Chapter 337: Snow Footprints
Without any hesitation, Wang Jingjian and Yin Chenbao immediately ran towards the left side of Exit 6 again, and the sign on the top of the walkway passing by was already Area B on the negative floor of the underground shopping mall, most of the shops here sell some mobile phone cases and accessories, and a few are private shops that import snacks, but there is little food left on the shelves inside.
Just continuing to walk forward, the nearest exit 5 soon appeared in front of the two of them, and as the two guessed, the exit on this side was also locked as exit 6, and there was no way to access the ground above.
Now the two of them are starting to have some difficulties, could it be that when they evacuated here, the shops were not open, except for Exit 3, the other 6 exits should not all be locked.
Yin Chenbao leaned against the glass door of a shop, looked at Wang Jingjian, who was also leaning on the stone pillar on the side and thinking of a way, with a somewhat helpless look in his eyes, and said, "Ah Jian, if the remaining exits are locked, wouldn't we be killing ourselves?" ”
Wang Jingjian shook his head helplessly, saying that he didn't know what to do.
After resting and observing for a while, Yin Chenbao said: "No matter, Ah Jian, let's continue to go to the other exits to have a look, we can't be trapped in here!" ”
Wang Jingjian nodded in agreement, so the two of them raised their heads and looked at the sign that happened to be overhead, and then took another step and ran towards the nearest exit 4 here.
After a few turns through the entire B area, I came to the C area where food and simple meals are the mainstay, this side is like an underground food court, the stalls of various special snacks and bento boxes are lined up twice, and the spacious ground in the middle is full of neat rows of tables and chairs, which should be used for people who come to dine, but as the two of them thought, the entire underground shopping mall should have entered the infection period before it opened, because there are no signs of misery on the tables and chairs at this time. The cars parked on the side were wiped clean, the garbage bags were freshly replaced, and although there was still the smell of oil coming from the kitchens of some stalls, everything was still the same as it had been before the start of work.
The two of them sniffed the slightly unpleasant smell of oil as they walked through the dining area, as the signs indicated that they could walk through the food area to reach Exit 4.
Yin Chenbao looked at the bright Exit 4 projected on the ground that gradually appeared not far in front of him, and silently thought in his heart, don't lock it, don't lock it.
The two soon came to the front of Exit 4, this time did not disappoint the two, the telescopic railing door of Exit 4 was open at this time, and the two escalators leading to it had already stopped running at this time like other exits, but the only difference from other exits was that the steps of the escalator at Exit 4 were scattered on the packaging boxes of many food raw materials, and bottles and cans containing oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were also scattered on the top of the elevator. Obviously, this passage should be the channel for the merchants in the food court in Area C below, indicating that the underground mall has not officially started operation before the outbreak of the virus, but the food merchants inside have already begun to prepare for the day's food.
But at this time, the two of them couldn't care about this, and while dodging the cardboard boxes and bottles and cans scattered on the elevator, they climbed up the escalator that had stopped as fast as they could.
The escalator with 30 basic steps is nothing at all for two people who have searched for militarized training, thinking about the 'triathlon' when he returned to N City to pick up Yang Guoping's wife, it is much easier now than before.
After a while, the two of them returned to the ground, and when the ground was exposed, both of them carefully bent down and used the handrail of the escalator to block their bodies, and then looked at the surroundings outside, this exit is obviously not on the same street as the exit 3 that just entered, but it doesn't seem to be far away, and the sound of the dazzling mutant creatures from exit 3 and the zombies rushing out of the underground mall can still be heard clearly.
After hearing the sound, the two of them identified the specific directions of Exit 4 and Exit 3, and looked at the buildings on both sides of the street that were not very tall at this time, and the two immediately understood that behind a not very high building in front of them was the place where the sound came from, and they felt that after going around in a big circle in the underground shopping mall, they returned to the ground and saw that they were actually just crossing a street.
Yin Chenbao took out his binoculars and looked around, he looked around at the street in front of him, several abandoned vehicles parked on the side of the road or in the middle of the road, some of the doors have not been closed, it seems that people are still in a hurry to evacuate, looking around the road, this street is obviously also a commercial street in FJ City, all the surrounding are shops of various brands, there are clothes sellers, shoes are sold, and electronic shopping malls that sell mobile phones and computers, of course, there are also those shops that sell all kinds of milk tea snacks, However, without exception, these stores are empty, and the goods inside are almost taken by the masses.
Yin Chenbao looked at all this around him, his eyes were full of caution, he was very worried that a few zombies would suddenly break out from one of these stores, but fortunately, there were no zombies suddenly jumping out at this time.
Wang Jingjian patted the snow on his boots and said to Yin Chenbao: "Hurry up and contact Team Zhang and ask about their situation." ”
"Oh yes, I almost forgot." So Yin Chenbao put down the telescope in his hand, connected the communicator in the helmet and called: "Team Zhang, Team Zhang, I'm Yin Chenbao, Ah Jian and I have successfully thrown off that big guy, have you rescued people successfully evacuated?" Shall we go back to the safety zone of the oil plant by ourselves or where will we meet you? ”
The two of them stood in place while cautiously observing the surroundings while waiting for the response from the other end of the communicator, and after dozens of seconds, Zhang Weimin's voice came from the other end of the communicator: "I'm Zhang Weimin, Chenbao, Ajian, it's great that you are safe now, I have asked Da Zhuang and them to drive the school bus back to the oil factory, we and Sun Dashen are now rushing towards you, you first find a place to hide, don't run around, we will arrive later." ”
"What, Team Zhang, are you here to pick us up? Do you know where we are? Yin Chenbao said with some excitement.
"Well, Sun Dashen has found out your location, we are still about ten minutes away from you, you hide yourself first and pay attention to safety, we will arrive later!" Zhang Weimin said.
"Okay," the two replied in unison, then turned off the communicator, and the two began to look for a suitable place to take shelter in the vicinity.
Yin Chenbao looked at a sports brand store he liked very much on the side of the road not far away and said: "Ah Jian, let's go to that store, it looks very spacious, let's go inside to rest and smoke a cigarette, it is estimated that Team Zhang and they will arrive!" ”
Wang Jingjian looked in the direction of Yin Chenbao's finger, and sure enough, he saw a sports brand store and nodded.
So the two of them ran over quickly, although the distance from the standing position to the store of the sports brand was about a few tens of meters, but it was at this distance of dozens of meters that there were many messy fresh footprints, as if they had just stepped on it, which couldn't help but slow down the pace of the two.
Wang Jingjian squatted down directly and observed these footprints, the footprints were extended in the direction of the sports brand store, from these footprints Wang Jingjian preliminarily judged that they were from at least 3 people, because there were about 42 yards in size with him, it may be an adult man, and there were about 36,37 or so women's footprints, and there was also an obvious child, which couldn't help but attract the attention of the two, could it be that there were still living people around here.
Wang Jingjian stood up and looked at Yin Chenbao, Yin Chenbao immediately followed him and accelerated the pace of running towards the sports brand store, a slip of footprints on the ground extended to the street on the side of the sports brand, originally planned to enter the sports brand store to rest for a while, smoke a cigarette and wait for Zhang Weimin to pick up the two people who saw the footprints that continued to extend forward, and immediately gave up the idea of resting, after all, since the signs of living humans were found, it means that there are likely to be people alive, Then it has become my duty to save them.
The two of them had been following the footprints for a distance of about a few dozen meters, and the footprints disappeared on the doorstep steps of an express hotel, because there was a roof on the steps at the entrance of this express hotel, so the ground was naturally free of snow, and of course there would be no more footprints.
Wang Jingjian and Yin Chenbao stood on the doorstep steps of the express hotel, looking at the hall inside through the sliding glass door, the hall of this express hotel is not big, the left hand in the door is not far from the check-in bar, there is a golden beckoning cat on the countertop, at this time the arm of the beckoning cat is still swinging evenly, as if beckoning the two to go in, and there are several clocks hanging on the wall behind the bar that show the time in each time zone, and the opposite side of the bar is a sofa for guests to rest when waiting for check-in. There is also a coffee table in front of the sofa, there is an ashtray on the coffee table, there are some cigarette butts in the ashtray, and on one side of the sofa is a vending machine, which has some instant noodles, snacks and drinks, and is facing the door is an elevator with a closed door, there is a door hole next to the elevator, there is no door on it, you can roughly see that there are steps inside, it should be an emergency escape channel.
Seeing this, Yin Chenbao turned his head and said to Wang Jingjian: "Ah Jian, should we go in and have a look?" ”
Wang Jingjian nodded without hesitation and said: "If these people run in, we must go in and have a look, don't forget the real purpose of our coming to this city!" ”
Yin Chenbao patted Wang Jingjian's shoulder and said, "Sure enough, it is someone from our doomsday action group, you said the spirit of our group, go!" With that, Yin Chenbao gently pushed open the sliding door of the express hotel, and the two of them carefully thinned down, because it was still daytime outside, the inside of this small hall could basically be seen very clearly.
Wang Jingjian walked quickly to the side of the bar, looked at the staff lounge door behind the bar, and then quickly crossed over with both hands, cautiously walked to the door of the lounge, lightly put his hand on the doorknob, and then turned his head to look at Yin Chenbao.
Yin Chenbao waved his hand and motioned for himself to take care of the wind for him, and then he went in to search.
Wang Jingjian turned his head back to the door again, and his hand gently pulled down the handle, and the door was opened, and at the same time, Wang Jingjian's other hand had already pulled out the dagger on his waist and held it tightly in his hand.
The door was completely pushed open, it was dark inside, Wang Jingjian quickly turned on the light on the helmet to shine inside, the staff lounge illuminated by the light, Wang Jingjian's nervous heart immediately relaxed, this staff lounge of only about 7 or 8 square meters had nothing except a few changing wardrobes and a bed for rest, Wang Jingjian, who was not at ease, even checked the back of the door, and made sure that there was nothing unusual, so he retreated and then closed the door softly. Then he climbed over the bar again and returned to Yin Chenbao's side.
Yin Chenbao hurriedly asked, "Did you find anything?" ”
Wang Jingjian shook his head and said, "Empty, no one!" ”
After making sure that there was no one in the lobby and bar on this floor, Yin Chenbao pointed to the staircase that only had the door frame and said, "It should be on it, let's go up and have a look now!" With that, he turned on the light on his helmet and walked towards the door first.
Sure enough, there was only one staircase in the door, and Yin Chenbao, who was standing at the bottom, raised his head and looked at it with the light on his helmet, and initially lost that this express hotel has about 4 floors, except for the hall on this floor, the upper three floors should be the accommodation area, so he turned to Wang Jingjian and said: "Ah Jian, there are almost three floors, and each floor is estimated to have a lot of rooms, how can we determine the location of these people?" ”
"Look for it one by one, if we don't separate, you go to the 2nd floor and I will go to the 3rd floor, keep in touch!" Wang Jingjian said and prepared to climb upstairs.
But Yin Chenbao stopped him and said: "Hey, Ah Jian, we can't be separated at this time, they will come to pick us up after a while, if the two of us are separated, what if, it will be worth the loss, the two of us are still together, layer by layer, one by one, if Team Zhang arrives in a while, we can explain it to them, maybe he and the great god will also find it with us, this will not be delayed!" ”
Wang Jingjian looked at Yin Chenbao and thought about it, and also felt that what Yin Chenbao said made some sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then let's start from the top floor first!" ”
"Good!"
With that, the two of them ran quickly towards the top floor......