Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

Chu Xiao was surprised to see An Suxin throw away the empty gun. How could she use up two precious bullets so easily? And to save Zheng Wei, whom she had already decided to kill as soon as she reached her destination? Or was she really just doing it to repay Chu Xiao's favor, so that he would not have any psychological burden when he took action later?

——Does she have any special intentions? Chu Xiao, who already had a certain understanding of An Suxin's style, thought so.

"Okay, got it." Zheng Wei responded calmly, and continued to fight the zombies with the crowbar without any hesitation.

The gunshots were so loud that they kept echoing in the corridor. A piercing roar came from above the corridor, and chaotic footsteps began to approach below. Those unlucky guys must have been eaten by the zombies. Now, attracted by the gunshots, the zombies began to move to the lower floors.

"Speed ​​up!" Chu Xiao didn't bother to ask An Suxin what she thought, he shouted and gritted his teeth to speed up. However, the density of zombies became higher and higher as they went down. More and more zombies rushed up, making Chu Xiao and Zheng Wei's pressure extremely huge.

The door to the third floor is right in front of you. You must rush in before the zombies above get to you!

Finally, at the last moment when the zombies above rushed behind them, Chu Xiao finally opened the fire door on the third floor, and rushed in with the other three people without caring whether there was any danger behind the door. The moment the fire door was closed, Zheng Wei immediately tied the door with a crowbar!

Chapter 51 Pipeline

The hordes of zombies on both sides merged together almost the moment the gate closed.

The chaotic zombies rammed against the door, almost bending the crowbar tied to the door. But Chu Xiao had no time to deal with the zombies ramming the door, because there was no safety behind the door.

The third floor of the main building is the hospital's outpatient department, which is the place with the largest flow of people in the hospital. As soon as they rushed in, they attracted the attention of the zombies.

Chu Xiao protected Su Muhe and An Suxin, and swung the baseball bat to repel the zombies that rushed towards him - this baseball bat had smashed too many heads, and after swinging it again and again, the metal bat was covered with blood that was red to black, and the shaft was already somewhat bent.

On the other hand, Zheng Wei had no weapons and could only fight the zombies with her bare hands. She must have learned professional fighting skills, and she was very skillful. She knocked several zombies that approached to the ground in a few moves. However, the zombies were not living people, and they would not stop moving unless their heads were smashed. They stood up quickly and continued to attack.

"Next!" An Suxin threw the "weapon" in her hand to Zheng Wei. She used a table leg removed from the table. Compared with a crowbar, the table leg had limited lethality, but it was better than being empty-handed.

Zheng Wei no longer had a suitable weapon, which put a lot of pressure on Chu Xiao. He had to protect the two girls while barely maintaining the situation. In the current situation, it was difficult for him to kill the zombies, or even save his own life under the zombies' attack.

What's more, there were more zombies approaching this side. Chu Xiaozhi had no choice but to take a few people and retreat into the nearest ward.

The fragile door of the ward could not withstand the attack of the zombies. Even if Chu Xiao moved the bed and other things to block the door, he could not hold out for long.

"Brother Xiao...what should we do?" The sound of banging on the door outside was getting louder and louder. The group of zombies were about to break in. Su Muhe grabbed Chu Xiao's arm with a panicked look on his face.

He quickly ran to the window, opened it and looked outside. Through the window, Chu Xiao could already see the suspended glass corridor leading to the annex building.

Each floor of the hospital was quite high, and the ground below was completely hard concrete. There was no wet grass to cushion the fall, and a broken leg was considered good luck. Moreover, the number of zombies downstairs was so large that it made people feel cold. Chu Xiao believed that even if he could withstand the impact of jumping off the building with his strengthened body, he could not escape the encirclement of such a large group of zombies.

At this time, Chu Xiao noticed the vent on the ceiling of the ward. The entrance to the vent was narrow, but it was still possible for someone to crawl in.

The plot that he had only seen in movies appeared in Chu Xiao's mind. Since it had never been done like this in reality, he really didn't know whether it was feasible.

But now I can only take a gamble!

"Su Xin, move the table! Let's go from above!" Chu Xiao pointed at the vent on the ceiling.

"Ventilation duct..." The secretary laughed, "Do you think you are a secret agent or a thief?"

Although she was laughing, An Suxin did not delay at all and immediately helped find a table of suitable height.

The four corners of the baffle of the vent were fixed with screws. Fortunately, Chu Xiao now had amazing strength. He grabbed the gap in the grille and pulled hard, easily removing the baffle.

The entrance was barely big enough for one person to enter, and the dark ventilation duct was filled with dust.

"Zheng Wei, you go in first." Chu Xiao said.

Zheng Wei did not hesitate and did not ask for help. After stepping onto the table, she placed her hands on the edge of the vent and with a little force, she slipped in cleanly and neatly. Her movements were so skillful that it didn't seem like it was her first time doing such a thing.

Chu Xiao looked at Zheng Wei's actions, his eyes changed slightly, but he didn't say much.

The second person to go up was An Suxin. The two looked at each other and understood each other's intentions. Chu Xiao asked An Suxin to pay attention to Zheng Wei to prevent her from causing any trouble in front.

The young secretary had a slim figure and had no difficulty entering through the entrance. However, her movements were obviously not as easy and smooth as Zheng Wei's. She needed Chu Xiao's help from behind before she could successfully get into the ventilation duct.

At this time, the zombies outside had already knocked a large gap in the door, and the zombies' bloody arms had already reached into the room.

"Susu, come here!"

Su Muhe climbed up the table obediently and came to Chu Xiao's side. She was the weakest and could not climb up by herself, so she obediently gave her body to Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao held Su Su's slender waist and lifted her up high. Su Muhe barely grasped the lower edge of the ventilation duct, and his arms were powerless, and he couldn't relax like the two people before. Chu Xiao had to hold Su Muhe's firm and soft buttocks and push up. Through the thin pants, his fingers seemed to sink into it. Different from Ruan Mengmeng's youthful and elastic body, Su Muhe's body was like a ball of soft cotton. The so-called soft as boneless refers to this kind of beauty.

But at this moment, Chu Xiao had no time to appreciate it, because at this dangerous moment when the zombies were about to rush in, something went wrong - Miss Su Su was stuck again...

"I...I...I'm sorry..." Su Muhe's head and shoulders were already in the entrance, his arms lying in the pipe, and he was so ashamed that he felt embarrassed.

Just like when he climbed the window before, Su Muhe encountered obstacles when passing through the vent due to his special talents in certain parts of his body.

Even Miss Susu herself was speechless...

The ventilation duct was very narrow, and it was difficult for people who were already inside to turn around, so An Suxin had no way to pull her out. She could only let Su Muhe grab her ankles and use the force to pull her into the duct, while Chu Xiao held the girl's legs from behind and pushed her up hard.

Finally, amid the girl's suppressed cries of pain, Su Muhe's chest finally squeezed into the pipe opening, and with the help of An Suxin, he finally climbed into the pipe.

Almost at the same time when Su Muhe crawled into the pipe, the zombies outside broke open the door of the ward and rushed towards Chu Xiao's position.

Chu Xiao immediately jumped up, grabbed the vent, and crawled in. Although he didn't have a "weight" like Su Muhe that would get stuck, this entrance was still too narrow for Chu Xiao, an adult man. For a moment, his legs were suspended in the air, with nowhere to gain leverage, and his arms couldn't be moved, so he couldn't support his body.

Su Muhe imitated An Suxin's actions just now, and handed her beautiful feet to Chu Xiao for him to grab. The girl's beautiful feet were wearing pure white socks, and even though they were in a pair of ordinary sneakers, a touch of dazzling white skin was still exposed at the trouser legs. Chu Xiao was even worried that if he grabbed them, he would leave glaring finger marks.

After all, Su Muhe was not An Suxin, and Chu Xiao was not a high school girl. Relying solely on Su Muhe's strength, trying to pull Chu Xiao up was simply a drop in the bucket. And since it was difficult to turn around in the pipe, An Suxin couldn't turn around to help.

Although Chu Xiao couldn't see, he could already feel that the zombies were approaching his dangling legs.

"Damn it! Fight!"

He couldn't see the situation below, so he could only estimate his position based on the direction the zombies were rushing towards him. Then he pushed hard and actually used a zombie's head as a leverage point to send himself up!

The whole process was so thrilling that Chu Xiao even felt that his trouser legs were torn by something. If there was any deviation, he was afraid that he would repeat the mistake of his sister Chu Yan.

(ps: According to the information I have read, climbing ventilation ducts is not very practical in reality, so please do not imitate it)

Chapter 52 Arrival

The zombies were still chasing into the ventilation duct, and one of them even climbed up the vent and squeezed half of its body into the duct. But Chu Xiao and his team were lucky. The narrow vent trapped the zombie, and it could only roar and howl at the few people not far away, but could not move. When the target disappeared, the zombie roared a few times in confusion, then lowered its head and entered a quiet state.

The ventilation duct is slightly wider than the entrance, but it can only accommodate one person crawling forward, and there is no way to turn back. The duct is dark, and the only light source is the light from the mobile phone.

After Chu Xiao entered the duct, he was greeted by a strong smell of dust. A thick layer of dust accumulated on the inner wall of the ventilation duct, making his nasal cavity feel very uncomfortable.

"Brother Xiao, are you okay?" Su Muhe couldn't see the situation behind him, so he could only ask worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Chu Xiao turned on the flashlight on his phone and saw the red finger marks on Su Muhe's fair ankle. Even though he had tried his best to control himself, he still used a little too much strength in the situation just now. "I'm sorry, Su Su, I hurt you."

"It's okay, it's okay." Su Muhe quickly shook her head. Only then did she feel her ankle burning, but it seemed to be more than just pain...

The ventilation ducts in the building were like a huge spider web. In the dark and narrow space, it was difficult to tell the direction. Su Muhe, as the "guide", was also confused in this situation - although this was her own hospital, she had no hobby of climbing ventilation ducts.

"Follow me." A cold and calm voice came from the front of the team.

Faced with this situation, Zheng Wei's emotions seemed to remain calm. Her calmness made people feel reliable at this time, but the better she was at handling this kind of crisis, the heavier Chu Xiao felt.

Under Zheng Wei's leadership, they began to crawl in the pipes. The narrow and dark pipes led to all directions between the floors. At this time, Zheng Wei showed a strong sense of direction and moved towards the destination without any confusion.

Chu Xiao followed at the end of the team, with Su Muhe in front of him. Due to his narrow field of vision, under the illumination of the mobile phone light, the girl's soft buttocks and slender legs were swaying in front of Chu Xiao. After getting rid of the crisis, he felt a little relaxed, and with the beautiful scenery in front of him, Chu Xiao unconsciously recalled the previous touch.

He couldn't help but think of a line he had read before: The slender arms and wrists are filled with fragrance, and the graceful waist is like green ripples.

And how does that saying go?

This girl is really... very smooth.

……

Su Muhe couldn't see what was happening behind her, but she seemed to be able to feel the strong gaze coming from behind her. In the darkness, Miss Su Su not only didn't feel embarrassed or shy, but even felt a little excited in her heart. A tingling feeling spread from the place where he touched to her whole body, and her cheeks were incredibly hot.

She didn't know if her mentality was normal, but the dark and narrow space, the dangerous situation, and the men and women trapped in the darkness...her creator's soul was burning, and the heroine was herself!

The girl looked at An Suxin who was crawling in front of her, and suddenly she envied the relationship between An Suxin and Chu Xiao. As a bystander, she could see that the two had built a solid trust relationship. She remembered that she had seen Mengmeng and Chu Xiao holding hands naturally before. She was not blind, of course she could see the scar on Chu Xiao's lips, and there was blood on Mengmeng's lips. She could guess what happened between the two.

I just didn't expect that my best friend, who is obviously an emotional idiot, would actually do such an enviable... proactive thing.

——Should I…take the initiative a little more…

With her girlish heart beating, Miss Susu couldn't help but think so.

"Su Su, why did you stop? What happened?" Chu Xiao's voice came from behind.

"...Ah...It's nothing! I was just daydreaming." Su Muhe hurriedly moved and approached An Suxin, who was already some distance away.

……

It's impossible to move very fast in the ventilation duct. Plus, the hospital floor area is quite large. If you stay in the duct for a long time, time will seem to pass very slowly.

The four people tried to keep a certain distance from each other, because the wall of the pipe was not thick and could not bear too much weight. If it suddenly collapsed in the middle, they would fall directly into the group of zombies.

When passing by a ventilation hole, Chu Xiao specifically observed the situation outside through the grille.

The situation outside was worse than he had imagined.

There were zombies wandering around everywhere, and their number far exceeded that of the floors above. This was no wonder. After all, this was a large and civilized hospital in the country, and the outpatient department had a large flow of people. When the disaster broke out, it was probably the time when the hospital was busiest. Through the grating, Chu Xiao clearly saw the unrecognizable zombies wandering close below them, and even saw several corpses that had been eaten clean by zombies, without even having the chance to turn into zombies.

Chu Xiao thought that if he fell down at this moment, there would be no trace left of his body.

Avoiding the zombies in the pipes, it was indeed much safer, but Chu Xiao did not dare to relax his vigilance, because he still remembered the even weirder monsters he encountered at school last night. Who knows what kind of monsters will appear at this time? Even weird things like those Cthulhu-style ones can appear. Who can say that there will be no weird things in the hospital?

For no apparent reason, Chu Xiao suddenly thought of the fetus that had been separated from its mother. He turned his head and looked behind him, but fortunately he did not see a strange zombie baby crawling towards him.

Based on Zheng Wei's accurate judgment of the direction, several people avoided the most dangerous area through the ventilation ducts and came to the office area with fewer people.

If they took the normal route, they would see a glass door in the corridor leading to this place, with the words "Scientific Research Area, No Entry for Unauthorized Persons" written on it.

The ventilation duct reached the end. Zheng Wei, who was at the front, removed a grille from a vent, stuck her head down to observe, and after confirming that there were no zombies below, she jumped out of the duct first. An Suxin followed closely behind her. Then, with the help of An Suxin, Su Muhe carefully returned to the ground.

Chu Xiao was the last one to come down. He dusted off the dust on his body, looked around, and found that it was a deserted space full of technology.

"This is the experimental area. Usually there aren't many people here. Over there is the sky corridor leading to the annex building." Su Muhe said, pointing to a tightly locked door.

Behind the door is a glass corridor with a very modern design.

At the end of the glass corridor was their destination, the private laboratory of Professor Su and his wife.

Chu Xiao looked at An Suxin, and calmly protected Su Muhe behind him. He cast his eyes towards Zheng Wei not far away and clenched the baseball bat in his hand.

——It’s time to take action.

Since he had promised An Suxin, Chu Xiao would not hesitate. Maybe she was really innocent, but her suspicion forced Chu Xiao to take action. Because they could not afford any changes at the moment, Chu Xiao was not willing to regret his temporary kindness.

While Zheng Wei had her back to him, Chu Xiao's expression froze and he raised the blood-stained baseball bat.

(ps: I’m not in a very good state recently, I’m a little stuck…)

Chapter 53: Action

Chu Xiao acted without hesitation and chose the perfect timing.

However, Zheng Wei seemed to have eyes on her back, and she reacted almost the moment Chu Xiao attacked. The woman quickly turned her body to the side, and the bat almost brushed her nose and fell heavily to the ground.

"What a shame," she said quietly, expressionless.

Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Chu Xiao said inwardly: Oops.

Sure enough, Zheng Wei dodged and immediately rushed forward, punching Chu Xiao in the face. Before the punch arrived, the wind had already arrived. If this fierce punch had landed, his nose bridge would probably have been broken. In a hurry, Chu Xiao only had time to raise his arm to block. The violent punch hit his arm, and it felt like being hit by an iron rod. The severe pain made Chu Xiao wonder if his bones were broken.

Chu Xiao had just seen Zheng Wei's boxing skills. If he got into a fistfight with her, the situation would be very unfavorable to Chu Xiao. At this time, Chu Xiao made a prompt decision and gave up on keeping distance. Instead, he took the initiative to rush towards Zheng Wei. He judged that he could not keep distance to let Zheng Wei adjust her posture, but should take the initiative to shorten the distance and drag this fight into the quagmire of entanglement.

This is indeed the case. This Zheng Wei has obviously practiced fighting techniques. If they keep some distance and allow her to punch and kick more space, Chu Xiao's chances of winning will become slim.

He rushed forward, trying to limit Zheng Wei's movements with brute force. However, this woman had rich practical experience, and she immediately saw through Chu Xiao's intentions. She immediately stepped back, raised her legs, hit Chu Xiao's side with her knees, and then punched continuously, not giving Chu Xiao a chance to breathe.

Facing the opponent's extremely professional attack, Chu Xiao could only rely on his thick skin to barely block it. Fortunately, his body had been strengthened to a certain extent, otherwise he would not have been able to hold on for so long. Even so, he was in a desperate situation.

Su Muhe was stunned by the sudden change before her eyes. She didn’t understand why the two people who had once fought side by side suddenly turned against each other when the destination was right in front of her, and it seemed that Chu Xiao was the first to take action.

Su Muhe was naturally closer to Chu Xiao. Although it was Chu Xiao who started the fight first, she became worried immediately when she saw Chu Xiao being suppressed by Zheng Wei and falling into a passive position. However, she knew her own weight and could not help at this time. Instead, she would cause trouble for Chu Xiao.

At this time, An Suxin pulled Su Muhe aside and kept her away from the two people who were fighting. Su Muhe was the key person now, and she had to ensure that she was not controlled by Zheng Wei.

Since Chu Xiao's first sneak attack failed, An Suxin knew that there was no way to deal with Zheng Wei in the simplest way. This was not Chu Xiao's fault, but they still underestimated Zheng Wei's vigilance. Now it seems that although Zheng Wei helped them a lot along the way, she was still vigilant against them.