Chapter 17: Trapped

Chen Ming did not believe evil and twisted the key again, but the car still did not respond.

Chen Ming looked at the dashboard and found that the car had traveled more than 150,000 kilometers, and at this time, the battery was showing a fault, and the car could not start because of the loss of power.

Chen Ming scolded the person in charge of the maintenance of the car angrily: The car has been used for so long, don't you know that you need to change the battery?

Coming out of the police station, three big dogs had already surrounded the car, their mouths were full of sticky saliva, their mouths were muffled, and their eyes were staring fiercely at Chen Ming and Mango in the car.

Looking through the rearview mirror of the car, Chen Ming found that a group of large dogs had appeared in the direction of the town.

Now is no longer the moment to hesitate, Chen Ming pressed the remaining two bullets into the magazine, and then without hesitation, he suddenly raised his pistol and shot at the three big dogs outside the car.

Bullets shot out of the pistol, shattered the glass of the car, shattered the head of the big dog, and opened two bright red flowers. The 2 big dogs bounced in their hearts and died quietly.

The last big dog quickly hid behind the trash can next to him, so that Chen Ming's had a chance to shoot himself.

Chen Ming opened the car door and ran towards the south of the county with mangoes.

The dogs seemed to have memorized their hunting skills in their ancient genes, and they roamed behind Chen Ming, trying to exhaust their targets. They don't give Chen Ming time to rest, and whenever Chen Ming wants to reduce his speed and take a break, several big dogs will come forward, forcing Chen Ming to keep his speed and run wildly.

The dogs drove Chen Ming to the south of the county, intentionally or unintentionally, and every time Chen wanted to turn east or west, there were always a few big dogs blocking his way.

At the top of the book tower in Xizhi County, when the first gunshot of the day rang out, the young and older men turned their eyes again in the direction of the police station.

Yesterday, when they saw Chen Ming enter the police station, when they saw the dogs also entering the police station, both of them thought that Chen Ming was already more than lucky. Especially when they saw that only big dogs came in and out until night, the two were even more convinced of their guesses.

For this reason, the young man was furious with the older man, believing that it was his weakness that caused a living human life to fall into the mouths of the mad dogs again, and became a snack for the mad dogs in the evening.

The older man felt guilty about it, too, but quickly drove it out of his heart, after all, he was here to save everyone.

At this time, the two of them who had been watching the police station for a long time finally saw Chen Ming and Mango running out of the police station, saw Chen Ming hiding in the car and killed two big dogs, and saw Chen Ming get out of the car and start to be driven away by the big dogs.

The young man excitedly said to the older man in sign language, "Teacher Ma, he's not dead yet. We must save him, or they won't last long. ”

The older man had a hesitant look on his face, and finally he nodded and said in sign language, "Okay, you go and signal him, and I'll open the door for him." ”

The young man happily took out a New Year's fireworks stick from the side, lit it with a lighter, and pointed the head of the fireworks stick in the direction of Chen Ming.

Chen Ming, who was running, suddenly heard the sound of fireworks exploding, he looked up and saw a person on the top of the tall tower in the city who was using fireworks to signal himself. Chen Ming was overjoyed in his heart, he felt that his legs, which had begun to ache, had gained strength again, and he sped up and ran towards the tower.

As he approached the tower, he saw a tall concrete wall enclosing it, and within the wall there were several buildings of unknown purpose. On the fence in the direction facing Chen Ming was a huge iron gate, about 5 meters long, painted with red paint. There is a small door in the center of the iron gate.

When Chen Ming saw this iron gate, the small iron door was opened from it, and a man in his 30s waved to him crazily, signaling himself to hurry up.

Chen Ming pointed the pistol at the dogs behind him, and the dogs suddenly slowed down, and Chen Ming picked up his speed again and ran through the small iron gate to enter. I heard a loud door slamming behind me, then the deadbolt moving, and finally the dogs barking outside the door.

Chen Ming untied the strip of cloth from his mouth, put his hands on his knees and gasped for breath, and the breath that was all through his nose just now almost suffocated Chen Ming. Chen Ming never thought that one day he would kill so many big dogs and engage in a life-and-death race with so many big dogs.

After a while, Chen Ming, who finally felt that his lungs were no longer hot, straightened up and was about to thank someone when he saw that the person who had just opened the door to his forehead was holding a wooden stick and looking at him with a wary face.

Seeing that the other party was holding a weapon, Mango also leaned down as if he was about to attack, Chen Ming hurriedly squatted down and stroked Mango's head to make it not so nervous.

Mango followed Chen Ming for a few days, although he couldn't communicate in words, but he seemed to be able to feel what Chen Ming was thinking, under Chen Ming's touch, Mango gradually stabilized, shaking his head and circling around Chen Ming.

Chen Ming stood up and signaled that he had no ill intentions. He pointed his finger at the pistol at his waist, then at the ground, signaling to throw it away.

The older man seemed to have been in the school for the deaf and dumb for a long time, and he could actually understand what Chen Ming meant, and he nodded.

Chen Ming slowly pulled out the pistol from his waist and threw it to the ground, opened his backpack and poured all the food on the ground, and then spun in a circle to let the other party see that he had no other weapons on his body.

The older man pulled the pistol over with a stick, picked it up and made sure that there was not a single bullet in it, and now it was something that could not even compare to the stick in his own hand.

Chen Ming's candid behavior won the trust of the older men.

The older man put away his stick and beckoned to Chen Ming, and the two of them came to a blackboard next to the iron door. This blackboard was supposed to have been used for blackboard newspapers, and you can still see the pink ornamental pattern on the upper edge of it.

The older man tossed Chen Ming a piece of white chalk, and the two began to exchange information from the old blackboard.

This place is a school for the deaf and dumb in Gangneung City, which is mainly used for the education of deaf and mute children in the city. The school has a total of 5 buildings: a book tower, a teaching building, a dormitory, a staff office building, a canteen and an auditorium. The book tower is in the center, the dormitory is in the north, the teaching building is in the south, the staff office is located on the east side, and the canteen and auditorium are located on the west side.

The older man's name is Ma Jie, he is a physical education teacher at the school, and he is not deaf and mute, but he just works here. At the time of the disaster, the school was in the summer vacation, and there was no one else in the school except for the five children whose parents were away from home and Ma Jie, who stayed on duty to earn some subsidies.

Since the students in the school were all deaf and mute, no one had the habit of talking, and no one died during the cataclysm.

When Chen Ming asked how many people were still in the school, Ma Jie's eyes darkened and he didn't answer.

Chen Ming asked, "Is it possible to contact the outside world here?" ”

Ma Jie shook his head: "No." For the first three days after the accident, there was still a mobile phone signal and the Internet was still available, but from the fourth day onwards, these became extravagant hopes. We, like us, are left to fend for ourselves. ”

Ma Jie's answer completely shattered Chen Ming's thoughts, and he also wanted to be able to contact his family and know the situation of his wife and children.

Chen Ming asked: "When you can go online, does the government have an explanation of this situation?" ”

Ma Jie shook his head, Chen Ming could imagine that the government and the country might really disappear.

Chen Ming asked again: "What's going on with that group of mad dogs outside, I've never encountered such a crazy group of dogs." ”

Seeing the word dogs, Ma Jie's eyes showed a look of pain and hatred, and he replied: "I don't know. The only thing that is certain now is that the dogs are extremely aggressive towards people. Now we can't get out of this school at all, and as soon as we get out, there is a chance that dogs will attack. ”

Speaking of this, a young man came down from the book tower, he looked very happy when he saw Chen Ming, and said something with his hands dancing, but unfortunately Chen Ming didn't understand his sign language at all.

Ma Jie gave the young man the back of his head, then said something to him in sign language, then smiled at Chen Ming and went back to the book tower.

The young man picked up the chalk and wrote: "Hello, I am Zhu Neng, a student in the school. That's what I signaled to you. ”

Chen Ming hurriedly smiled and thanked Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng also wrote with a smile: "No thanks. Mr. Ma went back to the book tower to set up a sentry, and I will take you to the place where you live. ”

Zhu Neng took Chen Ming to a collective dormitory in the dormitory building, where there were seven or eight bunk beds. There were three other people in the room, all girls, fifteen or sixteen years old. Seeing Chen Ming's arrival, two of the girls did not react and looked at the book in their hands.

The last girl showed Chen Ming a bright smile and beckoned to Chen Ming shyly.

Zhu Neng used the pen and paper in the room to explain to Chen Ming: "They rarely see strangers, and they are a little shy, just wait for familiarity." ”

Chen Ming put the bag down, he pointed out the empty field in the school to Mango, and let Mango go out to relax by himself. Chen Ming asked, "Aren't there still 5 students left?" And what about the other one? ”

Zhu Neng's eyes showed a painful expression, and it took a while to explain the hidden meaning to Chen Ming.

A few days ago, they found out that there was a man who was being chased by dogs in the county, and they did not hesitate to go and save the man at that time. He was in charge of keeping watch at the time, and Ma Jie and his table mates went out to the old man. When he approached the man, he pulled his table mate to the ground and let the dogs attack his tablemate.

Ma Jie tried his best to save his tablemates, but still did not succeed. The man took advantage of the chaos and didn't know where to go.

Chen Ming patted Zhu Neng's shoulder regretfully, he didn't mention this topic again, he asked, "Is there a way to get me out of here?" I have to go to Jiangzhou. ”

Zhu Neng shook his head regretfully, "There are dogs all around, and they are completely surrounded. You can rest assured that you can live here, the food in our canteen is enough for a few of us to eat for a year, the school has a well, and the warehouse has coal, so life is not a problem. I can teach you sign language, and it will be convenient to communicate later. ”

Chen Ming's eyes darkened, could it be that he was trapped here? What about my wife and children?