Chapter 1: Survival
Finally, Chen Xin finally escaped from the city and came to this seemingly relatively safe unfinished cement building.
Chen Xin was actually a little speechless, his mood was extremely low, and he was not very good, especially missing his days in the laboratory. But obviously, this is not a dream, and I can't wake up even after slapping myself more than a dozen times, and I can't go back.
Because he crossed over. Yes, I crossed over, or I crossed into a novel that I had read, at least he thought it must be this novel, because the name of the place and his hometown "Earth" did not match at all, but it could match the novel.
What's even more nonsense is that this book is his favorite zombie series of novels - "Wasteland Survival Manual", the reason why Chen Xin likes this novel is because the biological knowledge of the novel is very accurate, and even many times, Chen Xin uses this novel as a biology textbook.
Before the crossing, Chen Xin was going to participate in the author's signing meeting to see if he could communicate with the author about biology!
If you are on the earth, this big zombie novel is well written, what emotions are abundant, what plot ups and downs, what scenes are grand, the world view is complete, and all kinds of praise from the major online editors are endless, Chen Xin naturally feels comfortable.
But if you are in a world full of zombies and the entire modern civilization has been ruined, Chen Xin really wants to say, "This bad old man is very bad!" ”。 He misses his life very much, even if he was pressed by his mentor to not graduate, and was "plagiarized" by his mentor several times of experimental results, and worked in his mentor's laboratory for three years as a free laborer; Even if you are thirty years old, you haven't been in a relationship yet; Even if you have lived in the world's first-class Far Eastern metropolis for almost 10 years, you can't afford to buy even a single apartment in the suburbs, so you can only live in a student dormitory for two people.
Well, when Chen Xin thought of the dormitory, he thought of the school cafeteria, which is cheap, affordable and convenient, and can also be full! Yes, Chen Xin is hungry.
He calculated, and it had been almost 12 hours since he traveled to the novel "The Wasteland Survival Manual", and not a drop of water or rice had been entered.
He had been nervous before, but according to Chen Xin's biological knowledge, the adrenaline was bursting, and he completely forgot about hunger and thirst. Now, after finally relaxing a little, the various negative states of the body have finally begun to feed back into the brain normally.
According to my own observations, it is not yet the beginning of the plot of the novel, and it is still in the stage of a few hundred words of foreground introduction to the preface of the novel. It's a bit awkward at this time, it's been a long time since the zombie outbreak began, otherwise you can start preparing food, weapons, and a particularly resistant shelter in advance like the protagonists in other novels; Otherwise, it's better to be late, hugging the protagonist's thigh, and fighting monsters all the way to upgrade peacefully. So Chen Xin knew that after he crossed over to the city of this novel, the first thing he did was to escape!
According to the Wasteland Survival Handbook, the city is a very, very dangerous place. Before the outbreak of the zombie virus, there was a large flow of people in the city and a high probability of infection, which would definitely produce a large number of zombies, and the city has a significant feature, that is, the terrain is very complex, with various alleys and high-rise buildings, and death traps everywhere.
Of course, the more important danger is the people who are still alive in the city!
Chen Xin knows that whether it is in the original novel or in other American dramas and movies, the team after this kind of riot can survive the black-hearted corners.
If he continued to stay in the city and wanted to find some living materials that could ensure his survival, Chen Xin felt that he could die three or five times a week.
He doesn't dare to try whether he can be reborn as the lucky one (unlucky) who travels through time, although he usually can't die as the protagonist of a novel.
After several thrilling accidents that almost hung up, and several times when he was found and chased by zombies, Chen Xin still came to this building.
He wasn't unaware that it might be safer to go to a remote rural place, and even to survive even if he could find a military refuge base.
Chen Xin just wants to confirm one thing, is there only one big setting in this world that is consistent with the "Wasteland Survival Manual"? Or even the plot in it is the same.
After all, it's about how you "survive" in this world in the future.
In fact, when Chen Xin found this unfinished high-rise building, he had basically determined that it was in the plot of the novel, after all, there is no reason why such a big world can even match the same coincidence of a building, this probability is too low.
There was no light and no sound, Chen Xin lay on the concrete floor of the stairwell on the second floor for a while, feeling that his mood had calmed down a lot, and his physical strength had recovered somewhat, what he should face was still to be faced, even if it was a dream, he had to work hard to develop the plot, so he stood up and climbed to a higher floor.
After climbing about 20 floors, it was always dark in the corridor at the end of the staircase passage, there were fluorescent lights, and Chen Xin's heart became more and more convinced, this is the world of novels. Because in the description of the novel, this is a secret research and development base in the city, of course, this kind of base is usually related to various conspiracies and forces behind it.
Although I don't know for what purpose, the base of the institute will be located in such a high-rise building on the edge of the city, but the secrecy effect is really good. At least in the novel, the discovery of this base was also inadvertently discovered during a chase by the protagonist of the novel by an evolved zombie. If it weren't for the super power of the tyrant-level super zombies, the camouflage wall of this base would not have been broken, and the alloy plate behind the camouflage wall would have been impossible to penetrate.
Thinking of this, Chen Xin began to recall the description of super zombies in the book, various supernatural powers and super physical fitness. This is also the time when Chen Xin judged the current time, and it has not yet developed to the beginning of the novel. Because the beginning of the "Wasteland Survival Manual" describes that there have been a lot of high-level zombies in the city, two years after the outbreak of the virus, and the soft tissues of ordinary zombies have almost all been corrupted and peeled off two years after the outbreak of the virus, and only in some special environments are there sporadic remnants of ordinary zombies.
And now, the zombies in the city, the degree of rot on their bodies is not too serious, the speed of running is not much different from that of humans, and there are no sharp teeth and claws, no new clean skin, and no wisdom that can communicate, in short, just a group of semi-corrupted humanoids with super infection ability and can only pounce and bite.
Therefore, the current outbreak of the virus will not exceed two years at most, and the difficulty of survival is probably only moderate, as long as it is not an encounter with zombies in a small alley, or surrounded by a large group of zombies, it can still be done by using some obstacles to get out of the battlefield.
I had just walked to the end of the hallway, and suddenly, "Boom! Sizzle! Sizzle! ”
The hair on Chen Xin's whole body exploded, and the whole person froze there and didn't dare to move, he heard the sound of his nails scratching the door! And just behind the door, it is estimated that the distance in a straight line is no more than a meter.
"Damn! The improvised weapons I made myself were left on the second floor! Chen Xin complained to himself in his heart.
"TMD, I didn't pay attention to the difference between time and the book" Chen Xin remembered the description in the book, there were no zombies and dangers in the building, and the weapons he made were long and heavy, so he didn't climb the stairs with the weapons, because he subconsciously felt that the upstairs was safe.
"Subjective consciousness kills people!" Chen Xin thought as he observed the front of him, ready to jump down the stairs at any time.
With the help of green fluorescence, Chen Xin found that there was indeed a zombie behind the door, "Fortunately, this fire door is locked by a finger-thick chain, and this door looks quite strong!" ”
Chen Xin calmed down again, and secretly warned himself that this was an absolutely dangerous world, weapons could not be separated from the body, and the consciousness of facing danger at any time must not be relaxed.
It took a while for Chen Xin to get the weapon he made from downstairs to the upstairs, this time, Chen Xin was light-handed, and he didn't even make a sound when he climbed the stairs, he knew that if there were zombies, no matter how cautious he was, after all, he was just an ordinary person, and he could only be cautious and cautious without superpowers.
Chen Xin didn't dare to stick his eyes on the crack of the door to observe the back, after all, it was not something to be happy in case the beads were dug up by zombies, and the blood was basically infected, and then, at this stage, it meant a maximum of an hour, and he would become a member of the zombie army!
Picking up the weapon, Chen Xin used the end of the sharp dagger tied to it and poked at the crack of the door. To tell the truth, the feeling of poking down the "spear" and "spear" to the flesh was really a bit strange to Chen Xin more than ten hours ago, and now, Chen Xin is just afraid that the poke will not be in place.
No way, zombies are creatures, in fact, each body is directly connected to the core processing organs in the brain through the central nervous system of the spine, so if the core processing organs of zombies are not destroyed, zombies can still move.
Of course, having the ability to destroy the node of the high nerve center, that is, the vertebrae of the neck, can also make the zombie lose its mobility, but the vertebrae are difficult to poke and hard.
Therefore, the best way is to stab the zombie in the head with a weapon, and when you turn it, all the core organs and brains will become a ball, and the zombie can only become a corpse, even if it is most of the high-level zombies described later in the novel.
After fiddling for a while, Chen Xin confirmed that the zombies behind the door were dead, and after making sure that there were no other zombies, he was thinking about how to open the door.
I had no choice but to try to chop with the knife on the other end of my improvised weapon. This improvised weapon was also learned by Chen Xin from a book, and a sharp dagger and a knife with a relatively large cross-section were fixed at both ends of the hollow iron rod, which could be used for both "stabbing" and "chopping". In the Wasteland Survival Handbook, the greatest way to improve the safety factor is to minimize the possibility of zombies getting close.
Unexpectedly, after a few cuts, the chain was dropped to the ground, Chen Xin checked the knife and chain, and found that the door pin that fixed the chain was broken, "It seems that my luck is not bad, this door is estimated to be destroyed by this zombie if it lasts for a while, no wonder there are no zombies in this place in the future, it is estimated that the door will run away when it opens." ”
Chen Xin found that the zombie behind the door was actually wearing a white coat, which was obviously a researcher before the institute. It's just that the white coat is stained with minced meat and internal organs everywhere, and the words on the chest are also covered by blood, so I can't see what words are printed. Some of the internal organs were still wrapped around the thighs, and there was no blood on the ground. To Chen Xin's surprise, this zombie still has long hair, and his skin can still be seen to be well maintained before birth. "It's supposed to be a beauty! It didn't take long to die... It's just that the "Wasteland Survival Manual" doesn't say that all the researchers have been transported? Odd. ”
Chen Xin didn't touch the zombies, and he didn't dare to touch them, but he still walked slowly inside, until he was sure that only one wall on the entire floor was painted with white paint, so he knocked on the power panel of that wall.
A lockbox popped up!
"Hey, sure enough!"
According to the novel, this research institute was originally violently demolished, but the protagonist found a diary in the research institute with a record of "access password", Chen Xin thinks, this is probably a common problem of researchers, all their passwords are set exactly the same, otherwise they can't remember, and then the boot password of their own computer must be written down, in case they forget it, they can't remember.
Of course, if he didn't know the access code of the cemented carbide door here, Chen Xin would not have chosen to come here.
Even if there is one thing here that Chen Xin desperately desires, if the door can't be opened and he can't get in, everything is in vain, and he doesn't have the power of a tyrant-level super zombie.
As the hydraulically driven alloy door slowly opened, the pale green fluorescence was finally replaced by a white LED light strip, but Chen Xin did not go in directly, hiding on the edge of the "password panel".
After almost suffering a loss just now, he has realized that he must be more cautious in every step in this world.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement in the door, and Chen Xin walked in.
"2nd room in District 3." Chen Xin was talking to himself while observing the entire environment.
Behind the alloy door is similar to the one described in the novel, a two-story hall, even the floor and ceiling are made of alloy, and five glass doors are embedded in the alloy wall in turn.
Chen Xin walked to the glass door with the yellow number "3" painted on the door, and entered the code again.
"Verified, Level 6 clearance, Researcher Peter." As the mechanical female voice sounded, the door to Zone 3 opened.
Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know if the password of Area 3 was the same as the password of the first alloy door, but the second layer remembered that it was a glass door, if the password was wrong, it could only be violently broken, although it was tempered glass, but explosives and thermal weapons could still easily break through.
Of course, as a last resort, Chen Xin didn't want to do this, in case of using a thermal weapon, who knows if there will be any changes in this base, and it will be embarrassing to come to the research institute since the self-destruction procedure is started.
There is also a small guard room in the 3rd district, just to the left of the glass door, which contains 3 assault rifles, which is one of Chen Xin's main targets.
"The computers in the security room were not turned off, and it seems that I was really in a hurry to leave." It seems that the computer is still using a military-grade long power UPS, and the power supply has not been cut off, Chen Xin entered the security room and looked around, and saw the gun storage cabinet at a glance.
After carefully inspecting the three guns, the standard Type 95 is endurance and powerful, "It looks like the maintenance is not bad." ”
Shoulder-to-shoulder, safety, aim, trigger.
"Bang"! Chen Xin fired a shot at the bed next to him.
If he hadn't participated in three military trainings, Chen Xin probably didn't know that the assault rifle still had insurance, who said that there was no such detail in the TV movie, and then when it really came time to shoot, he would definitely not be able to shoot.
And now, it is definitely necessary to test whether these guns can still be used.
With a working gun in his hand, Chen Xin really breathed a sigh of relief, and the goal of surviving in the short term was basically achieved.
For him, this thing is a weapon to save his life, use one to prepare, and the extra one can also go to the surrounding settlements to exchange for some supplies.
Although it was once the largest metropolitan area in the Far East, there are really not many guns made in standard industrial production, and some handicraft workshop weapons were made after the outbreak of the virus. But not only is it expensive, but it is also easy to blow up the bore, jam the bullet, and with this kind of gun, you can play yourself to death if you don't get it right.
The weapons before the outbreak of the virus, along with anti-inflammatory drugs and canned food, are called the three hard currencies of the zombie world.
Chen Xin didn't know the standard posture of holding a gun, but he still knew that the fingers of one hand did not leave the trigger, and he immediately walked to the second room in District 3 with the gun.
As soon as he entered the door, Chen Xin's eyes were attracted by a bunch of test tubes on the workbench, when he was on Earth, he was a person who was crazy about biological knowledge and experiments, otherwise he would not have been working under his mentor for three years. You must know that at Chen Xin's level, many large companies in biology, chemistry, and pharmacy have tried to poach Chen Xin, but the biological research restrictions in large enterprises are too great, far from the research in the tutor's research room, and there are not so many approval and research results requirements behind the back, so he has been willing to stay in the tutor's laboratory.
Seeing the piles of genetic manipulation equipment on the operating table, Chen Xin's eyes narrowed, and he blurted out, "Evolution Elixir!" ”