The media company is located in what is considered the last residential complex in this suburban area.
The car drove off, and in less than ten minutes, the surrounding shops and residences all turned into single-story houses.
The streets were quiet.
But this quietness was merely the absence of traffic, honking, and braking; the howls of zombies still filled the air.
As expected, the road conditions were not good.
The landscaping in Yucheng is quite good. The locust trees on both sides of the road are quite old, and they provide shade for pedestrians every summer.
However, this advantage instantly turned into the biggest obstacle to human movement after the apocalypse!
Huge tree roots are expanding and growing underground!
They push through the soil, breaking up the hard asphalt road above. Their thick roots bulge out of the road like tree trunks, turning the asphalt road into pieces of gravel that pile up into slopes!
Fortunately, this section of the road has indeed been cleared by those who have traveled it before!
You can see the traces of the fire scorching the tree roots, and although the broken road surface is full of potholes, you can still see the traces left by the cars that drove over it before.
As the saying goes, "When many people walk on a road, it becomes a path."
The convoy followed the route taken by the vehicle in front, moving at a slow pace, but fortunately the road was clear.
After a morning, the convoy had driven just over 150 kilometers out of the city when it slowly came to a stop at a gas station outside the city.
The area outside the gas station was deserted, with the doors of several buildings wide open, and the inside quiet and still.
Using the backpack on Su Li's back for support, Xuan Qing squatted on her shoulder and listened for a while before saying, "No sound, no movement, it's safe."
Hearing this, everyone relaxed instantly, but Lin Dong still led a few people to check the three rooms.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu and Su Li outside took out pipes and began to extract gasoline from the underground oil tanks.
Soon, the people inside came out, each carrying several bottles of glass cleaner and several boxes of complimentary tissues. They then addressed Su Li and Lu Yu, saying:
"There's nothing left but this little bit of useful stuff!"
It's better than nothing, and thankfully, Su Li and the others didn't expect to receive any supplies here, except for gasoline.
No one cooked at noon. While the oil was being pumped out, some people ate, and others went to the toilet.
After the gasoline in the tank was collected, they continued their journey.
As the car traveled further away from Yucheng, the roads became increasingly difficult to navigate.
Originally, you could occasionally see a bit of what was behind the road through the gaps between the branches of the huge mutated plants on both sides of the road, but once the car entered the national highway, the number of mutated plants began to increase dramatically.
Even now, the mutated plants on both sides of the car have formed a thick, continuous green wall!
The high wall stretched straight ahead, completely blocking the view on both sides, and even the sunlight overhead seemed to be blocked.
The color that should have represented life now brought everyone an endless sense of oppression!
If a giant mutated animal were to appear in front of them at this moment, they would have virtually no way to escape!
Fortunately, the road ahead went relatively smoothly until the convoy was blocked by a van with its doors open and parked in place.
It's 4:30 pm right now, and it will be dark in a little over an hour.
Lu Yu and several people got out of the car and cautiously walked towards the car in front.
Su Li sat in the lead car watching the commotion ahead. She saw several people walk to the car, three of them observing the surroundings, two checking the inside of the car, and two standing beside the car to observe the situation inside in case of any unexpected events.
However, Lu Yu and Cheng Jie, who had been checking the situation inside the car, quickly closed the car door.
Lu Yu folded up the van, and the group returned to the car, which then started moving.
"The car was clean, with no bloodstains, but there was dust, which means that the people in the car must have abandoned it and fled when they encountered danger."
Lu Yu took the walkie-talkie and reported what he had just seen outside to all the team members.
Su Li listened intently, and after he finished speaking, she frowned, glanced at the tightly blocked green wall outside, and suddenly took out her walkie-talkie and pressed the call button:
"The source of danger may not be far away. All vehicles should pay attention to their surroundings and not let their guard down."
Upon hearing Su Li's words, Lu Yu immediately looked at her: "What did you discover?"
Su Li thought for a moment before answering him: "This place is remote, with fewer people and therefore fewer zombies, but there are many animals. The zombies are very likely mutated animals, and animals have more sensitive hearing than humans and are faster. If they were nearby, they might chase the car!"
The atmosphere in the car became even more somber because of Su Li's words.
But there was nothing they could do; the road was lined with farmland and hillsides like this, and they had nowhere to avoid it.
The car drove on for less than an hour, and finally stopped when it passed a house that had been moved along the roadside.
At this point, the team was still more than 80 kilometers away from Tongcheng, but at their current speed, it would probably take at least two hours to get there.
But now it's getting dark.
The sun, which was originally just setting in the west, was now completely blocked by the tree walls on both sides, and the road inside the tree walls was a blurry black shadow, making it extremely unsafe to walk on.
The team ultimately decided to spend the night here and continue their journey tomorrow morning.
What they saw before them was a single-story residential building right next to the road.
You can tell that the house has two bedrooms and a living room, but at this moment the entire house is surrounded by huge vegetation and foliage.
The morning glory vines, as thick as a girl's forearm, piled up layer upon layer and climbed up to the eaves, completely blocking the entrance.
The wood-type ability user in the group stepped forward and tried to use his ability to activate the vegetation in front of him.
A faint green light flowed from the morning glory vines down to the ground, and soon, something amazing happened!
On the lush green morning glory vines, it was visibly shrinking, drying out, and turning yellowish-brown. This change quickly spread from the top of the vines downwards, until it reached the cracked concrete ground beneath our feet!
Then the strength-type ability user stepped forward and quickly tore off all the thick vines that were still hanging on the roof!
The front door of the house is open!
Su Li opened the door first, turned on her flashlight, and led the people inside.
This is a typical northern Chinese house, with a kitchen in the middle and a bedroom on each side.
As soon as Su Li entered the room, she shone her flashlight on the ground and immediately saw a large pool of black blood splattered on the ground!
It looks like the homeowner failed to escape!
Just as Su Li was about to continue walking towards the bedroom on the left to check, Xuan Qing, who had been perched on her shoulder, suddenly spoke:
“There’s something!”
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