The hall on the second floor had been cleared out, and Li Xiao took out the tables, chairs, and benches that his people used and placed them on the open ground.
Everyone found a bench to sit down and took a break.
Cheng Shaolin and Yu Yanbin took stools and sat by the window to observe the situation downstairs.
There are still zombies moving around downstairs. They've sensed the presence of living people and keep gathering in this direction.
"Xiaoxiao, look, how many of them are zombies coming this way?"
Cheng Shaolin frowned, seeing more and more zombies approaching. He worried that the zombies might surround the place, making it difficult to break through.
Li Xiao checked the map and found that there were indeed many zombies gathering here, and an idea came to her mind.
"Yeah, there are a lot of zombies." He said, tossing something to Cheng Shaolin by the window.
Cheng Shaolin took the thing that Li Xiao threw to him. It was a toy for children, a soft and bouncy object that made a sound when squeezed.
Eh——
That's quite interesting.
Cheng Shaolin squeezed it a couple of times and immediately understood its purpose, a smile spreading across his face.
"Xiaoxiao, this thing is pretty good."
Li Xiao laughed too, "These are some children's toys that I found among the odds and ends I collected before. Now is a good time to try them out and see if they work well."
"Okay." Cheng Shaolin tossed it to Shao Jie without saying another word.
Shao Jie was wondering what they were talking about, children's toys? He was quite curious when he saw Cheng Shaolin throw something towards him.
He hurriedly caught it with both hands, and upon closer inspection, he saw a soft plastic toy lying in his palm.
It's round and spherical; if you squeeze it, you can hear a child's giggling laughter inside.
Shao Jie looked on in surprise, wondering how Li Xiao had managed to get this thing into his space.
"Shao Jie, you're fast, you run a bit and throw it further away." Yu Yanbin saw that the zombies were gathering more and more towards them, and he didn't want to waste any more time.
"Okay." Shao Jie clenched the two small toys in his hand, rushed downstairs and ran in one direction, threw one away and ran in another direction to throw the other away.
A moment later, Shao Jie came running back. The whole trip took less than three minutes; he truly lived up to his reputation as a man known for his speed.
Shao Jie, who had run back, squeezed by the window like everyone else, looking out.
The zombies that were just gathering in this direction seemed to be attracted by something and ran off in another direction.
And these are the directions in which Shao Jie threw his toys.
There were only a few zombies left, still shuffling around downstairs at a distance of several dozen meters.
These are the people with mobility issues who haven't caught up yet, while those with good mobility have long since disappeared.
These poor crippled zombies can never keep up with the pace.
With the crisis resolved, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wow, Xiaoxiao, this is really useful! Do you have any more?" Tian Tian looked at the little gadget with remarkable effect, her face beaming with joy.
Li Xiao smiled and nodded, "Yes, there is, but not much. Let's save it for when we need it most."
Tian Tian nodded, "Yes, that's true. Each one we use is one less we have."
Yu Yanbin looked out the window thoughtfully and said, "Actually, this isn't too difficult. I can try doing it in the future."
Meng Yang shared the same sentiment, "Yeah, I don't think it'll be too difficult. I can try making one when I have time in the future."
Unexpectedly, this little gadget sparked their imaginations and gave them some different ideas.
Whether or not we do it is another matter; now that the crisis is over, we can all sit down and take a good rest.
Li Xiao gave everyone a bottle of water to replenish their fluids.
"There are more and more zombies. If this continues, we might be surrounded. We need to think of a way."
Meng Yang followed behind to clean up the mess, and occasionally helped kill some zombies. As the number of zombies increased, the piles of zombie corpses were the most direct manifestation of this.
"Yes, we need to think of a way." Yu Yanbin had been observing the situation closely, and he had a clear understanding of what was happening on the ground.
"I have a suggestion, would you like to see if it's feasible?" Qiu Fengyu, who rarely spoke, suddenly spoke up at this moment.
Everyone was surprised; he was someone who rarely expressed himself, so why did he suddenly start talking today?
Seeing that everyone around her was looking at her, Qiu Fengyu didn't feel uncomfortable at all and calmly repeated herself.
Yu Yanbin quickly came to his senses and asked, "You said we're discussing this now, so feel free to bring up any suggestions you have, and then we can discuss whether they're feasible."
"Hmm," Qiu Fengyu continued in a cool voice, "When I saw that little gadget just now, I suddenly had an idea: why not use that thing to lure the zombies over?"
Luring them over?
They had always lured the zombies away; they never imagined they would lead them back to them.
After Qiu Fengyu's explanation, I suddenly realized that it was indeed possible to do that.
"You mean, lure the zombies over little by little and control their numbers?" Yu Yanbin murmured softly, his eyes lowered to the ground. Those who knew him well knew he was deep in thought.
"Yes. We can stay in one place and lure the zombies over little by little to kill, controlling the number ourselves."
At this point, everyone understood. If they could control the quantity themselves, they wouldn't be in such a passive position.
“Okay.” Cheng Shaolin thought it was feasible, and his eyes lit up after hearing it.
Yu Yanbin also smiled and nodded in agreement.
"What about this place?" Now there's something wrong with this place. Shao Jie feels that this place needs to be thought through carefully.
"Yes, this place should ideally have a retreat route and be easy to defend." Meng Yang couldn't help but agree; it was indeed a good idea.
Everyone thought the idea was feasible; now it was just a matter of finding a place where it could be implemented.
"If we really can't find it, we can still try to find it."
Everyone looked at Li Xiao.
"We've done it ourselves, haven't we? If there's anything we don't think is right, we can fix it ourselves."
Everyone suddenly realized, "That's right, we've all built houses before, so can't we just fix anything that's not right?"
Oh dear, I hadn't even thought of it. I was still racking my brains trying to figure out where would be a good spot, and I never even considered that I could help out. What a coincidence that a suitable place just happened to be available.
There were no objections to the suggestion, and Qiu Fengyu even showed a rare faint smile.
"Xiaoxiao, take a look around and see where it might be suitable, and then we can see how we need to make some changes," Yu Yanbin said to Li Xiao with a smile.
"Okay." Li Xiao began to examine the map.
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