Chapter 2 Like a Dream and Like a Fantasy

Sleep, endless sleep is his ideal paradise, pain, tears, the grief of losing loved ones, will be gone, no need to struggle, no need to bear any responsibility, this is part of his dream, but also a true reflection of his bad mood. But Zhang Jiaming ignored one thing, worked hard and worked hard, and slept wrapped in a quilt without waiting for the sweat to finish, he caught a cold! The fever followed, his whole body was in severe pain, and the brain consciousness was also confused, all kinds of strange and absurd scenes appeared in his dreams, for two whole days, he was weak and could only drink a bottle of mineral water placed next to the bed, he had a terrible fever, his whole body could not move, and when his hands were shaking, he actually knocked over the mineral water bottle! Am I going to die? Zhang Jiaming looked up at the ceiling, his consciousness became more and more blurred, and his eyes began to lose sight, sometimes lying down for hours, and it was often the pain that made him realize that he was still alive. On the afternoon of the third day, the fever subsided, Zhang Jiaming dragged his tired body to drink the bottle of milk placed in front of the computer, this was the only nutritional product he had been in for a few days, the hungry body needed to replenish energy, and he couldn't care so much, Zhang Jiaming walked down the second floor and began to prepare meals for himself. The meal that my mother cooked that day was still in the pot, fortunately it was a cold weather, and it could barely be called a rare delicacy, but it was far from enough, while eating, Zhang Jiaming also picked out a few pieces of white-cut chicken from the refrigerator, plus braised pork ribs, the former was frozen hard and could be used as a murder weapon, and the latter was not much better, with a thin layer of frost, light the fire, put the water, and throw the meat pieces down, this is Zhang Jiaming's cooking skills! Northeast stew? You look up to him! After a gluttonous meal, he returned to the computer desk and continued to check the information, he could only sit lazily in his chair after recovering from a serious illness, the plague broke out for three days, 90% of the world's people have become the living dead, or are about to become private, and there is still no government to explain what happened, maybe they can't explain it at all! At the beginning of the outbreak, the people who posted about the refuge stopped appearing, and the only thing to say is: they were lucky enough to join the ranks of the Immortals and start looking for other survivors, these damn guys, it's better than me, I didn't read your bullshit survival posts! Zhang Jiaming scolded bitterly in his heart. He still needed to rest, and in a daze, he fell back into a deep sleep in his chair. The rain has not stopped, the blood stains on the streets have been washed clean, and if it weren't for the reminders of the living dead who wandered around, no one would have realized what kind of catastrophe this county has experienced! A series of gunshots woke up Zhang Jiaming, it was the army! He was pleasantly surprised! The army, the people's soldiers! They came, and at this moment, Zhang Jiaming was so moved that he almost cried! He was ecstatic when he threw himself on the windowsill, he saw the neat green uniforms, yes, they were them! Regardless of the fact that the foot injury has not healed, and regardless of the pain on his body, Zhang Jiaming seems to have taken a stimulant, picked up the equipment around him and rushed downstairs, yes, he wants to join them! Only by following the people's soldiers will there be a way to live! After opening the back door on the first floor and carefully closing it, observe the Quartet, there are no zombies? God help me! The whole county town was full of gunfire, the army took the central street as a stationing point, began to build a fortress, and gradually began to clean up the surrounding residential areas, groups of zombies were knocked down by dense bullets, and the scattered corpses could not cause any obstacles at all, but let these professional soldiers play a little momentum! Of course, that was just the beginning, the army was not very large, only about 300 people, and it was a battalion commander with no combat experience who commanded them! They forget the more important fact that the city is not big, but the population of the city is 700,000! Before the main force of the zombie group arrived, the dark corpse blood had begun to cover the slippery streets. Zhang Jiaming walked several streets in succession, close to the source of the gunshots, there will always be people who hold the same point of view as him, two vague figures in the rain and fog appeared, they are living people, it can definitely be seen from the way they wear and walk! In fact, they almost ran to the army, and the two of them saved Zhang Jiaming with their own actions, and when the distance was less than 50 meters away from those soldiers, a Mandarin sentence rushed into Zhang Jiaming's ears: Staff Officer Xiao said that all civilians must stay in their homes, and those in front of them should go back immediately! "Save us! We are ordinary people! Save us! We are ordinary people! The two fellows seemed to be still excited about their salvation! Completely ignoring the warning from the other side! Without any emotion, a voice in the group of soldiers shouted, "Execute the order, shoot!" "After two gunshots, there was a pair of fresh corpses on the ground." Collect the team, Company Commander Fang needs support over there! Let's go! Without the slightest mercy or pause, the GIs moved quickly! Again, Zhang Jiaming's face turned pale, the direction in which the two bodies fell was the place where Zhang Jiaming was hiding, the bullet penetrated their chests, and the blood stained the cement road bright red, "Save ,,,, me,,,, save ,,,,, me,,,, XX Army,,,, save ,,,, me." Don't dare to look at the person who was lying on the ground, Zhang Jiaming covered his mouth, tears were left, at this moment, he understood the fragility of life, his own incompetence and humility! The army's behavior made him deeply desperate, and he still had to rely on himself to survive, and a zombie's unique whimper sounded nearby! Is it blood? Damn it! Is it really as rumored to be? The smell of blood is a signpost for zombies? I can't care so much, get out of here first, and hurry back to the safety of the nest to talk about it! Speaking of the street where he grew up, Zhang Jiaming is still very familiar, three times around, he went back to his back door smoothly, fortunately, the corpses in several communities opposite were attracted by the smell of gunfire and blood, and he would not come back for a while, and when he took out the key, a small black shadow jumped out, and Zhang Jiaming was so frightened that he almost knocked off the shield on his hand! Fortunately, it's just a little black dog, this little thing is very spiritual, and it is estimated that he followed Zhang Jiaming all the way. "I'm scared to death! You badass! You're also alone, huh? Poor little thing, "The little earth dog is not afraid of Zhang Jiaming, wagging his tail, and approaching to flatteringly!" How many pages can be regarded as a companion, thinking to himself, his face became better, "It's good that you met me, come and come." Picking up the little black dog and dodging into the house, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no danger!

The lesson last time made Zhang Jiaming dare not slack off, and when he went upstairs, he quickly turned on the electric stove, first dried his hair for Xiao Hei Hei with a broken rag, poured a small dish of milk, and mixed a little mayonnaise to it, Xiao Hei was also well-behaved, wagged his tail at Zhang Jiaming, and lowered his head to lick the food with a cry of joy. While drying his body for himself and changing his clothes, Zhang Jiaming felt a little chill in his body, although he was not very good at drinking, he still understood that wine was the best thing to warm his body at the moment, don't you just like to drink vodka and then jump into the Volga River for winter swimming? After a few sips of wine, his body warmed up, the gunfire outside was still lively, it seemed that the light and heavy firepower were all there, but he had no interest in listening at all, and the evil deeds of the army made him deeply disappointed, and all that was left was resentment and anger! Everything has to be on his own, he thought, looking down at Xiao Hei, this paparazzi is only 2 months old, only about ten pounds, a typical soil dog in the south, black and shiny, very likable!" Xiao Hei Hei, I'll call you Xiao Hei in the future, look, this home is big enough, and there is enough food in it, don't worry, hehe. Holding the paparazzi, Zhang Jiaming had to reluctantly get better, the rain outside the house was heavy, and the army was still firing, but they were not clearing up, but saving their lives!

Hordes of zombies poured out from all corners of the countryside and every neighborhood of the city, and they had only one goal, and that was the sandbag fortress in the center of the street! Slowing their feet, these living dead walked to the army's firepower point step by step, with a thirst for flesh and blood. The stupidity of the commander of this army paved the way for the demise of the entire army, the street was surrounded by wide roads on all sides, few obstacles were used as barriers, and the piles of sandbags were purely for the use of normal humans, and it was useless to deal with the surging zombie army! "All troops! Line up in dense formations and shoot freely! "The sound of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and *** is endless, although the corpses attack from several directions at the same time, they will not be able to approach for a while, under the impact of the rain of bullets, a large number of zombies have fallen, within half an hour, the troops have not been killed or wounded, but the corpses have fallen to the boss!" Staff Officer Xiao! We're starting to run out of ammunition! Request next instructions! "Order the troops to shrink the attack surface, divide 50 people, and immediately occupy the opposite commercial building and build fortifications!" "Yes! Class 3, Class 5, Class 8! Follow me now! A row of 25 people followed me! Others continue to shoot! "The army is doing a dying resistance, if you look at it from a high altitude, the entire city is surrounded by a group of zombies pressed by black pressure, if you want to ask the number, even if there are 100,000 more bullets for the soldiers here, it will not be enough!

At the same time, a satellite is scanning the ground and sending the battle to a distant base. "The number of infected people in Asia is huge, and the first step of the Ark Project has been launched!" A mechanized female voice rang out, "Most of the armies in other regions have fallen into chaos, but only the armies in Asia can still maintain a strong will to resist!" "It has also been reported that there are a large number of survivors in the United States! The remnants of the US government are organizing a rescue! "There are a large number of calls for help in the Iraqi region, and as of today, more than 30,000 have been received!" "The Tokyo Underground City Shelter in Japan has been opened! A conservative estimate is that nearly 70,000 survivors have moved in." "Project Noah's Ark is launched! All contingency plans have been uploaded! Rescue troops go! "It's still the same female voice that reports in an orderly manner, and the illness is carried out one by one, issuing orders to the bases in different areas. It's a secret underground base, and there's no indication of which organization it is. There are many signs of each sub-district marked on the electronic map, and there are 4 in Asia, namely Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore!

On the seventh day, the rain stopped, and the sky was still overcast. The puppy snuggled in Zhang Jiaming's arms, falling asleep sweetly, but his owner had no intention of sleeping, the leg injury would gradually recover, and the pain in his heart would dissipate with the passage of time, the only thing that worried Zhang Jiaming was that this rain, strange rain, changed the world outside the house, a large group of weeds grew wildly, the trees grew leaves almost visible to the naked eye, and the appearance of unknown strange plants made him feel inexplicably panicked! Is this a prelude to the deterioration of the cataclysm? Cannibalism is crazy enough! In this fucking world, is it true that all the living people are also satisfied with the madness? The little black in his arms muttered, turning over lazily, even this guy gained ten pounds! However, the amount of food it eats every day is not large, and it is only half of Zhang Jiaming's food consumption, if you eat it like this, it won't take half a year, and this product will be able to eat yourself poor! Do you have to find a way to get a regular source of food and grow vegetables? Forget it, although you don't need half a mile to enter your relative's vegetable garden as soon as you go out - this is also the benefit of the urban-rural junction, but for Zhang Jiaming, who has nine out of ten tricks for growing vegetables, this idea really stinks! Looking for food at the house next door? OK! But according to the observation in the past few days, there are zombies in several houses, and it seems that the old people left behind have not stood the test of the virus. This won't work, that's not going to work, Xiao Hei, it seems that my incompetent master is going to starve to death with you! After thinking about it for a while, there is still no good plan, no matter how much, exercise first. Dumbbells and arm machines are ready-made, and there are treadmills and sit-up exercise equipment in my father's room. Mother also has an old lady's practice sword, which is very heavy, weighing 8 pounds, and it is difficult to dance with one hand, but fortunately, the foundation of kung fu is still there, and Zhang Jiaming is confident that he can dance a set of Western swordsmanship! What the? Traditional Chinese Kung Fu? Forget it, he received a Western-style education, and he has long forgotten his roots, besides, martial arts is only more popular in Guangdong in the south, and only a few people in other southern provincial capitals still circulate, after all, it is a peaceful era, and the Taiping boxing fight is just a matter of exercise. The inconvenience of the legs and feet greatly limits the amount of exercise, only to use dumbbells to exercise the muscles of the upper body, Xiao Hei tilted his head, looked at the owner's strange behavior, and lazily continued to sleep!

Fifteen days passed, and the army completely lost its voice, like a flash in the pan, without a trace. Zhang Jiaming's small life is quite comfortable, and he has counted the warehouse again, and he has made new discoveries, the pickles and pickled salted eggs in the big altar were found in the back room of the warehouse, in addition to these, he also found a large pot of local wine, a large box of salted pig's trotters, all packaged in vacuum bags, and a lot of salt and soy sauce at the front desk were found. The only regret is that there is no fresh meat and vegetables, and it is possible to live by eating stocks, and it is completely detrimental to people's health if they do not have fresh protein to supplement. Gotta find a way to get meat and eggs and stuff like that! Go up to the top roof of the 7th floor and use the telescope he bought on Taobao - the magnification of this thing is too low, it can be used, Zhang Jiaming carefully checked the surrounding situation. The zombie group is very scattered, there is no order, there are dozens of zombies hanging around next to the building where he lives and several families next to it, if you want to get vegetables and food, you have to pass their pass first, Zhang Jiaming, who has no experience in fighting zombies, looked at his remnants and sighed again. If you say that in the past, you could still run if you couldn't beat it, but now even the soldiers with guns have been killed, what can you do if you are a half-cripple! And these zombies are very sensitive to sound and blood! If you're not careful, if you make a little noise, you have to explain that you can't run fast here, so it's better to think about some reality. If you have an idea, you have to go deeper, this is what Zhang Jiaming often said to himself, the nearby residents are the richest next door, speaking of which, he has also had the vanity of clinging to wealth and nobility before, if nothing else, just because the local people next door are called Li Million. Their family is engaged in the drug wholesale business, and it is certain that they have money, just looking at the cars placed in front of their house, there are 5 cars! What's even easier to do is that the house next door is built close to their own home, their own house has 7 floors, and their house has 6 and a half floors, so you can consider breaking through from the roof! Just do it! Anyway, there are probably no living people in their family! Zhang Jiaming moved the ladder, brought his own shield and axe, and came to the rooftop of the house next door without much effort, the front of the 6-and-a-half-story building is vacant, convenient for drying clothes or doing other things, there are a few pots of Chinese herbs planted on the side, no one takes care of it but it is full of vitality, compared to the green of the weeds outside, so that Zhang Jiaming's eyes are bright, one of them does not need to be introduced, he recognizes, this is opium! Commonly known as the Skull Flower! If this was in an ordinary person's home, someone would have reported the case a long time ago, but this is different, this is a medical family! Zhang Jiaming can't pry the door and screw the lock, he is a complete layman in that kind of technical work, but fortunately, he has done it in violent demolition. The jack at the bottom of the building was carried by him, just lightly bard the anti-theft net on the windowsill, and then shake the jack step by step, and after a while, several iron pipes that were not welded firmly were completely loosened and fell off, this hand was taught by his cousin in the countryside, it was simple and effective! Turned over and went next door, this time it's really an illegal invasion! Zhang Jiaming inexplicably began to get excited in his heart, the feeling of being a thief is really amazing, perhaps, it is nothing more than a mouse falling into the rice tank! You must first explore the reality and see if there are zombies in the house! Coughing loudly twice, Zhang Jiaming began to listen carefully, half loudly, without any response! "There are still living people at home" He couldn't help it, he yelled, and it was still a dead silence. Grass, it is finished, start work! There are no superfluous furnishings on the 6th floor, that is, some old stereos, the 5th floor is the house of the owner's children, there is nothing except a pair of candy snacks, after giving up the impulse to search, a box of medicines was found on the 4th and third floors, Zhang Jiaming was angry! What are you doing business and bringing all this stuff home with! Bastard, it's easy for me to be a thief after I work so hard! The second floor is finally a small harvest, a full 500 catties of high-quality rice, and more than ten canned fish and a small amount of canned meat, and a whole refrigerator of goose meat and two dozen eggs were found! The sky and the earth, the gods of the past, and my ancestors! On-board on-board on-board plant! An excited, what should be said and not all that should be said is here, don't you say, the anti-theft work of the house next door is still in place, that is, the roof is a weakness, the big iron door downstairs is definitely not worse than their own, and the back is also a strong steel door. I rummaged around, and found that the living resources here are not bad, so I was too lazy to pull it, anyway, the gas is ready-made, from the first floor to the 5th floor, there are enough 4 cans of natural gas, brother, your hard-earned belongings in your previous life, I will help you enjoy it when I am the little brother of the neighbor next door, alas, you don't care, it is the so-called predecessors who planted trees and later people enjoy the shade! In the future, when I offer incense to my parents and bow down, I will also burn a few pieces of paper money for you! In order to catch up with the eggs before they deteriorated, they simply ate steamed eggs, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, egg cakes or something, all of them came to the next set, and made Xiao Hei more and more fattened! Work and don't forget to play, in order to facilitate the two connections! Zhang Jiaming simply waved the sledgehammer at home, opened up the top two families, and completely monopolized all resources! After he counted, the food on both sides of the integration period, he and Xiao Hei can eat until the end of July, if you save some food, you can replace a little food with beer, and it will be no problem until September!

The first floor next door has not been carefully checked, on April 1st, Zhang Jiaming, who has cultivated well, still took Xiao Hei to the first floor, different from his own family, the rich people next door are different, twice the area of his homestead, it can be called a small garage, yes, there is a Honda parked in the middle. Zhang Jiaming, who is not interested in the license plate at all, directly ignored the car itself, joke, even if the car can be driven, where to find oil? Stop? Gas station? Those places have long been overrun by hordes of zombies! How many miles can you drive? But the things in the warehouse caught his attention, it was an old-style safe, next to a pile of sundries, to make this cabinet a bit of a standout, the cabinet locked well, the combination lock is a rotary type, if there is no key, it can only be unlocked by memory or good hearing! Looking at this iron lump, Zhang Jiaming was at a loss, it was no problem to pick a lock, but if he really wanted to play the Matrix technology thief, he wouldn't be able to play it! Violent demolition? Smash with that sledgehammer? Good way, I guess when you smash the box, the zombies at the door will already besiege this place and prepare to eat. **? It's. Zhang Jiaming patted his brain, he really didn't have a way to take this iron guy. Xiao Heibai eats food for so many days, but at this time, he can't help at all, and he is holding a hose and biting heartlessly! Hey, you're going to have a little bit of understanding, okay! Don't you see the master's family thinking here! I was not angry and was ready to go up and kick this beast's ass, and suddenly looked at this and that hose, Zhang Jiaming thought of something! Hey, little sunspot, you're my baby! Crazy, Zhang Jiaming ran to the third floor, and after a while, he ran back, holding nothing else in his hand, it was something commonly used by hospital doctors - stethoscopes! Hehe, Zhang Jiaming, who has a wicked smile on his face, looks like an agent in the spy war at the moment, of course, he knows that he is definitely a big villain with a wicked smile on his face! One circle, two circles, after patiently cracking the two big rings above, it is the keyhole below that you have to deal with, and the hard work pays off, and when a response from Keda appears, the lock is opened! With a happy smile, Zhang Jiaming opened the safe, and at this moment, his mouth was so grinning that he could swallow a whole 3 eggs! Is this a god horse thing? Your sister's! Then a big safe is just to lock these hundreds of sets! Or is it fruity, pear, apple, strawberry!! I hastily !! You're perverted!! Uncle, I'm working so hard just to get you such a little gadget! There are also more than a dozen books with Playboy covers! Your uncle's! Rich people still watch these things when they have nothing to do, who doesn't have more than a dozen websites on the Internet in this era! Shame on you! You make so much money, you can play until you die just by recruiting prostitutes! You personal scumbag, **, old whore! Zhang Jiaming held back the anger that was about to explode, and continued to rummage down, I grass! What is it? Hey? Pill box? Look at the picture on that, no need to ask, it must be Viagra or something! Okay, this joke is a big deal, forget it, throw away the set of clothes in one place, Zhang Jiaming looked at Xiao Hei who was sniffing on the ground, with a bitter face. Xiao Hei understands the master's mind, Zhang Jiaming thought that he could get some prohibited things, such as guns and the like, so that at least he could make up for the defects of his stump leg, at least at the moment of crisis, he could use it at the moment of crisis, tired of stinky sweat but got nothing, this is the most frustrating. At 6 o'clock in the evening, after a hasty meal, sitting on the top floor of the building, watching the rain that began to fall again, Zhang Jiaming fell into deep thought, without weapons, he can't go out to find food at will, or survivors, let alone find his parents who are missing, he Zhang Jiaming lives to this day, half of the motivation is to fantasize that his family can escape, and then suddenly reunite with himself in that unclear location! At the moment, there was no hope at all, and he began to feel sorry for himself, maybe just go out like this, let those things outside take a bite, so that they could accept themselves to immortality and enjoy eternal life? No, that's not a living person, that's a dead person, that's a monster, Zhang Jiaming has observed the zombies downstairs more than once. They are sluggish, corrupt, and the stench of their bodies is unbearable for ordinary people! But tirelessly, as if there was a clockwork in their bodies that was forever wound, they would flock to it whenever there was the slightest sound nearby, and if they found nothing, they would wander away and continue to search for flesh and blood. This is the conclusion reached by Zhang Jiaming. But they are long dead, so what does flesh mean to them? Is their digestive system still functioning? It's an answer without an answer, a dead knot.