CH 25.2

When Lian Ru Ning went to Hao Jian, Peng Mao and Xin Ting also sat down to chat together. Although Xin Ting mentioned some of their experiences before, Peng Mao still knows very little about them, so he asked Xin Ting, “Where are you going next?”

Xin Ting thought for a while and felt that there is nothing wrong with telling him about their plans to go to Southern City, so she told him the truth.

“Then your parents are in Southern City?”

Xin Ting was taken aback and she shook her head, “I grew up in Yangshi City, so my parents are in Yangshi City. The reason why I was a teacher in a township school is because I was studying at the normal university when the position opened in the market. It was an arrangement for an internship in an elementary school.”

“Don’t you worry about them?”

“Yang City is a small city between the third of fourth tier, and my family is in the town. Compared to the city, it is quite safe. Not to mention my dad is brave and powerful as Hao Jian. He will protect my mother’s safety.”

Peng Mao did not expect that although Xin Ting was timid, she was very trusting and optimistic towards her parents.

“From here to Yangshi, you have to pass through the Southern City, so you are going home?!” Peng Mao said.

Xin Ting was silent. In fact, she didn’t have a clear goal for where she was going. At the beginning, she left Xinhe Elementary School only because of the siege of a group of zombies. After leaving there, she didn’t have the courage to go alone, so she confusedly followed Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning on the road.

Until she came here, she still had time to calm down and think about the way forward.

“What about you?” Xin Ting asked rhetorically.

Peng Mao thought for a while, “Before I met you, I thought I was bound to die. How could I plan a way forward? But I heard from Ding Gu-nian’s group that there might be corresponding rescue measures in the military area. If I go there, I might be lucky. The nearest military base is in Southern City. Why don’t I go to Southern City with you!”

Xin Ting didn’t know whether Peng Mao was trustworthy. She wanted to ask Hao Jian before giving him an answer. She didn’t tell him the truth, instead she told him, “You have found a direction to live your life, that’s great. You can talk to Hao Jian about it later, she always had an idea and can arrange it properly.”

Peng Mao said, “She really is amazing. You all seem to trust Hao Jian. Although she looks tall and thing, I didn’t expect her to be so explosive. Is she an athlete?”

“I don’t know what she does. . .”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Xin Ting was taken aback and Peng Mao listened for a moment. The sound outside the door knocked three times and after a while, it rang three times again. Not like the sound of a zombie grabbing the door.

He was about to open the door when Hao Jian went downstairs.

“The three people outside, they have knives in the hands, be careful!” Hao Jian whispered.

Peng Mao was startled and asked hurriedly, “Who are they?”

“They don’t have anything but knives, so they may be villagers here.”

The ground lock of the house was actually broken, so Hao Jian and the others used sofas to block the door. They were still very vigilant for fear of a strong attack.

“Who?” Peng Mao asked under Hao Jian’s instructions.

“We should be the ones asking you that. Who are you and why are in the third child’s house?”

Peng Mao also understood and immediately cursed in a low voice, “Damn, these people are here to blackmail!”

They obviously saw the zombies outside the door, and they didn’t come early or late. They waited for them to settle in before coming over when the sun went down. They didn’t want to know who they were, but they want to use the house for shelter and threaten Hao Jian’s group for benefits.

“What to do?” Peng Mao asked.

They knew that the zombies in this village had been temporarily wiped out, so they dared to come out. If they provoke them, it is difficult to guarantee that the whole village will not come out, and they will have no where to go.

Hao Jian cursed, “Tsk, I really can’t underestimate people’s desperation.”

Hao Jian asked Peng Mao to say in a deep voice, “We don’t know the third child. We just passed by. Seeing that there is no one here, we came to spend the night.”

There was a moment of silence outside the door until the voice said again, “This is no good. This is my brother’s house. How can we let strangers in casually? Come out!’

“Isn’t your brother dead? If you value your brother so much, why don’t you collect the body for their family? You see how pitiful they are lying outside.” Hao Jian said.

Peng Mao felt that something bad was going to happen and Hao Jian’s tone was too disrespectful. If she offends the other party, it really won’t be pretty!

The other party was really anxious and knocked on the door directly using the knife, “Damn you robbers! Quickly open the door, otherwise things will not look good!”

“Go ahead and try!” Hao Jian patted Peng Mao on the shoulder.

Peng Mao looked at her blankly. It took him a while to understand what she meant so he said fiercely, “If you have the ability to smash the door open, then do it. This door has not been broken for a while anyway, but the zombies will come by smelling the wind. Let’s see who will survive in the end!”

The people outside the door were to threatened that they became really timid. They had been watching from their homes for a while, and then they saw through the windows that they were cooking noodles. Considering that there is not much food in the village, they thought of robbing Hao Jian’s group.

But as Peng Mao said, they couldn’t open this door for a while, but zombies would appear at any time.”

Between continuing to find food and saving themselves, they retreated, but they were unwilling to let them leave like this.

“Okay, we will let you stay for one night. Don’t you dare come out tomorrow!” The other party said the cruel words and left.

After hearing nothing, Peng Mao breathes a sigh of relief, but he was still very worried, “What if they block us tomorrow?”

“I’ll talk to them by that time,” Hao Jian waved her hand and said to Xin Ting, “Go and let Lian Ru Ning come down, they already know that we were watching them from above.”

“Aren’t we going to be on watch?” Xin Ting asked.

“Watch, but you will have to guard later. It is most appropriate to be on watch when they are blinded by the dark lights.”

After speaking, Hao Jian went to the family’s bedroom and found a set of relatively clean clothes to change after taking a bath. Of course, she couldn’t wear other people’s underwear as her own.

When Lian Ru Ning came down, there was a lot of movement. As Hao Jian said, only if people surrounding them know that there is no one on top of the building will they show their true colors.

After she came down, the sky was completely dark. Among the four, she hadn’t eaten anything yet. She held the bowl of cold noodles and ate them all.

After she finished eating, Hao Jian came out of the shower. She was wearing a loose short-sleeved shirt with a Scottish skirt that only covered two-thirds of her thighs. Her calves were straight and slender and she also had slender legs.

While she was wiping her wet long hair, water droplets rolled from her neck to her collarbone, painting an indescribable beauty.

“This house has three bedrooms. Except for the one on the first floor, there are two upstairs. Let’s allocate the work tonight.” Hao Jian said, “There must be someone watching the night and the bedroom on the first floor must be the one who will keep an eye on the movement outside.”

Lian RU Ning agrees, “I think the bedroom on the first floor is best for two people. One person can be on guard immediately when there is movement outside, and the other person can go and notify the people upstairs.”

“That way, those who will watch on the third floor and those resting on the second floor will rotate and the two on the first floor will also rotate.” Peng Mao added.

Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning looked at each other. The latter said, “Then I will be with Hao Jian, and you will be with Xin Ting.”

Peng Mao and Xin Ting’s combat effectiveness is not high and the work of watching on the roof is just right for them. Hao Jian has always been wary. She must stay on the first floor. As for Lian Ru Ning, it is purely from her ability to deal with danger.

As a result, Peng Mao and Xin Ting had no objection.

Although there is electricity here, the people surrounding them didn’t turn on the lights. If they turn them on, it would be tantamount to exposing themselves to danger. Fortunately, this family still had a lamp and the flashlights were all searched. The lamp needs electricity, so it was not taken away.

When it was a little later, Peng Mao sneaked up to the top of the building according to their original plan. Xin Ting wanted to replace Peng Mao so she had to rest early.

After Hao Jian inspected the house, she returned to the bedroom after confirming that there were no omissions.

Due to the hot weather, Lian Ru Ning abandoned the bed and the sheets on the ground. She can also use the height of the bed to block the view from the window at the same time.

When Hao Jian came in, Lian Ru Ning laid on the ground, subconsciously shining it with a lamp. As soon as she looked up, she saw under the skirt which scared her to quickly move back the light of the desk lamp.

“You—” She opened her mouth.

Hao Jian sat down beside her and looked at her suspiciously.

“There are a lot of pants in the closet, why did you choose a skirt?” Lian Ru Ning asked.

“Wearing a skirt is more convenient than wearing pants. Of course, I also prepared a pair of pants, which I will change in tomorrow morning.” Hao Jian explained.

Lian Ru Ning said, “Well, I understand. After all, I heard that the soldiers in Scotland wear kilts without underwear.”

After that, her cheeks burned like fire and she regretted why she had to say something like that. She didn’t know if Hao Jian would be embarrassed!

Obviously, Hao Jian would not be embarrassed. She lay on her side next to Lian Ru Ning, looking at her with a smile, “My underwear is being washed. You’ve seen it all, so why are you shy?”

“. . .” Lian Ru Ning covered her face, “I didn’t see it.”

Hao Jian chuckled and changed the subject, “You go to bed first?”

“You, you go to sleep first!”

Hao Jian did not object, so she laid down and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

Lain Ru Ning dimmed the light, and the faint light hit Hao Jian’s face. Some of her beauty revealed in the dimness.

Somehow, she wondered how Li Chang would take her so blindly. If she was Li Chang, she would definitely choose Hao Jian.

After a while, she was surprised by her own thoughts

What am I thinking about?!

“Ru Ning, Ru Ning, wake up.”

In her sleep, Lian Ru Ning heard someone calling her softly. She thought about it ignorantly and suddenly woke up, but saw Xin Ting squatting beside her.

She was taken aback and hurriedly looked around. Hao Jian was not lying beside her and the curtain at the window opened a slight gap, revealing a ray of dark light.

“Where is Hao Jian? What time is it?” She asked hurriedly.

“Half past four. Hao Jian and Peng Mao are making arrangements to leave, so get up and prepare!” Xin Ting said.

Lian Ru Ning breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also very embarrassed. She fell asleep without knowing it last night. She slept for seven hours. She didn’t know when Hao Jian woke up, but she didn’t wake her up.

She packed up her things and walked out of the bedroom. She saw Hao Jian using a condom to tie a lot of stones around Peng Mao’s waist as a rope. She also used a condom to make a slingshot, “This is a long-range attack weapon, you take it with you.”

She has changed into pants, her hiking shoes are still under her feet, the shoulder bag she bought yesterday is on her back, a crowbar and her knife are pinned to her waist. She still looked so sassy and heroic.

“The early morning is the easiest time for them to relax their vigilance. We can only leave at this time if we don’t want to face them. And there are already shadows of zombies outside. We will take advantage of the number of zombies that we can deal and leave as soon as possible!” Hao Jian said to Lian Ru Ning.

“Well, I have already packed up.” Lian Ru Ning threw away some useless things in her backpack and learned from Hao Jian to tie her hair into balls.

But she didn’t have a rubber band, so she used a condom. Only then did she have to admit that Hao Jian was really know leadable and could even think of using condoms like this.

The four opened the door lightly and looked around. The village was still silent, and there were no people watching.

“There is a road next to the temple that can cross the city to the suburbs, so we have to go back to the temple. The road is a little bit far from the temple, so we have to be careful. If you run into danger, run away. If you get lost, go along the river. Go.” Hao Jian reminded.

The rest nodded their heads heavily.

They didn’t go far, and the zombies behind them chased them. In the dim environment, they could only see the outline of the zombies. Hao Jian lifted the crowbar and knocked it along that outline, but she didn’t hit the vital point of the zombie. The zombie hit the wall and the went up and hit it again.

It wasn’t until the system prompt sounded in her mind that she was sure that the zombie has lost its function.

Because of the movement made by her here and the calls made by the zombies before, some movement was heard in the surrounding houses.

“Go!” Hao Jian stopped delaying and ran ahead first.

Another shadow shot out from behind a house. Hao Jian heard the voice and discerned that it was not a living person, so she did not hesitate to attack. It was useless to use a crowbar, so she used her Gurkha army knife.

“Don’t let them get away, hurry up!” Yesterday’s man’s voice came from behind.

Hao Jian’s words echoed in their hearts, their movement accelerated.

When they ran out of the village, the sky was already blue. Although it was only faint blue, their visual range has improved.

Seeing them running away, those who chased them were also worried that they would encounter zombies so they could only stop and curse bitterly, “Damn, they got away!”

“Why chase them?” Someone asked.

“They have food on them!”

“I saw that they were going to buy from Ade.” One replied.

“Ade said t hat he never sold food to them at all. He only sold a broken backpack and they were willing to spend two hundred yuan to but a broken backpack. There must be valuable things on them!”

“But wouldn’t it be too good for us to rob?”

The leader was very angry, “In this world, everyone is robbing, so what’s wrong with us doing it? They are going to die anyway, why can’t they give us their valuable things?”

The man murmured again, “Now there’s a lack of food everywhere, what can I do if I have money?”

The leader said, “Who said that money can’t do anything? You didn’t know the last time that group of people could give us food as long as we had money?!”

They argued s they walked back to the village and someone behind them murmured, “Hey, those three girls are so good-looking. It would be nice if they could stay.”

Another person laughed and cursed, “It’s not your to say, right? Your family is fierce!”

“Hey! Don’t mention it, she didn’t know what was going on last night. When we did it, she became nauseated and vomited, and she looked sick. I lost all interest in her.”

“Nausea and vomiting? According to them, she has never touched zombies. Isn’t she there?”

“I asked her to take medicine. She was pregnant at this time. It was really terrible. The food at home won’t last for a few days. I don’t want to add another mouth!”

The person talking to him flashed his eyes and whispered, “I have food.”

“You?”

This person understood what he meant in an instant, and his heart burst into anger. But after another thought, in this world, survival is more important than anything.

Hao Jian and the rest who were far away from the village naturally didn’t know the nastiness among the villagers. They didn’t know whether they passed the embankment yesterday and attracted the zombies here. They met a few more zombies on the road.

Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning have seen why Ding Gu-nian’s group disliked Peng Mao. It’s because even if he throws stones, he doesn’t do much damage to the zombies.

Hao Jian couldn’t stand it anymore. She took a bag of stones and then used all her strength to throw it at the zombie who was running towards them. The big bag of stones hit the zombies head. Although it didn’t feel any pain, it still fell unbalanced to the ground.

Before the zombie got up, Hao Jian had already carried the knife and killed it.

“Wow!” For the first time, Peng Mao clearly saw Hao Jian’s heroic figure killing a zombie.

Lian Ru Ning gritted her teeth, “What are you saying ‘wow’? If you have time to marvel, it’s better to help Hao Jian defend the rear!”

Peng Mao ran over in shame, holding the wooden stick he had picked up on the ground and slammed it up at another zombie. There was a river beside the zombie and rolled down after being hit by him. After falling in, it couldn’t climb back up anymore.

He also used this wooden stick to successfully poke a zombie who’s abdomen had been hollowed on the ground, allowing Xin Ting to come forward and use the fruit knife to deal with it.

Looking at the zombies that were completely motionless, Peng Mao was very excited. He patted Xin Ting on the shoulder, “I did it!”

Xin Ting also slowly recovered. She actually slashed the zombie like crazy just know. Of course, if Peng Mao hadn’t restricted the movement of the zombie, she would have no chance to approach it.

“Well, you did it!” Xin Ting encouraged.

Peng Mao wanted to tell Hao Jian and the others that he was also a combative person, but he saw the zombie corpses around along the way. His mood of showing off suddenly disappeared.

The two of them came along and killed so many zombies I have ever seen. Xin Ting and I Teamed up to deal with a zombie, what is there to be happy about?

“There are more zombies, indicating that we are not far from the main road.” Hao Jian didn’t see Peng Mao’s joy, but she analyzed Lian Ru Ning’s condition.

The avenue she was talking about was the road leading to the highway intersection in this city. It was more than ten kilometers away from the city center, surrounded by farmland. There was also a flower market. A few kilometers ahead is the Civic Park and Conference Center.

“Although a lot of properties have been built over there, it is usually very desolate. Only candidates for Subject 3 will practice cars here. . . ” Peng Mao is still very familiar with the environment over there.

“But this road is a highway intersection and the highway after the national highway is down. It is bound to be traffic jam. Maybe before the road is cleared, there will be zombies biting people.”

As soon as they finished speaking, they saw several cars parked in nearby fields and river slopes, including cars and busses. All of them rolled over or deformed. The situation is not so good before they reach the avenue, what more if they arrive in the avenue itself.