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Chapter 11 Escape

The not-so-wide streets were littered with corpses of zombies and broken arms and limbs. There was no trace of the vanguard among those grabbing supplies. The zombies that had not been killed were gradually regrouping.

"Why don't we see anyone from the vanguard?" Nan Shao asked casually.

Zhang Yi shook his head. He and Nan Shao took turns to be on guard, all focusing on the zombies nearby and not paying attention to the whereabouts of the vanguard. Of course, the most important thing is that although they were wary of the vanguard's intentions, they never doubted that the other party's ultimate goal was for supplies. In addition, they had already planned to leave early, so they did not pay attention to its movements at any time, and even appeared Omissions before the eyes.

If not for supplies, then what are they doing here? Doubts arose in Zhang Yi's heart. It couldn't possibly be to lure a group of ordinary people here to feed the zombies. What good would this do to them?

Nan Shao obviously noticed something fishy. He pointed to the other end of the street and asked, "Go over there, where is it?" Although he had roughly memorized the surrounding terrain before, he was short of time and could not remember it. So clear.

"The gate of the middle school is over there, the old police station, the armed police squadron..." Zhang Yi recalled, but when he spit out the last two names, he vaguely guessed something, and looked at Nan Shao, "No, right away. Leave!"

As soon as he said this, he saw a dense crowd of zombies appearing at the end of the street, staggering towards this side. The two of them did not dare to delay any longer and fled along the previously planned route as planned. Before leaving, they shouted a few times to remind others.

"The zombies are coming! The zombies are coming! Run quickly -"

Nan Shao's bag was still empty at this time, only containing some things that were neither edible nor drinkable. He was a little unwilling and wanted to go into the grocery store before. He took the time to grab some more rice, noodles and other items, but was grabbed by Zhang Yi.

"Keep your life alive, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Zhang Yi scolded. In fact, he knew very well that if he missed this time, it would be difficult for the two of them to have such an opportunity again.

Nan Shao was upset, but there was nothing he could do. At this time, he had long forgotten that before the end of the world, let alone this thing, even a whole supermarket in front of him would not necessarily be taken seriously by him. It can be seen that many times, people are not willing to care about everything, but are forced by the environment.

"Damn it, is that bastard who thinks he has a long life? If you don't want to live, don't drag others with you!" The two people's shouts attracted a lot of curses, because zombies are particularly sensitive to sounds, and such shouts are tantamount to killing others. Tell the zombies around that there is someone here, come and have a feast. But when they poked their heads out and saw the hordes of corpses coming, their curses suddenly stopped and were replaced by panic.

"Zombies! Why are there so many zombies?"

"Where's the vanguard? Isn't the vanguard in front? Why are there so many zombies?"

"Damn, we were tricked by the vanguard, why don't we run away quickly ? !"

"Keep grabbing, grab, grab, grab your mother, your life is almost gone, no matter how much you grab, you can eat it!"

Everyone was in a mess, some were running around, and some were taking advantage of the chaos to get more! While walking, Zhang Yi and Nan Shao had already escaped from Xiaodian Street and were walking through a secluded alley. However, after the two of them passed several short bungalows smoothly, a few zombies wandering around appeared in front of them. After smelling their scent, they immediately came towards them excitedly.

Although demolition has begun nearby, there are still people who are reluctant to leave their old houses, so the presence of zombies is expected, but the two of them are still a little overwhelmed by the fact that they all gathered here at once. Judging from the appearance of the zombies, it can be seen that before the mutation, four of them were old people and two were children. In terms of strength, they were once in a weak position among humans. Unfortunately, after turning into zombies, this kind of The difference is gone. The zombies are so powerful that even young and old women can tear an ordinary adult man alive. Fortunately, they acted slowly, otherwise ordinary humans would not have a chance to survive.

"Stand back, let's go into the courtyard!" Zhang Shao took a look at his surroundings and made a quick decision. It is impossible to go back to the small shop street, let alone be blocked here, because no one knows whether someone will come here later and attract more zombies. So what they need to do is to get rid of these zombies as soon as possible so that they can go to the blacksmith shop to find weapons without any worries.

Nan Shao responded, and the two of them turned around and ran away. The door on the left was closed tightly. When Nan Shao threw the things in his hands into the yard and was about to climb over the wall, Zhang Yi warned him while running: "Watch out if there are any zombies inside!" As he spoke, he himself arrived in front of the house on the right. The door on the right was broken. He carried a lot of things on his back, so he didn't have to climb over the wall and got in in a flash.

Nan Shao was lucky because the door was locked from the outside, so the yard was clean and there was nothing. As soon as he jumped off the wall, he immediately stuffed all the things he had carried in plastic bags into his bag. The door made a clanging sound. He put his bag on his back and quickly glanced around the yard. When he saw a pile of debris piled in the corner, his eyes showed joy. He inserted the machete into his waist and left. He went over and dug out a shovel, but the banging outside the door stopped. I found a rotten wooden bench to put under my feet. I stood up and looked outside through the wall. I found that several zombies were smashing the door and couldn't open it. They all went to Zhang Yi. He didn't dare to delay, so he immediately climbed out of the wall, rushed over and overturned the zombie crowded outside with a shovel. The attention of two zombies was attracted, but the other three had already squeezed into the yard and had no intention of giving up the fresh prey in front of them before going back.

Nan Shao has also practiced karate, Muay Thai, free fighting, etc., and has experienced the training of the end of the world for more than half a year. Naturally, his shots are not too bad. If he hadn't given most of his food to Nan Wei, his body would not be as good. As for getting worse and worse, even the two zombies in the bathhouse couldn't bear it. However, after being rescued by Zhang Yi, he put a lot of things into his stomach intermittently. Although it was not comparable to the best state, at least he still had some strength.

He stepped back a certain distance, causing the tall and short zombies to gradually become one behind the other due to their different steps. The shovel came out horizontally, and the sharp edge struck the old zombie man's neck. However, it was not cut off because the flesh was too tough, but the momentum caused the old zombie man to fall to the ground. Taking advantage of the situation, he moved forward, turned the shovel over, and chopped it down hard. Without enough time to see the results, he pulled out the shovel and struck at the little zombie that had already approached.

Unexpectedly, the little zombie seemed to be more flexible than the old zombie. He actually raised his hand and grabbed the shovel. A strong force came, and Nan Shao almost let go of the shovel. He was startled, and suddenly pushed the shovel forward. At the same time, he let go of his hand and flew up with his right foot to perform a backspin kick. He kicked the little zombie away and hit the wall next to it heavily, causing countless dust to be splashed.

Before the little zombie could get up, he took out the machete on his waist, walked over, stepped on its back, and then chopped off its head. When I turned back to look at the old zombie, I found that the neck had not been completely cut off, and it was struggling to crawl towards him dragging its head that was still hanging on. He walked over and touched up the knife.

When Nan Shao rushed to the yard where Zhang Yi was, there were three corpses of zombies lying on the ground inside, but there were two more alive and kicking after Zhang Yi.

It turned out that there were two zombies locked up in the yard where Zhang Yi hid, because one was sitting in a wheelchair, and the other was probably pushing the wheelchair because of the continuation of his habits during his lifetime, so both of them were locked up because of the threshold of the old house. And trapped inside. Zhang Yi came in and immediately excited the two zombies. However, the one in the wheelchair fell to the ground when he rushed forward because of his disabled leg. The standing one was blocked by the wheelchair in the room, and he was stuck there excitedly. It waved its paws forward and roared, its cloudy eyes full of hunger and eagerness for food. Zhang Yi seized the opportunity and rushed over, stepped on the back of the one on the ground, inserted a steel bar into the gap between its neck, destroyed its spinal cord, and made it incapacitated. Then he carefully avoided its head and went After dealing with the zombie that had pushed the wheelchair aside and was waving its hands towards him, he finally got rid of it before the zombies behind him caught up. Otherwise, if he was attacked from the front and back, even if his legs were fine, it would probably be difficult for him to escape.

Nan Shao killed one zombie and lured away two more, but the remaining three all squeezed into the yard. Zhang Yi knew that the space inside this small bungalow was low and cramped. He was too tall and entering would only affect his movement, so he gave up the idea of ​​introducing zombies into the house and killing them one by one. Fortunately, zombies don't know how to outflank him, otherwise he would have no way of escaping in this small courtyard.

Just like Nan Shao, he took advantage of his speed to widen the distance between the zombies, then quickly avoided the attack of the zombie in front, kicked it against the wall, raised the steel bar and inserted it accurately and neatly. The depression on the back of its head. Before he could pull out the steel bar, another old zombie rushed over, and he had to fly up with his right foot to kick it out. However, his right leg also suffered from an old disease due to excessive force, and the pain became so severe that the steel bar was pulled out. It took two times to pull it out.

A large amount of sweat slid down his face, and some flowed into his eyes, which made him feel burning. However, Zhang Yi did not dare to blink, lest he would be scratched by zombies of all sizes rushing towards him if he was not careful, or even be scratched by the zombies on the ground. The zombie, which had lost its mobility but was not completely dead yet, bit its foot. Then he saw Nan Shao coming in with a shovel.

With a pop, just when Nan Shao raised his shovel and knocked off half of the tall zombie's head, Zhang Yi also seized the opportunity and ran out like a leopard, enduring the pain in his legs and kicked the smaller zombie to the ground, and then walked away. Go over and get rid of it.

"How are you?" After scanning the yard to make sure there were no more standing zombies, Nan Shao turned his attention to Zhang Yi and immediately noticed that his face was pale and he was sweating profusely, so he asked.

Zhang Yi shook his head, "It's okay, let's go. There are still two people on the ground who are probably not dead yet. Pay attention and be careful not to get bitten." At least so far, I have not heard of people with superpowers being immune to the zombie virus.

"Wait for me for two minutes." Hearing this, Nan Shao said, walked over and checked the zombies on the ground one by one, and found that there were indeed two there with their mouths open, trying to bite something, so one of them made up for it. Let them die completely. Then he removed all the zombie heads. When he saw Zhang Yi's confused look, he explained with a smile: "Don't waste it." They didn't have time to open the heads one by one and dig out the corpse crystals, so they had to take them away first. Say it again.

Zhang Yi's lips moved, but he didn't say anything after all. Eight corpse crystals were enough to exchange for four bottles of water.

So when he went out, Nan Shao also chopped off the three heads outside, tied four on himself, and tied four on Zhang Yi. Noticing that Zhang Yi's leg was lame more than before, he exchanged bags with him and carried the heavy load himself. Zhang Yi's legs hurt so much that it was difficult to even walk, so he didn't refuse the other party's kindness.

Chapter 12 It turns out to be you

Traditional blacksmith shops have gradually disappeared in rapidly developing cities. There is still such a shop in the old town of Ziyun County, thanks to the backwardness of the place.

Maybe it was because the putrid smell emanating from the zombie heads on the two of them masked their smell, or maybe because there were really few zombies nearby, the two arrived at the blacksmith shop smoothly. It was daytime when the apocalypse occurred, which was why many shops were open. But until now, Zhang Yi had not figured out the reason for the apocalypse. It seemed that it had been dark for three days, and when the sun came again, it was fierce. The sun scorches, vegetation withers, animals disappear, and humans mutate. Everyone wants to know the cause of the disaster, where the animals have gone, and the situation in other cities. Unfortunately, ordinary people can't even guarantee their survival, so how can they have the energy to explore these things.

The blacksmith shop was also open, and there was no sign of the blacksmith inside. It was unknown whether he had turned into a zombie or one of the survivors. The fire that once burned brightly has long been extinguished, leaving only a pile of gray-white ashes and the bellows covered with dust. The iron shop mainly undertakes the work of making farm tools, so the walls of the shop are covered with hoes, rakes, sickles, hatchets and the like. Nan Shao immediately took a fancy to the sledgehammer thrown casually on the ground. He stepped forward to pick it up and tried it. He found that it weighed more than ten kilograms.

"That one is too bulky, consumes a lot of energy, and affects movement." Zhang Yi said, and after that, he went to find two hatchets and an ax and put them in the bag on his back, and then found a wooden stick to use as a crutch. . The pain in my legs won't go away for a while, that's all I can do.

The shovel Nan Shao picked up had cut four zombies and had begun to curl up, so he simply took off the handle of the shovel and found a pickaxe to put it on. He did not forget how powerful the pickaxe in the hand of the woman he saw before was. It's just that the pickaxe handle is a little short, so it's just right.

There were a lot of ironware in the shop, but the two of them couldn't take much, so they chose two spare items and left. Before leaving, Nan Shao still didn't want to part with the sledgehammer and carried it on his shoulder. Zhang Yi didn't say anything else. What should be mentioned has already been mentioned. Since the other party wants to take him away, he naturally has a plan in mind.

Not long after the two left, another figure flashed into the iron shop, but it was that woman. It turned out that she had been following them and refused to show up because she didn't trust them, even though they had guided her single unconditionally before. Not only did they not bully her, they even saved her. But in the past, those people had extended a helping hand to her, but in the end they still pushed her out without hesitation. If she hadn't unleashed her powers at the last moment, she would have been chewed to pieces by zombies. Don't say it's a blessing in disguise, because that superpower... doesn't matter.

She quickly grabbed a machete from the blacksmith shop, and then quietly followed the two of them. One is to use their power to clear away the zombies on the road ahead, and the other is to help them in their critical moment in return for their previous life-saving grace.

Because no one has walked on the road Zhang Yi chose, there will still be a few zombies popping up on the road from time to time. Most of them are taken care of by Nan Shao with his pickaxe. Zhang Yi only needs to go out once when he can't cope with it. hand. It has to be said that the lethality of a pickaxe is quite astonishing, especially in the hands of a man who knows some kung fu and is strong.

As a result, there were a lot of zombies killed, and it was inconvenient to carry them around, so Nan Shao used a sledgehammer to smash their heads into pieces one by one, while Zhang Yi was responsible for finding the corpse crystals inside, which didn't take much time. , and took out all the corpse crystals, including those hanging on their bodies. Fortunately, the corpse crystal is so strong that even superpowers cannot break it, otherwise they would not dare to do so.

It was just that the delay on the road was too long. By the time they left the county and rushed to the factory where they parked, the last car returning to the town had already left. The factory was empty, not even a person was left.

Both of them looked a little ugly. Zombies would become more active after nightfall, but that was not the point. The point was that Yangyang was alone in the shack, and they did not feel comfortable spending the night outside. But even if I walked back at this time, I still wouldn't be able to enter the town in time before the gate closes, and the town gate is not open at night.

"Can you still leave?" Nan Shao asked Zhang Yi, who was holding a wooden stick. After an afternoon of cooperation, he could see that this man was very skilled. Whether it was his vision or his grasp of timing, it was beyond the capabilities of ordinary people. He did it, and he was ruthless and decisive, without any tricks. If his legs were not involved, he should be able to live a good life even with a child. I just don't know what he did before.

"We'll spend the night here tonight." Zhang Yi struggled for a while and finally shook his head. Of course he wanted to rush back to the town today. Even if he was locked up outside the town, he could still get in as soon as the town gate opened at dawn. But everyone knows how dangerous it is to walk in the wilderness with an unobstructed view. No ordinary person dares to do this not only at night, but also during the day. He was worried about Yangyang, but he knew better that for Yangyang, no matter how anxious he was, he had to ensure his own safety first.

Nan Shao looked at him silently and did not object. He liked to feel sorry for the child, but after all, he had only known him for a day, and it was not to the point of rushing to risk his life for him anyway. Especially when the child's father gave up first and continued on his way, it would be nice to mention it. .

The two found the office building in the factory before dark and made sure that there were no zombies in the rooms upstairs and downstairs. Then they chose a room with an old-fashioned heating pipe between the window and the building opposite, and closed the doors and windows to rest. After a whole day of exposure to the sun, the house felt like a steamer, but they did not dare to expect wind, because that meant that the wind could send their scent far away and attract zombies with sensitive sense of smell.

There was still some water and pancakes left with them when they came out, so the two of them ate some and then fell down to rest. Originally, they were taking turns to keep vigil, but no one could fall asleep that night.

"I don't remember when I saved your son." After tossing and turning for a few times, Nan Shao finally couldn't bear it anymore. He sat up against the wall, looked at the man sitting in the chair by the window, and was paying attention to the situation outside by the starlight, and asked . The other party seemed to be very good at doing this kind of thing. He sat there for nearly two hours without even moving or making a sound.

Hearing his words, Zhang Yi still stared outside and replied calmly: "Half years ago, Yangyang got separated from me and was almost hit by a Ferrari that ran a red light. It was your car that knocked the Ferrari away." The specific situation is that Zhang Yi took Zhang Ruiyang to take his mother to the crematorium in the city for cremation. Because he was in a daze, when he picked up the urn, he found that the child had been lost. When he found the child, he saw a Ferrari rushing across the street like crazy, and was about to hit his son who was standing in the middle of the road looking around helplessly. At that time, his heartbeat seemed to have stopped and his mind went blank, until a Maybach parked in front suddenly rushed out and knocked the Ferrari away.

The Ferrari was damaged, but only scratched. When the owner came over aggressively, a man who looked gentle but had a strong aura wearing gold-rimmed glasses stepped out of the back seat of the car. The man walked straight to Zhang Ruiyang, who was still standing stupidly in the middle of the road, unaware that he had just escaped from death. He led the little guy to the roadside with a good temper.

"Keep an eye on the kids." Faced with Zhang Yi's continuous thanks as he hurried over, the man just said these words, turned around, got in the car and left, without even looking at the Ferrari owner from the beginning to the end. And the strange thing is that the moment the car owner who was originally clamoring saw the man, something seemed to have his throat strangled, and he never made a sound again.

Thinking about the man's high-spirited and arrogant man at the beginning, and then looking at the down-and-out man in front of him, Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel the unpredictable sadness in his heart again. Referring to his own experience, he couldn't help but feel a little more close to Nan Shao.

"So it's you." Nan Shao finally remembered and sighed suddenly, no longer delving into this issue. He was worried that the other party had recognized the wrong person before, but now that he knew it was not the case, he had nothing to say.

Chapter 13 Wood Superpowers

"How many corpse crystals were obtained today?"

"I haven't counted yet." Zhang Yi picked up his backpack and threw it over, "They are all in there." He was not used to being distracted by other things when on guard.

Nan Shao took it and poured out the contents. He had carried this bag before, and the only food in it was a bunch of lollipops, and the rest were all useful items. Habits developed over the past 20 to 30 years are not something that can be changed easily. In the past, because there were water-type superpowers in the team, he could always maintain basic cleanliness. Now, even though he has been reduced to a limit on drinking water, he still does not hesitate. If you take these things, you'll probably kill two more zombies. As for the things I got for the little guy, it was because I just couldn't stand them anymore.

I cleaned up the things scattered on the ground and organized them, leaving a lot of space. After gathering all the corpse crystals, there were twenty-five. Thinking of something, Nan Shao reached into his trouser pocket and took out another one. It was given to him by the woman in the supermarket.

"How much do you charge for a safer place with a bathroom?" He still refused to give up. Just thinking about the child hiding in the small, stuffy hole in the back every day in such hot weather made him feel uncomfortable. What's more, the shack was so small that two grown men couldn't even stretch themselves out while sleeping in it.

"With a private bathroom, it costs 300 corpse crystals for a one-bedroom apartment and 500 for a two-bedroom apartment. I haven't asked about the better one." Zhang Yi responded without looking back. Apparently he had thought about changing to a safer place before. It's a pity that I don't have the ability. "Those who can live in apartment buildings are not weak in ability. Very few people will take advantage of these residents." And as long as they don't take the initiative to provoke them, people with super powers will be even more disdainful to spend their energy on ordinary people.

In other words, as long as they can rent an apartment, they have basic security guarantees. After keenly grasping this information from the other party's words, Nan Shao started to make plans. After a day of hunting, he found that it was extremely easy to cooperate with Zhang Yi. He didn't need any unnecessary nonsense at all. The other party could understand what he meant and fill in his gaps promptly and accurately, so that he had no worries and could By focusing all your energy on the attack in front of you, your efficiency in killing zombies will naturally increase several times. If we can maintain such a tacit understanding of cooperation, it is not impossible to rent a one-bedroom apartment with a bathroom.

He told Zhang Yi what he meant. Zhang Yi was silent for a long time and then said: "With your ability, you can definitely join a stronger team." It's not that Zhang Yi wants to push people away, but he is stating a fact. He would not happily agree just because the other party had an impromptu idea, thinking that he had found a partner who could cooperate with him for a long time. With Yangyang, he needed to think carefully at every step he took, otherwise if the other party suddenly wanted to withdraw, Man, I'm afraid it will put the two of them into a more difficult predicament than now.

Nan Shao probably guessed his concerns, smiled and said: "I am alone now and have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter whether I am strong or not. I just want to feel at ease." His tone was obviously calm, but it made people feel comfortable. People can inexplicably feel the hero's end and despair.

Hearing this, Zhang Yi finally turned around and glanced at him, but quickly turned his gaze back to the window.

"If you don't get stronger, you will only get closer and closer to a dead end." He said calmly, and then pointed to another bag, "I collected a lot of vegetables in there. If you don't want to sleep, try it. Maybe One day we can eat fresh vegetables."

Nan Shao knew that he had agreed to his suggestion, and a smile appeared in his eyes. He responded, took out a bag of cabbage seeds, tore open the package, and picked up one. Start trying to stimulate hair growth. I don't know whether it was because his mental state was better than yesterday, or because cabbage was easier to sprout than radish. Although it took him half a day this time, he managed to sprout two sprouts before he ran out of energy.

"Zhang Yi, were you a policeman or in the army?" The hand holding the sprouts fell to the ground. He planned to take a rest before continuing.

"Been a policeman." Zhang Yi replied, not surprised that the other party guessed his past occupation. After all, professional habits have been deeply rooted in his bones and blood, and cannot be erased by five years in prison. As long as you are careful, you can see the clues. He didn't want to continue talking about this topic, so he said: "If you don't have the strength, just use corpse crystals. Just leave a few for the car and change the water."

Corpse crystals are useless to ordinary people, but they can help people with super powers and mutants. to improve their abilities. This is also the main reason why corpse crystals become currency circulation. In this period when food is extremely lacking in power to determine survival, there is no difference between gold and banknotes. They have long lost the magic power that makes the world obsessed with them and have become penniless. People would rather barter than accept gold and silver paper money.

The first person to discover the existence of corpse crystals was a fire power user. After he used flames to burn the corpses of his relatives to ashes, he saw the milky white crystals that remained in the corpses that could not be melted by fire. Later, after searching various parts of the bodies of the zombies he killed, he determined that the corpse crystals were only located in the original pineal gland of the zombies' brains. location. The specific use of the corpse crystal was discovered by a person with psychic powers. As for the specific process, it is not known to outsiders.

For something that can not only mobilize people's enthusiasm for killing zombies, but also improve their own abilities, it is natural to become a currency.

It has only been two days since Nan Shao awakened his superpower. Since it is a waste superpower, he has no intention of improving it, so he has not tried to absorb corpse crystals until now. Hearing Zhang Yi's words, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, so he picked up a corpse crystal and put it in his palm. According to the well-known method, he concentrated his energy between his eyebrows. When he felt a pinpoint-sized white light spinning in it, , his mind turned with it, and he gradually forgot everything around him, including himself.

When he broke away from the state of no one and no self, he opened his eyes and found that the sky had already dawned. There was only a pile of white powder left on the corpse crystal in his hands, and he was full of energy as never before.

Zhang Yi was still sitting in the same position as last night, looking steadily outside as if he had never moved. The rising sunlight streamed in through the glass window, clearly outlining the outline of his tired and looming face. It was then that Nan Shao discovered that this man had a straight nose and firm lips, and he was actually good-looking. Especially after a night, the green stubble that appeared faintly between his chin and upper lip added a bit of uniqueness to him. Men's sexiness.

"Okay?" Noticing his gaze, Zhang Yi turned around and looked over. His eyes were bloodshot, but he was not dissatisfied and remained calm.

"Sorry, I didn't expect it to take so long." Nan Shao felt a little apologetic. He stood up and noticed that the other party was holding a small green bud in his hand, which he had prompted to grow last night.

"It's nothing, I can't sleep anyway." Zhang Yi shook his head, stood up from the table, found a glass bottle from the room, put Xiaoya in, then seemed to remember something, shook the bottle towards Nan Shao, Asked: "Do you mind?" It turned out that last night, he saw Nan Shao hadn't moved for a long time, and he was worried that something had happened, so he walked over and took a look, and made sure that Nan Shao was in good condition, even though he didn't seem to wake up in a short time, so he felt relieved. When he turned around, he took Xiaoya, who had put it aside. Although the bud pieces are small, they give people a feeling of vitality and remind them of Yang Yang.

"Of course." Nan Shao laughed and seemed to be in a better mood now that he was in good spirits. "Actually, you don't need to bring it with you. I can push it back when I get back." He knew that Zhang Yi saved this for the little guy Yangyang.

"It's a pity to throw it away." Zhang Yi replied, no longer continuing this topic, but bringing up another matter: "In the future, if you absorb corpse crystals, it is best to do it in the town, or I will be next to you."

He didn't need to say anything, Nan Shao has also realized how dangerous it is to avoid everything that happens around him when absorbing corpse crystals, but when he heard the other party's initiative, he still felt warm and moved in his heart. Unfortunately, the other party only answered The usual three words: "I know."

Zhang Yi nodded slightly, walked over and took out a pack of biscuits from the bag, tore it open, and the two of them ate a few pieces, then packed up what they got yesterday and went downstairs. Go for a ride.

The earliest bus in the town will arrive at eight o'clock. Because there are limited vehicles and there are many ordinary corpse hunters in the town, the vehicle will turn around immediately after arriving to pick up the next group of people. This is the train Zhang Yi and the others are going to take.

Chapter 14 False Alarm

It is common for people like them to return the next morning because they missed the bus or were trapped in the county town and could not get out for a while. Therefore, the driver did not react much when he saw the two of them, not to mention that there was already a person in the car. people.

It's that woman. There was a black backpack at her feet. It was not big, and even if it was full, it wouldn't hold much. In the car on the way back, there were only three of them except for the superpower and the driver who were escorting the car. When the two of them got into the car, the woman didn't even raise her lowered eyelids, as if they had never seen her before. The two of them didn't take it seriously and hurried back to the shack as soon as they arrived.

The shack was as it was before the two left. It didn't look like anyone had been here. The two of them felt slightly relieved. However, when Zhang Yi called several times but no one answered, their hearts skipped a beat and they felt like all the blood in their bodies had been drained by someone. It felt like he was drained dry, his brain was numb, his limbs were stiff, and he couldn't even move.

Nan Shao, on the other hand, quickly put his things on the ground, then walked over and lifted up the woven bag covering the hole in the soil. He knelt down and lowered his body and reached in. After a moment, he pulled out a man with a red face, chapped lips and clothes all over his body. The children were soaked with sweat.

Seeing that the person was still there, Zhang Yi's nerves that had become dull and numb suddenly reacted. His legs softened and he knelt on the ground.

"She must be bored." Nan Shao touched Yang Yang's head and called softly twice. Hearing the child's murmur, he felt relieved and said. "Hurry up and change some water." As he said this, he didn't care whether others would discover Yang Yang's existence and directly carried the child outside the shack.

Zhang Yi was now following instructions one by one. Hearing this, he hurriedly took out a handful of corpse crystals from his backpack and ran out. As a result, he ran a few steps, turned around again, picked up the bottle and ran again.

Looking at the back of the man who was limping away, Nan Shao sighed inwardly. It seemed that no one could stay calm when facing the person he cared about most. Even if the sky fell, he might not change his color. Men are no exception.

"Here." As a slightly familiar female voice rang in his ears, a half-filled mineral water bottle was handed to Nan Shao.

Nan Shao looked up and saw the woman who was in the same car. He was not polite. He took the bottle and unscrewed it. He gave Zhang Ruiyang some water first, and then patted the rest on his forehead, neck, and armpits. . After a while, the child opened his eyes.

"Handsome uncle..." After being confused for a while, the little guy finally recognized who was holding him.

"Yes." A smile appeared on Nan Shao's face, and his anxious heart finally settled. It's not a good thing to be sick at a time like this.

The child moved his head and looked around, as if he was looking for something. When he saw the woman, a confused look appeared in his eyes, but he still called out: "Auntie."

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then He gave a stiff smile, obviously it had been too long since he had dealt with such a common exchange before the end of the world.

"Your dad went to change the water and will be back in a while." Noticing the child's searching gaze, Nan Shao said with understanding. She stretched out her hand to rub his little head and asked gently: "Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere? Are you hungry? Hungry?"

Zhang Ruiyang shook his head, he actually just missed his father.

Nan Shao saw the child's languorous expression, and thought it was because he had not recovered yet, but the water was gone. After thinking for a moment, he put the child down, then went back to the shack and took out a lollipop.

"Look, what is this?"

The colorful wrapping paper, with a green apple printed on it, has always been full of temptation for children. But Zhang Ruiyang just looked at it listlessly, then reluctantly picked up his energy and responded cooperatively: "Lollipop."

Nan Shao suddenly felt that he was particularly stupid. Just when he was about to fold, Zhang Yi came back.

Zhang Yi carried three bottles of water through the idle crowd in the shantytown and hurried back. When he saw Yangyang had woken up and was sitting on the ground, holding a lollipop in his hand, his head lowered and he didn't know what he was doing. When Nan Shao in front of him was saying something, he forgot to move forward for a moment, and just stood there panting and sweating, staring blankly.

"Dad!" As if there was a connection between father and son, Zhang Ruiyang suddenly raised his head and looked over, accurately finding the place where Zhang Yi was. A smile brighter than the sun suddenly appeared on his little face. He got up and rushed away. past.

Zhang Yi bent down, opened his arms holding water, caught the child, and then hugged him tightly, burying his face in his son's neck. His shoulders trembled for a long time before he raised his head. His eyes were a little red. The shock of regaining his son made him The mood almost collapsed.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" A small hand wrapped around Zhang Yi's neck, and the other touched his eyes. Zhang Ruiyang was a little confused and didn't understand how to be okay. His father was sad again.

"Dad is fine...Dad is so happy to see Yangyang." Zhang Yi raised the corners of his lips, showing a big smile, and kissed the child twice on the face. The stubble made the child cry out in pain and giggle at the same time, attracting the attention of many people.

"Dad didn't come back yesterday, are Yangyang afraid?" Zhang Yi picked up the child and asked as he walked towards the shack.

"Don't be afraid!" Zhang Ruiyang shook his little head exaggeratedly, "If dad doesn't come back, I will hide in the cave and wait for dad to come back." At this point, he frowned and rested his head on Zhang Yi's head. On his shoulders, the previous energy and energy seemed to have been drained all of a sudden, "Dad, Yangyang is dizzy..."

Zhang Yi turned his face and kissed his son's sweaty hair, regaining his usual calmness, and softly "Then let's sleep next to daddy for a while, daddy won't go out today."

"That's great. Dad, will you wait for Yangyang to wake up?"

"Well, when Yangyang wakes up, daddy will make something delicious for Yangyang."

Zhang Ruiyang felt relieved, and he just lay on Zhang Yi's shoulder, closed his eyes, and soon began to snore.

Nan Shao walked over and took the water bottle from his hand, and said, "While the sun is still not strong, let's sit outside for a while."

Zhang Yi nodded. The child was either bored in the shed or hiding in the hole all day, so he should Let him get some air. Everyone who should know about the trouble just now must know it, and there is no point in hiding it anymore. As for what to do in the future, we will talk about it then.

When Nan Shao put down the water and went into the shack to take out a few woven bags to put up above his head to block the sun, the two of them discovered that the woman had been standing nearby.

The woman's name was Li Muran, and she lived not far from them. Because she was alone, she couldn't get enough corpse crystals to rent a house, so every time she went out, she only got enough corpse crystals and supplies for a day or two, otherwise there would be too much and there would be no room. Hiding it and not being able to carry it with you will also be an advantage to others. Someone once bullied her as a woman. He once came into her shack in the middle of the night and she killed him, castrated him and threw him outside. After that, no one dared to mess with her anymore. After all, those who are capable don't like her appearance, but those who are not capable don't even dare to kill zombies, and are too afraid of death, so she is allowed to temporarily gain peace.

In such a world, it is too difficult for a single woman to get along, especially a single woman who does not have any powerful abilities. Even so, she never thought about teaming up with others until she saw Yangyang. The moment she met Yangyang's clean eyes and was called aunt, she resolutely made a decision.

Chapter 15 New Members

Women are always emotional, and sometimes they are even so emotional that men cannot understand. Maybe just a detail that others think is insignificant can make them make a very important decision, even a woman who looks tough on the outside. So true.

"I want to partner up with you." She said without any tact. Before the end of the world, she was still a student, and she was not good at dealing with people in the first place. After the end of the world, she would be even less good at it. After thinking about it, she added: "I won't drag you down."

"Have you thought it through?" Zhang and Yi had also seen her kill zombies. Of course they knew that what she said was the truth. Cooperation between the two parties would be beneficial to each other. , since the other party took the initiative, they naturally had no reason not to agree. As for trust, let alone her, there was no absolute trust between Zhang Yi and Nan Shao. In times like these, trust is just a luxury. As long as we have common interests, we can come together. Furthermore, because the other person is a woman, the two of them are still willing to take care of her as much as they can.

"Yes." Li Muran responded without hesitation.

So the matter was settled.

"I will take Yangyang out with me tomorrow." After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yi spoke, not to discuss with the two of them, but to announce. When the two of them decided to partner up with him, they should have understood that he might take Yangyang with him at any time. If they didn't want to, it was still too late to break up now.

Now that everyone around him knew Yang Yang's existence, he didn't dare to take any more risks. Now that there were three people, he hadn't thought about leaving one person to help look after Yang Yang and the things they got back. He and Nan Shao were men, so it was impossible for them to stay. The only one who could stay was Li Muran. However, Li Muran might be able to protect himself, but with Yang Yang, it might be a bit difficult. So after much deliberation, he could only decide to bring people with him. That way, he can watch at any time and allow Yangyang to adapt to this kind of life as soon as possible, and he doesn't have to be bored in shacks and caves every day, which will cause problems sooner or later.

Hearing his words, Nan Shao was silent. Li Muran sat cross-legged with his head lowered and showed no reaction. Apparently he didn't mind. Everyone has their own difficulties, so don't blame anyone for being a drag.

"Since we have decided to get together, we'd better find a way to rent a house as soon as possible, so that we can get more food and store it. If the weather continues like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before we have nothing to eat." Nan Shao used a stick He inserted it into the gap on the shack, put on the woven bag, and built a makeshift awning to block the sun. Then he sat next to Zhang Yi and said.

In fact, all three of them knew that no matter how much they saved, they would not be able to sustain it for long. Because there has been no rain, the water level of the river that separates Wangyang Town from the other side has dropped to one-third of its original level. If it continues like this, not only will it be impossible to grow food and vegetables, but it will also be difficult to drink purified water. Water superpowers alone cannot solve the drinking water problem for tens of thousands of people in Wangyang Town. At that time, I am afraid that there will be a second wave of death climax after the human mutation. However, knowing that this was the case, they had to work hard to make plans. Even if it was like shaking a tree, it was better than doing nothing.

"Don't ask me what I mean, just do whatever you say." Li Muran said simply. She has no worries and no ambitions. Her only purpose is to survive. As long as her bottom line is not touched, she doesn't care about anything else. And her bottom line is, first, don't sleep with a man, and second, don't let her die.

Nan Shao was stunned for a moment, and for the first time, he felt that working with this woman was not a bad idea.

The three of them had only known each other for a short time, and they didn't need to be conciliatory with each other like they did before the apocalypse, so they quickly ran out of things to say. Li Muran sat for a while and then stood up: "I'll go back to sleep if it's okay. Call me when you leave tomorrow morning." After that, he decisively turned around and left. But within two minutes, he turned back and threw two sealed braised eggs to Zhang Yi: "For the children." She took them when she entered the small supermarket while others were not paying attention. Yesterday when she went to Xiaodian Street, apart from sanitary napkins, she only got this and two corpse crystals.

Without waiting for Zhang Yi to thank or refuse, she threw down the eggs and returned to her shack, just as she had never thought of thanking them.

"Collect it for me." Zhang Yi handed the braised eggs to Nan Shao and said. Neither of them likes to talk about others behind their backs, and their relationship hasn't reached that stage, so they didn't discuss much about Li Muran's departure.

Nan Shao got up and walked into the shack, putting the braised eggs and other things together. When he came out, he saw Zhang Yizheng feeding Zhang Ruiyang water from a bottle. Zhang Ruiyang slept deeply. Although there was something blocking the sun, he was still sweating profusely. He thought for a while, then went back and took the soup basin and a towel.

He poured a bottle of water into the basin, then wet the towel, wrung it out slightly, and handed it to Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi thanked him in a low voice and no longer cared about wasting water. He held Zhang Ruiyang in one hand and gently wiped his head, face and body with a towel in the other. The little guy was very dirty. After using two bottles of water, the towel was still black, but at least it was much cooler than before.

"I'll get two more bottles." Nan Shao stood up and said.

"Do you know where to change?" Zhang Yi asked, thinking that the other party had just arrived yesterday and he hadn't had the chance to familiarize him with the town, so he added: "You can hold Yangyang for me while I go."

"How big a place is, you can't change it People are missing." Nan Shao said with a smile, "Isn't your leg still hurting? Take a rest." After saying that, he went into the shack and picked up a few corpse crystals, then picked up the empty bottle and left.

Zhang Yi was a little surprised at the man's attentiveness. After exerting himself yesterday, his legs were not completely healed even after a night's rest. In addition, he had run again just now, and the pain in his legs was getting worse, so he Accept the other party's love.

Nan Shao walked all the way and found that there were many ordinary people in the shanty towns who had not gone out to hunt, but there were not many old people and children among them, almost all of them were men and women in their prime. They were skinny, ragged, dirty and smelly. Many of the men were so hot that they were lying in front of their shacks in their underpants, while the women were ogling and posing at the men coming and going, trying to get a little something through some means. Food.

After walking out of the shantytown that was originally a field, I saw the main road that ran through the town, and buildings began to appear next to it. Old-fashioned red brick houses, adobe houses, and new self-built houses for townspeople, staff dormitories, and residential buildings are mixed with each other, not too compactly distributed on both sides of the road, extending to the bare foot of the mountain. From time to time on the road, there would be motorcades heading towards the exit of the town. Sitting on them were energetic people with superpowers full of murderous aura. They were obviously either hunting corpses or looking for supplies. Even people walking on the road are in much better spirits than those in shantytowns.

Looking at the people carrying empty bottles on the road, Nan Shao found a water change point in the town where the supply and marketing cooperative used to be. It was a two-story concrete flat-roofed house. The exposed walls looked ugly but thick, which made the people who were forced to flee here involuntarily feel a sense of security. When I walked in, I found that not only could I change water, but I could also change food, such as rice noodles and biscuits. As for the bran cake that Zhang Yi got back, he got it in exchange for it at the former government canteen next to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Because there were not many people changing the water at this time, there were only two young women inside. When they saw Nan Shao, their eyes lit up, but when they found that he only changed two bottles of water, they were quickly replaced by contempt. Nan Shao had no interest in women to begin with, so he didn't care. He took the changed water and went back. When he walked to the entrance of the shanty town, he saw a pedal tricycle parked there. When he passed by, he glanced at the wet blood stains in the carriage behind him. He frowned and pretended not to see it. Before walking a certain distance, I saw two men throwing a large black lump onto the garbage pile in the corner, and then turned around and came this way.

Passing by in a hurry and glancing at them casually, Nan Shao suddenly felt that the two men looked familiar, and then remembered that they were members of the vanguard. He paused and couldn't help but slow down his pace. He didn't hear the creaking sound of the tricycle behind him and glanced back to make sure they were gone before walking towards the garbage dump.

Chapter 16 Meat Tower Chen

As I got closer, I saw clearly that it was a fat man wrapped haphazardly with a black sheet. The man was lying there with his back stretched out, his face turned blue, his eyes lifeless looking at the sky, his chest heaving rapidly, the sheets spread out, A large piece of white flesh was exposed, and there was obviously no clothes underneath. Nan Shao only took one glance and recognized the man who always liked to greet Zhang Yi with a smile.

It looked like it had been ravaged. He thought to himself, and then he saw the two fat legs exposed with bloody flesh, which were obviously useless. He felt a thump in his heart and turned around to leave.

Routa Chen is a mutant. Although it is only about speed, due to the mutation, all aspects of the body's senses will be strengthened. Even if he is desperate, he will still know that someone is coming and then walk away. However, his eyes will not move, let alone Said he was asking for help.

On the way back, Nan Shao had thought about the whole thing several times, and finally decided to tell Zhang Yi. According to his intention, of course he didn't want to save him, because the injury on Rou Ta Chen's leg looked like a man-made gunshot wound. Saving him would not only be a matter of raising a person for nothing, but also might offend the person who shot him. Given their current situation, it was an unwise decision. But this person is Zhang Yi's friend. If Zhang Yi wants to save him, he will not object because he doesn't know if one day he will encounter the same choice.

"Where is it? Take me there!" Sure enough, when Zhang Yi heard that it was Routa Chen, he didn't even hesitate and planned to save people.

"At the garbage dump at the exit." Nan Shao replied, looking at Zhang Ruiyang who was still sleeping soundly in Zhang Yi's arms. Before he could speak, Zhang Yi had already stood up with the child in his arms and walked towards Li Muran's shack.

As soon as they got close and before they called anyone, Li Muran came out and asked, "What's going on?"

"Look at Yangyang for me, let's go rescue people." Zhang Yi said.

Li Muran didn't ask any more questions and carefully took Zhang Ruiyang. Seeing that the child seemed to be waking up, he quickly shook it gently, looking very skillful. He had obviously done it before.

"I have two younger sisters and a younger brother." She explained casually, then bent down and hugged Yangyang back to her shack. She really didn't ask them a word about rescuing people, because she knew in her heart that if they could survive until now and have a child to raise, they would never ask for trouble. If they wanted to save people, they would definitely have to save them. That kind of thing.

"Take the guy with you." His son was being taken care of. Zhang Yi was relieved and turned around and said to Nan Shao.

Nan Shao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to bring with him to rescue people. He saw that Zhang Yi had returned to the shack, picked up the machete, and brought out the pickaxe for him. He had to take it, but his heart was full of questions, but seeing Zhang Yi's tense face, he finally resisted asking. But when they reached the garbage dump, his doubts finally came to an answer.

However, the moment he left, a few skinny men gathered in front of the garbage dump. They were surrounding the meat tower, wanting to get closer but not daring to get close, with a gleam like hungry wolves in their eyes.

"Hey, what are you doing? We saw him first!" Seeing the two men copying the guy over, one of the men yelled dissatisfied, but subconsciously took two steps back. Maybe they were not familiar with Nan Shao, but they knew Zhang Yi and knew that although he was lame, he could kill zombies as fiercely as anyone else. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the weapons in their hands are still stained with the blood of zombies. If they are accidentally bumped, it will not be fun.

"He is my friend." Zhang Yi's answer was simple.

The few people looked at each other, even though there were doubts and unwillingness in their eyes, they still backed away, but they still stood and watched from a distance. Zhang Yi ignored them, walked to Routa Chen and squatted down. He first took off the sheets and looked at his body. He found that except for his legs, there were no injuries anywhere else, but the guy hanging between his crotch and even the hair were stained. It was a mess of dry white turbidity and woman's fluids. It was obviously dragged from the bed.

"Xiao Chen... Xiao Chen..." He covered the sheet again, and then patted the face that seemed to have lost all awareness of the outside world.

The familiar voice made Routa Chen's eyes finally move, and then slowly fixed on the face that was looking at him calmly with his head lowered. He recognized Zhang Yi, he blinked, and then he seemed to have been wronged. The child, as if he had found his mother, let out a loud cry and howled bitterly.

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Zhang Yi felt relieved. Instead of comforting or asking what happened, he motioned to Nan Shao to carry him back with him. When those who observed the situation saw this scene and knew that Zhang Yi was not lying, they could only leave in anger.

Along the way, Routa Chen cried loudly, attracting many people to watch. Yi Nanshao's face, which was tempered in the apocalypse, was still a little unbearable, and he felt slightly hot. It was just because of the added pressure of carrying heavy objects. Due to the double influence of the sun and the heat, no one noticed that he was already sweating profusely, but Zhang Yi looked calm as always and was not affected at all.

It wasn't until they returned to the shack that even Zhang Ruiyang was woken up by the miserable sound. He held Li Muran's hand, rubbed his eyes and walked out of her shack. He called out daddy in a daze, and Zhang Yi finally shouted softly: "That's enough." "

Routa Chen's howl suddenly stopped, making people whose ears were accustomed to the noise he made feel uncomfortable for a moment. He let out a big burp and looked at Zhang Yi with tears in his eyes: "Captain Zhang, my legs are useless...Captain Zhang, I'm going to die, wow..." As he spoke, he howled again.

Zhang Yi saw his face covered with tears and snot, and the scene when he first saw him more than ten years ago came to mind. He was a fat young man in his early twenties, wearing dazzling gold chains and rings all over his body. He was laughing so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes, and his stomach was trembling like a Maitreya Buddha. However, his stomach was full of bad water, which was slippery and slippery, making people want to scrape two layers of fat off his body to feel comfortable. After getting acquainted with him, I realized that he was just a big boy. He was afraid of death, lustful and courageous, but he valued loyalty. Later, he was imprisoned, and he was the only one running around trying to get himself out, and he also helped take care of his mother from time to time.

"Uncle Fatty." Yang Yang finally recognized Ta Chen, who had lost a lot of weight. He broke free from Li Muran's hand, walked over, knelt down, and shouted softly.

"Hiccup..." Routa Chen was still lying on the ground. Although he was crying sadly, his ears were still very sharp. When he heard this shout, he was startled. He blinked hard and squeezed away the tears inside. Finally, I saw the concerned little face clearly. "Little darling, you're not dead..."

Except for Zhang Ruiyang, everyone present could not help but twitch the corners of their mouths. One was because of the weird title of little darling, and the other was because of the words that didn't sound nice. Have you ever asked anyone this?

Zhang Ruiyang tilted his little head, not understanding what death meant, but still answered obediently: "Uncle Fatty, my dad is back, grandma is going..." He wanted to bite his finger, glanced at Zhang Yi, and held back, Then he raised his little hand and pointed in a very far direction seriously, "Go there to see a doctor. There are many, many monsters. Dad carries Yang Yang, fights monsters, rides in cars..." The little guy chattered for a long time before he remembered Asked: "Uncle Fatty, why are you crying?"

Routa Chen looked in the direction of his little finger and tried hard to figure out which way it was, but he didn't realize there was a big hospital in that direction, so he guessed where the little guy was. Pointing randomly, even the little guy must not be able to figure out which way it is. But he finally understood what happened at Zhang Yi's house. He was regretting that he was afraid that Zhang Yi would be sad, so he didn't ask if the child and grandma were still there. When he heard the little guy's question behind him, he suddenly felt sad. , tears burst into his eyes, "Little darling, fat uncle is going to die... Fat uncle is going to die, wuwu..."

"Why is fat uncle going to die?" Zhang Ruiyang heard the word death again, and seeing Rou Ta Chen so sad, he couldn't help but He asked, and at the same time stretched out his little hand to wipe away Routa Chen's tears, "Uncle Fatty, don't cry, don't cry..."

Looking at the fat face that was wiped even more horribly by the little hand, Zhang Yi finally couldn't stand it any longer, and bent down to raise his head. Yang picked him up and handed him to Li Muran: "Yangyang, be obedient and go play with your sister. I'll come back to see my fat uncle later."

"But, dad, fat uncle cried so sadly." Zhang Ruiyang always listened to Zhang Yi's words, but he also liked meat tart Chen very much. He was a little reluctant to give up, and his little face was full of tangles.

"It's okay, dad is here." Zhang Yi looked gentle, touched his son's head comfortingly, and then motioned to Li Muran to take Yangyang away. The situation under the sheets of Fat Ta Chen is really not suitable for women and children to see.

When the two of them entered Li Muran's tent, Zhang Yicai sat down on the ground next to the meat pagoda Chen and scolded angrily: "Look at how promising you are!"

Chapter 17 Reason

As he spoke, he lifted a corner of the sheet and took a closer look at the wounds. He found that the two wounds were above the knee. One wound passed through the outside of the thigh. It looked bloody and scary. The other wound was close to the leg bone. The wound was not big. , but the bleeding stopped, and the bullet should still be inside. Zhang Yi felt cold in his heart, but his expression did not change. He said calmly: "I can't die."

Nan Shao looked at him in surprise and did not interrupt.

It was hot, there was no medical treatment, there was not even clean water or cloth to clean and bandage the wound, and there was not enough nutrition. Not to mention other things, just an infection could kill the fat man.

But Routa Chen was convinced. He stopped howling and looked at Zhang Yi hopefully: "Really?

" Me." He saw that Nan Shao had taken a lot of towels, and only that one was a little cleaner at the moment. Let's stop the bleeding first.

Watching Nan Shao go in, he cut open the sheets with a knife and asked: "How did it happen like this?" It must be said that the mutants are in good physical condition, and they are still very energetic even after suffering two gunshot wounds, so before he The answer wasn't entirely comforting.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Routa Chen's originally weeping face instantly turned ferocious, and the meat squeezed into a pile spread out, and blazing anger and hatred burned in his little eyes. How could he still remember the legs? of pain.

"I'm going to fuck his uncle Zheng Kun, his son-of-a-bitch grandson..." He opened his mouth with a string of vulgar curse words.

Zhang Yi didn't stop him and ripped off two sheets with a loud snap. Nan Shao also walked out with three towels at this time. Zhang Yi took one, folded it and pressed it on the bleeding wound, and then wrapped it tightly with a sheet. As for the other leg, because the wound was too big, two towels were folded together and then covered and bandaged. Nan Shao squatted aside to help.

From Routa Chen's mixed curses, the two learned that it turned out to be for a woman. It stands to reason that at such a time, it is impossible for Routa to offend Zheng Kun for a woman, but how did he know that before the end of the world, Zheng Kun had pursued that woman and was humiliated in public? Because of his good family background, so Zheng Kun couldn't do anything to her, so he could only hold back his breath. After the apocalypse, the woman failed to awaken her powers and had no support from her family. Zheng Kun was waiting for her to beg him, but he didn't expect that she would fall in love with Rou Ta Chen. The woman was beautiful and took the initiative to embrace her. Routa Chen didn't know about the grudge between her and Zheng Kun, so he naturally accepted her happily. If he knew that there was such a period, even if the gods gave it to him, he would not dare to touch it.

"According to your statement, she looks like a fairy, so why did she fall in love with you? There are not ten thousand but eight thousand capable people in Wangyang Town. Who can follow who can't beat Zheng Kun?" Zhang Yi sneered. , and Nan Shao brought the meat tower Chen into the shack, and then sat up against the wall. Both of them couldn't fit into their clothes, so they had no choice but to wrap them up in sheets.

Hearing his words, Routa Chen stopped cursing endlessly, with a swollen face, and replied with some injustice: "Captain Zhang, you look down on people too much. Why can't Bai Mei fall in love with me?"

Zhang Yizhi is smart . , so I stopped talking without talking nonsense and took a bottle of water and handed it to him.

Rou Ta Chen stretched out his hand from the sheets and took it, unscrewed the lid and took a few sips. His expression suddenly became defeated, "Captain Zhang, my legs..." "

Call me my name." Zhang Yi interrupted him, " Don't worry about your legs, I will find a way." He introduced Nan Shao to him: "He is Nan Shao, brother."

"Brother Shao," Routa Chen said obediently.

Nan Shao nodded slightly in response.

"You help me keep an eye on him while I go out for a while." Zhang Yi said to Nan Shao, then took a corpse crystal, picked up his steel machete and walked out.

"Where are you going?" Nan Shao followed.

"I'll ask those people if there are any surgeons." Zhang Yi said. Because people with super powers rarely need ordinary doctors, the original health center in the town was also cleaned up when people cleaned up the town. Useful medicines and equipment were looted, and no new medical institutions were built after that. , so he could only think of another way. In fact, even if there are hospitals or clinics, they cannot afford the cost of medicines, not to mention surgeries. Today's medicines can be compared to pre-apocalyptic gold.

"Then what are you doing with this?" Nan Shao was not like before. He just said whatever Zhang Yi said. He didn't say a word, but seemed to ask the question.

Zhang Yi was silent for a moment and then responded: "Go to the county again and see if I can get some medicine." At the end, he added: "I will be back." He took care of the meat tower Chen and did not care about anything else. People's wishes cannot be taken for granted at this time and let them go on adventures with him. But he cherished his life because he still had a son who he couldn't let go of.

"I'll go with you. It's enough to let Li Muran take care of me here." Nan Shao said without refusal. He turned around and went into the shack to get his pickaxe. Then he poured out the contents of his backpack and took a few more corpse crystals and a bottle. Shui didn't even talk to the fat man who was looking at him eagerly, and walked straight out.

Zhang Yi looked at him, hesitated to speak, and finally said thank you softly, with a sincere smile on his face, making him look a little softer and shy. He had only smiled like this at Zhang Ruiyang, and Nan Shao's heart moved inexplicably, knowing that he was truly accepted by him now.

"Don't forget, we are in this together." Nan Shao smiled back, feeling that his mood suddenly improved. Maybe he subconsciously understood that if he was accepted by this person, he would not be left behind no matter what, even if he was infected with the zombie virus.

"Yeah." Zhang Yi smiled knowingly.

The two walked to Li Muran's tent and called out once. Zhang Ruiyang had already come out, "Dad?" The movement that was about to jump into Zhang Yi's arms stopped. The little guy looked at the thing in Zhang Yi's hand with confusion. . Because he knew that Zhang Yi had to go out every time he took these.

Zhang Yi felt a little guilty, squatted down in front of Zhang Ruiyang, hugged the thin body, and whispered: "Yangyang, daddy has to go back to get medicine for the fat uncle, so he can't accompany you today. You go with your aunt Can you take care of your fat uncle at home?"

Zhang Ruiyang frowned when he heard this. When Zhang Yizheng was a little uneasy, the little guy nodded unusually solemnly, "Okay" and then held Zhang Yi's hand in his hands. Zhang Yi kissed his son loudly on the nose: "Dad is going to get a lot of medicine for the fat uncle."

Zhang Yi touched his son's face with his own. While he was relieved, he felt even more owed. .

"I'll go with you." Li Muran, who had been watching silently, suddenly spoke. Before the two could object, he added: "I am a medical student and I know what medicine to use." If she wants to form a team with them, she must show her performance. If you don't serve your own usefulness and keep hiding behind, you will still be abandoned in times of crisis.

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao were stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that there was a doctor nearby, although Li Muran later corrected them and said that she was just an intern and had not officially graduated. Because of this reason, they have no reason to object. After all, they can only bring limited things, so it would be better if they can pick up the most useful ones.

After only beating Rou Ta Chen's leg and throwing him into the slums, he knew that Zheng Kun didn't want his life, but wanted him to be tortured slowly, so he didn't have to worry about them coming in a short time. As for the other people in the slum area, as long as Rou Ta Chen is still in good spirits, they don't have the guts to take advantage of him. Even if a mutant is injured, he is still a mutant. This identity alone can intimidate those who are afraid of death. So Zhang Yi kept Zhang Ruiyang with peace of mind, arranged things, and the three of them set off.

Nan Shao left the biscuits and apples that he had not eaten with two people, one injured and one small, and two bottles of water for them. As for the three of them, they first went to the canteen to exchange for some bran cakes. The water was brought with them before. Li Muran had a bottle for himself, and Nan Shao and Zhang Yi shared a bottle. Apart from weapons and backpacks, they didn't take anything else. something. Because it was not yet eleven o'clock, I just happened to catch the last bus to the county town.

Chapter 18 Hospital trip

Among the three, only Zhang Yi was familiar with the county, so he explained to them the distribution locations of county hospitals, traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, and maternal and child health hospitals. As for the newly established private hospital, he didn't know much about it, so he could only skip it.

"Although the pharmacy over the outpatient clinic has a relatively complete range of medicines, like the traditional Chinese medicine hospital, it is located in the new city. There is a lot of traffic there, so it is not a good choice. On the other hand, the inpatient department in the old city of this county hospital, you say obstetrics and gynecology and The surgery is here, and the medicines in the pharmacy should be more targeted. Even if there are more patients when the apocalypse occurs, it will be easier to deal with it than in the outpatient department. "After listening, Zhang said. Li Muran, who has a fairly good understanding of the hospital's situation, said Yi's description.

Ziyun County is not wealthy to begin with. The county hospital is certainly not that big, and the medical and surgical departments are not subdivided. According to Zhang Yi, the old hospital was just a three-story building, so even if it was full of people, it would still be very limited.

"Generally, at the entrance of the hospital or in the lobby on the first floor, there will be a floor plan of the hospital's departments. Take a look when you enter." After learning that Zhang Yi didn't know the exact locations of the pharmacy and surgery, Li Muran had no choice but to tell him this Two people. "Our target is the pharmacy and the surgical operating room." At this point, she frowned and looked at Zhang Yi: "Has someone already been there?"

Zhang Yi shook his head, "According to As far as I know, the superpowers have not cleaned up the old city. "Because in their opinion, there is little value in spending energy here. As for ordinary people, that goes without saying. If it hadn't been for the Vanguard organization yesterday, no one would have thought to go deep here.

"Maybe we can find a car that we can drive here." Nan Shao, who had been listening quietly to the two people talking, suddenly said.

"This is very likely." Li Muran glanced at him, "To transport patients from the outpatient department to the inpatient department, an ambulance must be used." Another point she did not mention was that in large hospitals, there are many doctors who drive themselves to work. Maybe the income of doctors in county hospitals cannot reach this level, but the dean and department director of Baobuqi have the ability.

"I hope we are lucky enough." Zhang Yi laughed. But my mind was racing, thinking about where else in the old city besides the old hospital there might be a car.

The three of them had already eaten in the car, but because they didn't want to attract other people's attention, they still discussed the action plan after getting off the car. After deciding where to go, there was no further delay. Zhang Yi led the way and rushed to the destination as soon as possible.

The main entrance of the old hospital is adjacent to the school. After what happened yesterday, that road is probably full of zombies. After a brief thought, Zhang Yi chose to enter through the back door. Most of the ordinary old cities are winding and extending in all directions. Only people like Zhang Yi who grew up here can skillfully connect them together. In order to bypass a section of road that they don't want to take, they climb over other people's walls. Or there is also a roof. Therefore, even if you occasionally encounter a group of zombies, you can quickly get rid of them. As for the individual wanderers, Nan Shao would naturally take care of them with a pickaxe.

We arrived at the back door of the hospital relatively smoothly. It was a small iron door on the wall. It couldn't be pushed and it should have been locked from the inside. The wall is about two meters high and made of cement bricks, so you can't see what's going on inside.

"Nan Shao, please carry me on your back." Zhang Yi found a higher ground and asked Li Muran to help him hold the steel bars, and said to Nan Shao. In the past, he didn't need anyone's help at such a height. He only needed to take two steps and put up the wall to climb in. But now that his legs and feet are weak, he can only use side strength.

Nan Shao glanced at him, thought for a while, put the pickaxe on the ground, squatted down, and clasped his hands: "Come up."

Zhang Yi stretched out his hand to grab the wall, stepped on it with his left foot, and put his right foot on the ground. When Nan Shao exerted his strength on his hand, he used the force to jump up and was already sitting astride the wall.

"Good skills." Nan Shao said with a smile, took two steps back, took a running start, and also jumped up.

Zhang Yi was a little surprised and followed him, but seeing that there were no zombies in the backyard, he didn't say anything more. He took the steel bar handed over by Li Muran and jumped down. When he landed, his feet were not steady and he rolled on the spot, releasing his strength. Yes, it didn't hurt my leg. When he stood up, Nan Shao was already standing beside him.

The backyard is not big. There are some abandoned hospital beds and IV poles piled inside, as well as brooms, shovels and other debris. The door to the front is also closed. This is probably why there are no zombies in the yard. The small door on the courtyard wall was locked with a large old plum blossom iron lock. Zhang Yi inserted the steel bar into the lock ring and pried it open, letting Li Muran in.

The sound of the glass being hit and scratched came from above. When they looked up, they discovered that behind the windows on the second and third floors, there were some zombies with hideous and disgusting faces, scattered and clinging to the glass. Their eyes were cloudy and rotten. Their faces are lifeless, but their salivating mouth corners, wheezing gasps, and arms waving against the open windows can all make people feel their excitement and desire for fresh food. On the other hand, the first floor was deserted. There was only a ward in the corner where a pregnant woman with a pregnant belly scraped the glass with her fingernails, making goosebumps rise on the body. It can be inferred that the first floor may be the obstetrics and gynecology department.

"Hurry up and open the door, the window is going to be broken!" Li Muran urged. Before she finished her words, she heard a crunching sound, and a window leaf fell down with the glass on it, smashed to the ground, and shattered. The fragments reflected the sunlight, which was so bright that it hurt the eyes. . Then there was a dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and a zombie that was originally crowded behind the window fell down. Because it was head-first, it kicked its legs twice and stopped moving.

Before Zhang Yi and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, there were two more sounds, and two more zombies fell down. This time, they were no longer as lucky as they had been at the beginning. One of the two zombies only broke his hand and the other had his face flattened, but they were still able to get up and walk towards the three of them. And because of this scene, the zombies upstairs became even more manic, and several more windows were smashed.

The door inside is equipped with an ordinary double-safe pin tumbler door lock, which is locked from the inside. It takes a lot of effort to open it, and the loud noise will attract more zombies, so Zhang Yi stopped Nan Shao from using a pickaxe to break the lock. With a quick movement, I found a roll of thin wire in the debris pile. I broke off a piece of it, put it into the keyhole and fiddled with it skillfully a few times. I heard a soft click and the door was opened. At the same time, Nan Shao and Li Muran also killed the two zombies respectively.

"You actually know how to do this?" Nan Shao couldn't help but be surprised when he turned around and saw Zhang Yi's actions.

"Work requires it." Zhang Yi was a little embarrassed, coughed dryly, and whispered. He is a criminal police officer and faces all kinds of criminals. In order to solve crimes, he sometimes needs some skills that are difficult to explain, and lock picking is one of them.

Carefully opening a crack to make sure there were no zombies nearby, the three of them quickly got in when the zombies dropped downstairs like dumplings, and then locked the door behind them.

The door is at the bottom of the stairs. Going out is the lobby of the hospital. Surprisingly, the lobby is empty. There are two stretchers, several IV stands and a flat oxygen bag scattered around. The two racks are lying on their sides on the ground. There was a broken infusion bottle hanging, with a pool of dried liquid remaining around it. There were dried blood stains on the floor and walls. A white nurse's cloth shoe had fallen in the corner, and a layer of dust had accumulated on it. It was obvious that chaos had occurred here, but there were no severed limbs, arms or internal organs and bones that were common in other places, so it can be inferred that there were not many casualties at that time.

There was a sound of banging on the door from behind, and Zhang Yicheng gestured to the two of them. The two men were in front, and Li Muran was behind. The three of them walked forward carefully back to back until they were sure that there were no zombies in the aisles and stairs on both sides. Zhang Yi and Nan Shao rushed out at the same time. Before the zombies wandering in the yard outside noticed, they closed the door of the hall, inserted the upper, middle and lower bolts, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Because it was an old-fashioned wooden door with only two narrow glass windows on the top, once it was closed, the light in the hall dimmed.

"There is a corpse in the aisle on the right. It has completely decomposed." When the two went to close the door, Li Muran had already roughly figured out the surrounding environment. "On the left is the pharmacy. There is a zombie inside. The door is closed and you can't get out. On the right is the duty room. There is no one there. The obstetrics and gynecology department is on the first floor, and the surgery is on the second and third floors. The operating room is on the right side of the third floor." The hospital layout map is on the wall of the duty room, so you can see it at a glance. The duty room should have been the registration place at first. Later, the outpatient clinic was moved to the new hospital, so the small registration window was boarded up.

While listening to her story, the three of them checked the doors upstairs and downstairs amidst the thumping sounds of zombies knocking on the door panels and furious roars. They found that the doors of almost all rooms were closed, including the wards and the duty rooms for doctors and nurses. , only the debridement room and fluid preparation room on the second floor are open. No wonder there are no zombies in the hall and corridors. Through the window of the debridement room, you can see an ambulance parked in the courtyard at the main entrance. There are only three or two zombies climbing up the stone steps, but there are more zombies attracted by the sounds here, coming from outside. slowly gathered on the street.

"We have to hurry up." Zhang Yi said, looking at Li Muran.

Li Muran was silent, and quickly collected a bunch of hydrogen peroxide, cotton balls, cotton swabs, gauze bandages, iodine, alcohol, 500 ml of saline, etc. and put them into his backpack. He also took an unopened debridement bag and soaked it in the new Germide. Use tweezers to pick up a few more needles and scalpel blades and put them in a sterilized small bottle for later use. With this, she didn't plan to go to the operating room. He handed the bulging bag to Nan Shao, then went directly to the infusion room not far away, picked up the 500 ml bottle of 10% glucose, pried open the plastic and aluminum cap on the edge of the table, and pulled it off. He handed the rubber stopper to Zhang Yi, opened two more bottles, one of Nanshao, and kept the other for himself, and then drank like this. It had been too long since she had been able to drink water so freely, so she drank half the bottle in one gulp.

While drinking, she collected several bottles of 100 ml of physiological saline for injection, and picked up several packs of disposable infusion sets and syringes. When she saw some useless penicillins, cephalosporins and other antibiotics, she put them all into the empty bag Zhang Yi gave her.

"These things are barely enough." She said, after a pause, "It's just that it's not convenient to take more injections. You can go to the pharmacy below to get some oral antibiotics, hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drugs. In addition, if we can bring such If you take a pack of medicine back, you should be able to rent a one-bedroom apartment." She pointed to the empty backpack in Shan Shao's hand.

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao looked at each other, and then said decisively: "Yes." They both knew that after this time, it would not be so easy in the future. If they could solve the housing problem immediately, what would it matter if they took a little risk? relation.

Chapter 19 Han Ling

The three of them came downstairs, and the door was being pushed with a loud bang, echoing the knocks from behind and everywhere in the building. The three bolts were already old and looked like they would not last long. The zombies in the pharmacy who were still wearing white coats were also roaring angrily, extending their hands out of the small window for taking medicine, trying to break out of the window. Zhang Yi handed the machete to Nan Shao and continued to use his opening skills. Fortunately, he didn't throw away the wire, otherwise he would have wasted time looking for it.

Nan Shao took the machete, grabbed the zombie's wrist, pressed it on the concrete platform outside the window, and cut it off in two strokes. The zombie roared, perhaps unaware of its anger, but its severed hand could not stop it from craving for fresh flesh and blood, and the other claw stretched out again. Nan Shao followed suit. The danger of zombies without hands is greatly reduced.

Zhang Yi quickly unlocked the door and pushed in. When the zombie who had lost his hands heard the sound and rushed towards him, he accurately raised the steel bar and pierced it into its eyes and penetrated its brain. Li Muran followed closely behind, quickly pulling the medicines he found useful into his backpack, and collected a large bag in a blink of an eye.

"Let's go!" He glanced out the window and saw that many zombies had entered the yard one after another, climbed up the stairs, and gathered in front of the gate. Many of them were still wearing school uniforms and were obviously from the nearby school. Li Muran didn't dare to delay any longer, zipped up his backpack, swung it on his back, and said.

"Upstairs!" While she was collecting the medicine, Zhang Yi and Nan Shao were not idle either. While tearing off the plastic bags in the pharmacy to contain the medicine, they discussed an escape route. After hearing this, they took all the medicine they had collected. Put them into a big plastic bag, say something to her, and then run upstairs one after the other.

When Li Muran reached the turning point of the stairs, the door below opened with a clang, unable to withstand the impact of numerous zombies. She glanced at the crowd of corpses pouring in and ran up to the second floor faster. Zhang Yi stuck his head out and shouted to her from the intensive care unit at the end of the corridor on the right. When she rushed over, there was already a zombie lying on the ground with his legs in plaster and a catheter hanging from his crotch. Nan Shao was dealing with a zombie wearing a pink nurse uniform, while Zhang Yi gathered the sheets and quilts in the care room in front of him and tied them together.

Li Muran turned around and closed the door tightly. When he locked it, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, Zhang Yi didn't have the habit of kicking in the door directly, which gave them some more time to buffer. Neither side needed her help, so she simply picked up the pickaxe, walked over, cracked open the head of the dead zombie, and dug out the corpse crystal from inside. They didn't have time to dig out the few they had killed before, which was a pity even thinking about it.

Nan Shao avoided the zombie's claws and hit her left ear with a pickaxe on the temporal bone, then hit her twice more before finishing it off. Wiping the sweat from his head, he turned around and saw Li Muran's movements, so he picked up the fragments of the zombie's skull at his feet, put his fingers in and fiddled with it for a while. He just pulled out the corpse crystal, and before he wiped it clean, he heard Zhang Yi said: "Okay."

After casually wiping it on the zombie's clothes, he walked over and looked out the window. He found that there was no wall on the side of the building. There was a cement path below, leading up to them. The place is connected to the main street. At this time, because the zombies had all gone to the main entrance of the hospital, the surrounding area was very clean.

The sound of slow but dense footsteps could be heard outside the door, as well as the excited howls of zombies chasing food. Zhang Yi tied the connected sheets to a bed railing by the window, tested the firmness, and then looked at Nan Shao: "You go first."

Like a cat smelling fishy smell, the zombies were found accurately In this room, they continued their behavior of breaking down the door. There was no time for Nan Shao to give way, so he grabbed the sheet, stepped on the window, and climbed out. Zhang Yi's hands kept holding the sheets until Nan Shao reached the ground safely and gestured to them. He breathed a sigh of relief and then motioned to Li Muran to get off.

The window was only four or five meters above the ground, not too high, but Li Muran had never done such a thing before, and she was inevitably a little scared. But she also knew there was no way out, so she raised her hand and threw the bag out, just as she was about to hold on. Scalp raised his feet and stepped up to the window.

"Wait a minute." Zhang Yi saw the strange look in her expression and hurriedly called to her, then pulled up the hanging sheet, wrapped it twice around her waist, and tied it up. "Go down. Don't be afraid, I will hold you on top."

Unexpectedly, he was so careful. Li Muran felt a warmth that he hadn't experienced in a long time in his heart. He nodded to him, then climbed up the window, closed his eyes, and turned his back. He stepped on the wall and began to slowly fall down.

"Hurry up, I won't hit you. I'll take over from below." Seeing her slowness, Nan Shao, who was standing below, was a little anxious. He didn't know how long the door would be able to block it, so he couldn't help but urge in a suppressed voice.

Li Muran also knew that the longer she spent here, the more dangerous it would be for Zhang Yi. She gritted her teeth, relaxed her palms, and dropped her feet. She immediately slid down quickly, and her heartbeat was about to jump out of her throat because of such a speed. At that moment, I just felt that my back was being held up, and my body became stable.

"You can't come down now, what are you afraid of?" Nan Shao's laughing voice came to his ears, and then his waist was loosened, and the sheet tied to it was pulled open by him.

Li Muran glanced at him and said nothing, but in his heart, he felt that killing zombies was not that thrilling. It wasn't until her feet landed on the ground that she heaved a sigh of relief, picked up her bag, patted the dust on it, and put it on her back. Since most of them are oral medicines in boxes or plastic bottles, there is no need to worry about them being smashed.

Zhang Yi was carrying a large bag of medicine on his back and holding the bag in his hand. He grabbed the sheets with one hand and quickly slid them off. The three finally gave up the idea of ​​finding a car to travel. They relied on Zhang Yi's familiarity with the terrain to avoid the hordes of zombies and quickly left the county. Because they were all in urgent need, they did not hide their secrets this time. Carrying overstuffed bags on their backs and holding a large bag in their hands, they rushed to the place where they caught the bus. There were already many people on the bus. . When handing over the corpse crystal, the driver glanced at their bags meaningfully and said with a smile: "It's a lot of gain."

Zhang Yi was prepared and handed over the plastic bag he was carrying when he handed over the corpse crystal, " A brother is seriously ill, so we went to the hospital to get some medicine. It's just a snack. You may need these, master." While Li Muran was getting medicine in the pharmacy, he and Nan Shao also grabbed a few bags. , packed a lot of messy medicine into it, just to cope with the current situation. When the driver gets these medicines, he has to share them with the superpowers who escort the car. They are not much, but they are not too little either.

He gave it naturally, without any flattery, which made the driver look at them twice, and the smile on his face became more genuine, "You are quite capable, and you dare to go to the hospital. I won't be polite." As he spoke, he put away the packet of medicine.

"Yes, I will trouble the master more often in the future." Zhang Yi replied with a smile, and then went to find a seat with Nan Shao and Li Muran to sit down.

The people in the car had a panoramic view of this scene, and their eyes couldn't help but reveal envious and greedy looks. If they hadn't heard Zhang Yi himself say that they went to the hospital and seemed to have survived, they would have been killed. Someone had an idea for them.

The three chose the seat at the back. Li Muran sat in the innermost seat, while Nan Shao and Zhang Yi sat outside. Their backpacks were stuffed under the seats. Only the bag full of bottles was held by Li Muran to prevent it from being damaged. It wasn't until he sat down that Zhang Yi felt exhausted and a little unable to hold on. After running around for two days in a row, I was extremely nervous, and I didn't even close my eyes at night. Even a tough person wouldn't be able to bear it. So not long after the car started driving, Nan Shao heard slight snoring in his ears. Looking sideways, he saw that Zhang Yi had fallen asleep leaning against the back of the chair. He smiled, crossed his arms over his chest, and closed his eyes to rest.

Nothing happened on the road. The moment the car stopped, Zhang Yi opened his eyes alertly, looking sober. If Nan Shao hadn't heard the snoring before, he would have thought he had never slept.

"It's still early now. Let's clear out some of the unused medicine and rent a house." When he was about to enter the shanty town, Li Muran glanced at the sky and said. "It will be a better environment to treat your friend's wound then, and you won't have to move it after it's been treated, so you don't have to worry about the wound opening."

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao had no objections. So Li Muran took out some necessary oral anti-inflammatory drugs and two bottles of white medicine from the bag on his back and stuffed them into Zhang Yi's bag, intending to use the rest in exchange for corpse crystals.

Including this day, Nan Shao has only been in Wangyang Town for three days, so except for changing water and dry food in the morning, he has not been to other places. When we got to the place where items were exchanged, we realized that there was also a street market here, and it was very lively, but most of the people who set up stalls to exchange items there were people with super powers. There are very few ordinary people, and they only change things that are of little use, such as gold jewelry.

As soon as Zhang Yi and the others put out the medicines, someone came up to ask. He is an ordinary person who wants medicine to lower blood pressure.

Li Muran collected a lot of medicine for bruises, anti-inflammatory drugs, and antibiotics. As for whether there were any medicines to lower blood pressure, she really couldn't remember. As she was bending down to look for them, she heard a very pleasant female voice ringing in her ears: "This is How do I change the package of medicine? I want them all."

She finally found a bottle of compound reserpine tablets. She didn't know how to get them in. She picked them up and handed them to the ordinary man who came first: "Do you think this will work? ?" As he spoke, he glanced at the woman behind him, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

She was a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, with long hair tied into a neat ponytail at the back of her head, her skin was crystal clear and delicate, and her features were picturesque. But appearance is not the point. The point is that she is too clean. Both the clothes on his body and the skin outside them were so clean that it felt like he was back before the end of the world. What was particularly surprising was that she was wearing a tight white vest and denim hot pants, which exposed her slender arms and slender legs. She was in sharp contrast to the crowd around her who looked extremely gray in appearance and clothing. contrast.

Apparently Zhang Yi, Nan Shao, and the man who wanted antihypertensive medicine were all stunned by the girl's appearance, so they did not answer her immediately. Li Muran noticed that when the girl saw her face, there was a flash of confusion in her eyes, and then she seemed to be trying to remember something, but obviously she didn't, so she casually turned her eyes away and fell back on Nan Shao. The girl's eyes revealed the vicissitudes of life that were inconsistent with her age, as well as the excitement that she tried hard to suppress but failed to suppress. Out of intuition, Li Muran felt that the girl was far more interested in Nan Shao than the packet of medicine at her feet.

"It originally cost 400 corpse crystals. But because I have to leave a bottle of antihypertensive medicine for this gentleman, now I only need 380." The answer was Zhang Yi, and the price was what they had agreed upon before. In fact, I could have shouted a little higher, but since I had never exchanged medicines before, I didn't know what to say, so I just shouted while wiping away one month's rent.

Hearing their conversation, the man who came first came back to his senses, hurriedly took the medicine handed over by Li Muran, glanced at the name in a hurry, his face showed joy, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay..." As he said, he started from He took out a handful of corpse crystals from the inner pocket of his jacket and counted them, but there were only thirteen. He searched everything on his body again, but couldn't find any more. His expression instantly turned miserable. The hand that grabbed the medicine bottle was so tight that the joints turned white, and he hesitantly handed it back to Li Muran, but still asked with a glimmer of hope: "I only have thirteen corpse crystals, can I give you the rest tomorrow? "Drugs are scarce, and even if you have corpse crystals, you may not be able to buy the medicine you want. Twenty antihypertensive pills per bottle are not expensive, so the man never thought of bargaining.

Li Muran didn't take it immediately, and looked back at Zhang Yi and Nan Shao, but before they could respond, he heard the girl say: "I'll give you six hundred corpse crystals. I want them all, including the one in his hand." That bottle of medicine." As he said this, he took off the bag on his back and took out a large bag of corpse crystals and threw it to Li Muran.

The man's face turned gray and he didn't say anything more. Instead, he put the bottle of medicine back into the medicine bag on the ground. He was about to turn around and walk away, but was stopped by the girl.

"Take this, it's useless for me to ask for it." The girl bent down and took out the bottle of antihypertensive medicine and handed it to him.

He was obviously desperate, but he didn't expect a turn of events. The man's eyes showed an ecstatic look. He grabbed the bottle in his hand as if he was afraid that the other party would regret it, and then handed over the corpse crystal he still held in his hand: "This ...This...I only have this little here. Girl, please accept it until later...after..."

The girl waved her hand nonchalantly and interrupted him: "No need, this is for you."

So the man said . He asked the girl's name with tears of gratitude, thanked her profusely, and finally left with the antihypertensive medicine as if he were holding a treasure.

Looking at this dramatic scene, Zhang Yi and the other three couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It is impossible for them to give a discount to a man in front of a girl. Once the drug is started, it will be difficult to afford the price of this package of medicine. Now that this can happen, everyone is naturally happy. As for the girl's behavior as a rich man, the three of them didn't comment much because of their personalities. If they dare to act like this and dress like this, they naturally have something to rely on, and it's not their turn to worry.

"I have nothing to pack, give me this bag." After the man left, the girl said to them, but her eyes fell on Nan Shao. Through previous conversations, the three of them knew that her name was Han Ling.

Li Muran saw that Nan Shao had no reaction, and Zhang Yi was counting the crystal nuclei again, so he bent down and put the medicine he had just found into his bag, then zipped it up, "No problem, take it." "

Thank you!" Han Ling He smiled and nodded, very politely. After Zhang Yi counted the corpse crystals, he took his bag and left without stopping any longer, as if the eager look in her eyes when she looked at Nan Shao was just Li Muran's illusion.

Chapter 20 Renting a House

"Let's go." After Han Ling left, Zhang Yi said to the two of them. He actually had some guesses in his mind, but felt that now was not a good time to talk.

The three of them found a place to rent a house. It was in the original government compound. It was a two-story old building. The department responsible for managing rental affairs was on the first floor. The second floor was related to people with superpowers. Even Zhang Yi didn't know that it was above. what for.

The person who received them was a fat, white, middle-aged man. Although his obesity was much inferior to that of Rou Ta Chen, it was still rare in such a post-apocalyptic world. After hearing their request, he couldn't help but glance at Li Muran ambiguously, but after seeing her image clearly, he immediately turned his head away boredly.

"You also know that houses like this are really in demand..." After confirming that the three of them were ordinary people, he sat there with a smile on his face, but he did not hide his contempt.

"So I have to ask you to help me. You see, we still have women. Living in that kind of place all the time is not an option." Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Yi reached out and grabbed a handful of corpse crystals and placed them on the table in front of him.

The man glanced at the corpse crystals in front of him. There were about a dozen of them. He was dissatisfied. His eyes fell behind Zhang Yi and noticed that although Nan Shao was smiling, not only was there no smile in his eyes, but it made him feel a little cold. , subconsciously wanted to retreat, but when he thought back, he was not a superpower, so what was he afraid of, so he sneered and said: "You are willing to give it up, don't make your friend feel bad, and let people think that I am an old relative." How can I bully you ordinary people?" He deliberately emphasized the word "ordinary people" to remind them not to forget their identity.

Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment. He turned around and saw Nan Shao's unsustainable smile. He suddenly felt enlightened, so he touched him lightly with his elbow and said, "Wait for me outside." Then he looked at Li Muran, "You too Go."

Li Muran turned around and left without saying a word. Nan Shao lowered his eyes, suppressed his unkind gaze, hummed, and left. Even though he had already fallen into the dust, he began to learn to accept the reality and lower his head. However, after running hard all day, he was exploited one after another, and he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

"Bah! What kind of house does a poor guy come here to rent? I thought it was before the end of the world!" The middle-aged man looked at Nan Shao's back and scolded him with disdain, without lowering his voice at all.

Zhang Yi was secretly angry in his heart, but he still smiled. He grabbed another handful of corpse crystals and put them together with the previous ones. At the same time, he put the steel bar in his left hand that was still stained with the black and red flesh and blood of the zombies and put it on the table: " You sir, don't argue with him. In order to have enough zombie crystals to rent a house, we went to the hospital today. He got a little too excited from killing zombies. You see, my steel bars are blunt, and I want to ask you where to find them. Weapons for sale."

His eyes glanced at the steel bar that exuded a strong rancid smell, and the man stepped back, with fear in his eyes. "How can I entertain other people if I put all the dirty things on it? Go down and get it quickly, I'll take you to choose a house right now." He was lucky, he was from the town, and he had a son with fire powers, so he got a good position, so he hasn't done it himself until now. Killed a zombie. Regardless of how arrogant you are at ordinary times, when others really bring on evil spirits, you will unconsciously wilt.

Sure enough, just inducement is not enough. Zhang Yi sighed silently.

The one-bedroom and one-living house is in the single dormitory area of ​​the town, located at the foot of the mountain on the left. It was originally built specifically for teachers and government employees. Of course, there are also employee dormitories in the factories in the town, but almost all of them have two bedrooms and one living room or more. , and at the foot of the mountain on the other side. When Zhang Yi and the others went there, there were already around half a dozen people living there. Most of them chose to live on the second floor or above. No one wanted the first floor, probably out of consideration of preventing zombies and robbers.

"Look at how nice this floor is. There is also a yard, which is connected to the back mountain. It is spacious. People used to like to plant vegetables and flowers in the yard." The fat man enthusiastically recommended the first floor to them. The sky was full of excitement, "You see there are quite a few of you..." Remembering that there were only three of them, he paused for a moment, then skipped this point, and continued: "Even if you want to have a little fun sometimes, you can have two in the open air in the yard. "Pao..."

"Just here." Zhang Yi interrupted his increasingly unpleasant words, knowing that the fat man had misunderstood the relationship between the three of them, but there was really no need to explain to such a person, so he could only let it go. He speaks less.

"First pay this month's rent. Here is the key and here is the rent card. Next month, remember to pay the rent two days in advance, otherwise we will automatically take back the house." Seeing that the other party did not reject his recommendation, the fat man's face turned slightly. Okay, while taking two keys from a bunch of keys he carried with him and handing them to Zhang Yi along with a white card, he gave a few more instructions: "The people living in this building are all superpowers and have bad tempers. , be careful."

"Thanks for the reminder," Zhang Yi responded with a grateful face.

So the fat man was satisfied. After he left, the three of them had the time to look at the house and found that the door locks were still tight. Although it was a one-bedroom apartment, there was a lot of open space in the town, so the building area was actually very wide. Including the bathroom and kitchen, it was eighty or ninety square meters. There was only a single wooden bed covered with cotton quilts in the bedroom. There were books on the desk and bookcases, which were covered with dust. It was obvious that the people who came in before were not interested in these, so they didn't move much. The door locks should have been changed by the town later. Compared to the bedroom, the living room and kitchen seemed much messier, with empty bottles, cans, pots, spatulas and chopsticks scattered everywhere.

"You pack here while Nan Shao and I go back to pick up people." Zhang Yi and Nan Shao put the bags on their backs on the sofa and said to Li Muran. Then he seemed to think of something and hurriedly asked: "Do you have anything that I need to bring over?"

Li Muran pursed his lower lip, feeling uneasy, but felt that we would spend more time together in the future, and there were many things that he couldn't avoid, so he said : "There's just a plastic bag, everything is in it, just bring it over." There were sanitary napkins and underwear inside, but there was one of her coats wrapped outside, which made me feel a little more comfortable thinking about it.

Zhang Yi agreed, gave her a key, and handed the remaining one to Nan Shao: "You can keep it."

Nan Shao originally wanted to refuse, but suddenly thought of Zhang Yi's ability, he didn't need a key at all, so he accepted it . Come over. "Teach me how to pick locks when you have time."

Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Okay." Learning how to pick locks is indeed very useful in this time when most houses are unoccupied.

Without further delay, the two went to the trading market to rent a tricycle for one corpse crystal, then took it back to the shanty town and drove straight to their shack.

The woven bag that serves as the door in front of the shack is half pressed aside, revealing the small space inside.

"...Hearing a loud roar, I hurriedly kicked away the oil rat in front of me. When I looked back, I saw the oil rat's brother-in-law holding up such a long watermelon knife to chop at me..." A meat tower came from the shack. Chen spoke in an energetic voice.

"Ouch!" This was Zhang Ruiyang's nervous cry.

"Don't be afraid, your fat uncle is very powerful..." Routa comforted the little guy.

Zhang Yi and Nan Shao couldn't help laughing, and the tense emotions they had been feeling all day were relieved at this moment. He opened the woven bag wider and the two of them got in one after another.

"Dad!" Zhang Ruiyang, who was sitting cross-legged next to the meat pagoda Chen, saw them and immediately got up and rushed over.

When Nan Shao saw it, he couldn't help but be envious. He was greeted warmly by such a little thing every day when he came back. It was really worth the hardship.

Zhang Yi bent down to catch his son, kissed his little face, and said, "Yangyang, wait for dad outside. We are moving."

Zhang Ruiyang blinked his big eyes and looked like he wanted to ask a question, but in the end he nodded obediently. Oh, and then climbed into the hole to find the Ultraman he had hidden inside, as well as a bowl of water, two apples, half a pack of biscuits, and a small half piece of bran cake...

looking at him in pieces like a little mouse. Nanshao suddenly had the urge to push the little guy into his arms and give him a good rub.

"Brother Yi, where are you going?" Routa Chen asked the question that the child wanted to ask but didn't. So the little guy who had already walked outside with an arm full of things poked his head in from the outside and looked at Zhang Yi with bright eyes, full of expectation.

"We'll find out when we get there." Zhang Yi couldn't help laughing and deliberately let it slip. Then he and Nan Shao set up the meat tower and walked out of the shack and put it in the bed of the tricycle.

After packing up all the useful things, he went to get Li Muran's things and put them all in the car. Zhang Yi picked up Zhang Ruiyang and followed the tricycle with Nan Shao to the rented house.

"Dad, where are we moving to?" After twisting and turning on Zhang Yi for a long time, the little guy finally couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Yi glanced at the various eyes looking around, then put his finger up to his lips and hissed. The little guy's eyes suddenly widened, he hurriedly raised his little hand to cover his mouth, and nodded as if understanding. I don't know that I have been teased by my most trusted father. Nan Shao, who was walking next to him, couldn't see it anymore and reached out his hand: "Brother Yi, your leg hurts, I'm here to hug Yangyang." He also shouted after Routa Chen, which had nothing to do with his age, but came from the bottom of his heart. respect. Although they had only been together for two days, Zhang Yi's ability and style of conduct had already been fully recognized by him. He felt that he was still unable to lower his head in front of people who he would not even look at before. Able to bend and stretch, in comparison, Zhang Yi is much stronger than him.

Zhang Yi didn't expect that he would call himself this, and was stunned for a moment, but thought that he should be older than him, so he accepted it calmly. Just when he was about to say that it didn't matter, Zhang Ruiyang heard that his leg hurt and immediately stretched out his little hand to twist towards Nan Shao. Nan Shao leaned forward to receive it. Zhang Yi had no choice but to let go.

Nan Shao hugged the child and whispered a few words in his ear. Then he saw the child's eyes suddenly light up and asked, "Really?"

Nan Shao nodded affirmatively, and immediately received a kiss from the little guy on the left side of his face. A big kiss, but before he could feel proud, he saw the little guy twisting his body and leaning forward, hugging Zhang Yi's neck and kissing him in the same way, and then covered his mouth with his two small hands, secretly enjoying himself there. . As a result, Zhang Yi's eyes also curled up.

Nan Shao clicked his tongue, thinking that they were indeed father and son, even their smiles were the same.