Chapter 3 Claustrophobic Passages
In Lei Yang's opinion, Zheng Jieming stood on the roof of the car and froze for only a few seconds. In Zheng Jieming's feelings, he froze for an hour, a day, and a month, until a shiny and familiar golden key suddenly flashed in front of him, and he found his soul.
"You take care of the air outlet!" A determined light flashed in Zheng Jieming's eyes, and he walked in the direction of the junction of cars 1 and 2, from where the zombies in front were rushing towards him.
Lei Yang was stunned, he was still immersed in the fear and despair of death.
The leading zombie jumped and pounced on Zheng Jieming, Zheng Jieming dodged backwards, the zombie pounced in the air, lying on the ground, Zheng Jieming stepped on the zombie's head, grabbed its two "claws", and pulled it off the car with force to the left.
The second zombie crossed the 4 and 5 joints, running very fast, Zheng Jieming moved to the left, almost standing on the edge of the carriage, the zombie stretched out two claws, rushed straight towards him, seeing that there was still a meter or two missing, Zheng Jieming lowered his center of gravity and flashed to the right, hooked his left leg, tripping the zombie, and the zombie jumped directly down the carriage and smashed on the heads of the corpses.
Lei Yang watched Zheng Jieming knock down the two zombies blankly, he instantly ignited hope, he felt that the man in front of him was the embodiment of the savior, reliable and full of fighting skills.
"Don't be stunned! Keep trying to get the ventilation pipe open! Zheng Jieming didn't look back, and ordered Lei Yang loudly.
Lei Yang responded and began to carefully observe the ventilation pipe. There was a burst of strength in his heart, and although his legs and feet were still shaking uncontrollably, his head was much calmer. He carefully examined the structure of the duct installation and tried to find a way to open the ventilation pipe.
Several more zombies climbed up, and Zheng Jieming finally saw clearly that the group of zombies came up through the place where car No. 2 broke the glass. The zombies in the carriage crawled out of the window and fell to the ground, and the new zombies crawled out and stacked on top of the former, piling up into a corpse mound, and the zombies outside the car stepped on the corpse mound and climbed onto the roof of the car.
"No way to find it! More and more!! Zheng Jieming shouted, he could rely on explosive power to clean up four or five zombies one by one, but he knew very well that it was difficult for him to face two zombies at the same time with his bare hands! More zombies crowded to climb onto the roof of the car, and three zombies ran in front of him, he was ready to die, so he had to bring a few before he died!
"Holy! There's a secret card here! Lei Yang suddenly found that in a place higher than the solder joint, there was a very inconspicuous buckle, he looked around, and found one in the opposite direction, without hesitation, he tried to press, pull, and dial the two dark cards, and finally "clicked", and the black protective net was removed together with the ventilation pipe opening.
"Got it open!! You climb first!! Lei Yang turned around and saw the three zombies running towards Zheng Jieming in front of him, he straightened his arms, stretched the barrel-like protective net on his chest, and went towards the zombies, and actually pushed the three zombies back to the connection, the one at the end fell from the gap in the connection, and the first two fell on the edge of the 5 car with teeth and claws, Lei Yang smashed it with a protective net, seeing that more zombies had climbed onto the roof of the No. 2 car, he buckled the protective net upside down on the head of a zombie, turned his head and ran towards the air duct, Zheng Jieming's half body had already poked into the air duct, and his two feet were hanging in the air, Struggling upwards.
"Can you get on!?" Lei Yang shouted.
"Yes! Come on!!! Zheng Jieming's voice came from the pipe, and the sound resonated with the surrounding metal, sounding buzzing, and he pumped his foot into the pipe.
Lei Yang looked back, and a zombie had already stepped towards car No. 6. He hurriedly bent down, put his head into the pipe with the opening downward, stood up, and saw Zheng Jieming's pair of soles that moved forward quickly, and with a force, climbed into the supervisor.
The zombie jumped and firmly grasped Lei Yang's right foot.
"me,!!" Lei Yang shouted nervously. After struggling for a long time, everyone has climbed to the ventilation pipe, don't leave it like this!
Half of Lei Yang's body was hanging in the main air pipe, and he couldn't see the situation under his feet at all, the zombie clung to his right foot, he could only kick his leg frantically, and his left foot kicked his right foot lifelessly, as if he wanted to kick his right foot off, he felt that his kidneys were shrunk into a ball, and then kicked hard, and he kicked directly on the zombie's head, he felt that the head was kicked backwards, but he still didn't let go of his hand. Lei Yang was completely out of ideas, bowed his left and right feet, and kept kicking his head.
The zombie's hand finally let go, and Lei Yang's whole body rushed into the pipe like a fish, slid forward a long way in one breath, and only stopped when he hit Zheng Jieming's foot, paralyzed, gasping for air. He felt his heart beat for a long time before it stabilized.
The pipeline is extremely narrow, there is in and out of the pipe, Zheng Jieming heard Lei Yang shouting and kicking behind him, but he couldn't even turn his head back, let alone help, he grabbed the iron sheet in a hurry, climbed a few more steps forward, leaving enough pipeline space for Lei Yang, until Lei Yang's head hit the soles of his feet, he felt a little at ease, and only when Lei Yang's breathing was almost smooth did he dare to speak.
"Bitten?"
"Whew... Call... No, no. Lei Yang slowed down, "Go on, there's a smell in this pipe." ”
The two of them began to crawl deeper. Lei Yang was behind, his feet were exposed, he always felt that his back was unstable, and he was trembling. Zheng Jieming was not comfortable in front of him, he could see the situation in front of the pipeline, and saw that this square pipe was black and hollow, straight forward, and he didn't know where it was leading. The screams of the zombies passed through the pipes, and the echoes reached his ears even more eeriely, and he felt that he was in the passage to hell, and he did not dare to move forward but had to hurry forward.
As they spoke, the two heard a zombie scream behind them.
"I'll go! Crawled in!! Lei Yang shouted sharply, he couldn't see the situation under his feet, and drilled between Zheng Jieming's feet.
The fear of encountering the enemy in the rear and the endless darkness in front attacked Zheng Jieming at the same time, he instinctively closed his eyes, and crawled forward with all his strength, like a gecko that had cut off its tail but was still violently escaping.
I don't know how long I climbed, Zheng Jieming stopped out of breath. After conditioning his breathing for a long time, he found that there was an eerie silence around him. Not even the sound of crawling pipes rubbing against metal was gone.
Lei Yang! What about Lei Yang? Isn't he behind him??
"Lei Yang!!" Zheng Jieming shouted loudly, but there was no response.
Where did he go? Just crawling forward, did you forget to take care of Lei Yang? Has he been dragged away by zombies!?
Zheng Jieming couldn't face the long darkness ahead, he put his head on the back of his hand and closed his eyes. This pipeline is straight from beginning to end, there is no fork in the road, Lei Yang must still be behind him. If he was still climbing, he could definitely hear the pipes. There was no sound now, indicating that he had fallen far away.
He was eaten by zombies? Should I wait for him? If he is eaten by zombies, and I stay here, and he crawls forward, I will definitely be bitten.
Do you want to climb back in backwards and take a look? Isn't that a death for nothing? But if he is eaten, I am also responsible!
Zheng Jieming had a fierce struggle unfolding in his mind, his face was pale, and in this claustrophobic space, he was about to lose the courage to continue climbing.
"Lei Yang !!" "Lei Yang !!!!!!" "Are you !!!! away"
Zheng Jieming began to shout loudly, but he couldn't even hear the voice of the zombie. Only to hear your own voice crashing back and forth in the pipe, stretching into the square void in front of you.
"Keep crawling first?" Zheng Jieming began to talk to himself, he wanted to make more sounds to fill this void, "If Lei Yang is still alive, there is only one way, he will definitely be able to come out." If he... If I was bitten, it wouldn't help if I stayed here. ”
Zheng Jieming then moved forward slowly, the ventilation duct was not long, and the ventilation duct was extended all the way to the subway tunnel. As he climbed, he wondered if he had made the right choice to break out. He hadn't eaten or drunk for several hours, and his throat felt dry and aching. He didn't dare to look up ahead, and as soon as he looked up, he felt that the square-shaped black hole was spreading out and was about to devour him.
As he was crawling, he felt a cold wind coming from his head, and when he stopped to experience it, he found that there was no wind, it was just his hallucination.
Wind? A thought struck his Baihui acupoint.
How to go down!?
Zheng Jieming suddenly remembered that when the two came up, the air outlet was sealed with screws, and the barbed wire could not be opened by brute force alone.
In other words, if the outside world does not respond, you can't get out!
This thought blocked Zheng Jieming's chest, and he sped up his crawl to the next air outlet. He threw his body over the exit, sent his foot backwards, and kicked hard, trying to kick the net away, but it didn't work. The barbed wire just made a dull crashing sound.
Then you can only continue to climb forward? Maybe with a bit of luck, come across an opening?
Zheng Jieming gave up this firmly sealed exit, he felt tightness in his chest and breathlessness, but he still insisted on moving forward. After climbing for a long time, I finally couldn't support it anymore, and my head sank.
I don't know how long it took, Zheng Jieming opened his eyes, he completely lost the concept of time, and in a daze, he found himself lying on the bed at home, like a child, and his sister was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him.
Sister?
Zheng Jieming wanted to see his sister's face clearly, but what he saw was a vague smile. My sister wore a white dress, just like the day she left Zhongzhou for the Eagle Country.
My sister stood up, turned around, and walked off into the distance.
Sister?!
Zheng Jieming wanted to call his sister, but he couldn't, he struggled hard to make a sound, but his sister disappeared in front of him.
After a long pause, he realized that he was still lying in the cold pipe, he felt his whole body cold, his lips trembled slightly, and he looked up at the black square void ahead. Now he was powerless to fear the void passage.
He struggled to stay awake, but little by little, his eyelids closed again.
"Mon... Yang..."Zheng Jieming wanted to shout Lei Yang, but at this moment, his head could no longer distinguish the difference between "thunder" and "meng", and only squeezed out these two words faintly from his lips. How he wished that Lei Yang could answer behind him or touch his feet.
A strange knock from the pipe reached his ears, and the sound passed through his chaotic brain, sending a moment of lucidity!
He thought the sound was coming from behind his feet, but when he listened closely, the sound was coming from overhead.
Someone ahead?
“… Save... Fate..."
Zheng Jieming's lips moved, but he couldn't shout, his throat was already dry and almost sticky.
He tried to crawl forward, barely losing his strength. He struggled to look up at the black hole in front of him.
Ray?
Zheng Jieming saw that at the lower edge of the black hole, a faint light slowly seeped out. He couldn't believe his eyes, closed them, opened them again, still unsure, closed them for a while, and opened them again.
It's the light!
I can't tell how far it is, but it's light!
Crawl over! Climb!
Zheng Jieming ordered his hands to continue to crawl forward, but all he could do now was squirm forward like insects.
Don't want to die!
He squirmed forward, his chin rubbing against the cold iron skin, the pain making him feel more awake.
The light is getting closer! This is soaked up from under the pipe, where there should be an open air outlet!!
Almost there! Zheng Jieming's arm was also bruised everywhere, and the light was in front of him, he vaguely felt that there was someone outside the tube, and he wanted to shout for help again, but he could only make a snorting sound.
He stretched out his right hand to the light in front of him, reaching the rim of the pipe downward!
There is hope! He pulled hard with his right hand, his body continued to rub forward, his head leaned forward and looked down, it was light! It's really light! He had adapted to the darkness, the blind, divine light that made his vision pale.
However, he didn't have time to rejoice, and in the next second, the mouth of the net guard was heavily buckled, and with a loud bang, the light disappeared from his eyes again.
Other... This... Kind, I'm in... Here, help me!
He felt himself breathless, his chest was crushed, and he tried to squirm downward, but his strength finally dried up.
Unwilling to give up, he rhythmically pulled the wall of the duct with his fingers, and the echo was amplified in the pipe.
While... While... While...
The air outlet was opened, and the light once again covered Zheng Jieming's field of vision, and in the light, he vaguely saw a human figure.
"Help... I..."
Zheng Jieming made the last sound with all his might, hung his head, and lost consciousness again.