A person who had been hiding behind everyone else at this moment was shouting for the male at the tail of the bus to get off, while observing everyone's expressions.
He silently complained in his heart.
In that situation just now, how could he have been so close to that male? That skinny beanpole was a freak!
And that ice-faced man, knowing he was a zombie, still sat quietly in the corner. Shouldn't he have drawn his sword and cut him down directly!
What was with the mature woman's expression, like she was watching a good show...
He felt that no one on this bus, none of these people, were normal... not a single one!
"Xiao Le..." Luo Shu frowned, finally breaking the strange atmosphere. "What do we do now? Dealing with him turning into a zombie is one thing..."
He lowered his voice as he spoke, moving stealthily next to Luo Xiao Le like a thief. "But what if it's the splitting kind... Mo Shen is injured now, it might be troublesome!"
"I'm eighty percent sure he wouldn't turn now even if he did," Luo Xiao Le said, keeping a little mystery.
Based on the current situation, she could indeed see people turning into zombies and their abilities mutating through the air currents.
But she didn't want to be too definitive.
"You've... discovered some new skill again?" Luo Shu, seeing her sly expression, knew Luo Xiao Le's judgment was likely accurate.
"Alright, you're not in a hurry, Mo Shen isn't in a hurry, so why should I be! I'll eat well, drink well, and wait to get to the base!" Luo Shu's playful demeanor returned, and he skipped back to his seat.
From the moment he followed Luo Xiao Le out of the residential area, he had decided to trust Luo Xiao Le's choices.
Because he hadn't missed out.
"You... are you guys sick!" Seeing Luo Xiao Le and the others' unperturbed expressions.
The person hiding behind cursed and prepared to get off the bus. "He's clearly about to turn, and you're not even kicking him off! You guys just wait to be bitten to death!"
Lin Xia glanced at him sideways.
She didn't even move her head, just raised a hand and signaled the driver to open the door.
What a joke. So what if he turns into a zombie? Just another zombie, she would handle it when the time came.
A bunch of people babbling nonsense, not as brave as Luo Xiao Le.
She gave Luo Xiao Le a look of satisfaction again. This girl was qualified to be her friend.
Seeing that he was really being asked to leave, the person suddenly felt a loss of face. He had originally thought they would at least try to keep him...
He turned to look at the pale-faced male at the back of the bus.
Gritting his teeth, he stomped his foot and was about to blurt out, "Fine, I'll get off! Given how you people are, I'll definitely live longer than you!"
But from the fields outside the bus window, faint zombie growls could be heard...
The person instantly cowered, his legs shaking like a sieve, almost wetting himself.
"I... I'll still stay here... with everyone, we have to get through difficulties together..."
He took another step back.
"Alright, alright, no one crowd forward, you'll suck all the air out of the front of the bus!" Zhou Xiao Jun next to him said.
"We'll be at the base soon. I'm watching him. If he turns, I'll be the first to tell you, okay? Now sit down properly!"
Hearing him say this, the expressions of the others finally relaxed a little.
They all sat in a circle around Mo Shen's seat, their hearts filled with trepidation.
After all, the legend of Mo Shen single-handedly killing many stalkers that night had already spread among the survivors at the airport in just half a day.
Sitting next to him gave them a sense of security.
Luo Xiao Le shook her head, looking at the others. She had previously worried about her weapons being too powerful, and if someone else got them and turned evil.
But it seemed that weapons weren't the deciding factor.
Those unwilling to strive, even with heaven-defying weapons, would still have the courage of a sesame seed.
...
The bus drove steadily in the rain for about 3 hours.
Fortunately, there was still enough fuel on the bus.
Finally, before dark, they saw the military base sign.
The sign pointing to the岔路 (fork in the road) was crooked, the words were hard to read, and it was covered in bloodstains.
It looked like both human and zombie blood.
There were also dense bullet holes near the sign.
It seemed like this was the place.
The bus turned into the岔路.
They saw the obstacles set up ahead.
There were many zombie corpses scattered around, seemingly having been dealt with by someone.
The bus could no longer proceed. Luo Xiao Le woke up the drowsy Luo Shu.
Everyone got off the bus with their supplies.
They crossed the obstacles and walked towards the large gate.
In front of the gate, which was surrounded by many spikes, a few people seemed to be arguing with people inside.
"How can you do this? Don't you have weapons? Don't you protect civilians? Why are you driving us away!"
A mother and son, covered in blood and dust, looked like they had barely escaped death and had finally reached here.
At this moment, they were tearfully being pushed out by several people holding guns.
"Don't be like that, my good sirs, let's talk properly!" Luo Shu, who was good at handling things, quickly approached the gate.
"The rules here are, if you want to stay overnight, you must hand over your supplies. Anything is fine, but if you have nothing, sorry, just like them, the higher-ups won't allow passage," the soldier said quickly, as if very accustomed to it.
It seemed like this had happened many times.
Luo Xiao Le's eyes were filled with confusion.
Weren't they military? Why would they have such strange requirements?
Moreover, people who came here were usually desperate and sought refuge.
Even if they had supplies, they usually didn't have much, just enough to survive.
Handing over life-saving supplies and only being able to stay for one night, what was the logic behind this?
"Wuu wuu wuu, the child's father sacrificed himself to save us. My son and I barely escaped and came all the way here, but unexpectedly... unexpectedly..." the mother said, holding her son, her face full of despair.
"Enough with the wailing! This is a military base, not a shelter. Go wherever you need to go, don't linger here," the soldier said coldly.
"We have things," Luo Xiao Le couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward.
"Luo Shu, don't you have a lot of good stuff in your backpack?" Luo Xiao Le winked at Luo Shu.
Luo Shu immediately played along, pretending to search his backpack, but actually took it from his spatial storage.
He took out a small pile of food.
His cheerful face made it impossible to be angry. "I wonder if this food is enough to let us in?"
The soldiers' eyes lit up.
In fact, the order from above was to let civilians in for free and accommodate them for one night.
But their superior had been sick recently, so they decided to take the opportunity to make some extra money. This was their scheme: only after handing over supplies could they enter.
Others were stingy and only handed over a little, so they let them in.
It had been a long time since anyone had been so generous.
"This... it looks like a lot, but you have many people, I'm afraid it's not enough..." the soldier feigned refusal.
"Then there's mine here too!" Luo Xiao Le also opened her backpack and took out a lot of food.
"Is this amount enough for their share too?" Luo Xiao Le pointed at the mother and son next to them.
The soldier clicked his tongue, weighed the food in his hand, and suppressed the greed in his eyes. "It's passable. Go in."
"Can we... can we also go in..." The mother's already lifeless eyes instantly lit up.
She looked gratefully at Luo Xiao Le, "Thank you, thank you..."
"If you want to go in, hurry up! Don't dawdle at the entrance!"
"Yes!" The mother wiped away her tears and, following Luo Xiao Le and the others, stepped through the base gate.