“Zzzt, zzzt, zzzt!” A burst of static came from the walkie-talkie on the dashboard. Soon, Yang Fan’s voice came through.
“Brother Cheng, what do we do now? We’re stuck in the middle, unable to advance or retreat. If we keep dragging this out, it’ll be very bad for us.”
Then Yang Xiao also spoke up. “Yeah, this isn’t a solution if we keep delaying like this.”
Cheng Jiang turned on the walkie-talkie, but the only thing that came through was Lin Mimi’s screaming.
Their car was just behind them, and they could clearly see several zombies climbing onto the windows.
Lin Mimi was probably terrified by them.
Cheng Jiang’s voice quickly followed. “Break out—”
Before he could finish, Mu Cheng already grabbed the walkie-talkie and said coldly, “Wait.”
Yang Fan said unhappily, “Wait for what? Wait to die?”
Yang Fan seemed to have been targeting her all along. Although Mu Cheng didn’t know why, she had no kind words for him either.
She replied coldly, “If you want to die, go ahead and rush out now. But I’ll remind you—out of the eighteen of us, only seven are ability users, and three of them can’t even fight. If we rush out like this, at least half of us won’t survive.”
Her words made everyone fall silent, because they all knew a reckless charge would indeed lead to heavy casualties.
After a while, Cheng Jiang spoke again through the walkie-talkie.
“Mu Cheng, then what are we waiting for? Many people ahead have already abandoned their cars and fled. This road is definitely blocked now. And with so many people dying outside, once they turn into zombies, it’ll be even harder for us to leave.”
“Wait for the cars behind to clear out and for the number of zombies to decrease,” Mu Cheng replied, then added, “Or wait until someone starts fighting back together, then we move out together.”
Mu Cheng didn’t really care about the others’ lives, but she didn’t want Cheng Jiang or Cheng Hongwei’s family to die yet.
If they died on the fourth day of the apocalypse, that would be far too easy for them.
After a moment, Cheng Jiang finally said, “Alright, then we wait.”
Just as he finished speaking, a horrifying face pressed up against the car window.
The face was already rotting, flesh hanging loosely as if it would fall off at any moment. The jaw was gone, leaving only teeth and bone. Its hands slammed onto the glass, leaving two dark red bloody handprints, while blood slowly slid down the window.
“Ahhh!” The three girls in the back seat screamed at the same time.
Mu Cheng only felt her ears buzzing.
Little Jiu, who had been sound asleep, was awakened. It lifted its head and gave the screaming girls a disgusted look.
“Zzzt, zzzt…” The zombie scratched at the glass, making a sharp, grating sound, causing the girls to scream even louder.
“Shut up!” Mu Cheng snapped.
The three girls instantly fell silent.
She rubbed her ears, glanced back at them with annoyance, and said, “Never seen a zombie before?”
Wang Xintong stammered, “Fi-first time seeing these monsters this close…”
Mu Cheng rolled her eyes. “You’ll see plenty in the future. If you scream every time, you won’t just annoy the people around you—you’ll either drive yourself insane or scream yourself into a mute.”
Wang Xintong lowered her head in shame. Compared to Mu Cheng’s calmness, she truly felt useless.
Chen Xue looked at the zombies outside, her face pale. “Mu Cheng… aren’t you afraid?”
“Afraid,” Mu Cheng replied flatly. “But fear is useless. In the future, our lives will be inseparable from these zombies.”
After saying that, she lowered her head and petted Little Jiu’s fur, no longer bothering to explain further.