Episode 14 Elegy for the Earth
We have now been frightened by zongzi, as soon as we heard someone mention zongzi, Su Wan and I couldn't help jumping up, she glared at me and said, "Why are you so nervous?" It's not the first time I've seen zongzi. With that, he ran to the car master.
My heart said, didn't you jump with me? Why are you still so arrogant about me?
We rushed to the driver, and the bearded driver hid by the wall, pointing to the window, and let us see. I quietly showed half of my head, looked out the window, and couldn't help but froze.
"It's a big dumpling!" Su Wan hurriedly turned around and told Master Che not to shoot, and then asked me with a frown: "Lao Hua, what do you see that guy painting for?" ”
At this time, the big Zongzi skeleton soldier brother was hiding in the shadows of the opposite building, and kept gesturing to us, but his gestures were so complicated that I couldn't understand them at all.
"Huh?" After Master Che looked at it for a while, his eyes widened in astonishment, and he said in a lost voice, "Brother Jiu...... That big dumpling seems to have come to call the police for us. Su Wan asked in surprise: "Master Che, can you understand the meaning of the big zongzi?" ”
Master Che scratched his head with his hands and said suspiciously: "He...... The gestures he made were not ordinary gestures, but standard mute words! Although I don't know much about dumb language, I have been driving public cars for more than 20 years, and I know some of them. Look at his action......" Master Che learned for a while, and said, "This is the meaning of danger, and his hands are closed like that, which means that it is dark...... No, Brother Jiu, I'm not a professional, his comparisons are too cumbersome, I can't understand them all. ”
I turned my head and shouted downstairs, "Does anyone know how to speak?" Hurry up! "This was originally a fluke call that I really had no choice but to do, but I didn't expect that before the voice fell, someone downstairs really ran upstairs.
I took a closer look, and the hope that had just risen in my heart quickly cooled down, and the person who knew how to speak dumbly was actually Old Man Zhang! I'm grass, he's so old, climbing stairs at this speed, isn't this desperate! I hurriedly greeted him, picked up the old man, and carried him upstairs.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the situation in front of me was too bad, I really didn't want this old man to suffer from this. The old man looks to be in his seventies, maybe he is eighty years old...... But there was no way, only he could be dumb.
The two of us climbed up with a sigh of relief, ran to the window to look down, only to see that the big dumpling had disappeared into the shadows without looking back after making the last set of gestures.
I scolded in my heart, and my heart said you can't wait a little longer! It hurt Old Man Zhang to run away in vain. Just feeling a little frustrated, the old man snorted and gasped for a while, and said: "His last sentence is to come tonight...... "A few of us were stunned when we heard it, and we didn't understand what "I will come tonight" was, and when I was confused, I heard the old man continue: "This ...... I know this big dumpling...... I know him! ”
Several of us were startled, and I asked in a loud voice, old man, have you seen this big skull too? The old man waved his hand again and again, took a few more breaths, and then said, "I have lived here for seventy-five years, and I know many people...... Although I haven't seen that skull stick just now, according to his height and mute speaking ability, there is only one person in the entire Dalian urban area: Zhang Changsheng, a sign language teacher at the deaf and dumb school! ”
"Is that him? Is it Zhang Changsheng?! Su Wan was also surprised, I asked her Do you know Zhang Changsheng too? Su Wan shook her head, I was a little confused, but fortunately Su Wan continued: "I don't know him, but do you remember the video of catching the madman before the accident?" He's the hapless guy in there who was pinned down by the madman. Before putting him in the ambulance, I asked him briefly, and he did say that his name was Zhang Changsheng. ”
I'm not stupid, my brain is born with the ability to inductively analyze, although Su Wan and Old Man Zhang's words can be referred to back and forth, but I'm the kind of person who breaks the casserole and asks the end. Therefore, I continued to ask the old man: "Old man, how do you judge that he is Zhang Changsheng?" After all, you can't judge a person's identity just because they are tall and dumb, because there can't be only one person who meets this condition.
The old man calmed down his breath for a while, and then said that the movements that Da Zongzi had just compared were very standard sign language, and the "dark" action he did was newly improved, and it was currently only used in the interior of the school for the deaf and dumb. In the school for the deaf and dumb, only Mr. Zhang Changsheng, who teaches physical education, has a height of more than 1.9 meters.
I couldn't help but be suspicious when I heard it, sign language improvement, it sounds very simple, but if you really do it, it will be very troublesome. That would be equivalent to the text reform of our normal people. How much effort did it take our country to make the transition from traditional to simplified? Besides, sign language is not a widely used language, so why not improve it?
The old man explained to us that the original sign language "dark" contained some swearing, so he gave us a gesture, and then said that now our country's comprehensive national strength has been greatly improved, and it has almost been completely integrated into the international community. Even if you are deaf and mute, there are many opportunities to meet foreigners and even go directly to live abroad. Sign language that is easily misunderstood will cause inconvenience to many people, so sign language reform has been done. It's just that this kind of reform is carried out in a gradual way, and it is not as one-size-fits-all as the traditional Chinese characters become simplified Chinese characters.
I stayed there for a few seconds, I can't say well, combined with the translation of Master Che and the old man, then the big zongzi is that Zhang Changsheng, who wants to tell us: Something will attack us tonight, and it is very dangerous.
After Su Wan heard this, her face also changed, and she hurriedly gathered everyone to the third floor and said, "Guys, according to reliable information, we will be attacked here tonight. Everyone immediately set out to find something that could be used as a weapon, and nothing could be said to let them succeed. ”
When everyone heard this, they were a little scared. But in the end, they all crawled out of the pile of dead people, and they didn't panic too much. After all, there are more people now, and we still have guns.
Old man Zhang said: "We are relatively isolated here, and the goal is also big, plus after so many days of tossing, there are not many people left." It is estimated that at night, there will be a lot of zongzi to attack us. We can't just count on a few guns, not to mention whether there are enough bullets, and it's too slow to get rid of one at a time. Let's go to the second floor to see if there is any high wine, you can use that thing to make land mines, and the power is not small. ”
I really didn't expect this kind of blockbuster thing to be done by Mr. Zhang, but I didn't expect him to continue: "During the Anti-Japanese War, my father used that thing as a weapon and killed several Japanese soldiers!" ”
When we heard it, we couldn't help but be in awe, and we felt that Mr. Zhang was still a "second generation hero". So the fat man took people downstairs, and after a while, he pushed up several carts full of bottled wine. Pushed in front of the old man and asked, "How about the old man, do you look at these things?" ”
The old man nodded and said no problem. Su Wan assigned a few assistants to the old man and asked them to assist the old man in making earth bombs. Suddenly, he remembered something, so he called the fat man over and told him to get the vacuum cleaner ready, and pull the power cord so that he would not be able to get the whip out of his reach. The fat man agreed loudly and ran downstairs, shouting to Lu Haibao to find a water heater and boil dozens of pots of hot water as soon as possible. Lu Haibao stretched his neck and shouted: "Master, what are you doing with so much hot water?" The fat man had already run downstairs and shouted from afar: "If you want to do it, you will do it, where is so much nonsense?" It's ...... drink the urine of the old lady," Lu Haibao didn't dare to ask anymore when he heard it, and hurriedly walked away.
Xiao MM walked over with Xiao Yu'er in her arms and asked Sister Wan what can I do? Su Wan said that you are optimistic about Xiaoyuer, and you will continue to open the radio call when you have time.
I asked Su Wan what she wanted me to do, and Su Wan said that you are a military advisor, so you don't have to do anything, just sit down honestly for me, and think about what else I haven't taken care of.
I really didn't expect her to give me such a task, and I couldn't help but be stunned. But it didn't look like she was joking, so she sat down. Su Wan personally took the rest of the people to strengthen the windows, looking for something that could be used as a weapon, and preparing for a fierce battle.
I just sat there for an hour, and it wasn't until Su Wan came over and pushed my shoulder that I was relieved, and she opened her mouth and asked, "Did you think of anything?" ”
I saw that there was no one left and right, so I whispered to her: "Sister Wan, I think we can't keep our eyes on the outside, and we must also pay attention to our internal situation at any time." Su Wan frowned, and said that it's time for you, you won't worry that someone here will be a traitor and go undercover for Zongzi, right?
I shook my head, and told me what happened in this small savings bank, and finally concluded: "There is absolutely no such coincidence in this world, there are twenty-six of us here, except for you, everyone else is alone at home or trapped in the unit. So, why didn't all the families escape? Su Wan's mouth opened wide in surprise, her face was full of horror, I guess she had realized the seriousness of the matter, so she said: "The zongzi don't have too advanced thinking, and the only big zongzi Zhang Changsheng who has been proven to have good brain power is obviously on our side." Zongzi are not so smart, how can they go to which family more? Although you can barely use the principle of thermal radiation to explain that a large family has a large population, you don't forget about the ghost, the two families that were attacked by it were lucky to escape the pursuit of the dumplings for seven or eight days. If the zongzi use the principle of thermal radiation to find prey, then why don't those zongzi attack them, but run to 701 to attack me? I'm the only one in my house. ”
Su Wan sighed and said, "It seems that I didn't use the wrong person, you are indeed a thoughtful guy." Although I am a police officer, I don't think it is as far-reaching...... If you have anything to say, just say it, whether it's right or wrong, it's better than not knowing anything. ”
I nodded and said, "I suspect that most of those families with large populations are not victims of the Zongzi breaking into the door from the outside, and it is likely that there have been great changes within those families. Do you remember? In the residential buildings we visited, the broken security doors were broken from the outside without any starting point, then I prefer to believe another explanation: the doors were broken from the inside by their owners. ”
Su Wan gasped and took a breath of cold air, and said in a lost voice: "Yes, most of the security doors are covered on the outer wall of the door wall, so that they can withstand a lot of external impact. And the part of the corridor of the security door is a slippery piece of iron, and there is no way to catch ......"
I blushed and voiced my concerns: "I'm worried that the spread of this virus may not be limited to touch, it may be more terrible airborne transmission, or waterborne transmission after the drinking water source has been contaminated...... Can we imagine that if someone in a family suddenly becomes infected by the virus for some reason, then he will kill his family members one after another in a state of madness. And the family members he killed also became zongzi because they were infected with his virus. Then the family went crazy to hit the security door of their own house, we know that the strength of the zongzi is very large, two or three zongzi together, can completely knock the security door open from the house. ”
Su Wan's body was trembling slightly, and I knew that she was thinking of her family again. But now that I'm already a military advisor, I still said my worst worries: "Sister Wan, we don't know anything about this virus now, in case one of us suddenly goes berserk, everyone is caught off guard, and the whole army is likely to be wiped out." ”
Su Wan gritted her teeth and patted me, and said, "So this kind of thing must not happen!" You keep an eye on me, no matter who it is, if you find something wrong, you will pay close attention to me. Once you've confirmed that he's gone crazy, you shoot him! Even if I'm crazy, you have to shoot without hesitation, do you hear?! ”
I turned my head, not daring to look at her big bright eyes, nodded, and said that if the person who is crazy is me, you should not be soft, just beat me to death, don't let me harm others. Although we are all ordinary and cannot be more ordinary, maybe a few of us are the future of the entire human race.
"Then it's settled!" She smiled wryly and walked downstairs without looking back.
As soon as the sun set a little, the sky was not completely dark, and the rice dumplings appeared on the street in twos and threes, and then gathered more and more, which was simply thousands. In front of the main entrance of Flordo was a small square, and hundreds of people soon gathered. The individual differences of these guys are very large, tall, short, short, fat, skinny, men, women, and children. Some of them don't have a piece of good meat on their bodies, and some of them can't see any external injuries. The only thing that is the same is that the eyes, nose and other facial features of each zongzi are dripping with black liquid, which looks indescribably terrifying.
I have never seen such a scene with my own eyes, my hands and feet are numb from being scared, my throat is itchy, and I always want to vomit. I saw that those guys searched from house to house.
The fat man led people to guard the south side windows, and I took people to guard the north side, but fortunately this building does not have windows on the east and west sides, otherwise we would not have enough manpower.
Su Wan instructed us not to shoot lightly, and it was best not to attract the attention of the zongzi. In the face of thousands of enemies, we only had twenty-six of us with a few broken guns, and of course we could dodge.
The sky was getting dark, and the street lamps were lit up one by one. I was amazed and asked, "Why do these things turn on the streetlights?" "Mr. Zhang explained to me that those street lights were not turned on by zongzi, but that no one had closed them all along. During the day, the daylight is so strong that you can't feel the brightness of the streetlights even when you walk under the streetlights, but now that the sun has set, the brightness of the streetlights is conspicuous (again, I will give a reasonable explanation for the problem that the power system is not paralyzed later, so I will skip it for now).
I thought to myself that this was the case, and I couldn't help but secretly rejoice that these street lamps were just blind people's lights for zongzi - in vain. But that little bit of light is too precious to us, otherwise it would be dark outside and we couldn't see anything, and then we would be much more passive.
We hid behind the window and didn't dare to light the lamp, so we cautiously looked outside, and saw a few rice dumplings banging on the big iron door of Fortune, and then I heard a loud banging on the door. I was secretly frightened in my heart that the strength of the zongzi was terrifying, but the big iron gate was obviously strong enough, and the zongzi slapped for a long time, and the big iron gate had no meaning of deformation at all, and did not save any face for the zongzi on the street. I thought to myself, thankfully, we moved in time today, otherwise the door of the little savings bank would have been smashed for them. Unexpectedly, after stealing the fun, the fat man guarding the side of the south wall suddenly opened fire!
We were all taken aback, and Su Wan said to me You stay, I'll go over there and see what's going on. With that, he ran over. I gave Huang Haihe and Bai Wujia the two pistols I had on my body, and told them not to shoot unless the zongzi were within ten meters of you. Once you can shoot, you must hit the head of the zongzi, and it is useless to hit other parts.
As soon as she finished explaining, Su Wan ran back again, I asked her what happened over there, Su Wan said that there was a cable TV pole outside the wall over there, and a zongzi secretly climbed up, it seemed that he wanted to jump from the telephone pole to the window guardrail on our side, and the fat man gave it a shot and killed it. However, this alarmed other zongzi, and now the nearby zongzi are all surrounded.
I looked in, and sure enough, the rice dumplings on my side had begun to gather around the south side of Fulto and towards the north side. I said it badly, leaving Huang Haihe, Master Che and others on the south side on guard, I followed Su Wan and ran to the north window, and when I looked at it, there was another zongzi that climbed onto the telephone pole, and the fat man fired a shot without hesitation, and shot his head directly, and the zongzi fell down.
Su Wan and I glanced at each other, had a new understanding of the fat man's marksmanship, and nodded knowingly. The fat man glanced back at us and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I can handle the fat man." ”
After discovering that there were people here, the zongzi gathered more and more like crazy, and climbed up the CCTV pole one by one, and the fat man changed his face at this time, and swept out with a shuttle bullet, knocking down all the zongzi on the telephone pole. But it didn't take long for another string of zongzi to climb up.
Su Wan also fired, and said while shooting: "It's not okay to go on like this, our bullets can't last long, Lao Hua quickly find a way to ......"