CHAPTER XVIII
"The road ahead is blocked, and there are still a lot of zombies, we can't get there." Li Zijing stopped the car, and everyone poked their heads to see the situation ahead. The highway is not as smooth as expected, and after passing the highway exit, about a dozen kilometers away, there are cars in front of you that can't see your head. And in the crowd of cars, there are many zombies wandering the road or struggling in the cars.
"There's no way, we'll have to turn around."
The two cars were very useless before they turned around, returned the same way, and went down the highway exit they had passed before. Now it has entered the area of H City, and although it is still far away from the city, this outskirts of the city are also densely populated, and it is very dangerous.
Everyone is nervous and ready to deal with emergencies. The complex of buildings slowly came into view, and the road around the city was sparsely parked with abandoned cars, and the occasional shriveled zombie could be seen roaming. The convoy tried to take a few roads that would avoid the city, but none of them were so unlucky, either full of zombies or various abandoned cars.
"We can't go far today, we have to find a relatively safe place to rest." Li Zijing found a school in front of him.
Now is the time for summer vacation, there is no one in the school, and it is much safer than other places. When the car drove outside the gate of the 18th Middle School, the barrier at the entrance remained closed. Zhang Zhao got out of the car and carefully observed for a while before he went to pry open the door of the security room and open the door.
The only thing that surprised him was that the city's electrical equipment seemed to be still functional. The two cars took a slow turn around the school and chose to park on the playground for the night. This regular-sized playground is conducive to night observation and rapid response in case of emergencies.
Although the vehicles of the convoy are not bad in terms of performance, they are still incomplete in Zhang Zhao's opinion to be completely used as a means of transportation for apocalyptic survival. He asked Li Zijing's opinion, and the latter also had the same idea, if there were appropriate materials and tools, the two cars could be converted into a mobile castle, like in the zombie movies he watched before, it was also a very simple thing for Li Zijing.
There are many car repair shops that can be used, but doing these things is a big move, and if it is not handled well, it is easy to attract nearby corpses. At this time, we can only wait until later, and there is a more suitable time to complete it.
"Team Tang, it seems that there are no zombies in this school, a few of us will go to the teaching building to find some things, just surround here, and everyone won't have to crowd in the car at night." The temperature will still be very hot at night, and it is better to rest in the open air than to stay in the car.
Donna nodded, meaning you guys go, I'll take care of it here. Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong called Li Zijing, who was talking to Linlin, and the three of them were fully armed and went to the direction of the teaching building with flashlights.
As night fell, the street lights outside gradually lit up. If it weren't for the fact that the three of them all had a pair of swords and swords, this scene would be very similar to the feeling of returning to school when they lived in the school and were late outside the school on weekends. The whole campus was eerily quiet, there was not even a sound, and the three of them spoke in a low voice, as if they could hear their own echoes.
Doomsday survivors first need to have a keen sense of insight, and then they also need to have extremely strong search skills. When you arrive at a place where there may be items you want, make sure it's safe to do so and collect as many things as you can that will be useful to you.
When the school arrives for a long vacation, there is almost no one. When I came, the door of the security room was closed, and I didn't know where the security guard had gone after the outbreak of the zombie virus. The three of them went to the nearest classroom and looked through the window. Li Zijing brought a large screwdriver and picked the lock open in a few clicks.
In this team, Li Zijing is almost an all-round person, and it is good to have him, otherwise in many aspects, it would take a lot of energy. The cars parked in the playground are side by side, as long as you move some tables and block the open space between the two cars, both sides can be blocked. The temperature of this season is still a little muggy in the first half of the night. Since there are no fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and no fires for cooking, everyone eats packaged foods during this time. Even though food will be harder and harder to find in the days to come, it is disgusting to eat these non-nutritious things all the time.
Zhang Zhao also thought about having the opportunity to find some food that could be cooked to improve everyone's food. But since he escaped from home, he has been busy running for his life, and there is no time for the whole team to stop and rectify. What's more, it is difficult to see living creatures at all now, and even if there are chickens and ducks and other poultry, I don't know if they will be affected by the virus. And those fruits and vegetables, without the farmer's cultivation, soon died of necrogenesis in the fields.
The three of them entered the classroom, and there was nothing else to use except desks and chairs. Guo Rong smiled bitterly: "It seems that it is going to be in the soup, the classroom, a place where birds don't, where is there anything that can be used, it is better to go to the canteen and dormitory." "Originally, I wanted to move some tables and chairs to block it, but when I picked it up, this table weighed dozens of pounds, and the area was not large, so I really wanted to move it, everyone had to go back and forth several times, and the action was not small, it was too risky.
Almost every door to the dormitory is locked, and it takes a lot of effort to pry open every room. In the end, the three decided to try their luck in the cafeteria.
On the way to the dormitory, the cafeteria turned around the teaching building, there were no street lights inside, and the three people turned on the flashlights and chatted in a low voice, but they were always vigilant. When the three of them passed by the sports and art hall, Guo Rong suddenly pulled Zhang Zhao's arm and said in a low voice: "Look, it seems that there is movement in the sports and art hall, the window on the second floor, you can take a look." ”
Zhang Zhao and Li Zijing glanced at each other, and a figure flashed past a window on the second floor of Guo Rong Sports and Art Museum. Could it be a zombie? This possibility is relatively small, if it is a zombie, it is impossible to have such a quick response, then there are survivors in the school.
"Shall we go and see?" Zhang Zhao couldn't make up his mind, if the other party was just an ordinary survivor, it would be better to say that if it was those with bad intentions, it would be a threat to the team. You can also see a corner of the playground, which means that the people in the gym should be paying attention to their team from the beginning.
"Let's take a look, anyway, let's take the initiative and get better." Li Zi said respectfully. The sports hall is on both sides of the gate, each with a staircase leading to the second floor, the three of them went upstairs, saw that the iron door was locked, fortunately knocked gently. Soon, there was a young man who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old standing inside the iron gate, and he didn't have a great sense of surprise when he saw Zhang Zhao and them, obviously he had noticed them just now.
"Who are you? Get out of here! The boy said indifferently.
"Getting out of here? Why? How many of you are there? We're passing through here, and we'll leave tomorrow. Zhang Zhao said. Along the way, whenever I met survivors, I always felt like I saw hope.
His answer did not arouse much interest in the young man, and Guo Rong listened to the nest fire, and directly shone a flashlight on the young man's face. The boy subconsciously used his hands to cover it, and there were slight scars on his arms and face. "It's none of your business, let's go." The teenager still tried to get the three strangers in front of him to leave.
Guo Rong was not a person who was afraid of causing trouble, and before he could say a few words, the young man in front of him tried his best to tell them to leave. Although the other party is scarred, it is difficult for people to be sympathetic at this time: "Oh, is there something wrong with your kid, what about asking you?" ”
At this time, another voice came from inside, which seemed to be instructing the young man, and he couldn't hear the specifics clearly. When the young man faced the three of them again, he couldn't see the indifference just now on his face, but an anxious look, he opened his mouth, as if to say something, and finally mustered up the courage to say, "Do you have anything to eat?" ”
Seeing this situation, coupled with the scars on the boy's body, the three of them roughly knew what the situation was.
"Yes, you open the door first, and I'll get it for you."
Hearing that the other party had food, the young man was stunned, and then wanted to open the chain lock immediately, but immediately stopped his movements: "You give me the food first, and I will open the door." ”
There should be more than a few survivors in the gym, and they should all have not eaten in a while. Otherwise, no one will easily give to others when they know that there is a shortage of food, and choose to speak.
Now that the packages of the three people are in the car, where is there food, Zhang Zhao said in a low voice: "Now only we can help you, you open the door first." "Looking at the situation here, it is nothing more than a cowardly teenager, in an environment where the weak eat the strong, being bullied by people stronger than him.
The teenager is doing a difficult psychological struggle, one is afraid that if these three people can't help him, he will only bring more trouble to himself. In addition, if there is a conflict with the people inside, then these three kind-hearted strangers will also suffer together. He opened the door almost with tears in his eyes, and when the iron door opened, his heart relaxed.
For the sake of safety, Li Zijing stayed outside the sports and art hall to guard the wind.
In front of you are rows of terraced stands, and in the middle of the gymnasium is a standard basketball court. The basketball court is messy with sheets, bed frames and other objects, and tents are piled up. There were about a dozen small tents, several of which had faint candlelight. And in the center of these tents, there are four or five people in a circle, looking like they are playing cards.
"Be careful, they're not easy to mess with." Although after the two of them came in, they saw the appearance of knives behind them and in their hands, although they were taken aback, the young man couldn't help but remind.
A few people who were playing cards also stood up when they saw someone coming in. Because it was night, I couldn't see the appearance of the people who came, and one of them was about 20 years old and had a ponytail, and said, "Hey, Lu Yang, where are you eating?" He spoke in a lazy tone, like a street ruffian.
Lu Yang didn't get the food, if he answered directly, it was estimated that he would have to fight again. Zhang Zhao stopped him from answering, and said to the ponytailed youth, "Are you the head here?" In fact, Zhang Zhao didn't know why he wanted to help Lu Yang, who was bullied, now is the end, not the peaceful society before. Everyone is too busy to take care of themselves in order to survive, and if they can have a little less trouble, they try not to provoke.
The ponytail young man threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and twisted it, and said, "Yes, this place is under my control, who are you?" ”
Zhang Zhao walked down the steps to the basketball court, he observed, except for the five people who were playing cards, everyone else hid in the tent when they saw someone coming, and secretly looked out. There were about twenty people here, and most of them were girls.
"We are passers-by, we will stay at school tonight and leave tomorrow." Zhang Zhao's tone was very cold.
Except for the ponytail youth, the others looked like students. Seeing Zhang Zhao and Guo Rong's weapons, he was obviously a little nervous. The pony-tailed young man deliberately raised his arm, revealing a tattoo inside, which probably means that I am on the road, don't make trouble, you kid. Ironically, he doesn't know what the situation is yet.
"Chen, Brother Chen, they are just passing by, there is no food." Lu Yang looked very scared, he followed Zhang Zhao and them down, and almost didn't dare to look at the young man in the ponytail.
Although the ponytail youth is just a small ruffian, he is not a brainless person. Most of the people here are students, including the four under his command. Since the outbreak of the virus, it has been all up to his wits to survive to this day. He was originally a well-known little boss in this area, and when he escaped to the school, he happened to run into this group of students hiding in the sports and art hall. It just so happened that there were a few students here who didn't like to study and happened to know themselves. It didn't take long for him to take over the place, and during the day he would ask a few students to go out and find something to eat nearby.
As time passed, he felt more and more that he would do more at the end of the world. This group of students were classmates, and the day of the outbreak of the virus happened to be a small summer party, and when they saw that the whole city was rioting and they couldn't go home, they ran to the school to hide. And in this group of students, so far no one dares to disobey him.
The best place to start is with a group of people who have nothing but reverence for themselves under the same roof. Because you can experience a feeling of being a king. That's right, he feels like he's king here. He can drive those students at will, and those young and invincible female students, he can enjoy them to his heart's content. No one dared to stand up and say a word, the only time, that is, Lu Yang said a word, he instructed those bad students to beat him up.
The ponytail man has a plan, and if the survivors gather here in the future, he can control more people. Anyway, no one cares about it now, as long as he can build a core team, he can become a soil emperor. Zombies, he wasn't worried at all now. He'd also killed two or three zombies, which was too easy for him. These unintelligent creatures can't pose much of a threat unless there are large groups of corpses. In the future, he plans to strengthen the protective measures around the school, so that it will be safer.