Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 293: Chapter Two Hundred and Ninety-Three: A Sudden Turn
 

What Sheng Jing meant by rest was actually just closing her eyes to recharge; autumn nights had already become quite cool, but luckily she had taken a dark coat from the office before arriving. Now, she sat leaning against two benches enveloped in the warmth and comfort of her large coat.

As the night deepened, a layer of gray clouds obscured the already dim crescent moon.

A Guard Squad Member on city watch duty fought drowsiness. He thought of his wife and child, who would be sound asleep in the dormitory, which spurred him to muster all his concentration.

Since the Apocalypse, he had been incredibly fortunate. His family of three had initially been rescued and later, with his wife’s consent, he had joined the Guard squad. Although they had experienced fear and hunger, they had the fortune to always stay together, thanks to the Liang Family father and son. He must protect this city at all costs!

“Brother Zhou Fu, do you think a Zombie Tide will really come here?”

To his side, Xiao Chen was also feeling lethargic and tried to alleviate his fatigue through conversation.

“How should I know? But as long as we’re fully prepared, it doesn’t matter if they come or not.”

Of course, he believed that it would be even better if they didn’t come at all.

“I don’t think they will. Before the Apocalypse, how secluded was City West? How could there be so many Zombies able to scent something from so far away?”

As Xiao Chen spoke, he began to analyze the situation with everyone else. Even if a group of Zombies did come their way, armed with weapons and so many people, they had nothing to fear.

The other Guard Squad Members around him also felt Xiao Chen’s analysis made sense. Maybe the Base Leader was worried over nothing.

At that moment, inside the tower, Sheng Jing’s eyes snapped open.

They were coming!

And it wasn’t just from one side, no, it was from every direction!

She finally understood why Mao Qiqi had shown that expression during the day because alarm bells were now blaring in her own head, a sense of impending danger overwhelming her!

The Guard Squad Members outside were surprised to see the woman in the tower rush out.

Knowing that Liang Jiuhui was just in another tower nearby, and the towers had no doors, she ran straight in.

Liang Jiuhui felt as if he had barely fallen asleep—and yet, not slept at all—so when Sheng Jing ran in, he immediately knew something was about to happen.

Xu Shi and Guan Hong, equally surprised, watched Sheng Jing and asked, “Is it really happening?”

Sheng Jing nodded and said, “A lot, from every direction.”

Liang Jiuhui sprang up and walked out.

“All hands, sound the base alarm; prepare to confront the Zombie Tide!”

Liang Jiuhui’s voice was extraordinarily clear in the quiet night. The Guard Squad Members, who were scarcely staying awake moments before, were now wide awake. Zombies were coming?

Everyone instinctively looked into the distance with widened eyes, but perhaps because the night was too dark, they saw nothing.

“There’s nothing? Where are the Zombies?” Xiao Chen muttered to himself in a low voice.

Although they didn’t know how Liang Jiuhui had noticed, the base alarm still began to blare.

Suddenly awakened from their sleep by the sound, everyone at the base was alarmed. What was that noise? They had never heard such an alarm before; could the base be in danger?!

Li Haochu and others, leading a Guard squad composed of Special Ability Users, had already assembled under the base’s city walls. Though feeling uneasy, he was prepared to defend the base with his life. No matter what, he wouldn’t allow a single Zombie to set foot inside the city walls!

The Guard Squad Members atop the wall dared not be careless. Finally, a Special Ability User couldn’t help but shout, “It’s the sound of Zombies, I can hear them!”

Special Ability Users had far sharper senses than ordinary people. The one who had spoken was a Fire Element Ability User. Though he couldn’t see anything in the darkness, the occasional roar reassured him beyond doubt—it was unmistakably the sound of Zombies!

Following the first Special Ability User’s discovery, others began to notice something amiss as well. Some even claimed they could see flickering shadows in the distance.

Roar roar roar!

A blaze lit up the night sky as a Fire Element Mutated Zombie unleashed a giant fireball towards the base. Although the fireball didn’t hit the walls due to the distance, the blinding flame illuminated the night, allowing those on the walls to see the distant scene clearly.

“Oh my God, can you all see that? Are my eyes deceiving me? How can there be so many?”

“I, I see it. Is this the Zombie Tide?”

Liang Jiuhui and the others also looked on with grave expressions. The burst of light lasted only a few seconds, but the endless mass of zombies left even those accustomed to zombie groups heart-stopped.

The convergence of the zombie groups formed a Zombie Tide!

Now, as dawn neared, the thick night began to dissipate, and the sky in the distance slowly turned deep blue. The rich scent of fresh flesh and blood inside the base stirred the fervor within the approaching zombies.

With excited roars, the formerly slow-moving Zombie Tide instantly picked up speed!

Among them, many Mutated Zombies stamped over Ordinary Zombies as they attacked the walls of the base!

Roar!

Guard Squad Member Xiao Chen finally made out the situation not far away, and couldn’t help but tremble.

Near the walls, zombies densely packed the area, a mass so vast that one couldn’t see its end at a glance!

This Zombie Tide consisted of at least a million zombies!

Zhou Fu held down the trembling Xiao Chen beside him and said, “What’s there to panic about, we’ll just take them out together!”

The thick Northeastern accent caused Xiao Chen to pause for a moment, then he laughed, right, he wasn’t panicking, not panicking…

“But I’m still so scared.”

Xiao Chen’s fleeting courage disappeared without a trace upon seeing the countless zombies below.

“…”

Boom boom boom!

A thunderous noise made everyone look down involuntarily. Li Haochu next to the artillery had just tested a shot. Accompanied by the sound, the shell blasted a gap in the front rank of the Zombie Tide. With so many zombies, it seemed this single shot killed thirty to forty!

“Hey, this mortar’s quite effective.”

Li Haochu was quite pleased, and the artillery team behind him quickly readied themselves, waiting for the fire command.

“See? We have weapons, and we have brains. Are we still afraid of those zombies?”

Zhou Fu patted Xiao Chen’s shoulder and went to collect weapons from the armory.

Xiao Chen watched as the gap was rapidly filled by more zombies, bit his teeth, and followed.

The moment the alarm bell sounded, Su Jin immediately woke up, and Lu Hao sat up beside her. It seemed the Zombie Tide had truly arrived.

Liao Yifan and others quickly got dressed. Pushing open the main house’s door, they saw Mao Qiqi sitting alone, in her pajamas, in the living room.

“Qiqi? Didn’t you sleep?”

Liao Yifan sat beside her and asked with concern, noting Qiqi’s pale little face.

“Sister Yifan, I slept for a little while. It’s just, I feel a bit uneasy…”

Her small map couldn’t sense a great distance, but the edges were now completely red, without a single gap. This meant the entire base was surrounded by zombies!