Chapter 58 Returning to the Service Area
After leaving the gathering place, Xiao Zhao followed Han Shuo's footsteps and moved forward quickly.
Han Shuo chose the direction where he had parked the car that day; if he wanted to retrieve it remotely, he would need to take the car back.
Although there are many abandoned vehicles in the vicinity.
However, being so close to the city center, almost all the surrounding roads were blocked.
Soon, Han Shuo returned to the vicinity of the artificial lake. As he was crossing the bridge, Xiao Zhao saw the corpse of the corpse cat.
"Brother Han? Did you kill him?" Xiao Zhao asked, as he could tell from the stabbing wound on the cat's corpse with its head pierced through it that it was a knife wound.
"Mm," Han Shuo replied simply.
Four or five zombies roamed over from the other side of the bridge, but the two easily dealt with them without lingering.
Then, Han Shuo arrived at a street where an overturned bus was parked in the distance. Han Shuo remembered this location.
At this moment, the young man was no longer on the bus, and there was not even a body left behind. Only a patch of dried blood remained on the side wall of the bus.
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The car wasn't too close to the gathering point. The two avoided zombies whenever they encountered them, and when they couldn't avoid them, they had to take action to deal with them. However, they weren't in much danger, and they didn't even fire their rifles.
Finally, around 2 p.m., Han Shuo returned to the SUV.
Han Shuo had thought they would arrive by noon, but the two of them were clearly not walking as fast as they had imagined. Now that he thought back, he had stayed overnight on his way here, which saved a lot of time in terms of overall travel time.
However, they needed to be faster and couldn't afford to waste any time. It was getting dark quickly, so Han Shuo decided to spend the night at the same highway service area they had visited before!
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"call--!"
Seeing that the car was still there, Han Shuo breathed a sigh of relief. Although the place where he parked it that day was not very conspicuous, he was actually worried that the car would be driven away by other survivors.
He wasn't worried about losing the car; he could easily find another one. What Han Shuo cared about was the food left in the car.
"Get in the car!" Han Shuo took out the remote control from his pocket and unlocked the car door.
After getting into the car, Xiao Zhao noticed a large box of food in the back seat, and his eyes lit up.
"Brother Han, no wonder you were so determined to find this car, and there's so much food too!"
When Han Shuo left, Fatty and Li Shurou prepared enough food for him for about 15 days. Now there is at least enough food for one person to eat for 10 days in the car.
"It's getting harder and harder to find food these days, so we should have as much as we can."
As Han Shuo spoke, he started the car, first backing it out of the abandoned vehicle, then flooring the gas pedal and driving off!
"Xiao Zhao, have something to eat first."
Xiao Zhao didn't stand on ceremony and took out food from the box behind him to eat. These two days were extremely crucial, and both of them needed to be in top condition.
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Half an hour later, following the route he remembered, Han Shuo successfully drove the car to the edge of H City.
Next, Han Shuo also planned to take the highway, firstly for speed, and secondly to try to return along the same route he came by, otherwise it would be easy to get lost without a map.
"Brother Han, why don't you eat something and rest for a while? Let me drive!" Xiao Zhao said.
"Wait, we'll be at the tollbooth in about ten minutes. We'll park there!"
"Take the highway?" Xiao Zhao was not familiar with Han Shuo's route.
“Yes, that’s the way I came. It’s safer to go back the same way,” Han Shuo explained.
"Oh, right, I remember now. You said before that the armored zombie was the one you encountered at the highway rest stop!"
Soon, ten minutes later, the two looked up and saw the tollbooth sign on the shelf.
The entrance was completely blocked by cars, so Han Shuo drove against traffic straight towards the exit!
Upon reaching the toll booth, Han Shuo stopped the car, and the two switched places.
"Okay, Xiao Zhao, you drive, I'll direct!" Han Shuo instructed, and then sat in the passenger seat and started eating.
Xiao Zhao's driving skills are obviously much better than Han Shuo's. Before, when he was with Qing Yu, he was the one who was mainly responsible for driving. After all, he was the youngest and was taken care of by others, so he naturally had to take the initiative in these small things.
Once on the highway, the car picked up speed, and Han Shuo felt much more relaxed. He pointed out the direction to Xiao Zhao, then leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
The car was traveling against traffic on the highway. Apart from the roar of the engine, there was complete silence.
After driving for a while, Xiao Zhao yawned and spoke.
"Brother Han, want to play a song?"
"Go ahead and put it down, it's fine, I can't sleep either!" Han Shuo replied.
Xiao Zhao turned on the music player, and beautiful songs echoed in the car.
"Looks like Xiao Zhao is really boring," Han Shuo thought to himself. Suddenly, he remembered that he had heard a colleague say that if a group of people went out in a car, the person sitting in the passenger seat should never fall asleep.
Han Shuo was curious at the time and asked a question. The answer he received was that sleeping in the passenger seat could infect the driver.
Now it seems that this is indeed the case.
Han Shuo stopped resting with his eyes closed, opened them, adjusted his chair, sat up straight, and chatted idly with Xiao Zhao.
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There were no major surprises on the highway. As soon as it got dark, Han Shuo saw the service area from that day.
"Xiao Zhao, stop here, right at this service area. We'll stay here for the night," Han Shuo instructed.
"Okay!"
Xiao Zhao slowed down, turned off the bus, and parked the car in the service area.
He had already heard Han Shuo mention this place on the way, and sure enough, there were still no zombies nearby, as it was quite remote.
However, when this matter was brought up, Han Shuo specifically asked Xiao Zhao on the way: Don't all mutant species appear in places without zombies? Why was the last intelligent zombie an exception?
Xiao Zhao explained that, according to the data from the underground research institute, only the Spiritual Zombie has been found to be somewhat special compared to other alien species. The specific reason may be the Spiritual Zombie's ability to gather monsters.
As for other variants, there are generally no exceptions, just as Han Shuo said.
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After getting out of the car, the two took all the important supplies and weapons from the car upstairs. Han Shuo chose the building closest to the gas station because it was the only building with a bed, so he would sleep more comfortably at night.
Before going upstairs, Xiao Zhao glanced at the charred corpse, said nothing, and went upstairs.
Actually, this detail was something Qingyu specifically instructed Xiao Zhao to do last night. If there was a chance to come here, she wanted Xiao Zhao to check the situation and see if it was really as Han Shuo said.
Although Han Shuo saved him, Qing Yu was a seasoned veteran who had managed to reach that position. Qing Yu had already lowered his guard against Han Shuo, but he would feel more at ease knowing that his own people could confirm the truth.
Even if Han Shuo knew about this, Qingyu believed that Han Shuo would understand him.
There's nothing wrong with being cautious.
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