ACT 186: Finishing
acT186: The next day, noon. Song Jiu stretched his waist and pushed open the door, and the warm sunlight sprinkled on the golden gate, dazzling and warm.
yawned, raised his eyes and saw that Qianqian and Cook Niangjia were washing something on the side of the water tank, with a large basin at their feet, the basin was full of water, and the peeled potatoes were round and round, stacked one by one in the basin.
Song Jiu moved his stiff neck, and looked back at the room, Jiao Ziqian and Jin Bo were still snoring on their backs, and the two young people's faces full of oil paint had already faded into big flower faces, and they were drooling from sleep, and the sky was dark.
There was a voice in the cafeteria, Cao Zheng beckoned the left-behind ladies to move out a few wooden tables, took out pots and pots from the kitchen and placed them, carrying a pitch-black iron pot on the mud stove in front of the flower garden, and turned his head to see Song Jiu standing stupidly in place and watching, showing him a kind smile.
"Awake?" Cao Zheng patted the ashes on his hands, his freshly washed short hair was still hanging with water droplets, the wind-pulling robe last night had been changed, and he had become a leisurely dress in the field again, his shirt was open, his vest was soaked with sweat, and his face was a little flushed.
Song Jiu smiled back and nodded, his mind was still a little confused, and his reaction couldn't keep up. Seeing this, Cao Zheng didn't say much, grinned, and ran back to the cafeteria to get busy.
Song Yao and the others woke up early, and at this time they were busy working with Yang Xiaomeng in the warehouse, pointing, writing and painting, as if they were planning something big, the sun was spreading all over the compound, and everyone's hair was flowing with dazzling golden light, accompanied by a warm breeze, full of vitality.
Song Jiu exhaled slowly, paced to the water tank like a drunk, picked up a horse spoon, scooped a ticket of cold water and poured it into his dry throat.
The two girls who were immersed in picking vegetables were startled, and when they saw him drinking cold water from the water tank, they hurriedly said, "There is boiling water in the house." ”
"It's okay, I'm thirsty." Song Jiu smiled, saw that the cook Niang Jia's shoulders and arms were also wrapped in bandages, and frowned and said, "Sister Jia, go and rest if you are injured." ”
"Don't get in the way." Chef Niangjia put down the clean vegetable leaves in her hand, shook her arm to indicate that she was fine, reached out and touched Song Jiu's forehead, and said, "Your face is ugly, are you sick?" ”…… Last night, everyone met on Park Avenue, and after that, they did not stop long, seized the weapons and vehicles of the casualties, and left the industrial park directly, and returned to the camp without stopping.
The people who stayed behind and waited stayed up all night, and when they saw that there were a few fewer people who came back, their mood naturally went without saying, and everyone was really tired enough to choke after running for most of the night, so after returning to the camp, they did not count the casualties and count the results of the battle as usual.
Except for the wounded, who endured sleepiness and waited for Dr. Zhong's treatment, the others climbed into bed when they returned, and they had no strength to take off their clothes, and slept until dawn.
Song Yao and Cook Niangjia have a very regular schedule, wake up after four or five hours of light sleep, and no one lies in bed, on the other hand, on the men's side, except for Wu Wentao, the rest of them can't wait to sleep until the sky is desolate.
Song Jiu slept for a long time, but the quality of sleep was very poor, he kept dreaming, and woke up not long after falling asleep, and so on several times, and when he really fell asleep, the women had already gotten up.
Song Jiu felt that his head was a little heavy, and there was still a dream of last night in his mind, whenever he relaxed and fell asleep, he would immediately appear in a dark space, empty all around, thick black as if substantial, sticky and heavy, so that he couldn't breathe, his ears echoed with familiar and unfamiliar words, the once departed companions appeared in the darkness one by one, looking at him silently, and then turned into nothingness, when he tried to ask, the vast darkness dissipated, and the dream world became a huge and incoherent head, Each strand of hair was thicker than his waist, and the ends of his hair were bent, and he fell round like a ripe fruit.
Song Jiu walked over and picked up the heavy fruit, the fruit twisted by itself, it was a graduate student, pale and colorless, and was smiling at him.
Song Jiu woke up, soaked in cold sweat, with Ziqian's snoring in his ears, and the sky outside the window was beginning to appear, a cold-toned abstract painting.
Song Jiu sat up and smoked a cigarette, sleepiness welled up, and closed his eyes again...... Darkness came as promised, thick black mist, dead companions...... Strange and real, staring at him indifferently, turning into nothingness...... Huge head, hair falling from the face of a graduate student, pale smile...... Song Jiu refused to leave, telling himself that there was no need to be afraid, it was his companion.
He stepped back, trying to stay away from the dense and endless hair, he ran to the face of the huge head, the skin under his feet seemed to have no substance, and when he looked down, it was creepy, it was still the face of a graduate student, like freckles, the starry face was densely covered with huge faces, each face was open, in all directions, overwhelming, and the gaze was like a sharp sword, constantly piercing Song wine.
This sleep was extremely painful, and then he simply stopped sleeping, Song Jiu sat up, leaned against the wall in a daze, trying not to let himself think about dreams, focusing on thinking about everything that happened in the industrial park, and focusing on thinking about how to inform everyone about the death of the graduate student.
In fact, Song Jiu could choose to be silent, when he and Wu Wentao and Jiao Ziqian rushed to the rendezvous, the rest of the people had already guessed a little, two teams of people, one team chasing Yu'an, one team looking for graduate students, Song Jiu They returned empty-handed, no need to ask.
But Song Jiu felt uneasy, he couldn't forget the relieved and sad look on the graduate student's face when he stabbed the blade into the graduate student's temple, and Song Jiu could still feel the coldness of his palm when he held the lonely head with his hand.
They are a group of people...... Whether it was a struggle or a struggle, he tried to survive for three years, and there were not a few companions who fell on the way, some did not escape from the mouth of the corpse, some were taken away by injuries and diseases, and some died in the contest between the living.
All this is understandable, this is the process that everyone must go through after the catastrophe, survive and live; can't get through it, die early and be born early.
But the death of the graduate student made it difficult for Song Jiu to accept, although he did not get along with the graduate students for too long, but the life around the island is vivid, and the efforts, optimism, and strength of these people are deeply engraved in Song Jiu's heart.
In Song Jiu's eyes, these people around the island may all die, but it should definitely not be this way of death. The graduate student should die in the siege of the walking dead, or die in a fighting battle, even if it is taken away by a traumatic disease, Song Jiu will not be as uncomfortable as he is now.
Graduate students die worthless, without a trace of dignity. Confused, unclear. ……
"Ninety-nine?" Chef Niangjia raised her hand and shook it in front of his eyes, Song Jiu's state made her a little worried, and asked him if he was sick, he didn't react, looking at his eyes, his thoughts didn't know where he had gone.
Song Jiu was stunned, his soul returned, and he heard Chef Niangjia's question.
"It's okay, maybe I didn't sleep well." Song Jiu pulled the corners of his mouth, dragged his sore and tired body into the open canteen, Wu Wentao and others were sitting there, and Song Yao and a few people who were busy in the warehouse just now were also there.
Seeing Song Jiu coming in, everyone stopped talking and looked over, their eyes were a little strange. Luo Yu got up and helped him to sit on the chair, seeing that he was in such a bad state, he couldn't help but be a little worried.
"I'm fine, what are you talking about?" Song Jiu shook his head and threw out all the complicated thoughts in his mind.
Wu Wentao coughed lightly, raised the things in his hand, and said, "Do you want to see what the researcher brought out?" Song Jiu raised his eyes and saw that it was a cowhide file bag.
"What's the content? Just say it. Song Jiu didn't have the heart to look at the documents, Song Yao and the others looked wrong, obviously the information inside was not good news.
Song Yao took the file, pointed to a line of small characters on the seal, and said, "The document is about research experiments, and the owner of this document is our former companion." ”
"Oh?" Song Jiu glanced at the small characters and muttered, "Su Lan? ”
"Hmm." Song Yao nodded and said, "There is also bad news. ”
"What?"
"Lao Wu tortured the field officer, and according to him, a car left first last night." Song Yao sighed and said with annoyance: "The park is too big, we shouldn't have touched it." ”
"Ran into it." Fang Fei, who was sitting at the table, suddenly opened his lips, his face was a little ashamed, and muttered: "We ran into a car, and when we saw us, we ran away, I didn't think much about it at the time, I knew it was like this...... Alas. ”
"What do you mean?" Song Jiu frowned, a little puzzled, and asked, "There are a lot of people who have run away, what's the problem?" Lu Qian handed him a glass of water and explained: "When I met those people, I originally planned to arrest us, and the team that left first went to the Gobi Desert to report the news." Seeing that Song Jiu was about to ask another question, Lu Qian took the initiative to explain: "The laboratory said that antibodies were found, so 100,000 rushed to inform the headquarters, we can't stay for a long time, take a rest, and get on the road as soon as possible." ”
"Wait." The more Song Jiu listened, the more confused he became, and hesitated: "Antibody? I don't get it. ”
"We don't understand either." Song Yao spread his hands and said, "What the white coat said, the antibodies they refer to...... It's Yu'an. ”
"Where does that start?"
"Dr. Zhong doesn't understand, we don't have the conditions and can't test it, but what the white coat said is true, and Dr. Zhong seems to understand." Song Yao turned her head and pointed to the corner, Doctor Zhong was talking with Hui Hui and Yu An, the two goddesses had different colors, and Yu An was even more dazed.
"Anyway..."Wu Wentao spoke out at the right time, sorted out the current information, and said: "The person who delivered the news is already on the way, maybe they don't have to go to the Gobi Desert, there may be other living corpse strongholds nearby, the antibody is very important, Caroline will definitely go out in person." In addition, the antibody matter has been leaked, we have to get out of here, the sooner the better, go to sea as soon as possible, and provide conditions for Xiao Zhong, about antibodies, we still know very little. The cafeteria quieted down, and everyone's expressions were a little unpleasant, and they couldn't dodge after all, but this time it was good, and the antibodies also leaked.
But the question is, why did Yuan suddenly become an antibody? Is it because she's been with Megumi all the time?
In this way, wouldn't all those who have been in contact with Megumi on the roundabout become antibodies? The white coat was very arrogant at first, unwilling to disclose information, as if he had the initiative, Wu Wentao took it away to practice, smashed two fingers before pouring beans into the bamboo tube, and told what happened in the laboratory.
After listening to the ins and outs, Dr. Zhong changed his attitude and seemed to have discovered something extraordinary, but he was suffering from the lack of conditions at the moment, so he could only make a verbal inquiry first.
Song Jiu listened to everyone silently, muttered for a while, and said, "Then let's do it, rest for another day, and set off...... Have more questions? ”
"Them." Wu Wentao glanced at the door, Song Jiu heard the sound and saw that Cao Zheng and Yang Xiaomeng were helping the cook Niangjia to cook, talking and laughing, and they had become familiar with each other.
Wu Wentao played with the file bag and said quietly: "There are people who drive the boat, and you can find a way for the rest." ”
"Got it." Song Jiu comprehended and nodded in response. There are many questions, but unfortunately they can't be answered now, and after sorting out the current situation, everyone is also a lot more relaxed, so they got up one after another, ready to leave their worries and go to dinner.
Song Jiu looked at the departing people, stopped talking a few times, and finally gritted his teeth and shouted out to Song Yao and the others.
"Huh?"
"Little Bear, let me say goodbye to you on his behalf." ...