Chapter 10: Uncle Lai is quite brave

Thump!

Li Hang fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Li Yu immediately stepped forward, hand rising and blade falling. The zombie’s head was severed with a single strike.

He pulled Li Hang up, then rummaged through the zombie’s police uniform. Sure enough!

A handgun, along with five magazines. This must have been a minor leader.

On the way out of the supermarket, Li Hang complained, "How is this zombie so strong? And its speed is so fast, too."

Li Yu patiently explained to him, "I suspect a zombie’s speed and strength are directly proportional to what they had when they were alive. Look at that one—it was so tall and big; you could tell at a glance it would be fierce."

As they walked, he imparted some zombie-killing techniques he’d learned over five years in the apocalypse

"Also, as long as you are bitten by these zombies, you will transform in a few minutes. It’s a certain death, so you must be careful!"

"For zombies of different builds, you have to gauge them. Their walking speed is actually the same as a normal person's, but they will run if stimulated. Try your best not to provoke them."

"Zombies have a keen sense of smell and highly developed hearing."

"When stabbing a zombie, you have to go through the eye socket. That area is the softest and most fragile, and the blade won't get stuck easily."

Li Hang listened and asked, "Big brother, how do you know so much?"

Li Yu didn't answer. The two soon reached the car.

Auntie and Xiao Lue, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, finally saw Li Yu and Li Hang’s figures. They were so relieved they were almost in tears inside the car.

As soon as Li Yu exited the supermarket, he saw that there were already a few zombies circling the car.

Li Yu’s eyes tightened, and he quickened his pace, rushing over.

Li Hang, following behind, also hurried to help.

After taking care of the zombies in a few quick moves, Li Yu told Li Hang to get in the car immediately, because he could vaguely see a group of zombies approaching from the end of the street in the distance.

The two quickly fled the scene.

On the way back, Auntie finally couldn't hold it in and asked, "Xiao Yu, what was that outside the car just now? Was your uncle talking about this when he said he had to go on duty yesterday?"

Li Yu looked at his worried aunt and comforted her, "Don't worry, Auntie. You know what Uncle is like. Besides, he’s leading the team; with so many people, he should be fine."

Although he said that, Li Yu wasn't sure. After all, these were zombies.

Zombies without consciousness, who didn't understand the fear of firearms!

He was most afraid of the unexpected.

He had Auntie call his uncle, but just like Li Yu’s experience earlier, there was no signal at all.

Auntie was in the back seat, nearly crying from anxiety, but Li Yu didn't have the energy to console her for the time being.

Li Yu had to focus on driving, as he occasionally saw zombies wandering aimlessly on the streets along the way.

Speeding all the way.

Half an hour later, Li Yu had driven to the three small buildings they used to live in, located next to the national highway.

A scream came from a building next to the three-story house. A man rushed to a second-floor window and saw Li Yu driving past.

He immediately acted as if he had seen a savior: "Save me! Save me!" This middle-aged man never imagined that his two sons would turn into something like devils, pouncing on him desperately as if they wanted to eat him alive.

Fortunately, he ran fast and hid in the bathroom, but the sound of banging on the bathroom door kept coming from outside, scaring him half to death.

Seeing this middle-aged bald man, Li Yu felt a sense of satisfaction. This man was a well-known pyramid scheme operator in the village who had spent years working in other provinces and had even swindled tens of thousands of yuan from their family.

Fortunately, they had managed to get it back in the end.

But this bald middle-aged man was despised by everyone in the village; he was an annoyance to everyone who saw him.

He was loathed like a rat crossing the street.

Save you?

In your dreams.

Li Yu shifted gears and drove the car even faster.

Li Hang, following closely behind, also saw this scene and grinned.

Serves you right!

Soon, they reached the newly built small road, hidden in the woods; it was hard to spot at first glance.

After taking two turns, they saw a bright light flashing at the main gate from afar.

Li Yu’s heart tightened. Had someone already set their sights on his base so soon?

With the roar of the engine, Li Yu drove the car to the gate in an instant, kicking up a cloud of dust.

As the dust settled, what came into view was Lai Dongsheng’s family. His two daughters and his wife were standing by the gate.

Lai Dongsheng was holding a wood-chopping machete, covered in blood. Under the glare of the car headlights, the two little girls were shivering.

Seeing it was Li Yu’s car, Lai Dongsheng ran to the front of the vehicle excitedly: "It’s crazy, it’s crazy, everyone in the village has gone crazy."

"Xiao Yu, everyone in the village has gone mad. At first, it was Er Gouzi from the supermarket—I don't know what happened, but he started biting people on sight. Even his parents tried to stop him and were bitten too. Then they started biting everyone they saw, just biting everyone!"

"Thinking of what you told me before—to come to your place if I encountered any situation—I saw that the village was quite dangerous now, so I came to check on your place. What is going on? There are monsters biting people everywhere in the village!"

Seeing Lai Dongsheng before him, Li Yu suddenly remembered the conversation he’d had with him last month, telling him to come to his base if he saw anything unusual.

In Li Yu’s heart, if there was one person in the village he had to save, and that person wasn't a relative, it would definitely be Lai Dongsheng.

Lai Dongsheng had been with their family for over a decade, and the two families had always had a very good relationship. They visited each other during holidays, and Lai Dongsheng often helped his father. In Li Yu’s heart, this Uncle Lai, who had watched him grow up, was like family.

Not a relative, but better than one.

He still remembered when he was 8 years old and accidentally slipped into a pond; it was Lai Dongsheng, who happened to be passing by, who saved him. Otherwise, Li Yu would have drowned long ago.

Coincidentally, Lai Dongsheng’s eldest daughter was the same age as him, and they had been classmates since they were young. Their relationship had always been quite good.

Li Yu didn't answer the questions Lai Dongsheng asked, but instead countered, "Why didn't you knock on the door?"

Lai Dongsheng said embarrassedly, "Those biting monsters, as soon as they heard me knocking, they would run over, so later I didn't dare to knock anymore. Look."

Lai Dongsheng pointed to two zombie corpses on the right side of the gate.

Holy crap.

Uncle Lai is actually pretty capable. Most people would have run away the moment they saw a zombie, but Uncle Lai not only overcame his instinctive fear, he was also able to quickly take down two zombies.

Look at those two zombie corpses; they were hacked to pieces, almost dismembered.

Impressive.

But it was understandable; after all, Uncle Lai made a living with his strength, and his burly build made him look quite formidable in a fight.

Besides, with his two daughters and wife right there, if he didn't act bravely, who would protect them?

Li Yu looked at the massive aluminum alloy gate and felt a bit of a headache.

He checked the time; it was already 7:00 AM, but the sky was still pitch black. He didn't know how many hours this darkness would last.

Although it had been dark for days, it was thanks to the sun from the previous days that the base’s photovoltaic panels had stored enough electricity. Plus, for now, there was still a significant surplus of power.

Li Yu returned to the car and started honking the horn.

Beep—beep—beep—

Several loud honks pierced through the entire night.

Footsteps could be heard rustling in the distance.

Li Yu honked a few more times.

Beep—beep—beep—

A few zombies slowly emerged from the woods nearby. Li Yu turned the car around, aiming the headlights in the opposite direction of the gate.

This way, the zombies would be even more visible.

At first, it was just the few zombies in front, but after Li Yu swept the area with the car’s high beams, he saw that more than a dozen zombies were following behind.

!!!

A total of nearly twenty zombies were walking toward them.

Let me say, thank you, because of you, the seasons were warmed~

(End of chapter)