The armored vehicle was designed with a safety rating capable of resisting bullets; how could a few crowbars possibly pry it open? Those few people had been busy for a long time, making the armored vehicle ring with clanging sounds, yet they couldn't even open a single gap.
"Damn it, this glass is bulletproof!"
If he had been any closer, Lin Qi would have recognized that the few people smashing the armored vehicle were the exact same group they had encountered while heading to the central street.
However, the Baldy had been shot dead by him, and for some reason, the remaining four people had come here.
"If we can't have it, they shouldn't either. Let the air out of the tires!"
After the Baldy died, a tall, strong man among the remaining four became the Boss. At this moment, he had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his eyes narrowed in a vicious expression.
Previously, on a nearby street, they had encountered the rescue team and were refused a ride in the armored vehicle, which was why they held a grudge.
The arrival of the Apocalypse caused human desires to expand infinitely, and at the same time, even the smallest matters could stir up people's emotions.
In normal times, these people wouldn't have dared to make a peep, let alone get close to such an armored vehicle.
These people used steel rebar, a fire axe, and a dagger to stab at the tires for a long time before finally puncturing two of them. The strong man stylishly pressed his cigarette butt against the roof of the vehicle, and just as he was about to say something, a bang was heard, and his head exploded and shattered instantly!
Viscous brain matter splattered onto the face of the person next to him. His body went limp, and he collapsed directly to the ground, his hands frantically clawing at his face.
"They fired! They actually dared to fire!"
In the subconscious of these survivors, the rescue team existed to serve them; even if they were insulted, the team wouldn't dare do anything to them.
But the sound of the gunshot and the shock of seeing a head explode nearly scared them out of their wits.
The three of them hid behind the armored vehicle, trembling all over, not daring to lift their heads.
"What do we do! The Boss is dead again!"
The tall, strong man who died was indeed their new Boss.
"In a moment, I'll count to three, and we'll all run in different directions. If one of us escapes, that's one!"
Glasses Man wiped the blood off his face and said tremblingly. Based on the position of the headshot just now, he had roughly calculated the direction of the shot, but he didn't warn the two people beside him.
"Alright, one, two, three! Run!"
Following his command, when he counted to three, he made a motion to stand up and run, but it was just a feint.
The other two were already on edge; the moment they heard "run," they bolted out, sprinting toward the obstacles at the street corner.
Under the threat of life and death, both of them unleashed their maximum speed, to the point where they could even feel the wind rushing past their ears.
But no matter how fast they were, they could never outrun a veteran sniper.
Watching the heads of his fleeing companions explode into pulp and their bodies stagger and fall to the ground, Glasses Man could no longer hold back. Using both hands and feet, he crawled rapidly toward the side of the street.
His speed was incredibly fast. Utilizing the strength of his hands and feet, he twisted repeatedly on the ground and finally, after the second gunshot, rolled behind a wall on the opposite side.
"Oh? A Gene Awakener, after all."
On a residential building hundreds of meters away, a Soldier looked up, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"One got away? It doesn't matter. These unruly people won't last long if they don't go to the quarantine safe zone."
The Captain's voice came through the earpiece. The sniper then put away his rifle and walked downstairs.
Killing three survivors had no impact on him at all; after all, having killed so many zombies, it was easy to start viewing people as zombies too.
The buildings in the old town were detached, each with its own private courtyard. During the initial quarantine, this area implemented home isolation, so almost every house here had zombies, and they were all trapped inside.
Coupled with kept pets, rats hiding in the sewers, and so on, it could be called a paradise for Mutated Creatures.
At this moment, their squad had already killed several Mutated Creatures and obtained five Gene Crystals.
Near the river, Lin Qi and Zhao Tuantuan were hiding behind cover. The two of them had witnessed everything that just happened.
"These rescue teams would actually take action against survivors?"
This turn of events filled both of them with fear; after all, being mere mortals, how could they dare to compare themselves to thermal weapons?
"Brother Lin, it's the human elimination plan!"
Zhao Tuantuan's expression was grave. She thought of an article she had seen on the network before. She hadn't paid any attention to it at the time, but now that she recalled it, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
"Is it to eliminate a portion of humanity, leaving only the elite and the lucky ones, right?"
Lin Qi had also read that article, and he quite agreed with that line of thought.
After the Apocalypse, a new era would arrive. If there was no change, one would only be eliminated by the times.
At this moment, the two of them didn't dare to approach that residential area anymore. Instead, they followed the river to a residential area on the opposite bank, unlocked a gate, and entered the courtyard.
The courtyards in the old town had a sense of age; they were in the earliest planned area of the city. The courtyard wasn't large, but green vegetables were planted in the flower beds. The grape trellis had long since become withered branches, the dry concrete ground was full of cracks, and a foul, rotting stench permeated the air.
"There are zombies, be careful!"
Very luckily, in the first house, they encountered a nest of zombies.
Lin Qi handed the Spear to Zhao Tuantuan for self-defense and drew his Bow and Arrow, aiming at the open door.
Seemingly sensing the presence of living people, chaotic movements came from the living room on the first floor. Footsteps slowly approached, and a bloody hand reached out from within, grabbing onto the door!
"It's an infected!"
Unlike virus-body zombies, infected zombies were extremely dangerous. Back then, Director Wang had chased him for a long time.
However, just as this zombie poked its head out, an Arrow pierced through the air, and with a "whoosh," it was nailed into its forehead. The powerful impact knocked it back into the room.
Lin Qi drew another Arrow and aimed at the doorway.
"Wait, there are more."
As his voice fell, a zombie slowly crawled out from the doorway, its graying long hair disheveled, making it impossible to see its face.
"A family should be together; I'll arrange a room for you all."
At this distance, Lin Qi hardly needed to aim deliberately. As he released the Arrow from his hand, the zombie lost the strength to struggle and collapsed to the ground.
After killing these two zombies, he walked to the door, opened the other half of the door that was left ajar, and cleared a space to enter.
"It's impossible for there to only be two zombies in a family; there might be more upstairs."
After checking the three guest rooms, the kitchen, and the bathroom on the first floor and confirming there were no other zombies, Lin Qi locked his gaze on the upper floor.
Following the stairs upward, he indeed heard the sound of doors being slammed, and it wasn't just one.
There were two doors closed upstairs and one open. The sound was coming from the two closed rooms, and it was very rhythmic, as if they were scratching and slamming against them.
Lin Qi made a gesture, signaling Zhao Tuantuan to get ready. He reached out and quickly flicked the door, and Zhao Tuantuan used a steel pipe to pry it; the door creaked open.
There was a pool of blood on the floor, and as the door pushed open, it left a clear trail on the floorboards, but no zombie appeared for a moment.
Just as Lin Qi was puzzled, two small white heads suddenly poked out from behind the door, their scarlet eyes staring fixedly at Lin Qi.
Their small mouths suddenly bared and split open, reaching almost to the back of their heads, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth that did not belong to a toddler!
One of them let out a strange cry, leaped up, and lunged at Lin Qi.
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