Chapter 2 Among the Survivors
All sorts of roars, screams, car horns, explosions, fights were heard from the streets. The real end of the world is happening right now, right now. Zhang Zhao, who has watched countless classic old movies, quickly flashed countless pictures in his mind. Just now he ran out of the hospital with Guo Rong, and ran a few streets without looking back before taking a taxi back to the apartment they shared. Thankfully, they made the right move. There is a traffic jam around the hospital, and you want to drive away, but there are no doors.
"Damn, it's scary. Grass!" I can't use more words to describe the mood at this moment, and the frightened Guo Rong has a lot of dirty words in his mouth, as if he wants to scold the reason. The two lit a cigarette, but their hands trembled involuntarily. Zhang Zhao is more sensible, and what he is most worried about now is his family. I don't know if the outbreak of the zombie virus just appeared in the city where I lived, or if it was the same situation in other places.
"Hurry up and call home and ask your parents to come to my house." Zhang Zhao dialed the number and said to Guo Rong at the same time. He and Guo Rong are fellow villagers, and their parents also know each other, and the two families often have some contacts. Guo Rong's house is less than an hour's drive from his house, Guo Rong's father has a motorcycle, fortunately he is single, only his parents are at home, and he can ride a motorcycle to Zhang Zhao's house to meet his parents.
"Hey, Mom? Where's Dad? What the? Went to the field? You hurry up and find him, now something very serious has happened in the city on my side, I don't know what the situation is on your side? Probably all over the country. Zhang Zhao was speechless with excitement, he had never fought a large number of fights since he was a child, and when he encountered such a terrifying incident today, who could calm down. It took him a lot of effort to explain the matter clearly and convince his mother of the seriousness of the matter. He also told her to go to her father and bring more food and water that the family could eat, as well as cash. Bring knives from home, something you can defend yourself with. Then after Guo Rong's parents came, a few people did not stay, and kept going to the northwest, where his second uncle opened a ranch. Although the zombie virus is spreading rapidly, the northwest is sparsely populated and should be safer than anywhere else.
After calling his mother, he called his second uncle again, and this time he explained the matter in more detail and explained everything he could think of now. After making the call, he immediately charged his phone that was running low on power, and who knows when even the power will be cut off.
After completing the most important things, he can calm down and go through everything. After several years of workplace training, his brain is very flexible, and many things can be associated with many possibilities as long as he thinks of them. Although Guo Rong is one year older than him, this is also the reason why he has known Guo Rong for many years, but in many ways, he is the leader.
"Are you all done?" Seeing that Guo Rong also hung up the phone, he should have said everything. The two have been together for many years, and they still have a tacit understanding to deal with many things, and they are the best partners. Guo Rong sighed and got up to check whether the doors and windows were locked. Then he returned to the living room and asked, "What's next?" Our parents are going to your second uncle in the northwest, and we have to find a way to meet them. Then he worried, "Your parents and my parents are almost sixty years old, and they are so far away, I'm really worried about them." ”
The city where Zhang Zhao and the others are located is a coastal city, and it is a thousand kilometers away from their hometown, even if the two of them get up and go home now, not to mention whether the traffic is paralyzed, if they want to drive back, it will take at least ten hours to arrive. Time is of the essence now, and one more minute of stay is one more minute of danger. According to Zhang Zhao's estimate, his parents set off from their hometown, drove the family's pickup truck, and it took a week to get to the second uncle, to say the least, and they had to do it without a moment of rest. If there is an outbreak of zombie virus in the whole country, traffic will definitely be paralyzed. The itinerary is dangerous, and Zhang Zhao's psychology is also worried.
"Don't worry, my dad was a soldier in the security alliance when he was young, and your dad's strength is one of the best in the township, and they will arrive safely." Zhang Zhao is comforting Guo Rong and himself. Unexpectedly, the old movie more than 20 years ago has become a reality.
It was getting dark, and the lights were no longer bright outside the window. Instead, there was darkness, and there was a strange glow of fire everywhere. Lifting the curtain in one corner, I saw that the street outside the apartment was in shambles, with a mess of cars smoking, and a few zombies lying on top of the people who were not yet dead, biting and chewing. Zhang Zhao could even see the person with his stomach turned over with his internal organs turned out, using his last bit of strength, raising his hand, wanting to ask for help and make a final struggle. Eventually, the man's eyes darkened and he stopped moving.
I didn't dare to turn on the light in the house, so I turned on a small table lamp and placed it under the table, so that I could barely see what was in the house. From the window, you can't see the lights inside the house. Now the two of them don't know the situation outside, and they don't know how the zombies will find the living creatures. The two didn't dare to communicate with words, and the mobile phone was also adjusted to vibration mode, basically relying on gestures. There are three families on the first floor of this apartment, and since they arrived home, they have not heard any sound outside.
The elevator comes up, one on the right, two on the left. Zhang Zhao: They are on the left, by the elevator. On the opposite side of the street are two recent college graduates, and the one on the right is a couple in their thirties. Although there is little contact between neighbors, they all know each other more or less.
In this kind of crisis, it is difficult to protect yourself when you cross the river, how can you have more energy to think about others. The two didn't dare to open the fire, so they used the rice cooker to cook a little porridge casually and eat it with some mustard. For half a day, Zhang Zhao didn't say much, and kept sitting on a chair away from the window, observing the movement outside from time to time. It wasn't until about eight o'clock in the evening that he quieted up, feeling his whole body stiffen.
Guo Rong took a nap on the sofa and didn't dare to fall asleep, he had a habit of snoring. When he saw Zhang Zhao get up, he asked in a low voice: "What should we do, there is not much food and water at home, fortunately, I went to replenish it a few days ago, and there are two boxes of instant noodles that have not been eaten." "In this moment of crisis, in addition to avoiding zombies, the most important thing is food. You can hide in a space that is protected from zombies, but you can't stand the hunger. Once you lose your food supplements, you lose your nutrients, it means that you lose the opportunity to escape.
"I'm afraid I can't go out now, this city has a population of more than 5 million, although it is relatively scattered, but the zombie virus spreads too fast, and there are so many infections during the day. And we don't know yet, as seen in previous movies, only people who are bitten and scratched will become zombies. Zhang Zhao was worried. Since the outbreak of the incident, there has been no large-scale resistance and rescue by the army. A few hours ago, there were still small armies fighting zombies in the streets, and now. Outside the window, there was only a low roar except for darkness. Occasionally, there was a scream, but it would stop in an instant, and I really don't know how many people could survive.
The apartment they are in is fortunately in a new development area near the suburbs, where many buildings are still under construction or idle, and the absence of crowds means that there are not too many zombies. If you're in the city center, you won't even be able to get out of the gate except for hiding.
"Look, the internet still works." Guo Rong came over with his mobile phone, he had just searched the Internet for some relevant information. The two stared at the small five-inch screen, the expressions on their faces changed abnormally, and the major websites had no other content except for information about zombies. The authority issued the highest level of warning, the biochemical virus caused by the mutation of the red ant regeneration potion, and then rapidly enhance the human cell, will change the gene in a short period of time, making humans into a group of bloodthirsty maniacs. The details are unknown, but the first incident occurred in country M, and in just 12 hours, a virus crisis broke out around the world, and one in five people was infected with the virus or died. It was the fastest-spreading and most devastating disaster in human history.
In addition, various survival warnings are issued, doors and windows are locked, rescue is waited, food is stored, and so on. Looking through other websites, there are no more updates. Guo Rong also tried to call the police a few times, but no one answered, and then he simply couldn't get through. Now the whole world is in a mess, and it is better to rely on no one than on yourself.
"Looks like it's really the end of it." Guo Rong hid his face and cried softly. Seeing such information is undoubtedly a fatal blow to anyone. If the situation is really that serious, the consequences can be imagined. The matter of red ant potion has been heard by all people on earth, and it has been rumored in the past few years. Although there is not much attention paid to ordinary people like Zhang Zhao, the previous propaganda is that the red ant medicine will become the most significant breakthrough in the history of human medicine.
Since it was put on the market a few months ago, those rich people have rushed to ask for only a drug, and the effect of the injection has also been rumored in the media. For example, a person who has been paralyzed for many years, after being injected with red ant medicine, is miraculously able to stand up for more than ten seconds with the help of someone after a month. Or an old man who is almost old, half a month after the injection of the medicine, the body's metabolism gradually becomes younger. Miracles like this happen so often that more people want to have a miraculous potion that can give them a second life. This also laid the fuse for the crisis that is now occurring. Even if only one million people in the world had been injected with red ant medicine, there would be a million virus sources, what a terrifying number.
The situation is only going to get worse, and there are many people who try to resist, who try to exterminate, but in the end they all lose their lives. The wisest decision right now is to store your food, keep your door behind closed doors, and wait for your moment. Zhang Zhao was so engrossed in his thoughts that he couldn't help but say: "That's right, building a high wall and collecting food is the best choice." Guo Rong next to him was surprised for a moment, and then he reacted, this is what Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, said in a historical drama he watched before.
They built high walls, and they were on the third floor of this apartment, with shops below and more than ten floors upstairs. There are two elevators, one staircase entrance. The primary goal is to seal the elevator exit to prevent zombies from coming up from the elevator entrance. In addition, the stairs going up and down should be sealed, and two places should be sealed. In this way, all the places that can be imported and exported are blocked, at least the zombies upstairs and downstairs can't enter this floor. The staircase is easier to solve, because there is a fire door, as long as you find a way to lock it. The most difficult thing now is the elevator exit. The elevator doors are almost parallel to the wall, and there are no heavy tools in the home. It's too hard to do this without making too loud noises. Finally, the two locked the fire door, and then lifted off the bed board and sofa of a bed, temporarily blocking the elevator entrance. It took more than ten minutes to do this step, but thanks to the fact that the scene they least wanted to see did not happen.
Widely accepted food, rice at home, instant noodles, biscuits, snacks, barely enough for two people to last for half a month. The most worrying thing is the water source, now I don't care about what drinking water is not drinking, tap water is the largest source of water to sustain life. While the tap water was not yet infected, the two filled the house with all the utensils that could hold water. After all this, it was nearly eleven o'clock, and the two of them leaned against the wall and smoked a cigarette.
In addition to fortifications, food, the most important thing is weapons. The zombies that attacked the hospital during the day, although they were very ferocious, their movements were much slower than those of ordinary humans. At that time, Guo Rong was able to fall to the ground, and most of them relied on their own weight to do a little. And Zhang Zhao found out a little, when he used the trash can to smash the zombie twice, and actually knocked half of his small cheek away. He knew in his heart that he was scared enough at that time, his hands and feet were a little trembling, and he didn't use all his strength. This shows that after a certain period of time when human beings are infected by the virus, the skin and bones of the body will become weak and lose their original toughness and hardness as human beings. It may be caused by the mutation of the red ant medicine, and this side effect is like if you take a stimulant, be fierce for a while, and when the energy of the medicine is exhausted, the body function declines.
There are no formal weapons at home, what guns, compound bows, think too much, how can ordinary people have these at home. The two of them barely managed to find some weapons that were quite handy. Zhang Zhao found a 30-kilogram arm force machine and two small sharp knives in the kitchen. Guo Rong found a steel pipe about one meter long, tied the handle of a small fruit knife with rags, stuffed it into the steel pipe, and then wrapped it tightly with waterproof tape. In this way, the weapons for the two of them to defend themselves were made.
"If you can't run away from a zombie, just hit your head." Guo Rong gestured a few times with the homemade short gun in his hand. According to the experience of the two of them watching movies, and some common sense in reality, it is not wrong to destroy the brains of zombies, and kill them with one blow. Zhang Zhao has a deep understanding that the zombie who had zero contact with Guo Rong during the day was slapped in the face by him, and he was chasing them like no one else.
Locked the door, didn't dare to go to the bedroom to sleep, hugged the quilt to the living room, and then turned the dining table over, separated a small room, and leaned there, thinking about their own thoughts.