Chapter 41 Encountering a scammer
There was an old lady sitting on the ground, begging for mercy, saying that she had been hit and couldn't walk, and insisted that the car owner take her and her family with him.
The car owner also had his wife and daughter with him, so naturally he couldn't agree.
Some car owners who were eager to escape had already started cursing.
There are many ownerless and scrapped vehicles on the highway, with faint traces of blood on the ground and signs of burning visible on the open space on the roadside. You don’t have to guess what was burned.
The smell of thick smoke has not completely dissipated yet, the air is not very fresh, and under the scorching sun, I feel so hot that I am almost smoking.
In such weather, and since it is the end of the world, everyone is in a bad mood, and some people are even ready to fight.
When the old lady saw that the RV owner insisted on not taking anyone with him, she continued to sit on the ground and cry.
"Hey, if you bump into someone, take them with you. If you don't leave, we have to leave. When the zombies come later, will you go out and act as a meat shield?"
The car owner held the kitchen knife tightly in his hand. Upon hearing this, his face turned ashen with anger: "Why? It's clearly this family that's trying to scam me."
There were a lot of cars along the way, but very few RVs. He was driving a brand new RV, who wouldn’t be envious!
Perhaps because they can't stand seeing others doing well, some people actually started speaking up for the family that committed the fraud.
"Your RV is so big that it can definitely accommodate a lot of people. Now that the apocalypse is approaching, everyone is fleeing for their lives. Any help is appreciated."
"That's right, how can you be so stingy? In times of disaster, we should help each other. Let that family go up and take shelter!"
Liang Yingsheng didn't intend to be the first to stand out. She also drove an RV, which ordinary people couldn't tell, but experts might be suspicious.
Once you are entangled by this family, you will become a mobile blood bag for mosquitoes to suck your blood, and sooner or later your blood will be sucked dry.
The car owner's eyes were red. "She was lying on the ground and trying to scam someone. Why should our family be blamed? You guys are so kind. I see many of your cars can accommodate people. Everyone, take one or two with you!"
Perhaps not wanting to delay, a van driver decisively opened the door and said, "Alright, we're all going to find a shelter. Old lady, let your son and daughter-in-law take my car, and you can take your grandchildren to the RV!"
The RV owner wanted to argue, but his wife stopped him and reluctantly let him get in the car.
Just as the conflict was resolved, a panicked voice suddenly rang out: "Run, there are zombies!"
Looking back, I saw a man rushing out from the woods behind. He looked hurried and his belt was not even fastened. I guess he went to the woods to meet his physiological needs.
Behind him, there were more than a dozen zombies following. There were obvious blood marks on the man's arm. He was running towards the highway while calling for help.
Everyone was in a panic, and the horns were honking one after another, making it very noisy.
"There are zombies, run!"
"Drive faster, drive the fuck faster!"
"Woo woo, mom, I want mom!"
Liang Yingsheng quickly got into the car and closed the window. The car in front finally moved, but many hikers, regardless of the danger, stood in front of the car and asked to be taken with them.
In this situation, naturally no one would be willing to do that, and some cruel people would even drive over it.
Liang Yingsheng's face was tense as he looked at the man on the ground whose legs were crushed by the car. In the driver's seat, Liang Zhimo's hands were shaking as he drove.
Liang Yingsheng's voice was extremely cold, "Just drive over there!"
"But……"
"Stop talking nonsense. If you sympathize with others, will they sympathize with you? If these people hadn't risked their lives to stop the car, would they have ended up like this?"
In the last days, when you can’t even take care of your own life, who can care about others?
There were quite a few people hiking, and the smart ones had already climbed over the highway guardrail and ran to both sides.
The man who rushed out of the woods has turned into a zombie. The road ahead is finally smoother, but the road behind is extremely congested due to the appearance of zombies.
Some people were dragged out by zombies before they could close the car door, while others crashed into the car in front without any care, resulting in explosions and death of the car and people.
Liang Zhimo stepped on the accelerator, and Liang Yingsheng observed the situation behind the car from time to time.
Screams, wails, and shouts filled the air.
Blood, despair, and flames everywhere.
The exploding car triggered a chain reaction, affecting many people who did not have time to escape and the blocked vehicles.
It was only five or six meters away, but the area behind had become a living hell.
The bitten people lay on the ground and rolled around in pain. Soon, they got up and rushed towards the vehicles in front with roars.
Liang Zhimo had a serious expression on his face. He drove very steadily. Everyone was running for their lives. There were cars coming and going on the highway, turning here and there. Liang Zhimo even overtook many cars.
The RV that was forced to carry people didn't know what happened, but suddenly it crashed into the roadside fence like a headless fly.
Not daring to delay, Liang Zhimo turned a corner and continued driving, occasionally glancing through the rearview mirror at the RV that was getting farther and farther away. He was soon surrounded by the zombies that were chasing him.
"Sister, was someone in that car bitten by a zombie?"
Liang Yingsheng took a sip of Pulse Calming and took out a bottle of medicine to calm the nerves. He unscrewed the cap and handed it to Liang Zhimo. "I don't know. The old lady's son and daughter-in-law didn't catch up with the car they were in. They might have been arguing with the owner of the car and wanted to stop it."
In short, the people in the RV are probably doomed.
Due to emergencies, many people were forced to change their itineraries, and had to leave again after arriving in Jiangcheng with great difficulty.
The road was relatively smooth after that. Occasionally, he would encounter a few ownerless cars and zombies wandering around aimlessly. Liang Zhimo didn't hesitate and stepped on the accelerator to crash into them.
The zombie was knocked away, blood splattered all over the car windows. I turned on the wipers and continued driving.
It wasn’t a long journey, but we didn’t get off the highway until evening.
The car continued driving on the national highway. The sun set in the west, and the golden sunset filled the sky. It was magnificent and incompatible with this man-eating apocalypse.
The night is not suitable for driving, especially when zombies are rampant and social order is collapsing.
Afraid of encountering people with ulterior motives setting up roadblocks and stealing his car, Liang Yingsheng looked around and finally found a restaurant on the roadside when the sun had completely set.
A small two-story building, with people living upstairs and a restaurant downstairs. The restaurant's glass door was severely damaged, the tables and chairs inside the store were tilted, and the door of the garage next to it was wide open, with only a broken bicycle left inside.
"Drive the car in, we'll stay here tonight."
This area is rural, surrounded by fields, and occasionally you can see a few private buildings on the roadside.
Some may have been robbed and are severely damaged, while some doors and windows are blocked tightly, and there may still be people living inside.
Judging from the situation, the owner of this house had left long ago.
Taking advantage of the time when Liang Zhimo parked the car, Liang Yingsheng walked into the restaurant and took away a few cleaner tables and chairs. There were still a few shelves in the kitchen, which were full of fruits and vegetables, but unfortunately they were all rotten.
After a quick cleanup, I put the shelves back into the space.
The wine and drinks at the hotel's cash register had long been looted. Liang Yingsheng continued to search and found a box of dry goods at the top of the container, including kelp, black fungus and so on.
She accepted it without fail.
(End of this chapter)
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