Wei Zi used the stone to break open the lock on the wooden door and pushed it open, revealing a dark entrance. It was square, not wide nor narrow, just enough for an adult to go in and out.
Standing on the ladder, Wei Zi was about to bend his body and poke his head into the entrance when Zheng Zi, who was standing at the bottom of the ladder, quickly said,"
"Wait, we don't know what's going on up there. It'll be dangerous if we go up rashly! It was better to wait and see for a while and see how the higher-ups reacted before taking action!”
Wei Zi heard her words and climbed down the ladder.
The three of them waited under the ladder and stared at the entrance quietly.
Time passed by in the tense wait, but there was no movement at the entrance. Zhang Zi finally couldn't hold it in any longer and said in a low voice,"
"We've already broken the lock and pushed open the wooden door. Logically speaking, we should have alerted the people above. If they have eyes, ears, mouth, and feet and are still breathing, why haven't they done anything? He didn't even make a sound!"
"Did they tie them up? Her mouth was covered, and she couldn't make a sound or move!”Wei Zi guessed.
Just as they were talking, a clap of thunder rolled across the roof.
" Ah!" Zheng Zi screamed out of instinct at the unexpected thunder and hugged Zhang Zi who was beside her.
Zhang Zi was also frightened by the sudden thunder. However, in front of Zheng Zi, he had to pretend to be calm. He hugged her and gently stroked her back to calm her down.
With the sound of thunder, a torrential rain fell, mercilessly lashing at this simple and old tower house. The door trembled in the slanting wind and dense rain, making a mournful sound. The old tower house seemed to be swaying in the wind and rain.
The sound of thunder and rain seemed to have alerted the people upstairs. They heard a strange thumping sound from the ceiling again.
Their gazes turned to the four-sided entrance.
However, after the noise, the upstairs fell into a dead silence again. It was silent and puzzling.
"You two wait downstairs. I'll go up and take a look first!”Wei Zi couldn't hold it in anymore and decided to take the risk to go up and investigate.
Wei Zi held the stone and climbed up the ladder, approaching the entrance step by step.
Zhang Zi and Zheng Zi stood at the foot of the stairs, looking up at him as he went up, watching his figure enter the dark entrance.
Just as the two of them were waiting anxiously, there was a muffled thud. The sound of something heavy falling came from upstairs.
"Not good! Something might have happened to him! I want to go up and take a look!"
Zheng Zi was no longer as weak as before. She grabbed the ladder and prepared to climb up.
"Mimi, let me go first. You follow behind me!”Zhang Zi, who was still hesitating, did not want to be outdone and wanted to be her protector.
They climbed up the ladder one after the other and went through the four entrances to the second floor.
The first thing they saw was Wei Zi's gloomy back. He was like a piece of wood, standing there, seven or eight meters away from the entrance. At his feet lay the stone.
As soon as they came up, they could clearly feel the atmosphere upstairs. It was eerie! There was only one window in the entire room, and the window frame was sealed with horizontal and horizontal iron bars. The rain outside the window was reflected through the iron bars of the only window, faintly illuminating the room.
Seeing Wei Zisha standing there without moving, the two of them were a little puzzled. They walked up to him and followed his gaze.
It was fine if he didn't look, but when he saw Zheng Zi, he almost cried out. She desperately covered her mouth with her hands, her phoenix eyes wide open in fear.
Zhang Zi's performance was the most exaggerated. His legs trembled like a sieve, and then his legs went soft. Butong knelt on the ground. As for whether he peed his pants, only he knew. Sigh-anyway, it was a big embarrassment! At the critical moment, he couldn't maintain his fearless image as a 'flower protector' in front of Zheng Zi.
It was no wonder that Wei Zi could only stand there in a daze. The scene upstairs was too embarrassing!
As far as the eye could see, rows of simple wooden beds were arranged in a crisscross pattern, filling up half the room. On each bed, there was a person lying upright. To be exact, it was a human body. These bodies were lying motionless. It was unknown if they were asleep or dead.
Seeing this scene, a chill ran up from Zhang Zi's feet. He shuddered and his scalp went numb. His teeth chattered and goosebumps appeared all over his body. He hugged Zheng Zi tightly and said timidly,
"These…these people are…are they the people we…want to save?”
Wei Zi was stunned for a long time. When he heard Zhang Zi's voice, he came back to his senses and said in a low voice,"
"Are…are they dead?"
"No…impossible! "We were down there. We clearly heard…sounds…" Zhang Zi denied with a trembling voice.
Before he could finish his words, a bolt of lightning split the night sky, followed by a few thunderclaps.
The sound of thunder rang out, and the wooden bed closest to them creaked. The body on the bed moved, slowly turning over and sitting up, then stiffly and mechanically getting off the bed.
The moment the body stood up, things fell from his body. As the light was too dim, they could not see what had fallen to the ground.
At this moment, another bolt of lightning tore through the darkness, and the room was instantly as bright as day, allowing them to see the most terrifying scene: The hideous skeletal face, the naked and bloody body, and the things that kept falling off---like pieces of fuzzy meat paste.
The human body moved forward mechanically. Its stiff steps were like a zombie as it walked towards them step by step.
It was like a sneeze from a buddha-no small matter. They were stunned as they watched the zombie approach them.
With every step the zombie took, large chunks of objects fell off his body. As the rotten flesh peeled off, his huge body shrank.
" The zombie is coming…coming…towards us…is…is he…going to eat…us…" Zhang Zi's entire body trembled, his teeth chattering non-stop.
Zheng Zi closed her eyes in horror and buried her head in Zhang Zi's chest, not daring to look at the zombie's ferocious face.
Wei Zi instinctively picked up the stone beside his feet and clenched his fists. He pointed at the zombie and shouted,
"Don't…Don't come over! We came up here…to…to…"He could not go on. Could it be that they came up here to save these zombies?
Unexpectedly, the zombie changed direction and walked toward the corner on their other side. He could vaguely see a wooden block at the corner of the wall, and a boulder was placed on the wooden block. The wooden block was covered in a thick layer of dust.
Under their horrified gazes, the zombie slammed into the boulder.
With a crisp cracking sound, the zombie's bones were broken into several pieces. The skull and other bones on the zombie's body fell apart and rolled to the ground, making a sound of " Dong ".
Not long after, the skulls and bones on the ground automatically shattered like melted snow. Gradually, they turned into a pile of dust. From this, it could be seen that the piles of dust around the wooden block must have been formed by the bones of the zombies.
Such a shocking scene was like a Taoist priest wielding a pair of pincers-a rare sword. Wei Zi sighed in a low voice,"
"Caw! Mushrooms grow on a millstone---there's nothing strange about it!”
Zhang Zi saw that the zombie had only killed itself by hitting the rock and did not attack them. His three souls and seven spirits returned to his body. He could not help but say,
"Why did this zombie want to commit suicide by hitting a rock?”
Before he could finish his words, the sound of the wooden bed shaking could be heard again. Several zombies sat up from the bed one after another, repeating the terrifying scene just now.
Suddenly, Zheng Zi jumped up from Zhang Zi's arms and said nervously,"
"Hurry up and leave! Hurry up and leave this place! They…their souls…" She pointed at the boulder on the wooden block as she spoke.
She was so shocked that she could not speak. Zhang Zi and Wei Zi turned their heads to look at the boulder on the wooden block. They saw the dust under the boulder whirling up like a gust of wind. It spiraled higher and higher, like a tornado, and pounced towards them.
A ball of sand sealed Zheng Zi's open mouth. She coughed uncomfortably and bent down to protect her face with her hands.
"Zheng-what's wrong?" Zhang Zi went to help her up in shock.
"Let's go! " Let's go…" Zheng Zi's throat was blocked by the sand and it was difficult for her to breathe.
However, it was too late to leave now.
The piles of blood-colored sand that had been lying indifferently under the boulder suddenly flew up and pounced toward them as if they were possessed. It could be said that the three of them were like powerful magnets, and the flying dust was like iron shavings. They sucked them all over.
It was the first time they had encountered such a terrifying thing. They were terrified. They blocked left and right with their hands and covered their heads to protect themselves, but it was useless.
At this time, Zhang Zi was like a scarecrow putting out a fire-he couldn't even take care of himself. The dense sand and dust kept absorbing onto his body. He covered his eyes with his hands and closed his mouth tightly. He was filled with regret. The three of them were like mosquitoes looking for spiders and walking into a trap. Moreover, he had hit the nail on the head. The current situation was no different from poking a hornet's nest. The sand and dust were like ferocious wasps, swarming to chase them and surrounding them in three layers. They were tightly wrapped like steamed rice dumplings.
He made up his mind. Since the yellow mud was in his pants anyway, he might as well try to roll to the exit.
He simply lay down, hugged his head with both hands, curled up, and rolled to the exit. Then, he wet his pants and rolled down the ladder to the floor downstairs.
Before he could settle down, Zheng Zi also rolled down the stairs, and the two of them crashed into each other.
As soon as the zither fell to the ground, it spat out the sand stuck in its throat and took a deep breath.
The two of them lay on the ground and panted for a long time before their souls finally calmed down. Zheng Zi opened her eyes and saw a person lying in front of her in the darkness. She didn't know if it was Zhang Zi or Wei Zi, so she called out,"
"Dangdang, is that you?"
"It's me! Mimi, are you alright?" Zhang Zi took a deep breath and got up from the ground. It was only then that he remembered Zheng Zi.
"I'm fine! Where's Wei Zi?" Zheng Zi looked around but didn't see Wei Zi.
"If he's not below, then he's above!”Zhang Zi deduced.
"Sigh! He hadn't come down after half a day. How was he?”Zheng Zi said worriedly.
"Of course-he'd be like a soaring bird meeting an eagle if he stayed upstairs-he'd be dead meat!”
Zhang Zi came to Zheng Zi's side and the two of them hugged each other tightly. In this terrifying rainy night, they were seeking comfort because of their nervousness. It was also because he was afraid. He was afraid of the zombies upstairs, afraid of the flying dust, and even more afraid of losing the other party.
At the same time, both of them were thinking about the same question-would Wei Zi, who was still upstairs, become a zombie if he didn't come down?
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