Chapter Seven: The Town (Part Three)

Chapter Seven: The Town (Part Three)

Neither of them answered Xiao Ran. The beauty took out a thermometer from her pocket and placed it on Xiao Ran's forehead, then nodded to the bald man, saying, "Normal body temperature. It seems he hasn't been infected with the zombie virus yet."

When ordinary people are infected with the virus due to being bitten or scratched by zombies, their body temperature rises rapidly by more than ten degrees Celsius in a short period of time. Therefore, using a thermometer can easily distinguish whether someone is infected with the virus or not.

The man's complexion softened slightly, and he lowered the muzzle pointed at Xiao Ran. In a dull voice, he asked, "What's wrong with your head?"

Xiao Ran knew that his mutated appearance might still confuse the other party, but he dared not tell the truth. If the other party knew that he had been scratched by a zombie before and had ingested the mysterious G-virus, their first reaction would certainly be to kick him downstairs.

"It's just how I was born, a hereditary condition in my family," Xiao Ran said, trying to put on an innocent smile.

Whether it was because of Xiao Ran's smile or not, the bald man didn't continue questioning. He lowered his gun and chuckled, "I'm Chu Min. I used to work in the Security Department of the Traffic Bureau in Huiyuan City. This is my sister, Chu Ying."

The beauty also gave Xiao Ran a sweet smile and introduced herself with a voice as sweet as music, "Chu Ying, an intern doctor at the Central Hospital in Huiyuan City."

"Really unlucky. Fear attracts misfortune," Xiao Ran cursed silently. He quickly got up from the ground and picked up a steel pipe to block his chest. With so many zombies around, it seemed that today's outcome was not promising.

"Roar!" The male zombie at the forefront had already rushed near Xiao Ran. Without hesitation, Xiao Ran exerted all his strength and raised the steel pipe to fiercely smash it down on the zombie's head. With a loud bang, the hard skull of the zombie was actually flattened by Xiao Ran's steel pipe. Mixed with dark red blood, white brain matter flowed out, and after shaking its body twice, the zombie fell to the ground. Beside it, a female zombie roared and lunged at Xiao Ran. Reacting quickly, Xiao Ran turned his body and moved to its side, hitting its slender neck with a backhand swing. With a crisp sound of bone breaking, the female zombie staggered back several steps until it hit a table and stopped, its long brain-covered head collapsing limply to the side.

Based on Xiao Ran's previous physical condition, the outcome of fighting zombies in close combat was only one - death. Unexpectedly, today he was so brave that he could easily kill those terrifying zombies, and after such a series of intense movements, he didn't even break a sweat. His breathing was steady, his heartbeat normal, and his body seemed to have inexhaustible strength. Xiao Ran noticed that his body had changed. He definitely didn't have such great strength usually, nor were his movements so agile, and his stamina was not so abundant.

But time and situation did not allow him to consider so much. The zombies rushing into the room were increasing, and no matter how brave he was, he couldn't break through the crowd of zombies like Zhao Yun and escape. He was about to collapse.

"Hurry, come this way upstairs," a clear female voice came from the second floor. Xiao Ran was stunned. When he checked earlier, he had wanted to go upstairs, but the narrow stairs from the first floor to the second floor had been broken in the middle, making it impossible to go up. He didn't expect that there would still be people upstairs.

Xiao Ran quickly ran to the stairs, but when he looked at the broken cement boards and steel bars exposed on the opposite wall, he was stunned. With ** steps destroyed, even an Olympic high jumper would have a hard time jumping over it, let alone him, a simple urbanite with four limbs.

There was no time for Xiao Ran to think too much. Dozens of zombies with blood-red eyes were closing in on him. They had been hungry for a long time, and the fresh scent of human flesh was irresistible to these instinct-driven zombies.

"Damn it, whether jumping over or going back, it's death either way. I'll give it a shot." Glancing at the approaching horde of zombies, Xiao Ran gritted his teeth, squatted down, took a deep breath, and then exerted force with his legs, jumping out with all his might.

This jump exceeded Xiao Ran's expectations. He didn't expect his jumping ability to be so good that he could jump so far and high. However, there was still a slight shortfall from the destination. When he was a few centimeters away from the second floor, his momentum ran out, and his body began to fall downward due to inertia. At the critical moment, Xiao Ran reached out and grabbed the steel bar protruding from the second-floor stairs, preventing himself from falling.

"Who can give me a hand?" Xiao Ran shouted loudly. His hand holding the steel bar was slipping down, and he was about to lose support, while the zombies behind had already howled and reached Xiao Ran's feet, with two of them even grabbing his shoes.

What greeted Xiao Ran was the muzzle of a pitch-black pistol. Holding the gun was a strong middle-aged man.

"Wait, don't shoot. I'm a human, not a zombie!" Xiao Ran shouted with all his strength.

The man with the gun didn't move, the powerful weapon still pointed at Xiao Ran's head.

"Move your head to the side," the strong man shouted loudly. Xiao Ran immediately complied with the man's instructions.

"Bang!" A loud noise erupted, and a burst of smoke spewed from the muzzle of the gun. A large hole appeared on the head of the nearest zombie, and its body fell backward. Then, several more gunshots followed. The zombies, with their teeth and claws, were knocked down one by one like bowling pins. However, more zombies were gradually arriving, and two of them had already grabbed Xiao Ran's shoes.

"Grab my hand," a young woman's voice came over. A slender and warm white hand reached out from above, firmly gripping Xiao Ran, who also exerted all his strength to climb up. He narrowly escaped disaster and was pulled onto the wall, looking at his feet, one shoe had been torn off by the zombies, and his trouser legs were also stained with the blood and brain matter of these zombies, which was truly thrilling.

Xiao Ran broke out in a cold sweat and his heartbeat accelerated considerably. He sat on the ground panting for a long time before recovering. He carefully surveyed the surrounding environment. Standing at the stairway were a man and a woman, both in their thirties. The man had dark skin, tall and strong, with clear facial features and a very masculine appearance. He held a police-type pistol aimed at Xiao Ran, his eyes showing a hint of distrust.

The woman had a delicate oval face, fair skin, long black hair scattered over her shoulders, tall and slender figure, wrapped in a tight black windbreaker that tightly hugged her enticing body. She also stared at Xiao Ran vigilantly.

"My name is Xiao Ran. I came to Z Province for a trip and got