Chapter 25: Escape and Old Acquaintances
As soon as these words were spoken, the students in the back seat became visibly panicked. After they got on the bus, they had already sent messages to their families, but had not received any replies.
After discussing for a while, Serena mustered up the courage to stand up and said, "Miss."
A voice came from the front: "My last name is Su."
Serena paused and continued, "Ms. Su, thank you for your timely assistance. I just sent a message home, and the reply was that there's currently no major chaos in the Greno community. Could you please take me and my classmates there first? My housekeeper will meet us there."
Several others agreed.
Su You saw the girl in the rearview mirror. Among the five people, she and the other leading boy seemed the calmest.
She looked up the location of the community on the map and found it wasn't far from here, so she nodded and said, "Okay."
"Amber, let's go here first."
Amber agreed: "Okay."
Along the way, Su You saw thick smoke from the roadside factories, crashed vehicles, dead people, and infected people who had completely lost consciousness. They gathered together and tore at several corpses like hunting hyenas.
There was one still alive. The man screamed in pain, but soon died. His body convulsed violently as if he had been electrocuted. Finally, his hands and feet supported his body at extremely strange angles, and he stood up, turning into the appearance of an infected person.
After seeing their car coming, they rushed towards it frantically.
Amber didn't dodge or evade, but drove straight into it. With a bang, the male zombie was knocked more than ten meters away, screaming angrily, and seemed to be struggling to stand up.
At the same time, the infected people on the roadside also discovered the car and ran madly behind it. Some zombies on the roadside even clung to the roof of the car.
Amber increased the speed of the car again and stepped on the accelerator to the maximum before throwing them out.
The situation is very bad.
The whole city was in good order in the morning, but unexpectedly, just half a day later, it turned into a city of death full of monsters and horrors.
Su You appeared calm on the surface. After all, she had fought in a base with strange human hearts and battled mutated plants and animals, but encountering zombies here was beyond her expectations.
In the previous world, there has never been such a large-scale infection incident. What is going on?
As he checked the network information, Su You discovered a clue. The IP of the city of Snowe seemed to be blocked by an invisible force. No posts about the infected could be seen in the online world. The news about zombies on the IPs of some places only lasted for one second and then was immediately blocked.
Su You quickly understood that the news and distress messages were blocked as the authorities were consciously trying to contain the incident. Perhaps the official army had already been dispatched.
The population here is only five or six million, so it is not a particularly large city.
Moreover, the cities here are very far apart, and there are only a few specific roads in and out of the cities. As long as the army blocks these roads, no one can escape.
In her previous life, she was far away on the other side of the ocean, in a very safe city, so of course she didn't know the situation here.
Suddenly, Su You remembered that he had read some information about this city.
Snowe City isn't one of Country A's largest cities, largely due to its early development of heavy industry, which created significant pollution. New industries quickly moved out, leaving it with little population. However, its most famous feature is the Level 4 biological laboratory of a biological research company.
According to confidential information, researchers here are studying a new anti-aging viral injection, which has reached the clinical stage and is looking for a large number of medical volunteers to participate in the second phase of clinical trials.
Could it be that there is a problem in this laboratory?
Without clear evidence, this is just Su You's guess and cannot be an accurate judgment.
But what she knew was that the virus could not be transmitted through the air, otherwise she, Amber, and the four students in the car would have been transformed long ago.
Whether it can be transmitted through water remains to be determined.
Soon, the vehicle arrived at the Greno community.
Although it is called a community, it is actually a group of villas located on an island in the middle of a lake.
There are also special security guards at the door to watch over the passing vehicles. Even in this chaotic situation, it seems that order has not been lost.
When the security guard saw the unfamiliar vehicle, he seemed a little wary, but when he saw Selena's face, he quickly allowed it to pass.
The greenery here is very good, with lawns everywhere, perennial flowers and plants, and broad palm leaves.
European-style single-family villas are located in it, which looks staggered and beautiful.
Following Selina's instructions, Amber parked the car in front of the largest white villa halfway up the mountain.
A white-haired butler was waiting at the door, and he was filled with joy when he saw Serena.
"Miss, I'm so glad you're okay. The master received your message and is waiting inside. Didn't the driver pick you up?"
Selina shook her head and said sadly, "From the driver's tone, I knew he was in a very bad situation. I waited for a long time, but he didn't show up. I guess he must have been killed."
"What a pity." The religious housekeeper looked sad and immediately made the sign of the cross on his chest.
Serena said, "I brought back a few classmates. Their parents haven't replied yet, so they are temporarily staying in the guest rooms. But don't worry, they are not infected."
"And these two ladies and gentleman, they brought me back."
Serena once again sincerely thanked Su You and Amber, and suggested, "It's not safe outside yet. If you two don't have anywhere else to go, you can stay at my house temporarily."
Su You refused directly, "No need, my home is not far away, just go back."
Although this blonde girl seemed to be just kind-hearted, she had the base at her disposal. At worst, she could just take Amber back to the base space, and of course she didn't have to choose to squeeze in with strangers.
However, soon the master of the villa also came out with a cane.
Seeing this familiar Chinese face, Su You raised his eyebrows. He met an acquaintance in a foreign country.
As soon as Li Xiannian heard that his granddaughter had returned safely, he immediately came out with his crutches to check.
As a result, not only did he see that his granddaughter Selena was fine, but he also unexpectedly saw a familiar girl's face.
But seeing Su You dressed so handsomely, looking completely different from his usual attire, he hesitated and asked, "Who is this, Miss Su?"
Su You curled his lips and nodded, "Yes, it's me, old man."
Seeing the man who had traded supermarkets and pharmacies with her not long ago, Su You raised an eyebrow and said, "Old man, it's been less than half a month and we've met under such circumstances. It seems like we are really destined to meet!"
(End of this chapter)
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