CH 19

Lian Ru Ning and Hao Jian looked at each other and had a tacit understanding. She quickly leaned on Hao Jian’s back to prevent Liu Shu from making any movements.

Although Xin Ting hasn’t fully figured out what happened, she naturally believed in Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning more than a stranger. She also grabbed some debris in her hand as a self-defense weapon.

“What are you doing?!” Li Chang called out angrily even if he stopped.

Li Ge also came back to his senses. Seeing that his own mother was being held hostage by Hao Jian, he was anxious and angry, and said, “There are zombies outside, are you sure you want to fight with us here?”

They didn’t know when Hao Jian saw through their plans, but they guessed that Hao Jian has been pretending to be weak just to let them relax their guards and focus on others to give her a chance and secretly use her Swiss Army knife.

This multi-functional Swiss Army knife is sold in convenience stores. They only took two. He has one while the other was in Liu Shu’s hand.

Thinking about is, he looked at Liu Shu. The latter was also at a loss. She touched her pocket and found it empty. It was obviously stolen when she brought Hao Jian water to drink.

Hao Jian sneered, “Heh, did you even have any plans to let us live? If you think about it, I doubt you will always keep us under your control.”

Although she found through observation that the brothers were indeed filial, the reason why she chose Old Lady Li as a hostage instead of the children to keep the brothers from moving, but she knew it wouldn’t last long. She had to look around and listen intently to their surroundings to figure out their best escape route.

“What are you saying?! Let go of my mother!” Li Ge shouted.

“Okay, you go out and kill the zombies outside, then I will let her go.”

Li Chang approached them again with an axe, “I don’t think she has the guts to make a move on mother!”

Suddenly, Old Lady Li wailed. There was a trace of blood coming out of her neck. Li Chang’s eyes were red and stared at Hao Jian angrily and sullenly.

Hao Jian looked at him blankly. At this moment, in her mind, the system seemed to be a little excited, “Does the host want to kill? Killing humans will gain you 10 experience and 200 points! The host just exchanged a rice ball and a pack of compression. The cookie cost 15 points, and you only have 10 points left. Are you sure you don’t want to consider adding more points?”

Hao Jian ignored the system, but for a moment, she really wanted to poke hard and cut off the beating artery.

The sharp point of the knife looked like it was about to pierce Old Lady Li’s neck. Li Chang and Li Ge were anxious, they didn’t dare look away at this innocent-looking woman.

“What do you want? I promise I won’t move anymore!”

Lian Ru Ning touched the goose bumps on her arm and said, “Unless you bring out weapons back, we will all die together!”

Li Chang and Li Ge both hesitated, there are zombies outside, can they go out? Going out is not a dead end!

“What the hell do you think we are? We really didn’t intend to hurt you!” Li Chang’s shoulders began to slump to try and gain sympathy from Li Ru Ning, “You’re only three girls and no men, you have no power to bind chickens. It’s hard to survive without protection. Why don’t you stay with us? Isn’t it good for everyone to take care of each other?”

Lian Ru Ning used to be a kind person, but she was not ignorant. Obviously Li Chen thought that she was a simple student who had never left school.

“No wonder you are in your thirties and don’t have a girlfriend.” Hao Jian twitched, “What makes you think that we can only rely on men to protect us?”

Self-proclaimed timid Xin Ting also interrupted when she heard the words, “That. . . We solved five zombies with out own ability. If it weren’t for you, we might have already continued on our way.”

“And your original plan was, even if you want to leave here, you will find a woman for Li Chang first then go back to the countryside. So what, when you die you will have no regrets? There are people who think like you, and I’ve seen worse.”

The knuckled of Li Chang holding the handle of the axe were all white, and he really wanted to kill Hao Jian.

Originally, what he was after was Lian Ru Ning, so he would not care about the life or death of the other two.

Hao Jian is too stubborn to control while Xin Ting is too cowardly and will only hinder them. Only Lian Ru Ning, who not only looks beautiful and isn’t afraid of zombies, but also doesn’t have the ability to resist him.

But now their plans were exposed, he wondered if he was going to abandon his mother’s old life. However, thinking about Hao Jian’s fierceness, it’s hard to guarantee that she wouldn’t bring in zombies and have a fight-to-the-death with them.

“Why do you have to go to Southern City? The estimated population there is tens of millions. The zombies must be much more there. If you go, you’ll be sheep heading straight to the tiger’s den!” Li Ge is still helping Li Chang persuade them.

Li Ge knew that they were going to Southern City because he inquired Xin Ting. Of course Xin Ting didn’t know much about Lian Ru Ning and Hao Jian, so she didn’t say much.

Hao Jian interrupted him, “Okay, don’t bother with your tongue. Now I will give you three options; either give us the axe and the knife and let us go, you destroy the zombies outside and let us go, or we all die together.”

“I gave you something, what should we do?” Li Ge asked angrily.

“Who do you think is the cause of this situation?”

Just as they were negotiating, there was a sudden noise in the shop window. When they looked around, they saw two zombies by the window making strange calls with their mouths.

“Ah!” The little girl was startled.

Seeing that the little boy was about to cry, Liu Shu hurriedly covered their mouths and pulled them into a corner surrounded by shelves.

“Don’t say anything and we’ll be fine.” Liu Shu comforted the two children.

Hao Jian was not in a hurry. She raised her eyebrows, “There’s only two now, but soon, more zombies will be attracted by their calls. Are you sure you want to give up the chance to live?”

Li Ge thought for a moment then went to ask Li Chang for the axe. Li Chang refused to let go, but Li Ge persuaded him until he let go. Li Ge handed the knife to Hao Jian, “Well, take the knife. If you want to leave, you must teal with the two zombies first. But if you’re afraid that your strength is not enough, I will help you with this axe.”

Lian Ru Ning took the knife and looked at Hao Jian, but the latter said nothing.

“I swear I won’t do anything to you again after we get out of danger this time!” Li Ge quickly swore again.

Hao Jian let go if Old Lady Li, took the knife, and gave the Swiss Army knife to Lian Ru Ning.

She swung down the sharp knife with a length of only ten centimeters and said, “This place is big, but there is no back door and no lounge, so there is only one exit. Now, there’s two zombies surrounding the door. The windows are stained by something that blocks our vision so we don’t know if there are more zombies outside.”

“What are you saying?” Li Chang asked angrily.

“We’ll invite them to their funeral,” Hao Jian was convinced, “There’s not much in here but there area many cargo shelved and cardboard boxes. Put the cargo shelves in a protective array, wrap our key parts with cardboard boxes, and then open the door to hold those two. The zombies will be brought in and we will use the shelves to restrict their movements, then we will start attacking their weak points.”

The situation did not allow Li Chang and Li Ge to hesitate any further. The followed Hao Jian’s method suspiciously. Lian Ru Ning and Xin Ting also wrapped their necks and arms, which are the easiest places to get caught.

Li Chang removed a cargo shelf and assembled a half-meter sized shield with iron plates. He negotiated with Li Ge and said, “I will guard them when the time comes. Be careful.”

Li Ge nodded solemnly. Li Chang glanced at Hao Jian, took another breath, and went over to unlock the door.

When the zombies heard the movement, the squeezed in the crack of the door and prepared to extend their hands to the prey. Li Chang’s heart trembled and pressed the against the door to prevent it from opening fast, enough for zombies to run inside.

The glass door was slippery and the zombie also had rotten skin. When it squeezed itself into it, a trace was left on the glass door, which was very disgusting.

Li Chang was only 30 centimeters apart from the zombie who was stuck halfway up. If he hadn’t blocked it with a shield, he would be caught by the zombie.

Li Ge quickly swung his axe and chopped off the zombie’s head.

Li Chang breathed a sigh of relief, but another zombie took the opportunity to run in.

“It’s coming in!” Hao Jian yelled. Li Ge who was relaxed hurriedly swung his axe.

They saw the axe fall, but it only hit the zombie’s shoulder. Li Ge’s face turned pale, and he was about to retreat when Hao Jian rushed over from the side, grabbed his axe and Li Chan’s shield, immediately locked the zombie’s movements, and severely chopped down on its head.

“. . .”

Li Chang and Li Ge collapsed on the ground. They couldn’t believe that they were almost killed just now!

Lian Ru Ning was used seeing such a scene. She quickly walked to the door to observe and found that there was another zombie’s shadow outside.

“Another zombie is here.”

Hao Jian made a decisive decision and walked outside, “I will kill it. You and Xin Ting will pick up our weapons.”

Lian Ru Ning followed behind her and just yelled out, “Be careful!” When she saw that she had already rushed towards the zombie.

Lian Ru Ning didn’t have much time to worry about Hao Jian. This was a critical moment of life and death. If she didn’t get their weapon back, then they would have to die here.

When the head of the zombie that Li Ge had chopped of just now rolled under Xin Ting’s feet, she almost screamed. It is Hao Jian and the others who have figured out a countermeasure, but she was still afraid. It was an uncontrollable fear that comes from the bones.

When Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning both rushed out, she also wanted to go out, but she realized that her legs were a little weak.

She saw Li Chand who collapsed on the ground, Li Ge who was about to stand up to help Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning, and the old and weak women and children hiding in the corner, covering their mouths and dared not to make a sound.

This short half-day allowed her to experience the threat of death and the ugliness of human nature. If she still fails to change, then she will not be able to keep up with Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning’s pace and will be affected by Li Chang and Li Ge. She will think that she’s a weak woman who needs a man to survive.

So she rushed out.

“A zombie has been killed, experience gained: +5 , points gained: +10”

“A zombie has been killed, experience gained: +5, points gained: +10”

“Saved people once, experience gained: +1, points gained: +2”

Hao Jian killed the zombies, but two more zombies ran towards them without delay, and behind them, more zombies also rushed when they heard movements.

“Hao Jian!” Lian Ru Ning handed the crowbar to Hao Jian while she grabbed a paring knife and chopped off at the approaching zombies.

It was like an explosion of emotions that has accumulated for a long time, and it was like and enlightenment that was born after death. Lian Ru Ning’s movements became more determined and fierce than before.

Li Ge secretly rejoiced in the back that his brother hadn’t had time to do anything against Lian Ru Ning, otherwise, their fate would’ve been the same as these zombies!

He didn’t have time to be in a daze anymore. While Hao Jian and the others were dealing with the zombies, he had to figure out the way forward. As Hao Jian said, there will never be a shortage of zombies here. After eating the things in the convenience store, they have to wait to die.

Unless. . .

“Brother, let Mom and the others come out, let’s drive back to the countryside!” Li Ge whispered to Li Chang who came out.

Li Chang wondered, “Where will we get the car?”

Li Ge smiled, “We promised to let them go, but we didn’t promise not to grab their things, didn’t we?”