Chapter 4 (2/2)
Fortunately, thanks to several of Zhou Rong's team members, they were able to contact the local government and Medical Group was soon arrived there in time. After several times of inspection and cleaning, there were only about 1000 survivor left, all of whom then given a preliminary test to determine that they had not been infected.
Chun Cao was among those few team members. They later cut off the throats of the infected corpses and burned them. Chun Cao was also busy sweeping the wandering zombies inside the mall. Their foods and ammunition were soon depleted, and she could only anxiously wait for Zhou Rong to come and rescue them.
“Ehem,” Zhou Rong stepped on a milk tank and hurriedly protected his head as he almost hit the ceiling's lamp.
The crowd of people stared blankly at him, even the sobbing sound coming from a few women and children were soon subsided.
“Are you here to save us?” Some of them ventured to ask.
“I am the sixth Squadron Leader of the 118 units serving under the B Military area.” Zhou Rong once again took out his now wrinkled official letter and calmly showed it to the crowd in a circle. Under the lamplight of the underground warehouse, the red seal looked especially conspicuous.
As if they had gained some confidence from the red seal, the crowd suddenly felt slightly excited.
“My superiors sent me to carry the positioning device here, to confirm the safety of the people, to protect them from the virus outbreak, and also to launch the positioning signal of this place to the higher units. Soon, the government will organize some forces to rescue everyone.”
“Please keep calm during this period, do not panic, and do not trust in any rumor. Set a schedule and regularly measure your body's temperature…”
“What’s going on out there, are those monsters zombies?” A man in the front row asked.
Zhou Rong answered: “That is just some kind of mutated rabies virus, please do not believe in rumors. Next.”
“We, our,” A girl cried while asking, “what about our family?”
“Yes, my child is still at school…”
“My wife, she…”
“My mother is over 80!……”
Under the light, Zhou Rong's cheek lines tightened slightly, giving out some kind of as cold as steel grim impression.
But then he laughed, and albeit only briefly, it was very calming and convincing. He adjusted his intonation into something more soothing: “The Army will not give up on any citizens, please rest a.s.sured.”
The signs of panic subside a little, these people had no choice but to believe in his words. However, more questions soon came out: “When will the rescue come?”
“Where will we be sent?”
“When the plague is over, will the government send us back?” ”
Si Nan leaned on the shelves, staring at Zhou Rong who was patiently answering question after question, his eyebrows creased.
Not far behind him, Chun Cao hooked her hand around Yan Hao's shoulder, leaned closer, then whispered: “Why do you always look over there? The man is dirty and a beta. ”
“I didn’t.”
“Eee–you just have.”
Yan Hao smiled and said: “Tomorrow the helicopters will come to pick up the citizens, and we will …”
He stopped talking when he saw Si Nan turned and walked pa.s.s them, heading towards the warehouse's back door.
“Si Nan!” Yan Hao took a few steps to follow him before asking: “It's not safe outside, where are you going?”
Si Nan politely replied, “To take a shower.”
The warehouse staff's rest room has a shabby bathroom with a still functioning hot water. White steam quickly transpirated and filled the room, blurring the dirty window's surface.
Si Nan closed his eyes while standing under the shower. He felt the water was.h.i.+ng away the dust, sand, and blood all over his body until he gradually recovered his original smooth appearance. The water turned red, flowing down his naked body to his toe, before disappearing into the sewer with a gurgling sound.
He himself did not know how long he had not taken a shower, but at that moment it only felt like each of his pore was being stretched out, with his muscles and bones altogether releasing the last hint of soreness; if his skin could sing, it would surely be singing words of praises right now.
After a while, he finally turned off the shower and wiped his body hastily. He wiped the water vapor on the mirror's surface, revealing the reflection of his dust-free face.
In most Asian-European hybrids, Asian would come out as the dominant gene, as was the case with Si Nan. However, if you look closely, you could still see signs of his mother's age-defying, soul-stirring beauty from his brow, and the contour of his cheeks and eyes.
However the woman’s touch of tenderness had vanished from him, replaced by some kind of hard and decisive nature. So firm as if they had been polished through many years of harsh reality.
Si Nan bent down to put on his trousers and picked up his s.h.i.+rt. Just as he was about to put it on, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something in the mirror which stopped all his actions immediately.
”……”
He turned his body to the side, staring at the back of his right shoulder. He suddenly understood why he was unconscious before.
There was an impressively big bite mark above his smooth scapula. The flesh was open, and while the wound had dried up, it was still suffused with a shocking purple-black color.
It was mark from a zombie’s tooth.
“Rong Ge, I've sent the positioning signal, tomorrow afternoon the airs.h.i.+p will arrive to pick up the survivors to B military area…” The voice of Chun Cao who was still hanging onto Yan Hao's shoulder suddenly stopped. She stared at something right behind Yan Hao.
Yan Hao casually asked: “What’s wrong with you?” He also looked back and froze.
The young man pushed through the bathroom's door. His hair was wet, which made it looked especially black; and his sideway profile only revealed one side of his face due to water vapor, which appeared cold white without the slightest color.
He turned and saw Yan Hao. For a few seconds none of them spoke, the young man also did not move, his bright eyes looked as if they were a pair of hidden amber treasures. After a while, he finally smiled briefly, unloaded the carbine from his shoulder, and threw it over.
Yan Hao catched it unconsciously, and heard the young man said: “I'm returning this to you.”
“Si Nan…” Yan Hao subconsciously moved to block his way, but saw that Si Nan had turned to go to the warehouse.
His figure was very good-looking, with s.h.i.+rt hem casually stuffed into his waist line and trousers hanging low on his hips- one could feel his agile aura just by looking at the way he walk.
Chun Cao poked at Yan Hao's arm, covered her mouth, and whispered: “… Do you still have face to say that you are not looking?”
Zhou Rong was finally able to get out of the crowd, all the while dealing with his snot-stained hand which he received from the crying mall's manager. He looked up and saw Si Nan standing in the shadow of the door. The young man had one hand inserted into his trouser pocket and was staring silently at him.
Zhou Rong looked at him for a moment before rubbing at his chin uncomfortably: “What, do you need me for something?”
”……”
“It's working time now, let's talk again after going back to the base… What are you doing?”
Si Nan opened the third b.u.t.ton of his s.h.i.+rt, pulled off the collar slightly, and motioned to Zhou Rong to see the back of his shoulder- the bite mark of the zombie’s teeth could be seen clearly even under the shadow.
”……I may be infected,” he said hoa.r.s.ely.
Zhou Rong complexion turned pale, and he stood frozen for a long time.
T/N:
I was going to upload a second chapter, but this feels like a nice place to end it. XD Yay cliffy!
-Unedited-
Still looking for editor/proofreader for this story! 0/
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