Chapter 18: Escape
I stared intently at the mutant who was chained in front of me, as if it was still thinking about whether Wei Hong tasted better or I was more delicious, and it was difficult to choose. Wei Hong watched the mutant's every move as I did, and he slowly moved his body, adjusting his position little by little, ready to deal with the mutant's surprise attack. I was at a disadvantage in terms of the severity of the injury and the timing, and more importantly, I wasn't sure if I would be able to run. Numb thighs may even be a problem to walk.
The mutant seemed to see my weakness too, and the bruising blood all over my body looked to it more like a delicious sauce on a steak. Unarmed, I couldn't possibly deal with a mutant who was a little sluggish just because of the lights in the room, so I had to stare at it as little as possible.
Damn, don't keep looking at me! I cursed to myself the mutant who was watching me, and the rising panic caused my subconscious mind to send escape instructions to various parts of my body again and again, and I had to resist the urge to resist it.
That guy took the first step of "dining", and sure enough, it was towards me! Suddenly, I was completely devastated by a sense of despair. But at this moment, the mutant turned around and rushed towards Wei Hong on the other side! Wei Hong, like me, didn't have time to think about why this was happening, so he jumped up and ran in the direction of the door.
I staggered to my feet, and was thinking about how to save Wei Hong, when the chain that was clasped on my hand was pulled back by Wei Hong, and I didn't have time to maintain my center of gravity, I fell backwards like stepping on a banana peel, and fell to the ground. I still wanted to get up again, but I didn't expect to be completely uncontrollably pulled by Wei Hong to the root of the water pipe around the iron chain; At this point, the chain has been pulled to the limit. The bastard wasn't lying, the chain was just the length of the chain to keep Wei Hong at a safe distance from the murderous mutants. But I wasn't in the mood to rejoice, let alone rejoiceβthe hungry monster gave up attacking Wei Hong after a few attempts, and instead moved on to mine.
I looked at the mutant for about a second, and then it trotted toward me. No way...... I hurriedly looked for a countermeasure, dragging my scarred body to barely stand firmly, at this time it was already less than three meters away from me, and Wei Hong in the distance was still busy untying the iron grip on his hands behind his back with his backhand. On my own, I turned around and threw all my strength away, and the chain swung heavily, just as I tripped over the thin mutant. Its festering body fell to the ground like a piece of rotten flesh, and the fine pieces of rotten flesh suddenly splattered to the ground.
Wei Hong and I invariably focused on the mutant who had fallen to the ground, expecting it to die. Just as its body moved again, trying to get up, we started to tense again. Wei Hong's shackles are still unlocked, and I don't know what to do with the mutants who are back on their feet. The creature broke a leg, but still limped towards me with its rotten leg, but despite that, its threat did not abate. As long as I get a small bite, I am basically equivalent to death.
I glanced at it and saw that the saber I had just kicked down against the wall had not been taken, and this was a good opportunity, and I immediately shouted, "Wei Hong! Get that knife! β
When Wei Hong heard my shout, he was stunned for a moment, but after following my gaze to find the inverted toothed saber that fell in the dim corner and flickering with cold light, he immediately understood my thoughts. Only if the two of us join forces can we both get out of this room alive. The guy reacted quickly, and after determining the position of the saber, he flew towards it, and the straightened chain was immediately loosened a lot, and the space for me to move was also increased. The mutant was close in front of my eyes, and it threw out its hands like a kiss at me, who was already stiff, and the stench that followed was like a prelude to death.
I closed my eyes tightly and instinctively rolled low, just past the mutants. Unrelenting, the mutant who threw himself in the air immediately turned his head and continued to walk towards me. Falling to the ground, I kicked my legs back again and again, watching the hungry living dead approach and could not escape. At that moment, the chain jerked, and my range of motion reached its limit; Wei Hong on the other end happened to be desperately stretching his legs to hook the saber that had fallen back to the wall, his toes were probably only a fraction of a millimeter away from the hilt, but he couldn't reach it for a long time. The two of us are pulling the chains in opposite directions at the same time, like a tug-of-war, unknowingly becoming each other's biggest obstacle, and we will all die here in this way!
So the moment the mutant pounced again, I took the risk of flying and knocking it to the ground! As soon as the chain was loosened, Wei Hong immediately got the saber. He first ran a few steps towards me and the mutant, then knelt down with a shovel, and made a gorgeous turn on his knees in front of the mutant with the momentum of inertia, and at the moment when it had not yet reacted, he clenched the saber with both hands behind his back, and didn't care about the three-seven-twenty-one towards the rotten egg-like head! After a muffled sound, the mutant stopped struggling, maroon blood stained the floor, and the room could only be heard gasping in horror for both of us.
"Hey," I leaned against the wall, patted Wei Hong, who was sitting on the ground in front of me, and said, "Thank you......"
"You're welcome...... Wei Hong turned around, took out a key from the back pocket of his jeans, threw it to me, and said, "Take it, help me unlock it first, quickly." β
Is this guy always so hot? I pursed my lips, and for the sake of being a lifesaver, I didn't complain too much. Back to back, we twisted our heads, and it took a lot of effort to open his lock, but after unlocking it, he actually picked up the saber on the ground, and without looking back, he went straight to the door.
"Hey!" I wondered, "You're not going to just leave, are you?" Feed! β
Wei Hong ignored my protests, he quietly leaned against the door with a serious expression, like a special soldier about to raid and break the door, squatted there, held the knife in his backhand and turned the handle of the door a little, and suddenly opened the door when he was about to turn halfway; A biker unexpectedly appears in front of the door. But to say that it was unexpected, perhaps this guy was even more surprised that he immediately raised the Type 95 rifle that was supposed to have been seized from me. The moment Wei Hong saw the other party's gun, he leaned to the side in a well-trained manner, and the muzzle of the gun was just aimed at me who was sitting on the ground behind Wei Hong and was stunned. With a click, the biker pulled the trigger, but unfortunately he didn't know that the gun was insured, and the trigger couldn't be pulled at all.
The rifle didn't shoot as he thought, and the guy immediately fiddled with the gun in his hand at a loss, and had no choice but to take it and shoot it towards Wei Hong like a primitive man holding a club. After all, he is a national defense student, and this bit of physical melee combat is not a piece of cake for Wei Hong. As soon as he lowered his body, the butt of the gun knocked by the other party just hit the air, and then he heard a hard punch, and Wei Hong's inch punch hit the opponent's head directly. A heavy punch made the biker big man who was taller than Wei Hong suddenly dizzy, Wei Hong did not stop there, but slashed with his right hand holding the saber. In an instant, blood splattered, and the biker who had slit his throat clutched his throat in horror, and the trickle of blood continued to pour into his vocal cords and larynx, making him unable to scream, and could only stare at Mu Ran with a mixture of anger and fear as he stared at Wei Hong, who was looking at his death.
The last threat was removed, and Wei Hong turned around and walked towards me without mercy, not caring at all about the man lying in a pool of blood, as if nothing had happened just now.
"I used to be the one standing in front of the door, and I was always worried that someone would suddenly rush out and raid, but I didn't expect that the person who rushed out now turned out to be me." Wei Hong laughed at himself while untying the iron shackles on my hands.
"You mean ......"
"You should know, we spent a while with these bastards, and Professor Zhang just couldn't get used to this, so he took us away. Until then, I was responsible for all the dirty stuff. After untying me, Wei Hong handed me the recaptured rifle, thought about it, and suddenly asked, "You don't really think that we can get out of the room after we kill the mutants, do you?" β
He really said it, and I really didn't think about the situation outside the door at the time. I didn't expect to be so naΓ―ve. But I didn't admit it. "How, how is it possible!"
"Hmph." Such a stupid lie, not to mention Wei Hong, I guess even Chen Mo can debunk it, "That black and short bastard just now is called Li Sicai, and the people of the Bikers call him the Heavenly King, don't look at him like that, this person is fierce and cunning, and he almost killed Professor Zhang at the beginning." β
"No......" I replied as I checked my rifle.
"That's it, he never kills his enemies easily, but uses all kinds of boring and perverted means to play with them, and this so-called survival game is one of them." With Wei Hong's support, we hobbled in search of an exit in what looked like a bomb shelter or something.
"We have encountered such an enemy in Tianyang in the past, and we were almost killed by him." I have to say that Wei Hong's experience is actually somewhat similar to ours, at least the two of us do have a lot in common.
"Oh? And what about later. β
"Dead, killed by a cow."
"Cow?"
"Oh, Huang Weizheng, this is the nickname I gave him."
Wei Hong stopped and looked around, looking for directions, and then continued: "I didn't expect him to kill people too. β
"We've all had ...... But it's all a last resort. β
"You're the only one who kills people as a last resort." Wei Hong's words suddenly left me speechless, "Huang Weizheng's eyes reveal reason and decisiveness, which you don't have." β
"You admire him."
"I'll just take matters into account. At this time, it is difficult to live without doing this, you hesitate, and it is you who dies, whether it is for mutants or people. β
Wei Hong said this, I am a little disgusted, after all, whether it is Huang Weizheng or other friends, we are all just for the rest of our lives, but it does not mean that we have to deprive others of the right to survive. "You've only known us for a long time, don't jump to conclusions so early."
Compared with my dissatisfaction, Wei Hong seemed indifferent, and after confirming the direction, he continued to help me forward. "If that's what you think, I can't help it."
Our conversation ended awkwardly, and after a moment of silence we ascended the stairs to the exit, and after stepping out of the door, we rested against the thick wall of the hole. I didn't expect this to be a bomb shelter, and if this kind of unfamiliar building was placed in the past, I guess I would never know about it for the rest of my life. The entrance to the cave where we were was surrounded by low-slung houses, and in the dim sunlight there were a few black shadows in the distance back and forth, the sunlight came from the east, and gradually brightened, and those black shadows disappeared into the corner of the street.
"What do we do now?" I asked, putting down the shelf.
"Go and have a round with Liao Shuzhen, and then take her to find someone on the river." Wei Hong observed the movements around him and replied to me flatly, "She promised to let the people of Jiangshang help us reach Qingshan." β
"Promise?"
"Yes. I put her in a safe place last night and led the bikers away, so I got caught. She promised me that as long as she could return to Jiangshangren, she would help us reach Qingshan. Wei Hong cautiously looked around and found a motorcycle parked near the bomb shelter; I guess this was reserved for the biker we killed to join his companions. After pushing the car in front of me and inspecting the package hanging on the car, Wei Hong continued, "Let's go, the biker party notified the Jiangshang people before and asked them to trade in Nanning Port, so the Jiangshang people will definitely be there today." β
"Doesn't that mean we're going to run into bikers there, too?" I got on the motorcycle with the help of Wei Hong, and the injuries on my body were still a little painful, half of my whole body felt collapsed and weak, and my arm was rubbed out of a large piece of pain and pain. However, escaping death seems to have become a common occurrence for me, and this injury should not be a big problem.
Wei Hong stepped on the motorcycle, coaxed the accelerator a few times and smiled: "Of course, don't you want to snatch back our things?" β
To put it lightly, with our current physical condition and equipment, it is a great luck to be able to go back alive, I really don't understand why I want to wade into this troubled water, but if I go back like this, not only can I not let go of my face, but I can't swallow the breath of being robbed of supplies and equipment. On the way to find Liao Shuzhen, I have been thinking about how to settle accounts with the bikers, and before that, maybe I should think of a gorgeous appearance.
It was not difficult to find Liao Shuzhen, and she was very obedient in a high-rise house near Yonghe Bridge, the shelter arranged for her by Wei Hong. It is estimated that after I had a car accident, Wei Hong left me behind, fled here with Liao Shuzhen alone, and then deliberately led away the bikers to pretend to be captured. Thinking about it this way, everything seems to be in his plan, otherwise how would the two of us have made it out of the bomb shelter alive? What a human being is not to be seen......
"Are you two alright? How did it hurt like this? After seeing Wei Hong and me for the first time, Liao Shuzhen was stunned and concerned, "Do you need me to do something?" β
"You just need to get back to Jiangshang safely." I walked over to the window, took a look around me, and said, "And don't forget your promise." β
"Wei Hong told you? Rest assured, my cousin will agree. Liao Shuzhen raised her head and said with a swear, as if she was the boss of the Jiangshang people, and she didn't know whether her words were reliable or not.
"When did you hear that Li Sicai planned to trade with the Jiangshang people?" Wei Hongyan returned to the right and preached.
"Ten o'clock in the morning."
"Then we still have a little time." The clock hanging on the wall was still running, so I told the time, Wei Hong was not at ease, and confirmed his watch.
"Do you want to take a break, that ......" Liao Shuzhen walked up to me and saw that I had been holding my waist, and the part I was covering the ground was also stained with a large piece of blood, she asked a little embarrassed, "Du ...... Du Yuheng, right? Does it matter if you hurt you? β
What does it matter? Can you heal me? While secretly sarcastically sarcasticly the eldest lady's meaningless concern, I said politely, "It's okay, it shouldn't hurt anything, if you give me something to eat, it will get better faster." β
"Yes! There is something to eat! I said it casually, but I didn't expect Liao Shuzhen to take it seriously, and ran into the kitchen with a smoke, and I didn't know what food she would take out; It's a pity that it's impossible to cook me a big table of food.
Wei Hong thought that I was deliberately making things difficult for the little girl, and glanced at me dissatisfied, and I quickly spread my hands innocently to show that I had no intention. At that moment, Liao Shuzhen took out a large bottle of soda, a few packets of instant noodles, and a lunch ham as thick as my arm.
"You...... Did you just go to the supermarket and buy it? I asked incredulously.
"How could it be, I found it in this house last night. Originally, there were a lot of snacks, but I finished eating, hehe. Liao Shuzhen beckoned us to sit on the floor together, poured us a glass of soda like a little girl and her own little friend, and shared the only three packs of instant noodles and ham.
After not eating for a day and a night, I simply opened the bag of instant noodles, took a bite of the golden dough, and ate it with a click. Soda and instant noodles, this strange way to eat is really full, and after eating a few slices of ham meat, I am already satisfied. I'm tired of eating canned food, and I don't mind changing the taste, and of course, it's not a big meal.
"Having said that, have you considered joining the Jiangshang people......" Liao Shuzhen said secretly, "You two saved me, it stands to reason that if you join the Jiangshang people, my cousin will definitely treat you well." β
"I didn't think much of it, and I have a bunch of friends waiting for us to go back." I hadn't swallowed the instant noodles and ham meat in my mouth, and I muttered, "I'll send you back first." β
"He's right, it's useless to think about it so much now." Wei Hong's eating appearance is more dignified than mine, at least not as gobbling up as me, "Actually, I don't understand, how could you, the eldest lady of Jiangshang, be caught by the biker party?" β
"Uh...... We've always had a problem with the bikers, as the scoundrels often harass us to go ashore in search of supplies. Liao Shuzhen broke off a piece of dough, stuffed it into her mouth with some grievances, and continued, "A few days ago, I went ashore with a few brothers to look for supplies, but I don't know why, at night, the power supply suddenly restored in the neighborhood where the power was originally out, and after a few minutes, the power went out again. We were hiding in a department store, and when I realized something was wrong, I was going to go to the higher floors, but I didn't expect the bikers to be hiding there at the time, and then we clashed. There were so many of them that I was the only one left of a dozen of our brothers. After Li Si found out about my identity, he decided to blackmail the people on the river, intending to make a lot of money. β
"I don't understand, why kill each other when everyone is a survivor of the catastrophe? Can't we all work together to get through this? β
"The bikers are already some hooligan ruffians, how can we possibly join forces?" Liao Shuzhen's words made Wei Hong a little embarrassed, but he didn't say it explicitly.
I breathed a sigh of relief, not going to go into the depths of this pointless issue, so I changed the subject and said, "Okay, it's almost time, why don't we go now." β
"So fast? Don't take a break? Liao Shuzhen was surprised.
"It will take us a lot of time to get to the port, so it's better to go early than here." My tone is quite like Huang Weizheng, and even I think it's funny.