Chapter 27 Race Against Time (I)

"Get in the car! Let's take another exit. Charles immediately ordered.

Avril landed neatly into the cab.

Horton jumped out of the car, helped Charles get into the passenger seat, and then stuffed Pierro's wife and children into the back seat, and then said to Ren Wei, who was about to get in the car: "The two of them are handed over to you." ”

Ren Wei was stunned, but before he could say anything, Horton had already returned to the position of controlling the heavy machine gun, and patted the roof of the car, shouting: "Get in place, let's drive!" ”

Seeing this, Ren Wei had no choice but to swallow the words into his stomach, and hurriedly got into the car, and before he could close the car door, Avril had already started the Humvee. Ren Wei hurriedly grabbed the seat, stabilized his figure, and then quickly closed the door.

As the Humvee sprang out like an arrow from a string, Avril stared ahead and asked Pierro's wife, "Where exactly is the passage you came in before?" ”

But Pierro's wife, whose mind was so confused by the series of great changes that she could not even say a complete sentence, seemed to have no hope at all.

Avril had no choice but to look at the signs in the underground parking lot to find the exit. Unfortunately, because of the delay of half a minute, when they found another exit, they found that the monster had already sealed off the place.

"What to do? Captain! Avril nimbly turned the car around and asked Charles, it was clear that they were surrounded, and as the number of monsters grew, there was less and less room left for them to dodge and maneuver.

"Find the nearest stairwell, let's go upstairs!" Charles hesitated, but then spoke.

After listening to this order, Avril sighed in her heart: "Once you go upstairs, there is no way out, but if you don't go upstairs, you will die now, and you have no choice at all." ”

Thinking of this, Avril stepped on the accelerator and quickly approached a stairwell in the underground parking lot, and then stopped the Hummer precisely at the staircase.

Everyone got out of the car and ran into the building.

Because it was imperative to abandon the car, Holden no longer skimped on the few bullets from the heavy machine gun, and fired them all at the running monsters. The powerful firepower effectively curbed the approaching momentum of the monsters, buying more time for Charles and the others to escape.

The bullets quickly ran out, Horton jumped out of the car neatly, opened the fuel tank cap of the Humvee, and then quickly ran into the corridor, turned around in the upstairs position, aimed the gun at the fuel tank and fired, and the entire Humvee instantly turned into a huge fireball, temporarily blocking the monster attack.

"Don't be in a daze! Keep running! We are not safe here at all! Those monsters will rush in through other stairwells or mall doors in no time! Charles shouted at Ren Wei, who was stunned after running up the stairs for some reason.

Ren Wei woke up like a dream, but he didn't run upstairs at the first time, seeing that the monster began to destroy the gate of the mall, Ren Wei desperately rushed towards the gate.

"Come back! Are you crazy?! As soon as Avril pushed the mother and son up the steps, as soon as she heard Charles's shout, she turned around and saw Ren Wei's crazy behavior and said angrily.

Ren Wei didn't care about it until he ran to a position about thirty meters away from the gate. At this distance, the feeling of oppression given to him by the monster had already made his hands and feet tremble unconsciously. Ren Wei gritted his teeth, took a few more steps forward, didn't care that he was out of breath, and slammed his right hand into the button on the wall.

Upon boarding, the entire mall sounded a shrill siren. With the sound of the alarm, the fire shutter began to fall.

Seeing that the fire gate was starting to operate, Ren Wei began to retreat in the direction of Charles and others. On the way, Ren Wei lowered the second fire gate.

As early as when Ren Wei lowered the first fire barrier, Charles and Avril understood what he wanted to do, and Avril, who reacted, ran to the other side and lowered the fire barrier closest to them.

"It won't stop them for long, but it's enough for us to move safely from the business area to the office area." Ren Wei ran back and said.

"Do you know how risky your actions were?" Avril retorted. "What if they've already broken through the door and rushed in by then!"

Ren Wei felt scared when he thought about it, he said: "I just suddenly felt that it was too late, and I would definitely be able to activate the fire barrier before they rushed in, and it would be ......."

Ren Wei actually just wanted to talk about how he felt at the time, but in Avril's ears, it seemed that she was a little worried. So before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Avril with a cold snort.

At this time, Horton rushed up, saw that several people were stopping on the first floor, and said hurriedly: "What are you doing?" The monster is almost downstairs! Although the fire can stop them, it certainly won't last long. ”

Charles, who was looking at the floor plan at the elevator entrance, heard it and said to the trio, "Go!" We went to the second floor, and I suddenly had an idea that maybe we would have a chance to escape from this building, but I didn't know if the time would come. ”

The four of them ran to the second floor, and Charles ordered, "Holden follow me to the third floor, and you two will activate the fire gate on the second floor." Remember, just start the two closest to us, one on each side, and then go up to the third floor, and if we are inside the fire barrier at that time, we can activate the fire gate directly, and the same is the next two, and if we are outside the fire gate, come to me first. Do you understand? ”

"Understood! Sir! Avril replied without hesitation, and then carried out the order as soon as possible.

Ren Wei couldn't help but ask, "Why only put down two?" Isn't it possible to put it all down longer? ”

"That's just a waste of time." Charles didn't explain at all, just dropped this sentence and hurried to the third floor.

"Waste of time?" Ren Wei muttered to himself, and at the same time turned in the opposite direction to Avril, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the floor plan of the staircase, and reacted immediately. "So that's what happened!" After figuring it out, Ren Wei spread his legs and ran towards another fire gate.

The reason why he understood what Charles meant was because he saw that on the floor plan, there were escalators leading to the other floors between the first and second fire gates. If the monsters break through the first fire gate on the first floor and go up the escalator to the second floor, they will face the second fire gate, then the first fire gate on the second floor will not be put down at all.

Soon both of them got the fire gate on the second floor and hurriedly ran to the third floor.

As soon as they arrived on the third floor, Avril and Ren Wei looked left and right in unison, and found that Charles and Horton had smashed open a shop and were rummaging for something.

"You go over there and activate the fire gate, go and come back quickly! I went to see what they were doing. Avril immediately ran to Charles after an explanation.

Ren Wei also quickly followed Avril's instructions to activate the fire barrier.

Avril ran close and saw Charles and Horton searching for a fishing supply shop.

"What are you looking for? I'm here to help, too. Avril said.

"You don't need you here, you can go to the shop that sells climbing and climbing tools, it's near the outdoor sports area, and we need ropes and harnesses." Charles said to Avril as he rummaged up and down.

"Okay, I'll go." Avril replied.

Not long after, Ren Wei also followed, and glanced at the busy Charles and Horton, Ren Wei was about to go directly to help Avril, but at this time, the two stopped searching and walked over with the three harpoon guns they found.

"You and I take the harpoon gun to the elevator, and Horton goes to help Avril, move quickly, and don't forget to activate the fire gate when you leave." Charles arranged the rest of everyone's work.

Horton handed Ren Wei the two harpoon guns in his hand, and then went to find Avril.

Ren Wei took the harpoon gun and half-helped Charles to move quickly towards the staircase.

When the two of them were about to reach the staircase, they heard the roar of a monster faintly coming from the corridor.

"It looks like the fire won't be enough to stop them." Charles said, pressing the elevator down.

By this time, Avril and Horton had already obtained the rope and harness they needed, and Horton still had a telescope around his neck, and the most exaggerated thing was that he used the rope to string three portable mini liquefied gas canisters in his hand.

The two ran quickly towards Charles's location, and as Avril lowered the fire barrier, she distinctly heard a dull crash starting from downstairs.

"What a blessing! I was able to find this liquefied gas tank! This is one more guarantee than I originally planned. As soon as they met, Horton said to Charles.

"Let's go up first! By the way, where did the mother and son go? Charles asked.

"They've been running upstairs, and now they're definitely in the office area, but it's not clear exactly where they're on what floor." Avril replied.

"It's in the office area, I'm going to do some decoration soon, so I can stop by them. The elevator is coming, you two go upstairs first! Ren Wei, you stay and help me. Horton said.

Ren Wei was surprised: "Me? What can I do for you? ”

"You'll know when the time comes! Keep up with me! Horton couldn't help but say that he took the stairs up the fourth floor first.

Ren Wei had no choice but to hand the two harpoon guns in his hand to Charles and chase Horton upstairs.

Charles and Avril entered the elevator and pressed the top button.

Horton and Ren Wei came to the fourth floor, and Ren Wei asked, "What now?" ”

"Find the restroom, plug the sink, drain the water. Then find a dry mop to come out. Houghton said.

"Oh!" Although Ren Wei didn't know Horton's plan, he didn't hesitate and immediately acted according to his words.

It took a little time to find the bathroom, but after about two minutes, Ren Wei still completed the task assigned by Horton. When he returned, he saw that Horton had smashed open the door of the strong electric well and pulled a cable from the electric well into the hallway.

Seeing Ren Wei come back, Horton threw him an igniter. "Light the mop, set off the smoke alarm, and come back right away, it must be fast."

Ren Wei took the mop that had been turned into a torch, found the smoke alarm on this floor, and pestled the torch directly on it, and in an instant, the alarm bell sounded, and at the same time, the fire extinguisher located on the ceiling began to sprinkle water.

Ren Wei ran back against the heavy rain.

"Go upstairs! Water! Shout-out for the mother and son, and don't set off the alarm until I command you! Holden said to Ren Wei as he stuck a small section of the cable on an alcohol block.

When he ran past Horton, Ren Wei saw Horton set the alcohol block on fire.

From the fourth floor, there is an office area up, so the layout is basically the same. Ren Wei quickly put the water away, and Horton followed, repeating his previous behavior.

"Have you looked for this floor?" Horton finished processing the cable and asked Ren Wei.

"No one responded." Ren Wei replied.

"Trigger the alarm, let's go to the next level." Horton listened and said.

After enjoying a cold bath again, Ren Wei prepared to head to the sixth floor. Horton lit the alcohol block and headed to the sixth floor as well.

"What are we doing all this?" Ren Wei took this opportunity to ask Horton.

"Set up some simple power grids to stop those monsters from rushing up quickly." Houghton explained.

"Grid?" Ren Wei muttered. "You're saying you burn the skin off the cable, and then use water as a medium to electrify the entire floor, and once the monster comes up to form a loop, it turns into a barbecue." As he spoke, Ren Wei became excited. "Wouldn't we be able to lay out eight power grids? Then we were fairly safe to hide on the top floor, and maybe we would be able to hold out until the rescue force appeared. ”

Horton was shocked: "Don't think about it so well, I found four pieces of alcohol in that store, and I don't have the ability to strip the cable with my bare hands when I run out." ”

Ren Wei's heart darkened when he heard this, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked rhetorically: "Isn't this your original plan?" So what are you going to do when you don't find the alcohol block? ”

"Of course, it's a gun to break the cable, but since there is an alcohol block, it's more useful to save some bullets, and you don't have too much expectations for the power grid, no matter how high the power load of this mall is, after all, it is limited, once the overload causes a short circuit, not to mention the eight power grids, it is eighty, and it will also fail instantly."

On the sixth floor, the two of them did the same, and just as Horton had just pulled the cable out, there was the sound of a huge object hitting the wall of the corridor from the bottom of the building.

Horton's face changed, and he rushed to the handrail to take a look, and then scolded in his mouth: "Damn, it came so fast, and I don't know if the water on the fourth floor has flooded into the corridor, or should I take the elevator directly to the top four floors just now, and then make this power grid to be safe." ”

"That's right! Then why didn't we go up just now? Ren Wei was stunned for a moment, and felt that what Horton said made sense, so he asked.

As soon as Horton heard Ren Wei ask, his anger swelled up. "Let you take a good look at the mother and son! As a result, they ran away on their own! If it weren't for them, the time to set up the power grid would not have been so rushed. Bastard, it's useless to say this now, don't worry about this floor, it's too late, run upstairs, at least to the eighth floor, no, the ninth floor, don't stop until then. With that, Holden rushed back to the cable and picked up the liquefied gas tank that had been placed there.

Ren Wei didn't expect that he was responsible for this situation, no wonder he felt that Horton's attitude towards him was a lot stiffer, and before he could react and say something, he saw Horton's actions, and he didn't care about anything else at the moment, and began to run upstairs desperately.

Horton placed one of the liquefied gas tanks on the sixth-and-a-half-floor position, unscrewed the valve, and then ran wildly to the eighth floor, shooting at the liquefied gas tank.

I only heard a loud "boom", and a large part of the stairs between the sixth and seventh floors collapsed, and the rest also crumbled.

Seeing this scene, Horton was overjoyed: this power was even greater than he expected, plus the remaining two liquefied gas tanks, it was enough to completely collapse the stairs between the sixth and eighth floors, and at that time, the difference of about ten meters, even if the power grid failed, the monster would not be able to come up for a while.

Thinking of this, Horton tied the remaining two liquefied gas tanks together, threw them to the seventh and a half floors, and prepared to go upstairs.

At this moment, a child's hoarse cry came from the seventh floor.