Chapter 12: The Battle Begins

This village doctor did not have a license, and he didn't even dare to hang a sign at the door. The door was not locked, I broke in with a gun, and there were no zombies inside; It's no different from the usual farm yard, except that a few more bungalows have been built in the yard. When I went inside, I saw that the equipment inside was extremely rudimentary, the walls were pitch black, as if they had never been painted, and the tables, chairs, and beds were simply a pile of tatters. The shelves were empty. I only found a little iodine and bandages, a few more syringes, and no fever or anti-inflammatory drugs. Indeed, as Gan Ling said, all the medicines have been used up.

I was very disappointed, sitting on the chair in a daze, thinking about Xiao Lin, I should be lying halfway up the mountain, waiting for me to go back, and it would be in vain if I didn't find the medicine to go back.

Gan Ling saw that my face was not good, and stood at the door without saying a word, for fear that she would provoke me if she spoke. I didn't want to speak, there was a solemnity in the air. After a long time, I asked Gan Ling: "Where is the closest place with medicine from here?" ”

Gan Ling said: "Then the only way to go is to go to the hospital in the town. ”

"How far?"

"Seven or eight miles."

I thought about it, and if the bike ride went well, I should be able to come back in the evening, so I stood up and said, "Take me there." ”

Gan Ling snorted: "There are a lot of zombies in the town, especially ...... hospital."

I was silent: in the past, where the population was larger, there would be more zombies now, and there were only a few hundred zombies in this village, but I had a hard time coping with it, and the number of zombies in the town must be far more than that; If someone asks where there are the most zombies, it is estimated that 90% of them will answer that it is the hospital: when the flu virus breaks out, all the patients desperately crowd into the hospital, although they know that it is not much use, but they all have a glimmer of hope. After all, hospitals are even more useless if they are not used elsewhere, and if a vaccine is actually produced, the hospital will be supplied as soon as possible. As a result, every hospital was overcrowded, and even the nearby streets and neighboring buildings were crowded. So when the zombies broke out, the hospital bore the brunt of the hardest hit area, so the process of going there to find medicine could never go smoothly.

But what can be done? Where can you go if you don't go there? Xiao Lin was lying on the mountain, and if she didn't take the medicine back, she might die of the infection. Although there is a shortage of medicines in hospitals, I have also heard that many doctors hide some of their medicines and secretly sell them on the black market at high prices. So if you just find enough dosage for Xiao Lin alone, there should still be hope. Xiao Lin was all injured because of me, and I had to help her find the medicine.

Thinking of this, I said, "I have to go, you can go back if you are afraid." Tell me how to get there. "The hospital in town should be big, and I should be able to find it without her leading the way.

Gan Ling hesitated for a moment and said: "I didn't know them before, and there wasn't much food in the building, and they didn't have enough to eat themselves, so I'm afraid they won't let me in, so I'll follow you." ”

I'd like to, so I don't have to go around stumbling around. Riding on the doctor's two bicycles, I drove the road ahead, Gan Ling followed behind, and headed along the country road towards the town. Out of the village, I looked back at the three-story building, thinking that the two women had cut the rope and cut off Gan Ling's way back, but also their own way out. How will they get out when they run out of supplies? Although there is a lot of food in the small building, there will always be a time when they will run out, and then they will be trapped inside. Another thought: No, there are only a few zombies around them? Just open the windows on the first floor, cut them one by one through the guardrail, and kill all the zombies to get out.

The road gradually began to get easier, there were more and more houses on both sides, and there were also more and more zombies. Further on, there is another village in front, the road passes through the center of the village, a large group of zombies are wandering on the road, they do not follow the road, just walk around in place without purpose, and then look into the distance, the zombie group stretches all the way to the road in the distance. Seeing that we couldn't pass ahead, Gan Ling and I threw the car aside and hid behind a tree to observe carefully.

"How far is it from the hospital now?" I asked Gan Ling.

"It's not far away, it's the main road ahead, and it's a short time to the west."

At the mention of the word "big road", I thought of the zombie group on the road in front of the courtroom, and although the zombie group in front of me was not as active as the last time, there were not many of them. Looking at them, my scalp tingles.

Gan Ling whispered to me: "This is the east side of the hospital, there are not many people here, and the west side of the hospital is the center of the town, where there should be more zombies." ”

"I know! Can you say a few words? "I know Gan Ling is telling the truth, but the truth is often hard to accept. Gan Ling didn't dare to say anything more when she saw me angry.

"What's the name of this town?" I asked again.

"Ping'an Town!"

Ping'an Town? What a name, I don't know if it's safe for me.

At this time, it is already four o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still three hours before dark, and the time is getting less and less, so let's find a way to get in! I looked at the village in front of me, which was richer than Ganjiazhuang. Relying on the national highway to be naturally prosperous, the rows of houses are neatly arranged, and each alley is straight, and you can see the end at a glance, and you will never get lost in such an alley.

On both sides of the road are wheat fields, the wheat is golden and yellow, and it is already harvest season. Gan Ling and I were secretly lying inside, but it was not easy to be found. Quietly approaching the village, observing alley by alley, hoping to find a path without zombies from the village.

But there are zombies on every road, more or less. Although it can't be compared with the main road, it is enough to bear. Gan Ling and I quietly walked around the field for an hour, but we didn't find a safe road. If you break through, these zombies will definitely not be able to stop you, the key is whether the zombies on the highway will be alarmed; As long as the zombies in the brigade are alarmed, we will definitely die after rushing in. With this in mind, I decided to walk through the alley farthest from the road.

We came to the westernmost part of the village, which had only houses on the east side and a high wall on the west. Looking inside from here, you can see dozens of zombies scattered in different parts of the alley, not the least zombies here, but the farthest from the large group of zombies on the road. I asked Gan Ling, "Where does this lead?" ”

Gan Ling said: "Passing through here, there is a construction site in front, and in front of it is the main road leading to the city, and the hospital is opposite. ”

You have to get on the main road! There are so many zombies on the highway in normal times, what will happen on the road? And it's the main road next to the hospital. I frowned and asked Gan Ling, "The construction site is directly opposite the hospital?" ”

"It should be, if not directly opposite, it should be about the same."

"What is the construction site? How much has been done? "I want to know the general terrain.

Gan Ling said: "It is built in the Anju community, which is a six-story residential building, and it seems that it has been almost built. ”

It turned out to be engaged in real estate development, and building a house is always the most profitable business, and this remote town is no exception. I stared at the alley, but I didn't dare to act. Thinking about the road over there, zombies of that level should have fled a long time ago when they encountered them on weekdays, but now not only did they not flee, but they also had to enter the center of them. This time you go in, but it's nine deaths! No, no, it's not nine deaths, it's ten deaths! Is it worth it for Xiao Lin β€”β€”β€”β€” a girl who has only known her for a few days? Maybe I should get up and turn away. Xiao Lin, I wanted to save you, but I did my best, and I did my best with a wound and risked my life. Now I really don't want to put my life into this kind of hopeless adventure. Thinking about Xiao Lin's situation, I feel very uncomfortable, what is she doing now, maybe she has woken up and is waiting for me to go back, what will happen to her if I don't go back? His legs were injured, and he was lying halfway up the mountain, unable to go up or down, and died of illness or starvation. The point is that her leg is still because of my injury, and if I abandon her, am I still a human being? No, I have to move forward.

I was cheering myself up, when I suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps trampling on the wheat field not far behind me, and when I looked back, I was surprised: we were looking ahead, and I don't know when a large group of zombies had surrounded me unconsciously. They won't notice us, but they'll soon pass by where we're hiding.

"Run!" I shouted loudly, the back road has been blocked, I can only run forward, I don't want to break in, I have to break in. I couldn't make up my mind for a long time, and finally the zombies helped me down. Let's run down the alley together, and now we'll see if we can escape to a safe place without alerting the hordes of zombies. The zombies in the back spotted us and immediately chased after us. The zombies in the alley also came on, and in order to pass quickly, I no longer spared bullets and shot again and again to clear the road.

The pain began to torment me again, but I kept running. The alleys of this village are in the shape of a "well", and there are horizontal alleys every few tens of meters that communicate with other alleys, so the zombies in the neighboring alleys also found us and rushed to join in the fun. However, due to their late discovery, they could only join the team chasing behind, and could not intercept them head-on.

There were more and more zombies chasing after us, and by the time we ran to the mouth of the alley, they were already twisted into a big lump. The good thing is that we've left them some distance behind. The entrance of the alley is almost directly opposite the gate of the construction site, and you can enter the construction site by crossing the asphalt road in the village. Just as we fled there, a large number of zombies suddenly poured out there, and the two of us didn't have time to be careful, so we instinctively avoided it, but we ran in the same direction, one to the east and the other to the west. I noticed that something was wrong: Gan Ling was defenseless, and she was in a group of zombies, so I was afraid that it would be difficult to survive without my protection; I'm here to save Xiao Lin, and if someone dies to save someone, that's not what I want. So I turned around and rushed to the west, but in the blink of an eye, the zombies had separated us, and Gan Ling was still running forward like crazy, turning into an alley and disappearing.

I had no choice but to run east again, and then began to realize a serious problem: the front is where the zombie group is located, more and more zombies are coming, the more zombies run forward, the more zombies there are, but being chased by a large group of zombies behind me, if you don't run, you will die immediately, and a word appears in my mind: drink to quench your thirst! After a few more steps, the situation became even more severe, and the zombies had surrounded me on three sides.

Only the south side of the construction site wall is free of zombies, and I don't know the situation on the other side of the wall, but at this time I am already panicking. Flee under the wall in the hope of being able to climb over it. The wall wasn't too high, but I had injuries on my body, and I didn't succeed in flipping it twice. Stop the futile climb and look to both sides, there is a pile of stones next to the wall in front of you. Hurriedly ran over, fired several shots, killed several zombies nearby, and climbed the stone pile before climbing the fence. He staggered forward a few steps on the wall, away from the pile of stones, to prevent being caught by zombies. The zombies outside the wall quickly crowded under the wall, and they could barely reach my shoes with their hands raised. I stood on the wall and swapped out a polished magazine, ******, the bullets were draining so fast, and I had four magazines for eighty rounds. I looked west: Gan Ling had run away without a trace, and I hope she could escape from this hell on earth.

I looked into the wall again, and took a breath of cold air, there were really a lot of zombies inside! However, due to the large construction site, although the number of zombies is large, the density is not large. If I jump now, I might be able to rush over, and when the zombies are all under the wall, I won't be able to fly. So he immediately jumped off the fence and entered the construction site. The zombies at the construction site surrounded me, and I quickly escaped from their gaps. As soon as you escape from one encirclement, you will immediately fall into another. In order to survive, I had to work my feet and keep running around. In order to save bullets, only shoot as a last resort.

The zombies chasing me at the construction site reminds me of the game of the police to catch the thief when I was a child, but now in this game, the thief will be eaten alive after being caught. The things on the construction site were very messy, and my movements were greatly affected, but the zombies were even more affected, so I could barely get caught. But the zombies chasing me outside the wall just now have begun to pour in from the north gate, and the number of zombies on the construction site has greatly increased, and the more I run, the more difficult I feel.

The destination was the hospital across the road to the south, and there were more and more zombies in the north, so I tried to go south while avoiding the zombies. Due to the blockade of the zombies, I did not walk smoothly, and it was not easy to reach the south wall. When I got to the base of the wall, I was disappointed to find that the wall was higher on this side than on the other, and there were no stones for me to step on.

The zombies chased after me, but seeing that I couldn't climb over the wall and had no other way, I had to flee into the nearest building. The residential building, which is under construction, is surrounded by scaffolding, and is dark, potholed, and covered in a thick layer of dust. The zombies followed, and I started running up the stairs with no handrails. The pain in his body became more and more painful, and he ran slower and slower, and finally he could only flee by the wall, but he couldn't stop and rest when he was chased by the zombies.

The zombie chased after him upstairs, and I didn't have the strength to run anymore, so I picked up a shovel around the corner, turned around and slammed the first zombie on the head, and the zombie immediately burst out and rolled down. So I stood on the second floor and rounded the shovel, and shoveled one at a time at the zombies that climbed up, so that my legs could rest.

But the more zombies gathered, I gradually began to be unable to parry, and if one was killed, two would come up. So I slowly retreated to the third floor while shooting. After slapping a few more to death, I felt that my body was in pain and couldn't stand it, so I threw away the shovel and turned around and ran again. This time, I ran to the attic on the top of the building in one go.

The residential building is not finished, there are no doors in any of the rooms, nothing can stop the zombies, and they will soon be chasing them. Now there is only one option leftβ€”β€”β€”β€” climb to the scaffolding outside the building. I poked my head out and looked downstairs: Oh my God, it's so high!

The roars of the zombies and the sound of footsteps were getting closer and closer, and there was no time to hesitate, so I had to venture out of the window. The scaffolding is made up of steel pipes as thick as a child's arm, and it is very dangerous to stand on it, and if you are not careful, you may fall to pieces. I didn't dare to look down, so I used all my limbs, being careful, and only moved the last one until three of them were secure.

Slowly coming to the outer edge of the scaffold, I clung to a steel pipe and waited for the zombies to arrive with a pistol. At this time, I was only two or three meters away from the window, but the distance of two or three meters saved my life. The zombies chased after them, and they also tried to stand on the scaffolding, but their hands and feet were not coordinated enough, and as soon as they rolled out of the window, they fell straight down.

At first, I stared at the zombies intently, and I was relieved to find that they really couldn't crawl. I sat on the pole and began to rest, and in order to prevent myself from falling, I untied my belt and tied myself to the scaffolding, and watched the zombies jump off the building while resting: they spread their teeth and claws in mid-air, and then fell heavily to the ground, making a "poof" sound, raising a bit of dust, and then they were motionless.

After resting for a while, my body gradually recovered, and I began to observe the situation around me. The hospital was right in front of my eyes, and now I can see it clearly, it's a very regular hospital, five floors, and in front of it stands a huge red cross, which is very eye-catching. Just cross the street to get there. Looking at the street, although I had a certain psychological preparation, I was still taken aback: the whole street was blocked by all kinds of vehicles, cars next to car, even if I was riding a bicycle, I couldn't get through. The narrow space between the cars was crowded with zombies, and there was no room for even the pins. There are so many zombies that even a hundred of them will be torn apart if they rush at the opposite side at the same time. I sighed: Is this the end of my life?

My eyes searched back and forth, hoping to find a solution, and finally my eyes stopped on the tower crane next to the building! The huge tower crane stands on the west side of the building, the boom points south, just to reach the hospital, and the big iron hook hangs down and stops outside the window on the fifth floor of the hospital.