Yang Ao swung himself into the Hummer's back seat, while Shen Jin pulled open the passenger door and climbed in.
"Shang Qian, drive! Hurry! The zombie horde is coming!"
Shang Qian had already taken the driver's seat so she could get them moving the instant the two men retreated.
She floored the accelerator. The Hummer's engine roared, and it shot forward.
Li Moxiao had kept wanting to go out, but Shang Qian and Fu Wei had talked her out of it. Seeing the two men return safely, she was overjoyed.
"Shen Jin, did you win? What happened to that big zombie? Did you kill it?"
Shen Jin took several hurried breaths. "We killed it. Hurry, let's meet up with the others and head to my next safe spot. Something feels wrong about this horde. They seem to have singled us out."
Yang Ao bared his teeth in a grimace. The iron armor over his stomach had caved in, breaking his ribs. Now that he had relaxed, the pain was excruciating.
"Hiss... exactly. The zombies' route wasn't even in line with our escape route. If they're coming after us now, something's definitely wrong! I suspect something attracted the horde."
Shen Jin nodded. He had reached the same conclusion as Yang Ao. There had to be a reason the horde had sent a super zombie specifically to hunt them down.
"And we just saw the horde change direction. It's heading our way."
Shang Qian sucked in a breath as she drove. "Have the zombies gone crazy? How much food could we possibly give them? There must be other survivor settlements along the way. If they wanted food, there'd be no need to chase us!"
Fu Wei held the glass bottle containing his unfinished energy-inducing potion, tapping his fingers against it.
"Could it