◎I asked you if you were caught by zombies!◎
"No, no, my hands are sore, let me move them!" Rong Xiao quickly put his hands down and hid them behind his body.
Next time she meets Yan Jue, she will also compare their heights to see if they are exactly the same!
"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao," a familiar voice suddenly rang out from above the dream world, like an echo from far away. "It's your turn to keep watch."
In a daze, Rong Xiao recognized it as Ling Xi.
The world in front of her eyes suddenly turned upside down and blurred and fell into darkness. When she opened her eyes again, she saw Lingxi's face swaying beside the bed.
The person knocking on the door was Shangguan Huai. It took him and Ling Xi together to wake her up.
In the past, when Rong Xiao was alone in a convenience store, he would wake up immediately at the slightest movement.
Since she was with everyone, she found that as long as no one with malicious intent or danger approached, she could sleep soundly.
The feeling of fatigue disappears quickly after she wakes up, and she immediately returns to her best state.
After yawning, Rong Xiao sat up, feeling as if his body had been fully recharged. He threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed with full energy.
"It's cold at night, wrap yourself in a blanket," Shangguan Huai said, draping a fleece-lined air-conditioning quilt over Rong Xiao. "By the way, Brother Long said that no matter what noise you hear at night, don't go out the door."
Rong Xiao was about to ask why, but suddenly remembered what Teacher Mosaic said in his dream, and swallowed the question back: "Oh..."
"Then I'll go to sleep. I'll leave the rest to you."
"Go ahead, go ahead. I want to sleep a little longer. After Xiaoxiao, it will be all mine." As she said that, Lingxi slid back into the quilt and closed her eyes softly.
Shangguan Huai returned to his room. Rong Xiao sat on a chair in the living room, looking at the empty and dark room, but he did not feel lonely at all.
She knew that she was no longer alone.
“Bang!”
"Bang!"
There were noises coming from an empty area in the distance, and there were also continuous sharp shouts.
But the sound did not last long and returned to silence.
Without any trouble, dawn finally arrived.
In the morning, Lingxi was about to prepare breakfast when someone knocked on the door and a large plate of hot steamed buns and porridge was brought in.
Zhu Shuo had someone deliver the buns. The person who delivered the food was Ertong. He greeted everyone timidly, put the food on the table, and then found an excuse to leave in a hurry.
Looking at his expression, he seemed to feel like he had entered a den of wolves.
The buns are wrapped with ham sausage and filled with some green onions and chili oil.
The situation outside the gate was finally over. Long Qingyu walked to the corridor outside, which allowed him to have a panoramic view of the entire base inside the wall.
They had specially cleaned the green belts on the ground, and planted vegetables wherever there was soil. With large tracts of vegetable reserves, they had no worries about having no food.
They even converted the first floor of a building into a chicken farm, but judging by the number of chickens passing by from time to time, it shouldn't be too many.
Long Qingyu understood their feelings even better.
It's no wonder that this group of people are on guard against them. Even if they don't have prejudice against people with superpowers, there are many basic supplies here that are hard to come by in the end times and can easily be invaded and robbed.
Since they hate people with special abilities so much, the people here should all be ordinary people.
In the end times, it is always extremely difficult for ordinary people to survive.
After breakfast, Zhu Shuo came with Uncle Wen Zhen and Er Tong. He asked about their plans and gave them a few handfuls of vegetables that had just been pulled from the vegetable garden.
The vegetables were covered in mud and morning dew, looking green and tender. Ling Xi was already secretly calculating what kind of dish to make with them.
"Come on, I'll take you to the gate." Zhu Shuo was different from others. He didn't seem to be very averse to people with special abilities, and he didn't show too much alienation or defensiveness.
Ertong and Uncle Wenzhen always kept a certain distance, neither speaking ill of them nor showing any unnecessary familiarity.
It seems that no matter what they do, they cannot avoid that sense of distance due to their inherent defensiveness and fear.
"There seemed to be some noise at the gate last night?" Long Qingyu asked casually.
Zhu Shuo's face darkened when he heard this. "Yeah, I don't know what's going on lately, but there are always a lot of zombies gathering here. If I take a nap at night, a lot of zombies will break through the door and bang on the wall. If there are too many of them, I'm afraid this wall won't be able to hold up. There are already several small cracks."
"How could this happen? Logically speaking, if there was no noise, it wouldn't be attracted here, right?" After hearing what Zhu Shuo said, Long Qingyu always felt that the situation was a little strange.
Zhu Shuo sighed, "We don't know either. It just happened recently. In less than a week, every time we go out, we have to be very careful. If we're not careful, we might bump into a zombie that suddenly rushes towards us. Our neighborhood is like a piece of meat hanging in plain sight."
Long Qingyu didn't say anything, but raised his eyes to look at Shangguan Yu not far away.
Even during the conversation, Long Qingyu could see that Shangguan Yu also found the situation strange.
Zhu Shuo brought them to the gate and ordered the people on the city wall to clear out the zombies, intending to let them out only when there were no zombies left and it was safe.
As a result, they waited for half an hour, and zombies came from outside from time to time. In the end, Long Qingyu decided to open the door first. They could deal with the small number of zombies by themselves, so it was not a big problem.
Zhu Shuo knew how capable they were, and wanted to give them a final convenience before leaving. However, who knew that they couldn't even complete this seemingly simple task easily.
"Sorry, bro."
"No way, thank you for letting us rest for a night." Long Qingyu knew what he meant. Zhu Shuo was a sincere man. Moreover, they could rest comfortably for a night at the base, so it was not Zhu Shuo's turn to apologize.
"Are you leaving?" A strange voice came from behind, and the person being spoken to was obviously Long Qingyu and others.
Long Qingyu subconsciously turned his head and saw a man who looked to be in his forties walking towards them, accompanied by several young people who were looking at them curiously as if they were looking at monkeys.
"This is Kong Jiaming, Brother Jiaming," Zhu Shuo introduced immediately. "He's basically in charge of this community. He makes all the arrangements. We can live peacefully in this little world thanks to him."
"Ashuo, you're exaggerating too much. This is the result of everyone's efforts." Kong Jiaming sighed helplessly and waved his hand to signal him not to deliberately exaggerate and praise others.
Long Qingyu greeted everyone and said that he had to hurry on his way to the safe zone in Yidong City.
Zhu Shuo has already reported the matter of the safe zone to Kong Jiaming. He decided to take a long-term view on this matter and not make a decision casually.
Especially... there are people with special abilities in the community.
"Thank you. We had a good rest last night. We won't disturb you today. We still have to continue our journey." After formally saying goodbye to the others, Long Qingyu led the others out.
The zombies kept approaching this side, but every time one appeared, it was dealt with by Rong Xiao.
She was still wearing the red dress today. The clothes she hung out to dry last night were not completely dry yet, so Lingxi planned to hang them on the car window to continue drying.
In order to avoid getting her clothes dirty again, Ling Xi asked her to use her supernatural powers to deal with the zombies as much as possible.
Rong Xiao's telekinesis has reached level 3. He can control larger objects, and the movement speed of small objects has also increased significantly.
Whenever a zombie approached, she would "pick up" the debris on the ground and smash it on the zombie's head.
He took out his car keys and was about to drive when the corner of Long Qingyu's clothes was tugged.
He lowered his head and saw Rong Xiao's fingers. A mysterious hint flashed in his eyes: "Brother Long, did you hear that?"
Long Qingyu was silent for a moment, frowning, "The sound of zombies?"
"No, there's a strange sound," Rong Xiao said, raising his hands and gesturing. "It sounds like... emm... some machine is ringing. I heard it when I went in last night, and I didn't expect it to still be ringing now. The sound is so strange, it makes me uncomfortable."
Rong Xiao's words made the people at the door look at each other in confusion. Everyone held their breath and decided not to kill the slowly approaching zombies for the time being.
But after listening for a while, I didn't find anything.
Ling Xi looked at Long Qingyu in confusion, her eyes filled with surprise, and she didn't even know how to react.
The people who escorted them to the door were all confused, except Kong Jiaming, who stepped forward and asked, "Miss Rong, can you tell where that sound came from?"
Seeing someone paying attention to him, Rong Xiao became interested. He listened carefully for a while and walked towards a corner of their gate: "I can hear it clearly, it's here!"
She pointed and saw nothing at the corner of the wall, only a pile of soil and a few plants climbing up the wall.
"There's nothing there," Zhu Shuo also squatted there to look, "Could it be a bug?"
"It's not a bug." Rong Xiao said very confidently.
Kong Jiaming squatted there and watched for a while, then grabbed a long wooden stick from the ground and dug in the direction Rong Xiao pointed.
In less than three strokes, the wooden stick in his hand hit something hard.
"What is that!" Zhu Shuo exclaimed in shock.
Kong Jiaming couldn't answer him, so he carefully pried out the black rectangular box with something and gently removed the dirt on it.
"Could it be a bomb?" Zhu Shuo subconsciously dodged to the side.
Shangguan Yu's curiosity was also piqued. He found a branch and moved the black box around, then started to open it.
The shell is made of plastic, not very heavy, and has a few screws on it.
"I'll ask someone to get the tools." As Kong Jiaming stood up, the screws started to turn and pop up by themselves, then rolled obediently into the grass beside him.
Zhu Shuo understood and pointed at Rong Xiao: "Miss Rong's special ability."
"Oh." Kong Jiaming pretended nothing happened.
Shangguan Yu used a branch to pry open the lid of the box. Inside was a complex circuit board and various metal wirings. There was a dot that kept flashing, and there was also a piece of No. 1 battery inside.
"It looks like some kind of low-frequency transmitter," Shangguan Yu said after a brief inspection. "It's not a bomb, but as long as it has electricity, it will continuously emit some kind of low-frequency signal that humans can't hear. It's very likely..."
"Can zombies hear?" Kong Jiaming suddenly understood something.
Shangguan Yu nodded, confirming his guess.
This may also be the reason why there are more and more zombies near the community recently.
The low frequency emitted seemed like a signal, guiding the zombies to move closer.
"But why can Miss Rong hear it, but we can't?" Zhu Shuo scratched his head, his face full of confusion.
Shangguan Yu raised his eyes and looked at him: "She can kill more than 30 zombies with her bare hands, can you?"
"That's definitely not possible." Zhu Shuo denied it without hesitation.
That’s right, Miss Rong is the chosen one, she is different from others!
"Was this placed here intentionally?" The people who followed Kong Jiaming out to see him off got goosebumps. "The battery still has power. It definitely wasn't placed here before the apocalypse. And they deliberately hid it so covertly, as if they were afraid we'd find it."
Kong Jiaming nodded and turned his head to say, "Everyone, hurry up and check the area around the wall to find anything suspicious."
"Okay, I'll arrange some staff right away."
This was a matter of their own community. Kong Jiaming glanced at Rong Xiao, as if he had suppressed some words deep in his heart. He took the initiative to walk towards their car, said some words of thanks, and wished them a safe journey.
Of course Long Qingyu knew what he meant.
This is a hint that Rong Xiao's help is not needed.
Since others didn't want to trouble them, Long Qingyu didn't want to force his kindness on them, so he gestured for everyone to get in the car and continue heading towards Yidong City.
We slept well last night and had a hot and filling breakfast this morning. Everyone was very excited and chatted non-stop in the car.
When passing by a clothing store, Ling Xi suggested finding some thick clothes for Rong Xiao, and everyone bought a few clean new clothes for themselves.
Ling Xi did not waste the remaining items that she did not want to wear for the time being. She put all the regular styles that looked thick and warm, suitable for both men and women, into the space, without leaving out a single one.
The traffic conditions in the city were too chaotic, and they didn't drive very far in the morning, only less than ten kilometers. They found a place with relatively fewer zombies, and Ling Xi took out food from the space and distributed lunch to them.
“Da da da…”
Suddenly, a series of footsteps were heard outside the car, and it sounded like a lot of people were running.
Long Qingyu stopped peeling the outer packaging, raised his head, and the next second he immediately raised his hand to cover Shangguan Huai's mouth as he was about to speak.
Two or three hoarse figures ran past the car window. They were obviously newly mutated zombies. They were very fast and ran as if they were in a race.
This is not the scariest thing.
Behind the group of fast-moving zombies, there were more than ten zombies that were a little slower, and behind them were about twenty zombies that were moving leisurely.
They seemed to be attracted by something, some were moving fast, some were moving slow, but all were heading towards somewhere, as if they had a clear goal.
Long Qingyu kept looking at the direction they were running in, and his eyes gradually became darker.
That direction... looks like it's heading towards Zhu Shuo's community.
"Hurry, finish eating and leave quickly, be careful they come back." After saying that, Tian Yichuang stuffed all the food into his mouth in a few gulps and wanted to change seats with Long Qingyu.
Long Qingyu waved his hand, quickly drank some water, and waited until the number of zombies decreased before starting the car and moving forward.
There are many cars lying around on the roadside, and there are also many fallen billboards. Whenever they encounter this situation, they have to get out of the car to clean it up.
Rong Xiao's ability is not enough to move such a large object.
However, she never slacked off and always followed Tian Yichuang and Shangguan brothers to clear obstacles. With her joining in, the speed would be much faster.
"Huh?" Rong Xiao, who was moving things, suddenly stopped, "I heard it again."
"What did you hear?" Long Qingyu was curious.
"It's the black box we heard about at the gate of that residential complex earlier," Rong Xiao gestured, trying to make his point clear, "under this car!"
As if afraid that they wouldn't believe him, Rong Xiao reached down and grabbed a few times, and actually pulled out a black box.
It was exactly the same as what they dug out at the entrance of the community.
Thinking of the zombies that had just appeared, Long Qingyu's expression became serious. "Could it be that someone deliberately placed these things there to destroy Zhu Shuo's neighborhood?"
"This was obviously premeditated. They even had a complete plan in place, just waiting for more and more zombies to take over the community." Tian Yichuang also felt that something was fishy.
Shangguan Yu checked the black box. It looked obviously handmade. The shell was very rough, and even the positions where the screws were drilled were rough, as if they had been drilled in forcefully.
This was the only thing he didn't understand.
Why would someone go to so much trouble to destroy Zhu Shuo and his community?
That neighborhood is full of people without special abilities, so they're basically not a threat. If they're trying to steal supplies...
Zhu Shuo and his friends did store a lot of things in the community, including vegetables and chickens, but how much more supplies were there that Long Qingyu didn't see?
His intuition told him that supplies were probably part of the reason, but there were other reasons besides that.
"Let's go." After starting the car, Long Qingyu signaled Tian Yichuang in the passenger seat to take the map and change the route at any time if any situation arose.
Less than five minutes after driving out, they encountered a large number of zombies after turning the first corner.
Long Qingyu's car couldn't withstand the head-on collision, so he had to turn to another road at Tian Yichuang's signal.
As a result, as soon as we entered, another wave of zombies appeared at the end of the path with a roar.
There are a lot of zombies, as if they are gathering from all directions, all heading towards a common goal.
"Where else can we go?" Long Qingyu almost turned the steering wheel to the ground, and finally managed to turn the car around quickly.
"It seems like there is no way out. Oh, there is another one here..." As Tian Yichuang was about to point the way, Shangguan Yu, who was sitting in the back seat, suddenly spoke up.
"Back up."
"Why go back?!" Ling Xi was shocked.
"If we go another way, can you guarantee the road conditions? No," Shangguan Yu said firmly. It didn't sound like a negotiation, but more like a threat to scare them into doing what he said immediately. "If we turn in and get blocked from front and back, and then encounter a wave of zombies, are you sure we can still save the car?"
Shangguan Huai understood.
Shangguan Yu was worried about the car, not about them.
If he lost his car and had to go back to walking, he would be able to fall asleep as soon as he got in the car. It was so comfortable.
However, this consideration also has its reasons.
The car is gone, and Shangguan Yu is not the only one who is inconvenienced. Everyone is having a hard time, and there may even be danger.
They hadn't walked very far that morning, and retracing their steps would at least ensure they stayed on the path they had taken, with little chance of encountering obstacles.
"Okay, let's turn back." Long Qingyu stepped on the accelerator and implemented Shangguan Yu's plan without hesitation.
Sure enough, the journey back was very fast, and they arrived at the gate of Zhu Shuo's community in no time.
There were more than ten more zombie corpses outside. The people on the wall immediately became alert when they saw a car approaching.
Long Qingyu parked the car at the door and rolled down the window and asked, "Is Zhu Shuo here? I have something to tell him."
This group of people looked at them with wary eyes, not knowing whether they believed his kind reminder or not, so it would be more convenient to find Zhu Shuo.
Someone on the wall shrank back, and not long after, Zhu Shuo appeared on the top of the wall.
"Hey, brother, why are you back again? Didn't you take your things?" Zhu Shuo's voice was loud enough that Long Qingyu could hear him clearly without even getting out of the car.
"A huge wave of zombies is coming soon," Long Qingyu half-leaned out, raising his voice as high as possible. "Rong Xiao also discovered that the black boxes aren't just around your neighborhood, they're also in some inconspicuous places along the road. It looks like someone's setting up a tight net. Be careful."
"Is it that serious?" Zhu Shuo couldn't even hold back his smile of reunion, his brows furrowed. "Even you guys can't get over it?"
Long Qingyu nodded.
Zhu Shuo exclaimed, “Oh shit!”
Even Long Qingyu and the others couldn't get through. How terrible it was.
Seeing how nervous he was, Long Qingyu didn't say anything. They were mainly worried about the car, but the number of zombies was too large, and it was indeed easy for something big to happen.
"Then... then what are you going to do? Do you want to go in..." After saying that, Zhu Shuo walked around the wall, as if remembering something, and waved at them, "No, if someone wants to harm us, wouldn't it be harmful to let you stay? Hurry up and find a safe place to hide."
"Then you guys better be careful." Long Qingyu raised his head and looked at Zhu Shuo's face again. His head shook and then disappeared. He must have been in a hurry to notify people.
The number of zombies coming over was obviously increasing. Their target was the walls and gates of the community. Cars parked nearby also mistakenly entered the target range and were caught several times by the zombies.
Long Qingyu didn't dare to delay and drove everyone back, finding a tall office building as a rest destination.
If the zombie tide situation is not resolved one day, they will probably have trouble traveling.
Fortunately, there are not many zombies in this office building. Most of them have been attracted outside by the black box, and they don’t need to worry about those trapped in the office.
Long Qingyu parked the car at the exit, led everyone upstairs, and chose a place with the best view.
The top floor of the office building.
It looked like a CEO's office, with thick carpet, comfortable sofas, and a lounge next to it, which actually had a double bed, a bathroom, and even two suits and shirts in the closet.
The office is like a home with everything you need, it is as comfortable as you can want, and the view from the floor-to-ceiling window next to it is also good.
"Let's stay here tonight, right?" Tian Yichuang immediately found a pillow and sat by the floor-to-ceiling window to enjoy the scenery.
It’s just that the scenery outside is not that good.
Long Qingyu discovered that from here, he could actually see the situation in Zhu Shuo's community, but it was a bit far away and he couldn't see it clearly, so he could only get a general idea.
"Still worried about the situation over there?" Tian Yichuan saw through Long Qingyu's thoughts and looked over there as well. "Should they leave? If the zombie tide really pushes down the wall, it might all be over."
"But, that's the only home they still have hope in their hearts," Ling Xi said, hugging her knees with deep emotion. She also gathered in a corner next to Tian Yichuan, looking at the community, "They don't want to give up until the very end."
"Actually, Zhu Shuo's neighborhood is pretty good," Shangguan Huai sighed. "At least there's water, and we can grow our own vegetables and raise chickens. The breakfast is pretty good too."
"It would be better if the wall could be stronger," Rong Xiao, who had been listening silently, suddenly interrupted, "For example... let Yan Jue build them a metal wall or something, so that the zombies can't push it down, and they have more time to deal with the zombies. Ah, Brother Long, that..."
"You are not allowed to go." Long Qingyu's tone turned cold.
Rong Xiao Maomao sighed: "..."
How come Long Qingyu extinguished her hope before she could even finish her words?
I had clearly laid a long groundwork using Yan Jue as a cover, but in the end, oh no.
She looked at the dense crowd of zombies over there, and felt pity and distress in her heart.
Those are her upgrade data scattered around!
When will there be so many good opportunities!
"There are too many zombies this time, unlike before. Even if you want to kill zombies to level up, there's no rush." Long Qingyu was afraid that she would act recklessly, so he patiently explained and comforted her. "What's more, we're not sure if the guy who set traps in secret will also target us."
"Okay." Rong Xiao nodded dejectedly, moved over to sit next to Ling Xi, and stared outside in a daze.
Long Qingyu looked over there from time to time. It seemed that every time he looked there, the number of zombies nearby was increasing.
There are more and more people on the wall, and everyone has to join the battle.
The zombies simply stopped moving near the residential area, as if they had found their target. They were not interested in other places and were only attracted by the unknown frequency over there.
As night fell and the sky darkened, there was a sudden noise from the neighborhood.
A sky rocket flew into the sky and suddenly made a clear sound.
Tian Yichuan, who had nothing else to do, noticed it immediately and pointed over there: "Why are they still firing rockets? Aren't they afraid of attracting zombies?"
Shangguan Huai became nervous, almost pressing his face against the French window: "Maybe there's trouble, sending a signal."
Ling Xi, who had probably guessed the situation, also had a bad expression on her face: "They must have known that setting off fireworks would attract the attention of the zombies, but... they may not have cared about it anymore."
"Or, are they looking for us?" Rong Xiao thought divergently and gave a seemingly more reasonable guess.
Everyone fell silent and immediately looked at Long Qingyu who had not expressed any opinion.
"It could be a request for help, but it could also mean something else." Long Qingyu didn't move. He folded his hands and slowly scanned everyone's face, continuing to sit in the boss chair. "Wait and see."
About half an hour later, footsteps were heard on the stairs outside.
The sound was undisguised, and even seemed to be made on purpose, hoping that they could hear it.
Rong Xiao suddenly became alert and drew out his big knife and iron hook, like a killer, ready to fight.
Because those were clearly human footsteps.
In the apocalypse, the undisguised footsteps are most likely zombies, and there are two footsteps!
"brother……"
"Brother, are you there..."
Zhu Shuo called out cautiously.
Everyone looked at Long Qingyu tacitly, as if hinting to him, "Your brother is here, why don't you go and open the door?"
Long Qingyu cleared his throat and stood up. His footsteps just reached the door. When he opened the door, people were scared to death.
Zhu Shuo was originally twisting a stool when he heard a movement next to him. He was so scared that he almost raised his hand to smash it. Fortunately, his brain reacted quickly and he did not actually smash the stool down.
"Brother, I finally found you!" Zhu Shuo breathed a sigh of relief.
Following him was Ertong, whose eyes looked as if he had experienced something thrilling and terrifying. Even now, he was still dazed and filled with intense fear, with not much spirit.
"Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Long Qingyu asked.
"It's...that...this..." No matter how direct Zhu Shuo usually is, he was suddenly speechless at this point.
"We... uh..." Ertong, who was following beside him, looked back from time to time, as if he was afraid that a zombie would suddenly appear and bite his head, and he couldn't even speak clearly.
Long Qingyu knew what they meant and stopped beating around the bush: "Do you need our help?"
"Of course it's necessary," Zhu Shuo gritted his teeth, no longer embarrassed. "I know it's very troublesome for you, but... the community is really about to collapse. They even selected the suicide squad."
"What? What is the Suicide Squad?" Shangguan Huai next to him screamed.
He thought these things could only be seen in TV dramas and movies, but when he heard them in person he was so shocked that he didn't know how to react.
"The number of zombies is increasing. We sent people to check ahead and found another large wave of zombies heading this way. They must be coming for us." Zhu Shuo's eyes suddenly lost all traces of sadness, joy, and happiness. They were numb like a machine. This was the look of extreme despair. "If this continues, we will definitely not be able to hold on. At least, we can't rely on ourselves."
"So what do you want us to do?"
"Don't worry, I won't let you do anything risky or dangerous," Zhu Shuo patted his shoulder and looked at the group of companions behind him who all had superpowers. "Although Brother Jiaming hasn't agreed to ask for your help, I think our enemy shouldn't be superpowered people, but viruses and zombies. Ertong and I are just using the excuse of exploring the way to come quietly to find you."
Long Qingyu expressed his understanding, but he was not sure in his heart.
In terms of numbers, the zombies far outnumbered them. Even if Rong Xiao was thrown in, it would be difficult to break out.
"If you trust me, would you mind telling me..." Zhu Shuo's eyes continued to stare at the others behind Long Qingyu, "What are everyone's special abilities?"
Long Qingyu did not comment, but instead gave the power to his companions with his eyes, letting them decide whether to speak or not.
"I have the ability to heal," Shangguan Huai answered without hesitation, "How can I help you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhu Shuo's eyes suddenly light up: "Can zombie bites be cured?"
"Of course not," Shangguan Huai quickly shook his head. "If the virus could be cured, would I be able to save those zombies outside?"
"Is that so?" The light in Zhu Shuo's eyes dimmed a bit.
"I have spatial abilities." Ling Xi raised her hand.
She probably knew the purpose of Zhu Shuo's question, so she simply introduced herself and stopped talking.
"I know everything else," Zhu Shuo sighed, clutching his hair with both hands in agony. "Rong Xiao can teleport, and he seems to be able to move small objects. That brother Tian has fire abilities, and the younger brother Shangguan can fly."
The tone seemed to be one of regret. Even if Zhu Shuo didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew what he was regretting.
A team with almost no combat effectiveness.
Except for Rong Xiao, all other superpowers cannot give an advantage in combat.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Shuo couldn't even honestly ask them for help.
"Can we go kill zombies now?" Rong Xiao accurately grasped the key words that interested him and raised his hands high. "I want to go, I want to go, I want to go!!!"
The room was filled with Rong Xiao's cheerful self-introduction, while the atmosphere of the others was gloomy, as if they were not in the same world.
"Although we may not be able to provide much help in terms of offensive power, we can still help think of a solution." Long Qingyu slowly walked to the side and looked at the terrain in the community. "While there are not many zombies now, why don't you transfer some people out first?"
"Everyone refused to leave, saying they wanted to die there and live and die with the community."
"But at least you need to divert some of your combat power out," Long Qingyu pointed at the area around the residential complex. "Occupy advantageous terrain so you can attack the zombies from two angles. Otherwise, if you just stay on the wall, once it collapses, your attack power will be gone, and even defending yourself will be difficult."
Zhu Shuo listened attentively and looked carefully. "That's right, brother, you're absolutely right! Any other good suggestions?"
"Do you remember the group of people who attacked us before?" Long Qingyu asked.
Zhu Shuo nodded vigorously: "I remember."
"They're using broken glass with slingshots as bullets. While it's not absolutely effective, it's one method." Long Qingyu's words gradually gave them a better idea of attack and defense. "Another way to deal with large numbers of zombies is to use fire and explosions. Throwing bottles at the wall was one idea, but that wasn't powerful enough. If there are too many of them, they'll reload slowly and won't have much effect on the zombies."
"Brother, what do you mean..."
"I found a lot of abandoned cars nearby. I'm trying to collect some gasoline. I can then light a line of fire on the street outside the complex. This will set the zombies that pass through on fire. Even if the attack doesn't kill them immediately, the fire can speed up their death."
"Okay, okay," Zhu Shuo nodded desperately, his eyes as if he had seen a savior, "I'll go back and arrange it."
"Among all of us, only Rong Xiao can hear the sound of the black box. Shangguan will take Rong Xiao to check the nearby streets later."
"Okay, okay!" Rong Xiao agreed excitedly.
Shangguan Yu had a look of disgust on his face, as if he couldn't believe that such a bad thing could happen to him.
He sighed and murmured "hmm" in agreement.
Long Qingyu slung the gun on the table over his back and said, "Shangguan, you and Rong Xiao go first. Remember, don't let her kill zombies for fun. Our goal this time is to destroy the black box."
Shangguan Yu nodded and glanced at Rong Xiao: "Did you hear that? The mission of this game is to dismantle the black box, not to kill zombies."
"Okay." Poor Rong Xiao's eyes lost their excitement.
"There is no need to remove all the black boxes." Long Qingyu emphasized briefly.
Shangguan Yu understood what he meant and signaled Rong Xiao to set off.
"When you finish your mission, come back here and join us."
"Um."
Shangguan Yu mentioned the game, and Rong Xiao also expressed his approval. His words directly triggered the progress of the game, which meant that she had to follow the plan obediently. If she wanted to make progress, she couldn't just focus on killing zombies.
It was like putting cookies in her left hand and candies in her right hand, and she was only allowed to choose one. Rong Xiao wanted both.
Time waits for no one in the community. As soon as they walked out, Shangguan Yu picked them up and flew away. Rong Xiao raised his head and reminded them: "Don't fly too high. The distance is too far and we can't sense them."
"Tsk, that's a lot to ask."
When Rong Xiao was brought to the street outside, the number of zombies increased visibly, but most of them were slow, and the people on the community wall could barely handle it.
Although he was reluctant, Shangguan Yu lowered the altitude a little, allowing Rong Xiao to be as close to the ground as possible.
After flying around in the sky for a while, Rong Xiao didn't sense anything. At her reminder, Shangguan Yu continued to put the person down, and finally... Rong Xiao jumped down and left by himself.
In order to avoid being attacked by zombies, Shangguan Yu simply flew to the roof of a nearby shop and squatted there to ensure that she was within his sight.
Rong Xiao was jumping around with a big knife in her hand when a familiar sound suddenly came into her ears. She lowered her head and sensed that the sound was under a car next to her.
She lay on the ground and looked under the car, and sure enough, there was a black box underneath.
This location is hidden, difficult to be discovered, and not easy to be destroyed or kicked away.
Rong Xiao smiled and reached out to grab it, but the next second, another hand covered the back of her hand.
The back of his hand was covered in blood.
"Hiss..." Rong Xiao suddenly retreated quickly. When she jumped up from the ground, Shangguan Yu, who was on a high place, also noticed that something was wrong with her.
It was almost dusk and the sky was a little dark, but not enough to seriously affect the vision.
Shangguan Yu was originally swinging his legs leisurely, but his expression changed completely when he saw a scratch on the back of Rong Xiao's hand.
At the other end of the car, a zombie staggered to its feet and rushed towards Rong without saying a word.
Everything seemed to be the same as before. Rong Xiao raised his knife and the zombie fell to the ground beside him.
Shangguan Yu tried hard to adjust his position, wanting to see clearly what was happening on the back of Rong Xiao's hand.
But no matter how you look at it...
The back of Rong Xiao's hand
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