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Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus-Chapter 44: Tit for Tat
The zombie outbreak had been raging for months, and many city roads, with grass sprouting through the cracks, were in disarray—no one to clean them up.
A scene of utter devastation.
Li Yu and the others were slowly driving through the city streets, the vehicle moving so slowly that it barely made a sound.
The city was silent, as if not a single human being existed.
Their vehicle was heading toward the Lotus Building when suddenly, a loud horn blared out!
Li Yu and the others exchanged glances, not knowing what had happened, but as the horn sounded,
numerous zombies poured out from the houses on both sides of the road, running towards the source of the sound.
Li Yu and his companions immediately stopped the car, trying not to make any noise.
But with more and more zombies coming out, some of them still noticed the vehicle.
"Drive! Get out of here! If we get entangled, it'll be troublesome!" Li Yu decisively instructed Li Tie, who was in the driver's seat, to drive.
Boom!
The car accelerated like a runaway wild horse.
However, due to the noise, more and more zombies started congregating towards their direction.
Thump! Bang!
The vehicle hit several zombies in succession, accelerating quickly and soon escaping from that spot.
But behind them, more zombies slowly converged, like streams flowing into the ocean, the horde growing ever larger.
Yang Tianlong looked out the car window to the rear and saw the chasing zombie horde, he couldn't help but complain: "Who the hell was that?! Why make such a loud noise and cause trouble?!"
Li Yu didn't speak, instead kept his gaze fixed straight ahead.
Their initial plan was to avoid areas heavily populated with zombies by taking the less traveled routes on the edges of the city.
But the recent horn had lured out all the hidden zombies, forcing Li Yu and the others to drive towards the center of the County.
Xin City was built alongside a river, divided into Old City and New City, with a hundred-meter-wide river separating them. The county center was situated on both sides of the river, including the People's Hospital, Government offices, and Tianhua Building.
However, the location of the Lotus Department Store was in New City. While not remote, it was still some distance from the current county center.
The sudden horn had caused the nearby zombies to erupt in frenzy, altering their original plan. They had no choice but to take a risk and drive through the county center.
Additionally, there were some broken-down cars on the road, which prevented them from driving too fast.
The closer they got to the county center, the more zombies there were. With their speed limited, the pursuing zombie army grew larger and larger.
Upon seeing this, Li Yu immediately felt troubled.
Suddenly, peering through the window glass, he saw they were approaching the Cross-river Bridge and made some quick calculations.
Two kilometers past the Cross-river Bridge, and they would reach the Lotus Department Store.
An idea suddenly arose in his mind...
"Tiezi, drive slowly, let the zombies keep up with us," Li Yu said.
Li Tie didn't understand why Li Yu was saying this, but he still reduced the speed of the car to allow the zombies to follow.
Soon, both cars had crossed the bridge.
And the number of zombies following behind them increased even more.
After driving for a while, they could finally see the 12-story Lotus Department Store in the distance.
Li Yu asked Yang Tianlong to take out the loudspeakers they had brought with them today.
At this point, Yang Tianlong seemed to have grasped Li Yu's idea, and with a crafty smile said, "Hahaha, this plan is good. Use their own tricks against them."
Li Yu looked at the others, then said, "When we get there, place the loudspeaker at the entrance of the Lotus Department Store, then we quickly withdraw to the back of the store and enjoy the show."
Everyone nodded with laughter.
At the entrance of the Lotus Department Store, outside the guardhouse's lifting barrier, a huge truck was parked. In front of the truck, there were some sharp objects arranged to block the zombies' advance.
Inside the guardhouse, two people were on duty, watching the door.
As the horn's sound grew louder and louder, the two on-duty individuals turned their gaze in Li Yu's direction.
After a short while, they saw two vehicles approaching; someone in one of the cars was holding a huge loudspeaker, emitting a deafening noise.
One person shouted from a distance: "Hey! What are you doing? Making such a loud noise, what if it attracts the zombies!....."
But as he spoke, he suddenly stopped.
He stared in disbelief at the dense crowd of zombies following closely behind Li Yu's group.
...
Li Yu ignored them and instead urged the driver to speed up.
In the blink of an eye, the car arrived at the entrance and stopped.
Just as the two in the guardhouse were about to curse, Yang Tianlong immediately got out of the car, tossed the loudspeaker casually, and it slid under the truck's tires.
Beep......
The sound of the loudspeaker continued to blare loudly.
Yang Tianlong quickly got back into the car.
The car had never turned off; after Yang Tianlong got in, Li Tie floored the accelerator, fleeing the scene.
The two people inside the guardhouse still couldn't figure out what was happening, but they were terrified to see the zombies charging towards them – as if their souls were about to ascend!
There were just too many of them, pouring in like a flood.
The Lotus Department Store had never been well fortified, having only a large truck and some debris blocking the entrance. It might have been able to stop a small number of zombies.
But against such a large horde, it was undoubtedly indefensible.
The two in the guardhouse watched as the zombies, being far too numerous, started to climb over the truck.
They couldn't sit still any longer and immediately ran into the Lotus Department Store.
They closed the glass door tightly, gripping the handrail to prevent the zombies from getting in.
The ground floor of the Lotus Department Store was made of transparent glass, so from inside, one could see the zombies very clearly.
Through the glass, the two could vividly see the zombies' bloody and bruised faces, their mouths gaping in a roar.
At that moment, it seemed the door handle could no longer withstand the intense pressure and suddenly broke.
The horde of zombies flooded in like a river, and one of the staffers was instantly overwhelmed by the swarm.
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It took less than a few minutes, from a series of screams, to the sound of chewing, and finally to some teeth-grinding noises of gnawing bones.
Outnumbered by the zombies, the person was devoured clean by the swarm – leaving nothing behind.
The other person, more alert, had already run upstairs as soon as it seemed that they couldn't hold out much longer.
While running, he shouted, "The zombies are coming! The zombies are coming! Help!"
...
On the rooftop of the Lotus Department Store, a group of people was throwing an ugly party!
Although they were running low on food, they were exceedingly wealthy in another aspect.
Women!
Some were numb with horror, while others had eyes filled with resentment...