Chapter 30 Unlucky Kid
May 20, 2025.
The large bouquet of roses prepared by the florist was never delivered, and the streets were already in chaos. People were running around like headless flies, trying to escape and scrambling for supplies.
In Lin Xi's home, the fresh air system and air conditioner were operating silently. The hostess sat cross-legged on the soft carpet, leisurely eating sunflower seeds and watching a movie.
Next to the projection screen is a portable electronic monitoring device, which is displaying three real-time monitoring feeds in split-screen mode:
Sunroom, front door, and building unit entrance.
After the security camera at the entrance of the building detected that all the neighbors had returned, Lin Xi remotely activated the door lock, so that even if someone knew the password, they could not open the door from the outside, thus eliminating all external risks.
This is Lin Xi's double insurance for her own safety fortress—ensuring that zombies will not enter the building and that her neighbors will not be infected and become zombies, thus affecting her.
Of course, she will unlock the door when the relevant departments come to distribute supplies seven days later. As for how many people will be able to return safely, it is uncertain. She will keep an eye on the surveillance and adapt to the situation.
The zombies arrived in District D in the early morning. When the dawn shone on District D the next day, the wandering shadows on the road were sparse and crooked.
It was already broad daylight, but no one dared to go out and jump around in the streets, and no one made a sound.
Lin Xi, however, took advantage of the excellent soundproofing of her house, and could wash up normally without worrying about the noise. She then fried an egg, spread sauce on it, put it in a heated toast to make a simple sandwich, and paired it with fresh milk from the refrigerator, thus completing a fresh and delicious breakfast.
After washing the dishes, Lin Xi continued her "forced retirement" at home life—watching movies, reading novels, doing aerobics, and taking short naps whenever she got tired.
Around noon, the surveillance camera at the unit entrance started making noise.
While Lin Xi was reducing the sauce for the cola chicken wings over high heat, she went to check on the situation. What she saw on the monitor caught her completely off guard and gave her a fright—
Several enormous, blood-stained zombie faces with rolled-up eyes are squeezed into the image, banging on a door in an attempt to break through the barrier, as if they know there is plenty of fresh and delicious food inside.
What's going on?
Lin Xi turned on the audio from the hallway surveillance camera to listen to the sounds outside, and heard the clattering of spatulas echoing in the hallway.
Someone is hyping something up.
The zombies must have been attracted by the commotion.
The loud sizzling sound immediately reminded Lin Xi of Gu Lanjuan, who lived on the second floor.
This old lady also has a grandson at home. In previous lives, when zombies came, they all stayed at home obediently. After witnessing the zombies being attracted by the sound, climbing into the bed and killing the whole family, Gu Lanjuan's family became even more quiet and well-behaved until they ran out of food and dared to quietly come out to borrow food.
Why are you being so bold now? Who gave you the confidence?
The surveillance footage showed more and more zombies crowding around the doorway, trying to rush into the lively hallway to hunt for food.
Lin Xi had a headache...
It was probably the security door she installed that gave Gu Lanjuan the confidence to cook.
Gu Lanjuan was not one to hold back, but fortunately she always liked to buy fresh vegetables to cook every day. When the zombies came, she was unable to buy any vegetables and cooked what she had left over. After a while, the sound of the spatula and the noise from the pan stopped.
The zombies outside the door couldn't see anyone or track any sounds, and soon they dispersed unconsciously.
Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
My tense nerves had just relaxed when I smelled a burnt odor—
Oops! !
Cola chicken wings are reducing the sauce over high heat!
Lin Xi rushed to the kitchen, and sure enough, the closer she got to the pot, the stronger the burnt smell became. When she lifted the lid, she saw a black burnt mess.
The chicken wings still retained their shape, but because they hadn't had time to be colored with dark soy sauce, they had turned completely black.
The bottom edge was stuck to the bottom of the pot and partially carbonized, so it was definitely inedible.
Lin Xi sighed. Gu Lanjuan's dishes were cooked, but hers were burnt. She cursed inwardly and could only pour out the burnt mess and cook a new batch.
Lin Xi then discovered that replacing the unit door with a security door not only gave her a sense of security, but also gave other neighbors a sense of security.
The first place she tested was Gu Lanjuan's house. When she discovered that even if she made a commotion and attracted zombies, the door would block them, she gradually became bolder.
I cooked another hot egg fried rice for dinner, which naturally caused quite a commotion.
As darkness fell, the people across the street couldn't help but open their windows and yell, "That old hag is making such a racket at home! Is she attracting zombies?!"
After shouting, he quickly closed the window, as if afraid that zombies would climb in through the window.
In fact, the shout did cause some commotion, but the zombies had poor eyesight and were slower to move at night.
Gu Lanjuan wasn't about to back down. After being scolded, she immediately opened the window and yelled back, "What's wrong with cooking? The zombies can't bite me. Are you jealous?"
Meaningless arguments.
Next, Lin Xi saw on the surveillance footage how much security the security door she installed brought to the building—
First, there was Gu Lanjuan's house. After discovering that the door was blocking the zombies, she simply went out on the third day and knocked on the doors of the other three households in the building, asking to borrow vegetables and eggs.
No one would lend the vegetables, and no one would open the door.
But Gu Lanjuan's grandson, Lei Bao, followed suit and, seeing that there was no danger in the stairwell, also came out for a stroll.
The seven or eight-year-old boy was not with his parents and had always been spoiled by his elders. He was extremely naughty, and even Lin Xi, who was often away from home at work, knew about this little monkey named Lei Bao.
Lei Bao first hopped up and down the stairs, then stood on the stairs looking at the small display screen by the door. He roughly knew what the distorted thing outside was, and felt a little afraid.
But the monster's face, displayed on a small screen, was less shocking due to its small size, no matter how terrifying it was. Lei Bao, well protected by Gu Lanjuan, had never witnessed zombies eating people and therefore wasn't so afraid of them.
Lin Xi then saw in the surveillance footage that the little monkey jumped down the stairs near the main entrance on the first floor.
"Thump"
"Thump"
"Thump"
A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Not only is it bold, but it is also big. When it jumps up the stairs, it makes a loud thud.
If Lin Xi's house hadn't been renovated, she would definitely still feel the tremors from this old building.
Seeing the behavior of Gu Lanjuan's family, Lin Xi suddenly realized that reinforcing the security door of the unit door might not serve as a second layer of defense, but rather provided these people with a stage to cause trouble.
However, since she didn't go out to punish the boy, her neighbor Fu Minjun's wife couldn't stand it anymore. Despite the barrier of the building entrance, Fu Minjun's wife, a middle-aged woman in her forties with dry, curly hair and wearing slippers, went downstairs and grabbed the boy who was still jumping down the stairs, giving him a hard slap.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound came from the hallway's surveillance monitor, interrupting the "thump thump thump" of someone jumping down the stairs.
This is truly gratifying!
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