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Chapter 169 - 88 Oh, What a Shame to Miss Out on Talents_4

Chapter 169: Chapter 88 Oh, What a Shame to Miss Out on Talents_4

Early morning.

At the riverbank of the Tide River.

Lin Fan was gathering his fishing nets.

They had been set the day before, a total of three.

He was hopeful, yet uncertain about the catch.

As he pulled in the nets, he heard the sound of splashing water; inside were fish and shrimp. The quantity wasn’t large, but it was undeniably a good start.

He placed the captured seafood in a bucket and then added some bread to the fishing nets before throwing them back into the river, tying the rope to a nearby plant.

Meetings were truly beneficial.

Brainstorming could yield many great ideas.

Fishing from the river was a good one.

What couldn’t be eaten could be stored in the fishponds they had dug.

Carrying the bucket, he walked happily toward home.

In the distance.

A sedan was speeding along.

In the car, there was a family of three, the child eight years old.

The man driving clutched the steering wheel, watching the road ahead, but he kept glancing at the rear-view mirror from which he could see zombies chasing them.

The group of zombies had inflicted tremendous damage on his family of three.

His name was Zhu Ming.

Before the apocalypse had broken out, he was an executive at an internet company. He had been resting at home when suddenly he was startled awake by his wife’s sharp scream.

He hurried to check on her.

He saw his trembling wife pointing at the door, which was being repeatedly slammed. His first thought was to call the police, but as he was about to do so, he looked through the peephole and saw, to his horror, that their nanny holding a grocery basket was the one banging on their door repeatedly.

She looked demonic, ferocious, and terrifying, instantly bringing to his mind the image of a zombie.

He hurriedly called the police.

But the line was consistently busy.

Turning on the TV, he watched the news, the stations were eerily quiet, and if there was any sound, it was only screaming and howling, startling him with a foreboding sense that something terrible had happened.

He pulled back the curtains and the scene on the streets below left him dumbfounded and paralyzed.

Everywhere was chaos: car collisions, biting, screaming, completely disorderly. The peace of the past had vanished in an instant, and the scene before him resembled hell on earth.

Later, he checked on his parents in his hometown through his phone.

He and his wife were from the same place, had attended the same school since middle school, and after graduating from college, had moved to the city of Huang to strive for a better life. Over the years, they had achieved some success and had wanted to bring both of their parents to the city to enjoy the fruits of their hard work.

But the elderly were used to life in the countryside and did not want to move to the city, so in the end, they built a villa on the old homestead for the three elders to live together.

From the surveillance footage.

He saw that his parents were safe.

He immediately called them, instructing them to lock the door tightly, not to go out, to ignore any knocks at the door, and to wait for their return.

There was no lack of supplies there, the elders liked to stock up on food at home and grew vegetables in the yard, and there was also a well, so as long as the zombies did not break in, their basic needs could be met.

He, his wife, and child hid there, with enough food at home to last a while if they were careful. He was waiting for an opportunity to leave, but the zombies outside were too numerous for them to think of escaping.

During this time.

The mental stress was truly immense.

Fortunately, his wife and child were there.

They supported each other.

Luckily, they finally got a chance when an explosion somewhere attracted all the zombies nearby, and it was because of this.

He was able to take his family, quickly get to the parking lot, and drive out of the complex.

Their destination was their old home, over five hundred kilometers away.

"Honey, zombies are chasing us." His wife occasionally looked back, watching a frenzied group of zombies chasing them at great speed. It looked utterly terrifying.

Zhu Ming reassured her, "It’s okay, I’m here. We’re in the car, they definitely can’t catch up, don’t be scared."

At that moment.

Zhu Ming, driving, continuously sped up. Suddenly, a horrifying event occurred—to his dismay, the car ran out of gas, and it struck him.

He had lent his car to someone else to use.

He hadn’t bothered to check if there was enough fuel in the car.

Normally, it was customary for people to return a borrowed car with a full tank.

Gradually.

The car stopped.

"Honey, what’s wrong?" his wife anxiously asked.

Zhu Ming said, "We’re out of gas."

Uh?

Hearing this, his wife’s face turned pale.

"Don’t panic, don’t panic."

Zhu Ming thought quickly, scanning their surroundings and watching as the pack of zombies relentlessly closed in. He knew staying would lead to certain death.

He looked at his wife and then at the child huddled in his arms.

"Wife," he said, as if he wanted to memorize her face, "remember, you and the child hide well in the car, don’t move around, don’t make a noise, absolutely, absolutely must not make a sound. I will lead the zombies away."

If they all hid in the car.

The zombies would surely surround it. From his observations during this period, this group of zombies was terrifyingly aggressive, frantically charging and continuing even if bloodied and battered.

"No," his wife said with anguish and despair, fully aware of what would likely happen once her husband left.

Zhu Ming watched the zombies draw closer and said urgently, "Listen to me, don’t be stubborn, remember not to make any noise, don’t move, take care of our child."

After speaking.

He opened the door and got out.

He closed the door firmly behind him.

Looking at the chasing zombies, he waved his hands, "Come on, come on..."

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