Chapter 42: Leaving the Dead City
Dr. Gao's originally bloated body has been reduced a lot, and if it weren't for the sagging skin on his face, he would have looked healthy.
Because he suddenly fainted, no one paid too much attention and thought about my phrase "city eats people".
Only Sun Si knew that he was standing next to me, and he grabbed my arm tightly, and I turned my head to give him a look.
Tacit.
He was terrified, and his face was pale.
I went to the rooftop alone and unscrewed the heavy metal door.
Coincidentally, Vaji rushed over angrily and snatched the door away.
He slammed the metal door against him and went back to his room, leaving me standing by the door.
Cangtu waved his hand and beckoned me to come over.
"What's wrong?"
"The kid has a temper, but that's all he says."
I saw that he still had a gun in his hand, and I thought to myself, this is not that simple.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
Cangtu shook his head, like a water dog shaking off the water on his head, "What's going on inside?" ”
"Dr. Gao, that fat man, has lost a lot of weight."
"Did you explain it to them?"
I shook my head, "I haven't had time to say yet, but they're going to panic." ”
Cangtu nodded and said, "That's too." But if we don't say it, we don't know how to treat it, maybe they can figure it out? ”
“…… I'm afraid I'm going to have to listen to a bunch of theological statements again. ”
"Do you know anything?" He looked at me suspiciously, "We're teammates in a pair of pants now, and it won't be authentic if you don't report it." ”
"I don't know, it's hard to say. I'm not sure if I know, so let's take a step at a time! ”
Cangtu shook his head again, then straightened up and walked towards the gate. "Gather the information before you decide what to do next! Walk! ”
We went back to our room and gathered everyone together.
Dr. Gao was still lying on the bed, looking weak.
When I finished talking about Sun Si's teammate, Miss Lu, I told my guess again, and in the end, a long silence shrouded the room, only Sister Ping's slight sobs, which sounded from time to time.
"What do you mean by the gladiatorial arena?" Lu Xu asked.
"Probably this city......," said Wang Yiyi, "man fights with people, fights with beasts, and begins in six days." ”
"In the gladiatorial arena, there are not only gladiatorial scenes, but also audiences...... Ning Alcohol said. Who is the audience? This Miss Lu, did you find something? ”
Spectator......
Could it be that someone is watching us?
It may also be Miss Lu's speculation......
Thinking about it didn't work out to any avail, and she was probably delirious by then. Now we have to find a way to stop the city from continuing to absorb Dr. Gao's physical energy. I said.
We finally decided to climb over the hill right away, get back in the car, and leave the city.
Although I knew very well in my heart that it was impossible to go back so easily.
The group was quite reluctant, but finally went downstairs and embarked on a journey.
There was no danger along the way, and under the protection of the four of Cangtu plus me and Wang, we lined up in two teams and walked quickly through the building.
It's a familiar road.
After about two hours of travel, we gradually moved away from the city, and there was basically no sign of zombies.
It's as if it's like the day we just came, it's like a water moon cave, and everything is new and beautiful.
What is the 23rd century, what is the situation, we did not figure it out when we left.
With a stomach full of questions and hardship, we crawled out of the sinkhole.
I think of Lao Ding, with his golden hair and fluent Chinese, as if he was smiling at me in the sky above this dead city.
When we reached the top of the mountain, it was already midnight, and the cold wind was howling, but we didn't dare to rest.
The ladder was easy to climb, and I couldn't guess what kind of animal could climb such a trajectory.
Cangtu apparently also thought that the top of the mountain was dangerous, and took us back to the cave to hide for the night.
As we passed by the destroyed camp, I asked Sun Si if it was their camp.
Sun Si was surprised, shook his head, and said that when they came, they didn't take this path at all.
"And how did you get in?" I asked as I went down the mountain.
"We didn't drive here, we drove to the westernmost side, where the hillside was gentle, there were no trees, and it was basically all stone roads."
I remembered that downstairs when I found him, I found the two of them.
"So you drove all the way in?"
"Yes, the people in charge of leading the team are not willing to give up the supplies in the car at all."
"Who is protecting you?" Carl suddenly interjected.
Sun Si himself was a little afraid of these soldiers, and when he was suddenly accosted, he didn't pay attention to one of his feet and almost fell.
"You can go well," said Cangtu, "in case you fall down the mountain, and you just feed the beasts, it will buy us some time." ”
Sun Si complained again and again and grabbed me, "Our bodyguards are a security team, and I listen to them chatting as if they are professional bodyguards." They were very enthusiastic at the beginning and were very obedient to us, saying that as long as we were doing well, they would get a lot of money. ”
I laughed, there are indeed a lot, and the Four Love Group has made a generous move.
"Cangtu, have you doubled?" I asked.
Lu Xu hurriedly said: "Fortunately, we have Captain Cangtu and his team, it's worth it." ”
I smiled in my heart, what a Lu Xu, who cried and shouted that he didn't agree to increase the money, and now he is starting to make sycophants again.
As we spoke, we came to the cave we had come to before.
The moon was already high in the sky, the ground was still unclear, the wind rustled the leaves, and we hid in our holes.
Cangtu, Karl, and Wang were guarding the cave, and K and I found many large branches with leaves to support at the entrance of the cave.
There was no way to light a bonfire, everyone was tired and hungry, and they complained and lay down in sleeping bags, and slept and rested.
K also leaned against the wall, squinting.
I noticed that he had been very negative since he slammed the door on the rooftop.
I don't know if it's my delusion, or if he was originally so passive and slacking off, he no longer follows Cangtu to follow orders, but just follows the back of the line and stays vigilant.
Before, he was always following the path, almost never leaving, just like a brother, but now what's going on?
Is it because he didn't carry out Cangtu's mission, and Cangtu taught him a lesson?
No, Cangtu obviously regretted his decision, and it was precisely because they didn't leave that we were able to meet now, which is a good result.
I couldn't figure it out, and silently watched the remnants in the dark.
He was sitting at the entrance of the cave, opposite me, holding his gun, leaning against the wall, not knowing if he had slept or not.
Ling Long put the lower half of his body in his sleeping bag, poked his upper body out, and fell into my arms, sleeping soundly.
I leaned on the backpack behind me, put my hand on Ling Long's body, and gradually fell asleep.
In my dream, I saw Miss Lu again, she still looked like a skeleton in human skin, shouting at me, "Gladiatorial arena, gladiatorial arena." Then Ning Alcohol rushed out, also shouting, "Miracle manifestation, miracle manifestation", and Dr. Gao also ran in front of me, he became thin at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into the same skin and bones as Miss Lu, and turned into smoke......
In a trance, someone touched me, and I opened my eyes and saw a pair of big green eyes in front of my face.
I shuddered, but luckily I saw in time that it was K, and the light was so dim that I could only see his eyes.
He motioned for me to bring my night vision goggles.
At this time, I heard a strange rustling sound outside the cave.
In the rustling of leaves, something seemed to be running on the grass......
I hurriedly put on my night vision goggles and found that both Var and K were already on alert with their weapons in their hands.
Everyone else is still asleep.
The Feller gently raised his weapon, digging a gap in the pile of branches blocking the entrance to the cave.
I hurriedly did so to see what was going on outside.
It's calm, and there's nothing there......
Suddenly, moonlight poured down through a gap in the leaves......
Two golf ball-sized golden eyes, glowing red, peeked out under a tree!
Thankfully, we have night vision devices, and with the moonlight, I can see the whole thing clearly!
It was less than twenty meters from the entrance of our cave, crawling under the trees, as if waiting for an opportunity.
This is not an unfamiliar face, this is an old friend!
"Hehe~" A woman's flirtatious laughter clearly hit the eardrums!
I was instantly sweated by this voice!
It's a giant cat with ginger fur all over it, and if it's a cat, I'm a little suspicious that it's a mutated leopard or a baby tiger!
Its mouth opened and closed, and a woman's voice came out again, "Hehe~"
Then! From under a few large trees behind it, five or six figures slowly appeared!
It's all big cats......
Their eyes were fixed on the hole, staring at us.
The concealment of the branches didn't do anything at all, and I was calculating the remaining ammunition to see if we could break through.
The big cats purr in their mouths, getting louder and louder, and they are ready to move......
None of us dared to make the first move, in such a small space, we had no way out, no room for maneuver!
This is a competition of momentum, if we can stay vigilant and not show any flaws, maybe they will not act rashly!
At this time, you must be calm!
We all stared at each other in silence, and time seemed to stand still......
"Hmm......" Dr. Gao suddenly let out a groan in his dream, probably feeling unwell.
"Whew-" sounded, and the big cats pounced frantically!
Deafening gunshots rang out in an instant from several nearby trees, and in the midst of the lightning, I shouted to everyone to get up quickly, pulled up Ling Long, who was awakened, and shouted for her to follow me closely! Don't get lost!
"Luo Yang! Take them back to the car! Smoke grenades as a signal! Cangtu shouted from the tree.
I lit a burning stick, and the big cat was a little intimidated by the glare of fire and bullets for a moment, and instead of rushing up immediately, he ran for the people in the tree!
Despite their huge size, they can climb trees and are very dexterous!
I yelled at everyone to follow me and run down the hill.
I had barely taken two steps when I heard Sister Ping screaming behind me.
I threw the burning stick behind me, and the fire instantly burned on the dead grass!
I hope I can't burn people, I hope I can scare off those big cats! Animals are afraid of fire!
By the light of the fire, I saw that the two big cats had pressed Sister Ping to the ground and were opening their mouths!
Wang Yiyi was shooting at the tree, but he ignored the tree below him, and a big cat with black and white flowers was quietly approaching! I yelled at K to let him lead the way, and then pushed Ling Long away and told her to run after K!
K reacted very quickly, and he scurried to the front in a few steps, with a burning stick in his hand, glittering, and yelling to make a leading sound.
I rushed to Sister Ping's side, kicked over a big cat, raised my weapon, and shouted at Wang: "Be careful! ”
As soon as I shot it, the big cat behind him tumbled over and rolled down from the tree, and their vitality was so tenacious that I saw it covered in blood and still roaring and lunging at me.
I dodged and barely dodged the fatal blow, staggering to the ground.
Wang Yiyi was really my good teammate, he gave a shot at the big cat, and finally, it fell to the ground, reflecting the firelight, and twitched twice. No longer moves.
The fire under the tree is getting more and more fierce, and seeing K running farther and farther, we hurry up and clean up the remaining big cats.
The three of them slid down from the tree at a rapid pace, and the few big cats left saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and they also fled, and did not love to fight.
The four of us, in the general direction of parking at the bottom of the mountain, ran with support.