Chapter 32: The Cafeteria
Wang Yiyi seemed to hear the movement and hurried down from the upper floor, admiring our shocked expressions.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Sister Lu, Sister Lu, she ......" Sun Si cried, "Sister Lu is gone!" ”
"Gone?" Wang's eyebrows were furrowed, "What do you mean?" ”
No one answered him.
I had just flashed a moment of conjecture, but it was so terrible that I was covered in white sweat.
Miss Lu dissipated like this......
And it seems to be absorbed by this house!
"When did she start to become like this?" I asked Sun Si.
She ...... About a week ago, she was quite plump before! ”
Everyone gasped, and in a week, they could lose weight like this!
Sun Si knelt on the ground, Miss Lu had just disappeared into his arms, he looked at his hands, and muttered, "Could it be an infectious disease?" Will it be me next? I take care of her every day......" He continued to cry tremblingly, not knowing whether to cry Miss Lu or cry himself.
Cangtu kicked him impatiently, "Why are you crying, be strong, old man!" Then he continued, "Have you ever been anywhere else?" Like that military base? ”
Sun Si was kicked this time, and he couldn't hold back his tears.
It's just crying, I've never seen a man cry so sadly.
A big living person just disappeared in front of him, and no one could accept it calmly.
I am even more convinced that this Sun Si is an outgoing and simple person, which can be regarded as an occupational disease, and he can maintain a good optimistic attitude precisely because he releases pressure anytime and anywhere.
When I feel uncomfortable, I cry.
It doesn't matter what kind of man he has tears......
As I thought about it, I suddenly realized that I was thinking wildly, and although I was a little envious of his ability to cry when he wanted to, I might never learn it.
Still worried about the cannibalism of the house, I got up to study this seemingly ordinary wall.
Walls and walls are not our common decoration materials, and there is nothing special about humidity, hardness and smell.
What's going on......
"What did you find?" Lao Ding looked at me studying the wall and asked.
"Nothing." I replied truthfully, "It's just my gut feeling, this house, can't stay any longer." ”
"What's wrong?" Wang Yiyi asked.
"Just when this girl dissipated...... I saw her float into the room, as if absorbed by the wall. ”
"Walls?" Lao Ding's eyes widened.
"Hmm." I nodded, "But that's just my guess." ”
"Then let's set off quickly and change places." Cangtu and the others all got up.
"It's a pity, there's a cafeteria upstairs, and the food supply seems to be inexhaustible." Wang Yiyi said a little regretfully.
"Where are you going? I'll go with you! Sun Si wiped his tears, stood up, and said eagerly.
I looked at the tears that were still hanging on his cheeks, and I deeply suspected that he would be eaten alive.
"You? Are you delicious? "Sure enough.
"I ...... I ......" Sun Si took it seriously, his pupils dilated instantly with fear.
"We're going to that military base." I quickly patted him on the shoulder to prevent him from fainting, "It may be more dangerous, are you sure you want to go?" ”
"Hmmm! I can't stay here! I'm on my own, and this house ......" he shivered as he looked around at the white walls around him.
Carl walked over to the window and surveyed the street.
"We're a little off the rails, and that base is at least ten blocks away."
"Ten more!" Lao Ding shouted, took off his hat, and shook the thick blonde hair.
Lao Ding and I are in the same mood, we are at least four blocks away from here, and we feel that we have walked at least five kilometers in the morning!
Or maybe it's slow, but we're actually moving at a turtle speed?
In addition, there are many high-rise buildings nearby, it is difficult for us to discern the direction, and since entering the sinkhole, the magnetic field is extremely disordered, and the compass is useless at all.
"Why don't you go upstairs first, eat and then go!" Wang Yiyi proposed.
We looked at each other's dirty things, and the smell was not so strong anymore, after all, the smell in this room was very strong.
Although it was rinsed briefly, it still affected my appetite very much, and there were traces of vomiting in front of me and Lao Ding......
Ah, I can't eat it!
Carl and K agreed, maybe they had experienced a scene that was a hundred times more disgusting than this when they were training for the devil.
Cangtu saw my concerns, and he patted me without scruples, "It's okay to skip meals, who knows where to eat next?" ”
I knew he had a point, so I had to follow the big army and go upstairs together.
Upstairs is a very empty hall, there are no extra rooms, and the first floor is about the same, just rows of tables, chairs and benches, which make people see that this is a canteen, and there are all kinds of glowing posters on the walls, and some are blank displays, miserable and white.
The most striking thing is the thick pillar standing in the center, made of the same material as the wall, and if it were not for a large hole in the top, it might have been considered an ordinary load-bearing column.
The big hole was obviously done by Sun Si, because he had already run over it, excitedly showing us his results.
His entire upper body reached into the big pillar surrounded by three people, and after a short moment of tinkering, he pulled out a few 'plastic' lunch boxes and handed them out to each of us.
"This is a degradable material, I heard Sister Lu say that this is a new material that has not been developed in our time, and I have forgotten what it is, but after we finished eating, this thing decomposed by itself."
After he said this, he suddenly fell silent, turned and silently continued to burrow into the pillar.
Break it down yourself......
I silently repeated what he said, and it reminded us all of what we had just done......
Miss Lu disappeared in front of my eyes like this, and she was so excited before she died that she threw herself on me......
When she said "gladiatorial arena", did she mean what I understood?
Or is there some other understanding, but I just didn't think of it?
I very much hope at this moment to be alone with the king and share the news with him.
After listening to Sun Si's story, my defense against Cangtu became very strong again, and I didn't believe that he would not abandon us when it came to choosing between life and death.
So the more information and information Wang and I have, the more leverage we can negotiate.
It's a pity that I haven't had the opportunity to be alone with Wang, so I can only think about it myself.
We sat down at a table and chair nearby, and Sun Si brought out the food and brought it to us.
It's food, but it's too reluctant.
A batter-like gray mess, a bowl of clear soup that smelled of swill......
"Are you sure it's for people?" Cangtu stared at the thing in front of him and asked incredulously.
"Yes, it doesn't look good, but it tastes good! We've been eating this for so many days! No problem. Sun Si said, gulping down, as a demonstration for us.
"Hey, I'm going to see that thing." The king stood up and walked toward the pillar.
He bypassed the great hole opened by Sun Si, and instead went in the other direction, with his back to us, and could only see what he was gesturing on the pillar.
He then hurried downstairs.
We probably guessed that he might have turned on the power.
But Sun Si didn't know: "Why did he go?" ”
"It's okay, just wait and see." I said.
Only K tried the food in front of him, then shook his head and pushed away.
"Our supplies are sufficient, and we should eat what we can eat, but I would like to believe that the king may be able to get some better food." K said in stiff Chinese, resolutely expressing his attitude towards the stall in front of him.
It really wasn't food, I tasted it, and there was a smell of ash at the bottom of the pot, and I pulled it twice with a spoon, and I saw something black like jelly.
The bowl of soup was even greasy and smelly, like rancid pig food.
I watched Sun Si eat reluctantly, and I thought that he was really pitiful, but also amazing, and in this situation, he was able to survive......
The lights in the hall flickered a few times and lit up.
And when the king came upstairs, he went to the pillar and pounded for a little while, and then he heard the pillar make another sound.
A gentle female voice: "&*%@...%¥@#*&..."
That language came again, and then Wang Yiyi laid a plate of steaming food in front of me.
Pork chop? Steak? Fresh vegetables, creamy mushroom bisque that smells tempting, and even a bowl of dessert pudding.
That's what it's called rice!
I felt like I hadn't eaten in two days, and I gulped it up.
It's true that I haven't had a serious meal for a few days, and it's always been canned military meals and the like, and it's hard to eat hot food.
Sun Si looked at Wang Yi dumbfounded, "You...... How do you do it? ”
Wang shrugged, "I'm good at mechanics. ”
In the end, we each ate at least two large plates, and after eating I regretted it a little, my stomach was really strong, and I was actually sleepy when I smelled the fragrance in the room.
It's really full of wine and food, and it seems that sleepiness can't stop it.
I forced myself to get up and smoked a cigarette.
Everyone is also very supportive, and they seem to be in a good mood, no longer covered with dark clouds, but with some positive energy. They are actively discussing the next mile.
"Sixteen or seventeen kilometers to go," Cang Tu said, turning to K and Karl and explaining, "It's 16, 17 kilometre." ”
I looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows of the cafeteria, and the big hole in the sky was so big and so far away.
"At our pace, we won't be able to come back in five days." Lao Ding said, "The streets are all over the street, and the closer we get to the base, the more we can't pass through, unless there are other means of transportation, rely on the legs, it's really better to jump off now!" ”
Lao Ding raised his arms excitedly, looking funny.
"Can you figure out the car on this road?" I asked the king.
Wang Yiyi shook his head, "What can you do when I know anything?" He teased, then added, "But we can go another way." ”
"Something else? What do you mean? ”
"Do you know where this is?" Wang Yiyi asked.
"This is the place where the underground pipes are maintained and repaired!" Sun Si rushed to answer successfully.
"Damn, you didn't say it earlier!" Lao Ding scolded and stood up.
Our group was very excited and hurriedly came to the hall on the first floor.
Behind the iron fence gate, which had not been seen clearly, was a straight staircase.
"This should be a place to repair underground pipes, as Sun Si said." Wang Yi looked into the iron fence, "It's definitely much safer here than it is up there." ”
Sun Si immediately asked, "Why?" ”
"Because zombies are acoustic and light-sheltering, and the sound on the street is so loud, they will no longer stay in the underground pipes, unless they can't find their way out, and they must be concentrated somewhere close to the ground."
Although this reason sounds ridiculous, if you take it all together, there is only one way.
Walking on the street is equivalent to death, and the major buildings have extraordinary sound insulation, and there may be a lot of zombies inside, but the underground pipes are different, they are all connected to the street, so the sound on the street will definitely enter the pipe.
Even if there are zombies in the pipeline, there is a high probability that they will be attracted away.
"Then let's go down, there's only one problem," Cangtu concluded, "and it's harder to discern the direction below." ”