Chapter 34

Watching Jiang Baiyan and Bai Chen return to the car and drive to a more secluded spot nearby, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong began to inspect the "Ice Moss" pistols and "Union 202" pistols on their utility belts, as well as the "Berserker" assault rifles slung over their shoulders.

After confirming all the details, they took turns squatting down and retied their military boots, ensuring there were no flaws.

Having completed the necessary preparations, they held their assault rifles and walked along the broken cement road toward the square, neither too fast nor too slow.

Although it was autumn and the weather had already turned cool, there were still many mosquitoes in the areas overgrown with weeds, buzzing around Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong incessantly.

After holding it in for a while, Long Yuehong finally couldn't help but ask:

"Do we need to take turns driving away the mosquitoes?"

He believed that someone always needed to be on guard.

"Shall I help you?" Shang Jianyao said, looking at the black mosquitoes flying toward Long Yuehong's face.

Long Yuehong asked warily:

"Are you planning to slap me?"

"Are you thinking too badly of me?" Shang Jianyao laughed.

He then took out a small plastic bottle about the size of a finger from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, and sprayed it on himself:

"Have you forgotten that our company is called 'Pangu Bio'?

"The effect of this mosquito repellent, hey, is really quite good."

Long Yuehong, with wide eyes, asked:

"When did you get it? Wasn't it in the car?"

— Inside "Pangu Bio," there were almost no mosquitoes. After coming to the surface, Long Yuehong hadn't felt the bother of mosquitoes for a few days, so he had forgotten about mosquito repellent.

"During my night shift, I kept it with me," Shang Jianyao answered frankly.

"Why didn't I encounter mosquitoes during my night shift?" Long Yuehong was deeply puzzled.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him:

"Think about it with your head, and you'll know the answer."

Seeing that Long Yuehong still didn't understand, Shang Jianyao revealed the answer:

"These past two days, I and the team leader have been on night duty first. She would spray mosquito repellent around.

"Actually, when we first set up the campfire, she would also spray it. Didn't you see?"

"..." Long Yuehong didn't expect the answer to be so simple.

To avoid being mocked by Shang Jianyao, he immediately pointed to the right:

"Let's go check out those buildings first. The team leader said they are a hospital and a radio station."

He was referring to the three buildings on the right side of the cement road, which formed an open square, with one of them already collapsed.

"Okay." Shang Jianyao was about to put away the mosquito repellent.

"What about me?" Long Yuehong's mouth half-opened, surprised and bewildered.

Shang Jianyao chuckled silently:

"You didn't say you wanted to spray it. How would I know if you didn't say it..."

"Stop, stop! Don't use the lines from the radio program." Long Yuehong immediately interrupted Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao didn't tease him further and quickly unscrewed the cap, spraying it on him. After all, they were in the wild, in the ruins of the steel plant, and jokes had to be moderate, not distracting them from being vigilant.

After initially摆脱了蚊虫的困扰，两人转向了蒋白棉称之为医院和广播电台的地方，首先看到的是两根孤零零竖立的柱子。

“这，大门都被搬走了？”龙悦红忽然有点牙疼。

商见曜“嗯”了一声：

“这就叫人类的主观能动性。

“如果不是碎掉的水泥、砖块换不了什么东西，这两根柱子都未必还能立在这里。”

“啧，啧。”龙悦红感慨了两声，从柱子之间走了过去。

直到此时，他们才发现，更靠近路边的那栋楼前方还有一排倚着墙壁的平房，只需要右拐，就能到达。

而如果直行，则会沿斜坡往上，抵达一个有池塘、有花园、能停车的小广场。

通过这个广场，似乎可以直接进入靠路边那栋楼的二楼。

龙悦红示意了一下，率先往那排平房与楼房之间的过道走去。

这里有一条不宽的排水沟渠，里面长满了青苔和杂草。

龙悦红左右各看了一眼，发现楼房的底层，在这边开了一扇扇门，里面的空间有大有小，靠近斜坡处的两个打通在了一起，对外的窗户完全洞开，没有一点遮挡，而那排平房则整齐分隔成一个个近似相等的小间，两人视线所及的区域内，有抽屉全开的桌子，有翻倒在地的高脚凳。

龙悦红结合“医院”和“广播电台”这两个名词，试图判断这里属于什么区域，但怎么都想不出答案。

“这里是什么地方？”他不太期待地问，不觉得商见曜能够回答。

商见曜收回目光，右肘下沉，略微抬高了“Berserker”突击步枪的枪口：

“门诊处。”

他声音低沉，语气笃定。

“啊？”龙悦红又诧异又茫然。

他本来想问你是怎么辨认出来的，忽然记起了一件事：

在“盘古生物”内部，“生活区”每一层都有一个小小的医务室，负责本楼居民类似头痛脑热的普通疾病。这样的医务室分内外两间，外面一边是药房，一边是医生坐诊处，内里一边是输液室，一边是注射室。

除了这些，“盘古生物”内部还有三个大医院，它们在特定的、不同的楼层，主要收治医务室治不了的员工。

龙悦红从小身体还算健康，父母长辈也没得过什么大毛病，所以，他只进过本楼层和大学楼层的医务室，没去过医院，对门诊区缺乏直观的印象。

而商见曜的母亲是因病去世的，住过很长一段时间的院，那个时候，商见曜每天都要往返于学校、医院和自家。

大致想清楚了原因后，龙悦红闭上了嘴巴。

商见曜则用下巴代替右手，指向那排平房：

“这边应该是门诊室、注射室、输液室，不止一间。”

他又朝向楼房区域：

“最外面打通的这两间应该是药房，窗户上应该有铁栅栏，并且留出了给药的空隙，但现在都被弄走了，另外的可能是机房、财务室、化验室这些，无法肯定。”

“嗯嗯。”龙悦红没有反驳。

两人端着突击步枪，一个又一个房间地搜查过去，结果什么有用的东西都没找到，就连剩下的木桌和椅子都支离破碎，残缺不全，明显被人拿去点篝火了。

到了那排平房最后一个房间，龙悦红刚踢开半掩的木门，就看见了一个白森森的颅骨，与黑乎乎的两个空洞对视了一秒。

他吓了一跳，猛地将“Berserker”突击步枪抬高少许，准备射击。

商见曜左右看了一眼，低沉地说：

“死很久了。”

龙悦红这才放松了一些，仔仔细细地观察起里面的情况：

一张木桌倒在了地上，几页发黄破败的纸凌乱地散落着，那具白骨靠在桌旁，没有一点血肉残存，没有一块布料遮挡，且失去了多根骨头。

“之前的那些遗迹猎人连尸体的裤衩都没放过啊……这里来过不少野兽……”龙悦红好歹也经历过严格的训练，能从一些痕迹上判断出很多事情。

他话音刚落，一道小小的黑影从角落窜出，奔到靠围墙那侧，钻进了不显眼的洞里。

“……老鼠。”龙悦红差点给对方一梭子。

商见曜若有所思地点了下头：

“能吃吗？”

“……理论上可以，但有太多的细菌、病毒啊这些，很容易让人染上严重的疾病。”龙悦红竭力解释着，免得好友突发奇想，“组长如果在这里，肯定会对你说：不是没有别的办法，不要吃这种东西。”

商见曜吐了口气，似乎有点遗憾。

“你看着周围。”他上前几步，蹲到了那几页发黄破纸的旁边。

可惜，上面什么都没有。

但商见曜也看出了一点东西：这几页纸完整部分的轮廓、大小基本一致，应该是从同一个本子上撕扯下来的。

“如果上面有重要信息，它们肯定早就被捡走了。”龙悦红说出了自己的想法。

商见曜不置可否：

“先收起来吧，回头让组长再研究一下。”

说完，他拿出一个袋子和一个塑料镊子，将这几页纸夹了起来，放入袋中。

两人又往楼房侧搜查了一遍，依旧什么都没找到。

回到斜坡处，商见曜和龙悦红往上行至小广场区域，看见对面的楼房已经坍塌，最右侧的四层长楼爬满了绿色的植物。

这栋楼的一楼大门上方，有三个红色大字，它们已然斑驳变淡，在绿色里若隐若现：

“住院部”。

“果然是医院。”龙悦红侧头看了眼斜坡旁的楼房，“这也属于医院，那，这栋倒塌的看来就是广播电台。”

倒塌那栋楼最上方的砖石已经被扒开，足见遗迹猎人们的专业和耐心。

“进去看看。”商见曜当先走向了住院部。

这里面多有玻璃碎渣和动物粪便，但整体保存的还算完好，只是每一个病房内都看不到病床。

“不会吧，病床应该很重的……”龙悦红颇为诧异。

“可以推的。”商见曜简单说了一句，“也可能带了切割工具。”

“真是什么都没留下啊……这就是遗迹猎人？”龙悦红感叹中，跟着商见曜沿楼梯爬上了二层、三层和四层。

在这住院部里行走，总让他觉得阴沉沉、冰冷冷的，呼吸到的气味也透着难以言喻的古怪，接近腐烂很久只剩少许残味的那种感觉又不是太像。

“差不多了吧？没什么了。”龙悦红忍不住催促起商见曜。

“嗯。”商见曜看了眼靠近楼梯的卫生间，拿出纸笔，就着墙壁，开始描绘医院区域的地图。

“出去弄不行吗？”龙悦红来回踱了几步道。

“快了快了。”商见曜运笔如飞。

最后，他在住院部内画了一个奇怪的、疑似有人蹲着的符号。

“这代表什么？”龙悦红好奇地问。

商见曜没有回答他，在旁边重新画了一个相同的符号，拉个根横线，标注道：

“有厕所。”

“……”龙悦红不想再搭理商见曜。

弄好这部分地图，两人出了住院部，沿斜坡一直往下。

进入主路后，他们还没来得及寻找下一个目标，就看见两道人影从钢铁厂深处出来，各自骑了一辆自行车，背着一把步枪。

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