Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 73 - 42 Extinguishing Part 2

73: Chapter 42: Extinguishing (Part 2)

73: Chapter 42: Extinguishing (Part 2)

The flight attendant, Xu Lu, who once despised him yet defended him just a few moments ago, pounced in front of Zhao Jingye, who was replacing his bullet chain, blocking an attack from a hunter zombie.

When the bald man swiftly knocked the zombie off the bus, its claws were buried deep in Xu Lu’s chest, causing her to tumble onto the highway with it.

“Zhao Jingye, I…” Her confession was abruptly halted as a group of hunter zombies surrounded her and began to tear her apart, enveloping the bright blue sky in a shade of dread.

“Xu Lu.” Zhao Jingye screamed at the top of his lungs, remembering the comforting smile that Xu Lu had given him the moment she fell off the bus for his safety.

At that moment, he felt like he had lost something precious, something he once deemed worthless and discardable…

Zhao Jingye felt something trickle down his face, cold and salty.

Upon tasting it, he realized they were tears.

“Am I actually crying for that woman, Xu Lu?” Zhao Jingye mocked himself, wiped his nose, but his gaze remained fixated on the hand that Xu Lu stretched out from amongst the zombies.

Her hand stretched out straight, firm and lingering, surely she wanted to grasp something!

Zhao Jingye knew, the hand Xu Lu wanted to grasp was his.

“What are you daydreaming about?” The bald man roared, the bandages on his arm and neck drenched in blood without time for treatment.

He wildly fired at the zombies and cursed, “Stop dreaming everyone, brace yourselves and fight back!”

Tang Zheng sighed, swiftly taking out the class-B exemption card from his belt and used it.

He didn’t want to see anyone else die, and the zombies had already swarmed the bus.

Even if the path ahead was clear, they wouldn’t be able to shake off those creatures.

The zombies pursuing the bus abruptly retreated, leaving more than thirty corpses spread haphazardly on the highway, an array of fresh blood trails highlighting Qin Yan’s bravery and valor.

“Why did they retreat?” the bald man questioned.

Only Pang Meiqin saw Tang Zheng use a card, but she chose to remain silent.

“I used an exemption prop card, it should have been used during the game’s execution time, but it doesn’t matter now.” Tang Zheng explained.

As the bus they were on passed the check station, it also stopped.

Lin Weiguo couldn’t hold on any longer and passed out.

“We still have four days.” Qin Yan glanced up at the setting sun and emitted this harsh reality.

Everyone stared at the zombie bus stationed about a hundred meters behind them, with no one feeling relieved.

The scattered zombies on the highway began to regroup around the parked bus, as if another leader was recruiting them.

“Bai Guo, come help me.” Li Xinlan didn’t join in the conversation, instead, she picked up her travel bag filled with first aid supplies and rushed to the driver’s seat to aid Lin Weiguo.

“We now have six hours of safety.

Let’s hit the road and come up with a plan later.” Tang Zheng broke the silence.

After all, every second was crucial for the team.”Qin Yan, you drive.”

The battered bus started up again, staggering along the highway.

The zombie bus followed suit, but always kept a hundred meters away, without launching an attack.

“Stay on guard and keep an eye out for any bus we can switch to on the road.” Tang Zheng fired a few shots towards the zombie bus as a test.

The bus retreated another few dozen meters, staying out of their shooting range.

“They wouldn’t be able to catch up now, right?” The bald man wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously, he found the past few minutes ghastly.

Had Tang Zheng not used his special exemption card, their bus would have been breached.

“No, I suspect there is a mutant among them that excels in tracking.

If it’s not those two dressed in evening gowns, then it must be the one in the white nurse uniform.” Tang Zheng expressed his suspicion that they couldn’t shake off the zombie bus, which tranquility darkened everyone’s faces.

“What should we do?

When these zombies go berserk, they could even catch up with a bus.

Are we to experience such desperation again after six hours?” The bald man glanced at the end of the highway.

“If we could find a few sports cars that would be great.

No matter how fast the hunter zombies are, they can’t possibly catch a sports car, right?”

“Continuing to flee this way isn’t the answer.

We need to figure out a way to kill them.” Qin Yan drove the car stably, giving no sensation of bumping, with only warm air pouring in through the damaged window.

“Are you out of your mind?

Haven’t you seen how strong these zombies are?

We won’t survive them.

It’s a question of escaping in time, do you want to throw away our lives?” The bald man immediately rejected this, it was clearly a bad idea.

He just wanted to get as far away as he could.

“Xinlan, how’s Lin’s condition?” Tang Zheng leaned back in the seat, his right hand covering his eyes, his firm lips tightly pursed.

“Not bad, the most severe injury is two broken ribs, but luckily the internal organs weren’t damaged.” Li Xinlan quickly examined Lin Weiguo, who was in a coma, and let out a sigh, “What he needs now is surgery…”

The lady’s words didn’t need to be finished.

Everyone understood her meaning.

It was almost certain that Lin Weiguo couldn’t be saved.

Let alone finding a hospital on the highway, even if there was one, all the doctors had turned into zombies.

There was no hope of them getting on the operating table.

“F*ck.” The bald man slammed his fist on the seat, feeling extremely depressed, “It’s all up to fate now, there’s no point saying anything.”

“Little Tang, you’ve done really well.

If we were still at the Oasis Hotel with that bikini-wearing zombie screaming, we’d definitely be swarmed by zombies.” Zhao Jingye noticed Tang Zheng’s low mood and comforted him, “We still need your mind to come up with ways to help us all survive, don’t let your spirit drop.”

“The fact that we have survived until now with only a few lost lives is due to Tang Zheng’s series of plans.” Pang Meiqin quickly walked over to Tang Zheng, placing her hand on his shoulder, reassuring him, “There are no perfect plans in this world, and things can go wrong during execution.

You’re already doing your utmost to increase everyone’s survival rate, so no matter who dies, none of us will blame anyone.

Similarly, we also appreciate your efforts.”

Including Zhao Jingye, no one denied this fact and nodded solemnly, providing the most sincere footnote to Pang Meiqin’s last words.

“Bai Guo, how are we doing with the ammo?

We’ve consumed a lot, haven’t we?” Listening to everyone, Tang Zheng’s mood lifted considerably, at least he felt like all his efforts had been acknowledged.

“Yeah, especially the bullet chains for the MG42, we only have two left.

In two days, we’ll probably have to fight the Nazi zombies with daggers.” Bai Guo was also busy, using the time to sort out supplies, but the collected ammunition was pitifully scarce.

“We’ll be lucky if we can make it through tonight, let alone worrying about the punishment squad.

I guess next time they show up, they’ll just have to collect our bodies.” Zhou Zhou was completely pessimistic about the future, his tone full of despair and fear.

“Qin Yan, stop at the next rest area.

We need a break and a welcome party for the zombie bus.” Tang Zheng ran his fingers through his hair, took a deep breath, pointed to the zombie bus already six hundred yards behind them, and laid out his plan, “Take it down first.

Otherwise, nobody’s getting a good night’s sleep.”

“How are we doing that?

Using our lower bodies?” The bald man grumbled, but still agreed with the plan, because he knew Tang Zheng wouldn’t act without reason.

“Set a trap, by the way, why haven’t I seen that white police zombie?” Tang Zheng observed the zombie bus through a telescope, noting the bikini zombie, nurse zombie, and two low-cut back-exposing evening gown zombies were all there, but the gun-wielding zombie was missing.

“We turned it into a beehive.” The bald man sneered, “That fool had a gun and still rushed toward the bus like an idiot.

If it didn’t die who would?”

“That’s the best news I’ve heard today.” Tang Zheng nodded, looking at Lin Weiguo’s face, and said, “The only good zombie is a dead zombie.”

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