Chapter Eighty-Five: No Breathing!
On February 23, in the suburbs of eastern Yutian City, a group of 13 of us and a cat abandoned the car because they were surrounded by zombies, and rushed to the river embankment with no way back.
Looking at the number of zombies outside the railing of the riverbank above the slope, I was heartbroken, and said, "Di Yan, Xiao Qi, Shi Yao, follow me up and open a road!" ”
With that, I took the lead and climbed up the slope with Maya, the slope here was not particularly steep, and it was all with dirt pits, and I took a few big steps to get up. There is also a slip of staircase on the edge of the top, which makes it easier for us to settle down.
Standing on the steps, the zombies were less than a meter away from me. I grabbed the railing to keep my body in shape, and at the same time lifted Maya to deal with the zombies in front of me, and then I looked out and saw that there were really not many monsters, so I began to deal with the remaining zombies.
Since there were four of us at once, and we were standing relatively open, the two dozen or so zombies on the shore did not all gather together, but were destroyed by us one by one.
Even then, it is not an easy task. Each of us can only deal with zombies with one hand, and with the other hand, we have to hold on to the railing to keep our balance and not fall, and we must also be careful not to be caught by zombies. Di Yan, who is accustomed to crossbow bows, originally used to chop. The knife was almost meaningless, and this attack posture was even more detrimental to him, and he almost fell off twice, but fortunately, there was no danger.
Xiao Qi was the first to finish out all the zombies in front of him and climb over the railing. With him on the shore, it suddenly became a hell for zombies, and the remaining dozen zombies were quickly cleaned up by us.
Shi Yao also turned over, and together with Xiao Qi, he defended against the scattered zombies that came over. I didn't go over, but first took back the real night, grabbed the railing with one hand, and then lowered my body down, while Di Yan went down and grabbed my other hand, so that the two of us could build a human ladder on the slope, so that the girls below could easily climb up.
After that, Lin Qiuwan carried Hu Xiaoxin with one hand and grabbed Di Yan with the other, and it took us enough strength to pull him up, and then lifted Hu Xiaoxin over the railing first, and Lin Qiuwan could turn over it by himself, but his weight actually bent the iron railing alive.
Seeing this, Di Yan couldn't help but sigh: "I said big man, what did you eat to grow up!" ”
"Anyway, I didn't grow up just eating cabbage......"
"You! …… You've won......"
I interrupted, "Don't talk nonsense, move fast!" ”
After everyone had passed, Di Yan and I climbed over the railing.
In front of him was a small clearing overgrown with weeds, and several wandering zombies had been dealt with by Xiao Qi and them. Seeing that there was no danger for the time being, I immediately asked, "Has anyone been injured and bleeding?" ”
Everyone looked at themselves and then at the people next to them, and they all shook their heads.
"Xiaoyu, help Hu Xiaoxin take a look." I instructed. Actually, don't worry too much, we paid attention to it all the way just now, and there shouldn't be any bleeding mutations.
Xiaoyu told me that it was okay after a quick check, and I nodded. At this time, I suddenly felt a little tied in the collar, and just wanted to flip it with my hand, Lin Yue had already walked over, reached out and pulled my collar to look at it, and then took out a small wooden branch from it, pouted and put the wooden branch in front of me twice, and then threw it to the ground. Then Lin Yue looked at me again, and after seeing that there was nothing else, she helped me straighten my collar, and then stood aside.
I looked at her and didn't say much, just remembered that we were surrounded by zombies twice in one day, and it was really enough.
Then I said to the crowd, "Don't let up, it's not safe yet, we need to find a clean place or find two more cars." ”
"That's right, I'm going to find her somewhere." Chen Rui next to him suddenly said, at this time his eyes were on the unconscious Hu Xiaoxin. As a doctor, he always takes good care of his patients...... Of course, there were many exceptions in the previous world.
Now that we've lost that Hiace, I don't feel sorry for it. With so many people in the team and a lot of supplies with them, the acceleration and top speed of the car were reduced, the fuel consumption increased, and the long body was not easy to turn on the road. If you're lucky, it's best to find two SUVs or a bun.
But just like Chen Rui said, now Hu Xiaoxin's situation must also be solved first, whether it is a mutation or an ordinary fever, he can't run away with her like this.
Just as he wanted to say to go, Di Yan's scolding voice suddenly sounded next to him: "What's the matter!" Not again! ”
I turned my head to look, and saw a row of houses built in parallel not far in front of the clearing, and at this time, a large number of zombies began to emerge from the aisle between the houses. At the same time, there were more than a dozen 'uncles and aunts' on the side who were chasing along the riverbank.
"It's the first time I've hated this city in over twenty years, really!" Di Yan looked at the zombie group in front of him and said.
"Don't talk nonsense, let's go."
There was also a row of houses on our left, and in front of us on the left was a small alley, which was the only clean way out of the area except for the ditch.
I led the way there, and the others followed me, and by the time we reached the alley, the pre-set formation had unfolded.
This is the formation we negotiated in the previous mansion, everyone is divided into four groups, and I am the first group to walk in the front, and the responsibility is self-evident; Xiao Qi is the second group after me, responsible for the support of the whole team; followed by Chen Rui, Di Yan, Lin Qiuwan, Li Chuanhe and all the girls were organized into the third group, and these four men walked in front of and behind the girls, and their responsibility was to guard; The last group is Shi Yao, who is responsible for the broken queen.
Each of the four groups should maintain an appropriate distance between them to ensure physical mobility in the event of an emergency.
We had already decided that if we needed to walk in the future and the ground conditions allowed, we had to maintain this formation, but in short, we had to adapt to local conditions. I used to walk in the ditch because the road was too narrow, and the formation could not be expanded, so I could only walk in columns, so I was the leader at that time, and the little seven halls were behind.
Walking into the alleyway, I saw a few zombies wandering not far ahead, but this was much less than behind. I ran a few steps and rushed over, piercing the eyeball or mouth to eliminate the threats as quickly as possible, and the team continued to move forward.
After getting rid of the zombie horde, we try to use a brisk walk to avoid running for a long time and exerting our physical strength.
At this time, Li Chuanhe, who was in charge of the left guard of the third group, suddenly walked quickly to my side, and whispered to me as he walked forward: "Xiaoshi, you'd better let them throw that cat away." ”
I looked around and saw that there was no danger, so I replied, "Why?" ”
"Regardless of whether it will mutate or not," Li Chuan said: "That cat itself is a filial cat." ”
"Filial piety?"
Li Chuanhe glanced back, and then said: "Black body and white claws, according to the old saying, it is like a dead person in the family who has to wear filial piety, this kind of cat will bring misfortune." ”
I'm angry......
I glanced at him, and saw that Li Chuanhe's face was serious, not like a joke, but I didn't have time to talk to him about this, so I said, "Go back to your position." ”
Li Chuanhe looked a little anxious, and his voice became more and more excited, and said, "I'm not joking with you, this kind of cat is too unlucky!" Think about how many times we've been in danger since this cat appeared!? If I take it with me again......"
"I said go back to your place!" I interrupted him directly.
"Meow~!!"
didn't wait for Li Chuanhe to say more, and suddenly the voice of a meow came from behind him. When I looked back, I saw that the meow was fluttering in Xiaoyu's arms, and at the same time screaming at the eaves on the left.
This section of the alleyway is flanked by solid walls, and on the other side of the wall are rows of houses. Although there is no need to worry about zombies suddenly jumping out, the meow's behavior is obviously to notice that there is something on it.
Before the meow's cry stopped, another cat suddenly appeared on the eaves, its snow-white hair had become blood-red and dirty, and a large piece of flesh had been lost on its back for some reason, and the crumbs of blood hula were hanging all over its body. The cat's face is also hideous, and the broken mouth shows sharp teeth, and it will fly down at any time when it looks at the posture.
Sou!
The arrow pierced the air and pierced the mutant cat's head, and it didn't even say a word before it fell straight from the eaves.
I turned my head and gave a thumbs up to Su Qi, who was holding a longbow, who also nodded at me.
I really don't have much of an impression of the 'filial cat', but now it seems that the cat can at least give an early warning when there is danger, so that we can be prepared. And when encountering zombies, the meow will not toss around, every time is very honest, and only when it encounters animals will it react, which is really beneficial to us.
I glanced at Li Chuanhe beside me again and said, "I'll talk about the meow later, you go back quickly." ”
Seeing that I was resolute, Li Chuanhe didn't say anything more, turned around and walked back. The team paused slightly, then moved on.
After traveling a distance of more than 500 meters, there was no trace of the zombies behind him, but his roar could still be heard. There was a curved detour in front of him, and after turning around, the road began to narrow, and at the end it was directly 'condensed' into a narrow iron gate, and there was only a door frame.
I quickened my pace and ran over in advance, and when I looked out through the iron gate, I saw that there were seven or eight large buses parked on the ground outside, which was not particularly wide, and it looked like it should be a bus terminal. And the number of zombies that can be seen in the field of vision is not much, so I can handle it alone.
The follow-up team members also followed, and when they saw the situation outside, Ziqing couldn't help but be excited: "Great! There are buses available...... Not! ”
This time, it was Di Yan who covered her mouth and motioned for her to keep quiet.
Ziqing vigorously broke Di Yan's hand, although he didn't say anything more, he also pinched Di Yan with his hand, and at the same time asked him what he was going to do with an expression.
Di Yan endured the pain hard, and then gestured to everyone with his index finger to his mouth to silence, and then his hands began to dance non-stop, as if he was using gestures to convey some message to us. His hands were first gathered together, then his left hand was waved out and then withdrawn, then his right hand was waved out and withdrawn, the two hands were held together and suddenly dispersed, and then he gently slashed his right hand in the palm of his left hand with his right hand, and then raised his right hand to clasp into a palm shape, and the four fingers except for the thumb began to tremble incessantly............ Di Yan didn't care about our confused expressions, just a quick and frequent change of gestures.
At this time, Lin Qiuwan stretched out his big hand and pressed Di Yan's arm, and at the same time said weakly: "Big brother, don't compare, I can't understand Ang ......."
Ziqing also pouted and whispered: "You are poorer than you are talking when you make gestures!" ”
What these two men said was the truth, and the series of gestures he made probably no one could understand. Di Yan also put on an expression of 'I'm worried to death' when he heard this, and then waved his hand to signal us to look outside.
I looked in the direction of Di Yan's finger, and saw that there was an electronic sliding door at the south-facing gate of the bus terminal outside, and at this time, there was only a gap for one person to pass through the door, and outside the gate, there were dozens of zombies piled up there, wandering slowly around the card recharge point at the door.
Some distance from the gate is a street, and from here you can see that there are more zombies on that street. In this way, we can't drive the bus out of here at all, not to mention whether we can find the key, but we can't rush through the gate and the zombies at the door.
I was looking at the situation around me, and suddenly someone pulled me, and when I looked back, it was Di Yan again. He gestured to the wall on the other side of the bus stop, then made a gesture over the wall.
We don't have to think about it, now that there are pursuers and interceptions, we can only get out from there. Seeing that I nodded in agreement, Di Yan began to make gestures in front of me again, and I directly opened my mouth and whispered: "Okay, don't ink, listen, everyone, the entrance to the station is blocked by zombies, we can't drive, we can only go out from the opposite side of the wall, and then everyone runs to the opposite side by sticking to the innermost wall of the station, and pay attention not to trip under your feet." Those zombies at the door will rush in at any time, so let's be fast and set off without any opinion now. ”
Everyone nodded. So I counted down to three seconds with a gesture, and then ran out with my knife first, without pause, I rushed directly at the zombie closest to us and stabbed it, and then continued to run against the inner wall, stabbing the zombie in my way. Xiao Qi followed closely by my side, and also quickly shot to kill the enemy.
The whole team was very fast, and Xiao Qi and I barely let the zombies in the way wail, but halfway through the run, a zombie hiding between the two buses screamed, although I solved it immediately, but its cry also alarmed the zombies at the gate, and at this time they had already rushed in through the gap exposed by the electronic door.
I beckoned everyone to run to the opposite wall, and when I was about to climb over the wall, I suddenly found that there was an iron gate in the south corner of this wall, and it was not locked. Inside the door was a small path, and when you looked through it, you didn't notice any danger inside.
The others discovered the door, and we immediately gave up and ran back to it.
I was the first to rush into the iron door to check the safety inside, as soon as I crossed the threshold, I suddenly felt a foul smell next to me, and when I looked back, I saw a zombie rushing out from behind the door, at this time it was less than two meters away from me, and my hands were about to pounce on me.
I took a quick step back, and then slashed the zombie's neck with all my might, but this time it didn't cut off the stinky flesh, but the heavy force still chopped the zombie back a few steps and slammed it into the wall behind it.
The zombie paused for a moment, then tried to pounce again, and I kicked it back against the wall, and then the tip of the knife stabbed it straight into the eyeball.
The team members rushed into the iron gate one after another, and Shi Yao at the back had already confronted the zombies rushing at the gate. There were no gorgeous moves, Shi Yao simply used the knife in his hand to slash and assassinate, but each of his knives was powerful, holding down the footsteps of the zombie group steadily, and buying time for everyone.
After everyone else came over, I immediately shouted, "Shi Yao! Come on! ”
Shi Yao slashed down a zombie again, then quickly retreated into the iron gate, and the team ran towards the path again.
It's in the village again! It is lined with houses and brick walls, and there are no forks in the road. We went through a straight passage and made two small bends in succession, and a stone staircase appeared at the end of the road ahead.
I ran to the bottom of the stone steps and strode up, only to find that the six or seven broken steps were really steep enough, and when I reached the last section, I tripped and almost fell, until I held myself up on the ground with one hand.
After coming up, I immediately turned around and told the team members who were about to climb the steps behind me, "Stand firm, don't fall." ”
Belch~~~~!
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a dull roar in my ears, and I immediately turned around, and I found three forks in the road on the left, and there were quite a few zombies walking out, and there was also a zombie rushing in front of me on the left.
I stepped forward to finish off the nearest one, and immediately looked around. This is a clearing in the bungalow village, in addition to the three forks on the left, there is a junction on the right, and now there are no zombies in sight, so it is our way out.
After everyone came up, the three waves of zombies on the left also approached, and we immediately ran to the path on the right.
There were several framed bulletin boards on the side of the road, and two of them fell to the ground, leaving the floor covered with broken glass, and I walked over with everyone against the wall to avoid getting punctured on the soles of their feet.
Running further, there was a fork in the road on the left and right, and when I went over to look, there was a dead end on the left, and there was a private house in it, and the door was marked with the sign of "Village Committee", and there were no zombies; The fork in the road on the right leads to a toilet, and there is a small path next to it, and at this time there are several zombies wandering in the path, and there are zombies in the toilet slowly coming out.
"This piece should be guided. Bounce the plow again! Di Yan said angrily as he ran.
There are dead ends on the left and right, and the team can only run forward again with a butt of zombies.
After less than 100 meters, the road began to widen, but it only ran to a small open field, where a few cars were parked.
Di Yan ran to a car as soon as he could, and when he raised his hand, he was about to smash the window with a crossbow.
"Wait!" I immediately spoke up to stop him.