Chapter 48: The Return (I)
This is the temperature of the human body, just like the temperature of the sun that sprinkles its golden yellow glow in March. Temptingly, my left hand touched someone's thigh instead of a warm chest or a solid arm; Opening my eyes, I looked up to see who was next to me.
"Wake up. Xie Changge and I met eye contact.
My head was looking back at the ceiling, and I withdrew my left hand only to feel my face burning. I'm not ashamed, I'm embarrassed. As an adult, I don't feel ashamed to touch a little ghost's thigh.
"How's the arm?" "Physically tired, but not much of a problem sitting up.
"The pain will pass...... There is still residual pain, which is much better than the previous feeling of life and death. It's your credit, thank you. Xie Changge lowered his head and said expressionlessly.
I leaned on Xie Changge's arm and ignited the flame, but Xie Changge refused: "This strength is very physically demanding." I'm much better now, you save some stamina just in case. β
I didn't extinguish the flame and said to Xie Changge: "You have a lot of sweat on your body, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that your situation is still not optimistic." The burning flame consumes my physical strength and mental strength, and my physical strength is insufficient, so it is not a problem to break out the flame with mental power alone. I don't know how this works. Now that I've rested, I don't feel hard to burn the flames, wouldn't it be nice to use this power to make you feel better. β
Feeling the sight at the end of the bed, it turned out to be Chen Yaofei looking at us with a smile.
"Seeing how you love each other, I want to intervene too. Chen Yaofei was open-mouthed.
In the past, Xie Changge would ignore Chen Yaofei or ridicule Chen Yaofei when he heard such words, and then push me away or walk away by himself, but now Xie Changge neither refused my kindness nor said that Chen Yaofei was not. Xie Changge has changed.
"Yes, but the single bed is already crowded with two people, if you intervene again, Xie Changge will fall to the floor. "My jokes aren't funny at all.
"Then I'll just sit next to it. Chen Yaofei moved a stool and sat on the edge of the bed. I put my right hand on his shoulder so that he could feel the temperature of my scorching heat.
"It's so warm, like the sun on a winter day, haha. Chen Yaofei grabbed my hand and put his face on the back of my hand like a child.
"Really?" I asked Chen Yaofei.
"Really. Xie Changge replied to me.
The three of them sat quietly. I used my power to warm and heal the two of them, and if it weren't for the darkness outside the window, I would have fallen into the illusion that we were in a good world.
"How did I get here?" I didn't want to break the heartwarming picture, but I had something I needed to know anyway.
Xie Changge replied: "When I woke up, you were already lying on my side, scarred. Originally, I was worried about whether you would wake up in pain, but now it seems that my worries are unnecessary. This faint glow can both warm the heart, relieve pain, and even repair your wounds. β
Chen Yaofei said to me after Xie Changge finished speaking: "I woke up after Xie Changge, Xie Changge didn't know what was going on with you, and I didn't know how you were lying next to him." β
"We speculate that you must have done something very dangerous without telling us, after all, you have so many injuries on your body. β
Chen Yaofei took Xie Changge's words and said, "If you don't wake up again, Xie Changge and I will give you artificial respiration." β
"I'm glad you were worried about me, but I'd be happier if you two were women and were going to give me artificial respiration. β
"An uncle is an uncle," Chen Yaofei said with a grin, "Fantasy things are always so beautiful, but after all, they are fantasy." "Bastard, who made you say such realistic things.
"So, Yi Jiahe, can you tell us why you are lying next to me with a bruised appearance?"
I told the two of them about me and the reformed corpse going to the top of the building to find the black shadow and then fighting the zombie Gu to the death. During the narrative, Chen Yaofei was dumbfounded. After the narration, Xie Changge, who was expressionless, also showed a look of surprise, and then he lowered his head guiltily and was silent.
"Yi Jiahe, why don't you come with me?" Chen Yaofei was very angry, but his eyes revealed more concern for me.
"Because, we're ...... No, because I am a burden to you, so you let Chen Yaofei stay and take care of me, but you went to the roof alone to fight the most powerful zombie?" Xie Changge gritted his teeth.
"No," I patted Xie Changge's right shoulder and answered Xie Changge in a relaxed tone, "Because you are the people I want to protect, and it is very important to me, I can't put you in danger." β
"However, Yi Jia and you are also very important people to us. Isn't that right, Xie Changge?" asked Chen Yaofei.
Xie Changge didn't say yes, and bowed his head.
Holding Xie Changge's head with one hand and leaning him on my shoulder, holding Chen Yaofei's hand with the other hand and looking at Chen Yaofei, I replied to the two of them at the same time: "I know that you are all brave and fearless good children, but in this kind of crisis, as an adult, I don't take the lead and let you children rush forward, I can't do this kind of unconscionable thing." Besides, I'm not aloneβthe reformed corpse brother who saved the three of us helped meβand although he was the one who did his best, didn't I return to you safely in the end?"
Xie Changge leaned on my shoulder, while Chen Yaofei held my hand, neither of them showing the rebellious behavior peculiar to teenagers to get rid of my touch.
"How's the corpse being transformed?" Xie Changge asked me.
"Life and death are unknown. In order to save me, the transformed corpse fell from the roof of the building, and I am afraid that there will be more than one luck. β
"That's right," Chen Yaofei said in disappointment, "I haven't said thank you to him yet, and he's gone." Yi Jiahe, you didn't see him fall to his death, did you?"
I smiled and said to Chen Yaofei, "Yes." Moreover, he is a modified corpse. Not only that, but he is the messenger of light in this sick building, and he will not hang up easily. β
"Hmm. Chen Yaofei nodded happily.
"He's different from other modified corpses. Yi Jiahe, who do you say, who is his prototype?" Xie Changge asked me.
I can't answer Xie Changge's question. As for the identity of the transformed corpse, after fighting side by side with him, I already have some eyebrows. However, I don't have definite evidence to prove the identity of the modified corpse, and the whereabouts of the modified corpse are unknown now, if I rashly tell Xie Changge my guess, when the identity of the modified corpse is revealed, Xie Changge may be disappointed because my guess is wrong.
"I don't know. Probably a great character. I replied to Xie Changge.
The three were silent. Hopefully, time will stop forever in this moment.
"Goo-"
The two of them looked at me.
"In a big battle with zombie Gu, it's normal to be hungry. Yaofei, let's go, I'll go get some food to fill my stomach. β
"I'll go get it. "Chen Yaofei got up and helped me get food.
"Knock knock knock ......" is the broadcast tone. Strange, didn't Xia Li disappear with Du Ming, didn't they leave the ward?
"Dear leaders, dear patients and friends," the radio was broadcast by a female voice that I had never heard, "because of the ...... Boom Boom ...... For this reason, our hospital is about to close...... Boom Boom ...... Please be in ...... Go to the hospital exit. Thank you for your continued support to the hospital. After listening to the radio in a daze, Chen Yaofei, who didn't have time to reach the edge of the food pile, looked at me.
"Strange broadcast content. Without Dr. Xia Li, there was a problem with the radio. "I don't know the meaning of this broadcast, so I jokingly replied to Chen Yaofei.
"Yi Jiahe, outside the window. β
Listening to Xie Changge's instructions, Chen Yaofei looked out the window, and I followed him to look out the window. The darkness that could not be seen suddenly disappeared, and the scene of Building No. 4 appeared outside the window. Hey, strange, isn't Building 4 on the other side? What's going on with this building outside the window?
Xie Changge covered his left arm and shoulder and got out of bed, looking at his eyes, he seemed to see something strange.
"Yi Jiahe, Chen Yaofei, can you see the scene in the building opposite?" Xie Changge asked us.
I got out of bed and walked side by side with Chen Yaofei, who came over, to carefully inspect the scene in the building opposite.
"Huh?"
I saw three people standing in the opposite room. I had exceptionally good eyesight with pylorics, but I still couldn't see the room - at least I could make out the silhouettes of three people. Among them, one man raised his hand and swayed from side to side. Subconsciously looked at Chen Yaofei on the side, and I saw Chen Yaofei raising his right hand and swaying from side to side.
"Mirage or Brocken? No, there are no conditions for two wonders here. Xie Changge muttered to himself.
"What is the Brocken phenomenon?" Chen Yaofei asked me.
"That's the ......," I looked at Xie Changge.
"The Brocken phenomenon is a halo phenomenon in meteorology. The book reads that sunlight is reflected through the clouds, diffracted and interfered by the water droplets in the clouds, and finally forms a rainbow halo of light, which often includes the shadow of the observer himself. This phenomenon became known as the Brocken phenomenon and is a frequent occurrence on the Brocken Mountains in Germany. However, there is neither sunlight nor clouds here, and there are no conditions for the Brocken phenomenon to occur. β
I see. I don't know much about it, but I've seen the Brocken phenomenon in some books.
"That's it. I said to Chen Yaofei.
Chen Yaofei's admiring expression made me proud.
"What's going on?" Xie Changge reminded us loudly.
Chen Yaofei and I followed Xie Changge's gaze and looked upward. The lights went out in the last room of the floor, five floors above from the level where the figure was located, and the entire level merged with the darkness above and around it. A few seconds later, the lights in the room at the very edge of the floor below it went out. After a few seconds, the bright room next to the extinguished room was also plunged into darkness.
"What's going on?" I asked Chen Yaofei. Chen Yaofei shook his head at me.
As soon as I wanted to ask Xie Changge, he grabbed my left hand without saying a word and raised it, and then swayed it from side to side. The two figures on the left in the opposite room also raised their hands and swayed as if they were imitating us.
"Wow, I'm a little scared to see them do the same thing as we do. "I'm telling the truth. In the strange sick room surrounded by darkness, three figures stood in the same position as us, and they would do the same with us, and everyone would be terrified to see such a situational theory.
"Chen Yaofei, you lift the chair next to you. Xie Changge instructed.
Chen Yaofei followed the instructions and walked to the table and lifted the chair. Strangely, one of the people in the opposite room also held up something.
"Uh, the figure is blurred, the chair is blurred. "I had chills down my spine and goosebumps all over my body.
Xie Changge lowered his head and pondered. Seeing his sad face, I said to Xie Changge, "You don't have to be afraid. As you said, they are our shadows. You see, when I lift up my hand, it lifts up my hand, like a ...... in a mirror."
"That's right, mirror!" Xie Changge suddenly turned to us and said, "The ward opposite is a special mirror that reflects the scene on our side. It was said on the radio that this hospital is about to close......"
"Could it be that," Chen Yaofei asked as he looked around me and looked at Xie Changge, "the lights in the ward room will all go out, and then we will be trapped in the dark?"
"That's right. There are black-eyed zombies in the dark, and once the hospital is all in the dark, we never expect what will happen in the other dimension. One thing is undoubted: we will inevitably end up in a situation where we will die at that point. Xie Changge looked up at the floor where the lights were gradually extinguishing and said to us: "The time interval is about five seconds, and the floor that is falling into darkness is the nineteenth floor. In a little while, darkness will invade our floor. Time was of the essence, so we packed up our things and moved down. β
"But where can we go?" I asked Xie Changge.
"The second basement floor of Building No. 4?" Chen Yaofei asked Xie Changge.
"So far, we have to try our luck on the second basement floor of Building 4, hoping that the elevator doors will be open by the time we arrive. β
We packed up our essentials and brought some water and food. Xie Changge said that if the darkness really engulfed the entire ward, due to the change in space, we might be unknowingly transferred to the danger area, especially if the black shadow was not completely eliminated, this possibility is quite high.
I apologized to both of them for not being useful. "Yi Jiahe, don't say that. Chen Yaofei said with a grin. "As Chen Yaofei said, we don't blame you. On the contrary, we are very grateful to you. If it weren't for you sacrificing your life, the two of us might have become corpses in the rubble under the destruction of the Zombie Gu. β
"Don't worry," I said to the two of them, "there is a day when I Yi Jiahe is alive, and there is a day when Xie Changge and Chen Yaofei are alive." "It's cool, but I always feel like I'm saying something strange.
Under the effect of Youyan, Xie Changge's physical condition improved greatly. However, once he got out of Youyan, Xie Changge was still a little struggling. Chen Yaofei patted his chest and wanted to take over the task of reciting Xie Changge, but I forcibly refused. Although Xie Changge said that it was okay not to carry him, I said to him, "You are trembling even when you walk, if you encounter a murderous mutant zombie, will you still have a chance to escape?" Those who are capable work hard, I carry Xie Changge, and Chen Yaofei is responsible for the task of enemy reconnaissance and material transportation.
For the sake of mobility, we did not take too many supplies. When I followed Chen Yaofei to the door of the ward, I saw the baton in Chen Yaofei's hand and jokingly said: "This stick has been with you for so long, and you are a difficult brother." β
Chen Yaofei, who was investigating the situation in the corridor, turned his head to look at me, then looked down at the baton in his hand and said to me: "Objects are just objects, and they have no feelings." Aren't there two living people in front of me, you and I are the brothers and sisters? β
"yes. "I'll smile.
"Safe outside the door, no zombies. Saying that, Chen Yaofei opened the door of the ward.
The door opened, and the three of them were shocked.
"How, how is it possible?" Chen Yaofei closed the door and confirmed through the glass window on the door, then opened the door again to look at the scene in front of him and said, "It's different. β
"After going through so many things, there is no need to panic about this little thing. I said to Chen Yaofei, "The ward is changing, isn't there our 'imitator' outside the ward that has been dark just now? It's just that the ward in front of us has become a glass window, and then our shadow appears outside the glass window." "Why is the front ward gone, and why is the scene in the back appearing in front again? I turned slightly, and the three figures in the ward outside the glass window in the back had left the window and disappeared, and the scene in front of us also did not have three figures. Wait, both sides are like shadows in the mirror, so the ward of Building 4 opposite Building 3 won't disappear, right?
"Yi Jiahe, the nineteenth floor is completely in darkness, and now the lights have begun to go out on the eighteenth floor. Xie Changge pointed to the scene opposite.
Darkness engulfs the sick room, and reaching safety is imminent.
"Changge, I'm worried that the ward will change, and Building No. 4 will disappear into the dark. After all......"
"I have this concern," Xie Changge told me, "but we have no other choice now. First descend to the fifth floor to see if the connecting passage is closed, and perhaps we will be able to see the intact fourth building and reach the second basement level. β
"Hmm. β
Immediately behind Chen Yaofei, when I came across a corner, I saw Chen Yaofei stop and retreat back.
"What's wrong?"
"White-eyed zombies, a large group, completely blocked the passage. Chen Yaofei said.
Although I wanted to continue to treat Xie Changge with Youyan, I had to transfer Xie Changge when I encountered this situation. Not to mention that we haven't caught the attention of the white-eyed zombies, and even if we escape from them, there's no guarantee that we'll find another way down. It is no longer possible to go to the elevator or stairs according to the original memory, so we can only overcome obstacles and move forward bravely.
Transferring Xie Changge, I asked Chen Yaofei to pay attention to the surrounding situation and then came to the white-eyed zombie. They were already aware of my sound and looking at me.
"Look, I've never seen a handsome guy. β
As soon as I spoke, the white-eyed zombies howled and acted with me. After a good night's sleep, I can break out again, but the future is uncertain, and I want to preserve my strength. What's more, as long as you touch them with a ghostly flame, they will ignite on their own. In less than half a minute, I will destroy all the white-eyed zombies.
Go back, I led Chen Yaofei, who was carrying Xie Changge, forward to the staircase. This is not the staircase crossing in the Middle East that I remember, nor is it the staircase crossing of the elevator. It is said that the ward has almost become unrecognizable, and it is normal to change the staircase. I thought so, but when I walked down the stairs, I seriously doubted my thoughts: the stairs here can only go down one floor, and the ground below is flat, which is not normal at all.
"What's the joke?" walked out of the staircase to the ward, only to see the fourteenth floor sign on the wall in front of him. I have a bad premonition.
There are no zombies on the fourteenth floor. As we reached the other side of this level through the hallway, the eighteenth floor was completely darkened, and the lights began to turn off on the seventeenth floor. Xie Changge's speculation was correct, gradually turning off the lights, and darkness would definitely descend on the fifteenth layer. My hunch was also correct, when we found the stairs and went down, only the next floor was flat at the bottom.
"The next floor, across the ward, and then one floor, across the ward, is this the rhythm of the whole ward?"
On the thirteenth floor, there is a pile of rotting corpses, which is easy to destroy. On the twelfth floor, there were no zombies, and Chen Yaofei's breathing was a little short. On the eleventh floor, ten red-eyed zombies and a pile of rotting corpses. It took a little effort to wipe them all out, and my body had a few more scars, but I recovered under the healing of the flames. On the tenth floor, there were no zombies, and my body was getting more and more tired. On the ninth floor, three red-eyed zombies stood in the way, and we didn't meet zombies on this floor after destroying them. On the eighth floor, Chen Yaofei gasped for breath, and I was sweating profusely.
"Damn, there are two floors left, and we'll be caught up by the darkness. I bent down to rest for a moment and squinted out the window at the darkness that was devouring the sick room like a snake for a moment, "Yaofei, can you persevere? If you can't hold on, I'll recite Xie Changge." β
"It's okay, I can do it. β
Looking down at Chen Yaofei who was wheezing, Xie Changge helped him wipe his sweat and then said to him: "I'm sorry, it's me who is useless, one arm can't help you anything, and you can't walk freely, which drags you down." β
"Xie Changge, I'm fine. Didn't Yi Jiahe agree that we are difficult brothers, and as younger brothers, of course, we must do our best to help our brothers when they are in trouble. If I get into trouble, you'll ...... too."
"Boom-" The wall next to the two was broken by something, Chen Yaofei and Xie Changge were knocked out, and the two separated.
Forgetting the exhaustion, I witnessed a large piece of flesh with hands, feet, and no head appearing from the hole and walking towards Xie Changge.
"Stop!" I rushed up, but was thrown away by a large piece of meat. The inflammation has the skin that burns large pieces of meat, but because I don't use much of it, the large pieces of meat are not destroyed by the inflammation.
Rising again, I was about to erupt in the flames to destroy this thing, but the large piece of flesh lifted the stone it smashed and threw at me. I tried to dodge, but a second piece of meat flew in. The stone hit my body, and I lay on the ground in pain from the impact and the severe pain. It takes time for the Burning Flame to heal the wounds, and during this time, I can't do anything but watch as the large piece of meat grabs Xie Changge's neck, watching it clench its fists and intend to give Xie Changge a killer blow.
"Live...... Hand...... Ah......" Chen Yaofei was unconscious, and Xie Changge hung a bleeding arm and couldn't resist. Get moving, my body, get moving!
Meat fist swing out -
"Bang", the glass in the corridor shattered, and a person entered from the outside and stepped forward in front of Xie Changge to block the meat fist for him. On closer inspection, the comer did not take the blow, but caught the meat fist. This speed, this power - he pushed the big piece of meat's arm away, spun in the air and kicked it hard at the big piece of meat's body. The big piece of meat was released, Xie Changge was kicked away, and the person who came hugged Xie Changge and landed steadily.
Xie Changge opened his eyes, looked at the reformed corpse in front of him without a black belt, and called softly: "Brother...... "Don't forget the latest chapter of the Fortune and Claw Book House of the Past to read for free as soon as possible."