I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 682 You Still Owe Me a Favor_1

Chapter 682: Chapter 682 You Still Owe Me a Favor_1

"A pig? Where would you find a pig that big!" Xia Tian, with his two soul-crushing dark circles, got out of the car. After walking around the monster, he finally confirmed Old Yang’s judgment, "It is indeed a pig. It looks like last night’s heavy rain caused the pig to mutate."

"Can we eat this pig?" The tall soldier behind Old Yang asked, salivating at the sight of the pig’s fat-laden body.

Speaking of which, it had been nearly a week since Xia Tian and his people had eaten meat.

"Even if we could eat this thing, we wouldn’t dare kill it. With a pig this big, who knows if we could control it if it went berserk? If we angered it and it started to go crazy, it might even flip our car over!" A woman standing next to Weiwei, heavily made-up, said with exaggerated fear on her face.

"True, just lying there it’s as big as an elephant. If it went mad, who knows what kind of havoc it would wreak."

After observing for a bit, Xia Xue said to everyone, "Hurry up and pack, we must leave this land as soon as possible. The villages nearby are densely populated. The longer we stay here, the more dangerous it becomes for us."

"Let’s go. If pigs can get this big, we’d be in trouble if we encountered a mad dog as big as a tiger." You climbed onto the pickup truck, and Xia Tian likewise took the passenger seat.

"Don’t you need to protect your sister?" You looked at Xia Tian and asked.

"I would like to, but the problem is there’s no more room over there." Xia Tian shrugged with a smile.

After the car started, the pig was startled awake by the sound of the engine. Like any pig they had seen on regular days, this one didn’t go mad. It was familiar with the car and simply nudged the mud with its nose, turned, and wobbled away with its bulging fat.

The journey thereafter was relatively smooth. Old Yang deliberately avoided the densely populated towns and chose the rural roads. Although it made the trip much longer, they encountered fewer zombies. They did notice that many livestock had mutated, not all, but seeing those animals apparently living a better life than humans, they couldn’t help but sigh.

They dared not harm these livestock and could only take some cured meat from people’s homes when passing through a small village to satisfy their hunger.

"Xia Tian, why haven’t these animals mutated?" You asked Xia Tian because you felt that as a soldier, he should have a more comprehensive understanding in this area.

"Is that so? I don’t think so. Look." Xia Tian said.

Right then, Xia Tian disengaged the safety on his handgun, rolled down the window, and fired a shot at a mad dog with rotting skin not far away on the ridge. Contrary to Xia Tian’s expectations, the clearly mutated mad dog dodged the bullet and charged towards the pickup at high speed!

"Are you sure you can handle it?" You asked Xia Tian urgently; if Xia Tian wasn’t confident, you were ready to drive the car into it.

Xia Tian didn’t speak. He changed his grip on the gun from one hand to two. His hands paused for a moment, and then, in an extraordinary scene, you saw a bullet clearly shooting out from the barrel in a straight line, heading straight for the frenzied, barking mutated dog. The bullet tore through the rotten skin of the mutated dog’s head, splattering bits of flesh and sinking into its skull. The mutated dog collapsed on the side of the small road after running for a few more meters.

"Hehe, with that kind of speed, it thought it could dodge my bullet? It’s seeking death!" Xia Tian said with a smug look, glancing at you.

But you were deep in thought.

You had been pondering the appearance of the slow-motion scene. Normally, you didn’t have such vision, a vision that transcended mortals; you couldn’t control it on your own, it only appeared according to your instincts.

You were well aware that if you could find the reason, your chances of survival would be much greater.

Two vehicles wound their way along a narrow path for an entire morning before finally stopping in a small thicket. You and Xia Tian got out of the car, as did everyone else from the SUV, including the two pale-faced girls. Their spirits were low; they all hung their heads, their eyes somewhat empty. You felt more pity for them and knew that in the surrounding city, such things were likely to happen. When human desire was unleashed without the restraint of law and social morals, they no longer belonged to the category of human beings, no different from beasts!

Old Yang pulled out a high-definition military satellite map and pointed to a red dot on it, saying, "We are here at Anshan Village. To get to the Qingshan Reservoir, the fastest shortcut is Technology Avenue. However, as everyone has just seen, Technology Avenue is clogged with cars, swarming with zombies, and it’s impossible for us to go through there to get to Qingshan Lake. So, we have to continue winding through the back roads as before, but now a new problem has arisen."

"What problem?" asked Xia Tian.

"Both girls have come down with a high fever, and one of them has a severely infected wound. They must be treated in time or it could be very dangerous. We don’t have a doctor here."

Old Yang looked at the two girls who were huddling close to the side of the SUV, and though he only spoke halfway, you already understood what he meant.

At that moment, you pointed to a red sign not far away and asked, "What is this?"

"That’s a small hospital," Old Yang said, looking at you. "You know, hospitals are more dangerous than any place else. Before the virus outbreak peaked, they were the first to receive the infected, plus the regular patients and their families..."

"I’ll go," you said straightforwardly, without any hesitation.

"No, it’s too dangerous!" Xia Tian was the first to object. "Although dealing with regular zombies isn’t much of an issue, but..."

"Enough with the babbling!" You turned and went back to the pickup, shouldering the backpack you had brought from your dorm, then returned, pointing to a spot on the map, "Xia Tian, you drive, take me to this place called Feijia Mountain."

"Brother Li, this is too dangerous!"

"If he wants to go and die, let him. Besides, isn’t your mission to protect me? Might as well let these two follow this fat so-called hero. Since he wants to be a hero, let him be one to the end."

Weiwei came down from the vehicle at this point, sweeping the two girls with a disdainful look before glaring at you provocatively. She thought you didn’t have the guts and that most people are cowards. You were just trying to draw attention to yourself, and you would give up once everyone tried to persuade you.

You kept silent, but walked up to the two girls who seemed like they could be blown over by a mere breeze and asked, "What do you think?"

The older of the two slightly lifted her head, looked at you, and nodded, "Our lives aren’t worth much anyway, let’s not bother the big star and the soldier brothers anymore."

"Good!"

You smiled brightly and nodded. Frankly, apart from Old Yang and Xia Xue, and Xia Tian, you couldn’t stand the rest of them in the group.

You looked at Xia Tian: "Since that’s the case, let’s just part ways here. Your mission is to protect the star, while I need to find my friend. We’re not far from Qingshan Lake, so let’s leave it at that."

With that, you helped the two girls onto the back seat of the pickup. As you started the vehicle, Xia Xue, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly came over and threw a handgun to you, her expression still cold, "You owe me a favor."