Chapter 60 The Flock of Crows

at night!

“Dumb—! Dumb—! Dumb—!…”

In the quiet of the night, a hoarse cry startled Han Shuo awake.

"What's that sound!" Han Shuo quickly sat up in bed.

Xiao Zhao also woke up after hearing the noise.

"Brother Han, what's wrong?" Xiao Zhao was sleeping more soundly, his eyes still a little dazed.

"Shh—!" By the moonlight shining through the window, Xiao Zhao could see Han Shuo's gesture.

As a soldier, Xiao Zhao reacted quickly and immediately regained his senses. He remained silent until he heard the sound.

“Dumb—dumb—…”

The call wasn't loud, but it could be heard coming from a very distant direction.

Han Shuo quickly analyzed the situation. This kind of sound was definitely not something a zombie could make, but he couldn't tell what kind of creature it was for the time being.

Xiao Zhao, who was on the lower bunk, got up faster than Han Shuo and ran to the window to look outside!

"Brother Han, come quick! There's a fire over there! It looks like someone's there!" Xiao Zhao said in a low voice.

Han Shuo quickly got up, put on his coat, and walked briskly to Xiao Zhao's side.

Sure enough, Han Shuo saw flames burning in a two-story building in the service area across the street, but it was too far away, and apart from a little light, he couldn't see what was going on inside.

"Dumb—dumb—!" The voice from afar continued to drift in.

"Brother Han, here you go!"

Suddenly, Xiao Zhao took out a pair of binoculars from his backpack and handed them to Han Shuo.

"You still have this?" Han Shuo asked in surprise, turning his head to ask.

"Yes, I took them before leaving the assembly point. There were a lot of them in the army before!"

Han Shuo didn't ask any more questions. He pushed aside the shield and looked across the other side with his binoculars.

Sure enough, there really were people on the other side!

Moreover, there were quite a few people. Han Shuo counted, and there were a total of 13 people on the second floor. Judging from their clothes, they were survivors who had escaped here!

There were 13 people: 9 men and 4 women. There were no elderly people or children!

Everyone was dressed very thinly.

There was a restaurant on the second floor. Presumably because it was cold, these people had gathered around the tables and lit fires to keep warm. The fire that Han Shuo had just spotted was from there.

Han Shuo hadn't expected that in such a remote place, he would actually run into other people.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Because of that armored zombie, there are no other zombies here. If someone finds this place, they certainly won't miss it!

“There are indeed people there, 13 of them! They’re lighting a fire to keep warm,” Han Shuo said softly, handing the binoculars to Xiao Zhao.

"Let me see!" Xiao Zhao raised his binoculars to check the situation.

Han Shuo stopped paying attention to Xiao Zhao and didn't care about the people in the service area across the street. Even if the two sides met and clashed, Han Shuo believed that they would not pose a threat to them.

Because the two of them had guns!

Han Shuo remained vigilant, the sound coming from afar. He had looked around all the nearby windows but saw only darkness, finding no suspicious traces whatsoever!

"Dumb—! Dumb—..." The voice of the unknown creature continued to come, growing closer and closer...

"Come quick! Holy crap, Han, look what those flying things in the sky are!"

Suddenly, Xiao Zhao cried out in surprise, without putting down his binoculars for even a moment!

Han Shuo's heart sank, and he quickly grabbed the binoculars to check!

What Han Shuo saw next left him breathless.

And there it was!

A flock of dark birds flew towards the restaurant on the second floor of the service area across the street, their red eyes densely covering the entire sky!

Even if Han Shuo were to make a conservative estimate, there would definitely be several thousand of them. Most importantly, these red eyes only appear on infected animals!

Soon, the flock of birds reached the outside of the building, flapping their wings and seemingly oblivious to the pain as they crashed into the windows!

Only when he got closer, through the brightness of the flames, could Han Shuo see the birds clearly!

Black feathers, black beak, black legs, black claws... Except for a pair of scarlet eyes, its entire body is black!

"It's a flock of crows! All of them infected with the Ice Crystal Virus!" Han Shuo exclaimed in surprise.

"What!?" Xiao Zhao stood there, stunned.

"Quick! Go and close all the windows in this building!" Han Shuo suddenly shouted, because through his binoculars he noticed that a window in the restaurant across the street was not properly closed.

The flock of crows quickly spotted the gap, and in the blink of an eye, they gathered together, turned around, and swooped down towards the spot!

By then, it was too late for the survivors inside to close the windows!

One flock of crows after another swarmed into the house.

"It's over!" Han Shuo thought to himself, put down the binoculars, and quickly checked all the windows with Xiao Zhao.

After locking everything up, the two returned to the room and breathed a sigh of relief!

...

After having some free time, Xiao Zhao also picked up the binoculars and took a look.

"That's terrifying! That's horrifying! Who can stop such a flock of crows?"

Xiao Zhao was covered in a cold sweat, but at the same time he was very relieved that the flock of crows had not targeted the two of them first.

When Han Shuo picked up the binoculars again to look around, the restaurant across the street was already a complete mess!

Although he was so far away that he couldn't hear the sounds from there, Han Shuo could see all the survivors inside, each with a face full of fear and shouting!

Especially their eyes, which were filled with despair!

This was a one-sided massacre, in which no one was able to resist!

One by one, the survivors were pounced on and fell. The restaurant was littered with shed crow feathers, corpses, and bits of flesh. Even the windows were splattered with blood!

Until the last man fell under the claws of countless crows, he never got up again!

"They're all dead." Han Shuo muttered to himself, his face expressionless, but his mood was incredibly bad because he was afraid—afraid that the flock of crows would discover the two of them soon!

"Keep quiet and away from light. The crows must have been attracted by the fire they lit."

Han Shuo's thoughts raced, and he quickly made a judgment! He then gave Xiao Zhao a reminder.

Xiao Zhao covered his mouth and nodded.

Just then, Han Shuo finished speaking!

Suddenly, Han Shuo saw that there were two survivors on the first floor, a man and a woman!

The two may have been doing something intimate downstairs, which is why they escaped death and did not die at the scene like the other survivors.

The two survivors also saw the flock of crows, quickly put on their clothes, ran downstairs, and got into the nearest car!

Ignite the engine, shift gears, and quickly escape this terrifying land of death!

The roar of the car engine quickly attracted the attention of a flock of crows, who chased after the car.

Judging from the direction the car was heading, it was heading towards Han Shuo's building!

Han Shuo's pupils shrank instantly, because! They had forgotten to check the gate!

He wasn't sure if the door downstairs was locked when Xiao Zhao came up last!