Chang Jianyi explained in a low voice, "Ordinary people would tremble even when killing a chicken, but you are facing zombies, and not only are you not afraid, you seem somewhat excited. I'm not worried about your stamina, only your mental state!"
Shen Feng also slowly calmed down, recalling his own changes. It seemed he had become somewhat fearless. Thinking back to the feeling of killing zombies just now, it felt quite addictive. If the zombies were replaced by people, would he also swing his crowbar without hesitation?
Chang Jianyi turned around and said to everyone, "Let's stop here for today. It's not good to leave these zombies in the hall. Let's work together to throw the zombies out of the second floor. Be careful not to throw them behind the building; the green belt behind the house is our necessary escape route!"
Everyone quickly agreed, and then began moving the zombie corpses. With everyone working together, they soon threw the zombies onto the street, which attracted more zombies. In a blink of an eye, a group of zombies surrounded the main entrance downstairs again. However, their intelligence was low; they only scratched at the door and couldn't break it down, so everyone in the hall was temporarily safe.
Chang Jianyi found some leisure time and found a suitable set of clothes among the express packages, changing in the storage room. She also spread some clothes on the cardboard bed in the storage room, so she wouldn't be cold when sleeping. Of course, it was not as good as the people in the hall, who had piled several layers of clothes underneath them, making it look like a pigsty. It wasn't aesthetically pleasing, but it was definitely warm.
Shen Feng and Chang Jianyi did not make nests downstairs but chose to stay upstairs. There were several storage rooms upstairs. The group downstairs, fearing being rained on, had not dared to stay upstairs. During this time, Chang Jianyi's excrement was collected in a paint bucket; she couldn't be unhygienic. Now this bucket was no longer needed, and she threw it out.
As night fell, Shen Feng returned to the storage room and lay on the prepared bed, saying, "Senior sister, I found a power bank downstairs, so we can charge the phone!"
Chang Jianyi's expression was calm, "The internet and power are out now. What good is it even if your phone can be charged? Play games? The servers are gone, how can you play games?"
Shen Feng smiled and said, "I have offline games on my phone, perfect for playing!"
Chang Jianyi playfully hit Shen Feng, "Get up, this is my bed. If you want to sleep, make your own!"
Shen Feng clung to the bed, refusing to get up, and said, "Senior sister, didn't you say you would explain to me tonight? I'm here now, don't drive me away. Tell me why you're bringing all these people with you! You know, so many people together will definitely attract attention!"
Chang Jianyi walked to the door, slowly closed it, then sat on the bed and said in a low voice, "If we want to successfully get out of the city, we must use these people! Listen to me, I've been watching outside these past few days. If we run by ourselves, we won't escape the zombie encirclement, so we must drive. But small cars are easily slowed down! The zombies on the road are like roadblocks. Only large vehicles, with sufficient power and inertia, as long as they don't slow down, can definitely crush the zombies!"
Shen Feng finally understood and said, "So that's how it is. None of us can drive large vehicles, so we need people from outside to be drivers! But can these people drive large vehicles?"
Chang Jianyi said in a low voice, "According to my observations, two of the middle-aged men can definitely drive large vehicles. Not only that, but many hands make light work. At a critical moment, if one person is thrown out of the car, those people can also help us attract the zombies' attention! We two are young and strong, and can run faster. Do you understand?"
Shen Feng quickly nodded and said, "Senior sister thinks of everything, you have planned it all so well!"
Chang Jianyi continued, "This is a necessary plan. Don't think too highly of the people outside, nor too poorly of them. At critical moments, they can be used as combat power. If all else fails, they can be used as shields. Of course, they will only be abandoned when absolutely necessary!"
Shen Feng looked at the beautiful senior sister, who seemed so kind, but her plans seemed too cruel. Thinking of this, Shen Feng suddenly realized that he had never truly understood this senior sister, yet he trusted her so much! Moreover, it was hard to imagine that she had saved him before!
"What are you looking at? Is there a flower on my face!" Chang Jianyi felt a little uncomfortable seeing her junior brother staring at her.
Shen Feng quickly shifted his gaze and began playing the offline game on his phone. Without internet, he could only play offline games to relieve his current emotions.
Chang Jianyi also thought of Shen Feng's state and quickly said, "And you, you must control your emotions. Don't get overly excited, otherwise, if you develop symptoms of mental illness, it might not be curable later!"
Shen Feng nodded and said, "I know, I will control my emotions. It's just that I'm not used to sleeping in a different bed. If you want me to change beds to sleep, I'm afraid it won't work!"
Chang Jianyi was helpless with this little rascal and could only find a pen and draw a line on the cardboard bed, saying, "If you dare to cross this line, you're a beast!"
Shen Feng didn't answer, because he didn't know if he should cross it. If he crossed, he would be a beast; if he didn't, wouldn't he be worse than a beast?
Chang Jianyi didn't care about this. She leaned on the bed and turned her back to Shen Feng, preparing to sleep. Shen Feng thought about it and decided to honestly stay on his side of the bed.
"Senior sister even saved me before, how can I be ungrateful?" Shen Feng thought to himself.
The next morning, Shen Feng woke up again, only to find that his senior sister was leaning on him again. This time, he hadn't crossed the line; it was his senior sister who had initiated it! Of course, Shen Feng also gently put his arm around his senior sister's slender waist. This time, his movements were subtle, and he didn't wake her up.
Shen Feng silently thought, "I guess this is what it feels like when beautiful women in anime are in your arms, right? It feels so good. I just don't know how those characters manage to resist. I'm finding it hard to endure!"
Not long after, Chang Jianyi woke up. Seeing herself leaning on her junior brother, and her junior brother's arm around her, she felt a little embarrassed. She quickly got up, removed her junior brother's hand, and began to comb her hair and get ready.
At this moment, Shen Feng opened his dazed eyes and asked, "Senior sister, is it dawn?"
"Yes, it's dawn. Get ready to kill zombies, and let's clear out the surrounding zombies as soon as possible, then drive away!" Chang Jianyi said calmly.
Shen Feng got up and looked at the zombies on the road outside, thinking, "There are at least three hundred zombies on the road, aren't there? If we keep killing zombies, when will we finish? If zombies from other areas replenish, won't it be even harder?"
Chang Jianyi also looked at the zombies downstairs and suddenly noticed something strange. She then said, "Shen Feng, do you see if the zombie corpses downstairs have been eaten?"
Shen Feng looked closely and indeed, it was true. Yesterday, more than thirty corpses were thrown down from upstairs. After one night, the heads of these zombies were opened, and their brains had disappeared. This left only one explanation: the brains of these zombies had been eaten by other zombies!
Chang Jianyi wondered, "If these zombies only eat brains, can they be full? Can they not get enough energy? Then why can't we starve these zombies to death?"
Shen Feng thought about it and indeed, he said, "It seems so. Brains don't provide much energy, but it's probably hard to starve zombies to death. Because when they are desperate, they might eat anything they can catch, and they might even eat their own kind!"
"Then why do they need to eat if they have no intelligence?" Chang Jianyi raised another question.
Shen Feng replied, "Eating shouldn't require intelligence, right? It's instinct. If they don't eat, they probably can't even be called living beings!"
It seemed true, and Chang Jianyi agreed with her junior brother's statement. But the problem reappeared, "With so many zombies, how long will it take to kill them all?"
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said, "We'll kill them all someday, after all, zombies don't reproduce!"
Chang Jianyi said seriously, "You're thinking too simply. Luzhou has at least hundreds of thousands of people, and many of them must have turned into zombies. Even if it's only half the zombies, if you kill fifty a day, you'll never finish in a lifetime!"
"Never finish?" Shen Feng silently pondered his senior sister's words, suddenly thinking of something, and couldn't help but ask, "Why are we killing zombies?"
"You said you wanted to kill zombies, and now you're asking me? Aren't you trying to show off in front of me and prove that you have the strength to protect me?" Chang Jianyi retorted.
Shen Feng shook his head and asked seriously, "What is the ultimate goal of killing zombies? Think about it!"
Chang Jianyi thought for a moment and said, "Our ultimate goal is to successfully escape the city, but zombies are blocking the path to survival, so we have to kill zombies! You mean?"
"My meaning is very simple. Since the goal of escaping is not to kill zombies, then we don't necessarily have to kill zombies. As long as we can lure these zombies away, we can drive away," Shen Feng said excitedly.
Chang Jianyi shook her head helplessly and said, "It seems yesterday's effort was in vain. We killed more than thirty zombies, and the result was just a change in thinking."
Shen Feng quickly comforted her, "It's not entirely in vain, because at least we know the zombies' weakness, and dealing with them won't be too difficult in the future."
Afterward, the two went downstairs and explained their plan to everyone. Everyone realized that it was indeed true; as long as they could drive away, they just needed to lure the zombies away. But a problem arose: who would lure the zombies? Everyone looked at Shen Feng. His performance yesterday was brilliant, and he was indeed the most suitable. But would he really go?
Shen Feng immediately stood up and said directly, "I'll go lure the zombies away!"
Chang Jianyi immediately pinched Shen Feng's waist, her meaning clear: "Why are you acting heroic? Isn't it better to let others go?"
Shen Feng gently pushed away his senior sister's hand and continued to say to everyone, "Of course, it's not enough for me to go out alone; we need bait. So, Zhou Changkun and Zhu Wushi, you two should play rock-paper-scissors to decide who follows me out! Don't worry, I will definitely protect you!"
Zhu Wushi was the name of the man in the suit. He had been used as bait to attract zombies yesterday, so he refused to go out at all. He pointed at Zhou Changkun and said, "He, he, let him go! I was bait yesterday!"
"Oh... my shoulder! It hurts so much! I can't run! I feel so bad! I'm dying!" As soon as Zhou Changkun heard the other person shirking responsibility, he ignored his image and wailed on his makeshift bed. His cries were so tragic that they almost attracted the zombies outside again.
Chang Jianyi finally understood. Her junior brother wasn't just rushing out foolishly; he was bringing necessary shields. If things went south, he could even let the scapegoats help him attract attention! It seemed her junior brother had also become wicked, or rather, like her, he had become shrewd!
Chang Jianyi continued to mobilize the crowd, saying, "This is for everyone to survive. You need to show your spirit of sacrifice. Everyone, say, isn't that right!"
"Why don't you go and sacrifice!" Zhou Changkun retorted unhappily.
Shen Feng walked over and kicked him. Zhou Changkun continued to wail, and at the same time said, "You want to put my senior sister in danger, don't you? What are your intentions? Believe it or not, I'll beat you!"
Chang Jianyi suddenly thought of an idea. She coughed twice and said sternly, "Shen Feng, we can't do this. We can't force others to do things they don't want to do. That's wrong! How about this, let's have a democratic vote. Everyone raise their hands and vote!"