reverse rescue

Doctor Xiaoye glanced this way, but neither answered nor moved.

Gu Zhou thought for a while, reached out to take the rubber band, put it in his pocket, and said, "I'll give it to him later when he recovers."

After finishing speaking, a strange feeling suddenly rose from a certain corner of Gu Zhou's heart, like catkins flying all over the sky in spring and summer, flying past the tip of his nose in twos and threes, leaving a faint touch, and then Suddenly it rises with the wind, mixes into the air, and floats away.

In the midst of thousands of thoughts, he grasped a small head, and involuntarily carried a secret expectation in his tone.

Gu Zhou asked hesitantly: "You and Xiaoye..."

Halfway through the conversation, Gu Zhou stopped suddenly. He took out the rubber band from his pocket again, looked at it, and asked, "Why did you give this to him?"

It was originally a somewhat presumptuous question, but Luo Changhe smiled and asked back: "Did Xiaoye tell you about me and Brother Bo going to their hospital to save him?"

Gu Zhou nodded.

Luo Changhe: "Brother Bo and I are not from the same military region, so we wouldn't get together at that time, I just happened to be on annual leave and brought my brother here for two weeks.

"As a result, in the last two days, the virus broke out and the traffic was blocked, so I directly accepted the call of the local garrison and temporarily joined their rescue team. My younger brother was arranged to follow the large army to retreat to the south. At that time, the rescue team I was in, The captain is Boge.

"Xiaoye and the others were the first group of people I rescued when I participated in the operation. Afterwards, others were either infected or died for various reasons, leaving only Xiaoye.

"And since that operation, I have never contacted my brother again."

Speaking of this, Luo Changhe tilted his head, and from the gap between Cheng Zhi and Cheng Yuan, he looked lovingly at Doctor Xiaoye not far away.

"So I often think, maybe God knows that I have lost a younger brother, so he let me rescue Xiaoye.

"Brother Zhou, although I'm older than you, I still want to call you brother. I really appreciate you giving Xiaoye the antibody. I can't repay this kindness. At that time, you can only find Xiaoye by yourself." Please, let him not be sad, if he and I can only live one, I hope it is him.

"But if only one of the three of us survives, I hope it's you."

Gu Zhou did not expect that what he heard was such a version of the story, he frowned and nodded, then said softly: "Sorry."

The others didn't know why, and thought that he was sorry for not being able to save Luo Changhe, but Luo Changhe suddenly smiled, his eyes were piercing.

Gu Zhou felt that the catkins caressing the tip of his nose gradually disappeared, and then turned into an indescribable astringency. He touched his nose uncomfortably, and then felt that the rubber band in his hand suddenly became a little hot, so he touched it again. Stuffed it back into his pocket.

Luo Changhe seemed amused by his rare embarrassing behavior, he chuckled twice, and then said: "Brother Zhou, let's be the captain, although he controls his appearance, he is not good at digging his heart out to everyone.

"Look at the end of the world. He carries the lives of so many people on his shoulders. As long as he can keep everyone alive, he will be very tired. How can he think more?"

Gu Zhou recalled Bai Yue's hard-spoken and duplicity behavior along the way, and a corner of his heart suddenly began to loosen. It seemed that the little beast hiding inside was rampaging, wanting to run to the outside world to see, and then ran all the way to Deepest in my heart.

Back then in No. [-] refuge, Zhao Tiantian teased the phrase "the captain's mother is single" which he had originally listened to as a joke and didn't really care, but now he suddenly wanted to ask Zhao Tiantian when he came back.

The little beast neighed weakly, Gu Zhou hesitated, and then involuntarily touched the rubber band in his pocket.

The rubber band wrapped around his heart, trapping the little beast into the dark room again.

He suddenly regretted the few times he called "Brother" to Bai Yue.

There were many twists and turns in his heart, but Gu Zhou didn't show it on the surface, he said casually: "Well, you think so highly of your captain, you will probably be embarrassed when he comes back."

After finishing speaking, Gu Zhou put his hands in his pockets, ready to go to the group of survivors to find out the situation.

"Wait, Brother Zhou."

Luo Changhe sat up straighter again, propped up most of his body, the smile on his face faded, and he looked a little heavy.

"I remember you said that the research institute is located deep in the Gobi, with the desert to the west and the grassland to the east.

"My hometown is at the end of the Gobi and the beginning of the grassland. There is a village called Mucuoli. If possible, I hope that after my death, you can bring my ashes back there and scatter them on the ground. on the prairie.

"I was born there and grew up there. The grassland raised me. I made a wish with the god of the grassland. Now I can only hope that my ashes can feed back that land.

"If not, you can take my hair, this is my last wish, can you?"

Gu Zhou lowered his head slightly, not looking into Luo Changhe's eyes. He kept his hands in his pockets and said softly, "Don't worry."

Luo Changhe smiled in relief, and started chatting casually with the others.

Gu Zhou's expression was gloomy, he didn't look at the sizing eyes of those survivors, he went straight to the man in the suit, stood still, looked down at the man in the suit on the ground, and said, "Tell me about your situation."

The man in the suit stood up slowly, patted the ashes on his body, then stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "My name is Zhou Kai, and I am the deputy director of surgery at the Second People's Hospital of C City. Are you?"

Gu Zhou stared at that hand for a long while without moving, while Zhou Kai's expression remained unchanged, and he just stretched out his hand and waited quietly.

The surrounding air seemed to have quieted down, and the voices of Luo Changhe and their low-pitched conversation on the other side could be vaguely heard.

Gu Zhou finally took out his right hand from his pocket, casually shook Zhou Kai's hand, and then took it back.

"Gu Zhou."

Zhou Kai seemed quite satisfied with the current situation. He withdrew his hand, straightened his collar, and said, "What does Mr. Gu want to know?"

Gu Zhou's expression remained unchanged, he turned a blind eye to Zhou Kairuo's vague sense of superiority and provocation, and asked, "Who cleans up the zombies in the city?"

Zhou Kai: "Volunteer."

Gu Zhou: "Be more specific."

Zhou Kai: "There is a dam in City C, which was originally used for hydroelectric power generation. It blocks the river to store water, and opens the gate to release the water. You only need to close the upstream gate to empty a reservoir, and then drive the zombies in. After people come out, the dam will be released." , then open the gate, rush the zombies downstream, repeat a few times, and it will be done naturally."

Gu Zhou suppressed the lingering anger in his heart, and asked, "Do you know that zombies can survive in the water, and they can climb ashore at any time?"

Zhou Kai shook his head exaggeratedly: "Not sure."

Gu Zhou looked at him coldly for a while, then asked again: "Why is it above the prison? The boat capsized in the gutter?"

Zhou Kai shrugged his shoulders: "I came back from cleaning the zombies two days ago, but I didn't shake them clean, and they got their tails, and then they gathered more and more. As for the prison..."

Zhou Kai pointed to the middle-aged man sitting at the end of the crowd, and said: "He is a prison guard, familiar with the structure, and can get guns and supplies. Besides, the prison building is relatively strong, with more obstacles, so it is safe."

Gu Zhou silently read the word "prison guard" twice in his mind, and then asked, "Why didn't you retreat with the army?"

Zhou Kai seemed to be stimulated by this question, he put away the polite smile on his face, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "Mr. Gu, I don't know how long you have been in the army, but I just want to ask you , if the life and death of your family are unknown, are you willing to flee with the army without even going home?"

Gu Zhou looked at him without speaking, as if he accepted the reason.

Unexpectedly, there was no other question to ask. Gu Zhou turned around and was about to see Dr. Xiaoye, but Zhou Kai stopped him: "Mr. Gu! Where are we going?"

Gu Zhou thought for a while, and heard this person's desire to go on the road together from the sentence "we", he said casually: "We are not here to perform a rescue mission this time, but we will send you to a safe place. place."

Zhou Kai insisted: "Is there a safe place now? With all due respect, Mr. Gu, if your mission is related to antibodies, then I think it is safest to be with you."

Several survivors standing aside echoed a few words, and then looked at him one after another.

Gu Zhou was noncommittal, walked straight through the crowd, and walked to Doctor Xiaoye.

The people who were ignored turned their heads to look at Zhou Kai. Zhou Kai gritted his teeth, shook his head slightly, and then sat down on the spot again.

Gu Zhou took out the rubber band from his pocket, put it on Doctor Xiaoye's wrist, then touched Doctor Xiaoye's head, and said, "Xiaoye, cry if you want, but I still hope you can accompany Dahe well, you Look, everyone else is with him, this is your last chance.

"Think about it, who of us is not hanging by a thread now? It's not that everyone is sad, but they have seen a lot, and know what is useful and what is not."

Doctor Xiaoye held his wrist, and then tears flowed down quickly. He lay on Gu Zhou's shoulder, sobbed for a long time, then slowly stopped crying, and passed away sobbing.

Gu Zhou motioned for Ge Tu to go over, leaned against the door, pushed the roof door open a crack, and stared at the corridor without moving.

……

Bai Yue and Zhao Tiantian came back much faster than expected. After 10 minutes, they ran up with a little panting. As soon as they entered the door, Bai Yue shouted: "As I said earlier, let's go immediately!"

Zhao Tiantian ran to organize the survivors. Feng Biao wanted to help Luo Changhe, but the latter refused. Luo Changhe stood up by himself, walking steadily towards the Tiantai Gate step by step.

Bai Yue looked at Gu Zhou by the door, and said in a low voice: "Chuan, the number of zombies outside has started to increase. It should be that the scattered southward zombies have already arrived in City C. We must arrive in Province Q before noon tomorrow. So today it will stay up all night, and if it doesn’t work, it will be replaced by Getu.”

Gu Zhou moved his fingers uncomfortably, and then groaned.

Bai Yue didn't care about anything else at this time, grabbed a few survivors who were moving slowly, and walked downstairs.

Doctor Xiaoye followed Luo Changhe, and after going downstairs, he refused to get into Gu Zhou's car. In the end, Bai Yue let him go to the co-pilot of Luo Changhe's car with a dark face.

Two off-road vehicles opened the way in front, the first one sat Cheng Zhi and Cheng Yuan brothers, the second one was Feng Biao, Xiaoye and Luo Changhe, followed by a minibus, and the front sat Bai Yue and Zhao Tiantian, the survivors in the compartment Those who wear their seat belts walk around a lot nervously.

Behind the minibus is the third off-road vehicle. Gu Zhou is driving the car, and Ge Tu is sitting on the co-pilot.

Gu Zhou sat in the driver's seat for the first time, and from the corner of his eyes, he saw Ge Tu counting the clips, and his thoughts drifted involuntarily to the minibus.

He had to admit that without the co-pilot's seat, he felt a little uncomfortable.

The speed of the minibus was limited, and the group finally left City C at dusk and entered Province S.

This is the last obstacle to enter the Q province.

Across the hillside not far away, they seemed to be able to hear the howls of zombies coming from one after another.

They are like a leaf of duckweed on the cusp of the storm, desperately trying to escape the fate of being swallowed by the waves.

……

In the middle of the night, Gu Zhou, who had been driving off-road for 12 hours, finally couldn't stand it any longer. He switched places with Ge Tu, put his gun on the window again, and looked through the entire CMB through the front window while guarding. , unscrupulously imagined Bai Yue's driving.

In the dark night like ink, only a few small headlights illuminate the square inch.

For the first time, Gu Zhou felt that the night could be so thick.

Suddenly, the off-road vehicle slowed down sharply, and Gu Zhou was caught off guard, and was tightly strangled on the seat by the seat belt.

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Zhi's horrified voice came from the intercom: "Captain, there are zombies in front of us, the number is unrememberable..."

A black figure poked out from the minibus, and immediately after that, Bai Yue's gasping sound came from the intercom: "I'll go...these zombies don't make any sound at all, they're so scary in the middle of the night."

At the same time, the group of zombies not far away seemed to be slowly awakened by the roar of motor vehicles, and they slowly turned their heads to look at the position of the light source.

"Captain, shall we... run?"

Cheng Yuan's voice came low from the walkie-talkie.

Gu Zhou sighed, looked at the group of zombies standing up slowly on both sides of the car, picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Don't run away, go ahead, if you don't go out, leave an honor bomb for yourself."

In front of the car and behind the car, on the roads on both sides, densely packed zombies seemed to wake up from a deep sleep, and spread out in this plain province and city, like a huge wave, surrounded by them in an instant.

This is the first group of zombies going south. They crossed mountains and ridges, and finally reached Province S. After being tortured by ice and snow, they fell silently, doing their final dormancy in this not too cold place.

And now, they undoubtedly broke into a group of hungry and tired zombies.

Gu Zhou pulled up the scarf to cover his mouth and nose, then pressed the trigger without hesitation, the bullet burst into the gun, making a "bang" sound.

As if to complement each other, the corpses let out a terrifying roar, and then rushed towards them one after another.

The roar drifted away, stirring up echoes in the mountains.