Helicopters circled in the sky, and the sound of gunfire erupted from time to time in the distance. Under the fire of the fully armed Federal Rescue Team, even those Mutated Zombies could not withstand a single round of gunfire.
The crowd was jogging at first, but as they gradually felt there was no danger, their speed slowed down. Some who were physically weaker even fell out of the group.
"How is it? Are you tired?"
Lin Qi deliberately kept walking in the center of the road so that if any changes occurred on either side, he could adjust in time.
"I'm not tired. This is much easier than when we used to go camping."
Zhao Tuantuan leaned on a steel pipe. At some point, she had smeared some black, dirty stuff on her face to cover up her cute appearance.
She was indeed not tired; she even felt a warm current spreading from her chest from time to time, and her body was becoming more and more powerful.
Occasionally, one or two zombies appeared ahead. Before they could even sense the scent of humans, some of the survivors holding bows couldn't wait to take aim.
Some unlucky zombies were hit by several arrows but did not die, wriggling on the road like hedgehogs.
Suddenly, a scream came from the edge of the crowd. A yellow shadow leaped out from the green belt and bit the neck of the person closest to it.
The people around scattered in a panic. When they saw the yellow shadow clearly, a wound had already been torn open on the neck of the person on the ground, and even a section of their trachea was exposed!
"A dog! It's a dog!"
That yellow thing was a medium-sized dog with a slender body and yellowish fur. Its eyes, in particular, were a scarlet color.
"Mutated Creature!"
The moment Lin Qi, not far away, saw this dog, he knew it was unusual; it was definitely not a stray dog from the city.
At the time of the city lockdown, the city had dispatched professional squads to capture the animals within the city, almost wiping out all the stray dogs and cats. Even the animals in the zoo had all been transported elsewhere.
A man holding a homemade spear approached slowly. Before he could attack, he heard a whimpering sound from the yellow dog's throat. The yellow dog, which had been licking blood, suddenly raised its head and bared its teeth in a glare.
"Damn it! You scared the hell out of me!"
The man trembled all over, goosebumps covering his entire body. When he reacted, he felt he had lost face, so he thrust his spear fiercely toward the dog's head!
"Be careful, this dog has mutated, its eyes are red!"
His companion's warning did not make him stop; instead, he moved even closer. His sleeves tightened instantly, and the spear in his hand almost turned into an afterimage as he stabbed it forward.
However, the Mutated yellow dog just leaped lightly and moved several meters away. The spear plunged straight into the ground, and the tip snapped off instantly!
The Mutated yellow dog seemed to be intimidated by this strike; its raised tail was slowly tucked between its legs as it backed away.
It just kept baring its teeth, its eyes full of ferocity.
Even after becoming a Mutated Creature, the dog subconsciously still feared humans, especially those holding weapons.
"A dog is just a dog! Damn it, how dare you bare your teeth at me!"
Seeing the yellow dog forced back, the man's aura became more intense, and there was a faint, unique feeling about him.
At this moment, Zhao Tuantuan nervously grabbed Lin Qi's hand and moved closer.
"Brother Lin, this person must have had a Gene Awakening; his strength is very high!"
Lin Qi had also noticed the man's sleeves tightening earlier. At the moment of exertion, the muscles in his arms bulged, which was indeed different from an ordinary person.
With him leading the way, several more people holding long weapons surrounded it. At this moment, they were no longer just thinking about driving this Mutated yellow dog away; they even had the idea of slaughtering it.
"Bang!"
The air vibrated. The huge impact sent the Mutated yellow dog's body flying instantly. Half of its body exploded, and blood splattered all over the ground.
In this instant, everyone's heart tightened, as if they felt the breath of death.
"Everyone scatter, do not get close to the Mutated Beast!"
A shout came from afar. A fully armed Combat Squad ran out from the intersection, clearly dividing their duties to block everyone from the corpse of the Mutated yellow dog.
"You guys are too bold to provoke a Mutated Beast. It's lucky it was just a dog; if it were something else, it would have bitten you all to death long ago!"
A member of the Combat Squad quickly stepped forward to disperse the crowd. One of them walked to the side of the mutated dog, took out a dagger to make a few cuts on the corpse, then poured some liquid on it and set it on fire.
"The bloody scent of a Mutated Beast will attract others of its kind. These creatures are harder to deal with than zombies. If their numbers exceed a certain level, even we will find it difficult to stop them. You must speed up and head to the central street, where a solid defense line has already been built."
The Captain shouted loudly among the crowd, urging everyone to move forward. Only by sending these people to the central street could they free up their hands to help others.
"Brother Lin, did you see that? That person cut something from the Mutated Beast."
Zhao Tuantuan had been staring at these rescue teams just now. The position where the two of them were standing was just right for seeing the soldier's actions.
"I saw it. It should be something unique to the Mutated Beast. It seems the Federal Government is hiding quite a few secrets."
Lin Qi subconsciously thought of things like Gene Crystals. He hadn't found any on the Mutated Zombies before; perhaps they were unique to Mutated Creatures.
With the urging of the rescue team, everyone unknowingly quickened their pace. Every fifty meters, a member of the rescue team stood guard at the edge of the road, keeping watch over the intersections along the way.
The firearms they were equipped with were all silenced, so even if they fired at close range, the sound would not travel very far.
The Sniper Rifle that killed the mutated dog just now also had a very muffled sound; it was only the vibration of the air that made everyone feel shocked.
Ordinary people have probably never felt the impact of a Sniper Rifle at close range in their entire lives.
After a half-hour journey without any major incidents, everyone finally arrived at the central street. Before they even got close to the core area, Armored Vehicles appeared on both sides, and heavy machine guns with a mechanical feel were arranged in rows at the road intersections, sealing off the central street area tightly.
The buildings on both sides had long been requisitioned by the Federation to serve as temporary military camps. Fully armed soldiers guarded the streets and had built simple defensive fortifications nearby.
At this moment, there were already many survivors near the camp. These people were the closest to the central street, and upon noticing the rescue team building defensive fortifications there, they were the first to enter the Safe Zone.
"More survivors have arrived. Someone go guide them and have them head to the quarantine safe zone."
A busy officer saw a large group of people walking over and gestured for the soldiers beside him to go help.
The soldier gave a military salute, quickly stepped out of line, and ran toward the crowd of survivors.
"Everyone, please be quiet. This is a special period, so please follow the rules and do not walk around at will. After everyone has read the notice, if anyone still has questions, I will patiently answer them for you."
The soldier arrived in front of a huge billboard, which already displayed the urban area defense plan and the route to the quarantine safe zone.
The crowd swarmed up and squeezed in, surrounding the board to study it.
This was an urban planning map, a very clear Satellite Map, and the name of the urban area had already been designated as District 32.
Thirty miles east along the central street was the quarantine safe zone planned by the Federation.
That location used to be a factory, and it was guarded by high walls on all sides, which could basically prevent ordinary zombies from entering.
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