#339 - Chapter 339: Driving into the Corpse
It was one o'clock in the afternoon.
Shen City.
On a road not far from the central district, three off-road vehicles were traveling.
The exteriors of these vehicles had clearly been modified and reinforced, with layers of heavy wire mesh securely wrapping around all vulnerable areas.
Moreover, the engine noise of these cars on the road was not loud, significantly quieter than the noise expected from normal vehicles.
They were none other than Li Bowen and his team, who had set off from Mentang Town to Shen City in search of drone frequency hopping technology!
"Captain, I didn't expect today to be so smooth. We actually found our target so quickly. What great luck!"
In the lead armored off-road vehicle, Yao Lei happily expressed her feelings about today's mission from the back seat.
Li Bowen, Zhou Xin, and Gao Qiang, who was driving, were also in the car.
Compared to their initial expectation of a tricky situation, this mission had been exceptionally smooth!
"Yeah, not bad."
Team Leader Li was also in a good mood, and uncharacteristically responded with a slight smile.
Indeed.
They had been very successful on this mission today.
After setting off from Mentang Town at dawn, they had traveled at full speed towards Shen City.
They hadn't encountered any major obstacles along the way, and the occasional zombies they encountered became casualties under their wheels.
Then they arrived at the science and technology park where the Jujang Company, which they had visited last time, was located.
Based on the information provided by President Qin, they used the pronunciation ball invented by Li Xu to attract most of the zombies in the building after fixing it in place.
Then it was time to search for the information.
The result was also smooth. Someone had actually created paper documents about the drone frequency hopping technology, allowing them to find their target at once!
Afterward, they didn't even spare the computer hard drives in that area, taking almost all of them onto the car.
If there were no accidents, the mission would be completed.
At this time, it was not even noon.
The situation was far better than they had expected when they set out.
The next step was naturally to return according to the planned route.
On the way, they stopped somewhere to eat, and after driving for a while, they had left the central area of the Jujang Company and arrived at the eastern suburbs of Shen City, near Guangyuan City.
They only needed to drive a little further to enter the boundary of Guangyuan City.
Originally, it would have been best to take the expressway, but they discovered that a section of the expressway had been damaged when they came to Jujang last time, so they needed to go to the junction of Guangyuan City before they could get back on the expressway.
Overall, it was considered smooth.
The only flaw might be that the weather seemed to be about to rain.
Li Bowen looked up at the increasingly dark sky outside the car, and the good mood he originally had for completing the mission slowly faded away.
It would be a bit troublesome if it rained.
"Gao Qiang, see if you can speed up a bit. I'm afraid the road will be difficult to travel later if it rains. Let's travel as much as we can now."
Driving the car, the taciturn Gao Qiang glanced back at the captain, his eyes flickered slightly, and he softly "hmm"ed. The speed of the car also increased a little.
Sigh.
Li Bowen sighed in his heart.
Since his younger brother's incident, Gao Qiang had become extremely dull. Even though the other team members had tried to comfort him many times, it didn't have much effect.
This kind of emotional wound may never be healed.
After sighing in his heart, Team Leader Li continued to stare outside the car, his mind filled with thoughts.
The three cars drove at a faster speed.
Drip, drip.
Suddenly, large raindrops appeared on the car's windshield.
It was really raining!
Boom!
A thunderclap sounded in the sky, drawing a purple dragon across the dark sky, disappearing again in less than two seconds.
Crackling!
On the glass in front of Li Bowen, even heavier rain attacked. What had just been moderate rain turned into a downpour in just two minutes!
"Drive slower. Safety is the priority now."
Team Leader Li shouted in the team channel.
The joy of completing the mission had completely disappeared, and now he was worried about whether they could return to the base today.
That's how it is after the apocalypse. Technologies like weather forecasts no longer exist, and no one can accurately know the upcoming weather. Everything is left to fate.
It was still sunny in the morning, and now, at the beginning of the afternoon, it had turned into a torrential downpour. Who could they reason with?
"Oh my god, are we not going to make it back to base today!? I even told my mom to wash my hair for me tonight. Now she's going to worry again."
Yao Lei was the same. Her original happy mood was gone, replaced by worry about whether they could return to the base.
No one in the car spoke.
No one was sure.
The heavens seemed to really want to make things difficult for them, first giving them sweetness, and now giving them a problem.
In less than three minutes.
After the rain and thunder, the outside had actually become as dark as ink!
Only a few afterglows remained in the sky.
Their cars had already turned on their headlights, reduced their speed to a safe range, and were carefully driving on the road.
"Drivers, concentrate!"
Team Leader Li anxiously shouted again in the team channel.
With the sky suddenly darkening to this extent, the zombies in those buildings might be attracted by the noise and run out!
Sure enough!
Less than half a minute after he finished speaking, an accident occurred!
"Attention ahead! There are many zombies appearing there! Run them over!"
Li Bowen had sharp eyes. His gaze, which had been fixed on the front, immediately penetrated the impenetrable rain curtain and saw seven or eight zombies appearing about fifty meters ahead!
But he wasn't too worried.
With the performance and defense of their cars, even in rainy weather, they could still break through this small zombie squad.
Gao Qiang nodded, his somewhat wooden eyes narrowed, and he stepped on the accelerator with his right foot. The car engine roared and crashed into the zombies!
Bang bang bang!
Like bowling pins, the zombies were scattered around the road.
The speed of their car was also reduced somewhat due to the obstruction of the zombies.
"Be careful! Keep driving!"
After clearing the way for his teammates behind, Li Bowen stared ahead and carefully arranged for the team to rush back to the base.
Suddenly!
His gaze shook again!
In the distance ahead, he saw a group of human figures standing on the road in the distance again!
Standing foolishly outside in this rainy weather, there was no doubt that they were all zombies!
Moreover, the number ahead this time wasn't just a few!
But dozens or hundreds!
"Captain! There are a lot of zombies appearing on both sides of us!"
Zhou Xin's anxious voice sounded from the back seat!
What!?
Li Team quickly turned his head and scanned both sides upon hearing this.
Sure enough, some human figures were running towards them with bared teeth and claws!
Crap!
They had driven into a horde of zombies!
The sunlight outside was blocked, making the zombies think that night had fallen, and the sound of the rain was too loud, so they all came out of their hiding places!
You must know that this is Shen City!
A city with a resident population of two or three million!
Even the zombie density in the suburbs is absolutely terrifying!
Due to their limited visibility, they had actually driven into the middle of a zombie horde!
What to do!?
