Chapter 150
Suddenly, a big hand stretched out from behind, not only pressing on Lu Ming's arm, but also seemed to grab the hearts of all the audience.
Fortunately, the imagined bloody scene did not happen. It turned out that it was not the group of monsters who dragged Lu Ming into the warehouse, but the other survivors.
"You..." Lu Ming stared at the two people in front of him with some doubt, feeling both surprised and happy at the same time.
I didn't expect to meet a living person in this situation.
"Damn, your leg is bleeding!" The slightly burly man opened his eyes wide after seeing Lu Ming's condition.
"Oh, this is..." Lu Ming was halfway through his words when he saw the two people who had been relatively friendly just now now seriously picked up tools as weapons and stared at him warily.
"Is there something on me?" Lu Ming was a little confused.
"How did the wound come about?" another man who looked a little gloomy asked.
"I was scratched by the glass below when I was climbing down from the storage room on the third floor of the hospital." Although Lu Ming didn't understand what happened, he took a step back to indicate that he was harmless and explained quickly.
After hearing this, the two men's expressions relaxed a little. Then they looked Lu Ming up and down again, and after making sure there were no other new bloodstains, they let out a long sigh.
The burly man took the initiative to introduce himself. "My name is Wang Anquan, and this is Liang Fei. We're temporarily trapped here. I saw you being chased through the window earlier, so I pulled you in. I figured you must be quite capable to survive until now."
Then he continued, "Brother, please understand the situation just now. After all, if you are bitten by zombies, you will join them in two days." He was referring to the fact that they had just raised weapons against Lu Ming.
Zombie, that's a very fitting name indeed, Lu Ming thought to himself, then said to the two, "I don't know what happened. To be honest, I just woke up from the hospital and found myself locked in a room."
"This situation... has been going on for a few days?"
The two exchanged a glance, and Wang Anquan sighed, spreading his hands and saying, "Brother, you're really lucky. It's been almost three days since the disaster broke out. Anyway, my sense of time isn't very clear right now."
"You're lucky. Anyone who doesn't understand the situation or isn't calm will basically be sentenced to death the first time they see a zombie."
"The fact that you can struggle without knowing anything proves that you at least have some ability. At least you are not like them, alas." Wang Anquan looked out the window as he spoke. It was self-evident who they were.
Looking in the direction Wang Anquan was looking, he saw a group of zombies still surrounding the iron gate and scratching at it, as if they were unwilling to let the prey in their mouths escape. However, their flesh and blood bodies could not fight against steel.
"What did you do before?" Liang Fei suddenly asked.
"What's the point of asking about previous work in this situation?" Wang Anquan retorted.
Liang Fei ignored Wang Anquan and kept staring at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming chose not to hide or lie. Reflecting on the past, he stroked his swollen temples and said, "My memory of the past is very vague. I just remember that I seemed to be a... researcher."
Liang Fei's suspicious eyes swept across Lu Ming's well-proportioned and powerful "good body" without leaving a trace. He narrowed his eyes. He didn't look like a researcher at all. It would be more convincing to say that he was a researcher's bodyguard.
At this time, the audience in the theater all wiped their sweat at the same time. The pace finally slowed down a little. The plot had been so tense and exciting that they were afraid that their hearts would not be able to control themselves!
Secretary Gao quietly wiped the sweat from her palms on her clothes, not forgetting to redeem herself: "It's quite hot in the theater, isn't Yueyue scared?"
Xu Yue: ...
Looking at Secretary Gao again, he was tense all over and his forehead was covered with a layer of sweat. It seemed that he was not good at dealing with this kind of "horror movie".
But asking him to leave? Absolutely not!
He also wanted to see how the trio would defeat the enemy in this chaotic world, the life stories of these three people, and the mystery of the appearance of these zombies, so how could they possibly leave.
The director in the back row nodded secretly at this time: "The design of the theater is equivalent to a natural offline gathering platform. Surrounded by like-minded people, it can make the audience feel quite excited."
“The subsequent plot hook is also laid out immediately after the exciting plot ends, which can better lead the audience through the stable period of the plot.”
“Before the next plot point begins, the dialogue is used to complete part of the world view for the audience, thereby arousing greater curiosity among the audience.”
"It's a very ingenious design." The director nodded secretly. Not only the major entertainment companies, but even directors like them have a lot to learn.
The film continues. Later, after Wang Anquan asked about the approximate number of zombies outside, he decided to sneak out from the back door while most of the zombies were attracted by Lu Ming. No matter what, he must not continue to waste time in this small warehouse. After all, the food and water he had looted before were exhausted.
"Are you going to leave with us?" Wang Anquan picked up his weapon and asked Lu Ming, "We have a small stronghold in the northeast. In a disaster, it's hard to survive alone."
Lu Ming didn't have much reason to refuse. He simply bandaged the wound and made sure it stopped bleeding. Then he picked up a shovel as a weapon and nodded at the two of them.
In the camera, the setting sun dyed the sky a layer of blood. Three people half-bent their bodies and sneaked out of the back door of the warehouse. They had to be careful of zombies on one hand and prevent making loud noises on the other.
On the way back, a small incident occurred. In the distance, a man's painful cry for help was heard. The trio watched as a man with a weapon was tackled by a zombie. Wang Anquan turned his head away with a look of pity: "It's too late, there's no hope. His voice will attract more zombies."
Just as Liang Fei wanted to say something comforting to Lu Ming, thinking that if Lu Ming still wanted to be a hero, he might drag down the three-person team, he was surprised to find that Lu Ming was unexpectedly calm.
Lu Ming was also filled with pity, but he didn't become reckless and drag down his teammates because of his pity for the man. He just sighed softly: "While the zombies are attracted, let's leave quickly. It will be even more unsafe here soon."
The facts were just as Lu Ming expected. Soon, the zombies who heard the noise surrounded the man like wild dogs following a scent. Soon, the only sounds on the street were miserable howls, the satisfied roars of the zombies, and the sounds of gnawing.
More and more zombies were smelling the "smell" in the distance. The three of them changed their strategy and quickly crossed the street while the zombies were gathering!
If a zombie that lags behind discovers a new target, it will rush over and carve out a bloody path.
Fortunately, zombies are not very smart. Rather than living creatures, they are more like a body that only obeys the beast instincts of the body. If you can endure the fear, it is still easy to kill them when there are not many of them.
With one shovel, all monsters and demons will eventually turn into flesh and blood.
The three of them stood back to back, and although their speed was not fast, they saved energy. Whenever a zombie entered the warning range, the person closest to it would rush up and chop and smash it, and the zombie would be at least skinned alive if not killed.
This famous and fearless scene of three people fighting zombies also rekindled a spark of fire in the audience's cold bodies, and their blood gradually boiled over.
In the link to the premiere of Garden of Eden on Starnet, barrages of comments also flashed across quickly.
[Okay! Kill them!]
[The engineer shovel is always the best, buy it at a high price. ]
[The trio saves the world, it's fun to watch! 】
[These zombies aren't that powerful, I think I could survive until the end of the movie.]
However, the audience will soon realize that the zombies themselves may be the easiest problem to solve in a disaster, and it is the human heart that is actually complicated.
When the three of them returned safely to the base, it was already completely dark. Wang Anquan walked in front. After they agreed on the secret signal, the shutter door of a medium-sized supermarket opened and several people went in one after another.
But when he arrived at Lu Ming, he was stopped by someone.
"Wang Anquan, why did you bring back another new person?!" The person who asked the question had a hint of anger in his voice.
"What good can a person do if he stays outside? It's especially at times like this that we should gather together to overcome difficulties, right?" Wang Anquan replied.
"Don't you know what you're talking about? But don't forget why you went out? One more person, one more mouth to feed! The supermarket was already running low on supplies, and we're running out of them. And then, after this trip, the other groups got something, but you brought nothing back. The newcomers took away not only the rest of the people's rations, but also their hope of survival!"
The man who asked the question was wearing glasses and a dusty and wrinkled suit. He didn't care at all that the person they were talking about, Lu Ming, was standing next to them.
Lu Ming didn't say anything, but the man with glasses raised his hand and pointed at him: "Do you know who he is? Don't forget, there are women and children here. If the people you bring back do something at night while we are asleep, who will be held responsible?"
Wang Anquan was also a little speechless at this time. He opened his mouth but didn't know how to refute for a moment. However, he felt that he could not abandon a living life when the other party could still be saved.
At the critical moment, Liang Fei said calmly: "If you are worried, you can lock the three of us in a room when we sleep, and the security guard and I will be responsible for watching Lu Ming."
It was a one-on-two situation. After hesitating for a moment, the man with glasses decided not to go all the way and made way for Lu Ming to enter. However, he also emphasized: "The food for the newcomer will be deducted from Wang Anquan and Liang Fei's share."
Unless Lu Ming can prove his worth later.
In addition, Lu Ming needs to be isolated to prevent him from suddenly attacking others at night.
Returning to their respective rooms, the man with glasses chewed his fingers. He had finally established himself among this group of people. All the choices he made had to be for the sake of the entire stronghold. In addition, he would never allow anyone to challenge his authority.
Although Lu Ming was allowed to enter the stronghold, he still needed to be observed carefully. Lu Ming's character was only one aspect, and his ambition was another.
On the other side, after the female doctor in the supermarket helped Lu Ming clean his legs and changed the medicine, Liang Fei and Wang Anquan found a small storage room and locked him in.
"I'm sorry, this is all I can do for now." Wang Anquan lowered his eyes. "I'll go talk to you tomorrow and make sure everyone understands that you're not a bad person."
"I live next door to you. If you need anything, knock on the wall. I'll open the door for you when I hear you."
Liang Fei handed him two days' worth of water and food without expressing any opinion. He didn't understand why he trusted the man in front of him. Maybe it was because his ignorance when they first met didn't seem fake, maybe it was because he wanted him to become a major force in the stronghold, or maybe it was because he was kind-hearted and wanted to save people on the road.
"It's okay, I don't mind." Lu Ming heard the sound of the door being locked outside. In an instant, hunger and fatigue surged over his body. After eating a "full meal" in a hurry, he fell asleep on the ground.
One sleep lasts for a whole day and a night.
Judging from the situation, if it weren't for the accident, he might still be able to sleep soundly.
Until Lu Ming was awakened by a loud noise.
At first, Lu Ming smelled a burning smell. When he reacted, a large cloud of black smoke had already drifted into the room. There was a lot of noise outside and he couldn't tell what was happening.
Soon, the door opened and a lady opened it. Lu Ming squinted his eyes uncomfortably due to the strong light, but he still recognized that this lady was the female doctor who had bandaged and changed his dressing. The female doctor quickly said:
"Brother Wang asked me to help you open the door. There's a fire here and it's very chaotic. It's up to you whether you want to run or stay. But if you want to run, do it as soon as possible. The zombies will be here soon."
Before he could finish his words, the female doctor had already run away quickly. From the sound, it was clear that she had told Lu Ming to run quickly but she did not immediately escape to save her own life. Instead, she loudly warned the others who had not yet reacted to what was happening.
Lu Ming also ran out of the storage room. There was thick smoke outside. Lu Ming judged that the fire must be quite big, but what made him frown even more was the cause of the fire.
He found Liang Fei and Wang Anquan in the panicked crowd. The two were carrying buckets of water and trying to put out the fire. It was said that the water from outside might contain viruses and was completely undrinkable without disinfection, but it could still be used for firefighting.
Lu Ming stepped forward and took over the two people's buckets, and joined the fire-fighting team. During the process, Lu Ming found that there were less than twenty people in this stronghold. Obviously, with the remaining food in the supermarket, this place would not last more than half a month.
As for the cause of the fire, Lu Ming roughly understood from Wang Anquan's confusing narration that several people on motorcycles found them and asked them to hand over half of the food.
Of course, the man with glasses would not accept this proposal, and the other party seemed to have anticipated it and threw in a few homemade guns from outside.
"Hahaha, there's no way zombies can eat these foods anyway. There will definitely be something left when we come back!" The yellow-haired leader shouted arrogantly.
In the three days since the disaster, the peacetime order has collapsed.
The wild laughter and the roar of the motorcycle engine soon attracted a large number of zombies.
The zombies seemed more energetic at night. In addition to many of them running away following the motorcycles, more of them stopped outside this medium-sized supermarket. The sounds of calling for help, commanding, and smashing inside also attracted their attention.
Under the pale moonlight, groups of zombies swarmed towards the only flame like blind moths.
One, two, ten, a hundred...
The zombies mixed together like a black tide, pushing and shoving, and squeezed into the street where the medium-sized supermarket was located.
At this moment, everyone watching the film inside and outside the cinema was speechless.
No screams, no exclamations.
The only sound in the entire theater was the "woooooahh" sounds of zombies greedy for flesh and blood. Everyone was shocked by the horrific scene and was a little dazed.
At first, some people in the comments laughed and said, "What kind of disaster is this?"
[I led our class to kill all the zombies in just a few minutes.]
[Give me a gun, and I'll be the king of this world! ]
Now looking at the scene on the screen, those questioning voices were instantly drowned out by the tide of zombies.
[Mom, don’t ask me why I watched this movie on my knees.]
[Oh my god, I can’t imagine how desperate I’m going to be here!]
[No one cares about the group of people who started this? Without them, this wouldn't have happened.]
The scene of zombies swarming and sweeping away everything on the street has become another classic scene in disaster movies.
Everyone has some psychological trauma from this scene.
This is a true natural disaster!
The director in the back row also gasped. It wasn't because this part of the film was so scary, but the shock brought by the zombie tide made it difficult for him to calm down.
This scene was brought about by Director Huan, and it can be said that the two truly complement each other.
With the evil of human nature in front and the natural disasters sweeping in behind, the old director was speechless for a moment: "Director Huan really got the theme of disaster right."
Then he smacked his lips again: "Who said that Director Huan couldn't make a disaster movie? And who said that we should give Director Huan more time?"
"Is there anything I, Director Huan, can't do?" The old director relaxed, leaned back in his chair, and began to concentrate on enjoying the plot of the movie itself.
The story continues, the fire on the screen is still burning, and the first wave of zombie attacks is only coming late.
There was a burst of rapid banging and roaring, and the outermost iron door creaked under the heavy weight.
Even if the zombies in the front were crushed into pieces, it still couldn't stop their determination to enjoy the delicious food.
The first gate was quickly breached, and then everyone had to face the surging zombie horde. Fortunately, the entrance was not big, so only dozens of zombies came in at the beginning.
Everyone changed from focusing on putting out the fire to each person guarding a pool and relying on various types of cover to kill.
But the zombies that appear one after another will make them exhausted faster.
"No, we need to move our position!" Lu Ming surveyed the situation and gave his judgment without hesitation.
"Transfer? Where can it be transferred to?" Wang Anquan was a little confused.
"The most important thing is how to transfer." Liang Fei also shouted.
On the top floor of the supermarket, the man with glasses was also directing everything in an orderly manner, and from time to time he acted as a mobile team to rescue people in need. When he heard the people below say that they wanted to abandon the decision here, he was the most opposed.
"We worked so hard to find this stronghold, and now you're giving it up, just get out of here!"
Lu Ming was still thinking about how to escape. He quickly called out to the two of them, "Hold on, I'll be here to rescue you soon!"
After leaving these words, he climbed out of the window and climbed to the second floor of another house, performing a zombie version of parkour for the interstellar audience.
The man with glasses standing on the top floor naturally saw Lu Ming "escaping". He raised the wooden gun in his hand and pointed it in Lu Ming's direction. For him, deserters would always affect morale, but after a moment of hesitation, he put down the wooden gun in his hand.
There were only 6 bullets in the wooden warehouse, which he picked up from a police car. They were useless against zombies, and shooting would even attract more zombies. It could be said that the disadvantages far outweighed the advantages. However, it was still quite effective in deterring disobedient people.
The reason why he didn't open the wooden warehouse was probably because he didn't want to use this weapon to attack his surviving compatriots.
Soon, as more and more zombies appeared, the defensive line below became weaker and weaker, and companions began to suffer casualties. It was obvious that concrete could block the zombies, but wooden walls and glass were completely unable to withstand them. Lu Ming's judgment was correct.
The western wall was the first to be breached, followed closely by the northern one.
The man with glasses also joined the team of killing zombies. His body had long been numb and he had no idea how many he had killed during this period.
Just as his companions were becoming increasingly desperate, the roar of an engine was heard in the distance. Lu Ming was driving a large truck upstream from the tide of zombies. He fulfilled his promise and really came to save them.
Lu Ming crushed his way through a path, and as his companions were getting on the bus one after another, the makeshift wooden bridge broke. In order to save the female doctor, the man with glasses was bitten on the arm in the chaos.
But no one noticed this detail.
The man with glasses sat in the back of the truck, took a quick look at his bitten forearm, and after making sure no one noticed, he quickly covered it with clothes.
[This pair of glasses is trying to take advantage of the situation? ]
[They say everything is for the sake of their small group, but when something goes wrong, the first thing they think about is themselves!]
[Can such a small wound get infected? Maybe it's okay.]
[According to the setting, perhaps this is a saliva infection. If even a little bit of zombie saliva comes into contact with the wound, you will be "zombified" the next day.]
[I just saw the glasses guy bravely killing the enemy and saving the doctor at the critical moment. I just changed my mind about you. Please don't let me down.]
[Although, if an ordinary person were faced with this situation, at least if it were me, I might also hold on to a glimmer of hope. Death is truly terrifying, especially the thought of becoming a monster like that after death...]
[Wow, so many people have already sacrificed their lives. Brother Glasses, please, please, please, please, please, make it through this.]
The audience in the theater didn't say much, but from their angry or nervous expressions, it was clear that everyone was worried that the man with glasses would turn into a zombie, which would definitely cause a devastating blow to the already shaky team.
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