Chapter 71: Zombie Chase

Everyone took some time to move all the 20-pound and 30-pound bags of rice inside the rolling shutter door, along with noodles, flour, and other bulk items that are easy to store and carry.

Estimating the size of the pickup truck bed, they also grabbed a few barrels of oil, and salt was important as well.

If possible, they would fill the pickup truck to its capacity and then stuff the back of the other two vehicles.

However, this place was unlikely to be visited by anyone else for the time being, so they could return to collect more next time.

Fu Jingmo stood by the rolling shutter door as everyone quietly transported the supplies. Suddenly, a faint sound caught his ear.

It seemed like the sounds around them were increasing, which was unusual since there were very few zombies outside when they first arrived at this location.

His expression turned serious. He leaned his ear against the door again to listen and decisively said, “Go, evacuate immediately.”

Before anyone could react, Yu Hong, who was carrying a bag of rice, arrived. However, as long as it was something Fu Jingmo said, he believed it.

Yu Hong quickly pulled away the cabinet blocking the door, revealing a zombie poking its head in. Before it could make a sound, Fu Jingmo shattered its head with a black crystal shot.

He reached out and tore open a gap in the rolling shutter door. He could tell that the sounds he heard were strange, as if they were all heading in this direction.

“Move the supplies, hurry, those driving get in and be ready to leave at any moment.”

He swiftly issued the order.

A small, thin man immediately climbed into the driver’s seat and started the vehicle.

Zhao Rui, who had mutated with bear-like strength, was about as strong as those with power mutations. Standing at about 175 cm tall, he grabbed two bags of rice in each hand and tossed them onto the truck.

Several of the men quickly filled the truck bed to the brim.

From the moment Fu Jingmo tore open the rolling shutter door, Shen Rangchen nodded slightly toward a corpse in the corner and bowed slightly.

He then pulled out a talisman from his chest, with a flame-like design in the center. Lin Mu glanced at it with curiosity.

Shen Rangchen closed his eyes, muttering a few incantations under his breath. With a flick of his wrist, a faint golden light appeared on the talisman before it quickly landed on the corpse.

As soon as the talisman touched the body, it ignited instantly. The flames had an eerie blue outer glow, but Lin Mu, standing nearby, did not feel any heat from them.

The flames quickly engulfed the corpse, emitting a foul, burnt stench. The A2 team members watching this scene all displayed horrified expressions.

In just three to five minutes, the body was reduced to bare bones, and then the flames gradually faded.

A bit of sweat appeared on Shen Rangchen’s forehead. He pulled a small jade-colored bottle from the blue cloth bag inside his clothes and burned another talisman.

The remaining bones on the ground instantly turned to ash, which then flew into the jade bottle.

Only then did he nod in satisfaction, sealed the bottle with its cap, and bowed once more toward the remains on the ground.

Just as he finished, the pickup truck roared to life. Lin Mu called out, “Rangchen, get in the truck.”

The other two vehicles also pulled up, and at this moment, everyone could see the zombies gradually closing in from all sides, only a hundred or two hundred meters away. At their speed, they would reach them any moment.

Having come from the safe zone, everyone’s minds were filled with an unbelievable and terrifying suspicion.

Fu Jingmo turned to look at Yu Hong, his gaze cold and sharp, and he said with an icy tone, “Where is the mutated zombie?! What is Wen Tang trying to do?!”

Yu Hong was startled by his gaze, standing up straight immediately and stammering, “Fu, Captain Fu… I don’t know. The last time the mutated zombie was seen was in the factory area below… it… it hasn’t reached here.”

“Heh, we’ll settle this with her later!”

“Drive!”

Fu Jingmo shouted loudly and jumped onto the back of the pickup truck, stepping on the bags of rice and flour, with Yu Hong following right behind him.

Yu Hong’s ability was not suited for combat, so he carried a modified machine gun, and his backpack filled with ammo belts.

Fu Jingmo also grabbed a gun from the car. After all, it was provided by Wen Tang, so there was no reason not to use it. Abilities could always run out, so it was best to use the guns first to hold them off.

Lin Mu wanted to join the fight, but with two armed men already standing in the truck bed, there wasn’t much room left, so he had to settle in the front passenger seat of the pickup.

The battle was on the brink of erupting as the vehicles roared forward, trying their best to avoid the zombies. Fortunately, they had noticed in time, so the trucks were not completely immobilized.

“Open fire!”

Fu Jingmo roared, and the gunfire erupted the moment his shout ended.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!!!

The continuous gunfire instantly mowed down a large group of zombies as Fu Jingmo fiercely wielded his machine gun, sweeping through them.

Bullets rapidly fed into the gun, with metal casings flying everywhere, and the scent of gunpowder quickly filled the air.

Lin Mu’s vines snaked out, extending halfway out of the truck, controlling the vines to toss aside the zombies that had fallen in front of the vehicle.

The entire street resembled a zombie chase scene, with the staggering undead relentlessly pursuing the trucks.

Zombies converging from both sides had already begun to grasp at the back of the vehicle.

Fu Jingmo raised his gun, and his eyes displayed calm and composed confidence. He fired several shots in succession at the advertising signs hanging from the storefronts.

A massive sign crashed down with a thunderous boom, crushing a group of zombies behind them and causing their brains to splatter and their bodies breaking apart.

Amid the chaos, Lin Mu glanced at the rearview mirror, catching sight of that formidable figure. Fu Jingmo was wielding the heavy machine gun with unparalleled skill, as if it were a weapon he was born to use.

His body was slightly hunched in a textbook shooting stance, every bullet hitting its mark without fail.

After retracting his gaze, Lin Mu used his vines to toss away a zombie clinging to the front hood of the truck.

Like this, they ran about five or six hundred meters, and the zombies in the nearby streets gradually stopped converging on them.

It was as if they had lost their target; aside from the zombies that could see the vehicles and were staggering behind, there were no others.

Lin Mu sensed something odd. They had been extremely cautious and hadn’t made any noise in the supermarket.

So why did the zombies near the supermarket all seem to know there were people inside?

After recalling Fu Jingmo’s mention of the mutated zombie, it was likely that some zombie was causing trouble behind the scenes.

The vehicle drove out of the suburban area and reached an uninhabited place when a loud thud from boots landing on the roof rang out. Fu Jingmo shouted angrily, “Stop the car!”

The driver hit the brakes, and the vehicle screeched to a halt. The two cars behind, unable to dodge in time, swerved to the side, ending up on a deserted grassy area.

Yu Hong glanced nervously at Fu Jingmo. “Capt, Captain Fu…”

With a loud bang, Fu Jingmo slammed Yu Hong with the machine gun, sending him flying out and rolling into the grass from the truck bed.

Everyone got out of the vehicles. Despite the pain and the blood gushing from his nose, Yu Hong immediately scrambled to his feet and stood straight.

In the military, the captain was always right. Whether getting hit or scolded, you just took it!

Fu Jingmo jumped down from the truck, strode over in a few quick steps, and grabbed Yu Hong by the collar, lifting him up. “What’s Wen Tang up to, huh? That day at the Cross-River Bridge, were you rescuing people or doing something else?”

He didn’t mind being tasked with dealing with the mutated zombie!

But that was only acceptable if everything was explained to him beforehand, not like now, where they were given no information at all and sent to their deaths!

This was not how people in the same unit should act!

“Captain Fu, that day we were… going to find the mutated zombie in the factory. We just happened to run into you, so…”

With his collar being held up, Yu Hong, who was more than half a head shorter than Fu Jingmo, had to stand on tiptoe to barely speak. He swallowed hard. “So Captain Wen changed the target and decided to rescue you instead.”

“As for what happened today… I really don’t know.”

Fu Jingmo’s chest heaved as he angrily threw Yu Hong aside. By now, everyone understood the reason behind it all.

Their A2 team knew there was a mutated zombie in Wushi that had been active around the factory area. Wen Tang had been watching this mutated zombie daily, so there was no way she didn’t know it had already moved into the commercial district!

Today’s mission, supposedly to search for supplies, was actually just using them as test subjects!

Zhao Rui immediately kicked the car door in frustration. “Damn it, that woman!”

Without paying attention to the rest of the group, Fu Jingmo got into the driver’s seat of the car behind them, slammed the gas pedal, and headed straight back to the safe zone.

Lin Mu frowned deeply, feeling an inexplicable discomfort in his heart…

Something was off, but he couldn’t quite put it into words…