Chapter 437: Apocalypse Trading System (9)

Xie Yan also glared angrily at that group of people.

"Dad, what do we do now?"

"Wait."

Aside from waiting, there was no other way.

There were too many Zombies; even if they slammed on the gas, they couldn't break through, and instead, the commotion would only attract more Zombies.

As for abandoning the car and running, they didn't have the ability to do that either.

"If only I could awaken an ability too."

Xie Yan felt very dejected inside.

Didn't those people just say that awakening an ability was related to a person's physical constitution? Although he wasn't a sports student, he had been a regular member of the school basketball team from middle school until now; his constitution was good enough, right? Why hadn't he awakened one?

Xie Yongcheng patted his son's shoulder to comfort him.

Now they could only pray that the car's sheet metal was sturdy enough and the windshield was hard enough not to be breached by the Zombies.

However, what they feared most came to pass.

Following a faint "Crack!" sound, the father and son discovered in terror: the front windshield had cracked.

Five or six Zombies had climbed onto the hood, crowding together, and crushed the front windshield.

Soon, it spread from a single crack into a spiderweb pattern.

Although it wasn't completely ruined yet, with the cracks, the scent of the living people inside the car was much more obvious than before.

The Zombies roared and grew restless, scrambling to slam against the windshield.

Xie Yongcheng and his son each gripped their weapons—

Xie Yongcheng's was a Carbon Steel Crowbar, one of the car repair tools originally kept in his own trunk.

He had worked at a repair shop when he was young and learned some simple maintenance techniques; whenever his own car broke down, as long as it wasn't particularly difficult to fix, he would figure it out and handle it himself.

Unfortunately, the apocalypse had arrived, and their escape was hurried; after the car broke down, there was no time to fix it, so he had to transfer the toolbox to a van they found on the side of the road, and this crowbar became a self-defense tool, helping the two of them quite a bit along the way.

Xie Yan's self-defense tool was a rusted Long-handled Fire Axe.

It was found while resupplying at a gas station.

At the time, it was piled up with a bunch of scrap metal and junk; it was likely discarded by the gas station staff before the apocalypse.

However, he tried it out, and it was still usable, so he carried it with him for self-defense.

But there were simply too many Zombies surrounding them this time, and seeing the front windshield cracking more and more severely, once it shattered completely, staying in the car would be a dead end, so they might as well rush out and make a desperate fight.

Xie Yongcheng gritted his teeth and swallowed his worry for his wife and daughter.

"Son, things have come to this, there's no hiding from it anymore, let's you and I make a stand!"

He didn't say he would cover for his son and let him run.

The situation before them was simply a dead end; if they could escape, it would take heaven-sent luck.

Xie Yan gripped the Fire Axe, tightened his jaw, and nodded: "Okay!"

The father and son took a deep breath in unison, their four eyes fixed on the front windshield; as soon as the spiderweb-cracked windshield shattered completely, they would push open the car doors and rush out.

Just then, what did they hear?

The roar of a motor?

"Dad, look!"

Following the direction of his son's finger, Xie Yongcheng saw a silver Recreational Vehicle with a rather strange design driving toward their direction.

Facing so many Zombies, the Recreational Vehicle was fearless; besides the "Boom" and "Bang" sounds of them being knocked away, thick purple electric arcs also shot out from the driver's side window, assisting the Recreational Vehicle in carving out a path.

On top of the Recreational Vehicle, a beautiful middle-aged woman was waving two Thorn Vines as thick as an adult's arm; every time she swung them out, a whole row of Zombies would fall, truly a Zombie harvester.

Xie Yan stared at it for a few seconds and said blankly: "Dad, Dad, pinch me, why am I hallucinating? Why does that person on the roof look so much like my mom?"

Xie Yongcheng didn't pinch his son, but pinched his own thigh: "Hiss! You didn't see wrong, and I didn't see wrong either; that person really does look like your mom!"

The words had barely left his mouth when he saw the woman on the roof look over and shout at them:

"Lao Xie! Son! Don't be afraid! Your sister and I are here to save you!"

"!!!"

"Cui Ge! Look over there!"

"Whoa! What kind of car is that? So fierce?"

"The woman on the car must have a Wood Ability, right?"

"The one driving seems to have a Thunder Ability."

"Two Ability Users in one car, awesome!"

"Should we go over and ask?"

Consequently, this group of people started shouting and yelling again:

"Hey! Hey! There are people here!"

"Big sister, we have an Ability User here too!"

However, Yu Baozhi, whose heart was set on her family, had no time to spare a glance at them; she was busy saving her husband and son!

"Lao Xie? Why are you spacing out? The Zombies outside the car have all been turned to charred ash by Yang Yang, hurry up and bring our son over!"

Seeing the two of them sitting blankly in the car, Yu Baozhi waved her Thorn Vine, and the vine automatically folded into a staircase shape to make it easier for her to get down from the roof of the Recreational Vehicle, then she ran to the front of her husband's car and knocked on the hood.

"Baozhi! Is it really you?"

Xie Yongcheng finally came to his senses and hurriedly urged his son to get out of the car.

The father and son carried the supplies from the car and transferred to the Recreational Vehicle.

Seeing the figure in the driver's seat clearly, Xie Yan opened his mouth in disbelief: "Yang Yang! Was that you driving the car just now?"

"Yeah!" Xie Yang nodded, "Brother, don't just stand there, I'm going to accelerate."

"..."

Xie Yan sat blankly on the small sofa and turned his head to look at his father: "Dad, Yang Yang doesn't even have a driver's license..."

"The world is in such chaos now, who is going to check for driver's licenses?"

Before Xie Yongcheng could speak, Yu Baozhi applied what she had just learned, using her daughter's line of reasoning:

"As long as you don't hit anyone or drive into the green belt, it's fine. Running over a Zombie is even a virtuous deed!"

She paused, then added: "It's thanks to Yang Yang being bold and careful, teaching herself Driving, and rushing over to pick you up. Otherwise, with how dangerous you two were just now, would our family have even hoped to reunite?"

"Mom, you're so right!" Xie Yan grinned at his father, "Dad, I'll drive next time. Although I haven't been on the road, I at least practiced a few times at the driving school. Look at Yang Yang, she never learned anything and she still drove quite smoothly, didn't she?"

Xie Yongcheng glanced at him: "That's because your sister is smart and learns everything quickly."

"..."

There was no need to look down on people like that.

Xie Yongcheng ignored his son and turned to look at his wife with concern: "Baozhi, when did you and Yang Yang get your powers? You didn't mention it during our last few contacts. Was that injury from just these past two days?"

When the signal hadn't been cut off yet, he had heard the official science popularization about Zombies and Ability Users through the car radio, which said that when the large meteorite fell, most people who were outdoors turned into Zombies, and a very small portion awakened powers to become First-generation Ability Users.

After being scratched by a Zombie, ordinary people face two outcomes: one is to turn into a Zombie, and the other is to survive the Alienation and awaken powers, which makes them Second-generation Ability Users.

First-generation Ability Users and Second-generation Ability Users only differ in their origin; their ability systems are the same.

His wife and daughter were not Ability Users at the beginning, so there was only one cause: they had been scratched by a Zombie.

Thinking of this, Xie Yongcheng felt a wave of lingering fear.

His bloodshot eyes looked even redder: "It's my fault for not rushing back in time and letting you and your mother suffer."