Yang Cong spat out another curse, "He's just showing off because he has abilities. Pah! If I had abilities, would it be his turn to act so high and mighty?"

Wu Zijie felt awkward hearing this, but having been Yang Cong's follower for so long, he didn't dare to contradict him. "Didn't Brother Wang give us the apocalypse survival manual? I don't think these abilities are that easy to activate."

After all, it was something unfamiliar. Who knew if there would be side effects after gaining abilities?

The other girls were already scared stiff these past few days. Hearing the two still chatting about this, they urged, "Can we get on the bus now?" "Yeah, Uncle Zhao is about to start driving."

Yang Cong cursed again when he heard this, "Are you looking to die? You bitches dare to order me around?"

Though he was cursing, he still had to get on the bus. The girls' eyes were red from being scolded.

Chen Xiaofei was taking roll call on the bus. Yang Cong's group had six people: himself, Wu Zijie, another guy named He, and three girls.

There were also Zhao Gang and Liu Chunhui with their daughter, a pair of migrant workers who were good friends from the same village, both in their forties.

Additionally, there was a young couple and a group of three female friends. In total, there were sixteen survivors.

After confirming everyone was present, Chen Xiaofei signaled Zhao Gang to close the door and start driving. "Please focus entirely on driving, no matter what you see, don't panic. Can you do that?"

Zhao Gang nervously swallowed, looked at his wife and daughter beside him, then nodded firmly, "Don't worry, young man. I'll drive carefully."

Chen Xiaofei also found a seat in the front row, "Good, then please start driving. Just follow our captain!"

The vehicle immediately set off.

On the other side.

Xu Duoduo, with nothing else to do, was still secretly opening parcels in the middle row.

The rustling sounds never stopped.

Qin Luo was in the driver's seat, while Bai Shu was checking road conditions and browsing the forum for the latest news. Hearing the mouse-like sounds from the back row, they found it quite amusing. Having a little zombie around certainly added some fun.

Xu Duoduo wasn't too excited when she unpacked electronic products. Ordinary electronics weren't worth much in the apocalypse. Smartphones that cost nearly ten thousand before the apocalypse had now become scrap metal, only waiting to see if they could fetch a price in the future.

However, she was very excited when she unpacked food, especially a large box of snacks.

After a while, she got bored with unpacking.

Xu Duoduo started looking out the window again. Although it wasn't raining, the weather in this area was very bad, with thick dark clouds overhead that wouldn't disperse.

The road ahead even encountered dense fog.

"It's not good to change the route. If we get off the highway and take another road, it's all blocked with cars. We'd better stick to the highway and take it one step at a time," Bai Shu analyzed, looking at the tablet with a real-time map on the forum.

Blocked roads were reported with the latest conditions by other battle teams, so all the teams from the base could know the road conditions in this area.

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Qin Luo drove fast and aggressively, but had to be careful when encountering dense fog.

Xu Duoduo had just thought that although the road conditions weren't good today, at least the journey had been smooth so far. She glanced at the tablet, seeing they were less than 200 kilometers from C City.

But just as she felt relieved, suddenly a group of wild boars rushed out of the dense fog ahead. Qin Luo still crashed into them, sending them flying.

The bus behind was also startled, but fortunately, Zhao Gang's psychological quality was good. The car only swerved for a few seconds before he regained control and continued driving.

Qin Luo looked back and praised, "Zhao Gang and his wife are doing well."

They were suitable for combat missions.

Mainly because of their strong psychological quality. It was a pity they hadn't awakened abilities, otherwise they would definitely be valuable.

Now with the world turned upside down, it was really difficult for ordinary people to survive. However, ability users were too few, there was a severe shortage of people. Having one more comrade was a good thing.

Bai Shu pushed up his glasses and said, "Their quality is indeed not bad. If the base develops evolution serums later, they might really have a chance to become members of the combat team."

Qin Luo smiled and said, "Let's hope so."

Xu Duoduo looked at the road conditions on this side. Except for occasional mutant animals rushing out from the mountains, the highway was very quiet at other times.

This kind of quiet wasn't the reassuring kind, but rather gave an ominous feeling.

Or perhaps it was her nature being triggered?

As a zombie, Xu Duoduo didn't feel hostility towards humans, but when encountering mutant beasts, she would be scared, but at the same time, her whole body would tense up and enter a combat state.

Because in her mind, she still identified as human, even though she was now a zombie.

Almost instantly, her brain sent out a strong danger warning. She suddenly turned her head and saw a huge figure coming towards them from the 8 o'clock direction below left! It was that snake-man!!

Xu Duoduo immediately grabbed the whistle on her chest and blew it, successfully alerting the two in front. Qin Luo instinctively observed the road conditions.

Bai Shu also turned back and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a situation?"

Xu Duoduo nodded vigorously.

Qin Luo also successfully saw the scene in the rearview mirror. At some distance behind them, that snake-man appeared again, and this time it was coming straight for them. "Damn, this thing is coming for us!"

Bai Shu saw it too. That thick snake body, who knows where it had gone to swallow more things. In just one night without seeing it, this thing had grown another circle larger.

Qin Luo kept his eyes on the road ahead and said, "Notify Old Wang to take over driving. We'll speed up and see if we can shake it off. If not, we'll have to fight hard."

Such a troublesome mutated creature wasn't easy to deal with.

It would take at least several teams.

Unfortunately, there were no other combat teams around on their route.

Although Bai Shu's face didn't look good, he quickly notified Wang Weihu's side. After dialing, Wang Weihu immediately agreed.

Meanwhile, the survivors screamed again, unable to control themselves.

Even Yang Cong's voice was the loudest, crying out in despair, "I told you not to follow them, but you insisted! Now look! We've been targeted by a monster! We're all going to be eaten by the monster! We're going to die!"

The rest of his words were muffled by Chen Xiaofei, and only "mmph" sounds could be heard as his mouth was covered. "Don't worry, Brother Qin, you just drive. We'll catch up right away!"

As expected, teammates were reliable.

Qin Luo smiled, "Alright, hurry up then."

Chen Xiaofei agreed quickly: "Got it!"

Wang Weihu asked Zhao Gang to stop the car, and he quickly switched places with him. In less than ten seconds, the bus started again, suddenly rushing forward.

The two vehicles began to move at high speed.

Qin Luo, leading the way in front, was under more pressure with the bad road conditions while maintaining acceleration.

Even Xu Duoduo felt it was difficult.

Although he drove aggressively, he remained steady, even when they reached the winding mountain road section and started making sharp turns.

Xu Duoduo was thrown around, only able to cling tightly to her seat. Eventually, she moved to the back row, hugging the back seat, watching to see where the snake-man monster had gotten to.

She hadn't realized how close it was until she looked. It was getting closer and closer.

It was so tense that her scalp tingled with fear.