I made myself the protagonist

Chapter 33 Atlanta
After bypassing the traffic-intensive road section and reaching the inaccessible suburbs, everyone's previously tense nerves gradually relaxed.

Looking at the deserted mountain road outside the window, Li Ziting rubbed her rumbling stomach, and broke the previous suppressed silence in the car: "At first, when I saw those corpses and internal organs, I still felt like throwing up. But now, I Not only has my heart become numb, but I also feel hungry..."

"Isn't it? I really want to find a place to take a hot bath and have a full meal!"

Xiaolong smacked his mouth and couldn't help sighing again and again.

Seeing the people in Shen Tinglan's team talking and laughing, Song Yiyang, who was sitting nearby, always felt a little awkward.After all, I had been following Pang Batian before, and ran into them in order to protect my boss.But now, if I want to integrate into the group, I have to find a way to build a good relationship with other people.

Therefore, he cautiously said a few words, trying to test everyone's attitude.

But soon, Song Yiyang discovered that Tang Yao and his group were actually pretty good.After a sincere apology, they did not exclude themselves, on the contrary, they quickly accepted him as a new partner to join the team.

After driving for about five hours, at around [-]:[-] in the evening, everyone finally arrived in Atlanta without any danger.

According to Shen Tinglan's meaning, Guan Yong drove slowly around the periphery of the city to observe the situation, and did not directly enter the densely populated city center.

Like Savannah, this place has also been completely reduced to an epidemic area. The places everyone passes by are in a mess, and there are no traces of survivors at all.

When passing by some buildings, some zombies are occasionally alarmed.But after running after the car for a few minutes, they were quickly thrown away.Gradually, everyone stopped paying attention to these trivial matters.

Ling Yun kept looking out the window, Atlanta, which used to be peaceful in the past, has now become a dead city.The bustling streets were left with nothing but ruins. Those dilapidated buildings were blackened by the fire, and steel bars, stones, and some inexplicable sundries were scattered everywhere on the street.

The artistic statues carrying the ancient civilization were completely destroyed, and the magnificent ruins lay in the dust.In the corners of high-rise buildings, there are still dilapidated wooden and brick buildings, and piles of garbage.

Looking at the walking corpses wandering the streets, for a moment, everyone even had an illusion: the whole world has been empty.There is no life here, no living things, only the silence of death, and the threats that lurk in the darkness.

Since it is summer, the sky has not yet completely darkened, and with the afterglow of the setting sun, the road can barely be seen clearly.But considering that there is still a long way to go, when we get near the port, it will be almost nine o'clock in the evening.

In the dark surrounding environment, it is extremely unfavorable for combat.

Through discussion, everyone unanimously decided to follow Ling Yun and Shen Tinglan's arrangement: first collect some food and weapons, then find a place to rest for the night, and then set off early the next morning after gaining enough energy.

Ten minutes later, Guan Yong found a supermarket near a suburban park; not only that, there were dozens of independent apartments nearby.

After getting out of the car, everyone noticed that on the ground of the nearby streets and the surrounding building surfaces, there were dense and uneven new traces everywhere: they were left by the bullets.

It is not difficult to imagine that after the outbreak of the virus, the government sent troops to clean up and suppress this area.Because of this, the number of infected people nearby is much lower than that encountered in Savannah before.

After a brief discussion, Ling Yun and Shen Tinglan led the teams respectively. On the one hand, they were responsible for clearing the infected people around the supermarket and protecting their companions; on the other hand, they had to quickly collect food and transport it to the car.

Because they didn't want to disturb the infected people around them, during the battle, all of them used melee weapons.Several people entering the supermarket were assigned flashlights so they could see their surroundings in the dark.

Of course, upholding the principle of fairness and justice, no one can escape labor; if they want to eat food, they must participate in the battle.

Tu Ya and Xu Fan were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. After realizing that there was no room for discussion, the two had no choice but to bite the bullet and pick up their weapons, and followed Shen Tinglan, Zhao Sicheng, Wang Yu, and Xiang Mei into the supermarket Internal search for supplies.

As soon as he entered the door, a bloated middle-aged male zombie rushed out of the cash register on the left side of the entrance.

Shen Tinglan, who was walking in the front, took the dog-leg knife in his hand without saying a word, and chopped the zombie in half.

The zombie lying in the pool of blood was not completely dead. It crawled on the ground, stretched out two blue-gray arms, and crawled towards the crowd without giving up, whimpering continuously from its throat.

"It's not dead yet, who dares to make up for it?"

Shen Tinglan stopped Zhao Sicheng and Wang Yu, signaling them not to interfere.

The latter two also understood what the other meant. Shen Tinglan wanted to exercise the courage of the others, so she stood aside.

In the team, Tu Ya and Xu Fan looked at the wriggling corpses on the ground, and took a few steps back in disgust.Tu Ya bumped Xu Fan with his shoulder, signaling for her to go first; but Xu Fan remained motionless, holding Tu Ya firmly with one hand, as if he was about to die together.

"Aunt Xiang, do you want to try to kill it?"

Seeing the reaction of the two, Shen Tinglan didn't have any expectations for them.He turned around and his eyes fell on Xiang Mei.

Although he sympathizes with Xiang Mei and Guan Yong and wants to help them escape to the finish line together, just because he can help them once doesn't mean he can help them the second or third time.

Shen Tinglan's move seemed superfluous to others. In Zhao Sicheng's words, it was love overflowing again.

For Zhao Sicheng, people like Tu Ya have no ideological consciousness at all, if they are left alone, regardless of love, even if they survive this catastrophe, they will not be able to survive the next task.

But Shen Tinglan, a good old man, would help everyone if he saw him.Even the scar man's hidden danger of threatening the team can be forgiven by the other party.

Thinking of this, Zhao Sicheng became a little angry again, thinking to himself, he would be an idiot to worry about Shen Tinglan next time.

"There is still a long way to go. If you want to go home, you have to rely on your own abilities."

Encouraged by Shen Tinglan, Xiang Mei quietly stopped her husband who wanted to fuck her, and walked out tremblingly: "Xiao Shen, you are right...I know what to do."

After she finished speaking, she held the baseball bat in her hand and walked towards the zombie.

Guan Yong was a little worried about his wife, but he also understood that Shen Tinglan's words made sense.So, he suppressed the idea of ​​going up to help, stood behind his wife, and cheered her up in a low voice.

Xiang Mei looked at the corpse's pale and rotting face tremblingly, and hesitated for more than ten seconds.After experiencing painful thought struggles, she finally gritted her back molars, took a deep breath, raised the club and smashed it down.

Although Xiang Mei's movements were a bit clumsy, relying on the enhanced suit and the weapon in her hand, a thin housewife who had only killed chickens could smash the zombie's head to pieces with a few blows.

"Aunt Xiang, you did a great job! Look, isn't this as difficult as you think?"

Seeing that the zombies lost their breath, Shen Tinglan stepped forward quickly, and spared no effort to encourage Xiang Mei.

After saying this, he moved away the corpses on the ground, and then picked a cart: "Let's go, we have to hurry up."

"Wife, you are very brave!" Guan Yong squeezed his wife's hand, feeling her sticky and cold palm, obviously terrified.

"Well... Although I still feel disgusted, I will work hard to go back, for my son and you."

Xiang Mei wiped the blood from her face. Although her stomach was churning, she forced herself to look directly at the corpse on the ground, and persuaded herself not to run away.

"Thank you, Xiao Shen."

She thanked Shen Tinglan from the bottom of her heart, thanking Shen Tinglan for never despising herself and her husband, but for helping them with all her heart.

"You're welcome."

Shen Tinglan stuffed the food on the shelf, and said to them: "Everyone, don't walk around, and always be careful around you."

Meanwhile, outside the supermarket.

"Hey, Brother Ling, look over there!"

Beside the car, Tang Yao, who was in charge of the investigation, held up the binoculars in her hands and looked towards the front of the street. Then, she said excitedly to several companions around her, "It's a police infected person!"

Looking in the direction she pointed, as expected, Ling Yun and the others saw a police car with red and blue lights flashing across the corner of the downhill street; and around the police car, two staggering zombies appeared.

"Go, go, kill them!"

At this time, Li Ziting had long since lost the soft and weak little white rabbit appearance before. Compared with others, she was the first to get excited: "There must be a lot of good things on these zombies!"

"I said you are very courageous."

Xiaolong couldn't help teasing: "I don't know who it is, the pear blossoms that were crying in the hotel before are raining."

"Hmph, I've already gotten used to it!"

Li Ziting puffed up her chest a little proudly, and said to him: "Haven't you heard that the best way to eliminate fear is to face it. Persistence is victory. Come on, Aoli!"

"Okay, okay, I know that you are all female men, and you are not afraid of zombies now. But there is still a distance from here, and I don't know if there is any other danger. Just in case, you girls stay here. "

Xiaolong looked at Ling Yun and Wei Chongming, and said, "How about the three of us go, and the others stay where they are?"

Considering that the durability of the enhanced suit on his body has been reduced to 35%, Ling Yun just wanted to get some armor from the police.So, he readily agreed to Xiaolong's proposal.

The man with the scar and Song Yiyang nodded, and continued guarding near the supermarket with the three girls to prevent other infected people from approaching; while Ling Yun and the others took out their weapons, looked around, and then quietly moved towards the police car.

(End of this chapter)