Chapter 3: Survivors
Li Ru opened his eyes in a daze, because he didn't dare to bring an alarm clock, now he woke up, got up and cleaned up briefly, looked at the sky, and couldn't tell what time it was, walked around to see, and after confirming that there was nothing abnormal, he took out the food to eat, and after eating, he recovered the tent, put the bag on his back, took out the map placed in the side bag and looked at it, reconfirmed the route, and started today's new itinerary.
Because there are buildings on both sides of many green belts, Li Ru walks in the meantime, from time to time he will see some monsters swaying not far away, if it is placed at the beginning of the disaster, Li Ru will probably be scared to run away, but now Li Ru is walking unhurriedly, first, he can't run with his own weight, and secondly, he has studied these monsters during this time, even if he is very close, as long as he doesn't make a big movement, there is no big wound on his body, there will be no big problem, although there will be some noise when walking, But their shoes have been carefully transformed, increased fixed shoe covers, originally planned to use blankets as materials to wrap the soles, but in the end because it is difficult to fix and affect the stability of walking can only give up, after interviewing a variety of materials, and finally to women's sanitary napkins as materials, air cushion type, horizontal three can wrap a shoe, the sound reduction effect is good, the most important thing is that they still have some spare, can be replaced at any time.
That being said, Li Ru still keeps an eye on the movements of the monsters swaying around him, they are not like the zombies in the movie that will roar and run over, but will approach you silently, but as long as they don't show signs of approaching him, don't see it.
In this way, on the third day, the new problem made Li Ru uncomfortable, the drinking water he brought had been drunk, he originally planned to take water from several small rivers running through the green belt, although it may be unhygienic, but it should not be a big problem, but in fact it was much beyond the scope of his own acceptance, he had not paid attention to it before, and now he found that the pollution is so serious, not so much a small stream and a small river, but a stinky ditch is more appropriate, this kind of drinking, I am afraid it will be difficult to finish the road behind.
In this way, there is only one way in front of you, and you can venture to find some water in a nearby building to replenish it, even if you don't have clean and pure water, tap water is barely acceptable.
Helplessly, Li Ru put down his backpack, found a secluded and dry place to hide, took a fire axe, took a kettle, and slowly approached the nearest independent two-story building, there were many corpses lying on the ground around this small building, but he did not find that there were monsters roaming around, and the signboard on the upper floor was printed with the words Baiquan Department Store Wholesale, which was a small wholesale market.
However, Li Ru didn't dare to relax, who knows if there would be a group living inside, if he was not careful, it was possible to be eaten raw by them.
Li Ru quietly touched the nearest window on the first floor, the cat leaned into the room to observe, the room is very large, with Li Ru's perspective can only see part of the layout, can not judge whether it is safe, the room is empty, close to his own door but piled up a large number of sundries, it can be said that the door is completely blocked, the door can only go through the window, Li Ru first slowly poked his head into the room from the window, looked around, did not find anything abnormal, then carefully turned up the window, fortunately the window was not high, It's not too easy for Li Ru's size of 178.
With a bang, the sound of Li Ru's feet falling on the concrete floor in the house sounded, this sound made Li Ru immediately regret it, he jumped down like this, he might kill himself, and he held the axe tightly in his hand, fortunately, there was no danger, it seems that there are indeed no monsters in this building, otherwise they would have rushed towards him with such a big movement just now.
Li Ru breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to look around carefully, the first floor was indeed empty, there were a lot of sundries piled up behind the two doors on the first floor, and the rest of the place was basically empty, Li Ru speculated that someone should have been hiding here before.
There was nothing to see on the first floor, Li Ru went up the stairs on the second floor, just walked to the door of the second floor, and suddenly a figure appeared, Li Ru didn't see it clearly, only to see a wooden stick split down towards his head, and subconsciously picked up the axe in his hand is a horizontal block, because the strength of the bear is a little large, Li Ru was forced to take several steps back.
Yes... Yes... Yes... A scream came into his ears, Li Ru was forced to retreat to the first floor, and the figure followed closely, but the offensive did not slow down, although the person in front of him attacked violently, at least from the appearance of an ordinary girl, and his heart was settled, but because the last block did not hold the handle of the axe, the entire fire axe was knocked to the ground, and before Li Ru could react, the girl's stick swung on his left arm, and a sharp pain struck, Li Ru gritted his teeth and endured the pain, raised his leg with all his strength, and hit the opponent's abdomen, the effect was obvious, The girl who suddenly attacked her was kicked to the ground by herself, and the wooden stick in her hand also flew out, but the screaming was even worse, Li Ru hurriedly rushed up and held down the other party, grabbed a cloth towel on the ground and covered her mouth.
"Don't call don't call, I'm human, I'm human." Li Ru shouted in a low voice while controlling her resistance with all his might, if she doesn't shut up, maybe the nearby monsters will be lured over, and it will be difficult to deal with it then.
After struggling like this for two minutes, the talent in Li Ru's arms gradually calmed down and stopped struggling violently.
"Don't scream, I'll let you go, okay?" Li Ru saw that she had finally calmed down, and began to try to communicate with her, and the strength in his hand was also reduced a lot, because of holding the girl in his arms, the smell on her body filled his nasal cavity, which made him feel a little uneasy, and even the evil little brother raised his head out of place, just behind the girl, Li Ru quickly shrank his body back, so as not to be misunderstood.
After a few seconds, I saw the girl nodding her head and agreeing, Li Rucai completely let go of her hands and feet, moved her position back, and kept a certain distance from the girl, and then sat down on the ground.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not malicious, I'm just passing by here to take a look." Li Ru sat on the ground panting while continuing to try to communicate with the girl in front of her, she had taken the initiative to distance herself in order to show her sincerity, and she shouldn't have noticed what happened just now.
"Hold... I'm sorry, I... I... I thought it was a monster coming in, but just... I was a little excited. The girl also seemed to calm down, understood the current situation, and opened her mouth to respond, maybe it was a long time since she had spoken to someone like this, and the girl stammered a little.
Seeing that the girl had a rational response, Li Ru was very happy, he was very worried that the girl in front of him might be insane and unable to communicate, it seemed that he was thinking too much, her answer showed that her mental state was not too bad, but seeing that she was holding the wooden stick she had just lost, she was obviously still very wary of herself, her eyes were full of undisguised anger, Li Ru also took back the fire axe that had been dropped, so the two were in such a stalemate.
Li Ru began to carefully look at the girl in front of him, a very delicate girl, although he was still emotionally blank, it did not mean that he was a pervert who couldn't move when he saw a beautiful woman. But if you don't look at it in vain, Li Ru's eyes are full up and down, especially in places like her breasts, and she doesn't have such a presumptuous opportunity on weekdays. What surprised Li Ru the most was that why was this woman so neat and clean? He had expected the situation of encountering survivors, most of them should be haggard and disheveled, his heart actually admired this girl a little, before this he had been living in fear, this woman did not have any panic for the rest of her life, I don't know if she was stupid or really had the psychological quality of Taishan collapsing forward and not changing her face.
The situation seems very weird, in Li Ru's opinion, the two survivors will meet at the end of the day, even if they don't hold their heads and cry, they should see each other too late, right?
Ignoring Li Ru's somewhat obscene gaze, the girl's tall chest rose and fell sharply, she bit her lower lip, and finally suppressed her anger and put away her guarded attitude: "How did you survive?" How else did you get to me? ”
How this girl's speech sounded a little uncomfortable, Li Ru pursed her lips: "It depends on strength to survive, and it depends on brains to get here." ”
Anyway, he is also a big man, and the girl is barely soft first, and he has to show some grace, and he doesn't care about her attitude.
"Are you still strong?" Although the girl's attitude has eased a little, but her mouth is not forgiving at all, the girl looks at it, "Look at your dress, life is good", Li Ru's dress is indeed a little unreasonable, if it is placed before the catastrophe, it is simply ordinary, but now that the disaster broke out for more than two months, he is not only dressed neatly and neatly, but even there is no dirt on his body, which can only be explained that he has a good living environment, and he can't help but believe a little bit about his so-called strength.
"Come on, it's wrong, I won't rob your place, get some water, and I'll leave for a night's rest." couldn't hear the praise or criticism, Li Ru directly said his thoughts, in fact, he wanted to take her with him, but reason told him that he couldn't even guarantee his own safety, let alone bring a burden. After thinking about it, I felt that it was not easy to see a living person in the last days, so I kindly reminded: "Don't look at those who look scary, in fact, they are not terrible at all, their eyesight is not very good, they mainly rely on hearing to find people, and many limbs are damaged, and the speed is slow, and they may not be able to keep up with you when they really run." Also, I've seen them hide in the middle of the day, which I guess may be an instinctive phototactic reaction after being infected."
His discovery is actually not much, but for others who don't understand, it is tantamount to a lifesaver. The girl was dumbfounded, she didn't expect him to say such a thing at this time, she was clueless, but he knew a lot, although he couldn't verify it, but he didn't have a reason to lie to himself.
But then, the girl responded: "They are still afraid of water"
In response to his attitude, the girl made her only but extremely important discovery. Before Li Ru could react, he asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" This Li Ru really doesn't know, there have been a few heavy rains before, but he hasn't been to the roof to observe in those days, after all, under the current environmental conditions, the rain is not a joke, it seems that it was missed.
The girl smiled, and a small dimple appeared on her face: "When it suddenly rained heavily that day, I found that they all hid immediately, some of them were far away from the building, and the monsters who didn't have time to dodge fell to the ground in the rain and never got up again." ”
Looking at the girl's smile, Li Ru looked away as if he was being exposed to direct sunlight: "Thank you, do you want me to take you with you." I have to say that the girl's smile is really good-looking, Li Ru couldn't help but be moved, and her previous reason was thrown aside.
Hearing Li Ru's words, the girl was obviously stunned, and suddenly snorted: When do I want you to take me away? I'm doing a good job here, and I might be killed if I go outside. If you hadn't broken in out of nowhere, would you have been willing to see you? ”
This boy is so interesting, he still wants to break out like this? Do you really think that when the end comes, women will have to listen to men and be vassals of men? This kind of two-storey store is generally the upper floor of the residence and warehouse and the lower level of operation, the upstairs has everything, she uses it less, and it is not too much of a problem to save a little bit and insist on it for a few months.
After listening to the girl's words, it's right to think about it, it was a meeting in Pingshui, Li Ru didn't ask why the girl refused to go, it is estimated that he wants to wait for the national rescue and other reasons, he doesn't want to say anything about waiting for the rescue to be hopeless, it will not be good to hit her confidence, and his choice is not necessarily right, maybe he will continue to stick to the help.
The beginning of the conversation was much better, Li Ru slowly chatted with her, maybe she hadn't spoken to anyone for too long, and the two of them chatted like a conversation box had been opened until the sky gradually darkened.
From the girl's mouth, Li Ru learned that her name was Li Wei, one year younger than herself, originally not alone, here was originally plus she was four people, she and three men, a total of four people guarded the building, it was fine, somehow one person suddenly became a monster, and as a result, he bit another man, although in the end the person who became a monster was killed by the other two, but the man who was not bitten asked the injured person to leave by himself on the grounds of safety, the two did not talk, and finally tore up, The most unfortunate thing is that because they moved too much, some monsters in the vicinity were attracted by them at that time, the monsters rushed into the first floor, she hid on the second floor in fear, and the two men ran away from the other door, fortunately the monsters were led away by them, she escaped, and then she moved a lot of things to block the two doors on the first floor, and then she has been hiding here, the second floor was used as a department store, the tap water has not been broken, and there is a lot of food, she has relied on these things to survive until now, as for the two men, She didn't know the outcome, maybe she ran away, but in that case, it was probably a sacrifice for the monster's teeth.
After Li Ru finished chatting with Li Wei, he found that it was not early, and he didn't plan to continue his journey, so he would take a break here tonight, so he turned out of the window and retrieved his backpack, and made a bed on the second floor, and the kettle was also filled with tap water.
Although the two talked a lot before, Li Ru could see that she was still very wary of herself, Li Ru didn't say anything, human nature, so he took off his coat and lay on the bunk, although there was moonlight at night, but the light in the room on the second floor was very dim, although he couldn't reach out and couldn't see his fingers, but he could only barely see a figure.
Under such environmental conditions, a woman has persisted for so long, Li Ru admires her a little, it's really not easy, thinking of her previous days, Li Ru's heart is even heavier.
The two of them just stayed in this darkness silently, speechless.
"Where can you go tomorrow? It's so dangerous out there, you... You..., or you can stay, I'm pretty bored by myself. In the end, Li Wei couldn't help but open her mouth to break the silent atmosphere and said, to stay or not to stay, in fact, Li Wei herself is also very entangled, she finally met someone, and finally had a companion, she doesn't have to talk to herself alone in the future, but the relative risk is also very large, he is a man in case of beastliness, he is by no means an opponent, and finally weighed it again and again, or decided to keep him.
"Thanks, I'm going to keep going tomorrow." For Li Ru, this is a very tempting proposal, but he finally refused, because he no longer had hope for rescue, and most of the time he could only sit and wait for help, and he wanted to go home to see, no matter life or death, he had to go back.
"Really? So where can you go like this, and where is it safer than here? Li Wei asked obviously with some loss, obviously Li Ru's answer did not respond to the expectation that she had finally made up her mind, and Li Ru was not unable to understand her thoughts, it was too lonely to be alone, although she was very wary when she first met, but in the end, in the current situation, everyone would long to have a partner, and it was really painful to live alone.
Anyway, the night time is always long, and when she has nothing to do, Li Ru began to tell her about her two months and her own plans, just like telling her own legend, and Li Ru, who didn't talk much, also began to talk endlessly.
"I can't see it, you don't look very good, but you're quite bold, the plan is also whimsical, you're not afraid of an accident!" After listening to Li Ru's story, Li Wei teased a little.
"What if? There is really a case that is also fate, I admit it" Li Ru thought for a while and said, what she said is indeed possible, but what can this be, although she prides herself on being cautious in doing things, she is by no means a timid person.
With that said, the girl stopped asking, and the room fell silent again, until the morning light came through the window on the second floor.