Chapter 22: The Beginning of Change

Chapter 22 The Beginning of Change

"Ahem..."

Li Xiang was choked and coughed.

"What a bad habit."

Li Chong frowned.

Old man Sun walked over tremblingly, "He doesn't look like a soldier."

"Why do you say that?" I turned my head, a little confused for a moment.

"Look at the muscles in his legs."

Hearing this, I lifted the cloth from the man's legs.

The exposed calves were covered in mud, but it was not difficult to see that his calves were pathologically slender.

"This is not a muscle formed by long-term exercise, but rather muscle atrophy."

Old man Sun made the point, his wrinkled old face furrowed his brows.

He was right. If this man was a soldier, the muscular condition of his legs would contradict his identity.

The wretchedness of his leg muscles is a kind of pathology, more likely caused by sitting in a wheelchair for a long time.

I can't figure out the identity and origin of this corpse.

It's just all the details that make me feel weird.

In the air-raid shelter, the firelight reflected on everyone's face.

The atmosphere was eerily silent...

"Let's all go and rest. Someone will be keeping watch tonight."

I spoke to break the silence and stood up from the body with Xiao Leng.

Xiao Leng has calmed down a lot, but his face is still pale.

"Yeah." Li Xiang responded.

However, Old Man Sun said from the side, "I'll go first, you go to bed."

Old Man Sun took the wine bottle, stepped over the body, and sat down next to the entrance of the air-raid shelter.

"I'll do it, you go and rest."

Li Xiang shook his head and walked towards Old Man Sun.

Old Man Sun waved his hand, "No, you have to be busy during the day. I can't help you with anything. You can take a nap during the day."

Li Xiang was silent for a moment, "Then I will do it for you in the middle of the night."

After finishing his words, Li Xiang turned to look at me.

Li Chong also looked at me.

At the entrance of the air-raid shelter, the firelight shone on Old Man Sun's face. He turned to look at me, as if he was hesitant to speak.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on me.

Xiao Leng next to me held me tightly, and when I lowered my head, I met Xiao Leng's dirty face.

I understand that I have become the backbone of everyone.

"Sun Lao will stay for the first half of the night, and Li Xiang will stay for the second half of the night." I said, looking at everyone, I continued, "Before sunset tomorrow, the entrance to the air raid shelter must be blocked. Now, go to sleep!"

No one refuted my words, and the Li brothers nodded heavily.

Old man Sun looked at me with a smile in his eyes.

"Mr. Sun, don't get drunk." I reminded him.

"Don't worry, if something happens, I can still scream out."

Old man Sun happily made a joke that was not funny.

I remained silent and did not answer. Instead, I pulled Xiao Leng and walked towards the made bed.

Even if the sky is falling, rest is necessary.

But something like this just happened tonight, and I didn't dare to sleep too hard.

I woke up twice in the middle of the night.

Once, Xiao Leng squeezed into my quilt in the middle of the night, and another time, Li Xiang and Old Man Sun were taking shifts, and the sound of footsteps woke me up.

Until the sun rises, the whole night is peaceful.

Li Xiang was sitting next to the air-raid shelter, and the wound on his forehead had been poisoned by iodophor.

There was fatigue in his eyes, and when he saw me getting up, he smiled at me.

"Go back and rest and replenish your energy as soon as possible. Today's workload will be heavy."

I said in a deep voice, but Li Xiang shook his head at me, "No, I slept for half the night, I can hold on."

I didn't refute, and Li Chong also woke up on the other side.

"The first thing is to dispose of the corpses and clean the air raid shelters. The second thing is to go up the mountain and cut down trees, and seal the air raid shelters before sunset."

I spoke concisely and to the point, "Besides, the inside of the air-raid shelter requires planning. You don't want to eat, drink, poop and sleep in the same place, right?"

The two shook their heads, "I don't want to."

"You go first to cut down trees or find bricks and tiles that can be used, and come back before noon."

"I'll deal with the body first, and I'll look for materials to block the door later."

I spoke and pulled out the tool bag that Li Xiang brought back yesterday.

Axes and hand saws are tools that come in handy right now.

But I think the efficiency of cutting down trees with an ax will be very slow. How to block the door of the air raid shelter and still provide access is the big problem.

The two Li brothers had no ink stains, so they picked up their tools and went out.

Xiao Leng grabbed me and looked at the body on the ground, "Brother, I'm afraid..."

It's no wonder that Xiao Leng is timid, her mental endurance is already very good.

The blood on the corpse on the ground had begun to dry up after a night, and thick blood stains were solidified on the ground.

The head in the bonfire has been burnt dry, but the shape of the skull still exists.

Those two deep eye sockets were still stained with unburned scarlet bloodshot eyes.

I touched her head and said, "Don't be afraid, wait for me here, I won't go far."

After the words fell, I squatted down and prepared to drag the body.

Xiao Leng grabbed me at first and refused to let go, but gradually let go.

"Brother, I will follow you."

"OK."

I grabbed the shoulders of the headless corpse and dragged it up the stone steps. A sticky trail of semi-dried blood was drawn on the stone steps.

This body cannot be left casually outside the air raid shelter.

If left to rot, it could create bacteria that could kill us all.

Not to mention, rotten flesh and blood may attract that kind of six-fingered compound-eyed monster.

I dragged the body fifty or sixty meters before I stopped.

Here is a lawn.

Next to the lawn is a small bridge, with a river flowing under the bridge. Not far away is the entrance to our air raid shelter.

Looking up towards the hillside above the air raid shelter, two figures could be vaguely seen.

Those should be Li Xiang and Li Chong.

This is the only place where trees can be cut down.

Xiao Leng stood not far from me, not daring to come closer.

I glanced at the headless body on the ground and buried it with weeds.

And when I squatted down, I slowly opened the cuffs.

Originally, I thought that the skin on my arms would rot and stink, but the result was completely different from what I thought.

I saw that the rotten skin on my arm actually fell off, revealing a section of new purple-red flesh.

"Is this...purple flesh?!"

I couldn't feel confident, so I looked back at Xiao Leng, but she didn't notice my little move.

Looking back, I took a deep breath to calm down my mood.

The rot caused by nuclear radiation on his body has now healed, and new flesh and blood has grown.

The reason why I felt an itching pain last night was because of the scabs and flesh.

My heart was beating very fast and I didn't know what was going on in my body.

Maybe... maybe, the blue liquid in the test tube is useful?

Do I have immunity to radiation?

I'm not sure.

I tried my best to calm down and push the cuffs up again.

The area of ​​bright red new flesh is getting larger and larger, these are the places where the skin once rotted...