Chapter 151
At this time, there were only nine people left in the team, and nearly half of them died in that battle.
Everyone's face was heavy, and soon the second point of disagreement within the small group emerged.
After finding a place to take a quick rest, Lu Ming drove them to continue looking for food while also looking for a usable vehicle.
If it is too advanced, it won’t work because it cannot be unlocked; if it is too old, it may leak oil.
It took Lu Ming a whole day to find two suitable cars, and when deciding on the direction to go, everyone in the team had different opinions.
Some suggested returning the same way, some suggested going to other survival points to request to join, and some even suggested just driving on without stopping.
The final result was that Lu Ming decided to try his luck in a big city. "I heard there's a strong force stationed in Ancheng next door. Maybe they can react quickly and suppress the chaos. I want to go and see."
Another tall man decided to return to the countryside with his wife and children. His reason was simple: "There are fewer people in the countryside, so the chances of turning into something like this are smaller."
In addition, you can also find relatives in your hometown.
Both sides had their reasons, and they finally decided to "break up" peacefully.
On Lu Ming's side were Wang Anquan, the female doctor, the man with glasses, and Liang Fei, while the other side was a family plus an old man whose hometown was in the same direction.
After dividing the food equally, Lu Ming drove to the nearest city - Ancheng.
As expected, the man with glasses developed a high fever, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, not letting the people around him notice anything.
That night, he took out the wooden handle he had picked up and wiped it gently, with a hint of determination in his eyes.
[This brother looks a bit fierce, as if he has made some big decision.]
[I noticed that he had been staring at Brother Lu.]
[Run, Xiao Ming, you feel like you're in danger! ]
[Damn it! He can't survive himself, yet he still wants to drag others down with him. How vicious!]
In the cinema, Xu Yue felt that the strength of Lao Gao's grip on her hand suddenly increased. Not only Secretary Gao, but even Xu Yue became worried, fearing that the man with glasses would do something to Lu Ming.
On the screen, the man with glasses met with Lu Ming alone. Under the moonlight, the two stood facing each other, and the situation was a little tense for a while.
After a while, Lu Ming was the first to speak: "You... don't seem to be in such a good condition."
"Put away your hypocrisy." The man with glasses lowered his eyes so that others could not see the expression in his eyes.
"Now, I ask the questions and you answer them. I don't want to hear any nonsense."
"What is your purpose in approaching us? Are those people on motorbikes your people? Who are you? I have seen real scientists, and they don't have the skills like you!" The man with glasses asked a series of questions, looking directly into Lu Ming's eyes.
"I was in the hospital when I woke up. The first person I met was Wang Anquan, and then Liang Fei." Lu Ming also noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and told the truth.
Suddenly, the man with glasses pulled out the wooden gun from his waist, pointed it at Lu Ming, and said viciously:
"I told you, don't give me any bullshit. This is your last chance. The calmness you showed in the face of the situation, the skills you displayed that night... What on earth did you do before?"
"I, I really don't remember." Under the questioning of the man with glasses, Lu Ming raised his hand to cover his forehead. The severe pain was like a dull hammer hitting his brain, once, twice. Lu Ming forced himself to continue to peek into the truth behind the fog.
“Ding ding, ding ding.”
White walls, an instrument with a constantly flickering screen, a walking person wearing a mask, and a name tag with his ID photo and name printed on a blue background.
"My name is Lu Ming, and I'm a researcher." Lu Ming murmured in pain, holding his head.
Seeing that tough measures were not working, the man with glasses suddenly slowed down his voice:
"No one will know even if you tell me. I was bitten by a zombie and won't live long. I won't tell your secret either. I just want to know if you are the one who caused this group of zombies to appear."
"I've been to that hospital. Now I remember that there was a group of people escorting several people in white coats to our hospital, and one of them was you!"
"There's no bed availability, no information on hospitalized patients, and yet you're being offered top-tier treatment straight away. And I heard you're from some... biological company's research institute. Several people came with you, all seriously injured and unconscious, and you're the only one who survived! Within two days, these disgusting things started appearing!"
"Tell me, is this what you did?"
Lu Ming had a splitting headache, but the more he tried to recall something, the more it seemed like something had been triggered, deliberately making him unable to see clearly. After a while, he slowly stood up, his eyes bloodshot, and tiredly pulled the corner of his lip at the man with glasses: "Sorry."
"I woke up in the hospital..."
"Enough, if you don't tell the truth, then go to hell!" said the man with glasses with a hint of madness in his eyes.
However, after a while, there was still no sound of gunfire. The man with glasses said dejectedly, "This disaster really wasn't caused by you?"
Lu Ming pursed his lips and shook his head: "I don't know."
The man with glasses seemed to have heard nothing and continued to speak to himself, "My children and my family are all in Ancheng. Your biological company is also there. Promise me that you will return to your company and save them before more people die."
"Save my family..." Before he could finish his words, the man with glasses coughed up a mouthful of black blood.
He struggled to maintain his standing position, then turned the wooden hatch around and handed it to Lu Ming: "Take it, return to Ancheng, and find out the truth."
"Don't worry about me. Soon, very soon I will become that thing. Don't look back. Let's go to Ancheng!"
After saying that, the man with glasses turned around and stumbled in the opposite direction of the road.
A trace of struggle flashed in Lu Ming's eyes, but in the end he returned to the car and woke up the others.
"Someone hasn't come back yet." Female doctor Su Wen looked out of the car.
"He was bitten by a zombie and just gave this to me." Lu Ming took out the wooden can from his arms.
Su Wen exclaimed, her face pale as she spoke stammeringly: "He, he did it to save me..."
"Don't overthink it. Anything can happen in this chaos."
"But……"
"No buts, he saved you, so you have to live on and take his share with you, understand!"
The engine roared and Lu Ming started the car. This was the realization made by the man with glasses, and Lu Ming wanted to respect him.
"By the way, I haven't asked yet, what's his name?"
"Fang Sheng, his name is Fang Sheng."
"Good name." Lu Ming sighed lightly, and soon a roar was heard.
Fang Sheng, who stayed where he was, felt hot all over, but his mind was unusually active. Apart from the occasional urge to bite and the unbearable hunger, he felt that he was quite healthy.
Soon, a large number of zombies attracted by the roar of the car came out, and he resolutely faced them.
Unexpectedly, the zombies did not attack him, but instead moved straight towards the car.
"Do you think I'm one of your own kind? I'm already smelling like a dead person." Fang Sheng laughed at himself and pulled out two daggers from his arms: "Then I won't be polite..."
Fang Sheng, with red eyes, was harvesting the heads of these zombies like the god of death.
Although he moved slowly, there were so many zombies here that he could catch one with ease.
"Don't come near my family."
"Don't come near my family."
"Don't come near my family."
Fang Sheng muttered to himself as the blade in his hand slashed across the heads of the zombies around him one by one. Even though he was emitting the aura of death and his face was completely bloodless and ashen, he was still unwilling to stop his actions.
"I, miss you guys so much."
The last thing Fang Sheng saw was his beloved wife, his two favorite children, and his peaceful life as usual.
"Next holiday, how about I take you to the amusement park?"
…
As expected, the comments on the Internet were all filled with "I'm sorry, Brother Fang" or "Fang Sheng is a real man."
The entry #His name is Fang Sheng# instantly became a hot search.
This "moonlit night zombie slaughter" has become another famous scene in the Garden of Eden. Even if the audience may forget the plot, they will never forget the scene of a man crazily slaughtering zombies before turning into a zombie in order to protect his family.
Secretary Gao rubbed his red eyes and couldn't help but wonder how he would protect the people in front of him if a disaster occurred.
The director in the back also thought with tears in his eyes: In a disaster, we must show the evil of human nature, but of course there must also be the beauty of human nature. This scene in front of us can definitely be called the finishing touch. I learned something!
…
Ancheng is not very far from where Lu Ming and others are now. If there is no traffic jam, the drive will take less than two hours. Before the fuel runs out, the group still successfully reaches the outskirts of Ancheng.
Why is it only the periphery? Because after the zombie outbreak, people rushed to flee, and the entire transportation system was almost paralyzed. Traffic accidents and broken limbs can be seen everywhere on this main road.
Everyone had long been numb to this kind of scene. They got off the car with their weapons in hand, and the four of them circled and slowly moved towards the city center. It would be good if the city still had manpower to resist. If the city had fallen, they would have to try their luck in the biological research laboratory mentioned by Fang Sheng.
The streets were silent at this time, and from time to time they would encounter two or three zombies wandering on the road. The four of them moved forward cautiously, and when they encountered zombies that they could not bypass, they would deal with them as quietly as possible.
"Tell me, where is our army? If all zombies are like this, they would have turned into ashes after a few rounds of saturation attacks." Wang Anquan raised his hand and touched his bald stubble, somewhat puzzled.
Wang Anquan was a veteran, so he naturally knew that no carbon-based creature could resist heavy firepower washing underground.
"There are several possible scenarios." Lu Ming pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke, "First, this virus is highly contagious. Perhaps my former comrades have suddenly become zombies, and many high-ranking officials have likely perished. There's no established command structure."
"Maybe... in fact everyone is infected, but the degree of infection and the time of onset are different. After all, no matter what virus it is, there may be asymptomatic infections." Liang Fei added.
Lu Ming nodded, agreeing with Liang Fei's statement, and then he continued: "Secondly, many places have suffered varying degrees of invasion. Perhaps some places have a higher priority for rescue. Most of the current troops are there, and many troops will be transferred to guard the border.
"After all, we cannot rule out the possibility that this is a biological attack from another hostile country."
"Third, there's something difficult to deal with, either a large one, or a mother form appears, and normal heavy firepower isn't very effective against it."
A heavy expression appeared on Wang Anquan's face. No matter what the situation was, it was too bad.
However, before Wang Anquan could figure out which situation was the worst, he saw something rustling in the dark out of the corner of his eye, interrupting his thoughts.
"When did they appear!" Wang Anquan exclaimed, looked back, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Under the cover of night, a large group of zombies appeared from nowhere and wandered in groups about ten miles behind them.
Although they were not close, were not moving fast, and had not discovered them, this situation was like a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. If they were not careful and attracted their attention, it could bring very serious consequences.
Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, another accident happened!
The camera gave a close-up of a zombie, and its rotten nose seemed to make a sniffing motion, then it turned and faced the direction of the four people.
"Bang." The zombie crashed into the car, and then the car's alarm sounded.
"Beep, beep, beep!" A huge, harsh noise appeared on the dark street.
Before the other three could recover from their shock, Lu Ming shouted, "Run!"
Although zombies don't move particularly fast, they are tireless. Even if the zombies behind cannot catch up with a few people, they will soon be surrounded by dense swarms of zombies with the car with the alarm as the center, and it will be almost impossible to break out at that time.
Several people immediately used all their strength to run quickly, but more and more zombies appeared in front of them. Soon everyone became breathless. After dodging another wave of zombies, several people huddled in a corner with heavy faces.
"Let's make one last effort and fight our way out?" Wang Anquan gave his own suggestion. Instead of waiting to die here, it is better to give it a try.
"Find a more secretive and safe corner and hide there to hold on!" Liang Fei thought that they should avoid the attack for the time being, at least until the zombie swarm dispersed a little before making plans.
"The current food reserves are enough for three days." Su Wen said at this moment. It was obvious which option she preferred.
The three of them turned their attention to Lu Ming, and unknowingly, Lu Ming began to show signs of leadership.
Lu Ming pondered for a moment, then said, "I have an idea..."
Under the moonlight, several zombies were seen swimming upstream in rather awkward postures, weaving through the zombie horde.
The zombies around them were not uninterested in them, but after coming closer to sniff, they continued to move towards the direction of the car's horn.
Only then did the audience see clearly that these four strange-looking zombies were dressed up by four people. As for how they dressed up, they smeared the flesh and blood of the killed zombies on their bodies.
Everyone had previously determined that zombies rely on hearing and smell to identify, and vision is actually their weakest point. Lu Ming took advantage of the situation and joined in if he couldn't beat them. At least for now, this method does seem to be useful.
At this moment, the feeling of being a sheep among wolves suddenly became concrete for all the audience.
However, the smell will still dissipate over time, and the "fragrance" of being human will still slowly emanate. When more and more zombies noticed that something was wrong, several people couldn't help but feel their scalps tighten and quickened their pace again.
Finally, like a floodgate that broke through a dam, a zombie discovered the "hotspot", followed by more and more. Fortunately, they had passed the area with the densest concentration of zombies, and they were not surrounded by zombies.
After entering the street, there were more shelters. After turning around several times, they finally hid in a shopping mall. There were huge and intensive knocking sounds outside the door. They just had to escape through other doors before they broke in.
While collecting the remaining food, everyone recalled and looked for the surrounding landmark buildings. There were also many zombies in the mall, and these "stragglers" were quickly wiped out by the experienced people.
After clearing a safe area, Lu Ming and his friends sat on the ground, enjoying a rare moment of rest in the apocalypse.
After a moment, Lu Ming slowly spoke: "Fang Sheng said before that he suspected the zombie virus might be related to a biological company here..."
After a pause, Lu Ming chose not to hide the truth and continued, "He also said that I might be from there and he saw me getting out of their car."
"So, I plan to go there and take a look. Maybe there will be some clues about the cause of the zombie outbreak, as well as some of my personal records."
"Next, I will find a safe place for you to take refuge..."
"Stop, stop, stop. Why do we have to act separately?" Wang Anquan interrupted in confusion.
"I know what you mean. We've lived and died together before. How could I possibly let you go to such a dangerous place alone?"
"But..." Lu Ming wanted to speak again.
"There's no but, or do you want to monopolize the title of 'saving the world'?" Wang Anquan said with a smile.
"Even if there is only a slight connection, we should give it a try. After all, there must be a goal, right?" Liang Fei also took the opportunity to speak up.
"It's a long and challenging journey, and it won't hurt to have a doctor with you." Su Wen also chuckled.
In this way, the four people decided on the next course of action - the biological company.
After a night's rest, everyone regained their spirits and headed towards the biology building. Perhaps because they suddenly had a goal and hope, the four of them looked full of energy.
In less than half a day, the four of them arrived safely downstairs of the biology building.
The style inside the biology building is completely different from the outside. Instead, it looks more like an interstellar version of a high-tech building.
Although the building is now dilapidated and its exterior walls are covered with the dried and smelly blood of unknown creatures, it is not difficult to see its former glory.
Entering the building, the cold and damp air made everyone's hair stand on end. The roars of zombies could be heard from time to time, indicating the danger here.
However, it is impossible to let everyone retreat now. For the sake of that possible glimmer of hope, they have to go in and explore even if it is a dangerous place.
In addition to human zombies, Lu Ming and his team also found zombies of various animals, which further confirmed the speculation that this might be the origin or one of the origins.
Later in the plot, as the four people continue to go deeper, wave after wave of zombies appear. Strange animal-type zombies appear from time to time, coupled with the small and dark environment, constantly escalate the tension of the plot.
Until a strange zombie slightly larger than a monkey appeared, raising the tension in the biological building to its peak.
The appearance of that zombie is more like a combination of a monkey and an ape. It has both the agility of a monkey and the explosive power of an ape. And unlike other zombies, he has intelligence that is not inferior to that of a gorilla, which brings unprecedented pressure to the four protagonists!
"Bang!"
When the zombie was about to bite Wang Anquan, Lu Ming fired. The bullet passed by Wang Anquan's ear and hit the strange monkey in the middle of his eyebrows.
The loud gunshots echoed throughout the building, followed by the excited and bloodthirsty shouts of various zombies from all over the building.
The other three people and the audience no longer had time to think about why Lu Ming's shooting was so accurate, because five or six "strange monkeys" appeared behind the door!
[Fuck, how do I fight this?!]
What kind of monkey is this? It looks scary. Is it an extinct species from its home planet?
[It's over. I don't dare open my eyes. I hope the protagonists won't be sacrificed. No.]
Seeing this, most of the audience fell into despair.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" After several shots, Lu Ming killed these "strange monkeys" one by one.
It didn't matter if he ran out of bullets. Lu Ming jumped up at a speed faster than the monster monkey, clamped the monster monkey's head with his knees, and then twisted it hard, thus killing the last one left in front of him.
[Hmm, hmm, hmm? My brother Lu got his memory back?] The audience had a faint expectation for this.
However, when the audience saw Lu Ming leading the team back to the starting point, they realized that they had overthought.
[It seems this is Brother Lu's physical memory.]
[Is Brother Lu really a researcher with his skills? ]
I have to say, Lao Qin's muscular body is really impressive. He's lean yet strong. It turns out Lao Qin maintains a good figure, but is he really that cool?
Qin fans know this. To play the role of Lu Ming well, Lao Qin has been training like a madman. Now it seems to be worth it!
The plot progresses rapidly, and Lu Ming's wonderful fighting scenes make everyone's emotions reach the climax again.
The other three were also a little dumbfounded. Could the silent Lu Ming be so cruel?
Su Wen observed more carefully and pointed out a suspicious door. The door seemed to be integrated with the wall. If it were not for the narrow gap and the cold wind that betrayed it, no one knew when they would discover it.
As the four entered one by one, the door was instantly locked, and the passage in front of them lit up, emitting a strange blue light at the end.
Then thick red lasers swept over.
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