Chapter 60: Terror on a Rainy Night
The rain gradually subsided, and the few torches on the protective wall of the camp in Five Rivers Town were still waving light. The survivors at the entrance to the northeast corner also slowly dispersed, and dozens of zombie corpses were added to the wall. Chen Hua pulled his trouser legs, dripping with ten-centimeter-high water, and was re-examining every obstacle. If it were dawn, you would have seen a lot of black blood mixed with the stagnant water.
Taking advantage of the torrential rain, the corpses attacked the camp again, but did not form a large-scale attack. In the dark night, in the black buildings and alleys, I don't know how many zombies are floating. There was a strange smell in the air, not the smell of zombie decay.
Wang Ying squatted in the world, calmly smoking, and when he saw Chen Hua again, he said: "Chen Hua, you ask someone to find some plastic bags to put on your feet, this water may not be clean." ”
After being busy for most of the night, Chen Hua's clothes were soaked all over his body, and his wet hair was close to his scalp, which was very uncomfortable. He said: "It should be fine, there have been such situations before, isn't it okay." In Chen Hua's opinion, this is not a big deal.
"We can't take it lightly, we don't know when the rain will stop, we have to organize more people to keep vigil."
In the Rivers survivor camp, there is a special group of people who are the local residents of Rivers Town. Lived in the courtyard of the ancient building of the camp. Whether it was the attack of the corpse tide or the invasion of the torrential rain, they never showed their faces. Although the water spread and flooded the open space behind the iron gate, there was no movement from the people inside.
A small building in the courtyard is a meeting place for local residents. On the first floor, it was originally a tavern display, but at the moment it was full of people, and at a glance there were seventy or eighty men, women, and children. The surname of the king in this town is a big surname, and it is necessary to trace back to the genealogy, and during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a member of the imperial court. Wang Yongan is considered to be a senior in the same clan, at least he is also a prince, although he is not very old.
In fact, he is only in his forties, and there are many seventy or eighty-year-old people in his clan, and he has to be called his uncle for life on the surface. In recent years, the tourism industry in Wuhe Town has developed rapidly, Wang Yongan not only rented out a few ancestral houses to eat and rent, but also opened a homestay.
The people here know what is happening outside the wall, but they are afraid. The events of that day are vivid, even if the Qing soldiers entered the customs and slaughtered the area near Wuhe Town, it was not so tragic. It was simply not a tragic situation in the world, people cried and shouted, chased and ran, people ate people, and the blood made people have nightmares every night. The living conditions of the residents of Wuhe Town are good, and they have gradually become domineering in their words and actions in recent years, but they are very timid in their hearts. They can't withstand the wind and waves, and they don't dare to take risks.
The junior at the next table handed him a Chinese cigarette and politely lit it for him, it was a young man in his twenties, named Wang Hao, who originally opened an Internet café in the town. "Master, what did you say about these out-of-town guys outside, I looked out just now, and it didn't seem that there was any chaos."
Wang Yongan took a deep breath of cigarette, tasted it carefully, and then squinted his eyes and said: "We can't manage so much, only more than 200 of our old neighbors have survived now, and the grain stored here is enough for us to hold on for more than half a year, and after a while, someone should be sent to rescue us." In fact, he didn't even have a bottom to say this. There are probably more than 200 survivors in this town, and most of them are elderly, unlike those outside, who are strong and can endure hardships.
"I've heard that the whole world is like this now, and someone will come to save us?" Wang Hao said.
The cigarette in Wang Yongan's hand shook, and he didn't seem very happy: "Which guy is talking nonsense?" Ah Hao, you are also a person who has seen the world, our country is so big, whether it is a change of dynasty or a catastrophe for thousands of years, haven't you survived? Anyway, we have plenty of food here, you little ones just stay there, don't keep thinking about those unrealistic, if your wife knows, she should be sad. ”
Wang Hao went to school in his early years, and after graduation, he worked in the company for two years, and he didn't have a good life, and he didn't have any money. It was just when Wuhe Town invested heavily that he turned over some funds from his relatives and opened an Internet café. On the day of the outbreak of the zombie virus, he happened to be taking a lunch break in the office on the second floor, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then he heard someone shouting, someone smashing tables and chairs and smashing computers. Among the young people in his town, he is also a good mix. At first, he thought that someone was fighting, and he was about to go out to solve it, when he happened to see that terrifying scene. A teenage middle school girl was pressing an obese classmate against a chair and constantly biting the flesh of his neck. Blood gushed out, and several crazy people appeared in the hall on the second floor at the same time, chasing after the people who were surfing the Internet. As the owner of an Internet café and a veteran game fan, Wang Hao certainly knows what is going on. After a pause in his mind for about four or five seconds, the middle school girl turned her head sharply and yelled at him with a mouth full of blood, and Wang Hao hurriedly slammed the door shut. No matter how many people outside banged on the office door, he never dared to move half a minute. It took two days before the outside of the hall fell silent.
As a young man in a mixed society, Wang Hao is not without enthusiasm, in fact, for a period of time, he will secretly lie on the wall to observe the movements outside. Although it is only separated by a wall, the security here is much higher than that outside. The elders of this town have said that even if the outside is breached, at least there is a high wall inside. Perseverance is the safest and most effective way. It's just that during this period of living in isolation, the young heart can't bear it.
The people in the hall stayed until about twelve o'clock, and then dispersed one after another. Wang Yongan was in charge of the town's grain reserves, so he lived alone in a large vacant house in the corner. There are piles of rice flour and countless rice flours. In fact, this courtyard is the other end of the camp, separated by a wall, even if it is outside the camp. On the other side of the partition wall is an old dyeing workshop, and of course, it has now become a showcase for the humanities of Rivers Town.
Wang Yongan held an umbrella, braved the light rain and walked on the trail, took out a Chinese cigarette of Wang Hao's filial piety from his pocket, and walked happily. Fireworks are strictly forbidden in the grain storage area, so he enjoys special treatment, and some of the flashlights and lamps with batteries for the survivors of the town are basically in his house.
The water on the ground was already up to his ankles, and he wore flip-flops, and he didn't dare to take too big a step, if the slippers were washed away, it would be difficult to find them in the dark light. The food was already covered with bricks and planks before the rainstorm, so he didn't have to worry about flooding. His wife was infected on the day of the outbreak of the zombie virus, and he watched her bite the old king next door, and in fright, he couldn't care so much, so he ran away. The proprietress who opened the commissary next door, his man also suffered the same thing that day. So, for the people who are here now, very few have a whole family that is intact. Everyone was sad for a period of time at the beginning, and after a long time, they became downbeat.
Although there is plenty of food, he doesn't dare to be too extravagant, and he can only eat two full meals per person a day, except for him, of course. As long as he was hungry, he would secretly cook something to eat. Today's glamorous proprietress seems to be hinting at him. Just outside the hall, I rubbed him twice. The woman is not very old, she seems to be in her forties this year, but she is very well maintained, and she looks like she is only thirty-four or five at most. When Wang Yongan thought of this, his heart was like a thousand deer crashing and itching.
The wind was strong tonight, and although the rain was light, the wind did not abate. In the light rain, the umbrella in his hand swayed from side to side. Outside the house where the grain was stored, a few plane trees were planted, rustling in the wind.
Crash!
There was a soft thud, and a pile of weeds in the corner of the wall shook. The rain crackled against the bricks and tiles of the eaves, and no one would pay attention to it. After a few seconds of pause, the pile of weeds moved again. Then the stagnant water gurgled and sludge bubbled. Pop, a black shadow crushed the weeds, afraid of hitting the stagnant water and splashing a ball of water. There are many frogs along the river in this season, and the waterways of Wuhe Town are prosperous, and there are heavy rains. The river rose, and the animals in the water came ashore with it.
But a frog can make such a big move?
It's only been a minute or two, and the weeds are getting bigger and bigger, and the sewage bubbles are getting more and more urgent. Then a jet-black arm reached out and shook a few times in the stagnant water. Even people who have lived in this town for decades will not notice that there is a fifty-centimeter-high dog hole in this corner. It's just that no one has taken care of it for a long time, not only have weeds grown in this vicinity, but they are also blocked by silt.
Wang Yongan took a new set of batteries and carefully checked them in a room of more than 200 square meters. He counts the amount of grain every day, and there doesn't seem to be a mouse stealing rice. Today's mood is very happy, the outside world is chaotic, but it does not affect his mood. After tidying up the warm bed, Wang Yongan smiled. Tomorrow I have to put a little more thought into bringing the proprietress of the commissary to myself. On weekdays, his wife is strict, although he always finds an excuse to go to the shop, but the eyes of her husband are not very friendly. The end of the world is a disaster for many people, but for Wang Yongan, it may be another beginning. "Du Ling, my good Ah Ling." He seemed to have imagined that at this moment in the bed, lying the beautiful proprietress was lying in the bed.
Bang, bang! Bang, bang!
Just when Wang Yongan was silent in a gentle fantasy, the door rang inappropriately. Wang Yongan put on a coat, cursed a few words in his heart, but asked in his mouth: "Who is it?" Hao? ”
"Hmm......"
The sound insulation of the house was good, and it was still raining outside, and Wang Yongan couldn't hear it clearly, so he muttered: "You kid drank too much tonight?" I'm going drunk again. ”
Rusty metal, causing the door to squeak when it opened. It was dark outside, Wang Yongan just turned on the light in the house, and vaguely saw a few figures standing at the door.
"Why are there so many people? Hao? There was a chill in his face, but the man in the rain did not answer.
Shakily dragging footsteps, almost every step is difficult. The person approached, and with the help of the lights in the house, it could be seen that the first person who approached was about the same height as Wang Hao, but the clothes were not the one Wang Hao was wearing today. And in addition to the clothes and pants, and on the face, there is sludge.
This appearance also scared the bold Wang Yongan. While the first person is moving, the next few people are moving in the same way.
"What do you eat so stinky? Fell into the mud pond? After finishing speaking, Wang Yongan thought about where the mud pond came from in this courtyard. He had just accidentally seen that the left foot of the first figure was not normal, it was twisted in a strange position, but he didn't get so close just now, and he didn't see it clearly at all. When that face was completely displayed in the light, Wang Yongan's eyes widened wider and wider, and his mouth opened wide: "You, you are not Wang Hao...... You're Akai! ”
Akai is a young man who lives opposite the door, and in terms of seniority, he has to call Wang Yongan a master. On the day of the chaos, he saw the back of Akai's head with his own eyes, being hugged and gnawed by a crazy old woman.
Yes!
In the dark and rainy night, there was a heart-rending scream, which could be heard by almost half of Wuhe Town.
And in the streets and alleys around the camp in Five Rivers Town, those hidden zombies also stretched their necks and let out a low and strange roar.