Chapter 15: Layers of Fear
Ten days have passed since the outbreak of the virus......
The smell of rancid air filled the sky over the city, and there was not even a breath of fresh air, and the hot weather made the rancid air even more intense.
The city's former activity has been lost over time, and only the remains of humanity remain. The infestation of the virus, coupled with the reduction of human activity, has made the weather changeable, which makes rainy days more frequent.
Familiar faces have vanished, and horrific faces can be seen everywhere. The humans who ruled the city have now been reduced to food for monsters, and some of them are lucky enough to survive and live in the shadows.
Some have given up the need to survive and quietly wait for death to come. And some people are unwilling to become monsters, and choose to cut themselves off.
People who walk in darkness are filled with despair and fear. Just like those monsters, they don't know when they will disappear from this world, but they can feel that some places are more terrifying than they imagined!
A man crawls on the bed weakly, staring at the last drop of water falling from the hole in the bottle with his eyes, the man catches the last drop of water with his mouth hungrily, licks his chapped lips with his tongue, and the man enjoys the moisture of the water. But the man who has been out of water for two or three days is still far from enough to quench his thirst with this drop of water.
The man stood up in disbelief and walked to a mirror, staring at the familiar and unfamiliar cheeks inside.
Liu Weifeng has been in the hospital for fifteen days since he was rescued! I have become like a different person, the corners of my mouth have grown a beard, my hair has grown a lot, although some clothes can be changed, but every day accidents make my clothes dirty, and I almost become a homeless man.
Liu Weifeng ran to the nearby bathroom hungrily, the feeling of hunger and thirst made Liu Weifeng become like a beast, and he came to the bathroom and aimed his mouth at the faucet, but Liu Weifeng tried the faucet button many times, and not a drop of water fell, which made Liu Weifeng extremely desperate and collapsed on the side of the corridor of the bathroom.
Liu Weifeng sat cross-legged on the ground tiredly, his eyes were even more tired, and then he blinked a few times, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Suddenly heard a roar nearby, the sudden sound made Liu Weifeng wake up, Liu Weifeng thought for a while, seemed to understand something, Liu Weifeng sped up his pace to the room where he lived, and brought a bucket bottle casually.
"Dr. Chan! Come here! There's water! ”
Liu Weifeng called out to Dr. Chen, but seeing that the other party did not answer, he trotted all the way to the north end of the corridor, at the end of which there was a door marked with an emergency exit, and the emergency display above the door glowed faintly green.
Liu Weifeng opened the door, and locked the switch on the side of the door, so that the door was always open, Liu Weifeng did this because it was extremely dim inside, because no one came and went all year round, the light had long lost its effect, and the faint light from the corridor could only see the road clearly.
When you enter the doorway, you can see a staircase on the right made up of iron rods inserted into the wall, and you can climb up the staircase to the rooftop.
Liu Weifeng stretched his head out to check whether it was safe, and then Liu Weifeng took the bucket and climbed up with both hands on the ground.
Liu Weifeng has never been outside since he entered the hospital, and he came out today.
The layout of the whole rooftop is simple, compared to the interior of the hospital, the rooftop is relatively empty, there are only a few solar energy nearby, and there are a few external air conditioners. Further east is an attic, which Dr. Chan told me was mostly filled with miscellaneous items.
The rooftop was very quiet, the strong wind came out of Liu Weifeng's entire body, and the long-lost feeling made Liu Weifeng extremely relaxed, Liu Weifeng closed his eyes and smiled and opened his hands, letting the strong wind invade him.
This feeling is freedom!
If it weren't for the apocalypse, Liu Weifeng would still hope to live alone like this and not be disturbed by things in the outside world.
It was already getting dark, and the clouds overhead were enveloped in dark clouds. As autumn approaches, the days and nights become shorter, and the youthful summer has long since disappeared, and even the cicadas have disappeared. The seasons are changeable, sometimes hot during the day, and the temperature plummets in the evening, so no one cares too much about the details anymore.
Liu Weifeng still maintained his original posture, and after a while, a drop of rain fell on Liu Weifeng's cheek, Liu Weifeng felt a sense of joy, and then the rain like beandrops fell violently, and the dry ground immediately became wet.
Liu Weifeng was already drenched in the rain, and the white shirt soaked by the rain showed his skin. Liu Weifeng opened the cap of the bottle in surprise and let the rain drip into the bucket, and the water level had reached half of it in a while.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed Liu Weifeng's shoulder, and Liu Weifeng turned around in fright to find that it was Dr. Chen, who was already wet from the rainstorm.
Dr. Chan carried five buckets to the rooftop, with a joy on his face that could not be hidden, and then opened the five buckets of water bottles, and the rainwater quickly filled the water bottles, and the five 4.6-liter buckets were filled slowly.
Dr. Chen leaned over to Liu Weifeng and shouted, "Why didn't you call me when it was raining?" ”
The torrential rain washed over the two of them, not only was their vision blocked, but the crackling sound made Liu Weifeng even more inaudible.
"What do you say? I don't know! ”
Dr. Chen continued to lean into Liu Weifeng's ear and said loudly: "I said, why don't you call me when it's raining!" ”
The two of them looked at each other and laughed, just like that, in the rainstorm, they didn't care about the rainstorm at all, but the joy of the mood, the two of them hadn't enjoyed this kind of apocalypse for a long time, and the laughter gradually faded in the rainstorm......
It was getting late, the rain was ticking against the windows, and the faint light in the room shone on the two of them.
Back inside the hospital, the two brought the filled bucket back to their room. The two of them took towels to wipe their wet hair, and after a while, the two of them were already putting on a change of clothes.
Dr. Chan poured the full bucket into the filter, rinsed it several times, distilled it, and then poured it into a bottle of ordinary mineral water.
Dr. Chan brought an iron rack from the warehouse, put some sundries and wood chips in it, then brought a kettle and put it on top, then took out a lighter and lit the sundries.
The two of them had a lavish dinner on the table, and the two of them put all the bread they had collected on the table, filled the water with paper cups, and chatted happily.
If it weren't for the sudden virus, the two would not have become friends. In a world full of dangers, water and food have become precious possessions, and life is clearer than any reason.
"Here, cheers!"
Dr. Chen picked up the paper cup and clinked glasses with Liu Weifeng, although the water was available, but Dr. Chen preferred a glass of red wine in the last days, and the long-lost sense of relaxation made Liu Weifeng forget whether his parents were okay, but fortunately he was still alive.
"Although the water resources have been solved, there is only so much food left for us to collect, and the entire floor has been completely ransacked by us, and it is up to us to figure out how to do it ourselves." Dr. Chen said with a sip of water.
Liu Weifeng tore a loaf of bread in half and handed the other half to Dr. Chen.
After hesitating for a while, Liu Weifeng said.
"How about the fourth or fifth floor?"
Dr. Chen took a bite of the bread in his mouth and stopped, then choked on it, looked at Liu Weifeng in horror, and asked if he wanted to go crazy.
"What are you thinking? It's good that we're alive now, it's too dangerous downstairs, I don't really understand how dangerous it is, and the main switch downstairs has been turned off, and no one knows how many zombies there are. Dr. Chan retorted.
Dr. Chen scolded Liu Weifeng, for the sake of safety, he did not want Liu Weifeng to take this risk, let alone anyone in danger.
As soon as Dr. Chen's words ended, the scene seemed very quiet, Liu Weifeng didn't know what to say, he thought he had said something wrong, this action made Dr. Chen very angry, and then Dr. Chen sighed and walked out of the room.
Obviously, Liu Weifeng's words made the supposed peaceful scene very embarrassing, leaving Liu Weifeng alone in the room.
After a while, Dr. Chan was smoking a muffled cigarette by the window of the hallway, and the clouds from his mouth drifted out of the window, and the rain in the air instantly dispersed the smoke, and Dr. Chan looked at the dilapidated floors around him, empty, and his heart was not only full of emptiness.
From time to time, raindrops dripped down from the window, and the thin raindrops hit Dr. Chen's clothes, even making his cheeks a little wet.
At this time, Liu Weifeng came over and saw Dr. Chen smoking a stuffy cigarette alone, and felt a little remorseful in his heart.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I was a little impulsive just now, don't take it to heart."
Dr. Chen glanced back at Liu Weifeng, extinguished the cigarette before he was halfway through it, and threw it on the ground.
Dr. Chen turned around and put his hands on Liu Weifeng's shoulders, "Liu Weifeng, I advise you not to take risks, some things are better than less."
Dr. Chan then walked behind Mr. Liu, who wondered why Dr. Chan had not allowed himself to take the risk.
"Hey, I know this can be dangerous, but we don't have much food left, if we can really find food, we can resist for a while, and if we are lucky, we may be able to escape from this hellish place, why not gamble ......" Liu Weifeng stopped Dr. Chen and explained his opinion.
Before Liu Weifeng finished speaking, he was stopped by Dr. Chen, and tried his best to refute Liu Weifeng's opinion.
"I said no! I'll figure out how to do the food, but I definitely can't go downstairs. ”
Dr. Chen threw down a sentence and left, leaving Liu Weifeng stupidly stunned.
Now that there are not many living people, Liu Weifeng knows that Dr. Chen is for his own safety, and two living people will also have mental disorders if they stay in one place for a long time, Liu Weifeng knows that he can't live forever, and he still has a lot of things to do.
Liu Weifeng reluctantly walked back to the room, cleaned up the room briefly, then turned off the light and lay on the bed.
In his sleep, Liu Weifeng's eyes kept flashing with light, Liu Weifeng turned over impatiently, but the light kept flickering, Liu Weifeng got up impatiently and followed the light, Liu Weifeng came to the window and opened the curtains.
But outside the window, there was only a drifting torrential rainstorm, and there was no point of light at all, Liu Weifeng once thought that his spirit was abnormal, and then pulled up the curtains.
At the moment when the curtains were tightened, a beam of light shone on Liu Weifeng's face, and in an instant, Liu Weifeng quickly turned his head and looked out the window. Before Liu Weifeng could react, the beam disappeared immediately.
Liu Weifeng rubbed his eyes and thought he was dazzled, so he didn't care too much, Liu Weifeng, who was lying on the bed when he turned around, couldn't sleep, Liu Weifeng didn't understand why Dr. Chen was so insistent on going downstairs by himself, Liu Weifeng understood that since Dr. Chen didn't want to take the risk himself, he would gamble by himself.
Liu Weifeng got dressed and searched for supplies in various rooms on the floor while Dr. Chen was asleep. In the end, Liu Weifeng found a flashlight, some simple ropes, and a backpack.
Liu Weifeng didn't know how messy the hospital was before, densely piled up with all kinds of debris, and so many ropes scattered everywhere. Liu Weifeng came to the staircase and saw a large number of benches and tables, stained with blood. Liu Weifeng looked at the suspended elevator and didn't know what to do.
Liu Weifeng quietly came to the door of Dr. Chen's room, Dr. Chen's room was half open, and he was relieved to see Dr. Chen who was sleeping, and just as he was about to leave, he happened to see a fruit knife on the table next to the door.
Liu Weifeng hesitated for a moment and decided to take the fruit knife, Liu Weifeng gently opened half of the door, for fear of waking up Dr. Chen. Liu Weifeng opened the door with extreme caution, because every time Liu Weifeng opened the door of Dr. Chen's room before, he would make a "squeak" sound.
Liu Weifeng quietly touched his hand to the fruit knife, and because he was too nervous, he accidentally knocked the fruit knife to the ground, and a "pop" sound sounded in the room.
Liu Weifeng was stunned in place like a wooden man, and Dr. Chen slept to death, but he just turned over to the side, and he didn't mean to get up.
Liu Weifeng breathed a sigh of relief, bent down and picked up the fruit knife casually and left here. Liu Weifeng came to his room, looked at the erratic rainstorm outside, and then had his own plan.
Since the elevator and staircase can't be walked, let's use a rope to climb down.
Although Liu Weifeng hasn't done much bad things before, who cares in this last world? Liu Weifeng didn't want to stay in the hospital for half a second at all, even when there was a shortage of supplies.
Liu Weifeng opened the window, the rain instantly poured on the windowsill, Liu Weifeng took out the rope from the backpack, pulled the rope away, and then hooked the hook at the other end of the rope to the pipe on the radiator.
Liu Weifeng held the hook on the other side of his waist, and after some preparation, Liu Weifeng tried the traction of the rope, and then pulled the rope backwards.
Not far back, there was a pair of eyes staring at Liu Weifeng's slowly descending figure.
"What is he doing here? Going out on a rainy day. A girl's questioning answer.
A young man about the same age as Liu Weifeng looked at it with a telescope, and then shook his head to indicate that he was not very clear.
"And do you think he'll survive?" The girl continued.
"I don't know." ......
Then Liu Weifeng came outside, and the first turning point he faced was the washing of the rain, Liu Weifeng came to a window on the fifth floor with difficulty, and found that the window was not closed, and it could be opened gently.
Liu Weifeng leaned on the window and looked inside, it was safe, there were only a few corpses on the ground, and there were no active zombies, but unfortunately the door of the room was open, Liu Weifeng didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only sneak in, unable to wake up other zombies.
Liu Weifeng opened the window and successfully slipped in, and after landing on the ground, he opened the rope and left a gap in the window, and did not close it completely, just in case.
As soon as the windows were closed, the ticking sound of the torrential rain subsided. Liu Weifeng took out a flashlight and shone it around, the whole layout of the room was simple, similar to Liu Weifeng's room, it seemed to be a ward, but the whole floor was extremely dark, the white sheets had been stained red with blood, and there were two corpses lying on the ground.
Liu Weifeng cautiously came to the corpse, bent down and carefully examined the corpse with a flashlight, the corpse was a male corpse, it seemed to have been dead for a long time, it seemed to be a staff member of this hospital before his death, and his face was hideous.
Liu Weifeng looked at the head of the corpse, a bullet hole was clearly visible, and then looked at the corpse's arm, the wound had festered, it seemed to be left by the zombie attack, it should have been caused by someone holding a gun.
Liu Weifeng groped for the corpse to see if there was anything important, but the result was conceivable, the corpse may have been a staff member before his death. Liu Weifeng saw the watch on the corpse's wrist, which seemed to be still rotating, and then smoothed it down, which seemed to be quite handy.
Liu Weifeng looked at a corpse lying on the other side, it seemed to be a female corpse, Liu Weifeng found that the head of the female corpse had no traces of being shot, Liu Weifeng did not wake up the female corpse, afraid that other sounds would wake up the female corpse.
Liu Weifeng looked at the table next to him, there was still a photo on the table, and the content of the photo was also a photo of a harmonious family, there was a man, a woman and a little girl in the photo, the content on it was similar to the one Liu Weifeng saw upstairs, Liu Weifeng looked at the woman and the girl in the photo were somewhat similar, although the man's portrait he saw was deducted, but looking at the man's face on this photo is somewhat familiar, but he can't say it, it may have been taken at different times.
Suddenly, there was a slapping sound, which frightened Liu Weifeng.
"Oh,."
Liu Weifeng looked at the female corpse still lying on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief, and thought that it might really be dead.
Liu Weifeng wanted to find out the reason and closed the door, Liu Weifeng carefully opened the cabinet to see what was inside.
Liu Weifeng held his breath and opened the cabinet in an instant, but he didn't expect it to be a little girl inside, the little girl had no life, her eyes became blank and weak, and then she bit Liu Weifeng, fortunately, the little girl was tied with a rope and her hands were tied, and when she saw Liu Weifeng appear in front of her, the original of the zombie was revealed, and the little girl had undoubtedly become a zombie.
Liu Weifeng couldn't believe all this, the mother and daughter were actually two people on the photo, Liu Weifeng covered his mouth and tried his best not to make a sound, it turned out that the mother had been protecting her daughter, but unfortunately the reality was extremely cruel, so that neither of them could escape the fate of becoming zombies.
Liu Weifeng wanted to give the mother and daughter a good time, but Liu Weifeng couldn't do it at all, Liu Weifeng had mixed feelings in his heart, hesitated for a long time, and finally closed the cupboard, looked at the corpse on the ground Liu Weifeng left.
Not long after turning around, the female corpse behind her suddenly opened her pale eyes, and then turned into a zombie and woke up completely.
Thinking that it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time, Liu Weifeng got up and walked out of the door, for the sake of safety, Liu Weifeng walked around very carefully and came to the corridor.
The entire fifth-floor floor was extremely dark, and the floor seemed very silent, only the footsteps of Liu Weifeng walking, and the faint sound of rain.
The floor was full of rancid smell, the corridor was full of debris, and there were many blood stains, Liu Weifeng continued to walk forward with blood, and when he came to a staircase, Liu Weifeng stopped, turned to look at the door, the door was empty, and he didn't know if there was any danger inside. Liu Weifeng paused, gently pushed the doorknob, a cold light flashed behind him, he quickly turned around, and put on a posture of taking out the knife.
only to find that there was nothing behind him, probably because he was redundant. Liu Weifeng put away the knife and gently pushed open the door, which seemed to be a ward area inside.
Coming to the second area from the corridor, Liu Weifeng was frightened, his adrenaline began to surge, he didn't know what would happen next, Liu Weifeng regretted it a little, thinking that it would be better to stay and starve to death, rather than looking for supplies elsewhere, if you are lucky, you may be able to find other exits, since you have chosen, then you can do it.
It can be seen from the direction of the bloodstain that it should be at the end of the corridor in the east, Liu Weifeng continued to look forward, and the light of the flashlight flickered between the corridors.
Soon Liu Weifeng came to the end, looking at the bloodstains on the ground leading to the corner of the corridor, Liu Weifeng used a flashlight to shine in the direction of the bloodstains, looking at the silhouette may look like a pile of debris, Liu Weifeng hit the gall and continued to walk forward.
Liu Weifeng looked forward carefully, and was about to see the general outline clearly, but a sound sounded nearby, Liu Weifeng quickly shone towards the sound, and the result was a mouse.
With a sigh, Liu Weifeng shone towards the miscellaneous area in front of him, and suddenly a burst of lightning lit up the entire corridor, and the scene in front of him frightened Liu Weifeng, and he took a retreat and collapsed to the ground.
In front of him was a pile of corpses piled up into a hill, flies flying around above the corpses, and the smell of rancid came to his face, Liu Weifeng didn't know what to do, although it was just a push of the corpse wreckage, but it was the best choice to leave here.
Liu Weifeng stood up and left here quickly, Liu Weifeng left the corner in despair, Liu Weifeng knew that this place was very dangerous, and he had to quickly find useful materials to leave here.
Liu Weifeng came to a door, looked inside through the glass, because the glass of the doors and windows was very thick, seeing that the things inside were too turbid, Liu Weifeng didn't care anymore, so he opened the door of the room, but the next thing made Liu Weifeng panic.
I saw several zombies standing in the room, because the light of the flashlight shone on several zombies, the zombie group was awakened by the sensitive sound, and the sleeping blood of the body was awakened, and the living zombie group immediately became active, and then the roaring sound resounded throughout the floor, and many zombies tore towards Liu Weifeng.
"Damn, it's over." Liu Weifeng scolded.
Liu Weifeng stepped back in fright, and Liu Weifeng, who reacted, immediately closed the door, and the zombies slapped the window, and the blood stains on his hands immediately stained the window reddish-brown.
Seeing that the room was locked and the zombie group could not break through, Liu Weifeng breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't be happy for too long, only to see that the screws on both sides of the room door began to loosen, and it might not be long before the zombie group broke through.
Liu Weifeng noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly ran to the other side, passing by many room doors, which seemed to be the gathering place of the ward, passing by a door, the sleeping zombies inside were also awakened, and they heard Liu Weifeng's voice and slapped towards the window.
Another burst of lightning caught Liu Weifeng off guard, and his terrifying face was startled, but fortunately, the door was useless and was knocked open.
Liu Weifeng continued to run forward, and the light of the flashlight was accompanied by lightning, turning the originally silent floor into a chase.
The zombie group in the rear chased closely, although the zombie group walked slowly, but the group made the whole group of corpses speed up the pace.
Liu Weifeng didn't know where the safety exit was, and he didn't know where it was safe, so he just ran forward, but the next scene made Liu Weifeng's situation even more dangerous.
I saw that the door in front of me was broken by a group of zombies, and more zombies poured out of the room, and Liu Weifeng saw that the intersection in front of him was blocked, so he could only run towards the left corner.
This is the staircase leading to the sixth and fourth floors, but the upstairs has been filled with all kinds of debris, and it is impossible to return to the sixth floor, so Liu Weifeng can only run down the staircase on the fourth floor.
The group of zombies behind him rushed like a tide, but the zombies' movements were still not agile, and when they reached the staircase, they could only roll down, and the short block gave Liu Weifeng more time to escape, and it seemed that the fruit knife he came along did not play a big role.
When he came to the doorway on the fourth floor, he was suddenly stopped by Liu Weifeng by a pair of hands, and then covered Liu Weifeng's mouth and hid behind the door, and the zombie group passed by the two of them in waves.
Finally, the zombie horde walked towards another area......