Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 981: B City
Chapter 981: Chapter 981: B City
In the two months after the winter, the roads that were originally muddy gradually became dry and hard. Apart from the suddenly hot weather overnight, the dryness and high temperature made the entire city shrouded in unease.
A fire element zombie was randomly unleashing its abilities, burning many already dilapidated buildings black.
Watching the billowing smoke rising everywhere and the continuous explosions and collapse sounds, Su Jin was filled with a deep sense of desolation.
When did B City become like this?
Was it just a single winter?
“Do you really not need our people to accompany you?”
At the gate of the B City base, Wei Yinghao, who seemed to have aged overnight, asked.
“No need, if we can’t make it back tonight, don’t worry about us either,”
Lu Hao said.
They had arrived here the previous day, and after getting some understanding of the situation, they were ready to set off early this morning.
“Then take care, if it doesn’t work out, come back and we’ll think of a solution together,”
Wei Yinghao said.
Lu Hao nodded, got into the car with everyone, and today they were driving a vehicle from the B City base, which was also Lu Hao’s idea.
“Ah, the last time we came here, it wasn’t like this,”
Nie Qing said, looking at the desolate scene outside the window.
“That zombie probably holds a grudge against the base, see how it’s ruined this place,”
Kou Ning said with no fondness for B City, only feeling that the zombie seemed to be exacting revenge for something.
“Today we’ll just act as special ability users out to kill zombies and see if we can lure that guy out,”
Su Xiangzhe said while driving along the road. Before the rule of only allowing entry and not exit at the B City base was implemented, many teams that went out each day couldn’t return. They were out to act as decoys today.
“Kou Ning, how far is C City from here?”
Lu Hao suddenly asked.
“Not far, very close, it takes about half an hour to get there from here,”
Kou Ning replied honestly, not knowing why Lu Hao was asking this.
“Do you suspect it might be in C City?”
Su Jin asked.
“Yes, just a suspicion. Back when we were catching criminals, we would always identify a few potential hiding spots beforehand and then search for them separately,”
Lu Hao said with a smile. Even though they were now catching zombies, he couldn’t help but think in the usual way.
“I think what you said makes sense, C City is a zombie paradise,”
Kou Ning said.
“Then we have a big area to cover, a vast sea of corpses, just to find one…”
Lin Xiuyuan said as he started to recite the words.
“We’ll still rely on Qiqi, right Qiqi?”
Huang Yunxiang said with a smile, sitting next to Qiqi.
“Yes, I’ll pay attention to distinguish them, and let everyone know if there’s anything unusual,”
Mao Qiqi replied.
Just afraid that the zombie wouldn’t show any unusual behavior…
“Don’t worry, we’re all here,”
Lian Jiyue leaned forward from behind Mao Qiqi, comforting her.
“Thank you, Xiao Yue, here’s a coconut candy as a reward,”
Mao Qiqi handed over a coconut candy with a coconut tree drawing on it to Lian Jiyue.
Looking at Mao Qiqi, who still liked to give out candies as before, Lian Jiyue smiled too.
“Ahead is the turn where it’s no longer the safe zone of the base,”
Kou Ning, familiar with the terrain, reminded them.
In front of them was a long row of metal fences, which were built as a buffer zone to protect the base. Once past the buffer zone, they would really be in the zombie area.
“Got it, we’ll stop if there are zombies,”
Su Jin said.
Without a target location, they could only slowly rely on killing zombies to lure that zombie out.
Just as Kou Ning said, not long after they crossed the metal fences, abilities started hitting their car.
This time Su Xiangzhe didn’t evade but stopped the car directly as Su Jin had requested.
The zombies immediately surrounded them.
“Has this not been cleaned for days? So many of them?”
Lin Xiuyuan summoned an ice wall, which toppled outside the vehicle, crushing over a dozen zombies. The group also took the opportunity to get out of the car.
“They are generally Level Seven zombies,”
Lu Hao observed while confronting a Level Seven Metal Element zombie.
“Such a large number of zombies appearing at such a close range could be a prelude to a zombie tide,”
Lian Jiyue analyzed. If things were like this outside the E City base, it would be serious.
“B City base has a large population, rarely causing a zombie tide, but now after winter, anything could happen,”
Kou Ning said, having never encountered a zombie tide while at the B City base, as it was close to the N City base, and people would often clear out zombies in the area. This might be a special case now.
“That would be troublesome,”
Lu Hao thought of the B City base’s walls and defenses. If a hidden intelligent zombie appeared during a zombie tide…
Su Jin felt a bit relieved at the moment. Before they left, although they said Lu Guanhai was watching over Lu Xi and Lu Wang at the base, the three children were actually in the Wood Spirit Space. Even if something happened at the B City base, they wouldn’t have to worry too much about the children.
“Let’s summon two Man-eating Flowers,”
Su Jin said while urging them to grow because Qiqi mentioned another group of zombies was approaching from not far away.
“With such a big target here, that guy should come out,”
Lin Xiuyuan used an ice shield to block a water arrow, then threw an ice spike, piercing the eye socket of a water element zombie opposite.
But to everyone’s disappointment, after killing zombies for two to three hours here, dealing with a horde of over a thousand zombies, no intelligent zombie appeared.
“Head to the city,”
Lu Hao directly suggested.
…
Whether the group was too lucky or what, even after going through the entire B City, no intelligent zombie with the legendary zombie minions attacked them.
Lin Xiuyuan felt a bit bored; his ability was almost exhausted.
“Let’s find a place to rest for the night, C City is just ahead,”
Kou Ning pointed in a direction.
Lu Hao and Lian Jiyue both looked over. It was said that before the apocalypse, C City was also a heavily populated city. Due to its proximity to the national center B City and relatively affordable housing prices, C City’s residential and commercial areas were very dense, with high-rises everywhere, and open spaces were hard to find.
“We’ll check it out tomorrow,”
Lu Hao said, not sure why, but having a premonition that something was up on the C City side.
In the middle of the night, in a high-rise office building, Lin Cheng, who was on watch duty, saw Mao Qiqi suddenly sit up.
“Is there a situation?”
Lin Cheng asked in a low voice.
Mao Qiqi nodded and said, “We’re about to be surrounded.”
Lin Cheng was more intrigued than anxious. Being surrounded? That surely means the zombie they were looking for had come, right?
