Chapter 5: Competence

Hearing the roar, the old man did not panic, and did not even show the slightest surprise, he slowly moved to the door, gently put his hand against the door, and muttered a few words in a low voice as if comforting.

The old man's whisper seemed to have some kind of magical power, and the zombie's roar gradually became low, and the sound of crashing and slapping gradually disappeared, while his body seemed more and more rickety and weak.

It wasn't until the door was quiet again that the old man returned to the other side of Wang He tiredly, and his body sank deep into the sofa, and a few drops of transparent liquid slid across his vicissitudes of life and landed on the bloodstained collar.

When Wang He woke up again, the drowsiness hovering in his head had faded a lot, at least he was able to get up and go to the ground, checked the time, two hours had passed, you must know that every extra minute wasted, the possibility of losing a loved one more.

Wang He, who cares about his family, really can't blame the old man, who would blame an old man who lends a hand to strangers?

Even if his relatives are in danger, but the other party doesn't know, not to mention that he is really seriously injured, even if he rushed out at that time, it is still unknown whether he can find someone, maybe he will get in again.

As the saying goes, medicine is not as good as food, food is not as good as sleep, Wang He, who had slept for two hours, felt in good spirits at this time, and looked at the old man sitting on the sofa opposite, the other party was like a clay statue, sitting quietly in the dark, without saying a word.

In addition to the pungent smell of disinfectant in the air, there was also a faint smell of food, and after thinking about it, Wang He realized that he hadn't eaten for eight or nine hours, and when he smelled the aroma of food, he suddenly felt like he was about to go crazy.

"Gollum!" His stomach squealed uncontrollably, and in the dark, he couldn't tell that his face was already flushed.

"Eat, it's for you." In the darkness, the old man on the sofa opposite suddenly whispered and pointed to the coffee table in front of Wang He.

There is a bowl of instant noodles on the coffee table, the noodle bowl is soaked in a basin of hot water, it is still a little warm to the touch, the noodles have been soaked a little soft, obviously it has been soaked for a long time, and it has been placed in hot water in order to keep warm.

Wang He is not polite, the soft and rotten noodles are eaten clean like drinking porridge, the taste may be worse, but what he eats is very sweet.

"Uncle, thank you, but I have to go."

Wang He couldn't afford to delay any longer, got up and thanked the old man, and walked out, didn't take a few steps, stopped again, turned around with a complicated expression and said, "Uncle, let's go together, this is not a place to hide for a long time." ”

"Smack!"

As the old man's mobile phone flashlight was turned on, a pillar of light swept around, and Wang He realized that this was originally a convenience store, but a few sofas and coffee tables were placed next to the back door in the depths of the convenience store, making him mistakenly think that this was an ordinary house.

"I don't know where you're going in such a hurry, there is food and drink here, and it's not bad to take shelter for a while." The old man sat on the sofa, never changed his position, turned off the flashlight of his mobile phone, and asked puzzledly.

Outside was full of man-eating monsters, and everyone was trying their best to find a place to hide from the danger for a while, but the young man was in a hurry to leave, completely ignoring the danger.

"I have to hurry home and see my uncle again." Wang He was originally worried that the old man would not have supplies here alone, and he was afraid that he would not survive for a few days, but since the food was sufficient, and the other party had no intention of leaving, he did not hesitate, turned around and left.

However, as soon as the aluminum alloy door was opened, the scene outside made Wang He quickly close the door again, there were four or five zombies outside the door, and he reacted quickly enough to close the door without being discovered by these zombies, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"What's wrong?" When the old man saw Wang He returning, he looked around as if he was looking for something, but he still didn't get up, but asked curiously, "Did you lose something?" ”

Wang He was looking for a guy to take advantage of, the roller shutter at the door of the convenience store had been closed, and there might be more zombies outside, the back door of this aluminum alloy was the only way out, and he planned to fight for it.

"There are zombies out there! Uncle, do you have anything that you can use as a weapon? Wang Heshun picked up a stool, but the plastic material had no lethality at all, and he put it down helplessly, and he looked at the goods on the shelves without giving up.

"Weapons?" The old man was stunned and said, "I'm here for a convenience store, how can I have any weapons......

Wang He stood in front of a row of goods, blunt fruit knives, small scissors for children, pins, thumbtacks, there was hardly anything usable here, he picked up a washboard, waved it a few times, and the soft plastic material was almost thrown off.

"Alas!" Wang He threw away the washboard a little frustrated, even the shelves are not connected to other convenience store steel pipes, the old wooden groove board is nailed, a few angle iron are fixed, bulky, ugly and impractical, except for cheap.

Even if the shelves are disassembled, what effect can these wooden boards have on the zombies, I am afraid that if they are smashed, the wooden boards will be broken first.

Looking around, it seemed that he had searched all but the room with the door inside, and Wang He walked straight to the room, and he did not believe that he could not find even a sturdy wooden stick.

"What are you doing?"

The old man, who had been sitting still on the sofa, suddenly stood up and blocked the door in a few steps, preventing Wang He's intention to open the door.

Wang He was stunned for a moment, and then reacted that this was the convenience store of this old man's house, and it was really rude to rummage around at will without his consent, so he said politely: "Uncle, I am just looking for a guy to take advantage of, and I will not take your things indiscriminately." ”

"No, not here, look elsewhere." The old man changed his kind appearance, and his lowered voice became heavier, and he was restless and wanted to drive Wang He away from the room where his little secret was hidden.

The old man's 180-degree attitude made Wang He really annoyed, but after all, this is the other party's territory, and he saved his own life, even if the other party is a fifty or sixty-year-old man, and he can't help but be weak in his eyes, but he really can't do such a thing as being rude to the old man.

In desperation, he turned around and looked elsewhere, and Wang He, who had nothing to do, even picked up a few bottles of beer in glass bottles, but it was really not good, so he planned to go out with beer bottles to fight.

"Brother, why are you in such a hurry to go out and fight those monsters? Can you tell me about it? ”

The old man looked at Wang He's every move, it didn't look like he was pretending, he really wanted to go out and fight hard, what was the reason for a person to risk his life and rush out to face those terrible man-eating monsters.

"I have to hurry home, my father and children are still at home, and there is too much delay...... Wang He squatted on the ground in frustration, covering his somewhat aching head, and told the story roughly.

"Uncle, what would you do if it were you? Will you leave your family behind? ”

Hearing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, looked at his silent appearance, suddenly smiled, patted Wang He on the shoulder and said, "You and I are really like ......."

Then the old man seemed to think about it again, turned to face the room, and gently stroked the wooden door.

His expression was very entangled, as if he was hesitating, or he was worried about something, his old face was furrowed, the corners of his wrinkled eyes were a little moist, and his resolute eyes could no longer hide the deep sadness revealed.

Wang He didn't understand what was going on with this old man, his attitude changed so quickly, sometimes he was kind and kind, sometimes he was cold and angry, and he had such an expression at this time, as if he was about to cry with grief.

"Uncle! You ......"

I don't know if he said something wrong, he was just about to say comfort, but he saw the old man turn around and wave his hand, wipe his face with his rough palm, and chuckle slightly at Wang He.

"Laugh! Hehe. After calming down, he continued: "Actually, there is still a way to get out......"

Wang He was overjoyed when he heard this: "There is another way?" Could it be behind this door? ”

The old man nodded, and said to Wang He: "There is a toolbox next to the windowsill in the room, there are probably things that can be used as weapons, there is a small courtyard outside the window, there are usually no people, and there should not be many zombies. ”

"Then uncle, ......" Wang He didn't understand, since he could leave by turning over the windowsill behind the door, why the old man was not only unwilling to leave, but also stopped himself.

"I don't have the strength to climb the window or the wall now, and I can't run, let alone ...... Alas......"

The old man shook his head, laughed bitterly at himself, sighed, and emphasized after speaking: "Remember, as soon as you open the door, you will go in quickly, and if you find something, you will open the window and leave, and leave me no matter what you see." ”

Seeing that Wang He nodded, the old man held the doorknob and took a deep breath, and made up his mind to twist it hard.

"Whew!" The two zombies pounced out, and the old man stepped forward at a speed that did not match his age, sensitively dodging the zombies' attacks, pressing his palms on the heads of the two zombies respectively, and muttering in a low voice.

When the zombie pounced out, Wang He was startled, and he almost kicked out with a reflex, and when the old man flew forward to block between him and the zombie, he held back stiffly.

When he saw the old man's palm pressed against the zombie's head, he almost couldn't help but go up to help, for fear that the old man would be bitten.

Strangely, the zombies stood there motionless as if they had been immobilized, and could only tell from the occasional twitching muscles that they were not dead.

"He's actually able to control the zombie movement!" Wang He was taken aback when he saw this, and couldn't help but shift his gaze to the old man, only to see that the old man who closed his eyes and whispered seemed to be a little older, and even his hair had turned gray.

After all, the light was too dim, and he wasn't sure if the old man's appearance had really changed, but seeing that this uncle actually had such a magical ability, he also put his mind at ease, and hurried into the house and went straight to the windowsill, where he found a toolbox under a table next to the windowsill.