Three minutes after Hua Chuanlong and his group dealt with those zombies, the vehicles behind them slowly approached.
Before the vehicles behind could even come to a complete stop, Hua Chuanlong had his subordinates go and tell the people in those vehicles to drive faster from now on.
However, they also reported that their nearly 10-minute delay was due to encountering zombies.
But Hua Chuanlong didn't want to bother with that.
He gave them a strict order: he would not slow down from now on, and if they couldn't keep up, they would be left behind to feed the zombies.
After speaking, Hua Chuanlong got into his car and started the engine.
He continued driving towards Xin City.
Along the way, he maintained a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, even though the front bumper of the armored RV, which had been modified, was deformed and on the verge of breaking down from hitting zombies and abandoned vehicles.
They encountered hundreds of zombies along the way, but Hua Chuanlong had no intention of stopping; instead, he drove head-on, breaking through the zombie encirclement.
However, the last two vehicles, carrying over twenty people, failed to keep up with the front group.
They were eventually surrounded by zombies, and amid the shaking, they were devoured.
At this point, everyone was afraid to fall behind, because even if something happened, the previous incident served as a stark warning.
This forced them not to relax their guard; they floored the accelerator, following closely behind.
With the front vehicles clearing the way, the road was easier to navigate. Once they fell behind and encountered zombies, it would truly be a matter of life and death.
They sped towards Xin City like lightning.
The journey was silent.
...
At 4:38 PM, they arrived in Xin City.
It was quiet.
Just as they arrived in Xin City, not far away, two people emerged from a sealed building.
These two were Da Yong and Yuan Zhong, who had been hiding in a storage room to avoid zombies.
The two had been attacked by a group of people from the north and were forced into a building filled with many zombies.
He witnessed Xiao Kui's death with his own eyes, and later, it was fortunate that the zombies forced him into this storage room.
The storage room was well-stocked with supplies.
After closing the door to the storage room, they never went out.
They stayed hidden until most of the supplies were almost depleted before daring to come out.
Because the previous experience was too stimulating, it made them overly cautious.
The two had not seen the sun for a long time in the storage room, and their faces were somewhat pale.
They collected and organized all the food from the shelves, putting it into two backpacks, and then both carried their bags.
They slowly pulled open the door of the storage room.
Click, click.
The storage room door creaked slightly, and Yuan Zhong said to Da Yong behind him, "Da Yong, it's safe outside. Let's go out."
Former rivals, who had saved each other during that time and spent so long in this storage room, went from disliking each other to warming up to each other.
At this moment, their bond had transcended mere friendship.
Da Yong held a sharpened iron rod and slowly walked out, and the two slowly stepped outside.
Tiptoeing.
They walked all the way to the main entrance, looked up, and felt the afternoon sun.
Warm and gentle.
It felt a bit hot; the last time they were outside, there was still snow everywhere, but now that the two had come out, all the surrounding snow had disappeared.
The abandoned vehicles not far away were still there; they looked towards where Xiao Kui had died, but there was not a single trace left on the ground.
Zombies were like locusts; wherever they went, they left no bones.
Even the blood was washed away by the heavy rain.
Not a single trace was left behind.
The two observed their surroundings, feeling a sense of profound change and loss.
The last time they came out, it was winter, a world of white, but when they came out this time, everything had changed.
Suddenly, a group of zombies appeared inside that building, hiding in the dark corners to avoid the intense sun.
But at this moment, a gust of wind allowed them to catch the scent of humans.
Creak, creak, creak~
The zombies inside the building moved, pushing tables and chairs, making noise.
Roar, roar, roar~
The zombies' roars still alerted Da Yong and his group.
Da Yong turned his head and saw a large group of zombies appearing exactly where they had just come out, making him break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, they came out in time, otherwise they would have been caught by these zombies.
"Run!"
The two, carrying their bags, ran outwards.
The zombies behind them pursued closely.
After this rain, many cars were submerged, and many car surfaces had developed some rust.
Similarly, after a rain, there was a lot of mud on the ground.
Yuan Zhong quickly said, "Run out of the city."
Da Yong said breathlessly, "Okay, hurry. Are we too unlucky? We finally got out, only to be chased by these zombies."
Yuan Zhong tightened the backpack on his back, looked back at Da Yong, and said, "Stop talking, just run."
The two picked up their pace and quickly ran outwards.
Their location was already on the city's edge, not far from the National Highway.
At this moment, less than a kilometer from them, Hua Chuanlong and his group had just arrived at this location.
Hua Chuanlong stood on the National Highway, looking at the buildings on the city's edge, which were empty. Not even a single zombie was found.
A subordinate next to him said, "Boss, according to the map, we should be in Xin City, but we don't know what the situation is here.
That Wang Xiansheng back then didn't tell us the exact location of the group occupying the granary.
What should we do next?"
Hua Chuanlong took off his sunglasses and looked up at the sunlight; he was also a bit confused at this moment.
But he still said, "If we don't know the exact location, we can ask people, right? Can a living person be stifled by urine? I don't believe it, not a single person in the entire Xin City."
The subordinate next to him looked at the empty streets and thought for a moment before saying, "Boss, there's no one here. The sun is almost setting now, who are we going to ask?"
Hua Chuanlong frowned, this...
Thump, thump, thump, thump~
A series of heavy footsteps approached.
Hua Chuanlong smiled slightly and said, "Aren't they here?"
Everyone looked over and saw two people walking towards them, facing the setting sun.
Because the sun was setting, Hua Chuanlong and his group did not see the large group of zombies following behind them in the shadow of the building.
Hua Chuanlong watched as the two people carried backpacks, which were bulging.
The smile on his face grew wider and wider.
Meanwhile, what Yuan Zhong and his group saw was this scene.
In the setting sun, a large group of people, with a glorious glow behind them, seemed to be waiting for them, like saviors.
Both Yuan Zhong and Hua Chuanlong, at this moment, had a thought flash through their minds: there is always a way out.
However, as Yuan Zhong and his companion ran closer, when they were only a dozen meters away, they saw that Hua Chuanlong and his group looked formidable, reminding them of the people they had encountered from the north before.
Their inner thoughts: "Holy crap?! So many people!"
And as Yuan Zhong and his group approached, the nearly three hundred people, along with the zombies behind them, also appeared in the sunlight, like a swarm of bees.
Their inner thoughts: "Holy crap?! These two! Did they poke a zombie nest?!"
The initial joy and relief of both parties, at this moment, turned into two words:
Holy crap?!
