I heard the sound of the trunk opening.
Qiao An'an and the others thought the patrol officers had discovered their rope-grinding, so they nervously stopped what they were doing and looked out of the trunk with bated breath.
To everyone's surprise, the person opening the trunk was not one of the J City patrol officers who had arrested them, but rather Zhou Fang and his group, whom they had previously beaten up.
Afraid that the people in the trunk would make noise and wake up the patrol officers in J City, Zhou Fang made a shushing gesture and said to them in a low voice, "I'm here to rescue you."
When Zhou Fang said he would repay them, Qiao An'an and the others just took it as a joke. They never expected that they would need Zhou Fang's help so soon: "Thank you."
Zhou Fang untied the ropes binding Qiao An'an and the others.
Zhou Fang's brothers behind him acted as lookouts.
They quickly rescued Qiao An'an and the others from the large trunk of the pickup truck.
With so many people getting out of the trunk, the car inevitably shook a few times, and the J City patrolman sitting in the seat opened his eyes alertly.
Then they saw Qiao An'an and the others fleeing in the rearview mirror.
They immediately woke up the people in the other cars, turned their cars around, and chased after Qiao An'an and the others.
These people were driving cars, and Qiao An'an and her group, including the elderly and children, couldn't outrun them at all.
They saw a car driving towards them from behind, occasionally firing bullets at them.
Qiao An'an felt that if things continued like this, they would be caught up by the cars behind them, so she said to Li Jianguo and Yan Ling, "We'll stay behind to cover their retreat, let them go first!"
Zhou Fang replied, "No need, they can't catch up with us."
Everyone felt that Zhou Fang was a bit too confident.
But the next moment, iron chains were suddenly stretched across the road behind them.
The pickup trucks were driving too fast and didn't notice the suddenly raised iron cable. The trucks were tripped by the cable and overturned. Several cars behind them couldn't avoid it and crashed into the overturned trucks in front. The impact was loud, the damage was severe, and the air was filled with the smell of gasoline.
Zhou Fang took a lighter out of his pocket and threw it in the direction of the crash.
In an instant, flames shot into the sky, followed by screams of agony from the crowd and the sound of explosions.
Occasionally, a few people would manage to break free of the flames, but they would be immediately felled by Zhou Fang's men who were guarding the area, using shovels, sticks, and axes. Before long, the screams would cease.
After the explosion ended.
All that remained on the road was towering flames.
This left Qiao An'an and the others completely stunned. Could this really be possible?
Then Qiao An'an asked the question that had been bothering her: "They locked the car doors and the trunk, so how did you manage to open the trunk door so quietly?"
Zhou Fang took out a car door lock jammer and explained Qiao An'an's doubts: "The firelight will attract the zombies nearby. We must leave here as soon as possible. The place we live in is safe. You can come with us first."
Qiao An'an shook her head: "No need, we need to go back to the roadside. Our weapons and food are in the car."
Zhou Fang scratched his head: "To be honest, we actually followed you all the way. We've already driven your car back to our place, but don't worry, we haven't touched anything inside."
Without vehicles, weapons, and food, they had no way of reaching the capital.
Qiao An'an and the others had no choice but to go with Zhou Fang.
On the way, Zhou Fang asked Qiao An'an curiously, "When we were hiding in the woods, we heard you telling the patrol officers in J City that you went to the capital to develop an anti-zombie virus, and that there were antigen carriers among you. Who are they?"
Qiao An'an paused in her steps.
From the current perspective, Zhou Fang is helping them, but that doesn't mean these people are absolutely good. It's also possible that they just think the antigens are a rare commodity after hearing about them.
Qiao An'an felt that this risk was not worth taking, so she said to Zhou Fang, "Since you heard our conversation, you should know that we said it on purpose to get those people in J City to let us go. If there were really so many antigen carriers in the world, the capital would have developed antiviral serum long ago."
Zhou Fang was somewhat disappointed: "So that's how it is. Then why did those people in J City chase after you? And why did you go to the capital?"
Qiao An'an explained, "We ran out of food at home and were planning to take our family to a safe zone to settle down. We met some patrol officers from J City on the road, and they said they could take us into the safe zone, so we went with them. But we didn't expect that we would have to be tested to enter the safe zone. Two of our family members were refused entry."
We all came together, so naturally we should leave together. So we told the people of J City that we couldn't all stay, and we would all leave.
But they were unreasonable and wouldn't let us leave.
Then we stole their car, rammed through the gate to their safe zone, and rushed out.
Unexpectedly, the people of J City are incredibly vengeful; they chased us the whole way.
After listening, Zhou Fang sighed with emotion: "It would have been better if you hadn't mentioned the J City Safe Zone. Now that you've mentioned it, all of us brothers are getting angry. I also went into the J City Safe Zone with my friend. In the end, my friend stayed, but I was kicked out. I didn't have your friend's good luck. My friend not only stayed but also became so happy that he would drive out and chase away us so-called lawbreakers at the drop of a hat."
They forcibly drove me from J City to Y City.
When I saw their car yesterday, my first thought was, "I've come all the way to Y City, surely they wouldn't come here like this?" But then I found out they were looking for you.
"You guys are amazing! You just rammed down their gate! No wonder they chased you all the way here, hahaha!!!"
Li Jianguo thought Zhou Fang was very righteous, she even risked her life to help them, so why did Qiao An'an lie to her?
However, upon further reflection, Qiao An'an was always prudent in her actions, and since she said that, she must have her reasons, so she didn't say anything more.
The others shared the same idea as Li Jianguo.
Only the crybaby Xu Ruoyu asked Ya Ya next to her in a silly way, "Is your mother lying?"
Ya Ya covered Xu Ruoyu's mouth and said, "This is an adult matter, you're just a kid, don't meddle!"
The two people's voices attracted the attention of the people in front.
Zhou Fang turned to look at Ya Ya and Xu Ruoyu, who were walking in the middle of the group: "Little friends, what are you talking about?"
Ya Ya remembered her mother saying that a lie is not a lie if it is well-intentioned. Her mother did not reveal her identity in order to protect her, so it was well-intentioned. In order to help her mother cover up this lie, she covered Xu Ruoyu's mouth while answering Zhou Fang, "It's nothing. I was just afraid that Xu Ruoyu, this crybaby, would cry, so I covered her mouth."
Zhou Fang had been following Qiao An'an and her group's car. Although they were hiding in the shadows, they had seen everything clearly when the J City patrol officers came out. They also knew that this girl called Xu Ruoyu was incredibly good at crying, so they immediately praised her, saying, "Good job!!!"
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