Chapter 17: Exploration and the Police
It was getting dark, and Du Ling had finished his story, and silence was back in the room.
"Alright, alright. I knew that you couldn't hold back a word for a long time. I'm quiet, it's okay, it's much better to say it. Du Ling spat out a puff of cigarette, and Meng Zhuxi silently retreated. I'm still with the child outside, just like usual, everyone is in charge of their own affairs, calmly, Meng Zhuxi sighed, Du Ling said that Meng Zhuxi didn't know what to do, I hope he can get out of that shadow as soon as possible.
The next morning, the sun came in through the window inside my room and I stretched. I was a little crazy playing with that kid yesterday, and I saw that Du Ling's expression was not quite right when he came back yesterday, but it shouldn't be a big deal after Meng Zhuxi's persuasion. Pushing open the door, Li Ruoxi was chasing the little girl, the little girl had her hair loose and was like a little madman, running around and grimacing with Li Ruoxi.
"Got you. Just when the little girl ran to the back of the sofa and the angry Li Ruoxi stomped her feet, Du Ling suddenly came out from behind and reported the little girl. The little girl struggled for a while, and when she saw that she couldn't break free from Du Ling, she gave up. The little face pursed his mouth angrily, don't look at the strange uncle in front of him, his eyes suddenly turned his head, and his big eyes looked at Du Ling pitifully.
"It's kind of like that. Du Ling looked at the little girl who was hugging him and shook his head. Whatever mistakes she made when she was a child were done with this trick, anyone who looked at her pitiful big eyes patted her head helplessly at the end. However, Du Ling didn't take this trick, every time she made a mistake, it was because she beat Du Ling to tears. After the little girl saw that this trick was useless to Du Ling, she was deflated and had to wait to be handed over to Li Ruoxi to take over to wash.
"It's all right. Du Ling handed the little girl to Li Ruoxi, and Li Ruoxi hugged her to wash. I patted Du Ling on the shoulder, and he smiled at me. Pointing out the window, I walked over and looked outside into the courtyard. The zombies that were still scattered outside were swept away. In addition to the scorched greenery in the courtyard telling the tragic situation just now, Du Ling's ability to see this night seems to have soared. I pulled my cigarette out of my pocket and tossed one to him. As soon as I took it in my mouth, a small flame appeared in front of my cigarette out of thin air. He threw the cigarette back and smiled mysteriously at me and pointed at my back.
I didn't understand what Du Ling was doing, so I turned my head to look at it, and just as I was about to turn my head, a white head grabbed my ear. "Okay, Wang Xuzheng dares to smoke secretly. Xu Xinyi just came back from packing up outside, she had put some things on the RV, and she was going to drive the RV outside to try her luck later, and when she came back, she saw me sleeping lazily and not working, and there were children in the house who were secretly smoking. Du Ling watched me hissing and being dragged away by Xu Xinyi, after smoking the box of cigarettes yesterday, I was ready to quit smoking, and I couldn't make an exception so quickly after half a day of class.
After breakfast, we packed our belongings. There are also a few tents in the storage area of the RV, which will be a little more convenient in the future. The outside world was still so chaotic, I was sitting in the passenger seat, and the zombies outside were swept under the RV in front of the RV. There are also some huge footprints left by the big zombie last time on the road. Last time, the giant zombie still had a hospital logo stuck in its eyes, so we decided to go inside the hospital and see if we could search for any clues, and if we were lucky enough to unlock a hidden mission, it would be very profitable.
"Last time, that zombie was quite clever, and after his body was on fire, he turned around and ran, which was called a crisp. I chatted with Meng Zhuxi, who was sitting in the back, and as soon as I said a word, Xu Xinyi made a small gesture to me. After the little girl named Ouyang got into the car, she began to play crazy in the car, and began to yawn until noon, and finally leaned on the sofa to sleep on the thief.
"It looks like we're about to enter the city center, and the zombies are already starting to increase. "I saw in the rearview mirror that the group of zombies behind the car followed our car from the suburbs to the city. The hospital had already appeared in our field of vision, and the light sign on it was missing two words, that is, the zombie stuffed in his eyes. The car stopped at the entrance of the hospital, and the RV didn't seem to be able to drive in. Now I don't know what to do in the hospital, so I can only let Yang Yu and them stay in the RV first, after all, there is still a child. A few of us got out of the car, Zhou Jia decided to stay in the car to protect Yang Yu and them, and Xu Xinyi followed us to prepare to go to the hospital.
There is a large group of zombies parked at the entrance of the outpatient clinic of the hospital, and there are indeed many zombies in a place with a large population base like the hospital. As soon as the zombies smelled us, they began to rush at us, bursting sparks blooming in the crowd of corpses. With the effect of Soul Breaking, these zombies outside are easy to deal with. It's just that I don't know if the zombies inside will be upgraded, and when I enter the hall of the hospital, the lights inside are already a little dim. On the floor of the hall there were shoes that had been lost in a panic, medicines that had fallen on the ground, crutches that I didn't know who, and more blood that had been spilled on the ground. In the previous registration window, there were two hungry nurses lying inside, and the door of their window seemed to have been smashed from the outside, and we couldn't pull it open. Du Ling melted the door open a large hole, and we rushed in. Meng Zhuxi's fingers reached under the noses of the two of them and shook his head. The two of them were locked in this place after the zombie outbreak, the tempered glass of the registration window was smashed for a long time, and they still had the paper in the office in their mouths. It seems that they are in this room, watching the endless stream of zombies outside, and the two of them are in fear, afraid and hungry, and finally lie on the ground waiting for their death. It was originally a place to save the wounded, but it turned out to be the birthplace of death in these last days.
The first floor is full of zombies wandering in twos and threes, and some zombies are walking in the passage unconsciously, and their arms are still connected to the bottles and cans of the infusion. Some of the nurses and doctors had their holy white clothes stained with blood, and the lights in the hospital were getting dimmer as they went, when suddenly a beam of light seemed to come from a distance, dangling in the passageway, as if it were getting closer and closer to us. The four of us hid in the equipment room next to us, and the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and he was walking in a hurry, flashlights flickering everywhere, as if looking for something. The light of the flashlight flickered around, and a beam of light had just hit our door, and he seemed to be getting closer and closer, and he seemed to stop when he walked outside our room. He paused outside the door for a moment, as if walking away again.
After a while, a few of us came out of it. Meng Zhuxi also found some scalpels in that room, and we looked at the light as if it had gone away, so we were ready to go deeper. Suddenly, Meng Zhuxi suddenly stopped, and there was a man in front of him holding a gun leaning against the wall not far from us, and he was leaning against the wall and couldn't move.
"People's police, people's police. The man waved his hand at us, and the shadow under Meng Zhuxi's feet was retracted in the darkness. The man pinned the gun back to his waist. He came over with a flashlight and flashed the ID in his hand. On the certificate, he looked quite energetic in a police uniform, and now in the dim light, we can only see that the beard on his face seems to have not been shaved for a long time, and his eyes are not as sharp as before. Now standing with us, his face was full of haggardness, but the muscles and physique on his body were still the same.
"I came to this hospital to see my son, and although I know that it will be difficult for him to survive in a world like this, I want to see him again. He leaned against the wall of the hospital, where he had searched countless times, and the world had become like this not long after he had just left out on a mission. His wife had turned into a zombie when he came back from outside, and when he got home, his wife's body suddenly pounced on her. The pistol in his hand kept sending bullets into his wife's head, and her blood blackened his police uniform and destroyed his heart.
"I owe him so much that I want to see him again, even if he's turned into a zombie. He said no more, turned around and walked towards the hospital. I hesitated and followed.
"We, we are here to look for clues, everyone team up together, the safety is also higher, and we can also help you. After the zombie outbreak, the national government and other institutions have collapsed, the world is full of fleeing leaders, country Z is the only government that is still holding on, the government is trying to help people get through the difficulties, the police and the army are sent to help the people, he is out of his post at this time, and he must have made a lot of trade-offs.
His eyes faltered, then he shook his head.
"I'm no longer a police officer, but I can't let you follow me into danger. The last time I visited, it was as if a huge arm had swept across the second floor of the hospital, and I survived by hiding in a corner. He pointed us to the staircase to the second floor, where the staircase had collapsed and the stairwell was filled with broken stones.
In the end, a few of us still walked together, and he had to go ahead of everything he said, and he was also a policeman after all. The light of the flashlight flickered in the gray hospital, there weren't many zombies on the first floor, and his marksmanship and my melee basically fell. But we were still confused about the giant zombie, but after a little chat with him, I learned more about him.
He is an anti-narcotics policeman who is stationed outside all year round. When he came home during the Spring Festival a few years ago, his wife told him the good news that he was going to be a father. But after that Spring Festival, he was sent to the southwest region, which was four years, and on the day he came home, a child sat in front of the house. The kid sitting in the doorway suddenly ran to him with a smile, grabbed his legs, and looked up at him.
"Uncle policeman, my mother told me that my father came back today, but I haven't seen him, can you help me find him. The child looked up at him, the child didn't know why the policeman uncle in front of him was crying, and his mother told him that a man can't shed tears easily.
"Dad, I'm back. He picked up the child and began to cry.
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