Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

A group of people, filled with trepidation, walked out of the broken gate of the entertainment center. The sky was pitch black without stars or moon, and if not for the flashlight mounted on their foreheads, it would truly be too dark to see anything.

Breathing the cold air, the distance was filled with the unknown, and the darkness seemed capable of swallowing everything.

”Brother Chicken Leg, what do you think happened to the Survivor Alliance’s main force that went to Qing County? Could it be that they really got blocked by zombies and can’t come back?”

Sitting in the car, Da Ka was feeling anxious, trying to talk to his companions to ease the unease in his heart.

The man called Brother Chicken Leg rolled his eyes, looked around, and as the companions got into the cars one after another, he also turned the key to start the vehicle and said impatiently.

”Da Ka, can you stop babbling? It’s obvious that wandering outside is not a solution for us right now. The boss clearly intends to take over Lego Mall, just support it. Why so much nonsense? You call me brother, so I’ll give you a heads-up. Ding Wei kills without blinking, and if you keep this up, you’ll be in danger!”

”I’m just... I’m just scared, Brother Chicken Leg. You have to look out for your little brother...”

Vroom!

In the ethereal environment, the soft engine roar sounded particularly piercing, and Da Ka shivered slightly, looking toward the trailer.

Ding Wei was reversing the car, and the massive vehicle was quite difficult to maneuver. He wanted to hide the trailer’s tail in the broken gate of the bath center next to the entertainment center, creating a scene of accidental incident.

Previously, there might still be worries, but now with the zombies being so terrifyingly strong, it’s likely no one would come out to rummage through things for a while.

A moment later, eight vehicles successively left the entertainment center. At the same time, on Celestial Horse Island, the intercoms inside Little Lucky Inn buzzed with sound.

”Attention everyone, a vehicle is coming from the south, repeat, a vehicle... no, it seems to be... it’s our camp’s car, someone’s back!”

Yang Wenjie’s excited voice echoed in everyone’s ears.

Almost everyone from Celestial Horse Island and Satellite Village was gathered inside Little Lucky, except for those on duty at special posts. The rest were gathered together, not really discussing anything important, just feeling more secure in numbers, chatting casually, occasionally coming up with what seemed like good ideas.

Everyone felt as if they had returned to the first night of the outbreak, with confusion, anxiety, fear, and oppression filling their hearts.

Hearing the news from the monitoring room, Zhong Xiaoshan took a deep breath, her heart pounding, as she was the first to stand up, followed by many others.

”Not sure who returned first, let’s go and meet them at the gate.”

Zhong Xiaoshan forced a smile and said, leading the way toward the gate.

She said she didn’t know who returned first, but in her heart, she pessimistically thought that those who went out might have come back with just one car...

One car can’t hold many people!

There were quite a few with such pessimistic thoughts, as was evident from the apprehensive and uneasy expressions on their faces.

Soon, fifty or sixty people gathered inside the mountain gate, just in time to see the car headlights shining through the iron plate.

”I’m Ju Mumio, bringing back injured personnel for treatment, quickly open the gate!”

Even before the car stopped, a cool and clear voice rang out.

”It’s Xiaoju!”

Yi Xiaoling’s face lit up with delight, about to respond when she saw Ma Changshou beside her signalling for her to stop speaking, indicating she shouldn’t speak.

”Ju Mumio... quickly, open the gate!”

Upon hearing the name, Zhong Xiaoshan was initially stunned, then hurried to instruct people to move aside row after row of barricades. To ensure strong defense, the mountain gate was packed with defensive measures, and for even a thousand enhanced zombies to attack would take considerable effort, providing a solid buffer for people to kill zombies!

Yu Qing had also stuffed several powerful explosives inside the cavalry spikes, ready to deliver a heavy blow to zombies breaching the checkpoint in critical moments.

With everyone lending a hand, they quickly cleared a path, the mountain gate opened, and the vehicle slowly drove in.

”One person in our camp is injured; the rest are all safe, everyone can rest assured!”

Ju Mumio didn’t need to see the tense faces of the crowd to guess what they wanted to know. Without waiting for inquiries, she announced the result directly. Although she didn’t like socializing, she was competent at getting things done.

Sure enough, upon hearing this news, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

”Thank you, Xiaoju. Do you know who got injured and what’s the situation?”

Zhong Xiaoshan quickly matched the car’s pace, asking by the driver’s window.

Behind, Yi Xiaoling also wanted to step forward to speak, but was once again pulled back by Ma Changshou. She has a good relationship with Ju Mumio, but this matter hasn’t reached her turn to speak.

”Liu Tianji, bitten by zombies, amputated!”

Concise and to the point, ten words clearly convey the basic situation.

The vehicle came to a halt, Ju Mumio continued, ”The five, no, four people I brought back were all bitten and injured by zombies, and have already undergone preliminary treatment. Where is Dr. Fu?”

When departing from Lego Mall, there were five injured, but now only four are left...

Logically, Ju Mumio should have arrived at Celestial Horse Island half an hour ago, but the return journey from Lego Mall was not peaceful!

Many zombies trapped in the Chuhai River riverbed couldn’t climb ashore before, but after the recent enhancement, many zombies have climbed onto the riverbank.

When the car lights shone towards the Chuhai River Bridge, countless dark figures appeared ahead. Two to three hundred zombies were wandering near the bridge. Even Ju Mumio dared not confront them head-on and had to find ways to lure them onto North Second Ring Road to pass smoothly.

She thought she could return to Celestial Horse Island without further trouble, but waves of problems arose successively. When the car reached the bumpy section of Beidong Town, someone suddenly transformed into a zombie inside the vehicle!

Ju Mumio needed to concentrate on driving, so she couldn’t use the white mist to cover the interior for constant monitoring. Otherwise, the anomaly could have been detected earlier. She only realized the problem when that person let out a howl.

At first, she intended to hit the accelerator back to Celestial Horse Island regardless, since the injured were all tied up, incapable of causing much chaos. However, it couldn’t be left unattended, or there would truly be issues. Thus, she had to stop and deal with the transformed injured.

This delay cost quite a bit of time.

”Here, here, are you looking for me?”

From the crowd’s rear, Duan Wuhu pushed Fu Weijun forward, with a camping lamp hanging from the handle of the wheelchair, illuminating his excited and urgent expression.

”There are four injured bitten by zombies needing treatment. Should we send them to Cui Leng Pavilion?”

Seeing Yi Xiaoling among the crowd, Ju Mumio smiled at her and then turned to ask Fu Weijun.

”Four people? Sure, sure, very... very very much appreciated, send them over!”

Currently, there are a total of three injured in Cui Leng Pavilion. Even then, Fu Weijun thinks the observation subjects are too few. Hearing that four potentially transforming humans have arrived, he is not at all bothered by the quantity, feeling almost overly excited, nearly blurting out ”Great!”

Actually, the Corpse Transformation Inhibitor has shown effects. Xie Yanshan closely monitors in the lab. They haven’t disclosed this information to anyone, not even Duan Wuhu, because the effects mainly manifest at a microscopic level, with no observable reaction externally for now.

”By the way!” Fu Weijun suddenly thought of something and hurriedly waved at Ju Mumio, asking, ”Did you encounter any special mutated zombies during city battles? Not the large ones, but ones with special abilities. Have you encountered them?”

Based on the number of returned injured and the current change in circumstances, Fu Weijun quickly inferred the scale of zombies encountered by the main group. Such heavy damage might mean they ran into mutated zombies.

Ju Mumio was surprised by Fu Weijun’s inference ability but shook her head expressionlessly, ”Brother Su calls the large zombies ’big ones.’ We encountered many such zombies, over ten.”

”So... no other special mutated zombies?” Fu Weijun continued to ask.

Ju Mumio tightened her brows. She didn’t like lying, and thus gave Fu Weijun a cold glance, then turned toward Zhong Xiaoshan, ”I know you have many questions for me. I’ll come once I send the injured over. Go wait for me at Little Lucky!”

After saying this, she smiled and nodded at Yi Xiaoling, then floored the accelerator heading towards the higher ground of the inn district, showing the demeanor of a Car God from Akina.

”We’ll help... so fast.”

Zhong Xiaoshan didn’t expect Ju Mumio to rush off with a quick step on the gas...

”Quick, quick, Brother Duan, let’s hurry back to the lab.”

Fu Weijun didn’t have time to think about anything else, arranging a return.

”Sister-in-law, don’t mind. Xiaojuzi is just this impatient nature.”

Yi Xiaoling looked at the dwindling taillights with slight embarrassment, explaining that she thought Ju Mumio’s old habit had reappeared, despising these people and thus being unwilling to entertain.

Little did she know that there’s a secretive liquefied zombie on the vehicle Ju Mumio needs to hide first.

By the time Ju Mumio finished all tasks, a quarter of an hour had passed. She deliberately avoided Fu Weijun from her residence, waiting until he was busy in the lab before heading to Little Lucky.

Once Ju Mumio entered the courtyard, the crowd became lively, various questions surged in; with communication blocked, information transmission reverted to the ancient times...

Celestial Horse Island’s oppressive atmosphere became lively due to Ju Mumio’s early return, whereas Lego Mall felt tense due to a group of uninvited guests!