Chapter 159 - 151: The Onslaught of the Storm
Li Yu hurriedly shouted, "Everyone, clean up the battlefield quickly, let's head back to the base! Quick! Quick! Quick!"
Under his shouted command, everyone was somewhat startled and puzzled.
They seldom saw Li Yu so agitated. For a moment, they didn't know why, but after hearing Li Yu's words, they didn't stop their hands and quickly cleaned up the Salvation Army's belongings, including weapons, food, and so on.
Third Uncle quickly glanced at a Zombie less than 3 meters away from him, he also clearly felt that the Zombies now were almost in the same state as they had been in the previous storm during the Zombie Tide.
But now, it was a clear day.
Slowly, he raised his head and saw a dark cloud slowly drifting over from the distance.
He immediately understood Li Yu's intention.
While cleaning up the battlefield, Li Yu shouted, "A heavy rain is coming! Look at those dark clouds over there! Quick, I have a feeling that this rain will be intense! It's dangerous for us to be outside right now, let's hurry back."
His voice was very urgent, but also carried a trace of calmness.
When everyone saw the dark clouds, they all felt a bit fearful. With every rain, Zombies would enter a Frenzy State. The heavier the rain, the more ferocious the Zombies became, and the longer it rained, the more insane they got.
However, during previous rains, Dapao and the others had been outside, and although the Zombies became more agile, they didn't feel this terrifying.
Li Yu had already shared his suspicions with everyone. Although he also wasn't sure why, his sixth sense told him that this upcoming storm...
Was anything but ordinary!
The group acted quickly, throwing the scavenged items directly onto the Salvation Army's vehicles.
Among the Salvation Army's vehicles, there were a few good ones. Since it was free why not take advantage? Nearly everyone present could drive, so if each person took one vehicle, they could all just make it back.
Everyone moved swiftly, and the battlefield was cleaned up in a mere two or three minutes.
Li Yu had rummaged through the battlefield earlier and found the two guns of the Salvation Army.
After finding them, he headed straight to the vehicle, then took the lead towards the base.
Behind him, Third Uncle, Uncle, and others glanced at the ground where some items were left behind, uncollected due to Li Yu's unshakable feeling of doom urging everyone on.
Even to the point where in the end, Li Yu started telling everyone not to pick up any more items and just leave.
Under such urging, the group gathered weapons and some of the food.
"Let's go!!!!!" Looking back at the approaching dark clouds, Li Yu felt an increasing sense of unease and shouted aloud at everyone.
Li Yu drove fast, and Li Hang and others behind him followed closely, not daring to fall behind.
Although Li Hang didn't know why, he had always listened to his big brother's words since childhood, and when he didn't listen, the lessons were usually severe.
As for Third Uncle and Uncle, too many past events had proven Li Yu's correctness, so even if it was a bit regrettable, they didn't dare to stay any longer.
The convoy began to head towards the base.
Everyone drove at an extremely fast speed.
The dark clouds, which originally seemed to be in the distance, now for some reason were approaching at an increasing velocity.
Within 3 minutes of their swift escape, they had left the city, and as soon as they got out, they heard the roaring of Zombies in the County.
Followed by a mass of Zombie roars.
At the city's edge, Li Yu, through the rearview mirror, clearly saw Zombies emerging from sewer exits!
Good thing we left quickly!
Otherwise, if they had delayed for another two minutes just then, it would be very difficult to escape from the city by now. In the city, without the solid walls of the base, even armed with guns, bullets would be exhausted.
And with so many Zombies in the city, if one were to become overtaken by fatigue, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Third Uncle and Uncle behind also heard the Zombie roars and watched through the rearview mirror as Zombies began to gather where the roars were coming from the County.
Zombies are often drawn to noise: they move towards loud sounds and where there are many of them, thus, the Zombie Tide often grows over time with more rainfall leading to larger swarms.
Third Uncle and others breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully.
They were grateful, if not for Li Yu, they would be in trouble just now.
Once again validating Li Yu's correctness, Third Uncle and others secretly felt that they should listen to Li Yu in the future.
After escaping the city, that sense of palpitation in Li Yu's heart still lingered, and his hair stood on end.
Li Yu felt a shiver run down his spine!
Something was still not right, there was still a problem!
Suddenly, two zombies charged towards him; Li Yu's vehicle was a heavy truck selected from the Salvation Army fleet.
The heavy truck had a strong impact force, high protection, and plenty of horsepower.
Li Yu reacted quickly, without the slightest attempt to swerve, he rammed straight into the two zombies.
Bang!
Rolling, tumbling.
Splatter!
After being struck by the front of the truck, the zombies were swept under the vehicle. The first set of tires didn't flatten them, but the second set did, crushing them into a pulpy mess.
Li Yu's vehicle had a good impact force; if the zombies weren't killed when hit by him, then the cars behind would have to deal with them. It was better for Li Yu to clear the path upfront.
In fact, the reason Li Yu chose this vehicle in the county was precisely for the possibility of encountering zombies on the road, hence the selection of this truck.
There was no time to delay.
Li Yu glanced at the sky in the rearview mirror.
He saw the dark clouds, which were now rapidly approaching. The clouds that had previously seemed tens of kilometers away now felt just a few kilometers from them.
Li Yu hurriedly accelerated and pressed the walkie-talkie button, speaking to the ten cars behind him: "Don't fall behind, keep in contact at all times, don't fall behind, don't fall behind!"
"Received."
"Received."
"Received."
...
Listening to the responses coming in, Li Yu counted the people in his mind—all were present.
He felt a slight sense of relief.
But that feeling of palpitations still didn't fade away.
Another 5 minutes passed, during which Li Yu's frown deepened. In these five minutes, they encountered nearly 30 zombies.
From initially one every minute to five every minute, and then to ten every minute—an exponential increase.
The day was originally sunny with a bright sun, and there were hardly any zombies on the road; now the sky seemed much darker as if it were evening, though it was only two o'clock in the afternoon!
And on the road, what was once empty, now within sight, there were zombies everywhere.
These zombies severely hindered their driving speed. Under normal circumstances, the drive from the base to the county would only take 20 minutes.
In a car chase, it would probably take just over ten minutes.
Now, with more and more zombies and the dark clouds closing in, it was getting difficult.
The abundance of zombies hampered Li Yu's driving speed, and if Li Yu was slow, the cars behind him were slow too.
Li Yu saw Third Uncle following behind him in the rearview mirror and had an idea; Second Uncle's truck was also a cargo vehicle—quite sturdy.
Two vehicles clearing the path would be faster than one, and it would reduce the danger for the cars behind, leaving more gaps and slowing down the speed at which zombies could swarm.
After adjusting, their speed indeed increased a lot.
...
What they didn't know was that a horde of zombies, thick as bees in a hive, lay not far beneath the dark clouds.
And as time passed, the Zombie Tide grew ever larger.
A blanket that seemed endless covered the sky!
It gave an oppressive feeling, as if a dark cloud was about to crush the city.
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