Chapter 108 From Road 11 to Bicycle
The four people maintained a diamond formation and ran quietly and quickly.
Lin Xi followed the map's directions and stopped at a small blue dot.
The other three saw the mode of transportation that Lin Xi had come up with:
Shared electric bicycles.
The three people's gazes held surprise, joy, and calm.
Lin Xi knew these three people: two career elites and one seasoned homebody. They probably had never ridden a shared electric bicycle before.
They didn't speak, but communicated with their eyes.
Lin Xi was the first to open the QR code and scanned it with her watch.
Payment failed, insufficient balance.
Because they were in a dangerous area, and making noise would attract zombies, the four of them kept their mouths shut and communicated with their eyes.
Xiang Xin and Liang Hui looked surprised.
Even in the apocalypse, you still have to pay to ride a shared bike!
How can someone not even have the money to ride a shared bicycle?!
Lin Xi didn't feel embarrassed, only nervous.
She withdrew all her online balance into cash on the morning of May 20th.
Her thought at the time was that it would be best if the zombie outbreak could be stopped, but if she failed and the zombie outbreak still occurred, then her electronic balance would just be a string of numbers.
At this moment, Lu Wei showed his QR code and recharged her with 10 yuan.
"Click!"
The sound of the lock being unlocked was quite noticeable on the quiet street corner.
His ears twitched alertly.
Lin Xi released the handlebars and instead gripped the dagger.
A few faint, scattered sounds came from within.
The sound was so faint that it was impossible to tell what it was or what direction it came from.
The four men exchanged glances; one held a dagger, another a baseball bat, and the third clenched his fist.
The voice rang out again.
Xiang Xin raised an eyebrow, her eyes fixed in one direction, and pursed her lips—
In the flower shop on the street corner, a pale face covered with blue veins was revealed among the withered bouquets.
Those white eyes met theirs, and suddenly their gazes tightened as they locked onto their target.
It could have come out through the hole in the door that had been knocked down, but in its eagerness to pounce on its target, it broke through the window and escaped.
"Crash..." A figure leaped out the moment the glass hit the ground.
Lin Xi and Liang Hui's daggers and Lu Wei's fists moved forward simultaneously, but due to their short attack radius and insufficient range, the baseball bat got there first.
Xiang Xin raised his stick and brought it down, the zombie fell to the ground, its neck twitching as it tried to get up.
Lin Xi finished him off with a dagger.
The immediate crisis has been averted, but the noise from the glass shattering was too loud, and nearby zombies will soon be drawn by the sound.
They exchanged a glance, turned around, and ran away.
But who will ride the newly unlocked shared bikes that need to be ridden away?
Now was not the time to be modest or dawdle. Xiang Xin felt that she was relatively weaker in terms of physical strength among the team, so she grabbed the handlebars.
Lin Xi thought as she ran:
When Xiang Xin is focused on her work, she is quite reassuring.
Lin Xi took a few more steps to catch up with Lu Wei, patted his hand holding the tablet, and then glanced at the drone.
Lu Weihui handed over the tablet, then took out the drone's controller and launched the drone.
Lin Xi can only operate with one hand, so it would be more suitable to give the task of controlling the drone to Lu Wei, who has two hands and does not need to hold weapons.
The tablet was unlocked when it was given to Xiang Xin. Since it had been connected beforehand, it directly displayed the footage captured by the drone.
Small drones can't fly very high, but they can give Lin Xi a two-dimensional view.
Lu Wei controlled the drone, while Lin Xi ran and directed the direction to avoid the zombie horde. They avoided any lone zombies they encountered along the way, and shot the ones they couldn't shake off directly in the head.
People are very efficient when dealing with enemies like zombies.
After running for about 10 minutes, Lin Xi finally found a crossroads in the scene without zombies and stopped temporarily.
Everyone caught their breath, but before they could catch their breath, they saw Lu Wei turn around and enter an intersection, brutally beating up two zombies.
Xiang Xin took the tablet from Lin Xi, looked at Lin Xi, looked at the tablet, and then gave herself a thumbs up.
What she meant was: I'm still the best at reporting locations during reconnaissance!
Lin Xi was not calm enough in the critical moment and could not maintain the steady observation of Xiang Xin, so she only avoided the large number of zombies and did not see the details in the picture.
They only got one bicycle, and at this point, they were still 6.2 kilometers away from Lu Wei's home.
After their escape, they realized even more that running to Lu Wei's house on foot was not a realistic possibility.
The area they had just passed through was a temporary safe zone that had just been unprotected. There weren't that many zombies nearby yet, but it was still a close call to avoid the zombie horde.
The further you go in the opposite direction from the safe zone, the higher the zombie density becomes.
Their physical strength will gradually diminish.
Therefore, a means of transportation that is faster than running is needed.
Walker 11 turned into a bicycle!
Lin Xi magnified the sapphire mark on the watch, feeling a bit of a headache.
The three people gathered around to look, and saw that there was only one electric bicycle available on the adjacent street, while the rest of the densely populated areas were in the residential area.
Every residential area along the way had its gates tightly shut; even if someone could climb over the wall to get in, and even if they successfully retrieved the car, they couldn't climb back out with it.
It's difficult and involves a lot of noise.
The risk level is extremely high.
The four-person team had to go to the next street first, where Lu Wei scanned the code to get the other electric bicycle.
They now have two.
Lin Xi silently opened the Blue Sapphire app and quickly typed in some words. This time, she could see some bright spots nearby.
Those are shared bicycles, and there are more of them than shared electric bicycles.
It just requires more strength, but riding is always faster than running on two legs.
However, those spots were all located in areas where zombies were concentrated.
The four men silently communicated their battle plan:
Lin Xi pointed to Liang Hui and Xiang Xin, then pointed to the two cars.
He gestured for them to wait there.
He then gave Xiang Xin a private look and gave her instructions:
You have good observation skills, so you can report our positions and provide cover for us.
Xiang Xin nodded with a hopeful look in her eyes after receiving approval, and hugged the tablet with its low battery tightly.
Lin Xi left her cell phone with Xiang Xin and dialed the phone number on her watch.
Just as she was about to separate the two Bluetooth earphones, giving one to Lu Wei, Liang Hui suddenly stepped forward, pointed to Lin Xi's left hand that was dangling, and then raised his arms, making a muscle-flexing gesture.
Although the gesture was rather cheesy, Lin Xi knew he was implying that Lin Xi's fighting ability was reduced due to an injury to one hand, while he, with both hands intact, would be safer to risk retrieving the car with Lu Wei.
But Lin Xi pointed to Xin, indicating that he needed to ask Xin to concentrate on observing the drone footage and reporting the zombies' locations to them, and that someone needed to stay nearby to protect them.
This division of labor makes the workload more even.
When they officially split up to carry out their operations, Lin Xi suddenly realized:
What does Liang Hui mean?! He can't wield a knife with both hands, and even though he has both hands, he can only attack zombies with his right hand. What's the difference between him and me?!
Once it's safe, let's have a fight and figure out the ranking of combat strength.
Lin Xi and Lu Wei rushed towards the war zone, while the drone arrived ahead of them atop the zombie horde, its small speaker suddenly starting to play music:
"Can you still hear the sound of the bayan fiddle coming from Six Star Street?"
The zombies jumped up, howling, trying to reach the drone.
Xiang Xin kept the drone under control and could see Lin Xi's image, then reported the location of the zombies approaching them.
Her companions would ride shared bicycles and pedal towards her, bathed in light.
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