At this very moment, Xu An heard the noisy clamor outside.
"Zombies!"
"Zombies are here!"
"Help, why are there so many zombies!"
"Help, my child, my child, save my child."
Xu An stood on the rooftop and looked down. She had thought this place was secluded enough, with no one around, which was why she had chosen it as their meeting point.
She had not expected that a zombie horde would bring out so many people.
Zhou Haimai placed Yue Yue on the blanket and walked to Xu An's side.
"I didn't expect there to be so many zombies here."
"This is a densely populated residential area, and the people upstairs haven't sent anyone to clear it out. I think this number is considered small."
Xu Yan, who was cooking, heard the noise and came over. She took one look and quickly turned her head away.
She couldn't bear to watch any longer.
Xu An and Zhou Haimai exchanged glances.
Xu An was about to speak, intending to advise her mother that even if they couldn't bear to watch, they couldn't rashly go down to save people now, when she was coldly interrupted by Xu Yan's voice.
"Stop looking and come eat quickly."
Not only Zhou Haimai but also Xu An were somewhat shocked, "Mom."
Xu Yan shook her head, "Our family's safety is the most important thing. Everything else is up to fate."
Xu An and Zhou Haimai finally felt relieved.
"An An, do you think the top floor won't be breached and someone will break in?"
Zhou Haimai seemed a little uneasy, pulling Xu An and asking, wanting to pull Xu An towards the fire escape door to check.
"Should we find something to block the door entirely?"
"I already blocked it. Don't worry, I've blocked all the fire hydrants and put door stoppers at the entrance. Not to mention people, even zombies can't get in. Besides, the building I chose is tall enough. Even if someone wants to climb up, it will take some effort. And this building is a rare one unit per floor."
"I surveyed it when I came up. There's no elevator card, so they can't get up at all, unless they climb the stairs. By the time they climb up, half their lives will be gone."
Zhou Haimai was surprised, "Then how did we get up?" As soon as they entered, they rode the elevator up without any obstruction.
This made Zhou Haimai mistakenly think that the elevators here were shared.
Xu An played with the elevator card in her hand. She had taken it from a zombie's pocket when they came up.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Haimai only said one word.
"Amazing."
Before long, a large number of zombies had gathered downstairs. Some were squeezed by the zombie tide, their already deformed and rotten faces becoming even more distorted.
The rotten flesh on their faces kept falling off.
Some were pushed forward by the crowd, while others tripped and fell to the ground.
They were trampled into a pulp by the zombies behind them.
Xu An watched, feeling accustomed to it, even able to eat an extra bowl of rice with the zombies' "woo woo woo" roars.
Even Zhou Haimai and her mother's expressions changed, losing some of their appetite, but only Xu An's appetite was great.
She hadn't eaten her mother's cooking in a long time, so Xu An ate even more.
When Yue Yue woke up, she heard the constant sounds around her. Although she was a little scared, because of Xu An and Zhou Haimai's warnings,
Yue Yue did not look towards the balcony, so she only felt that these roars were unpleasant to hear.
She didn't have much of an opinion about the terrifying appearance of the zombies.
On the contrary, she could eat more with these sounds.
"An An sister, look, I finished it all."
Xu An smiled and stroked Yue Yue's head, "Our Yue Yue is so good, she finished it so quickly."
"Was it delicious?"
Yue Yue raised her smiling face, "It was really delicious! Dad's cooking is not delicious at all, but auntie's cooking is fragrant!"
Her small face, paired with her soft and cute tone,
was simply enough to melt anyone's heart.
After eating, Xu Yan took Yue Yue to tidy up and rest early, while Xu An and Zhou Haimai stood by the edge of the rooftop, constantly observing the movements around them.
Xu An noticed a man desperately running in front of the zombie horde.
The man was very fast.
His entire body was filled with immense explosive power.
Xu An didn't notice the man at first, as they were on a very high floor.
If Xu An hadn't had good eyesight, she wouldn't have seen the man downstairs.
But just as Xu An's attention was drawn to the man's figure, she looked closely and realized that in order to avoid the zombies' bites, the man had pushed the woman beside him into the pursuing zombie horde to buy himself time.
"Damn it!"
Zhou Haimai had clearly seen this scene too and couldn't help but curse.
What kind of person was this, using his girlfriend as a shield against zombies to escape? This man truly deserved to die.
Xu An's expression gradually deepened. She looked carefully and realized that the man was the scar-faced man they had just confronted in the convenience store.
Xu An told Zhou Haimai about this.
Zhou Haimai was also very surprised.
"Holy crap, how did that guy get here? I remember we detoured for a long time to reach this area, and this is the furthest direction from the border exit. You say this guy isn't chasing us, is he?"
If it was a coincidence before, then after seeing the man desperately trying to escape towards their building, even being chased by zombies, Xu An was sure.
This man was definitely tracking them.
"How did this guy chase us here? We shouldn't have exposed anything, right? Also, if that's the scar-faced guy, then the girl who took the knife for him earlier... "
Xu An nodded.
Yes, she saw it very clearly. The girl was wearing a dress. Although it was stained with blood all over, it was still clear at a glance that this girl was the schoolmate Xu An had only met once that Liu Liu had mentioned.
Zhou Haimai's voice was filled with regret.
"I still remember Liu Liu saying she warned this girl to stay away from that man, but this girl clearly didn't take Liu Liu's words to heart."
Xu An watched firsthand as the girl let out a despairing scream, followed by tears, and was then swallowed by the zombie horde. The crying gradually weakened.
Finally, only the sound of teeth grinding against flesh remained.
And the crunching sound of bones being chewed.
Amidst her regret, Xu An also noticed something strange.
"Look, isn't that girl still chasing that man, running at the very front?"
After the girl turned into a zombie, perhaps due to the deep resentment before her death, she kept chasing the man's direction relentlessly, even at several times the speed of others.
Xu An sighed.
Human life is one's own. The consequences of not listening to advice can only be borne by oneself.