Chapter 59: The Rainstorm
There was a boom of thunder, and a meandering lightning bolt fell from the sky and disappeared in the foothills in the distance. Only the perimeter of the Mighty Rivers survivor camp is illuminated, while the rest of the city is almost completely dark. Without electricity, people can only have limited tools for lighting, except for the people on night duty, other idle people, etc., all hide in their rooms at night.
The camp is safe for the time being, but there are countless zombies hidden on the periphery, and it is easy to attract the attention of zombies if you are not careful. Night is no better than day, and the human visual system is very fragile in the dark, not as good as an ordinary zombie. If a large number of zombies attack at the same time, the torches used for lighting on the obstacles alone will not be enough to deal with it.
The entire hotel building was unusually quiet, and the occasional child's voice was quickly stopped by the adults. The vigilers, on the other hand, walked up and down the rooftops, constantly putting a strange glass cover on the lighted torches.
The thunder didn't stop, and it didn't take long for it to get more intense. The night that had been quiet became restless, some people cried, and some people spoke loudly. It didn't take long for someone to walk in the hallway.
When Zhang Zhao walked out of the door, Donna also opened the door just now, and looked at the other party neatly dressed and didn't look like he was going to sleep, and the two smiled awkwardly. Donna said, "What, is something happening?" ”
"It's thundering, and it's estimated that there will be a lot of rain tonight." For the last days, a rainstorm is a potential crisis. During this period of time, every time there was no good thing happening in the rainstorm, Zhang Zhao was also afraid, so from the first thunder, he hurriedly got dressed and opened the curtains to observe the movement outside.
Donna frowned slightly, there were five big rivers in Wuhe Town, and if it really rained overnight, it might really flood. In the past, the town must have taken measures to deal with this situation, but after the outbreak of the zombie virus, not only did most of the people become zombies, but the originally clean river also accumulated a lot of garbage.
This season is the most likely time of the year to flood, and if there is a real flood in Wuhe Town, it will be a disaster. You know, once Wuhe Town is flooded, those hard-built protections will definitely be damaged, and I don't know how many corpses will be in the garbage brought by the flood, and the spread of the zombie virus is really as everyone sees, and it will only be infected through direct contact with zombies? No one is clear about this situation, and any factor that threatens personal safety has to be taken seriously.
Everyone in the room also woke up, in fact, several people on Zhang Zhao's side did not fall asleep, and they got dressed early, for fear of a case. However, Li Zhizhi and Park Anna, after nightfall, there was no other entertainment, and the three women chatted a few words, and they couldn't resist falling asleep, and now they sleep so soundly.
"You go and wake them two up, it's time to prepare, I have a bad premonition." Zhang Zhao said in a low voice.
Ever since she met Zhang Zhao and them, along the way, Donna felt that this group of people was extraordinary, not because of how strong their ability was, but because whenever they were dangerous, they would always use some strange methods to resolve them. If you want to say that Zhang Zhao and Lu Yang's sixth sense, it is not an ordinary quasi, take Lu Yang as an example, he is now accustomed to the title of crow's mouth, as long as bad things are said from his mouth, nine times out of ten it will become a reality. As for Zhang Zhao, although he usually turns upside down, as long as he is serious, he will always observe extremely subtle things.
Donna is a battle-hardened soldier, but whenever she encounters something, she will not judge it with her feelings, but at this moment, listening to Zhang Zhao's serious explanation, she had to believe it, and then she smiled inexplicably.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Zhao asked, he didn't expect Donna, who was serious and decisive, to laugh out loud in this situation.
Even Donna couldn't figure it out herself, she just thought of something interesting in her heart, but she couldn't help laughing, she was a little stunned, it seemed that she had changed in some ways during this time. But what I thought of couldn't be more appropriate for Zhang Zhao: "I thought of an anime I watched before, Detective Conan, as long as a few of them appear in every episode, something bad will happen." ”
Anyone who has seen Detective Conan knows that whenever a murder occurs, it happens wherever Conan and his gang go. It's not so much that Conan and his gang go to solve the case, but that this gang of disasters will take the murder wherever they go. Since the outbreak of the zombie virus, isn't Zhang Zhao experiencing the same way? They have been to many places and want to stop for a while, but they can't always stay in one place for two nights. The pace of this journey is unacceptable to everyone, and almost when they find a place to rest, they are forced to leave.
Reality is reality after all, a biochemical virus that has destroyed human civilization. And the dense population has created thousands of zombies. Not to mention that zombies will be encountered wherever there are people, even if you encounter the same zombie twice a day in this town, it is not surprising.
"You say I'm Conan?" Zhang Zhao said with a smile.
Donna rarely joked, and even though the atmosphere was tense right now, he couldn't help but gossip a few words. Unexpectedly, Donna said unceremoniously: "You better go and see what happens, besides, you are not Conan, at most Maori Kogoro." With that, he closed the door.
Wang Ying was holding a long-handled flashlight, and was directing others to add glass covers to torches on a rooftop, and after several heavy rains in the past few months, each time it was extremely dangerous, after the first lesson, he couldn't wait to find these glass covers that had been discarded in the warehouse of a small handicraft workshop in the town. The night is now dark all over the world, and the camp in Rivers is mainly lit by a limited number of torches, but when it rains, these torches will be useless for a while. You know, in the dark, even if there are zombies sneaking close to the obstacles, it is difficult to spot. Although these obstacles can stop zombies, there is no guarantee that zombies will be missed.
"Chen Hua, you must not be negligent when you take someone to check all the entrances." Wang Ying shouted at Chen Hua below.
Chen Hua answered, and then selected a dozen or so people, holding torches and a few flashlights, to check the entrance of the camp. This thunderstorm has been blowing for a long time, and the night wind is gradually rising, and it seems that this rainstorm will be the biggest this year. Although there were torrential rains in the past, they did not flood the rivers in Wuhe Town, so it was a false alarm if they didn't return. Disturbed by the thunder, the zombies looked restless, almost mad and roaring in groups.
Seeing Zhang Zhao coming out of the hotel gate, Wang Ying came down from the roof, "It's going to rain, we have to check around the camp, why don't you sleep?" Talking to Zhang Zhao, he always looks relaxed.
"Thunder panic, see if there's anything you can do to help." Zhang Zhaodao, he handed over a cigarette, and just as he wanted to light it, he was blown out by a gust of wind.
"It's nothing, I've arranged everything, you're a guest, and you've been running around outside for so long, I'm here to provide you with a peaceful night's sleep, you should enjoy it." Wang Ying said with a smile.
"I heard that there are five rivers in the town of Five Rivers, and this rain seems to be not small, so there will be no problems." Zhang Zhao was a little worried.
"Don't worry, these five rivers have existed for thousands of years, and I haven't heard of floods in Wuhe Town, so this rain shouldn't be a big problem." Wang Ying tried to appease, but didn't know what to say.
A bean-sized raindrop fell on the tip of Zhang Zhao's nose, followed by more dense raindrops, and in less than a minute, the rainstorm came.
"Except for the people on duty vigil, everyone else came to the hotel lobby." Wang Ying shouted for a while before following Zhang Zhao into the hotel. After talking for a while, the people who ran in from outside were all drenched.
The hall was crowded with dozens of people, filled with all kinds of strange smells, and some people lit torches to illuminate the hall. The number of people on the night vigil tonight has tripled, except for those who are observing in the rain on the rooftops, these people in the hall are temporary standby, and if there is a problem, they can be supported immediately.
As soon as Chen Hua ran in from outside, Wang Ying asked, "Chen Hua, have you checked everything?" ”
Chen Hua took off his coat and shook it off, "We have all carefully checked each intersection and there is no problem." ”
The torrential rain poured down, and the rain hit the ground, and there was a crackling sound, like fried soybeans in a pot. Although the torches were covered with glass, there were still some torches that were extinguished by the rain that blew slanting downwind. It was dark and night, and those wavering slanting winds and drizzles hid the entire town of Wuhe in a curtain of rain.
It's also a long way from the nearest river, and it's impossible to observe the river at all. The people on the roof can only see the situation within 20 meters with the help of the light of the flashlight, and the feedback once every ten minutes is to wave the white flag in their hands to the right, indicating that there are not too many zombies approaching. As soon as the white flag swings wildly on the left, it means that there is a group of corpses attacking.
Half an hour passed, and the rain intensified. The crackling sound was quick and slow, and the rain had no intention of stopping. In the open space in front of the hotel, the rain has also accumulated a two-centimeter puddle.
Wang Ying stood at the door of the hotel, squatted down and gestured with his fingers, frowning slightly. Zhang Zhao became more and more uneasy in his heart, and also followed: "What's the matter?" ”
Wang Ying said solemnly: "It seems that the river is about to be full, but I don't know how full it will be." You see, in the first few rainstorms, the water here was about three centimeters at most, and it was only half an hour, and there were five centimeters, and it would be full of one centimeter in about ten minutes. "I don't have measuring tools, and I'm not a professional, but Wang Ying uses his fingers to make a comparison, and it's not much worse.
At this moment, the white flag in the northeast direction suddenly waved wildly on the left, and Wang Ying shouted into the hotel lobby: "Ten people, the guys." ”
This means that there is a group of corpses attacking in the northeast, adding ten more people to resist one, plus the original five people, it seems that the group of corpses that appear there is definitely more than a hundred. Zhang Zhao also wanted to help, but now was not the time to be a hero, he took a deep breath and ran upstairs, he had to prepare for the worst at the fastest time, and was ready to find an opportunity to evacuate at any time.