Qiu Yu knew that this game was quite connotative, but he could not imagine the extent of its connotation.
It seems that I got a lot of information from the homeless man's mouth, but after looking carefully, I can't find anything that is helpful to the situation at hand. No, it’s not so much that it’s not helpful, but it’s more that it can easily lead people into misunderstandings that they can’t help but.
After watching the homeless man leave, Qiu Yu continued his original actions.
When he returned to the villa where he lived in the afternoon, Qiu Yu had already carried another large bag of things. Although useful items are not easy to find, for Qiu Yu, who has a spreading sense, this is just a simple manual job that is a bit boring.
He woke up the three people who were still sleeping and came to the old man's house to pick him up and move his things. Even though they were not hungry yet, when they saw the mountains of canned food, several people who were a little pessimistic about the future let out strange screams of excitement.
On the way to move things, I need to pass by the house of that eccentric man. Qiu Yu also extended an invitation to him, but what he received in exchange was a raised middle finger.
Qiu Yu's character is not one to care about such trivial matters. But since you want to integrate into this world, you must respond appropriately. Then, a kitchen knife flew past the middle finger. It took the man a few seconds to come to his senses, and he was so frightened that he cursed loudly and hid behind the window.
After we finished moving things and settled the old man, it was almost dusk. Qiu Yu didn't go out anymore, but just sat and listened to other people's chat.
It was the old man who led the conversation. He did not become withdrawn because he lived alone, but was quite talkative. However, apart from knowing that his name was Zaliji, that he used to be a businessman, and that he had a child who was a soldier whom he could only see once a year, all he talked about was life. Topics such as experience and life past. And when it comes to the intelligence of this city, he will immediately fall into dementia. After more than an hour, the dormant zombies gradually began to move.
Because they were afraid that the sound of talking would attract zombies, they had to find things to do to pass the time. Qiu Yu flipped through some books and magazines, but all he could see were large blank spaces with the content hidden. After repeatedly planning what to do tomorrow, Qiu Yu had nothing to do but went to bed early.
According to current intelligence, zombies usually start to be active around eight o'clock in the evening and go to sleep around seven o'clock in the morning. So if you want to completely stagger the activity time of zombies, you have to sleep for eleven hours. For many people, just sleeping eleven hours a day is a painful thing. Not to mention that there is basically nothing to do outside of these eleven hours.
When people have nothing to do and can't find a place to invest their energy, it's easy to have mental problems. Qiu Yu plays this game with a goal. He can enjoy it as a relaxing time when he has nothing to do. However, other people, including the elderly, have become accustomed to the tension caused by zombies and have nothing to distract themselves for a long time. , maybe too much pressure will make them do something. So before going to bed, Qiu Yu was still planning to find something for them to do. But in the early hours of the morning, Qiu Yu knew how stupid it was to worry about having nothing to do in this game.
Perception spread is not a passive ability. If he does not use it actively, he may not be able to detect a zombie standing in front of Qiu Yu. Although he was sure that these zombies were incapable of climbing upstairs, there were already too many things in this game that shocked him, and Qiu Yu would not think that the current arrangement was absolutely safe. So even if he sleeps, he only sleeps lightly. He wakes up every once in a while and sweeps the entire house with the spread of perception.
In the early morning, Qiu Yu, who was in a daze, habitually released his senses. The next second, he sat up in shock.
To facilitate response to various crisis situations, all collected food was divided into four portions. One each for the second, third and basement floors. Then there is also a set of food that needs to be refrigerated or frozen in the refrigerator in the kitchen on the first floor.
At this time, in addition to the refrigerator, some small things with zombie reactions appeared in the other three places where food was stored.
Qiu Yu narrowed the range of perception and locked on the food storage point on the third floor. What became clear was... a rat - a zombie-turned-rat whose eyes were covered with a white film, all the hair on its body had fallen out, and its skin and flesh had fallen off and rotted in large chunks.
"Tell them all to get up and hunt the mice."
When Qiu Yu sat up in shock, the old man who had been sleeping restlessly also woke up. So Qiu Yu spoke to him under controlled volume, then picked up the kitchen knife on the bedside and rushed out.
A few meters passed in an instant. When Qiu Yu suddenly appeared next to the food pile, the zombie rats had not yet reacted and continued to chew the food with their sharp teeth. After cutting down several in a row, they still didn't respond at all.
"what happens?"
At the door, several people rushed over with weapons.
After seeing the disgusting zombie rat stealing food, Inoue, who had no resistance to ordinary rats, subconsciously screamed, but realizing the disaster this scream would bring, she immediately covered her mouth. .
"These rats are not aggressive. Leave this to me while you deal with the second floor and basement."
Mattli and Ivan didn't expect the old man and Inoue to help either. After answering, he quickly left.
Inoue struggled in place for a while, mustering up the courage to help Qiu Yu, but in the end, what came out was the food in his stomach.
These rats are not aggressive, but there are surprisingly many of them. There are no less than a hundred of them on the third floor alone. It would be okay if it were less, but after Qiu Yu killed this number for a while, the ground was filled with rotten meat made from rat corpses.
These are not just rotten meat in appearance, but also real rotten meat that has been dead for quite some time. Its visual and olfactory impact is beyond imagination.
Qiu Yu also endured it very hard. But even if I feel sick to the point of vomiting, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Mattli and Ivan to handle it. So, after dealing with the zombie rats here, we had to support them.
After struggling for half an hour, a group of people with pale faces sat together again.
Even without sensing the spread of Qiu Yu, he could tell that nearly half of the food was eaten by zombie rats, and a small half of the remaining food was not eaten, but had been bitten. I don’t know if it can still be eaten. Eat it, or will there be any problems after eating it?
"Shouldn't zombies only eat flesh and blood? How come they even eat bread and vegetables!" Ivan expressed his dissatisfaction through the memory he found in an unknown corner.
The old man said with lingering fear, "We should be lucky that they are willing to eat bread and vegetables instead of flesh and blood. Otherwise, it would not be the food that is eaten up now, but us."
Hearing this, Ivan's face became even paler with a huge sense of fear.
Mattli said, "Where did these zombie rats come in? The hole needs to be blocked."
Although this house is old, it is not dilapidated, otherwise Qiu Yu would not have chosen this place as a refuge. And even if there were holes, they were all reinforced and plugged on the first day. But now I used my senses to scan, and found that there were no fewer than ten holes in the house. Needless to say, they were all freshly bitten.
Qiu Yu pressed his temples with a headache, "Those zombie rats can easily bite through the iron sheets on cans. I'm afraid it won't work no matter how hard the wooden structure is blocked. I'll go to the electrical appliance store tomorrow and bring back a few freezers to put food in... .This is not safe either. Just leave two people to guard you at all times in the future."
After temporarily gathering all the food outside the refrigerator into a clean room on the third floor, Inoue and the old man, who felt that they had not made any contribution, took on the task of keeping vigil.
I don't know if all the zombie rats have been killed, or if they didn't show up because someone was found, the night ended peacefully with the howls of zombies outside the house. But at dawn, Qiu Yu's plan to carry the freezer from the electrical appliance store encountered another change.
The number of zombies did not increase gradually, but surged overnight. Looking towards the street, I saw that they were all densely packed with zombies. Their number is no less than the number of people shopping during holidays. Even if they are all lying on the ground hibernating, they will immediately get up as soon as they get within the maximum safety range of four meters determined by Qiu Yu.
This is not as simple as just cutting down all the piles that have climbed up. When a zombie gets up, it will immediately pick up adjacent zombies within a few meters, and the zombies picked up will bring up zombies farther away. In the end, like falling dominoes, all the zombies in the whole street and even beyond will get up.
Numbers, and a certain sense of unity, are what’s truly scary about zombies.
"There is nothing we can do. There are not many zombies in the villa area. We can take what we want from other houses."
Qiu Yu's words frightened everyone. There were indeed not many zombies in the villa area compared to those on the street, but there were still hundreds of them. And it was probably because of the noise from the mouse hunt last night. There are four or five lying at the door. Let alone going to other houses, just going out of this door is fatal.
Qiu Yu didn't say much. I found a few paper clips in the cabinet, took the package containing the kitchen knives and jumped to the first floor.
Before they could understand the situation, they saw Qiu Yu walking out of the door.
"careful."
At the same time as Inoue's voice came out, the five zombies twisted their bodies and stood up. And the next moment, they fell down one after another in the order they stood up before they could even stand firm. The five round heads rolled away far away.
After Qiuyu kicked the zombie corpses away hard and cleared the door, he saw a few people still in a daze at the window, so he had no choice but to say something helplessly, calling Mattli and Ivan to come down.
Anyway, Qiu Yu had already demonstrated superhuman strength when moving things earlier. Although the two of them were surprised, they were not surprised. After coming back to their senses, Ivan just kept sighing, while Matli wanted to get to the bottom of it, but Qiu Yu only said that he had just woken up. The zombies reacted slowly, and then handed Martley a kitchen knife and asked him to try it if he didn't believe it.
Mattli was brave and actually went to find a zombie to try. He did seize the opportunity and imitated Qiu Yu's example and stabbed the zombie in the neck. It's a pity that both the strength and the way of exerting force are far behind Qiu Yu. The knife cut in half and got stuck in the zombie's neck. If it weren't for Qiu Yu's last hit, this zombie would definitely have given him a bite before falling down.
"Well done, but you lack the experience of using a knife. Other weapons may be more effective." Matli has also realized the problem, and Qiuyu's words only gave him more confidence.
"Okay, there are dozens of houses to be moved today. Let's consider other things after moving."
Qiu Yu has been reluctant to enter these houses for two reasons. One is to use it as a backup material and spiritual reserve. After his inspection with the spread of perception, he found that there were useful things in every house, but even if they were added together, they couldn't be counted as much. So rather than evacuating it, leaving it there can leave more hope for others. The second is that you are always worried that an intelligent enemy will appear. After removing the things inside, if the other party is intentional, it will be easy to find the difference between the empty house and the house you are staying in. But now the situation is changing rapidly and it is no longer possible to continue with ease.
In front of the door of the first room, Qiu Yu took out a paper clip. Although I have never done this before, with the help of the spread of perception, it is easy to find the right way to open the lock.
Even now, Qiu Yu doesn't want the difference between his house and these empty houses to be seen through at a glance. Therefore, rather than violently breaking into the house, I prefer to take away the necessary things and leave each house as it is. When looking for things, Qiu Yu also reminded others to act like thieves instead of robbers.
This day is a great harvest day for everyone except Qiu Yu. Looking at five refrigerators or freezers filled with food placed side by side, the depression caused by the zombie rats seemed to be swept away. The noise of zombies outside the house was also less than yesterday. This shows that zombies are spreading to other places. Maybe you will see that the number of zombies has been reduced by more than half when you get up tomorrow.
Tomorrow seems to be a day full of hope. Qiu Yu is no exception in this regard. Because tomorrow will be the time to use the strategy meeting to return to the Tower of Civilization. Whether it's getting new information from Qian Xiao and others, or using civilization points to exchange for something beneficial to the game, it's all worth looking forward to.
