Qiao An'an didn't want to take any risks.
She counted the remaining food, which was enough for everyone to eat for a week, and then suggested, "The people in the capital's safe zone will rescue the survivors who signaled to them in order. To rescue people, we have to leave the city. My suggestion is that we stay here and wait for a rescue vehicle to pass by before entering the safe zone with it."
Grandpa Yan is passable at driving the boat, but he's not good at fighting zombies, so he readily agreed.
Li Jianguo raised the question: "What if the people inside never come out?"
This is a problem, but it's still more reliable than rushing into the outer ring of the capital city surrounded by zombies without any precautions, so everyone still tends to favor Qiao An'an's suggestion.
Chi Xiaoyu further reassured Li Jianguo: "I took some time yesterday to retrieve some broadcasting equipment from the school's broadcasting room. I assembled some last night, and then took some parts from the radio in our vehicle. We should be able to send a distress signal to the capital in the next couple of days."
Li Jianguo, a complete physics idiot, gave Chi Xiaoyu a thumbs up, while also taking a jab at Yan Ling, who had been leading the bullying against him along the way: "It really takes a talented woman like her! Unlike some people who are not only uncultured but also indulging in feudal superstitions every day!!!"
"You little brat, you're asking for trouble, aren't you?"
Yan Ling has a terrible temper. If Qiao An'an hadn't stopped him, saying that making noise would attract zombies, Yan Ling probably would have beaten Li Jianguo up.
In order to wait for search and rescue personnel to come out from the capital.
Also, to give the pond fish time and space to assemble communication equipment.
The group found a budget hotel by the roadside.
The hotel doors were wide open, and the lobby was large and quiet. Apart from the large reception table and sofas for guests, there was nothing else inside.
However, the sofas, chairs, and tables were all in a messy arrangement.
Dark red bloodstains were faintly visible on the ground, and several skeletons lay near the elevator, indicating that a large-scale zombie outbreak had occurred here before.
Qiao An'an drove the car directly into the lobby, blocked the door with the heavy table at the front desk, and then left Chi Xiaoyu and Ye Jing in the lobby to take care of the two children and an elderly person.
Three adults went upstairs to check on the situation inside.
This is a five-story building with an elevator facing east and west. The first floor is a lobby with no rooms. The other floors each have about ten rooms. There is an elevator on the west side of the lobby on the first floor, and there are stairs behind the elevator.
The three of them went up the stairs together.
I pushed open the security door on the first floor, and had only walked halfway down the stairs when a zombie rushed out of the stairwell.
Having seen it all, the group didn't take the zombie seriously. Li Jianguo easily dispatched the charging zombie with a single blow. After dealing with it, they went up to the second floor and found the corridor empty, with faint sounds of impact coming from several rooms.
It seems they were a hotel guest who died in their room.
Qiao An'an and the others first opened all the rooms without sound to make sure they were safe before opening the rooms with sound, and killed the zombie the moment it rushed out.
After cleaning the second floor, they used the beds and cabinets in the second-floor rooms to block all the windows.
Then, they cleaned the third to fifth floors in the same way, sealing all the windows on the third and fourth floors, as well as the east-facing window on the fifth floor, with beds and cabinets.
The reason why only the east side of the fifth floor was sealed off.
The reason they chose to live on the fifth floor was because the east side of the building was next to the road, making it easier for zombies to spot them, while the west-facing windows were not on the main road and were relatively safe.
After confirming that the stairwell was completely safe, they returned to the first floor to appease their rumbling stomachs.
Grandpa Yan used the car charger to boil some water and made some instant noodles.
Qiao An'an used the remaining water to make coffee, green tea, sugar packets, and milk packets.
They found the coffee and green tea in the unoccupied hotel rooms. In addition to the coffee and green tea bags, they also found some bottled mineral water, which the hotel provided free of charge to each guest.
It had been a long time since anyone had enjoyed coffee and green tea. Even the cheapest instant coffee packets, which weren't even 3-in-1, and green tea bags full of tea dust, were enjoyed by everyone.
Li Jianguo said while sipping his coffee, "With this, I can stay up all night."
Qiao An'an said, "There's no need. We can just seal off the safety door on the fifth floor. Then everyone can sleep peacefully. As long as we don't make a big fuss, the zombies won't be able to break in. If someone does break in, it can only be a living person."
Grandpa Yan looked reluctantly at the van that had accompanied them all the way here: "We've all gone upstairs. What if someone comes and steals our car?"
Qiao An'an took a gasoline can from the trunk: "Easy. When we go upstairs, take everything out of the car and the gasoline. A car without gasoline is just scrap metal to people these days."
Li Jianguo thought it made sense and immediately raised his hand, saying, "I'll suck up the gasoline."
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they went up to the fifth floor to rest.
Qiao An'an locked the security doors in each stairwell from the inside and used chairs to block the locked doors. This way, if someone really came into the building to search, they would have to kick open the security doors floor by floor, and such a loud noise would wake them up even if they were asleep.
They went upstairs and were assigned rooms. Qiao An'an and Ya Ya shared a room, Yan Ling and Xu Ruoyu shared a room, Ye Jing and Chi Xiaoyu each shared a room, and Li Jianguo and Grandpa Yan shared a room.
Qiao An'an led Ya Ya into the room first. Ya Ya felt sorry for Qiao An'an when she saw that she was covered in blood from killing zombies. After entering the room, she said to Qiao An'an, "Mom, you must be very tired from killing zombies. You should rest. Ya Ya will help you pack your luggage."
Qiao An'an was indeed tired. She patted the head of the sensible Ya Ya. She wanted to hold Ya Ya and sleep together, but she had just killed a zombie and her body was splattered with a lot of blood. There was no water to wash it off. She took off her coat and wiped the blood off her skin. Then she said to Ya Ya, "It's getting late. Ya Ya, you should sleep too. We can pack our things tomorrow."
Yan Ling grew up in an orphanage and quite liked children, but for some reason, she couldn't like this crybaby Xu Ruoyu at all. Somewhat helplessly, she still took Xu Ruoyu into the room. As they entered, she sternly warned Xu Ruoyu, "Don't cry, do you hear me?"
Xu Ruoyu was actually somewhat afraid of Yan Ling.
While in prison, Yan Ling was bedridden and recuperating, his face covered in bruises, which was quite frightening.
When they met again later, Yan Ling saved her, but while carrying her away, he told her more than once that if she cried, he would throw her away.
She pursed her lips and forcefully held back her tears.
Chi Xiaoyu brought the half-assembled communication device into the room. Unfortunately, it was nighttime, and to prevent sensitive zombies from turning on the lights, she could only finish assembling it during the day tomorrow.
The hotel was much more comfortable than the bunk beds at school, and Ye Jing went straight to bed after entering the room.
Li Jianguo couldn't sleep in the first half of the night because he drank coffee. In the second half of the night, he wanted to sleep, but Grandpa Yan's snoring got louder and louder, making it impossible for him to sleep. He was so upset!
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