Chapter 83: Welcome New Members (Begging for subscriptions, la la la)

"One hundred sixty or seventy is heavy enough! How much do Xin and Xiao weigh together..."

Zhang Su held his forehead.

"I'm ninety-four."

"I'm eighty-eight..."

The two women took the initiative to reveal their weights, because they were slim, so they talked about it very generously.

"Haha, one hundred eighty-two. Sister Tan, the two sisters-in-law together are about the same as you!"

Lu Yubo calculated heartlessly.

Tan Hua said awkwardly: "Lose weight, lose weight, I must lose weight."

The wall, more than two meters high, was an insurmountable high wall for zombies who didn't know how to stack up. More than thirty zombies could only block the alley, stretching their hands and claws, unable to do anything to the people on the wall.

"That, Bo, your chance to perform has come!"

Zhang Su crossed the anti-climbing spikes and pointed to two female zombies more than ten meters away: "See them? Go down and take care of them."

Lu Yubo looked closely. The two female zombies were tilting their heads and sniffing in the air, probably smelling the scent of living people.

"No problem, Brother Su, just watch!"

After saying that, he took off the backpack on his back and threw it to the side of the zombies. The *bang* of it hitting the ground immediately attracted the zombies to scratch at it. The attracted zombies didn't notice that a person had also jumped into the complex.

*Puchi. *

Lu Yubo neatly took care of the first one, stepped back, pulled out the grain sampler, and thrust it at the other zombie rushing toward him. Who would have thought that such a simple action would lead to an accident!

He lifted his foot to step forward, but because he was too excited and focused, he actually forgot there was a bag under his feet. He was tripped by the bag immediately and fell forward uncontrollably!

"Damn it!"

Even with Lu Yubo's thick skin, he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart.

*Thump. *

One person and one zombie fell to the ground together, and the zombie didn't succeed in attacking because it fell backward.

Lu Yubo bounced up like a spring man, his yellow hair even flying off in fright. He raised the grain sampler and stabbed it into the zombie's head.

The zombie's movements weren't as fast as Lu Yubo's, and its skull was pierced on the spot, stopping its movements.

"You doing this makes people very worried!"

Lu Yubo heard the voice, turned around, and found that Zhang Su had already arrived behind him holding a sharp axe. His heart warmed, and he picked up his backpack. "It must be Brother Shuo blaming me for not listening to him at the end, wanting to play a joke on me. Brother Su, sorry."

Zhang Su didn't say much. After everyone climbed down from the wall, he led them to hide at the base of a building.

He looked around, knowing that Tan Hua lived in Building 7, but he hadn't had time to figure out the layout of the complex before encountering an accident, so he wasn't sure of the location. He asked Tan Hua: "Old Tan, which way?"

Tan Hua's expression was full of tension. After a little thought, she pointed and gestured: "This way is fine. Walk forward one building, turn, and walk another building, and you'll be there. You can also go that way."

Zhang Su looked at the two paths Tan Hua pointed out, didn't feel any difference, and suddenly turned to look at Zheng Xin: "Xin, choose a path."

"What?"

Zheng Xin was stunned, and the others were also stunned.

"What what? Choose if I tell you to!" Zhang Su glared at the stunned Zheng Xin.

Facing this kind of question where he didn't know how to choose, of course, he had to let the person with 【Good Fortune】 decide!

"Then, I... this way!"

Zheng Xin pointed forward, which was the first plan given by Tan Hua.

"Go!"

Zhang Su led the group forward without any hesitation.

He didn't know what the situation was on the other path, but the path Zheng Xin chose really had no problems. They only encountered two zombies on the way, which were easily dealt with.

The five arrived at Unit 2, Building 7, and saw a broken corpse of someone who had jumped to their death, which made people feel heavy.

Arriving outside the unit door, the large iron door was covered in blood and the glass was broken. Several gnawed corpses lay by the guardrail, the miserable state of death making people unable to bear looking directly at it. The tragic scene was a hundred times more real than a movie.

"Ugh."

Tan Hua thought she was used to such scenes, but didn't expect she still couldn't handle it. The hot noodle soup she had eaten earlier rushed to her throat.

Zhong Xiao had already thought this would happen, and quickly stuffed a few pieces of chewing gum into her mouth!

The strong mint flavor instantly filled her mouth, making her feel refreshed while also stopping the urge to vomit.

Tan Hua was choked with tears, nodding repeatedly to express her gratitude.

A not-so-long road, Zhang Su and the others didn't know that their tracks had already been discovered.

"Don't make any noise!"

Zhang Su reminded, listening cautiously to the movement, while gently opening the broken unit door and leaning in. With his hearing, he didn't hear any movement, at least he could guarantee that the unit room was safe.

"The real test is coming, everyone."

Arriving at the stairwell, Zhang Su said to the group in a strange tone.

"Sigh..."

Zheng Xin was the first to sigh, looked up, and curled her lips helplessly.

"Hehe, twenty-third floor, it's okay, at least it's not the top floor." Zhong Xiao comforted everyone, looking a bit like Ah Q.

The grade of Phoenix International complex was slightly inferior to Shengqin Garden. The floor planning of the complex varied according to the building, but they were all above thirty floors. Tan Hua's home was on the twenty-third floor. There was no elevator now, making people fear the stairs.

Tan Hua felt again that her home was so close and yet so far...

There was no other choice. Under Zhang Su's leadership, the group climbed up floor by floor. The whole process was different from what everyone expected. Because they had to carefully listen for movement on each floor to prevent a zombie from suddenly jumping out, the speed of progress was quite slow.

The normal speed is usually ten to fifteen seconds to climb one floor, but now it takes about a minute!

This long time was enough for everyone to recover their physical strength while climbing, so they didn't feel so tired.

"Old Tan, the occupancy rate of your complex is not high, right?"

With a layout of three households per floor, Zhang Su noticed that almost every floor had vacant rooms, and some floors were completely empty, and the protective film on the doors hadn't even been torn off.

Tan Hua breathed slowly and said: "My dad is a security guard at the property management. He said the occupancy rate is less than half. I'm not very clear."

Zhang Su nodded and didn't continue to ask. The data would only look better than the actual situation. If the data showed about half, the actual situation was probably about one-third, which was consistent with what he saw.

Climbing all the way to the nineteenth floor took nearly twenty minutes. Except for needing to cross some obstacles, they didn't encounter any accidents. But when they stepped up to continue climbing, they found that Zhang Su in front had stopped.

Everyone had developed a habit: as long as Zhang Su was cautious, there must be a situation ahead!

Zhang Su made a gesture to the group not to follow, lightened his steps further to go up, and looked up from the corner. Sure enough, he found two zombies wandering outside the safety door.

From the appearance, one zombie's neck was bloody and blurred, which could be seen to be infected after being bitten, while the other was relatively intact.

"Two zombies! Old method, lure them down, Old Tan, you are responsible for killing one!"

Zhang Su returned to the nineteenth floor and whispered to the others.

"Okay!"

Tan Hua held the vernier caliper tightly. The huge vernier caliper actually looked so appropriate in her arms.

Zhang Su then said to Lu Yubo: "Bo, go make some noise to attract the zombies. Zombies are stupid when going down stairs, they will fall down directly."

"This works?"

Lu Yubo was stunned, not considering that this method could be used to kill zombies.

Seeing Zhang Su nod, he ran to the corner and coughed and stomped his feet.

As expected, the zombies turned their heads quickly to look at Lu Yubo, let out a strange cry, and rushed toward him. As expected, they rolled down the stairs, making a series of collision sounds.

*Thud. *

The zombie rolled to the corner of the stairs, making a heavy collision sound, and fell to the ground howling, but couldn't get up. Poorly, its arm bone was broken during the fall, twisted to an abnormal angle.

*Bang bang! *

Zhang Su smashed a few times, and the head of the zombie on top was smashed open on the spot. It was decisive and neat without any hesitation, and then he turned to look at Tan Hua.

"I, I..."

Tan Hua held the vernier caliper upside down, studied it for a while, raised the vernier caliper high, and smashed it toward the zombie with a *whoosh*!

*Puff. *

Perhaps because of nervousness, the vernier caliper in Tan Hua's hand was held upside down. The side attacking the zombie was the short measuring claw. The accuracy was okay, but because the measuring claw was too short, it only hit a bloody hole in the zombie's head, not killing it in one blow, but making its struggle more intense.

*Awoo, ah. *

The zombie screamed, wanting to get up and take a bite of the person in front, but was kicked.

After Zhang Su kicked the zombie, he encouraged Tan Hua: "Very good, that's how to attack, turn the side and use the long measuring claw!"

Tan Hua nodded seriously, turned the vernier caliper in her hand, and raised it high again.

"Ya!"

With a not-so-loud shout, the vernier caliper smashed down heavily. The ten-centimeter-long measuring claw directly pierced the zombie's skull. The wildly waving arms were like an electric-shocked doll, shaking a few times before going limp and stopping.

Zhang Su touched his chin and looked at Tan Hua, who was panting heavily, with some thought, thinking that this guy's accuracy was a bit strange...

If you say she's not powerful, she accurately hit the same point twice in a row with long-distance movement trajectory attacks. If you say she's powerful, she even held the long and short measuring claws of the vernier caliper upside down.

He made many mistakes when he killed zombies for the first time, and he missed several times. Even now, he occasionally misses. Looking at Tan Hua, she could kill zombies with a steel bar through the eye socket, and now she used a vernier caliper to attack, and the landing point was still accurate. She had some skills.

"What, what's wrong?"

Tan Hua was still in shock and panting, and suddenly noticed Zhang Su looking at her with suspicion.

Zhang Su shook his head: "You might be more powerful if you change your hairstyle."

After saying a sentence that stunned everyone, Zhang Su asked Zheng Xin to touch the equipment, and he continued to explore the road ahead.

From the twentieth floor to the twenty-third floor, the group did not encounter any more zombies. The cold air was filled with a faint stench, and the quiet environment made people wonder if there were any living people in this building.

In the corridor on the twenty-third floor, the five gathered at the door of 2302. Tan Hua's trembling hand held a bunch of keys.

"I don't dare to open the door."

Tan Hua tried several times, but still retreated in the end.

"It's so clean inside and out, I believe the situation must be better than you think!"

Zhang Su listened carefully. He could basically confirm that there was no movement in the room, which meant at least there were no zombies. Whether there were living people needed to be confirmed by opening the door.

Tan Hua heard Zhang Su's judgment, as if she had taken a reassurance pill, and inserted the key into the keyhole with a *click, click, click*.

"Hmm?"

Turning the key, Tan Hua was stunned. The door was actually locked from the inside?

She quickly accelerated her hand movements. After two turns, the door lock was opened. After opening the door, only silence and an empty living room greeted them.

"Lanlan? Dad?"

Tan Hua was the first to rush into the house, standing in the living room and calling out, but only the quiet air responded to her.

"Old Tan, don't look for them, come and see this."

Zhang Su walked to the coffee table in the living room and picked up the A4 paper on the table and shook it.

Tan Hua ran to Zhang Su and took the A4 paper: "Mom, Grandpa and I left with the self-rescue team organized by Uncle Jia in the next unit. I begged them to go to the gas station, but they said it was too dangerous and refused. I don't know where to go. Uncle Jia just said to go to the countryside. If you can see the note, take care! Daughter: Lanlan."

The beautiful handwriting looked very clean.

Tan Hua showed a very complex expression on her face and asked the people around her: "They are fine, Lanlan and the others left with the self-rescue team, they are safe, right?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Su immediately affirmed Tan Hua's words, patted her on the shoulder, and said: "Now you can rest assured. By the way, your complex is not bad, and there are people who organize self-rescue teams. In my building, a lunatic set fire to the building, otherwise we wouldn't have run out so early..."

"Damn, setting fire to the building is so awesome? Which hero?"

Lu Yubo asked a very stupid question.

"Awesome my ass, fortunately we ran fast. If we were taking a nap at that time, we would have been cremated directly!"

Zhang Su punched Lu Yubo angrily.

"Sister Tan, your daughter and uncle must be safe, don't worry."

Zhong Xiao smiled and comforted Tan Hua.

With the banter and comfort, Tan Hua's mood stabilized a lot. After reading the note back and forth several times, she folded it and put it in her pocket, smiling: "Everyone sit down, rest first, they shouldn't be able to take much, I'll go get some snacks."

Greeting everyone to sit down, Tan Hua ran to a cabinet specially used for snacks, muttering.

"My daughter and I both like snacks, so we specially set up a cabinet for snacks. Usually..."

While talking, she opened the snack cabinet and looked, stunned. The cabinet was empty.

"Gone?"

She then ran to the kitchen to take a look. The empty kitchen was like just moving in. Almost all the ingredients were swept away, leaving only small appliances placed there alone.

Tan Hua didn't believe in evil, and opened the cabinets one by one to search. Not to mention food, even kitchen paper, plastic wrap, and some pots were gone. Finally, she only found a little dried shiitake mushrooms and yuba in the corner.

"Don't look for it, the things must have been taken away by the self-rescue team. Do you think you don't need to eat on the road?"

Zhang Su said, leaning on the kitchen door frame. Seeing the scene in the kitchen, he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, because a few days ago he had done similar things with Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiao, but not so thoroughly...

He had an illusion that if the self-rescue team still had load capacity, they might even carry away the remaining microwave and gas stove.

"That's true, oh my!"

Not knowing what she remembered again, Tan Hua ran out of the kitchen, went to a bedroom to take a look, and found that some of the medicine her father usually took was also gone, and her heart confirmed Zhang Su's statement.

"That, I'm really sorry, the things at home have been taken away, there is nothing to entertain everyone..."

Tan Hua rubbed her hands, a little embarrassed.

"Okay, Old Tan, do you really think you are entertaining guests here? Haven't you seen what it's like outside? It's good to have a place to rest first!"

Zhang Su waved his hand and said to Zheng Xin and the others: "Relax and rest for a while, we'll get something to eat later."

He walked to the window and looked out. Unfortunately, Building 7 was in the middle of the complex, and the view was very poor. He could only vaguely see the distant street from the cracks, and couldn't collect any useful information.

Looking at the windows of the building opposite, maybe because the floor was very high, he actually found people moving.

A man was lying on the bed by the window, wearing thick clothes, occasionally punching the ceiling, venting the anger in his heart.

Zhang Su shook his head helplessly. In this world, there are many people driven crazy by reality, one more is not too many, and one less is not too few. He habitually pulled the curtains and turned to look at Tan Hua, who was organizing her bag.

"Old Tan, who is the Uncle Jia your daughter mentioned? Do you know him?"

Tan Hua stopped her work and thought: "I don't have any impression of the name alone, but I might recognize him if I see him..."

This is a very realistic status quo. Neighbors don't introduce themselves in detail when they say hello.

Soon, the group organized their things and arranged the second meal of the day.

"Fortunately, I ate enough this morning. Let's make do with this meal. Two Snickers for men, one for women. As for milk, there are two bags, one for you men, and one for us three women."

Zheng Xin took out two bags of milk and seven Snickers and placed them on the coffee table.

Although Zhang Su didn't specify who would arrange the food distribution, this work had always been done by Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiao together.

Everyone had no objection to this arrangement.

"Xin, are you... can't finish it?"

Tan Hua found that Zheng Xin only ate half a Snickers carefully, and then folded the seal and didn't intend to eat it, thinking of asking for it.

"Not hungry yet. I'll train later. If I'm hungry after training, I'll eat it. If I can hold on, I'll save it for tomorrow morning's extra meal."

Zheng Xin said very naturally. The shortage of food caused great pressure, and one must be frugal when there are conditions.

"A bowl of instant noodles has about 500 calories. I ate two bowls in the morning, which is enough for my energy consumption for a day. But considering that I will train later, I can supplement it appropriately."

Zhong Xiao said on the side, also folding the remaining half of the Snickers and putting it into her bag.

This made Tan Hua even more embarrassed...

"Yes, yes, haha, I ate three bowls of instant noodles, 1,500 calories, enough, enough."

Zheng Xin smiled cleverly, picked up her Snickers and looked at the nutrition label and said: "Sister Tan, this bar has 300 calories of energy. You ate a lot of potato chips before, plus milk, you consumed more than 2,500 calories!"

"Eat so much? Then I have to practice hard later!"

Zhang Su heard the conversation of the three women from the side and immediately expressed his opinion.

"I, this... okay, okay, I'll train, I'll lose weight."

Tan Hua thought that she had indeed promised to lose weight, so she didn't say anything more, just looked at the packaging paper in her hand and worried.

"Brother Su, you drink the milk, I don't like to drink it."

Lu Yubo signaled that Zhang Su didn't need to leave the milk for him.

"I'll take more if I want to eat, and the distribution is what it is."

Zhang Su couldn't take this advantage, and he didn't need to. Just as he said, in this temporary small team, it is natural for him to eat more, and even others would be willing to let him eat more, because he is both the team's combat power and the brain!

"Really don't need it, I get diarrhea when I drink milk, it's been like this since I was a child."

Lu Yubo said seriously.

Seeing that he was not joking, Zhang Su didn't insist, turned around and took out a King of Kings sausage from his bag and handed it to him: "Don't eat too much if you're not hungry, save it for emergencies."

After saying that, he took out another ham sausage and handed it to Tan Hua, who was aggrieved on the side.

"No, no, thank you Brother Su, I'm already full."

Tan Hua waved her hands repeatedly, very embarrassed.

"Eat it, losing weight is not a matter of a moment, just train seriously."

Zhang Su politely stuffed the ham into Tan Hua's hand.

Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiao looked at each other implicitly, passing some strange information, thinking that Zhang Su wouldn't be interested in mature women, right?

If Zhang Su knew their thoughts, he would definitely give them a big slap each.

After Tan Hua finished eating the King of Kings, Zhang Su said lightly: "What do you say, Technician Tan, do you intend to stay here or go with us? As a technical staff, there is a certain preference in food distribution, oh."

With the current situation, naturally, inducement is more effective than coercion.

"Ah?"

Tan Hua was smacking her lips, and suddenly heard Zhang Su's question, and a tangled expression appeared on her face.

"Brother Su, I'm really afraid of holding you back, but I really want to go with you. After all, if I go out of Qincheng with you, there is still hope of meeting Lanlan and my dad. Here..."

Tan Hua looked around, patted the bag she brought from the gas station, and smiled miserably: "Even if there is this little food and drink, how many days can it last? In the end, it's just waiting to die."

"Yes, Sister Tan, just go with us. Skills can be developed with practice. Three years ago, I didn't even dare to kill a chicken in my hometown. Look at me now, killing zombies is no different from killing chickens!"

Lu Yubo seemed to be quite proud of his bravery, his chest held high.

"How old are you, Bo?"

Zhang Su asked casually.

"Nineteen, what's wrong, Brother Su?"

Lu Yubo answered smoothly.

"Nothing..." Zhang Su just asked casually, and then looked at Tan Hua again: "Old Tan, give me an attitude. By the way, there is a possibility of meeting Old Wang after going with me!"

Speaking of Old Wang, Tan Hua smiled unnaturally. That big brother who gave her a little warmth in the apocalypse made her quite miss him. She nodded heavily and said solemnly: "I am willing to listen to Brother Su, follow Brother Su, and contribute all the strength I can. I hope everyone will not dislike me."

While Tan Hua was swearing solemnly, Zhang Su used 【Insight Tag】 on her.

【Gluttonous】 【Tenacious】 【Precise】

"Precise!"

Zhang Su saw the last tag on Tan Hua's head at a glance. It can be seen that Tan Hua's killing of zombies before was not luck. Sure enough, she had extraordinary talent.

Tenacity is naturally a very positive quality, and gluttony doesn't matter. Who doesn't have some hobbies...

"This is too formal, haha! Xin, take out the wine, today we have two great generals, it's worth celebrating."

Zhang Su was very happy, not only because the challenge was completed, but also because Lu Yubo and Tan Hua were both usable people, and the team really needed people!

He believed that given time, even Tan Hua, who looked chubby now, could grow up, because she had enough talent.

"Oh my god, Brother Su!" Lu Yubo saw Zheng Xin actually take out a bottle of Flying Moutai from her bag, his eyes shining: "Brother Dong is reluctant to use this kind of wine to entertain ordinary guests, and I can actually drink it? Haha, cool!"

"Two or three thousand a bottle, the taste is just so-so. It's really the sentence you said, it's only used for banquets. Who drinks this stuff by themselves! Come, come, come, one bottle per person... that cap, just a little bit!"

This big gasp made Lu Yubo's smile collapse. The small bottle cap didn't even have half a tael, and it was gone after a sip, not even covering his tongue. He felt that his uncle couldn't even blow out a number when checking for drunk driving!

"Welcome both of you!"

"Welcome, welcome."

Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiao drank a little symbolically.

Lu Yubo complained in his heart that there was too little wine, but when it was his turn, he took the bottle cap and carefully poured the wine into his mouth, fearing to waste a drop, and then said a lot of uncultured plain words. The central idea was only one point: thank you big brother and big sister for taking care of me.

Zhang Su felt the harmonious atmosphere of the team and was in a good mood. He drank the wine in the bottle cap and smiled: "Okay, after drinking together, we are all our own people. Come, no betrayal, no abandonment!"

"No betrayal, no abandonment!"

Everyone learned from Zhang Su and stretched out their hands together, shouting the short but sacred slogan very solemnly.

Returning the bottle cap to Zheng Xin, Zhang Su looked at Tan Hua and smiled: "Old Tan, you haven't participated in physical training before, such as shooting or archery?"

Tan Hua didn't understand why Zhang Su asked this, shook her head in confusion: "I've been a bit fat since I was a child, and I always tried to be lazy in physical education classes. Besides, shooting and archery are sports for the rich, and I haven't seen them in school."

Zhang Su nodded thoughtfully. Through Tan Hua, it can be seen that many people actually have unique talents, but unfortunately, due to various reasons, they cannot reach the field of talent at all, and they end up being mediocre all their lives.

"Okay, rest for a while, get ready to start training! Xin, Xiao, you urge Old Tan, don't let her be lazy!"

The two nodded with a smile, feeling that life became interesting after new people joined.

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