Chapter 32: Zipline
Zhou Jitang was hung on the security railing, and Dong Yuan was hung by a safety rope, swaying left and right in the air on the fifth floor, his face pale.
He looked at the zombies downstairs and felt numb.
"Zhou Jitang! You're back on the balcony! Pull Dong Yuan up! Chang Bing shouted from the edge of the roof.
Zhou Jitang struggled to climb back to the balcony, but it was difficult to exert his strength.
With a loud bang, the bedroom door was also broken by zombies, the upper hinge of the door was knocked off, and three zombies stepped on the door and rushed into the room, rushing to the balcony, and then pounced out of the balcony one after another, falling into the group of corpses on the ground.
The bedroom fell, and the balcony couldn't go back, so Zhou Jitang could only rely on brute force to pull Dong Yuan up.
He put his right arm around the security bar and pulled the person up with his left hand. Every time he pulled it up, Zhou Jitang let his arm circle around the rope, borrowing the power of the rope around his arm to pull Dong Yuan. And this made the existing wound on his arm even more painful.
Dong Yuan grabbed the rope with both hands, and kept trying to climb up, he grabbed the rope with both hands and moved it up little by little.
Never let go! Zhou Jitang kept emphasizing in his heart that he was afraid of a bad thought in his heart, so he let go of his hand.
Don't let go! Don't let go! Dong Yuan also repeatedly recited silently in his heart, not only to give himself more strength, but also to pray that Zhou Jitang would not give up on himself.
The sweat in Zhou Jitang's hand flowed down the rope to Dong Yuan's hand, and the rope tightened, making a sound of fiber breaking.
This is less than a story high, and in the feeling of two people, it is like spending eighteen reincarnations in hell.
There's only a little distance left!
Dong Yuan estimated that the position was about the same, and grabbed the bottom end of the anti-theft fence!
Another zombie heard the movement on the balcony and rolled over and fell off the balcony.
"Keep it up!" Chang Bing saw Dong Yuan coming up and continued to cheer for the two. Li Yuping and the other three female dependents did not dare to approach the side of the building, so they could only secretly ask God to bless the two.
Zhou Jitang saw that Dong Yuan grabbed the anti-theft fence, and hurriedly tightened the rope to help Dong Yuan stand firmly on the anti-theft fence.
The two climbed up the railing, and this time neither dared to be careless.
When the two climbed onto the roof, they were all paralyzed on the side of the building, Zhou Jitang's left arm was whitished by the rope, and after the rope was untied, the blood gushed back, and he was numb for ten minutes and did not dare to move, and it took fifteen minutes to regain consciousness.
"Let's go?" Zhou Jitang climbed up from the roof. The roof was cold, and the east was slightly beginning to take on a deep blue.
The group supported each other and walked west to the side of the building. A dense cloud of wires pulls to the roof of the office building.
"Take the belt out."
Dong Yuan unloaded the backpack and took out the belt from it.
Zhou Jitang put the belt on the wire, buckled it together, and tested the strength.
Chang Bing leaned over and shook his head.
"What if you release the clasp here? What if a man can grasp it with both hands, but a woman can't grasp it? ”
Zhou Jitang thought about it, but he had no choice for a while.
"I'll come."
Qin Qin stepped forward, and she wrapped the rope around the buckle of the belt so that the buckle would not loosen.
"When you slip over, it's better to put the belt under your armpit and put your hand on the wire." Qin Qin made a suggestion.
"What if the belt is worn out?" Dong Yuan looked at the rough wires and was a little worried.
"Then add another piece of rope, go around the wire, tie it to your arms, hang above the wire, if the belt breaks, this rope can also play a role in insurance." Chang Bing came up with a good idea.
"Okay, then do it. Who comes first? Dong Yuan asked.
Everyone looked at Dong Yuan.
"Ahem, okay, I'll do it first." Dong Yuan looked at everyone's eyes and got into the belt himself.
"Dong Yuan, it's not that I don't take the lead this time, but I have to carry Ling Er over for a while, she herself is too dangerous. And a man has to go over and help the woman cushion herself. Zhou Jitang explained to Dong Yuan.
Dong Yuan was an open person, he didn't go to his heart, and after getting ready, he looked back at everyone.
"If I fall to my death, don't come here, and wait for the corpse tide to recede."
Dong Yuan walked to the side of the building.
It always takes a lot of courage to take a leap forward on the edge of a tall building. Dong Yuan stood on the edge of the building and felt dizzy.
Damn, I thought I had fallen to my death.
Dong Yuan checked again whether the belt buckle had been fastened and whether the rope had been tied, and then jumped into the air.
He closed his eyes, only to feel a gust of wind blow past his ears, and then crashed into a pillar.
Dong Yuan's eyes were starry, and when he opened his eyes, he found that he had reached the roof of the office building.
He excitedly got out of his belt and waved to the residential building opposite.
On Zhou Jitang's side, several people were also relieved.
"Grandma Li, are you okay?" Chang Bing asked Li Yuping with concern.
Li Yuping stood on the side of the building and looked downstairs.
She was torn and miserable.
It's not that she doesn't dare to go over, but she feels that there is no point in doing so.
His lover has passed away, the world has completely changed, what is the meaning of his desperate escape with this group of young people? Where is the value? When is it a head?
"Grandma Li? You okay? Chang Bing found that Li Yuping's face was solemn.
"Huh? It's okay. Li Yuping returned to reality from his thoughts. In reality, she is almost old, but she still has to take such an adventure.
She felt sad.
"Grandma Li, we're all looking at you. Now you are our spiritual pillar, and you see that Ling'er also relies on you. Chang Bing seemed to see Li Yuping's thoughts, and hurriedly persuaded her.
At this time, Ling Er grabbed her mother helplessly and looked at Li Yuping.
If I give up now, why did I decide to survive in the first place?
Li Yuping lowered his head, looked at the two diamond rings on his fingers, and shed tears.
"Grandma, I'm going over, Ling'er, don't be afraid, be bold!" Li Yuping regained her strength, she bent down and gently touched Ling'er's head.
Although Ling Er frowned, her eyes were clear. Such a world may not be something she can fully understand.
Li Yuping put it in the belt loop, and Zhou Jitang tied the rope tightly.
"Okay, Grandma Li."
Li Yuping walked to the edge, closed his eyes, and jumped forward without hesitation.
She really jumped out with the mood of dying, and she felt that she was flying in the air, as if she had ascended to the kingdom of happiness.
Dong Yuan caught Li Yuping steadily.
Chang Bing then passed, followed by Qin Qin.
"Ling'er, don't be afraid, mom will go over first, and uncle will protect you. It's like a roller coaster, it's a lot of fun. Qin Qin comforted Ling Er and stood on the edge of the building to get ready.
Zhou Jitang was worried that if Qin Qin went over first, Ling Er's emotions would get out of control, so he arranged for Qin Qin to wait for a while.
Dong Yuan only found four extra belts, and now one is just missing. Zhou Jitang then untied his belt and glued his pants to his clothes with duct tape. Then he wrapped Ling'er in his arms with duct tape.
"Ling'er, hug your uncle's neck tightly for a while, no matter what happens, don't let go! Okay? Zhou Jitang bowed his head and said to Ling Er.
Ling Er looked at her mother and nodded at Zhou Jitang.
Zhou Jitang carefully checked himself and Qin Qin's belts and ropes again.
"Are you ready?" Zhou Jitang asked Qin Qin.
"That's it!" Qin Qin replied.
Qin Qin and Zhou Jitang jumped into the air one after another.
Zhou Jitang suddenly felt that death might be like this, and the soul jumped out of the body and died.
The three of them arrived safely on the opposite side.
"Ling'er, how do you feel? Not scared, right? Qin Qin got out of the belt, and without waiting for Dong Yuan to remove the tape from Ling Er and Zhou Jitang's bodies, he couldn't wait to hug Ling Er.
"Don't be afraid, Mom, it's like a roller coaster." Ling Er replied childishly, but she always frowned, this world was still too dangerous for her.
Zhou Jitang retied his belt and immediately rushed to the west of the office building.
Zhenya Road Pedestrian Street is just below. Diagonally opposite is Mingxiu's stronghold - the first shopping mall of Zhenya Road Pedestrian Street.
The mall used to be bustling, but now it's deadly silent.
Zhou Jitang knew that there was a terrible enemy stationed here, Mingxiu.
Zhenya Road Pedestrian Street, there is no tide of zombies, the number is much smaller, and there is a way to pass.
He ran to the north of the office building again.
He saw that the north side of the Anping Lake community was the vegetable market mentioned by Li Yuping before, which was only one floor away from the pedestrian street, but it was a different scene from heaven and earth - zombies were densely packed together, and they were still pouring into the community along the debris by the wall.
Moreover, Zhou Jitang noticed that further north of Zhenya Road Pedestrian Street, there were still a large number of zombies pouring over from west to east.
"It turned out that we were hurt by the debris piled up in the vegetable market." Zhou Jitang muttered to himself.
Zhou Jitang returned to everyone and communicated the information to everyone briefly. Dong Yuan just ran to the south side of the building to check and found an iron staircase for emergency escape erected outside the house.
"Where should we go?" Chang Bing asked.
The eastern sky has gradually brightened.
"Take a break, and then we'll see when it's completely dawn. It's best to avoid Mingxiu, avoid zombies, and it's safer to go west. ”
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Among the ruins of bungalows.
It had been hours since he fell into a coma, and Zheng Jieming woke up from a nightmare.
The sky is already dark. Zheng Jieming looked up, and outside the tempered glass, it seemed that the zombies had dispersed.
"Am I alive?" Zheng Jieming stood up and checked his body, and there were no obvious signs of bite and scratches up and down. This is due to the fact that when the bungalow collapsed, the rubble helped to keep the zombies at bay. If one person fights a group, it is not enough to give him a hundred lives. And the collapse of the house played a role in blocking the attack of the zombies, and he piled all kinds of furniture at the entrance, and the zombies could only pass through the gaps in twos and threes, creating a good opportunity for Zheng Jieming to kill.
He coughed incessantly as the corpse around him stinked, and he struggled to get up.
Zheng Jieming looked down at Hua Hui's body, and the flower had lost its color.
He crouched down and studied her face carefully, his long hair falling apart like a flower blooming and withering, leaving only petals.
Her face was serene, and she didn't see much fear.
Zheng Jieming was sad and lost in his heart, and he couldn't bear to look at it again. He picked up the knife from the ground and tried to crawl out of the mountain of corpses.
The top is sealed with tempered glass, and there are corpses all around.
He tried to push the glass open. But the weight of the tempered glass was too heavy, and he could only pull the corpses out of the pile one by one, trying to pull out a gap and burrow outside.
The courtyard was walled on three sides, and he climbed in the direction of the bungalow.