50: Dead Rising

Qin Shilei turned to Zhang Qiang and asked, "Haven't most of the zombies in Ningan City been cleared out?"

Zhang Qiang was full of surprise, "At that time, the army came in from the east and swept through more than half of Ningan City like a hot knife through butter. I thought the army had already eliminated all those zombies in the past two days."

Just then, a Sergeant ran over and asked, "Are you here to help build the defensive wall?"

Qin Shilei asked doubtfully, "Conscription?"

The Sergeant frowned and said, "That's right, our military's logistics department arrived in the city this morning to mobilize everyone to help build the defense line and protect your homes."

"Whether you are or not, for everyone to survive, you are now conscripted. Follow me to the officer to be assigned tasks."

Zhang Xiaoli said anxiously, "Hello, officer. We are just passing through Ningan City. We are currently rushing home to save my parents, please forgive us for not being able to respond to the conscription."

"Are you defying orders?"

The Sergeant immediately raised his gun at Zhang Xiaoli and said coldly, "How many comrades have we lost to protect you? Now we are just asking you to help build the defense line, but you are making excuses."

"There are hundreds of thousands of zombies gathered outside the city now. If the city falls, do you think you can survive?"

"You are not building a defense line for the military, but a defense line for your own lives."

Click!

Several soldiers not far away, seeing their officer's action, simultaneously pulled back the safeties and raised their guns at Qin Shilei and his group.

When the other party raised their guns, Xie Haimei also prepared to raise her bow and retaliate.

However, Qin Shilei reached out and stopped her.

He patiently explained, "Officer, we really only entered the city today and are in a hurry to return to Tongquan City to save our relatives. Please understand, Officer."

"What's going on?"

Just as the Sergeant was hesitating whether to let Qin Shilei leave, an officer with a bar on his shoulder suddenly walked over.

The Sergeant briefly explained the situation to the officer.

"Beep... beep."

Before the officer could reply, a rapid horn sound suddenly came from afar.

"Tatata."

"Boom!"

Gunfire and cannon fire rang out simultaneously.

Qin Shilei looked up and saw the dense group of zombies attacking the city.

"Everyone to your posts, stop them!" the officer shouted, then turned and rushed to the breach in the defense line, directing the soldiers to defend.

Zhang Qiang said thoughtfully, "The occasional gun and cannon fire these past two days must have been the soldiers resisting the zombies."

Qin Shilei whispered, "They are excellent. Let's go."

Everyone headed towards the east of Ningan City with low spirits, preparing to leave Ningan City from there, then make a big detour before heading to Tongquan City.

When they arrived at the east of Ningan City, they found several police cars on the street evacuating survivors.

"Warning, warning, survivors in Hedong District, please leave immediately and go to Xichang District. The military will blow up buildings between Xichang District and Hedong District to build a defense line."

"Warning, warning, survivors in Hedong District, please leave immediately and go to Xichang District. The military will blow up buildings between Xichang District and Hedong District to build a defense line."

Those survivors emerged from various buildings and ran towards Xichang District.

"Something happened."

Qin Shilei stepped on the gas and rushed out of the city.

Half an hour later.

Qin Shilei looked at the vast, dark horde of zombies in the distance with a frown and said helplessly, "Let's turn around and go south."

Another hour later, they arrived at the south side of Ningan City.

This time they didn't even go outside the city.

Because the road had been blocked by abandoned cars by personnel organized by the military.

Zhang Qiang said with a heavy expression, "It seems the zombies have surrounded us from all directions."

Qin Shilei speculated, "It seems the zombie retreat two days ago was to preserve their forces and mobilize the zombies from the towns in Ningan City for a 'catch a turtle in a jar' strategy."

An Qian frowned slightly and guessed, "There's probably an intelligent Zombie King among the zombies, and a considerable number of intelligent Mutated Zombies helping to control them."

Qin Shilei thought for a moment and said, "Let's continue to the north of Ningan City to find the best breakthrough point. If the situation turns bad, we'll have no choice but to fight our way out."

He paused, then said to Zhang Xiaoli, "Zhang Xiaoli, you drive. I'll pick out some equipment for you."

Qin Shilei first pulled out a leather armor from the back seat.

He didn't know where Dark Moon got these cotton armors made of high-fiber and alloy, which included a top, a hat, and shorts.

This cotton armor weighed 6.5 jin, which was lighter and more beautiful than bulletproof vests weighing seven or eight jin or more, but its protective ability was far inferior to a bulletproof vest.

Is a term refresh needed?

Refresh.

Two white and one red term appeared on the half-body armor.

Self-cleaning (white): Can automatically clean itself, keeping the clothes always as white as new.

Fragrant (white): Will emit a faint clean scent. Wearing it for a long time will make the person also acquire this clean scent, which might be mistaken for natural body odor.

Battle Skirt (red): Practicality is the highest standard for body armor, but beauty is also indispensable. Choose me, and you will not be disappointed.

Since the system said so, Qin Shilei casually chose the Battle Skirt term.

The cotton armor in his hand suddenly changed dramatically.

What was originally a green-yellow top and pants became a vibrant green Battle Skirt.

At a glance, it looked like a dress made by game enthusiasts imitating game characters, luxurious and noble.

When touched, it felt soft yet resilient.

An Qian, sitting next to him, couldn't take her eyes off the Battle Skirt the moment she saw it.

Her right hand involuntarily reached out to touch the Battle Skirt.

Zhang Xiaoli, seeing the Battle Skirt appear through the rearview mirror, couldn't help but pull the car over to the side of the road and turn her head to look.

"Zhang Xiaoli, keep driving. This is for you."

Qin Shilei looked at An Qian's disappointed expression and then explained, "An Qian, you have a Heavenly Silkworm Armor, but Zhang Xiaoli doesn't have any defensive gear."

An Qian said sheepishly, "I just thought this Battle Skirt was so beautiful."

Qin Shilei put away the Battle Skirt, thought for a moment, and then took out the rocket launcher.

Is a term refresh needed?

Refresh.

One white, one green, and one red term appeared on the rocket launcher.

Accuracy (white): Slightly increases the readiness of rocket projectiles.

Self-destruct (green): Directly throws out the rocket launcher and rocket projectiles together, creating a self-destruct effect with three times the power and range of a regular rocket projectile.

Automatic Reload (red): Every two seconds, a rocket projectile will automatically reload into the rocket launcher. The type of rocket projectile is random.

Qin Shilei originally only wanted a trump card like Self-destruct to deal with powerful Zombie Kings; he never expected to get unlimited ammunition.