Chapter 24
After the eight people at the factory had a simple supply, they decided to investigate the situation inside Xihai City before daybreak. If the situation was bad, they would consider spending another day to go around the outskirts of Xihai City to Tongtian Port.
The eight people were divided into three groups: Zhou Yu and Song Yan in one group, Zhu Liang, Wen Xia Xia and Lu Jia in one group, and Lou Tiannan with Lin Bai and Xi Ya in one group.
Each member of the three groups was equipped with a walkie-talkie.
After discussing, they set off in three different directions and agreed to meet in an hour.
The city is full of tall buildings, with no grass growing, and the streets are littered with aircraft and car wrecks.
They wore tough combat uniforms and special glasses with functions such as thermal imaging and motion capture, and explored the city carefully.
In a place unknown to anyone, Lin Bai's pupils behind her glasses recorded everything she saw like a scanner.
Before the end of the world, she had been to Xihai City several times. Although the entire city was very different from the prosperous one she remembered, the iconic buildings, road signs and roads had not changed much. These street buildings soon matched the scenes in her memory.
She followed Lou Tiannan and gradually completed the map of Xihai City in her mind.
After this period of physical training, Xiya can now keep up with the speed of two adults. She is small, light-footed, and very flexible and agile.
Unexpectedly, there were not as many zombies in Xihai City as they had imagined. After entering for a long time, they hardly saw any moving objects, but they soon found out the reason.
In a landmark square in Xihai City, there were piles of dead bodies, with arms and legs missing, faces hideous and bloody, all piled together. Under the scorching sun, a foul stench was emitted. If you looked closely, you could see unknown insects wriggling on the pile of corpses.
Seeing this, Lou Tiannan frowned. He turned around and did not go straight through the square, but walked forward along the path next to the square. Not only was the pile of corpses too disgusting, but there was no other cover on the square except the pile of corpses. It was very unsafe for them, and no one could guarantee whether there were any remnants of the zombie virus in those piles of corpses.
After they carefully walked around the square, before they walked out of the path, Lou Tiannan stopped, held Xiya beside him, put his index finger to his lips, and gestured to indicate that there was movement ahead.
Lin Bai reacted quickly, stepped back immediately, and pointed behind him.
There is a square marker on the path in the square they just entered that they can hide from. It is a spiral conch.
The three of them quickly retreated to the conch. Lin Bai slipped in first and came face to face with the corpse inside. Before she could give a warning, Xiya was pushed in by Lou Tiannan, and then Lou Tiannan also hurried in.
Xiya looked up and saw the dead body with blood gushing out of all seven orifices. She couldn't help but open her mouth, but Lou Tiannan quickly covered her mouth with a palm, and she didn't make any sound.
After Xiya's initial surprise, she quickly calmed down. She knew not to make any sound.
Just as the three were "getting along friendly" with the corpse, footsteps were heard outside the conch.
Lin Bai pulled out the black blade from the side of his leg and cut a thin slit on the conch with two strokes.
Through the narrow gap, they saw four people walking across the square. Lou Tiannan recognized at a glance that one of the slightly sturdy men was a murderer who had escaped before the apocalypse.
The rough voices of the four of them chatted through the narrow gap and reached the ears of the three people: "They killed all the zombies in Xihai City and took them to honor Master Tu. We have nothing in our hands after three days. How are we going to report to Master Tu when we go back?!"
"Let's look for more. If we can't find any zombies, we can look for humans. Zombies have crystal cores, and humans have flesh. The butcher will be happy to see them!"
"Those people are just skinny guys, they make my teeth hurt. Butcher told me a few days ago not to use these things to perfunctorily deal with him."
"Let's learn from Chang Ping. First, feed them with human flesh for two days. When they are fat, we can kill them. The butcher will definitely like it."
"That's a good idea! Let's keep a close eye on it these few days. Maybe someone will run from here to the New City Safe Zone."
One person said disdainfully, "What the hell? A safe zone? Sooner or later, Master Tu will lead us to capture Xincheng, and then all the food will be ours!"
"That's right, hahahaha!" They laughed wildly without any scruples.
Lou Tiannan's eyes darkened.
The three of them were all focused on the four people talking outside. No one expected that the corpse in the conch was about to fall, probably due to osteoporosis caused by age and the loss of support. Lin Bai noticed it immediately and reached out to grab it by the collar. Lou Tiannan also raised his leg to push against the corpse's shoulder, and then -
The head of the corpse had fallen off.
“Boom.”
The three people in the conch were silent for a moment.
"What's going on?"
The four people who were about to walk away heard the sound, stopped, and looked towards the conch with sharp eyes.
The four of them looked at each other in confusion, but relying on their special abilities, someone took the lead and suggested, "Let's go take a look."
Seeing the four people coming over, Lin Bai quickly reached out and touched the conch shell wall. She wiped her black ash-stained hand on Xiya's face, and her fair little face immediately became dirty. She reached out and pushed Xiya, whispering, "Get out."
Xiya ran out without thinking.
"It's a child!" One of them said excitedly!
"Where did this child come from?" Children are rare these days.
Just as they were walking towards Xiya with interest, Lin Bai in the conch shell quickly said to Lou Tiannan, "Look for an opportunity inside." After she finished speaking, she quickly took off her black combat uniform, leaving only a gray vest underneath. She pulled the rag coat from the corpse and wrapped it around herself, rubbing her cheek with her fingers, and ran out, "anxiously" shouting, "Xiya, come back!"
Lou Tiannan didn't expect Lin Bai to react so quickly.
"Wow, buy one get one free, and there's a woman." The four men were obviously happier!
"Be careful!" Some people still kept their composure. It was a bit strange that a woman and a child appeared in this place for no reason.
Lin Bai had already grabbed Xiya, and she ran forward with Xiya without looking back.
But his way was soon blocked by a wooden board erected in front of him.
"Don't come over here!" Lin Bai protected Xiya behind him, and looked "panicked" at the four people. He pulled out a knife from the side of his thigh. She held the knife in her hand shakily, and her expression was very helpless.
In Lou Tiannan's opinion, her acting was terribly poor.
However, those four people were like blind. Seeing Lin Bai's panic and the dirty appearance of the two men, they completely lost their minds and began to discuss how to allocate Lin Bai and Xiya's whereabouts.
"This child looks so pretty, let's take her back to Master Tu. This woman... hehehe..." Someone laughed obscenely, the meaning was self-evident.
His proposal was quickly agreed by the others: "Master Tu will definitely not like her, and Master Tu is not short of women, so the four of us can have some fun!"
"Come on, don't be afraid, little beauty."
As he was speaking, someone was already approaching Lin Bai with a lewd smile, rubbing his hands in anticipation.
"Don't come over here!!!" Lin Bai's hands were shaking violently.
Those people seemed even more excited.
The four of them were only concerned with Lin Bai and Xiya in front of them, and approached Lin Bai step by step, completely unaware that their backs were completely exposed to Lou Tiannan in the conch.
They never imagined that there was someone inside the conch.
One of them was very close to Lin Bai. Although Lin Bai looked ordinary, her waist was slender and flexible, and the dust could not hide her fair skin. Although she was not good-looking, she had a good figure...
The lust in his eyes almost flowed to Lin Bai. He couldn't wait to reach out and grab Lin Bai. When his hand was about to touch Lin Bai's shoulder, he felt a wind passing through his body, and his back quickly became extremely hot.
Before he could even say anything, he was burned to charcoal on the spot.
Lin Bai's eyes moved, and his supernatural energy seemed to be enhanced.
The remaining three people didn't have time to think. They turned around to look at the newcomers and quickly set up defenses around them. They built layers of wooden boards and earth walls. When they thought they were safe, a cluster of black flames penetrated the layers of protective walls they had erected without any hindrance. The black flames emitting powerful high temperatures suddenly appeared before their eyes, making them look surprised.
But at the same time, they also saw the face of the person who attacked them. Under the sharp brows were a pair of gray eyes, and the raised eyelids were shining with a frightening light. In his hands, he held a black fireball ready to be launched.
A slightly plump man saw the face of the person coming and his eyes changed. He said in surprise: "Lou Tiannan!"
"What?! He is Lou Tiannan?"
"He came so quickly?!"
"Quickly notify Master Tu——ah——"
No one expected that the helpless and panicked woman would dare to launch a sneak attack from behind them. A black blade pierced the speaker's heart from behind, and bright red blood dripped onto the ground along the groove of the black blade.
Seeing this, the other two immediately used their special powers on Lin Bai who was close to them, and attacked him with stones and wooden arrows.
Lou Tiannan's eyes tightened, and he was about to run towards Lin Bai, but the next second, he stopped, raised his eyes slightly, and looked at the afterimage in the air.
The moment the stones and wooden arrows attacked, Lin Bai leaped into the air. The corpse coat that she had picked up casually spun in her hands. The slender waist outlined by the gray slim vest looked extremely powerful. The coat swept away a piece of stones and wooden arrows. She stepped on one of the stones to gain leverage again, flipping in the air. With her flexible body, she managed to avoid the remaining stones and wooden arrows.
Amidst the dense attacks, her movements were calm, precise and neat, something that even a person with superpowers would find difficult to achieve, not to mention that she had no superpowers and was just an ordinary person.
However, the next moment, Lou Tiannan paid the price for his distraction.
A black blade was thrown at him, accompanied by Lin Bai's incredible words: "Are you in a daze?"
Lou Tiannan turned his head to avoid the black blade and quickly came to his senses. The two of them had only cooperated once, but after a few days, they still had a tacit understanding when they cooperated again.
In just a few minutes, the two men from Xue Gu were captured, one dead and one injured.
The surviving fugitive happened to be the first to recognize Lou Tiannan. Lin Bai checked his entire body and removed the intercom and tracker hidden in his clothes. Lou Tiannan asked him, "Where is Qiu Tu?"
"You dare to look for him?" The escaped prisoner spat out a mouthful of blood, not hiding Qiu Tu's location at all. "Moda City in the South Third District, if you want to die, go there!"
In his opinion, although Lou Tiannan is very strong, he cannot be stronger than Qiu Tu. Not to mention Qiu Tu, he is sure that if Lou Tiannan dares to go, he will die directly at the hands of those masters in Moda City.
Lou Tiannan was seeking death, and he was happy to see it happen.
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