Chapter 17: The Captive
Bing Ling cautiously came to the corner of the dormitory building, poked his head out, and carefully surveyed the surroundings and the playground. It seems that there is no living thing on the playground. The infected are still in the cafeteria, and it seems that their afternoon tea is not over yet.
That's right! When he came out, he saw the broken body of a little boy. At that time, I was a little nervous and didn't pay attention to the ground, so I almost stepped on it when I came out.
Noticing this, Icespirit immediately turned back, but there was nothing on the empty lawn. There were no other corpses except the one in front of him, no severed limbs, and he didn't even see a rag here! Could it be that there are artificial dragons alive in the vicinity? It's incredible in this place that has been ravaged by viruses and infected artificial dragons have become infected!
Bing Ling looked around nervously, confirming that the infected person was indeed not around. However, there was still a sense of fear slowly spreading in his heart.
γ03γWalk quickly to the north gate of the teaching building. I turned the doorknob slightly, but fortunately it was not locked. She looked through the window on the door, hoping not to see the infected moving inside. But this hope couldn't help but make her feel that if she saw the infected people walking around, maybe she would feel better.
It was strewn with corpses, and from here you could see the south door of the school building, while in the passage from north to south there were countless corpses scattered densely. Without exception, they were torn to shreds, just like the scene she had seen for the first time when an infected person suddenly appeared in the school. The arms and thighs were covered with bite marks, some of which were no longer able to tell how much flesh had been on the bones. The internal organs in her stomach were almost completely gone, and if she looked closely, she thought she could definitely see the severed throats from what they used to call their ribs.
[03] It took almost all her courage to drive her hand to turn the doorknob that closed the death and blood. If she hadn't persevered, I'm sure she'd definitely turn around and run away.
"It's horrible! Why does this kind of footage that only appears in the eighteen layers of hell appear in reality? And in front of me? β
"There's no way around it, and now that the virus has been raging here, anything can happen." Bing Soul explained.
γ03γHe took a deep breath and opened the door, and a strong smell of blood immediately hit his nose. Nearly choked her and the Ice Spirit. The two of them covered their noses and followed the spirited dragon spirit, walking down the aisle step by step, trying their best not to look at the ground. With a lot of effort, they finally reached their final destination, the radio studio.
"That's it! It's over! In this way, you will be able to ask for help! Then we just have to stay inside and wait for help! [03] said.
ββ¦β¦ Well? What's wrong with the door? Why is the door locked! Doesn't this door usually open at noon? It's almost afternoon school day! I was once dragged here by the remnants of the wind to work as a broadcaster for a month, and I know that very well! Seeing that the door couldn't be opened, Bing Ling couldn't help but wonder.
"That's right! I remember! The time of this disaster was less than eleven o'clock! It wasn't yet lunch break, so of course no one would be here. By noon, the school had turned into a hell, and no one would come! [03] recalled.
"What then? Do you want to give up the action of asking for help? β
As soon as Long Ling's words came out, the two living dragons in front of him looked at him together, and said in unison: "Impossible, it would be tantamount to suicide to let me run around in this zombie-ridden place now." β
At this time, [03] remembered: "A key is generally kept by one announcer for a week, and two announcers are kept separately. The spare key is in the hands of Mr. Cai, the manager of the broadcasting room, who usually stays in his office on the fourth floor of the A teaching building. Are you going to get it there? β
Ice Spirit shook his head like a rattle, clearly disagreeing with the risk: "No, it's too far. I can't guarantee that we'll be lucky enough to run that far without getting bitten, and I've seen the sheer number of infected people in Building A. And those terrifying cries can make people's scalps tingle even from a distance. β
"So who are those two announcers? The announcer of this week...... I want to think about it...... I listened to it during my lunch break yesterday...... What's his name...... Forget it, it doesn't matter what the name is, what class does he say he's from? [03] continued to think about coming up with ideas, "...... Come to think of it! He seems to be surnamed Liu, and his class is the fourth class of the second year! It's on the first floor of this school building! β
"It seems that our luck is not too bad, and God still leaves us a way back." The dragon spirit immediately turned around and floated towards the second-year fourth-class classroom near the south gate.
He was so excited, and the joy of being out of fear made him forget where he was. Some of the things that should have been done were not done at all, and the caution in the dormitory building had long been thrown out of the sky by him. And now, the punishment brought by this carelessness has been mercilessly placed in front of him.
Without the slightest observation, Long Ling pushed open the door of the classroom of the fourth class of the second grade, and rushed in without the slightest glance at the environment inside. He had to admit that this brain fever brought disaster to the two living dragons behind him was far greater than he imagined. By the time he realized it, he was already floating among a bunch of infected, five or six red-eyed ones were surrounding the three of them, and the way out had been cut off by one of the infected.
Judgment in Hell...... It's already here......
"Don't ......!" Bing Spirit was almost scolding, why did things turn out like this, why did the dragon spirit make such a stupid move......
"Don't come here! Get out of here! [03] Slowly retreated, hoping to find a gap to escape, even if it was to jump out of the window, it was much better to be injured than to be bitten, "You guys go away for me!" Come back again...... I'm going to smash you with a chair again!" β
It doesn't work, they've lost their sense of being human, to be precise, they're dead, and now they're driven by demonic pranks, and the pain in their bodies can no longer pose much of a threat to them......
"Don't come here! I don't want it! Don't-! [03] Stuck on the blackboard, I couldn't move.
Now they had little room to move, and there were already those infected standing around them. Three more steps, three more steps, and they'll be like the survivors, like the limbs in the corridors, and they will no longer exist in this world.
Dia ...... Beautiful...... I'm sorry...... Seemingly...... I can't finish our mission...... I'm ...... now It's going to ......"
"Knock ......!"
Just when Bing Soul was about to give up, there was a sudden loud bang! No one knew where the loud noise came from, but they knew that after following the loud noise, the ground under their feet seemed to suddenly arch.
Before they could notice what was happening, a red shadow rushed out from behind the infected. As if something had shattered, many stones flew out of the red shadow, and a sharp stone pierced the stomach of the infected standing in front of the ice spirit, hitting the blackboard. At this time, those unlucky ghosts became their shields.
But before they could see what the red shadow was, a thick, long thing swept in the direction of them, the infected.
Bing Soul hurriedly crouched down, covered his head with his wings, and when he looked up again, the infected people in front of him had completely changed, and their upper bodies were all gone! The remaining two legs staggered a few more meaningless steps, and all of them fell down, never moving again.
[03] hurriedly looked back at the blackboard that made a "bang" sound on their heads just now. Oh, my God! A fifty-centimeter-wide crack was cut on the hard ceramic blackboard! Almost, literally, this rift spanned the entire blackboard and cut it in half! In this way, this rift is almost bigger than the whole blackboard!
Surprised? Indeed, it should be surprised. But the surprise that this rift could bring them was no match for what they saw next......
Monster, that's the only word that comes to mind for Ice Spirit. Looking at this thing standing in front of them, it can only be described in this way.
A blood-red "big earthworm" that was thicker than an oil drum appeared in front of them!
"Smack." An arm fell at their feet, a rotting hand, no doubt belonging to the infected. A streak of blood stuck to the arm, and the mutation of the body had made it impossible for the blood to drip like water anymore, and could only turn into a disgusting filament to show the nostalgia it left in the world.
Ice Spirit looked up along the bloodline, and on the other side of the bloodshot was a sharp, long bone-like object. The bone seemed to be bigger than my height, and it grew out of the earthworm's "mouth" (that's how I can describe that organ). And there is more than one such bone! There are four of these around its "mouth"! Surrounded by these four long teeth, there are countless dense barbs! The arm must have fallen out of the barbs, and between the barbs, a shoulder that had not yet been swallowed could be seen.
Then those deadly fangs came into view, and they definitely belonged to the eyes of the monster! It's not the shape of its eyes that is scary, even the compound eyes of flies have been seen through a microscope, and I believe that there is nothing in the world that can make people more afraid than the compound eyes of flies.
It's not the shape, it's not where these eyes grow. It's all about quantity! Many, many quantities! Big or small, straight or oblique, countless eyes grow on its giant! And these eyes are still moving! From the corners of the eyes, some liquid is secreted continuously, and the smell is stinky and unpleasant, which can make people vomit on the spot. And what was even more frightening was that there were about five or six eyes staring at the three of them......
It is impossible to see it in its entirety, because a large part of its body is still buried in the pit beneath it! But I'm pretty sure this guy will never be smaller than twenty stories tall!
As the pieces of flesh in the monster's mouth kept flipping, Ice Spirit began to think about how to get rid of the monster. Is this guy looking at them because they're still alive and curious? Or is it just a passing interest? But for sure, the monster would have no good intentions toward them. And the most likely scenario is that when the food in its mouth is finished, they will be next!