31: Meet An Qian Again

"Rats, so many rats!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

Everyone looked to the west of the main street; a dense swarm of rats surged forward, making one's scalp tingle just by looking.

"Run!"

"Get into the Supermarket and close the door."

Everyone rushed into the Supermarket.

Fei Biao reached out and grabbed An Qian, intending to pull her into the Supermarket first.

Just then, a roaring sound came from the east of the main street.

A motorcycle, like a wild horse unbridled, charged straight towards them.

Before Fei Biao could react, it directly hit him on the back, sending him flying four or five meters and crashing into the Supermarket.

"Hurry up and get on."

Qin Shi Lei performed a beautiful drift, stopping beside An Qian, and shouted.

"And Zhang Yong."

An Qian didn't forget to remind Qin Shi Lei not to leave Zhang Yong behind before getting on the motorcycle.

"Can you ride a motorcycle? Follow me."

Qin Shi Lei waved his hand, tossing down another motorcycle, then twisted the throttle, and the Thunder Dragon transformed into a silver lightning bolt, speeding back the way they came.

Behind him, Zhang Yong also started his motorcycle and chased after him just before the rats arrived.

The speeding motorcycles quickly reached the easternmost part of Donglin Town.

"Qin Ge, the rats behind us don't seem to be chasing anymore," Zhang Xiaoli reminded him.

Hearing this, Qin Shi Lei stopped the Thunder Dragon in front of a three-story civilian house by the roadside.

After stopping, An Qian sincerely thanked him, "Qin Shi Lei, thank you for saving me just now."

Qin Shi Lei smiled, indicating that it was just repaying her kindness for giving him the sword.

At this moment, Zhang Yong also stopped his motorcycle, looking around behind him with a panicked expression, "Why did we stop? Those rats will be here soon."

Qin Shi Lei said indifferently, "The wilderness at night is no safer than facing that group of rats. Let's assess the situation first before making plans."

Carefully opening the door, and after killing two zombies in the building, the three of them went up to the rooftop.

Greeting the last rays of the setting sun, Zhang Xiaoli quickly launched the drone and flew it towards Huimin Supermarket.

Through the screen, they could see that the streets around the Supermarket were densely packed with rats.

An Qian felt her scalp tingle, "There must be thousands of rats."

Zhang Xiaoli, who had just overcome her psychological trauma, also had trembling hands.

Zhang Yong suggested again, "We should still run. Let's get on the motorcycles and leave this place far behind."

Qin Shi Lei suddenly pointed to the western corner of the screen and said, "Fly over and take a look. It looks like a few cats."

As the drone flew closer, everyone clearly saw that they were indeed a few cats.

Those cats were all very large, and one black cat, in particular, was as big as a local dog.

The cats, led by the black cat, ran towards the Supermarket.

With a natural bloodline suppression, as the black cat walked, the surrounding rats scattered and fled.

The black cat came all the way to the Supermarket entrance, then turned and roared at the rats.

It seemed to want to drive all the rats away.

The surrounding rats turned and fled into the distance.

However, after a brief commotion, those rats actually overcame their fear of cats and swarmed them.

Qin Shi Lei said to Zhang Xiaoli, "There must be a Rat King commanding the rats. Zhang Xiaoli, see if you can find it."

Not long after, Zhang Xiaoli found a huge rat on the rooftop of the three-story building opposite the Supermarket.

This rat was larger than an average cat, crouching on the railing and looking towards the Supermarket.

After hearing the sound of the drone, it squeaked a few times, then turned and scurried away without a trace.

An Qian exclaimed in surprise, "This Rat King's speed is so fast!"

Through the screen, they could only see a gray blur flash by, and then the Rat King completely disappeared.

The drone flew around the three-story building once but couldn't find any trace of the Rat King again.

Zhang Xiaoli then controlled the drone to fly back towards the Supermarket.

They discovered a ball of rats rolling, and not long after, it stopped moving.

The rats dispersed, revealing the bloody black cat inside.

Zhang Xiaoli sighed, "Looking at the speed of this black cat when it appeared, it clearly underwent Evolution, but I didn't expect it to die at the mouths of a group of rats."

Qin Shi Lei said indifferently, "These rats not only have an absolute advantage in numbers but also, under the command of the Rat King, they fear no death. It's normal for them to defeat a few mere cats."

After killing those cats, the rat pack tore them into pieces and dragged them westward.

Among the bodies torn apart by the rats, there were also a few human ones.

Zhang Xiaoli controlled the drone to fly back while asking, "Why aren't those rats continuing to attack the Supermarket?"

Qin Shi Lei speculated, "Perhaps that Rat King feels it has already acquired enough meat."

"An Qian, let's go. We'll take a detour through this town."

Zhang Yong felt his hair stand on end from what he saw, and he turned to An Qian and said.

An Qian looked at the sky, which had completely darkened around them, and felt a sense of unease, "Let's wait until tomorrow morning when it's light."

"Roar!" "Roar!" "Roar!"

Just then, in the darkness outside the town, roars rose and fell.

Putting away the drone, the four of them took their flashlights and returned to the house from the rooftop.

"Squeak."

A rat flashed past their feet.

"This rat isn't the scout for the rat pack, is it?" Zhang Yong went to the window and looked out, but he couldn't see anything clearly.

Qin Shi Lei took out a battery-powered table lamp, turned it on, and placed it on the coffee table in the living room.

The living room immediately brightened.

"Squeak."

That same rat appeared again from the corner of the wall.

An arrow shot rapidly, accurately hitting the rat's body.

The rat wasn't dead yet and squeaked.

Responses from rats also came from outside the house.

Qin Shi Lei's heart sank, feeling a bad premonition, "Could this rat be calling for reinforcements?"

An Qian quickly stepped forward and chopped off the rat's head with a sword, then even chopped its head open but couldn't find any crystals.

Although this rat had undergone Evolution, it hadn't reached the point of forming crystals.

Not long after, a rustling sound came from outside the house.

Zhang Yong involuntarily recalled the scene at the Supermarket just now, thinking that the rat pack would also flood this house like a tide, and his heart immediately panicked.

He turned and blamed Qin Shi Lei, "Why did you shoot that rat with an arrow? What if it attracts that group of rats?"

"Idiot."

Qin Shi Lei glanced at him, disdainfully saying, "Didn't you say this rat was a scout? Should we not kill it and wait for it to go back and report?"

"You..." Zhang Yong was momentarily choked.

The noise outside grew louder; there must have been dozens of rats outside the house.

Zhang Yong paced back and forth in the room, muttering, "Stupid archery, couldn't even explode the rat's head with one shot."

Zhang Xiaoli was unwilling to hear this, "Shut up! Qin Ge is a sharpshooter who never misses. If it were you, you might not hit that rat even with ten arrows."

An Qian also rebuked, "At a time like this, Zhang Yong, can you say a little less?"

Zhang Yong, still unconvinced, said, "We should have run further just now, far away from this small town."

Qin Shi Lei turned and glanced at him, saying coldly, "No one is stopping you. That motorcycle is also yours. You can leave here immediately."

Zhang Yong stood up and grabbed An Qian, angrily saying, "An Qian, let's go."

An Qian glared at Zhang Yong, displeased, "Zhang Yong, can you calm down?"

"Ah."

Just then, An Qian pointed to the master bedroom and shouted loudly, "Rats are coming in!"

Qin Shi Lei turned to look and saw an endless stream of rats pouring out of the master bathroom.