binnovel Chapter 56 Plans can't keep up with changes
Chapter 56 Plans can't keep up with changes
Facing those frenzied animals and the suit-clad zombie was initially a dangerous undertaking, but to everyone's surprise, the enhancement provided by Lu Yuan's spatial equipment seemed to have reduced the danger, and everyone suddenly became less tense. Around 7 PM, the sun began to set…
"Did we forget our plan? Where did we go after we left here?" Lu Yuan was taking a nap when he suddenly woke up and thought of this question. The last few times, they had only figured out where to hide in the car, which didn't feel good at all.
"I've already thought it through," Pei Sihao explained with a yawn. "This place is closest to Feng Ge's villa near the school. There weren't any zombies there when we left. Let's go back and check it out first. If it's safe, we can stay there for the time being."
"Oh!" Lu Yuan then realized that the agricultural product trading market they had gone to was in the direction of the university town. Now, this park is less than a ten-minute drive from the university town, and Gu Nanfeng's villa has a high security level, so going back there is indeed the best option.
The group gradually woke up from their light sleep. The sun had completely set, and the birds outside the window had changed countless times, still happily banging on the windowpane.
Although the protective suits they selected were lightweight, they were still quite difficult to put on. Moreover, Zhong Qiang was too strong, so Lu Yuan had to retrieve them from his spatial storage several times before he finally got the right size for him.
This protective suit came with a simple gas hood. To ensure everyone didn't suffer from oxygen deficiency, Lu Yuan spent a long time searching for the matching oxygen supply equipment and setting it up for everyone. It took Lu Yuan and his team almost half an hour to put on the protective suits.
With everything ready, Qin Yuan and Lin Yun took the lead. They walked to the door of the room, Qin Yuan holding two tear gas canisters, while Lin Yun prepared to open the door. There was still a moment of tension, after all, when they looked out through the peephole, the corridor was already swarming with snakes, insects, and rodents; anyone with trypophobia would probably have run away immediately.
Lin Yun took a deep breath, quickly opened the door, and Qin Yuan threw out the two canisters of tear gas without hesitation. Lin Yun then quickly closed the door in perfect unison. After a few seconds of silence, they directed everyone to open the door again and rush out.
By this time, the air outside was filled with the pungent smell of tear gas. They quickly ran to the elevator, opened the door, and rushed inside. Once inside safely, all seven of them breathed a sigh of relief. Zhong Qiang was about to give everyone a high five to celebrate when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a bluish-purple head peering into the ventilation opening above the elevator.
"Holy crap!" Zhong Qiang looked up and took a closer look. He immediately pulled Lu Yuan away from directly below the vent. Lu Yuan was now face to face with the suit-clad zombie once again.
This zombie in the suit had been lurking here for who knows how long. He probably hid in the elevator shaft on the very first day they released the animals, just waiting for Lu Yuan and the others to come out.
It's easy to imagine that the elevator entrance on the first floor is teeming with zombies and animals, who have been caught in a trap by the zombies in suits.
Gu Nanfeng reacted quickly, wanting to force the elevator to stop before it reached the first floor. After all, if the elevator stopped, they would only have to face this one zombie in a suit, but if the elevator reached the first floor and the door opened, there would be countless zombies waiting for them outside.
The zombie in the suit above the ventilation shaft was trying to get down, but they then realized that although the zombie had a high level of intelligence, it wasn't as high as they had imagined. The guy tried to get down several times, each time sticking his head into the ventilation shaft first. He failed to get down after several attempts, but none of that mattered. He stared intently at Lu Yuan with his empty white eyes.
Lin Yun was shocked for a moment before reacting. He quickly raised his gun, cocked it, and aimed at the head of the zombie in the suit. With a "bang," the gun rang out, but the zombie dodged it. Although its intelligence was not as high as they had imagined, its reaction was incredibly fast. Such a rapid reaction was almost impossible among humans. No wonder several grenades failed to hit it.
"The zombie virus has increased people's reaction speed!" Lin Yun said, nudging Qin Yuan, who was still shocked by the zombie's face-to-face contact, with his elbow.
Gu Nanfeng failed to stop the elevator. The elevator dinged, and Lin Yun and Qin Yuan fired their guns at the same time, but both shots were avoided by the zombie in the suit and instead hit its left shoulder and left arm.
The elevator doors opened, and Lu Yuan and Pei Sihao quickly threw two tear gas canisters outside. Even if they couldn't drive away the zombies, the animals would definitely run away.
As expected, as soon as the tear gas exploded, the large beasts at the entrance all ran out of the lobby. The animals running out collided with the zombies squeezing in. Lu Yuan and the others ran out of the elevator. The zombie in the suit that had just run out of the ventilation duct fell headfirst to the ground. It quickly got up and wriggled its awkward limbs as it ran towards Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan never expected that he would be targeted by a zombie. His plan to have Zhong Qiang lead the zombie away when he came here was put into practice by Lu Yuan when he left.
The lobby was teeming with animals and zombies. Lu Yuan pulled out his armored vehicle and ran over a large group of them, but because there were so many zombies and animals underneath, the vehicle became too tall for them to climb on. Left with no other option, Lu Yuan led the suit-clad zombies in a parkour-like run. Perhaps due to prior instructions, most of the first-generation zombies followed Lu Yuan's lead.
But Lu Yuan was, after all, a fragile college student who barely passed the physical fitness test for the college entrance examination. In addition, he was being chased by a group of zombies. He only ran a few steps before he felt his legs were weak and he couldn't breathe. Qin Yuan and Lin Yun had been shooting frequently since they came out of the elevator. Almost every zombie that ran towards them was blown off in the head. Pei Sihao picked up a few heads that were missed.
Taking advantage of Lu Yuan drawing the attention of the suit-wearing zombies, Gu Nanfeng climbed onto the armored vehicle. Gu Nanfeng then drove the armored vehicle ahead, crashing through the glass doors of the lobby. Lu Yuan led the large group of zombies out, while the other five—Qin Yuan and Lin Yun—were responsible for preventing the zombies from getting close to them, and the other three frantically fired at the zombies following Lu Yuan. Whether they hit or not didn't matter; their main goal was to delay their advance.
Zombies are indeed agile at night. If Lu Yuan didn't have the near-death buff, he probably would have collapsed long ago.
Once Gu Nanfeng's armored vehicle was out, the outside was much wider. He stopped the vehicle, watched Lu Yuan run past the side of the vehicle, then quickly turned the steering wheel, stepped on the gas, and directly knocked away a group of zombies behind Lu Yuan. Unfortunately, the zombie in the suit quickly dodged.
However, the collision gave Lu Yuan a chance to catch his breath. He seized the opportunity to take out four motorcycles from his spatial storage. Although he was only good at riding electric scooters, he didn't have time to worry about that now. He quickly hopped on one of them and sped off onto the park's main road.