Using the fire tongs, he carefully lifted this string of "dangerous goods" and placed them into an empty tin toolbox, fastened the lid, and put it in the corner of the rooftop, to be retrieved when needed.
The black scorch marks from the fire were still on the ground, and some ashes had not been swept clean. Wu Tian was washing the area with water. This was a place where they would be working from now on, and it needed to be as clean as possible, at least visually pleasing.
Just as Lin Yuan was picking up a brush to help,
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Three gunshots rang out, further away than the previous one, in the direction of the hospital.
"Meng Yao, see if you can find the source of the gunshots from the hospital direction," Lin Yuan said before continuing to scrub the ground. Besides looking, they could do nothing else. The sound was so loud; the range was 1200 meters.
"It's fine. From now on, you just stay out here and watch the compound. There's a wisteria corridor by the road to the back gate, and a detached house. We don't know if anyone is living there, but you need to watch out for any zombies sneaking over," Lin Yuan said as he folded a slip of paper and inserted it into the mouth of a beer bottle, allowing the oil to seep down.
Although there were twenty more zombies, the short path leading to the compound from the back gate was only one person wide, with dense bushes on both sides. Zombies feared fire, so blocking the path was enough.
He packed the Molotov cocktails into foam and then into a shoulder bag, slinging it over his shoulder. Without the foam to separate them, they would clatter noisily when he walked. Wu Mengyao had already considered this. She turned to Wu Tian and said, "I'll go first with the shield, and you follow closely behind. We'll move quickly. If we encounter zombies, attack them directly."
"Okay, you can trust me with your back," Wu Tian said seriously, extending his fist.
They bumped fists and then opened the large door, heading towards the back gate of the compound.
"Two zombies have rushed out from the corridor on the left! They're right behind you," Wu Mengyao's voice came through their Bluetooth earphones.
Lin Yuan and Wu Tian immediately stopped and turned back to deal with the zombies. A surprise attack like this would leave them no time to react.
Wu Tian shot an arrow precisely into one zombie's head, staggering it. He then aimed another arrow at its neck, piercing it directly, but it still didn't kill the zombie, only making its movements erratic.
The arrows' power was still too weak; homemade ones just weren't good enough.
He had to take advantage of the zombie's severely injured spine and swung his axe, finally killing it.
Now, with her strength, she could decapitate zombies with an axe without difficulty. She wondered how zombies evolved. Instead of reinforcing their necks, they focused on reinforcing their heads. Could it be that they were also afraid of cervical spondylosis?
On the other side, Lin Yuan had also quickly finished his fight. The zombies that had not yet mutated into fungoids couldn't push him. He was thrown to the ground and his head was smashed by an axe.
"Let's keep going, we're almost there."
No more zombies pursued them. It seemed the detached house was uninhabited. The two bypassed a large tree and reached the back gate of the compound, spotting the riot police helmets immediately. They had only just appeared.
The back gate of the compound was an electromagnetic door. After the power outage, it was locked. It needed to be opened from the inside. If they were coming to meet them, they might directly shoot the lock with their guns. If one shot wasn't enough, they'd fire more. It was just a door welded from stainless steel pipes.
"Comrades, over here!" Wu Tian called softly as he opened the door to a group of people who had just climbed up.
Lin Yuan, meanwhile, was arranging the Molotov cocktails one by one. Some had leaked slightly during the zombie fight, but it was nothing serious.
Outside the gate, the group, who had been pursued by zombies for 800 meters, suddenly heard the word "comrades." Their eyes widened, and their surprise and joy were palpable. They mustered their last ounce of strength and charged towards the compound.
The frenzied horde of zombies also climbed up. They straightened their wobbly bodies, their minds filled with the thought of the seven delicious, moving meals from just moments ago.
Good, they had energy, they must be fresh!
Before everyone had entered, they heard something fly out and the distinct sound of glass bottles shattering behind them.
Flames erupted instantly.
Then, the sound of shattering continued to come. The flames that hit the zombies and the fire belt on the ground blocked their targets, and the burning smell also blocked their sensitive sense of smell. Already as blind as they were, they now became truly blind.
Gently securing the lock, Lin Yuan looked back at the survivors slumped on the ground and raised his finger to his helmet.
"Quiet, follow me now."