Chapter 29 (1/2)
Soon Liu Qian considered another possibility, that is, the boss's wife was the only survivor. The boss was infected and gradually zombied when the plague began to spread. At that time, the boss tied him to the bed on the second floor, but she couldn't bear to cut him to death.
The person who went to the small supermarket to look for food and drinks was also the landlady. Today, after the landlady cooked a packet of instant noodles, the zombie boss suddenly broke the rope and rushed up from the second floor.
In the past two days, the landlady may have had a hunch that the zombie boss would break away from the rope binding him, so she pulled a rope by the window in advance so that she could escape from the third floor at any time, but she failed to escape. This attachment to family finally killed her.
No matter which of the above possibilities, Liu Qian found the real reason for the landlady's escape and the truth of the zombie in the hardware store.
Liu Qian deduced that the purpose of all this was not to be bored, but to thoroughly investigate the possible safety hazards in the three-story building, so that he could spend his first night in the trembling world safely.
After checking the second floor, Liu Gan went down to the first floor of the hardware store. On the first floor, there is a counter in front and a small warehouse behind. All kinds of water, electricity and hardware commodities are stacked in the counter and warehouse, but there is also no trace of zombies. It seems very quiet everywhere. It seems that this three storey building is really safe now.
The rolling gate on the first floor is locked. Even if the lock is opened from the inside, the key still needs to be used. Although Liu Qian can forcibly open it with brute force, it is likely to make a loud noise and attract the attention of hidden zombies nearby; In addition, once the lock is broken, the rolling gate will be scrapped and can no longer play a role in safety protection for them.
So Liu Qian went back to the third floor, put the rope down again, and then climbed down along the rope. When he got down to the ground, he resisted his nausea and searched the five fallen zombies. He found a bunch of keys in the pocket of one zombie and a bunch of keys on the waist of the other zombie.
The zombie with the key hanging on his trouser waist had obvious strangulation marks on his wrist and ankle, which seemed to confirm Liu Qian's previous speculation, so Liu Qian could almost conclude that the owner of the key was the owner of the hardware store, and the key on his trouser waist should be able to open the rolling gate on the first floor.
The female boss should also have the keys to the hardware store, so the torn women's clothes on the ground may also be wrapped with the keys to the hardware store, but these broken clothes are mixed with a pool of smelly visceral corpses. Liu Gan really doesn't want to reach there to find them.
When Liu Qian walked back to the alley in front of the gate, pan Hua and Lulu were still standing in the previous hiding place trembling. When Liu Qian suddenly appeared, they were even startled. They relaxed after hearing Liu Qian's whisper and seeing that Liu Qian came.
”I said the boss wouldn't abandon us?” Pan Hua whispered to lulu. Obviously, Liu Qian left for too long. They were frightened and scared here, so they discussed whether to escape together.
”The hardware store is safe. I found some keys to see if I can open it from the front door. If not, you have to climb up from the back with me.” After talking to pan Hua, Liu Qian went to the rolling gate on the first floor and tried to unlock the rolling gate with the key he analyzed.
One of the keys can actually open the rolling gate, which means that one of the five zombies is indeed the owner of the hardware store, and that Liu Qian's previous reasoning about what happened in the hardware store should also be correct.
Liu Qian opened the rolling gate about one meter high, then came back and threw his backpack and three boxes of drinks first. Then he got into the rolling gate with Pan Hua and Lulu.