After witnessing such a tragedy, Lin Tantan felt a little heavy-hearted.
After a moment of silence, a woman suddenly confronted a dazed woman in her fifties, "Have you been bitten too? You're the child's grandmother, right?"
Lin Tantan immediately looked at the woman. Everyone else moved away from her. She quickly said, "I'm not her grandmother. We're just neighbors. I wasn't bitten!"
"Then you also knew that the little girl was going to turn into a zombie, right? I saw you standing there with them, whispering, and the man was even begging you for something."
"No, no, he just asked me not to tell anyone about the child's fever."
"Fever? The child has a fever?"
"Having a fever really can turn you into a zombie!"
Just now, Lin Tantan said that a fever could turn you into a zombie, and some people didn't believe it. But now that the facts are in front of them, no one dares to disbelieve it. They immediately looked at the people around them with vigilance, fearing that there might be someone else with a fever. One person said, "Your hands are a little hot, do you have a fever?" Another said, "Why is your face so red? Your temperature is abnormal."
Lin Tantan called Jiang Zhongyi over to carry the body away. Seeing that a commotion was about to break out, he frowned and shouted, "Alright, stop arguing. We're going to retreat together soon. You defend me and I'll defend you. We don't need zombies on the way; we can start a fight ourselves."
She paused and said, "How about this? Ten of you will form your own groups. First, check each other for fever and injuries, and then have the students come over to check. Also, within your group, keep an eye on each other's condition and report any abnormalities to your group members."
This method is quite effective. It allows people to supervise each other. Everyone will know who is in the same group and feel more at ease. Each group can then elect a representative to make management easier.
People began to spontaneously find people they liked to form a group with, and no one was picking on the woman anymore. Lin Tan wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. It's human nature, what else is there to say?
The commotion was suppressed by Lin Tantan's few words. Naturally, some people were jealous: "Huh, so arrogant, you really think you are the leader. Where did this girl come from..."
Mei Bosheng happened to be walking by and heard the disdainful words. He became angry and walked over to the speaker and picked him up. "What are you mumbling about, kid? Cai Chengliang?"
It turned out that this person was none other than their original rescue target, Cai Chengliang. This guy claimed to be the grandson of a big shot in the capital, and was praised by his classmates all day. He thought he had a very high status, but when Ye Xiao came, he didn't give him a good look at all. Not only did he leave him here, but he also gave the management position here to a woman of unknown origin. He had been holding a grudge in his heart for a long time.
I said a lot of sarcastic words and talked about others behind their backs with a few like-minded classmates, but I didn't expect to be overheard.
Cai Chengliang's feet almost left the ground when Mei Bosheng pulled his collar. He was so scared that his face turned pale: "What are you doing? I didn't say anything!"
Mei Bosheng sneered, "Who did I think it was? Young Master! Behave yourself and don't do anything stupid, or I won't care whose grandson you are, I'll kill you!"
Mei Bosheng made a threatening gesture of wiping his neck. He despised the kind of guy who had no skills but could take advantage of his family elders to get special treatment. He saved him without even saying thank you, and instead asked to send him to a safe place first. It was really unreasonable.
Lin Tan Tan saw the argument and came over: "What's going on?"
"Ah, nothing happened." Mei Baisheng let go of Cai Chengliang and pushed him. Cai Chengliang staggered back two steps and sat down on the ground, screaming in pain, as if his buttocks were broken.
Mei Baisheng was stunned for a moment and looked down on him even more. He couldn't even stand, and he hadn't even tried hard.
Lin Tantan glanced at Cai Chengliang, who seemed to be the rescue target named Cai Chengliang. History said that he was an "important person", but his name was not recorded. Anyway, it seems now that he does not seem to be an important person.
She said to Mei Bosheng, "I'm here for you, go find Ye Xiao, he needs you more."
Mei Bosheng looked at the crowd. He was not good at managing people, so staying here could only act as a deterrent with force. But when it came to deterrence, it seemed that he was no match for Lin Tantan. He was truly convinced by her now. If she hadn't been there just now, he might have really confessed. He scratched his head and said, "Then I'll go. Thank you so much for what you did just now. I'll thank you again when I have time."
"It's okay, go ahead and be safe."
Seeing Mei Bosheng walk away, even getting himself a scooter and driving off, Lin Tantan looked back at Cai Chengliang. He had already gotten up and was standing with a few other male students, head bowed and silent. Lin Tantan knew he was dissatisfied with him, seemingly believing he was the one who should be in charge, and that ordinary students like Li Qing and Feng Xuemei had no right to boss him around.
Lin Tantan also looked down on such people, but after all, he should be someone from an important background, so she didn't say much and just tried not to cause trouble.
Lin Tantan turned around and went back to work.
Cai Chengliang raised his head and looked at her back with a gloomy look. Then he looked in the direction where Mei Baisheng left, with deep resentment in his eyes.
"Sister, come and look at this." Jiang Zhongyi suddenly pulled Lin Tantan aside excitedly and took out something as if presenting a treasure.
This girl actually found it easy to call me sister. She didn't feel ashamed at all as a 23-year-old guy calling a 20-year-old girl like that.
He had just seen it all. Lin Tan Tan was even stronger than he thought. Many people wanted to get close to her, but they just didn't find the opportunity. But he already had such an opportunity. If he didn't grab it tighter, he would be letting down such good luck.
The object he held out like a treasure was a crystal core. "I dug it out from that little girl's brain." Lin Tan Tan had previously had them dig out zombie crystal cores. He had gone from being uncomfortable at first to becoming quite proficient in it in just over an hour. He could even tell the quality of crystal cores apart. "This one is darker than the others, and the color is brighter. Doesn't it have exceptionally high energy?"
Lin Tantan took it and examined it. "Indeed." It was a very high-quality, first-level crystal core, of the wind element, and a very pure, translucent cyan. A high-quality crystal core signified a powerful zombie, and wind-element zombies were often very fast. No wonder the little girl was so quick.
Zombies are strong, but the man looks thin and weak, which is probably why the man turned into a zombie so quickly.
When people are infected, they turn into zombies. The speed of transformation varies from person to person. The general rule is: if the zombie is strong and the infected person is weak, the transformation will be faster, and vice versa.
Lin Tantan suddenly remembered that there was a very powerful wind-type zombie in the apocalypse. It was said to be short and agile, with strong jumping ability, and could even glide briefly in the air. Ordinary people with special abilities could not deal with it at all. It had destroyed a small base in the second and third years of the apocalypse, and was quite famous in the entire apocalypse zombie rankings.
Could it be that little girl zombie?
She actually strangled a big shot in the cradle?
This feeling... Lin Tan Tan experienced it, well, it's not bad.
The zombie boss had a fever, which made Lin Tan feel a little complicated.
As mentioned before, there is only a fine line between mutants and zombies. Their essence is a special kind of energy, not a virus. During the fever awakening stage, this energy adapts to and transforms the human body.
Later scholars referred to those affected within ten minutes of 1:45 on January 1st as the first group of transformed individuals. Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of this group became zombies, while the rest either died or became superpowered beings like Ye Xiao. Approximately half the world's population was affected.
Those who appeared after ten minutes were called the second batch of transformers. The number of people in the second batch was far less than that of the first batch, and they mainly appeared in the first year of the apocalypse. However, among this group of people, the ratio of psychics to zombies was roughly between 6:4 and 8:2, with slight differences in different countries and regions.
The opposite of the Transformed is the Infected, referring to those directly infected by zombies. The energy within zombies possesses immense corrosiveness and transmissibility, like the most terrifying virus, hence the term "infected." The vast majority of those infected become zombies, with only a tiny minority, a rare exception, becoming possessed of special abilities.
In other words, the little girl was from the second batch of transformed people. If she was discovered early and given human intervention, she would have had the opportunity to develop into a mutant, and would have become a powerful wind-type mutant.
Lin Tan Tan just knew how to intervene in the awakening process. He had previously been hesitant to do anything, but now...
Thinking about the four people with fever in the gymnasium, and the many people with fever or suspected fever found outside, everyone had a panic look on their face, she felt that she should do something.
…
On the other side, Mei Bosheng told Ye Xiao what happened in front of the gymnasium.
"Boss, do you think Old White won't become like that?" he said worriedly.
Ye Xiao frowned and looked at him: "Can't you say something nice?"
Mei Bosheng sighed and looked at the survivors who had gathered again in the back. "Even if we rescue these people, they might still turn into zombies. When and where will we be truly safe?"
Ye Xiao: "At least you can't sigh like this."
Mei Bosheng touched his nose and said, "Okay."
They brought several more waves of people into the gymnasium, almost filling up the place. Finally, they received news from Lao Bai that everything outside was ready and they were starting to prepare to evacuate.
It was nearly half past three.
Outside the west gate of Yangshi University, zombies from far and near were led towards the high-speed railway station. After moving for three kilometers, the bridge was blown up and the zombies were blocked on the other side of the bridge.
The area outside the west gate became very clean.
Zhong Xiong and his men came over with buses and trucks, while Lin Tantan was organizing people to go out of the west gate.
They also had some vehicles, such as school buses, cars, and vans from school parking lots. In each car, they placed a person with a fever, with all their limbs tied up and secured in the back seat. In other cars, the elderly and children were given priority. School buses, which were the size of large passenger buses, had a capacity of at least 35 people, but they could squeeze in 70 or 80, so they were quite capable.
If we go out like this, there will be a very long line of people, nearly five thousand in total.
The two teams met in the middle and then got on the bus in batches.
The scene was quite chaotic for a while.
A red helicopter hovered overhead, escorting the team.
"Attention, there's a wave of zombies approaching on Yuying Road in the southeast direction. There are over 500 of them."
A voice came from Lin Tantan's headphones. It was Xu Qin's flat and smooth voice. He was on the helicopter. Bai Cheng couldn't come out due to special circumstances, so it was his turn to take the role of command.
"Attention, attention! Southeast, there's a wave of zombies approaching on Yucai Road. There are over three hundred of them."
"Attention, southwest, at 4 o'clock, there is a wave of zombies approaching on Bachelor Road, numbering over 500."
Although several large groups of zombies had been transferred away, there were still too many zombies in this area and it was impossible to clear the area. So waves of zombies appeared. Lin Tantan listened to Xu Qin's orderly but particularly cold report. Before he could worry about being attacked from both sides, his head was aching because of his harsh voice.
Cars filled with people drove away. Lin Tantan, Ye Xiao and Mei Baisheng were nearby. The three of them formed a line of defense. Whenever a zombie showed up, they were quickly knocked down. However, the people who had not yet gotten in the last few cars were still getting anxious.
"Hurry up!" "Can you get on or not?" People who didn't get on the bus were crowding at the door. Mei Bosheng went over and grabbed them, pushing those who were crowding at the door apart, and then let those who were outside get on first.
"What are you doing!" shouted a fat man who was pulled away by Mei Baisheng.
"What are you talking about me? If you keep squeezing, you won't have to go up!"
The fat man suddenly didn't dare to speak.
Cai Chengliang was among those who had not yet gotten on the bus. He had been waiting, even waiting for this opportunity and not getting on the bus until now. Finally, he got what he waited for.
He plucked up his courage and pretended to be pushed by someone, and bumped into Mei Bosheng. The button of his cuff just "coincidentally" brushed against the back of Mei Bosheng's hand that was holding the fat man's arm.
Mei Baisheng glared at him, and Cai Chengliang shrank his neck: "Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't stand steadily." Then he hurriedly squeezed into the car.
After getting in the car, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the two buttons on his cuffs that he had cut off one side of, revealing the pointed corners. They were a little black, as he had deliberately rubbed them in the zombies' blood.
I don’t know if it’s useful, I don’t know if I got it just now.
He was excited, stimulated and felt pleased. After the car started moving, he cut the hole while no one was paying attention. He wanted to throw it out of the car, but the window was closed, so he threw it under the seat.
Mei Bosheng was unaware of this. He just saw a scratch on the back of his hand that had appeared at some point. The skin wasn't even broken, just a little red, but he didn't take it seriously.
Seeing that there were only two cars left, the last few people got on.
Ye Xiao shouted: "Let's talk, get in the car first!"
Lin Tan Tan glanced at him and said, "Okay." She got on one of the buses, and it drove away as soon as the door closed. She squeezed in behind the door to watch. The bus behind it hadn't started yet, and gradually the distance between them was getting farther and farther. When she could hardly see it because of the angle, the bus behind it finally started moving.
"Huh." Lin Tan Tan let out a breath and leaned against the car door to rest. He was very tired from constantly using his supernatural powers.
At this time, the bus behind had started moving, but no one had gotten on yet. Ye Xiao and Mei Bosheng ran after the bus while shooting at the zombies.
Ye Xiao: "Meimei, get in the car."
"Wait, there are a few more, I'll kill them!"
By the time the last zombie fell, they were already several car lengths away from the bus, but the bus had not yet fully accelerated, so they caught up with it after a few steps.
Ye Xiao: "Go ahead."
Mei Bosheng ran to the car door, panting: "No, I have no strength left, I can't get in."
Ye Xiao: “…”
He could only go up first, then turn around and reach out to pull Mei Bosheng.
Mei Bosheng chuckled, but he was not lying. He did feel very tired suddenly and his legs could hardly move.
He naturally stretched out his hand. At this moment, Ye Xiao's pupils suddenly shrank, and Mei Baisheng seemed to be stunned. He was stunned and his steps slowed down. Finally, he stood there, staring blankly at the scratch on the back of his hand. It was just a little red just now, but now it was completely blue and black, and the skin around it was also wrong.
He had killed too many zombies that day and seen too many people being scratched and bitten and turned into zombies. He knew too well what this meant.
How could that be?
Mei Baisheng's mind went blank, and he looked up blankly at his captain in the car.
Ye Xiao was also completely stunned. He was always quick to react and stay calm in times of crisis, but at this moment his mind was in a mess: "Meimei..."
Mei Bosheng suddenly thought of the man in front of the gymnasium who turned into a rotten zombie in a few seconds.
He doesn't want to become like that.
He suddenly smiled, pulled out his pistol and pointed it at his temples.
Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows and shouted sternly: "Meimei!"
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