Chapter 4: Little Escape
Running and trotting all the way, Wang Xi finally arrived at the rest area before the sun set, he stood dozens of meters away from the rest area with his hands on his knees, panting.
Looking at whether it is the rest area that has been stuffed with cars, or the cars that are blocked on the highway because they can't squeeze into the rest area, plus a large number of walking corpses wandering among the cars with their heads exposed, Wang Xi can only shake his head helplessly, at this time the sky is already gray, and the clouds in the sky indicate that a dark night is approaching, no matter what, he must quickly find a safe place to spend the night, otherwise even if he is fortunate not to be attacked by the walking corpses, the low temperature and cold wind at night may also make himself who is only wearing thin clothes suffer from a cold, I'm really sick now.
After some memories and observations, the only choice Wang Xi can have now is a toll booth he just passed.
Because there is a barricade at the entrance of the toll station downward, and the roadblocks are full of warning signs, so Wang Xi paid a little attention to the situation there, although he only took a few simple glances, although he did not see a walking corpse, but he still felt that he should try his luck, after all, there was no better choice.
Running back to the toll booth again, with the last bit of afterglow, Wang Xi quickly climbed over the layers of barricades, and walked towards the toll booth carefully and as soon as possible.
It was still dark, and Wang Xi slowly touched the location of the toll booth with the last glance.
Wang Xi was very scared, so scared that he didn't dare to breathe normally, the night was really dark and he couldn't see his five fingers, his whole body began to tremble involuntarily, and he was sweating profusely when it was cold, he would unconsciously think that he would touch a walking corpse in the next second, or be thrown to the ground by a walking corpse running from unknown directions, and then .......
Although I was scared to the extreme, I could only continue to move forward blindly, and forcibly comforted myself, I observed very carefully, and I was sure that there were no walking corpses around, there must be...
Finally, Wang Xi touched the outside of one of the toll booths, touched the doorknob along the outer wall, gently pulled it twice, and locked it, after a "kao" mouth shape, he still had to touch the other guard box next to him......
TOEFL due to the negligence of a certain staff member, the second guard box did not lock the door, Wang Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief, entered lightly, and then carefully blocked the door with a chair, and he slowly lay on the cold floor, with his curled body against the chair.
After a day of traveling, he should have made good use of sleep to recover his strength, but now Wang Xi in this situation has no sleepiness at all, and the slightest wind and grass will make him look nervous......
After a long, dry and cold night, the curtain finally faded, Wang Xi rubbed his palms, sniffled, and hunched over to observe the situation outside through the glass.
Through the misty sunlight, Wang Xi saw the overall situation of the toll station, and there were many roadblocks at the entrance on the other side, which were more and stronger than the entrance of the downward line.
There is also the only building on the side that exists in Wang Xi's field of vision, which is the two-story dormitory at the toll station, he was attracted to this building, it is very simple, there must be something useful to him in it, the two days of running have almost forced him down, he needs something to ease himself, although he is not very sure what he needs, maybe it is the ...... of food and drink, no matter what it is, he feels that there is such a thing in this building.
Leaving the sentry box, Wang Xi walked towards the building while carefully observing the surroundings.
There are a lot of blood stains on the ground and a few bones with no flesh left, and the closer you get to the entrance with heavy defenses, the more you should be full of walking corpses in this environment, but until now, Wang Xi has really never seen a walking corpse, and he has not even heard the unique roar of the walking corpse, although it is a good thing, but the more he is like this, the more vigilant he becomes.
Entering the open big iron door, and then passing through a small field, Wang Xi stood in front of the building and observed the hall on the first floor, empty, nothing, he slowly pushed open the glass door, and picked up a wooden handle broom, took a big breath a few times, and made a few small movements, which can be regarded as a kind of courage.
There is a short corridor on each side of the hall, each corridor is relative to four rooms, Wang Xi took a short time to check all the corners of the first floor, the room here is part of the office and stacking sundries, and a larger room is the canteen, the entire first floor except for two water dispensers on the bottled water and a kitchen knife instead of a broom, other useful things were found.
Leaving the first floor, Wang Xi went up the stairs to the second floor, which was the same as the first floor, except that most of the rooms here were locked, perhaps because of the staff dormitory.
Wang Xi didn't want to give up searching any of the rooms, and ventured in on his own, just to get more supplies.
By smashing the glass from the window next to the door, he searched all the rooms on the second floor.
In the last room, Wang Xi sorted out his harvest, a large backpack, a flashlight, a few small bags of snacks and three packs of instant noodles.
While chewing a bag of potato chips in his hand, Wang Xi returned to the canteen on the first floor, found a pot, poured water, because there was no electricity, the induction cooker could not be used, fortunately there was a firewood stove here, and there was a small pile of dry firewood on the side, and the lighter was also placed on the stove.
He had never touched this kind of stove since he was a child, and he wasted a lot of energy just by lighting the firewood, until he felt that the fire was almost over, so he took advantage of the time when the water was boiling, went out with a kitchen knife to close the iron door, and checked the surroundings of the small building to make sure that it was safe before returning to the canteen.
The water was boiling, and two bags of instant noodles were put into the pot one after another, Wang Xi looked at the noodles in the pot, and then smelled the fragrance wafting up, and his saliva was almost full.
With a large bowl full of noodles, he came to a room that he had picked out and had not been destroyed because the door was not locked, locked the door, and ...... to eat noodles and soup.
Wang Xi grinned on the chair, rubbing one hand in a circle on his round belly, and burping several times.
After eating and drinking, he wanted to climb into bed and sleep well, but this body was already sticky and sour, which really made him unbearable to lie on this bed that looked clean and had a faint fragrance, after all, it was the first time to live in the girls' dormitory......
I had to take a shower, and the bathroom happened to be at the end of the hallway, but I don't know if I was lucky enough to get a hot shower.
In the dormitory, Wang Xi found all the toiletries, made a simple alarm device with glass products at the entrance of the corridor, stepped on a pair of small and cute slippers, and walked into the bathroom with a kitchen knife in his hand.
"God forbid, God forbid!"
Wang Xi stripped naked and stood in front of the hot and cold water switch, clasped his hands together, and prayed to the gods to grant him a luxurious hot bath.
"Wow... Wow... Whoop ......"
Wang Xi twisted the handle to the side of the hot water, and the shower head kept spilling water, he reached out and tried it, and sure enough, it was cold water, which was enough to choke.
He held a handful of water and drained it on his chest, then his whole body tensed, and he began to slowly walk into the water.
"Wow......!"
Wang Xi, who had just walked into the water flow, jumped out at once, in fact, this jump was not because the water was too cold, but because the water was too hot, thanks to the solar water heater installed on the roof.
"Aha, yes! Hot water, thank God, hahaha"
Although he was very excited, Wang Xi's exclamations still lowered his volume.
After adjusting the water temperature, Wang Xi stood under the lotus shower in a daze, enjoying the first hot bath in more than a month......
This bath king washed for nearly an hour, and then washed all the clothes, pants and underwear on his body that he didn't remember what color he was, and then returned to the dormitory humming a little song.
Locked the door again, turned around and lay down directly on the bed, pulled the quilt and covered it, smelling the good smell of his body and the quilt, Wang Xi finally experienced the long-lost relaxation.
"It's really strange here, how can you not see a single walking corpse, is this normal?"
Wang Xi, who was about to fall asleep beautifully, still unconsciously thought about this problem in his mind, after all, he had not encountered this phenomenon since the beginning of the disaster.
This time Wang Xi couldn't sleep, he thought of several possibilities, but they were just conjectures, this feeling of uncertainty could be fatal in this environment, he got up and came to the top of the building naked, taking advantage of the high ground here, Wang Xi squatted and began to observe the surroundings.
There are mountains on both sides, one side is the highway, and the last direction is the contact line full of various vehicles, Wang Xi focused on checking the situation in this direction, the long traffic has been extended to a small town below, until the view is blocked by the terrain, the traffic flow has not been broken, and from Wang Xi's current location to the middle of the town, you can occasionally see two or three walking corpses, and they are just dumbfounded pestles in place, and then look at the town, there are dense walking corpses.
Wang Xi stared at the town and thought about it carefully, the toll booth is under martial law, there must be a lot of people who want to go out, and most of them should not be infected in the town, unless there are people in the crowd here, and then they start to attack others, the crowd is frightened and wants to flee in the direction of the town, and it just attracts the walking corpses here to leave, so there are only bones that have been eaten by the walking corpses, and there is no trace of a walking corpse, this explanation should be the closest to the truth, but now it is determined that the walking corpses are far away from themselves, And if nothing else, these walking corpses will not come back here on their own, so Wang Xi is completely relaxed.
Back in the dormitory, the doors and windows were carefully locked, and Wang Xi hugged a plush bear at the head of the bed and slept peacefully.
Since the beginning of the disaster, from the school martial law to the increasingly serious disaster, he escaped from the school in chaos with a few classmates, and then met the army, took them to the airport to prepare for transfer, and then the airport was lost, followed by an armored team to break out of the city, and finally lived alone. Just to stay alive .......