TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Reunion with an Old Friend

After shaking off those things, the car drove steadily on the highway. Lu Yunzhou steered the wheel, looking at Luo Shuyou, who was leaning on Xie YunChuan in the rearview mirror, showing no signs of waking up.

“How is he?”

Xie YunChuan brushed away the fine strands of hair from Luo Shuyou’s forehead. His hair, which hadn’t been cut since the end of the world, already covered his eyelids. His fair face showed no trace of the three months of hardship since the apocalypse. His eyes were tightly closed, and he was motionless.

“I don’t know. He hasn’t woken up since yesterday.”

Lu Yunzhou observed Xie YunChuan’s expression and reminded him, “You still need to be careful and pay attention. Don’t relax too much.”

Xie YunChuan lowered his hand, leaned back, closed his eyes, and hummed in agreement, not knowing if he had listened.

Lu Yunzhou then asked, “Where are we going?”

“Li City.”

Knowing that the main road would definitely be full of car accidents, large and small, Lu Yunzhou tried to drive on smaller roads. Fortunately, Xie YunChuan’s villa was built on a hillside, so going to Li City from here could bypass the main urban area, avoiding traveling through hordes of zombies.

Lu Yunzhou was still rejoicing, not knowing if it was good luck or his excellent route selection, but they drove from morning till night, and had almost left the urban area without encountering any attacks.

Along the way, there were a few scattered bloodstained cars. Occasionally, there would be a few people trapped to death inside, but more often, not far from the cars, there would be gnawed and devoured corpses, or a trail of blood extending, finally disappearing in an unknown place.

Sometimes people just can’t be complacent. As soon as you get complacent, something goes wrong. He had just said that he had chosen a good route, but the road ahead was blocked. An emergency brake almost threw Luo Shuyou off the seat, and Xie YunChuan quickly reached out to hold him.

“What’s wrong?”

Lu Yunzhou looked at the road ahead, not knowing how to answer his question, “You… you should get out of the car and take a look yourself.”

Xie YunChuan leaned forward to look ahead, but all he could see was a green expanse, and he couldn’t make out the situation. He gently laid Luo Shuyou back on the seat and got out of the car to check.

Lu Yunzhou also got out of the car, and they were both stunned by the sight before them.

They saw dense vines entwined and blocking the direction the highway extended. The trees towered into the clouds, lush and green. All kinds of shrubs and vegetation grew wildly. It was difficult for even people to enter this forest, let alone cars.

Separated by a single side, the front was a green expanse stretching for miles without end, and the back was desolate, withered, bleak, and lifeless.

Lu Yunzhou said blankly, “Is my memory failing me? I remember this place didn’t look like this before?”

Xie YunChuan: “What is there now that looks like it does in your memory?”

Lu Yunzhou clicked his tongue, “So the whole world is evolving behind Muyun City’s back?”

Xie YunChuan quietly said, “Doesn’t your Mu Yun City also have evolved products?” As he spoke, he looked at the dry corpses by the roadside, his meaning self-evident.

Lu Yunzhou smiled wryly, “Thanks, I’d rather not have this kind of evolution… What should we do? The car can’t get through. Do we have to abandon it?”

Xie YunChuan surveyed the surroundings, “It’s getting dark. Let’s find a place to rest nearby first, assess the situation, and then talk. Be careful. There are many people who want to leave the city. There should be more than just us around here.”

This place was already quite far from the city, so there were no villages or houses nearby. After wandering around for a long time, and seeing that it was completely dark, they finally saw a few abandoned houses in the wilderness ten kilometers away.

The houses looked dilapidated, but fortunately, the basic structures were still there, which was good enough to provide shelter from the wind and rain as a place to rest.

The car was parked outside, and Lu Yunzhou and Xie YunChuan carefully approached with their weapons.

The people inside had become vigilant when they heard the car approaching and guarded the door. When they saw that the newcomers were two tall men carrying machetes, they suddenly tensed up and adopted defensive postures.

In the apocalypse, in this situation, two strong men carrying machetes were much more terrifying than two withered zombies.

Lin Yi signaled the people next to him to act according to the circumstances. They stuck close to the wall and hid in the shadows, waiting for Lu Yunzhou and the others to come forward. Then, they would knock them unconscious with sticks. This was what they had always done, regardless of whether they were good or bad, first knock them unconscious and subdue them.

This time they missed. Even with a sneak attack from behind, Xie YunChuan, with his quick reactions, sliced the wooden stick in half with a single blow. In the blink of an eye, the blade was resting on Lin Yi’s neck.

The other one was the same. Before he could swing his stick, he had a close encounter with the blade. A wise man submits to circumstances. He quickly threw down the stick in his hand, raised his hands, and said, “Don’t! Don’t move. It’s… it’s a person.”

Lu Yunzhou said playfully, “Aren’t we people too? Why didn’t you stop yourselves from attacking?” As he spoke, he deliberately moved the knife in his hand forward a bit.

Chen Zhiqiang quickly said, “Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. It’s all a misunderstanding. Didn’t we just not see you clearly?”

Lu Yunzhou: “True, it’s dark, so it’s normal that you couldn’t see clearly.”

Chen Zhiqiang: “Yes! Yes! Yes!”

“Then it’s also normal that I can’t see the distance clearly and move the knife forward a bit, right!” As he spoke, he continued to move forward.

Chen Zhiqiang was forced to retreat again and again. The people hiding behind couldn’t pretend to be dead anymore. One of them came over and turned on a flashlight. The pitch-black room was finally no longer so dark that you couldn’t see your own fingers.

Xie YunChuan and the others also saw the situation inside clearly. Besides the two people who came out to intercept them, there were two men and three women inside, a total of four men and three women, seven people in all.

The newcomer was a bit older, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and looked gentle and refined. He should be a teacher. He said, “Could you two please put down your knives? We can talk things over. After all, we were just trying to defend ourselves. We didn’t intend to do anything to you.”

Lu Yunzhou looked at the middle-aged man and said disdainfully, “Who knows what you want to do?”

At this time, Lin Yi, who had been calm despite having a knife to his neck, rolled his eyes and looked at Lu Yunzhou, shouting, “Team Leader Lu?”

Hearing the slightly familiar voice, Lu Yunzhou looked towards the source of the sound, “Hmm?”

Seeing Lu Yunzhou’s full appearance at this moment, Lin Yi’s eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, “Lu Ge, it really is you!”

Lu Yunzhou finally saw who the person with the strange posture, twisting his head to look at him with a knife to his neck, was. “Lin Yi?”

“Yes, it’s me, Lu Ge.” As he spoke, he wanted to push Xie YunChuan away and walk towards Lu Yunzhou. Seeing that the two of them seemed to know each other, and didn’t seem to be enemies, Xie YunChuan didn’t stop him and silently put away his knife.

Chen Zhiqiang’s eyes lit up. “So you know each other! It’s like the Dragon King’s Temple being flooded, our own people fighting our own people. I’m sorry, really sorry.” While saying apologetic words, his hands didn’t stop moving. He moved the knife away without a trace and retreated backward.

Lin Yi excitedly pulled Lu Yunzhou aside and started his talkative mode.

Xie YunChuan went back to the car to bring in the things and Luo Shuyou.

He sat alone on the side, holding Luo Shuyou in his arms, silently opened his backpack and took out some food and drink. He opened the bottle cap and fed Luo Shuyou water, but Luo Shuyou couldn’t even swallow.

People can go without food for a few days, but they can’t go without water for a few days. He pried open Luo Shuyou’s mouth, took a mouthful, and forcefully poured it in. He repeated this several times before stopping.

The people next door looked enviously at the things Xie YunChuan took out, drooling with greed, but no one dared to step forward. Xie YunChuan’s build and the machete in his hand were not for show.