Chapter 5: Re-entering the Tiger's Mouth
He Hao, who didn't know when he fell asleep because of fatigue, slowly opened his eyes. He found himself sitting in the corner of a restaurant in the mall. Standing on the left and right were armed police officers and soldiers with loaded guns.
He Hao looked around left and right, this restaurant is Western-themed and European-style decoration. There were a lot of surviving people gathered here in twos and threes. Or sit at a square table and talk, or stand in the corner and hug each other and cry. Pain was written all over everyone's face. Even some of the women were crying, and they were obviously terrified.
Some people are anxiously making calls, even when the prompt "the user you are calling is temporarily unreachable......" will not give up. Replay after hanging up, hang up after replay.
"Mom! I want my mother ......," a 3-year-old girl lay in her father's arms and shouted for her mother. And her father reluctantly agreed, while holding his forehead and sobbing.
Sorrow pervades the restaurant.
Officers and men of the armed police used radio to contact other units in the town, but the news seemed to have sunk into the sea......
Chen Zheng rubbed his old face with both hands, he looked more than 40 years old, but his body was very strong. The solemn countenance is quite righteous.
Chen Zheng sat at the bar of the restaurant, and sitting side by side with him was the sturdy policeman who handcuffed himself, and then took a closer look. He has a face full of flesh, angry eyes and teeth, and he is by no means a good kind. He Hao has always been very accurate in seeing people.
And this policeman, he is actually the police chief of Zhonghe Town-Xue Liang.
When it comes to him, there is no one in Zhonghe Town who doesn't know him, because his gossip is well known. There are 12 sets of 100 square meters of real estate in the town, and there are many lovers with rich breasts and fat buttocks. Plundering millions of dollars every year, he is a blood-sucking hungry wolf in human skin!
He Hao, who felt hungry, said to the armed policeman with a gun beside him: "Brother, can you give me food?"
In fact, he didn't speak loudly, but in this depressed and quiet occasion, he could hear and hear clearly when the sewing needle landed, not to mention his words.
"Eat, eat, eat! What do you want to eat as a condemned prisoner! Xue Liang held a cigarette in his hand, walked in front of He Hao, and said with a gesture.
"Huh." He Hao sneered, as if he didn't take this thing seriously.
The disgraced Xue Liang kicked He Hao in the chest and scolded angrily: "Dead dog!" Believe it or not, now Lao Tzu killed you! ”
"Oops! When is it now, still angry with a prisoner here, messing around! Chen Zheng stopped. It's not because he feels sorry for He Hao, what is there to pity a prisoner? He was annoyed by what was in front of him. I don't want someone to be chattering on the side.
In fact, the food stored in the restaurant was only enough for 24 armed forces and more than 40 survivors to eat for two days. Fortunately, there is also a large supermarket in the national chain on the first basement floor of the mall, and there are all kinds of commonly used materials.
It's a pity -
Chen Zheng learned from a kid who worked as a shopping guide in that supermarket. Before the disaster broke out, the manager of the supermarket arranged for more than 20 logistics staff to sort out the goods that had collapsed and scattered due to the earthquake of the meteorite group. After the outbreak of the virus, he was the only one who ran to the restaurant where he had taken refuge. The rest of the people are probably ...... in the supermarket
This means that there are more than 20 zombies in the supermarket. If the officers and soldiers of the armed police run over them with guns, they are not terrible. The scary thing is that they are scattered throughout the supermarket, and we don't know how many of them! This equates to the ubiquity of invisible threats. Once there is a slip up. Then the consequences are unimaginable.
The kid who escaped was selfish. When he escaped, he was afraid that there would be zombies chasing him out behind him, so he pulled down the switch of the fire gate. The sturdy metal roller door is like a closed bottle mouth, blocking the only link between the supermarket and the mall. Don't let all the zombies come out easily. And, of course, the survivors who escaped behind him and who have not yet been infected.
That kid hasn't forgotten the twisted and cursing faces of those men - like maggots on tarsal bones, tormenting his nerves all the time! Of course, these things are only quietly buried in his heart. Only half of the words are spoken, which is the treacherous thing about this kid.
Chen Zheng and Xue Liang, two middle-level cadres, sat back in the bar, drinking the black tea sold in the restaurant while discussing countermeasures.
To be honest, Chen Zheng has no hope of restoring order to the current state of affairs. Because his armed police fighters have lost contact with several departments. Moreover, mobile phones, a communication tool, have lost their ability to transmit signals. It's not just this one town that's falling. So Chen Zheng is now desperate to get a TV or a network cable, even if it is a wide-frequency radio. For the troops, it is the information that matters.
However, Xue Liang, the corrupt director, didn't think so, he was still happy to make a fortune from the post-disaster reconstruction project, and when the time came, he could lead his mothers-in-law to find a romantic place to have fun with their meat condoms. The thought of the slippery feeling already made him excited.
"After tonight, you will be saved." Xue Liang secretly affirmed in his heart, drank the black tea next to his hand, and then threw the half of the cigarette that he had not finished smoking at his feet. Stomp on it hard. "Yes!" He said to himself in affirmation.
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He Hao sat in the corner and moved his tired body. Relieved himself. He felt as if no one had noticed his strange right arm.
Yes, in such a frightening and chaotic scene, who would pay attention to him as a prisoner? How can you care about him if you can't avoid it?
He Hao twisted his right side against the wall to cover it. After all, everyone is against him, and his hole card as a raven should be hidden for a little longer.
Chen Zheng and Xue Liang discussed for a while. A self-help plan for the next few days was formulated. The first is the sheltered masses, divided by age. Non-prime people, as well as women and children, serve as sentinels, who are responsible for observing the situation of zombies outside the mall. Every 6 hours. He was assigned three shifts, and the second half of the night shift was manned by armed police officers and soldiers.
The remaining PAPF is responsible for clearing the underground supermarkets and, if the situation is unfavorable, for fire cover. Survivors in the prime of life work as transporting goods. Chen Zheng is a person who prepares for a rainy day, and he doesn't wait for the restaurant to run out of ingredients before taking action.
At this moment it was already evening, 19 o'clock. The world outside the window has drawn the first night of the last days. The starry sky is still so bright, but no one can sleep tonight......
Steaming egg fried rice with a glass of warm boiled water was placed in front of every survivor. One share for armed police soldiers and the prime-age people, half for women and the elderly, and half for children. Chen Zheng's differentiation of food is fair and reasonable, and even he strictly enforces it. Only Xue Liang's own bowl was different - there were a few slices of fatty braised pork hidden under the egg fried rice, and a steak with no tendons.
Xue Liang honestly squatted in the corner, eating quietly. Who can serve Xue Liang? That's got to be a fast spin! Smart people who pretend to be confused and don't listen or speak!
Xue Liang has two well-known figures under his hands, one is his own uncle and brother - Xue Peng. The other is his assistant - Liu Ruixiang. They are Xue Liang's right-hand men. The former is the deputy director, and the latter is the chief of the inspection section. They do things, and that's a shrewdness. Isn't the braised pork in Xue Liang's bowl a powerful proof?
And what about He Hao at this time? There was only half a portion of egg fried rice in front of him, which was less than the 7-year-old doll's plate......
He smiled wryly and lifted his hands behind his back. After loosening his shoulders, he ate the food on his plate like a dog. Yes, he can't sit at a table with chopsticks and eat slowly, like everyone else. - You can only bow your head and shave like an animal.
Because, no one values him and looks up to him. A death row prisoner is no longer a human being.
However, He Hao didn't care, he knew what forbearance was. He knew that even if he was insulted, he had to eat the food in front of him, so that he could live more hopefully. He lived to see how the enemy died!
"Stop eating!" The raven transmits sound waves through the bones to Ho's auditory system. "Don't you have dignity?" She babbled.
He Hao didn't pay attention to the raven, he still bowed his head and ate on the plate, but the iron teeth in his mouth rattled.
Suddenly, his eyes darkened, and a figure blocked the light in front of him, and he raised his eyes to look at the person, who turned out to be Xue Liang, who was full of wine and food.
Originally, Xue Liang planned to tease He Hao, but when he saw He Hao provoking his eyes and looking at him, he was actually frightened. He thought to himself, "Where are the people who bow their heads and eat?" It's a ghost, a demon! ”
Under the blood-stained wet sword eyebrows, the sharp eyes were even more terrifying than the empty eyes of the zombies.
"This person can't stay!" Xue Liang, who had been in the mix for many years, wiped his nose for the task he was going to perform tonight. He came up with a sinister idea. Then he found Chen Zheng whispering something. These He Hao are all in the eyes. I saw Chen Zheng shake his head violently, and after Xue Liangyou said a few words, he nodded lightly......
At 21 o'clock in the late autumn in the northern towns, a fierce cold wind is already howling. Survivors come together to dispel fear and loneliness. Because people could faintly hear the characteristic low roar of zombies coming from outside the mall. The sound seems to be far and near. It's as if one moment is outside, and the other is beside you.
Fear torments everyone's nerves like this.