Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 97 The building is empty
Bruins University.

A dirty car slowly drove towards the separation wall, but before it reached the destination, a burst of gunfire was heard near the separation wall.

That's the sound of the M2 heavy machine gun!

Ou Yang stepped on the brake and changed direction without saying a word.

No matter who occupies the wall, he doesn't want to offend the other party!

But when we went to another road, we encountered two groups of people fighting each other.

Ou Yang had no choice but to continue taking the detour, and after a few rounds, he actually ended up near Derek's gun shop.

To his surprise, the order here was quite good. The armed guards took over the warehouse. However, there was an armored vehicle destroyed by a Molotov cocktail lying across the street. Obviously, the process of taking over the warehouse was not as smooth as he had imagined.

Behind the armored vehicle was a checkpoint set up by the guards. Two heavy machine guns were surrounded by sandbags near the checkpoint. Anyone who wanted to attack the checkpoint had to rush forward under the crossfire of the heavy machine guns.

A guard with the name White and a corporal logo drawn on his protective suit gestured for the car to stop. Ou Yang cooperated very well and stopped the car, spreading his hands to indicate that he had no ill intentions.

Corporal White asked warily, "What are you doing here?"

Ouyang pointed behind the corporal and said, "I came to see Derek. I want to replenish some bullets."

"Gun store?" White glanced back and said, "No need to go. The store was robbed by a gang and burned down."

Ou Yang was stunned: "What about Derek?"

"You mean the shop owner? Of course he was burned to death," said the corporal.

Ou Yang's already depressed mood became even more melancholy. He took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to White: "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course no problem." The corporal raised the cigarette in his hand.

"I live near Falls Street and haven't been back since the lockdown. I just heard the US troops have withdrawn. Does that mean the blockade has been lifted? Can we all go home?"

He wondered if this was a sign of the blockade being lifted.

"No, not yet. The US military has only retreated to the periphery," White said. "The power plant and water plant have been taken over by the US military, but the communications building is still in its hands."

"What about the blockade? Can it be passed?"

"That should be enough, right?" White said uncertainly. "You can try your luck a few more times!"

Ou Yang thanked him and got back into the car, changing direction and heading back to the Vic area.

After a while, we encountered a blockade wall, but no one cared about it, so we easily entered the Vic area.

Ou Yang sighed deeply. The wall that had been blocking him just now had come. If he had known this would happen, why would the US military have set up a blockade?
Next, he used the same method to pass through four more isolation walls.

After a bumpy ride, we finally arrived at Falls Street in the evening.

The road here is very wide, but it is not a bustling commercial street. Two buses are connected end to end to block the street entrance, and the gaps are filled with tires and small vehicles, forming a street barrier about four meters high and no less than twenty meters wide.

The traffic was so tight that no guards were seen.

Ou Yang parked the bus close to the bus, climbed up to the barricade by stepping on the roof, then turned around and pulled Jiang Yuwei up.

The two men stood on the roof of the car and were shocked to find that although there were not so many cars on the street, there were dozens of corpses lying on the street, showing signs of fungus.

Ou Yang's heart tightened, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you know where the consulate is?"

"Over there!" Jiang Yuwei pointed in a direction.

Ou Yang looked far away, but couldn't find the consulate. "Let's go," Ou Yang said. "We have to hurry."

He walked in front holding the P90, and Jiang Yuwei followed behind with a suitcase. After walking for a full kilometer, they finally found the consulate with its doors closed.

The main body of the consulate is a three-story gray office building with a small courtyard that is not too large and an iron fence separating the inside and outside.

I don't know what happened here. There are several highly decomposed corpses lying inside and outside the gate. Swarms of flies and insects are flying around, and maggots are crawling around.

When the wind blew, a foul odor came to our faces, making it difficult to breathe.

Jiang Yuwei retched and avoided looking again.

Ouyang is not much better.

Having been trapped in the epidemic area for so many days, he has seen all kinds of corpses, but this is the first time he has encountered such a situation where mushrooms grow on the corpses before they even decay.

Ou Yang didn't want to stay any longer, so he walked outside the consulate and pushed the half-closed door open gently.

He wanted to observe it for a while longer, but Jiang Yuwei couldn't wait to walk in and went straight to Feng Jin's office building.

Ou Yang couldn't help but frown. Is this little girl so brave? Isn't she afraid of encountering any accidents?
He quickly chased after her and grabbed Jiang Yuwei: "Is anyone there?"

Are you there... Are you there...?

The echo echoed in the empty corridor, but there was no response.

"Is there anyone here?" Ou Yang shouted desperately.

People... people... people...

Ou Yang had given up, but was unwilling to leave just like that, so he dragged Jiang Yuwei around to look for something useful.

The first floor was full of offices, none of which had locked doors. The floor was littered with messy documents, but nothing was found.

The second floor is just the opposite. It is full of confidential and financial areas, with a lot of security doors, and none of them can be opened.

The third floor is the dormitory, conference room and small canteen, and nothing was found there either.

The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Ou Yang's heart was almost cold.

After all, a consulate is a first-level overseas institution. It is impossible that it doesn’t even have a satellite phone, right?

wrong!

Ou Yang, who was calmer, immediately noticed something unusual: although every floor was in a mess with documents scattered all over the floor, there was no sensitive information, and no signs of fighting were found.

Moreover, the bodies outside were obviously shot from the yard. If everyone had evacuated, who was protecting the yard?
Judging from the distribution of the bodies, the gunman should have opened fire near the main entrance, but no bullet casings were found in the lobby or in the nearby windows.

Could it be that they guarded for a period of time and then withdrew for some reason?
Ou Yang scratched his head in frustration, completely at a loss as to what was going on.

"Ou Yang!" Jiang Yuwei suddenly picked up a document from the table and said, "Take a look at this!"

"What is it?" Ou Yang took it in his hand and saw the four bold red words at the top: Emergency Notice!

It's reported that an unexplained riot broke out in Brown Bear City early on the 5th, suspected to be linked to a highly contagious new virus. The source and symptoms of the virus are currently unknown. Consulates in all regions are being asked to immediately notify Chinese businesses, expatriates, and students in the US to prepare for the epidemic and any unexpected events. The Brown Bear City Consulate is leaving only essential personnel on guard, with all others evacuated immediately and personnel taking protective measures and undergoing quarantine.

The signature is from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in the United States, and the date is July 7, the day the United States locked down its cities.

Ou Yang's heart skipped a beat. They could retreat, but what about the people left behind? Did they hide, or did something unexpected happen?
　It's too late, I'll edit it tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)