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Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 65 - 38 Four Sided Blockade Part 2
65: Chapter 38: Four Sided Blockade (Part 2)
65: Chapter 38: Four Sided Blockade (Part 2)
Tang Zheng took a stride onto the bus, his hand clutching the door.
With his left hand, he removed a hand grenade from his tactical vest, pulled the pin with his teeth, and tossed it into the underground parking lot once the safety was off.
Without any command from Tang Zheng, Lin Weiguo stepped on the gas.
The tires of the bus spun rapidly, emitting enormous friction noise.
Then, with a loud boom, the bus rushed forward, its outer wall scraping past the rotation door studded with unbroken glass, and sending broken shards flying everywhere.
Boom, boom, boom, the hand grenade exploded.
In an instant, the underground parking lot filled with gasoline turned into a sea of flames.
Five plumes of fire gushed up from the explosion, reaching the four-meter-high ceiling, blackening everything around it.
Some of the cars also exploded, rolling out in the shockwave, crushing and killing a large number of zombies along the way.
In a moment, the underground parking lot teeming with nearly ten thousand zombies was almost cleared.
The howls, screams, and sounds of burning bodies from the dying zombies caused everyone’s faces in the bus to change dramatically.
The thought of thousands of zombies dying in a fire, being burned to black crisps just sent chills down their spines.
Lin Weiguo had no sympathy to spare.
He stepped on the brakes, turned the steering wheel sharply, and in an instant, the bus made a ninety-degree turn.
Then he stepped on the accelerator, rushing onto the now-clear highway.
“We need to get out of here, fast!
The zombie horde is gathering.” The bald man fired a single shot and shouted in a rush.
Zombies from other directions, drawn by the huge noise, started to converge.
The speed at which they spread was very fast, filling the entire highway in less than a minute.
The time left for everyone was scarce.
Zombies from all directions charged at the bus with a hundred-meter sprint, slamming hard against the bus’s outer walls, trying to crawl into the carriage.
The continuous thumping sounds made everyone’s faces turn pale.
Some zombies, due to the excessive force, directly broke their heads.
Their dark blood instantly splashed over the entire glass, streaming downwards.
“Damn it.” The bald man cursed, discarded his emptied M4A1, and quickly received a new one from Zhou Zhou.
He stuck the muzzle out of the window gap and fired a series of single shots.
“Calm down, don’t waste your bullets.” Tang Zheng frowned and stopped the bald man’s rampage.
He then sat in the co-pilot seat, pulled out a map from beneath his tactical vest, and studied the map in hand, the streets, the surrounding buildings, and the thickness of the zombie horde.
“Though it’s too late to ask, do you guys know where we’re going?” As soon as Kang Songde finished speaking, he noticed the stewardesses were glaring at him with accusatory eyes.
He quickly put up his hands to clarify, “I mean no harm, just a reminder.”
“You needn’t worry.
Old Lin and Little Tang have been memorizing the map for several times during your sleep.
They know even notable landmarks by heart.” Qin Yan was utterly irritated by Kang Songde’s ceaseless nitpicking, “Can you please keep quiet?
Just sit still?”
“Shut up, Kang. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
You’re so annoying.” The bald man leaned against the seat, taunting Kang Songde.
He liked seeing others in trouble.
Lin Weiguo pressed the accelerator to the floor; the bus, speeding like a meteor, burst forward a hundred meters in a matter of moments.
The zombies blocking the road were brutally hit and thrown off, their bodies spinning in the air and falling tens of meters away.
The windshield was covered with their sticky blood.
As for the unfortunate ones who were rolled under the bus, nothing was left of them but a layer of crushed meat after being crushed by the bus.
“Haha, that was exhilarating.
Another one just flew.” The bald man laughed heartily, pointing out of the window at the zombies, “But these creatures are incredibly resilient.
Look, some of them are getting up again.”
“Does anyone feel sick from the car motion?” Qin Yan’s concern was certainly more useful than the bald man’s, “How long will they chase us?”
There were thousands of zombies chasing the bus.
They ran with all their strength, persistently, unyieldingly.
Moreover, zombies from both sides of the streets started chasing them as the bus roared by.
“We should be able to shake them off shortly.” Tang Zheng glanced at the rearview mirror, eyed the hundred-meter distance, didn’t concern himself much, and flipped open the map.
He quickly searched for the best escape route from several predetermined options by comparing the reference objects on the map.
“I don’t mind going slow.
It’s not like the zombies can catch up with us.
So, are you planning to drive this bus like a tank?
This thing can’t take on much collision, it’s not robust enough,” Kang Songde was the first to break, vomiting out.
“You driving so fast just reminded me that I have heart disease.”
“I would love to drive faster.
But can I really do that?” Lin Weiguo replied with a bitter smile.
The driving conditions worsened as soon as they left the police’s cordoned zone around the hotel.
Scattered cars were twisted and tilted on the road, some were even rear-ended.
Zombies inside those vehicles were on edge as Tang Zheng and his group’s bus passed by.
They constantly pounded on the steering wheel and doors, trying to crawl out.
“Only fifty miles per hour?
How did we lose so much speed?” The bald man glanced at the road conditions, and without waiting for an explanation, cursed, “Good thing zombies can’t drive.
Or else, we’d be done for.”
“Tang Zheng, are we cutting through the city center or taking the outer ring?
Looks like both routes have heavy traffic.” Lin Weiguo’s forehead was beaded with nervous sweat.
This was his first time driving a bus, and he was almost clueless about it.
It felt very uncomfortable, and he prayed that the bus wouldn’t break down halfway.
“There are lots of pedestrians in the city center.
Slowing down will definitely make us vulnerable to attacks, but going around the outer ring would consume more fuel.” Zhao Jingye rested his chin in his hand, looked around the bus carriage, and furrowed his brows, “Is this the only fuel you prepared?”
A twenty-litre purified water bucket filled with two-thirds gasoline was solitary piled in the corner, looking pitifully meagre.
“That’s what I prepared to make a car bomb.
I haven’t had a chance to prepare fuel for the bus.” Tang Zheng felt helpless.
He had planned to get everything ready on the tenth day, but the sudden outbreak of zombies disrupted his plans.
“Don’t worry, there are gas stations on the highway.” Qin Yan tossed a telescope to Tang Zheng, pointed at the rear of the bus, her face sober, “The pressing matter at hand is figuring out how to get rid of those pursuers.”
“What pursuers?” The bald man looked back confused, and the moment he saw, he jumped up in shock, pointing to the back window and yelling, “Damn it, how did the bus manage to start moving on its own?”
A blue and white bus was following them at a distance of about a hundred and sixty or seventy meters.
Although its movements were erratic, it was still moving forward.
“They are the seven special zombies,” said Tang Zheng, who had observed them closely with a telescope yesterday and now had a grave expression.
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