Brian stood outside the Motel, waiting for Osborn to reverse the RV out from the corner.
Remembering something, he asked the blonde girl, Kelly, beside him with some confusion: “Why is there no gas in the cars here?
Did you siphon it out?” “Yeah.” Kelly leaned lazily against the wall, her expression helpless as if recalling some terrible event.
“We only arrived here yesterday.
We originally wanted to get some gas, but who knows which bastard siphoned all the gas from the Gas Station.
So, yesterday we had to search the entire Motel to find all the car keys and siphon the gas from those cars, but there wasn’t much gas inside…” Speaking of this, Kelly looked at Brian and Sarah with great relief and continued: “Luckily you guys came, otherwise we might have had to risk going to town to get gas today.” “…Damn, do they take us for delivery guys?” Watching Kelly’s happy expression, Brian rolled his eyes, complaining inwardly.
Osborn reversed the RV to the entrance of the Convenience Store and called for the three children beside him to enter the Convenience Store and move supplies onto the vehicle.
For some reason, although the gas in the Gas Station had been completely siphoned, the food inside the Convenience Store hadn’t been touched at all.
Just like that, the three children moved supplies in the Convenience Store, while Osborn took a gas can and a rubber hose to Brian’s car to siphon the gas from inside.
After working for nearly an hour, the four of them had everything prepared.
With Osborn driving the RV, they got back onto the highway.
Brian sat in the passenger seat, constantly exchanging information with Osborn about the plague since it broke out.
During this time, he also learned why the other party was so guarded against him and Sarah, the two children.
Osborn and Kelly lived in Loundrock.
Because the place they lived was very remote and rarely visited, when the plague broke out, they didn’t panic and flee immediately like other families.
Instead, they took the opportunity to obtain a large amount of food from the nearest Supermarket.
They sealed the windows and locked the doors tight, waiting quietly for rescue.
But soon a week passed, water, electricity, and the internet all disappeared during this time, and they didn’t see any sign of rescue.
Until one day, a few children knocked on their door, hoping to get some food.
Looking at these poor children before him, the kind-hearted Osborn softened, so he let the children in and provided them with food and shelter.
But a kind heart is always taken advantage of.
That very night, these children secretly unlocked the tightly locked door and let in a dozen men and women holding Firearms.
Sleeping in the room, Osborn and Kelly never imagined their kindness would lead to such a result, and just like that, they were subdued while dazed.
Watching these guys wolf down his food, Osborn felt incomparable anger in his heart.
Moreover, the things mentioned in the fragmented conversations of these people made him feel horrified.
In fact, they didn’t know each other; they were just three families who had ended up together by mistake while fleeing.
At the beginning, they were able to coexist harmoniously.
But as time passed, food became increasingly scarce, and the conflicts between them grew heavier.
They didn’t dare go to places where the Infected existed to get food, and the safe places nearby had long been searched clean.
Just when they thought they would fight internally due to hunger, someone proposed a terrible method.
Let the young children knock on nearby houses that might be inhabited, try every possible way to get the other party to take them in for at least one night, then open the door at night and easily subdue the people in the house while they were asleep to obtain a large amount of food.
Such a safe and feasible method received everyone’s approval.
Before coming to Osborn’s place, they had already used this method to knock on the doors of at least a dozen houses.
As for the original owners of the houses, they were cruelly killed and then thrown outside to be abandoned.
Osborn never thought that in just a few short days of disaster, these few people in front of him would completely transform into a group of demons.
Although he was resentful, he suppressed the anger in his heart and didn’t try to provoke these monsters.
Instead, he found a way to break free from his restraints, took his daughter Kelly, and while these people were enjoying themselves, quietly slipped out of the house.
Because these people all held Firearms in their hands, after escaping the house, Osborn didn’t go back.
He found something to seal the door and then set the whole house on fire, watching helplessly as these demons let out painful wails in the burning flames.
Afterwards, he took his daughter and left Loundrock, intending to head to Dallas.
Then, because the car ran out of gas, they came to the service area and finally met Brian and Sarah.
Listening to the other party’s described experience, Brian also realized for the first time how terrifying the dark side of human nature is during a disaster.
It was a feeling he had never experienced even after watching so many doomsday movies and novels in his past life.
“Hoo~~” Leaning back against the driver’s seat, Brian closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Emptying his mind, trying to keep himself from thinking about those messy things, he unknowingly fell asleep.
Beep, beep, beep— When Brian opened his eyes again, it had started to drizzle outside the car at some point.
The car’s audio system was playing melodious music, and the atmosphere seemed exceptionally harmonious.
He subconsciously raised his hand to check the time; the hands were pointing to 11:00.
He had actually slept for nearly two hours.
Seeing him wake up, Osborn said in a teasing tone: “Yo, you’re awake!” “Cough…
cough…” Brian coughed twice, hurriedly sat up, refreshed himself, and turned his head to look into the RV, discovering that Kelly and Sarah were both lying on the bed, and faint talking sounds came from that direction, not knowing what they were chatting about.
Seeming to notice Brian’s gaze, Kelly suddenly looked towards him, glared at him, and said: “What are you looking at?” Pouting, Brian turned around and leaned back on the seat again, observing the situation outside the car.
He found that they were already driving on Interstate 35, so he asked Osborn beside him: “Where are we now?” Osborn sighed slightly, his expression somewhat worried as he replied: “We’ve already passed Waco, there shouldn’t be much road left.
It seems the epidemic is more serious than I imagined.
So far, all the cities and towns we’ve passed have fallen.
I don’t know what Dallas will look like now.” “It should be fine.” Hearing this, Brian lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said with some uncertainty: “Dallas’s location is already very close to the central region.
I think even if this epidemic is powerful, the Government will absolutely not sit idly by and let it become an Infected zone.” Raising an eyebrow, Osborn looked at The Boy beside him with some surprise.
He really didn’t expect the other party to understand these things, but he didn’t pay too much attention and just nodded in agreement.
“I’m not worried about that.
Near Dallas, there are two cities, Fort Worth and Arlington.
These three places are too close.
If the Government gives up on Dallas, it will inevitably give up on Fort Worth and Arlington together.
Unless the epidemic is completely out of control, the Government will definitely not make such a decision.” “Then what are you worried about?” Seeing that the other party knew the stakes, Brian didn’t quite understand what the other party was worrying about.
“What I’m worried about has never been the epidemic, but the people living inside.” Osborn shook his head with a bitter smile, stating his inner hidden worries.
“The quarantine measures ordered by the Government have seriously harmed the individual interests of all citizens.
You haven’t experienced it, so you might not understand.
These people will gather for protests in their cities, and some criminals will take this opportunity to act.
That’s why I’m worried about what the situation is like inside now.” Hearing Osborn’s worry, Brian instantly understood what was going on.
This was just like the COVID-19 pandemic in his past life; as long as there was the slightest dissatisfaction, these people whose interests were damaged would make a fuss and clamor.
And for the votes in these people’s hands, some people would go and promise to satisfy their various unreasonable demands, which was simply ridiculous.
But he still asked with some confusion: “Making a fuss like this, aren’t they afraid that the epidemic will spread in the city?” Hearing this, a mocking smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Osborn’s mouth: “As long as the disaster hasn’t truly descended upon them, where would these people know what fear is?” “Hmm?
What is that?” While speaking, just as the RV passed a large bend in the road, the scene in the distance instantly attracted the attention of both of them.
In front, the originally wide interstate highway was crowded with a long queue of traffic.
On both sides, several military trucks were patrolling back and forth, and helicopters flew over the traffic from time to time, circling and scouting in the surroundings.
A quarantine wall had been set up at the end of the road, and heavily armed Soldiers were patrolling in the middle.
Below, two personnel wearing protective suits were each holding a scanner to test the personnel in the vehicles parked at the very front.
Until it was confirmed that the personnel in the vehicle had no problems and there were no hidden personnel, they would notify to open the quarantine gate and let the vehicles enter the city.
Looking at the scene before them, Brian and Osborn looked at each other, both seeing the joy in each other’s eyes.
“They’ve arrived!”