Water Plant

Wang Tao from the Water Plant finally understood why, in the ten or so days he had stayed at home, he had never seen any cars driving outside, nor had he heard any movement.

One aspect was that there were few Survivors outside. More importantly, this thing's ability to attract Zombies was truly strong!

With a group of Zombies following behind the car, he couldn't stop; and the faster he went, the louder the noise, and the more Zombies would follow... It was a vicious cycle!

If the road were easy to travel, then Zombies definitely couldn't outrun a car. But these roads were full of obstacles, severely hindering the speed of travel. Especially sometimes when he needed to ram through some roadblocks, it not only affected the car's speed but also created a huge amount of noise...

Seeing that the car not only failed to widen the gap with the Zombie horde but the Zombies behind him were increasing in number, Wang Tao knew he might have been a bit reckless. Driving a car at this time, even towards places with fewer people, was still too dangerous.

However, the more dangerous the situation, the calmer Wang Tao became.

"I can only try this!"

After arriving at a small alley, he suddenly slammed on the brakes.

Then he grabbed his weapon, got out of the car, and closed the door, all in one smooth motion.

Looking at the dense mass of Zombies behind him, he immediately darted into a small alley.

The Zombies' target was very clear: Wang Tao. After Wang Tao entered the alley, they scrambled to follow.

Inside the alley, Wang Tao turned left and right, running for about half a minute. Although he couldn't see the Zombies due to the buildings blocking his view, he could hear movement all around.

Wang Tao's right hand flashed, and a needle-free injector appeared in his hand.

[Stealth Potion (Medium): After injection, it can conceal your aura, making it harder for Zombies to detect you. Duration: 1 hour, Cooldown: 12 hours. Warm reminder: Best used during the day.]

Without any hesitation, he rolled up his sleeve, aimed at his arm, and pressed the injector switch.

"Pfft~"

A slight stinging sensation came, but Wang Tao didn't even frown.

He saw a "Stealth (Medium)" status icon appear below his Health Bar, followed by two lines of text—

[Duration: 59:59]

[Cooldown: 11:59:59 (Using the same type of potion has no effect during the cooldown period)]

Soon, Wang Tao felt his body getting colder and colder, his breathing slower and slower, and his limbs heavier and heavier.

"...This thing, it shouldn't be poisonous, right?"

Feeling the changes in his body, Wang Tao was still a little uneasy.

But fortunately, after about three to five seconds, his body temperature stopped dropping, his breathing stabilized, and his limbs were only slightly numb, with no significant impact on his movement.

And the biggest change was that Wang Tao smelled a decaying odor emanating from his body... exactly the same as the smell on Zombies! "Concealing my aura means turning my aura into the aura of a Zombie? Making Zombies mistake me for one of their own? Seems to make sense..."

After Wang Tao injected the Stealth Potion, the Zombie army seemed to have lost its target, and the surrounding noises grew smaller and smaller, and soon there was hardly any sound.

Wang Tao mustered his courage and went back to take a look.

He saw a large group of Zombies standing there blankly in the alley, looking somewhat lost.

Wang Tao walked a few steps closer, but the Zombies didn't react.

Wang Tao walked a few more steps closer, and the Zombies still didn't react.

It wasn't until Wang Tao was about three meters away from the Zombie in front that the Zombie finally turned its head and looked at Wang Tao with its cataract eyes.

Wang Tao prepared to run away at any moment, but this Zombie just looked at him and didn't make any movements.

At a distance of two meters, this Zombie finally moved. But it wasn't an attack; instead, it slowly walked towards Wang Tao.

This didn't seem like the action of a Zombie discovering a human, but rather like a Zombie sensing something and wanting to come over and take a look.

Wang Tao didn't dare to try again, after all, there were still hundreds of Zombies in the alley.

He directly ran away, deliberately making some noise.

The Zombies, hearing the sound of walking, successively looked at Wang Tao's back, but apart from a few Zombies following crookedly, the other Zombies didn't make any movements.

"It seems that Zombies don't rely on a single sense to find prey, but rather a combination of multiple senses to make a comprehensive judgment... The 'human scent' on my body has disappeared. As long as I don't make too much noise, these Zombies shouldn't be interested in me..."

He came out of another alley and returned to the vicinity of the pickup truck.

There wasn't a single Zombie around the pickup truck; they had all been lured away. Wang Tao got into the car and started it.

Buzz~ The car made a buzzing sound.

He didn't dare to drive too fast this time. This pickup truck was new, and the sound at low speed wasn't too loud. Plus, he no longer had the scent of a human on him, so he probably wouldn't attract too much attention from the zombies...

After slowing down, it was indeed much safer.

Even if some zombies saw the car passing by, they only chased it for a couple of steps before stopping with little interest. Perhaps, from their perspective, they saw a zombie driving a car? ...

So much time wasted, the airdrop had already landed.

Fortunately, the airdrop would emit a red smoke after landing, and there were no tall buildings blocking it nearby, so the smoke was clearly visible.

"In the northern direction, we can take the outer ring road!"

Looking at the red smoke, Wang Tao immediately drove towards the outer ring.

On the outer ring road, there were significantly fewer abandoned vehicles, and naturally fewer zombies.

Wang Tao slightly increased his speed, even deliberately running over two straggler zombies.

[Obtained: Blade*1]

[Blade: Crafting Material]

[Obtained: Tin Can*1]

[Tin Can: Crafting Material]

He obtained two new crafting materials and gained 10 Health Points.

After confirming that it was temporarily safe, Wang Tao finally had time to check the loot from the Screaming Zombie he had run over earlier.

[Screaming Potion (Small): For 10 minutes after consumption, you can emit a piercing and long-lasting scream. Cooldown time: 12 hours. Reminder: Screaming will cause some damage to the vocal cords, it is recommended not to speak within a day]

"This is a good thing! Zombies are sensitive to sound, it might be able to lure them away at a critical moment! Although there are some side effects, it's harmless!"

Wang Tao instantly thought of many scenarios where he could use the Screaming Potion, he could even set up a trap, scream to attract the zombies, and then kill them one by one...

But now was not the time to fantasize, he quickly looked at the position of the smoke.

"There... it should be the location of the Water Plant! You can turn there from the T-junction ahead..."

"Hmm?"

However, after turning into the fork in the road, Wang Tao suddenly felt some rustling sounds in the woods across the road.

He glanced sideways, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

He saw a huge black shadow more than three meters tall looming in the woods. He couldn't see the specific appearance clearly, he could only see the pair of red glowing eyes and... [10000/10000]

Ten thousand Health Points!