24 Chapter XXIV
The alarm sounded in the city, which means that there is a sudden major situation in the city, and it is too late to notify all citizens one by one when the crisis comes.
But what else could happen at this critical juncture?
Wen Xin quickly opened the emergency notice that popped up just now.
The notice was short, as if it had been squeezed out in a hurry, and there were few elegant written words.
He glanced at the end and understood the simple and crude warning between the lines.
INTERVIEWER The city is very chaotic and dangerous, and we are using all our efforts to solve it urgently. Stay at home and lock the doors and windows, and don't make the fuss about it. Emphasize that those who take advantage of the chaos to make trouble will bear the consequences if something happens!
After reading this notice, a chill spread from Wen Xin's back spine all the way to the nerve center.
WeChat messages popped up frequently, and he had to come back to his senses.
He clicked in and found that all the groups had exploded!
The discussion about the zombie apocalypse during the day has been wiped out by the news of 99+, and people are all discussing in a panic what happened in G City, and why even the city alarm has sounded.
Suddenly, an owner forwarded a video.
The video footage is shaking, and the person filming seems to have advanced epilepsy, and the picture is blurry.
As early as two weeks ago, when the video titled "Suspected Zombie Bites" spread wildly on major platforms, some professionals pointed out in the comments that this is a commonly used lens language to show the panic of the photographer.
Someone else suddenly replied: Oh oh oh so that's the case, the blogger pays attention to the details.
Compared to the video at that time, there is nothing new in this video.
The same people biting, the same screams, the same chewing sounds of breaking bones, and blood running down the deceased's drooping arm.
Even the photographer couldn't help but say "Oh my God......", and the trembling trills were very different.
However, after this video appeared, no one came out to laugh at how to bluff people with special effects videos.
Only people spoke with horror.
Owner of Unit X of Building X: I look at this place, why does it look so much like Ping An Square in the west of the city?
Owner of Unit X of Building X: Tell me if I am wrong? I remember there was a row of ginkgo trees with colorful banners hanging there, exactly like the one in this video!
Owner of Unit X of Building X: But how is it possible, my boyfriend lives over there, and I didn't hear of any crew coming over to make a movie tonight???
The owner disappeared after speaking, and I don't know if he was in a hurry to find his boyfriend for verification.
Others also reacted one after another, taking out commemorative photos from when they recently went to play in Ping An Square, and gradually comparing the details in the video.
The more contrasting, the cooler it becomes.
The filming location of the video is really in Ping An Square in the west of G City!
It was like a hot soldering iron suddenly pressed into an ice cube, and after a brief boil, the whole group chat fell into a deathly silence.
Some of the people who had been chatting passionately just now disappeared, and like the owner, they turned their heads to ask relatives and friends who lived in the west of the city.
Some people were impatient to keep the news in the group and prayed again and again.
None of the people Wen Xin knew lived in the west of the city, but the clerks in the work group had friends who worked the night shift in Ping An Square.
Now the clerk can't contact anyone, so I'm very anxious.
[Half an hour ago, she told me that she heard strange footsteps, suspecting that there were bad people nearby, and I also asked her to walk with her colleagues when she got off work, and then just now I saw that video to ask her, but she didn't reply to my messages, and she didn't answer the phone! γ
[Did she have an accident, what should I do!] γ
Wen Xin's brow tightened.
He saw that the other colleagues were comforting the clerk and wanted to type something too.
But as soon as his finger clicked on the screen, the chandelier on the ceiling flickered, and the whole room suddenly went dark.
There was a power outage.
"Winsing!" "Boom!" "Roarβ"
It was suddenly dark in front of them, and the dumplings thought something was wrong, and jumped to the bedroom almost at the same time.
Wen Xin reacted and hurriedly got out of bed to comfort everyone: "Don't worry, I'm fine." β
He glanced out the window coldly, only to see that it was dark.
Even if there is a house in the next building with the lights on, it will not be dark like this.
Wen Xin had a sense of foreboding in his heart, and walked quickly to the window.
The floor where he is located is high, and from this vantage point you can see most of the community.
At this time, I found that not only was the power outage in their building, but the community was pitch black, and even the street lights were not on.
Just heard the alarm of the whole city, and encountered a collective power outage, an unknown crisis hung overhead, where can others calm down?
The family upstairs in Wenxin directly pushed open the window and shouted, "Who knows what's going on?" β
Within seconds, a shout came from the next building: "I don't know! β
In this time of confusion, being able to hear other people's voices is undoubtedly like being injected with a strong and effective tranquilizer, and soon everyone began to yell at the top of their voices.
"I just heard that something happened to the west side of the city, is it true?"
"Not optimistic, more than lucky! I found the phone number of the store on the delivery app, but no one answered! β
"Are there really zombies??"
"It's not a zombie, it's a monster, it's a living monster!"
"Isn't it that those rabies virus patients before, doesn't it mean that they have all been controlled!"
"It's not G City.,I just swiped Weibo.,The power in Z City next to it has been out for a long time.,Monsters should be coming from there!"
"Now that they've come to G City, they've arrived in the west of the city, will we bring them in so loudly?!"
β¦β¦
I don't know if it's because someone mentioned that shouting would attract monsters, so everyone suddenly shut up.
Videos of people biting, news of catching wind and shadows, alarms in the whole city, accidents in the west of the city, plus widespread power outages.
By now, no matter how big-hearted people are, they should see this cruel reality clearly.
Wen Xin heard the shouting outside the building getting quieter and quieter.
In the blink of an eye, the community that had just been buzzing with people was surprisingly quiet.
The pale moonlight reflected on the earth, and an indescribable sense of panic struck again, like a ferocious beast stretching out its claws in the dark, pinching the hearts of every householder.
Wen Xin's heart was equally heavy, as if a big stone was pressing on his chest, and even breathing became extremely difficult.
Seeing that his face was wrong, the canary asked for the other dumplings, "Wen Xin, what happened?" β
Wen Xin turned his head as if he had been awakened by someone in a nightmare.
There was no light in the room, and he could vaguely feel that all the dumplings were looking at him worriedly, and he opened his mouth, wanting to smile and comfort everyone that it was okay.
But he couldn't open it.
If monsters such as zombies really appear in the west of the city, then in less than half a day, those monsters will come to this community.
Escaping will never make one immune to a crisis.
Wen Xin made up his mind, took two short breaths, regained his composure, and told everyone as completely as possible.
The dumplings are not stupid either.
Hearing the words shouted by the residents, they probably all had some guesses, and as soon as Wen Xin explained, it immediately dawned on them.
But contrary to Wen Xin's solemnity, the dumplings were not worried at all.
The purple squirrel has met with the infected several times, and according to it, those infected are not strong, and their strength is at most D-level among the mutants.
In other words, even the weakest canary here can easily kill dozens of them.
As long as they're there, Winsin is absolutely safe.
In the same way, if they can ensure Wen Xin's safety, what are they worried about? I don't have to worry about being bitten to death by an infected person, that's too inferior.
Wen Xin didn't know what the dango were thinking.
He felt that as the pillar of this family, he couldn't mess with himself, so he quickly adjusted his mentality in a few breaths.
When Wen Xin methodically pulled out the spare candle from the cabinet, even he was a little surprised that he could calm down so quickly.
The candles were lit, and the yellow candlelight illuminated the room, and at last it was not so dark that the faces of the dumplings could be seen clearly.
Wen Xin took out his phone again.
Fortunately, he has the habit of charging his mobile phone before going to bed, and even if he puts a teaching video on the purple squirrel, there are still three bars of electricity left.
I don't know when I'll be able to call, or maybe I'll never call again, these three grids of electricity are extremely precious.
The best thing to do is to turn it off now and turn it on when you need it.
But Winsing had to know what was going on outside through the Internet.
So he set a time for himself to read the news on the Internet every two hours.
Finally, he went to the utility room and counted how long he had enough food left.
He had just been calculating for a short moment when the canary suddenly came to him and asked him to look out the window.
Wen Xin walked over and vaguely saw a couple dragging a suitcase and a seven-year-old child at the same time, walking quickly to a car on the side of the road.
As the people got into the car, the engine of the car started, and two searchlights hit the dark road, and they drove quickly to the entrance of the community.
The barrier to detect the traffic was not open, and Wen Xin couldn't see the situation in the security room clearly, and he didn't know if anyone was still there.
He thought that the owner of the car would stop, but he never thought that the car did not slow down at all, and crashed towards the railing in a daze!
Not only Wen Xin, they noticed the movement outside, but the others were also watching.
When they saw that the railing had been broken, it was like boiling hot oil poured into the water, and everyone was furious.
"Grass, this grandson broke the railing, if the zombies enter the community, they can't stop it!"
In fact, there are gaps in the railing, and it is not an airtight wall, even if it is intact, it can't stop the zombies.
But this move directly became the fuse that caused the incident.
Everyone didn't move before, and they held back the panic because of the emergency notice issued by City G asking them not to go out.
Now looking at someone who is clearly violating the rules, where can anyone sit still!
What if the city can't solve this problem? If those monsters are really as terrifying as the legendary zombies, then aren't they here waiting to die?
In an instant, many residents immediately couldn't sit still and began to pack their luggage.
They don't know where they can go, they don't know if it's safer or more dangerous outside, they just know they have to run, they can't sit still.
It's not just people in this community.
The sound of engines was heard on the empty and silent road, and several cars chased after the car just now.
Then there were three, four, seven, nine...... More than a dozen!
Wen Xin's mobile phone screen lit up suddenly, he lowered his head, and found that it was Tang Qi who sent him a message.
Tang Qi: I'm a little worried that something will happen to my parents, and I'm going to leave for City B immediately, do you want to come with me?