The car continued driving.

Su Yan sat in the passenger seat with her head down. Perhaps because she had been working her body to the limit, her face was pale and she was feeling drowsy from exhaustion.

Until, a cool sensation reached her lips.

As soon as she looked up, Ye Liang handed her an open bottle of mineral water to her lips.

Su Yan opened her eyes, looked at her, and blinked.

Ye Liang noticed that she hadn't taken it.

"It's saline solution. Here, I need to drive."

His voice was indifferent, devoid of any inflection.

Su Yan slowly reached out and took it.

I took two sips.

It has a slightly salty taste.

It doesn't taste as good as purified water, but it's better than nothing.

So I drank a couple more sips.

The car traveled westward, and in some places the roads were severely damaged.

There were no vehicles around; in this deserted city, it felt like being in a wasteland.

It was cold, desolate, and hopeless.

She gradually began to think about what happened in "The Last Queen".

That zombie outbreak occurred in a very large, empty shopping mall.

It was a very strange scene. Even though it was nighttime, the shopping mall was completely deserted.

However, the mall was brightly lit, and there was running water and electricity; everything was normal.

She didn't know the exact time it happened, only that it occurred on the way to the civilization base.

Furthermore, the book does not mention a scene where the zombies have all disappeared.

Could it be that the zombie outbreak didn't occur during this time period?

She lowered her head and thought carefully.

The sun, which had been blazing hot, gradually began to set in the west, and the sky began to darken.

After driving for more than fifty miles, it was already pitch black.

We finally arrived at the next stop.

but····.

The car that was leading the way was quickly turned back to drive alongside Ye Liang, his expression serious.

"Boss, the rest stop ahead has been destroyed."

Ye Liang looked up

"What's the meaning?"

"Just now, I drove ahead to the station where I had previously called, but the station was in a mess, with blood and limbs scattered all over the ground."

They must have been surrounded by zombies. And based on my observation, there's no sign of any vehicles leaving; if nothing unexpected happens, they're all dead.

After Shi Tou finished speaking, everything fell silent.

After a long pause, Ye Liang spoke up.

"Keep going. Drive a few miles, then set up camp and sleep in the open."

"yes!"

Baozi made an emergency U-turn, accelerated, and drove straight ahead.

Ye Liang always has this power to calm people's hearts.

She was a woman of few words, but whenever people were filled with anxiety or felt powerless, she could instantly calm them down with just a few words.

It's as if as long as she's there, she'll hold up the sky even if it falls.

Su Yan looked at the pitch-black sky outside.

Suddenly, I remembered something.

Su Tang had no idea that she had already left. Would he go to that little cabin tonight to wait for him?

She closed her eyes briefly. What, had she forgotten about this?

Her hand touched the little red pendant hanging on her wrist.

Or... let it go back and wait for Su Tang?

However, Xiaohong doesn't know the way.

Hmm.

Su Yan couldn't help but glance a few more times at the snake hanging on her hand.

Why would a snake not know its way around?

Just as I was pondering this, Xiaohua's voice suddenly rang out.

"Host! Look ahead, it's a shopping mall, a brightly lit shopping mall!!"

Su Yan looked up and saw a large shopping mall that was seven stories high.

It forms an oval shape and occupies an area almost the size of a football field.

At this moment, the walkie-talkie emitted a sound.

"Boss, we're near the mall. It looks like an abandoned place, and we've checked it carefully. There are no zombies. We can rest here tonight."