"This... is the Jishan Isolation... Command Center. This is our... final... transmission... bomb!"
A loud explosion was heard in the background. The operator's voice was obviously stuck for a moment, but he immediately continued to report,
"Our unit has been... breached... in the early morning of the day... and Area C has been lost. Repeat,... the defense line has collapsed, and the base can no longer be maintained..."
"The core... plan... has been activated."
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"A-level... personnel... Dr. Zhou, carrying... experimental data... samples, has been evacuated... repeat... evacuated..."
"...a total of twelve people...will move along...the road...towards Linjiang University City...along...the waterway...expected...to arrive...within 48 to 72..."
The "click, click, click" sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer, and the communicator's tone began to become hurried,
"...Warning...monsters...(a burst of violent noise)...organized...intelligent..."
"...extremely fast...difficult...to suppress...and...defend!"
"Please...quarantine area...be prepared...the plan is the last...hope...of our department...and even...human civilization...at all costs...to ensure...your safety!"
"...we...will...buy...time..."
"...zizizizizizi..."
...
Su Qing had heard this recording several times, but she still tilted her ear and listened carefully with Lin Fan.
After the first listen, Lin Fan put down his chopsticks, stood up, and returned to his room to retrieve his phone. He listened and wrote down the words and phrases he could barely make out.
He listened several more times, finally making sure he had recorded everything he could, and returned the phone to Su Qing.
"This..."
Lin Fan bit his lip, looking at the text on his phone, trying to guess what the blank spaces might mean.
"Let's eat first, or it'll get cold again..." Su Qing, noticing Lin Fan engrossed in the words on his phone, handed him a bowl of rice and muttered to herself,
"Jishan is... the one in the suburbs?"
The Jishan Su Qing was referring to was, of course, Jishan County on the outskirts of Linjiang City. With its picturesque scenery, it was a tourist destination, and city dwellers loved visiting nearby Jishan on holidays, staying in farmhouses and enjoying the local cuisine.
"That must be it. The broadcast mentioned the Linjiang University Town quarantine zone, which is the same as the text message we received... So this Jishan quarantine zone must also be local..."
"When did you receive this?"
Lin Fan asked thoughtfully, taking the bowl and eating.
Regardless of what the broadcast said, even if the quarantine zone was succubus-infected, they had to prioritize the present.
Eating well and getting enough sleep to restore health remains the top priority.
Su Qing pulled out her phone, checked the recording time, and replied while eating:
"It was 9:40 AM. I woke up and saw it was cloudy outside. I wondered if the signal would be better, so I turned on the radio and went to cut vegetables..."
"Then I heard a voice and was startled. I quickly took out my phone to record it, but then the signal went out again... I listened to the recording several times but couldn't make it out..."
Piecing together the fragmentary information, Lin Fan made an irresponsible guess, but he was able to make a rough guess.
From this, he could deduce some information.
There is a quarantine zone in Jishan, and there is a quarantine zone at Linjiang University, both of which are only a hundred kilometers apart.
As a large city with a permanent population of over 10 million, Linjiang City must have at least eight, if not ten, quarantine zones.
But the closest to them is still the Linjiang University quarantine zone, there is no doubt about that.
Secondly, there is no reliable way of communication between quarantine zones.
Whether it is the army or the emergency response department, it is impossible that they do not have a decent communication equipment. However, the Jishan quarantine zone has to rely on repeated shortwave calls to contact the Linjiang University quarantine zone.
This is a bit worrying...
The optical cables of wired equipment require a lot of machine rooms to maintain. In this situation where there are zombies everywhere, it is normal for communications to be cut off.
Not to mention civilian communications, mobile phones are completely dead. Since the time I received a text message, I haven't received any information since.
The most critical thing is, where is the satellite?
The most stringent national military communications were completely disabled. Communication between quarantine zones a hundred kilometers apart had to rely on telegrams!
This was a serious problem.
And not to mention the "monsters," "organized," and "intelligent" mentioned in the communications...
A chill ran down Lin Fan's spine.
"Monsters" and "intelligent"—he'd already seen both before. If you counted that scream that had drawn so many zombies downstairs, then he'd also seen "organized."
But the quarantine zone was clearly different from what he'd faced. Lin Fan's imagined military quarantine zone would have at least several hundred people and several hundred guns.
It was breached just like that, unable to evacuate, and only able to send out a batch of scientific research materials...
"..."
He used to think that he was just unlucky and always encountered elite monsters.
But now he suddenly realized that it might not be a coincidence, and it would be the norm in the future.
Communication between the quarantine areas was cut off. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before they were breached one by one.
He had the ability to become stronger, but it would take time.
He had always believed that as long as he kept getting stronger, he would be able to fight his way out of this apocalypse.
But now, was there still time?
A sudden sense of urgency washed over Lin Fan. He had to move faster, become stronger.
Compared to all that, the "hope," "experiments," and "plans" mentioned in the communication seemed the most worthless to him, having no bearing on him at all.
When he awakened his powers, he'd thought he was humanity's last hope, yet he was still trapped in a building, unable to escape...
After two more bowls of rice, Lin Fan put down his chopsticks.
After all, he had been planning to go upstairs and examine the monster corpses, and eating too much would easily lead to vomiting.
Plus, he wasn't in a good mood, so he only ate until he was 70% full.
...
"So what happened? Was the quarantine area breached?"
After dinner, Su Qing asked Lin Fan while cleaning the kitchen,
"What about Linjiang University? Is it still safe? Should we go there?"
Lin Fan had no answer to her question and could only comfort her:
"Look, people in that quarantine area have to go to the Linjiang University quarantine area. It must be safer than theirs."
Su Qing did not comment, but did not continue to ask. Lin Fan was not a god, how could he have an answer to such a question...
Leaving Su Qing at home to pack her things, Lin Fan carried a small bag with tools on his back and went upstairs to 501.
Lin Fan had not been able to take out the key to 401 yesterday, and Su Qing came to pick him up and locked the door again in a panic.
Lin Fan had no choice but to retrace his steps and return to the balcony of 501. The dog leash rope was still hanging outside. It had only been a night, so it wouldn't have worn out or aged.
Lin Fan confidently followed the rope, passing over the hundreds of zombies below, and arrived at 401 once again.-+ The body in the bedroom was still lying on the ground.
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Lin Fan did not immediately go into the bedroom filled with the stench of blood, but first walked to the cabinet at the door.
People usually put their keys and some personal belongings they need when going out here.
He searched carefully, and sure enough, in addition to some miscellaneous items such as lighters and change, Lin Fan also found two sets of door keys, a car key and an employee card.
There was a photo of a young woman printed on the card, and her name and position were written below.
"Tianshui Road Gas Station? Manager?"
Tianshui Road is the north-south road at the end of the small road downstairs from where Lin Fan lives.
Lin Fan remembered that the gas station was just around the corner, and there was a magnetic strip on this employee card, so maybe it could be used to open the door.
As for the car key with five diamonds printed on it, it was easy to figure out which car it belonged to.
He walked to the living room window and pressed the car lock button downwards.
A silver van with "Lala" printed on it on the side of the road made a beeping sound and flashed its lights.
A group of zombies were attracted by the sound, but because it only made a single sound, the zombies could not determine their target, so they scattered along the road, each car looking for possible prey.
"So this van that often blocks the door of my store belongs to you!"
Lin Fan stared at his former enemy with wide eyes.
He parked the car randomly and didn't leave his phone number, so his door was blocked several times and he couldn't find anyone. He
originally had some sympathy for the young couple, but now it has disappeared.
"Okay, give me the van as compensation for my mental damage..."
He put the key and employee card into his pocket as he said this.
This small van is just right for today's world.
It has good trafficability, is flexible to drive, can haul goods, and can carry people.
There are almost no pickup trucks in the city now, especially in old neighborhoods like Lin Fan's, so the most suitable choice is this van.
After searching again and not seeing any other useful supplies, Lin Fan turned his attention back to the business.
The previous equipment was stained with blood, and Su Qing had washed it with water while he was unconscious, and it hadn't dried yet.
Lin Fan dug out a disposable isolation suit from his bag and put it on.
Putting on gloves, a mask, and goggles, and tightening his cuffs, Lin Fan squatted on the ground and carefully observed the corpse.
The pale corpse of a banshee zombie.
In just one night, a layer of gray appeared on its skin, and its body was a little drier than yesterday.
Perhaps because it was originally a mutated corpse, it began to decay very quickly after "dying" again.
The body was also somewhat twisted and deformed, and the original beauty of the plaster statue was gone.
Lin Fan did not rush to pull the steel pipe out of its cracked mouth, but came to the bed and gently brushed his fingers over the sharp edge embedded in the bed frame.
With a thought, he put it back into his backpack, leaving only a deep crack on the wooden bed frame.
Taking it out of his backpack again, the blade appeared in Lin Fan's hand again.
"Props dropped by zombies are so convenient..."
Lin Fan thought silently in his heart, saving even the effort to pull it out.
He held the blade in his hand, leaning his feet on the monster's shoulders, starting from the mouth, and cutting down along the steel pipe.
The body of this banshee zombie was very soft to begin with, and after a night of decay, even the bones became brittle.
The blade encountered almost no resistance, and even without using the bone saw Lin Fan had prepared, he cut the front of the banshee zombie open.
There were no clear internal organs, and most of the tissues were in a semi-liquid, messy, knotted state. It was unknown whether it was originally like this or it had decayed into this state.
The tip of the spear had not even been exposed yet, but Lin Fan, with all his strength, pierced the entire upper body of the monster and stabbed it into the cabinet under the banshee zombie.
Lin Fan had no choice but to get up and pick up the steel pipe on the ground beside him, and with both hands, he poked into the bedside cabinet and pried it up.
He just wanted to see what the monster's weak spot was?
"This..."
After struggling to pry open the side cabinet, Lin Fan realized that he had completely guessed wrong before.
The scene inside the cabinet was completely different from the dissected upper body...
Human leg bones and shoulder blades overlapped, kidneys and liver were fused together, internal organs piled up, flesh and bones fused together, it looked like a human being compressed to the extreme. It wasn't so much
that the Banshee zombie was hiding in the bedside cabinet as it was that it was "growing" within it.
The square bedside cabinet was like its "flower pot," and the upper body was like the "flower" that grew from it. However, before the "flower" could fully develop, Lin Fan broke through it and cut it off. After cutting away
the mess of flesh and blood and discarding it aside, Lin Fan finally unearthed the tip of the spear.
It was piercing a circular bone structure, marked with several indentations, resembling a fused, sealed human skull. Grayish-white brain matter leaked from the rupture created by the spear.
Its head was surprisingly internal...
The weak point was still the head, only its position had changed.
This discovery resolved Lin Fan's doubts.
He casually bent the spear upward, and several of the monster's bones snapped.
"Huh?"
As Lin Fan pulled the spear out, a transparent "glass bead" the size of a fingernail fell from the rupture, landing in the blood.
If Lin Fan hadn't been so sharp-eyed, he would have missed it.
Fighting back the nausea, he reached out and plucked the small, transparent ball from the pile of viscera. He placed it in his palm and examined it carefully. A line of words appeared before his eyes!
[Crystal Concealment]
Beneath it was a dense explanation:
[Energy Level: Incomplete Crystallization - Damaged (Remaining Energy: 822)]
[Quality: Ordinary (Incomplete Structure, Unable to Fusion)]
[Equippable]
[Crystal Concealment: This equipment can erase your presence, affecting all observers. Activation consumes the crystal's own energy. (The degree of erasure depends on the energy level and quality of the crystal.)
(The energy of damaged crystals will naturally dissipate.)
"What the hell?"
Lin Fan looked at the crystal in his hand in shock.
"Crystal?" "
There are crystals in the mutant zombie body?"
Looking at the three words "equippable" on the crystal core description, Lin Fan just thought of "equip" and the crystal in his hand immediately disappeared.
Then, a gem icon appeared next to the backpack icon under Lin Fan's health bar, and there was a small string of numbers in the lower right corner of the icon: [822].
The moment he equipped the crystal, Lin Fan felt as if he was put into a huge transparent plastic bag.
Although it could not be seen or touched, that layer of "membrane" did separate his own existence from this world.
To verify the effectiveness of this ability, Lin Fan immediately left the room and spotted Su Qing moving some things down from the sixth floor.
In the past, Su Qing would have greeted Lin Fan upon seeing him emerge.
But this time, Su Qing acted as if she hadn't noticed Lin Fan standing at the stairwell, carrying a bag, and walked straight down to the fourth floor.-+ "Ah!"
Su Qing cried out in surprise, as if she had seen a ghost, just five or six meters from the entrance to 401, as she descended the stairs. The
sudden appearance of the ghostly figure at the entrance to 401 startled Su Qing.
The incessant screaming of the zombies downstairs had already made her nervous.
Then, frightened by the sight of Lin Fan, clad in a white isolation suit and covered in blood, she raised her hand and was about to throw a bag of noodles at Lin Fan's head.
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"Hey hey hey, it's me, it's me..." Lin Fan, seeing this, quickly stepped forward and spoke to stop them.
Hearing Lin Fan's voice, Su Qing blinked hard, only then realizing the figure in white was Lin Fan.
"You...! You scared me to death!"
Su Qing, furious, wanted to rush over and stab him, but the blood on his body disgusted her, so she stood a meter away, glaring at him angrily.
"I didn't scare you..."
Lin Fan also defended himself very innocently,
"I've been standing here since you left the room, didn't you see..."
Su Qing looked at Lin Fan's serious expression and didn't seem to be talking nonsense. She hugged a bag of hanging noodles to her chest and thought carefully. She seemed to have some impression.
This figure in isolation clothing had indeed been there since she left the room, and seemed to be waving at her, so why didn't she notice it?
Su Qing thought about it over and over again but couldn't figure it out. She just thought that she was under too much pressure and had become nervous.
She sighed, and without saying hello to Lin Fan, she walked downstairs dejectedly with the hanging noodles in her arms.
"..."
Lin Fan looked at Su Qing's back as she went downstairs and released the equipment status of the concealing crystal.
"Great stuff..."
After this test, Lin Fan has basically figured out the function of this crystal.
It can make others not notice you to some extent.
According to the description, it can also work on zombies!
After all, zombies are also considered observers...
This explains why he didn't notice the bedside cabinet at all when he first entered the room.
"Not completely crystallized..."
Judging from the properties of this crystal, this should be the lowest grade of all crystals, and it's not even completely crystallized.
This may be related to the fact that he interrupted the transformation process of the banshee zombie. After all, it was still in that "coil" when he entered.
Now think about it, the average human has 100 blood, and the average zombie has 300 blood. Isn't that incomplete blood bar a manifestation of the growth period?
How much HP should a fully crystallized mature form have?
1000? 2000? Or even more...
I just tested it on Su Qing, and the results were pretty good.
But considering how sensitive zombies are to humans, it's hard to say how effective this crystallization will be.
After the test just now, which lasted about two minutes, the [822] on the item description changed to [820].
It seems that this remaining energy is calculated based on the number of minutes it can be used. 820 minutes, less than 14 hours, is quite durable.
I must try out the effect of this crystallization ability on zombies when I get the chance. If it works on zombies, then I can enter and exit the community as easily as if I were in an empty space...
I didn't expect that the mutated zombies not only drop rich items, but also have such treasures inside their bodies.
Lost in his reverie, Lin Fan looked up and saw the word "Fu" (good fortune) on the door of Room 402 across from him. Something suddenly struck him!
"Oh no!"
"Sister Qing! Hurry and bring the key to Room 402!"
Lin Fan yelled downstairs as he ran down the stairs towards his home!
The mutated zombie had killed more than just this one!
...
[Sharp Crystal]
[Energy Level: Incomplete Crystallization - Damaged (Remaining Energy: 52)]
[Quality: Ordinary (Structure incomplete, cannot be fused)]
[Equippable]
[Sharp: Equipped to add sharp energy to attacks. Attacks while equipped consume the crystal's own energy.
Lin Fan, enduring the stench, finally found the fingernail-sized "glass ball" hidden among a pile of rotting flesh in the corner.
He hadn't noticed the crystal when he'd speared the monster's skull. He hadn't expected its energy
to dissipate so quickly. Just two days later, only 52 points remained...
Lin Fan was heartbroken. But a little was better than nothing. He put it in his backpack, and the energy shouldn't decrease any further.
To test its power, Lin Fan equipped it and, holding the short spear, thrust it straight at the wall.
Even with his best efforts, he could only poke a hole in the wall. Beyond that, there was only reinforced concrete. Even the sturdy window curtain rod couldn't penetrate very far.
But after equipping the crystal, he unexpectedly penetrated the wall more than ten centimeters with one strike!
And the spearhead was completely unscathed!
He instantly realized that this thing worked completely differently from the potions he had dropped!
Whether it was the previous Wild Potion or the other potions he hadn't used yet, their effects were all on the body.
But the Zombie Crystal was different. It seemed to apply some kind of energy directly to the material world!
Enveloping itself made it less noticeable, while enveloping a weapon made it sharper!
Lin Fan, who had previously been worried about how to become stronger, suddenly saw new hope.
He had been worried about whether there would be any mutated zombies among the zombies gathered downstairs, but suddenly he felt a little more hopeful
. If one or two mutated zombies appeared, it wouldn't be a big deal.
...
"What are you looking at? Are there any beauties among the zombies?"
Su Qing finished making dinner and walked out of the kitchen to see Lin Fan sitting by the window, twisting the radio knob while staring at the zombies downstairs in a trance.
"No matter how beautiful the beauties among the zombies are, they can't compare to the beauties at home..."
There were no beauties among the zombies, and Lin Fan didn't even look back at the beauties at home.
He was just thinking about how to deal with the group of zombies downstairs.
Although she knew that Lin Fan was just trying to fool her, Su Qing couldn't help but smile, and a ripple welled up in her heart.
Lin Fan was not in a hurry to eat. It was only six o'clock, but because of the cloudy sky, it seemed a little dim outside.
Moreover, he had dissected the disgusting banshee zombie today,
so his appetite was not very good. The group of zombies downstairs made him very excited. How much stuff would be dropped from them, and how much health would be increased.
But he couldn't kill them. Even if he turned on invincibility, there were so many zombies, and he couldn't kill them all even if he poked the steel pipes with the edges.
Lin Fan searched his backpack to see if there were any magical props he could use.
After much thought, the only thing he could think of that would be of some use was the newly dropped gasoline and diesel...
"Fire attack?"
A thought popped into his mind, but he quickly dismissed it...
To launch a fire attack downstairs in his own home, he'd probably need to be on the lookout for a chance.
Suddenly, a strange health bar appeared at the edge of Lin Fan's vision, instantly drawing his attention!
A yellow [63/100]!
"There's a living person!"
Lin Fan stood up, opened the window, and peered into the distance.
Su Qing also hurried over, squeezing out from beside Lin Fan, and peered out curiously: "Where is it?"
But all she saw were the zombies huddled downstairs, no sign of a living person.
Lin Fan extended his hand, pointing to a dark figure about a hundred meters away that had just emerged from the fence of the residential complex: "There!"
...-+ Although the entire street of zombies had gathered downstairs from Lin Fan's building, as Lin Fan had predicted, the swarm began to disperse as the day and night passed.
Originally
clustered downstairs, the swarm gradually expanded to a radius of several dozen meters.
Lin Fan turned around and retrieved two telescopes from the cabinet. He handed one to Su Qing: one his own, the other he had found on the sixth floor.
It was dark, and at this distance, even through the telescope, he could only vaguely make out human figures.
It wasn't just one person. After that person came out, three more people came out one after another.
The four of them were covered up tightly and were very cautious. They didn't seem to be a bunch of fools.
After getting out of the fence, they observed the zombies in the distance and ran straight to the small supermarket across the street!
The row of stores over there basically have glass doors. Although they are chained, it shouldn't be difficult to open them.
The purpose of these people is very clear. They should have made a plan, and most of the zombies on the street were attracted to Lin Fan's building, giving them the opportunity to act!
Originally, Lin Fan also thought, it's impossible that he and Su Qing are the only two living people left in the community?
But I haven't seen anyone in the past two days. The only ones moving downstairs are zombies.
It turns out that all the living people are hiding at home and dare not go out.
But think about it, even if Lin Fan has special powers, he can only move around in the building for the past two days. Let alone walking out of the community, even walking out of the corridor door will be a huge risk.
According to the cockroach principle, since four people have appeared, it means that there are at least many people in the community hiding at home.
Those who are reckless and impulsive, and those who have run out of food at home and have to go out for adventure, have basically become part of the corpses downstairs.
For those who have a certain amount of food stored at home and are lucky enough not to turn into zombies or be eaten by zombies, there is no problem in staying at home for five days.
Living a normal life at home, the food at home can last four or five days.
These people had clearly run out of food and were forced to forage. The
fact that each of them had only about half their health left indicated they had been hungry for at least a day.
But stealing from the zombies wasn't easy, even if most of them were downstairs in Lin Fan's building. As soon as
these people crossed the sidewalk, before they could even cross the street, several zombies wandering in the distance stumbled toward them.
"Ah!"
Su Qing couldn't help but gasp in surprise, having clearly seen the passing zombies.
Lin Fan, on the other hand, broke into a cold sweat, worried for these people.
Although some of them were armed with clubs and other weapons, Lin Fan knew they were still some distance away and wasn't sure they were prey.
Otherwise, why would they move so slowly? Lin Fan had witnessed the speed of violent zombies.
But seeing the zombies approaching, they grew nervous and unconsciously huddled together.
Their faces were covered, and no communication could be seen. One of them pulled a shiny silver object from his pocket, with a rope hanging from it... a slingshot?
As if to confirm Lin Fan's suspicions, he held the object in front of him, pulling it with his other hand. It was indeed a slingshot.
And the place he was aiming at was precisely the area below Lin Fan Building, where the zombies were most concentrated...
The man pulled his back hand to the limit, then suddenly let go.
"Snap!"
The rear window of a small car parked on the roadside below Lin Fan Building suddenly shattered!
Then the headlights flashed wildly, and the car alarm started to sound "Beep! Beep! Beep!"!
The huge noise caused the hundreds of zombies that had already been somewhat scattered to suddenly become violent and rush towards the small car that made the noise! The
small car could not withstand so many zombies, and the doors and front and rear windows were all shattered. Several zombies even crawled into the car through the window!
The more violently the zombies attacked, the louder the car alarm sounded.
After a while, the zombies were almost buried inside and outside the car!
The zombies that were originally attracted by those people were naturally attracted by the bigger movement behind them, turned their heads and rushed to the place where the noise came from.
And those people also took this opportunity to sprint, smashed the door lock, and sneaked into the small supermarket across the street.
Looking at the group of zombies that had gathered together again because of the car alarm downstairs, Lin Fan's face turned a little dark.
"What the hell, thanks to me for being a little worried about them..."
The solution is not bad, but it is a bit unfair to others.
Lin Fan can understand the anger, after all, no one knows whether there is anyone in this building.
Moreover, if luring the zombies to someone else's downstairs could save his own life, even Lin Fan would do it without hesitation if faced with such a situation.
Under the siege of a group of zombies, not only the car, but also the two cars in front and behind began to sound alarms.
Listening to the incessant car alarms downstairs, if it had been two days ago, Lin Fan would have been extremely nervous, but now he was no longer worried.
Too many lice don't bite, too much debt doesn't worry.
But Su Qing was still much more nervous than him.
Although she knew that no matter how noisy the downstairs was, the zombies would not be able to climb to the third floor.
But she couldn't help but step back, half leaning against Lin Fan's back. She peeked out from the side, holding up her binoculars, and watched nervously.
About five or six minutes later, two figures carrying large bags burst out of the small supermarket.
Compared to their cautious approach, they appeared even more flustered as they left. It
wasn't until several more figures rushed out that Lin Fan understood why.
There were four people when they went in, and six when they came out...
Six figures were running on the road, four of them carrying bags.
Obviously, the two empty-handed ones at the back were zombies.
Seeing this, Su Qing behind him grabbed Lin Fan's arm with one hand, unconsciously getting stronger and stronger.
"It's dangerous..."
Lin Fan sighed silently, but he no longer had the nervousness he had at the beginning.
Because he had only fought zombies indoors, he was still unclear about the zombies' mobility and perception abilities in the open.
And now is a rare opportunity to observe.
As the saying goes, you don't need to outrun the tiger, you just need to outrun your companions.
The zombies seemed to be stiff in their movements, but when they were furious, their sprinting speed was obviously faster than the four people carrying bags.
The four people must have been hungry enough, and after another round of intense exercise, their health points dropped by two points.
The zombies behind them had two bright red [300/300] health bars, which did not change at all.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that the one running at the end was about to fall into the zombies' mouth!
"There are four of them! They have weapons! Why don't they turn around and fight!"
Su Qing squeezed Lin Fan's arm with one hand, and asked in a low voice with some anxiety.
At this moment, something strange happened!
The person running in the front looked back and saw that the zombies were about to catch up with the team!
He hesitated for a moment, then threw the two plastic bags on the ground, turned around and pulled out the steel pipe inserted in them and held it in his hand!
He reached out to call the other two people and rushed towards the zombies behind!-+ "Well done!"
Seeing the leader turn around to meet the enemy, Lin Fan couldn't help but slam his fist against the windowsill in excitement.
Two zombies wouldn't be an invincible foe even for an ordinary person.
Even more so against four fully armed individuals.
While ordinary zombies are powerful, their skeletons aren't much stronger than humans.
With the right coordination, one person holding one back and three others head-butting it without taking any damage would be easy!
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The other two stopped when they saw the leader turn back. One of them was about to put down the bag in his hand when the other reached out and grabbed it…
The two of them didn't say anything, just stared at each other. As if making some kind of resolution, they turned around, picked up the bag that the leader had put down, and continued running towards the community fence!
The person at the end of the team was ecstatic when the leader turned back. He ran forward desperately and passed the man who had turned back without a second thought!
"This... How could they do this!"
Su Qing smashed the telescope on the windowsill and said angrily,
but with a glimmer of hope, she continued to observe with a frown.
"Alas..."
Although there were some twists and turns in the middle, she finally turned back.
He didn't have much to say, just sighed and said softly to Su Qing: "Be gentle, if you break it, you will be deducted from your meal."
Su Qing said nothing after hearing this, and nudged Lin Fan with her shoulder, raised the telescope, and continued to observe nervously.
The leader just brushed past the person at the end of the team, and then he raised the steel pipe in his hand and hit the nearest zombie on the head!
The charging zombie was hit on the head by this powerful blow, and was directly thrown backwards and fell heavily to the ground!
This heavy blow made its entire cheek dented!
[186/300]!
The head-on blow and the fall backwards caused it to lose a total of 114 blood points!
"Tsk! Ouch!" Lin Fan couldn't help but complain with regret at the scene, "Stab!"
If it had been inserted into the eye socket with a thorn, it would have been killed instantly!
Maybe because he felt that this was too regrettable, Lin Fan subconsciously ignored the particularity of his own profession.
Not everyone understands the structure of the human body so well, and not everyone can aim accurately at such a time.
The leader was very excited to see that he knocked down a zombie with just one blow!
He waved his hand back, signaling his companions to finish off the zombie while he dealt with the other one. Turning back,
he saw the other three already running to the fence! His eyes shot out in shock, and he subconsciously turned around to look at the people behind him!
Because the car alarm was still ringing, Lin Fan couldn't hear him shouting.
But one can imagine how he felt when he turned around and found that his teammates hadn't rushed up to fight alongside him.
Even the people he had desperately tried to save had abandoned him without hesitation.
"..." Even Su Qing remained silent, silently squeezing Lin Fan's arm.
And this was exactly why Lin Fan felt so sorry for his attack.
This man clearly had experience battling zombies, but not much.
If that attack had been delivered with a stab, one could have been killed instantly, leaving him one-on-one and perhaps even victorious...
But there are no ifs...
Perhaps he was cursing loudly, perhaps too stunned to utter a word, but it no longer mattered.
A slightly lagging zombie had already surged forward and bit him in the neck!
Blood spurted up like a black fountain, showering the fallen zombie.
Spurred by the living man's blood, the zombie struggled to its feet and joined in the feast...
Only when the man's health reached zero did Lin Fan lower the binoculars.
Until his death, the man never swung the steel pipe again. He simply stretched out his other hand, clutching behind him, clutching at the fleeing figures.
Perhaps he never understood until the moment he lost consciousness why the comrades who had agreed to fight side by side at the start would abandon him at this moment.
Why did his teammates run for their lives regardless when they clearly could win?
Why? Advantage!
Perhaps it was with such a cry that he fell into darkness.
Su Qing sat on the sofa, leaning back, wanting to say something, but she didn't know what to say.
She knew the feeling of being betrayed, and she had fully experienced the selfishness of human nature, so she wouldn't be stupid enough to ask why.
But seeing this scene happen with her own eyes, she still felt uneasy.
Everyone will die eventually, some are heavier than Mount Tai, some are lighter than a feather.
She just felt a little sorry for that person.
For such a teammate...
"Little brother..." She looked at Lin Fan, the man she trusted, but she never asked that question.
Because she knew that once the doubtful words were spoken, it would become a deep grave between the two of them, which could never be filled.
"I will definitely not abandon you like that, am I stupid, I will not take you out..."
Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Lin Fan simply said it for her.
Although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, Lin Fan was still not as emotional as Su Qing.
In the end, one of the four people died, and the one who died was the one who was least adapted to this world.
Survival of the fittest.
The despicable ones got food. Lin Fan observed the data. Those who were not adapted to this world were eliminated. Everyone had a bright future...
"Still a loser. If that person had changed the way he attacked in the first place, maybe he would have won..."
After watching such a bloody and brutal scene, he was sure that there must be other people in the community. There must be at least three left, right?
Other people's affairs have nothing to do with oneself, just don't let them get to oneself.
"Eat, eat."
Lin Fan invited Su Qing to eat together. In his opinion, nothing is more important than healing.
Su Qing's health has recovered to [81/100] and
Lin Fan's health has also recovered to [171/190]. One more night's sleep will be enough.
The commotion between these people just now gave Lin Fan an idea, and he now had some ideas on how to disperse the group of zombies downstairs.
No matter what others do, whether there are still 100 living people in the community or 1,000 living people, it has nothing to do with Lin Fan.
Hunting zombies, improving strength is the kingly way.
...
After dinner, Lin Fan sorted out his thoughts and began to organize his weapons.
It's a pity that there is nothing that can be called a weapon in this old residential building...
Fire axes, crowbars, nothing.
The curtain rod spear had fought a big battle with the banshee zombie before, and it was dented and bent in some places after being pushed and stabbed, and wrestled with the snake-like long arms.
The nature of cylindrical steel pipes is this: when intact, they can bear a significant radial load, but once a dent is formed, it cannot be restored.
Furthermore, if subjected to further force, the dent is very susceptible to bending.
Having experienced the bone-chopping knife breaking once, Lin Fan didn't want to experience a similar breakage
with his spear. Lin Fan's current weapon requirements are simple:
strong enough!
Heavy enough!-+ As his health increased, especially now that it was close to 200, he could clearly feel his strength increasing.
The curtain rod he had before was now noticeably light to use.
It wasn't strong enough, nor was it heavy enough.
If the weapon was strong enough, like the leader today, Lin Fan was confident that he could blow the zombie's head open with one blow!
But this curtain rod definitely wouldn't do that, it would just break with one blow.
So even though Lin Fan's strength had increased, he still tried to stab whenever he attacked, and rarely hit directly.
While pondering, he searched through the houses in the building.
He did find a few thick bone-cutting knives, and even a hand axe, but he still didn't find anything that could be called a weapon.
After struggling until after eight o'clock, Lin Fan had no choice but to take down another curtain rod from the sixth floor as a spare. He
was about to go home to sleep, but he noticed the exposed heating pipes on the platforms at the corners of each staircase.
He walked over and knocked hard with his finger joints. A dull and solid echo came from the steel pipe.
This thing looks very strong...
He connected the angle grinder to the corridor and cut down a section of the heating pipe.
Anyway, there is no heating this winter, so it is a good time to recycle it.
The diameter of this pipe is about 4 cm, and the wall thickness is nearly 4 mm. It should be a galvanized steel pipe. Due to the high impurities in the heating water, a lot of rust and scale are hung on the inner wall, making it look much thicker.
Lin Fan didn't hesitate, cutting two 1.7-meter spears from the first-floor entrance and four 1-meter ones from the hallway, for a total of six.
He then used an angle grinder to carefully sharpen each one to a point, giving it an incredibly sharp edge.
Previously, when Lin Fan crafted weapons, he hadn't sharpened the spearheads so sharply. Firstly, he was unskilled and worried about stabbing himself; secondly, the window curtain rods were rather thin, and a sharp point would easily curl.
But with the heating pipes, there was no such concern. The nearly 4mm thick steel pipe wall was practically impossible to dent or break.
Forget about stabbing a zombie; this thing, thrown headfirst from the sixth floor, could pierce a car...
Lin Fan took the 1.7-meter spear in his hand and weighed it. It weighed over ten pounds, nearly twice as much as the original.
This weight is already far beyond that of a normal spear, even more than some heavy axes or hammers.
For ordinary people, such a heavy spear is at most a piece of fitness equipment. It is difficult to keep balance, let alone swing it.
But Lin Fan's strength at this time is far beyond that of ordinary people. Although he can't blow the zombie's head off with one punch, swinging this spear weighing more than ten pounds is still no problem.
By the way, the curtain rod was also processed into two pointed spears, one long and one short. Compared with the heating pipe, it is indeed a lot lighter. It is just right to give it to Su Qing so that she can get familiar with the weapon in advance.
Lin Fan took these steel pipes home and found that the main lights in the living room were still not on, and only a small night light was on.
Su Qing was doing exercises on the yoga mat. Today it was some kind of aerobic gymnastics.
Lin Fan thought that he had just sawed the heating pipe and the zombies outside would make a lot of noise, so a light wouldn't make a big difference.
But after thinking about it carefully, he decided to forget it.
After all, there are not only zombies outside, but also many "neighbors" with ulterior motives.
The sound can only roughly locate the direction, but the light can identify the room.
It's not a good feeling to be targeted.
"In the future, even if the zombies downstairs are scattered, try not to turn on the lights at night..." Lin Fan warned Su Qing.
Then he handed Su Qing the spear he had prepared for her.
"Try it, how does it feel?"
This is also the most suitable weapon that Lin Fan can prepare for her. It is a little lighter, but the killing power has been tested by herself and is guaranteed.
Su Qing took the spear and weighed it. The weight is just right.
It takes a lot of effort to lift it to hit people, but it will definitely be no problem to stab.
Lin Fan used medical adhesive tape to wrap the part of the spear that needs to be held by hand to increase friction.
Su Qing also imitated Lin Fan and processed her own spear.
After what happened today, Su Qing has become more determined to become stronger.
Lin Fan is right. It is better to rely on yourself than on others. You need to practice more
if you are not good at it. So he found a big plush toy from somewhere and put it in the corner of the wall. He held the spear with both hands and started to practice stabbing.
After Lin Fan finished processing all his weapons, he helped Su Qing correct some of her force movements and left her alone.
I'll teach her the zombies' weaknesses when I get the chance. Judging by her attitude, she's fully capable of becoming a "hunter. "
Lin Fan finished washing up and prepared to go back to his room for bed. Passing the living room, he hesitated for a moment and said to Su Qing,
"Sis, you should go to bed early too. Make some extra food tomorrow morning. I might have to go out..."
"Huh?"
Upon hearing that Lin Fan was leaving, Su Qing immediately put her spear aside and hurried over.
"You're going out? How are you going to get out like this?" She pointed out the window.
"Well... don't worry, I have a plan."
Lin Fan smiled at Su Qing. "I'll just go out and lure them away. Keeping them around here all the time isn't a good idea..."
Having so many zombies around here might seem risk-free, but it actually carries a lot of potential trouble.
Lin Fan only had room 502 left in his building, along with two other units on the second floor, and one of the doors
on each floor was closed. Rooms 102 and 502 were silent, so there probably weren't any zombies. Both units on the second floor were active, so there probably was a zombie
in each. But the problem was, the zombies were all piled up downstairs, and Lin Fan didn't dare to use the rope to reach the second floor.
What if something went wrong, or a mutated zombie appeared? He'd be hanging outside the wall for nothing...
Moreover, with so many zombies gathered together, if a mutated one showed up, it would be difficult to handle them.
And then there were the three who escaped today; who knows when they'd come back again.
People are always like that; after a success, they'll find a way to keep doing it. If these grandsons kept leading the zombies downstairs to Lin Fan's building every few days in search of food, who would tolerate that?
So, Lin Fan decided to go out and lure the zombies away tomorrow.
He was afraid Su Qing would worry, so he planned to tell her tomorrow, but he couldn't help himself.
"..." Su Qing saw that Lin Fan had made up his mind, and it was hard to say anything. She could only look at Lin Fan with a pitiful look, "Then you have to come back..."
"Hehe... I will come back, where else can I go if I don't come back..." Lin Fan was amused by her look and joked with her.
"Then you have to come back early..." Su Qing continued pitifully.
"...Don't worry, nothing will happen, I will come back early."
Lin Fan heard the implication of Su Qing's words and said affirmatively, "Rest early, I'm going to sleep first."
After saying that, he waved to Su Qing and returned to the bedroom.
After tossing around for a long time, Lin Fan was indeed tired.
Now he has a new weapon, and he has also obtained two new zombie crystals. His ability has increased by another dimension.
Moreover, Lin Fan had a feeling that when his HP broke through 200 or 300, his abilities would definitely reach a new level!
Since he lost his internet connection, he naturally gave up his cell phone.
Lin Fan lay in bed and unknowingly fell asleep.
…
The next morning at 7:30, Lin Fan, wearing earplugs, was awakened by Su Qing's knock on the door.
As soon as he opened the door, Su Qing's words instantly sobered Lin Fan.
"Brother, this is bad!"
"The power is out!"-+ "I was cooking when I heard a 'click' and the power went out!"
Su Qing said to Lin Fan anxiously while gesturing.
"The power is out..." Lin Fan reached out and pressed the switch of the ceiling light in the room, but there was no response.
He carried a stool out and looked at the electric meter in the corridor. The circuit breaker was not tripped, but the screen did not show any numbers.
"Don't worry, is the rice cooked? Go cook first..." Lin Fan returned to the house and comforted the somewhat panicked Su Qing.
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Then he found his mobile phone and checked the date.
"The 30th?"
Lin Fan counted on his fingers, counting the days since he fainted. Five days had already passed, making today the sixth.
Sure enough, what was supposed to come had to come sooner or later.
It was the sixth day, but the chaos had only been going on for four days.
Communications between quarantine zones were down, and his old, run-down neighborhood hadn't lasted four days before the power went out. One could only say the power grid was incredibly good...
Lin Fan had been worried about the power outage the first day he woke up, so he quickly cooked and ate a lot of the eggs and meat that had to be put in the refrigerator.
But these past two days, sweeping every household, the food he'd collected had piled up more and more, and he hadn't had time to process it all.
The various meats he'd brought back from 402 and 401 alone had filled the freezer to the brim.
"Little brother, let's eat first..."
Su Qing cooked the noodles, and because there was a power outage just now, she quickly put a handful of shredded meat into the pot.
Otherwise, when the refrigerator loses power, the thawed meat cannot be put back to keep fresh, and it will soon go bad.
Seeing that Lin Fan had already sat down at the dining table, she brought the whole pot of noodles up.
"We are not bad here. I saw in the group before that some of their places had power outages on the 26th..."
Su Qing didn't know whether she was comforting Lin Fan or comforting herself, and said silently,
"Although I also thought that there would be a power outage one day, but when the power outage really happens, I still have a feeling that the entire human civilization is getting farther and farther away from myself..."
After expressing her feelings, Su Qing saw Lin Fan looking at her with a very strange look.
She picked up the rice spoon and swung it hard at Lin Fan, then placed a bowl of noodles filled with shredded pork in front of him,
"I'm not stupid!"
"Heh..."
Lin Fan didn't respond, but just ate his breakfast in silence.
If the power was cut off due to unpaid bills, there would be a message on the meter, but the light on the meter at the door of Lin Fan's house would not light up, which means that the power grid in the entire area is indeed out of power.
What Su Qing said was absolutely right, and her words were not even a perceptual illusion, but a fact.
Electricity has accompanied the development of human civilization, just like the fungal blanket of the Zerg in the game, where the power grid is laid, industrialization follows.
Now that there is a real power outage, not to mention Su Qing, even Lin Fan feels a little emotional.
It was completely different from the occasional lock at home. It was a profoundly lonely feeling, like a friend who had grown up with you suddenly vanished without a trace...
The two of them remained lost in their own subtle sorrow. After a few minutes, Lin Fan was the first to break the silence.
"Sister, don't open the freezer until I get back..."
He instructed Su Qing, who was silently eating noodles across from him.
He remembered that his freezer was crammed full of food that Su Qing had dumped from 402.
If the freezer was not opened, it would not completely thaw even after 20 or 30 hours.
But every time it was opened, the remaining shelf life was cut in half.
"The same goes for those families' refrigerators. If they are frozen and not opened, they should be fine for a day or two..."
Thinking of the other families, Lin Fan continued to give instructions.
"Yeah, okay."
Although Su Qing was thinking in her heart whether she should eat as much as possible in the refrigerator,
she trusted Lin Fan's judgment more than herself. She
always tried her best to do the things Lin Fan asked her to do. In her heart, since Lin Fan had given instructions, he must have a plan, and she just needed to cooperate.
Lin Fan did have a plan, but the original plan for today was to first test the effect of the cloaking crystals on zombies. However, it seemed that it was too late to continue the experiment slowly.
Not only did he have to deal with the group of corpses downstairs, but he also had to find a way to solve the problem of electricity.
Otherwise, the supplies he had collected with great difficulty would be at least half lost, and it was only the high-protein half!
"Ah!"
Lin Fan suddenly said, startling Su Qing who was slurping noodles, and the noodles she had eaten almost spit out from her nose.
She coughed and stared at Lin Fan with wide eyes, not knowing what he was thinking of.
"Just take a couple of bites, get some water first!"
Lin Fan did think of something very important, water!
After he finished speaking, he quickly finished the remaining noodles in the bowl, rolled up his sleeves and wiped his mouth, picked up the two keys on the cabinet and ran upstairs.
He ran to the sixth floor and found all the containers in 601, including disposable paper cups, and filled them with water one by one from large to small.
He then instructed Su Qing to do the same thing in 602.
Tap water is generally pressurized in different zones, and electricity is needed for pressurization!
A total power outage now means a total water outage could occur at any moment!
Who knows how long the water company's backup power supply will last?
In the midst of the panic, Su Qing found two large plastic buckets and an oversized stainless steel brine pot on the balcony of Room 602. The
pots were large and held plenty of water. The two of them worked for over an hour, finally filling all the containers they could find with water.
They returned home and sat at the dining table to continue eating noodles.
The pot of noodles had already become a porridge, but Lin Fan didn't care. There was still plenty of shredded pork, so it was still delicious.
"Huh... I'm so tired, little brother. Is it really necessary to rush to get water..."
Su Qing asked Lin Fan, panting heavily.
"Of course it's urgent. Don't forget, there's more than just you and me in the neighborhood..."
Lin Fan's reminder reminded Su Qing of those people from yesterday, but she still asked, puzzled, "Is it related to others?"
"If there wasn't a power outage, then of course it wouldn't have anything to do with others, but there is a power outage now..."
Lin Fan kept it a secret and handed the bowl to Su Qing.
Su Qing naturally took the bowl and filled it for him, carefully picking out a lot of shredded pork for him.
He continued,
"The power outage means the water company's booster equipment won't last much longer, which means the pressure in the pipes is limited, and the total water volume is naturally limited as well."
"Of course, we should take as much water as we can while
there's still water in the pipes..." "What's more, if the power is out at the water company, the water in the pipes now depends entirely on the natural pressure of the water tower, which means that all survivors will share the little water in the pipes..."
"Huh?... Then... if we take too much, will others die?"
Su Qing asked subconsciously, but as soon as she said that, she remembered the three people who ran away yesterday without even looking back, selling their teammates, and fell silent.
It was normal for her to have such thoughts. In her mind, survival was a relatively closed thing. Even if she was tied to Lin Fan, it was limited to the inner world of "family."
Now, having transitioned from a closed system to an open one, the idea of survival suddenly became connected to other people, and inevitably, her mindset was a bit out of place.
But before Lin Fan could even speak, she had already composed herself, gulping down the entire bowl of noodle soup, not wasting a single drop.
"I'll get some more water, put it in a plastic bag..."
she said, turning and walking out the door.