Chapter 7 Danger Approaches 1
As soon as the vibration of the iron pipe stopped, Su Wanqing's eardrums were pierced by the shouting and cursing downstairs.
The bald landlord's hoarse voice exploded in the seventh-floor stairwell: "The rice and flour that little bitch has stored is enough for us to eat for half a year!"
Su Wanqing frowned, the zombie blood on the soles of her tactical boots left dark red marks on the wall of the pipe. She took out a piece of chewing gum and put it in her mouth to chew. The sweetness could suppress the rust in her throat.
"Brother Wang, all the fire hydrants on this floor are empty." A shrill voice shouted, and the clanging sound of the iron rod hitting the metal door made the dust in the ventilation duct fall down.
Su Wanqing licked her back teeth and counted the footsteps, at least five adult males.
Lin Che's hot breath sprayed on the back of her neck, carrying with it the heat of a fever. The boy's curled knees were pressing against the old injury on her waist.
When the landlord kicked open the door of Room 704, Su Wanqing was wrapping the last half of the climbing rope around her wrist.
Suddenly, there was the crunching sound of a dog gnawing on bones downstairs, mixed with the howling of a middle-aged man like a pig being slaughtered: "My legs! My legs!" The tactical flashlight swept across the cracks in the pipe wall, and in the flickering light, she saw an old man in security uniform lying in a pool of blood at the corner of the third floor - it was the gatekeeper who led the landlord half an hour ago.
"The mutant dog is coming!" The man with a sharp voice suddenly changed his tone, "Brother Wang, shall we retreat?"
The iron rod fell to the ground with a clang, followed by the sound of belt buckles colliding.
Su Wanqing felt the whip marks on Lin Che's back were burning, the jade bracelet was vibrating and hurting her wrist bones, and a red alarm was jumping on her retina: [Energy core overload warning].
The landlord slapped someone in the face, the sound was crisp and spitty: "Useless! There are only two households left on the seventh floor that have not been searched. Where can that woman hide with a cripple?"
Su Wanqing used the tip of her shoe to lift up the cover of the ventilation duct and saw the single female office worker in room 502 being dragged through the corridor by her hair, with the collar of her pajamas torn open for the most part - this woman had posted a photo of her newly bought imported cat food in the owners' group last week.
Lin Che suddenly twitched, and his silver hair rustled against the tube wall. Su Wanqing pinched his Adam's apple with her backhand, and didn't let go until the boy rolled his eyes.
The screaming downstairs suddenly stopped, leaving only the sound of the dog's claws scratching the concrete floor.
The wife of the owner of 402 was crying: "Old Liu was dragged away by a dog! Save him!"
"Shut the fuck up!" The landlord picked up a fire extinguisher and smashed the glass of the fire hydrant. "That bitch must be in the ventilation duct!"
Su Wanqing touched the handle of the Tang sword at her waist, and the cold touch made her gums sore.
In his previous life, this bald guy relied on reporting his neighbors to receive relief food, and eventually became a spy for the plunderers.
Su Wanqing bit the tactical flashlight in her mouth and saw the dark red liquid flowing down the stair railing and forming a small puddle on the platform on the third floor.
Two wild dogs were tearing the old security guard's intestines, their black fur covered with cement dust.
Behind her, Lin Che dug his nails into the scabbed wound on her forearm. Su Wanqing smelled the scent of lily of the valley coming from the boy's body - a sign of awakening supernatural powers.
She took out a bag of popping candy and poured it into his mouth. The sound of the plastic packaging attracted the barking of wild dogs downstairs.
A holographic map suddenly popped up on the jade bracelet, and three red dots were moving along the safe passage towards the seventh floor.
"Found it!" The landlord's bald head suddenly appeared under the ventilation duct, and the flashlight made Su Wanqing squint.
The oily sweat on the old man's face reflected in the light. He had a mouth full of gold teeth but one front tooth was missing: "Xiao Su, hand over the supplies, uncle promises." Su Wanqing spit out the chewing gum, and the pink colloid stuck on the wall of the tube dripped right on top of his head.
Lin Che suddenly whimpered like a puppy, and blue blood seeped through the bandage on his back.
Su Wanqing pulled open his collar and saw the needle hole under his collarbone moving.
The wild dogs downstairs also started to bang on the fire door on the seventh floor, and the anti-theft chain made a teeth-grinding friction sound.
The landlord raised his crowbar and poked at the ventilation pipe: "Don't give me face."
Su Wanqing swung down by grabbing the climbing rope and kicked the landlord's crowbar hard with the sole of her tactical boots.
The iron rod slipped out of his hand in an instant and hit the knee of the shrill-voiced man. The man hugged his leg and rolled down the stairs, knocking over the owner of 402 who was holding an iron pot as a shield.
The jade bracelet vibrated and a list of supplies popped up. She glanced and saw that there was still half a box of firecrackers in the inventory.
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"You stinky bitch!" The landlord wiped the gum off his bald head and pulled out a bone-chopping knife from his waist. "Today..."
Su Wanqing unexpectedly took out his cell phone and played the recording. The lewd laughter of him threatening the female students in the owners' group echoed in the corridor.
The female office worker in Room 502 suddenly jumped up and scratched the landlord’s face: “It was you who told the robbers the code for the security door!”
When Lin Che fell from the ventilation duct, Su Wanqing just happened to catch his burning waist.
The boy's pupils under his silver hair turned into vertical lines like a cat's, and his nails grew three centimeters long.
The owner of 402 suddenly pointed at the two of them and screamed, "Monsters! These two are monsters!"
The moment the wild dog broke through the fire door, Su Wanqing had already dragged Lin Che into Room 705 and threw out three smoke bombs.
"Shut up if you want painkillers." She pressed the boy against the entrance cabinet, opened her tactical vest and took out an adrenaline injection.
(End of this chapter)
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