Chapter 129 - 121: The Bankruptcy Conspiracy
At that moment, attracted by the noise, about twenty zombies appeared nearby and ran over rapidly.
These dozen or so zombies, compared to the time when the sun was scorching hot, were entirely different creatures.
Even more frantic, with greater speed, even their teeth seemed to look sharper.
Li Tie and Zhao Dapao were holding guns, intending to raise their weapons to shoot at these zombies, but they were stopped by Li Yu.
Watching the zombies getting closer, Li Yu glanced at the two people on the ground and said, "You're really not going to talk?"
1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds.
Silence.
Li Yu stopped talking, took the weapons they had just confiscated from these individuals, and started walking backward. The zombies were drawing closer, within less than 20 meters, especially as they sensed the bloody scent coming from the wounds on the middle-aged man and the other male.
Becoming even more frenzied.
Just as they were about to reach the two men, the middle-aged man abruptly stood up, trying to run away, but although he hadn't been knocked unconscious before, his condition was still somewhat groggy, so his running speed was not fast.
Staggering as he fled, he didn't get far before a zombie caught up with him. Seeing no escape, the middle-aged man picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it toward the head of the first oncoming zombie.
The middle-aged man's throw was forceful, and the sharp edge of the stone struck the zombie right in the temple, knocking it to the ground. At the same time, a few other zombies also rushed over, and the man, shaking his dizzy head, hurled the stone at the heads of these zombies.
It must be said, this middle-aged man's combat ability was indeed fierce, able to fight with the frenzied zombies even after having been struck, bleeding profusely from his head, and with his senses dulled, unarmed with any weapons.
On the other hand, the man clutching his arm was not so lucky, nor did he possess such high combat ability. Additionally, his arm had been hit by a bullet, he was the closest to the zombies, and with no weapons at hand, after resisting the two oncoming zombies for a moment, he was quickly bitten by another one following behind.
Under the lure of blood, the zombies became even more insane, nearly twenty of them completely surrounded the middle-aged man.
Eventually, in the midst of the encircling zombies, and without any sharp weapons in hand, the middle-aged man was bitten on the arm by one of the zombies. He closed his eyes in despair.
Besides the zombies surrounding the middle-aged man, the remaining few also charged toward Li Yu and the others.
Li Yu witnessed this scene and remained unmoved, standing his ground without leaving.
Only after the middle-aged man was devoured by the zombies did he finally say to Li Tie beside him, "Let's retreat!"
The three of them ran wildly in the rain, with the few zombies from behind closely following them.
Normally, under the scorching sun, zombies move rather slowly, as they shy away from the light, especially under intense sunlight.
In the darkness, zombies move much faster, especially when it rains, which greatly enhances their agility. In the night rain, zombies can run as fast as an adult man.
After running for a while, Li Yu saw that the few zombies were still closely behind and shot them dead.
However, in this rain, the combat capability of the zombies was astonishing, and one shouldn't take risks unnecessarily. Especially since there were still more zombies behind, and there was some distance left to the base, Li Yu didn't want to waste time engaging the zombies with knives, it would be bad if their numbers increased.
They sprinted and in less than 10 minutes arrived beneath the base's fence.
Scattered around the fence, a few zombies were loitering, and greedily charged towards Li Yu and his group as they approached.
Above on the fence, Uncle saw them from a distance, so he immediately came down to open the gate and help them in.
Li Zhengping and Li Haoran, also on the wall, took out their crossbow and aimed at those few zombies to shoot.
Puchi! Puchi!
With continuous training in these days, both of their shooting skills had improved, and at this moment they accurately shot those two zombies.
The remaining zombie was directly decapitated by Li Yu with a slash of his knife.
The three entered Weng City and stayed there for about 10 minutes.
This was the rule Li Yu had set with everyone at the beginning: no matter who, anyone returning from outside must stay in Weng City for ten minutes, without exception, even Li Yu himself.
During these ten minutes in Weng City, Li Tie and Zhao Dapao also shared with Li Yu the information they had learned from interrogating that man.
It turned out that the middle-aged man was a former scout who had retired from military service. He wasn't with Brother Hao and his group, but his brother had joined them. Later, when Li Yu and his men went to kill Brother Hao's gang, they ended up also killing his brother.
Some of the people who had escaped from the driving school later encountered this middle-aged man. After finding out about his brother's death, he harbored the desire for revenge.
So, he and the remaining dozen or so of Brother Hao's men hastily formed a group, seeking to take revenge on Li Yu.
However, they had been unable to find Li Yu's whereabouts, only secretly observing from a distance and tailing them during Li Yu's recent trips into the county.
Li Yu was always cautious. Often on the way back, he would clean up any tracks they left behind, so the middle-aged man never found the opportunity.
Until they finally spotted Li Yu and his group, but seeing that they were armed and well-equipped, they never found the opportunity to exact their revenge.
They planned and waited until today's rain, when Li Yu's group went to the gas station to refuel, orchestrating that zombie ambush.
The original plan was to release the zombies when Li Yu and his group got out of their cars, but no one expected the arrival of Brother Hao and the Salvation Army, who led some of the zombies they had attracted away.
The Salvation Army inadvertently helped Li Yu and his group.
Otherwise, under their elaborate contrivances, even with firearms, it would certainly take a lot of bullets to escape from the multitude of zombies, and the chances of a safe escape would have been slim.
This opportunity these people had been waiting for had just been shattered, and they were naturally reluctant to give up, so they planned to continue following. They were careful not to follow directly but took the risk of zombies at midnight, driving and observing the road for signs, just barely discovering Li Yu's location.
But now, all their plans fell apart with the death of the middle-aged man.
Upon hearing this, Li Yu felt somewhat relieved.
If he had headed back directly just now, he probably would have encountered various troubles.
He silently gave himself a warning to be more vigilant in the future.
With more and more people at the base and as Li Yu and his team ventured out more frequently, the base's location could be easily exposed later on.
Li Yu was a bit anxious, but there was no way to resolve this dilemma. He couldn't always stay put, nor could he entirely prevent others from finding the location.
The only solution was to strengthen the base's power!
Based on Dapao's interrogation of the man, in addition to the four who came today, there are still 12 people near the gas station.
Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Li Yu's eyes.
They chose not to take the way of life, insisting on seeking death.
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