Chapter 176

"Xiaoshuai, Wu Lue, you two come with us to Niuquanzi Town today. Let's strive to pull all the steel bars back!"

On this day, Zhang Su estimated that they should be able to clear the building materials store, so he called two more people to go to Niuquanzi Town together. In order to pull all those things back in one trip, he didn't hesitate to deploy the RV, which had high fuel consumption.

Steel bars and cement were the main materials for building the base perimeter wall. Once these two things were available, the defensive attributes would be greatly improved.

The two basically empty RVs started and drove slowly toward the mountain road.

"Brother Zhang, don't forget the cutting machine!"

The car had already set off, and Zhang Su heard Jia Shiqin shouting loudly from behind, so he reached his hand out of the window and made an 'OK' sign.

However, just as they went down to the foot of the mountain and hadn't walked onto the self-built road in the fields, Zhang Su stepped on the brake and stopped at the intersection.

"A group of zombies came from the south!"

Zhang Su took out the walkie-talkie and notified the companions in the other car of this discovery.

Others might not be able to see clearly, but he could clearly see a group of zombies appearing in the depths of the farmland to the south. Just from what he could see, there were about 200 of them.

It looked like a roadblock in some village had been breached, and a group of zombies had run out without obstacles!

"How to dig? Are we going to use shovels and human power to dig? That wouldn't be as much as the engineering volume of building the Great Wall..."

Zhang Su didn't make a decision but pointed to the farmland with wild grass on both sides of the road and said: "You say if we dig a trench three meters wide and five meters deep here, extending from the foot of that mountain to the side of the highway, wouldn't the zombies coming from the fields jump into it collectively?"

Everyone could imagine a very vivid picture, but there was a premise!

"No, why do zombies always run toward us? There are quite a few people in United Village, 50 or 60 men, women, old, and young. Why don't they go to their side?"

Lu Yubo curled his lips and complained.

From the zombies that appeared every day in the past, the 'attraction hypothesis' had been basically confirmed: zombies can sense humans from a very long distance, and the more humans gather, the stronger the signal emitted, which will attract more zombies.

Zhang Su shook his head. Lu Yubo's thinking had a big problem, just like seeing others driving illegally and not seeing them pay the fine, so he thought others weren't caught...

Hearing Zhang Su's words, those with binoculars took them out, and those without binoculars took off the rifles from their shoulders and used the scopes to observe. As expected, they saw the slowly moving zombie horde in the distance.

"Damn, this zombie horde wouldn't be wandering toward our side, would it?"

"Remove the 'wouldn't', change the question to a statement..."

"How do you know they didn't encounter a zombie horde attack? We haven't been staring at them all the time... United Village belongs to Beidong Town, which had 40,000 or 50,000 people. Now there are less than 100 people left in West Camp Village and United Village. Think about how many zombies are left!"

The key was indeed inserted in the car, but the damage to the excavator was a bit serious. It was estimated that it was damaged when it was rushing around.

Zhao Dezhu's expression was extremely wonderful.

Lu Yubo asked a question.

Zhao Dezhu frowned and said: "No, big brother, let alone whether anyone can drive an excavator, the problem is that the fuel tank is leaking, and I see the axle seems to be broken. How can we drive it?"

"What to do now, big brother, are we going back?"

"There will always be a way. Let's lure this group of zombies away first. The defensive works of the camp haven't been perfected yet. It will be very troublesome if so many zombies rush up!"

Zhang Su said, stepped on the accelerator, and drove slowly to the center of the self-built road, waiting for the zombies in the distance to approach bit by bit. In the process, he adjusted the frequency of the walkie-talkie to the frequency of the safe camp and told everyone about the zombie horde.

Zhao Dezhu asked in a deep voice.

"What to do now, big brother, are we going back?"

"There will always be a way. Let's lure this group of zombies away first. The defensive works of the camp haven't been perfected yet. It will be very troublesome if so many zombies rush up!"

Zhang Su said, stepped on the accelerator, and drove slowly to the center of the self-built road, waiting for the zombies in the distance to approach bit by bit. In the process, he adjusted the frequency of the walkie-talkie to the frequency of the safe camp and told everyone about the zombie horde.

Even if they planned to lure the zombie horde away, they had to let everyone be prepared so they wouldn't be in a panic if an accident occurred.

Learning that a zombie horde of more than 200 was slowly approaching, the people in the safe camp immediately set up simple roadblocks on the mountain road, fixing the road signs wrapped in barbed wire on the racks. It was definitely not as sturdy and easy to use as 'refusal horses', but it was better than nothing.

"Uncle, you say if there's no help, can the six of us solve this zombie horde with guns?"

Pang Dakun asked with great interest.

Zhang Su took a puff of his cigarette, exhaled smoke, and said: "We each carry 150 bullets, so that's 900 bullets for six people. That zombie horde has less than 300 at most. Unless we point-shoot one by one, but the zombies definitely won't give us this opportunity. If they rush over collectively..."

"Four or five bullets to kill one zombie is considered good. If the bullets run out, we can probably kill about 200. The stray bullets definitely won't be completely wasted and can cause considerable damage. It won't be difficult to solve the remaining zombies with missing arms and legs."

There is no 'headshot cheat' in reality, and the killing efficiency is very low.

"Then should we try it?"

Pang Dakun held his gun with an eager expression.

"Truly a newborn calf not afraid of tigers... The best way is to avoid the zombies. If it's unavoidable, lure them away. The worst case is a head-on confrontation. Now there is a full opportunity to lure them away. It's stupid to waste bullets to wipe out zombies."

Zhang Su shook his head with a strange expression. He wasn't 'Zombie Hunter Zhang Luote'; bullets had to be kept for more useful places!

About half an hour of boring waiting time passed slowly. The zombie horde had wandered to only 200 meters away from the self-built road at the foot of the mountain. Zhang Su used the walkie-talkie to let the people in the RV be prepared.

Then, he pressed the car horn.

Doo~~~~~~~!

The long car horn sound rang out, floating in the fields and echoing in the mountains. Not only did the zombies in the distance sense it, but even the people guarding behind the road obstacles on the mountain road heard it clearly.

Awooooo...

More than 200 zombies started one after another, running in the fields with heavy steps.

Zhang Su didn't dare to leave too early, waiting until the zombies ran to only about 30 meters away from the car before starting the car.

Soon, the two cars lured the zombies onto the highway and went north all the way.

Using cars to lure zombies on an open highway really had no difficulty. The group of zombies was like lecherous men seduced by a beauty, hanging behind step by step, their persistent appearance like the ultimate 'lick-dog'.

"Well, I won't stay here to bother you bosses while you chat. Please help yourselves to all the food and drink here."

Zhang Su glanced at the car speedometer and then looked at the zombie horde running wildly behind in the rearview mirror, feeling a bit confused. He said to Qi Xiaoshuai beside him: "How many seconds is 25 kilometers per hour converted to 100 meters?"

"Uh..."

Qi Xiaoshuai rolled his eyes and calculated: "About 14 seconds... Brother Su, don't tell me the zombie horde behind is running 100 meters in 14 seconds!?"

"Cough..." Zhang Su also felt a bit surprised, pointed to the speedometer and said: "I'm pressing the speed at 25 now. Even if there is a slight margin, the 100 meters of the zombie horde behind won't be lower than 15 or 16 seconds!"

Car speedometers are generally a bit faster than the actual speed, but even at 15 seconds per 100 meters, it seems to be half slower than Bolt, but that is Bolt, representing the human limit of sprinting!

Normal adults can run within 15 seconds, which is a good speed. If they can run within 13 seconds, that belongs to running quite fast. And the most, most critical point is endurance!

Even after the beating of the apocalypse, Zhang Su admitted that he couldn't run at full speed for more than 400 meters. The zombies chasing the car ran for a mile, and there was no decay in speed...

This is too terrible.

That is to say, if they are chased by zombies now, without transportation, it is almost impossible to shake off the zombies!

Unless they burst out with amazing speed in a short time to open the distance, and the only one who can do this is probably the Corgi, Haoyun...

This is a very bad discovery.

"What should we do? In the future, we won't even be able to outrun zombies..."

Qi Xiaoshuai's face was very ugly. Originally, they could rely on speed to shake off zombies, but now the wish to shake off zombies had basically been dashed.

"We must record this discovery and go back and tell everyone immediately. Damn, they are really growing slowly!"

Zhang Su's face was also very solemn. No one wants to see their deadly enemy become stronger, and he silently hoped in his heart that this was the end of their growth.

After driving nearly two kilometers away from Tianma Yu, the two RVs accelerated suddenly, easily leaving the zombie horde behind at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

After confirming that the zombie horde wasn't following, Zhang Su stopped the car and observed from a distance with binoculars for a while, confirming that the zombie horde hadn't turned back to Tianma Yu before he felt completely relieved.

"I don't know which gathering place's people will be unlucky. Hehe..."

Lu Yubo gave a bad laugh.

Everyone could think that the zombie horde must be moving slowly toward the next destination. As for where it was, no one knew.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

Zhang Su took out the walkie-talkie, trying long-distance communication for the first time.

"Yes, yes, Brother Su, go ahead."

Zheng Xin's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Zhang Su showed joy. Long-distance communication had a modern feel: "The zombie horde has been lured two kilometers to the north. Our camp is safe for the time being. Just do whatever you need to do."

"Okay, you guys be careful!"

The short conversation ended, and the crisis was resolved without any danger.

Thanks to the vigorous development of rural areas over the years, the road planning was quite good. The two RVs circled a few kilometers and successfully arrived outside Niuquanzi Town.

The barbed wire on the buckets of the two excavators had already been dismantled by Zhang Su's group and was now lying in the depths of the street.

"This fuel tank was smashed on purpose. It is estimated that it was to prevent it from being driven away..."

Several people jumped out of the car and gathered around the excavator to study it.

"This shouldn't be hard to fix, but this big axle..."

Zhang Su didn't understand mechanical repair, so he took out his phone and took pictures in all directions, saying: "Go back and ask who has the skill in this area."

After finishing, the six people started the boring clearing work. With the addition of manpower, the speed of killing zombies increased, and soon the zombies in the nearby shops were cleared.

However, just as everyone was preparing to go back and drive the RV over to load the goods, there was a 'bang'.

"Ah..."

Zhao Dezhu, who was walking on the far right, tilted his body and fell to the ground. Several holes were torn in the pants of his right lower leg, and blood flowed out from the holes. It was clearly a gunshot wound!

"Vigilance!"

With an order, except for Zhao Dezhu, the other four raised their guns one after another. The five people surrounded Zhao Dezhu as the center, looking around cautiously.

"There!"

Zhang Su pointed his gun, his gaze locked on the direction the gunshot came from: "Second floor of the mobile phone specialty store! Thief, you watch the first floor. If anyone comes out, shoot them directly!"

Five guns pointed straight at the mobile phone specialty store, directly sealing off the first and second floors. Unfortunately, there was no movement inside, but everyone knew that Zhang Su's judgment was generally not wrong.

"Zhuzi, how are you?"

Zhang Su asked about Zhao Dezhu's injury while aiming.

Zhao Dezhu gritted his teeth, holding his leg and saying: "It hurts. The bone isn't broken. It should be a shot from a homemade firearm. Damn it, those bastards!"

He tried to stand up, but because of the pain, his leg kept trembling, making it hard to persist.

"Xiaoshuai, take Zhuzi to the clinic to hide! Damn, you bastards, get out here!"

Zhang Su stared coldly at the window on the second floor of the mobile phone specialty store. He had already heard the rustling sound inside. There should be more than one person. As for when they hid inside, it was unknown, but it was definitely before they arrived!

"I'll count to three. If you don't come out, go to hell!"

Zhang Su took a hand grenade out of his backpack. He didn't count the so-called three at all, pulled the safety pin directly, and threw it toward the second floor of the mobile phone specialty store.

The crisp sound of the safety pin being pulled made Lu Yubo and the others widen their eyes. They didn't expect Zhang Su to carry such a big killer weapon with him.

"Go to hell!"

Following Zhang Su's curse, the grenade flew into the window on the second floor of the mobile phone specialty store with a 'whoosh'.

(End of chapter)