Although they had made it through the most difficult convention area, the group then crossed the bridge without any further mishaps.
But as time passed, the presence of living people on the streets had dwindled to nearly nothing. Everywhere they looked, only the dead wandered about.
Fortunately, the vehicles on the bridge were not densely packed enough to block the entire road. Using stalled cars as cover, they repeatedly threw stones and debris to distract the dead, drew them away, crawled beneath vehicles, and employed other methods to make it across.
After Xu Yue silently crept up on and took out a lone dead one at the bridgehead, everyone hid behind a flower bed and took a brief breather.
They had truly relied on eye contact alone the entire way, not daring to make the slightest sound. The thrill of having dead ones wandering on the other side of a car, sometimes less than half a meter away, left them feeling completely drained now that they had finally relaxed.
Then, at Xu Yue's gesture, Inspector Tanaka took the lead again and began leading them into a nearby alley.
There were relatively fewer dead ones in the alley, and even if they made a little noise, it would not provoke an entire horde into attacking.
After working together to silently deal with three more dead ones, they found a suitable courtyard, climbed over the wall, and prepared to rest for a while.
They had been traveling under intense strain for so long that even Koizumi Shinji's willpower was beginning to wear thin. The cramps in his stomach were protesting as well.
Fortunately, the disaster had only just begun, so food would not be difficult to find. There was surely plenty in the courtyard before them, enough to serve as a temporary