Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 71 - 41 Siege of the City

71: Chapter 41 Siege of the City

71 -41 Siege of the City

The zombie-infested bus behind them continued to closely tail them about a hundred meters away, even showing signs of shortening the distance.

However, after going through the bloodshed just now, no one dared to shoot at the bus anymore, fearing retaliation from the zombies.

For a full twenty minutes, the two buses remained safe and seemed to have entered a stalemate.

The zombies didn’t show much of an emotional change, but humans couldn’t handle such a situation.

The oppressive atmosphere of death looming close could drive people with weak mental fortitude insane.

Tang Zheng initially thought of finding a way to alleviate the flight attendants’ tense nerves, but upon seeing Pang Meiqin, Bai Guo and others sorting out the firearms and clips under the leadership of Qin Yan, and even cleaning the carriage, he realized he was overthinking.

They were professional flight attendants who had undergone training, and after experiencing so many zombie attacks, they were more or less acclimated to the situation.

And as for the bald man, Lin Weiguo, there was no need to worry at all.

As for Zhao Jingye?

The guy can now eat canned food without batting an eyelid in front of the maintenance worker’s corpse.

While the bald man was not overly scared, he was irritable.

Borrowing Tang Zheng’s telescope, he frequently made observations toward the Evening Gown Zombie Driver, continuously mumbling under his breath, cursing for them to crash.

Unfortunately, his curses fell on deaf ears.

“Is that Evening Gown Zombie a racing driver?

Its driving was all over the place earlier, but now it can dodge obstacles.

Damn it, she changed gears, and the speed increased again.” The bald man started his solo comedy routine, babbling about everything related to the bus.

“That white police zombie has also entered the carriage, it even took aim in this direction.

Eh, it lifted an M4A1, what does that mean, It wouldn’t be going to shoot, would it?”

“Get down.” Upon hearing this, Tang Zheng, who was calculating the route, quickly looked up and shouted.

Even though the flight attendants didn’t know what was going on, they wouldn’t resist Tang Zheng’s command.

They all immediately crouched down, followed by the sound of rapid rifle fire. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Ding Ding, occasionally a bullet would hit the carriage, producing the clear sound of metal.

“Damn, they really know how to shoot.” The bald man shrank back behind the seat, his face filled with frustration.

“We can’t go on like this.

Little Tang, it would be such a tragedy if we were hit by a stray bullet.

Plus, if they keep shooting, we won’t even have a way to defend ourselves.”

Luckily, the bus was moving fast, and they had also left the bustling downtown Los Angeles, the zombies on both sides of the street were much fewer.

Otherwise, they would seize this opportunity to break into the bus carriage and cause casualties.

“We should be at the check station in around seven or eight minutes.

Once we exit Los Angeles City, the terrain should start to open up.

Plus, as long as we get on the highway, we should be safe.” Tang Zheng walked to the purified water bucket, pulled over two travel bags that were pressed behind it, unzipped them, distributing several M24 grenades.

“Hehe, nice stuff.” Bai Guo accepted an M24, rubbing it against her cheeks with both hands, then judiciously tucked it into her tactical belt at her waist.

“I’ll give each of you an extra one, but absolutely do not use it unless necessary.” Tang Zheng glanced at everyone, pointed at the dozen travel bags, “See these backpacks?

Each of you pick one.

They contain food and water enough for three days.

If we have to abandon the bus later, make sure to take them with you.”

“Abandon the bus?” Zhou Zhou’s voice sounded a bit odd, “won’t we be chased by zombies then?”

“Being the exit and entrance to the city, the check station may be congested with some cars.

I’m just preparing for a worst-case scenario.” Tang Zheng saw the poor expressions on everyone’s face and clapped his hands to comfort them, “Don’t worry, it’s just running for a short distance, at most a couple of hundred meters.

I bet there would be so many abandoned cars on the road you won’t even know which one to pick.”

“Well, we must find a Greyhound bus then.

My friend told me it’s the most convenient and cost-effective method of long-distance travel in America.

Plus, it seems to have quite a defense power.” Xu Lu raised her hand to speak, “And it has good defense power too.”

“Don’t worry so much, the Los Angeles of ten years later might be all automated checks.

You might not even get to experience the fun of a traffic jam.” Tang Zheng was also uncertain about the present situation, so he could only be as prepared as possible.

“Huh, the gunfire stopped, could this bastard be out of bullets?” The Bald man peeked out from his seat, observed with a telescope, and signaled everyone to stand up once he was assured there was no danger.

“Now let’s organize our firearms and restock the ammunition, make sure everyone is fully equipped.” Tang Zheng glanced at the zombie bus, his expression as somber as ever, understanding that the bus had taken several turns, temporarily escaping from their view, but quickly catching up again.

What was it relying on to track them?

Without figuring this out, they would never be able to lose these pesky guys.

“Hopefully, Tang Zheng will quickly notice the peculiarities of the zombie bus.” Lin Weiguo, who was driving, was the first to realize that they couldn’t shake off the bus.

However, he couldn’t articulate it, fearing that it would only increase pressure on everyone.

Arriving earlier than expected, almost six minutes later, the bus took a turn onto the main road from a junction.

The check station immediately appeared five hundred meters away.

With a straight one-way road leading directly to it, Lin Weiguo promptly shifted gears and stepped on the accelerator to speed up.

“Ha-ha, we’re lucky, no traffic jam.

There are only about ten destroyed cars on the highway, with zombies struggling inside them.” The Bald man took a glance before handing Tang Zheng the telescope, not wanting to waste the group leader’s time.

“But why are those cars on the side stopped?”

“Traffic lights.”

Hearing Tang Zheng’s concise response, the Bald man was stunned and subsequently felt like an idiot for not thinking of such a simple reason.

Bai Guo wanted to laugh but didn’t dare do it, feeling quite uncomfortable as a result.

“Prepare for battle.” Tang Zheng wasn’t as optimistic.

As expected, there were about ten Hunter Zombies and Claw Zombies wandering near the check station, even five Tank Zombies.

These guys were all dressed in a black uniform, undoubtedly former traffic police members.

Ten days had given ample opportunity for many common zombies to evolve into special infected ones.

“Bald man, Zhao Jingye, you deal with the Tank Zombies, the stewardesses guard our sides, Old Lin, charge full speed towards the roadblock, clear?” While Tang Zheng spoke, he had already picked up two ammunition boxes and ran to the rear of the bus, lifted up the Howling Reaper, and began attacking the bus behind them.

Dense machine gun fired sound ricocheted in the empty and silent highway; they marked the beginning of their counterattack.

Besides the shots fired from the White Policeman Zombie, the only remaining Bikini Zombie started to scream again, prompting the zombies to sprint madly.

Their bus had been driving for quite a while now with thousands of zombies chasing them.

After this long-distance elimination, only less than three hundred remained, all of which were the elite forces, including Tank Zombies, Hunter Zombies, and those with claws.

There wasn’t a single common zombie among them.

The moment they heard the scream from the Bikini Zombie, they fiercely charged forward.

“I’m very grateful, those ten-odd loaded-gun zombies can’t shoot.” Lin Weiguo glanced at the rearview mirror, one hand touching those stones already peeled off from himself, invoked his ability again, transforming them into stone armor that covered his body.

The Bald man wanted to cry out of jealousy, but there was no time for him to lament, as the zombies attacked.

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Thank you to Zông Tián Du Shū, Shuǐ Wú Shén Mò Fēng, and Shén Yù Zhě for their rewards!