Chapter 73: Survival in Desperate Situation
Su Wanqing came out of the space, and the night wind brought the smell of gasoline to her face, making her frown.
Outside the gas station, it was pitch black and the zombies' roars were like low thunder, shaking people's hearts and minds.
"The situation is worse than I thought." Lu Zhao's voice came from not far away. He was inspecting the modified armored vehicle that was covered with impact marks.
"The fuel was only enough for a few kilometres, and the engine was damaged and could stall at any time."
Xiao Ran stood at the front of the car, holding a submachine gun, and glanced coldly at the zombies around him.
"These things came too fast. It's not an ordinary zombie wave. It's like they were... attracted by something."
Zhang Lin was standing aside, carefully supporting three experimental subjects. One of them looked pale, with cold sweat on his forehead, and was shaking constantly.
"E-1's situation is very unstable and a safe location must be found as soon as possible."
Zhang Lin said worriedly, "His body functions are declining rapidly."
Su Wanqing's eyes swept across this group of helpless experimental subjects, and an inexplicable irritation surged in her heart.
These people who were once used as tools are now like a group of lambs to be slaughtered, trapped in this apocalyptic world.
"Get ready to go." Su Wanqing took a deep breath and tried her best to stay calm.
"Let's break out of the encirclement before these zombies get close enough."
"But..." Lu Zhao hesitated. "It's too risky to act rashly now."
"There's no other way." Su Wanqing interrupted him. "Staying here and waiting to die will only make the situation worse."
She turned to look at Lin Che and ordered, “Che, help me put some unimportant supplies into the space.”
Lin Che nodded and quickly took action, stuffing all the canned food, drinking water and other items in the car into Su Wanqing's space.
"Alright." Lin Che wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I've lost a lot of weight."
"Start the vehicle!" Su Wanqing gave the order decisively.
Lu Zhao started the engine, and the armored vehicle made a dull roar and slowly started.
Xiao Ran jumped onto the roof of the car, raised his submachine gun, and fired at the group of zombies, trying to clear a path for the vehicle.
The armored vehicle rushed towards the zombie group with difficulty like a wounded beast.
The zombies were knocked away and screamed, but soon surged up again and rushed towards the vehicle frantically.
"Speed up! Speed up!" Su Wanqing shouted anxiously.
Lu Zhao stepped on the accelerator, and the armored vehicle went faster, but the roar of the engine became more and more labored.
"Fuel alarm!" Suddenly, a shrill voice sounded.
"10% fuel remaining, please find a gas station immediately!"
Lu Zhao's face changed. "Oh no! We are running out of gas."
He looked around and saw that on the highway ahead, there were more than a dozen vehicles lying in a crisscross pattern, forming a huge obstacle.
"Turn to the auxiliary road!" Su Wanqing said quickly. "There may still be hope there."
Lu Zhao turned the steering wheel sharply and turned into the auxiliary road. However, they soon discovered that the situation was even worse than on the highway.
There were more zombies on the auxiliary roads. They were crowded together, blocking all retreat routes.
"It's no use!" Lu Zhao shouted in despair. "We are surrounded!"
The armored vehicle finally stalled under an overpass. The zombies rushed in like a tide and surrounded the vehicle.
"Everyone, get out of the car and prepare for battle!" Xiao Ran shouted loudly.
The team members quickly got out of the car, formed a defensive formation, and waited for battle with weapons in hand.
Su Wanqing stood beside the car, observing the battle calmly. She knew that this battle would be extremely difficult.
"We have to break out in different directions," Su Wanqing said solemnly. "Lu Zhao, you, Xiao Ran, and Zhang Lin take E-1 and E-2 to the west to find cover. Che and I will protect E-3 as we break out to the east."
"Su Wanqing, are you sure?" Lu Zhao was a little worried. "E-3's condition is very unstable. It's too risky for you to take her with you."
"We have no choice." Su Wanqing said firmly. "E-3 may turn into a zombie at any time. We must find a safe place as soon as possible."
"Okay." Lu Zhao nodded. "Remember, meet at the abandoned hospital northeast of the base in three days."
He took out a small signal transmitter from his pocket and handed it to Su Wanqing.
"This is an emergency signal transmitter. If you are in danger, send a distress signal immediately."
"And." Lu Zhao paused and his tone became serious.
"Your spatial ability is special, but can be unstable. Be careful when using it."
Su Wanqing took the signal transmitter and nodded. She knew that Lu Zhao was right. The energy consumption of the jade bracelet was huge. If it was overused, it might cause irreversible damage to her.
Lin Che stood beside Su Wanqing, looking solemn. He suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Over there... there seems to be another road."
Su Wanqing looked in the direction of Lin Che's finger and found a narrow path ahead, leading to a dense forest.
"Che, how did you know?" Su Wanqing asked puzzledly.
Lin Che herself seemed a little confused. "I... I don't know. I just feel like it's safer there."
Su Wanqing frowned. She always felt that something was wrong with Lin Che.
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He seemed to have an extraordinary intuition, able to accurately judge the movements of zombies and even predict where they would suddenly appear.
"Forget it, now is not the time to pursue this." Su Wanqing shook her head.
"let's go!"
Su Wanqing and Lin Che carefully led E-3 and broke out to the east along the path.
Lin Che led the way in front, and with his incredible intuition, he avoided many zombie ambushes.
"It's really strange, it's like he just... walked past here." Su Wanqing said in a low voice.
“I find it strange, too.” Lin Che’s voice trembled.
"I...I seem to have felt something, but I can't remember what it is."
He stopped, covered his head, and said in pain, "My memory... seems to be a little confused."
Su Wanqing looked at Lin Che, her heart full of doubts. What secrets was he hiding? "Don't think too much." Su Wanqing comforted. "The most important thing now is safety."
The two quickened their pace and continued running forward. The zombies behind them were roaring closer and closer, as if they were going to devour them.
At the same time, Lu Zhao, Xiao Ran and Zhang Lin also took E-1 and E-2 to the west to look for cover.
They dodged the zombies' attacks along the way and moved forward with difficulty.
"We must find a safe place." Lu Zhao said anxiously.
"The situation at E-1 is getting worse and worse."
"There is an abandoned building in front." Xiao Ran said, pointing to the distance.
"Maybe I can hide there for a while."
Lu Zhao nodded. "Let's go!"
The three people led the two experimental subjects to the abandoned building.
They entered the building cautiously, found a relatively safe room, and settled down temporarily.
"What should we do now?" Zhang Lin asked. "We must find a drug to treat E-1 as soon as possible."
"I'll try to contact other survivors." Lu Zhao said.
"Maybe they know where there are medical resources."
He turned on the communicator and started sending a distress signal, but there was no response from the communicator.
"The signal is being jammed." Lu Zhao's face changed. "It looks like we can only rely on ourselves."
Xiao Ran walked to the window and looked down at the surroundings. He found that the entire city had been occupied by zombies.
"The end of the world has come." Xiao Ran said to himself. "How long can we hold on?"
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