Chapter 11: The Seeds of Doubt
More zombies appeared from the direction of Zhenya Road and walked towards Changchun Street. The zombies in the community are also ready to move, and it seems that these zombies seem to feel some kind of calling, and they want to gather and go in one direction.
"What to do!" Chang Bing grabbed Zhou Jitang's left arm tightly. Although she doesn't like this man who is open-mouthed, always teasing herself, and running the train with her mouth full, he is always the most reliable in such critical moments.
Zhou Jitang looked at Zheng Jieming, and the two looked at each other, revealing a sense of worry, but neither of them spoke.
It's impossible to go any further, and it's too late to go to a nearby storefront, so they have to hide as much as possible to avoid being discovered by zombies - in front of such a large group of zombies, any zombie spotting them could mean the death of four people.
Zheng Jieming carried Ma Qi on his back and moved towards the bus little by little. Zhou Jitang grabbed Chang Bing's hand tightly, bent over, and tiptoed over.
The bus door was open, and Zheng Jieming had found two zombies inside, but the woman in the black hoodie had also entered the bus, and Zheng Jieming judged that the two zombies had been eliminated by her.
Really! There was nothing in the bus except the disgusting and smelly corpses.
Zheng Jieming carried Ma Qi to the last row of the carriage carefully, and Zhou Jitang signaled Chang Bing to go inside first, staying in the front of the car himself, trying to close the door.
There is no effect. The car didn't start, and there was no way to close the door, so Zhou Jitang had to drag a corpse down from the second row of seats in front of the car, lay it in front of the door, and then carefully stepped over the corpse and walked to the back of the car.
Chang Bing covered his nose and frowned, Zheng Jieming put Ma Qi on the ground in front of the last row of seats, and lay next to him, his right hand gently on Ma Qi's mouth - he was worried that if Ma Qi suddenly woke up and screamed. If that happens, he will cover Mazie's mouth as soon as possible.
The zombie approached the bus and let out a deep guttural sound. The four of them lay on the ground, lowered their heads, and did not dare to get up at all to look out the window, but only dared to listen with their ears sideways. Zhou Jitang was lying under the penultimate row of seats, his eyes kept staring at the direction of the car door, for fear that a zombie would come in.
Outside the car, more and more zombies passed by, and the low roars became more and more mixed, and countless zombies passed outside the car like a tide, and the roars gathered and hit the eardrums of the three people, and the three people hid in the car and were terrified. Zheng Jieming even began to envy Ma Qi, and there was no need to be afraid of the moment.
Boom!
A zombie hit the body of the bus hard, Chang Bing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, her face was red, beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, and she couldn't help but gasp quickly in fear. Zhou Jitang and Chang Bing were next to each other, and he felt Chang Bing trembling and grabbed Chang Bing's arm.
More zombies scraped past the car, and some made a regular sound of hitting the car, and the three of them felt that every minute was long and painful.
In Zhou Jitang's field of vision, he was horrified to find a zombie trying to climb into the car.
Don't! If one comes in, more will come in!
"Oh my God! Don't come in! Don't come in! Zhou Jitang bit his lip, and the low roar and scraping sound of the tidal zombies in his ears made him on the verge of collapse. Even in the Anpinghu subway station, there are only a few zombies; And when he fled by the lake, he still had a way to run! And here, in the depths of the carriage, it's just a dead end! Coming in means that it is likely to be discovered, and once more zombies discover the existence of these living people and pour in, then they will definitely die!
The zombie was obviously blocked by the corpse at the door, and scratched at the door for a while, and continued to move towards the road around the lake as the tide of corpses continued. Zhou Jitang breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could send this breath out of his chest, another zombie roared in through the door, was blocked by the corpse, and fell to the car door.
I saw that the zombie was scratching the ground for a while, and then slowly stood up and walked step by step towards the depths of the carriage.
The three of them held their breath and didn't dare to take a breath.
At this moment, Marzi suddenly opened his eyes.
"I don't know! Benefactor, what are your eyes open now..."Zheng Jieming secretly complained in his heart, and quickly covered his mouth with one hand to prevent him from speaking, and raised the index finger of the other hand and stood on his lips, signaling him not to speak.
Ma Qi was still feverish, his mind was full of all kinds of strange hallucinations, although he opened his eyes at this time, what he saw was a cloud in his sight, and Zheng Jieming's erected index finger was in his eyes, like a mountain cliff in the clouds. He stretched out his right hand and gripped his index finger tightly. Zheng Jieming was covered in a cold sweat, and he felt that every part of Ma Qi's body was hot, like a stove.
Zhou Jitang was observing the zombies in the car, and when he turned around, he found Zheng Jieming covering Ma Qi's mouth with his hand.
"What is he doing?" Zhou Jitang's heart was excited, "Why did he stop Ma Qi's mouth?" β
In Zhou Jitang's eyes, Ma Qi's right hand tried to push Zheng Jieming away, but Zheng Jieming kept blocking Ma Qi's mouth. There were groups of zombies outside the window, Zhou Jitang was not only afraid of being discovered by zombies, but also confused and suspicious of Zheng Jieming's actions, because he was under the car seat and his vision was not smooth, he couldn't see Zheng Jieming's expression clearly.
Ma Qi let go of his hand and slowly closed his eyes again. Zheng Jieming let out a long breath and let go of the hand that was covering Ma Qi, so as not to suffocate him. However, after only a few seconds, Marzie opened his eyes again, this time with a sparkle of light, as if the fever and coma had moved away from him.
"I'm going to... Dead..."
Ma Qi suddenly squeezed out four words from his mouth very faintly but clearly. These four words made Zheng Jieming's scalp tingle, and he subconsciously frowned.
"If you hold on... Able to get through it. Although Ma Qi's eyes were attentive, he couldn't see where the focus was. Zheng Jieming trembled, thinking to himself, don't say that he has survived, brother benefactor, if you talk again, we will be suspended for ten seconds. He quickly covered Mazie's mouth again - of course, in order to prevent Mazi from being smothered, he did not cover it tightly, and his nostrils were exposed.
Zheng Jieming didn't pay attention, the light in Ma Qi's eyes had gradually dissipated, and he closed his eyes. He didn't pay attention, a pair of eyes kept staring at him vigilantly and confusedly.
Zhou Jitang couldn't hear Ma Qi speak, let alone see Ma Qi and Zheng Jieming's demeanor, all he could see was that Zheng Jieming blocked Ma Qi's mouth again! He wasn't sure what that meant, but he subconsciously thought that Zheng Jieming might be doing something "bad".
The crowd of corpses outside was still there, and the zombies in the car had already walked to the back of the car, just next to the four people, it sniffed around, as if it smelled something, and stopped and began to look. It stood in the corridor next to Zhou Jitang, and Zhou Jitang's vision was blocked by the zombie's legs and feet, so he couldn't see the movements of Zheng Jieming and Ma Qi.
The zombie seemed to squat down, clutching his claws in the air, Chang Bing thought that the zombie had found him, bit his lip tightly, and almost cried.
Suddenly, the zombie inside the car let out a sharp roar and crashed into the back of the car. The zombie hit the back seat of the carriage directly, and then frantically knocked on the rear glass window, and the three of them lay at the feet of the zombie, and no one dared to act rashly.
At the same time, the corpses outside the car also seemed to have received some sense, and the footsteps increased significantly, as if the tide suddenly accelerated towards the sea, and the sound of the carriage scraping became more and more sharp, making everyone feel terrified.
After a while, the roar outside seemed to fade away and subside, leaving only the zombie in the car, constantly banging its head against the rear glass window.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Jitang was the first to climb out from under the car seat, and carefully looked out of the window to confirm that the tide of corpses had passed. At the same time, Zheng Jieming also plucked up the courage, stood up, and took advantage of the zombies in the car still banging on the rear window, grabbed its head, and slammed into the edges and corners of the seat. Zhou Jitang stood next to him, watching in surprise as Zheng Jieming grabbed the zombie and hit the seat, once, twice, three times... Until the zombie's head is crushed.
Zheng Jieming stood in the corridor with blood on his hands, and there was silence inside and outside, only the sound of their breathing and heartbeat could be heard. Zhou Jitang kept staring at himβhis eyes full of doubt and uncertainty.
Chang Bing finally stabilized her breath, she first squatted beside Ma Qi, observed, felt that something was wrong, reached out to probe Ma Qi's snort, and stayed there.
Zhou Jitang shifted his gaze to Ma Qi and saw Chang Bing who was frozen, "What's wrong with Ma Qi?" β
Zheng Jieming turned his head and also noticed Chang Bing's abnormality, he reached out to hold Ma Qi's wrist, trying to feel his pulse, but he felt Ma Qi's hand obviously cool.
"I'm going to... It's dead..."Zheng Jieming suddenly recalled what Ma Qi said just now in his mind, and his hairs stood up.
"Get out of the way!!" Zhou Jitang pushed Zheng Jieming away, took the fingers of his right hand in his mouth, dipped a little saliva, and then put it in front of Ma Qi's mouth and nose to test it.
Didn't breathe.
He pulled Chang Bing away, completely ignoring Chang Bing's stunned expression, leaned on Ma Qi's chest, and listened carefully to Ma Qi's heartbeat.
There is no heartbeat.
Mazzie died. Zhou Jitang felt that his chest was heavily blocked for a while, and he began to recall the action Zheng Jieming had just made - blocking Ma Qi's mouth.
This bastard! Zheng Jieming, could it be that he killed Ma Qi just now! The depression in Zhou Jitang's heart began to gradually turn into hostile suspicion, it was Zheng Jieming who blocked Ma Qi's mouth and nose! Could it be that Zheng Jieming thought Ma Qi was cumbersome and killed him in the chaos just now?
He clenched his fists and almost pounced on Zheng Jieming, asking if he had killed Ma Qi. But with concerns in his heart, he couldn't believe his doubts, he hoped that his doubts were wrong, and hoped that he, Chang Bing and Ma Qi were not ungrateful people who rescued him.
At this time, Chang Bing stood up, just cutting off the sight of the two.
"Zhou Jitang." Chang Bing shouted softly.
Zhou Jitang's mixed emotions of anger, suspicion, and sadness were pulled back by Chang Bing, and he answered.
"Let's go." Chang Bing showed unusually calmness, as if Ma Qi had never died.
"Mazzie is dead!" Zhou Jitang emphasized, he was confused by Chang Bing's abnormal performance, his judgment had been greatly disturbed by emotions, and he actually thought that Chang Bing didn't see that Ma Qi was dead.
"I know, he's dead." Chang Bing replied calmly, and then said, "But if you die, you can't be resurrected." Now if we don't find a foothold sooner, we will die too. β
Zhou Jitang stood at the outermost point of the corridor, he weighed whether he wanted to confront Zheng Jieming face to face, but in the end he decided to plant this suspicion deep in his heart.
"Zheng Jieming, I hope it wasn't Ma Qi that you killed, but from today onwards, I will keep an eye on your every move! Don't you think you're scheming! I'll be sure to grab your proof! Zhou Jitang thought silently in his heart, he made up his mind to personally uncover Zheng Jieming's "ugly face".
But what he doesn't realize is that when he doubts his teammates and tries to find so-called "evidence of murder", the rift is already deep in between.