"We'll be crossing a river soon. All the creatures in the river have turned into zombies. Be careful not to run into them while you're crossing."

The passengers nodded reluctantly.

The group ran again and soon arrived at the river that Xiangzi had mentioned. The river was not very wide, only about five or six meters wide, but it was full of zombies. In order to prevent the zombies from crossing the bridge, the people in the safe zone had only built a very narrow wooden bridge, which made crossing the river more than twice as dangerous.

"Try to protect them."

"Got it." Bai Shu rolled his eyes, turned around and waved to the passengers who were standing behind him, trembling with fear. After most of the passengers had squeezed over, he said, "Break off some branches yourselves. The zombie fish aren't that agile. If any zombie fish jump up, just shoot them down yourself. There might also be zombie shrimp and zombie crabs on the other two banks, so watch your step."

Upon hearing this, Wen Zuo, who had just broken off two tree branches, immediately tried to carry Mo Shuwan on his back. However, Mo Shuwan, who had already experienced being carried on Wen Zuo's back without a word, dodged him. She pressed Wen Zuo's hand down and shook her head, saying, "I can manage on my own. Don't just take care of me; you need to be careful too."

Wen Zuo glanced at Mo Shuwan disapprovingly, took a step forward to pick her up, but was rejected by Mo Shuwan once again.

While the two were arguing about this issue, Xiangzi and the others had already climbed onto stilts from the side, skillfully stepped onto them, and quickly walked towards the very narrow wooden bridge.

By the light filtering through the trees, they could see that as soon as they stepped onto the wooden bridge, something jumped up from the river, but it was skillfully kicked back into the river by the men who were used to stilts.

Seeing this, some passengers' eyes lit up, and they immediately turned to Xiangzi pleadingly, "Give us one of these too."

“No, we’ll just walk across.” Xiangzi refused without even thinking. After the three brothers in front of him had crossed, he also stepped onto the stilts and said as he walked towards the wooden bridge, “Follow me, don’t panic, don’t push.”

"Stingy, you can clearly see there are extras."

The passengers' complaints were very quiet, and no one else could hear them except for two people standing very close to them. The two of them didn't dare to agree either, as saving their lives was the priority, and it wasn't worth offending them over such a trivial matter.

After several passengers shakily made their way onto the wooden bridge, Wen Zuo grabbed Mo Shuwan's arm, intending to follow, but he couldn't pull her up. He looked down at Mo Shuwan in confusion.

Mo Shuwan shook her head, "Let's wait until they've gone over before we go."

Wen Zuo thought for a moment and understood what Mo Shuwan meant. The passengers must be very scared. The bridge is so narrow. If the zombie fish jumps up, the passengers will panic and be pushed into the water, which would be terrible.

Perhaps we should wait and see.

The wooden bridge was really narrow. People with slightly poor balance would wobble when walking on it. If Xiangzi had agreed to let them walk on stilts, not to mention whether they could even get on, in their current state, they would have been delivered to the bridge by themselves without the zombie fish even needing to jump on.

Just as Mo Shuwan had predicted, a few seconds after crossing the bridge, several passengers screamed and frantically waved their branches in terror, managing to pull one or two zombie fish back into the river. However, the commotion caused trouble for Bai Shu in front of them. Bai Shu, who slipped on his stilts, roared in exasperation, "Don't move!"

Unfortunately, the roar did not stop the fear rising in the passengers' hearts. Those who were going to scream still screamed, and the passengers who were frantically waving branches did not slow down. Almost as expected, when they reached halfway across the wooden bridge, one passenger swayed and fell into the water because of his excessive movement. Before he even had time to struggle, he was surrounded by the zombie fish and dragged to the bottom of the river.

The passengers screamed in terror, some crying and begging for help. Several passengers on the wooden bridge trembled like leaves, too afraid to take another step forward.

Mo Shuwan, who was standing not far away, suddenly grabbed Wen Zuo's fingers, her face pale, and ran forward. In an instant, she was on the wooden bridge, panting and shouting, "Go!"

Luo Jingdong, who was a step behind, looked at Mo Shuwan's back with a hint of approval in his eyes.

The passengers on the wooden bridge were yelled at and instinctively ran forward. Since the zombie fish were now all entangled with the passenger who had fallen into the water, the first two passengers made it to the other side without incident.

"I...I can't walk anymore...my legs are weak..." The passenger blocking Mo Shuwan's way cried out in a trembling voice. The smell of blood and urine wafted into Mo Shuwan's nose. She bit her lower lip and suppressed her unease as she quickly comforted him, "Just run straight over there. The zombie fish can't bite you. Now is your chance. If you don't rush now, we'll all be in danger once the zombie fish make room."

"No, I can't..." The passenger's voice was filled with despair. She was terrified, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't move an inch.

"Damn it!" Luo Jingdong cursed from behind, his face grim. "Hurry up, or I'll kill you!"

Perhaps spurred on by Luo Jingdong's words, the female passenger finally took two steps forward.

Before Mo Shuwan could even breathe a sigh of relief, the blurry figure in her sight suddenly swayed, splashing icy river water all over her. She heard the passenger's desperate plea for help, "...Save me, save me! Ah! You...uh..."

The gurgling sound of water being poured in silenced the other person's words. Mo Shuwan's face paled even more, and the hand she was holding onto Wen Zuo began to tremble. She gritted her teeth and rushed forward without looking to the side. Because the zombie fish in the river were only concerned with feeding on the two passengers who had fallen into the water, Mo Shuwan, Wen Zuo, and Luo Jingdong all reached the other side safely.

Most of the passengers remained on the other side of the river, too afraid to move.

Seeing that the people on the other side were only crying and wailing but no one was taking any action, Bai Shu impatiently took out his flashlight and waved it towards the opposite bank of the river, shouting in a rough voice, "Get over here now!"

As soon as the last word was uttered, a series of vomiting sounds came from behind. Bai Shu rolled his eyes and shone the beam of light onto the river.

The river was stained red with blood. The two passengers who had fallen into the water had now surfaced, and swarms of zombie fish were devouring their corpses.

The head, almost devoured of flesh, was facing the passengers who couldn't cross the river. One of the unfortunate passengers who witnessed this screamed and collapsed to the ground, fainting from fright.

"Are you all idiots? You don't even know how to seize such a good opportunity!"

The passengers trembled and dared not speak. They finally saw the horror of this world clearly. If they had dared to make demands of Bai Shu and the others before, they dared not now. Anyone who could survive in this environment must be extremely strong.