The next day, before dawn, everyone got up.
After having breakfast early, I grabbed my pre-packed things and set off.
Nothing happened along the way, probably because there were teams coming this way and the area was cleared.
The journey didn't take long; the two cars and one truck quickly approached Qizhou.
The towering buildings are already visible in the distance, and a dense array of colorful buildings are right in front of us.
Everyone's feelings are different. Most people, however, feel joy at seeing the city.
Especially in the apocalypse, it felt like they had been away from the city for a long time. Even if they were not far from the city, they still felt far away from it.
Indeed, we left the city; there were no busy crowds, no bustling streets, no human voices, and no birdsong.
Li Xiao didn't have any particular thoughts; she just silently looked out the window, her mind wandering off somewhere.
Tian Tian, who was sitting next to her, was still chattering away. Seeing that Li Xiao was thinking about something, she was talking to Shao Jie in front of her, unable to stay quiet at all.
They traveled along this route and soon arrived in Qizhou, with the same recipe and the same scenery.
The wide road was blocked by cars, leaving only the middle section cleared out to allow one car to pass.
The car slowly drove into the city streets, the surrounding houses receding and passing by on both sides. Broken windows, damaged doors, and dried-out, blackened marks could be seen everywhere.
Li Xiao understood that it looked like blood splattered out, only it had dried in the sun, turned black, and cracked like a clod of earth.
Packaging bags, scraps of paper, and garbage were scattered everywhere, and no one came to clean them up; there was no sign of human habitation.
"It's the same, there's no difference," Li Xiao thought.
Every city is the same; it's just one ruin after another, nothing's different.
Li Xiao calmly looked around, and none of the people in the car spoke.
I don't know if it was because I didn't want to talk about it or because I was unwilling to talk about it, but I fell silent.
Their vehicle was leading the way, and they were also responsible for observing the surrounding situation.
In Li Xiao's view, this was not a problem at all.
"Xiaoxiao." Cheng Shaolin, who was driving in front, suddenly spoke, interrupting Li Xiao's thoughts.
"Huh?" Li Xiao also came to her senses.
After a moment's thought, I understood. She was asking about the road conditions ahead.
Li Xiao had already checked before; there was nothing in front of them except for zombies and a few people, so the situation seemed normal.
"nothing."
He didn't say much, but Cheng Shaolin understood that nothing was wrong.
Tian Tian was puzzled. Cheng Ge only called out once, and Xiao Xiao only said three words?
Seeing that the two were acting very naturally and not saying much, he had no choice but to suppress his doubts.
Sure enough, after driving for two blocks, I saw a figure crossing the street.
Li Xiao looked closely and realized that there were zombies chasing after her.
There are more zombies on this street, probably because the presence of living people has attracted them here.
"Do you need to stop?" Li Xiao asked Cheng Shaolin, who was driving in front.
Cheng Shaolin didn't turn around. He picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "We've spotted people moving ahead. Stop the car immediately. I repeat, we've spotted people moving ahead. Stop the car immediately." After saying that, he put down the walkie-talkie. "Let's assess the situation first. Too many zombies gathering will cause trouble."
Li Xiao nodded: "Okay, should we go down and help?"
"Okay, let's go down and clean it up, it'll be faster that way."
As soon as the words were spoken, Tian Tian and Shao Jie understood.
Shao Jie, knife in hand, followed Cheng Shaolin out of the car. Li Xiao and Tian Tian followed behind.
Shao Jie charged ahead, while they followed slowly behind, taking the opportunity to deal with the zombies that had run over.
They were still more than 100 meters away from the people, and the other side had already seen them.
At this moment, two more people emerged from the nearby shop, and the three of them stood back to back, fighting off the zombies surrounding them.
Shao Jie had already circled around and returned, quickly rushing to them and stopping.
"How is it going?" Cheng Shaolin asked him when he saw him return.
"There seemed to be more than ten of them, probably a team. I only saw a few outside, and a few others seemed to still be inside the shop next door. I could hear noises coming from inside. I didn't go over to confirm," Shao Jie said, recounting what he had seen, and then waited for Cheng Shaolin's instructions.
Cheng Shaolin didn't waste any time. "The zombies are all gathering this way. Let's go help them. Too many zombies will be disadvantageous for us."
"good."
"good."
"Okay." The three of them responded.
"Xiaoxiao, follow behind me." Before leaving, he reminded Du Lixiao to keep up.
Li Xiao glanced at Cheng Shaolin and silently followed.
With the help of several people, they arrived near the group in just a few minutes.
The people who were surrounded were very happy to see someone helping them. They had initially thought the person was unwilling to help because they had seen them standing at a distance, but they were surprised that the person had actually stepped in.
Cheng Shaolin hadn't expected that one of the three was an ordinary person. He was still wielding Li Xiao's standard weapon—an axe—and hacking at zombies. His technique was quite skilled, suggesting it was a regular practice.
The man was a sturdy, strong guy, not tall but very solid-looking.
Thinking about how, in this apocalyptic world, if things were done this way every day, even a fat person could become thin.
When the man saw them helping to clear the zombies, he immediately grinned. "Hey, brother, thanks a lot."
"It's alright, we're going to take this route anyway, it's not a problem," Cheng Shaolin's deep voice rang out.
"Hey, thanks anyway. Hey, you came from over there? Where are you going?" The man was quite lively, talking to Cheng Shaolin while chopping off the zombie's head, not afraid of being ambushed by the zombie.
His two companions were both superhumans, a man and a woman. The woman noticed that he kept turning around to talk and was afraid that he might be grabbed by a zombie if he wasn't careful, so she scolded him: "Fatty, watch out, be careful of your surroundings."
The man trembled in fright when his companion shouted at him, and quickly turned around and said cautiously, "Ah, I know, I know."
Seeing the woman frowning and glaring at him, he dared not look around anymore.
Seeing the man cowering in fear, Li Xiao and the others couldn't help but chuckle quietly, their expressions quite varied.
Seeing the way they were trying not to laugh, the man wasn't annoyed. He just chuckled and continued killing zombies with seriousness.
The woman looked helpless and resigned, then turned to them and said, "I'm sorry, that's just how he is, he's very outgoing and friendly, please don't mind him."
Shao Jie said with a grin, "It's nothing, it's nothing. We just wanted to ask about something."
Upon hearing that they had something to ask, the man quickly replied, "What is it?"
The woman rolled her eyes and let him be.
Li Xiao followed behind, picking up any leftovers. She knew Shao Jie and Cheng Shaolin were there to gather information, so she didn't need to worry about it.
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