As if he felt that chatting was not interesting, Zhang Tiehua reached into his pocket and took out half a pack of cigarettes, and then groped around for a while.
But after rummaging through all his pockets, there was nothing he wanted.
Having no other choice, Zhang Tiehua had no choice but to laugh, and asked while passing the cigarette to Lu Yu.
"Hey, brother Lu Yu, is there fire on you?"
Lu Yu was startled by the familiar question. He looked at the cigarette handed over by the other party and shook his head slowly.
"No, I don't smoke, I don't have any fire on me..."
Although his answer was straightforward, Lu Yu's expression became strange.
Zhang Tiehua's questioning scene reminded him of a dream he once had.
In the dream, he was sitting on a bus. The hooded young man in the back seat seemed to be addicted to cigarettes and wanted to take advantage of him.
But when he turned around, he found that the other person's appearance was extremely familiar. It was Zhang Heng who had given him three key pieces of information in the first place.
The moment he recognized the other person, his head was bitten off by an inexplicable monster that appeared in his dream, causing the whole dream to come to an abrupt end.
"That's right. You don't smoke, and you escaped in a hurry. You can't carry anything like a lighter with you..."
Silence ushered in the dark corridor again. Lu Yu did not answer, and Zhang Tiehua did not continue to speak.
The two people just sat on the ground in silence, listening to any sounds that might come from the narrow passage.
Finally, when Zhang Tiehua was about to lose his patience, a burst of light suddenly flashed in the dark passage, and then there was the sound of crawling.
"The girl is back!"
Zhang Tiehua's face showed a hint of joy, and he subconsciously moved closer to the entrance of the passage, as if he wanted to greet Xiao Ran who was crawling towards him.
But the sound suddenly disappeared after ringing for a while, and even the flash of white light disappeared. Silence returned to the dark corridor, as if what just happened was just Zhang Tiehua's hallucination and not really happening.
Silence, five seconds of silence.
A clicking sound suddenly appeared, like stones thrown into the lake, breaking the calmness of the lake.
"Huh? What is this sound?"
Before the doubts in Zhang Tiehua's mind could form, a violent gunshot sounded without warning, spreading rapidly along the narrow passage and reaching his ears.
"Fuck!"
"Xiao Ran!"
Zhang Tiehua's exclamation and Lu Yu's shout sounded at the same time, but there was no response from the narrow passage.
"This, this, that sound just now was the sound of gunshots, why are there still gunshots here!"
Zhang Tiehua stammered. He was no longer sitting in the relaxed cross-legged posture before, but his muscles were tensed up, ready to deal with emergencies.
"Xiao Ran! I heard the reply!"
Lu Yu ignored Zhang Tiehua's inquiry, stepped forward, and shouted again into the cave entrance.
The four of them had a total of two flashlights, one of which was given to Yu Libo who stayed in the car, and the other was given to Xiao Ran who entered the passage.
Therefore, Lu Yu and Zhang Tiehua did not have lighting tools in their hands, and it was very difficult to see clearly what was going on in the passage.
Fortunately, things did not develop in a worse direction. After Lu Yu shouted out the inquiry, there was a burst of immature responses in the narrow passage.
"Don't worry, Uncle Lu Yu. I'm fine. I'm ready to come."
Lu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the response, but the look on Zhang Tiehua's face was not as relaxed as before.
"Xiao Ran is okay? What was the sound just now? That was a gunshot, right!"
"No, you heard it wrong. That was not a gunshot. China is a country that bans guns.
There is no army here, how could there be gunshots..."
Lu Yu said with a relaxed expression, but the surrounding environment was too dark, so Zhang Tiehua couldn't see the expression on the other person's face clearly.
Lu Yu could only judge his attitude by the tone of his voice.
However, Lu Yu's calm tone in the past had changed in this strange atmosphere, giving Zhang Tiehua a sinister feeling, which made him very uncomfortable.
The crawling sound came from the narrow passage again. Not long after, the petite Wang Xinran got out of the hole, dragging a small bag of supplies behind him.
"Uncle Lu Yu, I have brought all the important things over. Let's take inventory."
With the brightness of the flashlight, Lu Yu looked the little Loli over and over, and after confirming that she was really not injured, he reached out and took the small bag of supplies handed over by Xiao Ran.
Putting the twenty-five crossbow arrows aside, Lu Yu directly reached out and groped in the bag without even looking at the contents.
When he took out his hand, there was already a small bottle of pills in his hand.
"Here, take it, the sooner the better."
In front of Zhang Tiehua, Lu Yu unscrewed the bottle cap, poured five or six small white pills into his hand, and handed them to Zhang Tiehua.
"Is this... aspirin?"
Although most of the words on the medicine bottle were covered by Lu Yu's hand, Zhang Tiehua could still see the name of the pills.
"Yes, it's aspirin. Take it quickly. You really don't have much time left."
Without any intention of hiding anything, Lu Yu looked sideways at Zhang Tiehua's neck. The black blood vessels on it had spread to his chin and were likely to grow upward at any time.
"Can this work?"
Zhang Tiehua knew that aspirin was just a very common anti-inflammatory drug. Because of its low price and low profit, many small pharmacies were unwilling to sell it, and ordinary people rarely had access to it.
"It's up to you to judge whether you have it or not."
There was no other expression on Lu Yu's face. He just poured out a few more pills from the medicine bottle and swallowed them into his mouth.
Seeing that Lu Yu had also taken the pills, Zhang Tiehua's doubts were mostly eliminated. He raised his neck and swallowed all the pills in his hand.
After taking the pills, Zhang Tiehua wanted to ask something more, but Lu Yu just waved his hand and said.
"Go back first, Yu Libo hasn't taken the medicine yet, and this is not the place to talk."
With that said, Lu Yu turned his eyes back again, took out the arrows and quiver from the supply bag, and handed them to Xiao Ran.
"This is for you, where are my things?"
Although the tone of the inquiry was very calm, Xiao Ran could see the excitement in Lu Yu's eyes.
"What is it? Everything is in the bag..."
The corners of Xiaoran's eyes curved into two nice arcs, and she said a little naughtily.
"Don't make trouble. It's enough if you have a modified crossbow. That thing is not suitable for you."
Although Lu Yu's tone was a little anxious, the look on his face was still calm, and there was even a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
"Hey, okay, okay, that shock just now really hurt my wrist..."
As if the secret in her heart had been revealed, the little girl had an angry expression on her face and took out a dark pistol and two spare magazines from behind.
"There is a secondary infected body at the other end of the passage with a leg caught by a stone slab. I was shocked when I first walked out."
The tone of the little Loli's statement was calm, and there was no hint of the danger at that time.
"But its movement was restricted at the time, so I ignored it and went directly into the house to load supplies."
"By the time I finished cleaning up and came out, the secondary infected body was about to break its leg. I thought it would be better to do less than to do more, so I just
Shoot and take care of it. "
Taking the pistol handed over by Xiao Ran, Lu Yu imitated the gangsters in Hong Kong movies and inserted it into his trousers, and stuffed two spare magazines into his trouser pockets.
After doing this, a look of reproach appeared on the young man's dull poker face.
"There are only twenty-five bullets. Use one less bullet. You should save more..."
"I know, I know, if the modified crossbow wasn't wrapped in tape and couldn't be untied for a while, I would have just shot it with the crossbow. This broken gun even hurt my wrist!"
The little loli swung her wrist angrily, looking like she wanted Lu Yu to take responsibility for this.
"Hey, okay, thank you for your hard work, Xiaoran, Xiaoran is the best..."
Lu Yu responded to the little Loli in a perfunctory manner, while walking toward the underground garage with his flashlight on.
Xiao Ran, on the other hand, followed Lu Yu closely like a little tail, chirping non-stop along the way.
The two of them seemed to have forgotten Zhang Tiehua behind them, completely unaware of the shock on the Northeastern man's face.
"Didn't Lu Yu just say that it wasn't a gunshot?"
"It was promised that China would be a country that bans guns?!"
"It's all lies!"
"Big lie!!"
Despite the crazy complaints in his heart, Zhang Tiehua still caught up with Lu Yu in time.
Because Lu Yu had no intention of waiting for him, he only had one flashlight and could not keep up with Lu Yu, so Zhang Tiehua had no choice but to smear his reputation and go back alone.
The three of them quickly withdrew from the corridor and returned to the underground garage.
The surroundings are still the same as when they first arrived, but there seems to be more smoke and dust in the air. Under the white beam of the flashlight, particles are visible to the naked eye. It seems that the air quality is not very good.
Before the three of them arrived in front of the silver-gray car, Yu Libo, who was huddled in the car, opened the door first and shouted with expectation in his voice.
"Brother Hua, Brother Lu, you are finally back..."
Seeing that Yu Libo had not lost his mind and turned into a zombie, Lu Yu let go of the worries in his heart. He did not respond to the other party's calls, poured the medicine bottle in his hand, pinched a few aspirin and walked up.
"Here, special medicine, take it quickly, Zhang Tiehua has already taken it."
Taking the pills from Lu Yu's hand with some trembling, Yu Libo glanced at Zhang Tiehua who was following behind with some worry.
"Eat, if Lu Yu wanted to harm us, we wouldn't survive now."
Zhang Tiehua's face wasn't very pretty. When he saw Yu Libo's questioning gaze, he snarled angrily.
"Um...Okay...Thank you, Brother Lu, thank you, Brother Lu..."
After receiving a positive answer from Zhang Tiehua, the doubts on Yu Libo's face disappeared. After thanking Lu Yu several times, he swallowed the pills in his hand.
"What to do next?"
Seeing that Yu Libo also swallowed the pills safely, Zhang Tiehua took a deep breath and asked.
It's just that this time the person the Northeastern man asked was not Yu Libo, but Lu Yu who was silent on the side.
"What else can we do? Let's take a rest and then set off to the Siming Mountain Refuge."
After looking at the situation around the car, Lu Yu said calmly.
There didn't seem to be any big changes around the car, except that the light yellow bacteria bombs became thicker, and the mushrooms scattered into pieces still stayed in place.
It didn’t get bigger and it didn’t disappear.
Even the position is exactly the same as when it came, just like an ordinary mushroom.
"Maybe it really is just fungus spreading in the garage underneath because of the moisture..."
Muttering something in his mind, Lu Yu lowered his head and got into the car, groping for the location of the keyhole...
