Chapter 43: Turning the Tide of Safety
In the VIP hall located in the deepest part of the movie theater, several people clenched the rudimentary weapons in their hands and listened nervously to the movement outside the door. Previously, they had to hide in this closed VIP hall because they were chased by the corpse tide, and they thought that the corpse tide would soon break through the door and flood in to drown and devour them, and everyone was ready to fight to the death, but they didn't expect that suddenly for some reason, the zombies who were originally hitting and roaring outside the door seemed to have found a new target and retreated.
Then they seemed to hear the howl of a zombie dog and the roar of a wild beast, and it sounded like a wolf?! Could it be that there is something more terrible out there? Everyone didn't dare to think deeply, even the monsters that the zombie group couldn't resist, then they might be even more vicious.
The VIP hall was dark at this time, only the faint light that came through the crack in the door, Xue Wei was pressing his ear against the door of the theater, holding his breath to hear the situation outside the door, the 14 people he had brought out to collect supplies before, now there are only 6 people left in the room.
At first, when they entered the mall, they only encountered a few zombies, skinny, and probably had not caught prey since the outbreak of the end times. After solving them, they went separately to collect food, in the cellar of a bar they found a lot of fine wine and top cured ham, these high-calorie and shelf-stable wine and ham in the last days of the value is self-evident, especially the wine can make everyone's tense nerves at any time get a moment of relief, they just smashed open the door of the wine cellar, do not want to trigger the alarm system of the wine cellar, although Xue Wei destroyed the alarm bell in time, but the noise still attracted the zombies in the surrounding blocks.
Several people had to guard the gate of the mall, not wanting the number of zombies to be too much, the glass door of the mall was quickly broken, everyone saw the zombies smashed the gate of the mall and poured in, had to seek dodge inside the mall, the two partners were caught up by the zombies when they ran up the escalator, and the other 4 partners wanted to rescue them, but soon these two people were overwhelmed by the incoming corpse tide, and they had to hide in the nearby cake shop.
Xue Wei led the rest of the people to escape into the stairwell and go up to the 3rd floor, originally wanted to use the door of the stairwell to block the zombies, and used the steel pipe in his hand to seal the stairwell door, which was very effective at first, the zombies were blocked in the stairwell and could not come in, everyone separated to find other ways to escape, and did not want a large number of zombies to rush up from the original electric escalator.
The team members who originally went to check the escalator were pounced on and devoured by zombies again, and the team members who were closer to him took advantage of the situation to hide in the bathroom. Xue Wei fled in the direction of the cinema with the 6 people in the current house, the zombies quickly forced them into a dead end, and they had no way to escape so they had to hide in the screening hall, Xue Wei and the strongest members of the team desperately resisted the zombies' collision and wanted to close the door of the screening hall, but his companion was unfortunately grabbed by the zombie's hand stretched out from the crack in the door, the zombie bit his arm, and he was almost dragged out by the corpses, fortunately, Xue Wei was in a hurry and pierced the heads of several zombies with the spear made of steel in his hand. Pull him back into the hall so that the door can close smoothly.
Then several people worked together to hold the gate up, and used the spears and other weapons in their hands to make simple door bars to resist the wave of corpse waves, but what happened suddenly outside the door just now still made them feel inexplicably frightened when they regained a moment of respite.
Xue Wei's ears close to the door could hear the footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door, and the heavy gasping sound that seemed to be a beast, Xue Wei couldn't imagine what kind of thing could make such a large number of corpses quiet before, but no matter what it was, now that they were close at hand, Xue Wei seemed to be able to feel that through this door, something was listening and sniffing the situation on his side, he tried to suppress his fear, trying not to make a sound, and this situation was so stalemate for a few seconds, Suddenly, the quiet air was shattered by the painful groans of his companions behind him.
Xue Wei felt a stir outside the door, he knew that his companion who was bitten by the zombie just now was probably unable to hold on, and those things outside must have heard his voice, and the last trace of luck he had was shattered, just when he was about to fight to the death, suddenly a human voice came from outside: "Xue Wei, are you inside?" I'm Hu Bing, I'm here to save you! ”
Xue Wei heard that the people outside actually knew his name, and he said that he was Hu Bing? It turned out to be Hu Bing who came to save himself?! But why did his voice sound so strange at this point? An indescribable sense of heaviness.
Several other people in the room also looked at each other in the dark, and although they couldn't see each other's expressions clearly, they didn't need to look to know that each other's faces must have been full of surprise.
"Hu Bing? You say you're Hu Bing? How did you come back to save us? Xue Wei asked incredulously, "What about those zombies outside the door?" ”
"All those zombies were brought by me...... The companions I brought with you are gone, and now that you are safe, open the door and follow us. Hu Bing didn't know how to explain to him the werewolves and zombie dogs he brought, and replied with some hesitation.
Xue Wei naturally heard the pause in his tone, and his heart, which had been slightly relaxed, immediately rose to his throat again, Hu Bing was taken away by the people who attacked their safety two days ago, and appeared here again at this time, there seemed to be some secrets in his words that he couldn't tell himself, what was the situation outside?
Just when Xue Wei hesitated, suddenly a female voice that he was more familiar with came from outside the door: "Uncle Xue, I'm Jiang Na, he didn't lie to you, the zombie group outside has been wiped out by us, and we are indeed here to save you." ”
It turned out that the woman in black followed the footsteps of the werewolves and came to the door together, she knew that Xue Wei was cautious, so naturally she would not open the door for Hu Bing, so she had to explain for them.
Xue Wei and everyone in the room were all surprised when they heard Jiang Na's voice, even Jiang Na came, so it seemed that they were really saved.
"It's Jiang Na, I can hear her voice, we're really saved."
"Open the door quickly, Jiang Na must have brought Hu Bing to save us." ......
Everyone talked about it, Xue Wei was naturally relieved when he heard everyone say this, no longer hesitated, and with the help of the team members, he pulled out the weapon blocking the doorknob and opened the door, but soon he was stunned by the scene in front of him, and the spear in his hand subconsciously stabbed out.
Hu Bing knew that the people in the house would have such a reaction, and when he saw that the spear in Xue Wei's hand stabbed at him, he reached out and grabbed it, Jiang Na hurriedly stopped Xue Wei: "Uncle Xue, don't be afraid, he is indeed Hu Bing, they killed those zombies just now, they won't hurt you." ”
Xue Wei was stunned by the situation in front of him, this monster who was a head taller than himself turned out to be Hu Bing? The monsters behind him who are the same as him are the companions he brought to save him? The people behind Xue Wei were even more frightened by the scene in front of them, and the weapons in their hands were trembling.
But suddenly a groan of pain came, and everyone looked vigilantly at the source of the sound, it was Lao Chen, the strongest member of the team before, he was bitten by a zombie in order to block the door, and he shouldn't be able to survive for long at this time.
"He was bitten by a zombie?" Jiang Na walked into the theater to check on Lao Chen's situation, and gasped when she saw the terrifying bite marks on his arm.
Hu Bing naturally knew this person, he saw Xue Wei nodded, knowing that Lao Chen was indeed bitten by a zombie, and suddenly seemed to think of something, he turned around and looked at the werewolf companion who was bitten by the zombie just now, although his wound was still bleeding at this time, but the color of the blood was still bright red, and judging from its current condition, it didn't seem to feel any discomfort, they were all bitten by the blood wolf before they became the current monsters, could it be ......
In order to verify his speculation, he let go of the spear in his hand and wanted to walk towards the screening room, but soon Xue Wei's team members saw him do this and raised their weapons vigilantly at him, and the werewolves behind Hu Bing seemed to sense their hostility and bared their teeth and roared at them.
"You all calm down, if you leave Lao Chen alone, he will also become those zombies, I thought of a way that may be able to save him temporarily." Hu Bing stopped the werewolves behind him and said to the people in front of him.
Xue Wei knew that what he said was right, if he left it alone, Lao Chen would definitely become a zombie, if these monsters really wanted to hurt themselves, they would directly pounce on them and tear them to death just now, he silently nodded to the nervous crowd and signaled them to put down their weapons, and Hu Bing continued to walk towards Lao Chen in Jiang Na's arms.
Seeing that the black blood gushing out of his wound had been coagulated, his whole body was white, and the black and purple blood vessels were clearly visible, Hu Bing didn't know if the method he wanted was effective, but now he could only take a risk to try his idea, so in the surprise of everyone, he opened his bloody mouth and bit Lao Chen's shoulder......
Lin Fat Man didn't know how long he had been asleep, in a trance he seemed to dream that he had returned to his childhood, his parents and sister were by his side, but soon such a beautiful memory was interrupted by all kinds of terrifying monsters, zombies chased him with hideous faces, zombie dogs blocked him in the alley, and even werewolves showed their fangs at him, Lin Fat Man only felt that he seemed to be out of breath, and opened his eyes suddenly.
Everything in front of him was unfamiliar, he tried to see his environment clearly, a big shadowless lamp in front of him shook his eyes, and a woman wearing a mask looked down at him: "How are you feeling now?" Can you hear me? Can you see me? ”
"Where am I?" Lin Fatzi asked with some difficulty, he could feel that his whole body did not have any strength, and even his voice was very weak and weak.
"You're okay now, I'll call your friends in soon, don't move, you've lost a lot of blood, it's a miracle to survive." When the woman saw that he was awake, she spoke to him in the voice of a professional doctor.
Lin Fatzi was thinking hard about everything that had happened before, and suddenly Zhang Xiaoya's voice came from his ear: "I knew you couldn't die." ”
Lin Fatzi wanted to follow the direction of the sound to find the owner of the voice, but he didn't even have the strength to turn his head.
"As the saying goes, good people don't live long, and they will be harmed for a thousand years, and with your strength, I think you can live at least 10,000 years." Zhang Xiaoya still said in her mocking tone.
"This dead mother-in-law still holds a grudge against me!" Lin Fatzi scolded secretly, but he knew in his heart that there was nothing better than hearing the voices of his companions at this time, he was really alive, as long as he was alive, there was still hope......