Chapter 120 Warmth and Eerie
The dark, cramped space made her inexplicably uneasy, and Lin Xi silently adjusted her breathing—
She's already watched a lot of horror movies, so no matter how scary the scenes are later, she shouldn't get stressed!
"Sister Xi, there seems to be someone in the baby toy store on the fifth floor."
Lin Xi gestured towards the drone's camera, as if asking, "Are you sure it's a person?"
"Yes, there's a female voice saying, 'Is there anyone who can save me and my baby?' The drone is blocked outside the door and can't get in."
Lin Xi was a little puzzled—
Baby?
At what age is a child called a baby?
If it's very small, it should be easy for it to cry, which will then attract nearby zombies.
But if she were in a baby store and kept the baby's mouth plugged with a pacifier, she might have escaped unscathed.
Can it last for almost three months?
The three of them formed a triangle formation and approached the maternity and baby store that Xiang Xin pointed to.
Lin Xi seemed to hear a faint call.
"Is there anyone who can save us?"
Just as Lin Xi was about to move closer to the source of the sound, Lu Wei suddenly grabbed her.
He and Liang Hui also heard someone calling for help.
Liang Hui and Lin Xi pointed in the direction of the sound, indicating that someone was there.
Lu Wei put his index finger to his lips to signal everyone to be quiet, but raised the baseball bat in his hand.
Lin Xi was puzzled. Xiang Xin hadn't detected any zombies nearby either. Could it be that Lu Wei had seen the zombies that Xiang Xin hadn't seen with his naked eye?
Xiang Xin's voice came through the earpiece: "Yes, this is it."
Lu Wei made a gesture to remind everyone to be very careful.
The people inside seemed to be comforting the child: "Baby, don't cry out loud while sucking on the pacifier... Someone will come to rescue us soon..."
Lu Wei used a baseball bat to push the door open from a distance.
The door was gently pushed open, bringing with it a gust of air.
The mother inside was humming a song softly.
There was no one else around her, and no zombies either.
However, Lu did not lower his guard and went to rescue the person.
The next scene made Lin Xi hold her breath:
The person in front of me, who appeared to be holding a child, had empty arms; in fact, they weren't holding anything.
But she held her hands together and shook them back and forth, humming a song as she weighed them, as if she really had a child waiting to fall asleep in her arms.
She stood up and paced back and forth, humming a song on repeat.
Lin Xi saw her profile through the night vision goggles:
His face was covered with black veins, and his eyes were all white, staring blankly into the void.
Lips covered in black, rotting flesh opened and closed, and a sweet lullaby came from those mouths.
A mixture of warmth and eeriness washed over Lin Xi, and she felt her legs go weak—
This zombie.
She can shout "Help!" and sing lullabies.
"Oh my god..." Xiang Xin's voice came through the earpiece, bringing Lin Xi back to reality.
Before the zombies could even see them, Lin Xi gripped the dagger tightly.
But her fingers felt a little weak.
Xiang Xin's voice sounded somewhat surprised through the earpiece: "It must be an 'abnormal species,' we should take it back and study it."
Lin Xi suddenly remembered that she had once seen zombies talk—
While they were taking refuge in Yunxiang, one day Zhuang Changdong and his men tried to saw through her security bars. At that moment, a zombie was talking to one of them.
At that time, Lin Xi thought that the zombie was on the verge of infection and still had a little bit of human consciousness left.
It seems that's not the case now; some zombies do have the ability to speak!
These are more special than Lin Xi's previous zombies!
Lin Xi only retained human consciousness after becoming a zombie, but she couldn't speak, her screams were extremely unpleasant, and she couldn't control her behavior.
However, the zombie in front of us keeps repeating the same things over and over, so it's unlikely that it's conscious or has any control over its actions.
Lin Xi was considering the possibility of telling Xiang Xin to "bring the strange species back".
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from downstairs.
"Bang--"
The sound penetrated the entire department store.
The zombie in front of him froze, loosened its arms that were wrapped around its body, and twisted its neck, making a cracking sound.
He gritted his teeth and walked shakily toward the door.
Lu Wei, who was closest to the door, swung his stick and killed her.
Then a scream came from downstairs.
Lin Xi looked down and saw that everything was in chaos.
A zombie is chasing a person who is screaming "Help!" The zombie chasing the person is also chanting "Help! Help!"
A man with a gun in the distance struggled to aim amidst the chaos.
However, the gunshots were too conspicuous!
Xiang Xin: "Oh no! The gunshots have attracted the zombies! Sister Xi, you guys get out of here!"
Even without Xiang Xin reporting it, Lin Xi could see zombies pouring into the entrance on the first floor.
The department store only has two entrances on the first floor. By the time Lin Xi goes down from the fifth floor, the first floor will definitely be overrun by zombies.
This feeling was familiar; Lin Xi seemed to have returned to the day when the zombie outbreak first occurred, and everyone was trapped in the building.
"What should we do? These people are making a lot of noise. The zombies will definitely be able to catch them by following their voices."
If everyone calms down and becomes quiet, the zombies' vision will be impaired under the cover of darkness, and they may be able to go down and attack one by one from the inside.
Now... everything downstairs is in chaos.
Xiang Xin: "We can't help anymore. The people on the first floor are basically all infected and are turning into zombies. Sister Xi, you can go to the rooftop or enter the green escape passage next to it."
"There are zombies in the escape routes, but not as many. The downside is that the green 'safety exit' signs are well-lit, giving the zombies a better view."
"There are no zombies on the rooftop. If you can all jump more than two meters, you can jump from the rooftop to another building."
Lin Xi pointed up to Lu Wei and Liang Hui, indicating the rooftop, and then gestured with her hands to make the shape of a little person walking up stairs, indicating that they should take the emergency exit, thus exchanging information with them.
Lu did not point to Tiantai.
Liang Hui points to the stairs.
Lin Xi: That's great! There are other people like me who can't jump more than two meters in the long jump. We don't have to be embarrassed to speak up anymore.
She also made a staircase gesture.
The three of them gently pushed open the stairwell door, and sure enough, several fluorescent green dots floated in the darkness.
A faint green light shone on the zombie's face, and the effect of the light shining from below was projected from its chin upwards, which looked quite eerie from this angle.
But they were only creepy in appearance. There were five zombies in the hallway so far, and the three of them should have no problem getting through.
The difficulty lies in the fact that the door at the end of the green escape route is locked. Lin Xi didn't have an axe, so he couldn't force it open. Even if he could, it would cause a huge commotion.
The only way now is to go into the hall and exit through the front and back doors of the main hall.
Lin Xi gestured to the drone, hoping Xiang Xin could report the situation outside.
Unbeknownst to Lin Xi, Xiang Xin, who was waiting outside, was sitting in a truck with three zombies half a meter away from her, their faces contorted in a ferocious expression as they peered into the truck.
Xiang Xin started the truck and, using the method Lin Xi had taught him, slammed on the gas and then braked suddenly to throw the zombies off and run them over.
At the same time, I was distracted by the image on the screen:
"Escape from the lobby is not easy; it's full of zombies. You'll encounter a zombie every one or two meters."
When there are a large number of zombies, even the highest combat strength is useless; when zombies swarm at you, you have no chance to fight back.
Xiang Xin had just shaken off the zombies outside, but almost crashed into the car in front of her because she was distracted by looking at the screen.
Xiang Xin's still-shaken voice came through: "But Sister Xi... there are reinforcements. I hope you can calm down once you see them."
A moment later, a commotion came from the hall. Lin Xi peered through the glass door and saw a group of people carrying silenced rifles enter. They were well-trained and unhurried, and with their coordinated efforts, they quickly wiped out the zombies on the first floor. Once the zombies were no longer under the pressure of a group, they could be defeated one by one with close-range attacks.
Lin Xi imagined this to be what the doomsday squad should be like. Looking at the guns left on the ground, her fingers unconsciously twitched.
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