Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Zombies begin to attack
The night was dark and cool, and Wang Qiang, wrapped in his coat, dozed off on the watchtower.
“Hehe…”
“Huh…”
There seemed to be a noisy sound in my ears, and a foul smell drifted in the evening breeze from time to time.
Wang Qiang frowned and took a deep breath in his half-asleep state.
"Cough cough cough... Damn, what smells so bad?"
He coughed repeatedly because of the stench in his nostrils. He opened his eyes to suppress the nausea in his chest and glanced down at the watchtower inadvertently.
With the faint moonlight, he saw zombies pouring in like a tide from the outskirts of the base, approaching the base in dense crowds.
He raised his hands and rubbed his eyes hard, then suddenly opened his eyes wide with horror on his face.
Wang Qiang climbed down the watchtower and ran back to the base, shouting, "No... No! The zombies are coming!"
Behind him, zombies rushed in from all directions and surrounded the small base.
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Su Qing walked into the base and found that the atmosphere here was a bit strange today. There were not many people walking around in the base. Occasionally, he saw a few people with serious expressions and hurried steps.
She was a little puzzled. Yesterday, everyone was so excited about the shopping street, so what happened today? The system didn't even give her any information about what was happening at the base.
She walked inside and after a while she saw a lot of people outside the clinic. They were standing at the door and chatting, and everyone had a worried look on their face.
"What happened?" Su Qing walked forward and asked.
"Oh, Miss Su, you're here! Something big happened outside! A small base was breached by zombies."
"Today, a small team from our base went out looking for medicinal herbs and ran into a few people. They had escaped from a small base. They said their base was suddenly besieged and occupied by zombies two days ago. There were thousands of people in that base, and most of them died."
"Alas, what a sin! So many lives have been lost."
"Those guys were injured on the way and are watching inside."
The people around told Su Qing a brief account of what had happened. After listening, Su Qing thanked them and walked into the clinic.
There were two people lying on the beds in the Western Medicine Department, and three people sitting on chairs beside them. All of them had injuries of varying degrees. Two doctors and several nurses were busy treating them. Su Qing saw Fang Qing also helping inside.
"Xiao Qing, you're here. These people were rescued by people from our base today." Fang Qing turned around and saw Su Qing, and hurried over.
"Do you know?" Fang Qing looked a little worried.
Su Qing nodded, "Yeah, I heard a general idea outside."
"This is the leader of our base. Could you please tell her what you just said to her?" Fang Qing turned around and said to a man sitting on a chair.
"Hello, my name is Wang Qiang." The man stood up with difficulty and said to Su Qing.
Su Qing looked at Wang Qiang. His arm was bandaged and hung on his shoulder. He was covered in blood and had a worried look on his face.
"Hello, I'm Su Qing. I wonder what happened to you?" Su Qing looked at the people in the room who all looked a little disheveled and covered in wounds.
"Alas, we've been surviving in a small base in City Z. Two nights ago, a large number of zombies suddenly appeared outside our base and surrounded it. Since everyone was asleep at night and there were no defenses, and there were no weapons in the base, it fell quickly."
Wang Qiang suddenly stopped talking here, with a look of pain on his face.
“Although our base was small, there were thousands of people there. It was wiped out in an instant. Only a few people escaped. Thousands of lives were lost... There were also many children there... It was like hell on earth!” A person lying on a hospital bed struggled to sit up, choking with red eyes.
"Wow... My husband... He was bitten to death by zombies in order to save me... I could only watch him being gnawed into a skeleton..." Another person lying on the hospital bed cried in pain and despair.
"We were lucky. We risked our lives to escape. We were terrified all the way. Later, we encountered a small wave of zombies. Thanks to the people in your base who saved us, otherwise we would have become ghosts in the zombies' mouths."
Su Qing listened to the descriptions of several people and had some guesses in her mind. They all suffered superficial injuries during their escape and they were not very serious. She comforted them and told the doctors that all their expenses would be borne by the base. They only needed to receive good treatment and Fang Qing would arrange accommodation for them first. The follow-up matters could be discussed after they settled down.
After this was settled, Su Qing walked out of the clinic, thinking that he would have to go to Lu Chen's base to talk to Professor Gu.
As I was walking, I saw Lu Chen and his group coming towards me.
"I was just about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come." Su Qing walked over quickly and said.
"Sister, what happened? When we came in, the atmosphere here seemed a little off." Li Yi looked puzzled, glanced at Su Qing and asked worriedly, "You don't look very well either. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. The base just received a few people. They were previously in a small base, but it was overrun by zombies a few days ago. I was just about to go over to your place and ask Professor Gu." Su Qing briefly explained the situation and then looked at Professor Gu. "Professor Gu, is it convenient for you? I'd like to consult you about some things related to zombies."
"good."
Su Qing brought a few people to a room in the office area. She took out some fruits and snacks and drinks from the base's commercial street from her backpack and placed them on the table.
"This is a snack made by people in our base. You can try it."
"Oh my God, milk tea! Jianbing! There's even coffee!" Zeng Li was very excited looking at the things on the table.
She and Li Yi quickly gathered around the table.
Su Qing took out another set of tea sets, boiled water, made a pot of tea, and handed it to Professor Gu.
Professor Gu looked at Su Qing's behavior with surprise in his eyes, but he suppressed his doubts and did not say anything. He took Su Qing's tea and slowly took a sip.
"It's been a while since I last had tea. It's really good. Xiao Su, what do you want to ask?"
"Professor Gu, I've noticed that there are fewer and fewer zombies in the city. They're migrating outwards, and they're starting to consciously attack places where humans gather."
"Yes, that's right. Zombies rely on blood and flesh to spread the virus and reproduce. If there are no people in the city, they will leave the city and slowly gather in places where people live."
"They will emerge from various locations and gradually gather together, from a few to many. The zombie swarm will slowly grow larger, and then one by one they will break through human bases. We will eventually be unable to escape the confrontation with them."
Qin Yu couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "Is there no way to eliminate the virus?"
Professor Gu gave a wry smile. "All my research results are in the institute. I had some breakthroughs before, but the samples were destroyed by the laboratory's defense system. I'm powerless now. Besides, those sophisticated analytical instruments are also in the institute."
"Right now, we can only place our hopes on the capital. When the capital was evacuated, many scientific researchers were taken away. After so much time, perhaps they can find some breakthroughs in dealing with this virus."
Gu Yan sighed and said calmly, "So far, there has been no news from the capital. I'm afraid there hasn't been any progress."
"Professor Gu, if... I rebuild a laboratory for you, I wonder if you are confident that you can break the zombie virus?" Su Qing thought for a moment and said slowly.
Professor Gu stood up excitedly after hearing this, staring at Su Qing with his bright eyes and asked, "Rebuilding a laboratory? Do you... have the necessary equipment?"
"To be honest, I have some special abilities. Before I left the institute, I put away everything inside. Perhaps I can rebuild a laboratory for you."
"Really? That's great! I still have a lot of data memorized. Just give me some more time!"
Professor Gu was beaming with joy when a sudden thought struck him, instantly causing him to lose his composure. "But wait, those instruments were destroyed. Even if you had them, they wouldn't be of any use to you."
"Let me try it first, you wait for my news." Su Qing was a little unsure whether the system could refresh so many instruments and items.
Professor Gu looked at the young man in front of him, thinking about what he had just heard. After hesitating for a while, he tentatively asked, "Xiao Su'a...what is the supernatural power you just mentioned?"
Hearing Professor Gu's question, everyone else looked over. These people in the room were not ordinary people before the apocalypse, and after experiencing these outrageous zombies, they were no longer surprised. Therefore, until Su Qing mentioned it before, no one had explored it too much.
Su Qing has too many secrets beyond common sense. Now that Su Qing himself has revealed what special abilities he possesses, everyone can't help but feel curious.
"I... was hit by a car after the apocalypse. When I woke up, I found that I could restore some damaged objects to their original state. There was also a space where I could store some things. In my mind, only I could control these things, but I don't understand why."
After spending so much time together, Su Qing knew that these people in front of him had some connection with the capital and their identities were not ordinary. Sooner or later, he would need to deal with the powerful people in this world. Revealing some cards to show goodwill would also be convenient for him in the future.
Of course, everything has its pros and cons, and Su Qing didn't dare to tell everyone everything. If someone had ill intentions, she would not be able to deal with it on her own. In this situation, she had to try her luck and bet that these people were not bad people.
They were all smart people and knew that Su Qing still had some reservations. For example, many things in this base did not exist in the existing world. However, everyone understood Su Qing's concerns. If the abilities she mentioned were released, the whole world would be shocked. At that time, Su Qing would become the target of public criticism and be fought over by various forces.
After hearing Su Qing's words, the room became quiet for a moment, and everyone was thinking about something secretly.
Professor Gu was the first to recover. He spoke carefully, "Xiao Su's situation is not unheard of in the medical field. There are cases around the world where individuals have experienced paranormal phenomena after waking up from coma due to dangerous circumstances like car accidents, surgery, and collisions. These phenomena remain unexplained by science."
"Teacher is right. Take the zombies everywhere, for example. We have never been able to explain the reason." Zhao Jiajun nodded and said.
Li Yi clapped his hands and said happily, "Hey! My sister Su may not be the only one. Maybe it will be like those apocalyptic novels, where people with special abilities will be everywhere, with all kinds of lightning, fire, rain and healing abilities like immortal cultivators, and those crystal cores, the things that grow in the brains of zombies. Let's go dig them out when we have time."
Zhao Jiajun pushed his glasses up and looked at Li Yi seriously. "Brother Li, this shouldn't be possible. We've been studying zombies for over a year and have dissected tens of thousands of corpses, but we haven't found any so-called crystal cores. However, zombies are constantly evolving. Perhaps we can delve deeper into the situation you're describing."
"Well, that's just what I said. Don't take it seriously! Don't take it seriously, little brother."
Qin Yu and the others remained silent. Su Qing's abilities were of great significance to the capital. Perhaps...
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