Doomsday city

Lehman detained Esses for nearly an hour in the corridor.

Sometimes he is like a sinner begging for forgiveness, sometimes he is like a nagging parent, and more often he reminds Essers of "what to do" and "what not to do" with a sullen face, but the most important thing is that he mentions about her " Before" the message of the companion.Lehman did what he was good at, putting on a kindly, kind face and describing how he helped terrified refugees.

"I gave them cars, food, clothes, and of course two pistols." Lehman was quite generous. When he reached a consensus with Red Scorpion, he immediately asked the housekeeper Harris to prepare everything, "Don't worry, your friends are safe, thanks At least until the supplies are exhausted, they are enough to live a comfortable life, and Red Scorpion has the ability to lead them to a safe place, just like she brought you."

Esther felt her stomach churning, and she was about to throw up.

"Although Red Scorpion has a habit of telling lies, she is indeed a good soldier. Oh no, she is not a soldier, but a well-known bastard killer on the black market. When I approached her, Red Scorpion had that straightforward appearance, twitching Putting your feet on my antique desk while smoking a cigarette, "Lehman shrugged and said: "You made the right decision, Miss Eli, you let both parties get life safety, at least for a short period of time. "

Esses knew she would be abandoned when she made her decision, or she would be reaping the consequences.

This courage comes from a certain strong intuition that, for better or worse, at least she has chosen a path.It's like throwing the child to a safe rear before the tiger pounced on it. Maybe she didn't think carefully about how the tiger would deal with the young child after killing her, but she did that.

She was willing to sacrifice herself first for the slightest hope.

Although this decision made her life worse than death at this time.

"Okay, you must understand what I mean when I say so much," Lehman said as he guided her to the closed door, pressing his broad palm on the doorknob, and said softly: "Don't let me down, eh Miss Circe Eli."

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Christine curled up in a corner of the sofa, mending a leather jacket. She threaded needles skillfully, and glanced at the concealed kitchen door from time to time.Conversations came from inside one after another, and she couldn't hear what was being planned inside. It wasn't until Benny brought a cup of hot water in front of her that Christine looked away in embarrassment.

The young girl was only a few years older than Benny, and it was easy for the two young people to develop an affinity.

"They were discussing how to help Frieda," Benny sighed, looking uncontrollably at the stairs, "it's the person who was bitten by zombies, she is our very important friend, although sometimes she is crazy , but Frieda is a good person, at least I believe she is."

"I'm sorry," Christine was silent for two seconds, then said softly, "I'm really sorry."

After the two looked at each other tacitly, Benny quickly lowered his head and fiddled with his hair.He didn't reject Christine, but he hated Red Scorpion without a doubt. Benny couldn't forgive her from setting a trap to kidnapping Esses to selling Esses to Jason Lehman, but Vino But Ya didn't drive the woman away, and even "taken in" her. Benny wasn't sure whether to use "take in" to describe it, but he didn't let the woman live on the street.

What made him even more depressed was that no one objected, and everyone accepted the Red Scorpion as if nothing had happened. Even Mabel, who had the clearest head, didn't protest. Because of this, Benny and Mabel had some unhappiness, although it was only Benny's unilateral cold war.The addition of Red Scorpion did not cause any estrangement. She and Ingrid patrolled around the community during the day, and if they were lucky, they would bring back some food, but Benny was still not satisfied.

"What will happen to her?" Christine asked.

Benny came back to his senses, and Christine went upstairs a little bit.

"I mean...your friend, she got bitten, didn't she?" Christine said softly, almost in a whisper, "I remember people who get bitten turn into monsters," she added said a word.

"No!" Benny shook his head excitedly, restrained himself from calming down, and said, "You are wrong! Not everyone will turn into a zombie when bitten, at least Esther, Vinoa, and Ingrid are not! You shouldn't So, you shouldn't." He made a serious face, which made him look very old.

Christine was taken aback by his reaction, and finally chose to shut up and not ask any more questions.

Compared to Christine's 'beautiful', Red Scorpion is definitely 'rebellious'.

She took a puff of cigarette anxiously, and the butt of the lit cigarette shortened by half in an instant.

There were a few people sitting at the dining table, her legs were on the grape purple floral tablecloth, Mabel was holding a fragrant coffee cup in one hand, Vinoa had her arms crossed with solemn face, and Ingrid was staring down at the floor A hollow somewhere, Charlotte pacing nervously from side to side.They held a meeting at three o'clock in the afternoon, and today's topic was—how to save Frieda.

"She's dead, literally—dead." Red Scorpion threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, and said solemnly: "There are only two choices we should make now, one is to dig a grave outside for her And hold a mourning ceremony, two, just throw it outside, you choose."

"You'd better shut up, or I'll dig a grave for you or throw you out." Charlotte warned viciously.

Mabel took a leisurely sip of instant coffee.Three or ten minutes ago the doctor announced in front of everyone that Frieda had lost signs of life. In fact, her condition had been very poor. Whether it was a slight ulcer caused by inflammation of the wound, or almost stopped breathing, Frieda's death was obvious.

"Calm down, okay?" Red Scorpion waved his hand helplessly, "I know that your relationship is very good, but the fact is that she is dead, and she may 'come back' at any time and turn us into the same kind, don't you want to bear the burden of changing?" The risk of monsters? And set your friends free?"

"As long as Frieda doesn't 'live', she still has hope." Vinoa said coldly.

"What?" Red Scorpion raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

Vinoa glanced at everyone with a sullen face, she tightened the corners of her mouth like an old professor, and everyone who was affected by her expression nervously waited to listen, "Fortunately, Frieda is currently in a 'sleep', given that she Infected by the zombie virus, inhibitors, and Ingrid's and I's blood, she is currently sleeping instead of dying," the doctor's words made Red Scorpion's eyes widen, "but she needs more materials before she can wake up."

"Zombies and infected blood can be easily obtained, but we need an inhibitor, which is the purest Herno virus," Charlotte said, pinching the bridge of her nose, "There are three elements in Frieda's body now, one, evolution The zombie virus that has passed, second, the concentrated Heno virus, and third, the infected blood, I can't determine which one Frieda lacks, so the most important thing is to find the inhibitor, balance the toxin and save her."

"Do you think this is bartending?" Red Scorpion said incredulously, "She has...wait..." She seemed to be remembering something, and looked at Ingrid, "Esther can heal wounds quickly, you Can you keep your eyesight in the dark, is that all?" She pointed to the upstairs, and said, "It's caused by... zombie virus, inhibitors, and bloody infected blood?"

Mabel toasted her, the smile on her lips needing no further explanation.

Red Scorpion felt humiliated, and felt like she was moved to cry when she heard the best news. In short, she was in a complicated mood, so much so that she failed to light a cigarette three times, and finally smashed the lighter on the table angrily.

"You're kidding me, huh?" She said coldly, spitting out the unlit cigarette.

Before the cigarette butt fell to the ground, Vinoya had already stuffed the cigarette back into Red Scorpion's mouth, pinched her cheek tightly, and said, "We didn't trick you, let alone use it like you did." Lies deceive no one."

Red Scorpion was stunned in shock, maybe a second or less, Vinoya flashed in front of her from across the table, and stuffed the smoke back into her mouth.She had to believe that anything could happen, especially the end of the world where corpses would feed everywhere. What was impossible?

"I'm also one of the infected. Like Eli, Feng Lie, and Frieda sleeping upstairs, I'm a 'person' who came back to life after being bitten by zombies." She deliberately emphasized some words, So that the short-circuited head of the red scorpion can understand and receive it correctly.

After Vinoya let go of the red scorpion, she asked tremblingly, "What do you need?"

"What can you offer?" Charlotte asked back.

Red Scorpion calmly grabbed back the lighter this time, successfully lit the cigarette, and said, "Miss Lehman needs a long-term injection of inhibitors. It's been three months since the last time—not including the black case you snatched." , Lehman’s old guy definitely doesn’t have any stocks.” She pondered for a few minutes, “Gegulan...I mean, Mr. Lehman’s family doctor, he once said that the United Doctors Association in Ferida City has a batch of inhibitors , At that time, a few of my partners and I chose to lock the special vehicle for virus delivery and did not accept that guy’s proposal, after all, he was a bit... neurotic.”

"So?" Charlotte growled impatiently.

"I can't promise, okay? I didn't see a group of medical personnel in protective suits send the inhibitors, I can only offer his advice, and that's all I know," she quickly smoked a cigarette After finishing, he shrugged and said, "It's up to you to act or not, but I have to say first, Ferida has to drive a full day and a half away from here, and there is no traffic jam at all. It's not like going to the supermarket two blocks away. easy."

Ingrid turned her eyes to Vinoa, and the doctor kept his arms crossed, frowning deeply, and was weighing the decision.

──Why didn't you save Esther first?

This sentence shouted hoarsely from the bottom of her heart, but Ingrid would not say it easily. She had an intuition that Vinoa was deliberately avoiding this question. When she knew that Esther was staying in the villa as an exchange, the doctor Just never mentioning that matter, regardless of whether Frieda was bitten by a zombie and fell into suspended animation, the doctor's silence made everything look terrible.

It's like a continuously compressing storm circle.

In the end, the doctor announced concisely and forcefully, "Leave for Ferida at four o'clock tomorrow morning."