Trapped Survivors

When Zhao Tianlei crippled the three men, Cheng Yao still couldn't help feeling afraid, especially of the possibility that Zhao Tianlei might kill them. No matter how you looked at it, those men deserved to die, but Cheng Yao was still a student. If she saw the man she relied on kill someone, she would naturally feel some fear and terror. Perhaps because of this, Zhao Tianlei had not killed the three men in public. He had merely crippled them and left them for the zombies to deal with.

The car continued for a while before gradually slowing down. Although there were no zombies ahead or on either side, the countless abandoned vehicles had become an obstacle. Ordinary cars and luxury cars alike had all been abandoned by the roadside. It was enough to imagine the chaos and congestion at the scene back then.

Seeing this, Cheng Yao couldn't help saying to Zhao Tianlei, "Tianlei, there are more and more cars stopped on the road ahead. I'm afraid we won't be able to get through after driving a little farther. It seems that when the apocalypse broke out, traffic throughout the entire city completely ground to a halt. The cars ahead must have been packed together so tightly that no one could get through. Otherwise, people wouldn't have abandoned their cars and fled when faced with those zombies."

After hearing Cheng Yao, Zhao Tianlei also gazed into the distance. Looking down the street, he saw abandoned vehicles packed densely from one end to the other. If they continued driving, they probably wouldn't make it fifty meters before having to stop.

Zhao Tianlei immediately said, "Park the car here. We'll continue on foot. There are abandoned cars everywhere, and zombies might be hiding inside them. If we drive, the sound of the car could attract a zombie horde. It would be very difficult to escape then."

As he spoke, Cheng Yao slowly brought the car to a stop. She had just reached for the key when Zhao Tianlei stopped her. "Leave the key here. This car isn't ours anyway, so taking the key won't do us any good. Maybe survivors will come by later and want to hide or rest in the car. At least this will leave them a little hope."

Although Zhao Tianlei's gesture was of little significance, when the world had turned into an apocalypse, one still had to leave some options open. Even if it wasn't for themselves, they should consider other people as well. Even if humanity had been lost in the apocalypse, good people would ultimately be rewarded. Even if some good people did not live long, bad people would certainly face condemnation, or even retribution.

The two of them ate a little food and drank some water in the car before slowly opening the doors and getting out. Zhao Tianlei still carried a huge backpack and held a fire axe, while the backpack on Cheng Yao's back was noticeably smaller. She held a watermelon knife and walked carefully hand in hand with Zhao Tianlei. Abandoned cars were scattered all over the road, and neither of them knew what had happened back then. Aside from judging and guessing from the pools of blood, everything remained a mystery.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Cheng Yao saw that there wasn't a single person anywhere around them—not even a zombie. Full of doubts, she asked nervously, "Tianlei, why is this place so strange? There isn't a single person, and we can't even find one zombie. Could there be ghosts?"

Zhao Tianlei immediately laughed at her. "Ghosts? We've already experienced zombies that eat people. Are we still afraid of ghosts that only scare people? At worst, those ghosts can frighten us a little. Compared to man-eating zombies, they're actually quite adorable."

Cheng Yao was speechless at Zhao Tianlei's explanation, but when she thought about it, it did make sense. In this age of rampaging zombies, where could there be any ghosts or monsters? Especially after surviving such a close brush with death, Cheng Yao truly felt that those ghosts and monsters were much more adorable than zombies.

"Wait." Just as Cheng Yao was thinking and following Zhao Tianlei forward, Zhao Tianlei suddenly stopped and pulled her back, his expression turning wary.

Seeing how serious and tense Zhao Tianlei looked, Cheng Yao was instantly frightened. She hurried behind him, holding the watermelon knife defensively. Yet after secretly observing for a long time, she still didn't notice anything unusual. Zhao Tianlei remained tense, however, and Cheng Yao knew that with his abilities, he would never act this way for no reason. There had to be something behind it.

After waiting for a long time, Cheng Yao still saw nothing—not even the shadow of a ghost. She grew extremely nervous and afraid, then whispered to Zhao Tianlei, "Tianlei, what happened? Why can't I see anything?"

Zhao Tianlei spoke softly. "There's movement ahead. I think I heard the sounds of zombies. There are quite a few of them—an entire horde."

The moment she heard Zhao Tianlei mention zombies, Cheng Yao froze. She had looked all around but hadn't seen a single one. Her fear of zombies made her even more nervous as she asked, "What? How could there be so many zombies? Why can't I see them?"

After evolving, Zhao Tianlei's vision and hearing had both improved greatly. In fact, he hadn't seen any sign of the zombies either. He had merely heard the faint, familiar "uh, uh" sounds. Judging by those sounds, Zhao Tianlei determined that they came from somewhere ahead, not too far away. There were quite a few of them, though he couldn't tell exactly how many.

What made Zhao Tianlei especially curious was what could possibly have attracted so many zombies to gather in one place. In his understanding, the only thing that could make these zombies congregate and produce such sounds was prey in the zombies' eyes—in other words, survivors.

Regardless of what it was, Zhao Tianlei needed to observe the situation clearly so he could determine their route afterward. He immediately pulled Cheng Yao along and carefully moved forward. The two of them advanced slowly—extremely slowly, in fact, for the sake of safety. Clearly, they were worried about being discovered by the zombies.

After the two passed through an alley, they finally drew closer and closer to the sounds. Zhao Tianlei and Cheng Yao also finally discovered their source: a horde of zombies. At that moment, the horde surrounded a small supermarket, repeatedly pounding on its doors. Clearly, quite a few survivors had gathered inside, and those survivors were what had attracted the zombies.

There were at least more than a hundred zombies. Normally, even though Zhao Tianlei had now become an evolved Second Class Soldier and paid no attention to zombies, he still had to be cautious when facing such a huge number. The zombies were slow-moving, but once they discovered them, they would swarm over. Especially on the streets of the city, hidden zombies could pour out from the surrounding roads and buildings at any moment.