"Senior, please stop." Mu Ge's voice choked as well.
A minor injury couldn't possibly render a young man so weak unless his body was undergoing drastic changes.
"Please, stop," Hai Baihe couldn't bear it.
Zhang Qihang looked at the three girls. "Don't argue with each other. A single chopstick can be easily broken, but a bundle of chopsticks cannot..."
His voice suddenly became silent, and only an "ahh" sound came from his throat. His skin rapidly decayed before their eyes. "Go... quickly..."
Hai Baihe gritted her teeth, grabbing Mu Ge with one hand and pulling Nixuanxuan with the other. "Let's go."
"I won't!" Nixuanxuan broke free from her grip, trying to awaken his memory. "Senior, hold on, you must stay conscious. You have to take us to find the professor, Senior!"
Liang Xiao grabbed her arm. "Calm down. If you stay here, we'll have no choice but to kill him."
Nixuanxuan trembled, her limbs losing all strength as if drained. Yes, if he truly turned into a zombie and attacked them, could they bring themselves to harm their former classmate?
Seeing her regain her composure, Liang Xiao half-dragged her out of the ward. He took one last look at Zhang Qihang, who had lost his sanity and turned into a monster like the others, stumbling towards them.
Liang Xiao closed the door, locking him inside. The four of them stood outside in silence, and Mu Ge felt like she was dreaming. "Baihe, did Senior... really turn into a zombie like this?"
"Yes, the transformation was so fast," Hai Baihe replied with a hint of sorrow.
Nixuanxuan shivered, unable to control her emotions. "He protected me. Originally, they were going to capture me, but he took the blow for me." She covered her face. "Why did we have to encounter something like this?"
Hai Baihe tried to cry, but she couldn't produce any tears. She was undoubtedly saddened by Zhang Qihang's situation, but her emotions couldn't reach the point of losing control. Reason firmly held her mind, preventing her tear glands from shedding tears.
She glanced at Mu Ge, whose eyes were as red as a rabbit's, discreetly wiping away her tears.
Hai Baihe felt a suspicion of cold-bloodedness within herself, so she made an effort to stir up her emotions. Just as she was about to bring forth tears, she heard hurried footsteps. Immediately, she restrained the tears that hadn't reached her tear ducts, pulling Mu Ge into the nearest room.
Liang Xiao and Nixuanxuan were too far from the ward, so they took refuge in the nearest emergency exit.
Two men stumbled their way up, while another person clung to the last few steps, gripping one of the men's pant legs. "Da Xu, save me..."
Da Xu couldn't bear it, Monkey was only nineteen years old, but he had been with them for two years. However, the zombie virus left him with no choice but to harden his heart, just as they had escaped from the old ghost before. "Don't blame me, bro." He forcefully pulled his leg, but Monkey firmly held onto his ankle. "Bro, save me, save me!"
"Why are you wasting time with him?" Liu Ge kicked him on the head, sending him tumbling down. "Let's go, they're coming."
Without a hint of remorse, Liu Ge left behind their former teammate, not even offering an apologetic glance.
The staircases between the first
and second floors had been paved by the zombies with human flesh. Although they couldn't lift their legs due to their stiff joints, they could climb up using the filled-in slopes. The footsteps of Liu Ge and Da Xu attracted their attention, and soon, the corridor was filled with swaying corpses.
Hai Baihe listened at the door. "It sounds like they went upstairs."
"What do we do now?" Mu Ge panicked, tears welling up. "Are we trapped? Can't we get out?"
"We'll wait for it to calm down before going out," Hai Baihe said, but she couldn't feel optimistic.
In their hasty escape, they had reached the main building of the hospital. The structure of the main building was similar to the outpatient department, facing the opposite direction. However, each floor had two staircases located on the protruding parts of the concave shape, with an elevator in the middle that was now inoperative. The staircase of the back exit had been overrun by zombies, and even if they were careful, it was impossible to descend without stepping on the zombies. The situation at the front exit wasn't optimistic either since Liu Ge and the others had run up from there. It was difficult to say if a large number of zombies had gathered there before they chose the back exit.
Mu Ge grabbed Hai Baihe's arm. "Baihe, can we get out? Are we going to die?"
"We all die eventually," Hai Baihe rubbed her face, sitting down with her knees hugged. "Dove, I can't think of any solutions. Do you have any ideas?"
Whether Mu Ge's nickname was "Xiao Ge" or "Ge Ge," it sounded strange because when she was a child, she used to babble a lot. Hai Baihe gave her the nickname "Dove."
"If you can't think of anything, how can I?" Mu Ge became even more frustrated. "My brain doesn't work well either!" The main reason she chose humanities was that she couldn't handle equations and formulas. She thought it would be easier to memorize historical events. Ask her about strategy... well...
Hai Baihe said, "...I don't know either. I've never experienced anything like this in my first twenty years of life. Now, I feel a bit desperate."
#How can we break through the encirclement in the hospital infested with zombies? Waiting online, urgent#
Life isn't a novel, and these zombies don't have any special powers or buffs. But they have surpassed what they can handle. Even if one of them is an international police officer with exceptional bloodlines, what use is it?
Didn't Zhang Qihang get infected and die?
Hai Baihe felt immense frustration. Hugging her knees, she sat down with a gloomy expression. "Dove, I'm out of ideas."
"Then let's ask that police officer," Mu Ge suggested. "He has experienced so much; maybe he has a plan." She peeked through the door a few times. "But there are zombies outside. What do we do?"
"Sneak past them in the dark?" Hai Baihe asked. "Are your legs okay?" The chaos downstairs caused Mu Ge's wheelchair to go missing, who knows where it ended up, but it was lost.
Mu Ge moved her legs a bit. "I'm fine, but I'm hungry. Are you hungry?"
"A little." Hai Baihe glanced at the bedside cabinet next to the bed.
Normally, there should be some food in the ward. With that in mind, she quickly opened the four bedside cabinets in the room.
Most of the fruits had already rotted, and many of the packaged foods had been gnawed on by rats and cock
roaches. There was even a bag of biscuits that a rat had bitten through in the middle, finishing it off.
Nothing was left.
Mu Ge felt extremely disappointed. "I'm so hungry. We're not trapped, we're going to starve to death."
Hai Baihe agreed. "We have to leave here before our energy runs out, or else we really will starve to death."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a shadow outside the door, startling her. Upon closer inspection, it was Liang Xiao, gesturing for them to leave.
Hai Baihe helped Mu Ge up and quietly opened the door. The three of them moved stealthily towards the direction of the safe exit, crouching down.
"Gurgle." In the darkness, someone's stomach made a sound, immediately attracting the attention of the zombies. Hai Baihe pushed Mu Ge towards the exit. "Quickly, go!" She swung an axe, chopping at a zombie's neck, while another zombie tried to grab her shoulder. She pushed down with both hands, using the first zombie she struck as a fulcrum, jumping up and kicking the second zombie in the head.
Then she forcefully pulled out the axe and struck the second zombie.
Liang Xiao knocked down a zombie attempting to strangle him, drawing the attention of other zombies. Mu Ge stumbled her way to the safety exit and was pulled in by Nixuanxuan, who had opened the door.
Hai Baihe and Liang Xiao exchanged glances, back-to-back, moving towards the door. As they approached the doorway, Nixuanxuan and Mu Ge opened the door, pushing the zombies outside away.
The safety exit door had a latch lock, and no matter how hard Mu Ge tried, she couldn't insert the latch into the small hole. Tears were about to burst from her eyes.
Hai Baihe used her shoulder to hold the door and helped Mu Ge align the latch with the hole. Only then did Mu Ge manage to insert the latch. Such a simple action drained all her strength, and Mu Ge felt her hands too weak to lift her arms.
Liang Xiao said, "Let's discuss what to do next. Everyone's physical and mental strength is reaching their limit. We can't afford to drag this out; it will only lead to our own demise."
Hai Baihe looked at the exhausted Mu Ge and Nixuanxuan, who were clearly not in a good state. She said, "I'll follow your lead."
"In that case, take the three of them to wait at the front exit. When there's a disturbance, find a way to sneak onto the truck and wait for me. Then, we'll drive out together."
"What's your plan?" The disturbance they create must be louder than the sound of the car starting, which means it won't be a minor commotion.
Liang Xiao pondered and said, "The speed at which these zombies are transforming is incredibly fast. The time left for everyone to react won't be too long, which means they might not have time to collect supplies before leaving. There are several cars at the back exit, and I think some of them still have some gasoline left."
"Boom, boom, boom?" Hai Baihe made an exploding gesture.
Liang Xiao nodded. "Yes, and I believe there should be some alcohol here that can be used as an accelerant."
An explosion accompanied by a fire would indeed attract most of the zombies. However, if that happens... "The hospital will be burned down, won't it?"
"If it starts a fire, it's not necessarily a bad thing. At least it will give us a chance to escape," Liang Xiao looked at the three girls. "What
do you think?"
Nixuanxuan didn't know whether to listen to this plan or not, but she didn't have a better idea. "Let's give it a try."
Mu Ge firmly stood by Hai Baihe's side. "I'll follow Baihe's lead!"
Hai Baihe looked serious. "I'll follow your lead."
Mu Ge said, "...Hey." Shameless, even at a time like this, she's still flirting. She truly was her best friend.
Everyone began to act separately. Liang Xiao and Hai Baihe went to find alcohol and accelerants, while Nixuanxuan and Mu Ge observed the situation from the safe exit on the ground floor.
Liang Xiao tied bedsheets to a stretcher and drenched it in alcohol, while Hai Baihe expressed some concern. "Are you sure you can handle this?"
"I'm confident I can make it out alive," Liang Xiao patted her head. "If I don't come out within five minutes after the explosion, you take them and leave. Don't look back, got it?"
Hai Baihe pondered. "I have a question."
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Yes."
"In that case, I won't come to save you. Farewell."
"We broke up."
"I will definitely come to save you. Wait for me!"
This joke lightened the oppressive atmosphere somewhat, even Nixuanxuan, who was on edge, couldn't help but turn her head to look at them. "You're making jokes at a time like this?"
"During life and death situations, do you not crack jokes and instead cry in despair?" Hai Baihe shrugged.