Zheng Jieming walked out of the corridor quickly, and his steps seemed much brisker. The hiking bag on his back had never been put down, and now that he had a knife, he put the baton in the side pocket of his backpack and held the knife in his right hand, feeling more confident.

There are still some zombies scattered in the community, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. With the combat experience just now, Zheng Jieming became more cautious and avoided them as much as possible. Of course, there is another important reason, when he helped the old lady get back her wife's ring, he felt more clearly that these zombies were actually "people", and this realization made him extremely uncomfortable when he raised the knife, as if he was a "murderer".

Walking out of the community, the bus was still open with its front door open and lying on the side of the road - Zheng Jieming thought to himself, that was inevitable, who would still be running around on the street now.

But just as he had a flash, a figure suddenly jumped out of the bus.

"Zombies!" Zheng Jieming immediately raised his vigilance, his body center of gravity slightly downward and forward, his knees slightly bent, and he was ready for battle.

However, the "zombie" in front of him also made a vigilant gesture, and Zheng Jieming fixed his eyes to see that where was the zombie, it was actually a woman. The woman was wearing a black sports hoodie with a hat over her head that covered almost her entire face, and her long hair was spilling from near the neckline. She held a household boning knife in her right hand, and her eyes were full of murder.

The two sides confronted each other, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

"Don't rush, don't be impulsive! I thought you were a zombie. Zheng Jieming stretched forward with his left palm, signaling both sides not to move forward, but his right hand was still holding the kitchen knife.

"Your knife! Put it down! The woman looked at the bloody knife in his hand and ordered Zheng Jieming solemnly.

"Yes! We don't have to go against it! Zheng Jieming said, slowly put down his right hand, and straightened up, returning to a normal standing posture, indicating that he was not threatening.

"Where are you going?" The woman did not put down the knife in her hand and continued to question Zheng Jieming.

"Where to go?" This question made Zheng Jieming feel very strange, he couldn't see the purpose of this question, and he didn't know what she wanted to ask, "I'm going to the lake." ”

"What are you doing by the lake?" The woman continued to ask.

"I said beauty, can you put the knife down a little, I've already put it down." Zheng Jieming felt that the woman was obviously overly nervous and wanted to ease the situation.

As he was talking, he suddenly felt a strange aura behind him, and before he could turn around, a knife slid in front of his throat.

Holy!

"What are you going to do?" Zheng Jieming didn't know where the person behind him came from, and he didn't dare to look back, his voice trembled a little.

"Don't talk nonsense, what are you doing by the lake?" The woman was still standing in front of her, asking sharply.

If you say that you will meet your partner, Chang Bing and the three of them will also be in danger, if you don't say it, I'm afraid that your life will not be guaranteed. Zheng Jieming quickly calculated various risks in his mind. Finally, he gave an answer that he couldn't figure out the reason himself.

"Go boating on the lake."

The person behind him hit Zheng Jieming hard with the hilt of his knife, Zheng Jieming's eyes turned white and he fell to the ground, and then his knife was taken away, and his right hand was trampled under the feet of the person behind him. The woman strode forward, unfastened his backpack and put it on his back, and the two of them turned around and ran in the direction of Zhenya Road.

Zheng Jieming got up and looked at the backs of the two people who had gone away - in addition to the woman, the other person was also wearing a black hoodie, and the figure was a man.

"!!" Zheng Jieming spat out and touched his forehead in frustration. Caught in the danger of life and death twice in one day, he felt that the threat of people was more uncertain and dangerous than the threat posed by zombies.

He subconsciously touched his waist, and remembered even more frustrated that his baton was also in the side pocket of his backpack. He looked down and found a random stone, took it in his hand and trotted towards the road around the lake.

Anping Temple is in front, this lonely small temple quietly stays in the green belt by the lake, like a little monk sitting in meditation. He came to the door, and Chang Bing opened the door for him.

"You're back!" Chang Bing looked very happy, "Did you find anything?" ”

Zheng Jieming helplessly stretched out his arms to the sides, signaling that he didn't even have a bag.

"Dude, why are you covered in blood?" Zhou Jitang's eyes were very keen, he noticed the blood on Zheng Jieming's body, and questioned Zheng Jieming while blocking in front of Chang Bing.

"Fighting with zombies." Zheng Jieming looked down at the front of him, only to notice that his clothes had been stained with blood, and then he understood Zhou Jitang's intentions, "Oh, I wasn't injured, I had a knife in my hand at the time." ”

"Got a knife? Where did it come from? Zhou Jitang didn't know why, in just a few hours, his words were suddenly full of hostility. He pushed Chang Bing a step back, and he also stepped back a little, keeping his distance from Zheng Jieming.

Zheng Jieming felt like a prisoner who was interrogated and distrusted, but he still remained cooperative, he didn't want to be hostile to his benefactor, "An old lady gave it to me." She also said let us go and stay. ”

"And what about the knife now?"

"The knife was snatched by two people on Changchun Street."

"Who?" Chang Bing rushed to ask, her tone was not aggressive, but with a sense of surprise and concern.

"Who?" Zhou Jitang repeated again, meaning to show Zheng Jieming that he was the chief judge.

"Two in black hoodies, I don't know who they are, a man and a woman." Zheng Jieming saw that Chang Bing was not hostile, and his heart was much calmer.

"You've met them, too." Zhou Jitang's tone was relieved.

"What do you mean? You've also encountered it? Zheng Jieming felt a little suspicious, so the two of them also saw these two strange hoodie people just now.

"Hmm. Just now, those two people appeared on the side of the road around the lake, turning over corpses all over the ground, and later came to the small temple. Chang Bing explained, "I saw the three of us inside, and I observed outside for a while. Zhou Jitang was about to talk to them when they turned around and ran away. ”

"I'm sorry, I just saw you covered in blood, and I was a little wary that I suspected you were bitten." Zhou Jitang finally loosened the tight strings.

It seems that he doesn't particularly trust me, but that's normal. Zheng Jieming thought to himself. In this kind of world, it is really difficult to trust a person.

"How's Madge?" Zheng Jieming walked to Ma Qi's side, squatted down and touched his forehead, the temperature dropped a little, but it was still very hot, "It seems that he is still in a bad state, has he ever woken up?" ”

"Wake up once in a while, you two follow each other, and now he's taking over your shift. I've calculated, it took you more than a whole day to wake up, and he guesses the same. Zhou Jitang sat cross-legged next to Ma Qi.

"What did you say about the old lady?" Chang Bing asked.

"Oh! That's right, such an important thing! Zheng Jieming looked back at Zhou Chang and the two, "I met an old lady before, and she said that she would like the four of us to live with her." ”

"Oh? That's great! This small temple really can't stay forever! Moreover, there must be water in the old lady's house! Chang Bing was very happy, she left most of the water to Ma Qi, and only allowed herself and Zhou Jitang to drink a small amount.

"Oh? That's great! Your charm is really strong, even the old lady has been taken care of by you. Zhou Jitang also pretended to be very happy and said.

Water... I guess no, just a little fast-spoiling fruit, I don't know if there is mineral water. Zheng Jieming recalled what the old lady said in his heart, and was a little uneasy, but he didn't intend to destroy Chang Bing's good hopes.

"Who's going to carry the team?" Chang Bing asked Zhou Jitang, the meaning was obvious, and he hoped that Zhou Jitang would carry it.

"Look at what I do, I helped you that time to see that you are pitiful!" Zhou Jitang looked reluctant.

"I'll carry the horse team." Zheng Jieming guessed Zhou Jitang's thoughts, and he originally planned to carry Ma Qi on his own, "You have carried me on such a dangerous road before, and I have to contribute to this journey." ”

"Just let Zhou Jitang come! Didn't you just wake up? Chang Bing was obviously biased in favor of Zheng Jieming.

"It's okay, didn't I just go out for a spin." Zheng Jieming is very resolute.

"You lost your backpack, what should I do with the quilt?" Zhou Jitang felt a wave of jealousy in his heart.

"It's okay, it's okay! There must be quilts at the old aunt's house, and in May and June, only the small temple has a cold floor, and the home will definitely not be cold. Chang Bing was very optimistic, "What's more, these quilts are all spread on the ground, dirty, stay here!" Just take the oars! ”

The four of them went out, Zheng Jieming carried Ma Qi on his back, and Zhou Jitang turned around and relocked the lock in case of future emergencies.

The goose boat was still parked on the shore, and the duck boat had drifted away with Liu Junluo's body.

"Where is the old lady's house?" Chang Bing asked Zheng Jieming in a low voice.

"Anping Lake Community. But we have to be careful, the two thieves are also operating around there. Zheng Jieming replied, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Zhou Jitang walked at the end of the line with a wooden paddle in his hand, and Chang Bing walked in the middle of the line with a baton in his hand. Zheng Jieming carried Ma Qi on his back and carefully led the way in front.

The two zombies in the middle of the road slowly moved to the sidewalk at some point, blocking the way of the three of them, and Zheng Jieming could only carefully cross the gap between the cars.

"Why don't you just hit it? There are only two of them. "Zhou Jitang did have experience in fighting zombies before, but at that time, it was five subway staff who cleaned up the remaining zombies in the subway side by side, and most of those zombies were still concentrating on gnawing on the corpses on the ground, and they were knocked on the back of the head by him. So his understanding of zombies is - pounds! Home run!

But Zheng Jieming is the one who has really fought with zombies in bloody hand-to-hand combat, he is very happy about the luck of surviving last time, and he is not willing to take a bigger risk unless he has to.

A lot of times, life wants to joke with people, and when you don't want something to happen, the worst can often unfold in the next second.

When Zheng Jieming carried Ma Qi around the bus and faced the entrance of the community head-on, what he saw was an incomprehensible scene - the courtyard of the community, where there were only a few old, weak, sick and disabled zombies just now, is now full of a large number of zombies.

"You just came out of this neighborhood?" Zhou Jitang couldn't believe that Zheng Jieming could get out of such a scene - even if he had a gun, it would be enough to choke.

The most perplexing is Zheng Jieming, he has explored before, there is only one gate in the community, there are walls on all sides, and Changchun Street is still calm, so where did these zombies come from?

To make matters worse, they turned to the left, and a zombie's leg stepped out of the intersection in the direction of Zhenya Road.

A zombie passes by.

It was followed by the second, the third...

Those zombies slowly moved from Zhenya Road to Changchun Street for some reason.