Chapter 224 Occupied Areas
Lu Nange and her entourage marched through the streets in a grand procession.
This was the most "lively" city they had seen since the apocalypse—every few hundred meters they would encounter a survivor squad searching for supplies or a combat team clearing out zombies.
In the scattered residential buildings, every few buildings, a few rays of light seep out from one floor, like eyes stubbornly opening in the darkness.
"Sister Liu, do you think these people wearing windbreakers in this sweltering heat have lost their minds?"
Sister Liu: "Maybe it's a sunscreen version."
She sized up Lu Nange and her group, who were fully armed: "They don't look like troublemakers. Keep your mouth shut."
Lu Nange and the others ignored what was happening and continued walking, occasionally saying, "Lu Lu..."
"No." Before he could finish speaking, Lu Nange decisively refused.
Shi Xu turned around with a wronged look on his face, bared his teeth at the group of people, and showed them his gleaming white teeth.
He Zhuo and Gu Qi couldn't bear to watch any longer, so they grabbed him from both sides and dragged him forward.
"There are too many survivors in this area." Lu Nange looked around. "Let's get off this road first, then get the car."
"Heh...heh..."
Dozens of zombies suddenly sprang out of the shadows.
Shi Xu's eyes lit up: "Lu Lu...toy, toy..."
"Go ahead." Lu Nange waved her hand helplessly.
Shi Xu roared and charged into the horde of zombies.
The next second, the zombie stopped moving and, as if tamed, wandered around Shi Xu.
"Sister Liu! You said that group of people who are not easy to mess with have been surrounded. Should we go and help them?" the young team member said nervously.
"Smack!" Sister Liu slapped him on the back of the head: "Nonsense, why would we help zombies instead of our own people?"
"Wait!" The team member suddenly widened his eyes: "Look..."
Shi Xu was excitedly pointing at the horde of corpses, standing respectfully in front of Lu Nange and her group.
Shi Xu: "Lu Lu, raise her!"
Lu Nange: "No..."
"LuLu..." Shi Xu started to act spoiled.
Lu Nange: "Either you leave, or you all leave together."
Shi Xu immediately shook her head and said, "Baby...Xu Xu isn't leaving!"
Lu Beiye suddenly pulled Shi Xu's collar back the instant the wind shield took shape.
Shi Xu frowned slightly—Lu Nange clearly sensed a violent spiritual force sweeping past.
"Bang bang bang!"
Zombie heads exploded one after another, and black blood rained down on the wind shield, only to be deflected.
Chi Yanzhou and the others looked at the blood that was blocked by the wind shield, and gave Lu Nange a thumbs up in unison.
Gu Qi: "If Nan Nan hadn't reacted quickly, these clothes would be ruined again."
"Shi Xu..." He Zhuo shook his head in anguish, "Raising you is exhausting enough. I finally figured out your nature; the moment you bend over, your sister knows what you're going to do. But now you're planning to raise dozens of missing limbs and crippled grandchildren for your sister to take care of?"
Lu Nange: "Zhuo-ge, you're good at using metaphors, but please don't use them next time!"
He Zhuo: "Sister, that's not what I meant! I meant Shi Xu is causing too much trouble."
Not far away, Sister Liu and her group stood frozen in place, the sound of their Adam's apples bobbing echoing in the air.
"Sister Liu... Sister Liu..." the young team member asked, "Did you see what their special abilities were, and how they attacked?"
Sister Liu mechanically shook her head, then suddenly snapped to attention: "Quick! Stop them first!"
"Sister Liu, do you want to hear what you have to say? Should we stop them?"
Sister Liu rolled her eyes, didn't reply, and rushed towards Lu Nange and the others.
She ran and shouted, "Hey! Ladies in sun-protective clothing or windbreakers! And those guys too!"
He Zhuo pointed to the tip of his nose: "Those guys in the windbreakers...you mean us?"
Gu Wan shoved him away: "The important thing is that the young lady called us!"
She turned to look at Sister Liu, who was panting, and asked, "Is something wrong?"
Sister Liu slammed on the brakes in front of everyone, hands on her knees, gasping for breath: "Ahead...ahead is the occupied zone..."
She steadied her breathing: "You can't go any further... the entire occupied zone is overrun with zombies..."
Gu Wan: "Occupied area?"
"You're from out of town, aren't you?" Sister Liu sized them up.
Gu Qi: "Mm."
Sister Liu wiped the sweat from her brow: "The entire city center ahead is occupied territory... We locals have fenced it off with high-voltage electric fences..."
She glanced into the distance with lingering fear: "There are so many that even if someone starved to death, no one would dare go over there to look for supplies."
"Thank you for reminding me." Gu Wan pointed to the road sign overhead: "We want to leave the city. The direction your sign points is out of the city."
Sister Liu hesitated for a moment, then said, "If we're leaving the city, how about... I show you the way? Any reward of supplies or crystal cores will do."
Lu Nange gently stroked Zhizhi's leaves: "Zhizhi, give her five crystal cores."
Five crystal cores were wrapped around the vines and swayed in front of Sister Liu.
"This is a thank-you gift," Lu Nange said calmly. "If it's convenient, just point us in the right direction."
Sister Liu hurriedly took the crystal core: "My name is Liu Fang, I'm a bit older than you, you can call me Sister Liu. This is enough for your travel expenses."
The group that followed Liu Fang happened to walk up to Liu Fang.
Liu Fang: "Little girls, even if I show you the way, you still won't be able to get out."
The young man next to Liu Fang said, "Sister Liu didn't lie to you. Ping City is now occupied by the enemy. We locals from Ping City are in the city every day, so we can take you out."
Lu Xici exchanged a glance with her sister: "Then I'll have to trouble you all."
He pointed to the level-one crystal cores on the vines: "These five were a deposit; they're all yours after you safely leave the city."
Sister Liu and her group looked at each other, each seeing unbelievable surprise in the other's eyes.
[How could I possibly run into such a sucker... no, a big shot!]
The blinding headlights flashed by, and with a screeching sound of brakes, two SUVs came to a stop behind the group.
The car window rolled down, revealing Jiang Zhiwang's face: "Sister Liu? What are you doing here?"
Liu Fang turned around in surprise: "Young Master? Miss? You..."
Jiang Zhiwang looked at Lu Nange and her group, his voice excited, "It's you! What a coincidence!"
Liu Fang: "Young Master, do you know any big shots?"
Jiang Zhiwang: "We encountered the Guo family; they were the ones who saved us from Guo Chi. What about you?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Fang immediately shoved the crystal core she had just received into Gu Wan's hand: "We can't accept things from our benefactor!"
She patted her chest confidently: "We'll take you straight out of the city!"
"Who's leaving the city?" Jiang Zhiwang jumped out of the car: "Our car can..."
"No need," Lu Xici interrupted coldly. "Sister Liu can lead the way for us."
Jiang Zhian stepped forward: "Ping City is a mountain city with complex terrain. Now, with the occupied areas interspersed, the road conditions are even more complicated. It's too dangerous to leave the city now."
She looked at everyone earnestly: "How about we rest at our base first, and then send a few of us out of the city when the temperature drops tomorrow?"
Chi Yanzhou: "Do any of you have a map?"
Jiang Zhian pursed his lips: "Since you are all in such a hurry to leave, and our Jiang family is nearby, and the car is full of the injured, why don't you accompany us to take them back for treatment first, and then we'll escort you out of the city?"
Lu Xici stood with his arms crossed: "You all go about your business. Miss Liu will guide us."
Jiang Zhiwang: "We really have no ill intentions! It's just that after we drop you off, we need to return home, and the more people we have, the safer we will be."
Chi Yanzhou and Lu Xici exchanged a glance. Lu Xici said, "Then, we'll wait here."
"I..." Jiang Zhiwang wanted to say something, but his sister grabbed him.
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