Chapter 23
Farewell After a few minutes of rest, the action began.
Yun Shuhuai walked to the edge of the corridor near the stairs, picked up something from the store next to her and threw it on the zombies on the second floor.
The zombies, who had been approaching quietly, became excited again when they saw her. She blew a whistle to make noise and circled around the corridor to guide the zombies upstairs.
After they reached the third floor, Cheng Xiuyi took the lead and went down the slide.
"Let's go! Remember, slide down quietly and don't make any noise."
They lined up one by one and entered the slide.
Qiao Zhengwu, as the only three people with superpowers, ranked second. After he and Cheng Xiuyi slid down, they hid beside the slide, guarding against possible zombies while helping to pull up the people and suitcases coming down behind.
About a minute later, the last person also entered the slide, and the zombies had already run to the fourth floor. After another half circle, they could reach the stairs to the fifth floor.
Yun Shuhuai also seized the time, retreated to the store at the back, took away all the things inside, took out the scooter again, and ran upstairs.
The zombies came up quickly, and Yun Shuhuai followed the old method to collect supplies while sliding. Now that there was no one upstairs, she could let go. Sometimes when she was being chased too closely, she would fold up the shelves beside her and throw them at the zombies to delay time.
After a while, the upstairs was in chaos, and wherever they passed was a mess.
The people downstairs were a little scared when they heard the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets upstairs, but they didn't have time to stay. After the last person slid down, Cheng Xiuyi looked upstairs worriedly and led everyone to rush out.
Yun Shuhuai had almost collected all the supplies here. She slid around the zombies one last time, and when she reached the slide entrance, she quickly folded up her scooter. Before jumping into the slide, she dropped a cabinet at the entrance of the slide. After the zombies caught up, they bumped into the cabinet and blocked the slide entrance tightly.
After riding the slide and landing quickly, Yun Shuhuai ran towards the door without stopping for a moment.
The zombies outside had been almost cleaned up, and some still had icicles stuck in their heads, which seemed to be done by Cheng Xiuyi. He was already sitting in the car, waiting for her to come back.
Yun Shuhuai found his motorcycle, got on it and started it.
"Let's go!"
With an order, several people drove away from the mall.
They drove in the opposite direction of the car that passed by before, because most of the zombies brought out at that time were on the other side. Yun Shuhuai took the lead in front to attract the zombies on the roadside, and the rest of the vehicles followed closely behind.
They stopped at an open area. Cheng Xiuyi led the team to kill the zombies nearby. Yun Shuhuai continued to lead the zombies forward, and after going around a big circle and getting rid of the zombies, she came over.
When those people saw her coming back, they began to thank her. Yun Shuhuai just nodded and turned to Cheng Xiuyi and said, "Your goal has been achieved. Let's disband."
Cheng Xiuyi didn't expect her to be so direct. After seeing her, he couldn't say a word of what he had in mind. Well, they had only known each other for a day, and it was agreed that they were just a temporary team. Originally, he was going to go home after achieving his goal.
The survivors got a little upset after hearing their conversation, "Disband? Then what should we do?" They finally escaped with them, and they didn't want to face those things again.
"What? I still have to support you?" Yun Shuhuai was amused. Saving them was good enough. It looked like these people wanted to cling to them. She didn't want to bring a bunch of burdens to make herself uncomfortable, and she might even get herself involved.
Yun Shuhuai spread her hands, "Please note that I am just an ordinary survivor. My purpose of going to the mall is just to find supplies for my survival, and it has never included saving people. Meeting you was just an accident, that's all."
The man stopped talking. Yun Shuhuai's meaning was very clear. She was very kind to rescue them, and she still wanted to ask for something else?
After hearing her words, those with poor psychological quality had already cried.
Yun Shuhuai was unmoved, Cheng Xiuyi suddenly said, "If you want to follow me, just follow me. I just need to go home."
Those people were happy to hear this and began to move closer to Cheng Xiuyi.
Yun Shuhuai raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that there would be someone who would make trouble for him. "Your home is not in this city, right?"
"My home is in S City."
When they heard that it was S City, those people became depressed again. S City is not close to here. There are several provinces in between. Although this person also has supernatural powers, is it sure that he can reach such a long distance alive?
Obviously, some people don't want to go so far, and the crying sounded again.
Yun Shuhuai was annoyed by their noise and decided to give them some tips, "Maybe you should find a place to hide and wait for rescue, or try to save yourself. If conditions permit, you can go to H City to have a look. There are garrisons there and they should set up a safe zone."
Hearing the word "garrison", Cheng Xiuyi looked up at her.
"Even if zombies broke out in the army, they have weapons and I believe they will be able to subdue them soon. After they are sorted out, they will probably go out to rescue." Yun Shuhuai continued, "Our city is a large city and is relatively close to H City. We will be included in the rescue list first. If nothing unexpected happens, rescue will arrive within a month or at the earliest a week later."
Cheng Xiuyi was a little surprised. Her analysis was correct. This was indeed what the garrison in H City would do. If he didn't have to go home, he would choose to go directly to H City. So he nodded, "She's right, there are indeed troops stationed in H City, and a safe zone will be established there soon if something happens. If they want to come here for rescue, the city gymnasium will be their first choice for stationing."
Yun Shuhuai raised his eyebrows calmly. How did this person know that the city gymnasium would be the first shelter? Could he also be reborn? It doesn't look like it.
After listening to the two people, those people calmed down a lot.
"I... I'd better stay here." Someone has made a decision.
"Me too, I want to go home to see my family."
"..."
In the end, five of the seven people wanted to stay, and two followed Cheng Xiuyi.
Following Cheng Xiuyi were the aunt and a man in his thirties. The man said that he had been wandering around for many years and had no place to stay here. It happened that his home was quite close to S City, so he wanted to go back with them. His car could be left to the others. The aunt was old, and her only son was also out of town. It would be a dead end for her to stay here alone.
Now the couple drove one car, and the other three drove one.
But Qiao Zhengwu suddenly stepped forward and summoned up the courage to say, "Sister, can you take me home? I... I can't drive, and I don't live with them. I'm worried about my parents. Just take me to a place near my home, and I can give you my supplies. Please..."
Seeing that he was about to cry, Yun Shuhuai agreed.
This boy has always been relatively calm among these people. Yun Shuhuai has a good impression of him. He did not ask her for things as a matter of course like others, and his attitude was very humble. Based on this point, Yun Shuhuai decided to help him.
After deciding on the destination, several people hurried to get on the car in groups.
Fortunately, Yun Shuhuai's motorcycle was big enough to sit two people, but it would not be able to fit two suitcases and two large backpacks.
Ah~ It's so annoying that I can't use the space in front of people.
Yun Shuhuai finally decided to give one suitcase to Cheng Xiuyi.
Cheng Xiuyi thanked her and asked Yun Shuhuai if she was willing to go with him before leaving. She refused and Cheng Xiuyi did not force her. After saying goodbye, they drove away.