81: Inspirational middle-aged couple

Professor Yu quickly advised, "Mr. Qin, please don't bother with her; she's just injured and in a bad mood, lashing out."

"Heh heh."

Qin Shilei snorted twice and said indifferently, "You don't really think I'm that rare of a so-called zombie serum, do you?"

"Are you going to get out of the car yourself, or do you want me to throw you out?"

"I'll get out, I'll get out. Do you think I care about riding in your car?" Ma Yulian turned to Commander Luo and Professor Yu and said, "Commander Luo, Professor Yu, let's go."

"Deputy Director Ma, can you please say less?" Professor Yu turned and roared at Ma Yulian.

One of the soldiers suddenly spoke, "It seems Mr. Qin only asked Deputy Director Ma to get out of the car alone."

"What?" Ma Yulian immediately shrieked, "Commander Luo, are you going to abandon me, abandon a human hero who developed the zombie serum?"

Luo Hongyi said with a grim face, "Deputy Director Ma, can't you consider our situation and say less?"

"You all bully me. I'll go, I'll go. Is that not enough? Let's see if you still want to research the zombie serum."

Ma Yulian squeezed out a few tears with effort, making a move towards the car door.

However, Commander Luo and the others neither stopped her nor accompanied her out of the car.

Luo Hongyi's face was conflicted; on one side was the division commander's order, and on the other was everyone's safety.

They were truly exhausted; they had no food, and everyone was injured. They were also unlucky enough not to find a usable car on the road.

That giant bird could catch up at any time.

If they continued to travel so slowly, even if they weren't eaten by the giant bird, they would starve to death.

So, they could only sacrifice Ma Yulian to save Professor Yu and Professor Liu.

All the way, they had truly had enough of Ma Yulian.

"You're all cut from the same cloth."

Ma Yulian turned and accused everyone, "Qin somehow snatched your army's armored vehicle, yet you still have the nerve to ride in his car and don't think about avenging your comrades."

"You, Yu, are no better. National research results, yet you still want to use them to curry favor, shameless."

"Qin, you... you only managed to escape by luck after we lured the giant bird away. Sooner or later, that giant bird will still catch up and devour you in one bite."

"Are you done talking? If you are, let me give you a ride."

Qin Shilei instantly appeared in front of Ma Yulian, lifted his leg, and kicked.

With one kick, Ma Yulian was sent flying through the air, hitting the car door, and tumbling to the ground.

"Mr. Qin, please show mercy." Luo Hongyi stood up with a whoosh.

"I used a clever technique; she's fine." Qin Shilei casually closed the car door, turned, and shouted forward, "Zhang Qiang, drive."

Qin Shilei indeed used a clever technique, ensuring that Ma Yulian would not be able to get up for a short period.

There were still a few zombies wandering in the distance on the road; if she could survive in such a situation, she would truly be a protagonist destined by heaven.

From beginning to end, her gaze towards him was full of hatred.

For such a petty person, Qin Shilei felt no guilt whatsoever when kicking her.

After closing the car door, Qin Shilei went directly back to sit beside An Qian and the others.

The sturdy and powerful armored vehicle sped along the highway, getting closer and closer to Nanzhuang City, the provincial capital of Laishan Province.

Luo Hongyi never mentioned getting out of the car.

And going to Zhang Xiaoli's home in Tongquan City also required passing through Nanzhuang City, so Qin Shilei continued to let them hitch a ride.

Looking out the window at the zombies outside the car, Qin Shilei and the others noticed that a small portion of those zombies were actually holding weapons such as wooden sticks.

When the armored vehicle drove by, they would even pick up stones from the roadside and throw them.

An Qian's eyes lit up as she said, "Are these Mutated Zombies? Should we fight them?"

"Okay." Qin Shilei nodded, telling Zhang Qiang to stop the car and quickly kill the dozen or so zombies.

Unfortunately, those three relatively intelligent zombies had only grown stronger but did not drop any treasure chests, let alone ability crystals.

An Qian sighed, "Now zombies are not only stronger but also smarter."

Zhang Xiaoli also sighed, "Do you think those zombies will eventually form an ordered society like humans?"

"I don't know."

Qin Shilei shook his head, "It's just that zombies are naturally bloodthirsty, and they are destined to be incompatible with other living beings."

Everyone's mood was a bit low.

Previously, zombies with little intelligence caused heavy casualties for humans; if zombies not only became stronger but also smarter, then the human living environment would likely become even harsher.

Professor Yu interjected to encourage them, "We humans will eventually defeat the zombies. Although zombies have become stronger and smarter, you are also constantly getting stronger. How can the overlords of Blue Star just hand it over like this?"

........

About ten li away from Qin Shilei, a middle-aged couple was observing the small Supermarket across the street through a window.

Before the apocalypse, Zhang Cheng was a frail literary worker who would get out of breath just carrying a bucket of purified water, and Liang Xinhui was a middle school teacher who had never even killed a chicken.

To find their daughter, the couple, holding cleavers, managed to kill their first zombie together.

By now, they couldn't even remember how many zombies they had killed.

"Husband, do you think there are still supplies in this Supermarket?" Liang Xinhui whispered to her husband.

"There are so many zombies still wandering in front of the Supermarket, so there should be supplies," Zhang Cheng pushed up his glasses, which had no lenses, and guessed.

"Husband, after we get things here, we have to keep going. I don't know how our daughter is doing." As Liang Xinhui spoke, her eyes turned red again.

"Lier will definitely be fine; we'll reunite very soon." Zhang Cheng hugged his wife.

Then he discussed the specific battle plan with his wife.

Zhang Cheng and his wife used the method of luring monsters, slowly drawing the zombies in front of the Supermarket over to kill them.

After more than half an hour, Zhang Cheng cautiously stepped into the Supermarket entrance.

Two zombies that hadn't been lured out earlier suddenly pounced.

Zhang Cheng and Liang Xinhui quickly killed the zombies together.

The Supermarket was very messy; a quick glance suggested it had been searched.

Liang Xinhui suggested, "Husband, let's search separately. Hopefully, we can find more food."

Just then, a gray figure suddenly rushed out from under a fallen shelf.

"Careful!"

Zhang Cheng stepped forward, blocking in front of his wife, and raised his knife to slash at the charging zombie.

This was a Licker zombie, moving on all fours, resembling those in movies.

The Licker was extremely fast and could attack by extending a long tongue.

Zhang Cheng was forced to retreat continuously by the Licker.

At this moment, the Licker's foot slipped, and it almost fell to the ground.

It was Liang Xinhui, who had used her ability to form a small patch of smooth ice under its feet.

Zhang Cheng seized the opportunity to slash off the Licker's left arm with one strike.

The Licker, which normally moved on all fours, had its attack movements completely deformed.

Liang Xinhui took the opportunity to hit it with another ice bullet.

Under the slowing effect of the ice bullet, its speed decreased by another thirty percent.

Then, Zhang Cheng chopped off its long tongue with another swing of his knife.

The Licker turned and tried to escape out of the Supermarket.

But by then, it was too late to think of escaping; it was killed by Zhang Cheng and his wife working together in less than two minutes.

Liang Xinhui put the qingtong treasure chest into her ring, while Zhang Cheng split open the Licker's head, preparing to dig out the crystals.

Just then, a series of urgent footsteps came from outside the Supermarket.