Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

The person outside was indeed the delivery man who often delivered food to their company, but the delivery man was obviously much more anxious than usual and had even started smashing the glass door.

The colleague named Xiao Jiao was startled by the banging on the door, but when he saw that it was someone he knew, he relaxed and said impatiently, "Can't we just wait a while? Is it necessary to bang on the door?"

The two colleagues who had gone home earlier had been discussing what to eat for lunch. Later, because no one wanted to go out, they decided to order takeout from near the company.

"That's what I want to ask you, why did you lock the door in the middle of the day? And what's going on in your company? Why does it look so dark inside? What kind of evil things are you doing?" For some reason, the delivery man felt a little agitated today. It was as if there was a fire burning in his body. His attitude was completely different from usual and he became very furious.

Xiao Jiao was about to push open the table and open the door, but he became unhappy when he heard what the delivery man said. However, he saw that the other party was indeed holding the fast food they had just ordered, and thought that the weather outside was still cold and it was not easy for him to make a special trip. So after hesitating for a moment, he pushed one of the tables open, so that he could at least open the glass door on one side first.

But just when Xiao Jiao was about to open the door, he suddenly discovered scratches on the back of the delivery man's hand. The scratches were very deep, and the wounds had turned black. It was more like they were scratched by something else than a cat.

Perhaps noticing Xiao Jiao's gaze, the delivery man immediately rolled down his sleeves a little uncomfortably.

"You weren't scratched by a cat, were you?" Xiao Jiao stopped opening the door and asked tentatively.

The delivery man smiled nonchalantly: "Well, it's just a stray cat that scratched it. It's nothing serious. I've been scratched before."

He was obviously lying because he subconsciously avoided Xiao Jiao's sight, and for some reason his head kept twitching to the right frequently.

At first, Xiao Jiao thought he had a stiff neck or neck discomfort, but gradually he realized something was wrong, because it was impossible for an ordinary person to tremble all over while talking. It was like shaking and twitching uncontrollably.

"Hey, what are you thinking? Open the door for me. Can't you see I'm carrying something? Open the door for me!"

The delivery man suddenly became angry and smashed the glass door with the takeaway box in his hand.

Xiao Jiao was still startled by the delivery man's sudden madness, so he quickly stepped back.

At this moment, a rapid alarm suddenly sounded in the entire building, which temporarily paused the delivery man's impatient movements.

This alarm had been sounded several times in the base during the beast tide and extreme cold. Residents who had lived in the base for more than a year would be familiar with it.

The alarm sounded like a long whistle, which lasted for about two or three minutes, and then it turned into a slightly serious broadcast tone.

【Dear citizens of the base, an unknown virus has broken out in the inner circle of the base. Infected people will become irritable, convulsed, and attack others indiscriminately. The known routes of infection are saliva transmission and blood transmission. The infection time ranges from a few minutes to dozens of minutes. Once an infected person is found, please take the following measures immediately: first, find a safe place to hide and avoid them. Second, citizens who have the ability to resist, please hit their heads until they completely lose their ability to move before stopping the infected people from continuing to attack. Finally, I remind the general public to pay attention to their own safety. Once an infected person is found, please take corresponding measures immediately. The base has arranged relevant personnel to carry out further clearing actions for the infected people. 】

The broadcast was repeated three times, and the announcer's voice became more and more urgent.

"What are you doing here? Didn't you hear the broadcast? There's an accident at the base now, you'd better leave quickly!" It was Uncle Yuan, the security guard of this office building. He was only seen holding an electric baton in his hand. He had been patrolling the building, but when he patrolled to the first floor, he found a man standing on the top floor of the information company in this building. He also saw the man banging on the door, so he shouted.

After seeing Uncle Yuan, Xiao Jiao got nervous and quickly shouted to remind him: "Uncle Yuan, stay away, there's something wrong with this person!"

Uncle Yuan didn’t take it seriously at first, wondering if he had committed a crime.

Before I got close, I saw the man kicking the glass door a few times and his body began to twitch violently. Then he fell straight to the ground and continued to twist his body, and his posture became more and more weird.

"Let's go, Uncle Yuan, there's something wrong with this person, I suspect he's infected!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a creepy "gurgling" sound came from the man's throat.

At first it sounded like the sound of grinding teeth, but gradually the sound became wrong, more like the sound of upper and lower teeth biting, and blood began to flow from the corners of the man's mouth. Uncle Yuan came closer to take a look and his face turned pale with fright.

My goodness! The delivery man was actually biting his lips, and he didn't stop even when his whole mouth was covered in blood.

Just when Uncle Yuan and Xiao Jiao were terrified, the delivery man suddenly stood up in a very twisted posture, which could not be called a normal human posture at all.

If Xiao Jiao had only suspected that the delivery man's behavior was a little abnormal before, he could now be completely certain that the delivery man was infected, because the delivery man's strange behavior was not exactly the same as the zombies in the apocalyptic movies he had seen before the end of the world, but there was no difference.

Security guard Uncle Yuan was also startled, but he did not realize the crisis yet. Although Xiao Jiao was jumping up and down anxiously inside the glass door, he knew that he must not open the door at this moment. Once the door was opened, it would not only implicate himself but also potentially harm everyone in the company.

Perhaps because she saw Xiao Jiao had not returned for a long time, Ma Yuanyuan, who was originally discussing how to distribute daily supplies in the tea room, also went over. Only then did she discover a strange scene outside the glass door.

The mutated delivery man raised his head, and his eyes turned blood red. His skin was also different from before. It was no longer the normal human skin color, but had turned into a bluish-gray color. One could even see black things wriggling in the bulging blood vessels.

Because the delivery man had bitten his lip before, his entire jaw was covered in blood and flesh, and when he opened his mouth, the two fangs that had already grown out could be seen.

"ah!"

Although Ma Yuanyuan had prepared herself mentally, she still couldn't help but shout out in fear when she really saw the zombies.

It was because of this sound that the delivery man zombie began to bang on the door frantically, his sharp nails constantly scratching the glass door.

Fortunately, Ma Yuanyuan's information company had some dismissed employees who gathered idle people to cause trouble, and the company's glass door was smashed. Later, for safety reasons, the boss had the new glass door replaced with a bulletproof one. Generally speaking, unless a truck is used to hit it, ordinary knives and axes cannot break open this door.

Ma Yuanyuan didn't expect that the zombie virus would hit them just after it appeared, and the speed of transmission was extremely fast. The first zombie appeared outside their company within less than five minutes after the notice was issued.

The zombie probably realized that the glass door could not be opened no matter what, and Uncle Yuan hit the zombie on the shoulder with a stick, causing the zombie to stagger forward several steps, but in fact his body only shook a few times and did not fall down.

After becoming a zombie, the physical fitness will be much stronger than before. The delivery man is not tall, but after coming to his senses, he suddenly pounced on Uncle Yuan.

Fortunately, Uncle Yuan was prepared. He turned on the electric baton and pointed it at the zombie's neck.

Originally, I thought that this would at least calm the zombies down, but I didn't expect that the mutated zombies had already lost all sense of pain. So even when the electric current passed through, it would only make their bodies temporarily numb, causing their movements to slow down, but they would not completely stop attacking because of the pain. They even became more manic and excited because of Uncle Yuan's beating.

The current from the electric baton could not stop the zombies' attacks, so Uncle Yuan could only hold the electric baton across the zombies' necks. The zombies' bloody mouth bit on the electric baton, and their entire bodies were shaking from the electric current.

The zombie was extremely strong. Uncle Yuan had used up all his strength to fight the zombie, but he still felt that his arm was about to break.

Ma Yuanyuan seemed to have thought of something and quickly shouted, "Uncle Yuan, we will make some noise to attract this zombie. You should run quickly and don't look back. Then try to close the main door or the fire escape door on this floor to prevent the zombie from escaping!"

Xiao Jiao looked at Ma Yuanyuan in shock, somewhat unable to believe that Ma Yuanyuan actually wanted to leave the zombie on this floor.

Ma Yuanyuan didn't have time to explain to Xiao Jiao. After glancing at the broom placed next to her, Ma Yuanyuan immediately picked up the broom and smashed it at the glass door.

The zombie was attracted by the noise coming from the glass door, but his brain had been invaded by the virus and had lost some of its thinking ability. Although his movements became slow, he still did not let go.

But Ma Yuanyuan's action had bought Uncle Yuan some time to escape. Even if it was only two or three seconds, Uncle Yuan used all his strength to kick the zombie's calf hard.

The entire zombie was kicked to its knees on the ground, even letting out bursts of roars. Uncle Yuan also took several steps back due to inertia, but he still remembered what Ma Yuanyuan had just said, and his survival instinct made him turn around and run towards the stairwell.

However, in just ten seconds, the zombie quickly got up from the ground and rushed towards the stairwell at a speed beyond normal human speed. But at this time, Uncle Yuan had already locked the door, leaving the zombie roaring angrily at the door.

Ma Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Uncle Yuan had escaped danger, and then she said to Xiao Jiao who was full of confusion, "The glass door of our company is made of special materials, which can resist the invasion of zombies. It doesn't matter even if there are three or five zombies in the stairwell. In addition, I found that zombies use sound and smell to find their targets. In other words, we only need to keep a certain quietness to avoid attracting the attention of zombies. But if we don't help Uncle Yuan just now, Uncle Yuan may become the second infected person in this building. At that time, our situation will be even more dangerous, and once this zombie runs out, more innocent passers-by will suffer."

Unexpectedly, Ma Yuanyuan looked so weak, but she could think so much in just a short moment. In comparison, he, as a boy, seemed too inexperienced.

Seeing the guilty look on Xiao Jiao's face, Ma Yuanyuan slapped Xiao Jiao on the shoulder and said, "Okay, cheer up, let's find a way to push more chairs to block the door. Although this glass is very safe, we should use more things to block it for safety."

"Okay, let's do it together."

Xiao Jiao, who had regained his energy, rolled up his sleeves and started pushing the table next to him, while the zombie that failed to push the security door and turned back could only keep banging on the glass door.

The zombie suddenly fell on the glass bed, the blood from the corner of his mouth smeared the entire glass door, looking extremely hideous.

At this time, the other two colleagues who came to visit Xiao Jiao and Ma Yuanyuan because they had not returned for a long time also came over. When they suddenly saw the zombie faces on the glass door, they were so scared that they screamed. The boy was okay and just took a step back, but the girl was scared and cried immediately. Although she was crying, she still walked to the front with shaking legs to help Ma Yuanyuan and Xiao Jiao push the table.

It was not until the door was blocked by four office desks weighing over 100 pounds that everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. The zombie became more and more excited when he saw several people inside the glass door, and kept knocking on the door frantically, like a machine that would never stop.

Ma Yuanyuan and Xiao Jiao exchanged a glance, then said to the other two, "Let's go back first. This zombie will only get more and more excited when it smells our scent."

After they returned to the tea room, they told the other two colleagues who were still in shock what had happened.

"Oh my god, it mutated without warning, it's so scary. Fortunately, Uncle Yuan is fine, but when was this delivery man infected?"

"I noticed the scratches on the back of his hand before. The wounds are already showing signs of scabbing, and the blood has turned red and black. I estimate that he was scratched several hours ago." Xiao Jiao took a sip of water to ease his tense emotions before replying.

"In other words, the time of mutation is different for everyone?" another female colleague raised her eyelids and asked cautiously.

Xiao Zhui nodded. "I read a post-apocalyptic novel before and saw a similar setting. The closer the infected part is to the brain, the faster the onset of the disease. I wonder if the zombie virus this time is the same as in that novel."

"It's very likely. Look at this post. I took a screenshot of it before the forum crashed."

Ma Yuanyuan handed over her mobile phone, and the other three people came over. They found that one of the posts said that the person was a doctor. He was talking about a rabies-like case that their clinic had received six hours ago. He said that the patient was injured in the neck, and the time from the injury to the onset of rabies was only a few minutes.