Chapter 9: Saving Lives (2)
Lu Li's expression was strange.
He looked at the zombies around him who only stretched out their hands to him, his heart was as calm as water, and he didn't feel a little fear. Recalling that he was furious when he saw a zombie before he was reborn, his expression quickly became very solemn.
It's weird.
Thinking about it, he jumped out of the encirclement by stepping on the body of a zombie. Falling to the ground, he quickly took a few steps back and looked up at the commissary.
The commissary apparently housed many villagers during the outbreak of the virus. In addition to the more than 20 zombies struggling on the ground, nearly ten zombies are slowly coming out.
Lu Li sighed secretly, immediately turned around and left. He had just walked a few meters when there was a sudden click behind him, and he looked back. The other forty or fifty zombies broke through the barrier of the door panel and poured onto the road.
He immediately made a decision and quickened his pace. After a while, he shook off the zombies. He stopped and looked up at a small three-story building next to him.
The dΓ©cor of this small building is noticeably more upscale than other houses in the village. The exterior walls are paved with white and smooth tiles. There are no less than 50 pots of flowers and plants on the roof. Apparently this host has good taste. The European-style iron door at the door shows that the owner is well-off.
Lu Li compared it with the map he had written down in his mind and determined that this was the home of the village party secretary. He hesitated. Before he was reborn, he had seen more than once that after the outbreak of the virus, such government personnel relied on the backing forces behind them to forcibly encroach on the interests of other survivors. Some even took the opportunity to search for beautiful women among the survivors for their own sexual pleasure.
Ordinary survivors are starved and clothed, and their lives are worse than death. But they were well fed and fed, and they were happier than they were before the calamity.
Raising his eyes again and glancing at the most luxurious building in the village, Lu Li turned around and left. He didn't want to get himself in trouble. As soon as he took a few steps, a scream of surprise suddenly came from the house.
"Please, save me."
Lu Xuan was stunned and looked back quickly. There was a thud, and the door slammed open. A woman in her thirties ran out of the house. She's beautiful. The plump figure highlights the charm of a mature young woman. She clung to the iron bar on the iron door, her eyes full of begging.
"My man is dead, and so is my son. I'm the only one left, please save me. β
Lu Li was silent. He moved his gaze to the door behind the woman. Through the door, he saw a foot, a foot in leather shoes. He couldn't help but be stunned, and moved his gaze back to the woman's face.
The woman noticed Lu Li's gaze, glanced back, and then turned around and explained in a trembling voice: "He is my man." He bit our son to death, and he wanted to bite me to death. In a fit of rage, I broke his head. I...... I'm not a bad person. β
Lu Li nodded and ordered, "Give you five minutes, pack up some clothes, and find more food." β
"Thank you, thank you."
The woman wept with joy, nodded her head repeatedly, and turned to run to the door. Running to the door, she stopped hesitantly and glanced back at Lu Li. When the latter saw it, he said coldly.
"You only have five minutes, and if you don't come out in five minutes, I'll go."
"Yes, yes, yes."
The woman nodded again and again, and hurriedly ran back to the house to pack her things. Lu Li glanced at the room, and then set his eyes on the European-style iron door in front of him. Like most European-style iron gates, they are topped with bars as sharp as spears to prevent thieves from climbing through them. Such an iron bar is just right for hunting zombies.
So, he stepped forward and, with a great deal of force, unloaded the iron door. He grabbed an iron bar and slammed it. With a crisp sound, the iron bar fell off. After a few more strokes, a thumb-thick iron bar like a spear appeared in his hand. He checked it, then set the iron bar aside and began his work.
Five minutes later, the woman ran out of the room with a hiking bag. At this time, Lu Li had already unloaded more than a dozen iron bars. When he saw the woman come out, he took one and gave it to her.
"When you encounter a zombie, you stab them in the eye with this. Push harder, as long as they stab, they are no threat to us. β
The woman took the iron bar tremblingly and hugged it tightly in her arms. Lu Li glanced at her, picked up the dozen or so iron bars on the ground and turned to leave. He could understand this woman's mood at the moment.
There are only two kinds of women who survive the end times.
One is to live like a man. Overcoming their fears, they took up arms, hunted zombies after the men, and foraged the ruins of the city for food.
The other is to fall into fear and not be able to extricate yourself. They survived, relying on their bodies to exchange for a small amount of food from other men.
And now this woman has half a foot into the category of the former kind of woman. Being able to kill her husband, who has turned into a zombie, has overcome fear in a way. With a little guidance, she's a qualified fighter.
This woman did not disappoint Lu Li either. It didn't take long for her to regain her composure and begin to point her in the direction for Lu Li. She is from the village and is familiar with the village. Under her guidance, Lu Lishun rescued more than a dozen survivors.
Three couples, one in his sixties, and seven young men in their twenties.
Lu Li didn't say anything, briefly explained the current situation, and distributed the iron bar in his hand. The survivors were armed and began to advance towards the last target.
The biggest shop in the village.
Lu Li opened the way in front and killed one zombie after another. Led by him, the seven young men mustered up the courage to join the ranks of exterminating the zombies. Halfway through, the rest of the survivors had enough courage.
Under the leadership of Lu Li, they efficiently eliminated the zombies. Even the old man in his sixties was no exception. An iron bar is accurate and ruthless, and a zombie will fall every time it comes out. Although the other three women were afraid, they also mustered up the courage to follow their husbands to mend the knife.
The only thing that surprised Lu Li was the woman he saved in the first place. As soon as there were so many people, she seemed to have completely lost her courage, and just clung to her bag and iron bar and followed behind everyone.
Lu Li shook his head and didn't take it to heart. At the moment, there are already a dozen survivors who have initially overcome their fears, and this is enough.
The group cleared the zombies all the way and soon came to the vicinity of the largest store. There aren't a few zombies here. Two zombies wander around the store for no purpose.
Seeing that there were only two zombies, the seven young men were eager to try, and they all wanted to step forward to eliminate the two threats. After some killing, they quickly adapted to the current situation.
Lu Li stopped their impulse and quickly rushed forward. With a round of his right hand, an iron rod smashed the head of a zombie. With a throw of his left hand, the iron bar came out of his hand, shooting the head of the other zombie through it like an arrow from the string.
In the blink of an eye, the two zombies were cleanly disposed of. The seven young people's eyes suddenly lit up, and there was obviously a little more admiration in their eyes when they looked at Lu Li.
Lu Li walked quickly to the door, inserted the iron rod into the iron grate, and pulled it hard to pry open the gate. He slammed open the door and beckoned to the survivors.
The seven young men immediately rushed over to assist Lu Li in searching for traces of zombies nearby. While the others ran into the store at Lu Li's urging, they swept the various food items on the shelves into their backpacks as fast as they could.
The store is really large, with a fairly complete range of goods and quite a lot of them. Soon, more than twenty backpacks were full. Seeing that the food was almost collected, Lu Li immediately gathered everyone and walked to the first house at the entrance of the village to round out with Chrissy and the others.
They didn't encounter many zombies along the way, and they arrived at the two-story building. Chrissy and Chen Song saw Lu Li leading more than a dozen survivors back, and then they realized that Lu Li had been gone for so long to rescue other survivors.
"Ason."
One of the seven young survivors couldn't help but cry out when he saw Chen Song. Chen Song followed the prestige, and was immediately surprised and delighted: ", you really don't die so easily." β
Eight young people hugged each other, and there was indescribable happiness. When the end comes, there is nothing like the happiness of being with a dead friend.
Lu Li didn't give them too much time to talk about what happened in the past two days. He glanced at the crowd and quickly ordered, "Hurry up and eat something to fill your stomach, and before it gets dark, we must get away from the village as much as possible." β
No one objected. Chrissy and Chen Song naturally needless to say. Other survivors also had no opinion. After fighting all the way just now, Lu Li's strong strength has convinced everyone.
At such a time, being able to stay by the side of a strong person at least does not have to worry about being bitten to death by zombies.
Soon, the survivors began to eat the food they had just gathered from the store. At this time, Chen Song inadvertently found a woman cowering in the corner. He saw the woman's appearance clearly, and his face suddenly became gloomy. He quietly pushed Lu Li, who was sitting next to him eating, and asked in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them.
"How did you get her out?"
Lu Li was stunned, and then saw the first woman rescued under Chen Song's hint. He shook his head slightly and whispered, "At first I thought she would overcome her fears and become a force. It's a pity that she ...... It's me who has lost my eyes. But now that we have so many people, it doesn't matter if there is one more her. β
"You don't know what kind of person she is."
Chen Song hated to stuff an egg yolk pie into his mouth. Lu Li was stunned. At this time, he swallowed the egg yolk pie and explained hatefully: "She is my sister-in-law." I know her too well. Selfish and vicious. My eldest brother obeyed her and became a figure hated and feared by the villagers. β
After Chen Song's reminder, Lu Li also remembered. Along the way, the other survivors ignored the woman, consciously or unconsciously. If it weren't for the rescue he rescued several times, this woman would have died at the hands of zombies.
"Xiao Qingwen, the name is good, but the heart is blacker than ink."
Chen Song looked at Xiao Qingwen who was gobbling up something without a trace, and his eyes were full of hatred: "Two years ago, I went out to work. I've been very busy, and I don't even have time to go home for the New Year. Seeing that I was not there, she disliked my parents for not being useful and unable to work, so she even instigated my eldest brother to drive my parents to the leaky old house. Until a few days ago, I heard from my fellow villagers that my parents were miserable, and my eldest brother didn't care about it, and he didn't even have anyone to take care of when he was sick. I just asked for leave and came back, wanting to take my parents to Guangdong. As a result, within two days of returning, the world became like this. β
Lu Li didn't speak, his expression was terrifyingly calm. After a long time, he gently spat out a sentence.
"Whether she leaves or stays is up to you."