Lao Li said that he would bring the news to him, but he didn't know when the person would come back. The zombie was too weird, and after much deliberation, Pei Lu couldn't think of any way to isolate the people in the base from it.
Pei Lu sat on a row of boxes, holding his chin in a daze, full of melancholy, and sighed.
Yaya is a big kid, sitting next to him, imitating his appearance and sighing.
Pei Lu patted his head amusedly, "Are you afraid?"
Yaya looked a little shy, but with Pei Lu beside her, she still puffed out her small chest and said crisply: "Don't be afraid!"
"It's good not to be afraid." Pei Lu looked at him, sighed in his heart, and went to find Yaya Ma.
Yaya's mother was busy, Pei Lu said: "Sister-in-law Li, I think Uncle Zhang is very sick, and it's not convenient for him to be alone with a child. I'll just watch them here tonight?"
Yaya Mama stopped her work, "Are you seriously ill? I'll go and see later."
"No need," Pei Lu didn't dare to ask her to watch it, and immediately showed a mouthful of small white teeth, looking quite reliable, "I will give Uncle Zhang some medicine later, you can be busy, don't worry about this."
Yaya's mother didn't doubt that he was there, so she responded and went to work again.
Pei Lu didn't know how strong that zombie was, nor did he know its purpose of sneaking into the base. At this time, he could only watch it to prevent it from running around and hurting people, and he could only pray that Zhao Mu would come back quickly. Can't seem to do anything.
He touched the pistol and dagger on his waist, finally feeling a little safe.
At night, Pei Lu came over with a thin blanket in his arms. Uncle Zhang on the bed was still sleeping with his eyes closed and his throat slipped occasionally. Apart from his pale face, he looked like a normal patient.
The zombie crawled from the end of the bed to the head of the bed, still sitting quietly. Pei Lu didn't talk to it, but kept watching her secretly.
His face was pale, with abnormal grayness, and his lips were dry dark red. A messy black hair hung down, covering his eyes, and Pei Lu could only see its black curls and pursed lips.
In the middle, Yaya's mother came once, and seeing that Pei Lu was really there, she didn't go up to take a closer look, but carefully stuffed a handful of candy into the little zombie's hand, and then left.
Because Yaya started to make noise again on the other side.
Seeing her leave, Pei Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief, curled up in a chair wrapped in a blanket, and watched the little zombie's every move vigilantly.
It was getting later and later, and the base gradually became quiet. The headlights had been turned off, and only the emergency lights were still on, emitting a dim light in the dark.
The little zombie was already lying down next to Uncle Zhang, and the few candies that Yaya's mother gave her were randomly scattered beside the bed, not getting the slightest favor from the owner.
The surrounding was very quiet. Pei Lu hugged his knees and wrapped himself in a blanket. This atmosphere reminded him of some bad things. He hypnotized himself in his heart: there are no ghosts here... just zombies, which can be explained by science … don’t be afraid of QAQ
He exhaled carefully, trying his best to pretend that he was asleep, but in fact he followed the little zombie's movements with a good glance.
Around midnight, Pei Lu didn't know what time it was, anyway, it was a long time after the lights were turned off, and the little zombie lying on the bed started to move.
It's up.
It looks normal during the day, but at night it adds a lot of weird feeling. The little zombie stood up straight and walked slowly towards Pei Lu...
Pei Lu: "..."
He tried hard to control his mentality of wanting to jump up and escape, and the fingers under his arm tensed into the skin.
The little zombie stood still in front of him, staring at him steadfastly, his cold gaze made one's scalp tingle. It looked at it for a while, and then moved a little closer. It opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and let out a low "hissing" growl from its throat.
It was getting closer and closer, Pei Lu endured the instinct to escape and fixed himself on the chair, silently calculating, "20 centimeters... 15 centimeters..." He pulled his arm hard, and if he got any closer, he would run away!
But the zombie stopped when it was still a palm away from him. It stopped hesitantly, tilted its head and looked a little puzzled, and after a while, it made two "hissing" sounds from its throat , then straightened up and walked away.
It went to Yaya!
Pei Lu's anxious heart was burning, he wanted to delay until Zhao Mu came back, but that zombie was obviously not going to stop, he couldn't just watch Yaya's family being harmed by it.
Gritting his teeth, Pei Lu took out the gun at his waist and shot the zombie in the head, but unfortunately he missed it and landed on the zombie's shoulder.
The huge gunshots pierced the darkness, and the sleeping people were awakened. The zombie turned around eeriely, and its dark, dull eyes met Pei Lu.
"Hiss!" It opened its mouth wide and roared, baring its ferocious teeth, and rushed towards Pei Lu.
"There are zombies! Run!"
Pei Lu roared, and desperately ran in the opposite direction where no one was around.
The light of the emergency light was dim, and Pei Lu's roar seemed to turn on a switch, and the awakened people instinctively rushed out to the exit.
Yaya's mother was the closest to Pei Lu and the others. She came out with Yaya in her arms. When she saw the little zombie with her back facing her and Pei Lu holding a gun in the distance, she wondered, "Xiao Chen, what's going on?"
Hearing the movement behind him, the little zombie turned his head slowly, his black eyes were like a man-eating abyss.
"Run!"
Yaya's mother's eyes widened in horror, she turned around and ran away instinctively holding Yaya, but she was too close to the zombie, and the thin zombie moved nimbly, so they jumped up and bit Yaya's mother's neck .
"mom!-"
The child's sharp voice resounded throughout the underground base, and those who hadn't run out hesitated and wanted to turn around to look for it, but they couldn't find the direction at all.
Pei Lu's eyes widened, he raised his gun and fired a few shots at the zombie, and rushed up quickly.
Yaya's mother pushed Yaya out, hugged the zombie who was biting her with her backhand, and uttered with difficulty, "Yaya... run!" His eyes were full of despair.
run...
Yaya cried and refused to leave, stepped forward and beat the zombie vigorously, "Let go, let go of my mother!"
The zombie was hugged tightly by Yaya's mother, unable to move for a while, screaming and struggling.
Pei Lu rushed up, picked up the crying Yaya, glanced at the pleading Yaya mother, and rushed to the door desperately, but they were in the innermost part of the base, farthest from the exit, and Pei Lu was still hugging her. Yaya, she couldn't run fast at all, and the zombies who broke free from the shackles behind them chased up again, and threw Pei Lu to the ground again.
The sharp claws pierced through the clothes, Pei Lu closed his eyes in despair, and held Yaya tightly in his arms.
"Tangtang—"
Zhao Mu, who came back in a hurry, saw the scene in front of him, his eyes were about to burst, and the strong electric current instantly hit the zombie who opened his mouth to bite. He rushed forward and hugged Pei Lu tightly in his arms, groping up and down on him, "I'm sorry! … I'm late… "
Pei Lu leaned against his arms, rubbing his sweaty face, "I'm fine..."
The scorched zombie behind him twitched and writhed on the ground, and Lao Li, who was a step behind, hugged his frightened daughter and cried bitterly, "My son..."
Yaya was stunned for a while, then struggled in his arms and burst into tears, "Mom, I want my mother, wow..."
Lao Li's heart skipped a beat, he looked at Pei Lu, and said in a trembling voice, "Xiao Chen... Where are you, your sister-in-law?"
"..." Pei Lu felt sore, buried his face in Zhao Mu's arms, and said wearily, "Sister-in-law... is inside, go and see her..."
"Okay, stop talking." Zhao Mu hugged him horizontally and ignored the others, "I'll take you back."
Pei Lu pressed his face against his chest, feeling the man's throbbing heartbeat, and gave a low "um".
Back at the villa, Zhao Mu took off his dirty clothes and coaxed him softly, "Have a good night's sleep first?"
Pei Lu shook his head. He was actually very tired, but the smell of blood on his body made him feel extremely uncomfortable. He closed his eyes, his face was full of fragility, "I want to take a bath..."
"Okay..." Zhao Mu carried him to the bathroom, put a towel on the cold sink, and then put him on it to sit, "Wait a minute, I'll turn on the water."
Only half of the water in the bathtub was drained before Zhao Mu put him in.
The warm water flowed over his tired body, Pei Lu slid down, sank himself into the water, staring wide-eyed in a silent daze.
Zhao Mu turned behind him and told him to sit up a little, "I'll wash your hair."
Pei Lu sat up obediently, revealing his back under the water—
Impressively, two bloody wounds lay across it.
Zhao Mu's eyes sank, and he stroked his fingers lightly, "When... did you do this?"
Pei Lu turned his head suspiciously, met Zhao Mu's gloomy face, stretched his hand back, touched the swollen wound, and immediately understood.
He was silent and did not speak.
"It'll be fine..." Zhao Mu touched his face, trying to bring up a smile, "I won't let anything happen to you."
Pei Lu lowered his eyes and gave a soft "hmm".