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Jiang Ziyao took firm steps, as if he was treading on clouds. His seemingly careless eyes deliberately avoided the arm on the ground. When the insect appeared, he thought everything would go smoothly and he knew the result. But who knew what he would lose in the process?
"I can see two of you in my eyes now." Liu Dong spoke. He leaned against the wall, his face as pale as a piece of paper, and spoke in a light voice. He was very weak, but as soon as Jiang Ziyao approached, he was quickly grabbed by his arm.
His palms were so cold, like a corpse, and so strong, like a pair of pliers.
Jiang Ziyao lowered his head and glanced at his injuries: "Don't talk for now, save your energy."
Liu Dong opened his mouth, blood seeping from his teeth. He grinned and shook his head: "I don't know if I can survive. It will be too late if I don't tell you. If I die, can you do me a favor?"
Jiang Ziyao seemed inhumane: "I can't help."
Liu Dong said: "I beg you."
Jiang Ziyao replied: "It's no use begging me. You can't die now. If you die, Huo Chi and I will never return to the camp."
Liu Dong took a deep breath and said, "No, you have to go back. I know you guys are loyal to each other, so I can only shamelessly beg you again."
Jiang Ziyao said: "I can't help you with Liu Xiaobei. I won't take care of him for you."
He made his point clear.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore now. We'll give you a little more time. You'll have to hold on by yourself."
Liu Dong moved his body and raised his head as much as he could: "I didn't ask you to take care of me. I don't have the nerve to be a burden to you."
Jiang Ziyao asked: "What do you want?"
Liu Dong laughed bitterly: "Help me to kill Liu Xiaobei and let him go with me. I still have a bullet in my gun, so just use my gun! Xiaobei knows him, he won't resist and cause you trouble."
Jiang Ziyao didn't expect him to ask for this. He was stunned for a moment and said, "Liu Xiaobei will definitely hate you."
Liu Dong's face was filled with pain. He wanted to scream out in pain: "Without me, his life would be more painful than death."
"His mother died in my hands. My wife was bitten a year ago. I locked her in the house hoping she would get better one day. But Xiaobei sneaked in to see her, and she wanted to bite Xiaobei. She had completely forgotten about her son, so I killed her with that gun."
"I shot her in the head with a bullet. Xiaobei was terrified. He cried for a long time and got angry with me. He must have hated me at that time."
His cloudy eyes were a little dazed, and his voice was very calm: "At the beginning, Wang Xiaoshan's father made an agreement with me that if one of us died, we would kill the other's child. Now he is dead, and his child came to find me as his father said, but I didn't do it. This world is fucked up, but people still want to live."
Huo Chi was surprised: "So you want your child to die?"
In an instant, Liu Dong's eyes were filled with salty sea water: "If there was any chance of survival, I would not..."
He swallowed back his tears and repeated, "But he is still too young. He is too small. People and monsters will hurt him."
"There is a dark blue bag in the room. It contains things you can use. After you deal with Xiaobei, leave. You will definitely live longer than me."
Liu Dong stared at Jiang Ziyao intently: "Promise me..."
Jiang Ziyao frowned and did not answer. As long as he did not speak, Liu Dong would not let go. He was stubborn and would rather turn into a mummy and die with resentment.
But Liu Dong's body could not support him to continue the stalemate. Not long after, the grip on Jiang Ziyao loosened, and Liu Dong fell into a coma and stopped moving.
"He's still breathing." Jiang Ziyao deliberately sniffed his breath, "He's not dead."
Huo Chi kept pressing on his wound: "The bleeding has stopped."
Jiang Ziyao stood up: "Then he won't die."
He was certain: "He couldn't bear to die without my promise."
Jiang Ziyao found two more pieces of clothing and tore them apart to bandage his wound. Liu Dong showed signs of dehydration.
Jiang Ziyao said, "Move him to the kitchen and give him some water. We have other problems to deal with now."
He turned around after he finished speaking and took a quick glance at the mess in the room. They were actually enduring the stench and conversing intently beside the dead insects.
There were violent banging sounds coming from the windows and doors. The zombies in the neighborhood had been attracted by the noise just now. They surrounded the house, like countless flies flying outside, and the buzzing sound was annoying.
It won't be long before this house falls.
The zombies wanted to enter the house. Jiang Ziyao could hear roars coming from all directions. They were impatient beasts. He just stood there, as if he could see their rotten and corrupted faces clearly. The feeling of suffocation was like waves.
Jiang Ziyao first pushed the large and movable objects in the house against the door, trying to delay some time.
Huo Chi moved Liu Dong to a suitable position and came over to help: "Is there any other exit from this house? Is there a back door or window?"
Jiang Ziyao said: "The things outside have almost dug a tunnel to get in. There is no way out."
The second floor had collapsed. Once the curtains were opened, the zombies blocking the windows banged even harder. Fortunately, the glass was still strong, but the wooden door could no longer hold on as time went by, and half of a zombie's body was stuck inside.
Huo Chi stared at the door. He picked up an axe and went straight over to chop off the head of the zombie that came in. The head rolled on the ground with its mouth still open. When he looked through the crack in the door, he saw a densely packed number of heads. He swallowed and stepped back.
Jiang Ziyao found a clean place to lean against, he released his strength, and let his messy hair fall on his face: "We are now meat in a cage."
Huo Chi asked: "Do we have to fight hard?"
Jiang Ziyao silently picked up the gun. They only had one bullet, enough to kill one head.
"I can't spell it."
Jiang Ziyao put the pistol on his back and handed the rifle to Huo Chi.
Huo Chi said, "Then think of another way. I'll go see if there's anything in the house that can be used."
"Yes." Jiang Ziyao said, "We now have two choices."
Huo Chi was surprised: "Two?"
Jiang Ziyao nodded: "The zombies chase people mainly by smell. We can smear the blood of the bugs all over our bodies to cover our smell. When the house can no longer hold on and the zombies can't find us, we can take the opportunity to escape. This is the first solution."
Huo Chi glanced at the insect's corpse and suppressed his nausea: "Although it's a little disgusting, can you give it a try?"
Jiang Ziyao looked at Liu Dong: "But now we have a wounded man, his wound cannot come into contact with blood, unless we leave him here to fend for himself."
Huo Chi said: "What about the second method?"
Jiang Ziyao replied: "The second one is easy. Just blow it up. It's just more dangerous."
Huo Chi nodded: "Then what about the second one? How do you fry it?"
Jiang Ziyao went to the kitchen to get the gasoline and looked at Huo Chi.
Huo Chi: "Depend on this?"
Jiang Ziyao affirmed: "It will work."
He paused and saw the words:
[A large number of zombies still appeared outside the house. Although it was expected, it was still very annoying.
The only feasible way is to use the gasoline in the house, pour the gasoline into an open plastic bucket, and generate static electricity through friction to cause an explosion. This is practical.
It’s just that Huo Chi was worried that the explosion was too small, so he deliberately placed gasoline next to the insect’s body. It is said that the alien species contains a large amount of methane.
Life and death are determined by fate. How can we know the result if we don’t gamble once? We tried it and it worked, but the smell of the barbecued meat of the zombies was not pleasant...
We must leave immediately. There are several more dark shadows in the sky. It's not just the zombies that are attracted by the fire. The danger to this city is increasing day by day. 】
The chemistry knowledge I had learned before was not deceiving me. Jiang Ziyao deeply realized that all the reading he had done before was not in vain.
He called out to Huo Chi: "Go find a rope!"
Rope, plastic bucket, Jiang Ziyao also pulled down the curtains, and he took some blood from the insect. Huo Chi stared at his movements nervously. He carefully tied the rope to the bucket, and then they hid in the kitchen together.
The zombies outside are becoming more and more impatient, but unfortunately, who will be the hunted depends on the effect of the gasoline.
The gate collapsed and the zombies swarmed in. Jiang Ziyao pulled the rope hard.
boom--!
A deafening explosion suddenly sounded.
Jiang Ziyao hoped that the explosion would not be so big that it would affect the kitchen, but he also didn't want it to be so small that it would be a dud. Even though the sound was loud, the kitchen door would still be intact.
He saw Huo Chi holding the door with both hands. Huo Chi turned his head and said his hands were hot.
Jiang Ziyao wanted to look at his hand, but Huo Chi dodged.
Jiang Ziyao frowned: "Burn? Can you move your fingers?"
Huo Chi said it was okay again, and he immediately carried Liu Dong on his shoulders.
The entire house was blown up, but strangely, only the kitchen was not affected. This was not in line with physics. After the power of the explosion passed, a fire broke out.
Most of the zombies were blown into meat paste, and some were crushed under the buildings. Today was a cloudy day, and the bright fire became the best weapon to attract the zombies. They flew into the fire like moths.
As thick smoke rose, Jiang Ziyao bent over, covered himself with the curtains, and took the opportunity to sneak out. Even though his vision was blurred, it did not affect his judgment. Genetic awakening allowed a person's five senses to exceed the limitations of the human body.
Jiang Ziyao was carrying three large bags and Huo Chi was carrying someone on his back. They took a long detour before returning to the car.
The wreckage of the house was surrounded by zombies and aliens, and they only had to look up to still see the thick smoke.
Will different species eat each other? Will different species form a new food chain? But there is no doubt that humans are at the bottom.
Liu Dong opened his eyes once on the way and said nothing.
After returning to the camp, Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi handed in the supplies. The rich stuff was exchanged for medicine and confidence. They specially reminded in advance to hide the canned meat. The people in the camp were not soft-handed when taking things. There were four cans in total. Liu Dong couldn't bear to eat his share, so there are still two cans left.
Fu Bin said a few sarcastic words and let them go. Liu Dong went to treat his wound. He was a little groggy and only asked the two to take care of his child. Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi went to the room to meet Liu Xiaobei first.
The first thing Liu Xiaobei asked when he saw them was, "Where's my dad?"
The kid wasn't stupid. He looked nervous because someone didn't arrive on time. Jiang Ziyao didn't hide it: "He's injured and is bandaging his wound. He'll come over later."
Liu Xiaobei asked: "Is he seriously injured?"
Jiang Ziyao replied: "A little, but he will be fine."
Liu Xiaobei clasped his clothes with his fingers, and spoke after a while: "I want to see my father, where is he?"
Jiang Ziyao stopped him: "Don't go over and cause trouble. He will come back after he is bandaged and sober."
Liu Xiaobei's eyes were full of doubt. He was afraid: "Dad is not dead, right?"
Jiang Ziyao affirmed: "No."
Liu Xiaobei finally calmed down. He squatted quietly on the side without making any noise to disturb others, but his stomach was rumbling with hunger.
Jiang Ziyao closed the door tightly before letting Huo Chi take out the hidden things.
"Eat it." Huo Chi handed the canned meat to Liu Xiaobei: "I know you are hungry, eat it now and don't leave it for others to snatch."
"This is..." Liu Xiaobei looked at the thing in his hand and opened his mouth wide: "Give it to me?"
"Yes." Jiang Ziyao nodded, and then said: "Go and call that kid over. There is another can. You can eat together! But don't draw too much attention."
"Really!" Liu Xiaobei shouted in surprise, and his bitter face finally disappeared: "Okay! Wait a minute, I'll go call him!"
Liu Xiaobei ran out with a smile, shouting Wang Xiaoshan's name as soon as he went out. He was very excited and brought him in. However, Wang Xiaoshan looked even more cowardly than the day before. He didn't dare to look at Jiang Ziyao, and his face even turned pale and looked sick.
Jiang Ziyao asked him: "Do I look scary?"
Wang Xiaoshan and Jiang Ziyao looked at each other, he shrank back, shook his head, and whispered: "But I have nothing to exchange."
Jiang Ziyao took the initiative to distance himself from the two children, so that he would feel less oppressed. He said, "I don't want your things, I'm giving them to you, but don't cry. I hate spineless children who like to cry the most."
His face still had that cold look, and Wang Xiaoshan held his nose hard.
Jiang Ziyao did not show more concern for the child. He knew in his heart that he could not give Wang Xiaoshan definite hope. He was not a very kind person and was just a little more tolerant towards children.
But if he knew that Wang Xiaoshan was about to die, he would choose to say something nice to let Wang Xiaoshan spend his last happy night.
Wang Xiaoshan died on the morning of the next day.
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