Before everything goes out

"Aww..."

A low growl rang out, coming from the female toll collector who had fallen to the ground.

The roar wasn't loud, but it had a distinct texture, perfectly matching their imagined zombie roar.

Under the astonished gazes of the group, it crawled on all fours, wriggling along.

"What happened?"

Why did she suddenly start moving again?

"I don't know, we probably didn't upset her."

The group looked puzzled, but showed no sign of tension.

Firstly.

It's sunny and bright right now, with not a trace of terror in the air.

Secondly.

It was also because the thing in front of them was moving so slowly, it was practically in slow motion.

A few seconds passed.

When she finally managed to crawl to Li Fei's feet...

Li Fei stepped back, and the arm she reached out with missed its mark. Then, she froze for a moment as if in a daze, before continuing to crawl forward.

One climbed, the other retreated.

Li Fei retreated several meters to confirm that the thing was truly harmless.

"This is too slow."

His lips twitched.

If these are truly zombies, they're neither the running kind from "28 Days Later" nor the flying kind from "Resident Evil"...

It's more like the kind in Shaun of the Dead.

Slow movements and sluggish reactions.

Li Fei even doubted whether, even if this thing managed to grab him and bite him, its rotten teeth would be able to tear through his skin.

Hesitated for a moment.

Turning his head to scan the area behind the tollbooth, and confirming that the other zombies weren't reacting, Li Fei pulled out his military dagger and stabbed it into the tollbooth operator's head...

puff.

The bayonet pierced through the skin with a crisp, clean feel, like stabbing into a watermelon.

The melon rind was easily broken open, and red and white juices flowed all over the ground, spreading a rotten and foul stench that made the group frown slightly.

"So crispy?"

Holding his breath slightly, Li Fei was surprised.

I never expected that the skin and bones of this zombie would be so brittle, even weaker than those in Shaun of the Dead.

Not to mention him, even if his maternal grandmother came, she could still manage to solve a few problems.

"So crisp and refreshing?"

Niu San raised an eyebrow, unable to hide his excitement.

He had watched many zombie movies. In fact, when he saw the zombie kebabs at the service area at noon, he wanted to try fighting zombies, but Li Fei wouldn't let him, so he had to suppress his impulse.

at the moment.

Seeing how weak the zombie was, and how brilliantly Li Fei's stab was executed, he was naturally itching to fight back.

"I'll get one and try it out!"

He put down the shotgun and took his favorite melee weapon from the side pocket of his backpack...

That wood-chopping axe that was brought out from Shuanghe Village.

Holding the axe, he walked toward the nearest "Go for it" zombie.

really.

Before he could get close, the zombie put down the non-existent oil gun and turned to stagger toward him.

Swish.

The axe came down.

This axe strike was powerful and precise, cleaving the zombie diagonally in two.

Blood splattered everywhere seemed to limit the exaggerated special effects in the film.

"So crisp and refreshing!"

Niu San was still not satisfied.

"Be careful not to get blood on you; we don't know if this stuff is infectious."

Li Fei offered this advice.

Afterwards, the group exchanged glances, tacitly put away their guns, and instead held their weapons in their hands as they continued forward.

They passed through the tollbooth and walked onto a road dozens of meters long lined with wrecked cars. As they continued forward, more zombies were attracted to them, and one after another, they collapsed in their staggering movements.

By the time they got off the highway, Li Fei estimated that he had killed about five zombies, while Niu San and She Qingqing had killed even more.

As for Ertong and Xiao Yaba.

Ertong's order was to "protect the little mute," but the little mute was following behind the others, and it wasn't his turn at all.

"Can this really be considered a corruptor?"

She Qingqing looked doubtful.

"They're too fragile. If two of them stood close together, I could chop them both in one swing with my axe."

Niu San looked excited.

"It can't be that simple."

Li Fei frowned slightly.

Looking back at the road they came from, from the tollbooth, through the tollbooth, and back to this side, along the crooked path the group had taken, there were various fragments of zombies.

no problem.

The problem is that at first, these zombies were scattered all over the road, and they only slowly surrounded them after seeing the group approach.

In contrast, there was a dead kebab at noon.

He even fired a shot from a few steps behind them, but the other person only glanced back at him before immediately turning back to grilling skewers.

"Have these zombies become more aggressive?"

Li Fei had a guess in his mind, but he wasn't sure.

Because there are too few reference samples, perhaps this aggressiveness is the normal quality of zombies, and the kebabs at noon were just an exception.

...

3 PM.

After leaving the toll station and exiting the highway, they walked along a narrower road for a full hour without encountering any more zombies.

This caused Li Fei some distress.

Without new zombies, he would be unable to verify his hypothesis.

But that's fine, at least everything went smoothly.

On the road.

The once uninteresting highway scenery is gradually showing signs of transforming into a city scene.

With the sunlight becoming slightly gentler, Li Fei looked to both sides.

The rolling hills gradually flatten out, and the trees on them are not as tall and dense as those in deep forests, but rather present a sense of restraint in the suburbs.

Look closer.

Along the highway, you can start to see self-built rural houses scattered on both sides of the road.

It has two or three floors, a brick and concrete structure, with a small courtyard made of stone and cement that is higher than the road surface.

It was no different from the self-built house he remembered.

However, it was obvious that just by looking at the houses from this distance and seeing the waist-high weeds by the entrance, Li Fei knew that these houses had been vacant for many years.

"After the tollbooth, there's the ring expressway; after that, there's the fourth ring road, the third ring road, the second ring road..."

Li Fei took out a map.

This is a rough map of Changjiang City that he drew based on Zhang Cheng's description.

In general, the entire Changjiang City is flat, and when viewed from above, it has a regular ring-shaped structure. The closer you get to the city center, the shorter the interval between each ring becomes.

Now, they are cutting in from the west, moving from the outside in, along this section of the ring road leading to the Fourth Ring Road.

As for the destination...

"paradise".

It's located on the south side of the East Third Ring Road.

It is a stadium called "Donghu Sports Center".

Looking at the map, if they went in a straight line, they would practically have to cross the entire city center.

"Oh, right, since that's the case..."

After thinking of something, Li Fei started scribbling on the map.

He first marked the current locations of the group, then connected them to the amusement park in the southeast direction, and finally extended the map with the connecting lines to the little mute boy.

"Look, this is the route we're taking. Can you roughly tell where your house is? If it's on our way, we can take you home first."

Li Fei had this plan.

Firstly.

Once we go to the amusement park, we might face off against Huanzi, and a fierce battle is inevitable. It's not convenient to bring the little mute along.

Secondly.

If we could find a few trustworthy people, such as the little mute's family, we could find out more about the situation in Changjiang City.

The zombies, which Zhang Cheng didn't mention, can also verify the authenticity of the information Zhang Cheng provided.

"Mmm..."

The little mute boy held onto the map, studying it carefully.

After staring at it for a full ten seconds and trying hard to recall and imagine it in his mind, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Ugh!"

He pointed with one finger at a spot inside the South Fourth Ring Road.

"Good luck."

Li Fei raised an eyebrow slightly.

The location wasn't exactly on the way, but it wasn't exactly a detour either; it wasn't far from their direct route to the park.

Visual inspection.

It only takes half a day to walk south to take the little mute boy home first, and then go to the amusement park.

"What do you two think...?"

Li Fei looked at his two teammates beside him, but before he could finish speaking, he saw Niu San's expression change.

I turned my head to look.

Several zombies suddenly appeared from the previously deserted roadside and strode towards them.