong felt that the last two words of Brother Tiger were a little heavy, as if he was taking revenge.
The situation was a little incomprehensible to An Qitong, and there seemed to be gunpowder flowing in the air, as if it only took a little spark to ignite and detonate, which made An Qitong very uneasy.
Who did they meet?
Could it be that after the end of the world, all human beings have become so strange?
"Well, I want to ask, can we find a corner by ourselves and spend the night?"
An Qitong leaned out slightly from behind Lin Zihao and asked weakly.