The zombies left behind by the biochemical vehicle milled about, but their confusion lasted only seconds. Immediately, the barely perceptible blood scent in the air stimulated them, and following the source of the bloody smell, the zombie group found a new target.
“Roar!”
The first zombie began to ram the iron door of the dormitory corridor, and soon more and more undead joined, causing the iron door to groan under the strain!
Chun Cao’s face turned pale, but her voice remained calm: “I have nine hundred bullets left. How about you?”
“One thousand six hundred,” Si Nan answered.
Chun Cao nodded: “Good.”
For suicide, you can use the knife, don’t waste bullets. Remember to help me before you die, like you helped that girl in T City, do it cleanly.”
Si Nan smiled: “Okay.”
They exchanged a look, simultaneously drawing their guns and pointing downstairs, firing without hesitation!
Muzzle flashes erupted, assault rifles and submachine guns spraying a bullet rainstorm, instantly dropping a large group of zombies blocking the corridor.
However, high-pressure firepower was limited, while the undead were infinite. More zombies tirelessly rushed forward, the impact sounds growing heavier and more urgent, until with several particularly loud bangs, the iron door was forcibly smashed!
Boom—
The ground slightly trembled, and at the same moment, a baby’s loud cry finally came from behind them:
“Waaah—!”
“It’s out, it’s out!” Dr. Zheng wept with joy, holding the baby and crying uncontrollably: “Finally born!”
Zombies surged into the corridor like a tide, wave after wave rushing upstairs.
Si Nan and Chun Cao simultaneously burst through the door, shouting: “Prepare to retreat!”
☆, Chapter 31
“Can you hold on?” Chun Cao asked without turning back.
Dr. Zheng, after several hours of intense delivery, was almost completely exhausted. Now holding a crying infant in his arms and carrying a barely breathing mother on his back, the heavy weight seemed to give him endless courage. He affirmed: “I can!”
Sinan softly said: “Be careful, watch out, go upstairs.”
Chun Cao led the way, the doctor in the middle, Sinan at the rear, taking advantage of the brief interval when zombies were moving from the first to the third floor, they tried their best to move to the higher floors.
However, despite their full effort, this survival team could hardly move quickly.
The zombies’ dragging footsteps from below grew closer, and finally, a howl sounded at the end of the corridor – the zombies were catching up!
Sinan: “Open fire!”
Chun Cao suddenly turned back, aimed, and both simultaneously pulled the trigger. Dr. Zheng, a civilian from peaceful times, was scared by the sudden explosion of gunfire, crying out loud. In a daze, he only felt someone pulling him forcefully, but in this night environment with bullets flying, he couldn’t even distinguish whether it was a human or a zombie, and could only instinctively protect the child.
“Run! Run run run!!” A few seconds later, he finally heard someone roaring in his ear – it was Chun Cao: “Stairs! Go upstairs!!”
Dr. Zheng ran desperately with the mother on his back, while Chun Cao and Sinan suppressed the zombie group with high-powered fire and pulled him to the staircase. However, just as they were about to go upstairs, Chun Cao suddenly screamed in a changed tone: “Zombies here too! Be careful!”
After calming down, the baby’s cries became particularly noticeable. Before Dr. Zheng could comfort her, Chun Cao sat down on the floor, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.
“Why would she want to die? She just gave birth to a child, how could she be so heartless?”
The baby seemed to be infected by the adults’ sadness and despair, constantly waving her hands and kicking, crying hoarsely. Chuncao held the child tightly to her chest, overwhelmed with grief: “We were willing to protect her, why did she choose to die? She might still have a chance, she hasn’t reached the point of no return!”
Dr. Zheng covered his face, his shoulders shaking, and after a long moment, he raised his tear-stained face and let out a deep sigh:
“If zombies come up later, I… let me draw them away, you quickly take the child and run. You are soldiers, more useful than an ordinary person like me, with a greater chance of survival…”
“What nonsense are you talking about!” Chuncao fiercely retorted: “You’re a doctor, more people need you, do you understand?!”
Dr. Zheng said dejectedly: “I’m a useless doctor. If I had helped her give birth faster, if I had carried her and run faster, this wouldn’t have happened. Ultimately, it’s because I’m useless.”
“Wouldn’t that mean I should die the most,” Sinan suddenly said coldly from the corner, “I’m nothing, just a volunteer.”
Dr. Zheng and Chuncao simultaneously shouted: “Stop talking!”
“So don’t say such things before the end, maybe Zhou Rong will come to rescue us soon,” Sinan sighed and reminded: “Quickly calm the baby down.”
— Would your Captain Zhou really come back in this sea of corpses?
Dr. Zheng’s lips moved, but he didn’t voice this doubt, immediately distracted by the baby’s loud crying.
A thirty-two-week premature baby crying so strongly was actually a good sign, but zombies retained basic biological instincts and would chase sounds and blood. At this rate, being discovered was inevitable.
Hordes of zombies could smash the iron door on the ground floor. Once zombies followed the sound, the three of them and the child would be helpless!
Dr. Zheng panicked, taking the baby from Chuncao and walking back and forth, constantly whispering: “Good, good, don’t cry, sleep, sleep, good…”
However, the child hadn’t had a single drop of milk and cried harder the more she was comforted, almost to the point of passing out. Such a small baby couldn’t be prevented from crying, and covering her mouth would surely suffocate her. Dr. Zheng trembled, at a complete loss.
“They’re coming up,” Sinan said, lifting his head after pressing his ear to the floor.
“Wah wah… wah wah wah…”
The baby’s urgent cries became a death sentence for everyone. Dr. Zheng and Chuncao looked at each other, the situation becoming more critical with each passing second.
“Give her to me,” Sinan said.
Dr. Zheng instinctively: “What are you going to do?!”
Sinan pulled down the bedsheet, tore it into strips, and quickly tied the baby to his chest, securing a tight knot. He opened the window and looked down.
The open space in front of the dormitory was densely packed with zombies.
The entire factory area had become a zombie ocean, with at least ten thousand still surging southward.
Sinan looked up, seeing the drainage pipe above the window and the protruding rooftop terrace.
“It’s… too dangerous…” Dr. Zheng said.
Sinan tightened his gun strap and fixed the assault rifle on his back.
“Stay in the room, don’t make a sound, Chuncao take care of the doctor,” he commanded: “Everyone wait for Zhou Rong to come rescue us.”
Then, under the nervous gaze of Chuncao and the doctor, he half-emerged from the window, grabbed the drainage pipe, tested its load-bearing capacity, and pulled himself up.
Dr. Zheng gasped, then immediately covered his mouth.
Chuncao leaned out the window, ready to reach out and catch him. Sinan twisted mid-air, bending his body, using excellent flexibility to hook onto the terrace railing, then supporting his body with one leg, lifting himself from the drainage pipe!
Bang!
He grabbed the terrace railing with one hand and leaped up.
For a moment, he and the baby were airborne, their only support being his foot hooked in the railing crevice. Chuncao’s heart nearly stopped until she heard Sinan’s voice from above: “Done!” and exhaled in relief.
“Don’t be afraid!” Sinan stood on the terrace, shouting: “Close the door, stay quiet!”
