On the highway.
Brian drove the car, which was riddled with bullet holes all over, speeding down the road.
The side-view mirrors on both the left and right had long since been completely shattered during the earlier shooting, so he could only fix his gaze on the rearview mirror inside the car, observing the situation behind them.
Even after driving several hundred meters, he did not see any sign of Military trucks pursuing them from behind.
Although he was very puzzled, his tense mood gradually relaxed.
He turned his head and said to Sarah, who was hiding her body in the seat: “Get up, they didn’t follow us.” Sarah’s body trembled slightly.
She stood up and looked around.
Seeing that they were already on the highway, she patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.
What had just happened was like the cop movies she had once watched, and it was truly more than she could handle.
She looked at Brian, who was driving, with some anger.
Just as she was about to open her mouth to reprimand him, she discovered that his face and arms were covered in blood, and she immediately exclaimed in shock.
“You’re hurt?
Did you get shot?” “What?” Hearing Sarah’s exclamation, Brian finally felt the abnormalities on his body.
After the tense state dissipated, he felt a sense of weakness throughout his body.
Intense pain surged from his wounds, and he felt utterly exhausted, his condition appearing extremely poor.
Splashing glass shards had also left quite a few wounds on his body, especially the burning pain coming from his right cheek, which made him realize that a bullet had just grazed his cheek a moment ago.
This discovery immediately made him feel lingering fear.
He realized that because his head had gotten hot, he had made an extremely reckless decision.
If it weren’t for his good luck, he feared that he would have been shot in the head by one of the incoming bullets just now.
“It’s fine, I didn’t get shot.
Let’s keep driving forward, and we’ll treat the wounds when we reach a safe place.” Watching the blood continuously flowing from his wounds, Sarah could only temporarily suppress the anger in her heart.
She took a few packs of tissues out of her backpack and wiped the wounds on his body.
Although the shattered windshield obstructed Brian’s vision, fortunately, there were no other vehicles on the highway.
He drove for a full half-hour before, under Sarah’s constant urging, pulling over to the emergency lane on the side.
“You are truly crazy to have dared to do something so dangerous.” Carefully removing the glass shards remaining in Brian’s wounds, Sarah expressionlessly used a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to clean the wounds on his face and hands.
Seeing his face, which was somewhat twisted due to the pain, she softened and reprimanded him.
Brian gave a bitter smile, knowing that he had been a bit impulsive today.
He looked at Sarah and said in a low voice: “I was impulsive today.
Seeing that we could leave this place, I was a bit anxious.
I’m sorry.” Sarah heard this and knew that he already realized his mistake, so she didn’t say anything else.
She just picked up a bandage and carefully wrapped it around his arm a few times, which counted as dressing the wound.
She was not sure what kind of feelings she had for Brian.
She didn’t know when it started, but she began to rely on Brian more and more, and she did not want to see him suffer any harm.
Therefore, when she saw him nearly get himself killed today because of his impulsiveness, she felt very angry inside.
Seeing that his wounds had been treated, Brian stretched his muscles.
Looking at the car, which was already riddled with holes, he said to Sarah, who was packing up the tools beside him: “It looks like we need to change cars.” “Hmm?
What is this?” Walking to the front of the car, Brian suddenly discovered that there was a clipboard stuck under the windshield wiper, with a few sheets of paper clipped to it.
Because the windshield had been shattered, he really hadn’t noticed this thing while driving.
Taking the clipboard down, he flipped through it and discovered that it was actually a Military log sheet, which read: 6:10 Departed from the southern Main Camp, heading to the northern blockade point.
7:03 Arrived at the northern blockade point, began deploying blockade measures.
…
Apart from these two lines of records, there was no other content.
Clearly, this operational log had only just begun to be recorded.
And upon seeing the words after “Mission Execution” at the bottom of the log, Brian’s expression changed slightly.
He knew his premonition was correct, because it read — Seal off all exits, exterminate the Infected zone without discrimination!
Although it sounded a bit shocking, in reality, Brian had long since guessed that this would be the outcome.
Starting back on the road, he told Sarah about his discovery and let her see the content of the log sheet.
Both of their hearts were very heavy, each thinking about their own matters, and the inside of the car suddenly fell into silence.
Highways in the United States are basically toll-free, so if vehicles want to get gas, eat, or rest, they all need to exit the highway to do so.
When the car had traveled for another half hour, Brian saw the sign for a service area exit on the signboard ahead.
Without any hesitation, he turned the steering wheel to the right and drove off the highway from the exit.
Not far from the highway exit was a service area.
It was basically no different from what he had seen in his previous life, with standard Gas Station, restaurant, and Convenience Store.
And opposite the service area was a Motel.
Looking toward the end of the road, they could even vaguely see the outline of the nearest small town.
However, at this moment, whether it was the service area or the Motel, everything inside was in a mess, clearly having suffered the ravages of the Infected.
“Let’s go, go take a look.” Parking the car on the side of the road, Brian opened the driver’s side door and brought all the handguns and iron bars.
He had already given the dagger to Sarah to use; after all, she didn’t have enough strength, so it was better to use a sharp weapon.
As for the assault rifle, it had run out of ammunition during the last cleaning of the Infected and had become a piece of decoration.
The two did not choose the service area, which looked like it had a lot of supplies; instead, they headed toward the Motel across the road.
Their top priority now was to quickly find a car that could continue to drive.
There were no cars in the Parking Lot of the service area, and their need for food was not very urgent right now, so the Motel across the road, with several cars parked there, naturally became their primary target.
But the two did not notice that, in the service area behind them, two figures were hiding in the Convenience Store, peering at their every move from the darkness.
“I didn’t expect there to be an RV here.” Scanning the cars in the Parking Lot, Brian discovered a white behemoth parked in the innermost corner, and his eyes immediately lit up.
This was a good thing.
They still had a journey ahead of them.
It came with beds and a bathroom inside.
If they had this guy, the rest of the journey should be much easier.
But on second thought, Brian shook his head and gave up on this idea.
This RV was just too eye-catching and could easily attract unnecessary trouble.
Moreover, because of its size, its driving speed would also be very limited, so after thinking about it, he gave up on this choice.
“The driver’s side doors are all locked.” Beside him, seeing that there were no Infected in the Parking Lot, Sarah plucked up the courage to walk inside.
She moved back and forth among the few remaining cars, pulling on the driver’s side doors, only to find that all the car doors were locked.
“There is a reception room over there; there should be keys inside.
Let’s go in and take a look.” Seeing this, Brian looked around, pointed to a small house near the side of the road, and then took Sarah and walked over.
The two walked slowly to the side of the glass door of the reception room.
Because the windows were blocked by blinds, they could only listen to the movement inside through the glass door.
After listening for a while, they didn’t hear the peculiar strange sounds of the Infected, so they slowly pushed the door open and peered inside.
In stark contrast to the chaotic scene outside, the reception room appeared exceptionally tidy, as if someone often cleaned here.
Sarah said somewhat puzzled: “Why is it so clean in here?” “I don’t know, maybe it’s because the door was closed.” But after seeing the situation inside, Brian immediately thought of something.
He gave Sarah a look, answered her question, raised his handgun, and slowly approached the closed room inside.
And after Sarah noticed his abnormality, she immediately reacted as well.
She also raised her handgun and cooperated, saying: “Forget about that, let’s hurry up and find the car keys.” While speaking, Brian had already arrived outside the door of the room.
When Sarah finished speaking, he slammed the door open and rushed into the room.
But to his surprise, apart from the messy sheets on the bed and a floor mat under the bed, the room was completely empty.
“How is it?
Is there anyone inside?” Sarah, who was standing outside on guard, seeing that Brian had been inside for a long time without any movement, asked with some concern.
“It’s fine, there’s no one inside.” Crouching down and reaching his hand into the bedding, Brian could still feel a trace of residual warmth inside.
He stood up and said: “Someone definitely stayed here, but it seems they have already left.” “Forget about that, let’s hurry up and find the car keys.” Seeing that there was no threat inside, Sarah climbed directly into the reception counter and began rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
But after searching for a long time and finding nothing, she ran into the room to search.
Finally, she actually found the car keys in a small iron box inside the bedside table.
“Look, the keys are here.”