Chapter 39: Who Is It?
The loudspeaker's penetrating blast was so strong that Li Yu, holding the device emitting the immense noise,
Yang Tianlong and the others dared not get anywhere near the mouth of the loudspeaker,
for the sound was simply,
Too! Loud!
After running for a while, Li Yu stood on a large rock.
Looking out, the Zombie Tide was a dense, dark mass with no visible end, causing discomfort for Li Yu, who had a fear of tight spaces.
Standing at the edge of the woods and looking far into the distance, zombies could be seen pouring out from both the east and west sides of the base, running towards them like a mudslide.
Li Yu stood on the rock for a moment, getting everyone ready for what was next: a life-or-death sprint.
Waiting until the zombies drew closer, Li Yu saw the timing was right; most of the zombies were already attracted by the loudspeaker's sound, and those remaining, senseless zombies would follow the main horde.
"Let's go! Keep an eye out for any suspicious individuals on the way!" Li Yu shouted.
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The group of five started to run; they could only manage because they were in good physical condition, otherwise running in these woods wouldn't last long before exhausting them.
The zombies followed closely behind.
The rain grew heavier, and as Li Yu ran through the woods, he felt, oddly enough, exhilarating!
Damn thrilling.
He couldn't help but howl out loud.
The others looked at him strangely. Li Yu's face turned red, and he said no more.
Perhaps touched by the atmosphere, Yang Tianlong also yelled out: "Screw you, zombies!"
Li Tie and Li Gang looked at each other with understanding and simultaneously howled: "Awoo..."
Zhao Dapao seemed a bit puzzled, but seeing the positive atmosphere, he didn't want to stand out by not shouting.
So he followed suit and howled: "Awoo, awoo, awoo..."
Everyone laughed, and Li Yu felt an indescribable thrill in his heart.
As if he could understand the saying:
Fighting against the heavens is endless joy!
Fighting against the earth is endless joy!
Fighting against others is endless joy!
But now, Li Yu had added one more line to that in his heart,
Fighting against zombies is endless joy!
Sometimes, when faced with adversity, people feel fear, trepidation, and worry about the consequences.
So people always need to motivate themselves; shouting out loud gives them a surge of warmth from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, and this spirit endows them with greater valor and a fearless soul.
Li Yu's courage came from protecting his family; Yang Tianlong's courage stemmed from protecting his sister; Li Tie's and Li Gang's courage also came from family protection; Zhao Dapao had been listless after losing his family.
But in the course of just over a month, the companionship of his brother Yang Tianlong, and the camaraderie with people like Li Yu, gave him a sense of collective warmth.
Although not related by blood, in this lifetime, facing tough challenges together, and remaining calm and composed in front of a multitude of lost souls, laughing and talking freely with brothers, it was truly delightful!
Fight for courage, for family, for brotherhood!
The group laughed heartily once more.
And then they charged deeper into the forest.
The zombies, hindered by the trees in the forest, slowed down considerably. Seeing this, Li Yu had an idea.
He took a pack of chewing gum from his pocket and distributed it among the group.
Chewing gum, they stood on the mountaintop, waiting for the approaching zombies without any sign of panic.
.....
Meanwhile, at the base, Second Uncle Li Hongda breathed a sigh of relief seeing the dispersing zombies.
At last...
Then he turned his gaze to the mountains, concern creasing his brows.
"Ah, Li Yu! I hope you all make it back safely!"
All of a sudden, Uncle Lai, who was about to climb down from the wall, exclaimed in shock: "Look over here, there's so much fresh blood on the wall!"
Uncle Zhou also leaned over to look and saw that the wall was splattered with a lot of blood. There were even many zombies encircling something, unsure of what was inside.
"Blood? It seems someone deliberately lured the zombies here."
After the zombies left, hundreds of zombie corpses remained outside the perimeter wall. Li Hongda's gaze suddenly tightened as he noticed what seemed to be a red line in the middle of the path. On closer inspection, he realized it was all blood.
Someone lured them over here with blood!
But, how much blood was used?
Li Hongda shivered uncontrollably.
Since there was blood all over the perimeter wall, which could attract zombies, it was originally planned to be cleaned.
But fortunately, today the heavens were obliging, and a heavy rain poured down.
With the heavy rain, all the blood was washed away, forming streams that flowed into the low-lying valleys.
As if even the heavens couldn't stand the evil of this world and cleansed it with the downpour!
It seemed like 5 minutes had passed, or maybe 10 minutes.
After everyone saw the zombies leave, they all calmed down a bit. Second Uncle Li Hongda, seeing the older folks like Li Yushi and others still in the rain, immediately said, "You all go back first, the rain is heavy. Li Haoran, Li Haoxian, Li Hang, Brother Lai, let's stay at the gate and watch a bit longer."
Uncle glanced at Second Uncle and also said, "I'll stay too."
Second Uncle nodded.
Just then, Second Uncle suddenly stared intently at a spot in the forest.
There was a figure!
"Come out!" Second Uncle shouted explosively.
The grass rustled, but no one came out.
Second Uncle pulled out his crossbow and without hesitation shot in that direction.
Thud!
"Ah! My leg!" A cry of pain was heard.
Indeed, there was someone. Second Uncle and Uncle exchanged glances. Just when they were about to shoot another arrow,
the grass rustled continuously for a few moments, and Second Uncle saw several people's backs fleeing.
From a distance, one of the figures escaping seemed vaguely familiar.
"This back figure... it looks like the Village Chief's son!" murmured Second Uncle.
....
Elsewhere, Li Yu saw the zombies slowly catching up and gave a signal with his eyes.
They quickly descended the mountain and ran towards the national road.
According to Li Yu's plan, he wanted to lead the zombies as far away as possible, because the more zombies there are around the base, the greater the future hidden danger to the base.
They were all running towards the national road.
Just then, Li Tie suddenly exclaimed, "Look over there!"
They all looked where Li Tie was pointing.
On the national road, there were a few people!
Their gait was completely different from that of zombies, with a vehicle slowly moving at the front.
It seemed that a few people's hands were tied with rope behind the vehicle, forced to run along with it.
Occasionally, someone who couldn't keep up fell to the ground but didn't dare to stop.
To stop meant to be dragged to death on the ground by the vehicle.
Li Yu's eyes narrowed, a glint of cold light flickering.
He said icily, "I bet it's these bastards who led the zombies here! Let's go, follow them!"
Everyone was somewhat enraged and quickly chased after them.
The horn still blared behind Li Yu, with zombies covering the mountains and fields.
In front of Li Yu was the straight national road, and the vehicle on it continued to move slowly.
Suddenly, the people in the vehicle seemed to hear the sound of the horn,
stopped the vehicle, and a bald man holding a Mountain Blade got off!
His eyes fixedly stared towards Li Yu's side.
Li Yu saw the person getting off the vehicle,
running while looking at the bald man, pondering in his heart:
Who is he?