Chapter 56 Sound

Hu Mingyao gently patted his grandson on the back.

The boy in his arms is his grandson, named Mingle. He is only in the second grade of primary school at the age of eight.

"Grandpa, Ale and you go--"

Mingle raised his head and stared at the old man's white temples with a pair of big tearful eyes. His childish voice revealed his stubbornness.

"..."

Hu Mingyao shook his head slightly and looked at his grandson's leg.

In the dark environment, he could only see the blurred outline of his grandson's legs. A few days ago, Ale accidentally fell and sprained his ankle. Although it has improved, it still worries him.

"Grandpa, I can do it."

Mingle sucked his snot, wiped his cuffs vigorously on his nose, and his little head was pasted on his grandfather's chest, feeling that this chest was not wide, but extremely warm.

Hu Mingyao was silent, just touching his grandson's hair with his hand.

The palm of his hand feels the soft hair, and his turbid eyes have hesitation and struggle. Maybe it's better to go together, so that even if there is an accident, they will at least be together, just like the son-in-law and his daughter. Even if the life and death are still unknown, the old man can make sure that they are together...

They are not separated until they die!

"Okay, grandpa will take you there."

In the end, Hu Mingyao made a choice.

In this end of the world where life withered every moment, when they lose the protection of their son-in-law, with his aging body, it is very difficult to persist until now. He doesn't know how long he can struggle in the future, and he doesn't want to know.

With no hope of living like this, perhaps death is also an easy relief...

"Uh-huh!"

Seeing my grandfather's consent, A Le burst into tears and smiled. The smile seemed to use his own strength to find the precious treasure he had lost.

But...

This smile made Lao Hu feel sad, heartbroken, very heavy, very uncomfortable, and his chest seemed to be blocked by some kind of heavy object.

"Come on, go with grandpa--"

The door of the ticket office opened gently, and two shadows walked out of their small home.

××××××

Five minutes later.

The electric escalator connected to the three-story waiting area, most of the steel beam fixed with the viaduct has been broken. The elevator, which used to give people a stable feeling, is now shaky in the strong wind, emitting bursts of creaks and creaks.

Hu Mingyao carries Ale's small schoolbag on his back. He is old and has high blood pressure. It is not easy to walk in this elevator more than ten meters away from the ground. He will also be dizzy and his legs and feet are stiff. Now it is very difficult for him to walk on this escalator that is about to break.

Every step is very slow and careful.

In particular, it is necessary to take into account whether the grandson is safe. When Hu Mingyao goes up to two-thirds of the escalator, he is already out of breath.

"Grandpa, do you want to take a break?"

Mingle looked up and worried about Hu Mingyao.

"Grandpa, it's nothing."

Hu Mingyao touched his grandson's little hand and smiled reluctantly. If the elevator on the other side of the station had been broken, he vowed that he would never climb such a dangerous elevator.

However, he misses the fitness man who worked in the factory when he was young.

At that time, he walked vigorously and carried 30 to 50 catties of goods easily. It was not like that now he was old and weak, with gray hair, and he would be in his old age in a few years.

Mingle is very sensible and is held by his grandfather's callus.

Although he could reach the third floor in a few steps, he would soon be able to go up, but knowing that his grandfather was worried that something would happen if he left him, he nodded quietly for fear of attracting monsters.

Order one, two, three, four—

Finally, Hu Mingyao walked into the three-story waiting area. There was no awning, and the piercing cold wind came, which made people shiver.

Well, Mingle walked around behind his grandpa and opened his schoolbag.

He took out a bottle of mineral water, then quickly zipped it up and handed it to his grandma.

"Ale, thank you."

Hu Mingyao took the mineral water, unscrewed the bottle cap and drank it, but he did not relax because of it. Although his eyesight was not good, he still looked around with vigilance.

The environment is very dark, under the hazy moonlight.

The aisles under their feet were dyed black and brown, which was all human blood that was attacked by blood bats on the first day of the end of the world. In the distant driveway, you can see a lot of people who can't avoid bumping into each other. Because of the explosion, the express bus special vehicles that are not seen at all, and the surrounding areas are scorched black.

"Come on, Ale, you can have a drink, too."

Hu Mingyao initially determined that the surroundings were safe, and his tight body was a little easier. He handed his grandson only two sips of mineral water. Next, they needed to travel a long distance, and it was necessary to replenish the water.

Their target is Longshan Station after Guanglian Station, or the next Dongfeng Community Station, because there are small supermarkets in every stop. In the first few days, my son-in-law Mingliang came to the supermarket on this road, so that they had never starved.

But now...

There was very little food left in the ticket sales, so Hu Mingyao had to risk his life to travel hundreds of thousands of times to the supermarket in the BRT station to find food.

"Hmm."

Mingle took the mineral water. Without any pretentiousness of the child, he drank it directly. The cold water flowed through his throat, causing him to shiver, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on his skin.

Ale just looked up to see his grandfather, but found that Hu Mingyao was staring at the Haifeng Commercial Square opposite--

In the past, the lively sea breeze square seemed to be completely swallowed up by the darkness at this time, and even the hazy moonlight could only blur a peripheral shop and sidewalk.

Deep and silent.

This is a terrible feeling, because Hu Mingyao found for the first time that the commercial square that had always existed beside him would be so quiet. From there, he could not only hear the sad hiss of the blood bat, but also the wandering skeleton.

At Guanglian Station, groups of blood bats occasionally appear during the day, but after nightfall, especially the blood bats who forage here during the day are far away and rarely appear.

So he thinks it's nothing!

But now I realize that it is not so simple. It seems that this Haifeng Commercial Square, which makes the son-in-law and daughter unaware of life and death, has some kind of power that makes monsters afraid of them.

"Grandpa--"

Ale pulled, and he could see the god's Hu Mingyao's sleeve.

Huh?

Hu Mingyao came to his senses and took a deep breath.

He forced himself not to go to Haifeng Commercial Square again. No matter what the power existed, it was by no means that an old man like him who was in his twilight year would worry about it.

"Ale, let's go."

Hu Mingyao took his grandson's hand and walked southeast at eight o'clock. There was a section in the viaduct lane about 100 meters ahead, which was a masterpiece of countless blood bats.

At the beginning, there were many desperate people who panicked and chose to climb down from the section or even jump down!

suddenly.

Before they had gone far, there was an unknown voice behind them.

Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong--

Hu Mingyao stopped his grandson and looked at the darkness behind him. This unknown voice not only did not go far away, but became closer and closer, as if it was approaching them.

"Let's hide..."

Hu Mingyao looked solemn. No matter what the voice was, it was an unpredictable danger to them. His voice said seriously, "Come on, go back with grandpa."

Mingle was pulled back by Hu Mingyao when they first came to the corner downstairs.

"Grandpa, why is this sound the same as the sound of running?"

Mingle suddenly said when he looked at the dark viaduct driveway on the right side with big eyes.

Running sound?

Hu Mingyao only regarded this as his grandson's childish words and said, "Silly Le, how can anyone in this world dare to run in such a place at such a time?"

There is no such madman!

If there is, it will only be the kind of retired national special forces like his son-in-law.

Mingle's big eyes are still staring at the distance.

He felt that this sound was the sound of stepping on the soles of the shoes at a fast frequency during the sprint.

But only a few seconds later, Hu Mingyao's face changed in vain.

He also heard the unknown sound, which was indeed very similar to the running sound, but the frequency of the sound was much faster than the ordinary running sound, which made them unable to recognize it at first.

"Is there really such a madman?"

Hu Mingyao couldn't help asking himself from the bottom of his heart.