"It hurts! Be gentle!"
Lin Bing howled and pushed Shoufeng away: "You've torn my wounds!"
Shoufeng looked at him with his calm brown eyes, picked up the Yunnan Baiyao again, and sprinkled a grain of powder the size of a rice grain on his arm as if giving alms.
There was a long scratch across Lin Bing's arm, and the small amount of Yunnan Baiyao sprinkled on it could not cover it up at all. It was simply a drop in the bucket.
Lin Bing: "...You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
Shoufeng picked up a bandage beside him and quickly wrapped it around the wound before squeezing out a few words: "We need to save medicine."
"Sorry," Fang Yong turned around and whispered after hearing the commotion there, "If my ability level were a little stronger, I could help heal everyone's injuries."
He is not yet able to treat serious wounds. Just growing Qi's arm took too much energy, and he also ate several pieces of chocolate in the process. So in order to reduce Fang Yong's burden, the team unanimously decided not to let him treat those minor abrasions for the time being.
Qi played an extremely important role in the battle against the two third-level zombies, so everyone had no objection to letting him enjoy the only treatment quota. Even Lin Bing just muttered a few words and then kept silent.
On the other side, Song Shuye was also applying medicine to Eve - after the apocalypse, people were busy with life and death, and no longer cared much about the difference between men and women. What's more, Eve's injuries were quite serious, and she needed Song Shuye, who had relatively better first aid skills, to bandage her.
Eve pulled her collar loose to her shoulder. Although Fang Yong had treated the wound briefly, it was still bloody and bruised. Large areas of skin were torn, revealing tender flesh dripping with blood. Song Shuye dipped a cotton swab in iodine, fearing she might not be able to bear the pain, and asked, "Do you have any painkillers?"
Eve nodded, rummaging through her backpack and pulling out a small white bag.
Song Shuye was a little surprised. Painkillers like aspirin were extremely hard to come by in the apocalypse, but he didn't expect Eve to actually carry them with her. Should he say she was reckless, or was she confident and not afraid of being robbed...
——Eve poured a few translucent cubes from the bag and started chewing them.
“Crack, crack.”
Song Shuye: “???”
"This..." he said in disbelief, "Isn't this rock candy?!"
"Uh," Eve swallowed it whole and blinked, "yes."
Song Shuye stared at her: "Pain relief?"
"Crack, crack," several more appeared, "Yes."
Song Shuye: speechless and choked.jpg.
He couldn't help but ask, "Why... do you think rock sugar can relieve pain?"
Eve, who had been pouring sugar into her mouth, stopped when she heard this.
"When I was very young," she said slowly, as if recalling something, "someone told me."
——If the pain is really unbearable, just eat a few rock candies and the wound will stop hurting.
These words were like a brand, deeply engraved in Eve's heart.
But Eve couldn't remember at all when, where, or who said this to her.
She seemed to be lost in memories, and a hazy white mist gradually appeared in her upturned green eyes.
Song Shuye felt that Eve looked a little strange, and he remained silent for a while. But he saw her blinking, and her eyes regained their spirit. She poured a few rock candies into her mouth and suddenly took the iodine from his hand.
"I'll do it myself."
Without waiting for Song Shuye to react, she directly uncapped the iodine bottle and poured it on the wound.
"!" Song Shuye hurriedly grabbed her, "You... don't you feel pain?!"
Eve raised her head. When the iodine washed away the broken flesh on the wound, the pain exploded in her brain like fireworks. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, like raindrops hanging under the corridor, falling drop by drop along her beautiful eyebrows.
But she curled the corners of her mouth and a bright smile bloomed on her face.
"It doesn't hurt."
***
Everyone recovered from their injuries and prepared to set off again.
Fang Yong had used up too much of his supernatural power. He lay pale on Song Shuye's shoulder and said weakly, "Do we have to go to the power station...?"
Haven't they already cleared the zombies from three floors? Wouldn't it be better to just spend the night here?
His pitiful and helpless request was cruelly rejected: "No."
Song Shuye shook his head and said, "Nighttime is when zombies are most active. If you stay here, you'll be directly exposed to the zombies' hunting range. This is too risky."
What's more, the noise they made in the battle just now was too loud, and it might have attracted new zombies.
"Oh no," Lin Bing half-leaned against the window and whistled outside, "Speak of the devil, here they come again."
Everyone looked out the window and saw a few small black dots moving towards them a few hundred meters away - the staggering and dragging steps showed that they were zombies.
Fang Yong wailed, "Why are you still here?!"
"I have a question," Eve raised her hand. "Is a power station safer than here?"
"Zishui City is an unmanned power station," Song Shuye explained. "The possibility of zombies inside is very low. Furthermore, there are barbed wire fences outside the station, and the security system is comprehensive. It's a relatively closed and safe place."
Eve nodded thoughtfully, it was indeed better than the wild.
"How long are you going to discuss this?" Lin Bing flicked the wall impatiently. "Those zombies are coming."
If they ran into these zombies, the possibility of reaching the power station before dark would be further reduced.
For a moment, everyone's faces were filled with embarrassment. Song Shuye took a deep breath and was about to speak when he heard a low voice say, "We can drive over."
It was Shoufeng. Catching everyone's gazes, she coughed awkwardly, "I just smelled gasoline on the first floor."
"Gasoline?" Song Shuye repeated subconsciously, his eyes suddenly lighting up. "It's the parking lot under the residential building!"
Happy Home itself was built before the end of the world. The community facilities are very complete, and each residential building is equipped with an underground parking lot. The gasoline smell that Shoufeng mentioned should come from there.
Fang Yong was overjoyed: "Go and have a look!"
Everyone ran down from the third floor again and soon found the entrance to the underground parking lot behind the elevator on the first floor. Lin Bing was anxious and rushed into the deep and narrow stairwell.
Song Shuye was cautious and quickly pulled him back: "Wait a minute!"
But he was still a little too late. Suddenly, an excited roar came from the bottom of the stairwell, followed by Lin Bing's suddenly tense voice: "There are zombies down there!"
Song Shuye hurriedly grabbed Lin Bing's arm and tried to pull him back, but the zombie seemed to have grabbed Lin Bing's feet at the other end. Lin Bing was pulled in the middle by the two forces and could not move.
"Fuck! Old Song, please be more forceful!" He lowered his head and immediately let out a scream, "It's going to bite my foot!"
——The zombie was half-lying on Lin Bing’s feet, its cold fangs only a few centimeters away from him.
The underground parking lot was originally quiet. When Lin Bing's shouting stopped, the only sound left was the zombies trying to bite him. The clicking sound reminded people of some sharp trap.
Song Shuye's face flushed red: "I... am... trying...!"
"I, I, I'll do it!" Fang Yong dragged an iron rod he had picked up from somewhere with great effort, his cheeks trembling. "Give me some room—I'll hit it on the head!"
But he was weak, and it took a lot of effort to lift the iron rod, let alone drag it, let alone aim at the zombie's head.
"You fucking...!" Lin Bing almost fainted after seeing this. "Are you planning on beating zombies, or are you planning on breaking my legs?!"
Song Shuye: "Let him hit me... I can't hold on any longer!"
Just when everyone was in chaos, a slender figure squeezed past Song Shufeng - Eve leaned into the stairwell and squeezed a drop of blood down there.
The zombie was about to hit Lin Bing, but it absorbed a handful of Eve's blood, stopped biting madly, and immediately let go.
But Song Shuye still did not slack off. He pulled Lin Bing up by the roots and made him crash into Fang Yong behind him. The three of them rolled into a ball. When he looked up, he saw a pair of high boots in front of him.
Shoufeng lowered his head, looked at the three people and said calmly, "That was a close call."
Three people: "..."
Eve smiled and asked behind him, "Are you okay?"
Song Shufeng and Lin Bing looked at each other: "...It's okay, thank you very much."
"No... I have something to do..." Fang Yong's weak voice came from under the other two. He struggled to pull one of his hands free and stretched it tremblingly towards Eve, "Eve... next time you control the zombies... please tell us in advance..."
His waist...seems to be broken!!!
***
The zombie lurking in the stairwell was a level two zombie. After being tamed by Eve, it stood with the level three zombies, walking obediently at the front of the team, leading the charge for everyone.
The group went down the stairs and soon entered the underground parking lot.
There weren't many cars in the parking lot. Cars were a precious resource in the apocalypse, and most of them had probably been driven away by people fleeing. The remaining cars were so dilapidated that they could no longer be driven. Some were missing a wheel, or the entire front of the car was dented.
Everyone was a little disappointed for a moment. Eve looked around and pointed in a certain direction and said, "Isn't that car okay?"
Several people subconsciously looked over and saw a jeep parked in the shadows against the wall of the parking lot. Song Shuye immediately stepped forward and exclaimed, "It's a Wrangler! (Model)"
This type of jeep has the most professional mechanical four-wheel drive system in the industry. Its body structure is extremely strong and has strong torsion resistance. It can still move steadily even on rugged or up and down roads. It is one of the most popular off-road vehicles.
Fang Yong touched his chin and said, "I often use this kind of car when I eat chicken."
Lin Bing rolled her eyes at him, walked over to the Wrangler, and carefully checked it out. After finding no zombies inside, she opened the door and said, "I wonder if it's still open..."
"roar--!"
"careful!"
Just as Lin Bing's hand touched the car door, a zombie suddenly emerged from the bottom of the jeep. Song Shuye, who was following behind, quickly swung out an air whip, but the zombie moved incredibly quickly, deftly slipping through the gap in the air whip and rushing straight towards Lin Bing!
"……Grass!"
Lin Bing immediately summoned an ice wall, but the time left for him was too short. Before the ice wall could solidify, a pair of strong forearms had already shattered it - the zombie broke through the ice!
"Lin Bing!" everyone shouted anxiously.
The zombie's sharp claws continued to grow larger in Lin Bing's eyes. When they were only a millimeter away from his throat, the zombie suddenly stopped and stood still as if petrified.
——An extremely sharp black thorn pierced through its head and nailed it to the windshield of the jeep.
Black blood flowed out of the zombie's head. It wanted to struggle and let out angry howls, but the black thorn crushed it mercilessly, pulling out a nuclear crystal from its flesh and blood. The zombie let out a shrill and vague groan of pain, and its hands dropped down, no longer moving.
Lin Bing half-fell on the ground, gasping for breath. His face and body were covered in ink-black blood, emitting a fishy stench. However, he had no time to care. He swallowed hard and forced himself to stand up.
"...Thank you." He turned to Qi and said in a low voice.
Qi didn't answer him. The shadow thorn retracted after completing its mission. It rubbed against Eve's feet lightly when it passed by her, but was kicked away by the latter. It dived into Qi's shadow with a wronged look on its face.
Song Shuye patted Lin Bing's shoulder and said, "Be more careful next time." Even so, his expression was not very good. "That zombie...did it ambush there on purpose?"
Eve asked, "Are first-level zombies that smart?"
She glanced at the nuclear crystal that Qi handed over. It was no bigger than a fingernail. The level of this zombie could not be higher than level two.
"I don't know," Song Shuye rubbed his brow, "maybe it's just a coincidence... Never mind, let's get in the car first."
But with Lin Bing's previous experience as a lesson, they had to be doubly cautious. Song Shuye first swept the area with an air whip and confirmed that there were no zombies before letting everyone get on the car.
The Wrangler can only accommodate five people at most. With one person in the driver's seat and one in the front passenger seat, four people would have to squeeze into the back seat. Lin Bing immediately raised his hand and said, "I need directions. Let me sit in the front passenger seat."
Song Shuye nodded and looked at the other four people: "Who among you can drive?"
Except for Seven, three hands were raised in unison.
Song Shuye: "..."
He first passed on the question: "How can a minor drive?"
Shoufeng whispered, "In anime, elementary school students can save the world, so why can't high school students drive in the apocalypse?"
"Because this is reality," Song Shuye knocked her on the head and looked at the other two, "What about you?"
Fang Yong: "I just finished the third subject before the end of the world, no problem!"
Eve: "Although I have no experience driving a car, I can ride a broom."
Song Shuye: "..."
He was wrong, he shouldn't have asked the question.
In the end, Song Shuye drove the car, and Eve and the other three squeezed into the back seat.
Qi held Eve in his arms, and two shadow tails stretched out, drawing a dividing line between Eve and Fang Yong.
Fang Yong felt aggrieved: "Eve, did I do something wrong? Why does Qi dislike me so much?"
Eve: "...It's good this way, so he won't be able to help but bite you."
Fang Yong: “???”
Qi Fangyong bared his teeth at Fang Yong and protected Eve even tighter.
"Shit," Lin Bing cursed suddenly from the front seat, "This car is out of gas."
Song Shuye's brows were almost twisted into a knot. He wiped the dust off the oil gauge, and everyone found that the pointer representing the oil level stopped at the zero scale.
"Why would anyone leave such a cool Jeep alone and not drive it?" Fang Yong said in despair. "How can I drive it without gas?!"
Song Shuye was very upset: "I should have driven the car in earlier."
"Forget about it. How are you going to get back to the base then?" Lin Bing poured cold water on him rudely, pressing his hand on the car door as he prepared to get out. "Let's go. This car is dead."
"Wait." Eve said suddenly.
Lin Bing frowned: "What? Do you have a solution?"
"If oil power doesn't work," Eve said, her eyes slowly shifting to the outside, "then... what about manpower?"
Her eyes fell on the two zombies.
The zombies looked confused: "...Ah?"
***
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god..." Fang Yong sat in the jeep with a shocked expression, muttering to himself, "Oh my god... am I dreaming...?"
——Two big zombies were standing in the front of the car, with several thick hemp ropes tied around their waists, and the tail ends were tied to the jeep. At this time, the zombies were walking briskly, pulling the several-ton jeep forward at a rapid speed, and the surrounding scenery kept passing by the car windows.
Apart from him, everyone else in the car also had a look of wonder on their faces.
Only Eve looked calm. She half leaned on Qi and pointed ahead lazily: "There's another intersection. Which way should I go?"
Lin Bing murmured: "...left."
"Go left." Eve said to the two zombies outside the car.
The two zombies obediently turned. When the car passed the intersection, two low-level zombies were standing at the traffic light. Lin Bing raised his head and just passed by them.
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Lin Bing: “…”
More than ten minutes ago, Eve suggested using two zombies to pull the cart.
"Given their strength, it shouldn't be a problem," she said. "Besides, the presence of third-level zombies will invisibly deter any lower-level zombies that try to come over."
Song Shuye hesitated to speak: "But..."
Eve thought he was worried about safety, so she smiled and said, "It's okay, they are all under my control and won't hurt you."
Eve has been dealing with zombies for more than ten years. In her eyes, these living dead are more like tools, servants or even partners. As for their taste for human flesh?
Well... everyone has one or two little flaws.
But Song Shuye and his companions could not be as open-minded as Eve. Humans are naturally afraid of creatures stronger than themselves. In the past, when people saw zombies, the timid ones would run away immediately, while the capable ones would dare to fight - who would have thought that one day they would ride in a rickshaw pulled by zombies?
Everyone: This is so fucking unique.
But to be honest, these two zombies were really fast and powerful. When they encountered low-level zombies that wanted to get close to them, they were slapped away by the two zombies before they could even get close to the car door, leaving everyone without even a chance to fight back.
Fang Yong suppressed his fear and looked at Eve with admiration: "You dare to control such a powerful zombie, don't you feel scared?"
Eve: “Hmm?”
"What if they retaliate one day? Wouldn't we even have a chance to fight back?" Fang Yong touched his arm, a look of trepidation on his face. "I can't even imagine myself in the same space with these zombies."
Eve: “…”
She silently glanced at Qi beside her.
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"Stop talking," Lin Bing said from the front seat, "We're almost there, get ready to get off."
The people in the back seat restrained their expressions and began to check their backpacks. Eve had just bent down to tie her shoelaces when her shoulder was suddenly poked by something hard and made of metal.
She raised her head and saw a short dagger thrust in front of her.
"Here," Lin Bing said without even turning his head. "Don't you have any weapons to defend yourself? Do you think you're invincible?"
Eve blinked, thinking that Lin Bing might have misunderstood.
Although she had not used any real weapons during the journey, she had a dagger hidden in her boot and an iron pick when she pulled out her belt - so she was not unarmed.
"It's not fair!" Fang Yong cried out in grievance, "I'm a non-combatant, why don't you give me a weapon?!"
Lin Bing glanced at him coldly: "Don't you have an iron rod?"
Fang Yong: “…”
This person is too petty!
Shoufeng poked him from the side and handed him a very thin and long iron rod: "You can use this."
Fang Yong took it and felt strangely familiar: "...What is this?"
"The radio antenna," Shoufeng whispered, "is very useful."
She gestured and taught Fang Yong: "Just poke the zombie's eyeballs in, just like you're piercing a candied haws."
Fang Yong: "...Thank you."
On the side, Eve politely declined Lin Bing: "It's okay, I have my own weapons."
She knew that Lin Bing didn't like her, so it was better for her to take less of his things.
Lin Bing's face showed a trace of annoyance, but he did not give up. He simply threw the dagger directly into Eve's legs: "If you don't need it yourself, you can give it to Qi."
Eve: “?” What is this for?
Song Shuye in the front chuckled and turned to look at Eve: "Didn't you two just save him?"
Lin Bing said gloomily: "...Old Song, shut up."
Eve's gaze stopped at Lin Bing's reddening face, and she suddenly realized: "You want to thank us?"
Lin Bing said nothing and simply turned his head back.
Eve raised her eyebrows and looked thoughtfully at the dagger lying across her knees, but she still picked it up: "Thank you, I'll take it."
A long groan drifted from the front seat.
Song Shuye smiled apologetically at Eve: "Sorry, Lin Bing is just like that..."
Lin Bing suddenly said, "Old Song, don't talk."
Song Shuye misunderstood his meaning and frowned, "I told you before that you have to change your tone, otherwise..."
"Bullshit, who told you that!" Lin Bing's voice became louder. "Something's wrong here... Eve, stop the car!"
There was a hint of anxiety in his tone, which didn't sound fake. Eve looked at Lin Bing in surprise and turned to the car window: "Don't leave yet."
The two zombies stopped, and Lin Bing jumped out before the car came to a complete stop.
"What's wrong?"
The members also got out of the car. Eve asked Qi and the two zombies to stand aside and followed them forward.
By now, they had already driven out of the residential complex and entered a long road lined with abandoned shops. Lin Bing was walking at the front, followed by members with confused expressions. Eve looked up as she passed a road sign: "Junqi Road."
Fang Yong asked: "Did we take the wrong path?"
"Probably not." Eve shook her head. She remembered that the power station Song Shuye showed them was indeed located near Junqi Road.
Fang Yong was even more puzzled: "What happened to Lin Bing?"
"Lin Bing," Song Shuye also said, "Is there any problem?"
Lin Bing didn't answer. He stopped in an open space and kept looking along the road, as if he was looking for something.
Finally, he stopped in front of an uprooted iron plate, paused, raised his head, and his expression was solemn.
"Something's wrong," he whispered. "Old Song, I can't find the power station."
"What are you talking about?" Song Shuye asked puzzledly, "Aren't we almost there?"
Lin Bing took a deep breath.
"Yes, but..."
He raised his hand, pointed to the large open space in front of everyone, and said solemnly:
“This was originally the location of the power station.”
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