Chapter 62

"Heh, Old Wang, your abacus is really good!"

In the dim light, Zhang Su showed a wicked smile and said: "Yogurt is delicious, but it's not that valuable. One pack of noodles for ten cigarettes or two packs of noodles, you choose!"

Wang Guangjun hesitated for a while, stammering: "Then one pack of noodles for ten cigarettes, and throw in a lighter, okay? I don't have a lighter..."

Zhang Su shook his head impatiently; they really had plenty of lighters, and he didn't continue to drive the price down.

After dinner, Wang Guangjun lit a cigarette with great care, sat by the window, and looked in the direction of the Environmental University with a melancholy look, his heart full of concern.

Zhang Su took Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiaoshan to start training; this was an essential daily item.

"My goodness, the two young ladies are so amazing..."

Wang Guangjun heard the movement and walked closer. The wind from Zheng Xin swinging the baseball bat swept past, making his skin twitch involuntarily.

One could imagine what it would feel like to have such a bat hit one's own head.

It definitely wouldn't just buzz, because the brains would explode out!

In the darkness, the sounds of "whoosh" and "huff" rang out continuously, and the cold room seemed to warm up because of the three people's exercise.

Some things don't need to be reminded by others. Wang Guangjun had lived for half a lifetime, supporting his family through hard work; being lazy was impossible. He began to follow their example and started training.

Seeing him poking blindly with his homemade wooden spear, Zhang Su guided him out of safety considerations, teaching him that only by attacking the zombie's brain could it lose its ability to move.

At night, Wang Guangjun fell asleep almost as soon as he hit the bed, without any burden or defense. Being in a state of high tension for a long time made him extremely exhausted.

"From today on, we will take turns keeping watch!"

Zhang Su lay in the middle and said very solemnly.

"I feel like Uncle Wang is very honest; is it really necessary?"

Zheng Xin lay limp, saying weakly. The previous exercise had consumed a lot of physical strength, making her unable to muster any energy for anything at this moment.

Zhang Su shook his head: "You can know a person's face but not their heart. And keeping watch isn't just because of Wang Guangjun. In the future, when we leave the complex, no matter where we are, unless it's a true official safe zone, we must take turns keeping watch!"

Guarding against zombies, but even more so, guarding against people!

Strictly speaking, guarding against zombies only requires a simple alarm device, but guarding against people is not that easy!

"Fine, then you tell me, how do we arrange the shifts?" Zheng Xin asked weakly, feeling very unhappy at the thought that her sleeping time would be shortened in the future.

Zhang Su thought for a moment and said: "Xin, you like staying up late, so you take the first shift. I'll take over from you in the middle of the night. Xiaoshan, you get up early and take over from me!"

The middle of the night is the hardest time to endure. Out of multiple considerations, Zhang Su decided to take it on himself.

Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiaoshan had no objections to this arrangement. The three of them were in the same boat, their relationship close, and they were dependent on each other for survival, so naturally, they wouldn't slack off.

The first night after leaving home passed safely under the three people's rotating watch. According to Zhang Su, it's never wrong to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

The next day the sky was overcast, and because of this, the temperature was acceptable, not cold enough to make people uncomfortable.

After eating in the morning, Zhang Su took a key out of his bag and stuffed it into Zhong Xiaoshan's hand.

"Brother Su, this is?"

Zhong Xiaoshan took the car key with some surprise; it was the Haranda car key she had traded to Zhang Su.

"My broken van doesn't have enough power. If everything goes smoothly, you take them both and ride in the Haranda!"

Zhang Su said in an unquestionable tone. His van was full of supplies, the lack of power was true, and he also didn't want Wang Guangjun to see it.

"What..." Zhong Xiaoshan didn't expect Zhang Su to really think so highly of her.

"I... I..." Zheng Xin wanted to refute, but in the end, she pouted and said nothing.

As for Wang Guangjun, he had no objections and completely obeyed the arrangement.

"Then... Brother Su, where are we going? Tell me in advance so I can have a direction."

Zhong Xiaoshan gripped the car key tightly, her palms sweating.

"Look at the map. After leaving the complex from here, turn right. The road conditions there are unclear, so we'll adapt to the situation. Side roads, sidewalks, green belts—anyway, walk wherever you can. Turn left at the first intersection to go south. There's a gas station on the right side of the road. We'll go to that gas station first!"

Zhang Su opened the mobile phone navigation. Although the offline mode wasn't very easy to use, it was at least enough to see the general idea.

There is a convenience store in the gas station. As a peer, he knew very well what was in a convenience store. It is a very rare supply station, and you can also refuel the car—killing two birds with one stone!

Even if someone had swept it in advance, it was impossible to take everything away. Taking a step back, if there was really time to take all the supplies, then the area around the gas station must be relatively safe, and it would be no problem as a waypoint to his own convenience store.

Zhong Xiaoshan looked at the map and nodded, saying: "The gas station is easy to identify, there should be no problem. And with you leading the way, I definitely won't get lost following you!"

"Okay, by the way, also, don't rush to close the door when you get in the car; it's very loud. And don't rush to start the engine. Wait until I flash the car lights three times before starting and closing the door. Don't forget your seatbelts; they can save a life in an accident..."

Zhang Su explained the details that needed attention one by one.

Zheng Xin and the others nodded continuously, remembering firmly.

Even Wang Guangjun, who had lived for more than half a lifetime, couldn't help but sigh. Some things really aren't understood just by living a long time. Relying on one's age to act superior is definitely a stupid act. He humbly followed Zhang Su to learn various small techniques.

Originally, Zhang Su thought Qin Ya's group would set off on the second day, but who would have thought that a day would pass in a hurry without any movement.

During the boring waiting process, Zhang Su taught them some techniques for using weapons. This time, the moves weren't for dealing with zombies, but for living people.

Zhang Su already knew that human hearts are sinister and need to be guarded against, but he didn't expect to encounter guys like the insect-like man and Brother Xiang in just a few days. The collapse of order is a very terrifying thing, and from then on, one cannot take living people lightly.

Another day passed. Zhang Su stood in the bathroom, gargling with mouthwash, thinking that if there was still no movement upstairs by noon, he would take the three of them and plan to leave first, otherwise, it wouldn't be a thing to keep dragging on like this.

"I wonder how those two guys are doing..."

Zhang Su was a bit distracted while holding the mouthwash, thinking of his two employees, Wu Lue and Zhao Xue.

"The shop must have been looted. I hope no one found the things under the shelves..."

Just as he was thinking, Zhang Su's ears twitched slightly, his eyes lit up, and faint footsteps entered his ears, along with the sound of a child talking.

The distance was a bit far, and there was a wall in between, so Zhang Su couldn't hear exactly what was being said, but he could distinguish that it was Liu Xuanyu's voice.

The team upstairs was moving!

"Get ready, get ready!"

Zhang Su stuffed the mouthwash into his bag, waved his hand at the two women who were studying how to set up a noise trap, tilted his head at Wang Guangjun who was folding clothes, and then quickly ran behind the door to listen carefully.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Qin Ya's slightly puzzled voice sounded.

"What's wrong, Officer Qin?"

Duan Wuhu stood still and asked.

"Someone has opened this security door!"

Qin Ya said firmly, then pulled the door open and entered the corridor, saying: "After searching for supplies, I marked all the security doors. Someone must have come to this floor!"

"Could it be that we bumped into them when we ran upstairs yesterday?" Tian Fan said.

Qin Ya shook his head: "Impossible, bumping into them wouldn't be a problem."

"It should be Little Zhang and the others. They probably searched for some supplies on their way when they left."

Duan Wuhu followed Qin Ya into the corridor and looked left and right.

Behind the door of 302, Zhang Su saw Qin Ya slowly walk out from behind the wall through the peephole, and then look in his direction!

Zhang Su turned back and made a stop gesture to the group.

"I don't know! Anyway, someone must have come to this floor. I specifically left the door to 302 open, and now it's closed!"

Qin Ya said as he walked to the door and pulled it, his expression slightly solemn.

"Brother Qin, don't worry about this. It must be those guys from yesterday. Let's just do our own thing."

Yu Nuo walked at the end, holding a table leg in her hand, with three parts fear on her face.

Qin Ya frowned, didn't speak, put his ear to the door of 302, and then knocked a few times.

A moment later, receiving no response, Qin Ya subconsciously touched his rifle and turned back to the others: "Let's go."

Soon, the group disappeared into the corridor.

"Shh!"

Zheng Xin was just about to speak when she saw Zhang Su make a "hush" gesture to her, and she hurriedly covered her mouth.

They didn't know, but Zhang Su knew that Qin Ya and his group hadn't left at all. The footsteps stopped as soon as they reached the stairwell; that group must be hiding behind the security door.

"Get ready, we're about to set off!"

After five minutes, Zhang Su clearly heard the footsteps fading away before he made a sound.

"Officer Qin knows we're here?"

Zheng Xin helped Zhang Su put on his arm guards and asked curiously.

"He made marks on the door—those methods from spy movies. He doesn't know we're here, just that we've been here. As expected of a SWAT officer, he really has some skills. We can learn a lot from him!"

Zhang Su packed his gear, walked to the door first, habitually looked outside, and then opened the door. The group left one after another.

"Confirm one more time: I'm first, Xiaohai follows me, then Tian Fan. Yu Nuo, you take Xiaoyu and follow Tian Fan. Teacher Duan, you bring up the rear! Is that clear?"

Behind the iron door leading to the parking lot, Qin Ya said in a low voice, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces. The dim flashlight illuminated everyone's cheeks.

"Clear!"

"No problem."

Everyone answered one after another.

"Good, let's go!"

Qin Ya was decisive. Seeing that everyone had no objections, he gently pulled open the iron door.

When Duan Wuhu walked out of the iron door, Zhang Su and the others arrived on the first floor.

Awoo, awoo...

"No wonder they were so smooth all the way; it turns out the zombies in the unit were basically all gone."

Zheng Xin poked her head out of the corridor to look at the unit and found only two or three zombies wandering around. The remaining zombies must have been attracted by some sound and had already left the unit.

"Should we solve them to prevent future trouble?"

Zhong Xiaoshan asked.

She had been hanging out with Zhang Su these days and had learned many small tricks through osmosis. Clearing out the unit at this time would provide an extra option for retreat if something went wrong in the underground parking lot.

Zhang Su listened carefully; there was no movement below. He figured Qin Ya and his group were still carefully feeling their way, so he wasn't in a hurry and said: "Xiaoshan, this time you go lure the zombies again. Xin, you set the tripwire, and Old Wang takes the heads."

"Okay!"

"No problem!"

"Brother Zhang..."

Seeing the two young beauties agree so readily, Wang Guangjun was a bit anxious and hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang, I'm afraid I can't handle it alone. You have to help me!"

"With them helping you, what are you afraid of? Don't worry, I'm watching; I won't let anything happen to you!"

Zhang Su patted Wang Guangjun's shoulder confidently.

Zheng Xin quickly set up a tripwire at the entrance and gave Zhong Xiaoshan an "OK" gesture.

Zhang Su held back Zhong Xiaoshan, who was about to go lure the zombies, and said: "Don't use sound this time. Move slowly toward that male zombie closest to us and see at what distance it reacts."

Zhong Xiaoshan knew Zhang Su was testing the sensitivity of the zombies' noses. Although she was a bit worried about the difficulty of this task, she didn't say anything more, nodded, and left the stairwell.

"Brother Zhang, this... won't Little Zhong be in danger?"

Wang Guangjun watched Zhong Xiaoshan slowly approaching the zombie and swallowed hard. He never expected that young people nowadays would have guts bigger than the sky.

"Only by understanding it can we better deal with it!"

Zhang Su answered Wang Guangjun's question simply and observed the distance between Zhong Xiaoshan and the zombie very seriously.

There was about an eight-meter distance from the stairwell to the nearest zombie. Zhong Xiaoshan walked with steady steps. She had long since changed her usual sexy high heels for Zheng Xin's casual flat shoes, approaching bit by bit with almost no footsteps.

Awoo, click-click-click.

Zhong Xiaoshan was highly focused. She could hear her own heartbeat and the sound of the zombie grinding its teeth close at hand. The distance shortened bit by bit, and her muscles tightened more and more.

When her foot landed again, the strange sound from the throat of the zombie facing her sideways paused, and it suddenly turned its head to look at her.

Awoo!

A wild scream rang out, and it immediately lunged toward Zhong Xiaoshan. Following closely behind, the other two zombies also reacted in a very short time and rushed toward Zhong Xiaoshan together.

However, Zhong Xiaoshan was faster. The moment the zombie turned its head, she turned around and ran toward the security door.

Zhang Su, standing at the door, pointed at the ground to remind Zhong Xiaoshan to watch out for the tripwire.

"Whoosh!"

Zhong Xiaoshan rushed into the stairwell and didn't stop until she had run up one floor.

At the same time, she heard the sound of thuds coming from downstairs one after another. Needless to say, the tripwire had successfully tripped the three zombies one by one.

The zombies fell to the ground, bringing up a stench of rot. Their withered arms clawed in the air, their necks tilted back as they roared wildly, like evil spirits released from hell to hunt.

Stumbled into the fourth round of recommendations, celebrating with an extra chapter.

My condition isn't very good; the coughing is particularly severe. I can even be woken up by coughing while sleeping soundly. I'm really speechless...

(End of chapter)