Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 269 Hostages
The commotion on the second floor was quite significant, but fortunately, there were only a few households occupied upstairs; most people had gone out to work to make a living. Even without stable employment, one could choose to work for families in the nearby countryside who farmed the land. Although there were no points earned, they would receive gifts, which was the same as before.

So He Yan, who had become a zombie, unfortunately couldn't catch and kill more people as he ran uphill.

Lan Junliang, who was following behind, was relieved that no one was around, but even so, he still shouted at the top of his lungs as he chased after them, "Go home! Zombies are appearing! Go home!"

Upon hearing the word 'zombie,' those downstairs who had been looking forward to the spectacle, those who had just returned home, and those who had just left home instantly recalled the terror of the beginning of the apocalypse and scattered in a flash. Apart from the sound of footsteps, not a single person made a sound, and even the sound of doors closing was just the click of locks locking.

They were moving so fast it was unlike anything an ordinary person could do.

That makes sense when you think about it. It's been almost three years since the apocalypse, so who's a fool to have survived until now?

The reason why those women were caught and bitten to death by He Yan was threefold: firstly, the incident happened suddenly and the distance was too close; secondly, the space was small and it was inconvenient to escape; and thirdly, He Yan, this new zombie, was different from the zombies at the beginning of the apocalypse.

In summary, these three points led to all the women who had been surrounding He Yan's house being bitten. They lay dying in the stairwell, their hearts filled with despair.

Even more desperate than them was He's mother!

She was the only one at the scene who hadn't been bitten, yet she was more terrified and bewildered than anyone else.

Xiao Yan, her Xiao Yan, her son
She only went out for a short while, how did her son turn into a zombie when she came back?

In He's mother's heart, the thought of her son turning into a zombie was even harder to accept than the thought of being bitten by a zombie herself.

She slumped against the doorway, trembling violently. She watched helplessly as her son ran upstairs, then watched as a man who looked like a soldier, brandishing a knife, chased after him.
It's over, her son is finished!

Overwhelmed with despair, He's mother burst into tears.

Regardless of what happened to He's mother and the injured women, Lan Junliang, who had chased them to the rooftop, happened to see the zombie He Yan jumping from one building to another and landing steadily without even stumbling.

Grass!
Lan Junliang cursed inwardly, tightened his grip on the knife, and prepared to take a running start and jump over it.

Just as he landed precariously after his jump, the zombie He Yan had already leaped to another building. Lan Junliang keenly noticed that his jumping ability seemed to have improved, and he was more agile.

The neighborhood wasn't large. After the zombie He Yan jumped over four buildings in a row, he leaped over the wall and ran towards the woods in the suburbs.

"Lan Junliang?"

"I'm here, over there, he ran east, into that woods."

Before Lan Junliang could jump over the wall, he heard his colleagues shouting, waved to them, pointed in a direction, gritted his teeth, jumped over the wall, and continued to chase after them.

This is a new zombie unlike any we've seen before. If we don't catch and kill him today, who knows what will happen next?

"Be careful and leave markings along the way."

The patrol captain had barely finished shouting that when Lan Junliang had already disappeared.

He hurriedly led a few people to chase after them, while the others stayed in the community to restrain and tie up those who had been bitten, and to check if anyone else had been bitten.

Although Shi Jiashu arrived quickly, it only took a few minutes for the zombie He Yan to escape after biting someone. No, it took him less than a minute to run to the rooftop and escape from the community.

They're so fast they don't even look like zombies.

Without lingering, Shi Jiashu immediately headed east to chase after him, contacting Lao Sheng via walkie-talkie as he went.

Before long, Lao Sheng, who was as fast as the wind, floated over.

After determining the direction, Lao Sheng took the lead and chased after them.

The woods to the east used to be a fairly large village, and the village chief was the captain of a civilian team who came to join them a year ago.

This person is very smart. After entering Shenzhen, he first visited and learned about the greenhouse area for a few days. After that, he led his team to lease an uninhabited village and reclaim wasteland for farming.

He also followed the example of the greenhouse area, willing to take in elderly people with farming experience and providing them with free protection and support.

A year later, they not only cultivated the land in a very orderly manner, but also doubled the size of their team. They also built walls around the small village, just like Yunxi Village, and erected sheds on the fields with good yields.

Because there were also wood-type ability users in the team, after the first batch of food was grown, they had their own wood-type ability users cultivate some excellent seeds.

However, the village chief did not use them rashly at first. Instead, he tried to get in touch with Xue Deng from Yunxi Village and asked him to help Professor Leng take a look at whether these seeds were usable.

Yunxi Village is generous in its assistance to those who are serious about farming.

So, in villages where farming is booming, this village is the most developed. Because there are more than a dozen loquat trees at the entrance of the village, the village chief, Li Si, abandoned the original village name and applied to change it to Loquat Village.

It's just changing a name, there's nothing wrong with that.

At this moment, the zombie He Yan was fleeing in the direction of Pipa Village.

Village chief Li Si, a superhuman with special abilities, was leading the villagers to clear away the mutated weeds and insects that had grown in the fields after the rain.

Because of limited materials, their walls only enclosed the village, unlike Yunxi Village which included the fields.

Therefore, their fields are outside the village.

As soon as the zombie He Yan ran over, he saw dozens of people bending over and working in the field. His saliva couldn't help but drip down his chin again, but unlike before, there were still bits of flesh left on his teeth, so the saliva that dripped out was red.

Perhaps it was because He Yan's gaze was too direct that the ever-perceptive Li Si noticed it and immediately straightened up to look in his direction.

At this moment, the two sides were about two hundred meters apart. They could see each other clearly but not their facial expressions. However, the other party's gaze was unfriendly and malicious, a fact that Li Si immediately realized the moment he straightened up and looked over.

Moreover, that person was also somewhat strange.

Despite this, Li Si always trusted his intuition, so he didn't hesitate to stop his busy companions and told the men to protect the women and children and hurry back to the village. He and three other superhumans walked a few steps toward He Yan, holding shovels or sickles, ready for battle.

He's a zombie.

Lan Junliang was also running fast, and just as He Yan stopped to stare at the group of people, he quickly caught up from behind.

When he saw a number of people working in the fields ahead, his heart skipped a beat. He quickened his pace while shouting a warning, hoping his shouts would attract the attention of this brainless zombie and give the others more time to move on. And indeed, the zombie He Yan turned around reflexively in shock at the sound behind him.

Although Lan Junliang was also human, the dagger in his hand and the combat uniform he was wearing made him instinctively want to escape, completely lacking the awareness that a special zombie should be warlike.

This instinct overcame his desire for the humanity that Lan Junliang brought him.

We can't fight him, we have to run!

With that thought, the zombie He Yan turned around and continued running wildly, but the direction he ran in followed his heart, following the scent of humans towards the group of ordinary people in Pipa Village.

not good!

Li Si was initially skeptical when Lan Junliang mentioned "zombie," given the man's agility was completely different from the zombies that appeared at the beginning of the apocalypse. To be honest, if all the zombies back then could run and jump like him, most ordinary humans, except for those with superpowers, wouldn't survive.

Two hundred meters is not a long distance, just a breath away. The zombie He Yan was only fifty meters away from the villagers of Pipa Village who were heading towards the village entrance.

Li Si finally saw what the zombie looked like. It was no different from the zombies at the beginning of the apocalypse. Even its grayish-white face was half rotten. The closer he got, the stronger the stench became.

But its running speed and physique are completely different from zombies; it is even more agile than a human.

What the hell is this?

Li Si felt a chill run down his spine, but he still gripped the shovel tightly and charged forward.

Just as the two were about to collide, the zombie He Yan suddenly leaped over Li Si and headed straight for the dozen or so villagers behind him who hadn't yet entered the village.

Upon seeing this, the men protecting the villagers immediately swung their sickles and shovels at him. With a clang, the shovel struck the zombie He Yan, and it sounded like metal clashing.

The two men facing each other were stunned. The one who was cutting down the zombie was shocked by how hard the zombie's body had become. The zombie had a similar thought: why had it become hard?

"Get out of the way!"

Hearing a shout behind him, the man with the shovel quickly dodged to the side. A ball of fire followed, but instead of bursting into flames as expected, it fell to the ground, burning only a few blades of grass.

The zombie He Yan actually dodged in sync with the fire-type ability user when he warned his companions, and before they could react, he pounced on the man with the shovel.

The man's eyelids twitched, and out of instinct, he took a few steps back, intending to find an opportunity to slash the neck.

But before he could find an opportunity, the zombie in front of him suddenly leaped over him and pounced on the village.

Their fight just now seemed long, but it only lasted for a dozen seconds. In that short time, the ordinary people who had run less than a hundred meters were easily caught up by the zombie He Yan, who stretched out his claws to grab the little girl who was running at the back.

"Xiaohe!"

Li Si's eyes were bloodshot with rage; that was his niece!

At this moment, Lan Junliang finally arrived. Just as the zombie reached out to grab the little girl, he swung his dagger straight at the zombie's neck.

Unfortunately, the dagger didn't pierce the neck; instead, it grazed the neck, cutting open the skin and drawing out dark red and black blood with a strong, foul odor that spread around.

Zombie He Yan grabbed the little girl's shoulder and pulled her close, standing in front of him, directly facing Li Si and Lan Junliang.

Is he trying to take the little girl hostage?
Damn, this zombie actually has a brain!
"Let her go!"

Li Si couldn't hold back his anger and roared. His whole family was gone, and his only blood relative was his niece. He had to protect her no matter what.

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Li Si's eyes widened at the zombie's claws gripping Xiao He's shoulder. They were torn... torn.
Even a grown man, seeing the blood flowing from his niece's shoulder, couldn't help but shed tears.

When Xiaohe saw her uncle crying, she paused for a moment, then slowly raised her right hand to her chest and made a few hand gestures to her uncle.

Li Si saw that although he tried to hold back his tears, his eyes were even redder.

His niece said to him: I'm not afraid, Uncle, don't cry.

Yes, Xiaohe is deaf and mute, and she is twelve years old this year.

Although Lan Junliang didn't know Xiao He, he could still see the clues from this series of actions.

His eyes darkened as he glanced at the blood flowing from the little girl's shoulder. Trying to remain calm, he said to the zombie He Yan, "Let her go. Let her go, and I'll let you go. He Yan, you must know who turned you into a zombie. They're still outside the city. Go find them, and we'll help you take revenge."

Upon hearing the word "revenge," He Yan's lifeless, grayish-white eyes suddenly twitched. Although it was impossible to tell who he was looking at, Lan Junliang knew that he was being watched.

Despite being terrible at persuading people, Lan Junliang had to rack his brains to convince a zombie, saying, "You're only seventeen. Your life has unlimited potential." A useless person doesn't really have much potential, but the situation forced Lan Junliang to put on a positive front.

“Look, they’ve hurt you like this. Are you willing to let them go like this? Of course not. But you should know what Pengcheng is like. There are Bai family sisters’ green ivy on all four walls. You think you can jump over the wall and escape Pengcheng? No way. But if we go with you to find those people, it will be completely different. So He Yan, let go of this little girl. As long as you let go of her, we will let you out.”

He Yan wanted to say that he was lying to him, but when he opened his mouth, all that came out was a "ho". He had completely lost his ability to speak and could no longer speak.

This thought made him even more resentful.

Revenge! Yes, we must get revenge!

Seeing that He Yan seemed to be wavering, Lan Junliang pressed his advantage, painting him a rosy picture: "Originally, you were doomed after biting and killing several people, but now, if you release this little girl, we'll spare your life. We'll find those people, interrogate them to find out what drug they injected you with, and maybe our doctors can concoct an antidote that can restore you. After all, you have reason and a brain, unlike those completely dead zombies. Do you know what that means? It means your brain is still alive, you're not brain dead. If you're not brain dead, you can be saved. Don't you want to be saved?"

They're already in this terrible state; it would be a miracle if they could ever become normal again.

But who cares? How can you expect to be honest with a zombie who has killed someone?

He Yan stared at Lan Junliang, watching him speak these words with such seriousness and earnestness, and his heart was deeply moved.

Who wants to die when they can live?
The soldier was right; he was indeed different from those zombies. He had a brain and could understand what was being said, so there was a real possibility that he could be rescued.
However, when He Yan heard the man mention injecting medicine, he suddenly remembered that night outside the city when he felt a sharp pain in his arm while he was asleep. He vaguely saw several people in front of him and tried to open his eyes to see them clearly, but then he suddenly fell asleep again.

When he woke up the next morning, the man handed him a small bread and told him he could leave. He was overjoyed and forgot all about the strange thing that happened the night before.

Looking back now, I realize it wasn't because of the small bread rolls at all; it was clearly because those people deliberately injected him with the zombie virus drug.

good night!