Chapter 87: Comatose Animal (10,000 words a day, begging for subscriptions)

"Thank you, thank you big brother for letting me live!"

Wu Daqiang saw that Zhang Su really intended to let him live, almost crying with joy.

"Go."

Zhang Su waved his hand, signaling the others to make way for Wu Daqiang.

"Thank you big brother, thank you, thank you a few... by the way!"

Wu Daqiang walked toward the main door with a limp, suddenly thought of something, turned to Zhang Su and said: "I can't live if I go back alone, Brother Xin will definitely send someone to investigate. You may not be afraid, but if it's not necessary, leave."

Zhang Su was stunned for a moment, not expecting Wu Daqiang to intend to leave Phoenix International alone, and nodded: "Okay, I know."

This hatred is almost unsolvable. Zhang Su could not let the four intruders snatch the supplies. Brother Xin's side would definitely be suspicious after losing manpower, and would definitely not let it go.

Wu Daqiang nodded and didn't say anything more. Although he was injured, he was very satisfied to save his life. No matter how you look at it, it was their fault first. Before leaving, he didn't forget to gently close the door, but unfortunately the door lock was damaged and couldn't be locked.

"Brother Su, really let him go?"

Lu Yubo thought Zhang Su had some divine move, such as killing him when he went out, but he really let Wu Daqiang go.

"Do you believe he didn't force that girl, so you let him go?" Zhong Xiao asked leisurely.

Zhang Su shook his head: "I do believe he didn't do that, but I actually thought that as long as he dared to pick up the knife, I would let him go. No matter what he said after going back, it's better than killing him, but..."

"I didn't expect him to intend to leave Phoenix International. Pack up, we can't live here."

After Zhang Su explained simply, he turned to look at the three corpses of different shapes on the ground and shook his head helplessly.

He didn't doubt Wu Daqiang's final warning, because no matter from which angle he thought about it, Tan Hua's house couldn't stay. Even without Wu Daqiang's warning, he intended to change places to live overnight!

"It really fulfilled your sentence at the beginning, living people are more terrifying than zombies, sigh..."

After packing up the backpack and standing at the door, Zheng Xin said dejectedly.

Zhang Su smiled: "This is just the beginning, the dark forest has just begun, let's go."

"Brother Su, let me take one more look."

Tan Hua stood at the door with the vernier caliper, the flashlight beam swept across the house where she had lived for five or six years, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

This is the house she moved into after divorcing her husband. It is the starting point for her to say goodbye to the past and start a new life, and now it has come to an end.

Survival in the apocalypse, having no fixed place to live is the norm, and displacement is the main theme.

Zhang Su and the others left Building 7. Due to the time difference, they didn't run into Wu Daqiang.

In the dark night, borrowing the cold and hazy moonlight in the sky, they could only vaguely see the human outline within three or five meters. The five walked in the dark without using a flashlight, because that would definitely expose their tracks.

The group returned to the Building 4 they passed in the afternoon, drilled into a safe unit room to search, and soon found a room with an open door on the third floor.

The house was a mess. Using the faint light of the mobile phone screen to observe roughly, they didn't see any uncomfortable corpses, and the smell didn't have blood and stench. This environment was quite good for them.

Zheng Xin didn't take off her backpack, and was the first to rush to the balcony, intending to pull the curtains to avoid being discovered again.

However, when she crossed the arch and walked to the balcony, she caught a glimpse of a strange object in the corner. Because she didn't turn on the flashlight, she couldn't see what it was.

"Eh? Eh~~~!"

Zheng Xin subconsciously looked closer and almost screamed. Fortunately, Zhang Su had always reminded her that she couldn't make a sound, couldn't make a sound, so she held back the scream.

The scream didn't come out, but the strange sound immediately attracted the attention of Zhang Su and the others.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Su rushed to the balcony quickly, and the sharp dog-leg knife had already appeared in his hand.

"Dog, doggy!"

Zheng Xin pointed to the dog cage in the corner in surprise.

???

Zhang Su and Zhong Xiao looked at each other, feeling the shock in each other's eyes even in the dark.

"Brother Su, what's wrong with the dog, are you planning to eat it?"

Lu Yubo saw the surprise of the few people and asked without a head.

"Eat, eat, eat, eat a fart..." Zhang Su hit Lu Yubo's head speechlessly.

Tan Hua was also quite puzzled and said: "Brother Su, you seem very surprised to see the dog, why?"

"Let me see the situation first."

Zhang Su didn't answer the few people, squatted down and shone the mobile phone screen on the dog cage, and found a small Corgi, quietly curled up in the dog cage. From the slightly undulating chest, it could be judged that it was not dead, but...

People walked to the front, why was there no reaction? And how many days have passed, the food in the dog cage didn't seem to have moved, and the water was very full, probably just evaporated naturally.

"Is this Corgi dead?"

Zheng Xin leaned over to Zhang Su's side and stared at the small Corgi nervously.

"It's not dead. But its state is a bit strange..."

Zhang Su turned the dog-leg knife and poked the small Corgi through the gap of the dog cage with the back of the knife. The small Corgi swayed with the force, as if it had no bones, but it still slept sweetly, without any sign of waking up.

He stood up, frowned and said: "Old Tan, Bo, you two think about it, after the zombie virus outbreak, besides this dog, have you seen other animals? Birds, cats, dogs, or anything, insects, any animals, have you seen them?"

"Animals?"

Lu Yubo tilted his head and began to dig into his recent memory, nodding vigorously: "I really haven't seen cats or dogs. As for other animals, it's cold, and I haven't seen them."

Tan Hua smiled bitterly: "I have been trapped in the gas station, and I don't know the situation outside, but since you all said you haven't seen them, there must be a problem."

"The outbreak of this virus itself is very strange, maybe animals are also infected?"

Zhong Xiao thought and said.

Zhang Su asked back in confusion: "It doesn't make sense. Even if animals are infected, where are they? Did they disappear out of thin air?"

"Oh! Don't study these, aren't you sleepy?"

Zheng Xin had no interest in these things that couldn't find answers. She was on night watch before, and now she was sleepy.

Zhang Su looked at the Corgi in the dog cage again, then looked at his watch: "There are still more than four hours until dawn. Let's make do on the sofa tonight. Who is on night watch at this time?"

Zhang Su looked at the time and asked everyone.

Zhong Xiao raised her hand and said: "My turn!"

"You all rest, I'm not sleepy, I'll watch for you until dawn."

Tan Hua said weakly.

It was not easy to return home, there were no relatives left, only a note, and now she couldn't even live in the house, and there were three corpses lying there, feeling very sad in her heart.

Everyone knew that Tan Hua was uncomfortable, so they comforted her and went to sleep separately. However, to express their gratitude for Tan Hua's night watch, Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiao took out their allocated food for Tan Hua.

The current environment needs growth, whether it is physical or psychological, to grow rapidly to face the new order.

With a blink of an eye, time passed. Zhang Su opened his eyes again and felt the soft light through the curtains. He looked at the time, it was past seven in the morning.

Looking around, Zheng Xin was still sleeping beside him like a kitten, Lu Yubo was sleeping on the ground with his limbs spread out, and was snoring lightly.

Tan Hua, who was on night watch, was sitting at the dining table near the kitchen, one hand supporting her cheek, and the other hand on the vernier caliper, her eyes dazed, not knowing what she was thinking.

Zhang Su's ears moved and he heard a slight sound from the bedroom direction. Without thinking, he knew it was Zhong Xiao searching for things.

"Go and rest, we won't leave in the morning."

Zhang Su didn't wake up Zheng Xin and Lu Yubo, walked to Tan Hua's side, and said softly.

Tan Hua was startled, subconsciously gripped the vernier caliper, and only relaxed when she saw it was Zhang Su.

"Okay, Brother Su."

After letting Tan Hua go to rest, Zhang Su first looked at the sleeping, or rather comatose, Corgi on the balcony. It had yellow and white colors, its long tail curled beside its legs, its big ears drooping, and its black nose moved gently with its slow breathing.

He took down the clothes hanger on the balcony and poked the small Corgi for a long time. Seeing that it still had no reaction, he curled his lips and followed Zhong Xiao to rummage in the house.

From the traces of living, it can be seen that this was once a happy family of three. They should have been very lucky to escape from here, but later someone came here to search, leaving almost no supplies.

There was no food or drink, but warm clothes were very sufficient.

Tan Hua finally took off the work clothes of the gas station layer by layer (her own clothes were taken away by the self-rescue team) and changed into a thin down jacket found from the wardrobe. It can be seen that the original hostess of this house must not be thin.

The other few people also changed into clean clothes to varying degrees. Although they couldn't take a shower, wearing clean clothes made people feel much more comfortable.

"Let's discuss what to do next."

Around ten o'clock in the morning, the five sat together after eating their morning meal and began to discuss the next action.

Everyone knew that Phoenix International was just a temporary foothold, or even an accidental foothold. However, for the next action, everyone was very confused and looked at Zhang Su one after another.

Seeing that everyone was looking at himself, Zhang Su said directly what he thought: "Go south for a crossroad and turn left for more than two hundred meters to reach my store. I hid some good weapons there. Getting them can greatly improve our ability to deal with zombies!"

"Brother Su, you don't mean the iron knives you sold to us, right?"

Lu Yubo asked with a ghost-like head, and showed a beating expression.

Zhang Su rolled his eyes at Lu Yubo and said indifferently: "Just because of this sentence, you will be the last to pick weapons when you reach the convenience store!"

"I, this... no, hahaha."

Lu Yubo smiled very awkwardly, playing with the grain sampler in his hand and said: "This is quite good, no new weapons are fine."

"Crossroads, turn right... the distance is not far, right? It's less than two kilometers? But what if it's not convenient to stay at the convenience store?"

Zheng Xin calculated in her mind and asked.

"If that side doesn't work, we will go north and leave the city directly! The overall direction is like this, but this is just the overall direction. No one knows what will happen during this period!"

Zhang Su gestured on the ground with his fingers and said.

"Are you going north to leave the city?"

Zhong Xiao asked weakly, looking at Zhang Su with inexplicable eyes.

Zhang Su nodded and said with a slight apology: "Xiao, I know you want to go to Funing County to understand the situation of your parents, but you also know the current environment. Going to Funing is definitely not as good as going to Qing County."

Among the four counties in Qincheng, Qing County has the largest area, four times that of Funing County, but due to geographical environment and development, the population is only one-third of Funing County. With the growth and decline, the population density of Qing County is less than one-tenth of Funing County.

It can be very roughly understood that if you encounter ten zombies in Qing County, you will be besieged by hundreds of zombies in Funing!

Zhong Xiao naturally knew this truth very well, bit her lip and nodded silently, and said softly: "If there is a chance, I still want to go to Funing to see in the future."

She couldn't leave the team alone like Wang Guangjun to go to Funing. First of all, her combat power didn't allow it. Furthermore, the distance to Funing is not comparable to the Environmental College.

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