End Times Dust Light

Chapter 16: Helping hand

Late at night.

Lu Ziming found that he had made the wrong direction while avoiding zombies. There was no traffic police to show him the way, and he could not walk on the street openly. He was like a thief hiding in the dark. No one appeared anywhere. I didn’t know where I was.

Looking at the sign at the gate of the community, Lu Ziming had an urge to go violently, “It’s Tamar, I cursed your family to have a son without assholes. Draw a floor plan of the community and don’t know how to put the direction on it. Did you graduate from New Oriental”.

Regardless of whether Lu Ziming can see it clearly, the layout plan of the community still provides some important information. The left side of the community is the Huxi Road that he is looking for. After researching, it is found that as long as you find the tallest building in the community, you can determine Where you are.

The whole community was dark and dark, except for occasionally seeing a few zombies wandering, there was no sound. Lu Ziming knew that there were many zombies and survivors in the community. After the virus broke out, survivors hid in the room and did not dare to go out. The zombies were locked in the room and could not get out. This was the main reason why there were not many zombies in the community. .

Lu Ziming looked up at the dark residential building, raised his leg and walked into the residential area. There is a gate next to the gate of the community, which monitors the residents who enter and exit the community every day. The lift rod that controls the entry and exit of the vehicle has been broken and collapsed on the flowerbed next to it. A black big rush rushed up the steps and plunged into the gate. A man wearing security clothing, holding an intercom in his hand, was rushed in and slammed into the crack of the door, his eyes fixed on the seat in the cab.

The front windshield of the Big Ben has cracked, the airbag is fully opened, the cab door has also been opened, and the driver who escaped in the accident has disappeared.

Lu Ziming cats at his waist, rushing from behind a short tree to behind another short tree, approaching the edge of the community. The short trees, flower beds and rockery have become the best cover for Lu Ziming.

It can be seen from the flat sign at the entrance of the community that the center of this community is a huge oval-shaped circular closed main road. There are also several main roads and residential groups. The whole community is divided into several independent living areas. Each living area is separated by a stream, and a small artificial lake was built in the center. The entire community has a clear layout and beautiful environment, which is a high-end residential community.

The prosperity and tranquility of the community have long ceased to exist, and the high-end and taste have been wiped out. There are highly decomposed corpses everywhere, and the roads of the community are blocked by randomly discarded vehicles. Even if the zombies walk in it, they will bump into each other.

Turned around an intersection, heard the sound of zombies hitting the iron gate, followed the source of the sound to the opposite side of a 16-story tall building, and hid the figure behind a camphor tree as big as an umbrella.

Not far in front, seven or eight dirty zombies appeared. Perhaps it was because of my heart. Hearing the “buzzing” sound of flies around the zombies made Lu Ziming think of the dense maggots entrenched on the carrion of the zombies. The zombies are attacking the security door of a unit of a high-rise building. Behind the security door, there seems to be a survivor’s figure shaking. Across the gap of the security door, it seems to be using some weapon to attack the zombies.

Under normal circumstances, the survivor is unwilling to walk out of his room. If this person comes out in the middle of the night, something must happen.

“To save or not to save?”

Lu Ziming didn’t get too entangled with this issue. Lu saw an uneven roar. Lu Ziming didn’t roar, but quickly shot an arrow with a ‘swish”, hitting the back of a zombie’s head.

The zombies besieging the security door did not find Lu Ziming behind him. They were completely attracted by the people behind the security door. “You can’t miss the opportunity!” Lu Ziming fired three arrows again, because the distance was very close, and the hit rate was 100%. Just when Lu Ziming was about to shoot the fifth arrow, the zombies finally noticed the sound of the bowstring, and turned around and rushed towards Lu Ziming.

“It’s too late to find out now.” There are two zombies left. Lu Ziming quickly shot an arrow in his hand, then dropped the bow and arrow, grabbed the fire axe and rushed up, picking up the fire axe to chop down the last zombie. On the ground.

The security door was pushed open with a “creak”, and a middle-aged man in his thirties walked out from the inside. His upper body was **** and his lower body was wearing shorts. He was holding a wooden stick in his hand and a hand tied in front of the stick. A seemingly sharp kitchen knife.

“Thank you for saving me! Who are you…”, the man clasped the wooden stick in his hand and looked at Lu Ziming, who was rummaging for arrows on the ground.

“Passing by, it is dangerous to come out so late, go back quickly.”

Only then did the man see Lu Ziming’s immature face. He was surprised that he couldn’t say a word for a long time. He said for a long time: “Little brother, the water has been without water upstairs for a long time. I am coming downstairs to fight. Water, I dare not go downstairs during the day, only go downstairs secretly at night and take a look at the lake…”.

Lu Ziming only noticed at this time that there were two white plastic buckets behind the man. The water used in tall buildings is the secondary water supply. That is, the water is first pumped to the top of the building with pressure, and then the water flows to the lower part of the building for secondary water supply. Not to mention that the tap water stopped early, even if there is water but no electricity, the residents on the roof will not be able to drink water.

“Which direction is Huxi Road?” Lu Ziming was not interested in caring about men’s drinking water.

The man pointed his finger to his left and said, “Little brother, why are you looking for Huxi Road so late? It is not safe to go on the road in the dark, or you should come to my house for a rest, and it will not be too late to leave tomorrow.”

Lu Ziming thought for a while. The man said something reasonable. It’s already midnight. It’s no use to find No. 51 Huxi Road. It’s better to rest at the man’s house for one night and say: “I’ll help you fetch water, and you will wait for me here.” .

“This is so good”, the man is a little embarrassed.

“What’s wrong with this, you are not safe to go, let me come”, I just passed by the central artificial lake, knowing the situation there, even if I repay the man for his love for staying overnight.

The man watched Lu Ziming disappear into the night with a plastic bucket, and sighed softly, “What a good boy, now I know how to help others. This is really not a life for people, and I don’t know when he is a head. “.

The man stood downstairs blankly, holding a wooden stick in his hand, his eyes fixed on the direction Lu Ziming was going away, and he was secretly squeezing a sweat for Lu Ziming.

About five minutes later, Lu Ziming’s figure walked out of the darkness, carrying two heavy buckets in his hands, and walked towards the man with difficulty.

The man’s nose was a little sour, and he took a few steps to grab the bucket in Lu Ziming’s hand and said, “Let me come, you have a rest.”

“It’s okay, I’m okay.” Lu Ziming and the man walked into the corridor with a bucket.

Lu Ziming and the man walked into the corridor one after another. The corridor was very dark. The man took out a small flashlight from behind and borrowed the faint light of the flashlight, and the two walked up the stairs.

Climbing up the stairs from the corridor, from time to time you can see many highly decomposed corpses. Most of the necks of these corpses were bitten off by the zombies, and their heads were pulled aside, so that they could not mutate into zombies.

Many of the corpses have been hollowed out, their ribs have also been cut, dark yellow pus oozes deep in the hollow eye sockets, and there are still some carrion left on the cheeks and the back of the brain. At the place where the corpse was in contact with the ground, there was a puddle of extremely viscous, blackened liquid with a vomiting smell. The skin and muscles of many corpses have been decomposed and liquefied, and countless numb white maggots can be seen squirming in them. They regard the human body as their own nursery, and they can draw nourishment at any time.

Lu Ziming and the man crawled very slowly. After they reported each other’s names, they walked and talked and learned about each other’s situation. The man’s name is Cheng Chen, a repairman from an automobile factory. There is also an eight-year-old daughter at home. His wife has turned into a zombie and is locked in a room.

“There is still some rice at home, because I lack water and the child is young, I dare not go out alone to find food. At first, I always felt that someone would come to the rescue, but after waiting for so many days, I didn’t see anything. Worried about encountering zombies, I only dared to walk around in this building. If I didn’t meet you, I really don’t know how to live this day…” Cheng Chenxu talked a lot, giving Lu Ziming a general idea of Cheng Chen’s life. Understanding.

“Are there any other survivors in this building?”

“Yes, there are many. The situation is basically the same. Most of them are afraid to go out. There are a few brave ones who never come back after going out… You are the first outsider I have seen these days. It’s not easy to survive…”

“Yeah”, Lu Ziming nodded silently: “The situation outside is very bad. There are zombies everywhere. Although it is safe to stay here, it is not a long-term solution. Have you considered the future?”

“In the future…!” Cheng Chen paused to rest and said, “I can’t take care of it now, then I will consider future problems. Take one step and count one step. Who knows when it will be a head”.

Cheng Chen was at a loss, the road to the future was hidden in the darkness, huge sadness and despair, faintly soaking through the hollow heart, slowly infiltrating the humble end, memories and reality are sometimes confused, and no hope for the future can be seen.

Walking to Chengchen’s home, Lu Ziming felt his hesitation. The room was filled with a stench. In summer, thick quilts were hung on the door and windows to block the candlelight in the room. The room was messy and disorganized. A few pieces of disassembled furniture were lying there crookedly. On a messy writing desk was a pot of bamboo symbolizing happiness and wealth. The room had not been cleaned for a long time, and there was a smell of smoke and fire. An eight-year-old girl, with a dirty face, swallowed as she watched the lake just returned.

“Wan’er, this water is raw. You can’t drink it. You must boil it to drink.” Cheng Chen fondly stroked Cheng Qianwan’s head with a painful expression on her face.

Lu Ziming took out a bottle of fruit orange and a few biscuits from his hiking bag and stuffed Cheng Qianwan’s hand: “Wan’er, get hungry, eat!”

Cheng Chen opened his mouth, and swallowed it back if he wanted to stop it. These things were nothing in civilized time, but now they have become extremely precious, making it difficult for Cheng Chen to refuse for a while.