Chapter 2167: Mr. Zombie (26)

Chapter 2167: Chapter 2167: Mr. Zombie (26)

Xia Li is a great leader; even when encountering zombies, he can swiftly react, directing people to clean up or turn around to avoid them.

There hadn’t been any major issues along the way.

Until—

"Captain Xia, Captain Xia, you need to come out and see, something’s happened outside!"

The person ran up with a face full of panic.

The people he brought out have always been calm, even when zombies approach, they’ve never lost their composure like this.

Seeing this, Xia Li felt a chill in his heart: "What happened?"

"Zombies... a lot of zombies." The person pointed outside.

Xia Li hurried outside, quickly climbed onto the roof, and used the binoculars to look behind.

They were now on flat terrain, and from the horizon, densely packed zombies were chasing after them.

The background was a sunset, setting half the sky ablaze.

Xia Li got goosebumps at that moment, feeling as though he were seeing an ancient battlefield with charging and fierce fighting.

"They’re headed toward us, this distance, they’ll catch up soon. Captain Xia, what should we do?"

Xia Li put down the binoculars: "Are there places to hide ahead?"

"No... there’s nothing."

The terrain is so flat, even a building isn’t visible.

They have nowhere to hide.

The nearest building was nearly a hundred kilometers away.

"Let the others leave first, our people will hold them off." Xia Li quickly decided: "Go down and tell them what’s happening, don’t panic."

"..."

How could they not panic?

That group of zombies was definitely the largest they’ve ever seen.

But regardless of the panic, they had to deal with it immediately.

"Captain Xia, are these zombies the ones rumored?"

"Some people claim these zombies are human-led; look at that zombie group, where..."

The person suddenly stopped.

"What’s wrong?"

"Seems... like there is someone." The person was not very certain.

On the horizon, amidst the densely packed zombies, there was a large open area.

And in the middle were two vehicles.

A regular SUV and a camper, not driving fast.

As is well known, zombies only commit violent acts, lacking intelligence.

Clearly, those driving must be human.

-

The zombies caught up faster than expected, keeping distance while maintaining a semicircle formation just outside the range of most weapons, gradually surrounding them.

"Captain Xia, what does this mean? Can someone really control zombies?"

Those are zombies, right?

Even experts can’t resolve such things.

How could someone possibly control them?

"Don’t attack yet," Xia Li said.

The zombie group just encircled them, without any intention of closing in, clearly not intending to attack.

Since there were humans inside, Xia Li felt somewhat relieved.

If such a large group of zombies directly rushed them, Xia Li felt they could only resign themselves to their fate.

At this point, it seemed negotiations were possible.

But ordinary people weren’t so optimistic, everyone was scared like quails.

"Why are there so many zombies... aren’t we doomed?"

"The previous rumors were true, there really are hordes of zombies."

"Are they going to eat us?"

"I’m so scared!"

"Will we all die here?"

"Rush out, why stop!"

"The front is blocked too, how do we rush?"

Densely packed zombies, without a visible end, not one weak spot, where can they rush through?

Xia Li instructed others to calm them down, while he drove to the rear.

The vehicles on that side slowly approached.

The SUV stopped first, followed slightly later by the camper.

No one got out of the cars; instead, a loudspeaker was thrust out the car window, crackling twice, then a loud voice echoed across the land: "We mean no harm, don’t shoot, and we’ll get out to talk!"

Chuzheng almost pushed the head of her Good Person Card underwater.

With so many zombies, why cower?

Chuzheng quickly pulled the Good Person Card back into her arms, removing the water in front of him.

Bei Chi, clueless about the situation, innocently leaned closer to Chuzheng, nose brushing against her cheek, sniffing, and slowly biting her lip.

Zombie Mr. had just washed his hair; damp strands brushed past Chuzheng’s skin, carrying a slight chill.

Chuzheng wasn’t enticed by him, indifferently shoved a pack of Energy Biscuits at him: "If you’re hungry, eat this; I’m not your food!"

Clearly, Bei Chi lacked interest in the Energy Biscuits.

He fiddled with the biscuits, shooting glances at Chuzheng, always attempting to snuggle against her.

If he can’t eat, is a lick denied?

Bei Chi felt he was being mistreated.

Mistreatment is illegal... hmm, probably? Bei Chi was a bit confused, his mind fuzzy.

The gray, vacant pupils showed traces of bewilderment, making him seem a bit more adorable.

The outside call had ended, and Chuzheng exchanged a brief kiss with Bei Chi.

Bei Chi hadn’t tasted it before the food had left.

"..."

Hmm.

-

Chuzheng got out of the vehicle, and Xia Li immediately recognized this girl, the one he’d seen at the resort before.

Jin Ling mentioned her name was... Ji Chuzheng.

Chuzheng took out a folding chair, and Zhi Kai and Zhao Yingjun astutely pulled out a folding table from the trunk, laid down a tablecloth, and placed a fruit plate on it...

"Why put an empty fruit plate?" Xiao Gong asked puzzled.

"No fruit available, we can only place an empty one." Conditions are limited, make do!

Xiao Gong: "But it looks so ugly this way."

"..." True.

Zhi Kai and Zhao Yingjun exchanged glances, rummaged through their pockets, and pooled a few gold bars into the fruit plate before setting it up.

Chuzheng: "..."

Xia Li: "..."

Chuzheng tried to ignore them, calmly sitting down.

Xia Li noticed they didn’t intend to prepare a seat for him, so he spoke first: "Miss Ji, these zombies..."

Chuzheng remained serious: "Are they cute?" She hoped someone would praise her little minions.

"..."

Xia Li couldn’t possibly say ’cute.’

He decisively avoided the question: "Can you make the zombies follow your commands?"

"Probably." After all, if they misbehave, just beat them until they listen.

Xia Li was shaken by the answer.

Hearing this from others is one thing, hearing it directly from the person involved is altogether different.

After the initial shock, Xia Li quickly asked: "How did you manage this?"

"I..." Chuzheng paused slightly: "I’m not here to answer your questions."

Xia Li: "..."

"What does Miss Ji intend to do?"

Chuzheng spoke with some weight: "I want to be a good person."

"???"

Even Xia Li, no matter how steady, hearing this statement, couldn’t help but display confusion on his face, he couldn’t understand.

"I don’t quite understand Miss Ji’s meaning."

Chuzheng pondered: "I plan to give you all a lift."

To Xia Li, this phrase sounded much like ’you should leave your lives behind,’ eerie to the core.

Yet, Chuzheng simply intended to offer them a lift.