Chapter 69: A Powerful Counterattack
July 22, 2025, 9 PM.
People endure the sweltering heat all day long, only beginning their activities at night.
Some of them carried hoes, some carried axes, and some carried chainsaws.
Lin Xi watched through the binoculars as they gathered in an orderly fashion at Zhang Xiulan's house and headed towards her home.
It's time to take action.
The time to fight back is now!
Lin Xi put down the binoculars, went to the balcony, and used the remote control to make the drone fly out of the "birdcage" and fly along the country road toward Lin Jie and his group.
Her drone was expensive, but it was very quiet, so it flew over the villagers led by Lin Jie without being detected.
Lin Xi looked at these people through the footage released by the drone: Zhang Xiulan, who had sued her; Lin Jie, who had broken his promise and brought people to harass her again; Zhuang Changdong, the hypocritical village secretary who was taking sides; and several villagers who, in order to survive, were setting their sights on Lin Xi...
Lin Xi gripped the drone remote control and steeled her resolve.
They provoked her first; they persecuted her first.
Then don't blame her for being ruthless.
Lin Xi pressed the button.
The drone, which had been silent until now, emitted a sound from its speaker:
"I am Lin Xi!!!" Lin Xi's clear voice was amplified by the speakers, and even Lin Xi, who was at home hundreds of meters away, could hear it clearly.
The villagers were startled by the sudden noise, and their chainsaws trembled.
Someone muttered an impatient curse under their breath: "Damn! You scared me."
Lin Xi's voice was broadcast from the drone's speakers:
"Don't even think about attacking my house, or you'll never leave alive. Now, lay down your weapons and go home immediately!"
The young, clear female voice lacked strength, but it was clear that she had forced herself to be more forceful, amplifying it tenfold with the sound system, and echoing across the night fields.
The villagers were so frightened by the sound that they quickly ran back to their homes.
To be precise, they weren't scared away by Lin Xi's polite warning, but rather by the loud noise from the drone Lin Xi was using. The zombies would soon gather there, drawn by the sound.
Then they'll be facing zombies.
The zombies that were either roaming or lurking nearby were indeed attracted by the human voices and all rushed toward the source of the sound.
The villagers fled home in terror, locking their doors and windows tightly.
But the drone was still hovering over the path. Lin Xi used a remote control to maneuver the drone around the village, while her warning, which she thought was quite imposing, played on a loop from the speakers:
"Don't even think about attacking my house, or you'll never leave alive. Now, lay down your weapons and go home immediately!"
"Don't even think about attacking my house, or you'll never leave alive. Now, lay down your weapons and go home immediately!"
At night, the zombies' eyesight deteriorates, and they can't see what's making the sound; they just chase after the sound.
The noise was so loud that zombies from the neighboring village were soon attracted to the scene.
Simply attracting zombies wasn't enough; Lin Xi felt the deterrent effect wasn't strong enough.
She piloted the drone, pausing briefly in front of the house where she had just gathered with Zhang Xiulan and the others. The speaker continued to play her warnings on a loop until the zombies were attracted, then she would repeat the process for each family.
The drone lingered over Zhang Xiulan's house the longest. The zombies, following the sound, climbed up Zhang Xiulan's fence and were about to scale it over into the yard.
Lin Xi's new voice came from the drone's speaker: "Look. Zombies can climb fences. If anyone still wants to attack me, I'll definitely lure a zombie into their house!"
"Home--"
"Home--"
The echo reverberated through the village.
"..."
"..."
Everyone was speechless.
The drone footage showed every household with their doors and windows tightly shut. She couldn't see their expressions, but she knew without a doubt they were terrified.
If they could make a sound, they might beg Lin Xi for mercy.
Lin Xi decided to call it a day, and the drone drove away along the path, playing music.
The zombies that had been climbing over Zhang Xiulan's wall jumped down and chased after the drone.
Lin Xi turned off the sound and silently drove the drone home.
After this night, everyone should have realized that she's not someone to be trifled with.
In a very special way.
Now every household is secretly cursing: "That old devil Lin Lao Er raised a daughter who's insane! Sick! Seriously sick!"
Everyone who wanted to deal with her went to her door with real weapons. They were planning to cut down Lin Xi's fence with their tools today, but Lin Xi just showed up dead.
They scared everyone back home in this bizarre way.
This is Lin Xi.
A person who isn't ruthless talks a lot.
Lin Xi put away the drone, took a shower, and slept soundly in the air-conditioned room.
However, this matter is not over yet...
On the first day, Lin Xi saw that several families had white flags on their roofs.
In the countryside, this is considered very unlucky, but during this special period, they dare not go out. This is the only way they can let Lin Xi know that they have surrendered and dare not do it again.
After two days of calm, the families who had surrendered felt they had reconciled with Lin Xi and secretly went out at night to farm and pick vegetables.
They returned home safely, without being attacked by zombies or encountering Lin Xi's drone.
Unbeknownst to them, their every move was being watched by Lin Xi, whose focus was on learning how to grow potatoes out of season.
With this peaceful day, even more people went out the following evening.
Another family drove out together, taking Zhang Xiulan and Lin Jie with them.
Lin Xi didn't know this family, but they were the first to respond when Lin Jie suggested taking over Lin Xi's house, and they were also the ones who provided the chainsaw.
Driving can ensure safety to some extent, but the sound of a car can also attract zombies.
So everyone else stayed home when the car was out in operation.
Lin Xi felt that something was amiss, so she took out her binoculars to observe.
Sure enough, the car drove towards Lin Xi's house, stopped outside the gate, opened the sunroof, and a person threw a string of things into the air. The string of things scattered in the air and did not fall into Lin Xi's yard, but instead got stuck on the birdcage.
The car sped away.
"Crackling crackling crackling..."
It's bustling and dazzling.
What was thrown out of the car was a string of firecrackers.
Lin Xi's house was covered with soundproofing tape, so she wouldn't be bothered by the firecrackers right in her face, but zombies would be attracted by the sound of firecrackers.
This string of firecrackers was very large and had been going off for a long time.
The nearby zombies were attracted to Lin Xi's house. Some climbed up the railing and even reached the top of the "birdcage," but because the security bars were too sturdy, the zombies couldn't get in.
Lin Xi sneered from inside the house: "Fine, fine, so you want to use my method to lure zombies with your voice, huh..."
Lin Xi picked up the drone remote control, but she found it boring to repeat the same trick.
So she had a drone carrying a speaker fly over the fields belonging to the car owner and Lin Jie.
The speaker started playing music, and the zombies, who had lost their target because the firecrackers stopped, rushed towards the speaker.
A drone carrying a speaker led zombies back and forth between two fields, trampling and destroying most of the crops.
Music resounded across the dark plains:
"The vast horizon is my love, and flowers are blooming at the foot of the verdant mountains..."
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