Chapter 45: Are Those Pursuers?
Could there be an Awakened among this family of refugees from another city?
Otherwise, there was no way to explain how he had detected her and retrieved his dart.
But Lin Jiayao had no intention of fighting, especially not against an Awakened.
Although she had killed many people, directly or indirectly, they were all threats to her or her sister’s life.
There was no need to make things difficult for these struggling refugees.
Instead of fighting him, it would be better to find out who was blocking the northbound roads.
As Lin Jiayao backed away, intending to bypass the town, the Awakened at the town entrance made a wrong assumption.
“Hmph, trying to escape?”
“Whoosh—”
Sensing the vibration, Lin Jiayao quickly turned and saw the Awakened, who had been more than a hundred meters away, flying towards her through the air.
He can fly?!
No.
In the moonlight, Lin Jiayao saw his ability.
Countless silver threads were attached to the de-energized power lines, allowing him to swing towards her at high speed.
Like Spider-Man.
An ability to secrete threads or wires?
If a fight was unavoidable, then it had to be quick.
Lin Jiayao turned to face the approaching Awakened.
The Awakened, now closer, could see the “monster” on the ground in the moonlight.
Was that… a white sculpture?
No, a head!
A bone-type evolved zombie, with bone spikes and long, thin legs.
But he couldn’t make out what was behind it in the darkness.
“Good thing I set up the wires on the road earlier, or I would have been caught off guard by this zombie…” the Awakened thought as he descended.
But as he got closer, he finally saw what was behind the head.
Two rows of rifles, eight dark muzzles, aimed directly at him.
“Holy shit!” he cursed, losing his balance in midair.
“That’s not a zombie!!! It’s controlled by another Awakened!!!” he roared internally.
Who would have thought someone would control a zombie to wander around a small town at night?
I can’t win, absolutely no chance!
Recalling the sight of those gun barrels, the Awakened made a split-second decision.
Before landing, he shot threads from his palms, anchoring himself to the ground and stabilizing his descent.
At the same time, he generated a large cushion of threads beneath his knees.
“Thump—”
He landed in a kneeling position in front of the head.
“Brother, I’m sorry! I mistook you for a zombie. I didn’t realize you were another Awakened! We’re refugees from Xin City, heading to Yangzhou City. If this town is your territory, I’ll take my family and leave immediately. Please don’t hurt them.”
The man’s swift apology and explanation stunned Lin Jiayao.
Is… is this really an Awakened?
If it weren’t for the threads protecting his knees, Lin Jiayao wouldn’t have believed it.
This man, before becoming an Awakened, must have been a corporate drone for at least ten years.
Lin Jiayao lowered her guns.
She understood why he acted this way. It was his only chance of survival.
A moment later, and she would have pulled the triggers. Not only would he die, but his family would also be killed by the town’s zombies, attracted by the gunshots.
He was protecting his family in his own way.
Sensing the lack of movement from her, the man on the ground asked, “Can… can I look up?”
He placed his hands on the ground in a visible position and slowly raised his head.
Looking up, he saw the head-zombie up close, and his heart pounded.
Evolving bone spikes into gun mounts… how shameless…
Lin Jiayao was also observing him.
He seemed to have mistaken her for a zombie controlled by an Awakened.
Perfect. He was from Xin City, a city on the northbound route, and he seemed to be running from someone. She might be able to get some useful information.
Lin Jiayao extended a bone spike and pointed to a white stone barrier by the road, signaling him to go there.
The man instantly understood, slowly got up, placed his hands on his head, and walked towards the barrier.
So practiced…
Watching him, Lin Jiayao wondered if he had been an overseas Chinese before the apocalypse.
She reached the barrier, raised a bone spike, and began writing on it.
“Xin City situation?” “Pursuers?”
“Are you asking about the situation in Xin City?” the man asked.
Lin Jiayao controlled Mask and nodded.
“Xin City has a lot of chemical plants, and the river is quite far from the city center, making it difficult to get water for farming. We could only rely on the warehouses of large supermarkets. We tried moving the camp closer to the river to try farming, but there were too many zombies…”
The man quickly described the situation in Xin City.
There were only two small camps in the entire city, one occupying a supermarket, the other in the military base, operating similarly to Yangzhou City.
But there were few survivors in Xin City. The two camps, along with a few lone wolves and gangs, didn’t even add up to a thousand people.
It had been a prefecture-level city with a population of millions.
After five years of scavenging, resources were almost depleted, the camps had disbanded, and the Awakened had fled with their families.
He then moved on to the pursuers.
“As for the pursuers…” The man took a deep breath, his lips trembling as if still terrified. “They’re from the Voodoo Cult.”
The Voodoo Cult?
Those lunatics?
But their territory shouldn’t be in this area…
“Three Awakened, with ‘V’ symbols carved on their faces, have been chasing us. We were originally a convoy with two Awakened; now it’s just me and my family.”
Only three people? That probably wasn’t a Voodoo Cult migration, likely just a small group on a mission.
Just as Lin Jiayao wanted to ask about their appearance, a bloodcurdling scream echoed from the town entrance.
“AAAAH—”
“Daddy———”
The man instantly stood up, seemingly forgetting about Lin Jiayao. He shot threads from his palms and swung towards the town entrance.
Zombies?
Or had the Voodoo Cult caught up?
Lin Jiayao placed a bone spike on the barrier, sensing the vibrations.
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