Apocalyptic Disaster: Stockpile Supplies for Free and Make a Comeback

Chapter 163 Rapid Rescue 2
As they went to help the elderly couple and the woman with the child, Qiu Ling and Cui Likun, carrying the same iron rods, ran against the crowd towards the zombies.

"Were you bitten?" Xu Yi asked nervously, still shaken.

"No."

Several people shook their heads.

"Thank you, thank you so much," the woman said gratefully, her body still trembling with fear.

"fine."

Actually, they didn't intend to open the door to rescue people at first.

The situation outside is too chaotic. This door is the only thing that can protect them. Opening it rashly would be dangerous and could easily get them caught in the crossfire.

They hesitated for a long time behind the door, listening to the desperate cries for help outside, before finally deciding to open it.

The base issued an emergency broadcast that aid would be coming; every zombie they could save outside would be one less to worry about.

Down below, some people panicked and ran out without thinking. The torrential acid rain felt like knives on their faces, and they screamed and ran back. Some people fell in the rain, while a few well-prepared people wrapped themselves in thick quilts and rushed to the neighboring dormitory building.

The plaster peeled off onto the wall, revealing dark cement, and warm blood slowly dripped down, the nauseating smell of blood and the sound of chewing echoing in the corridor.

Qiu Ling and the others picked up iron bars and smashed them against the blood-covered zombies, finally managing to kill one with great difficulty.

Looking up, all the zombies squatting and eating in front of me turned around, as did the zombies behind me, inside the door that wasn't closed.

Everyone's expression changed drastically, and they gripped their blood-stained weapons tightly. The gunshots had barely reached downstairs when it was too late.

When Song Jinhe and her group arrived as quickly as possible, they found the stairwell crowded with panicked people, making it difficult to pass. Even when they shouted for people to move aside, few could hear them.

They were forced to slow down as they struggled through the crowded, chaotic staircase.

There were zombies on several floors, so we had to clear them one floor at a time until we reached the floor with the worst situation.

The ground was covered in blood and bits of flesh, and it felt very sticky when you stepped on it.

"It's Qiu Ling and the others!" Qi Sixing exclaimed, rushing forward with his gun in hand.

"Watch out through the door on the left!"

Upon hearing Song Jinhe's reminder, he immediately retreated to avoid the zombies' attacks and fired several shots, killing several people in the room.

Meanwhile, Song Jinhe took down the zombies directly in front of him, while Jiang Shi'an, under Song Jinhe's command, cleared out the zombies running down the stairs behind him and from the upper floors.

"There's another one, in bathroom 905."

Song Jinhe felt dizzy and weak, so she didn't make many moves. She mainly focused on reporting her location or providing follow-up attacks.

The sudden disaster was not completely cleared until after 4 a.m., and all eleven bodies were laid out in the corridor.

Upon seeing the last, short-statured figure, many people couldn't hold back their emotions.

"Poor thing, so young,"

"His parents are gone, and he lives with his elderly parents. How will his grandfather survive?"

"This is the first person to die." The light source in Qiu Ling's hand fell on that familiar face, causing her to tremble uncontrollably.

The team members exchanged glances, their expressions all quite complicated.

"He asked us to change his dressing before he died," Jing Zhigao said, his voice trembling.
"Was his death caused by taking the wrong medication?"

If that's the case, then these people's deaths can also be attributed to them.
Everyone fell silent, wanting to say something but unsure how. "What medicine?" Jiang Shi'an asked.

"It's just regular cold medicine." Jing Zhigao didn't dare to delay and quickly took out the remaining pills from the house.

Qi Sixing looked over and said, "This was produced before the apocalypse, and it's still close to its expiration date. Logically, it should be fine."

Jiang Shi'an: "What symptoms did he have before?"

Qiu Ling immediately replied, "He's not in good spirits. He looks dazed and cold. When he came to change his dressing, he said he caught a cold."

The staff on duty managing the dormitory building quickly offered an explanation.
“We took his temperature before, and it was a low-grade fever. The weather has been changing a lot recently, and several people have caught a cold.”

The main problem is that it's raining acid outside and the building is densely populated, so we can only conduct regular checks every day.

The base had announced some time ago that the initial large-scale, explosive infection phase had ended, and that the current survivors would no longer be infected without external factors.

Given the conditions in the building, it's unrealistic to isolate someone for a minor illness.

"The people working at the treatment center in the building have also seen it and said it was caused by the weather."

They really can't be blamed for this.

Those who opened the door to watch the commotion and those who wanted to hear more news also joined in the discussion.

“He wasn’t feeling well yesterday, he didn’t eat much, and he was talking nonsense last night, saying there were people outside the window. At first, we thought he just heard the wind and said he was a coward, but who knew?”

"Could it be that he's possessed? I've heard that people who are possessed are like that; their health gets worse and worse, and they become strange and irrational."

"Could there really be something outside the window?"

It was already pitch black, with so many corpses laid out, some even disemboweled and exposed to the air, and lightning flashing and thunder roaring outside; the atmosphere was frightening enough.

After hearing what these people said, many people got goosebumps and their eyes unconsciously drifted out the window to the dark.

Someone noticed the respectful attitude of the staff on duty towards Jiang Shi'an, their eyes lit up, and they immediately came over.
"Are you the leaders of the central area? There's something wrong with this place. Could you please move us somewhere else?"

"Yes, acid rain has trapped us here, and there are unclean things around. We'd rather go somewhere with even worse conditions."

Also due to the weather, Song Jinhe, who was feeling unwell, moved a stool to sit down and sighed.

It's not fair to say that people would believe this. People who survive in this era have experienced too much and are psychologically stressed, which is normal.

"Based on his symptoms, it is very likely encephalitis."

Jiang Shi'an looked at everyone and said calmly,
"There's no such thing as being possessed by an evil spirit. Severe encephalitis can cause confusion and hallucinations."
A common cold in adults without underlying medical conditions is generally not fatal, but severe encephalitis can be fatal.

After saying that, he looked at the group of people who were filled with remorse, "It's not because of the cold medicine."

If there were no symptoms like hallucinations, it could be due to a drug allergy, but based on the description, this person's symptoms are more consistent with encephalitis.

"It's normal that the people at the aid station couldn't make a diagnosis. Even before the apocalypse, some small hospitals might not have been able to diagnose it."

Moreover, the people at these medical stations have not received systematic training and do not have professional qualifications. They can only handle common minor illnesses and pains, and the facilities are inadequate.

"Really? It's not possession?" someone asked, still uneasy.

Well, some mindsets are so deeply ingrained that even if they hear an explanation, they won't believe it completely and will suspect that they're just saying this because they don't want to move the place.

The staff on duty explained, "Of course it's true! Professor Jiang is the head of the laboratory."