Chapter 98
In the eyes of several other people, he couldn't fake it. After being roasted for a while, both sides of the tentacle were a little burnt.
The tentacle slices were not cut thickly, so they must have been cooked thoroughly. Johnny let them air dry again to delay the cooking.
Yu Leng urged from the side: "Hurry up."
Johnny swallowed his saliva, gritted his teeth and put the gray meat into his mouth.
Lu Jiamu watched him eat and asked, "How was it?"
Johnny chewed it for a few times and swallowed it, giving a thumbs up: "The taste is great! It's very juicy and tender, and melts in your mouth. And it really tastes like seafood... It would be even better with some seasoning."
"Then you should eat more."
Johnny had been hungry for too long and had planned to eat more, so he picked up a second piece and put it on the alcohol lamp to roast.
The only thing wrong with these slices is the color, but they are cut very neatly, which makes them look appetizing, and the taste is not too strange.
And if eating this thing will cause mutation, then the result will be the same whether he eats one tablet or many tablets.
Now even if I become a ghost, I would rather die well-fed.
But thorough heating is his bottom line.
Lu Jiamu took out his pocket watch and started timing. While they were on guard against Johnny's possible mutation, they lit more alcohol lamps to help heat him up.
Johnny ate most of the tentacle in one breath while being served by others, and took a sip of medical alcohol. He felt that his life was complete, and it didn't matter even if tentacles started growing out of his stomach now.
Fifteen minutes after Johnny finished his meal, no mutations had occurred. Maybe those tentacles really were edible.
There seemed to be a lot of these shots in the blackout area, as if they were some kind of inexhaustible resource.
Lu Jiamu and Kouman decided to work together to catch more tentacles like this since they had nothing else to do.
In order to prevent Johnny from suddenly mutating and the remaining few people from being able to deal with it, they took Johnny along as well.
Coming to the corner of the stairs, Lu Jiamu used him as a hook and bait, reaching out to the unlit area.
Although he is not very strong, he can dodge immediately if anything is wrong in the darkness. It is much safer for him to attract the monster than to let Coleman enter the darkness.
Just as he inserted a finger's length, something invisible but cold and soft immediately wrapped around him in the darkness, trying to pull him in.
Lu Jiamu immediately grabbed it with his backhand. Seeing that he seemed to be pulled together with some invisible object, Kou Man also began to pull him out with force.
As soon as the tentacle showed some substance, Coleman let go of Lu Jiamu and grabbed the tentacle instead, pulling it out little by little like a rope.
This time she took the initiative to find trouble, pulling out more of the tentacle before cutting it off with a scalpel.
Johnny stood a little further away from them, watching carefully, and said hesitantly, "I wonder if the back part is as fresh and tender as the front part."
The one closest to the corner suddenly flickered as if there was a power failure.
Lu Jiamu noticed it and immediately took two steps back, away from the place where the light had gone out.
With the example of Goldilocks, the lighting abnormality can no longer be simply regarded as unstable power supply.
Coleman also picked up the tentacle that was lying limp on the ground, unable to move, and retreated.
This large piece is enough to last for several days. And since the resource is endless, there is really no reason to be greedy now.
When the three people returned to the store, the light that had just flickered had gone out.
The darkness spread across the corner and was seen by the few people who stayed in the store.
Yu Leng scratched his head: "It seems that even if there is food, the time we can stay here is limited."
But the lights did not go out all at once. They moved very slowly and were quite far away from them, so there was no need to leave in a hurry.
Everyone started to use tools to cut the tentacles and then put them on the alcohol lamp to roast.
After both sides were burnt, he did not rush to eat it. Instead, he tied the collar and cuffs of a piece of clothing to make it look like a bag, and put all the roasted tentacles in it. Then he continued to observe Johnny while watching the situation of the lights in the corridor.
Seven hours later, Johnny, who had eaten the grilled tentacles, still hadn't mutated and was hungry again.
During this time, several lights in the corridor went out, completely passing the corner of the corridor and gradually approaching the medical supplies store.
Although it seemed peaceful in the darkness, everyone knew what was inside. When the dark area spread, they had to leave.
Lu Jiamu moved closer to Johnny, checked him from head to toe, then nodded to indicate that there was nothing wrong.
Seven hours was enough time for Johnny to digest the grilled tentacles, and he ate so much.
Several other people lit the alcohol lamps, took out the tentacle slices that had been roasted once before but had already cooled down, and roasted them over the flames again.
After reheating, several people had a simple meal.
As Johnny had described, although the color was strange, it did taste like seafood, which was quite delicious for the hungry people. It also had a high water content, which should help them survive for a while longer in an environment lacking water.
Johnny followed suit and ate some tentacles, and after they were done, a few of them took what they needed and walked out of the medical supplies store.
Another light went out, and the abnormal ceiling light was only a few meters away from the store door.
Without further ado, several people immediately came to the glass door.
Coleman looked back at them and saw that they seemed ready, so he used both hands to pry open the gap in the glass door.
As the door was opened to a point where people could pass through, several people came out one after another in an orderly manner and ran desperately towards the iron door leading to the next corridor.
Zombie-like monsters walked out of the clinics on both sides of the corridor.
But the key to the next iron door was hanging on the lock. They did not stay for long. They waved the crutches they brought from the medical supplies store to block the monsters and ran forward desperately.
After rushing to the door, the person running in front quickly turned the key to open the iron door and entered the next corridor.
After entering this section, they clearly saw that the iron doors separating the corridors were not even locked, so they gave up the idea of locking the current door and ran straight forward.
In the corridor ahead, all the monsters heard the noise and came out from their respective places, making the corridor suddenly crowded.
Coleman grabbed a monster and threw it forward with great force like a shot put. The crowded monsters were hit and their center of gravity was unstable. They tripped and fell down like dominoes, and the corridor instantly became more messy.
Seeing this, Lu Jiamu stepped on the monster and ran forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Although the others felt very uncomfortable, they could only endure it. However, even in the chaos, the monsters who were still standing kept reaching out to try to pull them.
Lu Jiamu shouted halfway through his run: "Lighter."
Although Johnny didn't know what he was going to do, he subconsciously chose to listen to him and threw the lighter to him.
After receiving the lighter, Lu Jiamu stopped running and suddenly jumped onto a hospital bed in the corridor.
Although he stopped, the others knew without being told not to wait for him and continued running forward without hesitation.
Johnny thought he was attracting the monster's attention, and as he ran he said, "Good brother, I'll remember you!"
The nearby monsters immediately surrounded the bed, but they kept scratching and grabbing but couldn't catch anything.
The medical records he had received before had been thrown away because he felt they were of no use after reading them, and he had nothing else on him.
So Lu Jiamu had no choice but to take out the death diary from his pocket, skillfully picked up a page of blank paper with no content and tore it off, then lit it while stepping on the heads and shoulders of the monsters crowded together, using the force to reach the center of the corridor, and raised the burning paper and lighter towards the alarm in the corridor.
Amid the smoke and flames, the alarm was triggered. Although no liquid was sprayed out to put out the fire due to the lack of water, a piercing alarm sounded and a red light flashed.
The sudden sound and light disturbed the monsters and confused them for a moment.
The pressure ahead dropped suddenly.
While the paper was still not burned, Lu Jiamu triggered two more alarms along the way using the same method.
After rushing through two more iron gates, the few people in front finally arrived at another entrance and exit gate of the hospital.
The door was still locked. Coleman hammered on it twice and realized he couldn't get out, so he had to try to enter the corridor.
Although Lu Jiamu fell behind for a distance halfway, he did not have to worry about the monster catching him. He also saw from afar that there seemed to be no way out, so he ran directly to the corridor and became the first one to come in.
After everyone came in, Coleman held the door tightly.
The corridor door is an "indestructible" iron door of very good quality. There were constant scratching sounds from outside, but the door could not be opened.
After more than twenty minutes of noise in the corridor, it gradually returned to calm.
After the person next to him blocked the door with his crutch, Coleman carefully loosened his grip on the door bit by bit.
Seeing that the noise of the door banging was not loud, they walked up the stairs quietly.
There is only one staircase in this hospital, which must lead to the rooftop. Maybe they can leave here from the rooftop.
As Lu Jiamu was about to reach the third floor, he gradually slowed down his pace.
The people behind thought there was something in front and immediately asked nervously: "What's wrong?"
On the map, all the control rooms of this hospital are on the innermost side of the third floor, including the monitoring room.
Lu Jiamu hesitated for a moment: "I want to see if there is any surveillance."
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