Chapter 12

Joshua suddenly said that something happened outside. Although my mother, aunt and I didn’t know what happened, we could tell from his excited tone that something must have happened that was favorable to us.

So, the three of us walked out of the room and went downstairs with Joshua who was very excited. Of course, Mom did not forget to bring the backpack containing food. After all, at this time, food was very precious.

After going downstairs to the hair salon, I saw Gregory and the others were talking in a lively manner.

The dark-skinned man, Mayor Gregory, and Samantha in red were standing behind the door of the hair salon, talking to each other, while the two women in waitress uniforms were sitting on the sofa, whispering something.

As for the other two gentle-looking men, they were standing outside the hair salon to guard it and would come in to inform everyone if anything unexpected happened.

“Now is the best time! If you miss it, you may never have it again!” said the dark-skinned man. There was not a trace of hesitation on his face, but full of determination.

Gregory seemed to agree with him, but was a little hesitant: “ Lawrence, I understand this, but given our current physical condition, if we encounter zombies again after we get out, we won’t have as good luck as before.”

Samantha in red also agreed, “That’s right. We haven’t eaten or slept well these days. We were lucky to escape from the hotel. If we encounter zombies again after we get out, I’m afraid we won’t have the strength to run!”

“What should we do? Should we waste such a good opportunity? This is our only lifeline!” Lawrence seemed determined to leave the hair salon to seek opportunities, and he didn’t seem to take the threat of zombies seriously at all.

Seeing how serious their discussion was, my second aunt stepped forward and asked Gregory, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Before Gregory could answer, Lawrence spoke first: “It’s the army! Judging from the sound of gunfire, the army seems to be heading in our direction!”

“What!?” My mother, my second aunt and I all looked surprised.

Mom went straight to the door of the hair salon, closed her eyes and listened carefully for a while.

“It’s true! There is indeed a sound of gunfire moving towards our direction, and at a very fast speed!” Mom said to us, suppressing her excitement.

“Really?” I almost jumped up with joy: “Great! The army is here to rescue us!”

However, just a few seconds after I was happy, someone poured a bucket of cold water on me.

“They may not be here to save us.” Lawrence glanced at me, a little kid, and then said to everyone present: “You should have known when you were trapped in the hotel by zombies before that if you just sit there and wait to die, you will only die. If you dare to fight, you can survive!”

“But it’s too dangerous! I almost died when I escaped from the hotel before!” At this time, a woman in a waitress uniform who had been silent suddenly spoke.

“But aren’t we alive and well now? How do we know if we can succeed if we don’t give it a try?” Lawrence said with force, “Besides, we don’t have any other choice! There are too many zombies in the parking lot, we can’t deal with them at all! We can only take advantage of this moment to bypass the parking lot and run directly towards the army!”

“And the gunshots are moving in our direction. There’s a high chance we’ll run into them!” Lawrence’s words made everyone fall into deep thought.

“Since the army is coming towards us, why don’t we just wait here for them to rescue us? Why take the risk?” Samantha seemed very afraid of zombies and tried her best to resist Lawrence ‘s suggestion.

At this time, Gregory, who had been silent for a moment, took over the conversation and said, “Because none of us can guarantee whether the army will come to us. What if they turn back when they are only a hundred meters away from us? No one knows what purpose this army has in entering the city.”

“So I suggest that while the army is heading towards us, we should take the initiative to leave here and run towards the army! Maybe we can meet them directly!” Lawrence said such adventurous words.

Mayor Gregory fell silent again. Samantha looked nervous and hesitant. The two women in waitress uniforms had been whispering in the corner after hearing the conversation between Lawrence and Mayor Gregory.

Joshua seemed to want to say something, but after looking at my second aunt and then at Gregory, he didn’t say anything.

At this time, my mother also came over from the door and said to everyone, “I agree with Lawrence! We should set off now!”

As she spoke, the mother took off her backpack, put it on the floor, and said, “Besides, I have some food here. Everyone can eat something to replenish their energy!”

When they heard there was food, everyone’s eyes lit up, even Mayor Gregory looked surprised.

When the mother opened her backpack and took out the food one by one, everyone surrounded her.

“There are so many foods? Why didn’t you bring them out earlier?!” A big sister in a waitress uniform looked very hungry. She took a biscuit from the mother’s hand, took a big bite and almost choked.

The eating manners of the others were not much better. The dark-skinned Lawrence took a bag of pineapple bread from his backpack and said thank you to my mother. Mayor Gregory also took a bag of biscuits from his backpack and said thank you as well, without any affectation in his attitude.

The two gentlemen at the door were also called in and ate the food in their backpacks with everyone.

“Hey! You! Don’t grab it!” Samantha reached out to take the piece of jerky from her backpack, but another gentleman-looking man snatched it away first. Seeing this, He Yaoguang gave her half of his food.

When the second aunt saw so much food in the backpack, she covered her mouth with one hand in surprise and whispered, “Oh my God, Caitlin ‘s bag is filled with so much food?”

Joshua couldn’t help but walk over, and amid the scramble among the crowd, he grabbed a pack of nutritious biscuits for himself.

I looked at them in confusion, then pulled my second aunt’s arm and asked in a low voice, “Second aunt, have you been hungry for a long time?”

Second Aunt took her eyes off my mother and said to me, “Although there was food in the hotel before, it was very poor. It can only ensure that you will not be so hungry that you feel weak all over.”

“Is that so...” Then I understood why these people were scrambling for the food in the backpacks like starving ghosts. But judging from their complexions, they didn’t look that bad, just a little haggard.

Although the entire backpack was filled with food, it was all divided up in a short time with so many people sharing it.

At this time, my mother came over with a box of sandwich cookies and said to my second aunt, “Second sister, you should eat something too. We may have to leave soon. If you don’t eat enough, how can you have the energy?”

Second Aunt nodded, took the biscuit box, opened it and ate a few pieces.

My mother bent down and touched my head and said,” Aaron, please don’t be angry if I give your things to everyone without telling you.”

Although I was not very happy in my heart, I still had to be polite, so I pretended to be indifferent: “Why would I be angry? Didn’t my mother tell me before? Sharing is a virtue.”

Mom smiled and patted my head: “ Aaron is so good.”

I put on a good face, but I was secretly muttering in my heart: “If there is nothing to eat, don’t I still have my mother’s milk?”

Soon, the food was eaten up as everyone gobbled it up.

At this time, the gunshots outside became more and more obvious and intense, and my mother’s heart became more and more anxious.

Afterwards, she looked at the people who were wolfing down their food and asked loudly, “Have you made up your mind now? Do you want to break out to the army together? If you keep hesitating, you may not have a chance!”

Mayor Gregory bit the food in his mouth with his teeth, crushing it into crumbs in his mouth before swallowing it.

His face sometimes showed worry, sometimes hesitation, sometimes nervousness, and sometimes seriousness.

Eventually, these emotions gave way to a final resolve.

“Let’s go! Let’s survive together!” Mayor Gregory said this almost gritting his teeth.

“Okay!” Lawrence slapped his thigh hard, and before he could even swallow the food in his mouth, he said, “I’ve been waiting for you to say that!”

The remaining two big sisters in waitress uniforms and the other two gentle-looking big brothers looked at each other and were stunned for a moment.

Samantha looked frightened.

“I’ll go too!” Second Aunt suddenly raised her hand and said to Gregory.

Gregory turned his head, looked at her, smiled faintly, and nodded.

Joshua saw her express her opinion, gritted his teeth, raised his hand and said, “I’ll go too!”

My mother naturally had nothing to say. She walked over to me, held my hand, and said, “We will go together.”

The two gentle-looking older brothers seemed to have made up their minds as well and raised their hands: “We too!”

Samantha and the other two older sisters in uniform saw that the men who were most capable of protecting themselves were preparing to leave. If they were the only weak women left, they would definitely not be able to protect themselves, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and say that they would go with everyone.

Just like that, after a two-minute break, I, my mother, my second aunt, Gregory, Joshua, Lawrence, two gentle-looking older brothers, and two older sisters in uniform, a total of ten people, left the hair salon together!

Joshua and Lawrence walked in front, followed closely by Gregory. The women were protected in the middle, and the remaining two gentle-looking men were responsible for the rear.

I walked in the middle of the team; my second aunt and Samantha were on my left and right, and my mother was in front holding my hand.

The zombies nearby seemed to be attracted by the gunshots, so after we left the hair salon and walked for several minutes, we didn’t encounter a single zombie.

However, the gunshots, explosions, and zombie roars coming from not far away never stopped.

Everyone was walking nervously on the street, looking ahead and around vigilantly, fearing that zombies would appear. Only my mother was relatively calm.

Soon, we arrived at the open-air parking lot again, and this time there were ten people in total.

Mayor Lawrence and Gregory looked at each other, then nodded at the same time. Then, a nervous look appeared on their faces, and they made a hushing gesture to those of us walking behind them.

We nodded to show that we understood.

There are dozens of zombies wandering around in the parking lot. They haven’t noticed us strangers yet. The gunshots in the distance are getting closer, but the zombies seem to have not heard them and are still wandering around in the same place.

Next, Joshua and Lawrence led the way. Everyone held their breath and took careful steps, preparing to go around the zombies without alerting them.

Fortunately, although these zombies are very scary, they seem to have no vision; although we see these zombies, they cannot see us.

Although I didn’t have a very good impression of this older sister named Samantha, I have to say that she did a good job of keeping silent and not making any noise. Since leaving the hair salon, she hasn’t even breathed loudly once, and her footsteps were also very light.

At this time, I looked at my second aunt again and found that she was walking with small steps while crouching. Because she was not wearing shoes but only a pair of stockings, her delicate feet were strained, but she was able to move silently.

Just when everything was going well, my mother, who was walking in front of me, turned around, frowned, and whispered, “Why does it smell like blood?”

Suddenly, one of the two older sisters in waitress uniforms behind me suddenly turned pale.

The next second, the zombies in the parking lot became agitated without warning, and unclear roars came from their rotten mouths.

And then-attack us!

“Oh no! Run!” My second aunt shouted when she saw the zombies in the parking lot suddenly attacking us frantically.

“What’s going on!” Gregory and Lawrence’s faces changed drastically. Wasn’t everything fine just now? Why did the zombies suddenly appear?

However, at this critical moment, we didn’t have time to think too much. My mother directly grabbed my second aunt’s arm, held my hand with the other hand, and ran forward.

With so many zombies, even if they were strengthened by the virus, it would be impossible to eliminate them unscathed, not to mention that my mother had to protect me and my second aunt.

It’s like a group of lions chasing a group of sheep, with zombies chasing them madly from behind and us running desperately in the front.

This time, it almost cost me my life.

I hadn’t had a good rest since I left home, and then I ran in fear under the threat of zombies. I finally met my second aunt, but before I had time to rest in the hair salon, I ejaculated a lot of semen to nourish my mother’s body because she was weak, which consumed a lot of my energy.

I thought that as long as I walked quietly, I wouldn’t alert the zombies and it wouldn’t take much energy to do so. Now, the zombies behind me suddenly attacked us, and my legs became weak and I couldn’t muster the strength I had before.

However, the desire to survive drove me to unleash my potential. Even if my legs were sore from exhaustion, I had to grit my teeth and keep running forward.

At this time, I could already hear the roars of the zombies coming from behind me. I subconsciously looked back and saw that the group of zombies had closed a considerable distance!

“Oh my god!” I couldn’t help but shout in my heart, how did these zombies find us? We clearly didn’t make any sound!

“Run! Run! The army is very close!” Gregory said this almost hoarsely.

“Aaron! Don’t stop! Run faster!” Mom held my hand and almost dragged my tired body forward. In order not to make her worry, I could only run forward while sweating all over.

In the city, on a street, a group of people were being chased by a group of zombies, afraid of falling behind. The buildings and shops on both sides of the street had broken windows or blood on the walls, making it look like a scene from hell.

However, what is more terrifying than all this is that the zombies behind him are about to catch up!

“Huff ... Huff ... Huff ... Huff ... Huff...”

I just felt like my lungs were about to explode, I could hardly breathe, my head was dizzy, and I just wanted to stop and rest right now; I really had no strength left. My physical strength was no match for these adults, and I was lucky enough to have been able to hold on until now.

But if I stop now, the only outcome will be death.

Just at this moment, the sound of an engine came, which, to our ears, sounded better than any other sound in nature.

“Civilians ahead! Come here quickly!!”

An armored vehicle appeared on the street ahead, raising a cloud of dust with its powerful horsepower. There were soldiers on the roof operating machine guns, turning the muzzles towards us.

To be precise, it turned behind us.

“Da da da da da-”

Flames spewed out of the muzzle of the gun and continuous gunfire rang out. Compared with the previous ones coming from a distance, they were much louder.

The bullets streaked through the air, flying towards the zombies behind us. Without even turning around, I could hear the sound of flesh being torn into pieces by machine gun bullets, and the crisp sound of bones being broken.

We still ran as fast as we could towards the armored vehicle, and the armored vehicle continued to drive towards us without slowing down. Its tracks were covered in blood, leaving a long track mark as it drove.

“Hurry! Come in quickly!” The soldier operating the machine gun on the armored vehicle pulled the trigger and yelled at us.

In just one second, the armored vehicle turned directly, did a beautiful tailspin and stopped ten meters in front of us. Then the side door of the armored vehicle was opened directly, and a soldier wearing a helmet and camouflage uniform waved at us from inside the car and shouted loudly: “Hurry up! Hurry up! Come in!”

We knew that once we got inside we would be safe.

Under the pouring of machine gun bullets, the zombies behind us were directly blocked by the firepower, which also bought us precious time.

The distance of ten meters was reached in the blink of an eye if he ran at full speed.

At this time, my mother dragged me to the front and threw me into the car. The soldier in the car also quickly reached out and pulled me in.

“Second sister! Go up quickly!” I heard my mother’s voice from behind me.

Immediately afterwards, my second aunt also got into the armored vehicle.

Then it was Lawrence, then my mother, then Gregory, Joshua, Samantha, and the rest of the people also successfully got on the armored vehicle under the cover of fire.

“Is there anyone who hasn’t come up yet?!” At this time, the soldier in the armored vehicle asked excitedly.

We had no time to think after escaping the disaster, and we didn’t even have time to answer the soldier’s question. Mayor Gregory just waved his hand to signal that there was no answer.

“Retreat!” The soldier who received the reply shouted directly towards the driver’s cabin without hesitation. Then he reached out and grabbed the door handle and closed it forcefully.

“Got it!” A loud reply came from the cab, followed by a shake. We only heard the sound of tracks, and then the roar of the zombies outside the car became farther and farther away.

We are saved...

My mother held me in her arms and sat slumped inside the armored vehicle. I leaned on her body. My limbs were sore and weak, and I could no longer exert any strength.

My second aunt slumped down next to me, sweat all over her head, her stockings covered in dust, but since there were no replacement socks and shoes, she had no choice but to wear them temporarily.