from my heart [last days]

Chapter 18 Rainy Night

By noon, it was more than 300 kilometers away from Chongcheng.

There were many forks in the road, and they deviated from the original route unknowingly. It should have been difficult for the heavy city to catch up, so they found an open section of the road to stop and rest.

Xu Shan sincerely wanted to send Pei Ze and others away, and he prepared a lot of supplies, including hundreds of solid fuels.Peng He set up a small stove, holding a few cans to boil the noodles.Xie Congxin held the computer to read the information, while Pei Ze and Cheng Yinshang were researching the route.

The country is too vast, the roads are complicated, and there are tens of thousands of towns, counties and cities that may pass through in the middle. Cheng Yinshang asked: "It will be faster to go north to Xi|an and Tai|yuan, why should we go through Yi|Chang? "

Xie Congxin raised his eyelids from the computer screen, "There are wolves in front and tigers in back, so take a detour to be safer."

In fact, it doesn't matter if you pass through Yi|chang, but he has to go to Zheng|zhou mentioned by Yu Lei and others.

The meteorite from that year had been destroyed at the end of the project, and the last group of live samples of LDV was secretly taken away by Xie Lin.For in-depth analysis of the virus strains, this group of live samples is indispensable. Even if he returns to the National Academy of Sciences first, he will still have to confront Xie Lin sooner or later.That being the case, if you finally get a clue, you can't let it go, even if the clue is likely to be a well-prepared trap.

But he still can't trust Pei Ze and others for the time being, or in other words, Xie Lin might be among the four in this group. He needs more time to judge, so he doesn't intend to tell the whole story.

"It will rain in the afternoon." Cheng Yinshang looked up at the dark cloud-covered sky. It was clear in the morning, but now it was overcast and the wind was getting stronger.

"I need to find a place to spend the night." Zhou An was sitting on a folding stool beside him peeling apples. The small fruit knife was extremely nimble in his hands. The apple skin was not broken from head to toe. After peeling, he cut it in half and asked, "Academician Xie, do you want to eat?"

Xie Congxin took half of it and took a bite. It was not very crispy after a long time, but it was still sweet enough to eat.

Zhou An handed the remaining half to Pei Ze. Pei Ze marked their current location on the map with a red pen, but he didn't answer, and said, "Give it to them."

Cheng Yinshang quickly shook his head, "I don't need it, Zhou Ge specially cut it for the captain."

Zhou An said helplessly: "There are more in the future, they are indispensable."

Pei Ze still didn't answer, and looked at Xie Congxin, who was holding half an apple and biting slowly.Because of chewing, his expression was softer than usual, one side of his cheek was bulging, and his slightly squinted eyes looked a little contented.

Probably sensing his gaze, Xie Congxin looked sideways and raised his eyebrows at him.

Pei Ze closed the map and said, "Give it all to Academician Xie."

Peng He cooked a large pot of noodles with canned beef, and after sharing four bowls, he simply took the pot and ate it.

The canned food had a strong fishy smell, and the noodles were also mushy. The taste was really unflattering, which broke the lower limit of Xie Congxin's understanding of human food.Pei Ze and others have long been accustomed to eating and sleeping in the open all year round, but he ate extremely hard, and in the end he only ate half a bowl, and the rest was given to Peng He who was still full of satisfaction.

Fortunately, I ate a whole apple just now, so I didn't feel bad.

After packing up their things and starting again, Pei Ze got into the driver's seat, Zhou An was in the co-pilot, and Cheng Yinshang and Peng Peng switched to the back seat.

If you have already deviated from the direction and then go to Yi|chang, you have to take a long way. Zhou An proposed to abandon Yi|chang and go straight to Zheng|zhou. Everyone has nothing to do.

The whole afternoon went smoothly. The scattered zombies on the road were all sniped by Cheng Yinshang a hundred meters away. The only time the road collapsed and he was forced to take a detour did not affect much. It was four o'clock and the distance was heavy. The city is already [-] kilometers long.

Before nightfall, the sky changed drastically, and the strong wind blew the dark clouds, and it seemed that a heavy rain was coming. The thunder shuttled through the clouds, and there was a rumbling sound after the dazzling light.Everyone found a small town nearby, planning to find a hotel or something to settle in for the night.

"Sandouping?" Cheng Yinshang saw the roadside sign, "Is it the Three Gorges Dam?"

"Well," Zhou An said, "This place is very close to the Three Gorges, a few kilometers to the west is the viewing area."

"Aren't there many tourists?" Cheng Yinshang worried, "Should we drive a little further?"

During the speech, the heavy rain had already fallen, accompanied by the thunder from the sky, the wind was so strong that it seemed that the car could be overturned, rolled up large and small stones and kept hitting the car body, and there was a loud bang in the car.

Pei Ze said: "I can't go anymore, find a place to hide from the rain."

During the Golden Week of October, the peak tourist season, there are a lot of people driving by themselves, and I saw a lot of license plates from various places along the way.

There are countless zombies wandering around the not-so-wide roads in the town, but rainy days are not good for sniping, so they are inevitably caught up. Pei Ze has been maintaining a speed of 60 yards, and missed many hotels and homestays. In the end, Cheng Yinshang has good eyesight. Through the overwhelming rain, I saw an express hotel ahead.

There are still many zombies chasing after him, and the heavy rain is unambiguous, so getting out of the car like this may be a fierce battle.Pei Ze made a sharp turn and walked into the open-air parking lot at the back door of the hotel. Then he slammed on the brakes, shifted gears with one hand, and stepped on the accelerator and brake at the same time. The jeep engine roared ready to move, and instantly felt a scalp-numbing tension. .

Xie Congxin raised his head, Pei Ze was looking sideways in his direction, the thunder light hit half of his side face, the outline was deep, and the shape of the bridge of the nose was very beautiful.

He was waiting for the opportunity through the rear window of the car, but in the dark, Xie Congxin felt keenly that his gaze fell on him for 0.1 second, so he heard him calmly say, "Sit still."

It was really a very short moment. Xie Congxin held the door handle beside him, while Pei Ze let go of the brake.

The cumbersome jeep was nimble like an arrow, and it slammed backwards!

The flesh and blood body that followed was as fragile as dominoes. It was hit and crushed by the huge jeep, and it was fragmented and bloody in the torrential rain.

Xie Congxin's entire back was numb from the continuous impact and vibration. If it wasn't for the seat belt on his body and the doorknob in his hand, he might have already flown out.

As the vibration subsided, Pei Ze shifted gears and parked the car in the parking space closest to the door. The four of them got out of the car and stretched out the tarpaulin to cover the car against the heavy rain, so as not to prevent the engine from being flooded and unable to start tomorrow.

Xie Congxin held an umbrella by herself, and waited under the eaves with everyone's change of clothes.

He couldn't tell who was who in the rain, he looked up at the blood stains behind the car, washed away by the rain, amidst lightning and thunder, winding like a bright red road, leading to hell on earth at the end.

He didn't think he was sympathetic, but when he saw those vague and scattered corpses, he still felt unspeakable discomfort.

So during the 10-minute wait, he had to re-examine Pei Ze.

There are no living people in the hotel. Most people evacuated the building during the earthquake, and those who stayed behind or came back were infected. Several people entered through the revolving door. He propped up his half body and turned his stiff neck to look over.

Cheng Yinshang fired a burst, and the bullet passed through her forehead.

After the initial shock of the virus outbreak has passed, it is not difficult to detect that the infected are not difficult to deal with when weapons are available.

Because no matter how they mutate, they are ordinary people in essence, and their biological instincts have limitations, so they will not be opponents of the trained three teams.

Although Peng He was fat, his body was very flexible. He supported the countertop and turned into the front desk, opened the drawer, and took out a stack of room cards from inside.

Xie Congxin hadn't recovered from the nausea just now, so she glanced at him and said, "No need to take it, it's useless."

Peng He: "Huh?"

Pei Ze turned on a flashlight and scanned the hall to confirm that there were no other zombies lurking. "The power is out, and the room card cannot be swiped."

Only then did Peng He realize that there was no light in the hall, Xie Congxin said: "The whole town is out of electricity, let's go upstairs and have a look."

There were no windows in the corridor on the second floor, and there were rooms on both sides. It was pitch black. Four people walked in front with weapons, and Xie Congxin followed behind with a flashlight.

We eliminated several tourists and the cleaning lady of the hotel along the way, and finally found two rooms with intact windows on the fourth floor. The cleaning car was parked at the open door, which should be cleaning during the earthquake.

"Peng Peng, a Yin merchant." Pei Ze took a clean sheet and quilt cover from the cleaning cart and threw it to Zhou An. "Zhou An and Academician Xie share a room. I will keep watch."

"I'll change shifts with you," Zhou An said, "you go to work in the first half of the night and I work in the second half of the night. Yin Shang and Peng Peng will drive tomorrow."

Needless to say, the second half of the night was harder than the first. Pei Ze was about to say no, when Xie Congxin walked past them with a flashlight, threw all the luggage on the bed, and said coolly, "You two, there are still twelve hours before dawn, hurry up!" Everyone can get enough sleep in time, so there is no need to push back, right?"

"..."

Zhou An looked at Pei Ze, but Pei Ze didn't look at him. Xie Congxin's face seemed not very good.

"How about that?" Cheng Yinshang raised his hand, "I share a room with Academician Peng Pengxie, brother Zhou and the team leader, except for Academician Xie, we should take turns to watch the night."

Xie Congxin raised his eyebrows, Cheng Yinshang's proposal was meaningless to him.

He went to open the heavy canvas curtains, and it was pitch black outside, only the thunder light came in continuously. He used this light to look at the expressions of the four people who were drenched from head to toe outside, and then smiled inexplicably.

"Let's discuss slowly," he walked back to the end of the bed and took out the clean clothes Cheng Yin Shangyun gave him, "I'll take a shower first."

In the end, Zhou An and Peng Peng shared a room, Xie Congxin and Cheng Yinshang slept on the bed, and Pei Ze slept on the floor in their room.

It is inconvenient to do anything without electricity. It is windy, rainy and thunderous outside, and the windows are banging, as if they may be shattered at any time.The room was only illuminated by a flashlight, the shower was cold, and the dinner was rougher than the lunch.

Xie Congxin was cold after taking a shower, wrapped in a musty quilt and sat at the end of the bed, eating tasteless compressed biscuits from the Nutrition Express line he found in the hotel container.

Pei Ze went to take a shower, and Cheng Yinshang was helping him lay the floor.

Xie Congxin watched Cheng Yinshang's actions, and said surprisingly, "Deputy Zhou likes Captain Pei?"

"!!!" Cheng Yinshang suddenly raised his head, eyes full of surprise.

Seeing his reaction, Xie Congxin knew he had guessed correctly.

Cheng Yinshang was stunned for a long while.

After a while, he lowered his voice and asked, "...How did Academician Xie see it?"

Xie Congxin ate the last piece of biscuit, with a half-smile: "What do you see?"

"It's about Brother Zhou..." Cheng Yinshang glanced in the direction of the bathroom to confirm that the sound of water inside hadn't stopped.

Xie Congxin: "Isn't it obvious?"

Cheng Yinshang opened his lips dully, Xie Congxin had only known them for a long time, and Zhou An and Pei Ze were both restrained people, how could it be obvious?

Xie Congxin laughed again, "You and Peng He want to match them up, but Captain Pei doesn't seem very willing."

"Hmm..." I have been seen through, so there is no need to hide it. Cheng Yinshang scratched his ears and whispered, "Brother Zhou likes the captain, and he confessed it before, but the captain didn't accept it. Me and Peng Peng thought they were pretty good, so he wanted to help Brother Zhou."

Xie Congxin smiled: "Have you guys known each other for a long time?"

Pei Ze is taciturn and hides his emotions too deeply. Zhou An looks gentle but is actually very vigilant. Peng He is too young.Among the four members of a team, only Cheng Yinshang was in a compromise position. He was not particularly smart. He was no better than Pei Ze and Zhou An in terms of experience, and his age was similar to him. He would not be too defensive against him, and he was the easiest to break through.

Sure enough, Cheng Yinshang didn't think too much, nodded and said, "Peng Peng's father is the captain's teacher, and also our old captain. The captain knew him the earliest."

Pei Ze was the first to enlist in the army. He started to follow Peng He's father at the age of 16. It can be said that he was a student taught by Peng He's father.Peng He retired from the old Peng team that year, Pei Ze took over as the captain, and Peng He joined the team. This is the second year so far.

Xie Congxin chatted casually, and asked, "Where are you and Deputy Team Zhou? When did you join the Ministry of National Security?"

"I was three years ago. At that time, Captain Peng had not yet retired from the army," Cheng Yinshang replied, "Brother Zhou was transferred from another team, two months later than Peng Peng."

In other words, although Zhou An is the oldest, he has the shortest qualifications in the third team. Xie Congxin smiled and said, "Captain Pei should be straight."

"I don't know, the captain has never had a boyfriend or a girlfriend..." Cheng Yinshang suddenly stopped talking, and stared at Xie Congxin with wide eyes, "Academician Xie, don't you also..."

"What is it?" Xie Congxin looked at him with a smile.

"Are you... the same? You won't..." Cheng Yinshang glanced at the direction of the bathroom again, lowered his voice and said cautiously, "Not to the captain..."

He faltered and hawed, Xie Congxin squeezed the wrapping paper of the compressed biscuit into a ball, threw it into the trash can next to Cheng Yinshang, and said sarcastically, "Is your captain a treasure? Everyone should like him?"

Cheng Yinshang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "So Academician Xie, are you really so?"

"I am," Xie Congxin said calmly, "but don't worry, I'm not interested in your Captain Pei, I'm only 1."