Chapter 11

"Out, for Christ's sake."

"He's not dead!"

Zek and Tony were hiding in an abandoned shop across from Mary Hospital.

It was late afternoon and the sun was no longer so strong, but it was still shining with a blinding golden light.

In the golden light, Zero appeared at the entrance of the hospital building.

His left arm hung down as if he had been badly injured.

His right leg was tied tightly with a piece of cloth that he had torn off from his shirt. However, blood was still dripping out of it. The situation was not good.

And Zero's face was covered in butcher's blood.

This dark red blood was not something that could be washed away with just a few casual wipes.

He wanted to dive into the water and wash himself.

The stench and blood on his body made Zero uncomfortable.

Walking out the door of the building, he reached Tony in Zek.

The two of them walked out of the abandoned store. Zoug gave Zero a thumbs up and Zero was stunned for a moment. He forced a smile from the corner of his mouth.

Suddenly, his expression changed when he reached the two men.

"Be careful!"

He and Tony were hurriedly picking up their machine guns.

They looked up and saw a living corpse crawling out of the window on the second floor, jumping down in the shadows and throwing itself at him.

Zero knew that the intense battle with the butcher had caused his body to feel rather tired. As for his sense of danger, it had dropped off in a straight line, so he didn't know that this living corpse was touching his head.

His left side was numb with pain, and his right hand was holding the revolver, but it was too late.

However, just as the living corpse was about to fall, as if it had been hit by an invisible force, it suddenly crashed into the wall, leaving behind a pool of blood before it fell to the ground.

The living corpse's chest had a large hole, and at that moment, the unique sound of the sniper equipment came from afar.

It was Alan!

Zero thought of the impetuous young man who at one point thought that a man of that character was unfit to be a sniper.

A qualified sniper should be calm and cautious. It was obvious that Aaron's personality was the opposite.

Even now, Zero didn't think he was a good sniper, but he was grateful that he had fired a shot at a crucial moment.

After the living corpse was killed, the two men let out a sigh of relief.

The captain raised his hand and signaled for them to retreat.

With Allen's range, he should be at least a hundred meters away by now, but Zoug was sure he'd get the signal.

Tony was already running forward, holding on to the zero to share his weight.

At the same time, Tony was slightly surprised to feel his body heat up.

Zero asked hoarsely, "Where's Holt?"

Tony's face darkened and he shook his head. "He's dead."

As we passed the gate, we saw two living corpses nibbling at his body. "

His face was expressionless. In fact, when he had left the room where he had met Mary, he had thought that Halt might be in danger.

But at that time, if he went back to saving the blacks, he would not be able to save Zoug and the others.

Even though he knew that Hoth was in danger, he still chose Zoug and the others. After all, they had three lives and some important medicines.

The harm done by both sides was light, so he could only abandon the blacks and choose to leave them.

He was not God. He could not touch everyone.

On the battlefield, death could not be more common.

Therefore, the death of the black man did not put it too much to heart.

"It's all thanks to you this time. If it weren't for you, none of us would have been able to escape."

Zero nodded, then his face changed.

His chiseled face flushed with unnatural blush, and he fainted without a word.

"What's going on?"

He helped Tony hold him, and found that Zero's temperature was terrifyingly high.

The two men quickly lifted the zeros into the shadows, Tony in charge of security, and Zek unbuttoned his shirt.

With a glance, his left hand trembled slightly.

Zero's body became red and hot like a cooked shrimp.

And the muscles on his body were trembling nonstop, as if there were hundreds of worms drilling through his skin. It was extremely strange.

"Head, what happened to him?"

Tony called.

Zuo Ge sucked in a breath of cold air and shook his head, "I don't know either. It's like he's infected by a virus and his body is going through a mutation."

Tony jumped and said, "Did he get bitten alive?"

The teeth of a living corpse, after mutation, were as sharp as the teeth of a beast.

As for the two canine teeth at the front, they were like venomous snakes that had concealed themselves within.

Sometimes, when a living corpse bit a person, it would subconsciously inject the biochemical virus from the poison sac into the prey's body.

If the people who were bitten by the living corpses were not eaten up, they would turn into living corpses and join their ranks.

The incubation period of live corpses injected with the virus depends on the quality of the individual body.

An Adept, in fact, could use his own power to force the virus out of his body.

As for normal people, it would take at least two days or at least ten minutes for their bodies to mutate.

Among the mutated reactions, one of them was that he was burning with fever.

However, the two of them had never heard of such a phenomenon, such as redness or redness. This was something they had never heard of before.

Zek quickly examined Zero's neck. There was nothing like teeth marks on him, which meant that he was not attacked by a living corpse.

As a result, his current physical condition was even more difficult to explain.

However, the symptoms of redness and fever quickly disappeared. In just a minute or two, the red tide on Zero's body completely disappeared, and his body temperature returned to normal.

But he was still unconscious. Tony stepped forward, looked at Zag, and suddenly raised the gun.

The gun was pointed at zero, and Tony's face seemed uncertain, as if he was hesitating.

"Put the gun down."

Zoug said calmly.

Tony said, "Chief, he could be infected, we."

"Don't let me say it again, put the fucking gun down!"

"We owe him a life, man," he said in a deep voice.

If he becomes a monster, I'll kill him myself.

But not now. I won't allow you to shoot until I know for sure that he's a dangerous man, okay? "

"Got it, boss."

Tony said, lowering his head.

"Now help me lift him," he said. "We're leaving this godforsaken city right now."

Naturally, Tony would not object to this proposal.

His best friend, Carl, had been buried forever in the basement of the hospital. Not long after that, Carl's flesh and blood would be devoured alive, leaving only his skeleton to prove that he had ever existed.

What a sad thing it was, though death was happening every day in this tumultuous age, and tears of sadness had become extravagant.

With that extra strength, he might as well use it to struggle for survival. That would allow him to live for a few more years.

So Tony, sad as he was, didn't show it on his face.

He came to the side of Zoug in silence, and together with the captain they set up a zero, dragging the dazed him out of the town.

The accident happened when they turned the corner of a street.

A figure rushed out of the abandoned laundry, holding a rusty knife and dashing towards Tony.

Suddenly, Tony had to raise his hand to the knife, which caught him in the arm.

He let out a loud shout and let go of his target. Then, he raised his machine gun and fired at the figure.

The man's chest turned red, and he fell backward until he fell into the laundry space without a sound.

Tony cursed and pulled the knife out of his hand. It had rust on it, and maybe some viruses.

If Tony is not dealt with in a timely manner, it can be life-threatening.

But they didn't even have the simplest tourniquet to stop the bleeding. Suitable medical conditions could only be provided by the base.

Tony had to do nothing but strip the lining out of his protective suit, tear off a strip of cloth, and tie it around his arm to stop the flow of blood.

However, their troubles did not stop there. One figure after another walked out from the shadows of the street.

Their clothes were ragged and their eyes were fierce.

However, there were no changes to his body and his eyes were normal pupils. He was not a humanoid monster like the living corpse.

"A mob?"

Zek lifted the machine gun.

The mob meant trouble, and a lot of trouble.

Although these people weren't as bloodthirsty as living corpses, they were comparable to wild dogs when they roamed the wilderness. Their ferocity wasn't inferior to a living corpse's.

"Head, it seems to be the group of people we met on the way."

Tony whispered.

He nodded, because the mob ahead was the man who had shot them at the edge of the road.

The bearded man was holding a handgun that came out of nowhere.

He was obviously the leader of the group. The man made a gesture, and the dozen men with machetes, iron rods, and other items immediately dispersed to surround him.

The distance between the two armies was only about five to ten meters, which was just enough for Zuo Ge and Tony to kill a few mob members without being able to wipe them all out.

"What are you doing?"

He only hoped that these humanoid beasts could understand human speech.

The mob leader pointed his pistol at the left square and said in a vague voice, "Car keys!"

He suddenly regretted that he might have wiped them all out when he met the mob.

However, he hadn't wanted to cause trouble, and he hadn't expected that trouble would come knocking on his door.

As expected, the mob had come for the chariot. However, the key was not in the car, so they could not drive away. Thus, they entered the city to search for them.

However, even though he knew it, Zoug was unable to change the following facts.

The keys, of course, could not be given to them, not to mention the fact that they had no car, three hundred kilometers was enough for Zoug and the others to walk for a day or two.

And with the keys, the mob wouldn't let them go.

The clothes, firearms and drinking water that Zuo Ge and the others were wearing were all extremely valuable items.

This could be seen from the barbarian eyes of the mob, and above the wilderness, there was no mercy to speak of.

Now he could only hope Ellen hadn't gone far enough to shoot the leader.

Without the leader, the mob would be beheaded, and it would be much easier to escape.

Perhaps when the Divine Spirit heard Zuo Ge's voice, the leader of the mob, who was standing upright a moment ago, suddenly sprung up and blood blossomed from his chest.

Following that, the sound of a sniper rifle could be heard from afar.

This change was beyond everyone's expectation. The mob was stunned.

Zoug inwardly praised Alan, but then threw Zero to the ground and shouted, "Kill them!"

The machine gun in Zoug's hand roared.