Chapter 45: Mining Area: Tunnel Explosion

The red button was pressed, and Lin Mu’s eyes were about to split. They couldn’t possibly stop it in time.

The sound of the explosion of the dynamite spread from the direction they came from. In a flash, Fu Jingmo threw out a black crystal with one hand, solving a large number of zombies in the tunnel.

He had already seen that the zombies coming out of the door were gradually decreasing. He shouted loudly, “Go to the door.”

He was leading the way, with Lin Mu and He Ze helping on both sides. With the addition of Fu Jingmo, the situation changed instantly.

The three of them worked together to clear a path. The sound of zombies dragging their feet still came from behind the iron door, and the fire suddenly appeared behind them.

The three of them didn’t care too much. Fu Jingmo used his last energy to condense a vertical black blade and threw it out from the narrow tunnel. In an instant, the sound of “puchi puchi” came.

As early as when the zombies came out of the iron door, they knew that this tunnel was different from the outside, it was very small.

At this moment, they saw that indeed only one or two zombies could pass through. As long as they solved a few zombies in front, it would be difficult for the ones behind to squeeze up.

The sound of the explosion was getting closer and closer. He Ze took a step forward, kicked a zombie back with one foot, and a string of them fell down. Lin Mu’s vine whip poked one on the ground, and the three of them stepped on the bodies of the zombies and moved forward.

Under their feet were rotten zombies. From time to time, they would step on a piece of rotten flesh, sticky and mushy, plus the unpleasant smell of decay, this feeling was indescribable.

The tunnel was shaking crazily, and broken stones fell. Fu Jingmo pulled Lin Mu over, and the three of them didn’t move any more, sticking to the rock wall in a slightly wider place.

“Boom——”

“Boom——”

The sound of the explosion continued, and finally, the last one fell. They were close to Kang Tianming’s mine tunnel. There were still explosives in the mine tunnel. It wouldn’t let the explosion spread too close, but they could still feel the heat brought by the explosion.

The three of them finally got a chance to catch their breath leaning against the rock wall. Fu Jingmo quickly adjusted his breathing, absorbing the faint R1 elements in the air to recover his energy.

Lin Mu was different from them, his energy depended on his physical strength. He sighed, he used to exercise very little. Since the end of the world, he thought that because of the vine, his physical strength had improved a lot, but it was not enough.

Once they get out, they must exercise their physical fitness well.

“Damn, this Kang Tianming is really shameless, using zombies to attack us.”

He Ze cursed fiercely, only then did he react that he had just killed so many zombies, and suddenly became proud, getting close to Lin Mu.

“Mumu, I’m awesome, right? Handsome, right? One kick, one zombie, one stick, one zombie, I’m awesome.”

Lin Mu hooked his lip, so this was the feeling of fighting side by side. Fu Jingmo’s flashlight was on, he looked down and saw a deep bloodstain on his cheek.

“Fu Jingmo, are you injured?”

His cold eyes opened, he casually wiped his face with the back of his hand, indeed there were some bloodstains, it was a minor injury caused by the explosion and being scratched by broken stones.

“Give me the medicine, I’ll treat you. There are too many sources of infection in this place.”

With cold eyes, he looked at Fu Jingmo, he paused, and involuntarily took out the medicine bag from his backpack.

He handed the flashlight to He Ze, the wound was a bit deep, and the slightly coagulated blood was on his face.

Lin Mu lowered his head to clean the bloodstains for Fu Jingmo, disinfected, and took out a sterile dressing from the medicine bag to apply. Fortunately, the things in his bag were the best and most convenient.

He leaned in very close, a bit of his warm breath sprinkled on the side of Fu Jingmo’s face, it was itchy.

His gaze fell on Lin Mu’s fair skin, Fu Jingmo suddenly thought, how could a boy also have such delicate white skin, it seemed very nice to touch.

His Adam’s apple unconsciously rolled, He Ze shone the flashlight into his eyes, frowned and said, “Brother Fu, why are you always staring at our Mumu.”

“…”

The air suddenly became quiet…

Fu Jingmo glared fiercely at He Ze, who silently moved the flashlight away.

Lin Mu ignored He Ze, looked at the sterile dressing in his hand, and thought, “Next time on the road, we should also collect some medicines. Although we don’t get injured often, it’s better to be prepared.”

“Mm.”

Fu Jingmo nodded in agreement and put the things back into the bag.

Just for a little while, the zombies in the tunnel squeezed in again, separated by a few piled-up zombie bodies, they called out to the people.

He Ze looked at the zombies that were bloody and disgusting, and rubbed the goosebumps on his arm. When he was fighting, he didn’t have time to be afraid, but now it looked really disgusting.

“So, how do we get out now?”

There is wind in this tunnel, as long as the zombies are slowly cleaned up, it’s not impossible to get out.

Lin Mu lowered his head to look at Fu Jingmo. Fu Jingmo raised his eyes, the corner of his mouth hooked up a little smile, and his eyes were cold.

In an instant, Lin Mu knew in his heart that Fu Jingmo was thinking the same as him.

“Don’t leave, go back from the iron door, Kang Tianming can’t be left behind.”

There was wind in the mine tunnel, the explosion at this end would definitely collapse the tunnel, but Kang Tianming dared to retreat to that end, indicating that there was a way out there.

He Ze scratched his head, well, anyway, both of them were right.

“Don’t rush, recover your strength first.”

Fu Jingmo took out some biscuits from his bag and handed them to Lin Mu, then he closed his eyes again.

Having a partner who can understand what you’re thinking just by looking at your eyes, this feeling couldn’t be better.

Lin Mu also leaned back to rest, opened the biscuits, and ate half with He Ze.

He Ze didn’t use any special abilities, just hitting zombies with a stick, which consumed very little of his energy.

They had to hurry up, maybe Kang Tianming would find them before they went to find him.

——

In the mine tunnel, Kang Tianming was leaning against the rock wall, the mine lamp above had been blown out, and they only had a few handheld lamps left.

Although they ran into the iron door, Lin Mu and the others might have been eaten clean by the zombies long ago. Kang Tianming showed a triumphant smile, Fu Jingmo was indeed powerful, but how long could he hold on after fighting all the way, huh.

He had no idea that a third-level mutant was simply worlds apart from his first-level mutant.

“Mr. Kang, what should we do now?” A subordinate next to him poked out his head and asked him tremblingly, “What about the mine manager, should we go find him first?”

Thinking of Kang Chengdong, that waste, Kang Tianming sneered, there’s no point in looking for him. He had thrown two zombies into Kang Chengdong’s mine, and by now, he was probably already eaten clean.

He had originally wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Kang Chengdong, and then blame it on Lin Mu and the others. In this way, even Kang Chengdong’s subordinates wouldn’t have any ideas.

——

More than ten minutes ago in the mine, two miners standing on the ladder were pulled up.

Above, a mine lamp was lit, a young man stood with his hands behind him at the edge of the mine, and on the ground, there were two white paper figures pulling the rope…

“Ah, ah, !! There are ghosts!”

The miner fell on his butt, those two paper figures could actually move.

The young man glanced at them, raised his eyebrows, waved his hand, and the two paper figures crawled into his sleeve.

He was extremely handsome, with long and slender eyebrows and eyes, but… but it’s not strange that the miner thought the paper figures were ghosts, the young man in front of him was also very strange.

He was wearing a blue-gray silk cloth with silver thread embroidered clouds, his hair was tied up in a small bun behind him, at first glance, it looked ancient.

But upon closer inspection, you could see that he was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt inside, normal trousers, and canvas shoes.

The miner patted his chest, the man pointed at the rope tied to the mine cart track, and opened his mouth.

“I’ll leave it to you.”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. He walked very slowly, inexplicably giving people a calm and composed feeling, untainted by the dust of the world.

The cries for help came from below in the mine, so the two miners shook their heads, no longer caring about this strange man, and pulled up the people below one by one.

The man leisurely walked to the door, a white little paper figure crawled out from the collar of his shirt, tilted its head to look outside, and then shrunk back in.

He easily picked up the two large buckets of gasoline poured at the door, stepped on the moonlight, and returned from the mountain road he had come from. In a short while, the sound of a motorcycle leaving echoed on the road outside the mining area.