Lu Cai quickly climbed up to the second-floor balcony corridor. The door behind him opened outwards, so he just happened to use an iron rod that was probably broken by a zombie to hold the door open.
She pulled out her pistol and when she turned around she saw a sea of moving heads.
The yellow-haired man who wanted to snatch Lin Yong's submachine gun rushed over in panic and lay on the iron gate to ask for help.
Lu Cai heard Huang Mao shouting: "Brother Lin! Help! I was wrong——"
She glanced at the overwhelming number of heads behind her and thought to herself that Lin Yong should not open the door at this time. With so many zombies, a small gap would be enough to break into the store.
The door behind him slammed shut, and a zombie came over.
She ignored it and stared downstairs. She saw a zombie pouncing towards Huangmao, who was sticking to the iron fence. Then, the zombies that were chasing him pounced on him like wild dogs fighting for food.
The screams echoed in the ruins, shrill and unwilling.
Lu Cai looked at the wobbly iron gate, then at the swarm of zombies that were charging in. He fired a shot at the densest area, and the zombies in the innermost circle, scrambling for food, twitched, their limbs limp, and fell to the ground.
Several zombies in the horde raised their heads at the sound of gunfire. Corpses rot quickly in the summer, and after a day of tearing and running, the rotting flesh on their faces was still tethered to the skin, barely detachable.
She aimed at the nearest zombie, and a gunshot rang out. From her side, she could see sparks overlapping with the splattering brain matter in the distance.
Then a large group of zombies rushed towards Lu Cai. The first few blocked the corner, tilted their heads back, opened their black mouths wide, revealing their completely white eyes, and roared at Lu Cai on the second floor.
Lu Cai fired at the ground below. The sound of gunfire continued, but it only served as a stepping stone for the zombies that came later.
The latter group stepped on the former group and climbed up desperately.
The zombies in the distance were running over, but they didn't notice the iron gate.
Huangmao's eaten body staggered to its feet. His abdomen had been completely eaten away, and the blood, still dark red, lay on his pants and dripped onto the ground.
He twisted his neck, and large pieces of flesh were missing from his face, revealing his white bones. Black mucus was flowing out of his mouth, and his white eyes stared at the zombies that were flopping around madly, but he finally turned his head slowly.
The yellow-haired man looked at the tightly closed iron gate, stunned for a moment, then roared with a twisted face.
He slammed into the iron gate.
Lu Cai frowned, took aim at the yellow-haired man, and shot him in the head, then looked at the group of corpses climbing higher and higher outside the fence.
She fired two shots, and the zombies on the outside of the pile of corpses that were shot tilted their bodies and rolled down.
At this moment, the door behind me creaked and the nails on the door panel seemed to be loose.
Lu Cai did not hesitate, he jumped onto the handrail of the railing, leaped out, and stepped onto the roof of a low shed.
The zombies recognized her as their target and followed her gaze. Lu Cai landed on the roof, barely stabilizing himself when he felt it shake.
They rushed towards the shed like crazy. Judging from the vibration, it can be judged that the shed is not very sturdy.
Lu Cai ran, but she also had to keep an eye on the zombies under the roof. She couldn't leave them outside the iron gate.
She felt like a piece of fat meat hanging in the mouth of a wolf, attracting a group of hungry zombies to wander around.
The roof seemed to have no end in sight, but fortunately there was a walkway on one side. As she ran closer, a gray-haired monkey jumped out from the dark walkway on the side of the walkway.
Lu Cai spun around to dodge, his feet wobbled and he almost lost his balance.
She looked closely and saw the monkey baring its teeth, with its white pupils wide open on its face. One of its legs was broken, and it was still rushing towards Lu Cai with its teeth and claws bared.
Lu Cai raised her hand and fired a shot, then heard a strange "squeaky, waaa" sound behind her. She retreated to the side of the rooftop and fired rapidly at the gray shadow that rushed out of the store.
Monkeys are notorious in the eyes of humans, being known as bandits, tyrannical, and difficult to deal with. After all, their ancestors dared to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Perhaps even scarier than monkeys are zombie monkeys.
Fortunately, there were not many of them. If a group of monkeys came, she was afraid that she would not be able to fight against them with her own two fists and would be left here.
After she shot down the last monkey with one shot, her heart finally settled down. The roof beneath her trembled and tilted noticeably, and she almost slipped down.
The group of zombies below broke the pillar.
Lu Cai grabbed the railing of the jumping bridge, gave a strong push, and climbed over the railing with Nian Nian in his arms. As soon as his feet touched the tiles of the jumping bridge, the roof collapsed with a loud noise, crushing a group of people.
Thinking that she was some distance away from the delivery point, she stopped firing and turned around and ran into a building on the side.
She had to go back to the express delivery point and at least find out the mission of this side story from Lin Yong.
An overwhelming buzzing sound came from the sky outside the house. Lu Cai turned slightly and saw the tail of the helicopter.
Hearing the loud noise, the zombies seemed to have a new target, and they ran wildly after the shadow of the giant monster in the sky. Some zombies wandering around the room were also stimulated by the sound and rushed into the corridor.
Cai Lu didn't have time to think about whether the helicopter belonged to the military, he could only rush out of the corridor first.
She rushed forward and saw that the corridor was almost at the end. The zombies were attracted to this area by the sound of the helicopter. As long as she moved quietly, it would not be a problem for her to sneak back.
Rushing forward, she was only a few steps away when she heard a clang, the sound of someone slamming into an iron gate. Lu Cai hurriedly stopped as two shaky figures rushed up the open-air stairs in front of her, jostling and colliding with the corridor railing.
They tilted their heads awkwardly, looked straight at Lu Cai, and then opened their mouths and started roaring.
"Bang--"
She fired rapidly, and behind her, there was a sound of footsteps. Not only were they attacked from both sides, but a group of zombies had also gathered in the square outside the fence.
She had no choice but to turn and slip through the wide-open iron gate on the side. After entering the door, she turned around and slammed the iron gate shut. A zombie rushed over and got its head stuck in the gap of the door. The whole head was pinched hard, and its grinning face was blank for a moment.
Lu Cai shot the Carmen zombie in the head, then kicked it out, and the zombies behind it followed closely. Hearing the sound, she turned around and leaned against the iron gate, holding her ground with the zombies outside, and then another wave of collisions came.
She saw the wooden mop by the door and the fire hydrant by the wall.
The door opened from the right side of the house, almost touching the wall. She grabbed the mop with one hand. The mop head rested against the fire hydrant, and the wooden rod passed through the ring of the iron door handle, holding the door closed.
"Sister, are you the Hulk?" Niannian suddenly spoke.
Lu Cai stepped back, and the door shook from the impact, but it was unknown how long the wooden stick could hold.
"No, I'm Bumblebee." She turned and glanced around the room. "Also, you should call me Auntie."
This is an office. A pile of documents is placed on the desk, and a laptop is placed on the desktop. Behind the desk, there is a latched wooden door with a sign on it - emergency exit.
"Bumblebee?" Three-year-old children are very curious and can divert their attention in an instant even in life-or-death situations.
She answered seriously: "He is an Autobot. He is small but very capable."
Cai Lu walked to the desk, opened his laptop, and pressed the power button. While the computer was on, he searched the desktop, hoping to find some useful information.
After all, the iron door was propped up by wooden sticks, so it could hold off for a while. She had no idea what was behind the wooden door of the emergency exit.
She rummaged around on the table, scattering scattered papers across the floor, but she found nothing useful. The computer screen lit up, and thankfully, there was no password set.
I opened the lock screen and, as expected, the internet was disconnected at the moment, so I could only search on the desktop and in the computer files.
She saw an electronic document in the zoo's physical examination report folder on drive D - a report on the spotted hyena's condition.
It's the spotted hyena again... Cai Lu opened the document.
She took a quick look and saw that the first day of the report record was June 14. She glanced at the lower right corner of the computer and saw that today was June 18.
——On June 14, No. 3 was the first to show symptoms of fever, drooling, and white pupils. No. 4 and No. 5 had severe fevers. No. 1's strength increased and a sedative was injected.
——On June 15, No. 1 had died, No. 3 began to become manic, and No. 4 and No. 5 began to drool.
——On June 16, No. 3 was injected with a sedative, No. 4 developed white pupils, and No. 5's wound was rotting.
Further on, there is a virus analysis.
—An unknown new virus with a bullet-shaped appearance, a spiral nucleocapsid, and an envelope on the surface...
Lu Cai felt a headache coming from watching this, and continued to slide down.
——Human virus detection and analysis.
Lu Cai felt a chill run down his spine. They wouldn't actually inject this virus into humans, would they? Isn't this a zoo? Why are they even conducting human experiments?
The banging on the door intensified. Lu Cai pulled out his phone and quickly snapped a few pictures. He then flipped through the desktop again, but found no more useful information.
She closed her notebook, opened a drawer, and rummaged around until she found a small flashlight. She turned it on and tested it; the light was bright, indicating it must be fully charged.
"Niannian, hold this—" she said softly, handing the flashlight to Niannian.
Niannian put one hand around the landing judge and held the flashlight in the other: "I am the Wasp. I will become very capable!"
Lu Cai: "...Okay."
She raised her pistol and knocked on the wooden door.
There was a moment of silence.
Holding her breath, she slowly pulled out the bolt, pushed it open a crack, and saw pitch black inside.
"Niannian——" she cried out.
Niannian turned on the flashlight and shone it through the crack in the door, but there was no movement.
Lu Cai slowly pushed the door open, only to hear a hollow and sharp creaking sound from the door panel.
She stepped out carefully, turned back and held the door. There was actually a latch on the back of the wooden door, but it looked like it was newly installed. Lu Cai glanced at the swaying iron door and gently closed it.
She gestured to Nian Nian to shine the light left and right. It was a straight horizontal corridor with no end in sight on either side.
The latch in the office is to prevent people in the emergency passage from entering the office, so the latch on this side is to prevent people in the office from entering the aisle?
Is this really an emergency exit?
Scanning the wall up and down with her flashlight, she finally saw an old sticker indicating that the emergency exit was to the right.
Lu Cai walked forward carefully, her steps were light. The lights were flickering, and she could not hear any sound except the young man's slow breathing.
She walked five or six meters and came to a turning point, where there were some dilapidated cabinets and tables and chairs piled up in the way.
The light flickered, and Lu Cai's breath hitched. Was that person leaning against the cabinet just now... a person?
The air was still, but her mind imagined countless possibilities.
She recalled what she had just seen and was sure that it was not an illusion or a zombie. She quickly turned around with Nian Nian in her arms, and the cold white light shone on a young, shriveled face.
"Ah--" Nian Nian screamed and the flashlight flashed.
Cai Lu was so startled that she bumped into a stool beside her. The flashlight was grabbed by Nian Nian, and the light flickered rapidly. She felt as if there was a dark shadow covering her. Sometimes the flashing light would illuminate the shriveled face approaching with a hideous smile.
The hallway light above my head flickered on, and a burst of hurried footsteps rushed in, bumping against tables and chairs. At the same time, the sound of banging on the door, mixed with roars, also came from the other side of the hallway.
Lu Cai stood firm and saw a man leaning against the cabinet. He was wearing a white coat and had fallen to the ground. There was a bullet hole on his temples. He was holding a small pistol in his hand. The white sleeves on his arms were stained dark red.
When he looked up again, a young man in a white protective suit had completely turned into a corpse. He was roaring and rushing forward, but was blocked by tables and chairs.
She raised her hand and shot him, finishing him off.
Looking at the bright corridor, the lights are voice-controlled.
On the other side of the piled-up tables and chairs, there was a corridor with limited lighting, the end of which was invisible. And the sound of banging doors coming from that side was very familiar to her.
There's actually a zombie locked up inside?
She waited quietly for a while, making sure there was no other sound, then stepped on the tables and chairs to flip over.
As the voice-controlled light came on, she found that the corridor was not long. There were two doors on each side. The first door on the left was tightly closed, and the sound of zombies colliding violently came from inside.
The other three doors were ajar, and it was pitch black inside. Lu Cai hesitated for a moment and didn't go in. But with the light from the corridor, he could see that next to the zombie room was a laboratory, opposite was an office, and diagonally across from it was a data room with many iron frames.
She continued walking, and at the end of the corridor was a wooden door. The door was already crooked. It was obvious that their cute little friends were over there.
Cai Lu asked Niannian to shine the flashlight over there, and the corridor was pitch black.
She waited quietly for a while, and when there was no danger for the time being, she hugged Niannian and climbed onto the table and chairs. As she was climbing, there was a loud bang in the corridor behind them. The door they had come in by was knocked open.
Lu Cai wanted to roll his eyes. Was the latch on this door intended to prevent normal people from escaping?
She complained in her heart, but her movements were much faster. She led Nian Nian through the crooked wooden door and continued forward, the lights illuminating the way like a welcoming ceremony.
There were sobbing sounds coming from behind me.
She rushed all the way to the end of the corridor, and there was a left turn in front of her. Lu Cai turned around, and the overhead light came on. In front of her was a staircase with a security door.
The security door leading downstairs was locked, and two zombies, their faces shrunken and black, gathered on the stairs. At the sound, their heads, previously silent and facing the wall, twisted and suddenly rushed towards Lu Cai, but were stopped by the security door...
Following their movements, five or six more zombies surged up from downstairs. Lu Cai noticed they were all wearing suits with small work badges pinned to their left chests.
Are they zoo staff?
She heard the clatter of tables and chairs behind her, and hurriedly opened the security door leading to the upper floor. The zombies descending the stairs swarmed around the handrail, and their black and rotten hands stretched over the security bars.
Lu Cai closed the security door behind him, but unfortunately there was no lock, so he could only leave it half-closed.
She quickly jumped up the stairs. The lights came on and she saw the "3F" sign on the stairs. At the same time, a short middle-aged man with a slight beer belly limped out.
It seemed slow to react, staring at Lu Cai with its white eyes for a long time before it belatedly opened its mouth and began to roar.
At the sound of a gunshot, Lu Cai went up to the fourth floor without stopping.
The fourth floor was a rooftop with an iron gate at the entrance. Lu Cai went over and pulled the latch on the iron gate. It was not locked. There was a fire hydrant on the wall to one side of the iron gate.
She put Nian Nian down and opened the fire hydrant. Because they worked in the supermarket, they had all received fire training and learned how to use the fire hydrant.
She unhooked the fire hose and threw the nozzle through the crack of the iron gate onto the rooftop. After hooking the hose connector to the fire hydrant, she felt uneasy and wrapped the hose around the fire hydrant a few more times.
She picked up Nian Nian, opened the iron door, and squeezed in. She first looked around cautiously, but found no zombies. Instead, she heard a deafening sound from the stairs.
"Hold on tight!" Lu Cai said, walking to the edge of the rooftop and looking at three sides. There were zombies running around below. She chose the side next to a corridor and threw the water hose down.
The corridor was entwined with wisteria, and the top was also covered with hollow horizontal bars. Although it was risky, as long as you rushed through the corridor, you would reach the closely connected shops on the other side.
The fourth floor is approximately 12 meters high, and the fire hoses are 20 and 25 meters long. Real-world experience tells you that adequate firefighting equipment is crucial not only for extinguishing fires but also for escaping from the zombie apocalypse...
She climbed up the railing, holding the water hose and pushing against the wall, slowly moving down, with Niannian in her arms with her eyes tightly closed.
The sound of an iron door being knocked open came from the rooftop, and Lu Cai descended on his own.
A mechanical humming sound echoed, and a powerful gust of air shook Lu Cai twice. She gripped the hose tightly, frowning. Overhead, a black mechanical monster flew from left to right. She glanced sideways in the gust of wind. Two sniper rifles were exposed outside the side door, and the fuselage was slowly tilting towards her.
Heaven and earth have eyes, don't treat her like a zombie——
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The virus directly used the characteristics of the "rabies virus" and did not dare to make any changes...
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