Chapter 40: Recapture (Part II)
The warm body, the red heart beating in his chest, even if he loses an arm, but as long as he is alive, my world will not collapse.
After using the sharp blade to cut off the belt that bound Xie Changge, I was at a loss. He lay unconscious on the iron bed, which was undoubtedly a blessing for him. If I move his body to wake him up, he will be in terrible pain.
In a daze, I observed his situation. The section of the arm has been treated to a certain extent, and from the chainsaws and flamethrowers placed randomly under the iron bed, I can roughly guess the torture that Xie Changge has endured. It appears that the section was cauterized by high temperature, and there was no massive bleeding from the incision. Looking at Xie Changge's bloody shoulders, my tears continued to overflow, and the sadness in my heart became thicker and thicker. I really want to cry out loud, but then I will wake up Xie Changge, who rarely fell asleep. His shirt was ripped off by the pitch-black monster. He has a suture on his body. As far as I know, Xie Changge's upper body does not have such a wound. The gas masked man must have added new wounds to him and then stitched them up again. Xie Changge was wearing a pair of sweatpants and only a pair of shorts were left on his lower body, and his shoes were nowhere to be seen. The injury to his leg was caused by an accident. The cruel gas masked man had a wound on Xie Changge's bruise, as if he was going to make the poor teenager suffer even more.
"Uh......h Ahh After struggling for a while, Xie Changge's voice lowered.
I was afraid that I would lose Xie Changge like this, and I forgot for a moment that it would hurt him and sit on the iron bed to support his body.
"Woo......" After realizing what I had done, I thought that Xie Changge would scream loudly again, but he didn't.
Xie Changge gasped for breath quickly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead and body. I let him lean on my shoulder and hug him. When I accidentally touched the severed section of his arm, my heart sank and I was at a loss again.
"Easy ...... Jiahe?" The weak Xie Changge called out to my name.
"It's me, it's me. Changge, I'm here to save you......" However, I couldn't save Xie Changge at all, causing him to lose an arm.
"Stupid...... Eggs, I'm not...... Calling you ...... Are you leaving?" Xie Changge gasped for breath every time he said a few words.
"Don't say it, keep talking, woo......" I cried on my back, worried that the tears falling on Xie Changge's wound would hurt him.
"I ...... Ha, ha...... Not yet...... What about death...... Ha, ha......"
"Please, don't say it. I'm sorry I didn't make it to you in time. Sorry ......"
I clearly saw Xie Changge and smiled slightly. He wanted to say something, but he didn't seem able to continue.
"Long song, let's go, let's leave this ghost place together......"
"No...... I can't do it anymore. Take me ...... Throw this burden here......"
Xie Changge's words made my heart ache. racked my brains to comfort Xie Changge, but I couldn't find the right words, so I had to say a stupid sentence that came to mind on the spot: "I already have a burden, I'm not afraid of another burden." "The strap of the bag brought has been broken, and the food bag in the bag is estimated to have been broken a long time ago.
Not long after I said this, I regretted it, afraid that Xie Changge would think that I didn't want him and chose to insist on staying here.
"Yes......" Xie Changge said to me after gritting his teeth in pain, "two bags...... It's heavy......"
"But, but, I like both bags very much...... "How can you talk more and more idiotically?
"Huh...... Woo...... "This time, Xie Changge gritted his teeth and obviously exerted too much force. His body was hot, and beads of sweat fell onto the iron bed one by one. I understand that Xie Changge really won't last long.
"Changge, let's go home, we'll go home right away. "Knowing that the road back to the second basement floor of Building 4 was bumpy, I said unrealistic words, just because I wanted to give Xie Changge a hope to persevere, or maybe because I wanted to give myself a hope to persevere.
Adjusting Xie Changge's body, I attached him to my back. Since you have to carry Xie Changge on your back, you can't carry the bag. Taking the stick out of my bag, I discarded the bag and the rest of the bag.
"Changge, there will be bumps on the road, you endure the pain and persevere. I'll be sure to take you home until then......"
"Ah, I believe in you. Thank you......" Xie Changge's breath was faint.
"I don't want your thanks, as long as you can persevere; β
Feeling Xie Changge's warm body and his dry hair, I rushed out of the mouth and ran. On the way, I glanced towards the corpse pool. Afraid of seeing some horrible picture, I immediately looked ahead.
"Uh-"
I thought that the gas mask man would not let me rescue Xie Changge so easily, but I was still almost at a loss because of the resurrection of the dead on the iron bed.
"No, Yi Jia and you have to be bold. Now you are not aloneβyou carry the one you want to save behind your back. I had to be brave. "I encourage myself to dodge the slow-moving rotting corpses.
When I was about to reach the exit, a rotting corpse suddenly appeared on my side and wanted to touch Xie Changge. In order to prevent Xie Changge from touching the corpse poison, I quickly turned my body. The rotting corpse's hand touched my short sleeve. If the rotting corpse is a few centimeters further, I think I've touched the corpse poison in its hands.
Confrontation is not the best way to go. I did my best to avoid the rotting corpses, and came to the exit door, praying that the door would never be locked.
The door opened, and it was dark in front of it. With palpitations, I stepped forward, after all, the zombies were coming from behind, and I had no choice to stay where I was.
I remember that the dark passages here are not long, but I feel like I have been walking for a long time. The fear was getting stronger, and the cold around me seemed to be getting heavier. People cry when they're scared, so it's not a big deal for me to cry.
"No, I can't cry. If I cried, Xie Changge would be scared too......" I thought to myself, inhaling snot to stop my tears.
"Yi Jiahe, it's so cold......" Xie Changge said to me softly.
His body was still warm. Xie Changge didn't wear clothes. He was sweating profusely before, but now if he wants to withstand such a cold environment, I am afraid that his body will be even more unbearable if he is hot and cold.
"Changge, I'll take off my clothes for you. You endure the pain......" As I spoke, I squatted down and planned to put Xie Changge on the ground.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed my ankle. "There is no sound all around, why is there a hand grabbing me?" Just as I was thinking like this, I felt that Xie Changge's weight on my back was getting lighter and lighter.
"Changge, Changge, what's wrong with you?" Xie Changge didn't respond.
"Xie Changge, don't scare me, answer me quickly......" I cried.
The boundless darkness envelops my heart with fear. Xie Changge on his back disappeared, and the hand that grabbed me disappeared.
"Help me, help me......" I shouted for help into the darkness, but there was no one in the darkness.
"It's not a dream, it's not a dream...... Help me, help me...... "Why didn't everyone come and save me?"
The crying was still, and I took a deep breath. Wait, wait......
Yi Jiahe ...... Woo......" Xie Changge's voice.
The darkness receded, and I stood in the dimly lit passage with Xie Changge on my back.
"Easy ...... Jiahe ......" Xie Changge called my name.
"Oh, Changge, what's wrong?"
"You ......" Xie Changge gasped.
"I'm fine. Changge, stop talking, hold on. If you die, I'll be crazy. Persistence is victory. β
Cheering myself up, I walked to the end of the passage and opened the door. The door opened, and a man stood in front of the door.
The visitor turned around, and I burst into tears with excitement: "Yaofei, I miss you so much!" I remembered that I couldn't hug Chen Yaofei with Xie Changge on my back - Chen Yaofei was holding a strange thing in his arms, and he couldn't hug me.
"Yi Jiahe, Xie Changge, are you all right...... Xie Changge, you, what's wrong with you?" Chen Yaofei frowned and looked at Xie Changge's broken arm in surprise.
"It's a long story. Changge's body was weak and he couldn't hold on for long. Yaofei, it's you, what are you holding in your hands?"
Chen Yaofei replied to me: "Xia Li begged me not to lift the cloth that wrapped this bottle before the time came. But ......"
"Oh, I see. You don't have to think about it to know what's in that bottle. Xia Li is a woman after all, and it is normal not to want others to see her appearance. But why would she want you to take this thing?"
"She wants me to bring this to the monster in the dark. β
"I know, I'm asking what's the point of bringing this to the gas mask man?"
Chen Yaofei blinked at me.
"Looks like you don't know either. Forget it, just hold it. Xie Changge found it, so the top priority was to go back to the elevator on the second basement floor of Building 4 and wait for it to take us away from this ghost place. β
With the help of Chen Yaofei's lighter, we went up to the first floor of Building 3. There were already several rotting corpses wandering in the lobby on the first floor where we had previously video chatted with Natsuri. It seems that the space inside and outside may have been combined.
"Yaofei, I'm sorry, I lost your stick. However, I still have a piece of wood here that I can use. I puffed up my stomach and showed Chen Yaofei the wooden stick stuck in front of me.
"Ah, so you really lost this baton?" Chen Yaofei turned sideways, and I realized that he had a stick stuck in his side that I lost.
"The old man said that things are the ones who confess the Lord, is that true?"
Chen Yaofei smiled at me holding the glass bottle wrapped in a cloth bag. Chen Yaofei's slight smile really made me feel nostalgic. Although I don't like Chen Yaofei to rely on me too much, once Chen Yaofei is independent, I am a little lonely.
Since there were many rotting corpses up and down the staircase at the elevator entrance, we couldn't stay in front of the elevator and wait for the elevator to come to our floor, so we tried to go upstairs from somewhere else. The first floor of Building 3 is not divided into east and west areas, but as long as there are stairs on the east side to go up, it is enough.
Along the way, I asked Chen Yaofei to help see Xie Changge's situation. Although Xie Changge's situation is very bad, we can't rush to the connecting passage without a head or a brain. A minute ago, as we were about to walk to the connecting passage on the third floor, two white-eyed zombies appeared out of thin air at the entrance of the connecting passage, blocking our way. As a last resort, we can only lower our voices and find another way out.
Although there are three connecting passages in the "twin buildings" in this different space, they are located on the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor is out of play, so let's go to the fourth floor. The only way to the connecting passage on the fourth floor is the dark area. Considering that the Black-Eyed Zombies will suddenly invade, we want to go to the fifth layer and try it. There are few zombies on the fifth floor, and it is relatively safe near the entrance of the connecting passage.
Thinking that we had picked up a big bargain, we cautiously came to the connecting passage. Unbeknownst to him, four red-eyed zombies emerged from the darkness. Don't be afraid, hold your breath.
"Oh, aren't you afraid of red-eyed zombies now?" a disgusting, flirtatious voice came from behind.
Holding our breath, Chen Yaofei and I looked at each other for a second and immediately ran.
"Don't be so boring, you two. Oh no, it's three. β
The gas masked man appeared in front of us and kicked me and Chen Yaofei away one by one.
"Giggle, cluck......" The red-eyed zombie acted.
I didn't care if the red-eyed zombie was moving or static - the gas mask man kicked me, and Xie Changge and I were separated because of it.
"Xie Changge!" Xie Changge fell to the ground and clutched his shoulder with his only remaining hand in pain, as if he wanted to reduce the pain caused by the broken arm in this way.
"Giggles, clucks......" A red-eyed zombie jumped up to Xie Changge's side, ready to attack him.
"Don't succeed!" Chen Yaofei got up and threw a long stick to attack the red-eyed zombie.
Now the closest to me is Xie Changge, then Chen Yaofei and the red-eyed zombie, and then the bottle wrapped in cloth that has not yet broken and rolled out. No, the closest thing to me is not Xie Changge, but the three red-eyed zombies behind me.
"Yi Jiahe, don't worry, I won't let them kill you. It's just that it's not a problem that you're running around all the time. So, let them waste your feet......"
"The twitter is annoying. β
Hold your breath and pull out a sharp weapon to try to cut off your head, but sure enough, I can't rely on my own strength. "What do red-eyed zombies rely on to detect living breathing, nose, skin, if it's a nose, it's easy to handle, if it's skin, it's not. This article is dismissed. While thinking, it made it difficult for the two red-eyed zombies to move. "The third one, why don't you test it?"
A man in a gas mask appeared sideways, and he raised his arm and knocked me away without saying a word.
With Chen Yaofei's efforts, the red-eyed zombie was almost incapacitated. It has no weaknesses, but it is dead, and the bones are not indestructible. Chen Yaofei used a stick, and I used arm strength, and the result was a fracture of the red-eyed zombies, so it should be a little difficult for them to move quickly.
After checking Chen Yaofei's situation and turning his head to face the gas mask man, the process only took two seconds before I was pulled by the gas mask man and picked up by my clothes.
"Yi Jiahe!" Chen Yaofei wanted to help me, but two red-eyed zombies appeared in the darkness and cooperated with the red-eyed zombies who couldn't move to block Chen Yaofei's way.
"Hey, if you pull it again, your clothes will be torn. I don't want to run around this walking dead house shirtless. β
"Don't worry, when I finish transforming your body, I'll give you a piece of clothing to wear. β
Gas Mask Man has the ability to control zombies, and I don't know how many threatening red-eyed zombies lurk in the dark.
"Brother...... I'm sorry...... Stop......" Xie Changge's eyes were full of tears.
Hearing Xie Changge's voice, the gas mask man said to Xie Changge: "Ah, my brother." You've pushed me to hell with your own hands, and now you're desperate for my forgiveness, which is a bit too much. β
"It's you who is excessive. "I used a sharp blade to cut through my clothes to get rid of the gas mask man, and then I thrust the sharp weapon into the gas mask man as fast as I could.
"Ahh......h
All the zombies in the connecting passage stopped moving, as if waiting for the gas masked man to give orders.
"Yi Jia and classmates, it's so sad for you to say that......"
"You don't have to put garlic anymore. I already know you're not thankful for asking. "The mouth cannon attack is coming.
The gas mask man did not say yes or deny, and asked me, "What do you mean by that?"
"Since you have asked sincerely, I will tell you with great mercy. "I wanted to shout this famous line out loud for a long time. Although my thoughts were a mess, the gas mask man didn't order the red-eyed zombies to attack us again, proving that I might have caught a dead mouse.
I began to recount my thoughts: "All along, I was confused about the changes in the ward and the things that were happening in the ward. To be honest, I don't have many brain cells, and I still have so much information to receive in this ward; So, after going through this series of things, I simplified it and came to a conclusion: the most reliable way to escape from this ward is to eliminate the existence of the boss, that is, you!"
After I finished speaking, the gas mask man stood silently in place, then nodded and said to me, "Go on." β
The scene was awkward.
I continued: "To destroy you, you must first know who you are, and your weakness is ......"
"I'm Xie Changge's brother, thank God for asking. I didn't ...... it a long time ago."
You interrupt me, and I interrupt you: "That's impossible. β
"Why?"
"Intuition. β
The scene was embarrassing for the second time.
"Go on. β
"Hmm...... You said you were the first modified corpse in this ward. I don't believe what you say. We have seen three transformed corpses, to be exact, I have seen three, and Xie Changge and Chen Yaofei have only seen two. No matter which modified corpses we've seen, they've forgotten some of their memories and are confused. Compared to them, your thinking is clearer, and your actions are more planned, and you are clearly not the same kind of modified corpses as them. β
"Yi Jia and classmates, have you ever considered that I am really a modified corpse? Transforming a corpse is an outlier among zombies, even if there is a person like me, it is not surprising. The gas mask man said.
"So let me ask you, have you ever injected the new drug that caused the outbreak of the retrovirus?"
The gas mask man was silent, and it seemed to be thinking about how to answer my question.
"Does it matter?"
"It's very important. I replied firmly.
"How?" the cunning gas masked man asked me.
"The first modified corpse I've ever seen is Wang Liang. According to Du Ming's notes, Wang Liang was brought back from the dead by being injected with a new drug. The second modified corpse I've ever seen is unknown. But it's clear that this modified corpse, which is about the size of a normal human, is not hostile to us......"
"Cut. "The gas mask man seems to be angry.
"The third modified corpse I have seen is skinny, and it was originally a neurologist at Yixiang People's Hospital, and Zhang Jian, the son of Vice President Zhang Guofu. According to Du Ming's notes, Zhang Jian was also injected with the new drug. β
"But," said the gas masked man with a shrug of his shoulders and a flirtatious bearing, "Zhang Jian didn't come back from the dead after being injected with the new potion." β
"Is that really the case?"
The man in the gas mask lowered his hands and looked at me silently.
"You said you could control the wardβthat has been confirmed by many. As a being who can manipulate the ward, you must be able to manipulate other things in the ward, such as the files in the ward......"
The gas mask man remained silent.
"I've always had a sense of disobedience. Not to mention that there will be intact documents and notes in the chaotic situation, even if these can be preserved in the disaster, why do you, as the big boss, show these things to our survivors? So, I imagined: The information in the ward is not all true, and there is information that you have tampered with!"
I looked like a famous detective and pointed at the gas mask man, but the gas mask man used his right to remain silent.
"It is mentioned in the modified corpse document that the modified corpse is composed of the excellent parts of the human race, but the modified corpse Wang Liang and Zhang Jian I saw, although there are sutures on their bodies, their will completely belongs to one person. Not to mention Wang Liang, who may have a brain, Zhang Jian, who has no brain, still remembers the memory of the doctor Zhang Jian. So, if the modified corpses are not made up of the best parts of humans, how did they become the kind of people and ghosts? Thinking about it briefly, I believe that the cause of the mutation is the new potion. Zhang Jian did not come back from the dead after being injected with the new drug. He must have come back to life and then died again. Because of the death virus, Wang Liang and Zhang Jian's bodies have changed, and they have become what they are now. "With that, I waited for the reply from the gas mask man.
"Nice delusion. But both of them have sutures on their bodies. Said the gas mask man.
"Do you have one?"
"Ah, the point is not whether I have or not, having a suture means ......" the gas mask man paused.
"Do you remember what you did to Xie Changge? You made a cut on Xie Changge's body, and then sewed up the wound like a neurosis!" I pointed to the sutures on Xie Changge's body.
The gas masked man looked at me silently, as if looking at me with indifference, and asked, "Even if I did all this, so what?"
"So, you're admitting that you've misled us by using your ability to change the ward?"
The gas mask man smiled coldly and said, "Chaos is not born from hypocrisy, but from reality." The more real the reality, the more the seeds of chaos grow. After a little watering, the seeds take root and sprout. As a result, humanity will go crazy because of it. "This guy is just as inexplicable as Xia Li's speech.
"To put it bluntly, you're just trying to make the survivors insane. β
"Knowing that the truth is so hypocritical can make even the most strong-willed person deeply hopeless. In order not to despair, human beings accept hypocrisy and live in reality that they believe to be true. β
The gas masked man was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing like crazy.
"Yi Jia and classmates, you really surprised me. So, I'll give you a chance, and if you can answer my question, I'll let you go. I ask you, who am I?"
The pitch-black monster with a knife mask seemed to be grinning.
"Who are you? Wang Liang, Zhang Jian, and Dr. Xia Li have already told us. β
"Hahaha, that's impossible......"
"I know you can control them......" I stepped back and picked up Xie Changge, confirming that Xie Changge's physical condition had not deteriorated significantly.
Seeing that the gas mask man did not stop me, I said to the gas mask man, "Dr. Xia Li said that everything in the world is connected by an invisible thread. What we have seen and what we have known so far is connected. There is no doubt that this alien space is inextricably linked to Yixiang People's Hospital, and among the people I know of who is related to the outbreak of the death virus in Yixiang People's Hospital, there is only one doctor that we have never met......"
Almost at the same time as I finished speaking, the gas mask man consciously took off his mask. Behind that gas mask was a dignified face. I've seen this face, and though it's a little different from the one on the two, he's still himβit's, it's not him anymore.
"You're Dr. Dumin. β