Chapter 133: Rained On, Got Stronger!

"That's right, haste makes waste. Wait for the rain to stop, and wait for the water to recede a little before it's convenient for us to set off!"

Zhang Su made up his mind.

Even if the rain stopped, it wouldn't be easy to drive. Driving in water nearly half a meter deep meant there was no control at all. If an emergency occurred, it would be difficult to accelerate, let alone turn!

The road ahead was full of unknowns, and the surroundings were fraught with crises. Staying put was the best strategy!

It was as if God had heard Zhang Su's words. Just two minutes after he finished speaking, the rain weakened rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it stopped completely.

The sky was still that dim and gloomy color, but there were no more raindrops slapping against the windshield, only the sound of water flowing across the road.

"Notify them!"

Zhang Su opened the car window and took a breath of the cool air after the rain, feeling refreshed in body and mind. He leaned out and waved to the back, and soon he saw several drivers sticking their heads out.

"Brother Su, are we leaving?"

Lu Yubo, who was driving the Prado, asked. There was no tension on his face; instead, there was a hint of excitement, because the half-meter-deep water didn't bother the Prado he was driving at all, and it was the perfect time to have some fun.

As a result, Zhang Su's words extinguished his enthusiasm.

"We aren't leaving. Wait for the water to recede a bit before setting off! Everyone move around in your cars. I estimate we'll have to spend the night here. We'll arrange the night watch in a bit!"

"Ah..." Lu Yubo let out a depressed groan, helplessly pulled his head back, lit a cigarette, and conveyed Zhang Su's meaning to Chen Hanzhou beside him.

Chen Hanzhou was still his usual gloomy self, but he had learned to smoke in the past few days. He followed Lu Yubo and lit one up, puffing away, which could also be considered a way to relieve emotions in the apocalypse.

The original driver of the Mercedes G-Wagon was Zhao Dezhu, but after the joke of rushing onto the green belt, he was dismissed. Now Zhao Xue was driving, and Wu Lue was sitting in the passenger seat to assist.

After hearing Zhang Su's words, Zhao Xue and Wu Lue had no objections. Staying put was exactly what both of them hoped for; pushing through the water was too risky, and who knew when the car might have a problem.

Everyone on the Faulkner Mobil also had no problems. The environment was comfortable and the supplies were plentiful. At least it was safe for now, and there was no psychological burden.

The Tiguan trio who followed later also breathed a sigh of relief. They had been whispering in the car for a long time, fearing that Zhang Su's group would insist on heading to the city despite the water. With the current water level, they didn't even dare to start their car, and they would definitely have been left behind.

"Tao, Liu, what do you think of this group of people?"

The tall man in the driver's seat of the Tiguan said to the other two.

Liu Tianji, who wore glasses, blurted out: "A very impressive survivor team, more reliable than any we've encountered before!"

Zhou Litao nodded and muttered: "If I'm not mistaken, the driver of the lead car should be the boss of this team. He's fierce. Just being stared at by him makes my butt feel cold. That guy must have human lives on his hands!"

"That's just absurd. With such a big show, I guess they must have been targeted by many people along the way. If they didn't have some ruthless means, could they have survived?" Liu Tianji was very dismissive of Zhou Litao's words.

"Hey, hey, what do you say, if we ask to join them, would they agree?"

The driver, Wang Xin, asked thoughtfully.

"Join them? Then our plan won't be executed?"

Zhou Litao asked, puzzled.

"We don't know what the situation is at Boss Wu's place now. Even if no one has occupied it, it's a challenge for the three of us to reclaim it. If we can tag along with them, I think it's pretty good."

Wang Xin said with a thoughtful expression.

Liu Tianji took out cigarettes and shared them with the other two, saying: "That's right, plans can be changed. Now there is clearly a more favorable option, why not change it?"

"If we join their team, the three of us won't have any say. We'll have to listen to them for everything. That's not very comfortable. Think it through!"

Zhou Litao curled his lips, clearly unwilling to be constrained.

Wang Xin looked at Zhou Litao in astonishment: "Tao, you don't still think you're a little leader, do you? What kind of airs are you putting on at a time like this? What we should be considering now is whether they will accept us!"

Zhou Litao wasn't angered by Wang Xin's sarcasm. He spread his hands and said: "The three of us are big men, definitely strong laborers. How could he turn us away?"

"Humph." Liu Tianji sneered and said: "Don't be so confident. Not to mention the men in their team, even the women in the car seem very capable. Haven't you noticed? Even when sitting in the car, they don't leave their weapons!"

"Really? I saw a woman holding a dog and playing with it. It's the zombie apocalypse, and she's still in the mood to play with cats and dogs. How capable can she be..." Zhou Litao didn't agree with Liu Tianji's words.

If Zheng Xinyu and Lucky heard this evaluation, I'm afraid the person and the dog would explode on the spot, and Zhou Litao would definitely be no match.

"To put it another way, they can even protect a dog. If that's not capability, what is?" Wang Xin said with a serious face: "In short, if we want to join them, we must show some skills."

"That's right, we must strive for a chance to perform! Now, no survivor team will raise idlers."

Liu Tianji agreed with Wang Xin's words. Admiring the strong is fine, but while admiring the strong, one must also have capabilities oneself!

Only Zhou Litao twitched his eyebrows and didn't express an opinion...

Zhang Su had excellent hearing, but with a distance of thirty meters and a car cabin with good sound insulation, he couldn't overhear the conversation of the three in the Tiguan. Plus, Zhao Dezhu was chatting with him, so he couldn't even hear the conversation between Lu Yubo and Chen Hanzhou in the Prado very clearly.

"Big brother, although this rain might replenish energy for the zombies, do you think there's another possibility? That the flood just washes all the zombies in the city into the sea? That would really be God opening his eyes, haha!"

Zhao Dezhu gestured with rich body language.

The terrain of Qincheng was high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and finally, the water flowed into the sea from the estuary.

The convoy was currently in the northern part of Qincheng, and the flood was rolling toward the city. If nothing went wrong, it would definitely wash the streets again, but it was estimated that it would be difficult to clean them thoroughly.

Zhang Su smiled, shook his head, and said: "If that really happened, I would worship the Rain God in the future! But I estimate there's no chance. Look over there."

Everyone looked in the direction Zhang Su pointed. About a hundred meters away, more than a dozen zombies were stumbling in the water. They were indeed not as flexible as usual, but their legs were like roots in the water, quite steady, and they didn't even fall over.

"Damn..." Zhao Dezhu cursed, his dream shattered.

Not only shattered, but the zombies in the distance seemed to have heard Zhao Dezhu's insults and were actually slowly walking toward the car...

"Oh my god, they found us!" Zhao Dezhu's mouth twitched.

Zhang Su didn't expect the zombies to come toward them either. By logic, they should go with the flow, and since the water was flowing south, the zombies shouldn't be going against the current at all.

"It seems they really found us, but how could they find me..."

This question was puzzling.

"Could it be... they drank too much rainwater and gained experience points, and the zombies leveled up?" Zheng Xinyu said with an exaggerated expression.

This answer sounded ridiculous, but everyone felt there was some truth to it.

Yu Qing said: "I've killed few zombies, but I've observed them very carefully. The movements and speed of these zombies haven't changed much from before, but this is going against the current. Can we assume that they are stronger than before under normal circumstances?"

Everyone shook their heads; no one could answer.

"Everyone get down, let's see what's going on!"

Zhang Su turned off all the lights in the car, let everyone lie down inside, and he revealed a pair of eyes to observe the approaching zombies quietly.

"No, their target doesn't seem to be us!"

The small cluster of zombies walked slowly in the water, going against the current, their eyes fixed straight to the north. It was clear they hadn't been attracted by the few cars.

"Then what do we do? Should we kill them?"

Zhao Dezhu asked softly.

Zhang Su shook his head decisively. In the current situation, they should reduce fighting as much as possible.

However, just when everyone was expecting the zombies to leave quietly, they stood in the water and stopped moving, staring blankly at the RV!

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Separated by a layer of iron, both humans and zombies were in a state of stillness.

In the car behind, Lu Yubo and Chen Hanzhou had long since crouched down, revealing only a pair of eyes, watching nervously. When the zombies stopped, their heartbeats seemed to skip a beat.

The state of stillness didn't last long, maybe ten seconds or so, and the zombies slowly surrounded the Mercedes RV!

Thud!

A dull knocking sound rang out. Following that, dense knocking sounds rang out all around the car.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

Big palms slapped against the car body, making everyone's ears feel muffled.

Due to the height, the zombies couldn't reach the car windows, so there was no worry about them breaking the car body, but if this continued and attracted more distant zombies, it would also be very bad.

"Can't even be lazy for a moment. Let's get to work."

Zhang Su took out the short dagger he had never used, opened the car window, and leaned out. He stabbed the dagger down, and with a "pfft," he took care of the zombie next to the car door. It wasn't difficult for a fine short dagger to pierce the skull suture at the temple.

Awooooo!

Perhaps because they were increasingly clearly sensing the scent of living people, the zombies surrounding the Mercedes RV became manic and slapped the car body even harder.

Zheng Xinyu and the others also followed Zhang Su's method, opening the car windows to attack downwards. But not everyone could master this attack method well. Although they were in no danger, the killing efficiency wasn't high.

"Brain-dead, come over here, come to Grandpa!"

Just at this moment, several people suddenly heard Lu Yubo shouting and yelling. They saw him standing on the car hood at some point, waving the grain sampler in his hand, looking extremely arrogant.

He couldn't stand the loneliness. Seeing Zhang Su decide to fight, he climbed out of the sunroof at the first opportunity.

Awooo, awooo.

Immediately, some of the zombies besieging the Mercedes RV turned their heads and walked toward the Prado.

"Bo-zai, be careful, don't show off!"

Zhang Su could see Lu Yubo's arrogant appearance clearly in the streaming rearview mirror.

"Don't worry, Brother Su. They came at the right time!"

As he spoke, Lu Yubo reached out and gave the zombie approaching the Prado a poke. The grain sampler pierced the zombie's skull with a "pfft," and he pulled it out with a "slurp," bringing up a disgusting streak of mucus that slapped onto the white hood of the Prado, dark green and brownish, very disgusting.

A dozen or so, less than twenty zombies, posed no threat to the group who had the advantage of terrain. They all lay dead beside the cars and were not washed away by the water.

"More than a dozen zombies, solved in less than five minutes!"

Tiguan driver Wang Xin leaned out, and it was only with great difficulty that he could see what was happening further ahead from beside the Faulkner Mobil.

His two companions heard his report, their expressions dull.

After a long while, Zhou Litao muttered: "It's not difficult if you know how, and it's difficult if you don't. They found the method. As long as we learn the method, we can do it too. It's nothing."

Liu Tianji and Wang Xin glanced at Zhou Litao at the same time, not knowing whether to call him arrogant or proud. In any case, the two of them were very shocked and more determined to join Zhang Su's team.

"The speed and sensitivity of the zombies have slightly improved. As for strength, I haven't had a clear feeling, but other aspects have improved, so strength shouldn't be left behind. These aren't what I'm most concerned about..."

In the Mercedes RV, Zhang Su was doing a post-battle summary with everyone.

"What I'm most concerned about is the zombies' sensing ability! Before, if the zombies were outside and we were in the car, as long as we didn't make a sound, it was impossible for them to find us. What was the situation just now? They sensed our existence even through the car?"

Facing Zhang Su's question, everyone shook their heads, feeling a bit heavy.

"This damn rain, it replenished energy for the zombies and made them more powerful. What a piece of junk!"

Zhao Dezhu sat on the carpet, feeling very depressed. Even if only one in ten human survivors remained and urban civilization had been destroyed, everyone still wanted to live a little better in the apocalypse.

The purpose of struggling to survive was also to obtain a better living environment, and the changes in the zombies would clearly make the survivors' path to survival increasingly difficult.

Yu Qing chimed in: "We can think about it from another angle. Maybe the rainwater just replenished the zombies' energy, allowing them to recover the abilities they already had. Perhaps they were always this powerful..."

"Does Teacher Yu mean they were hungry before, and after drinking the rainwater, they were full, their waists didn't ache, their legs didn't hurt, and they could smell living things through the car?" Zheng Xinyu asked while petting the dog.

Yu Qing nodded: "That's roughly what I mean. I was thinking about the energy issue just like Zhao Dezhu. With so many zombies, how many were hungry? Even if they entered a magical energy-saving state, the energy would still be constantly depleting, and in the end, there would always be a moment when it ran out."

"But this rain completely solved the problem of energy depletion, allowing the hungry zombies to get replenished, and those who weren't hungry..."

Speaking of this, everyone's heart skipped a beat.

If hungry zombies gained energy and recovered as before, what would happen to the zombies that had already eaten blood food?

Zhang Su smiled with a stiff face: "Are we playing a game? Zombies kill us humans to level up? Then how do we humans level up? Killing zombies is useless, so zombies won't level up. The rainwater helping them recover energy is just a coincidence of nature."

Zhang Su couldn't even convince himself, but at this moment, he had to say something to eliminate the unease in everyone's hearts!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 134 =====