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Chapter 561: Chapter Five Hundred Sixty-One: Villagers
In the mist, in front of the three vehicles, Fan Decai initially thought the figure in the middle of the road was a zombie, but that "zombie" started waving at them with hands and feet dancing.
"There’s a person in this godforsaken place? Definitely a zombie, just run it over,"
Xu Mingliang said without even looking. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
"It should be a person, look, he’s even shaking a piece of clothing in his hand non-stop,"
Yang Bo asserted, zombies shouldn’t just stand in one place and wave at people, should they?
Wang Liang glanced at Han Yue. If it was a person or a zombie, he should know best, right? But he didn’t say a word from the start, no wonder he could keep it hidden for so long.
Contrary to Han Yue, Mao Qiqi in the car behind had already recounted the entire situation in front of them to everyone.
A village with no zombies, but fifty-one humans gathered together, one of whom was blocking the road ahead and most likely was a Special Ability User.
"We’re not going to stay here, are we? I always feel it’s eerily creepy,"
Lu Guanhai spoke as he leaned towards the window and looked outside.
There were fallen zombie corpses on both sides of the road they had passed, and even more so, eerie white bones, and it wasn’t clear whether they were human or zombie remains. Lu Hao furrowed his brows upon seeing those bones.
However, seeing that the two vehicles in front had already stopped, Lu Hao also stepped on the brakes.
Local Tyrant Gold was baring its teeth and looking out the window, and Su Jin could tell that it didn’t like this place either.
Fan Decai and the others stopped not far from the roadblocker, but that person then jogged up to the window of the car.
Seeing that the person outside was a skinny young man and not a zombie, Xu Mingliang rolled down the window, curious about what that person really wanted.
"Hey, hello there, are you just passing through?"
The young man tried to lean in to get a better look inside the car, but since the window was only half open and it was rather dark, he couldn’t see much.
Xu Mingliang nodded, indicating they were just passing by.
"The road out of the village has collapsed, you won’t be able to get through if you go any further,"
the man said.
Collapsed?
The people in the car looked at each other, uncertain whether to believe his words.
Seeing that the man was still talking with someone in the first car, Lu Hao turned to the others and said, "Stay in the car for now, I’ll go take a look."
"Okay, be careful,"
Su Jin nodded and spoke.
She too, had a bad feeling about this place, not because of the filth and disorder outside—after all, that’s common in the Apocalypse—but the knowledge that dozens of people were gathered here brought back some unpleasant memories from her past life.
She hoped it wasn’t as she feared.
Luo Hongyi and Zhu Chang also got out to check the situation in front. Su Jin saw that after a brief exchange, Lu Hao came back.
"They’re planning to rest here for the night,"
Lu Hao reported.
Sure enough, Su Jin sighed. With the road ahead collapsed and nightfall approaching, even if they turned back, there would be nowhere to rest.
"Xiao Jin, you don’t like this place either, right? I also feel there’s something off,"
Lu Guanhai muttered.
"Nowhere else to rest, it’s getting dark soon,"
Su Jin said, "Before, when my family would go out, we would often find places either infested with zombies or where no one would go, and then enter the space. Now it’s different, being with others outside, we can only look for places with fewer zombies and where people gather."
"Be extra careful, don’t leave anything in the car,"
Lu Hao said.
A young man drove the three cars to a two-story white building that looked much cleaner than its surroundings.
After everyone got out of the car, he enthusiastically introduced the place: "This here was our village committee building in the past. Now all the living people in the village stay here, it’s guaranteed to be safe."
While everyone was observing this so-called village committee building from the outside, there were also quite a few people inside looking at them. They all looked very thin, but not the sickly thin, to use a pre-apocalypse term, they were lean.
Fortunately, the inside of the village committee was also quite clean, but staying here for a night wasn’t without conditions, Han Yue also agreed that they could bring some supplies to exchange.
It’s just that when Fan Decai and the others opened the trunk of the car and saw the supplies Liang Jiuhui had sent, they suddenly became reluctant to part with them.
The items sent by Liang Jiuhui were all good stuff, there were even instant noodles and stewed meat; they had previously thought it was just some dry cakes or steamed buns with pickled vegetables.
A few lean men also came out of the village committee, and couldn’t help swallowing saliva at the sight of the trunk full of supplies.
Hang Wenshan, feeling alert, closed the trunk, and everyone suddenly felt that opening it had been a bit rash...
"Let us handle this, these are for you to use on the road,"
Lu Hao took out a bag of grain from the car, weighing about four to five pounds, and handed it to the men.
"Is this enough?"
"Enough, enough!"
The dark and thin man leading the way was Zhao Hua, he carried the heavy bag of flour Lu Hao handed him and was about to open it to look when a man beside him took it into his space.
The Space Element Ability User glanced at Zhao Hua and said, "The supplies belong to everyone, they must all be placed with me as per the rules."
"Yes, Brother Chen, I just haven’t seen grain for so long, I couldn’t help but take a few extra glances,"
Zhao Hua said apologetically, that was grain after all, how long had it been since they’d had grain?
The Space Element Ability User known as Brother Chen didn’t say anything more and turned back to the others to continue explaining: "There are only two floors here. We normally carry out our activities on the second floor; the first floor mostly stores weapons and miscellaneous items. The space is small, better if you come rest with us on the second floor."
Lu Hao entered the first floor and found that it indeed was filled with items from various households and the floor was covered in dust; it was not really suitable for them to stay there.
"We can stay in another courtyard,"
Wei Junhao also came up and said, the village didn’t seem small, there were so many households, they could just pick a yard to stay.
"The other courtyards have been uninhabited for a long time, and they’re filled with zombie corpses,"
Brother Chen did not seem to agree with Wei Junhao’s suggestion.
"Let’s just stay here, for one night, don’t make a fuss,"
Xu Mingliang was already getting impatient, why make such a fuss when it’s more lively with more people around.
In the end, the group of people, under the watchful eyes of the villagers, walked to a slightly emptier spot on the second floor to get ready.
"We’re just resting here for one night and will leave early tomorrow morning, you don’t need to worry about us,"
Lu Hao, seeing Brother Chen and a few others still watching them, then said.
"We’re all survivors, if you need anything, you can also come to us,"
After Brother Chen finished speaking, he took a deep look at Zheng Shu, who was taking things out of the space.
"Alright, we understand,"
Lu Hao followed his gaze and saw that Zheng Shu was taking out sleeping bags, mats, folding chairs, and the like.
