Chapter 125 - 117: Li Yu’s Sixth Sense
Seeing Li Yu holding those packages, Xiao Latai asked curiously, "What's the matter? Did you find something?"
Li Yu pointed at the packages and the weapons, saying solemnly, "It looks like the Salvation Army has a substantial number of people. Moreover, they produce their own food and maintain uniformity, which indicates they have strong logistical support. All in all, the Salvation Army seems tough to deal with."
Xiao Latai didn't respond but instead looked towards the northern direction.
That was the direction the Salvation Army had left.
However, if these people came from the south and killed their real father and others, why didn't they return the same way but continued heading north?
With doubts, the two got into the car and returned to the gas station.
At the gas station, the electric pump was continuously extracting oil from underground. Nearby, Li Tie, while controlling the drone, saw Li Yu returning.
He called out loudly, "Big Brother, come and look!"
Hearing this, Li Yu quickly got out of the car and approached Li Tie, asking, "What happened? Are zombies coming?"
Li Tie shook his head, raised his hand to point at the screen. Li Yu followed his gaze but couldn't see clearly.
Li Tie held it steady and then said, "Big Brother, there seems to be a person at the top left corner! Take a closer look."
Li Yu looked curiously and indeed saw two people in the top left corner of the screen, but due to the drone being somewhat far, the view wasn't clear.
"Fly closer. Never mind, turn on the loudspeaker, flying closer might draw all the zombies. Let's leave it for now," said Li Yu.
Looking at those two people on the screen, they seemed to be watching the direction of the drone, but it appeared they hadn't realized that Li Yu had noticed them.
Suddenly, Li Yu had a bad feeling surge through his heart, inexplicably. This feeling, which had saved him many times before his rebirth, made him deeply trust it.
Although he didn't know what was happening, this ominous feeling grew stronger as time passed.
A thought flashed through his mind like lightning: they must leave immediately.
No other zombies were spotted nearby, yet the urge to leave intensified.
Go! We must go! Li Yu made up his mind.
He then turned back to ask Ding Jiu, "How much is the tank filled now, and how long will it take?"
Ding Jiu checked and replied, "It's almost done, just a few more minutes and it'll be full."
The sky was rather gloomy, and it kept raining. Everyone's clothes were soaking wet.
This place wasn't suitable for staying long, especially in the rain. Although the drone could still last half an hour, zombies could appear from somewhere else. If the zombies discovered them, escaping would be troublesome.
Making a quick decision, Li Yu swiftly said, "Stop filling it, that's enough for now. Pack up the electric pump, restore the fuel inlet to its original state, let's head back, and we can come to pump more next time."
Then he picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke to Zhao Dapao, who was observing from the opposite side, "Dapao, what's the situation over there? Found anything? If not, hurry down, we are heading back."
After waiting for a while, Zhao Dapao finally replied, "Alright, the walkie-talkie might have gotten water inside, did you not hear me speak just now? I'm coming down now."
Li Yu didn't say anything more. He then asked Ding Jiu to get into the oil tanker, and Li Tie got into the new energy vehicle, followed by Li Yuan.
Li Yu waited for Zhao Dapao in the new energy vehicle downstairs on the opposite side, and before Zhao Dapao came down, he saw several zombies emerging from the building on the right.
These zombies appeared somewhat inexplicably and suddenly, as they hadn't appeared just moments ago.
They had to show up now.
Watching the zombies approaching, Li Yu felt a surge of dread and quickly grabbed the walkie-talkie to shout, "Dapao, quick! Come down fast!"
The zombies saw them and charged over; one of them let out a loud roar towards the sky, the sound was piercingly loud.
"Not good, let's get moving." Li Yu rolled down the car window, speaking to Ding Jiu and the others.
Li Yuan was driving the car. Although not very skilled, she at least possessed a driver's license. Next to her, Li Tie was remotely controlling a drone, directing it towards their direction.
At the same time, when the drone was less than two kilometers away from them, the control suddenly shut off its loudspeaker, stopping the sound abruptly.
Below, the zombies, now without a target, scattered like headless flies.
The drone continued flying towards them.
Those few zombies were also getting closer, but Zhao Dapao had not yet come down.
20 meters, 15 meters, 10 meters.
Li Yu looked behind and saw no zombies following, so he half-opened the car door, ready to get out and deal with these few zombies at any moment.
At that moment, Zhao Dapao appeared, his expression somewhat frantic as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Seeing Li Yu's vehicle, he got in directly.
He shouted, "Run. Many zombies appeared behind the building just now, there were none in sight before, no trace at all, but suddenly when I came downstairs, I saw the zombies....."
Before he could finish his sentence, Li Yu immediately started the car, quickly leaving the spot.
Meanwhile, Li Yuan and the others had already driven some distance away from them.
"What happened?" Li Yu asked curiously, but his hands did not stop moving because of the question.
The car quickly increased its speed, the zombies hadn't caught up yet, and they had already driven away.
"Just now when I was on the rooftop, I checked all around, there were no zombies, but when I came down, I suddenly saw behind the building, many zombies surged out from those few buildings."
Immediately, Zhao Dapao turned his head to look back, while Li Yu did not turn around, instead, he looked through the rearview mirror.
Feeling relieved, he saw that behind them, following the initial few, many more zombies were emerging, crazily running towards them.
"What's going on?" Zhao Dapao was confused. He and Ding Jiu had checked the surroundings when they went upstairs today.
Now it was indeed raining, and based on previous experience, zombies would definitely come out.
Could it be that the zombies have become conscious and known to lurk?
Li Yu guessed in his mind. He was clear that even five years after the apocalypse outbreak, zombies were still mindless.
So, if it wasn't the zombies lurking secretly, then definitely someone was playing tricks.
Especially since he had just seen those two people on Li Tie's screen, Li Yu and his group had never met them before.
Who could it be?
With this doubt, Li Yu and his team soon stopped near where the national road was about to meet the country road.
Li Yu did not immediately enter the base. He took out the walkie-talkie and said, "Tiezi, move the drone back a bit more and see if there's anyone following."
Li Tie's drone had been following the vehicle all along, also observing. Hearing what Li Yu said, he replied, "No, I haven't seen any other vehicles moving, nor have I seen other people."
An uneasy feeling grew stronger in Li Yu's heart. No one?
This feeling of the enemy hidden while he was exposed made him extremely uncomfortable.
The base was just ahead, should they return or not?