Chapter 41

After receiving Lin Bai's praise, Xiya gradually stopped crying, but her arms were still tightly around Lin Bai, and she was obviously a little scared.

After Xiya calmed down, she whispered about what she had encountered without waiting for others to ask.

"I crawled out of the pipe and followed my mother's instructions. I looked at the vent over there and saw it was locked. I went out to find the valve, and as soon as I got out, I saw a zombie next to it..."

When talking about zombies, Xiya's voice trembled, and she shrank into Lin Bai's arms: "It was an ordinary zombie... I, I have fire abilities, I think I can beat it... Then, another zombie appeared... I used my abilities and the knife my mother gave me to kill them..."

Xiya didn't describe the fighting process clearly, but experienced people like Lou Tiannan could tell the general idea at a glance. The zombies all had burn marks on their bodies, and knife marks on their pupils, foreheads, and chests. The marks were consistent with the dagger marks on Xiya's doll's legs.

Those two zombies were as tall as adults, and it took Xiya, who was only a little over one meter tall, a lot of effort to fight them.

"Xiya is so amazing!" Song Yan praised her.

Xiya sniffed and raised her head. "Thank you, Aunt Song Yan." She had to be polite.

Song Yan, who was promoted to "Auntie": "..."

"Hahahaha——" Zhou Yu laughed out loud on the side.

Xiya was hugged by Lin Bai, and her heart gradually relaxed. She looked at Lin Bai's profile so close to her, and couldn't help but lean forward and kiss him.

The soft touch on her cheek startled Lin Bai slightly. She lowered her eyes to look at Xiya, who had a blush on her pale face. Her round eyes looked at Lin Bai expectantly, "Mom, can you kiss me?"

Lin Bai used his other hand to press Xiya's face back into the crook of his neck and said in a cold voice, "No."

"Okay." Xiya rubbed her soft face against Lin Bai's neck and was very happy. She kissed her mother, and her mother comforted her and hugged her. Her mother is the best mother!

Above the platform they were on was the iron cover on the street, weighing more than two hundred pounds. This was not a problem for the few people in the federal army. The main reason was that no one knew what was on top of the iron cover that was more than ten centimeters thick.

"We are in Chengbei Third Street, South District 1." Lin Bai said.

Zhou Yu was just about to ask Lin Bai how he knew that when he saw Lou Tiannan shining a flashlight on the iron cover, which had the stamp of "Nan Yi CB3" on it.

He had another question: "Lin Bai, how come you are so familiar with the underground garbage disposal pipelines?"

“I’ve been here before.”

"Been here?" What was she doing here?

Not only Zhou Yu, but everyone else was also very curious, but it was obvious that Lin Bai was not going to answer their questions. "Whoever is stronger, open a crack and see what's going on."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Tiannan stood under the iron cover.

He just gently moved the iron cover open a little with one hand, and the fresh air from outside immediately rushed in. Several people took several deep breaths, as if they were finally alive.

"I feel like I'm about to be pickled." Zhou Yu said with a bitter face.

Lin Bai said, "Why don't you get out now before the smell on you fades away!"

"Oh yes! That makes sense." Zhou Yu felt that Lin Bai's brain was very sharp and worked very quickly.

Lou Tiannan stood on the ventilation platform and extended his folding mirror to take a look outside. After a dozen seconds, he replaced the iron cover and said to everyone, "There are ordinary zombies on the street, not many. There's a shop on the left where we can hide, about fifteen meters away from where we are now. I'll take Xiya out first. After I give the signal, Zhou Yu, Song Yan, and Lu Jialin and Bai's two groups will come out one by one. Is there any problem?"

"No problem."

Before setting off, Lou Tiannan once again took a quick look outside. He strapped Xiya to his chest and said to the others, "After exiting the tunnel, turn left immediately into the store. This must be done within two seconds."

Although zombies are sensitive to sounds and smells, their reaction speed is about one second slower than that of ordinary people. Being able to enter a store within two seconds can minimize the possibility of being discovered.

Lou Tiannan opened the iron cover, jumped out of the ventilation duct, and slipped into the store with a clear goal.

On the dim street, only a fleeting shadow could be seen, and there was no other movement on the street.

There were three zombies in the store. Before they could react, Lou Tiannan burned them to ashes with a cluster of black flames.

"Okay, one group come out." Lou Tiannan shouted into the intercom.

Song Yan and Zhou Yu have been partners for many years and have a very good understanding of each other. They moved closely together, came out from under the pipe at the same time, and entered the store smoothly.

The numb zombies wandering the streets were unaware.

When the zombies on the street turned around, Lou Tiannan said, "You can come out now."

Although Lin Bai and Lu Jia did not have the tacit understanding between Song Yan and Zhou Yu, they were both very quick and came out smoothly. If there was no garbage on Lu Jia's body falling to the ground and making noise, they might have entered the store more smoothly.

They had only run a few meters when they heard the garbage hanging from the edge of Lu Jia's trouser leg fall to the ground with a plop. The sound was particularly obvious in the empty and quiet street.

The four people in the shop noticed this scene and their hearts tightened. They saw the zombie turning around. Lou Tiannan and others were ready to go out to fight, but they saw that Lin Bai kicked Lu Jia into the shop while the black blade in his hand was swung out.

Before the zombie on the street could completely turn around, its head and neck had already separated, and it fell to the ground with a loud noise that attracted the attention of other zombies.

The black blade spun around and returned to Lin Bai's hand at the last second before Lin Bai entered the store.

The other zombies walked near the zombie whose head and body were separated. They did not think, but only knew that there was no smell of living flesh and blood here. Soon they all returned to their numb wandering state.

The door of the shop about twenty meters away from them was tightly closed, preventing any smell from leaking out.

Knowing he had nearly gotten into trouble, Lu Jia bowed his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, Captain Lou, I didn't notice I had something hanging on me."

The garbage was a worn-out metal toothpaste tube that was the same color as his trouser leg. He didn't even notice when it got stuck to his trouser leg and almost got into big trouble.

"You shouldn't apologize to me." Lou Tiannan said lightly.

Lu Jia looked at Lin Bai who was still leaning against the door and said weakly, "Lin Bai, I'm sorry. Thank you so much for saving me just now."

"Oh." Lin Bai responded indifferently.

To be honest, she didn't want to save this annoying guy, but if he was outside, Lou Tiannan and the others would definitely come out too, and then there would be an even bigger commotion, and everything they had done before would be in vain.

It was indeed Lu Jia's negligence, and Zhou Yu and Song Yan didn't know what to say. However, at this moment, Elena's voice sounded in their communication: "Lou Tiannan, where are you?"

"It's in the South First District, on the third street in the north of the city..." Lou Tiannan looked around, "In a jewelry store. Where are you?"

Elena replied, "We are on the outskirts of South District 1 and can't get through. There are too many zombies in South District 1, and it's very dark around, so we can't clearly explore the situation. We decided to explore the surrounding area during the day tomorrow before taking action."

"good."

It is indeed very dangerous to act in the dark at night.

After disconnecting the intercom, Lou Tiannan also said: "Rest here and move after daybreak."

Zhou Yu and others cherish every minute of rest time. They rush to replenish supplies and check and confirm the equipment on their bodies.

After everything was confirmed, they divided the work and took a rest.

In addition to Xiya who did not need to stand guard, Lin Bai also consciously joined the ranks of sentry. In fact, if she had enough energy, she could even stay awake all night. However, in order not to arouse suspicion, she would still sleep on the surface, and secretly transform the ore she brought back from Guangming Building. She was getting closer and closer to the 621 Biomedical Research Institute in East District 1, and she had to adjust the condition of her body parts to the best.

Song Yan wanted to ask Lin Bai about his special abilities, so he went on guard with Lin Bai.

In the late night, Song Yan asked Lin Bai, "Lin Bai, my earth-type ability has now reached half of my body."

"So fast?" Lin Bai was a little surprised.

Song Yan nodded, "Well, because of what you said last time, I consciously controlled and enhanced it, and then its energy increased faster than I thought." Song Yan said as he demonstrated to Lin Bai.

Her left arm gradually turned into sand, which would scatter quickly when her palm reached out, and then gather again after her palm left.

"Can it be divided into areas?" Lin Bai asked.

Song Yan shook his head: "Not now, I can't control them to separate their bodies."

Lin Bai said: "Go and try to distract your consciousness."

Song Yan was stunned. "Distract my consciousness?"

"Distribute your awareness to different parts of your body."

"That sounds difficult." Song Yan somewhat understood what Lin Bai meant.

"Well, it's difficult."

"I understand. Thank you, Lin Bai." Even if it is difficult, she will do it. Now her special ability cannot help her teammates. She hopes she can become stronger faster.

Just as dawn was about to break, Lin Bai stood up sharply and looked outside through the crack in the glass door of the shop.

Lou Tiannan's voice rang out beside him: "Everyone, get up and retreat within one minute."

Lin Bai glanced at him. Lou Tiannan looked outside the shop with a slightly serious look in his eyes. "Did you feel it too?" Lin Bai asked him.

"Yeah. There are zombies approaching." A danger warning appeared in Lou Tiannan's consciousness a few seconds ago. Although he couldn't see it, he could vaguely feel that there were zombies approaching them, and they were high-level zombies.

Zhou Yu and Lu Jia were not in a deep sleep and woke up as soon as they were called. Xiya calmed down for a while and woke up immediately. She saw that her mother and uncles and aunts looked unhappy and knew that danger was coming. There was a seriousness on her little face that was not suitable for her age.

"Captain Lou, what's wrong?"

"Retreat now!" Lou Tiannan spoke very quickly.

"What about the zombies on the streets!"

"I can't care about it anymore, follow me out!" As the danger approached, Lou Tiannan opened the shop door and ran forward with Xiya in his arms. The moment the shop door opened, their breath leaked out, and the low-level zombies wandering around gradually approached them and gathered.

The next second after everyone left the store, a huge fireball rushed towards the store, an explosion sounded, and the glass door of the store was blown into pieces.

Out of the corner of their eyes, they saw black-eyed zombies with special abilities, and there were more than one!

A group of people ran very fast on the street.

There are buildings on both sides of the street. If a fight breaks out here and the buildings above collapse, they will be in a very dangerous situation.

But they didn't have time to run far, because as the mutant zombies howled, a large number of zombies rushed out of the streets and blocked their way. Most of the zombies were low-level white-eyed zombies with rotten bodies, sharp mouths and fangs, and they rushed towards the six people like a tide.