From Zero to Hero in the Doomsday - Chapter 852
Chapter 852 A Strange Girl
Under the setting sun, a small American RV was driving on the highway. Although Chen Guangda’s face was still pale, his physical strength had recovered quite a bit. Meanwhile, Li Tingyu and Colleen were sitting beside him. The two women were leisurely holding a pile of snacks and enjoying it. They were also shaking their heads along with the music “What’s wrong with Dad” in the car.
“Don’t just focus on eating. Let’s see where the map is. I don’t recognize any of these bird characters …”
Chen Guangda mumbled as he chewed on a handful of potato chips. The Korean characters on the road signs were all circles with circles. At a glance, they were almost identical. They were not as straightforward as the English translation. Lee Tingyu flipped through the atlas and said, “This road is the third national highway of Korea. There are more than 20 kilometers to go before Wen Qing!”
“Wen Qing should be in front of Zhongzhou, right? I remember that it seems to be not far from Seoul …”
Chen Guangda instinctively frowned. At this moment, they were traveling between two rows of mountains. Not only were they surrounded by lush woods and wildflowers, there was also a clear river flowing on the left. Together with the golden wheat fields and beautiful farmhouses, they directly formed a relaxing and pleasant scenery.
However, the picturesque place was actually filled with murderous intent, They had already entered a dangerous radiation zone. It was even deeper than the place where they met the Dragon Lizard King last time. Occasionally, a few strange living corpses would appear on the road due to the radiation. Some of them were as disgusting as toads, and some even had several arms or thighs.
“The radiation shouldn’t be dead for a while …”
Chen Guangda muttered helplessly. He couldn’t figure out what the radiation level was right now. The radiation detector wasn’t something he could get just by looking for it. He hadn’t said it out loud because he was afraid of scaring Li Tingyu and the others. Fortunately, there weren’t many living corpses on the road. Sometimes, he could see traces of survivors searching for them.
“Dong dong ~”
Chen Guangda suddenly knocked off three living corpses one after another. The three living corpses all flew out of the car “strangely”. However, after so many years of adventure, Chen Guangda could already be considered an expert in driving “living corpses bumping into cars”. Back then, he had escaped from the big city by relying on this method.
“Bang ~”
Suddenly! The two living corpses actually smashed into the windshield at the same time, causing the glass to crack. The two women instinctively cried out in alarm, but before they could see what was going on, another living corpse suddenly smashed into the windshield, directly breaking through the glass and stuck on top of it.
“What the hell are you doing? You really think you’re driving a bumper car …”
Li Tingyu hurriedly took out her dagger and stabbed the living corpse with her claws and teeth. She kicked it off the windshield again, but when she looked out, she was stunned. The four wide roads were full of living corpses in twos and threes. It was as if all the living corpses had come here to market.
“Hurry up and bring your backpack to get out of the car. There will definitely be no way to get through …”
Chen Guangda clutched the steering wheel tightly and kept crashing into or avoiding the car. The entire car was twisted like a snake by him. The two women hurriedly rushed into the carriage and grabbed their prepared backpacks. However, when they subconsciously looked back, they couldn’t help but exclaim in alarm.
The path ahead was exactly as Chen Guangda had guessed. They were all cars, big and small, new and old. There were also many cars that broke through the barrier and fell into the river. Some of them seemed to have just crashed into the river. The entire road was as terrifying as a huge car accident scene. It was a world of blood and living corpses.
“Hurry up and turn around, there are too many living corpses …”
Jin Maolin shouted with a naked face. At this glance, there were at least a thousand living corpses. There were even quite a few living corpses wandering along the river bank below. After discovering them, they immediately formed a terrifying tide of corpses and rushed towards them with a thunderous rumble.
“It’s too late, hurry up …”
Li Tingyu saw that there were also a large number of living corpses chasing after him. Chen Guangda stomped off the accelerator heavily. Li Tingyu immediately knew what he wanted to do. She hurriedly grabbed the fixture beside him. At this moment, the RV crashed into more than a dozen living corpses and rushed straight to the roadside.
“Ah …”
The RV directly rushed out from a damaged isolation fence. The entire car soared into the air, causing the two ladies to scream uncontrollably. Following that, there was a loud rumble. The RV actually slammed into the river like a huge brick, causing a large splash of water to rise high up.
“Help! Help me!”
Jin Maolin fell to the ground. Seeing the river rush in, she immediately cried out in horror. However, after Li Tingyu kicked her butt, she realized that she was no longer afraid of corpse poison. She got up and directly got out of the window.
“Putong ~”
The three of them jumped into the water one after another and swam across the river. Jin Maolin quickly noticed in horror that ripples of water suddenly rushed over from the surroundings. The group of corpse fish looked like a school at first glance. She immediately used all her strength to swim across the river. When she got to the bank, panting, a corpse fish just bit her butt.
“Ah …”
Jin Maolin jumped out of the water like a spring. She patted her bloody butt and shouted. After getting rid of the damn corpse fish, she shouted in embarrassment, “What kind of shitty car are you driving? Why didn’t you stop early when you noticed something was wrong? It broke my butt!”
“Idiot! Turn around and see for yourself, can you turn around in time …”
Li Tingyu wiped the water off her face and pointed to the back. Jin Maolin looked back in surprise. He didn’t expect that there were more zombies rushing over from behind than from the front. Not only were there a few armored vehicles parked in the traffic jam, there were even a few tanks. There were also some tattered banners floating on the electric poles in the wind.
Chen Guangda stood up and said, “That place should have been an official settlement camp. The place guarded by the tank is probably the entrance. I don’t know when this settlement camp was destroyed, but I estimate that this is already the furthest range of the survivors. I’m afraid we won’t be able to see any living people on the next path!”
“Oh no! I don’t like no man’s land. It always reminds me of terrible things …”
Jin Maolin let out a helpless howl. Then, he turned his back to Chen Guangda and took off his clothes. He even took off his underwear and twisted it dry. Li Tingyu naturally didn’t care about this kind of thing. Chen Guangda already knew her physical characteristics like the back of his finger, even more clearly than his own body.
The three of them changed into dry underwear and set off. However, not only were there no living people on the road ahead, it was as if they couldn’t even see a living corpse. The surroundings were basically undulating mountains. Fortunately, there were many fruit trees along the way. The three of them felt comfortable eating along the way, and they weren’t afraid of getting lost with the help of a compass.
The sky gradually darkened. Chen Guang raised his flashlight and calmly walked at the front. The poisonous hook was as thick as a latch on his shoulder. However, the two little ladies instinctively stuck together. This strange and quiet forest was even more terrifying than the scenic spot last night. It always gave people the illusion that there was a female ghost behind it.
“Don’t sleep in the woods. I’d rather walk all night than stay in such a damn place …”
Jin Maolin didn’t care if Chen Guangda could understand him or not. It was as if he was purposely making noise to disperse the fear in his heart. Chen Guangda also didn’t want to sleep here. He wasn’t afraid of living corpses, but he was afraid of snakes. If he was bitten by a poisonous snake, he would be doomed.
“Heavens! Isn’t this forest too big? How long will we have to walk …”
Li Tingyu howled dejectedly. They had left for more than two hours, and even Chen Guangda’s flashlight dimmed. However, there were no signs of leaving the forest. However, not long after, a small sparkling lake suddenly appeared in front of them, surrounded by several tents that were in tatters.
“Let’s rest here. It’s better to be by the lake than in the forest …”
Chen Guangda sighed helplessly. His body was still weak. If he continued to walk like this, his physical strength would have to be overdrawn again. Seeing that the two women did not have a better choice, they nodded and walked towards the lake. The small hills around them were finally not so gloomy.
“Not bad! Not a single living corpse …”
Li Tingyu snapped her fingers excitedly. With her as a living corpse radar, Chen Guangdalian didn’t even need to check his surroundings. He directly picked up a large rock and threw it into the lake. After waiting for a while, he didn’t find any movement and was completely relieved. Then, he pulled a large handful of thatch and lit up a pile of firewood that had been set up long ago.
“The three of us will take turns to guard tonight. I’ll wait for the two of you in the middle of the night …”
After Chen Guangda tossed his backpack beside the fire, he picked a tent that was barely fit for inspection. Unexpectedly, there was nothing inside other than a sleeping bag. The other tents were also like this. It was estimated that the people who lived here didn’t turn into corpses, but directly ran away with their bags on their backs.
“No! You should rest more now. The two of us are relying on you to protect us. I’ll stand guard for you tonight …”
As soon as Li Tingyu finished translating, Jin Maolin shook her head and smiled. She even took the initiative to enter the tent to help Chen Guangda clean and make the bed. She quickly came out and said, “Listen to the rain! Your injuries are the lightest. Stay in the middle of the night. After eating, I’ll rest with Chen first. I’ll get up in the middle of the night to exchange for you.”
“What? You want to get into bed with him again …”
Li Tingyu immediately began to mock him. She pinched a fire stick and ruthlessly stabbed the fire, but Jin Maolin smiled and said, “Oh! Don’t think nonsense. We’re just sleeping normally. Don’t forget that I like women, and I definitely won’t have anything to do with him!”
“Normal sleep? If you two sleep together, it will definitely not be normal. I will never allow such a dirty discussion to happen under my nose …”
Li Tingyu stood up angrily, but Jin Maolin’s face suddenly changed when she wanted to explain. Even her body began to tremble violently. Then, she pointed at the other side of the lake and stammered, “Thousand … Don’t tell me that I’m the only one who saw it. Then … there seems to be a woman there!”
“Heavens! There’s a woman, she seems to be still alive …”
Li Tingyu sucked in a breath of cold air and hurriedly picked up the flashlight to shine on the opposite side. She saw a young girl slowly walk to the shore, her gaze distracted as she stared at the lake without moving. However, just as Chen Guangda wanted to call her, the girl jumped into the small lake.
“My God! She … is she crazy? Why did she commit suicide …”
Li Tingyu hurriedly covered her mouth with her pale face. Chen Guangda was also too shocked to say anything. Following that, she heard an incomparably chaotic rumbling sound. The girl who had just jumped into the lake was immediately surrounded by a large number of corpse fish. Soon, the lake was dyed red with blood. The girl stopped struggling after a few seconds.
“Who can tell me what happened? Why did she commit suicide …”
Jin Maolin covered her mouth for a long time before she reacted. However, Li Tingyu also shook her head blankly. However, Chen Guangda immediately said, “We can’t set up camp here. There might be a human gathering place nearby. We need to go over and take a look at it immediately!”