Chapter 37: The Shelter

Georgia Emergency Shelter.

"I'm Professor Amlin of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech, and I'm here to rescue you."

"If there is anyone else, please answer me."

As the words of rescue came from the loudspeaker, the shelter, which had been somewhat dead and silent, suddenly began to agitate.

The area of this shelter is not large, almost 1000 square meters, about 700 square meters of the front hall, when placed sofas and beds, separate toilets and bathrooms, is a space for rest, about 300 square meters of the back hall, which is a combination of dining room and kitchen, only some tables, chairs and kitchen utensils, the two halls are separated by a solid bulletproof glass door.

In the front hall, more than 100 rotting zombies, hearing the sound from the door, all turned their heads in unison, stared at a huge display screen on the door, looked at the figure in the suit and leather shoes in the display, and began to roar and slowly move their bodies towards him.

In the back hall of the vault, more than 70 emaciated, mentally depressed humans also heard voices coming from the display.

The two dozen or so people who approached the glass door couldn't help but be shocked, and there was a glimmer of hope in their dim eyes.

Among these people, the leader was an elderly gentleman in his 50s, who endured the throbbing in his heart, took out a bottle of white asthma spray from his somewhat dirty suit pocket, and sprayed it into his mouth a few times.

After taking a few deep breaths, the old gentleman turned to the young people around him and said:

"Students, there is not much food left in the warehouse, this may be our only chance to escape, if we can't escape, everyone will be trapped here."

"I have a plan."

The old gentleman pointed to the zombies in the front hall, and his voice paused slightly, and said:

"These monsters are very sensitive to sound, and their eyes seem to catch light as well."

"While they're now attracted by the sound on the screen at the door, you turn off the power in the front hall, and I sneak out with a blanket, cover me, and hide in the corner."

He stretched out his somewhat old arm, pointed to the bulletproof glass door that separated the front and rear halls, and continued:

"When I'm done, you go and slap the bulletproof glass, shout loudly, make noise, and attract these monsters."

"I'll take advantage of this opportunity and slip over and press the red button next to the gate, which is the button that opens the door to the vault."

Saying this, he used his already somewhat cloudy eyes to look at the strong and brave students in front of him who followed him and were unwilling to give up hope, with a hint of ease in his voice.

"If the rescuers outside can deal with so many monsters, it is naturally the best."

"If they can't deal with these monsters, opening the door to the shelter will be a chance for you."

"You can continue to wait, wait until something happens outside, wait until something lures all the zombies here, and then escape, as for whether we live or die in the future, we can only pray for God's mercy."

As soon as he finished talking about his plan, his arms were hugged by graduate students on either side, and his siblings named Peggy and Hillman stopped him, and the older sister Peggy said:

"Professor Jacob, let me go."

"You're old, your body is no longer good, have you forgotten, in the first half of the year, I still had to be the runner-up in the 400-meter dash in the school, if it were me, I would definitely be able to avoid the attacks of those monsters."

The girl's younger brother, Hillman, shook his head firmly and said, "Sister, let me go, this kind of thing should be done by men, I am the main force of the school football team, it must be no problem." ”

Many other graduate students also argued, looking like they should take the risk on their own, but their statements were unfounded, and their eyes were full of hesitation and fear.

Professor Jacob smiled with satisfaction, then shook his head firmly, and said:

"It's because I'm getting old, even if I go out, I may not be able to adapt to life outside."

"That's why I want to leave the opportunity to you, you are very young, you are very good, and you all deserve a brighter future."

"My family is gone, I don't have anything to worry about, just let me go."

Seeing that the old professor looked determined and determined, Peggy winked at her brother.

Hillman understood, and quietly raised his right hand and hit the old professor the neck, the old professor was hit hard, and immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.

Seeing that her brother knocked Professor Jacob unconscious, Peggy snorted in her mouth, looked at the other corner of the back hall with disdain, shrunk into a ball, as if she didn't care about anything, and turned into a clay statue of more than fifty people, muttering a coward in her mouth.

She sat back in her circle and said to the other students:

"Just follow Professor Jacob's plan, I'll open the doors of the vault, and you'll make noise here to attract the attention of the zombies."

"No problem, right?"

Seeing that a girl took the initiative to take on the most dangerous task, many male students showed ashamed expressions on their faces, but they hesitated to speak out and take this risk on her behalf, and they all promised that they would support her inside.

Peggy snorted again, stopped her brother Hillman's argument with her with a stern look, took out a blanket from a corner of the back hall, walked to the bulletproof door, pointed to the electric switch on the wall, and winked at her brother.

Click!

All the light in the front hall dimmed instantly, leaving only the sound and picture still playing on the display screen at the door, and the zombies were attracted by the sound and light, and they were already huddled together at the gate.

Peggy quietly opened the bulletproof door, shrunk down to cover her with the blanket, and half-bowed out along the crack in the door.

As soon as she went out, the strong stench of dead people couldn't wait to get into the girl's nose, making Peggy's already strong courage shrink suddenly, she desperately stopped her urge to escape back into the back hall, forcibly controlled her hands and feet, and crawled to the farthest corner from the zombie little by little.

Cowering in the corner, Peggy wrapped her body in a blanket, leaving only her eyes, and observed the zombies' movements with the light from the glass window.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Accompanied by the sound of human cursing and the sound of glass doors and windows being slammed, Hillman and his companions slammed the bulletproof glass hard, creating a lot of noise at the junction of the front and back halls.

This kind of "human" sound seems to attract the attention of zombies more than the unfluctuating radio sound.

Soon, more than 100 zombies gathered around the gate began to turn around and walk towards the glass doors and windows of the back hall.

Peggy took this opportunity to shrink into the corner of the wall, and without making any sound, she moved little by little in the direction of the gate.

Slowly, moving closer and closer, she crossed the corpses and came to the gate.

Unfortunately, the girl didn't know that zombies don't just search for enemies through sound, smell is also an important basis for them to search for enemies.

The zombies at the end of the group suddenly seemed to sense something, turned around, and began to move in the direction of the gate.

Peggy also sensed this, and when she saw several zombies walking towards its location, she couldn't hide it anymore, stood up, and pressed hard against the red button on the wall.

Tick! Tick! Tick!

With the shrill sound of sirens, the steel doors of the vault began to move slowly.

Contrary to Peggy's imagination, the door opened very slowly, and it was impossible to open a place for humans to enter and exit before the zombies surrounded her.

Discovering this, the girl's heart began to beat violently, and her legs began to weaken unconsciously at the thought of what would happen after being surrounded by zombies.

Am I going to die here?