"Mom...I'm so sleepy."
Still holding Shen Wenzheng's legs, he could hardly open his eyes. Although the child wandered around with her mother and probably spent many days sleeping in the open air, she was really forced to rest in the cold foothills at this time. Shen Wenzheng picked her up and said to them:
"I must go... The child and I have discussed it together. She also misses her sister very much. Now that I know that my sister is right in front of me, I can't bear it anymore. But you three, you can think more about it. Fan."
It was already very dark, and a few of the brightest stars were faintly visible. The town in the distance was glowing with fire, scattered beyond the woods. Xie Zhe thought for a while and asked Han Shang:
"You have just made sure that this disease is not transmitted through mouth droplets, it is only transmitted through biting people..."
"And it must be bitten and bloody." Han Chang was very sure.
"Although I don't know how certain this conclusion is, if that's the case, we can still take care of ourselves." Xie Zhe looked at Wen Zheng, "Zhongli must have also made up his mind to get over."
"How can we part ways right here? As the saying goes, we all face difficulties together, and I am willing to take risks with you. It's just that I'm worried that I will cause you trouble...I don't know martial arts, I'm so useless."
Ling Huan showed a trace of frustration as he spoke. Han Chang waved his hands quickly and said:
"No such thing, we are more than enough to deal with those bad guys. We also have a sword each." He patted the special scabbard on his waist, "Besides, except for the crazy patients, the dead bodies move It’s so slow that even ordinary people can run through it. The town is heavily guarded and they won’t gather in large numbers to attack people.”
Xie Zhe also said that from the example of the sheep, it can be seen that they have no brains and do not have the ability to think, so they are not very capable of conscious teamwork and discussing conspiracies. The most troublesome thing for a few people may be how to escape safely after entering. After all, if we take a detour, it will be further and more dangerous.
At nightfall, they successfully entered the town. From a distance, this place doesn't look very big, but when I walked in, I found it was much more spacious than expected. The streets are flat and clean, with buildings on both sides standing quietly. However, maybe it was because almost no one was wandering the streets that the atmosphere was so depressed. The guards reminded them to find a place to stay as soon as possible, otherwise the patrolling police officers would be able to attack suspicious people wandering the streets from Hai hour.
"My sister's home is still far away, and we may not be able to walk there now. Moreover, her home is very small, and I'm afraid there is no place for a few people to stay. For your sake, let's find a hotel. I will leave the next day It’s very early, let’s watch it when it gets dark.”
They agreed. The five people walked on the street for a while and found that almost no shops were still open. I'm afraid there wasn't much business, so the store closed early to save money on lamp oil. They passed by three larger hotels, but none of them were open, which was really embarrassing. The street was so quiet that they didn't dare to speak loudly, and Xiao Yiran fell asleep leaning on his mother's shoulder. Finally, before several people could be arrested by the police, they saw a "light of hope" shining on the inside of the narrow alley. It was a very small inn, only run by a middle-aged couple. The proprietress used the light at the door to mend her clothes, and waited for the customers to come to her with a sense of luck, and she was really waited for. The proprietress was very enthusiastic and looked like she hadn't done business for a long time.
"You guys are so lucky! We are the only inn in the town that is open now." The proprietress led the way with a lantern, "It's hard to do any business... Oh, I didn't expect that there are still people coming now." Are you going back to your hometown to visit relatives, or—"
"Visiting relatives. Is business not good because of zombies?" Shen Wenzheng asked.
"Yeah. Don't look at the calm tonight. In the second half of the night, you might be able to see sneaky people wandering on the streets, which is very scary. But we don't call them zombies, because compared with zombies, they are after all It’s different… they’re called living corpses.”
Han Chang said: "This is quite appropriate."
"It's called that in many places."
"Many places?" Xie Zhe noticed the key information, "You mean..."
"Yes, don't you know? I also heard from people in the government that many towns have encountered similar situations. If it is a remote small village, no one in the whole village can escape. Big cities are okay, although at the beginning people It's a lot, but it's easy to control. After all, the official can still do things with his salary. By the way, my husband is fast asleep. If you want to use hot water, you may not have firewood. If you don't mind only having cold water, you can make do with it for now. Erbao will chop wood and make it warm for you early in the morning."
"Ah, okay."
They opened two guest rooms, and Ye Lingquan lived in the same room as the Shen family's mother and son. As she packed her luggage, she said with a smile that she had always stayed in hotels alone in the past, and she might not be able to sleep in such a scary place. Shen Wenzheng smiled, covered the towel with cold water in his hands until it was warm, and then carefully wiped the baby's sleeping face. Wrapped under the clothes, he was still thin and small, but his face was rosy and he looked very healthy. Under the candlelight, Shen Wenzheng sat beside the bed, gently stroking the child's hair, smiling unconsciously, his eyes full of love. Ye Linghua was lying on the bedside and looking sideways, feeling that she was much less energetic than during the day. She is a good mother who can be strong when she is strong and soft when she is soft. She secretly missed those little moments spent with her mother. Thinking of this, she thought of Yin Quan again. Alas, her mother passed away too soon...but it's not entirely her cousin's fault.
She suddenly felt more homesick than ever before. Maybe the Chinese New Year is coming soon - very soon.
"Well, I have never spent the New Year here with my sister." Shen Wenzheng suddenly mentioned this, "She got married earlier than me. I guess she actually didn't have a good life because she was the only one at that time. People who don’t advise me to get married quickly. She said that I should think about this kind of thing carefully, otherwise there will be no chance of regret. She also knows that I am not in a hurry to get married... some things just can’t be rushed, no matter how much others urge me. Use it. No, this is causing problems..."
Shen Wenzheng tucked the corner of the quilt under his body, rested the joints of his arms on the edge of the bed, and continued:
"But I don't regret giving birth to this precious daughter at all... My daughter is mine, the flesh of my body, it has nothing to do with anyone else, and no one can take it away from me. Even if one day we really - can't see each other again, She also knows that she fell from me. Absolutely no one can change this fact."
"It's great that you think so. I also want to be a free and easy person like you."
"Hey, girl, you can't say that." Shen Wenzheng turned his face and said seriously, "People are never born to be anything. You say free and easy, this is a way of life, it does not mean that you are a Mold, you will trap yourself in it and you will not be able to turn around, child. I also said this to my daughter: Just do whatever you want, no matter what, one day you will become the most suitable person for yourself. Maybe like this, It's different from what you thought at the beginning... This is not right, so as not to make you feel unnecessary regret. As long as you feel that you are living a good life and are not regretful, then that is how you should live."
"Okay...I will remember your words."
At this moment, Xie Zhe passed by the girls' room at night and took a look there. He didn't take his luggage, he just took Feng Yunzhan with him and went downstairs. He never thought that as soon as he went out, he would see Han Chang standing in front of him. He raised his head, glanced at the open window on the second floor, and let out a sigh.
"You really can't stay any longer."
"Are you just here to stay?" Han Shangyang chuckled, "Oh, I didn't plan to run around. I just went to the hut and found that you had run away. Your breath hasn't dissipated yet, I guess. It went down from the other side. I originally planned to go out for a walk today, check out the spots, and see if there are any loopholes that would make it easier for us to get out."
"I thought you were going to sneak away."
"How is it possible? I promised you? Although I am a fox demon, I never lie to others. This is a virtue." Han Zhang put his hands on his hips and asked: "What, why did you come out? Check out those useless things." The main living corpse?"
"It's hard to say whether it's ownerless or not." Xie Zhe pointed at the courtyard wall and said, "If you don't want to rest, follow me to a higher place, or else they will catch you like a living corpse."
"I'm afraid I'll kill him directly. If you don't notice, the bird will not be spared."
Even if they were flying over eaves and walls, the two of them were still looking for sheltered places to hide their whereabouts as much as possible. The two of them walked back and forth. On the way, Xie Zhe whispered his opinion.
"I'm wondering...could this be some kind of voodoo technique? The method of controlling corpses is a secret technique unique to the southern region. The people over at Qinglize are very good at it. And it happens through body fluids and blood. Contact is also consistent with one of the ways witchcraft is spread.”
"What you said does make sense. I initially suspected that it was some kind of special parasite. After being parasitized, some mice will eagerly seek water sources and drown themselves; after being parasitized, some cockroaches will do crazy things to provoke their natural enemies. Moves, and even twists off their own heads; some snails will turn into two colorful eyes after being parasitized, and they will continue to squirm, attracting birds to eat them, and the parasites can parasitize on birds and continue to transfer... Some snails , it is also produced by humans eating wild game and passed from animals to humans.”
"Can you stop feeling sick?"
"What I told you is the truth!" Han Chang was a little dissatisfied, "But you are suspicious that someone deliberately..."
"Yes." Xie Zhe nodded, "The biggest difference between living corpses and zombies is: why is this disease of corpse transformation spread through living people? I boldly imagine that it may be because when people are alive, they are better than dead people. More active, more aggressive, and the plague spreads faster - so this may be purposeful. Who did what behind the scenes to cause this. You also heard the boss lady say, at about the same time, This plague broke out in different areas. It was the moment I heard her say that that I became convinced of this idea."
"It makes sense."
It seems that Han Chang thinks so too.
Both of them were good at Qinggong, and they had already run a long way in a short time. They walked around the edge of the town. After all, their ultimate goal was to leave this haunted town. When the time was about to pass, Han Chang suddenly grabbed Xie Zhe, causing him to almost fall from the wall and be seen by the night watchman.
"What are you doing!" Xie Zhe asked angrily.
"Shhh."
The police officer walked under the wall, but fortunately their shadows were cast on the other side and they were not noticed.
Just after he breathed a sigh of relief, Xie Zhe looked to the side outside the wall. He frowned, somehow feeling like someone was still staring at them.
Maybe it's an illusion.
