vrcanaries Chapter 13 If not now, when?
Chapter 13 If not now, when?
The ten-person team had just stepped out when they were attacked by zombies. Just as Lu Yuan had predicted that day, the virus-infected zombies possessed basic intelligence. They would prioritize attacking electronic and mechanical equipment and robots, and would consciously guard places with food reserves such as convenience stores and snack shops. Now, after discovering that the ten-person team had gathered, they had even launched a conscious and organized attack on them.
Yang Xiao had clearly looked through the peephole before opening the door and saw nothing there, but as soon as the door opened, two zombies appeared and blocked their exit.
Gu Nanfeng also noticed that Yang Xiao's reaction was incredibly fast. In just a moment, he turned around and closed the door again, with such force that he snapped the arm of one of the zombies.
At the same time, the distinctive "heh heh" sound of zombies came from the direction of the balcony, presumably from the zombies next door who had climbed over their balcony.
When they only had three people per machine, the zombies didn't move. Now that they have nine people, are the zombies organizing a feast?
The people inside panicked immediately. They were now attacked from both sides. The balcony windows were not strong enough to withstand the attack for more than a few minutes, and the dormitory door was also starting to sway from the impact of the zombies outside.
Just then, Lu Yuan grabbed Pei Sihao and ran towards Gu Nanfeng's room, with Gu Nanfeng and Wei Guo following behind.
When the other six people realized what was happening and followed them into the room, they saw Lu Yuan and his group using a drone to carry something they didn't know, flying out of Gu Nanfeng's window.
The room window wasn't big, and the three people and the drone in room 1203 were blocking the way. Except for Lu Yuan, the other three had a height advantage, so the six outsiders couldn't see that the drone was attached to raw beef that Lu Yuan had taken out of his space.
The raw beef immediately attracted the zombies climbing over from the balconies on both sides. Although the zombies have developed basic intelligence, they still prioritize the nearest food and electronic devices. So, both the drone and the raw beef are currently the closest targets to them. This is the 12th floor, and if a zombie falls down, it won't be able to get back up.
The six zombies on the balcony of 1203 jumped down, and the zombies next to them, who wanted to continue to reach 1203 through the two balconies, rushed to pounce on the drone hovering in mid-air, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
After about seven or eight more zombies jumped down, just as Pei Sihao was about to cheer for his victory, the zombies behind him suddenly stopped jumping down. As if they had heard some command, they retreated back to the next room and stopped moving.
"It seems there are more intelligent zombies commanding them nearby." After discovering this, Yang Xiao returned to the living room, listened at the door for a while, and it seemed that there was no sound in the corridor.
"I see you know quite a bit about these zombies." Gu Nanfeng gestured to Pei Sihao to turn off the drone controller, letting the drone fall from the 12th floor. Anyway, there were zombies roaming around downstairs now, so it was better to let them be killed by objects thrown from a high-rise building.
"Heh, two options: one, stay here and leave at noon tomorrow; two, take advantage of this moment and run!" Yang Xiao glanced at the drone controller that Pei Sihao had thrown aside, as if everyone had secrets and that if they didn't want to reveal them, they shouldn't waste time testing each other.
The others couldn't understand the conversation between the two at all. Finally, the scumbag spoke up, "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving! There are zombies outside, going out means certain death!"
As he spoke, he retreated towards Pei Sihao and Lu Yuan's room, then snatched the backpacks from the two girls beside him in a flash, quickly went inside and closed the door. "I'm not leaving no matter what. I believe the government will send a rescue team in two days!"
The two girls were a little dazed. By the time they realized what had happened and rushed over, they were already separated from the scumbag by a door.
"See? I told you he's a scumbag!" The other girl finally spoke up. Only then did Lu Yuan take a closer look at her. She was a very cool young lady. How could she fall for a scumbag?
"I'm sorry, I know I was wrong!" The delicate young lady started crying again. It seems the script isn't about the wife tearing apart the mistress, but about the best friend helping to take down the scumbag?
“Let’s leave now,” Gu Nanfeng said as he came in from the balcony. “I just glanced down, and the zombies downstairs are all motionless. I don’t know what happened, but they’re not moving at all right now. Let’s go!”
Gu Nanfeng spoke loudly, deliberately so that the people inside could hear. Everyone else understood, and the two young ladies without bags followed Yang Xiao and the others out the door.
Yang Xiao, Ruan Wen, and Zhong Qiang led the way, with the two young ladies and the robot Weiguo in the middle, and Lu Yuan, Pei Sihao, and Gu Nanfeng bringing up the rear. Along the way, they encountered several zombies, who seemed to have been put on pause, remaining completely still.
1203. A few steps to the right after exiting the building, there is a staircase leading to the emergency exit. They quickly pushed open the emergency door and went downstairs.
As they ran, Lu Yuan heard a footstep behind them that was out of sync with theirs, which meant that the scumbag had also come running down the same path.
Sure enough, as soon as Lu Yuan and the others reached the basement and pushed open the parking lot's emergency exit, they saw the scumbag carrying three bags, panting as he rushed out.
"Hey, you're chasing after me all by yourself, aren't you afraid of dying?" The cool young lady didn't forget to turn around and retort when she saw the jerk who had caught up with her.
"I'm not afraid of anything!" This scumbag has an unusually good mentality. He has already forgotten that he almost wet his pants just now. He even casually tossed two bags to the young ladies, then squeezed between them and Yang Xiao and his group, choosing the safest spot to run away.
"Holy crap, are we cheating? Or do we need to kill a certain number of zombies to trigger a zombie time-stop buff?" Pei Sihao asked Gu Nanfeng as he ran.
"Can't you just run properly?" Gu Nanfeng said as he pushed Pei Sihao into the villa parking lot. Just as he stepped inside and turned to close the door, he noticed that the zombies that had been stationary in the parking lot had started moving again and were running towards them.
Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao closed the security door without hesitation, and then found a lock on the security door in the nearby cleaning and storage room and locked it. After Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang came over, they ran a few steps to both sides to confirm that there were no zombies in this parking lot. Even if there were, there probably wouldn't be as many as in the parking lot of the building next door.
When they returned and saw Gu Nanfeng and the others frantically hanging locks, Yang Xiao guessed that the zombies had started moving again.
While Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao were locking the door, Lu Yuan found some handy tools in the storage room to make weapons. He picked up a useful hammer and wrench, and secretly put the more dangerous saw and other tools into his spatial storage. He didn't want to take them himself, and he couldn't let unfamiliar people, especially that scumbag, get them, otherwise it would be too dangerous.
Sure enough, when Lu Yuan came out with a wrench, hammer, and mop handle, the scumbag rushed over and snatched the wrench from Lu Yuan's hand. This wrench wasn't as heavy as the hammer, but it was all metal and could cause more damage than the other three items.
Like the others in 1203, they didn't have any suitable weapons. If Gu Nanfeng or Pei Sihao had been holding these weapons, he wouldn't have dared to snatch them. But he didn't expect Lu Yuan to take them. Why not take them if they're free? Once they had weapons, they wouldn't be afraid of Gu Nanfeng and the others.
Lu Yuan, whose wrench had been snatched, pouted, took the two items, walked over to Gu Nanfeng and the others, gave the hammer and mop handle to Pei Sihao, took off his bag, opened it, pulled out a larger wrench, waved it in front of the scumbag, and stuffed it into Gu Nanfeng's hand. He then put his bag back on, took his own mop handle, and looked at him like he was some kind of genius, making the two girls laugh.
The cool young lady also ran to the storage room, grabbed two brooms, and handed one to her best friend. Now everyone is armed.