A white beam of light shot out from the flashlight, like a sharp sword lightly cutting through the curtain of darkness.
The faint smell of rubber mixed with gasoline slowly spread out in the air filled with dust. An eerie silence filled the underground parking lot that was not empty. It was like a forbidden land that no one had ever set foot on, with an unsettling aura floating around.
The violent breathing and slightly disorderly footsteps are like unwelcome outsiders, which very rudely disrupt the balance here.
"The first pillar, the second pillar, the third one, turn left!"
Lu Yu, who was running, quickly followed the direction indicated by Xiao Ran and arrived at the exclusive parking space in Da Beitou. Yu Libo was two steps behind him, and Zhang Tiehua had already caught up, following the light of the flashlight and getting closer. .
"Fortunately, there are no zombies in this underground parking lot. What a blessing among misfortunes..."
After casually wiping the stains on his face, Zhang Tiehua looked behind him with lingering fear.
Although a few fish that slipped through the net followed the sound and chased after him, most of the zombies he knocked down were still lying on the ground and did not get up.
"Catch up with Lu Yu first, then turn around and kill the zombies that are chasing after you!"
Zhang Tiehua took a breath and increased the speed of his feet.
What he didn't notice was that after running a few steps, the zombies that caught up stood on the spot, their broken noses sniffing the air, and their expressionless faces actually showed A look of fear.
Although they clearly have no visual ability, these secondary infections all retreated neatly to places where there was light. There seemed to be something very terrifying in the darkness, making them instinctively afraid...
"How about it, can you find the car?"
The panting Zhang Tiehua quickly caught up with Lu Yu. While asking, he also took the flashlight from Yu Libo's hand and shone it behind him cautiously.
He was worried that the zombies at the entrance would chase them, so he could detect them in advance and take action.
But when the flashlight beam swept across, all he could see was the empty concrete floor, not even a mouse, let alone any zombies chasing after him.
"Hey, could it be that you were dumped by me?"
Zhang Tiehua was confused, but before he could take a closer look, Lu Yu's answer interrupted his thoughts.
"Right in front, parking space 457!"
What surprised Zhang Tiehua was that the young man's voice was very dull, and there was not much joy mixed in it.
On the contrary, there is still a little bit of worry.
"Then hurry up and drive. What are you doing here, waiting for the zombies to get in the car and run away with you?"
While muttering in his mouth, Zhang Tiehua hurriedly turned his head and pointed his flashlight forward.
But with this photo, he was immediately stunned.
A row of vehicles parked quietly less than thirty steps away from them. The orange light on the car lights and the soft sound when the door lock was opened told Zhang Tiehua that what he saw in front of him was real. What exists is not an illusion existing in nothingness.
But it was such a real and hopeful scene, but some discordant elements were added to it.
On the silver-gray car that had been remotely unlocked by Lu Yu, several fist-sized pale yellow mushrooms actually grew.
In addition, there are a large number of mycelium wrapped around the car body and walls. If you look closely, you can see that the growth range of these things is extremely wide.
The tires of many vehicles are already covered with light yellow hyphae, and a few wisps of dark red blood are sprouting from the thick areas.
Tubular objects, winding and coiled on the thick carpet, give people a creepy feeling just by looking at them.
"Fuck, what are these... mushrooms? Why do they grow on the car..."
Zhang Tiehua cursed and stepped forward, wanting to get closer to see what was going on.
But before he could pass, Lu Yu stopped him first.
"It's better not to approach rashly before you understand the situation clearly."
The worried look had receded from Lu Yu's face, and his somewhat dull poker face reappeared, giving the impression that the matter in front of him had little to do with the young man, and that he was just a bystander.
"Is it because the underground garage is too damp and the car hasn't been started for a long time, so some mushrooms have grown?"
Yu Libo studied the strange situation in front of him for a while, shrank his neck, and guessed.
"Damp? It hasn't started for a long time?"
Repeating the words Yu Libo said in his mouth, Lu Yu turned the flashlight in his hand and kept looking around, trying to find the source of this strange carpet.
The light yellow hyphae spread from the ground and climbed along the car's tires to the body.
Judging from the thickness and growth marks, these light yellow hyphae are most dense at the sewer entrance, and they seem to grow from there.
Without moving his feet, Lu Yu sniffed hard, savoring the smell in the air.
"There's a faint smell of rubber, and a little bit of gasoline... There doesn't seem to be any special smell, not even a musty smell..."
Since there were no zombies chasing him for the time being, Lu Yu put the little Lolita in his arms on the ground.
Seeing something strange in the car, the relaxed look disappeared from Xiaoran's face, and her beautiful brows furrowed tightly, as if she was thinking about something.
In fact, if the scene in front of him had been seen before the disaster, Lu Yu might have smiled disdainfully, and then said something like, "Ah, there must be too much moisture in the underground parking lot, so mushrooms grew on the vehicles."
Or you can take out your cell phone and take two photos, and then go to the community property management office to report that the cleaners are not doing a good enough job.
You won't be as careful as you are now.
But now after the disaster broke out, Lu Yu, who had already seen the "Corn Cannon" and the "Super Giant Pumpkin", had to be extremely vigilant to face everything in front of him.
Maybe the little pale yellow mushroom in front of me, which looks harmless to humans and animals, will turn into a monster that preys on people in the next second.
"What do you think?"
After thinking for a moment without any clue, Lu Yu turned his attention to Xiao Ran.
“Didn’t smell durian.”
After a moment of silence, the little Loli only uttered one sentence that sounded a little strange.
When Lu Yu heard this, his expression suddenly became dull for a moment, and then disappeared immediately.
The smell of durian in the little Loli's mouth should refer to the smell they smelled when they went to Wogo Supermarket to search for supplies.
It later turned out that the thing emitting this strange smell was a giant pumpkin located in the center of the fruit and vegetable area.
Because they were unclear about the situation at the time and the previous scene of the "corn cannon" was still vivid in their minds, the two decisively chose to retreat.
In their perception, the strange existence with the smell of durian should not be something that can be easily provoked.
"The taste of durian?"
Zhang Tiehua and Yu Libo on the side also heard Xiaoran's words, but their faces
There is a big question mark on all of them.
Could it be that the little girl saw the light yellow hyphae and thought of the durian fruit?
But where are the durians now? There are only light yellow mushrooms growing on the roof of the car.
"Hua, Brother Hua, what should we do? It's not a problem to wait like this..."
Yu Libo seemed a little anxious about Lu Yu and Xiao Ran's reaction. He twisted his neck uneasily and leaned closer to Zhang Tiehua.
"Maybe this is an ordinary mushroom, or maybe it's some ghost thing we don't know about..."
There was no answer on Zhang Tiehua's face. In fact, he didn't feel very scared when he saw these mushrooms for the first time, because except for the strange growth position of these things, they were no different from the edible mushrooms sold in the market before the disaster. the difference.
But what made him feel uncomfortable was the reactions of Lu Yu and Xiao Ran.
The nine-year-old girl had also said before that Lu Yu seemed to be an expert in dealing with zombies. Since he was an expert in dealing with zombies, what could make Lu Yu afraid to step forward easily must not be as simple as it seemed.
But Zhang Tiehua, who was straightforward and straightforward, couldn't bear to just stand there doing nothing. Thirty seconds later, the Northeastern man finally spoke hesitantly.
"Well, Lu Yu, what's going on with this mushroom? Is it dangerous?"
Zhang Tiehua did not ask Xiaoran, because in his eyes, this nine-year-old girl with mandarin duck eyes was just a child. If he really wanted to ask for any useful information, he would have to start with the poker-faced young man.
"I don't know...it doesn't look like it's very safe..."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lu Yu said nonsense.
"Then...then we can't waste our time here. If the zombies behind us catch up, will we have to play hide-and-seek with them in the underground parking lot..."
Zhang Tiehua rolled his eyes in his heart, you don't know if this thing is dangerous or not.
"How about... let me try?"
After taking a look at the empty darkness in the distance, their current location was some distance away from the entrance to the basement, but it was not very far away. Although it was unclear why the zombies hadn't caught up yet, it was indeed not the time to work slowly and carefully.
Since there was no better choice, Lu Yu simply had a bold idea in his mind.
Use a stick to poke at the mushrooms on the roof of the car.
If the mushroom showed no reaction after being poked, he would take a more risky approach;
If anything happened to the mushroom after being poked, he would immediately drop the stick and run away.
Having made up his mind, Lu Yu planned to ask for the metal roller in Zhang Tiehua's hand.
But Zhang Tiehua moved faster than him. The Northeastern man seemed to have lost the patience to wait for Lu Yu's answer. He stepped forward and quickly approached the car.
Standing in front of the car, Zhang Tiehua took another photo with his flashlight. It seemed that after confirming that there were just some ordinary mushrooms on the roof, he swung the metal roller in his hand and swept it roughly towards the top of the car roof.
Judging from this posture, he actually planned to sweep away those mushrooms and the fungus blanket below.
When Lu Yu and Xiao Ran saw this, they did not say anything to stop them, but stood there and waited quietly.
The thin Yu Libo shrank back unconsciously, and at the same time looked back at the darkness behind him, as if he was looking for an escape route for himself.
The metal roller stained with zombie blood approached quickly, and made a harsh friction sound the moment it touched the top of the car...
