Chapter 36: The Broken City
We walked along the river to the main bridge, passing residential areas, basketball courts, and riverside parks, where once quiet and peaceful places are now places where the walking dead run rampant. For the next possible battles, we asked Lin Yu, Xiaorou, Tang Qiaoyi and Li Peiran, who lacked experience in corpses, to deal with the scattered zombies encountered on the road.
Lin Yu got started quickly, although he was lazy with a blank of eyes, but the action of stabbing the tip of the iron weapon into the deceased's head was as accurate as his brake drifting. In contrast, the other three are much more raw.
"Do you know how to use a weapon? How do you stab people loosely? There must be a limit to the stunned youth......" The hedgehog head Fang Bin kept reprimanding Li Peiran. According to the dog at the same level as AE Ran, he usually belongs to the category of loneliness at school, and the only topics he talks about all day long are games and two-dimensional, and he doesn't do much in physical education class, so he is a typical family squat.
I saw that Fang Bin asked him to raise his weapon again to face the walking corpse, and he quietly hid behind his back. Pei Ran slashed the machete diagonally, but due to the misatriation of aim, the blade slashed into the cheekbone of the walking corpse, and only a small part of it. The deceased immediately opened his bloody mouth and rushed at him with a whimper.
Fang Bin had no intention of saving him at all, seeing this scene, I was in a hurry, and immediately ran over to pull away Pei Ran from under the corpse, and then pierced the head of this slow walker with a weapon.
Li Peiran was shocked and sat on the ground in a trance. I rushed to Fang Bin and roared, "Are you finished?? ā
He grabbed me by the collar as well: "Come on!" We'll settle the accounts this morning! ā
We were all gearing up and about to scuffle, when Xiao Jiu shouted, "Enough! Stop it! ā
She came to Fang Bin and pointed at him: "What did I tell you?" If you dare to frame your partner again, let me go! ā
He muttered, "I thought he could avoid it, but who knew he wouldn't move?" ā
"You're lying! Obviously it was deliberate. I rushed up, but Xiao Jiu stopped: "Li Chen, after all, no one was injured, this matter is like this first, we have to rush to the big hospital as soon as possible!" ā
"But ......"
Xiao Jiu did not agree to my complaint and ordered everyone to move on.
So the advancing team split into two rows in an instant, we walked along the river, and Fang Bin walked alone along the edge of the forest.
As we walked, Xiao Lin ran up and walked side by side with me.
"What's wrong? Didn't you just ignore me on the other side? I quipped.
"Who cares about you?" She snorted, "It was Teacher Xiao Jiu who asked me to tell you that what she did just now was to consider that Fang Bin had contributed at least to the previous part of the road, and what we needed most next was combat effectiveness, so she kept him......"
I nodded, in fact, I had been thinking about it just now, rather than letting him hold a grudge and do something bad for us after separation, it would be better to put him under my nose. Xiao Jiu did nothing wrong.
The road near the river was soon coming to an end, and the main bridge was once again in front of us, but this time in the form of a different one. Everyone fell silent, holding their breath and looking at this "familiar" scene speechlessly.
A long line of abandoned cars stretches from the broken bridge into the city. There were several armored vehicles in the middle of the car, some of which were riddled with bullet holes, while others were scorched, and the black blood was painted everywhere like watercolor, and there were traces of the suppression of zombies everywhere.
Following the traffic line, the towering city buildings come into view, the city's famous towers and spires still point to the sky, and some of the traffic lights are drooping down, dangling in mid-air, and there is an apocalyptic scene everywhere, of course, this is nonsense, now is the end of the world.
The only thing that feels strange here is that it's quiet, it's eerily quiet, the whole city is silent, and occasionally a few crows flutter their arms and land on a telephone pole to make a loud noise.
The shops on both sides of the street were looted, the windows were broken, and the ground was stained with blood. In front of her, a woman hangs from what appears to be a jewelry store, and the flesh on her calf has been gnawed by zombies. As we passed, the woman suddenly struggled like crazy and screamed at us, and the sight was terrifying.
We quietly approached the queue, looking for a car that was still ready to start. It looks like a 7-seater business vehicle parked not far away seems to be suitable. So we walked over, and were about to open the door, when a face suddenly appeared on the glass window, but it was not terrible, when we still decided to open the door and kill the deceased, more than a dozen dead people suddenly appeared in the back window, and their rows of cloudy teeth stuck to the glass, and kept repeating the bite, and the glass was stained yellow with pus from their mouths.
"No, why don't we drive this one?" The dog's slightly excited voice came. Under his direction, we saw a black jeep. The Jeep was much like the truck we had driven, with a small cargo box large enough for all of us, and it looked sturdy and smooth as new.
We didn't hesitate long before we climbed into the car. The key was still in the lighter, and it appeared that the owner of the car was in a hurry.
Lin Yu was lighting the fire, and suddenly, there was a dense sound of footsteps from behind. From the rearview mirror, I caught a glimpse of a large number of dead people approaching this side.
"Get down, everybody!" I know it's unwise to ignition now, because it's not clear if the car will work.
Everyone leaned down. Soon, the door panel of the truck made a "bang bang ......bang" sound, which was the sound made by those zombies when they touched the truck when they walked.
The number of corpses was unprecedented, with countless "heads" passing by the cargo box and the cries of "uh, uh, uh......" incessantly. The queue was long, and we waited for more than ten minutes, and the sound continued. Xiao Lin sat beside me, holding my hand tightly, patiently, waiting for this black wave to pass.
It wasn't until a crow rattled to land on a traffic pole not far away that we realized that calm had returned.
After waiting for a few more minutes, I looked up tremblingly, the sun shining through the dark clouds, a flock of blackbirds shuttling between the buildings, and the woman who was only half of the jewelry store was disturbed by something, and struggled violently. But other than that, the surroundings were empty, as if nothing had happened.
The sound of a car starting echoes through the city, and people can't help but worry about whether it will attract the dead. We drove along the main road, and the location of the hospital was about 8 kilometers away near Pegasus Square, which was about 20 minutes by car if you included the detour.
Along the way, I saw many forks in the road with barricades, abandoned police cars and transport vehicles, and emergency evacuation signs. In addition, there were scattered bones on the ground that were close to jet black, and some scavenging birds landed on them and flew up again.
We all watched all this in the city in amazement, without saying a word. Sunlight weaves through the buildings, reflecting off the building's window panes. There were a handful of dead people who were whirling towards us on the road.
The road ahead was blocked by a row of yellow and black barricades, and Lin Yu had to turn right from the intersection and enter another road. At this moment, a long iron pipe came out of the corner, and when I looked closely, it was actually a cannon! Closer, a tank was perched on the sidewalk, its muzzle aimed at the cold alley opposite.
"Hey Lin Yu, will you drive this thing?" To ease the tension, I joked.
Lin Yu only shook his head and looked intently at the place where the muzzle of the cannon was pointing. The car drove slowly through the cold alley, and when the scene in front of me appeared, a wave of heat rushed through my chest.
It was a pile of flesh that had been blasted, and it looked like there were at least dozens of corpses stacked on top of each other, and flies and maggots were wandering around the bloody flesh, which made people's scalps tingle when they saw it. Xiaorou vomited on the spot, and many people also made retching sounds.
After driving through this section, the scene just now came to mind for a long time, what happened here?
I saw Xiao Jiu pour the last drop of water from the mineral water bottle into Lu Feng's mouth. I wanted to slap myself in the face, how could I have salvaged some of the water and food before I gave up the truck in the field.
The vehicle turns left at the next intersection and returns to the direction of the hospital. Suddenly, Lin Yu slammed on the brakes, he turned his head from the driver's seat, and said with a pale face: "I can't get through here......"
When I saw it, I was horrified, and the dense crowd of corpses stopped the road like a barricade. Could it be the group that just passed us?
The jeep quickly reversed and continued in the same direction. I thought I could go around, but as soon as I drove ten meters or so, a large number of dead people suddenly poured out on both sides of the next intersection. Lin Yu didn't dare to rush forward, and retreated again, preparing to go in another direction. As soon as we drove back to the previous crossroads, we found that we were already embattled, and there were corpses pouring towards us in every direction.
Lin Yu drove around again, but he couldn't find a gap that he could pass.
"I'm ......," Fang Bin held the machete and looked nervously at the group of corpses approaching from all sides. I was also standing in the trunk of the car and looking around, but no matter which direction I turned my head, the corpses were staggering.
Xiao Lin leaned on my back with a weapon, breathed heavily, and said, "Senior, what now?" ā
"You better call me Ah Chen, it sounds better!" I say.
"Now is not the time for jokes!" She said angrily.
But how? What can I do? Suddenly, I heard some familiar sounds, like a shrill scream from a tremor in my throat, and I immediately looked for the source.
Sure enough, I found the "Sentinel" in the crowd of corpses in front of me, no, there were also on the left, there were also on the right, and one or two zombies with tumors in their throats could be seen in the crowd of corpses in each direction. Their cries come and go, and they are very regular. Could it be that as Lu Feng said, they are communicating with each other?
Suddenly, several dark shadows rushed in view. It's a speedwalker. They hit the car door with a "bang-bang" sound.
"Back to back, keep the formation ......," Guan Fei said. Standing on the flat crates, we were back to back, clutching our weapons and waiting for us. But when our eyes touched the crowd of corpses around us, the courage we had just mustered was instantly discharged.
The corpses were getting closer and closer, and the jeep was like a light boat in a tsunami, which would be torn to pieces by the huge tide of corpses in an instant.
"IāI don't want to die yet! Woo ......" Tang Qiaoyi knelt on the iron plate and cried, Xiaorou was also frightened by the scene in front of her and fell to the ground. I seem to hear everyone's breathing and heartbeat, what should I do? What to do? What exactly?
"Lin Yu, drive, just hit it in one direction!" That's all I can think of. Lin Yu immediately stepped on the accelerator, and the moth rushed towards the corpses like a moth.
At this moment, a gunshot rang out.