first glory

The three of Xie Yao walked up the stairs quickly.

Because the time is not so urgent, and they are not so anxious, so they can pay attention to the people's livelihood here along the way.

There was a strange smell of decay in the air.

On the platform of each floor of the corridor, there is a huge trash can, which is full of piles in and around it.

Most of the garbage cans are directly exposed to the air, and only a small part can be packed in garbage bags and placed on the ground outside.

Because they weren't cleaned often enough, they started to rot and ferment, giving off an unpleasant smell.

The corridors on each floor are long and dark. There is no need to turn on the lights during the day, but judging by the color of the lampshades, it is obvious that even at night, in order to save electricity, only two lights at the beginning and end of a corridor will be turned on.

The two commonly used lamps are obviously darker.

At this moment, the building wasn't very noisy, but it wasn't quiet either.

The doors of many rooms are open, sunlight shines through the doors, and chatter and voices are constantly heard.

These are basically women or elderly people who work at home and are responsible for taking care of their children;

Men, on the other hand, either sleep during the day and work at night with their work and rest reversed;

Or not at home during the day.

Xie Yao and the others would stay on each floor for a while to observe, but they did not bother.

Bang~

A child kicked the football into the corridor, bounced and chased it to this side, but was watched by three young men in uniforms, and for a while did not dare to come and get it.

He stood there timidly, praying and fearing at the same time, and looked at the three of the special investigation team, looking a little pitiful and a little funny.

Xie Yao looked at him, smiled, kicked the ball over suddenly, and whistled provocatively.

The little boy's face brightened immediately, and he kicked the ball back.

bang bang bang...

The two of you come and go, tit for tat.

After a while, the child's mother came out and took him away while apologizing, ending their century-long exchange of skills.

Li Qisheng and Cheng Lin were dumbfounded.

They never expected that this guy has such a side?

This is completely different from his usual "I take the world as my duty and have no worldly emotions" style!

Cheng Lin was stunned and said, "Mr. Xie, why did you think of teasing him?"

Xie Yao wiped off the sweat that didn't exist, and said, "It feels like I saw my former self."

"Hehe, I never thought you were a timid and shy child before?" Li Qisheng joked.

Xie Yao said: "No, when I was five years old, I would ride on the head of a crocodile to take a group photo."

"..."

Then you are the same as the child just now!What do you think you get to yourself!

"but."

Xie Yao looked up, "Everyone has been the darling of their parents since childhood, no different from this kid."

"Forehead."

The two were silent.

No matter how difficult and stressful life is for the couple, the child will still be happy and live under their umbrella.

In the boy's world, he is the happiest one.

Cheng Lin didn't know what experience he remembered, wiped his red eyes, and cursed: "Damn, why are you being sensational for no reason. I got sand in my eyes."

"Then your sand is so big!"

"Haha. Phew!"

While talking, the three of them prepared to continue walking up.

At this time, the door of the nearest room opened with a creak.

A middle-aged man in his fifties with gray temples opened the door and came out.

He was wearing old overalls, with messy hair, as if he hadn't washed his face, and he was sleepy that couldn't be concealed. He was holding a clean and full garbage bag in his hand.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

He coughed while walking, put the garbage bag next to the garbage can, took out a pack of crumpled cigarette cases from his arms, took out one of the few scattered cigarettes inside, lowered his head and lit it with a bottomless lighter.

It was a pack of Baita Mountain, and the price of a pack was 2 Federal Coins.

It was still 1 yuan a pack last year, but the price has been raised this year.

This is very embarrassing, but also very helpless.

Because it's still the cheapest cigarette out there.

Call ~

After taking two comfortable breaths, the middle-aged man suddenly woke up and found three people beside him.

He was a little nervous all of a sudden, obviously at the door of his own house, but he was embarrassed as if he was in a strange place.

"Sorry." He choked out a word, turned his head hastily, and walked away to smoke.

Squeeze, sizzle.

At the tuyere, one will be smoked in no time.

He didn't want to finish it, but he looked at the shriveled cigarette case, put it back in his pocket with a painful expression on his face.

At this time, Xie Yao walked over suddenly, handed over a cigarette without fumes, and said with a smile, "Uncle, can I borrow a fire?"

"Eh? Good, good."

He was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly bent over, and humbly lit a cigarette for Xie Yao first;

Then, I also lighted it myself, took a breath happily, and after a long while, slowly spit it out, and said with nostalgia:

"Sunshine card~ Before I was laid off, I liked to draw this card very much. I haven't smoked it for a long time. Thank you, sir."

"Oh, really."

Xie Yao held a cigarette in his hand and didn't touch his mouth. He doesn't know how to smoke, but just pretended to be close.

The middle-aged and elderly man hesitated, but still said: "Sir, you three, are you here on patrol today?"

"Yeah, was it really a surprise?" Xie Yao asked plainly, but he kept his thoughts in mind.

"That's not true. After that incident, few patrol officers came to our side." He scratched his head.

"Oh, what do you say?" Li Qisheng also came over, glanced at Xie Yao, wondering how this guy stole his cigarettes?when?I actually don't feel anything at all...

The old man looked around to make sure there was no one there, and lowered his voice: "Isn't it the one in the south gate compound a few days ago, where there was a terrifying monster? I heard that many people died that time, only the inspecting police officer who died There were seventeen or eighteen of them. A large group of people came from the public security station. Later, there were very few people from the public security station to patrol here. Many people said, they all said...it was from above. The adults have given up on us."

Xie Yao, Li Qisheng, and Cheng Lin looked at each other, knowing what was going on.

It should be about Tang Wenbo and the others who dealt with it before, saying that many ghouls suddenly appeared here.

At that time, Wu Qing and Wu Xiaoyue seemed to be slightly injured.

It seemed that the scale of the incident was not small. Although the captain and the others said it was easy, it was a very big accident that killed more than a dozen team members in the city at once, and the number of civilian deaths may be a bit scary.

No wonder even newspapers dare not write about this matter in detail.

Xie Yao was thinking in his heart, and suddenly said: "Don't worry, the Federation will not abandon you. Are there usually many newcomers in your building?"

"A lot? It's not too much."

The old man paused and said: "They are all laid-off people who move here. Once they come in, they will definitely not leave unless they are sent out of the city. Just like me, I used to be a good worker, alas Unfortunately, later my daughter fell ill and lost her job, and I was also laid off because of a wrist injury, so I could only work the night shift. Let me tell you, I used to..."

"Have you seen any suspicious people recently?" Li Qisheng's eyelids twitched, and he hastily interrupted the long speech he was about to start to complain.

"Suspicious population?" The old man fell into deep thought, which obviously stumped him.

"Forget it, Brother Li, there are so many people in this building, how can he remember it at such an age. Let's go up and have a look. If we can meet some cleaning staff, maybe we can smell something." Cheng Lin suggested.

"Alright."

Xie Yao also agreed.

At this time, the old man suddenly said: "Yes! I remembered sir. In the past few days, people have often knocked on the door, asking if we want to leave suffering and enter without oppression. Everyone is equal. We are all brothers and sisters." Family, hahaha. I saw through this kind of liar immediately, but he gave us a small bag of rice, so I chatted with him for a while."

"Ok?"

Xie Yao and Cheng Lin looked at Li Qisheng immediately.

The latter stroked his chin and thought, "There is no oppression, everyone is equal, brothers and sisters? It's a bit like instinct teaching, but it's not exactly the same."

Xie Yao agreed: "That means Xiao Linzi is right. 815 is probably still preaching the Guangming Sect. Let's go and see."

"it is good."

Several people hit it off.

At this time, the entire corridor suddenly darkened, and the families who had opened the doors just now suddenly closed the doors as if they had made an appointment.

The corridor, which was still noisy just now, suddenly fell into silence, which made people feel palpitating.

"Ah! That brother and sister is coming! Sir, I'm busy first!"

The old man was also stunned for a moment, but suddenly his face showed surprise, he apologized, hurriedly quickened his pace, rushed back home, and closed the door tightly.

"what did he say?"

The three of Xie Yao were puzzled.

Sudden.

boom! boom! boom!

Three knocks on the door, like thunder, suddenly sounded!

It didn't ring in every house, but only a few houses had the knock on the door.

Its distribution is relatively scattered. Both Xie Yao and Cheng Lin opened their ears to identify the past, and found that there are four rooms on this floor, and there was a knock on the door.

The middle-aged and elderly man who was laid off just now was impressively listed.

Click!

He opened the door suddenly, his face was ashen, eyes closed, facing the empty space in front of the door, nodded frequently, and said something very fast.

Listen carefully, it seems to be:

"Okay okay, I got it."

"Really, I don't have time yet. When I have time, I will definitely go."

"Oh, thank you, thank you very much! You are really my brother!"

He spoke quickly, as if there was really a person in front of him, talking to him.

People also came out from other rooms, including boys and girls, saying similar words of thanks, but refusing something.

"Sigh~"

Li Qisheng and Cheng Lin felt chills on their backs at the same time, as if their hairs were about to stand on their heads.

This picture is too weird!

"something wrong……"

Xie Yao narrowed his eyes, and the shadows rolled all of a sudden, and the spirits of these people appeared in front of his eyes.

Their spiritual bodies are relatively dim and weak, which is caused by their unhealthy bodies, but there are no other problems.

At the door, there is nothing else invisible to the naked eye.

"Is this hysteria?"

Xie Yao's eyes changed slightly.

This weird knock on the door, as well as the 'hysteria' that they appeared at the same time, all these represent that they are very abnormal!

Suddenly, these four people bent down at the same time.

Each had a very small bag of rice placed in front of them out of thin air.