Chapter 46: The Salesman
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An hour later.
Lu Fan stood on the top of the tall building, and looked at it, although the city was generally covered by darkness, there were still so many small lights that broke through the darkness and spread in all corners of the city, just like the stars in the night sky.
And those are the glimmers of hope that the survivors radiate.
Although the night is dangerous compared to the day, there is also a clear benefit.
That's how much easier it is to find survivors in clusters.
Shentan City is a large city with a large population before the outbreak of the virus. Although some have now been evacuated, and some have become zombies and monsters, there are still a lot of survivors who have survived or are trapped here.
During the day, they are outside looking for food, and although it is relatively easy to come across them, there are only a few of them, and they are scattered. At night, the survivors gather together, not much safer than being alone, but at least comforting.
Besides, humans are social animals.
Except for a few special beings.
The view at night is poor, and people need light to feel safe, and this is one of the keys to Lufan being able to find them.
And people at night are always prone to sentimentality, and at the same time, they will also let go of their concerns about their companions to a certain extent.
This is also the second reason for Lufan to act at night.
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Being a salesman in the last days, hehe, interesting.
A hint of amusement appeared on Lu Fan's face, and then he jumped down from the tall building and searched for the nearest bright spot.
The first location was on the top floor of an office building, where there was a faint candlelight and it was clear that someone had taken refuge in it.
However, the door at the bottom was blocked by some furniture and heavy objects, and Lu Fan had to climb up from the building.
Climbing to the glowing glass window, Lufan peeked in and saw no less than a dozen survivors inside, sitting around with pokers in hand, with some food piled up in the middle.
It was obviously playing cards, but the chips were exchanged for food.
"I'm K Jinhua, I'm the biggest, haha!"
One of the girls excitedly spread out the cards in her hand, and then took all the food in front of her into her arms.
Seeing this, the others let out a loud sigh and lowered their heads in frustration, and the other girl with short hair even cried.
"The food that I managed to find during the day is now gone! Woooooo
Seeing the girl crying, the others also felt a little pity, and the girl who won was also a little embarrassed when she saw this, and gave her a little bit of the food in her arms.
"Okay, it's just a game, let's be honest, everyone will have food to eat, don't cry.
It stands to reason that the short-haired girl should have gradually stopped crying under comfort, but it didn't work out, and after hearing the words of the winning girl, she cried even louder!
The people around him looked puzzled when they saw this.
The short-haired girl didn't seem to hide it anymore, sobbing as she pulled up her sleeves.
A visible wound appeared on the white and smooth white arm, and there were deep tooth marks on it, and the skin around it had turned purple.
It's clear that it was bitten by zombies.
After seeing the wound on the girl's body, everyone's faces turned white in an instant, and then they retreated back as if they had seen a ghost!
"Xiao Jie, you... Didn't you say that the bitten person was not allowed to come back?! You want to kill us? ”
"That's right, Xiao Ming and Xiao Hong have left here consciously, what's the matter with you?!"
"Get out of here, don't you hear me!"
The person who was whispering to comfort her just now had a great change in his attitude at this moment, covering his mouth and nose with disgust, and staring at the girl with disgust.
Only one man did not leave her, and even stepped forward to give the other a hug.
"Don't be afraid, I'll be with you."
"Hmm..."
The short-haired girl gradually stopped crying under the man's comfort, and then told everyone the truth.
It turned out that she was bitten when she went out early in the morning to look for food, and now she is here just to keep everyone company, and she will leave after dawn tomorrow.
That's why the girl cried so much when the winner gave her the food just now.
I didn't have that blessing to eat.
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That's right.
After hearing the girl's truthful answer, everyone bowed their heads and fell silent.
If you really want to deliberately hide it, then you don't need to open your sleeves for everyone to see, it's obvious that she is really reluctant to let everyone go.
Although there was still a certain vigilance against the girl, with her honesty, everyone once again let go of their prejudice against the short-haired girl, and stepped forward to comfort the other party, and some even apologized.
This scene made Lu Fan, who was lying outside the window, feel a little funny.
But some people are like that, easy to be touched.
"Don't worry, we won't sleep tonight and chat with you, but tomorrow..."
"I don't think that's necessary."
Before the girl who had won the food could finish her sentence, the voice of a strange man suddenly came from outside. When everyone heard this, they turned their heads to look outside.
I saw that the side of the window that was originally empty, but at this moment, a person's head suddenly appeared out of thin air, and he was staring at them with a strange face!
Seeing this, everyone was immediately frightened and trembled and retreated. However, the figure outside the window did not think so, and reached out and knocked on the window.
"If you want to save her, let me in."
The man's voice was sonorous and powerful, and his eyes were serious, and he didn't look like he was joking.
But the focus is not here at the moment.
"Tell me how you got up."
The boyfriend of the short-haired girl stared at the figure outside the window in a panic, but the other party shrugged his shoulders lightly when he heard this.
"Of course it climbed. And I don't want to talk nonsense anymore, it's better to let me in quickly. ”
The man outside the window looked a little impatient at the moment, while the others still didn't mean to step forward, obviously they didn't believe the guy who suddenly appeared out of thin air.
But the boyfriend of the short-haired girl didn't think much of it, and after he lowered his head and thought about it for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and stepped forward to open the window despite everyone's dissuasion.
"That's what it sounds like."
The man outside the window nodded, came in with a blue medicine box on his back, and then opened the box under the vigilant gaze of everyone and took out a virus retardant from inside.
Although they didn't know what it was, after seeing the rescue cross sign on the blue box, they still realized it for a moment and had a general understanding in their hearts.
"Who are you? Did the Federation send us to save us? ”
The short-haired girl wiped the tears from her face, stared at Lu Fan cautiously, and asked softly.
"Federal?"
Lu Fan smiled when he heard this, shook his head, and then handed the retardant in his hand to the other party.
"I wasn't sent by the Federation, but I have the virus retardant they dropped, and that's what you have."
"In short, if you inject it, you can slow down a person's corpse transformation for as little as a week, as much as a month, or even longer."
Lu Fan explained so lightly, and after everyone heard this, they were also stunned, and then their eyes widened in unison!
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