Chapter Eighty-Five: Humans Can't Understand Each Other!
"I mean, those zombies move by sound, and they're usually blind...... Speaking of which, none of you have discovered this obvious problem? Xia Ran asked a little strangely.
"Who's who...... Who would have the conditions to test it at this time, they rushed over desperately like this, and it was already exhausting to deal with them just because of how to deal with them, okay? As long as I'm serious, this kind of thing is not a problem at all! ”
The pink-haired double ponytail subconsciously wanted to fry the hair again, but then reacted and forcibly lowered his voice.
Therefore, there is no such momentum as anger at all, but it looks like a serious weakness and lack of confidence, just like a cat with its teeth and claws, no one will feel any deterrent.
It's just that from the time the disaster happened until now, they really haven't been sure about it.
After all, as a group of students, it is already a great effort to survive the disaster that broke out without warning, and even if the brain is still in the mood to think, most of the thoughts are occupied by family members who cannot be contacted.
The rest is fear, panic, fear, not knowing what's going on, subconsciously cranky...... In addition, when they faced the dead zombies before, they always felt that those monsters seemed to move freely, and once they found the target, they immediately pounced on them with great precision......
So they didn't realize that those monsters had no eyesight and relied purely on hearing to catch movement in the outside world.
"Actually, it's not a big problem, and a lot of the time, the danger is completely self-inflicted...... As long as they are not directly surrounded, they still have a chance to get out, and many people simply don't understand the situation, or are frightened at a critical moment......"
Xia Ran sighed, in fact, this is indeed the case, these dead zombies are not the kind in "World War Z" after all, the transformation speed is very fast, and their skills are as agile as if they are werewolves.
As long as it is not surrounded in a narrow place with a narrow terrain and blocked in a narrow room, then there is actually no big problem, the hands and feet are flexible and leaning on the position, the physical strength is not enough to walk slowly, don't die to the side of the zombie and keep a certain distance......
- Then there is no problem.
Many people die unjustly, not knowing that the sound is the key to one, the more frightened they are, the more panicked they shout, and the result is that they attract more dead zombies and completely bury their hope of life.
The second is to drop the chain at a critical moment, some people have an adrenaline rush at the moment when the crisis comes, and some people are extremely frightened, the body is not under their control at that moment, the brain will be blank for a moment, and the legs are soft.
Even if you see a vicious dog barking and rushing up, you will stand in place, your body stiff and unable to move, not to mention those classic man-eating monsters that are covered in bloody flesh and blood, open their bloody mouths, and usually only appear on movie screens.
In this era, if most people do not live in war-torn countries and regions, it is very likely that they will not have the experience and consciousness of "warriors" in their lifetime.
So at the first moment of the sudden outbreak of the crisis, a few people survived, but most died.
"Ask, it's not a big problem?"
"Of course, it's not a big problem, they're not bats, and although they hear sounds, they're garbage in other ways, and they can't think consciously...... Seeing and not seeing, instinctively walking in a straight line. ”
Xia Ran nodded as a matter of course, and didn't mind revealing some more key information to this group of people, which was the information he had observed and confirmed before.
"Unless it's just on the stairs, otherwise, the zombies who can come down from the upper floor or the lower floor are always a minority, and most of them may not even be able to get out of the classroom......
And most importantly, they are no longer able to think, and they do not have a brain mechanism to filter sounds, so they can quickly intelligently distinguish and confirm what is the real prey movement, so it is easy to be misled.
Even the low roars and walking sounds of other zombies will attract them to pass...... To be honest, this characteristic is often reasonable, and it can be regarded as the luck of human beings in this world.
In the original plot, this group of people tossed around in the teaching building like this, but they were not surrounded by a large number of zombies, and the reason why the hatred group finally died is probably because of this.
floors and classrooms, office rooms, a good division of the number of dead zombies, each floor they need to deal with the dead zombies are very limited, as long as the distance is controlled, there are a few melee in the lineup, and the distance is very stable.
"Won't they consciously and actively find their way down? That's, that's fine......"
Hirano Toda breathed a long sigh of relief, and the pale boy who was supported by him also subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, using the broken hand.
So in an instant, the cold sweat on his forehead became more visible to the naked eye...... That is, the fat man next to him was quick-eyed, and he hurriedly covered his mouth so that he didn't let him scream.
Although they understand that there is no difference at this time, but knowing that those things rely on sound to act, and not knowing this matter is completely different, and they really wish that even the sound of breathing and heartbeat can be stopped directly.
"Not necessarily, there may be some small accidents, for example, the zombie on the stairs came down the road, and the movement it made pulled out the zombies near the top, followed them to the stairs together, found the road, and then the sound pulled the zombies farther away......"
Xia Ran shook his head and proposed another possibility, the corpse tide often appears like this, not all zombies have found anything, most of them are likely to be attracted by the sound of the same kind, so they are heading in the same direction.
It's like a snowball, and the result is that more and more people accumulate and a huge swarm of zombies takes shape.
"So what are you waiting for? Let's get out of here, shall we? The boy with a cold sweat on his head turned pale, and his eyes whispered in horror.
"A smart move." Xia Ran said with a smile, and then as if he remembered something, he raised the mobile phone in his hand, "By the way, can you all stand together and let me take a photo?" ”
“……”
“……”
Of course, at this time, everyone was not in the mood to take pictures, which made Xia Ran feel very regretful.
Is it because you dislike yourself for being too unprofessional? But there's no way around it.,Smartphones in this era are really hard to describe.,It's a big deal to find a professional camera after yourself.。
He thought so with pity.
"Classmate Xia Ran, are you really not going to go with us?" Poison Island stared at him deeply, as if trying to make one last effort.
"No, don't worry about me...... But leave as soon as you have the chance, humanity is fragile. Xia Ran smiled and shook his head, and said pointedly, revealing some subtle information to this group of people in advance.
"Hmph, what stupid thing are you talking about, as if you're not human...... I don't know why you want to stay, but since you've observed so much-"
Saya Takashiro said with an unhappy face, looking very dissatisfied with this guy who couldn't communicate.
"Then you should also know that those guys are no longer human, but monsters...... You'd better not have any unrealistic hopes, with ...... It's right to live well with someone else's share, don't do anything stupid......"
Speaking of the back, I don't know what she thought of, her voice suddenly became more muffled, and her expression was gloomy, and she turned her face away and stopped looking at Xia Ran.
“……”
“……”
For a moment, Xia Ran was keenly aware that the eyes of everyone around him were changing in an instant.
I see!
Scales fall from one's eyes!
Sympathy, compassion!
Probably like this, they all understood something, and looked at the crazy guy in front of them with sympathy and sadness...... No wonder this guy seems out of place with this terrible apocalyptic scenario, it turns out that he has gone crazy.
Then all the heartless behaviors before seem to be completely explained - even if this person seems to be very calm on the surface, but behind that smile must be an unimaginable amount of pain and waves.
Obviously, there is no such anger, despair, sorrow, and pain as ordinary people, but they are very quiet, but they feel more indescribable sadness and sympathy after making up for it...... Probably lost some very, very important person.
Probably this is the only reason that can explain why this person is reluctant to follow them away, why there is no tension, and why he is in the mood to joke with others - because behind all the abnormal behavior, in fact, he is only paralyzing himself, and behind that calm smile is actually hidden some kind of madness......
Xia Ran didn't point out the mind reading technique after all, and there was no way to distinguish so many complex emotions in an instant, so he just tilted his head and slowly typed a question mark, what did this group of people understand?
Forget it, it shouldn't be your business anyway.
Although it is not a plot character, the boy just now has proven that saving a person has 100 points...... In the current situation where there are no points to be credited by killing zombies, it seems that he has only found such a way to brush points for the time being.
And the plot character who originally wanted to save is not in the team now, and it seems that he has already received the bento, so he plans to change his plan first.
"They're monsters? Perhaps...... But don't trust appearances too much, how can you be sure that I'm not a monster? ”
Xia Ran said in a relaxed tone-
"Alright, if you want to leave, hurry up, after dark is very bad for you humans......"
"Hey! I said you......" Saya Takashihiro's eyes widened in anger and urgency, and she was about to say something.
At this time, the poison island boy stepped forward directly and said very seriously: "Since this is the case, then I wish you good luck...... Xia Ran, if you have already made up your mind, then let it go! ”
"Huh? Oh, thank you......" Xia Ran was stunned for a moment, do you know what I'm going to do?
He was a little puzzled, but at this time, everyone looked at him with a sad and sympathetic look, and then walked out of the classroom one after another. Komuro Takashi and Miyamoto Rei both seemed to remember something terrible, and they looked depressed.
And the pink-haired double ponytail seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by the poison island guy.
"Takashiro-san, that's it...... Keeping the dignity of a man is a woman's reserved ......"
"What dignity! This is simply going to die! ”
"Takashiro-san, you don't understand...... Obviously laughing, but in fact, he was crying more than anyone else...... He's made a decision and we have to respect him. ”
The voice gradually faded away, leaving Xia Ran alone in the empty classroom.
“?”
He tilted his head, a look of obvious distress on his face, he must have just spoken Japanese, right? Why do you always feel as if something is wrong with each other?
(PS: Another year has passed...... Happy New Year's Day)