Time passed slowly, and as the sun sank into the horizon, N City ushered in the sixteenth night after the disaster broke out.
The table in the center of the office was cleared, freeing up the necessary resting space. At this moment, Lu Yu and Xiao Ran were busy laying things on the floor to prepare for the night.
"Well, if I were still at home now, I could at least drink hot water. Now I can only eat compressed biscuits..."
After making his "bed", Lu Yu picked up the flashlight beside him and provided lighting for Xiao Ran next to him.
Due to the power outage and the fact that it was dark outside at this time, there was almost no light in the police office, and they could only rely on the light source in the flashlight to provide illumination.
Fortunately, Gu Changfeng dug out five or six police flashlights from the police station when it was still daylight. Together with the two that Lu Yu and the others brought out, they were enough to illuminate the entire office.
Xiao Ran, who was spreading the paper shells on the ground, heard Lu Yu's complaint, a hint of resentment appeared on his pretty face, and he answered calmly.
"I didn't see you thinking about drinking hot water when I was at home. What, is this a sign of knowing how to cherish something after losing it?"
The little Loli didn't speak loudly, and there was no one else around, so she didn't attract much attention.
"That's right... Hey, people often turn a blind eye to the things they take for granted. Only when they are really lost will they feel that they are precious. In the final analysis, they are cheap..."
Putting the flashlight next to Xiao Ran's hand, Lu Yu didn't care whether the other party had made the "bed", put his hands behind his head, chose the most comfortable position, and lay down on the ground comfortably.
But before he could enjoy it for a few seconds, the little Lolita's pink fist landed mercilessly on the young man's stomach, almost knocking out the water Lu Yu drank before.
"Get up and help me lay the pavement. I'm too weak."
Xiao Ran blinked his beautiful mandarin duck eyes and ordered confidently.
"Hey, you little brat, you have to stand on your own feet. You can't even make a bed. How will you go into society in the future?"
With a grimace on his face, Lu Yu rubbed his injured belly and curled his lips.
Just as the two were bickering, a figure flashed past the office door, and then stepped into the range of the flashlight.
"The zombie in the detention room has been dealt with."
The person who entered the office was naturally the young police officer Gu Changfeng.
After solving the problem of the ownership of the firearms, Gu Changfeng volunteered to assume the responsibility of the team leader. Although he did not say it explicitly, his behavior confirmed the young police officer's thoughts.
First, Gu Changfeng carefully inspected the interior of the police station, and after confirming that the environment where they were about to spend the night was really safe, he began a new round of reinforcement of the door that Lu Yu had previously held up.
Under Lu Yu's "experience transfer", Gu Changfeng learned about the main ways zombies sense their prey, and also learned about the fact that some mutated zombies may have vision.
To be on the safe side, the young police officer covered the windows and doors where the outside world could be seen with curtains, and used chairs and tables to secure easily broken parts.
Although it's not impregnable, it shouldn't be a problem to survive a night.
After finishing all this, Gu Changfeng seemed to want to know more about the zombies, so he came alone to the detention room where the secondary infected bodies were kept.
Lu Yu originally thought that the other party was just out of curiosity and wanted to see the zombies up close.
Unexpectedly, Gu Changfeng just wanted to be bold and went straight to kill the zombies in the detention room.
"Have you ever been splashed by a zombie's bodily fluids? If you have been, there is a risk of infection..."
Lu Yu, who had already sat up from the ground, spoke quietly. His intention was just to remind, but it sounded a bit like a mockery.
Gu Changfeng frowned, ignored Lu Yu's tone, and nodded in response.
"Don't worry, thanks to your advance notice, I was not splashed by the zombie's bodily fluids, nor was I scratched or bitten."
Pulling up a chair at random, Gu Changfeng sighed heavily after sitting down.
Although he was a policeman, it was the first time in his life that he had killed zombies. It would be a lie to say that he had no emotional fluctuations in his heart. However, due to his professional relationship, he could still control it within the range of reason and would not suffer an emotional breakdown.
Yu Libo also appeared outside the door soon. Seeing that Gu Changfeng was already sitting on the chair, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, the thin man chose to step into the office and came to several people.
Just depressed
Libo consciously avoided Lu Yu's direction and sat down next to Gu Changfeng.
Zhang Tiehua was still in a coma and was dragged into the office by Lu Yu. However, the wrists were no longer tied with a thin clothesline, but with a pair of bright handcuffs.
The few of them were silent for two minutes, processing the emotions in their hearts.
In the end, Gu Changfeng spoke again and asked Lu Yudao.
"What's next?"
Opening his half-closed eyes, Lu Yu glanced at Zhang Tiehua, who was unconscious in the corner, and spoke slowly.
"Wait until Zhang Tiehua wakes up..."
Everyone's attention focused on the unconscious Zhang Tiehua, and then dispersed.
"Indeed, dragging an uncertain factor on the road will bring great risks. How long will this kind of coma last?"
Gu Changfeng nodded, thinking what Lu Yu said made sense.
However, judging from Zhang Tiehua's coma, there seemed to be no sign of waking up for a while, and the food and water sources in the team all came from Lu Yu's supply bag, and there were no other supplies at all.
If Zhang Tiehua can wake up in a short time and give everyone a definite answer, then everything will be easy to say.
If Zhang Tiehua was in coma for two or three days and did not wake up, the food in the supply bag would be quickly consumed.
"How long will the coma last? It's hard to say. It could be as short as three or four hours, or as long as one or two days..."
"One or two days? So long?"
Hearing Lu Yu's answer, Gu Changfeng frowned.
The food reserve in the supply bag is only enough to last one more day, and this is even when everyone is frugal on food and clothing.
If Zhang Tiehua is unconscious for too long, the team will soon face the crisis of starvation.
"Roughly the same……"
Lu Yu prevaricated, his eyes inadvertently showing a bit of uncertainty.
The reason why he gave the answer of being comatose for a day or two was because of Lu Yu's previous experience.
You must know that after the disaster broke out, there were more than one or two humans around Lu Yu who were infected with the secondary virus.
From Xiao Ran at the beginning to Zhang Tiehua and Yu Libo recently.
Counting Lu Yu himself, there are six examples of viral infections that were subsequently cured by taking aspirin.
Although the above six cases were all successfully immune to secondary virus infection, the time after taking the drug to coma was very different.
Muscular girl Xu Xiaoxiao was infected after drinking tap water containing the virus. She was successfully cured by taking aspirin. She was in coma for about sixteen hours, which is one afternoon and one night;
Lu Yu himself woke up earlier than Xu Xiaoxiao, about twelve hours;
Two soldiers on the rescue team were injured by the monster, but were also successfully cured after being infected. They were unconscious for about twenty-four hours, which was a full day.
Yu Libo's coma was the shortest. Although he was scratched by zombies in many parts of his body, he was only comatose for less than six hours after taking aspirin;
Xiaoran's coma lasted the longest, two days and two nights, or forty-eight hours;
Since Gu Changfeng was not told that aspirin could cure secondary viruses, it was even more impossible for Lu Yu to detail the examples he had experienced.
Only an approximate time interval can be given.
"If it's one day, we can still wait, but if it's two days in a coma, the situation will become very difficult..."
Gu Changfeng, who was concentrating on his thoughts, did not notice the change in Lu Yu's eyes. He just rubbed his palms and muttered to himself.
"Yes, if he is unconscious for two days, the situation will become very bad, but we can't throw him away, otherwise I won't know the way..."
Lu Yu muttered softly, took out his hands behind his head, and hugged them in front of his chest.
"Don't know the road? Where are you going?"
Gu Changfeng asked curiously.
"Let's go to the Siming Mountain Shelter. Right after the disaster broke out, the government sent out a message, saying that we should go to the nearest shelter on our own. The closest one to N City is the Siming Mountain Shelter."
Lu Yu patiently explained that since Gu Changfeng had been in the detention room for fifteen days and had no means of communicating with the outside world, when the signal was restored, he did not receive the evacuation news immediately.
Of course, even if he received the news at that time, Gu Changfeng would not be able to escape from the detention room.
"Siming Mountain...I haven't heard that there is a military base there..."
Hearing this, Gu Changfeng held his chin with one hand and asked after thinking for a moment.
As a policeman, Gu Changfeng's arrangements for the Chinese military are actually not much better than ordinary people like Lu Yu. It is normal to not know the situation in Siming Mountain.
"The information released by the government must be true, so you don't have to doubt it. How about it, do you know the way there?"
Lu Yu's eyes flashed with anticipation. If Gu Changfeng knew the way to Siming Mountain, then he wouldn't have to wait for Zhang Tiehua to wake up.
When the time comes, just throw the other person into the car and take him away.
"Of course I know the way to Siming Mountain, but not everyone is a road idiot like you..."
Gu Changfeng complained and continued.
"But Siming Mountain is not small. Do you know the specific location of the shelter?"
"Of course I know this. The specific location is near the Fenghua River Basin. We have a car. If it doesn't work, we can look around."
A relaxed look appeared on Lu Yu's face. As long as there was someone to guide him, the rest was only a matter of time.
As long as there are no accidents on the way to the shelter, tomorrow will be enough time for them to arrive safely.
"The shelter is located near the Fenghua River Basin..."
Gu Changfeng's face did not show a relaxed look, he just muttered something to himself.
No one spoke anymore, and the atmosphere in the office was quiet again, except for the faint howls from the zombies outside the window from time to time.
"The Ronin Begins with Douluo"
Yu Libo hugged his knees and huddled in the corner. He didn't seem to be participating in the conversation, but his sneak peeks from time to time showed that he was very concerned about the next arrangements.
When he heard that Lu Yu decided to leave for the Siming Mountain shelter early tomorrow morning, a trace of hesitation flashed across the face of the thin man, as if he wanted to say something, but when he reached his lips, he was swallowed back.
It wasn't until the conversation between Lu and Gu ended that Yu Libo raised his head from between his knees, with a tangled look on his face, and finally spoke.
"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, Officer Gu, before going to the Siming Mountain Refuge, can you go to Yunlong Town first... I, I want to pick someone up..."
Having said this, Yu Libo seemed to feel that he had made an excessive request. His begging expression was mixed with fear, and he quickly buried the lower half of his face in his knees again.
"No, we don't have much oil..."
Lu Yu, who was lying on the ground, crossed his legs and gave a negative reply without even looking at Yu Libo.
"Going to Yunlong Town? The distance is not close..."
Gu Changfeng did not refuse as coldly as Lu Yu. He turned his head slightly and gave a questioning look.
"And who are you going to pick up?"
"my family……"
This time Yu Libo did not avoid it and raised his head to respond.
"Your family? Are you sure they are still alive?"
Lu Yu, who was lying on the ground, had sat up at some point and was looking at Yu Libo with his eyes narrowed.
"No, I don't know..."
Yu Libo's head shrank another two inches toward his knees, his eyes helplessly staring at the stains on the ground.
"You don't know, so you ask us to risk our lives to run for you? Do you think we are stupid or stupid?"
Lu Yu shook his head, his expressionless face showing no emotion.
He is not the Virgin Mary and will help anyone who asks for help.
Moreover, Lu Yu's own situation is not optimistic. You must know that the last of the three messages Zhang Heng left was for Lu Yu to try not to travel far before the end of the year.
Now, because the residential building was destroyed by black and green fire, he had to embark on a journey to the Siming Mountain shelter.
The Clay Bodhisattva cannot protect himself when crossing the river, so how can he help others?
However, just when Lu Yu thought the matter had been concluded, Gu Changfeng made a different sound.
"Yunlong Town is not far from the Siming Mountain Refuge. From a general perspective, it can actually be regarded as the same route. If we just go to confirm, there should be no problem..."
"It's coming again, and Officer Gu, who is incompetent but enthusiastic, begins to carry out justice..."
While complaining mercilessly, Lu Yu grabbed a piece of newspaper and covered his face, fell down, and lay on the ground again.
"Good night, please turn off the lights for me, thank you..."
