Chapter 223: A Thorny Situation

Bang!

"Run!"

Wang Longzhong picked up a firelock from the ground—he didn't know whose it was—and shot a zombie that had chased close to his head. The ammunition sparked a trail of fire, and with a *pfft*, the flaming zombie collapsed to the ground, splashing a tongue of fire!

"Everyone run, I'll hold them off for you! Remember me, I am Liu Shouyi from Tuwei Village!"

A villager whose shoulder clothes were shredded stopped running with the crowd. He had been bitten and knew that even if he escaped, it would be useless. A sense of indescribable tragedy surged in his chest, and he resolutely turned around and charged at the zombies!

The fearless spirit moved the fleeing crowd.

"Brother Liu, I'll come with you!"

Another man, whose thigh was gushing blood, limped and hopped to join the ranks of delaying the zombies.

"You two get out of the way, I still have detonators, I'll blow them to hell!"

Xiao Quan, who was specifically responsible for throwing the detonators, was so excited his eyes were red. He lit the last three detonators at once and threw them at the pursuing horde.

Boom, boom, boom!

The continuous bombing still played a certain role. One could see the fire troops being forcibly stopped in their tracks, but this was only for a moment—less than twenty seconds. Accompanied by manic roars, the horde moved again!

While running in despair, Wang Longzhong suddenly heard Wang Xingui laughing wildly and shouting. Only then did he notice a few points of light appearing in the north. In the darkness, one could tell at a glance that they were car headlights!

Little did he know, Wang Xingui had actually contacted Zhang Su urgently when he played the bell, but Zhang Su hadn't given Wang Xingui a definite answer at the time, which made him afraid to tell others...

Wang Longzhong saw hope and immediately encouraged the crowd around him.

"Fellow villagers, Boss Zhang has come to save us, put in some effort, run!"

Especially with the addition of the detonators, the situation had improved slightly, but why did the situation take a cliff-like turn for the worse after the zombies were ignited!

Ahead was endless darkness. Wang Longzhong looked back, as if countless evil ghosts were rushing from a lava purgatory into the human world, getting closer and closer...

From the village to the provincial road, it was only a short three hundred meters. But in this short three hundred meters, under the double obstruction of detonator explosions and the self-sacrificing villagers, the zombie army was still like maggots on a bone, and they couldn't shake them off at all!

Once the flames burned out, their lives would also reach their end.

"They're here, Uncle, hahaha, the King of Hell and his men are here!"

Viewed from the air, the fire army was like a sharp sword piercing into the darkness, imposing and powerful. But who would have thought that within this imposing momentum was an evil army that fed on humans!

"Brother Su, why the hell are they all flaming zombies? This... this is just bullshit!"

"Charge."

At first, it was clearly in a controllable state: sound attraction, tripwire delay, firelock shooting, close-quarters combat—one link after another, orderly and well-organized. It was clearly a fightable situation. Even when they discovered that some zombies had increased defense and were hard to kill, it only added some difficulty. There would definitely be injuries, but they would definitely win in the end!

In an instant, the number of villagers who knew they had no hope of survival and joined the zombie-blocking team increased to five!

"It's our turn!"

Wang Longzhong didn't know that because the zombies were also in their final battle of life...

When despair fills the heart, people inevitably lose their will, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope for life, it will ignite the desire to survive. Upon learning that someone was coming to save them, the villagers burst out with all their potential, and their speed increased to a new height!

"Stop!"

If this continued, even if they ran to the provincial road, these survivors wouldn't be able to shake off the zombies, let alone run to Tianmayu to seek refuge. The final result would inevitably be turning into a pile of charred remains in the flames!

Even if they ran in separate directions, the number of zombies was enough to pursue them separately. Unless they were lucky, it was a dead end!

Lu Yubo poked half his body out of the driver's seat of the big gold van, his face wearing an exaggerated expression. He, who had never been afraid of death, felt a chill seeing the raging fire dragon.

Facing the incoming torrent of fire, the five people stood on the concrete road, which was only five meters wide, forming a thin human wall, weapons gripped tightly in their hands, facing the final battle of their lives!

"Ah, we will remember you... everyone run, don't let the sacrifice of these fellow villagers go to waste!" Wang Longzhong shouted hatefully. He didn't understand how things had evolved to this point.

At the entrance of Beidong Town, at Zhang Su's command, the two RVs, the small van, and the big gold van all stopped steadily.

"My name is Zhao Xungen, remember me!"

"Damn it, I don't know which genius thought of using fire!"

Zhang Su hadn't expected the problem to be this thorny.

After receiving Wang Xingui's distress call, he hadn't hesitated for long before setting off. United Village had just merged into Tianmayu, and everyone there would be important labor in the future, as well as combat personnel, and important candidates for expanding the fresh troops. He couldn't just leave them alone!

Not only did he feel he should rescue them immediately, but Yu Wen also believed that saving people in times of distress could better win over the hearts of the people. If there was a glimmer of hope, they should rescue them, unless it endangered their own safety.

Leaving six people on duty at Tianmayu, Zhang Su picked up his combat force and drove over to rescue them. In less than a quarter of an hour, the situation had deteriorated so quickly that it was simply unbelievable.

"What the hell is this United Village doing? Do they have zero defensive capability?"

Wang Xin, who often guarded the Tianmayu gate, voiced the doubts in everyone's hearts.

On the way here, the scene they had imagined was the United Village people trapped in a street in the village, fighting hard, while they would divert and kill the zombies from the rear and sides. But what was this?

What the hell was this?

"This... Brother Su, are we rescuing them or not? This is too terrifying!"

Qi Xiaoshuai held a gun, but sweat was dripping from his head.

One flaming zombie was already so manic. They had just seen it—it was a large group stretching over a hundred meters, like a fire dragon wandering on the earth.

Rescue, or not?

Two choices were placed before Zhang Su, and everyone was looking at him!

The others couldn't see the situation in the distance, but Zhang Su could. When he still had a view just now, he saw that Wang Longzhong's group only had about fifteen or sixteen people left. This number didn't matter; any three cars could fit them!

"Listen to my command!" As he spoke, Zhang Su jumped onto the car: "Everyone except the drivers, come to my car!"

He quickly parked the RV diagonally across the road, facing the direction of Tianmayu, and continued: "Open the doors of the three cars, be ready to receive them. Everyone else, get on my car and take your positions, shoot from the windows!"

"Brother Su, what if it's too late?"

Liu Tianji, who was driving, was very nervous. He had replaced the driver's position of the sharpshooter Tan Huajun.

"As long as they can run over, there will definitely be enough time to get on the car. If they can't run, then there's nothing to be done!"

Zhang Su had already turned off the safety of his automatic rifle. If possible, he didn't want to give up on the villagers who had escaped from United Village. Now, everyone was an important laborer and an important part of the camp's development, but he must never let his own team fall into a desperate situation.

Seeing that the flames had already appeared in front, and closer were a group of villagers running for their lives.

Zooming in, Zhang Su could even see the twisted expressions on those people's faces. The hope of life was ahead, the threat of death was behind. Even if their lungs were about to burst, they had to run forward with all their might!

"Except for Old Tan and Teacher Yu, everyone else wait until the villagers run within ten meters before firing!"

Zhang Su instructed. Measuring that the fire dragon was less than three hundred meters away from the motorcade, he jumped off the car, holding a grenade in his hand.

All the windows on one side of the Mercedes RV were opened, and thirteen dark gun barrels were lined up. Even though they had experienced a zombie horde once, those holding the guns couldn't help but feel nervous!

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Zhang Su could hear the sound of zombie footsteps stepping on the ground, imposing and powerful. He knew they must not engage in battle; only escape!

"Old Tan, Old Yu, fire!"

When Zhang Su measured that the flaming zombies had charged within two hundred meters, he patted the car body, letting the two sharpshooters kill the zombies in advance. He believed that with their abilities, they wouldn't hit the wrong targets.

If they really hit the wrong target...

Then it was his bad luck!

Tat-tat, tat-tat, tat-tat...

Tan Huajun and Yu Wen didn't hesitate at all after receiving the order and pulled the triggers. The flaming zombies came with their own lighting effects, so there was no such thing as not being able to see clearly. With point-shooting, every shot was a hit.

Pfft-pfft, pfft-pfft.

When the gunshots rang out, they were bound to hit a zombie's head, sparking a trail of fire. Unfortunately, no one was in the mood to appreciate this cool effect.

The effective killing range of the Type 95 was a full four hundred meters. The zombies charging toward them were barely one hundred and fifty meters away. Bullets flew at over nine hundred meters per second. From leaving the barrel to shattering a skull, it only took one-fifth of a second!

Everyone had an expression of admiration on their faces. The accuracy of Yu Wen and Tan Huajun's shooting made them marvel. With such teammates, their sense of security was directly raised by a notch!

Perhaps frightened by the gunshots, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy in the fleeing crowd couldn't keep up with the rhythm and fell flat on his face. However, he didn't need anyone to help him up; the young man rolled forward and continued to run forward in a disheveled posture.

This scene made many people break into a cold sweat.

The distance between the fire dragon and the villagers continued to shorten. It was probably that for every ten meters the villagers ran, the flaming zombies could run twelve or thirteen. As the villagers' speed became slower and slower, if there was no rescue from Zhang Su, they would run at most another three hundred meters before being completely engulfed by the flames and finally turning into ashes together.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 224 =====