A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 608 The Tranquil Railway Line
Duan Rong suddenly kicked the iron frame hard, and everyone grabbed the cable and swung out, swinging diagonally across the street.

The cable hanging on the iron frame was already several meters long. With the force of the group's pulling, and the iron buckles securing the cable to the frame being broken, the remaining meters of cable beyond the frame were also torn off with a single swing.

The group was thrown out at an angle, as if they were holding onto an electric cable.

In the blink of an eye, he had swung across the street and landed on his feet.

As soon as they landed, before they could even stand up straight, a zombie pounced on them from nearby.

Duan Rong was holding the cable in his hand, his body was tilted and his feet were slipping on the ground. When he saw the zombie rushing over, he grabbed the cable and pulled his body, and kicked the zombie in the chest, making the zombie fall backward to the ground!

Before the zombie could get up again, Guo Tian had already chopped off its head with a fire axe.

All the zombies in this area have been attracted to the metal power tower across the street. The zombie that pounced earlier had just crept over from a distance.

The horde of corpses that had been blocking the base of the iron frame were now charging toward them.

Duan Rong and his group then headed towards the detached hotel not far away.

The horde of zombies had to cross the street, and Duan Rong and his group were only a few meters away from the hotel, with no other zombies nearby to interfere.

They sprinted across the street and, before the horde of corpses rushed towards them, had already dashed into the hotel's lobby on the first floor.

Duan Rong took the lead, forcefully pushing open the heavy glass door. Holding his entrenching tool in front of him, he glanced around and saw only a few scattered zombies in the lobby before quickly slipping inside.

Duan Rong slipped into the lobby but didn't go deep inside. Instead, he stood to the side of the door and handed over the few scattered zombies inside to Guo Tian and Jiang Hanyan.

These few scattered zombies were nothing more than easy prey for them.

Duan Rong stood at the doorway, looking through the glass at the horde of corpses surging wildly across the street. His face was expressionless. The instant Guo Tian and the others entered the lobby, Duan Rong slammed the glass door shut. The steel doorknob of the glass door was already secured with an iron chain lock, which Duan Rong immediately tightened, then turned the key to lock the thick glass door shut.

At this moment, the horde of corpses had not yet reached the doorway.

Duan Rong turned around. The zombies in the lobby had been killed. He quickly walked to the back of the bar, where he saw a long-haired zombie wearing a tight white shirt lying on the ground with her head split open at an angle, and thick green liquid splattered all over one of her shoulders...

Duan Rong glanced at it only once before stepping over and searching the bar counter, but he couldn't find the car keys.

His eyes lit up and he pulled out a large stack of room cards from the drawer.

Holding the room key, he looked up and glanced at the doorway. He saw that the glass door was already crowded with zombies, but the thick glass door and the iron chain lock prevented the zombies from squeezing in for the time being.

A hint of worry flashed in Guo Tian's eyes as he said, "If we don't cover the glass with newspaper, I'm afraid the door won't be able to withstand the crowd of corpses."

Duan Rong said, "No need. In the time it took to read the newspaper, we would have already left this hall. As soon as we leave, the horde of corpses will disperse!"

After he finished speaking, he walked out from behind the bar, clutching the room key, and said to everyone, "Let's go upstairs."

The group then followed Duan Rong into the elevator corridor and took the stairs at the far end of the corridor to the second floor.

The hotel has a lobby and shops on the first floor, and the hotel rooms start from the second floor.

As soon as they entered the red-carpeted corridor on the second floor, a zombie dressed in a cleaning uniform pounced on them, only to have its head chopped off by Guo Tianyi's fire axe.

Duan Rong stood in front of a room, took out a room card, swiped it on the lock, and the door opened automatically. Duan Rong pushed it, only to find the door locked from the inside.

The iron chain between the door cracks gleamed with a faint metallic luster. Duan Rong turned slightly to the side and said, "Jiang Hanyan, cut it!"

A sharp sound of a sword being drawn rang out behind him, and with a flash of cold light, the iron chain was severed, allowing Jiang Hanyan to rush inside.

Inside were three naked zombies, one man and two women, with their clothes scattered all over the floor.

Jiang Hanyan's sword flashed, and three heads flew into the air.

The room still held traces of a sensual scene. Duan Rong stood there, his cold gaze sweeping across the room, and he spotted a car key on the bedside table. He strode over, grabbed the key, and saw that it bore the logo of a Volkswagen.

Duan Rong took the car keys, went to the window, opened it, and reached out to press the keys on the cars parked in front of the hotel.

This is the second floor, not far from the entrance. Since this person has come to the hotel, their car is most likely parked in front of the hotel.

Sure enough, as soon as Duan Rong pressed the car key, he saw a Volkswagen Teramont SUV flash its lights.

"Let's go, this is the one!" Duan Rong said, turning around, and then casually threw the large stack of room cards he was holding onto the bed.

The group then followed Duan Rong out of the room and down the stairs back to the lobby on the first floor.

It wasn't long, but the horde of corpses that had been crowding the entrance had dispersed and were now scattered sparsely across the street.

Duan Rong strode through the lobby, unlocked the door with his key, pushed open the glass door, and leaped out. As soon as he did, he slashed off the head of a zombie with an entrenching tool, then strode towards the Volkswagen Teramont not far away.

The nearby zombies were alerted and gathered around.

But at this moment, Jiang Hanyan's Longquan sword flashed with a cold light, like a startled swan! With the cooperation of Guo Tian and the others, she cut down enemies all the way!

Duan Rong flung open the car door and jumped into the driver's seat.

Jiang Hanyan and the others followed, slipped inside, and closed the car doors.

Duan Rong turned the car key, started the car, and glanced at the fuel tank. It was 30% full. This amount of fuel should be more than enough to get to the railway line.

At this moment, a few zombies had already pounced on the car window. Duan Rong lightly stepped on the accelerator, then sharply turned the steering wheel, and the car lurched diagonally, knocking down and running over several zombies.

Once on the street, Duan Rong stepped on the gas and increased the speed to 100 miles per hour. It wasn't that he couldn't go any faster, but there was no need to.

There aren't many zombies here; it's not the kind of zombie horde you see in the CBD. At 100 mph, plus the sheer size of the Volkswagen Teramont, no zombie can stop them anymore.

Moreover, although the streets here are passable by cars, there are also many places where vehicles are parked haphazardly or overturned, and the road conditions are quite complicated, so driving too fast can easily lead to accidents.

The Volkswagen Teramont roared along the street, knocking down and crushing zombies one after another. Soon it reached the intersection. Duan Rong checked the road conditions, smashed through the iron railing in the middle of the road, and rushed diagonally to the other side. After walking less than a hundred meters along the street, he turned into an alley.

Further down this alley are the railway staff housing buildings, which are quite old.

The roar of the Volkswagen Teramont's engine attracted quite a few zombies, who chased after it.

Not far into the alley, Duan Rong knew he couldn't go any further. A minivan was parked across the middle of the road with its trunk open, apparently having had an accident while loading goods. The alley was already narrow and difficult to pass through.

Duan Rong looked in the rearview mirror and saw a large number of zombies chasing after the car. He stepped on the brakes and said, "Take out the newspapers and cover the windows with newspapers." When the car stopped next to the van, the windows and windshield were covered with newspapers.

The engine noise stopped, the infrared light disappeared, and the pursuing horde of corpses lost their target and began to wander aimlessly.

Duan Rong took out a map and carefully examined their exact location in the beam of a flashlight.

It's very close to the railway line; these houses are the railway staff housing.

The railway staff housing is located near the railway line; in other words, the railway line runs right through this residential area.

After a moment's thought, Duan Rong decided to abandon the vehicle and proceed on foot. The roads in this residential area were narrow, and vehicles could easily encounter various problems. Moreover, there wouldn't be many zombies in these old houses, and their combined strength of six people would be sufficient to handle the situation.

After Duan Rong had thought it through, he told Guo Tian and the others about his plan, and they all had no objections.

Since Duan Rong had already said that as long as they rushed into that railway line, they could escape this monster-infested land. And that railway line wasn't far away, and there weren't many zombies around.

It's time to fight our way out!
Seeing that no one had any objections, Duan Rong peeked out through the gaps in the newspaper. By this time, the horde of corpses that had been lured over had dispersed considerably.

Duan Rong saw that not far from where they parked, there was a narrow road that was impossible for a car to pass through. There was only one zombie wandering around inside.

The alleyways within this residential area are interconnected, and Duan Rong decided to start from one of these alleyways.

He pointed out the window and said, "There's a road outside. Let's rush in now! As long as we're fast enough, we probably won't alert many zombies!"

Guo Tian glanced at him and said, "It's your decision."

Duan Rong said, "Alright. Get everything ready, let's charge now."

Suddenly, the front and rear doors opened almost simultaneously, and several figures darted out and ran into the sidewalk not far away.

Several zombies happened to see a few red orbs flash by and rushed over in a frenzy.

But the large number of zombies were completely unaware and showed no reaction.

Duan Rong and his group rushed into the passageway, where the only zombie inside lunged at them, only to have its head chopped off by Duan Rong's entrenching tool. The zombie had a head of silver hair, clearly indicating that it had been an old man before its transformation.

At the crossroads, seven or eight zombies, startled, rushed in and pounced on them, but were easily killed by Jiang Hanyan and her companions.

At this moment, the passageway was quiet, and no zombies pounced on them.

"go!"

Duan Rong led them deeper into the road. When they reached the intersection, he glanced at the direction and headed east.

Although the residential area was densely packed with houses, Duan Rong knew that the railway line was deep within the houses, and that as long as he continued to walk in, he would get closer and closer to the railway line.

Along the way, they killed sporadic zombies, and occasionally encountered zombified cats and dogs.

It was daytime, the sky was bright, and everyone was very vigilant, not letting any zombies get close.

After walking for a while, they came across a small shop at an intersection. Duan Rong killed the zombies inside and had them fill their backpacks with snacks.

After turning a corner, when they reached another intersection, Duan Rong simply led them eastward.

He was certain that if he continued eastward into the heart of the residential area, he would reach the railway line.

"Duan Rong, where is the railway line? We seem to have traveled quite a distance already?" Lu Chu suddenly asked.

Just then, Duan Rong suddenly saw a strange, rusty iron gate in front of him, with banana trees growing on both sides of the gate, and a rusty padlock hanging on the gate.

Duan Rong strode over, pushed open the large iron gate, and rust fell off in a flurry. Looking through the gap in the gate, he saw that the interior was quite spacious, with the railway tracks gleaming brightly in the sunlight.

The iron gate is so rusty. It seems that although this is a railway staff quarters, it is an abandoned maintenance point. Otherwise, the iron gate would not be so rusted shut.

Duan Rong said, "The railway line is inside."

Everyone's eyes lit up. They had heard Duan Rong say that the railway line was an independent route, which gave them the impression that it was a road reserved for high-ranking officials and nobles. But when they saw this dilapidated iron gate, it didn't look like an independent route at all.

Everyone was suspicious.

Duan Rong glanced at Jiang Yanhan and said, "Hanyan, cut that lock!"

The lock was rusted shut; even if he had the skill to pick locks, there was nothing he could do with it.

With the sharpness of the Longquan sword, the lock snapped in two with a single stroke!

Duan Rong pushed hard, and the large iron gate creaked, proving quite difficult to push. He only managed to push it wide enough for a person to pass before stopping, fearing that if he pushed any further, he might knock the gate down.

Duan Rong walked through the gap that had been pushed open, and Guo Tian and the others followed him in one by one.

The four railway tracks gleamed brightly, quite dazzling.

On both sides are open grasslands, interspersed with some small trees.

The railway line was quite wide, stretching to the north and south, and there wasn't a single zombie in sight.

Guo Tian and the others stood there, stunned. The quiet and open road in front of them, though not particularly luxurious, had tall iron fences on both sides, clearly indicating that it was an independent road.

Moreover, looking around, there wasn't a single zombie in sight, a stark contrast to the zombie-infested city outside – it was like two completely different worlds.

Duan Rong closed the large iron gate, then took out the map and studied it carefully.

He stood up, put away the map, and pointed in a direction, saying, "Let's go, we'll head south!"

Duan Rong looked at the map and realized that not only was it closer to go south, but there was only one small stop along the way south from here.

Railway station stations are different from train stations. Train stations are always crowded, but most of those people are in the waiting hall; very few people can actually go up to the railway platform to wait for their trains.

Therefore, even at the stations, the number of zombies wouldn't be too alarming, and there would be no zombie horde. This was also the premise for Duan Rong's design of the railway line plan.

The group then walked south along the railway line. They were in good spirits along the way, and had already taken out snacks and cola, eating and drinking as they walked. Lu Chu also started telling jokes.

(End of this chapter)