Chapter 395 – Worse than being a bystander… is passing by!

“Damn…”

Liu Baodong watched the scene unfold with his eyes wide and his mouth agape. As the reality of the situation set in, he felt a burning flush of embarrassment on his face. If only he hadn’t made those remarks earlier, now he felt as if he had been slapped hard across the face.

Why couldn’t they just quietly make their way? Why the dramatics…

At that moment, Lucy lifted her machine gun again, stepping to the edge of the rooftop: “You’d better shut up and see how many zombies have been attracted by the noise.”

There had only been a dozen zombies approaching at first, but the sound of the helicopter was so loud that even the gunfire from Lucy’s machine gun was drowned out by the noise.

More zombies were drawn from the distant highway toward them, and in just a few minutes, they were much closer.

Once this issue was pointed out, their attention quickly shifted from Ling Mo and his group.

“Fuck! Why are there so many?!”

Liu Baodong, observing hundreds of zombies near the service station, moving with an unnerving agility like monkeys, couldn’t help but panic, his handsome face turning ashen.

Lucy glanced at him with a smirk, thinking to herself: “I’ve heard that the Air Force Corps is weak on the ground. It seems true. Just a few more zombies and they get scared like this. Don’t they feel safer in the sky?”

“We should have taken the chance to escape earlier! If you knew this, why did you choose to talk to me then?”

Liu Baodong’s mental fortitude clearly wasn’t the best. As the zombies neared, he frantically tried to close the rooftop’s iron door, shouting at Lucy.

It was mainly Lucy’s icy tone that made him feel toyed with.

Lucy snorted: “Escape? Without taking advantage of this high ground to clear out these zombies, do you want to go to the highway and engage in hand-to-hand combat with them?”

“You!”

Liu Baodong was momentarily flustered. After regaining his composure, he realized his accusations were indeed somewhat unreasonable.

He glared at Lucy with a tight face, choosing not to speak further. His once handsome face now looked more like that of a panicked little girl.

“Actually, you could have let the helicopter hover, attract enough zombies, and then continue to annihilate them. It would have made things a lot easier,” Lucy shrugged, her expression filled with sarcasm, “But who asked you to underestimate the enemy?”

Are you kidding me…

Liu Baodong gritted his teeth angrily at Lucy, cursing in his mind: Damn woman! Always picking fights! If it weren’t for your insistence on our escort, who would be on the ground suffering?!

And if you saw things so clearly, why didn’t you speak up sooner!

Is it your intention to watch me make a fool of myself? Or to show off at my expense?

Seeing Lucy’s expression, Liu Baodong felt he already knew the answer he would get if he asked.

This arrogant and haughty woman would most likely reply: “I’m not obligated to tell you.”

“I personally prefer it this way,” Lucy said as she hoisted the machine gun. Her long legs, clad in leather boots, stepped authoritatively to the edge of the rooftop, fearlessly surveying the approaching zombies.

A team member couldn’t help but ask, “Why?”

Without turning her head, Lucy flipped her leather jacket to reveal the ammunition belts wrapped around her torso and answered, “For the thrill.”

“…”

“Crazy woman…”

Liu Baodong cursed under his breath again, though it wasn’t the time to lose his temper.

The increasing number of zombies below made him nervous. Looking into the distance, he saw Ling Mo and his group rapidly approaching.

“That’s right. They must have heard the helicopter too. Running so fast, they must be planning to lend us a hand? After all, seeing our access to a mode of transport like a helicopter, most people would think to make connections…”

With this thought, Liu Baodong felt slightly calmer, and the other members of the Air Force Corps harbored similar notions.

“They look quite capable. With their help, our losses should be minimized.”

“They wouldn’t refuse to help, right? In times like these, seeing a strong armed group, one would definitely want to join us…”

“But if it’s Falcon… No, that can’t be right. Falcon wouldn’t appear from this direction.”

The team members had different thoughts, but they all shared the belief that Ling Mo and his group would definitely come to their aid.

As the first gunshot rang out, they began to frantically fire their rounds, trying to keep the zombies at bay from the service station.

At least until “reinforcements” arrived…

Being their first time facing a zombie siege, their performance was less than stellar.

Many shots missed their mark, allowing numerous zombies to rush straight through under their watch.

Lucy’s precise shooting saved them. Not only that, but she also quickly dealt with the zombies climbing up the drainpipes.

She fired in calm, measured bursts, her gaze icy and unwavering…

There were at most about three hundred zombies on this stretch of road – not a large number, but it was still terrifying for the few of them to confront.

Lucy’s performance to some extent soothed the team members. They lacked ground combat experience, but they were at least professionally trained. Once they calmed down, they fought much more effectively.

“They’re getting close!”

Liu Baodong was eagerly anticipating Ling Mo and his group’s arrival, realizing that even sacrificing all of them might not be enough to get Lucy to City X.

Their demand seemed more like retaliation because their scouts had gone missing…

In fact, Ling Mo and his group were indeed close.

And their journey was getting easier.

Aside from a few zombies that turned back to attack them, most were drawn toward the service station.

“If they’ve come by helicopter, it must be the Air Force Corps… But why would they land here? If they wanted to go to City X or City S, couldn’t they have just flown directly…”

Ling Mo was full of questions, but he put them aside as they didn’t concern him.

As they neared the service station, Liu Baodong and his group were filled with anticipation, standing excitedly on the rooftop surrounded by zombies, watching them from a distance…

Two agile figures even paused for a moment…

“Ling Mo, look, there are humans.” Li Ya Lin pointed out.

Yu Shiran was panting heavily, rubbing her palms together, a look of pure excitement flashing across her innocent, loli-like face: “Food…”

“Hey, keep it cool. We should just pass by at a time like this. They’re all armed with machine guns. What if we get hurt by mistake if we approach them rashly? As long as they hold their position, they’ll be fine. This isn’t the city center with an endless stream of zombies…”

Ling Mo also paused briefly before speaking.

Xia Na nodded in agreement: “Yeah, they look like armed personnel, not weaklings. We should take this opportunity to travel and increase the distance between us.”

“Mm… Mm!” Ye Lian nodded vigorously, but her face clearly bore a look of unspoken awe.

After glancing at the service station, Ling Mo decisively led the female zombies straight through the area…

Liu Baodong was stunned, and his teammates were equally dumbfounded.

It wasn’t until Ling Mo and his group completely crossed the stretch of the highway directly in front of the service station that a million “grass mud horses” galloped through Liu Baodong’s heart.

“I bought a watch last year! You guys just passed by like that? Worse than going soy sauce shopping! Even if you don’t want to make friends, you could at least help out!”

Liu Baodong quickly realized that this group was not only uninterested in helping them but also took advantage of the situation when they were attracting all the nearby zombies to make their getaway.

No wonder they had been picking up speed; it turned out they were planning to take advantage of this situation all along!

“Stop grinding your teeth and staring. With or without them, we’re in this situation,” Lucy said indifferently. “If you have the energy to spare, better start getting the grenades ready. If we don’t deal with the zombies quickly, the main entrance is going to be breached…”

As soon as Lucy finished speaking, a “rattle” sound came from below.

A mutated zombie leaped forward, smashing through the glass door.

“Fuck!”

Liu Baodong cursed again.