Chapter 43: Pathfinding
2nd Floor, Department of Pathology.
Lu Li put down the generator and diesel fuel and asked Chrissy, who was busy checking various instruments, "What else do you need?" I'll go find it for you in another department. ”
Chrissy turned her head, shook her head in satisfaction, and smiled, "That's enough for now." Well...... Find me as many clean tubes as you can. A large number of samples are also required. ”
"Well, you're busy first."
Lu Li nodded, turned around and squatted down and began to tinker with the generator. After a while, the generator rumbled. The lights in the room came on. With the electricity problem solved, he breathed a sigh of relief and got up and walked to the first floor.
Coming to the first floor, Liu Qiang and the three of them just finished reinforcing the last line of defense. Today, the corridors on both sides of the hall have been completely sealed off with all kinds of clutter. Through the gap, you can vaguely see several zombies constantly trying to break through the defenses.
At this time, Liu Qiang saw Lu Li coming downstairs, greeted him and said in a deep voice: "Now we are safe." But we didn't have food and couldn't last a few days. ”
"yes, I know."
Lu Li raised his eyes and looked at the main entrance. The glass door was gone, and through the gap between the obstacles, you could vaguely see that there were zombies gathered outside. He withdrew his gaze and commanded.
"Chrissy needs a lot of clean tubes. You find a way to find it. I'll figure out how to go out and get something to eat. ”
"I'll go with you. The two of them acted together, and they were somewhat taken care of. ”
"Finding food is just a way, the important thing is to find a way out."
Lu Li shook his head. Liu Qiang was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "The way out?" ”
"Hmm."
Lu Li nodded, and 1510 said his plan: "The equipment here is very complete. But it didn't meet Chrissy's requirements. She didn't say anything, but she could tell that she was a little disappointed here. I want to find a way to go to the quarantine station. If it's safe there, take her there. There the real yàn room was established. ”
"Epidemic prevention and quarantine station?"
Liu Qiang was taken aback: "That's on the other side of City A." It's not so easy to get past it. ”
"Nope."
Lu Li shook his head again. He refocused his gaze on the zombies outside the main gate, and said with a solemn expression: "It's not as difficult as I imagined to get past it. The hard thing is that we don't have much time left. They are evolving faster than I could have imagined. Maybe in a few days, I won't be able to do anything about a zombie. The only way to do this may be to rely on Chrissy to make a breakthrough discovery. ”
Liu Qiang stagnated. He realized that the end of humanity might really come. Even someone as strong as Lu Li is so pessimistic, so how many people in the world can survive this catastrophe?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder. It was a terrible sight. He immediately nodded sternly: "Okay, I'll go find a test tube for her now." ”
With that, he turned around, beckoned to Chen Song and the others, and went upstairs together to various departments to find the test tubes they needed. After the three of them left, Lu Li inspected uncomfortably for a week, until he was sure that all exits had been reinforced to the point that he could not break through lightly, and then returned to the pathology department.
By this time, Chrissy was already getting busy. She walked from instrument to instrument, taking down a number from time to time, and then adjusting it slightly.
Lu Li stood at the door, quietly watching Chrissy concentrate on adjusting various instruments. It wasn't until Chrissy stopped what she was doing that he walked in.
Chrissy heard the movement at the door, turned around and saw Lu Li, and smiled: "It's just in time, I need your blood." A lot. ”
As she spoke, she grabbed the syringe on the table, and the corners of her mouth curled up in an arc, revealing two small tiger teeth, like a little devil.
Lu Li smiled dumbly, stepped forward and stretched out his right hand. Chrissy was not polite, grabbing his hand and plunging the needle into the vein. After a while, she pulled out the needle, nodded in satisfaction, and waved her hand to urge.
"Hurry up and go, don't get in the way of my work."
"As long as that?"
Lu Li hesitated for a moment, and asked a little incredulously: "Didn't you want to drain my blood before?" Is that enough for now? ”
These words seem to infuriate Chrissy. Like a little wild cat, she waved her white fist at Lu Li: "You are despising science!" In the past, I lacked equipment, so I had to collect more blood for purification and analysis. Now this is what I need. I will do better than before. Two hundred milliliters of blood is enough. ”
Faced with the excited Chrissy, Lu Li rationally chose to retreat. He was silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "I'll find a way to take you to the quarantine station in two days." There should be more specialized equipment there. You will fit more there. ”
Chrissy was immediately silent. She looked at Lu Li in a daze. After a long time, she suddenly showed a warm smile and shook her head slightly: "This is enough. At least until the virus is studied. If necessary, I will tell you as soon as possible. ”
"Okay."
Lu Li nodded, threw away the cotton swab that was holding down the pinhole, and said as he walked to the door, "I'll go find something to eat first." ”
Chrissy looked at Lu Li's back, a little distracted. After a while, she watched Lu Li disappear at the door, and then she raised the syringe, stared at the blood inside, and showed a sweet smile. Then she got busy.
She was so engrossed that she didn't even notice that Liu Qiang and others sent a large number of clean test tubes. Seeing her working so hard, Liu Qiang and the others quietly put down the test tube and left quietly.
……
Roof.
Lu Li stood on the edge, looking down. At this time, the courtyard outside the main entrance of the building was already crowded with zombies. More zombies are pouring in from afar.
After walking around the edge of the roof, he stopped. This is the back door to the building. There aren't many zombies here. More than a dozen zombies surround the back door, constantly trying to destroy the obstacles blocking the back door.
His eyes lit up, and he immediately turned and walked downstairs. When he returned to the hall on the first floor, Liu Qiang and the three of them were already guarding the main entrance and the corridors on both sides. When the three of them saw him go downstairs, they tacitly set their eyes on him.
"I'll leave it to you."
Lu Li walked to the wall and bent down to pick up his backpack. Receiving the trio's unwavering gaze, he returned to the second floor and went straight to a window in the stairwell. He smashed the glass, picked up the rope he had prepared from the ground, and carefully tied it to the guardrail of the staircase. He tried, was sure, and threw the rope out of the window.
He climbed through the window and looked down. The crunch of shattering glass had already alarmed the dozen or so zombies at the back door. They scrambled to the window, stretching out their withered hands to try to grasp the humans in front of them.
He quickly moved his gaze to the lawn behind the zombies. He made a slight estimate and jumped down. He jumped over the heads of the zombies, landed on the grass and rolled to dissolve the momentum, and then followed the stance of a sprinter to start, and rushed forward like an arrow.
The zombie hordes turned around one after another, scrambling to rush towards Lu Li. Their speed is no different from that of ordinary people, and even the speed of ordinary people sprinting with all their might. And Lu Li's speed is even faster.
Without extra burdens, Lu Li was like a cheetah, flying across the lawn. At first, there were only a little more than two meters between the two sides at most. In just a dozen seconds, the gap between the two sides has widened to more than five meters.
He led a gust of wind and quickly shook off the zombies and disappeared between the buildings in the inpatient department. He ran along the road in the inpatient unit. It didn't take long for him to come to the corner.
The wall is not very high, only two and a half meters at most. As he approached the wall, he suddenly increased his speed, and then leaped forward, and quickly climbed over the wall and came outside.
At this time, there were very few zombies on the streets. Most of the zombies are attracted by the movement in the hospital. Only a handful of zombies roamed the streets.
Lu Li ignored these zombies. He knew time was pressing. He galloped along the wall. When the zombie was alarmed by the footsteps, he had already run away.
Running out of the street where the hospital was located, he came to the main road. At this point, he had to give up the idea of moving on.
There are zombies ahead, a lot of zombies.
Hundreds of zombies roam the dead streets. They are scattered and spread out along a large six-lane road. Lu Li thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't find a route that could not only safely pass Guò, but also avoid alarming the zombies.
After observing for a long time, Lu Li gave up the idea of finding a way out, turned around, and looked for food first. Food is much easier than getting out.
Almost two weeks have passed since the virus outbreak. It was the afternoon and all the shops were open. Now it's just what he wants. There is no need to slam the door to avoid alarming the zombies.
He picked a small supermarket at random. Walking into the supermarket, all kinds of goods are scattered on the ground. Obviously, when the virus broke out, there was chaos here.
After a slight pause, he took off his backpack and walked all the way, unceremoniously stuffing all the biscuits, vacuum-packed snacks and other items on the shelves into his backpack. It wasn't until his backpack was full that he walked over to the counter and found a few flashlights and boxes of batteries of various models and stuffed them into his trouser pockets.
Before leaving the door, he stumbled upon a fully packaged cardboard box stuffed under the counter. Out of curiosity, he dragged out the carton and opened it, with a flash of joy in his eyes.
It's a crossbow.
He took out the intact bolt and examined it carefully. Although crossbow arrows were cold weapons in ancient times, they are now better than firearms.
One of the biggest advantages is silence. The second is that arrows can be recycled. The worst can be processed with the simplest tools to replenish. This is much better than a gun that is not easily replenished with gunshots.
He carried the crossbow behind him and returned to the hospital walls. He quickly climbed over the high wall and entered the hospital. It's in the middle of nowhere, and it's safe. There are no zombies.
He removed the crossbow from his back and walked forward silently like a ghost. He had just walked past a building when he stopped. A zombie appeared on the other side. He immediately half-crouched on the ground, raised his bow and crossbow and aimed for the right time. After a while, the zombie turned to this side. He didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
Whoosh.
An arrow flew out and hit the zombie's eye socket accurately. The zombie fell down and stopped moving. Lu Li put down his bow and crossbow and was about to walk over to retrieve the arrows.
Unexpectedly, a skinny hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder.