The car had traveled less than two hundred meters before encountering a roadblock, forcing them to return the way they came.

He had said they’d reach the next post station in an hour. However, half a day had passed, night had fallen, and they were still stuck in the same place, motionless.

That wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was that now, the gas station outside was densely packed with zombies. They were surrounded by a zombie horde, completely unable to get out.

Gu Rong asked: “Then if we’re not leaving, what are we doing here?”

The four players: “…”

Good question. They wanted to know too.

Don’t be fooled by how cool Lin Ji’s car looked; including Ye Qiuwu, the four players were undoubtedly Battle Power 5 Scum. Not newbies, but worse than newbies.

Being surrounded by a dense horde of zombies was already high difficulty for them.

Li Xue said, “The task time is only three days. This is great, we’ve been trapped at the first stop for half a day already.”

Yu Yue said, “Don’t tell me after three days, we’ll still be trapped here, unable to move.”

Li Xue: “Why does it feel like the five of us are just here to make up the numbers?”

Everyone: “…”

The livestream chat was also dying of laughter.

Although Zaizai is definitely not making up the numbers, don’t include Zaizai!

Lin Ji said, “Zombies are Western monsters. Would crosses work? How about we each carry a cross?”

Li Xue whispered to Yu Yue, “Didn’t realize this deadpan guy was quite humorous.”

Yu Yue: “Instead of us carrying crosses, it would be better if his car just transformed into a cross.”

Lin Ji: “…”

Can you two gossip about people right in front of them a little quieter!

Just then, a “Ding!” sound echoed in Gu Rong’s mind as he received a new task.

[Little Zombie, please accept Task Two. Please reach the Paradise within 6 hours.]

[Success Reward: 100,000 points, Remnant Page *1.]

[Failure Penalty: Deduct 100,000 points.]

Gu Rong wondered: [Huh? Remnant liquid? What thing?] (T/N: He misread/misheard page 页 as liquid 液)

006: […Judging by the name, it sounds like some kind of book or paper.]

Gu Rong’s little face was thoughtful.

006: [Little host, don’t worry about that for now. The priority is to get out of here first. There are zombies everywhere outside, little host needs to be careful.]

Gu Rong nodded: [Okay!]

What was a completely hopeless situation for the four players was quite easy for Gu Rong to handle.

He took out the Ghost Ship from his system backpack. These skulls could infinitely disintegrate and regenerate; he could create as many as he wanted. They could carry them and rush out of the zombie horde.

Ye Qiuwu and the other three were still looking gloomy, sighing heavily, when they noticed the car suddenly started moving.

Forget the others being startled; even Lin Ji was startled.

What happened? He didn’t start the car?

Then, they discovered countless skulls piled up beneath the tires, lifting the car and carrying it as they charged outwards. Those skulls were all extremely cheerful, singing lalala.

Everyone: “…”

Good grief!

They had seen Gu Rong control the Ghost Ship during the livestream and recognized this group of skulls as the skulls from that ghost ship at a glance.

This group of skulls moved incredibly fast, carrying the people and the car as they charged into the zombie horde.

The horde of zombies congested the area. Before the car even arrived, a group of skulls cleared the path ahead, pushing the zombies aside, carving out a road.

There were many zombies, but even more skulls. When a zombie crushed a skull, each fragment of the shattered skull regenerated into a new skull. The more fragments, the more skulls split off.

The four players were utterly amazed, watching the dark, lightless sky filled with clawing, blood-stained zombies – it was like watching a zombie blockbuster movie.

[Skull army arrives!]

[Can’t get out? No worries, Zaizai will make a move!]

[Critical moments still rely on Zaizai. If they had woken Zaizai earlier, they would have left earlier.]

[Four wastes! Relying entirely on a two-year-old child to carry them! Aren’t you ashamed! [Gift Points]]

–

After breaking through the siege, the skull army carried the car beyond the roadblock before being stored away by Gu Rong.

The SUV, under Lin Ji’s mental control, began driving smoothly on the highway.

The four players were stunned, remaining silent for a long time.

Got out just like that?! How useless were the four of them? Actually worse than a child. They couldn’t solve the problem for half a day, yet this cub woke up and solved it in less than half an hour.

Li Xue and Yu Yue flanked Gu Rong, taking turns kneading his chubby little bun face.

The texture, so soft! Need to rua (kneading/petting) twice more!

Gu Rong clutched his growling little tummy: “Tummy hungry!”

The four players: “…”

This little cub really shouts hungry wherever he goes.

The four couldn’t help but smile, buying delicious food and drinks from the system store for this little cub. They could finally be considered as having successfully hugged Zaizai’s leg.

–

On the following journey, the car encountered no other roadblocks, only occasionally meeting a few scattered zombies along the way, either wandering aimlessly or gnawing on piles of rotten flesh.

An hour later, the car arrived at the post station.

By this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the air was filled with thick black fog. After the apocalypse, the power system short-circuited. There wasn’t even a single light; it was pitch black everywhere, making it difficult to see clearly.

Ye Qiuwu was responsible for carrying Gu Rong. Lin Ji, Li Xue, and Yu Yue each held a flashlight, checking the situation.

It was called a post station, but it resembled a highway service area. Before them was a large building, and in front of the building was a wide parking lot filled with abandoned cars.

The four adults and one cub bypassed the parking lot and arrived in front of the building. The glass door had been shattered into pieces on the ground, and the inside showed signs of looting and dilapidation.

Li Xue shone her light inside, feeling an eerie chill: “Are we still going in? Why does it feel like something could easily be hiding inside? Like zombies or something.”

“Let’s go in,” Yu Yue said. “See if we can find clues leading to the Paradise.”

Gu Rong clenched his small fist and said: “Yes! Go Paradise! Find clues!”

Ye Qiuwu said, “We need to find clues, then go to Paradise. Maybe your Big Brother and Little Brother haven’t arrived ahead of us yet.”

He didn’t know Gu Rong had also received the task to go to Paradise, still thinking he was just eager to find Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao.

The group braced itself and walked into the building.

Inside was overly quiet. Their footsteps echoed in the darkness. Everyone’s nerves were tense, suppressing fear and unease.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly. No unexpected incidents occurred, nor did any zombies suddenly jump out.

Soon, on one wall, they found a posted map.

“Look here! The route to Paradise is marked here.” Yu Yue said, “We still need to pass through three more post stations ahead.”

Lin Ji looked at the map and directly reached up to tear the map down. However, just as he tore off a corner, he released his hand and retreated with a pale face.

The others’ expressions also changed drastically, and they retreated backward.

They saw that after the map was torn down, a piece of the wall plaster came off with it, revealing what was embedded inside the wall – densely packed human corpses.

Upon contact with the air, the corpses started moving their bones with kacha kacha sounds, reviving. Their eyeballs were dead white; they had become zombies. They stretched their arms forward, desperately trying to crawl out of the wall.

Gu Rong blinked his eyes, then blinked again. Before him was only mosaic; he couldn’t see anything. Children have strong curiosity. The cub couldn’t see anything, sighed helplessly, and spread his small hands.

“Run!” Lin Ji reacted, shouted loudly, turned, and ran.

Ye Qiuwu, holding Gu Rong, also immediately turned and ran outside. However, unfortunately, after running just two steps, he tripped and fell directly to the ground.

Wo cao! Ye Qiuwu cursed internally.

Gu Rong reacted very quickly. Seeing himself about to fall, he immediately equipped the [Hanged Little Ghost] identity card. Just before hitting the ground, he flapped his arms and flew up.

After flying up, Gu Rong didn’t forget to grab Ye Qiuwu. In the chaos, he just grabbed blindly with his small hand, unsure what he caught, it felt like hair. He pulled and flew away.

Ye Qiuwu, grabbed by the hair, feet dragging along the ground: “…………”

Because the door’s height was limited, Gu Rong couldn’t fly too high. Grabbing Ye Qiuwu’s hair meant he couldn’t lift him off the ground. Ye Qiuwu could only keep his feet touching the ground, being dragged away by his hair.

Lin Ji and the trio ran out of the building, looked back, and froze in unison.

“…”

Okay. As long as he’s alive.

The zombies crawling out of the wall moved surprisingly fast and had already chased after them.

Only then did Gu Rong realize he was holding Ye Qiuwu’s hair.

No wonder it felt like hair.

Gu Rong told Ye Qiuwu to grab his little legs. He let go of his hair and flew forward, carrying him directly. He was originally at the back, but after exiting the building, he could fly higher and flew to the very front.

This time, Ye Qiuwu’s feet left the ground, carried flying by Gu Rong.

He couldn’t help but exclaim: “Wo cao! So this is the feeling of being carried flying ahhh!!”

The other three, running for their lives at top speed, felt envious.

–

After escaping the zombies, the four adults and one cub got back into the SUV and continued driving forward.

“Damn! My trypophobia^[1]T/N: Trypophobia is an intense aversion or discomfort triggered by seeing clusters of small holes, bumps, or repetitive patterns. Common examples include honeycombs, lotus seed pods, sponges, or even … Continue reading acted up just now!” Li Xue said, rubbing her arms.

Yu Yue: ” My sanity value dropped crazily.”

Ye Qiuwu and Lin Ji deeply agreed.

Lin Ji said, “It’s over two hundred kilometers to the next post station, which will take at least an hour. You can sleep for a while. I’ll stand guard. If anything’s needed, I’ll wake you.”

Ye Qiuwu asked, “How about taking turns standing guard?”

Lin Ji held up one finger again and shook it, “No need. I need to control the car mentally. Must stay awake.”

The three thought about it, then had no choice but to close their eyes and rest. When he wasn’t driving, they would stand guard and let Lin Ji rest.

Gu Rong had slept all afternoon and wasn’t tired. He played by himself, very happy.

Two minutes later, loud snores filled the car.

Li Xue was the first to open her eyes and met Gu Rong’s gaze, who had stopped playing, with little eyebrows furrowed. Yu Yue also opened her eyes. The two girls and one cub all looked towards Ye Qiuwu in the passenger seat.

However, Ye Qiuwu slowly raised his hand, covering his ears. He wasn’t asleep. He turned his head to look at Lin Ji beside him, who was sleeping soundly and snoring loudly.

Everyone: “…?!”

Good grief! This guy, whose sentence he says isn’t a flag?! Said no accidents, then encountered accidents. Said wouldn’t sleep, ended up sleeping faster than anyone.

Gu Rong crawled to the middle seat, pa pa, slapped Lin Ji’s face: “Wake up! Wake up!”

The Others: “…”

Are you all just here to be comedians!