CH 57

Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning didn’t tell the others about the guard’s plan of ambush, but they still discussed their arrangements.

Their plans were led by Lian Ru Ning while Hao Jian was sleeping since she also consulted Hao Jian regarding the feasibility of their plan earlier in the morning.

“Take a look at these points,” Lian Ru Ning presented the notebook in her hand that had the map of the area from the provincial road near the highway. She then circled several points in which ‘Wugui’ might be stationed or attack them.

Because they didn’t know how much manpower the military’s ambush would attract, they had to treat each road as areas where ‘Wugui’ might be and be vigilant of them.

“Let’s check if there are any motorcycles we can use and split up. The five of us acting together will catch too much attention and their firepower would focus on us.”

Shi Gong Dui made a fist pump, “Then I’ll share the car with Lian Ru Ning! With her intellect and my technical skills, we’re a perfect match!”

Just as he finished speaking, he felt the temperature around him suddenly turn cold. When he looked around, he caught a glimpse of Hao Jian’s cold eyes that looked away.

“. . .” Why does he feel that every time he gets close to Lian Ru Ning, her eyes turn dangerous?

Could it be that Hao Jian likes him so she’s dissatisfied with him being close to other women?

So, Hao Jian is a typical tsundere queen?

Just thinking about it, Shi Gong Dui felt a leather whip hanging over his head that would hit him at any time. However, he isn’t a masochist. He can only feel sorry for Hao Jian’s ‘affection’ in his heart as he only loves 2D girls.

Lian Ru Ning chuckled instead. Although it was a little embarrassing, she wasn’t rude, “Thank you, but I think that intellect and fighting capability is a better match. Technical skills should be left in the rear.”

The other three people in the car understood that Lian Ru Ning’s plans on partnering up with Hao Jian and Peng Mao didn’t find it unusual, they often partner up together after all. Xin Ting was still thinking about Hao Jian’s words, but she didn’t feel any sense of loss for being left behind.

But Shi Gong Dui sighed with regret, “Classmate Lian Ru Ning is right, technical talents like me should stay behind for safety

“You’re so shameless.” Peng Mao was stunned. Shi Gong Dui was even more cunning than him in that he actually found a reason to hide in the back with nothing to worry about.

At this moment, Lian Ru Ning received pictures on her phone. When she took it out to take a look, she was surprised for a moment and glanced at Hao Jian before looking away.

The picture looks a little blurry, but one can still roughly figure out that it’s the situation next to a highway:

The highway is lined with uneven buildings and stores, as well as two 4S shops. On the spacious provincial road, broken cars and carts have been cleared to the sides, leaving a passable road of several meters wide. However, there are blocks of wooden fences across the middle.

There were no signs of zombies in the area, but there were quite a few on the periphery.

Obviously, the photo was taken from the sky, but no one among them has drones that could take aerial photography. She also heard about the ambush of the military from Hao Jian, so this picture was most likely sent by the military.

Her mobile phone was taken by the military before and it’s possible that it was tampered with. The reason why Hu Dan gave it to her was also probably discussed with Hao Jian.

Hao Jian’s evaluation of her abilities makes her a little down, but also a little happy. Is this what they call ‘sweet burden’?

Lian Ru Ning was curious about the specifics of the ambush, but so far, aside from the palm-sized aerial drone appearing on the screen to scout around carefully, no other machines or people have appeared.

“Why haven’t we seen any zombies along the way?” Peng Mao suddenly felt that something was wrong. Aside from the scattered zombies they met outside the reservoir at the beginning, they had been walking for half an hour and hadn’t seen any zombies.

Lian Ru Ning had a vague guess about the situation. She saw military trucks on the screen and a large group of walkers trailing behind. There weren’t thousands but a couple hundreds of them.

She seemed to understand the military’s plans.

It wasn’t an ambush, it was a plan to use zombies and have them reduce the combat power of ‘Wugui’ and the small gangs that took advantage of the battle!

However, she didn’t think the military’s plans were wrong, after all, they had lost a lot of personnel and their chances of winning against the large forces of ‘Wugui’ is very slim.

Besides, the members of ‘Wuigui’ were already dead to her, so whether they were bitten to death by zombies or killed by the military, she wouldn’t have the slightest pity for them.

Not long after, there was movement on the roofs of residential buildings and in the shops. Several armed men ran out and shot the drone while the others aimed for the military truck in the distance.

Lian Ry Ning couldn’t hear what was happening so she could only tell by the blurring picture on the screen, “Hao Jian, it’s starting.”

Hao Jian already had a plan in mind and drove the car to a hundred yards in an instant.

“What’s starting?” Xin Ting immediately asked, although she found that Lian RU Ning had been staring at her phone, she didn’t have the habit of peeking into other people’s phones, so she didn’t go over to see what Lian Ru Ning was looking at.

“Our plan!” Lian Ru Ning smiled slightly.

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When the footage ended, Lian Ru Ning knew that Hu Dan cut it off, indicating that their mission over there was nearing completion.

She wasn’t sure how the military would fight against the remaining ‘Wugui’ forces, but guerilla warfare gas had always been the military’s specialty and she wasn’t worried that the already vigilant team would still lose.

She retracted her phone and whispered in Hao Jian’s ear, “The footage is gone, probably because the drone was taken back.”

“Then you sit tight,” Hao Jian pretty much enjoyed Lian Ru Ning’s voice in her ear despite it was only the two of them now and they could speak louder. . . .

The two of them were lucky enough to pick up a red and black Suzuki motorcycle on their way and although it had a few dents in some places, it didn’t hinder its performance.

Unsurprisingly, Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning formed a team to scout and open the road ahead of them while Peng Mao drove the car with Xin Ting in charge of communicating with Lian Ru Ning from behind. Shi Gong Dui was still tinkering with his equipment in the passenger seat.

When he entered the range where he could tap into the communications of ‘Wugui’ on the provincial road, a lot of noisy voices came out from Shi Gong Dui’s computer.

“Help–“

“Has the military gone crazy?! How dare they lure so many zombies here!”

“Isn’t the military supposed to be a self-proclaimed department of justice?! I really should tell the whole world what they’re doing!”

“Damn it! Fuck the military!”

A burst of gunfire was mixed with the cries of ‘Wugui’ as they begged for mercy and whispers among the accomplices.

Peng Mao honked his horn with joy, “They deserve it! Those people deserve it!”

“What’s going on?” Lian Ru Ning asked Xin TIng over the intercom.

Xin Ting told them what they had overheard and explained a bit more about the sound of the horn, “Peng Mao was too excited and honked the horn to celebrate.”

“The sounds of the cars can already attract some walkers. If you want to attract more zombies or get the ‘Wugui’s attention, then please honk a few more times.” Hao Jian said indifferently.

Peng Mao resentfully rubbed the tip of his nose and said, “I just caught up in the spur of the moment, there won’t be the next time.”

Shi Gong Dui instead grabbed the intercom and asked, “Classmate, is it possible that the escort team had some mission? Did you know about it for a while now?”

“Really?” Peng Mao hurriedly asked, “Why didn’t you tell us earlier?”

“Head Contractor, are you dividing us?” Hao Jian asked rhetorically.

“. . .” Shi Gong Dui noticed the questioning gaze from the driver’s seat behind him and busily waved his hand, “No, I don’t mean that at all!”

“Then what do you mean?” Peng Mao asked.

During their journey, he couldn’t think of what Hao Jian would do that would be disadvantageous for them, not to mention Hao Jian has her own secrets that she had no reason to tell them. If his will wasn’t so firm, he may have been consumed by anxiety about Hao Jian concealing it from them.

Although Hao Jian didn’t explain much, Peng Mao also figured it out. If the trust they had built between them would easily be shaken by a few words, then there was no need for them to travel together.

“I just. . . I’m just thinking that classmate Hao and classmate Lian are so smart so they should have guessed it. I really didn’t mean to divide you guys. You must know that we have to travel together, so what good will it do me to exclude you?” Shi Gong Dui was so anxious that he broke a lot of sweat dripping from his forehead.

Peng Mao and Xin Ting didn’t say anything, instead, Lian Ru Ning responded, “Well, this issue will be put aside for now. Only by working together can we get out of this predicament. The next section of the road is not very good so we have to be careful.”

“We will all listen to classmate Lian!” Shi Gong Dui said to prove that he really didn’t mean anything else.

Lian Ru Ning kept the walkie-talkie and hugged Hao Jian’s waist from behind. The wind hit her face, drying the sweat that had been flowing down.

She rested her head against Hao Jian’s back and asked, “Are you feeling uncomfortable now?”

“No, little junior sister is holding me just right and I don’t feel hot even if the wind is blowing.” Hao Jian answered.

“?” Lian Ru Ning thought for a while before blushing, “I was asking if you’re still feeling sick, not if my hugging was uncomfortable!”

“Oh, I feel much better than I did this morning.”

Lian RU Ning breathed a sigh of relief and took the binoculars to look ahead. She found that the number of zombies on the road suddenly increased.

“Oh ho, we’re almost at the ‘Wugui’s territory, right? Should we go straight through or what? Should we o and see the battle situation over there?” Shi Gong Dui said over the intercom and Peng Mao’s voice arguing with him could be faintly heard in the background.

“The highway was cleared by the military before and according to the results of their reconnaissance, although there are also zombies roaming over there, there won’t be any obstacles within twenty kilometers.” Hao Jian told them.

Hao Jian paused and handed the walkie-talkie to Lian Ru Ning as she needed to concentrate on driving to avoid the surrounding zombies. Lian Ru Ning then added to Hao Jian’s words, sounding serious, “We will meet on the expressway, until then it’s up to us whether we live or die.”

The intercom was silent, but it could be seen that Peng Mao increased their speed and crashed through the zombies like a fierce man.

With the map in her consciousness, Hao Jian quickly turned to a deserted lane. Despite being close to the city center and one of the main roads, the development was still underway so the paths were still full of weeds and dilapidated buildings around.

At the end of the trail is a bumpy dirt road, because the nearby buildings have been under construction for a long time, all kinds of big trucks would use the road. Rocks and dirt would be flattened by the large wheels that made the road look like it was dug.

Hao Jian drove the motorcycle through various narrow lanes like an expert. The zombies were waiting for them to ambush them, but the two were able to slip out. The zombies could do nothing but give chase, despite not catching up, they showed no signs of giving up.

Lian Ru Ning tightly hugged Hao Jian’s waist. Although she was confused as to why Hao Jian was so familiar with the surroundings, she didn’t ask during their escape.

At this moment, a small zombie leaped out in front of them but was run over before it had any time to move.

Lian Ru Ning couldn’t help but look back. The little zombie should have been only ten years old before its death. It was still wearing its school uniform with ‘Sixth Grade’ printed on it. Both its body and uniform were relatively clean but there were congealed bloodstains on its mouth.

It got up from the ground and quickly chased after them.

Lian Ru Ning thought about it and said, “We rarely see such small zombies along the way.”

“Zombies don’t stop with just one bite when attacking. Children are not yet well developed and are particularly vulnerable in many places like their necks, so they can only become food after being attacked. If children become zombies, it’s usually through scratches or bites that didn’t cause a larger area of damage. Although there could be something else. . .”

“What could it be?” Lian Ru Ning asked.

The wind whistled in her ears. The motorcycle leaped out of the alleyway and appeared on the highway but Lian Ru Ning’s body ran cold.