Doomsday America

Chapter 111 Thirty Seconds Between Life and Death (10k)

As he shouted, Gavin stared intently at the rapidly approaching zombies outside the window, gritting his teeth as he pondered his escape plan.

Even if the town's layout is loose, it's impossible for it to be so loose that there are no buildings within 50 meters of the library. The closest buildings to the library are only seven or eight meters away.

When the female zombie screamed, even Gavin was stunned for a moment, wasting more than two seconds.

Humans might freeze up, but zombies don't!
The moment the screaming zombie let out its howl, the zombies hidden in the town rushed towards them!
At that moment, Gavin could clearly see that the zombies closest to them had pounced on the Tyrannosaurus Rex!

There were too many zombies, and they came from all directions. The nearest zombie was less than fifteen meters away from them!

Gavin's only chance is that the large number of zombies are not evenly distributed from the library!

They burst out from different buildings, some closer to the library than others, and the time it took them to reach the Tyrannosaurus Rex was destined to vary!

In that brief glance, Gavin quickly deduced the approximate arrival times of the numerous zombies, who arrived at the vehicle in different batches.

Next, he measured the distance to the library door, which was about seventeen meters. As he arrived at the door, the nearest zombies were destined to cross the Tyrannosaurus Rex and collide with him head-on at the door!

He was only about four and a half meters away from the library window!
The library is quite old, and the windows are not modern floor-to-ceiling windows, but old-fashioned windows with wooden window grilles, which look very fragile.

Fortunately, although the windows are old, they are still quite large to allow light in, with enough room for two people to squeeze out.

To gain any chance of success amidst the encirclement of countless zombies, he had to rush into the car and start it before the horde of zombies surrounded the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Every second counts in this moment!

After a moment's thought, Gavin, carrying Nikita who weighed nearly 94 pounds, strode out and leaped out of the window!

It would take him at least a second and a half to rush to the door.

And go through the window.

Half a second is all it takes!

As Gavin charged, the old-fashioned French windows shattered with a deafening crash.

At the same time, the three zombies had already circled around the front of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and rushed to within seven meters of him, only a step or two away!
At that moment, Gavin threw Nikita to the ground, raised his hand, drew his revolver, and fired three shots in quick succession.

boom!
After just one gunshot, three zombies fell to the ground, and at the same time, another sound of shattering glass rang out.

Madison made the same choice as Gavin; he rushed out the window, raised his shotgun, and aimed it at the zombies that were circling around the rear of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Boom!

After blowing the heads off the two zombies with a shotgun, Madison gritted his teeth, picked up the shotgun, and strode toward the Tyrannosaurus Rex, continuing to aim at the other rapidly approaching zombies as he went.

At the same time, Eugene, carrying his rifle, stepped forward. His left leg had just crossed the broken French window when he hurriedly turned around and pointed the muzzle of his gun at the footsteps behind him.

Chu Chu Chu!
After a burst of gunfire, the zombies that rushed towards Eugene from inside the library had their heads blown off by Eugene.

Watch out behind you!!!

Eugene roared and then strode out of the library.

Behind him...

Blah blah blah!

The sound of shattering glass filled the library!
Gavin stepped forward, raised his revolver, and continued to shoot the three-headed zombie that rushed towards him within ten meters.

He was about four meters away from the car.

He quickly tucked the revolver back into his waistband, then drew the PV pistol from the back of his left hip.

As Gavin switched guns, he rushed toward the car while quickly glancing back to check the surroundings.

Behind him, six or seven zombies broke through the glass on the opposite side of the library and rushed into the library.

The library is only about 27 meters wide.

In other words, the zombies in the library will rush up behind them in just four to five seconds!

"Ugh... Ugh!"

Three meters behind Gavin, Nikita, who had been thrown to the ground, was vomiting as he struggled to straighten up, kneeling on the ground and dry heaving as he took the sprayer off his back.

Bang bang bang bang!

A series of shotgun blasts erupted as Nikita knelt on the ground, holding the shotgun and firing it into the library.

Gavin ignored Nikita and instead used his PV pistol to quickly fire two shots, taking down the two zombies before taking another step forward and rushing to the Tyrannosaurus Rex vehicle.

After opening both the front and rear doors of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, he took two steps back away from the car while firing his gun, and quickly returned to Nikita's side.

Nikita's vomit splashed onto her collar.

Nikita, holding the shotgun in both hands, continued firing into the room.

Because of the vomiting, the stomach acid and the acidic sensation assaulted Nikita's nerves, causing tears to well up in her eyes.

She couldn't see very clearly, and her accuracy wasn't great, but the shotgun still took down two zombies, while her other bullets that didn't hit their heads sent three or four zombies charging at the front of the library flying.

Behind Nikita, Gavin reached out his left hand, grabbed Nikita's clothes, and pulled the girl up from the ground!
Nikita was startled and stopped vomiting. She staggered back two steps to steady herself, then gritted her teeth and continued firing, emptying the last three shotgun shells in the magazine!
At the same time, Gavin raised his left hand and knocked down a zombie from a distance, then grabbed Nikita's stomach with his right hand and sprinted toward the car.

Nikita's light body was lifted into the air by Gavin!

Not far away, Madison, holding his drum magazine shotgun, took down the seemingly endless number of zombies one shot at a time.

In just four or five steps, he rushed to the passenger side door, pushing the zombies aside.

"boarding!"

As Gavin yelled at Madison, he caught up with Eugene while Nikita was suspended in mid-air.

At that moment, Eugene lunged forward and, through the back door that Gavin had already opened, pounced straight into the car!
The moment Eugene got into the car, he dodged the TAC on the ground, quickly crawled a couple of times on the back seat, stood up, put his left foot on the ground, and knelt on the back seat with his right leg, then started shooting at the zombies in front of Madison.

"Old Mike, get in the car!"

While yelling, Eugene shot down two zombies that came within five meters of Madison.

As for what happened behind him...

At that moment, Gavin slammed Nikita into the back of the Tyrannosaurus Rex like he was dunking!
Boom!
Nikita slid a distance in the back seat and slammed heavily onto Eugene's back.

Eugene staggered for a moment after being hit, then gritted his teeth and continued firing, shooting down another zombie!
But more and more zombies were rushing towards them. The next wave of zombies that got within fifteen meters of Madison numbered about eleven!
Upon seeing this number, Madison abruptly turned around and opened the car door, instinctively glancing at Gavin at the same time.

At this point, Gavin was no longer able to attend to the zombies on Madison's side. He was spraying bullets as much as possible at the zombies gathering and getting closer on the library side, so close that they were already rushing towards the heads of the zombies at the window!

Fortunately, Gavin's pistol was incredibly accurate. For a time, he managed to suppress the zombies coming from the direction of the library with a pistol that had a 31-round magazine!
The first group of zombies died at Gavin's hands; in just a few seconds, a total of seven zombies were down.

At the same time, Madison climbed into the car without hesitation.

As he turned to sit down, Eugene's gunshots rang out in quick succession, taking down two more zombies.

Madison raced to adjust his posture while using all his strength to close the car door.

The remaining eight or nine zombies pounced on the Tyrannosaurus Rex vehicle, smashing the door that Old Mike hadn't fully closed shut shut!
How many people are needed to move a car?

If humans were to unleash their maximum power, five people would be enough to shake a Tyrannosaurus Rex pickup truck!
The moment the five zombies rammed into the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrannosaurus Rex was actually forced to retreat about twelve centimeters laterally!
Fortunately, Eugene withdrew his gun in time, preventing himself from being knocked away by the zombies that lunged at the window.

But as he drew his gun, the nearest zombie leaned into the car window and lunged at him.

"Fake!"

Seeing that the zombie's hands were only a dozen centimeters away from him, Eugene roared and pushed off the ground with his left foot to dodge backward. The force of his retreat even squeezed Nikita against the other side of the car door!
Squeezing Nikita aside to avoid the zombies' attacks, Eugene aimed half of his body into the car and frantically pulled the trigger with both hands toward the zombies that were grabbing at him!

chug chug!
The bullet pierced the head and body of the zombie inside the car, and further knocked down the zombie behind it.

Then, Eugene suddenly stood up on one leg and slammed his right leg, which had been kneeling in the back seat, hard onto the leather seat.

After finding the core point of leverage with his right leg, Eugene hunched his neck and used his left shoulder to push the dead zombie hanging on the car window, forcefully pushing it and the zombie behind it out of the window together.

Then, Eugene used his right leg to push off again, but Nikita happened to be pushing against the car window away from her, so she slid backward and bumped right into Eugene's boot!

Eugene’s right leg, which was exerting force, was suddenly struck, causing him to stumble. He tried his best to steady himself, leaned forward, pointed his gun at the car window, and continued to fire at the zombies that were trying to rush into the car!
In the back seat, Nikita steadied himself and extended the reloaded shotgun out the window, aiming it at the horde of zombies rushing out of the library window.

"Gavin, get in the car!!!"

She yelled at Gavin as she pulled the trigger.

At this moment, she no longer had time to aim carefully, because the zombies in the library were charging forward one after another, and the nearest zombie was only about eight meters away from the car!
At this distance, the zombies could reach the car in one or two steps, so Nikita had to take over from Gavin to suppress the zombies so that Gavin could have a chance to get into the car!

Fortunately, the shotgun has enough power to hit the zombie's body, enough to send the zombie at the front flying or fall backward to the ground, temporarily slowing down the zombie's speed.

On the other hand, in the passenger seat, Madison shot the zombie that was clinging to the car window with its head and shoulders sticking into the car. He then quickly held up the shotgun and, despite being pushed by the other zombies behind him, pushed the dead zombie out of the car window!

His height of over two meters and his muscles weighing nearly three hundred pounds are no joke. In front of him, the strength of one or two zombies is like a joke!
After pushing the zombies away, Madison continued firing, blowing their heads off one by one.

Meanwhile, Nikita began shooting at the zombies on one side of the library.

Gavin immediately seized the opportunity, turned around, rushed to the driver's seat, and closed the car door.

After quickly pressing the start button, Gavin continued shooting at the approaching zombies through the car window while the car was starting.

"Drive! Drive now!!!"

In the back seat, Eugene changed magazines while keeping a close eye on a new batch of more than a dozen zombies that were only about eleven meters away from the vehicle, and shouted desperately at Gavin.

Gavin didn't answer, but had to wait for the dashboard lights to come on while continuing to fire out the window.

It generally takes one to two seconds for a car to start from a standstill.

One to two seconds?
That's enough for a zombie to rush out more than ten meters!
Gavin's last two bullets in his magazine were used up in that short second, so he quickly changed magazines.

Just as he was changing the magazine, the car finally started successfully!

boom! ! !
The car jolted violently, and the zombies on Eugene and Madison's side, braving the bullets, ran three steps, covering a distance of about eleven meters, and crashed hard into the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

In the back seat, Eugene hurriedly stepped back, pushing off the ground with his left foot. This time, the zombie pounced on him, and the angle of its attack was perfect, managing to knock his upper body and half of his thigh into the car window!
The next moment, the zombie grabbed Eugene's clothes at the chest and shoulders, while Eugene held his rifle horizontally in front of his chest, trying his best to block the zombie.

"Fake!"

As the zombie struggled against him while rapidly twisting its thighs to squeeze its entire body into the car, Eugene gritted his teeth and cursed.

Upon hearing Eugene's curses, Nikita quickly glanced at Gavin, who had calmly fired the shot.

After confirming that Gavin had enough strength to barely suppress the approaching zombies while shifting gears with his right hand and pulling the handbrake, he realized that he still had enough strength to hold the gun with his left hand.

Nikita whirled around, held the shotgun to Eugene's face, dodged Eugene's shoulder and head, and blasted the zombie's head off with a single shot.

After firing the first shot, Nikita turned around without hesitation and continued firing at the zombie that had rushed five meters in front of the car from the direction of the library.

At the same time, the shockwave and sound from the shotgun muzzle made Eugene momentarily dizzy, but the zombie he was wrestling with had already slumped softly onto his legs and stopped moving.

Seeing this, Eugene, despite his dizziness, grabbed his rifle and fired wildly at the car window.

At that moment, he was so dizzy that he could barely aim, but the zombies were all crowded around the car window, so he only needed to shoot at the window!
At the same moment, Madison was in much better condition than Eugene in the passenger seat, because after Madison made room, the shotgun's close-range power far exceeded that of the rifle!

After shooting the zombie out of the passenger window, Old Mike simply stuck his gun out the window and used the last three bullets from the drum magazine to blast the zombie in the back window on the head.

While Madison was helping to clear the zombies out of the car window, Eugene suddenly used the gun barrel to lift the dead zombie off his leg and quickly pushed it out of the car.

at the same time……

Rumble rumble rumble!

The Tyrannosaurus Rex's engine roared to life, and Gavin, calmly pursing his lips, quickly stepped on the gas.

Feeling the vibrations from the engine and hearing the loud roar of the engine speed increasing rapidly, Eugene and the other two felt a jolt in their hearts and their eyes widened in unison!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Eugene quickly changed magazines, shot down the two nearest zombies outside the window, and then excitedly stuck the gun out the window and started firing at the other rapidly approaching zombies!

Madison was much slower at changing drum magazines than Eugene, but fortunately Eugene's frenzied shooting drew the zombies toward him.

Madison then rushed to change the drum kit.

He stuck the shotgun out of the car window and fired it at another group of nearly thirty zombies that had come within fifteen meters of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as if it were free!

Boom! ! !
With a loud bang, just as the Tyrannosaurus Rex charged out, two zombies on the side of the library slammed heavily against the car window in front of Nikita.

Because she had just run out of bullets and was changing the magazine!
Stab it!

The Tyrannosaurus Rex, which had already begun its charge forward, shuddered violently. The zombie lunged forward and clung to the window, managing to drag half of its body into the vehicle!

Nikita hurriedly dodged the zombies, frantically kicking the tightly closed car door to slide backwards, his back slamming heavily into Eugene's back.

Feeling the impact on his back, Eugene gritted his teeth. After confirming that Madison's shotgun was still suppressing the zombie, he drew his pistol with his right hand and fired two shots back, blowing the head off the zombie that had half its body crawled into Nikita's car window!

Immediately afterwards, the Tyrannosaurus Rex's speed increased dramatically!

While controlling the Tyrannosaurus Rex to charge onto the road, Gavin glanced at the dozen or so zombies rushing towards him and quickly analyzed the direction to take next.

If you want to have a better chance of getting out of town, you must never take the same road they used to enter the town!
Because they first crossed the town center and continued moving about 260 meters northwest of the town before arriving at the location of the library.

The town of Richard is about 860 meters wide, and the central pile of corpses is about 400 meters from the edge of the town.

If Gavin were to return the way he came, he would need to rush for nearly six or seven hundred meters to escape the town.

But if he continues driving northwest of the town, he only needs to drive about 200 meters to escape the town!

In a split second, as Gavin made his decision, the Tyrannosaurus Rex also smashed through the zombies blocking its path, breaking through the first wave of a small number of zombies!

Meanwhile, on Nikita's side of the car window, the dead zombie was stuck there and didn't fall out.

Nikita quickly changed the magazine on the shotgun and then used the gun to prop up the dead zombie's body.

After a strong push, Nikita finally managed to send the zombie flying.

Just as the zombie crashed to the ground, Gavin suddenly swerved, sending the three people in the car sprawling.

But once the car is running, they won't need to fire any more shots!
At this moment, a large number of zombies had been left behind by the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The only remaining threat to Gavin was the zombies blocking the road in front of the car!

So, Gavin aimed at the direction where there were fewer zombies ahead, made slight adjustments to the steering wheel, and rammed into it, knocking five zombies away and breaking through the encirclement!
The total number of zombies on the library side is much smaller than the number of zombies on the town center side.

All that remained in Gavin's way was the last group of zombies, but there were quite a few of them, at least twenty-seven or twenty-eight!

Fortunately, the three men who had just been thrown about had already sat up and were sticking their guns out of the car windows, firing bullets wildly at the horde of zombies.

In just two or three seconds, Gavin floored the accelerator as he charged towards the last horde of zombies, facing the path cleared by two shotgun shells and a rifle!

Boom boom boom!
Zombies exploded against the windshield like firecrackers. As the windshield of the Tyrannosaurus Rex shattered even more severely, Gavin finally smashed through eleven or twelve zombies and broke out of the zombie horde, rushing towards the northwest entrance of the town!
Seeing that there were no more hordes of zombies ahead, only small groups of three or five were still running, while most of the zombies could only chase after the car and eat its dust.

Eugene was stunned for a moment, then let out a loud roar.

"Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! Hahahahahahaha!"

"Fuck it, fuck it!"

In the passenger seat, Madison slapped his thigh hard, his whole body trembling with tension.

As for Nikita...

She stared blankly at Eugene and Madison, who were shouting wildly, before belatedly slamming her head against the back of the driver's seat.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

She was breathing rapidly and uncontrollably, while her trembling hands hung naturally between her legs.

In less than half a minute, she was drenched in sweat, and her muscles ached terribly, especially her left shoulder, which was supporting the gun butt, so much so that she could barely feel it!
Beside Nikita, Eugene, covered in sweat, shouted twice before continuing to curse.

"Damn it, why aren't you all saying anything? Celebrate! Celebrate, you fucking people! We escaped from the hands of death! We actually escaped from the hands of death..."

Before Eugene could finish speaking, Madison grabbed his collar and pulled him tightly against the back of the passenger seat.

Madison then grabbed Eugene's shoulder, peered over excitedly, and yelled at him.

"Well done! We did a great job! Fuck it!"

"Huh? What? What the hell are you saying? Holy crap! We're doomed!"

Looking at Madison, who was only speaking without uttering a sound, Eugene, while frantically shaking his leg, opened his mouth in astonishment, pointed to his ear, and asked.

"I can't fucking hear what you're saying!" "Holy shit, redhead! Are you deaf?!"

Madison shouted at him in terror, and after confirming that Madison was only talking and not speaking, Eugene was completely certain of his situation!
He quickly reached out to touch his ear.

But as he reached out, he suddenly remembered that his body, face, hat, and gloves were covered in zombie blood and brain matter!

Just now, there were far more than one or two zombies who were shot after slamming their bodies into the car window. Everyone, including Gavin, and the entire interior of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, were almost completely covered by the blood, flesh, and brains of the zombies!

Seeing Eugene staring blankly at him, his right hand hesitantly hanging by his cheek, Madison turned around in a panic and yelled at Gavin.

"Boss! Boss! Eugene's deaf! Eugene's deaf!"

"But he's not dead, so there's hope!"

Gavin roared in response to Madison, then slammed on the gas, smashing three zombies into the ground before finally leaving Richard Town.

Gavin let out a long breath, then released the accelerator, allowing the Tyrannosaurus Rex, whose speedometer had reached 140 km/h, to gradually slow down.

Meanwhile, in the back seat, after a brief moment of stunned silence, Eugene lowered his right hand, which was reaching for his ear, and turned to look at Nikita.

"Your shot deafened me, hahaha, you fucking saved my life, you saved my life!"

Since he couldn't hear what others were saying for the time being, Eugene continued to shout at himself without waiting for a reply.

"I'm fine, I'm still alive, screw it, I'm perfectly fine, hell won't catch me!"

"I've seen many comrades who were deafened by the shockwave, but not many of them will be permanently deaf. I'll be fine, this little injury is nothing!"

"Damn, that's fucking exciting! Hahaha, so satisfying, so fucking satisfying!!!"

As he shouted this, Eugene slammed his fist hard on the back of the passenger seat.

Beside her, Nikita looked up in confusion, her teeth chattering as she trembled and called out to Eugene.

"Stop yelling, Eugene! You can't shout if your eardrums rupture!"

"He can't hear, he can't hear now, but we're all still alive, haha!"

Madison answered for Eugene, then stuck his head and left hand out of the car window, raised his middle finger, and cursed in the direction of the town.

"Fuck! Richard Town! Fuck! Shit zombies! Fuck...wait...boss!boss! Look behind you!boss!"

"what!"

Gavin was startled by Madison's sudden shift from excitement to panic. He quickly glanced at the rearview mirror and then frowned in shock.

In the rearview mirror, the nearly five hundred zombies that had been chasing the Tyrannosaurus Rex out of Richard Town had actually... actually stopped in a bizarre way!

"Fake!!!"

After confirming that the zombie horde had stopped about a hundred meters outside the town, Gavin quickly surveyed his surroundings.

At this moment, there was a smooth road in front of him, with wide-open grasslands on both sides, and there were no other zombies in sight.

After confirming that the environment was basically safe, Gavin slammed on the brakes, stopping the Tyrannosaurus Rex about 320 meters away from the zombie horde.

The screech of brakes sent the three people inside the car tumbling over once more. Nikita's face slammed heavily against the back of the seat, as did Eugene's.

Madison got stuck in the car window, his neck slamming hard against the window frame.

After a brief period of chaos, Gavin brought the car to a stop, then leaned out the window and stared intently at the horde of zombies that lingered a little over a hundred meters outside Richard Town.

Even though the zombies at the back of the horde were still running towards the horde, once they merged into the group, they abruptly stopped and, like the other stationary zombies, stood there roaring, staring blankly in Gavin's direction.

Noticing Gavin's gaze, Nikita also stuck her head out of the car window, staring at the motionless horde of zombies behind her, so shocked she almost forgot to breathe.

Beside him, Eugene, bewildered, pounded on his chair and shouted a question.

"What's wrong? What happened, you bastards! Did you even say anything?"

As he asked the question, Eugene followed everyone's gaze and looked back.

Then he went completely silent.

In the distance, after a brief pause, some of the silent zombies turned around and started running back towards the town!
When Gavin saw the first zombie turn and run back towards the town, he panted as he opened the car door, took the rifle off his back, held it in his arms, and fired directly at the stationary horde of zombies!
Why did they stop?

How could they stop!

Why so many zombies were hiding in the town was a question Gavin had to figure out.

But now, Gavin faces even more problems and greater troubles!

More than 300 meters away, Gavin's bullets fired haphazardly into the stationary horde of zombies, causing an uproar among them, who then began to run wildly!
But the zombies didn't run towards Gavin and the gunshots. Instead, they spread wildly across the town like a net, rushing towards different buildings!

As Gavin got out of the car, the three shocked people froze for a moment before opening their doors and getting out. They stood beside Gavin, trembling and astonished, looking at the hordes of corpses fleeing in all directions from the town.

After firing an entire magazine, Gavin silently lowered his gun and watched the zombies fleeing madly with their backs to the crowd.

Before everyone's eyes, the zombies spread like a tide throughout the town, quickly disappearing into one building after another, and then fell silent.

Gavin swallowed hard as he watched the town return to calm in less than three minutes.

Beside him, Eugene stood with his mouth agape, his right leg trembling uncontrollably.

Madison, holding the sprayer, turned his face, soaked with sweat and blood, towards Gavin, looking into Gavin's eyes with a bewildered expression.

Nikita, after two heavy breaths, suddenly felt dizzy and staggered in a daze.

Gavin was able to reach out his right hand, grab Nikita's arm, and pull her back to her feet.

He then released the dazed Nikita, turned around, placed the rifle on the driver's seat, took out his binoculars, and climbed onto the roof of the vehicle.

After getting used to the slightly sticky, blood-soaked roof, Gavin raised his binoculars and silently surveyed the town.

A moment later, his right hand, which hadn't been gripping the binoculars, suddenly tightened.

In his eyes, of the four ambushers he had searched before entering the town, three were still hiding in the same spot, without moving an inch!

Gavin suspected that the fourth ambush attacker probably hadn't left the spot either. The reason he couldn't see it now was because Gavin had changed his viewing angle, causing the fourth ambush attacker to be blocked by the wall!
Therefore, those zombies hiding in various buildings in the town, who are not attracted by gunfire and helicopters but are drawn to screaming female zombies, are not ambush attackers at all. They are a different kind of zombie, distinct from both ambush attackers and screaming female zombies!
At that moment, Gavin took a deep breath and slowly lowered the binoculars.

Looking at the bulging veins on Gavin's hand and then at his calm face, Nikita tried to adjust her expression and control her slightly trembling lips as much as possible, and asked in a low voice.

"Sir, what did you see?"

“I saw the four ambushers I found before entering the town; they were still standing in the same spot.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gavin forced a smile, shook his head, and jumped off the roof of the car.

He silently rummaged through his pockets, then pulled out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and lit it.

Seeing Gavin smoking alone, Eugene shouted at Gavin.

"Boss, why the hell are you only giving one to yourself? Give me one too..."

Brush and pull!

"Shhh!!!"

At that moment, Gavin reached out his left hand and grabbed Eugene's collar, while putting his right index finger to his lips, ordering Eugene to be quiet.

Although he didn't know the extent of Eugene's eardrum injury, Gavin knew that quieting down the chatterbox would definitely be good for his recovery.

Faced with Gavin's gesture ordering him to shut up, Eugene swallowed hard, nodded with a resigned expression, and whispered.

"I might not be that badly injured. I've seen many comrades whose ears were injured by the shockwave. At most, my left ear will be injured, but my right ear should be fine. It might be fine in a few minutes."

After saying that, Eugene shook his head slightly, and finally felt a little pain in his left ear.

But his world was still completely surrounded by the silent tinnitus.

At the same time, Gavin took a deep breath and looked up at the sky.

The clouds reflecting the sunlight on the horizon seem so far away from him.

At that moment, Gavin took a deep drag on his cigarette and then waved to the crowd.

"Get in the car, we need to get home quickly so old Bert can take Eugene to see his ear. I also need to write down everything that happened today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gavin strode back to his car.

Behind him, Madison tugged at Eugene, and the two returned to the car together.

Nikita rubbed her knees, pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and then sat back down in her seat.

The car sped onto the road; there was more than one road leading to the farm from Richardstown.

Although they could no longer take the road towards the dam, they could still return to the farm and estate by bypassing part of the forest and following the road towards the cultivated area.

This distance is at most about fourteen kilometers longer than the way they came.

However, when they arrived, they were chatting and joking around in the car.

Now, no one in the car makes a sound anymore.

……

On the other hand, at the manor...

Steve casually tossed the oil drum onto the pickup truck, then went to fetch the lightest small generator.

After tossing several generators onto the truck, he found an extra toolbox, then stood next to the pickup truck and waved to William at the manor gate.

"Dude, you don't look well. I think you'd better go take a nap."

After saying that, Steve waved to William, telling him to go back to sleep.

William looked up at the rooftop; he knew Winnie was sitting on the guard post.

So he shook his head and smiled back at Steve.

"I can't sleep, I have to relieve Winnie from her post at ten o'clock."

"But don't worry, after Old Bert comes to relieve me at 12 o'clock, I'll have lunch and then rest for an hour. Thanks for your concern, buddy."

After saying that, William smiled and shook his head, then continued to lean against the door and wait for ten o'clock to arrive.

It's already 9:46, and there are only a few minutes left until 10:00.

Seeing that William rejected his suggestion, Steve shrugged in relief and turned to walk towards the raptor.

Just then, Bella rushed from the third-floor study into the corridor and shouted at Steve across the hall.

"Steve! What does the boss need these flyers for? Are they for your helicopters?"

"He can't expect you field staff to hand out leaflets by hand, so how about I deliver the leaflets directly to the helicopter?"

"what?"

Hearing Bella's call, Steve smiled and nodded.

"You're right, let's send it directly to the helicopter. Thank you for your hard work!"

"No problem, I've only printed eleven bags of printer paper. I'll send these over first; the printer's working fine on its own anyway."

Bella responded to Steve from a distance, then turned and went back to the third floor to continue her work.

Seeing Bella's energetic demeanor, Steve grinned and climbed into the Raptor's cockpit.

As Steve drove the generator and fuel toward the streetlights on the highway in the distance, he glanced at Sariel, who was still milking cows.

Because her arms were too heavy, Sariel's milking speed became slower and slower, and she had to stop for a while frequently.

Even though he was drenched in sweat, he still did his best to complete his work.

Seeing this, Steve grinned and gave a proud smile.

Look, this is the man I rescued!
Although he's a bit overweight, as long as he has the willpower and spirit, he'll get back on his feet sooner or later!

I'm such a lucky person; the one I rescued wasn't just a complete waste of space!

For a moment, Steve's heart was filled with sunshine, and this radiance was precisely the source of his morale.

Surrounded by this sense of satisfaction, even though Steve had to help Sariel wash his buttocks and cleft that he couldn't reach last night.

Even if he has to find a way to wipe Sariel's bottom every time she poops, he'll think it's all worth it!

As long as Sariel isn't a complete waste of time, his extra efforts won't be in vain!

Thinking of this, Steve whistled with satisfaction and then stepped on the gas pedal slightly.

But just as he was about to reach the highway.

Suddenly, he vaguely saw the shadow of a vehicle in his field of vision.

"Ok?"

Steve quickly parked the car across the grass, hid behind the engine, and peered through binoculars at the car in the distance.

A moment later, after confirming that it was the Dodge Tyrannosaurus Rex that had returned, Steve let out a long sigh and chuckled to himself.

"You're back really fast, haha, maybe someone can help me with the chores now~"

After he finished speaking, he straightened up and stepped out of the Pikachu's cover, standing there to continue watching and welcoming Gavin and his group.

However, as the Tyrannosaurus Rex drew closer, Steve's gaze towards them grew increasingly tense!

Because he saw the shattered glass of the Tyrannosaurus Rex's car and the large amount of blood splattered on the car!

"What the hell!"

Steve quickly looked at the driver and, after confirming that the driver was Gavin, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. He then rushed back to the car and headed towards Gavin and his group.

Just as the two vehicles were about to pass each other, Steve, his heart pounding, looked at the Dodge Tyrannosaurus Rex that was almost submerged in blood and roared at Gavin.

"What the hell... what are you doing...?"

"Quiet!"

Gavin abruptly interrupted Steve, because Eugene's left ear had not yet recovered, and his right ear had only regained a little hearing.

Gavin has confirmed that Eugene has suffered damage to his left ear, and people with damaged eardrums should avoid being exposed to loud noises!

And so, Gavin silently drove the car to the door.

On the second floor, seeing the blood-soaked car and the crowd almost submerged in blood, Winnie rushed into the lobby, speechless, and ran to the car in terror.

Before she could speak, Gavin gestured for her to be quiet, then pulled Eugene up and whispered to William, "What do you mean?"

"Where is old Bert?"

“Rest in his room.”

William swallowed hard as he answered.

Upon hearing this, Gavin turned to look at Steve, who had parked the car behind the Tyrannosaurus Rex and was getting out of the car, and spoke.

“Steve, take old Bert to the medical room at the old manor. Eugene has a problem with his left ear.”

After saying that, Gavin, covered in blood, grabbed Eugene, whose face was covered in dried blood clots, and strode toward the old manor.

Meanwhile, Nikita and Madison silently stepped off the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Beside him, seeing the two people also engulfed in blood, Steve felt a chill run down his spine.

William staggered to the Tyrannosaurus Rex, looking at the interior of the vehicle, which was completely submerged in blood.

He then looked at Gavin and Eugene's retreating figures and asked Madison with great concern.

"Mad... Madison, how... how is my cousin injured?"

(End of this chapter)