Two thousand and thirteen

At dawn on the second day, everyone got up and set off. It rained again last night, but luckily the rain was not heavy. It fell for a while in the middle of the night and stopped after dawn.

The crowd followed the car marks to a small cliff, where the car marks disappeared, as if they were artificially covered.Lai Jie and Wang Yang checked the vicinity and found a pile of ashes from a fire under a big tree.

Li Yan: "Did they stay here last night?"

After a careful search, Lai Jie found some blood stains on the ground beside the tree. Although it was not obvious due to the erosion of the rain, it can still be inferred that there had been a fight here at that time.

Wang Yang: "..."

Here is a broken wall, the mountain turns sharply down, like a knife cutting through the rock wall, it is extremely steep.However, the heavy rain in the past few days caused landslides, and a large amount of mud and rocks were buried below.After the landfill, the drop is only more than ten meters. Not far away are woods and a small piece of farmland, and there is a small lake beside the woods, which seems to be traces of someone's life.

Lai Jie: "There is no road ahead, and the car can't drive at all."

Wu Shuangshuang pondered: "The target of the car is too big, let alone a base car. If I were them, I would definitely abandon the car and walk. Go down this broken wall and go deep into the woods to avoid being pursued."

After Xu Feng had a night's rest, most of his injuries were healed. He went to check in front of the broken wall and found a length of rope growing on several tree trunks on the rock wall. It was obvious that someone had cut the rope after going down it.

Xu Feng: "It seems that they are going down, but where will the base car be?"

"Ignore the base car for now, let's talk about it after finding Yang Yong." Wang Yang said, "Go down, find a place to hide the car first."

"Not busy." Lai Jie thought for a while and said, "Let's go down first to have a look, and the rest will go down if it's safe."

Lai Jie looked at Lu Yunting for advice.

Lu Yunting looked around carefully, grabbed a handful of dirt to look at it, and said, "Hurry up and come back, this place is safe for now, but it's better to leave as soon as possible."

Lai Jie nodded and asked Li Yan to take out a piece of rope from the car and tie it to a tree. Lai Jie and Wang Yang went down the rope first.

The soil below was soft, and Lai Jie and others patrolled around and gestured to the top to signal safety.

Wu Shuangshuang nodded, and asked Sheng Miao to take another rope to tie it on. The rest of the people went down first, and she and Li Yan drove the car to a hidden place to hide.

Sheng Miao, Lu Yunting and Xu Feng climbed a rope, and Ou Zeyang and Xiaojun climbed a rope. The two slowly climbed down the rope, and the three on the other side soon landed.

Lai Jie: "There are footprints, and they seem to be heading towards the woods..."

Xu Feng: "The footprints are so clear, but... I always feel something is wrong."

Wang Yang nodded and said, "That's right, if they only got the vaccine box without the password, they probably wouldn't choose to continue absconding if they found out that Yang Yong didn't know the password either."

Lai Jie: "It's too simple, all the clues are clear at a glance, just like..."

Ou Zeyang said, "It's like they left clues on purpose to lure us into the bait!"

Reiji nodded, frowning in thought.

The ground not far away suddenly rustled, and Lai Jie turned around alertly: "Who is it?!"

The land undulates slightly, and there seems to be something in it.Suddenly, a rotting hand sticks out of the ground!

Immediately afterwards, festered and blackened hands stretched out from the surrounding land one after another!

Lai Jie: "Not good! Get out!"

Everyone quickly retreated towards the rope, and a zombie's head popped out of the ground, and was shot in the head by Lu Yunting.

"Damn! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Wang Yang grabbed his collar in time, brought him back, and shouted: "Quick! Climb up along the rope!"

Xiao Jun was the last one to come down, and was also close to the rope, so he hurriedly dragged the rope to climb up.

Zombies crawled out of the soil one after another, gunshots fired repeatedly, and the first few that came out were headshot.However, there were too many of them. As the land was turned, more and more zombies began to crawl out, howling and rushing towards them.

Lai Jie threw down a hand HX mine, blew up a few zombies in a pit, and shouted: "Quick! You go up first, and I will be in the rear!"

The rest of the people climbed up along another rope, and Lai Jie held the machine HX off HX gun and fired continuously, blasting the heads of the rushing zombies to pieces.

Ou Zeyang shouted: "Brother Jie!"

Lai Jie said angrily: "Mom, go up quickly! Hurry up!"

Ou Zeyang dug out the HX bomb he made from his bag, threw one out, and blasted away the nearby zombies, followed by Xiaojun to climb up.

Above, Xu Feng and Sheng Miao first climbed to the top of the cliff, and shot at the zombies below. Wang Yang and Lu Yunting also came up later.Lai Jie kicked a zombie that had just climbed out of the ground, dropped a grenade, and climbed up the rope.

Seeing Lai Jie grabbing the rope, Li Yan also pulled the rope up from above.On the other rope, Xiao Jun also clumsily climbed up and was pulled up by Wang Yang.Ou Zeyang climbed halfway, looked back to see that Lai Jie had already climbed the rope, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Li Yan felt the rope tremble, and when he looked closely, his complexion suddenly changed. It was too late to speak, and the rope broke with a soft "snap" sound!

Li Yan shouted: "Boss! Be careful!"

Lai Jie also felt the abnormality, but he was about three meters above the ground. When the rope broke, he instinctively curled up and fell to the ground, rolling to buffer the impact of the landing.

Ou Zeyang was shocked: "Brother Jie!"

Lai Jie fell heavily, seeing the zombies on the ground, they rushed towards him like a group of hungry wolves. With a muffled groan, Lai Jie was bitten on the shoulder. With force from his elbow, he pushed back one of the rushing zombies. With a sweep, several zombies were swept away.However, more zombies followed one after another, some were repelled by the bullets above, and the number was still astonishing.

Lai Jie was grabbed by a zombie on his back foot and bitten on his leg again. With a roar, he shot several zombies in front of him headshot, clamped and twisted his legs, and broke the hand on his leg !

"Brother Xiaojie!" Suddenly there was an explosion, and several zombies that were rushing were blown up. Lai Jie raised his hand to cover his head. After the shock wave passed, he saw Ou Zeyang running towards him!

Lai Jie's eyes were red, and he cursed: "Bastard! Why are you running down?!"

Ou Zeyang: "I'm with you!"

Lai Jie looked up and saw dozens of zombies gathered around the rope where Ou Zeyang came down, making it difficult to get close at all.

"Let's go!" Lai Jie let out a low growl, protecting Ou Zeyang, and the machine HX gun fired continuously, killing a bloody path, and ran towards the lake not far away.

Behind him, many of the chasing zombies were killed by Wang Yang and others. Lai Jie threw a bomb behind him and blew it up. He ran to the lake with Ou Zeyang's collar in his arms, and jumped deep into the lake!

Wu Shuangshuang and Li Yan heard the sound of explosions and gunshots, and quickly turned around and drove back.When he arrived at the broken wall, he saw Lai Jie jumping into the lake with Ou Zeyang in his arms.

Wu Shuangshuang: "What's going on?! Where did the zombies come from?"

Wang Yang: "Damn, it's too negligent! There should be a village below. After the zombie wave broke out, a large number of tourists fled here. The virus spread in the village. It happened that the mudslides buried them underground a few days ago."

Wu Shuangshuang: "What's the matter with Lai Jie and Lao Xiao? They didn't come up?!"

Wang Yang: "Queen Lai Jie, the rope broke when he came up, and the younger brother went down to help him..."

Wu Shuangshuang frowned and said, "The rope is broken? How is it possible!"

She took a few steps to the tree where the rope was tied, and lifted the remaining piece of rope up to the end to check for the break.

Wu Shuangshuang said: "The rope has been tampered with and cut with a knife beforehand!"

Wang Yang: "!!!"

Wu Shuangshuang raised her eyes to scan the crowd, and finally landed on Sheng Miao.Shengmiao lowered her eyes, not daring to meet Wu Shuangshuang's gaze.

After a few seconds of silence, Wu Shuangshuang looked away and said to Wang Yang, "Captain Wang Yang, you are in charge of this area, please follow your orders."

Wang Yang thought for a moment, and said: "There are too many zombies down here, we must clear them as soon as possible while they are gathering now, otherwise there will be endless troubles. You are not in charge of this area, you should go to Lai Jie and the boss, and leave the zombies here to us! End I’ll come back to you later and tell me where to meet.”

Wu Shuangshuang: "Alright, then we will separate here. There is a village not far to the east. The village head is Heyu. We knew them when we were performing missions. It just so happens that you are also going to complete the search and rescue. Good luck!"

Wang Yang: "Good luck to you too! Go, Lai Jie and the others are dangerous!"

Wu Shuangshuang signaled to Li Yan, several people got into the car, started the car and headed towards the forest below.

On the other side, Lai Jie and Ou Zeyang swam ashore.

Ou Zeyang supported Lai Jie to the shore, and said anxiously, "Brother Xiaojie, how are you? Let me see your injury!"

Lai Jie lost a lot of blood, and his lips turned white. He waved his hand and said, "You have good water skills."

Ou Zeyang: "My brother taught me, he often took me to play in the river."

Lai Jie rested for a while, got up and said, "Go inside, it's not safe here!"

Ou Zeyang: "Brother Jie, bandage the wound first, it will be infected!"

Lai Jie: "Let's talk later, follow me first!"

Ou Zeyang's heart moved, and he asked, "Will they wait here to catch us?!"

Lai Jie ran towards the woods and said: "Nine out of ten, this lake is the only way to avoid those zombies. They must have set up an ambush nearby..."

Before the words finished, there was a sound of a sharp weapon piercing through the air, Lai Jie pulled Ou Zeyang to one side, and a needle-like object hit the tree trunk!

Lai Jie: "Let's go!"

Lai Jie ran wildly in the forest with Ou Zeyang in his arms, the dense forest on both sides retreated quickly, pushed aside the dense branches and leaves, and ran towards the most lush place in the forest.

There were whistling sounds from behind, and several needle-shaped objects were shot one after another, all of which were stopped by the tree trunk.

Ou Zeyang panted, "Is it an anesthetic injection? They want to capture us alive!"

Lai Jie: "Yes!...It doesn't matter, it's easier to get away this way!"

Lai Jie took Ou Zeyang to the depths of the forest. In the depths, there were a large area of ​​banyan trees, covering the sky and the sun, with intertwined roots.The banyan tree forms a natural protective fence. The air roots hang down from above, and then develop into thick branches. The roots are intertwined and tangled.

"Go up!" Lai Jie pushed Ou Zeyang, pushing him up to climb towards the top of a huge and thick banyan tree.Ou Zeyang stepped on the aerial roots and climbed along the branches for a long time, and Lai Jie followed below until he reached a relatively gentle thick branch.

Lai Jie motioned to stop, and the two hid among the dense branches and leaves, looking down.

Soon, footsteps sounded, and a group of people dressed in underworld broke into the woods.

One person asked strangely: "Where are people?"

A man who seemed to be the boss cursed: "Mom/a bunch of trash! You can't catch up to anyone!"

The rest bowed their heads and were scolded.

The man continued: "I'll give you two ways. One is to arrest that man named Lai Jie and he will live! The second is to find out the password of his /mother's box!"

The crowd was silent.

The man was so angry that he slapped the younger brothers one by one, and said angrily, "Get out! Keep looking for me, if you don't find it, don't go back to see the big brother tonight, he/mother get out!"

Everyone scattered and began to search.

After several people walked away, Lai Jie heaved a sigh of relief, groaned in a low voice, and sat back against the tree trunk.

Ou Zeyang didn't make a sound, and leaned over to take off Lai Jie's tattered clothes to check the wound.

Uncovering the torn clothes, Ou Zeyang gasped. The injuries to his shoulders and legs were quite serious, and his bloody appearance was scary.And after soaking in the river water, it became more and more swollen.

Lai Jie smiled, pulled a few rags to wrap up the wound on his leg, and handed another piece to Ou Zeyang. Ou Zeyang didn't say a word, and wrapped up the wound on his shoulder.

Ou Zeyang: "How long are we going to hide?"

Lai Jie: "Tomorrow... can't be guaranteed, it depends on the situation."

Ou Zeyang's eyes were red, and he said, "Then your injury doesn't matter?"

Lai Jie said: "It doesn't matter, I have the vaccine, it will recover quickly."

Lai Jie rubbed Ou Zeyang's head again, and said with a smile, "How old are you still crying, are you ashamed?"

Ou Zeyang was a little embarrassed, moved aside and sat down against the tree.He looked up at the sky, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and it was getting dark earlier than usual, and it was getting darker.

Ou Zeyang flipped through the bag on his back, there were some books and electronic instruments.There was still a HX gun in Lai Jie's backpack, and the rest of the HX guns were thrown into the water.

Ou Zeyang: "But what if there is nothing to eat and no water to drink?"

Lai Jie: "I can't die from starvation if I don't eat for a day. It turns out that starving for two or three days is common. You..."

Ou Zeyang hurriedly said, "I don't care, I'm just afraid that you will lose too much blood and won't be able to hold on."

"How can you be so delicate." Lai Jie smiled indifferently, and stretched out his hand to hug Ou Zeyang.

The clothes on both of them were soaked through, and they didn't feel it when they were sprinting just now, but now that they are quiet, the autumn wind blows, and they feel cold.

Lai Jie felt that Ou Zeyang was trembling a little, and said, "Come on, take off your clothes and hang them to dry."

The two took off only a pair of underwear, wrung out the wet clothes and hung them on the branches.Lai Jie came over and hugged Ou Zeyang, his warm skin pressed against him tightly.

Like a frightened kitten, Ou Zeyang huddled against Lai Jie's chest, suddenly felt unprecedented peace of mind and comfort, as if a wandering heart, wandering outside for a long time, suddenly found a home—the warmth of home.

Lai Jie's scorching breath sprayed on Ou Zeyang's face, with a unique masculine aura, Ou Zeyang was in a state of confusion, closed his eyes and began to think wildly.

After a long time, Lai Jie said softly, "Why did you come down?"

Ou Zeyang opened his eyes in confusion.

Lai Jie: "My rope is broken, why do I have to come down?"

"I don't know..." Ou Zeyang paused, and said, "I just want to not leave you alone, even if I die, I still want to be with you."

Lai Jie sighed, his chest vibrated slightly, Ou Zeyang leaned on it, felt Lai Jie's heartbeat, and continued: "In the past few months, I have always regarded my brother as the motivation to continue living. But my brother left, I have no family anymore, brother Xiaojie, you are my only concern. Do you know why I gave up studying on the high seas and took the initiative to join the Hurricane team? Because I don’t want you to be like my brother, who can’t go when I don’t know Die somewhere. I want to follow you, maybe at the moment you leave, I can still be with you until the end..."

Lai Jie: "Don't be stupid, no one can accompany anyone to the end. Birth, old age, sickness and death are common things. Without someone, you can't live?"

Ou Zeyang hugged Lai Jie, trembling: "But I am like this, Brother Xiaojie, you can look down on me or laugh at me, but I just can't live without you. I can't imagine how I can live without you!"

Lai Jie was silent, and reached out to touch Ou Zeyang's head, with deep meaning in his eyes.

Lai Jie: "Don't think too much, go to sleep! Brother is sleepy too."

Ou Zeyang nodded, put his arms around Lai Jie, and rested his head on his generous chest.

Before closing his eyes, Ou Zeyang finally summoned up his courage and said, "Brother Xiaojie, I like you. No, I love you!"

The next day, the sky cleared faintly, and the gloomy sky revealed a ray of sunshine through the gaps in the dense clouds.

Lai Jie opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Ou Zeyang clinging to him like an octopus, with a blush on his face.

Lai Jie smiled dotingly, stroked Ou Zeyang's messy hair, and stood up lightly.

Ou Zeyang frowned slightly, and the corners of his mouth moved, as if he was uncomfortable.Lai Jie grabbed his neck and laid him flat, suddenly felt something strange.

Lai Jie touched Ou Zeyang's neck and forehead carefully, feeling a little hot, as if he had a fever.

Lai Jie: "Boss? Wake up..."

Ou Zeyang frowned, let out a hum, turned over and grabbed Lai Jie's arm.

Lai Jie: "Wake up, young man, is there something uncomfortable? Young man?"

"Hmm..." Ou Zeyang rubbed his eyes, squinted at him, and muttered, "It hurts..."

Lai Jie: "Where does it hurt?"

Ou Zeyang: "My whole body hurts...it's so hot..."

Ou Zeyang pressed his hot face to Lai Jie's arm, and after feeling a slight chill, he pressed his whole body to Lai Jie's body.

Lai Jie brought the clothes, and they were still half dry after hanging out overnight, so he had to put them on first, and then put Ou Zeyang's clothes on to cool him down.

Ou Zeyang's face became more and more red, his body became hotter and hotter, and he kept complaining of thirst.

Lai Jie: "Boss, brother, go down and find water for you, stay up there and don't move around, you know?"

Ou Zeyang nodded in a daze.

Lai Jie hid the dagger on his boots, picked up his HX gun and climbed down by the air roots.The woods are full of fresh air after the rain, and many birds are chatting and playing in the woods.

When he got down to the ground, Lai Jie quickly dodged into the woods and hid himself. After confirming that the surrounding area was safe, he ran towards the nearby water source.