Chapter 47 Parasitism
About ten minutes later, in the warehouse on the second floor, a boy wearing glasses tried to ask: "Are they all... out?"
"Yeah, there are quite a lot..."
"Just take a look, close your eyes quickly."
"Hush, open your hands a little, let the bugs crawl away."
"Wuwu... I dare not close my eyes... My legs are weak again..."
"Don't be afraid, mom is here..."
A girl with a ponytail looked at the short-haired girl who was leaning over holding the middle-aged woman's arm, and her face was serious: "Zhou Yun, can you stand properly? Otherwise, the bugs won't crawl away again!" "
But I'm afraid..."
"You're almost done, it's been a few days, are you still afraid?"
The short-haired girl named Zhou Yun still closed her eyes and leaned against her mother motionlessly. What's wrong with her being afraid of insects? This is the kind of insect she has been most afraid of since she was a child. It's a physiological reaction and she can't do anything about it.
She knew that she had performed particularly badly in the past few days, but she didn't want to do it. However, she felt uncomfortable every time Chen Jia called her out in sarcasm and accepted the sidelong glances from others: "Chen Jia, I'm your cousin, are you polite?" Chen
Jia frowned and wanted to say something, but the girl with her hair tied into a bun standing on the other side of Chen Jia pulled her: "Jia Jia, stop talking, be careful of bugs getting into your mouth."
Now, everyone was quiet. They stood there, waiting for the bugs on their bodies and the bugs in the room to crawl towards the heavy aluminum bowls because of their bloodiness. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief and sit down to rest.
Someone carefully ran to the four corners and was quite happy after seeing the black bugs rolling in the blood. He said that fortunately the bowl was big and they would not crawl everywhere. They could wait until tomorrow morning to roast them together.
Most girls chose not to look at it. Just kidding, it was almost time for dinner. Can you still eat after watching it?
Humans are always smart.
They found that the blood tendency of insects also has a certain range, and this range will increase or decrease due to different amounts of blood.
The current amount of blood is the result of their attempts. It can attract the space where they are temporarily staying and their own bugs, but it will not attract other bugs downstairs.
In this way, it is equivalent to making a simple insect repellent circle.
The person who came up with this method and sneaked into the hospital full of patients to get the blood bag was the tall and thin boy with a delicate appearance.
He was not their classmate, and he rarely spoke since they became partners. He was very brave and had good skills. He was the first to take action and suppress the other party when he encountered the parasite several times.
Because he usually looked too cold, the people in the team didn't dare to talk to him, but they all relied on him and hoped that he could stay in this team forever and act with them.
Soon it was dusk, and although there was still electricity in the city, they usually didn't turn on the lights at night.
The parasites were irritable and violent, losing their minds and attacking each other and everyone crazily, but at the same time they would retain human characteristics, such as being attracted to light in the dark and being attracted to sounds.
So they would divide the water they should eat, eat the food they should eat, solve the physiological problems they should solve, and rest quietly when night falls.
Not only because they fear the parasites, but also to avoid other normal humans and the black bugs that are more difficult to distinguish in the dark.
In order to be able to check whether there are bugs on their bodies at the first time, they even put on white clothes. Although they are not resistant to dirt, it is particularly easy to find bugs.
Everyone sat a little further away and started to eat. At this time, they didn't care about being particular, and basically sat on the ground. There were also people like Zhou Yun and her daughter, who put a thin camping tablecloth in their backpacks and spread it out to sit on.
Zhou's mother looked at Chen Jia and waved at her: "Jia Jia, come sit with your aunt."
"No need, aunt, I'll sit with my classmates." Chen Jia's expression softened a little in front of her aunt.
She was not so particular, and sat down on the ground with the girl with the bun, Xu Jiajia. After disinfecting her hands with alcohol spray, she put the five packs of biscuits, two sausages, a bag of potato chips and a bottle of Coke that she had just been given into her backpack.
After that, she took out the small bread, boxed milk, and a vacuum-packed halved duck wing that she brought from home to prepare for dinner today. This was the last food that could barely be used as a meal.
The instant noodles had been eaten long ago, and many other foods that were not well packaged were not dared to be eaten by anyone. The only snacks left were candies and chocolates, which did not fill the stomach at all.
So she has been deliberately controlling her food intake these past few days, and storing the food she got for later.
The boys were different. They basically ate most of the food they got, leaving only biscuits for breakfast the next day.
Under the window frame facing the street, the handsome and indifferent boy sat against the wall, munching on a bagged sandwich in his hand while opening a can of Coke.
The sandwich was filled with vegetables and meat, and it looked delicious, but the others just looked at it.
He ate the food he brought with him.
Every time they distributed food before, because of the different quantities and types, no matter how much they wanted to be fair, there would always be some differences. Since this boy had made the greatest contribution, they would let him choose first every time. He could have chosen the largest and best portion.
But every time, he took the smallest portion with the most monotonous variety of food.
This choice always made them feel uneasy at first, fearing that he did not want to form a team with them and that he would be a burden to them.
Later, everyone found out that he tried to leave more newly found food for them because he had food.
Chen Jia knew that no matter who he was, he was a good person.
In peacetime, a boy with such a handsome appearance, tall stature and reliable character might have many girls pursuing and confessing their love to him.
But now, the girls in their team only glanced at him a few times at most.
Their lives were almost gone, and everyone was thinking about how to survive. Even if they wanted to get close to him at this moment, it was probably because they admired him.
They left home, but most of them had never left Hairu City, and they didn't know where to go.
The future without hope is the most terrifying.
At this time, a person who has a plan, is bold and smart appears, and everyone wants to get close to him.
But he looks too cold, not to mention girls, even boys don't dare to approach him.
They are all natives of Hairu City. They were born here, grew up here, have their families here, and have their parents, relatives, and friends here.
Some were lucky, and their parents were not completely injured. Others were unlucky, and their parents were injured early in the morning and sent to the hospital. They have not seen each other since they were isolated.
Of course, there are even worse cases, where a relative gets sick in front of them, and they have to tie them up with their own hands and lock them in the room - just like her.
Chen Jia lowered her head and looked at her hands.
Her father died early, and she has been dependent on her mother since she was a child, but her mother was injured on the day of the hail. She was injured when she accidentally fell while trying to avoid the hail and enter the house. She only scratched her palm a little and bled a little, but it was not serious.
After Chen Jia returned home, she was relieved to see that her mother was safe and sound with only minor injuries. Because Zhou Yun's father was seriously injured by hail, he was sent to the hospital and then isolated.
Later, water was cut off, school was suspended, and food purchases were restricted... She was not afraid of anything. She had grown up. She had been in the Taekwondo Club for two years. She was not a helpless girl.
She could definitely protect her mother.
However, she later realized that from the moment her mother was injured, everything was too late.
Parasitism.
Her mother was also parasitized. The usually gentle person who always tucked her in before going to bed and gently touched her head and called her baby suddenly rushed up and beat her like crazy because she accidentally knocked down a book...
She stared at her with bloodshot eyes, as if she wanted to beat her to death.
No matter how she cried and called her mother, she didn't stop. In the end, she even strangled her neck and pressed her against the wall.
It was a nightmare that she couldn't wake up from.
If Xu Jiajia hadn't come over and called her, she might have really been strangled to death by her mother.
In the end, she had to personally control her crazy mother and tied her to the bed.
Her mother kept yelling viciously, asking her to let her go, and she was going to beat her to death...
She was crying and packing her things in this voice, and at that moment she thought of death.
How simple it is to die, just close your eyes, and it's all over. You don't have to face this hell anymore, you won't be sad, you won't feel as much pain in your heart as you do now, you just want to dig it all out!
But Xu Jiajia hugged her and cried. She said that her parents were in the hospital and had been isolated early in the morning. Now their whereabouts were unknown. She wanted to find them. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, she wanted to try. She begged her to help her...
In the end, she survived.
She didn't know how long she could live, or whether she would become a crazy monster in the future.
She wanted to try until she couldn't try anymore.
**
Night fell and it was dark all around. Tonight, two boys were on guard. One stood by the window to look outside, and the other sat in the middle of the room to see what was going on around.
Suddenly, there were footsteps and sounds of fighting on the other side of the street.
Someone! Before the boy who was on guard at the window could speak, the handsome boy who was resting with his eyes closed against the low wall under the windowsill jumped up and looked down through the glass window.
There was indeed a fight, or rather, six or seven parasites were besieging a person.
The person was wearing protective clothing and goggles, and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. The other person was agile and skilled, holding a baton in one hand and an electric baton in the other.
The man swung the baton down with amazing force, directly knocking two or three parasites aside. The parasites rolled together and began to attack each other madly. The man then turned around and electrocuted another parasite that was thrown to the ground.
After that, the other person pulled two away again and electrocuted one, and so on. The other person electrocuted all six or seven parasites to the ground.
The movement of the baton and the electric baton reminded the handsome boy subconsciously of someone.
"Wow..." The other two boys who were on night watch were shocked and admired, and they just wanted to reach out and applaud.
But soon, the noise of the fight attracted other parasites. Not far away, from several different directions, there were chaotic and rapid footsteps.
The other side seemed to not want to continue the endless fight, so he observed the terrain and saw a small newsstand on the side. He stuffed his weapon into his backpack, trotted two steps, grabbed the waterproof eaves of the newsstand, climbed up with a pull-up, and crouched down to hide.
The footsteps of the parasites were getting closer, and at this moment, the boy with glasses in their team woke up at some point and was rushing to the glass to check.
He was half asleep and not fully awake. Seeing the other person wearing standard protective clothing and moving quickly, he couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Hey! Are you here to save people? We're here!"
As if he was afraid that the other person couldn't see him, he took out a flashlight and shone it at the person on top of the newsstand, "Here! We're here!"
In the silent night, the light and the sound were like a large sign. In an instant, not only the five or six parasites that had already run to the vicinity, but also the other parasites that were originally scattered deep in the dark building and resting were attracted and ran here.
Some parasites collided with each other and started fighting directly.
There were also parasites who discovered the man on the newsstand. They were just in a state of emotional disorder, but they were still human, so they could climb, use tools, and even speak. They climbed while shouting the same words: "Get down! Get down! I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death!"
In a blink of an eye, a parasite was almost at the feet of the man on the newsstand. In addition, there were about twelve or thirteen parasites running from several different directions and buildings at the same time.
They also discovered the man on the newsstand and the chaos below.
It was like the beginning of a blood-sucking feast. The riot factor was ignited instantly. Some parasites picked up bricks on the street and smashed them at the newsstand. Others picked up sticks and started attacking each other. As long as there was an object standing in front of them (them), they would attack endlessly until all the opponents died. The
handsome boy snatched the flashlight from the man with glasses with a cold face, took out a pack of biscuits and stuffed it into his mouth, then said coldly to the two boys who were on guard: "Smother his mouth, if he makes a sound again, everyone will die! The same goes for the others, keep quiet."
The two boys took the man with glasses, and they were so angry that they wanted to strangle him to death, so of course they pressed him down.
Damn, what a pig teammate!
Even if they really came to rescue, they would be killed by his shouting.
The handsome boy grabbed the iron bar beside him, opened the window, jumped down and joined the battle.
With such a commotion outside, most of the people in the room on the second floor woke up. They suppressed their breathing and footsteps, and cautiously approached the window to look.
The group of parasites downstairs were like terrorists, using everything they could get as weapons, smashing and slashing each other, smashing the newsstand, and smashing the person who just jumped down from the second floor.
They had seen the boy fighting with the parasites before, but never with such a domineering momentum as now. He seemed to have some leeway before, but now his aura was fully released.
His men showed no mercy and hit the parasite directly on the head. With one blow, the opponent's head was bleeding and staggered to the ground.
Because he knew that he had to make a quick decision without getting hurt.
As long as he had a wound on his body, in such a dark night, he would not feel anything even if he was parasitized.
This is the scary thing about these insects. They make humans become crazy people who attack each other, but they also make humans avoid getting wounds on their bodies.
This is a contradiction in itself, and this is the real horror of this doomsday.
The man on the newsstand flipped over several parasites who reached out their hands, and no longer dodged. He jumped up and landed silently to join the battle.
Not far away, a parasite smashed a glass bottle of wine into the burning ruins nearby. With a bang, the originally weak flame was re-ignited and he raised a burning stick and threw it fiercely here.
"Be careful!" The boy quickened his pace and rushed to the other side, lowered her shoulders, protected her head and led her to avoid the burning stick.
You Xi was shocked, not only because of the stick, but also because of the speed of the other party - he seemed to be a little beyond the speed of ordinary people.
But now is not the time to talk. Although the parasites will attack each other, they are also the targets of attack. Only by knocking down all the parasites can they escape.
The two cooperated, one electrocuted and the other smashed the head, and finally solved all the parasites within five minutes.
All the parasites around seemed to have been attracted just now, so no new parasites joined their subsequent fight.
But the boy knew that they could no longer stay around here, he went upstairs and signaled everyone to pack up and leave quickly.
Afterwards, everyone burned the insects, collected the aluminum bowls, packed up their belongings, put on their backpacks, quickly went downstairs, and disappeared into the night with the boy.
Ten minutes later, a team passed by here and was surprised to find the parasites that had been solved on the ground. They immediately searched around.
Such a powerful person must be brought into your team to strengthen yourself, otherwise if he becomes an enemy... it will be difficult to deal with.
However, after searching everywhere, everyone found nothing. The leader narrowed his eyes, thinking.
**
In the second-floor lobby of a beauty salon three blocks away, everyone used aluminum bowls to divide a bag of blood again and placed it at the staircase entrance and in several directions facing north in the lobby.
Youxi "cleaned" a beauty bed in a small box nearby, then stood on it to "take a shower", and then "cleaned" the beauty bed again. When she changed into a clean sports suit and came out with an oily face, she happened to see a dozen people lining up with their eyes closed and their hands stretched out, as if they were performing some kind of ritual.
Youxi: ...? ?
Are they driven crazy by bugs?
"They're not crazy, they're just driving away the bugs." The boy who had just fought with her stood at the end of the team - not far from her side, and smiled at her gently, "See you again."
Youxi recognized this face. On the subway where the accident happened in the undersea tunnel that day, the other party stared at her almost the entire time.
Of course, she heard everything that happened just now, including the conversation in the warehouse on the second floor of the supermarket. At that time,
she was wearing protective clothing and had the [Repair Foundation] with her, so she could fight without any scruples. But he didn't take any protective measures at all, and he jumped directly to join the battle, which moved her a little.
After all, this matter had nothing to do with him. Although it was his teammate who had a brain spasm, he didn't have to take responsibility for it.
You Xi didn't want to owe anyone anything - even if she could have gotten out of trouble by herself just now, others had risked their lives to help her.
"Thank you for what I did just now. I owe you one. If you need any help, just tell me - as long as I can do it."
Seeing her promise so seriously, he showed a surprised expression, which seemed to carry some other emotions.
He sensed it and found that the bugs on his body had been driven away, so he walked up to her and asked, "Don't you remember me?"
When You Xi heard him say this, she knew that he was not asking about the time on the subway.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and waited for him to continue.
"You were..." The other party lowered his voice slightly and looked down at her: "When you wrote 'goodbye', did you never think that we would meet again?"
The doubt in You Xi's eyes turned into shock because of this sentence.
She stared at the young, delicate, clean and pretty face in front of her. This face had no resemblance to the previous one, but she saw a familiar expression on this strange face.
After a while, You Xi frowned and said, "Lin Wu?"
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