Chapter 19: The Dawn After the Escape
Perhaps the best thing in life is not looking forward to a better future, but reminiscing about the good past.
The thunder quieted, then faded away, leaving only the crackling rain, a maple tree crumbling by the wind, the relentless wind blowing off the leaves of the maple tree one by one, and the change of seasons began to make the weather colder.
The city is no longer the face of the past, the streets are full of dilapidated cars, they have been overgrown with weeds, the ground is piled up with puddles of water of all sizes, the high-rise buildings have faded from their original brightness, the walls are now gloomy, the ruined ruins around them are like a lonely soul, the night sky is covered by dark clouds, and there is only a steady stream of rain.
A blue butterfly fluttered in the wind and rain, the rain washed in the eyes of the butterfly without fear, it flew for a while, and finally stopped in a small flower, the butterfly gently stirred its wings, and the raindrops the size of beans fell on the butterfly's wings.
Suddenly, a shadow drowned the flowers, a zombie passed by, along with the butterfly, the zombie walked forward unconsciously, and some vines grew on its body, and the zombie staggered, step by step, and finally disappeared into the rain.
The sound of terror resounded in the corridor, and there were many pairs of feet on the ground, and countless infected people passed back and forth through the corridor, and they chased frantically in one direction.
Liu Weifeng helped Dr. Chen to walk in the corridor, and was chased by endless zombies behind, the injured Dr. Chen let Liu Weifeng's speed slow down, and the zombies who caught up behind were about to touch the two, Liu Weifeng saw this and pulled out his pistol and shot at the rear, one or two shots hit the body and shoulders of the zombies, the zombies slowed down randomly, and another shot hit the zombie's head, blood gushed out from the bullet hole, and the zombies also fell, and the fallen zombies just tripped over a few zombies behind them, although they eased up for a while, But the continuous loss of the group made up for it, and there was no time to hesitate.
Liu Weifeng hurriedly helped Dr. Chen to continue walking forward, and when he came to a corner, Dr. Chen stopped Liu Weifeng.
"Stop, let's go over here, there's an exit here." Dr. Chen gasped.
After Liu Weifeng understood, he immediately opened the door, and after putting Dr. Chen down, Liu Weifeng quickly closed the door, and within a few seconds, many figures had gathered on the doors and windows, and then he kept banging on the door, Liu Weifeng was startled, and subconsciously stepped back, fortunately the door was closed in time, otherwise the two of us would not have ended well.
Liu Weifeng looked at the group of shadows that kept slapping the door, the originally clean doors and windows were quickly dyed red, and there were bursts of roars outside the door, watching the zombie group besiege a door, Liu Weifeng didn't dare to hesitate, and he might be broken into the door after a while.
Liu Weifeng helped Dr. Chen up and looked at the surrounding environment, this may be a small canteen, and the kitchen of the canteen where the two of them are now may be an exit from a kitchen when it opened just now.
The two walked out of the kitchen, the entire canteen was already dilapidated, the table top of the restaurant was already stained with blood, and there were many corpses on the ground, Liu Weifeng and Dr. Chen cautiously stepped over those corpses, at this moment, just walking past the corpses all over the place, a hand suddenly grabbed Liu Weifeng's leg, Liu Weifeng was frightened.
Then the two people also tripped and fell to the ground, and the sleeping zombies on the ground suddenly woke up, and then the corpses lying on the ground also woke up and began to stand up slowly.
The zombie who grabbed Liu Weifeng slowly got up, looked at Liu Weifeng with a broken face, the demon's consciousness gradually recovered, and began to bite towards Liu Weifeng, the whole zombie lost its lower body, but it still kept holding Liu Weifeng.
Liu Weifeng became short of breath all of a sudden, and Liu Weifeng kicked towards the zombie's face in a panic, once, twice. Finally breaking free of the zombie's hand, Liu Weifeng stood up blankly, and then helped Dr. Chen to walk towards the exit.
The group of corpses behind them began to gather, and the two of them did not hesitate at all, and the terrifying aura filled the entire canteen.
When the two came to the door of the cafeteria, Liu Weifeng pushed it with his hand, but he didn't expect it to be locked, and Liu Weifeng handed the pistol to Dr. Chen.
"Dr. Chen, you help me block it, I'll knock the door open." Liu Weifeng turned around and said.
Dr. Chen held his injured shoulder, then looked at the number of bullets under the magazine, held his pistol in one hand, and aimed at the zombies walking by.
Liu Weifeng slammed the door a few times with his shoulder, although it was a little loose, but he still didn't open the door, and Liu Weifeng began to get anxious.
After a while, several zombies surrounded him, and Dr. Chen aimed the pistol at the zombie's head with his eyes, and with a few bangs, the three zombies fell, but the weak recoil of the pistol made Dr. Chen's shoulder hurt, and the tearing pain made Dr. Chen helpless to put the pistol down.
"Hey! Wei Feng, okay. Doctor Chen looked at the zombies surrounding him and said anxiously.
"Soon, right away!"
Liu Weifeng kicked the gate with his foot instead, Liu Weifeng stepped back slightly, and a runner kicked hard with his right leg, and the door was kicked open heavily.
Liu Weifeng quickly helped Dr. Chen, and the two walked out of the exit smoothly, but the zombies behind them were still chasing after them.
The two came to the door of a staircase, and an iron gate blocked the way of the two, and Liu Weifeng helped Dr. Chen to open the iron door with difficulty.
The two of them stayed in the hospital for nearly a month and finally came outside, and the long-term sense of imprisonment was instantly opened, although they came out, but there was no doubt that the outside world and the hospital were inside, the sky was raining heavily, and the clothes of the two were instantly wet by the rain.
The two of them were on a staircase surrounded by iron bars, about five meters high, and down was a spiral staircase, and when they walked out of the staircase, they were on the ground.
The two were excited, Liu Weifeng closed the iron door and immediately helped Dr. Chen to go down, but as soon as he walked down the stairs, there were already many zombie groups gathered below, as if they had been looking forward to it again, seeing the two people who were full of lost groups, they panicked, and the zombie group downstairs saw two living people, and they became even more active and began to gather towards the stairs.
Seeing this, Dr. Chen quickly ordered Liu Weifeng to turn around, and the two returned to the stairs again, but they didn't expect that the iron door was not so strong, and several zombies broke out of the door.
Dr. Chan exclaimed, "Quick! Liu Weifeng, go to the balcony over there! ”
Liu Weifeng looked at the balcony on the right that Dr. Chen pointed to, the balcony was about one meter and four meters away from the staircase, although for a young man like Liu Weifeng, it was easy to jump over, but for a middle-aged uncle, it was still relatively difficult, and there were still injuries.
"What can you do then?" Liu Weifeng asked.
"Quick! Hurry up, don't hesitate any longer, the two of us will die if we don't go. Dr. Chen said urgically.
Liu Weifeng didn't dare to speak, Liu Weifeng glanced at the distance with his eyes, jumped slightly, and Liu Weifeng's legs landed easily.
After coming over, Liu Weifeng did not leave, but stretched out his hand and told Dr. Chen to come over quickly.
Dr. Chen looked at the wounds on his body, then at the zombies surrounding him, and hesitated.
But after looking at Liu Weifeng, he kept calling for himself to go over, and he didn't save himself like giving up Liu Weifeng.
"Hurry! Dr. Chan! There's no time, I'll catch you! Liu Weifeng shouted loudly.
Dr. Chen endured the pain in his body, frowned again, and finally chose Liu Weifeng.
Dr. Chen held on to his injured leg, took a few steps back, and jumped heavily, although he could not land as easily as Liu Weifeng, but fortunately he grabbed Liu Weifeng's hand.
As soon as Dr. Chan crossed the stairs, one of the zombies behind him failed to catch Dr. Chan and fell, as did several zombies behind him.
Liu Weifeng pulled Dr. Chen up with all his strength, the two sat down panting, the two looked at each other and laughed, although it was raining in the sky, it still couldn't stop the two from escaping from the mouth of the zombie group, the rain soaked the hair of the two, and the two did not speak at this time, but there were many words hidden in their hearts.
The two sat for a while, and Liu Weifeng pulled Dr. Chen up and asked. "Hey, Dr. Chan, can you still get up?"
"Ha, don't look at me as a half-crippled person, but I can still walk, like an infected person on the street." Dr. Chan said jokingly.
Although Dr. Chen was bitten by a zombie, the two did not mention the matter, as if they had just met.
Liu Weifeng looked around, here is a balcony with a radius of about four meters, behind is the inside of the hospital, blocked by glass, you can clearly see the situation inside from the outside, Liu Weifeng came to the boundary and looked down to see the distance of the ground, Liu Weifeng shook his head in his heart, although he can reach the ground from here, it is obviously unrealistic, jumping from here is also half-disabled, even if he is still alive, he can't escape the living mouth of the zombie.
Liu Weifeng looked at the nearby environment, there are many windows in the hospital, and the windows have a small balcony, on which there is just enough for a person to stand, Liu Weifeng looked at the balcony, and should be able to find the exit from the foothold of the balcony.
Liu Weifeng told Dr. Chen how to escape, and asked if Dr. Chen still had the strength to walk, and Dr. Chen replied reluctantly.
As long as he can escape from the hospital and survive, Liu Weifeng is firm in his inner thoughts, he believes that the two can survive safely, with such determination, Liu Weifeng is even more convinced of his inner thoughts.
Liu Weifeng stepped on the steps above with his left foot, Liu Weifeng leaned sideways, slowly moved forward, Liu Weifeng went up and walked a few steps to try, and then stopped.
"Doctor Chen, come up, be careful, I'll hold you." Liu Weifeng said.
Then Dr. Chen also stepped on it slowly, and then walked up slowly, Liu Weifeng gently supported Dr. Chen, and slowly moved forward, step by step.
Suddenly, after walking a few steps, a zombie lay on the window of the corridor, Liu Weifeng was startled, Liu Weifeng quickly grabbed the wall next to him, sighed in his heart, and his legs almost collapsed.
Dr. Chan asked, "Hey, Weifeng, are you alright?" ”
"It's fine."
Then, the two cautiously continued to grope forward, Dr. Chen's wound did not improve, although the leg wound was bandaged, but the wound on the shoulder did not improve, and the blood stains against the wall wound rubbed against the wall, leaving blood stains on it step by step.
After four or five minutes, the two of them finally reached the end, at the end of the steps was a climbing staircase, Liu Weifeng slowly adjusted his body, stepped on the ladder with his right foot, slowly stepped on the ladder, his body bent down slightly, grabbed the escalator with both hands and slowly climbed down.
Dr. Chen was injured and had some difficulty holding on to the ladder, but fortunately he was able to stand firmly, and after a minute of time, the two finally came to the ground, Liu Weifeng supported Dr. Chen and asked worriedly.
"Dr. Chen, how's it going? Can you still walk? Liu Weifeng asked.
Dr. Chen nodded slightly, and Liu Weifeng helped Dr. Chen to walk up.
The ground is a lawn, the location here may be a small backyard behind the hospital, there is a door in the grass courtyard, which may be the entrance to the inside of the hospital, the door is not completely closed, there is a little crack in the door, there is a long blood stain on the ground, someone may have been killed before, Liu Weifeng did not hesitate, and took Dr. Chen out of the grass courtyard.
Outside is a long corridor surrounded by walls on both sides, and on the east side is an iron gate, after going out of the iron gate, there is a gate in the right direction, and through the gate it may be outside.
Dr. Chen was not speaking, his face was pale, his body was relatively weak, and he did not have much to say to Liu Weifeng.
Liu Weifeng helped Dr. Chen to continue walking in the direction of the iron gate, but at this moment, a zombie suddenly appeared behind him and bit towards Liu Weifeng, and in an instant, the zombie's head was exploded.
Liu Weifeng didn't slow down, only to see the zombie fall, Liu Weifeng looked back again, the head of a baseball bat was dripping with blood, and Liu Weifeng continued to look at the person who came, the person who came was a man in a hooded jacket, wearing a hat and not seeing the man's face clearly, the two looked at each other, and after a while, the man's crisp voice stopped Liu Weifeng.
"Hey! Are you alright? Are there any injuries? The man said.
Liu Weifeng was a little confused, he didn't know what to say, he just shook his head and said that he was not injured.
"Alright, let's go, when I came from outside just now, I had already attracted more walking corpses, and they will be coming soon." The man continued.
"What do you mean? Who are you? Why save us? Liu Weifeng grabbed the man and said.
"There's no time to hesitate, or we'll all die, come with me first." The man said hurriedly.
The man took the lead, Liu Weifeng followed behind the man, struggled to help Dr. Chen, and came to the iron door, and the man slowly opened the lock.
Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him, and the zombies behind chased him up from inside the hospital, and within two seconds, the familiar terrifying face slowly walked out of the corner, and after finding Liu Weifeng and a few people, he immediately surrounded him.
"Hey! Okay, no, they're following! Liu Weifeng shouted.
The man looked behind him, and the work on his hands was getting faster, and the man pressed his left foot against the iron door and turned the lock with his hand.
"Soon, faster!" The man also began to say anxiously.
As the sun and the moon washed away, the lock of the iron door was already rusty, and the man struggled to open the lock.
The zombie group was already approaching Liu Weifeng and the others, but fortunately, the man finally opened the iron door and told Liu Weifeng and the others to go out quickly.
"Hurry!"
The zombie group has been completely surrounded, but fortunately, the man also walked out smoothly, although he left the pursuit of the zombie group, but the iron gate could not hold on for a few seconds, the man took Liu Weifeng and Dr. Chen, and walked towards a room.
The two men walked in front, opened the door and walked in, and the man stayed behind and closed the door.
Liu Weifeng put down Dr. Chen, and the three of them eased up.
"Who the hell are you? Why save us? How many zombies have you attracted? Liu Weifeng looked at him questioningly.
After nearly a month, Liu Weifeng rarely saw a living person, and now a living person suddenly appeared in front of him, which made Liu Weifeng a little uncomfortable, but then Liu Weifeng insisted on his own idea, since he could see a living person, then his parents could be alive.
"I don't have time to talk to you, this hospital is full of walking corpses now, if we don't escape now, none of us will want to ......live" Before the man finished speaking, the roar of zombies sounded nearby.
The eyes of the two looked in the direction of the sound together, and the man told Liu Weifeng to evacuate quickly and not stay in the hospital.
Liu Weifeng looked at the man as if he was not lying, and then pulled Dr. Chen.
But Dr. Chen seemed to have heard the conversation between the two, rejected Liu Weifeng, put his hand down, and told Liu Weifeng that he might not be able to leave, Liu Weifeng scolded angrily after hearing it.
"Dr. Chan, what are you talking about? I said I'd take you out. Liu Weifeng said.
"Wei Feng, Wei Feng! Listen to me! Dr. Chen said with difficulty.
"Go away, leave me alone, taking me with you will only be a burden to you."
Dr. Chen listened to the man's words, and from that moment on, Dr. Chen had already decided that he could not rely on Liu Weifeng alone, Dr. Chen put his hand on Liu Weifeng's shoulder, and said with a firm expression.
"Liu Weifeng, I am very happy to see you, you are different from others, from the moment I saved you that day, I understood that I had done nothing wrong." Dr. Chan said.
"What are you talking about? Dr. Chan. Liu Weifeng's eyes began to flow with tears, and he did not understand what Dr. Chen said.
"Actually, I belong here, from the beginning, I should have stayed with my family, I am very happy to spend time with you, even if I have spent a cage-like life, it is you who have made me understand, even if you are not in the hospital, you are outside, you have to know that you have to work hard to live, even in this apocalyptic world, to help those in need, just like ......" Dr. Chan looked at the strange man, although he didn't know why he wanted to help us, and then Dr. Chan continued.
"Do the right thing, make good use of your strengths, find your will to live, I should accompany my family, I can't live the life I told you about, witness him for me."
"What are you talking about? I'll get you out of here! Liu Weifeng interrupted Dr. Chen's conversation, and then helped Dr. Chen up.
But Dr. Chen interrupted Liu Weifeng's kindness, "I've been bitten!" After a while I will become like them, with me I am afraid it will affect you, the door outside is closed, it will take time to climb out, I can't be with you, someone has to stay, I will cut you off. Dr. Chan burst into tears.
Suddenly, a group of corpses appeared at the end of the corridor, and the man pulled Liu Weifeng up when he saw this, and now he may be separated from Liu Weifeng forever, Liu Weifeng was paralyzed in pain, and the man pulled Liu Weifeng up with great difficulty.
"Let's go! Leave me alone and live! Remember me later. Dr. Chan sobbed.
Liu Weifeng became in pain, wiped his tears, and before leaving, Liu Weifeng gave the pistol to Dr. Chen, and then the sight of the two gradually disappeared from Dr. Chen's eyes.
In the end, the figures of the two completely disappeared from Dr. Chen's sight, and Dr. Chen smiled when he looked at the pistol given by Liu Weifeng in his hand.
As the corpses approached Dr. Chen, Dr. Chan looked feebly at the ceiling, and after looking back at the crowd of corpses gathered around, Dr. Chan looked at the messy pipes overhead, which contained either gas or natural gas, Dr. Chan thought to himself. Dr. Chan replaced the magazine, looked at the bullets inside, there were 3 more rounds, and after replacing the magazine, Dr. Chan aimed at the pipe.
"Bang bang!" Two bullets were fired, and the pipe immediately spewed out white gas, and Dr. Chan watched the crowd of corpses keep approaching, and he waited for an opportunity.
After a while, the corpses completely surrounded Dr. Chen, who aimed at the fumarole and slowly closed his eyes. He recalled the time he spent with Liu Weifeng and the time he had come in this life.
Dr. Chan gritted his teeth, and eventually, a beam of light covered Dr. Chan's vision, and he saw his wife and daughter smiling at him, and then Dr. Chan opened his eyes.
"I've come to see you."
With a single gunshot, a huge burst of fire engulfed the entire corridor.
On the street outside the hospital.
Liu Weifeng and the two climbed down from the gate, and before they took half a step, there was an explosion behind them, and at this time, Liu Weifeng couldn't hold back at all, and lost his voice and became painful.
The man looked at the sad Liu Weifeng and comforted Liu Weifeng, "Don't cry, let's go, it's not safe here." ”
Liu Weifeng wiped his tears, he knew that he couldn't collapse, because Liu Weifeng promised Dr. Chen, and then left the hospital with Dr. Chen's will.
After a while, the rain in the sky gradually stopped, and the dark clouds were illuminated by the sun, after such a long and arduous journey, it finally ushered in the dawn, and the sun shone on Liu Weifeng's face.
Liu Weifeng looked back at the location of the explosion, at this moment, Liu Weifeng was the only time he had seen Dr. Chen, and it was also the only time he had chosen to identify Dr. Chen, Liu Weifeng would not forget Dr. Chen.
At this moment, a blue butterfly flew above Liu Weifeng, although its wings were a little broken, but it still couldn't stop the butterfly that was reborn in Nirvana, it was free and flying in the distance.
Liu Weifeng looked at the butterflies flying in the air, and then looked at the broken floors nearby, he shouldn't say anything, but he also had a lot to say, but Liu Weifeng thought to himself how good it would be to be able to become like a butterfly......