Chapter 18: Escape from the Encirclement
Chen Xiaowu screamed "ah" and fell to the ground in fright.
I saw that although the outstretched hand stretched out to himself, it was enough for a long time, but he could only reach the tip of his shoe. Chen Xiaowu looked at the grass along his withered black arm.
Only then did I realize that the zombie's face that suddenly appeared had been gnawed into two bloody holes, and the flesh and blood of the left cheek were completely opened, and with the opening and closing of the mouth, the entire mouth was exposed. Because of the air leakage, the cavity can no longer emit the roar of zombies.
Chen Xiaowu was very suspicious, even if it was bitten, it probably didn't have the bite force to tear flesh and blood.
Chen Xiaowu came to his senses, and then looked down, and found that its thighs below the waist and the other hand had been gnawed white bones, and the crippled muscles could no longer make him move half a minute, at this time, although it was scratching and roaring at Chen Xiaowu's laborious scratching, it seemed to be fixed in place as if it was tied by iron chains. Except for scaring Chen Xiaowu, there was no way to do any harm to him.
Chen Xiaowu calmed down, hurriedly grabbed his mobile phone with his backhand, got up with a grunt and ran towards the rubber boat by the river.
The scream just now had already alarmed the zombies on the wasteland, and the zombies that were close to him were already staggering towards him at this time.
Chen Xiaowu caught a glimpse of the zombies walking towards him, and he couldn't care about bending down anymore, he crossed the tent in two arrow steps, and the zombies behind him saw the running figures, and they instantly boiled.
Zhao Changguang looked at the movement on the riverbank blankly, only to see the swaying figures on the embankment in the distance, also alarmed by the running of zombies on the wasteland, running from the embankment to the riverside! Even from the other side of the embankment, a horde of zombies began to surge!
The roars of zombies instantly connected across the wilderness, and the seeping roars and urgent footsteps echoed along the riverbank.
The man in the jacket rushed to the side of the boat and pushed the rubber boat into the river with his hands and feet.
Zhao Changguang's heart suddenly felt cold, there were hundreds of zombies behind the man, and there was that kind of man-eating black fish in the river, in addition to being eaten by zombies and black fish, he couldn't think of a third fate for this man, what should he do if he died!
Fortunately, the rubber boat did not drop the chain at this time, Chen Xiaowu pushed the kayak into the river smoothly along the river, and then pushed the rubber boat in the river and ran a few steps quickly, until the river was below his knees, and then jumped onto the boat with both hands.
At this time, the zombie closest to him had also run to the edge of the tent, and the hundreds of zombies behind him who had chased up under the black pressure rushed forward to the river on the embankment.
As far as the eye can see, there are zombies on the wasteland from time to time who are tripped by the dead grass, and then trampled by the zombies behind them without hesitation, and some of them fall into a ball at the same time, rolling up and continuing to rush towards the river.
Seeing that the zombie closest to him had already descended the river, only a dozen meters away from him, Chen Xiaowu's face turned pale with fright. Hurriedly stabilized the direction of the rubber boat, picked up the oars, and paddled the rubber boat with a fast wave of his hands at a speed that he had never done before.
At this time, the zombies by the river had rushed into the river like dumplings, stirring up large waves, and they were far away in the direction of the center of the river.
Suddenly, Chen Xiaowu felt that the oar hit something, and the rapidly swinging oar was so shocked by this sudden external force that he almost got out of his palm, and he hurriedly grabbed the oar to stabilize the figure that almost fell.
Then the rubber boat was clattered by the foreign body under the boat, fortunately it was a rubber boat full of gas all around, if it was an ordinary boat, it is estimated that it would have been overturned on the river by the loss of balance of the foreign body under the water.
Chen Xiaowu panicked and saw the direction of the river behind the boat, a huge shadow formed by black lines, and at this time, he was quickly crossing the rubber boat against the water surface and rushing towards the zombies on the shore.
Then the zombie that ran at the front was already up to its waist, and its body was hit by something and staggered. A half-meter-long black tail flipped out of the river with a pop.
Then the black lines that followed completely knocked down the stumbling zombie, and the fallen river boiled as if it was boiling. The other zombies didn't seem to notice the danger coming from the river at all, and rushed towards more black lines rushing towards the heart of the river.
Then the second zombie that was knocked down, the third, the fourth...... In the blink of an eye, the riverbank seemed to be boiling, and Chen Xiaowu stayed on the boat in shock, and even forgot to paddle.
"What are you still doing! Come here! ”
Zhao Changguang jumped sharply on the fork of the river from afar. He was already desperate, and he really saw the third situation of this man: zombies attracted the black fish in the river! Ignore this kid's rubber boat!
Chen Xiaowu immediately came back to his senses when he heard Zhao Changguang's shout, the black line in the heart of the river had already crossed the bottom of his boat, and he hurriedly rowed towards Zhao Changguang desperately.
Speaking of which, human beings are social animals, and at such a dangerous moment, Chen Xiaowu didn't have time to think about it, so he subconsciously crossed to Zhao Changguang, who issued a summon. In the hope of getting rescue from the same kind.
On the shore at this time, the zombies ran towards the river one after another, and disappeared on the river one after another, and some zombies who ran to the river chased Chen Xiaowu's kayak down the shore and rushed into the river diagonally.
In addition to the more than a dozen zombies that were knocked down by the black fish in the river and became fish feed, more were washed down by the current and disappeared on the river after the river reached their chests.
Zhao Changguang didn't know why he suddenly burst out with so much strength at this time, obviously half an hour ago, he was still half-dead in the sun and waiting for death. At this time, he can simply break a dead branch that is slightly thinner than his wrist.
Without waiting for Chen Xiaowu to arrive, he impatiently handed over the branch. So that Chen Xiaowu could quickly approach the island by dragging the branches.
After Chen Xiaowu stopped on Jiangxin Island, he was about to drag the branch and just wanted to use his strength to run to the island, but was pushed onto the boat by Zhao Changguang.
"What are you doing on the island! Waiting to die? Hurry up and run downstream! ”
Saying that, Zhao Changguang also jumped onto the boat, and without waiting for Chen Xiaowu to reply, he impatiently supported the shore with a wooden stick and propped the rubber boat back to the river.
Chen Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, and he shouted here with this person to let himself come to this island, not because he could hide from zombies and this man-eating black fish here. It's for him to come here and pick him up and run with him.
What the hell is running downstream? Then what is Lao Tzu doing to you tiredly, can't you go down directly! I was almost killed by this man when I was just on the shore, and now I was cheated by him again!
Although the apocalypse of biochemistry has come for a few days, the police uniform worn by Zhao Changguang still has not lost its deterrence against this man who was born in an orphanage, and Chen Xiaowu's anger was forcibly suppressed by himself.
Since he has changed from a saved person by mistake to a person who sacrifices himself to save others, there is no need to destroy his glorious image.
What's more, at this time, the rubber boat has been propped away from Jiangxin Island by Zhao Changguang, and it is more than ten meters away from Jiangxin Island in the blink of an eye.
It may be that the black fish in the river has been attracted by all the zombies on the shore, or it may be that the rubber boat is not attractive without flesh and blood, and the two people paddled down the river for hundreds of meters in horror and found that there was no man-eating black fish attacking the boat.
The wasteland that had just caught fire, at this time, could only see a large area of smoke rising from the sky, as the two of them went away, the zombies who lost their goals no longer rushed to the river, and the boiling river bank gradually calmed down, as if nothing had happened.
All that was left was the zombie pacing at a slow pace, unconsciously letting out a few roars, wandering aimlessly along the shore.
Seeing that the two of them were temporarily out of danger, Zhao Changguang seemed to have collapsed, and the strength he had just now disappeared without a trace, slumped at the end of the rubber boat, looking at the man who had just rescued him from Jiangxin Island.
This person is wearing a light blue jacket, his hair is messy, he doesn't know how long he hasn't shaved his face, although the stubble is thick, but he can vaguely see a trace of immaturity, he has been a police officer for many years, and he judged from experience that this is just an outdoor enthusiast in his early twenties.
Combined with the fact that he had ventured here to pick up the dinghy, he immediately deduced that this person must be the owner of the camp they had been looking for the other day, the outdoor enthusiast.
"Thank you, brother."
Although he didn't want to pay attention to him, Chen Xiaowu, who had been in the society for so many years, casually straightened the direction of the rubber boat, and didn't look at Zhao Changguang, so he replied, "It's okay, it's a matter of effort" and stopped talking.
There was a brief silence between the two.
"Is there anything to eat?" Zhao Changguang was the first to break the silence.
Chen Xiaowu lowered the oars and let the rubber boat drift down with the river.
"Yes." casually packed it from the shore to the backpack on the boat, pulled out two bags of instant noodles and a ham sausage, and handed them to Zhao Changguang.
Zhao Changguang hurriedly took it, couldn't wait to bite through the packaging of the ham sausage, and swallowed the ham sausage in two bites. Without waiting for Zhao Changguang to ask him, Chen Xiaowu handed him his outdoor kettle again.
Zhao Changguang took the kettle and poured a big mouthful of water, took a deep breath, and said to Chen Xiaowu:
"Thank you so much, brother, I've been stranded on that island for three days without eating."
"It's okay, how did you get trapped on that Jiangxin Island?" Chen Xiaowu asked casually. Now that the two have spoken to each other, the policeman has thanked him again and again, and Chen Xiaowu's anger has disappeared a lot.
When Zhao Changguang heard this, he looked at Chen Xiaowu deeply, "Because of you"
"Because of me?" Chen Xiaowu was shocked when he heard this. I couldn't help but blurt out.
"Three days ago, I received a call from the director to come to the embankment to investigate a downed helicopter." Zhao Changguang had already relieved some of his hunger, and at this time, he slowly tore open the packaging of a pack of instant noodles and broke the dough cake; Throw a piece into your mouth and continue.
"When my colleagues and I arrived at the scene, we saw the helicopter crashing on the bank of the embankment, and there was an empty box that had been opened not far away." Saying this, Zhao Changguang looked at Chen Xiaowu's expression carefully, and noticed that the corner of his eye was inadvertently picked. In his heart, he confirmed his conjecture, and the box was indeed opened by him.