Dream Travel

Chapter 6: Increased Difficulty

Which is more important, money or zombies? Looking at the scattered zombies on the ground, the seven wealthy people said that money is more important, and they have already killed a lot of zombies.

These things are slow and dawdling, so if you react quickly, you can easily destroy them with the spears and other weapons in your hands.

The opportunity to make a fortune is getting closer.

"These cars, if you take any of them back home, you'll have to sell them for tens of thousands of dollars." Someone looked at a very handsome Hummer and felt very uncomfortable.

"Hmph, I can't keep it even if I take it back. Look at that jewelry store." The gambler looked around and found a jewelry store. He was itching to get rich. Here came his chance to make a fortune.

The jewelry store was in a mess, obviously someone had been there before. Seeing this, the seven wealthy men couldn't help but curse. Some of them wanted to smash the relatively intact containers, but were pushed away by the gamblers.

"You are so stupid, be careful not to attract those zombies! There is no one here, we are driving in a normal way, don't mistake us for robbers."

The gambler picked up a blood-stained necklace from the ground, looked at it carefully to make sure it was genuine, and then put it in his pocket.

The clothes they chose all had plenty of pockets, and they also found 'equipment' like backpacks along the way.

"There's no difference." The person who was pushed away cursed unhappily, opened the container and grabbed a handful of gold necklaces, showing a satisfied look. Everyone has a good temper when they have money.

"We're just picking up things in a place without law and order!" The gambler argued. After stuffing a lot of things into his backpack, he glanced around and said, "Okay, let's go to the next place."

Inside the safe house, Thorn pushed the inspected magazine into his weapon and shoved the pistol into its holster. "You still have a chance to quit. We only have five days at most."

Today is the 11th, and the nuclear bomb will be dropped on the 16th. No matter how they plan, they can only push the timeline. In order to escape the attack range of the nuclear bomb, they may even have to leave in advance.

"We, the five saviors, will definitely succeed." Bai Mu fiddled with the MP5 submachine gun in his hand, with two Uzis hanging around his waist and an XM1014 shotgun on his back. Thorn had a wide variety of weapons.

His explanation was that there were not many living people in the city, and it would be easy to replenish weapons and equipment after finding the right place, as there was no shortage of gun stores here.

He just looked at Bai Mu's equipment combination and hesitated to speak: "Although your choice is very good...but...forget it."

Seeing Bai Mu put two more pistols into the holsters on his legs, Thorn shook his head. As long as the young man liked it, that was good. He liked these energetic and vibrant young people.

Besides, there was nothing wrong with Bai Mu's choice of firearms. The place where they were going to act next did not require an assault rifle that was not suitable for the environment.

Because of the influence of the virus, those zombies have sharp teeth and tongues but weak bodies. The power of the submachine gun is enough to kill those zombies, and the ammunition of this type of weapon is universal.

Shotgun...there's not much to say. It has great power in close combat and covers a large enough area. It's okay for Bai Mu, who is strong and physique, to carry one.

Seeing Bai Mu's suspicious gaze, Thorn quickly said, "Actually, I have more than one safe house, and there are many supply points in the city. You don't need to bring so much stuff. Put down the burden in your hands!"

Bai Mu put the two grenades in his hands back with regret. He already had two grenades hanging on his body.

"Huh~" Thorne breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Matt and the others, his eyes twitching slightly: "Let's go!"

They are going to find a vaccine, not to kill zombies.

But these people acted like they were suffering from some kind of firepower phobia. No, it was like they had never seen a gun before.

"Actually, this is my second time using a gun, and I'm afraid I won't be able to hit the target." In the garage, Bai Mu talked about his situation.

Thorne hummed, "Second time?"

“The first time was when I was in school.”

"You need a gun to go to school!?" Matt and others also pricked up their ears. What kind of school requires a gun to go to school?

Rota is an advanced city, but the education rate is still not very high, and Matt has never heard of such a situation.

"I used it once during military training." Bai Mu touched the gun facing the car window. How could he touch such a good thing during military training, not to mention the large amount of ammunition he carried on his body.

"What school do you go to?" Thorn, who was driving, was a little curious.

“It’s just a very ordinary school.”

"Then you guys have quite a lot of martial virtues over there. Pay attention, don't shoot if you can. If you encounter zombies that you can't avoid, use close combat to execute them if there are not many of them."

Thorn took a look at Bai Mu's equipment. He was satisfied with Bai Mu's weapon choice because those submachine guns were not loud and could be equipped with silencers, which could greatly reduce the attraction of shooting to zombies.

As for Matt and the others sitting in the back seat, they had to make do with what they had. He didn't have much time, and more people would help him clean up those laboratories faster and find the vaccine he was looking for.

"Look!" In a gold shop, the seven wealthy men who were helpless with the safe were watching a car passing by, and they saw a familiar face on it.

Influenced by the sound of the car, some zombies in the distance staggered towards the sound.

The gambler's expression changed: "Damn it, forget about that box that can't be opened, let's change places!"

The seven wealthy men were still cautious at the moment. They quickly left the gold shop and looked towards the road. The number of zombies that were originally few began to increase, and their scalps tingled.

"Let's go to another street!"

The gamblers looked at it and made a decision. When giving them the map, Thorn also marked some reference points. There were some landmark buildings in Big Bear City.

Identifying the buildings and understanding the maps wasn't difficult, but each rendezvous point was extremely far away. Walking, coupled with the disruption caused by the zombies, meant they couldn't reach them within a day. As for driving, the Seven Fortunes planned to find a bookstore to see if they could find a way to drive.

On Baimu's side, after the car reached a collapsed area, Thorn stopped and said, "We're going to walk now, so you can actually take less stuff with you."

"I'm already very restrained."

Bai Mu patted his backpack, indicating that if it weren't for the need to control his physical strength, he could carry more.

"We won't fall behind." Matt followed up, and he also felt that he didn't bring much equipment.

"The zombies are starting to come." The gunman Eller looked into the distance. In addition to liking those guns, he also liked the telescope placed by Thorn.

During the journey, he used this telescope many times to look at the "scenery" in the distance, but the more he looked, the more regrettable it became. This city was very prosperous, but it was destroyed by the so-called biochemical virus.

Eller's understanding of viruses was mostly that they could make people sick, but he never imagined that such things could actually turn humans into tireless and fearless monsters.

"Stay close to me. Unless it's an emergency, don't shoot until I do. Zombies have very sensitive hearing. Even though they move slowly from a distance, once they spot you up close, they'll burst out at lightning speed."

Thorne finally reminded some issues and took the lead.

The place they were going to was a laboratory hidden under a pharmacy. There were many zombies in the pharmacy. Thorn seemed very professional when dealing with the zombies, and he chopped them with a machete with great power.

When zombies break out, there is a reaction process. Before they react, they are still slow, but after they react, their explosive power becomes extremely terrifying.

Thorn's explanation is that the strong sound and the smell of fresh blood will stimulate the zombies, causing them to go from a power-saving state to a rampage state.

After splitting the zombie's skull with a knife, Bai Mu missed the axe he had used not long ago.

Several people quickly cleared out the zombies in the pharmacy and found the entrance to the laboratory. Thorn used a decryptor that came from nowhere to crack the entrance to the laboratory, preventing them from physically opening the door.

Bai Mu felt a little regretful about the explosives he carried with him.

He had been preparing for this moment.

After opening the entrance to the laboratory, Thorne rushed in first. A few light gunshots were heard, and the zombies wandering in the laboratory were killed.

Bai Mu stuck two iron rods picked up from outside at the entrance of the laboratory.

Matt was stunned: "Are you so experienced?"

"I've seen this kind of plot in many horror stories. The door suddenly closes when you enter it." Bai Mu explained seriously.

Matt nodded when he heard this: "That makes sense."

After confirming that there was no problem with the door, several people followed him into the laboratory. The laboratory was very large, but there seemed to be no living people inside.

Just as someone was about to speak, a series of rapid thudding sounds were heard.

"Be careful!" Thorne loudly reminded the people around him, raised the gun in his hand and aimed it at the passage ahead. When the banging sound became loud enough, Thorne pulled the trigger without hesitation.

A swift figure, with a few blood splattered on his body, avoided the subsequent bullets and crashed into Thorne.

Thorne slid back a distance, his face flushed.

Bai Mu could see that this corpse in the sewer was not an ordinary person. After Thorn wrestled with the monster and rolled on the ground, and he held the monster's neck, Bai Mu picked up two Uzis and shot at the monster at close range.

"I'm here to help you!"

He can't shoot accurately from far away, and he won't hit friendly forces at this distance.

The monster being attacked face-to-face twitched violently. The moment it lost its strength, Thorn threw it away: "Enough!"

Thorn sighed with lingering fear: "Although I am very grateful to you, but next time don't use this method, at least wait until I kick this thing away before shooting!"

As he spoke, he looked at the wound on his arm. The monster's claws were very sharp, and he was inevitably injured during the struggle.

Cohen cleaned the wound on his body calmly: "I have been bitten by zombies before, but I didn't turn into these monsters."

He showed off the scars he had sustained from the bite.

Bai Mu believed it, but Matt and the others didn't fully believe it: "Even so, I think we should keep some distance first."

"It's a smart move. Let's do this for now." Thorne was too lazy to explain too much. After casually bandaging the wound, he picked up the weapon that fell on the ground and walked to the monster.

This monster has a layer of black keratin on its body, and it is obviously an elite zombie.

This thing made Thorn's mood worse. He had never encountered such an individual when searching other laboratories. The deep part of the laboratory was in a mess. There were few zombies in it, but a lot of debris.

The information Bai Mu saw from it was that the mutant zombie had a big appetite... and that the difficulty was increasing.

(End of this chapter)