The World Turned into Zombies, So I Went Back to the Countryside to Farm 54p2

Chapter 54 p2: Monster

At the end of the workshop was another industrial shielding door. Jiang Zao pointed to something on the door that looked like a steering wheel.

“That should be used to open the door.”

Wen Zhao pushed it hard but found that it wouldn’t budge.

She held a flashlight in her mouth and looked to the side. A line ran from the top of the door to the electrical switch next to the door.

“No power. It can’t be opened.”

Li Mi wanted to flip the electrical switch but was pulled back by someone. Jiang Zao shook her head.

“Look up.”

Li Mi followed her gaze and saw a loudspeaker hanging next to the camera on the second floor. A red light was flashing.

The green emergency light on the shielding door was on. The words “Warehouse, No Unauthorized Entry” were like a ghostly fire in the darkness.

“Generally, for this kind of important warehouse, forcing it open will definitely trigger the anti-theft system. We’d better find another way in.”

Jiang Zao looked up at the dome of the workshop. This workshop was quite large, about the size of a football field. Only a state-owned enterprise would have this scale.

The raw materials had to be sent into the workshop through a conveyor belt. Then, could they also get in through the conveyor belt?

But this conveyor belt looked like even Kele couldn’t get through.

The falling snow particles floated in through the skylight on the dome and landed on them.

The ventilation fan next to the skylight had also long since stopped running. It was covered with a thick layer of grease. The north wind was howling in from there. It seemed to be connected to the outside, or the space next door.

Jiang Zao’s eyes lit up.

“Let’s go to the third floor. We can climb up to that ventilation fan. From there, we should be able to get to the warehouse next door.”

The weathered steel stairs creaked as soon as they stepped on them. Wen Zhao couldn’t help but slow down.

“Be careful. These stairs are all weathered.”

Jiang Zao also held her breath and nodded gently.

The group tiptoed up the stairs. Some of the steel plates had already fallen off, so they had to jump over them.

The slight vibration was like a butterfly flapping its wings.

The behemoth in the darkness gradually opened its eyes.

Perhaps it had happened suddenly. There were not many employees in the entire workshop. Besides the zombies they had found on the first floor, the second and third floors had been carefully checked and were empty.

Jiang Zao walked to the ventilation fan and stopped. She could faintly see the things piled up in the darkness on the other side through the ventilation fan.

“Wen Zhao, look, it’s connected.”

Wen Zhao squatted down, took out a rope from her backpack, tied a grappling hook to it, swung it a few times, and threw it over.

“It’s still risky to jump over this distance. We can only swing over one by one with a rope. I’ll go first.”

She tied the rope to her wrist, wrapped it a few times, stood on the railing, and leaped. She swung over lightly, then grabbed the rope and climbed a section, then grabbed the fan blade and squeezed through.

The space here was still very large.

The warehouse below was a clear view.

There were many woven bags scattered on the ground, which should be grain.

Wen Zhao turned her head and waved at them, throwing the rope back.

“Come over one by one.”

Jiang Zao handed the rope to Little Mi.

“You and Kele go first.”

Little Mi carried Kele on her back and tied it tightly with a rope. Kele also panted and obediently lay on her back.

When the person and the dog stepped on the railing, the weathered railing swayed slightly. Li Mi swung over in the same way.

When it was Jiang Zao’s turn, she tied the rope tightly to her wrist, took a deep breath, and was about to jump when her foot suddenly slipped.

The rusty iron railing broke into two pieces and crashed heavily to the ground with a clang.

“Little Zao!” Although she knew that she was held by a rope, Wen Zhao’s face changed drastically. She pounced out and grabbed the rope.

She pulled her up, still shaken.

“Are you okay?”

Jiang Zao rubbed her sore shoulder, which had been pulled by the gravity, and shook her head. “I’m fine. Let’s go.”

In the darkness, something was breathing heavily, and it was getting closer and closer to them.

Li Mi turned her head and patted Kele’s head.

“Kele, what’s wrong? Why are you panting so loudly?”

Kele let out a whimper and tucked its tail between its legs. This was the first time Li Mi had seen something called “fear” in its eyes.

Li Mi stiffly turned her head. The flashlight illuminated a patch of darkness in front of her. A monster in the abyss slowly stood up, its huge scarlet eyes firmly locked on them.

No, it wasn’t one, but countless.

In the darkness, countless pairs of scarlet eyes lit up.

The moment Jiang Zao saw it clearly, a chill shot up from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, making her scalp tingle.

A mountain of flesh, almost made of human flesh, stood before them. You have to know that they were now on the third-floor platform of the opposite warehouse. That monster was almost as tall as a three-story building.

Its scarlet eyes, the foul stench from its mouth, almost made Jiang Zao confirm that it was a zombie in an instant.

But its whole body was densely covered with countless rotating eyeballs, which also made her scalp tingle.

It was an unknown fear that made everyone’s feet as if rooted to the ground, unable to move.

“What… is this?”

With a clang, the flashlight in Li Mi’s hand fell to the side of the railing, rolled a few times, and fell from the third floor, crashing heavily to the ground.

In a flash.

Jiang Zao saw it clearly. Under each pair of eyes were rotten, swollen, and distorted facial features. They were all once living people.

Those bodies were wrapped around its body like parasites, making it look like an inflated balloon, ready to explode at any moment.

A foul stench rushed towards them.

Jiang Zao was on the verge of vomiting.

Before her brain could make a judgment, the frantic secretion of adrenaline had already made her react first.

“It’s a mutated zombie. Quick! Run!”

The arm with countless eyes swung at them. Wen Zhao grabbed the stunned Li Mi and ran wildly.

A roar also came from the monster’s mouth. Jiang Zao covered her ears. The zombies that had been wandering in the darkness suddenly opened their eyes, as if they had found their direction, and roared as they gathered in this direction.

Wen Zhao lifted her up. “What’s wrong?!”

Jiang Zao shook her head, shook off the tinnitus from her mind, and grabbed Wen Zhao’s hand, running towards the second floor.

“Let’s go down first. Although that monster looks huge, it’s not agile. We can’t expose ourselves to it!”

In the eyes of the monster, they were just a few rats running wildly. The monster turned with difficulty, swung its hands angrily, and the railings broke and flew everywhere, and the stairs collapsed layer by layer.

The already old and decayed steel frame could not withstand such an attack and was on the verge of collapsing.

Wen Zhao leaped over, followed by Jiang Zao. When Jiang Zao turned around to pull Little Mi, who had fallen behind, the monster also followed closely and swung its palm.

Li Mi’s body became light, and the steel frame under her feet had already broken. In front of her, only Jiang Zao’s hysterical face was getting farther and farther away.

Farther and farther.

“Big sister!”

Jiang Zao reached out but only grabbed half a piece of cloth. She watched as Little Mi and Kele fell in front of her.

“Little Mi!”

Jiang Zao’s dilated pupils still had a few traces of disbelief, and her slightly trembling voice had already betrayed her helplessness.

Thump, thump—

Thump, thump—

The monster’s heavy footsteps were already close at hand, and the unbalanced steel frame gradually tilted.

Wen Zhao pulled her up from the ground, her eyes full of anxiety.

“Go, let’s go quickly!”

“Little Mi, Little Mi, Kele, no…”

“Jiang Zao!” Wen Zhao shouted her name and shook her shoulders hard. “Wake up! We can only find them if we’re alive!”

Seeing that her unfocused eyes were focused on her face again, Wen Zhao nodded again, pulled her up, and ran forward.

***

The moment Li Mi fell, her mind went blank. It wasn’t until a whimper came from behind her that her mind regained a trace of clarity.

She gritted her teeth and, at the last moment, untied the strap that was tied to her body, held Kele in front of her, and then fell heavily to the ground, losing consciousness. The walkie-talkie in her pocket also fell out.

“Little Mi, Little Mi, Little Mi! Answer if you hear me, answer if you hear me…”

Jiang Zao pressed the walkie-talkie over and over again, but the other end was always silent except for the crackling of static.

Thump, thump—

Thump, thump—

It was the familiar and heavy footsteps of the monster again.

It was coming from far and near.

A wet thing licked her awake.

Li Mi struggled to open her eyes. The sharp pain from her limbs made it impossible for her to move, and her vision was also blackening in waves.

“Ke… Kele…”

Kele was lying on her chest, its eyes also wet. Seeing that she was finally awake, it let out another whimper and buried its head in her embrace, licking her neck.

Li Mi struggled to lift her fingers and gently patted its head. The walkie-talkie that had fallen not far away was also ringing.

She tried to prop herself up but fell again.

The thumping sound also stopped.

The behemoth seemed to be patrolling for its prey.

The walkie-talkie in front of her was crushed underfoot.

The next second, a pair of large hands covered her mouth and dragged her completely into the darkness behind her.