Chapter 5 Temporarily Avoiding the Cinema (Thanks to Xiaoman for the three crowns)

  Everyone couldn't help but exclaim again, I was much calmer than before and hastily reminded, "Don't shout! Attracting them will get us all killed!"

  Not far away, a mass similar to the human body was slowly moving forward. Wasn't that the other half of the lower body just now? The residual intestines in the torso were like octopus tentacles, crawling with the main body, leaving a wide and long bloodstain on the floor tiles of the mall.

  "Ugh……" Another wave of dry heaves reached my ears, I took deep breaths, feeling the oxygen in my lungs was almost depleted, my hands and feet were numb, watching such scenes in movies didn't faze me, but seeing it in reality made me realize what " Leafy greens are good for you" really meant.

  "Hurry up! Don't look at it!" Tang Xiaoquan urged hastily, and our group of women finally withdrew their terrified gaze, grabbing onto each other as we rushed to the escalator.

  Sun Zhe and Nie Xiong have already reached the fourth floor from the still operating escalator, nervously looking around, while Pan Feng is guarding the entrance of the escalator on the third floor waiting for our arrival.

  The escalator was still running normally, and after getting on the escalator, we rushed up two steps at a time. In just a few seconds, we arrived at the fourth floor. Jin Mao pointed to the right with familiarity, and we saw the Life Pavilion. It was comforting that from the escalator exit to the Life Pavilion, it was very smooth, except for a small amount of blood on the ground, not a single zombie was seen.

  We rushed into the living room, men and women, old and young, crawling and rolling, only to find that it was also in a mess. The exquisite drawers and storage boxes were overturned on the ground, blocking the passage, but Jin Mao still saw the area where the knives were hung with sharp eyes, "Great! They're all here!"

  After finishing, she led us around the cluttered items and directly to the knife display rack. Jin Mao picked up the largest multi-purpose knife, ripped open the packaging with a few cuts, and let out a long sigh of relief.

  We were busy choosing knives, unaware that a person suddenly rushed out of the small warehouse in the living room. No, she could no longer be called human. Looking at her purple face and bitten arm, we judged that she had been bitten and hidden in the warehouse, only to become a zombie after being attracted by us.

  "Who's going first?" Everyone stared in shock as the female zombie climbed up that pile of objects, desperately making her way towards us, despite holding suitable knives, they all took a step back.

  "Keep running!" Luo Xiaonian had already been scared to death by the female zombie and was pulling me straight out.

  Got it! One person made a run for it, and everyone else collapsed, instantly scattering in all directions like scattered soldiers. However, once they ran out of the living room, they didn't know where to escape to, and their footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

  "Mother! Another one is coming!" Xing Ze pointed to the left and exclaimed. This is great, we have wolves in front and tigers behind, but our team hasn't even discussed a retreat location yet. What kind of team is this? It's clearly just a gang!

  "Right, right! Run to the right!" Sun Zhe had already switched from a bird gun to a cannon and a small knife to a large dagger, but he was still an ordinary person. No matter if it was a zombie in front of him, he wasn't prepared for slaughter.

  So the fourteen of us mindlessly sprinted to the right, fortunately, the speed of zombies and humans was about the same, or we would have all been dead.

  A group of people on the fourth floor were chased by a ghost and ran wildly, I held hands with Luo Xiaonian tightly, not separating for a second, my mind was completely blank, just thinking that we couldn't fall behind others, nothing else mattered.

  Suddenly, there was a loud thud behind us, and someone fell with a splat. Before we could turn around, Huanhuan's crying voice rang out. Everyone froze in their tracks, turned back to look, and saw that it was Wu Qiong and her child who had fallen. This group of people were so desperate to escape that no one paid attention to the mother and daughter. She hugged a very heavy child and desperately followed us as we ran, but ultimately fell down due to the blood.

  Wu Qiong fell heavily, she was cushioned under the child's body. Normally, she should have hugged the child and dived forward, with the adult on top of the child, but somehow she suddenly burst out with great force, twisting her body quickly under the child's body. The child fell on Wu Qiong's body without a problem, but Wu Qiong was unable to move.

  "Come on! The man goes up to chop the zombie! The woman goes over to help her!" Sun Zhe still has a big brother demeanor, and he was the first to shout out loud, and everyone else woke up from their shock and rushed over to help Wu Qiong.

  Sun Zhe and Tang Xiao rushed towards the two approaching zombies, Nie Xiong hesitated for a moment, was pulled by Pan Feng, and also pushed forward.

  We were busy helping Wu Qiong, holding the child, and when Wu Qiong finally managed to stand up with our support, we saw that the two zombies had disappeared.

  "You finally dare to take action?" Jin Mao asked excitedly.

  "Hmm, no... " Sun Zhe raised the large knife in his hand, shining brightly, without a single bloodstain.

  "The two of us will lift one and send them upstairs." Tang Xiao's face was tense with excitement.

  "Also... go!" Jin Mao was a bit speechless with laughter and tears, but also understood their approach.

  Wu Qiong seems to have hurt her waist, we must find a place for her to lie down and rest, can't keep running around anymore.

  "This fourth floor doesn't have any good hiding spots either, how about we go up to the fifth floor? The movie theater on the fifth floor is safe and the doors are thick." I remembered those projection rooms, absolutely secluded, no need to worry about zombies hearing us talk.

  "I'll go scout ahead, you guys stay hidden here." Tang Xiao Zheng said as he ran towards the direction of the fifth floor cinema.

  Before long, he came back, "There is only one male zombie wandering outside the cinema. Let's go up and throw him down first."

  Sun Zhe glanced at Malina, a cruel expression floating on his chubby face, "Let's go! Let's screw him!"

  He turned around and looked at Nie Xiong and Pan Feng, "Two brothers, we'll go up and clean the scene, these women will be left to you to take care of, be extra careful."

  "Don't worry! You guys be careful too."

  Nie Xiong simply nodded.

  Sun Zhe and Tang Xiao Zheng went upstairs for less than five minutes, we heard a heavy thud, they both pushed the male corpse down from the well!

  The fifth floor cinema is next to the Haokelai Steak House, the Animal Cafe, Baihe Sushi and the Niu Ba store. We nervously walked past these shops, fearing that some escaped fish might suddenly jump out. Fortunately, the fifth floor was quiet, as if all the living and dead had run downstairs.

  Probably because it was Monday and morning, there were not many spectators in the cinema. When something happened, they all ran away. The huge cinema was empty, and the promotional screen of the film was still playing, which was dazzling and frightening.

  We went straight from the exit into the projection area and locked it directly, so even if there were zombies on the fifth floor, they would have to make a big circle to get into the projection area.

  So many projection rooms were all closed with thick doors, and we weren't sure if it was safe here. Who knows how many monsters that wanted to eat us were behind those doors?

  We approached the door of the projection hall closest to the exit, and from the entrance, we went around to the innermost part of this hall. In case of an emergency, it is suitable for us to escape from here and get closer to the exit.

  Sun Zhe grabbed the handle of the projection room door, while Tang Xiao and Pan Feng aimed their knives at the door. The few people whispered: one, two, three! The door was suddenly pulled open, and Tang Xiao and Pan Feng quickly dodged to one side. Nothing came out from inside, the projection room was empty!

  The hall is not big, it's just right for us to rest temporarily. Wu Qiong was placed on the chair and lay flat, Hanhan was very well-behaved, didn't cry or make a fuss, but couldn't leave her mother half a step. Wenyan held Hanhan and sat beside Wu Qiong, Xingze and Furan, two little girls, also stuck close by.

  "I want to go to the toilet, does anyone else want to go?" Finally calmed down, although I don't know if the projection room next door is clean or not, but I really can't hold it in anymore.

  "I'm going too!" Jin Mao raised her knife.

  "I've wanted to go for a long time!" Luo Xiaonian covered her stomach, "I'm about to suffocate."

  Fortunately, there was a restroom in the movie theater's projection area. Although we were afraid, we didn't want to ask the men to accompany us into the bathroom, so we stood outside and listened carefully, feeling that it was very quiet inside. We then slowly walked in with our knives at the ready.

  I and Jin Mao took the lead, Luo Xiaonian followed behind me, turned two corners and arrived at the bathroom first, no one was there.

  "Each one grab a room quickly!" I said as I pushed open the outermost one, and was shocked to let out a loud cry. A dead body was stuck in the squat toilet! The head was thrown to one side, and it still had its eyes rolled back!

  "Oh my god!" Luo Xiaonian behind me saw this scene and was suddenly scared out of her wits.

  Although I was frightened to the point of numbness, I could see that this zombie no longer posed a threat to us. Her body and head were completely separated, and without a brain to command it, her body couldn't attack again. And since her head couldn't move, all she could do was snap her jaws at the air.

  "This is too disgusting!" Luo Xiaonian leaned against the partition and panted, with a sobbing tone, "Sister, I...I need to change my pants..."

  Jin Mao stretched out his hand to push the squat door up, indicating that we should move aside. He picked up a knife and kicked open the remaining squat doors one by one. Only then did he rush towards us and say, "They're all empty, hurry up and get in."

  I washed my hands with satisfaction, Luo Xiaonian followed behind me, embarrassed to death, constantly punching me to hurry up, while I was considering how to persuade those men to accompany me to the women's department to get pants for Luo Xiaonian.

  Although now going to any store to pick up clothes, no one will chase after you for money, but I don't know if the zombies lurking in some corner are more frightening than security guards. I myself absolutely dare not go downstairs.

  The key issue is that I have to save my sister's face, and I couldn't possibly say directly that she just peed her pants.

  "Later on, don't say anything, just sit in a corner." I reminded her, this white-boned demon of the business world, at this moment was completely a wronged little girl.

  Back in the projection room, I found several men discussing something. As I leaned in to listen, I realized they were planning to go downstairs and check out the situation.

  "They're safe here, the door to the projection room can still be locked from the inside, it's so thick that even if zombies came they couldn't get in. Shouldn't we go out and take a look at the situation? I'm anxious waiting for government rescue." Sun Zhe rallied the other men.