Chapter 17: After the Rain
Another two days have passed, although Tingting is no longer "eating and drinking", but after all, the little food is still decreasing, and this "life-saving rain" is also delayed, and the two have reached the time when they must make a choice.
"Big bear, you see that the clouds have gathered and dispersed, but there is no rain, and there is no food, and there is ...... food, do we have to wait?"
The two of them were sitting outside one of the tents, counting the small amount of food, Tingting's anxiety was also a helpless and headache for Wang Xi, he didn't think about how to start the next move, but after all, he had to face a situation that he was completely incapable of controlling, so he couldn't make a decision for a long time.
"I have two ideas now, one is that we will set off early tomorrow morning, go into the mountains, walk along the periphery of the area where there are walking corpses, although I don't know how far we have to detour, but we will always go around, and the second is to venture into some residential buildings in the city, and search one by one, maybe we can find enough food for us to wait a little longer, which one do you think we should choose?"
Wang Xi looked at the sky, and then said.
"I don't know, but I think it's better to rely on the sky than on yourself, if it doesn't rain for ten days and half a month, our situation will become more and more passive."
"It's better to rely on the sky than to rely on your own ......".
Wang Xi repeated Tingting's words, then stood up and stepped aside to think.
"We'll leave tomorrow morning!"
The two of them sorted out all the things they needed to prepare before dark, and then lay down early to sleep to refresh themselves for the next day's trek.
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"Click... Click... Click......"
Not long after falling asleep, the sound of rain falling outside the tent sounded, Wang Xi quickly poked out of the tent, feeling with his hand whether it was really raining, and at the same time, Tingting also poked her head out of the tent.
"What to do?".
Tingting asked Wang Xi while catching the rain with her hands.
"This rain is really not at the right time, and it is too light to pass through the walking corpse."
Tingting didn't say anything, just watched the direction of the sky.
"Forget it, no matter what, we have to go tomorrow, Tingting, you go to sleep first, don't catch a cold."
"What about you?"
"I'll take a look again...".
"If it rains so hard, shall we leave overnight?"
"It's too dangerous to rely on a few flashlights in our hands in the mountains and forests where the rain is pouring down, so I don't think it's better to take the risk."
Despite that, Wang Xi still did not give up and felt the amount of rain with his hands from time to time.
"Since you said that you won't risk it at night, then don't care about the size of the rain, rest well, and decide tomorrow morning depending on the situation."
Tingting said the same, Wang Xi nodded at her, and the two retracted into their respective tents and continued to sleep.
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Before dawn, in fact, both of them had already woken up, but they were still lying on the bed, listening to the sound of the rain hitting the tent like a cat......
The most frustrating thing happened, the rain stopped at dawn all night, Wang Xi unwillingly hammered the pillow, and finally had no choice but to accept this providence.
The two got out of the tent at the same time, and they could see the disappointed expressions on each other's faces, and the two made some preparations without saying a word, and then came to the car with their front and back feet.
"Big Bear ......".
"What's wrong?"
“...... No, it's nothing, let's go...".
Wang Xi started the car, and then slowly drove towards the highway, the two looked at the slowly disappearing toll booth from the rearview mirror, and Wang Xi naturally knew the meaning of Tingting's words and stopping.
Wang Xi drove the car, Tingting checked the items in the backpacks of the two for the last time, and it didn't take long for the car to stop, facing the army of walking corpses that had spread a lot of distance compared to the last time, the two glanced at each other, and then got out of the car and climbed up the slightly slower hillside on the side of the road to .......
The mountainous terrain after the rain was very slippery, coupled with the dense vegetation, Wang Xi held Tingting's hand tightly all the way, and Tingting also followed strongly.
Walking for more than two hours almost parallel to the activity area of the walking corpse, Tingting was a little physically exhausted, and Wang Xi was not necessarily much better than Tingting, at this moment the two were sitting on a big rock in mud due to falling and gasping.
"Is it okay?"
Wang Xi took out a small bottle of water and a bag of snacks from his backpack and handed it to Tingting, who was still panting, Tingting nodded while taking the things, which was considered to be an answer to Wang Xi's question.
"I don't know what time it is, we have to speed up after eating, or we haven't gone out before it's dark, and we'll be in big trouble."
Seeing Tingting gasping while eating, choking and coughing when she took a sip of water, Wang Xi came over and gently patted her on the back, and told her to "slow down, slow down".
The two of them cushioned their stomachs, supported each other and began to continue on their way, and before the two of them had gone far, the wind began to blow in the mountains and forests.
"Rustle......rustle!"
"Click......, boom, boom......!"
A torrential rain fell in an instant, and the two people who stood close to a tree trunk wiped the rain from their heads and faces, and then hugged each other happily.
Not daring to delay for a moment, Wang Xi took the lead, and the two began to approach cautiously towards the middle of the group of walking corpses that were distributed.
When he was about to cross over from the first walking corpse, Wang Xi felt Tingting behind him pull his hand holding her, and then turned around and asked Tingting who was already holding him tightly with both hands with his eyes and expression, after a short "eye contact", Wang Xi knew that Tingting was still afraid of it, so she retreated, and could only attach it to Tingting's ear to assure and encourage for a while, Tingting was led by Wang Xi, she herself half-closed eyes, and Wang Xi walked through the middle of the walking corpse.
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Relying on this rainstorm that has lasted for a long time, the two have passed through a large area of walking corpses, because the mountain road is rugged, and the two have inevitably made some noises in the middle, but after all, this mountain rain is more noisy than others, so it can be regarded as a thrill.
The two who were already drenched didn't dare to delay, and no one knew when the rain would stop, which was helpless for the two who were still walking in close proximity among the walking corpses.
"Ahem!"
Tingting covered her mouth tightly with her hand, but she couldn't help the continuous coughing, and Wang Xi stopped to check Tingting's body when she arrived at a place where the dead were sparsely populated.
Even though Tingting's head was dripping with cold rain, when the back of Wang Xi's hand just touched her forehead, the temperature of her fever could immediately make Wang Xi feel it, Wang Xi began to take off her coat, Tingting waved her hand at him weakly, meaning no, but Wang Xi directly ignored Tingting's movements, quickly put the coat off on Tingting's head, and then set up Tingting and continued to stagger forward.
A camp, a group of walking corpses, just like this, Wang Xi held Tingting's body, walking step by step, in the impression, they have walked a long way, but this walking corpse still has no signs of extinction, Wang Xi is tired and doesn't know what tiredness is, and Tingting on his shoulder is also feeling heavier and heavier, he can only insist, instinctively, like those walking corpses with dull eyes walking forward.
"Smack! Wow..."
I don't know how many times I fell because of my weak legs, Wang Xi walked in place for a while every time, and then helped Tingting, who was already too weak, to continue to take a difficult step forward.
"And ...... How can there still be ......? ”
Wang Xi tilted his neck vigorously, wiped the rain on his face with his hand, and looked at a few vague walking corpses in the woods in front of him, and couldn't help despairing, but then turned his head to see Tingting, who was already semi-unconscious, on his shoulder, he took a deep breath again, and continued to take difficult steps.
"Oops!"
"Tingting, wake up, wake up, you have to cheer up, it's too late, wake up!"
Feeling that the rain began to fall less and less, Wang Xi anxiously began to shake Tingting, who was half-lying on the ground by him, and the surrounding walking corpses were also slowly able to feel Wang Xi's presence because of the change of the environment, and there were already some small actions of "smelling the fragrance of food".
After a violent shaking, Tingting finally woke up in a daze, and her cough was much worse.
"Tingting, listen, I know you're very uncomfortable, but I beg you to hold on, and then we have to run as hard as we can, because the rain has stopped ......."
Tingting looked around in fear, and then nodded firmly at Wang Xi in front of her.
"Quick!"
As the surrounding walking corpses roared and began to approach the two, Wang Xi lifted Tingting and ran away.
At the moment when the rain almost stopped, Wang Xi and Tingting only felt that there were voices and shadows of walking corpses in all directions, and they really thought that they were dead.
Due to excessive exhaustion, coupled with Tingting's weak body, the two stumbled all the way, and the speed was not fast at all, but the number of walking corpses chasing from the surrounding area made their backs chill, but because of the rugged potholes in the mountains, the large number of walking corpses that came after them marched more difficult than Wang Xi and them, two steps and one fall, three steps and one fall, as long as the two of them maintained a certain speed, it was not so easy for these walking corpses to get close to them at this stage.
"Come on, Tingting, you see that there are no walking corpses in front of you, we have passed through them, as long as we run a little farther, we can get rid of them"
Looking at the barren mountain with no trees and weeds in front of him, let alone a walking corpse, Wang Xi happily encouraged Tingting, who was already about to go limp.
Misfortune is not a single line, the two of them are running happily, but there is a ravine in front of them that goes straight to the canyon under the mountain from the top of the mountain, look at the walking corpse of Wuyang and Wuyang behind him, and it is impossible to choose to bypass it from above or from below.
"It may be a good thing to encounter this big ditch, as long as we can crawl through it, we will undoubtedly be able to completely get rid of the "immobile" walking corpse behind us."
Wang Xi stood on the side, urgently looking for a "way" to go down.
"Tingting, work harder, as long as we cross over, we will be safe."
Wang Xi carefully protected Tingting and fell towards the bottom of the dangerous deep ditch.
"Ahh Big Bear, how are you?! ”。
Because of Wang Xi's physical strength, one of his feet did not steady, and the whole person rolled down towards the bottom of the ditch, and Tingting was even more anxious and almost cried.
"Shhhh Ah..., I'm fine, just a wipe on my arm, you come down, I'll pick you up".
Seeing that Wang Xi was fine, Tingting cautiously retreated towards the place where Wang Xi was standing.
Before Tingting arrived at the bottom of the ditch and was about to check Wang Xi's injury, a walking corpse suddenly rolled down from above, just landing not far from the two of them.
As soon as it was too late, the two of them had just climbed two steps, and the top of the ditch on the other side began to crackle and fall down the walking corpses, like pouring rice grains into a pot, but the scene in front of them could be directly described as "breathtaking".
Wang Xi first crawled out of the trench, and then pulled out Tingting, who was almost climbing up, looking at the tide of corpses pouring down like a waterfall, the two of them finally breathed a sigh of relief, and were stunned to "appreciate".