Doomsday rat

In addition to killing zombies continuously for the past two days, they have to keep burning.Honestly, it's more annoying than head-scratching.Regardless of whether the zombies are dead or not, they are still in human form, and the feeling of burning the same kind is too bad.

Back in the yard, Chu Qiu stopped crying, but he was squatting outside the Westinghouse storeroom door, not knowing what he was whispering to Chu Xia.Hong Tao knew that she was in a bad mood, so he didn't bother. He sat at the stone table by himself, listening to the search results of the shortwave radio and writing a diary in his notebook, recording everything he did yesterday and today.

"The lens is gray, the vision is very poor, the sense of smell and hearing are sensitive, the most sensitive to human voice, and can respond to more than 100 meters away, followed by metal noise, the range of smell is about 50 meters. The skin is dark blue, very tough, with muscle tissue fibers There is no pain, a small amount of body fluid, slightly fishy. The strength increases, the speed is similar to that of an adult, the body flexibility decreases, the joints cannot bend quickly, cannot climb, cannot run...Grandpa Hong, you are doing a medical examination for a zombie ?” Zhang Ke had no interest in Chuqiu, so he was very willing to follow Hong Tao, read the diary in a low voice, and started to ask why.

"Knowing ourselves and our enemies is the only way to be safe in a hundred battles. I want to find out why they mutate and why they move after they die. Let me test you. We killed a total of 29 zombies this afternoon. Did you find anything in common?"

In fact, Hong Tao also wanted to talk to someone. Through the observation of the past two days, some rules have been clarified, and at the same time, there have been more questions.Although Zhang Ke couldn't answer it, saying it once was like going through it in his mind again, and there was no harm.

Chapter 020 What are they?

"...It's all very stupid!" After tossing for an afternoon, he was already very tired, but when he mentioned fighting monsters, Zhang Ke immediately regained his spirits.This is the boy, full of killing genes in nature.

"I've counted 29 of the 16 zombies with teeth and nails scratched on their bodies. The wounds are very deep, and there are obvious signs of struggle. Then the question is, who will bite them? ?"

"Dogs and cats?" Zhang Ke immediately gave the answer. When cleaning the yard, he found two dogs and one cat.The cat was not found, but the dogs were all in the house.It's a pity that Hong Tao was not allowed to bring any of them back, and even killed them, which made Zhang Ke very dissatisfied. He likes small animals.

"Precisely not. In a house with cats and dogs, there are no wounds on the zombies!"

"...It won't be a more advanced zombie! As I said in the morning, zombies can evolve, and they must have cores in their bodies...Oh..." No matter how precocious Zhang Ke is, after all, he is a child, and his ideas are easily confused. I am biased, and I also like to think blindly. As a result, I got a slap on the head as soon as I mentioned the word kernel.

"There is a high possibility that these 16 people did not mutate at first. They were bitten by their mutated relatives while they were sleeping and could not break free until they mutated. If this hypothesis is true, guess what? After being bitten The mutation speed is very fast, so I didn't hear anyone shouting for help in the middle of the night, I can't run away and shout for help!"

In fact, no matter how Zhang Ke answered Hong Tao, he was talking to himself. Taking the opportunity of chatting and asking questions, he used the opportunity of chatting to clear the thoughts in his mind to see if he could infer any results.

"See blood to seal the throat!" Zhang Ke agreed with this inference and added a word.

"Then the question is, how do these zombies obtain energy? That is, what to eat. Have you ever found a corpse that was eaten? No. That is to say, they have not eaten a corpse for more than a day." Why bother trying to prove that zombie bites can be contagious?Hong Tao's purpose is not here, but to demonstrate another issue.

In his opinion, turning a human into a zombie must be a disease, and a disease should have a cause.But whether it is infected by a virus or bacteria, energy is needed to move.Humans, animals, and insects all get energy by eating, so how do zombies get energy?

If you understand this problem, you can basically determine the nature of the virus, and then you can find the most effective way to eliminate zombies.If you go further, maybe you can find ways to treat and prevent it.

"..." Zhang Ke didn't say anything this time. No matter how smart his little head was, he couldn't keep up with the cunning Hong Tao's calculations, so he was stopped.

"Stupid. Have you ever seen any movies or novels that mention that zombies have other ways to survive besides cannibalism?"

It's right if he can't answer, but Hong Tao still hopes that Zhang Ke can remind himself of his whims.Sometimes, scientific research is just an accidental sentence or an idea. In this regard, adults may not completely crush children.

"Maybe they're not hungry..." Unfortunately, Zhang Ke didn't provide any fresh ideas, and he was still struggling with the issue of whether zombies could eat people.

"The next time I kill zombies, I will dissect one for you to see, and then you won't talk back. The blood of those guys has congealed, and no body fluids have been found that have a replacement effect. If you still rely on the original digestion The system takes in energy, how can the body absorb it without blood circulation? This makes no sense. I think, the most reliable are two possibilities. First, the source of infection such as this virus or bacteria is parasitic in The ones in the brain and nervous system feed themselves by decomposing and absorbing the human body. If this is our gospel, wait patiently, they will starve themselves to death sooner or later, and then we will not have to be afraid, this day will not too long!"

In fact, Hong Tao has already dissected a few of them. Although he didn't examine each organ very carefully, and he didn't understand dissection and pathology, he could still gain something from simple logic.

"What about another possibility?" Zhang Ke was very interested in this knowledge and listened very carefully.

"The other possibility is more tragic. These viruses or bacteria may be creatures we have never seen before, and they don't need to eat energy at all. They may be able to combine certain substances from the air, or use the earth's magnetic field. What. If that is the case, we are afraid that we will have to fight a protracted war. Whether we can win this life is the question. Moreover, it can really evolve over time, and even infect animals... If the streets are full of mutations Wild cats, wild dogs, and swarms of mutant mice! Terrible, terrifying... Hey, I can tell you two, if that's the case, we'll have to move to a high-rise building, and maybe we'll just cut a bloody path. At that time, whoever can keep up with who has the ability to protect himself will have a higher chance of being alive, otherwise, he will basically die!"

Hong Tao has never been very good at complimenting people, and when a good thing comes out of his mouth, it will be discounted.But he is best at saying bad things, and only the worst is not the worst, how to scare people.

"...I'm going to practice the flying stone rope!" Zhang Ke was the first to act, so he didn't read the diary and didn't ask any questions.

"...I need a weapon, how do you know I can't protect myself without a weapon!" Chuqiu stood at the door of the kitchen, cooking porridge while listening to the conversation between the two men.The more I listened, the more inappropriate it became. I bit my lip and thought for a moment, then took the initiative to ask for progress.

"Weapons are easy to handle, but lack of strength is useless. Get up early tomorrow, there are treadmills and rowing machines left by the previous tenants in the East House, just one for each person to practice first. When can we run three kilometers in one go and then talk about other things. , if you can't even run away, it's no use giving you a submachine gun!" Hong Tao really didn't mean to scare people, but he didn't mind taking advantage of this atmosphere to force Chu Qiu and Zhang Keduo to exercise.

These two are in the sales office all day, and the other is lying on the desk. They are both extremely sub-healthy and lack of exercise. Let alone those who are not muscular, they can greatly improve the cardiopulmonary function. not bad.

After dinner, the three of them went out again like moving hamsters. This time, the target was the gas tank in No. 52 courtyard, a total of 10.Although they are all medium-sized tanks of 15 kilograms, they are also very precious. It will be winter in two months, and then you will have to rely on them to keep warm.You can live without electricity in the small courtyard, but if you lack a gas tank, you will be frozen.

In addition to work, you can also take a shower. When cleaning up during the day, Hong Tao paid attention to it. Two households use solar water heaters.This thing can come out without water pressure, and it is quite necessary to take a hot bath after a hard day.

Before the disaster, Hong Tao had to stay up until about 11 o'clock in the evening every day, watching TV, playing games, reading books, flipping tools, and radio.

But after a whole day of hard work, and then taking a hot bath, people started fighting as soon as they leaned on the sofa, and even the haircut in early autumn was postponed to tomorrow.

"Come on, kid, we have to sleep separately, so that if someone mutates, others will have a chance to live, understand?" But there is one thing that must not be sloppy, and that is prevention of mutation.

The taste of sleeping with handcuffs Hong Tao tasted more than once in the detention room of the police station.The alternative is to let Chu Qiu sleep in the bedroom, while Zhang Ke goes to the bunk in the study and makes do with it, and continues to occupy the sofa in the living room.

In fact, Hong Tao was playing tricks again. Neither the bedroom nor the study could directly lead to the small courtyard, and the living room was the most convenient place to enter and exit.In case the two really mutated, he could lift his legs and run.

In order to be more secure, he also found three mountaineering bags, one big, two small and three small, and stuffed them into alpine fast food, mineral water, magnesium rods, first aid kits, strong light flashlights, multi-function knives, climbing ropes and rain cloths. One emergency plan per person.

If something unexpected happens and it can't be saved, just carry your bag and run. Yard No. 52 has been cleaned up, so you won't be wandering on the streets if you just find a house.

Chapter 021 The Nightmare

"Hey, the hams all over the world will not be dead... The army is dead too? What about Laomei's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group? What about the exploration team that wanders in remote areas all the year round? Why the fuck doesn't have a signal what!"

Before going to bed, Hong Tao went to the yard to smoke a cigarette again, and sat in the corridor to scan the shortwave and mediumwave frequency bands, but still found nothing.The world's radio communication seems to be shut down at the same time, and only my own deck is still active.

This is not the most hopeless, the more and more pure noise floor is chilling.It was even more disturbing that the sources of distractions that were always there before were cursed all the time, now that they are gone.The cleaner it disappears, the fewer signs of human activity. The scope is not the city, nor the country, but the world!

The noise tonight is better than yesterday. The adjacent courtyard No. 52 is silent. To the east is the office building of the Plastics Research Institute.The zombies seem to reduce their activity intensity at night. Does it mean that they also need sleep?

"Woo woo... woo woo..." But he still didn't sleep soundly. Not long after he closed his eyes, he heard someone crying, the voice was high and low, and it was very erratic!Hong Tao was instantly stunned, his hair stood on end, he reached out and picked up the mountaineering pick, put on his shoes, and listened attentively.

"Kacha... Brother Hong, is that you?" At this time, the bedroom door also moved, and slowly opened a crack, and there was a trembling question from Chu Qiu.

"Turn on the bedroom lights... make a little noise!" Fortunately, there was a bunch of keys hanging on the handle of the bedroom door, and the slightest movement would make a sound like a wind chime, otherwise the mountaineering pick in Hong Tao's hand would probably be thrown over.This woman got up and got out of bed, why didn't she move at all, damn it!

"You heard it too? It seems that someone is crying, on the roof..." Chu Qiu heard Hong Tao's voice and immediately opened the door and ran out, grabbed the man's arm and shrank behind his back, pointing to the roof , the words are not good enough.

"Hey, isn't this my dress?" Hong Tao now knew why the woman was silent when she walked around. She didn't wear shoes at all. She only had a round neck shirt, with most of her shoulders exposed and barely covered underneath. There is less than half of the ass balls, and the inside is still vacuum.

Don't ask why Hong Tao can see so clearly in the dark room. His small eyes have no see-through function, but he can't hold back the quick movements of the thief's hand.

"It's too...too hot in the bedroom,...ah...it, it, it's here again!" When asked this question, Chu Qiu realized that his current dress and posture seemed to be a little bold, but the air was floating. The erratic crying sounded again, making her hand that was about to be released tighten tighter, and her body almost lay on the back of the landlord.

At night in the capital at the end of August, if it didn't rain heavily, it would be really hot. Even if the front and rear windows were opened, it would not be much cooler at the risk of being blown by the wind in the hallway.There was no wind at all, and the twigs of the big willow tree seemed to grow in the painting, not moving at all.

So how did the ancients overcome this weather when there was no air conditioner?In addition to making the windows as much as possible to increase air flow, and adding a layer of wood, a layer of mud and a layer of tiles to the roof to reduce sunlight penetration, a lot of thought has been put into the interior of the building, such as the ventilation holes in the roof. .

Serious courtyard houses are all ridged, that is, spires.A ceiling should be hung under the spire, and between the roof and the ceiling is an attic.But there are no people or things, this space is the ancient air-conditioning ventilation system.

It can keep heat in winter and heat insulate and ventilate in summer, and the switch is on the hollow carved pattern on both sides of the gable.It looks like that thing is a decoration, but in reality, it is connected to the space in the roof.

Block it in winter, slow down the air circulation in the roof and form an insulating layer to prevent heat loss in the room.Open in summer, using the principle of hot air rising, it becomes two naturally formed chimneys, which silently pump the air in the whole room.

The five north rooms of Hong Tao's family seem to have partition walls, which are quite thick, but the partition walls are only built under the lintel. In fact, the roofs of the five rooms are connected.This design is to facilitate air circulation, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, it is not very soundproof.

If Hong Tao was sleeping and snoring in the tool room at the far west end, he could hear it clearly in the bathroom at the far east end, separated by four houses.The sound didn't travel through the walls, but lingered in the space above the ceiling, sounding as if someone was sleeping on the roof.

"Squeak... Listen carefully, it's not a ghost, it's that kid who is hysterical! Sigh, I thought he was gifted, and he was cold-blooded, so he pretended to be during the day..."

In early autumn, this kind of building structure was deceived. No matter how I heard it, I felt that there was a ghost crying on the roof. My legs were so frightened that I didn’t even dare to wear clothes.But Hong Tao will not be deceived. As soon as he heard this flickering and ethereal voice, he knew that the problem was not the roof, but the next door, or the next door next door!

"Oh my God, I almost stopped my heart..." Chu Qiu put his ear to the crevice of the study door and listened, finally heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Aren't you remodeled?" Taking advantage of Chu Qiu's opportunity to lean over from behind him to listen to the crack in the door, Hong Tao naturally wrapped his left arm around her waist, moved a few inches up, and his hand felt a bulging, warm Huge, soft big guy.

When playing basketball, Hong Tao didn't dare to say that he would grab the basketball with one hand, but as long as he tried hard, he could barely grab it five times out of ten.At this time, the palm will also be covered. Usually, the clothes in early autumn are not too bloated, and they are not even as majestic as in early summer, which is very unreasonable!

"...I don't have that spare money... This child is also pathetic..." Feeling the movement of the man's big hands, Chu Qiu's legs softened even more.In fact, ever since she sat on the sofa with the landlord and watched a blockbuster together last night, she had been mentally prepared to wait for this man to touch her bed at any time.

In this environment full of living dead, women's traditional weapons, appearance, figure, age, and means of communication are basically ineffective.Even a zombie as beautiful as an immortal cannot understand it. If you want to live and live comfortably, you must have a strong and strong support.

Although the landlord looks very ordinary and a bit weird, but he is capable. Killing zombies is as easy as slaughtering chickens. Finding supplies is easier than shopping in a supermarket. Something went wrong.As for whether he is 30, 40 or 50, it doesn't seem to matter anymore.

"I'm even more pitiful. I'm exhausted during the day, and I have to sleep on the sofa at night. I have to open my eyes to see if I fart outside. I wonder if you can think about it all the time. , cry secretly in a dream at night..."

Is Zhang Ke worth pity?Hong Tao didn't feel it at all.That kid should feel lucky, like winning a lottery ticket.The really poor man is standing outside the study door, shirtless and wearing small underwear, and you don't know how to tilt your head and look at it?

"...Why don't you go to sleep in the room...I'll order massage...the kind of physiotherapy..." The drama is here!Chu Qiu knew that his dream would come true tonight, but he didn't feel any joy in his heart.It's not that I hate him, but I'm not too interested.

"Hey hey hey...you invited this on your own initiative! I owe it for now. I won't do anything tomorrow after all the tossing on this hot day." But Hong Tao let go, and turned around and returned to the sofa to put the climbing picks in place. , make sure you can get the handle as soon as you reach for it, and tried it several times, as if that thing is the woman's body, which is more comfortable to touch.

"Boom..." The bedroom door closed with a bit of strength.Originally, I wanted to fall in early autumn, but I didn't dare, for fear of waking up the zombies in the backyard.Who are these people? He was the one who teased him first, but when he gave a hint, he shrank back and deliberately played tricks. Is it interesting?

"Could it be that he's really over 50 years old?" Lying on the bed for a while, when her emotions calmed down, Chu Qiu couldn't help but start to think again. She had been tormented by the landlord for the past two days and almost lost her temper.

Chapter 022 Solar Energy!

I heard from the neighbors that the landlord is over 50 years old, and Zhang Ke also called him grandpa when they met. Could it be because of that?Otherwise, why would you make such a joke?

Chu Qiu still has some confidence in her appearance and body.Whether it's a colleague, a leader, or an outside customer, as long as it's a man, whoever sees that he doesn't have light in his eyes, there are all kinds of hints every day and every month, most of which are better than the landlord's conditions.The reason why he is a bachelor might really be a problem in this regard!

Whether human beings are cheering for domination of the earth or teetering on the brink of extinction, the sun is always so calm, never late when it should come out, and never working overtime when it should go down.

When the first ray of sunshine in the morning illuminated the sky, the birds immediately started a regular meeting on the grape trellis.Their topic today is whether the grapes are ripe or not, and they debated for a long time to no avail. They finally decided to draw lots and send two birds to taste!

"Go away!" It's a pity that the damn big man came again, and in addition to scolding the bird, he also threw a slipper.The little birds who were so insulted were not vegetarians, they flew up to the roof one after another, pouted their butts, and asked you to scold us!Let you stop us from eating grapes!Try Bird Lord's Baba!

Hong Tao still woke up naturally, but his body was a little sour.I moved ten gas tanks in a row last night, and my muscles were a little strained.I wanted to have a sleepover again, but I didn't want the birds to chirp endlessly.

Just get up, but as soon as I walked into the yard and stretched out, a puddle of bird poop hit my forehead.That is to say, the reaction is fast, but if you shrink your neck a little slower, your mouth will fall!

To say who hates the most on weekdays, it's not the long-tongued women who talk behind their backs or the neighbors who pretend to be confused, but these seemingly harmless little birds.They're so pullable, they're pulling all over the place.

Pull it to the roof or the yard.You said that you just wanted to dry the quilt, but when you turned your head, there was a puddle of bird shit.As soon as the pot was set up, the water hadn't boiled yet, and there was another lump of bird droppings in it.This time, don't use red oil or clear soup, just change to bird deflated hot pot.

It's not the most annoying thing, anyway, I can hide it, the big deal is to put the quilt under the corridor and build a ceiling in the middle of the yard.But there is no place to hide the car, so it can be parked in several places a day, and it is basically impossible to see it after a week.

There are grapes, pomegranates, dates, persimmons...all colors, especially not easy to wash.But you have to wash it, the paint surface will be corroded for a long time.

"Damn... little bastard, don't fly if you can!" Hong Tao turned his head back to the living room, took out a slingshot and steel ball from his trouser pocket, and aimed at the culprit who was on the roof of the east building.No one can save you now, what kind of protection law, die!

"Damn it, what's this for... Zombies also have a morning meeting?" But the steel ball was not fired, and the slingshot was slowly lowered.It was none other than the zombies who let the bird escape!

This four-story building on the east is a scientific research unit with not many employees, and there are only dozens of people who work on weekdays.It is said that the onset of the disease was in the middle of the night, and there should be no one here, but at this time, there were four people standing upright behind the southeast glass window on the fourth floor... No, it should be four zombies.

Their appearance is very strange, all of them open their bodies, as if they are about to hug someone, their heads are slightly raised, and they seem to be praying, very devout and motionless!

In order to find out what the zombies were doing, Hong Tao quickly put on his clothes and shoes, put up the ladder without even washing his face, and took the binoculars to the roof of the east house, wanting to take a closer look at the magnification.

"Grandpa Hong, what did you find?" With his tossing, Zhang Ke and Chuqiu had to wake up if they didn't want to. When they came out of the house, they saw the landlord standing on the roof, holding the binoculars and stretching their necks. It was very abnormal. .

"Come here, come and help me see, what are they doing?" Hong Tao didn't turn his head or put down his binoculars, still staring at the zombies on the fourth floor.

"Hey, be careful, pay attention to slipping under your feet..." Chu Qiu definitely didn't dare to go to the roof, and it wasn't that he didn't dare to go to the roof.But as soon as she didn't catch Zhang Ke, she climbed up the ladder, and in a hurry she stomped her feet and warned him.

"The one in the middle is Grandpa Qin in the reception room...the people next to him are security guards!" Zhang Ke was not very neat when he went to the room, but he was bold and climbed up the ridge of the room with both hands and feet. He didn't dare to stand like Hong Tao, but Riding on the seat, taking the binoculars and looking at it, it is really not for nothing.

"I don't know it's old man Qin. I'm asking what they are doing!"

Hong Tao impatiently grabbed the telescope and continued to observe. In addition to trying to figure out what the zombies were doing, he also wanted to know how they got up.Could it be that zombies really evolved?Will you go upstairs by yourself?Or chasing and biting someone?But for the past two days, I haven't heard any cries for help from the next building?

"Crash...Crash..." Suddenly, there was another sound of glass breaking in the distance, which startled Hong Tao to shiver.

"Okay, it seems to be over there..." Zhang Ke also heard it, his face turned pale, and he stammered while pointing at the back of the north house.

"Hurry down!" Behind the north house should be the large courtyard where the Sangou family lived, and it was originally planned to be cleaned up today.As long as this yard is cleaned up, there will be no zombies in the circle of your own yard.

But before I can go there, there is movement in the yard. If it doesn't work, I have to go and take a look.After blasting Zhang Ke down, Hong Tao grabbed the ladder and lifted it up section by section, placed it horizontally between the two roofs, and followed the ladder to the roof of the North House.

This trick is still learned from a snitch who was killed by himself in his life. As long as the ladder is strong enough, this large flat X room area can go up and down, and it is no problem to go all the way to the second ring road.

"Damn... this is going to be crazy!" Hong Tao couldn't help cursing just after sticking out half of his head from the ridge of the north house.The backyard is already in chaos, almost all the places with glass are broken, and dozens of zombies are crawling out of the house in various postures, desperately hitting the guardrail.

The ones with good positions and fast movements have already climbed out, but they did not walk around, but moved slowly, as if they were lining up.No, this team is too crooked and scattered, but they are indeed moving, like they are looking for a certain position on the ground.

"Is there a leader coming to review? You should go to the square for this matter. It doesn't matter if you come here... Welcome to the aliens? He shrank his head back and lay on the roof thinking for a while, really puzzled.

"No way... Maybe it's solar energy!" Just as he glanced at the sky inadvertently, his small eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately narrowed his slits again.The reddish fireball in the east has been replaced by the bright sun. At this time, thousands of rays of light are shooting out, making people dare not look directly.

"It's over, it's over, I'm really stupid this time. You said that I'm an eater of whole grains, how can I consume it with solar energy zombies!" In order to confirm his guess, Hong Tao put his head out and half-pulled it, and only looked at a few Eyes almost cried.

Just now, I thought the zombies were disorganized, but now I look at it, too Nima has rules.The zombies moved their positions for a long time, not waiting for the leader to review, nor lining up, but occupying the most sunny place.

All the zombies that emerged from the east and south rooms were moved to the north and west sides of the yard, and they stretched out their arms and raised their heads slightly like the others on the fourth floor.It is worth noting that this is not about hugging someone, let alone praying, but to increase the area of ​​​​basking in the sun!

"Brother Hong, your face is not very good-looking..." Chu Qiu and Zhang Ke have been waiting below, even if Hong Tao didn't say anything, he could feel the atmosphere was a little depressed from the expression on his face.

"Don't make breakfast, just make do with hot milk and bread!" Hong Tao put down the ladder and took a deep breath.

"If my guess is correct, the way zombies absorb energy is the sun... Come on, Chuqiu, help me release Chuxia, let's try it and see!"

Whether your analysis is right or not, you must be cautious about this matter, and you can't make wild guesses based on wind and rain.Fortunately, I can do the experiment. Isn't there a zombie locked in the Westinghouse utility room? I can't understand it if I pull it out.

Chapter 023 Weapons

"Grandpa, you also raised a zombie!" When Zhang Ke saw Hong Tao dragging out Chu Xia, who was tied into a zongzi, his glasses fell off the bridge of his nose, and his eyes were half fear and half worship.

Either others have become zombies, or they are blocked in the house by zombies and dare not come out, and they can't see a living person on the street.But look at our grandfather Hong, not only killing zombies like searching for things, but he even caught a living one at home and raised it.They are all people, why is the gap so big!

"Get up and don't mess up, go back to the house!" Hong Tao flew up and almost kicked Zhang Ke's nose.

"You first put the iron chain on the porch twice, you can't pull it with your hands!" Compared with the first transformation in the early summer, which was locked for two days, it seemed to have less strength. Not so fierce.