Chapter 76 Turning the Corner to Reach the Gathering Point
Staring at the huge footprint, the four remained silent for a long time. Before they knew it, the car had stopped in its tracks.
The fat man spoke first.
"Hey, brothers and sisters, are elephant footprints really that big?"
"No! Absolutely not! This footprint isn't from an elephant."
Han Shuo answered affirmatively.
"An elephant's foot is only about 50 centimeters long, it can't be that big!"
"What could that be? It scared the hell out of me!" The fat man shuddered involuntarily.
In fact, not only the fat man, but the other three also felt a chill run down their spines.
"How about we get out of the car and take a closer look?" Xiao Zhao said softly.
"Let's go! No way, Fatty, drive fast! There are too many unstable factors here. Let's get away from this place quickly."
Han Shuo was a little worried, fearing that there might be other things left near the service area. Suppressing his curiosity, he quickly instructed the fat man to continue driving.
"well!"
The fat man slammed on the gas pedal and drove away quickly.
A few minutes later, the car had driven quite a distance.
"Han Shuo, give me a cigarette," the fat man said.
"good."
As Han Shuo spoke, he took out a cigarette and handed it over. You could see that the fat man's fingers were trembling slightly as he took the cigarette.
"Looks like that footprint really scared everyone," Han Shuo thought to himself.
This is a normal reaction, after all, fear comes from the unknown, and that huge footprint was indeed beyond their comprehension.
Han Shuo couldn't imagine what kind of enormous creature could leave such a large footprint.
Han Shuo has gradually come to accept the existence of alien species and genetically modified humans.
However, Han Shuo himself needs to adjust for a while before he can slowly dispel the fear in his heart.
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"Don't overthink it. Once we gather Brother Qingyu and the others, no matter how terrifying things are outside, they won't concern us anymore. As long as we enter the underground research institute, we'll be safe."
Han Shuo comforted everyone, expressing his concern that this incident might leave them with psychological trauma.
"Yes, if things go quickly, we should be able to reach the assembly point by tomorrow night."
Xiao Zhao's mind wasn't too complicated, and he recovered quickly. When the meeting point was mentioned, he also missed his former comrades-in-arms.
"Okay, okay, it'll be safe from now on..."
The fat man's hands stopped trembling and he gradually calmed down.
Li Shurou suppressed her fear and continued to study the bottle of turbid liquid, forcing herself to shift her attention.
Han Shuo noticed this and changed the subject.
"By the way, Shurou, you've been researching turbid fluid for a while now, have you made any progress?"
"No, but there should be chemical components in it. If I had the equipment, I could analyze it carefully."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fat man was somewhat surprised and asked.
"Shurou, you're really making a big deal out of nothing. How could an emergency room doctor like you possibly know these things?"
"What do you know, you nerdy guy? You think doctors just give IVs and injections and that's it? Today I'm going to give you a proper lesson."
When it came to her major, Li Shurou was clearly not to be outdone and continued to talk about it.
"You only know the most basic aspects of medicine; I'm a professional."
"Doctors in other departments may only be proficient in this one area, but we in the emergency department are the most knowledgeable."
"The emergency department needs to be able to do a little bit of everything, but in our hospital, apart from me, most people aren't very proficient in any of them."
"I am proficient in these things because I have loved them since I was a child, so I have always pursued them in my schooling."
"After entering university, in addition to the required medical major, I also took many other courses, including biological gene research and pharmaceutical chemistry research."
"And... never mind, you wouldn't understand if I explained it in more detail."
Li Shurou wanted to continue speaking, but the three people present were all medical novices, so saying more would be a waste of breath.
"Tch, with things like this outside, what use is a postdoctoral fellow?"
Although the fat man said this, his tone was clearly somewhat submissive.
However, Han Shuo's eyes lit up. He only knew that Li Shurou was a medical technology major, but he didn't expect her to be so professional. Even her academic qualifications were so high.
If things are really as Li Shurou said, then if given the right environment to study and analyze this turbid liquid properly, she might actually gain some insights.
"It seems that once we enter the underground research institute, we need to take Li Shurou into account in our subsequent plans. We can't waste her talent."
Han Shuo pondered slowly, and many ideas suddenly arose in his mind, but he would wait until he had gathered Qingyu before inquiring in detail.
Afterwards, the four chatted for a while, and then the three of them—Han Shuo, Xiao Zhao, and Li Shurou—continued to rest, with Fatty driving.
However, tonight, everyone still keeps thinking about what happened, and no one is sleeping soundly.
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When the sun rose again in the east and it got light, the fat man drove off the highway, refilled the gas tank, and then Xiao Zhao took over driving the car.
Xiao Zhao is most familiar with this city.
Because there were so many supplies on the vehicle, Han Shuo couldn't leave it too far away this time.
Xiao Zhao kept turning left and right, trying different routes in H city. Whenever he encountered a traffic jam, he would turn around and drive around.
Following Han Shuo's instructions, Xiao Zhao drove as close to the gathering point as possible.
Although it took a lot of time, hard work finally paid off.
After changing routes countless times, Xiao Zhao successfully avoided all the blocked roads and parked his car about 1,000 meters away from the gathering point.
Further ahead, the road was completely blocked, but the 1,000-meter distance could be covered in just over ten minutes on foot.
Han Shuo decided to first gather Qing Yu and the others, and bring some soldiers to clean up the abandoned vehicles here. Then, they would drive their car over there.
It's really not enough for just four people to clear it out.
And so, Han Shuo and the others, carrying only their own weapons, headed towards the rendezvous point.
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After getting off the car, the fat man put his arm around Xiao Zhao's shoulder without any hesitation and said with a grin.
"How's it going, Xiao Zhao? You'll be seeing your comrades soon, aren't you excited?"
"I'm so excited! Even though we've only been apart for a few days, I almost didn't get to see them again."
Xiao Zhao didn't mind and casually replied.
Han Shuo could see Xiao Zhao's excitement.
Even he hadn't expected that the return journey would go so smoothly, and that they would arrive here safely and without incident.
At this moment, Han Shuo did not find any living zombies on the street, but there were some dead zombie corpses by the roadside.
Han Shuo said, "Qingyu and the others must have cleaned it up a long time ago, but we should still not let our guard down."
"Okay, okay."
And so, the four of them continued walking forward.
500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters... Just turn left at the intersection ahead, and you'll see the gate to the gathering point.
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