Riding on His Coattails and Surviving the Apocalypse - Chapter 24

Chapter 24 Zombies
‘”Little sister, we went down to rob the village today. We met a group of refugees. I heard from them that there seems to be a large number of zombies not far from here. Even if this place is remote, I think many of them will come to the stronghold. You originally didn’t plan to stay in the stronghold. You should leave a few days earlier now. You might not encounter anything on the way.” Lou Xiaoluo was stunned. A large number of zombies were gathered. How could this be? Normally, only two zombies with poor grades would have this kind of appeal. It was only half a year since the apocalypse. Most of them were First Grade or Second Grade zombies. How could a Third Grade or Fourth Grade zombie appear so quickly?

Lou Xiaoluo’s expression changed. She was only a Second Grade Intermediate Grade now. If she encountered a Third Grade, it wasn’t enough for her to escape. If she encountered a Fourth Grade, she probably wouldn’t be able to die anymore. “Haha, Big Brother Daniu, although I’m not from the stronghold, I can’t abandon the stronghold at this time. But I will do what I can. If I can’t, I will run away.” Lou Xiaoluo did not have to talk about survival together with righteousness, but it was more dangerous to go on the road now. After all, this place was still relatively remote, and it was estimated that there were more zombies in big cities, and their levels were higher. Lou Xiaoluo did not persuade them to leave this place. After all, this was a place where they were born and raised. They did not leave when the apocalypse came. Now that the world was not good, they could not leave.

When Daniu and the others heard this, they were extremely grateful. After getting along for a while, As we all know, Lou Xiaoluo should be an Adept, Although she didn’t reveal it, everyone finally understood. In the apocalypse, a little girl who was able to bring along supplies for a period of time was still alive. Without two brushes, they really didn’t believe it. Thinking back to when they robbed Lou Xiaoluo, they were really lucky. Otherwise, they would have met a bad-tempered Adept, so they would probably be reincarnated by now.

“However, regardless of whether the zombies will come or not, I think we should dig some traps around the stronghold. The surrounding fences are thicker, so it’s always good to have multiple layers of protection.” Lou Xiaoluo always felt a little uneasy, thinking that this should be the first wave of corpses that humans encountered after the apocalypse. “Haha, Xiaoluo, don’t worry. We dug a two-meter deep hole around the stronghold. The surroundings were also reinforced.” Tian Cui was very confident. She was a Tier 1 Intermediate Aquatic Ability. Although the attack power of the Aquatic Ability was weak, it still had a certain degree of lethality. Wu Jiao and Daniu Dai were deep in thought.

‘”Perhaps there will be third and fourth grade zombies this time. Only suppression of more than two levels can gather zombies. And now, most of the zombies outside are first grade and second grade zombies.” At this point, everyone’s faces were a little pale. Lou Xiaoluo looked at everyone’s faces and knew that they would think seriously. After all, even if this was the end of the world, apart from the lack of resources, it was too comfortable.

“Thank you for your reminder, sister. We will study it carefully.” Although Tian Cui still didn’t think so, she didn’t say anything when she looked at Daniu’s gaze. However, she mocked Lou Xiaoluo in her heart for worrying too much. Her village was relatively remote, and there weren’t many people before the apocalypse. There weren’t many people after the apocalypse. Why would a zombie come here?

Although Daniu and the others did not know the accuracy of Lou Xiaoluo’s words, for the sake of safety, they still changed the pit from two meters to four meters, and the fence wall was also strengthened. And Lou Xiaoluo has been cultivating these days. She hasn’t improved since she reached Second Grade Intermediate. It’s probably because there aren’t many battles lately. It seems that cultivating behind closed doors isn’t suitable for her. In addition, there aren’t many crystal cores left. Lou Xiaoluo is faintly looking forward to the upcoming battle.

The zombie tide appeared without warning, At dawn, Hearing the faint roar from outside, Lou Xiaoluo immediately woke up, Looking at the dark sky, Looking at the almost sleeping Golden Steel Village, Lou Xiaoluo was really helpless. She had already warned them of the dangers. Not many of the vigilantes were probably dead now. It seemed like they were living too comfortably. If the Golden Steel Village could survive the Corpse Tide, they would be able to survive better in the future.

Lou Xiaoluo did not wake everyone up. Instead, she climbed up the parapet and looked at the situation outside. If it was said that the end of the world had brought Lou Xiaoluo benefits, then her body would become stronger. In addition, her short-sightedness was better. Nothing could be seen in the hazy moonbird anymore. After swimming for a while, Lou Xiaoluo could see a dazed shadow in the distance. She estimated that she could reach the Diamond Steel Stronghold in about half an hour. Zombies usually didn’t walk fast, so it was estimated that she would have to walk for a while at such a short distance. Lou Xiaoluo sat in a corner and meditated for a while. Suddenly, she heard the sound of the zombie falling into the trap.

When Lou Xiaoluo saw Daniu and the others come out, she also appeared from the corner. “Xiaoluo, when did you come out?” Daniu looked at Lou Xiaoluo who silently appeared and was very strange. “Why are you asking this now? It sounds like something has fallen into a trap.” Tian Cui was a little impatient. The voice outside made her very scared. At this time, everyone was very grateful to Lou Xiaoluo for the preparations they had made earlier.

“We still need to look at the situation outside. I wonder how many zombies there are?” Daniu and the others were very worried. When they arrived at a high place and saw what was happening outside, all their faces turned pale. Tian Cui and Wu Jiao stuck to Daniu with trembling faces. Lou Xiaoluo looked at the situation. Although there were some barbs inside, it was almost useless to first-grade zombies. When the number of zombies below increased by half, it was estimated that all zombies above first-grade would crawl out.

Everyone in the village took out everything that could be used as weapons. People with combat strength gathered together. In less than an hour, although there were less than half of the zombies outside, Lou Xiaoluo knew that the remaining zombies were more difficult to deal with. “Everyone, prepare your sabers. The women will work together to smash them with large stones. The men will save their strength and go out with me to kill the zombies.” Although Daniu’s words scared everyone, everyone still took action. After all, at this time, only if everyone worked together could they hope to survive.

“I’m going out to kill the zombies.” Lou Xiaoluo looked at the situation outside. The women in the stronghold used the simple catapults to smash the zombies. The accuracy was not high. When they finished throwing the stones, Lou Xiaoluo looked at the 50-60 zombies outside. Fortunately, there weren’t too many zombies in the zombie tide now. Otherwise, everyone would be cold. Looking at the small squad of the Golden Steel Village, they were all young and middle-aged, but there were only a hundred of them. Apart from Daniu being a mutant, there was also a mutant of strength and two mutants of speed. As long as there weren’t any high-grade zombies, everyone still had a high chance of winning. However, Lou Xiaoluo also knew that after this time, it was estimated that not many of these men would be left.

Lou Xiaoluo rushed out with everyone else. Unlike other people who were in a hurry, Lou Xiaoluo was able to kill zombies easily and didn’t use her ability. When the others saw Lou Xiaoluo’s ferocity, they forgot to be afraid. What a joke. A little girl was so strong. How could they, the elders, lose? The women inside looked at Lou Xiaoluo, a borrowed child, so brave that they could not let those men underestimate him. As a result, more than a dozen women under 30 rushed out with kitchen knives in their hands. Daniu saw that the women were still rushing forward even though they were scared. He immediately shouted heroically, “Kill! Protect the stronghold!”

Perhaps because of the aura, these First Grade zombies were almost eliminated. Several Second Grade zombies were also killed by Lou Xiaoluo, Daniu and the others. Lou Xiaoluo looked around. She was sure that there was a high-grade zombie hiding in the surroundings, but she didn’t know where it was hiding. Suddenly, Lou Xiaoluo’s thoughts were diverted by a cheer. Looking at the remaining sixty people, looking at the brilliant smiling faces of everyone dragging their weak bodies, looking at the women hugging each other and laughing and crying, looking at the people patting each other on the shoulders, looking at the people rushing out of the stockade to help clean up the mess, Lou Xiaoluo’s heart was deeply touched.

Perhaps the apocalypse was filled with zombies, people’s morals began to decline, and even the apocalypse did not forget to fight for power and profit, but it was not without good things, and the sparks of humanity were even more dazzling in the apocalypse. People still had hope, there were still some people who were earnestly trying to survive, and there were also people who were watching to help. At this moment, Lou Xiaoluo suddenly felt that the gloom that had lingered in her heart for a long time had dissipated a lot. Lou Xiaoluo felt very relaxed.

Suddenly, Lou Xiaoluo felt her ability loosen. Third Grade beginner, Lou Xiaoluo felt her ability level and was stunned. Why did her situation seem like an epiphany from a cultivation novel? Could it be that she changed the set, from the apocalyptic stream to the immortal stream? Wouldn’t it be so miraculous? Lou Xiaoluo scolded in her heart. However, Lou Xiaoluo did not pay too much attention to it. Later, when Lou Xiaoluo saw Ji Shitian’s Epiphany leveling up, she pounded her chest and stamped her feet for a long time. It was clearly she who leveled up first through the Epiphany, so why didn’t she care at that time? Of course, these were the last words. Now that she could feel that the high-grade zombie had quietly left, her nervousness relaxed. Lou Xiaoluo only cared about the good thing of upgrading her ability.

Lou Xiaoluo looked at the rising sun and the people cleaning the battlefield seriously. She found Daniu and said, “Big Brother Daniu, I have something to tell you.” Looking at Lou Xiaoluo, Daniu immediately stepped forward and hugged her, “Sister, thank you.” Daniu’s body trembled faintly. Actually, he didn’t expect to survive this crisis, but thanks to Lou Xiaoluo, five of the eight Second Grade zombies were killed by Lou Xiaoluo. More importantly, her behavior gave everyone confidence. If it weren’t for her, perhaps the Jin Gang Stronghold would have disappeared today. Lou Xiaoluo was their benefactor.

A small theater

Lou Xiaoluo: I was the one who opened this mountain. I didn’t plant this tree. Yes, but I killed the zombies. So if you want to live from now on, you have to stay and buy some money. Come on, come on, no matter how many cores you have, hee hee.

Ji Shitian looked at Lou Xiaoluo, who looked like a king of the mountain, and suddenly smiled. There was no money. There was someone who was ready to sacrifice his own body to be the wife of the stronghold. Speak up and drag Lou Xiaoluo back to her room. She knows that Lou Xiaoluo is still stunned the next day. The script is wrong.