Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

There is no room for hesitation in times of crisis.

Chu Xiao acted decisively, grabbed the back of the zombie's head, and pushed it to the ground. An Suxin and Zheng Wei also stepped forward at almost the same time, controlling the zombie's hands and feet to prevent it from struggling.

There are two zombies wandering around not far away. If you make a little noise, you might be noticed by the zombies.

Chu Xiao pressed the zombie's entire face to the ground, and it struggled hard. Chu Xiao felt a huge force coming from his palm, and he almost couldn't hold it down. Fortunately, this zombie should have been an inpatient before his death. Even though its strength increased greatly after being transformed into a zombie, Chu Xiao and the other two could still control it.

However, they couldn't just stand there for a while. In the small space behind the nurses' station, there was no way to smash the zombie's head with weapons without making any noise. Chu Xiao regretted not bringing a sharp weapon with him when he set out. Otherwise, if he had just stabbed it with a knife, what would have happened?

Chu Xiao made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and exerted force with both arms, concentrating all his strength, using his hands as pliers to squeeze the zombie's head! The young man's body burst out with unimaginable strength, as if a ball of fire was ignited somewhere in his body, his five fingers were like iron claws, and the muscles of his arms were even more tense and hard as iron!

After confirming that his body was strengthened by the virus, Chu Xiao had never tried to test the limits of his strength. The man suppressed a low roar in his throat, his eyes were bloodshot, and his pupils seemed to be overflowing with blood. This was not a strengthening after losing control, but the first time he took the initiative to move closer to the dangerous side of his body.

He didn't know what the consequences would be if he recklessly exploited the gift of this "virus". Whether he actively approached it or passively lost control, his actions had no intention of destroying the balance in his body. However, he had no choice!

The sudden surge of power immediately suppressed the zombie, and there was only a crisp sound of broken bones. The zombie's hard skull was actually broken by Chu Xiao! However, this was not the end. He continued to exert force, and the sound of broken bones continued to sound until the zombie stopped struggling and completely turned into a corpse.

He actually crushed a zombie's skull with just his bare hands!

Chu Xiao loosened his hands, his mind was in a mess, his eyes went dark, his rationality seemed to be melting away, his tense muscles could not relax, excess strength was still running through his body, his eyes seemed to be glowing red, and he swept over his female companions as if he was looking at prey.

He tried hard to keep thinking and suppress the impulse in his heart, but his body began to twitch uncontrollably.

An Suxin immediately understood that Chu Xiao had entered an abnormal state. Without caring about anything else, she immediately hugged Chu Xiao tightly and buried the man's head in her chest. While gently stroking his back, she whispered in his ear: "Take a deep breath and relax. It's okay now."

Chu Xiao didn't dare to hug An Suxin back. His strength was totally out of control at this moment. He was afraid that if he used a little more force, he would break An Suxin's slender waist. The secretary's soft body and attractive body fragrance gradually calmed Chu Xiao's restlessness. Her gentle voice was like a cool spring. Chu Xiao's body finally stopped twitching and his tense muscles gradually relaxed.

Although they had tried their best to control the noise, they still attracted the attention of the zombies opposite the nurses' station. The two zombies began to approach where they were hiding.

Su Muhe reacted quickly. She picked up the metal square plate on the table at the nurses' station and threw it hard in the other direction.

Then, a loud noise of a metal square plate was heard between the floors. In an instant, the lifeless ward seemed to be awakened. A large group of zombies rushed out from all directions and rushed towards the place where the sound came from. The two zombies approaching the nurses' station were naturally attracted and immediately turned around and ran towards the place where the sound came from.

Su Muhe looked in that direction from a corner of the nurses' station, and suddenly felt his scalp tingling - just making some noise, so many zombies came out! If they had accidentally alarmed them just now, the four of them would not be enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of these zombies!

She looked at Chu Xiao in An Suxin's arms, and was very worried about the man's situation. Besides being worried, she was also a little envious. Su Muhe looked at An Suxin hugging Chu Xiao gently, biting her lips quietly, wondering why she was a step slower in reaction just now...

Zheng Wei still had no expression on her face. She was examining the zombie whose skull was crushed by Chu Xiao's bare hands. There was a violent fluctuation in her eyes, but she quickly subsided it. When she turned around and looked at everyone, there was nothing unusual.

"Now is the chance, let's go." She said in a deep voice.

Chu Xiao had calmed down by now, and his body had regained control. He left An Suxin's arms, nodded and said, "Well, let's go."

Several people bent over and took advantage of the opportunity when the zombies were attracted over to quickly pass through the empty ward and quickly approached the fire escape, moving away from the ward where the zombies were densely populated.

"Brother Xiao was so awesome just now. He could kill the zombies with just his bare hands." After escaping from the dangerous situation, Su Muhe looked at Chu Xiao, his eyes full of stars.

"The normal force that a human skull can withstand is about 200 to 500 kilograms. Considering that the zombie is an elderly patient, he may have osteoporosis and his ability to withstand is probably less than 200 kilograms. But even so, crushing a zombie's head with your hands... I've only seen it in Game of Thrones." An Suxin was referring to the scene in the American TV series "Game of Thrones" where the Mountain crushes the Red Viper.

Even if there is someone who can do this in reality, he should be a super strong man with a body size close to that of a giant. Chu Xiao is not thin, but his physique is far from that of a two-meter strong man. The only way he can do this with his body size is because of the mysterious virus that infects his body.

"...the strengthening of the virus, or it could be a dangerous deal. This is true for you, and it is also true for Ruan Mengmeng..." An Su pondered in his heart. Judging from Chu Xiao's condition afterwards, this "gift" was by no means a free gift.

"All the gifts bestowed by fate have been secretly marked with a price." Zheng Wei, who had rarely spoken before, suddenly said.

"This is the famous quote from Stefan Zweig's The Queen of Death," An Suxin raised her eyebrows and asked casually, "Coach Zheng, do you know anything about this?"

Zheng Wei didn't reply.

At this time, Su Muhe pointed to the corridor at the corner not far away and whispered, "Over there, at the end of this corridor is the fire escape leading to the lower floor."

It was a long straight corridor, with lights on the ceiling, making the whole passage seem very bright, but the large bloodstains on the white walls and the ground were very glaring.

Zombies were roaming in the corridor one after another. There were a lot of zombies, but it was not an insurmountable obstacle. Since Ruan Mengmeng could kill a whole floor with one sword, then it shouldn't be a problem for the two of them to deal with the zombies in a corridor.

Fortunately, he did not act rashly and bring his sister along. Chu Xiao thought to himself, this is going to be a tough battle. He hoped that Zheng Wei would really be a strong ally as Su Xin said.

"Susu, follow me closely!"

"Ok!"

The nearest zombie had already spotted them and rushed over. Chu Xiao rushed over with a baseball bat and smashed the zombie's head. He shook off the blood on the baseball bat and said to Zheng Wei beside him, "Let's go together?"

Zheng Wei nodded silently, stood beside Chu Xiao with a crowbar, and rushed forward side by side with him.

Even though they have their own thoughts at the moment, they are still comrades fighting together at this moment.

Chapter 49 Pregnant Woman

Zheng Wei was indeed a strong ally. She wielded the "Holy Sword of Physics" and no zombie in front of her was her match. After a few encounters, the corpses behind her fell to the ground.

Chu Xiao was dealing with the zombies while keeping an eye on Zheng Wei's actions. At least up to now, Zheng Wei hadn't made any special moves. As a support, she had helped Chu Xiao a lot. There were quite a few zombies in this corridor. If Chu Xiao was alone, even if he had been strengthened, he would easily be surrounded by zombies. Although she had a cold and expressionless face, Chu Xiao really didn't want to attack her if she wasn't too suspicious.

He smashed a zombie's head with a baseball bat, and then kicked the zombie close to Su Muhe far away. Even though he was distracted by Zheng Wei's actions, Chu Xiao did not slack off in the work at hand.

The strengthening just now seemed to still remain in his body. Chu Xiao clearly felt that his strength and speed had been greatly improved. Although the pain of losing control and running wild had temporarily left, it was obvious that something was left in this body forever.

——So, after entering that extreme state, will the body undergo some irreversible changes?

As far as the current situation is concerned, this change is naturally a good thing. With the increase of one's own strength, it is much easier to get rid of the zombies in front of him than before.

"All gifts bestowed by fate have been secretly marked with a price." This sentence cast a shadow of uneasiness over Chu Xiao's heart.

He shook his head, shaking off the uneasiness in his heart. No matter what the outcome, he now had to rely on this dangerous gift.

Several people quickly advanced into the corridor, with Chu Xiao and Zheng Wei leading the way, An Suxin guarding the rear to prevent any escapees from rushing up from behind, and Su Muhe staying in the middle, like a little princess being protected, and soon they arrived at the door of the fire escape corridor. When Chu Xiao put his hand on the door handle, he unconsciously thought of yesterday, when he also escaped from such a corridor.

The difference was that at that time his heart was still full of panic and fear, but now, only one day had passed, it seemed as if he had lived in endless ruins for a very long time.

The moment the metal fire door was opened, a cold wind blew into the hospital corridor.

This corridor was very dark, with no windows, and the lights on the ceiling were voice-activated, requiring frequent loud noises to maintain brightness. However, since they didn't know what was going on in the corridor, and in order to prevent the zombies from chasing them in the company corridor, they had to move downstairs in the darkness and lower their voices.

They didn't turn on the flashlights on their phones because they were worried that the sudden light source might attract the attention of some ghost.

Unlike the previous rush in the corridor, moving in the dark was like walking in the dark night. No one knew whether some ghost thing would suddenly rush out from the dark corner not far away.

Su Muhe held Chu Xiao's hand and pressed herself against Chu Xiao's body, not caring that her plump breasts pressed tightly against Chu Xiao's body. Her eyes kept looking around at the darkness around her.

From time to time, there was a creepy roar coming from above my head, like the difficult low gasps of someone with breathing difficulties, and a series of eerie echoes were heard in the distance. There was not just one source of sound, but it kept coming one after another, echoing each other.

Obviously, they were not the only ones in the corridor at this moment.

"Are they... communicating?" Su Muhe asked in a low voice, his voice trembling a little, and hugged him tighter.

Chu Xiao glanced at the direction of the voice and shook his head: "I don't know. I hope not."

There is no sign that these zombie monsters have human-like thinking logic. They all look like irrational monsters. If these weird and bloodthirsty monsters can communicate with each other, it will not be good news for the survivors.

Because they couldn't see clearly what was in the darkness, the few people did not sprint down quickly, but moved forward cautiously.

Suddenly, Su Muhe felt something soft under her feet. She was horrified and quickly covered her mouth to suppress the scream that was about to reach her throat. She pulled Chu Xiao's hand hard and whispered with tears in her eyes: "I... I seem to... step on something..."

It shouldn't be a zombie. If it were a zombie, it would have stood up and attacked them by now.

Chu Xiao quickly hugged Su Muhe in his arms. The girl's waist was slender and soft, which was in sharp contrast to her plump upper body. Her soft body made Chu Xiao a little distracted. An Suxin took out her mobile phone and used the dim light of the screen to illuminate the small space under her feet.

It was a dead body, and from the face it looked like that of a young woman, wearing loose and baggy clothes. At first glance, she didn't seem to have any wounds on her body, but her face was distorted and twisted, as if she had endured great pain before death.

The body still had some body temperature, and it was obvious that she had died not long ago. Perhaps this woman escaped from the floor below and wanted to go to the safe zone through here, but something happened and she died here.

Chu Xiao bent down and examined the woman's body with the help of the light from his mobile phone. He discovered that the woman's abdomen was abnormally loose and shriveled, as if it had been expanded by something.

"...A pregnant woman?" Chu Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and without caring about being disrespectful to the deceased, he lifted up the loose maternity clothes.

With the light from the phone screen, the people who saw the scene suddenly had ugly expressions and their hair stood on end. There was a big hole in the corpse's abdomen, and there was nothing inside.

Whether it's the fetus or her internal organs...

Something had eaten the body from the inside out, leaving only an empty shell! After the thing had eaten her internal organs, it bit through her belly and crawled out. A trail of amniotic fluid had not yet dried, and a string of wet traces of a baby's hands snaked up the corridor.

Chu Xiao and others immediately had very bad associations.

——Could it be the fetus she was carrying who ate her internal organs? She escaped the initial chaos and found an opportunity to run into the corridor and approach the safe zone. However, the expectant mother did not expect that she escaped the mutation, but the fetus in her belly turned into a zombie. The zombie fetus fed on its mother's flesh and blood in the mother's body, ate up her internal organs, and finally bit through the mother's belly to come out to the outside world.

And all this happened just before they entered the corridor! It might have taken less than an hour to come and go! Judging from the traces on the ground, they might have even passed by that weird zombie fetus!

At this time, Chu Xiao, who was in shock, did not notice that the head of the corpse suddenly moved, and its eyes suddenly opened, and the eyes were filled with a molten sticky yellow colloid. It immediately opened its mouth and bit Chu Xiao, who was closest to it.

Chu Xiao could never have imagined that a corpse with only an empty shell left would actually turn into a zombie. He was caught off guard and had no time to dodge.

"Lower your head!"

The crowbar hit Chu Xiao's forehead and smashed the zombie's head, saving Chu Xiao's life. The young man raised his head in fear and looked at Zheng Wei, who still had no expression on her face: "Thank you."

The woman nodded silently, as if she had only done something very insignificant.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but after seeing this strange corpse, the strange roars in the darkness seemed to be mixed with the crying of a baby...

Chapter 50: Repaying a Favor

The appearance of this strange corpse raised the atmosphere of terror to a new level. The traces of amniotic fluid on the steps extended all the way into the darkness, and it was unknown where the strange zombie fetus finally crawled to.

"That baby...where will it crawl to?" Su Muhe asked in a low voice.

"Who knows? Maybe it went out to find a new mother." An Suxin said quietly, "Continue to drill into someone's body and eat up her internal organs..."

Su Muhe quickly covered her ears and said with tears in her eyes: "Senior Su Xin...don't talk about such terrible things."

From the beginning, Miss Su Su was not good at dealing with these scary things. She was a girl who never dared to watch horror movies alone, but now it was like walking in an R-rated horror movie. If Chu Xiao was not by her side, she would have been so scared that her legs would have gone limp.

Su Muhe quickly grabbed Chu Xiao's hand, wishing she could press her entire body against him, as if if she didn't do this, the person beside her would disappear as soon as she turned around.

"Su Su, which floor is the obstetrics and gynecology department on?" Chu Xiao asked in a low voice.

"I think it should be on the fifth floor."

A pregnant woman with limited mobility could climb to the current position, which at least means that if we ignore the weird zombie fetus, this section of the corridor should be relatively safe.

The situation of the pregnant zombie woman was just a frightening episode, and it did not delay their journey. It was about seven or eight floors away from the third floor. Normally, it would not take long to travel this distance at a faster speed, but the suppressed sense of danger made everyone feel that this dark road became extremely long.

There were one or two lone zombies in the corridor, but they were all dealt with by Zheng Wei with her extremely fast reaction speed. From her decisive action just now, it can be seen that this woman seems to be extremely sensitive to danger, as if she has long been accustomed to running around in dangerous situations.

Many times, once people feel that the end is just around the corner, God likes to play a malicious joke on them at the right time.

Something moved and fell down, right in front of Chu Xiao. Before they could react, a hoarse scream suddenly came from somewhere above!

The sound-activated lights in the corridor suddenly lit up, and the entire corridor suddenly turned white. The white walls were instantly bright enough to be dazzling. Su Muhe immediately saw what was in front of them.

It was a severed arm.

It was like a powder keg was ignited, the groaning roars turned into roars like waves, and countless zombies began to be attracted by the screams.

Someone must have fled into the corridor, but out of luck, he ran into a zombie. At this moment, the scream had turned into a scream of pain, gradually fading away, but the trouble it caused was just beginning.

Not only are the zombies above gathering together, but even the zombies below are rushing upwards!

"Sure enough, I can't escape this!" Chu Xiao cursed. With the help of the lights, he could already see the swarm of zombies rushing up below.

The chaotic footsteps of the zombies maintained the light source in the corridor. Chu Xiao and others no longer needed to lower their voices. They even had to shout loudly to cover the roar of the zombies! As before, Chu Xiao protected Su Muhe firmly behind him. He and Zheng Wei rushed to the front, and An Suxin was at the end, paying attention to the situation behind.

They fearlessly rushed towards the horde of zombies attacking from below, just like brave surfers rushing towards the rising waves, wanting to ride on the crest of the waves of flesh and blood!

The narrow corridor is very suitable for encounters - the zombies above are attracted by the unlucky guys who mistakenly enter the corridor and can't take care of Chu Xiao and the others for the time being - as long as Chu Xiao and Zheng Wei can effectively deal with the zombies in front of them, then they don't have to worry about being surrounded. The zombies rushing up seem to be numerous, but in fact the two of them have to face no more than three zombies at the same time.

Chu Xiao and Zheng Wei seemed to have turned into a sharp knife and crashed directly into the group of zombies rushing towards them!

Flesh and blood began to fly everywhere, brain matter mixed with blood dyed the white walls a glaring color, and the air was suddenly filled with an unpleasant smell of rust, even covering up the unique smell of disinfectant in the hospital.

Compared to the previous battle in the corridor, this situation actually has some advantages, because in the corridor they are attacking from top to bottom. If they really can't solve the problem, kicking down a zombie can cause a chain reaction, taking down a large group of zombies behind it.

However, the length of the staircase is much longer than that of the corridor. Prolonged fighting will make people tired, both mentally and physically, and they may make mistakes in the repeated killing. But when dealing with zombies, you can't relax at all, because if you are slightly injured, you may become the same kind as these monsters!

Zheng Wei waved the crowbar indifferently, dealing with zombies one after another, as efficient as a machine. However, she was still human after all, and as a human, she would make mistakes. Her crowbar got stuck in the bones of a zombie, and she couldn't pull it out for a while.

This moment of stagnation became a fatal flaw. The zombies behind her had already come forward and bit Zheng Wei's neck. Chu Xiao wanted to help, but he was too busy to take care of himself. The zombies came one after another, and he couldn't spare any effort.

"boom!"

At the critical moment, a bullet grazed Zheng Wei's hair and hit the zombie's chest, repelling its attack. Then another close-range shot blew its head off! Two gunshots saved Zheng Wei from death.

After all, An Suxin had never actually practiced shooting, so she was lucky enough to hit the target with both shots. Asking her to accurately shoot in the head was really difficult for this girl who had just started using a real gun.

"I am now repaying your kindness in saving Chu Xiao." An Suxin threw the empty gun without bullets out with force, hitting a zombie's head - even an empty gun still had some weight and was still useful as a projectile.