Chapter 11: Facing the Zombies

Li Yu let Uncle Lai's daughters and his wife get in the car first.

Li Hang got out of the car, feeling a bit nervous, but still mustered the courage to follow.

When getting out of the car, the aunt originally wanted to say something to dissuade them.

But seeing that Xiao Hang had already gotten out of the car, she ultimately didn't say anything.

Xiao Hang picked up a wooden stick from the ground. Following next to Li Yu, Li Yu looked at Xiao Hang with a bit of satisfaction.

Not bad, there is some manliness.

Thus, the following scene unfolded:

From the far right, Uncle Lai was holding a big chopping knife for firewood, followed by Xiao Hang with the wooden stick.

Next were Li Yu and Li Hang, each with a Long Knife.

The four of them lined up, facing the zombie horde.

At that moment, a voice came…

"Xiao Yu, what are you all doing?" Li Hongyuan, from the Observation Tower, curiously asked as he saw the people below the wall.

"Dad, turn on the searchlights," Li Yu said.

When designing the Observation Tower, considering nighttime visibility, they installed two long-range searchlights, said to reach hundreds of meters.

But they consume a lot of power!

Li Hongyuan turned on the lights as instructed by Li Yu.

As soon as it was turned on, Li Hongyuan saw nearly twenty zombies in the distance and was instantly stupefied.

Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle, who had just come up to the tower, were also dumbstruck.

The Observation Tower wasn't large, under 10 square meters, but it was more than enough to accommodate three people.

"Xiao Yu, are those people? They don't seem to walk like it," Second Uncle asked.

"Second Uncle, hurry and open the gate! Open the gate! Those aren't people; big brother said they're zombies! These things are all over the city now, attacking anyone they see!" Before Li Yu could reply, Li Hang eagerly answered.

Li Yu glanced at Li Hang, then looked up towards the three people on the Observation Tower and said, "Xiao Hang is right, I just went to bring Aunt and the others over, open the gate first and let them in."

His words just fell, and he was the first to rush towards the zombie group.

No choice, a few of the zombies in the front were closing in at less than 10 meters away.

If this group of zombies encircled them, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, he had to charge first and deal with the ones in front so they wouldn't be surrounded.

"Xiao Yu!"

"Brother!"

"Yu!"

Xiao Hang and their father and Fourth Uncle on the Observation Tower shouted one after another.

Li Yu took the lead, knife rising and falling.

Two zombies fell straight to the ground.

He then turned around, slashing towards another two zombies.

In that instant, these zombies were also cut down.

Li Hongyuan, standing on the tower, was initially terrified as he saw Li Yu charge forward.

But, when he saw this scene, he was suddenly baffled – when did his son become so formidable?

Li Hongyuan seemed to snap back to reality and immediately went down with Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle to open the gate.

Outside the gate, at the same time.

Lai Dongsheng and Li Hang also charged up, each targeting a zombie.

Lai Dongsheng was incredibly strong, and his hefty chopping knife for firewood struck the neck of a zombie.

The zombie's head was chopped off by four-fifths, barely hanging by a sliver, dangling on the shoulder, dead beyond doubt.

Li Hang too, seemingly spurred by Lai Dongsheng, stabbed right into a zombie's eye socket.

A single stab pierced through.

The zombie fell to the ground, efficiently dispatched.

At this moment, two more zombies ran at Li Hang from the side, moving exceedingly fast. Li Hang turned around and saw the two zombies charging at him, suddenly recalling the method his elder brother taught him.

He first ran to the right side of one of the zombies, exploiting the sluggishness of the zombie's movements, and instantly stabbed. After dealing with one zombie, the other reacted and rushed towards Li Hang.

Li Hang backed away, utilizing the forward momentum of the zombie, and stabbed once again.

But just then, more zombies caught up from behind.

"Be careful!" Li Yu yelled urgently, taking three steps as if they were two, charging over.

A swipe of his knife beheaded the three zombies that were charging at Li Hang.

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The knife, which is specially made of fine steel material, is also sufficiently long, and after being sharpened, it becomes incredibly sharp.

On the other side, Uncle Lai gripped the Firewood Knife with both hands and swung it at the incoming zombies to his right. However, after chopping several times, the blade had dulled a bit, with its edge even slightly rolled.

The zombies from behind kept catching up.

Immediately after,

Li Yu rushed into the remaining dozen or so zombies, slashing and chopping. Within a few minutes, he had dealt with them all.

The only two left, whose legs he had sliced off, were tirelessly crawling forward!

Handing the knife over to Xiao Hang, he pointed at the two zombies on the ground in front of them.

At that moment, Xiao Hang, having witnessed the mighty performance of the three before him, could no longer contain himself.

Throwing the wooden stick aside, he copied Li Hang's maneuver and stabbed at one of the crawling zombies.

He hadn't anticipated that the zombie's skull would be that hard; his stab only penetrated a few centimeters.

Nevertheless, the zombie on the ground continued crawling forward, startling Xiao Hang, who immediately jumped backward.

At the same time, the door was pushed open by Li Hongyuan and his Second Uncle, Li Hongda.

Xiao Hang looked at Li Yu apologetically and lunged forward with the Long Knife.

With a forceful thrust!

Squelch!

The zombie's head burst open like a smashed watermelon,

with blood and brain matter splattering everywhere.

Li Hongyuan charged over after opening the door and, upon seeing all the zombies on the ground, looked at everyone with astonished eyes.

The aunt, who saw from the car that the zombies had all been dealt with, also hurried down.

She ran to Xiao Hang's side, and seeing the boy, who was half-grown and covered in fresh zombie blood, immediately had tears welling up in her eyes.

Li Hongyuan was about to ask Li Yu for details when he recognized some of the fallen zombies.

Isn't this Li Shanshui, the motorcycle repairman?

And aren't these Old Liu and Old Xie who lived near the market?

What happened? With a mind full of confusion, Li Hongyuan turned his gaze towards Li Yu.

Seeing Li Hongyuan's look, Li Yu spoke gravely: "Dad, like I told you before. I have a friend in M City who warned me. Based on the current situation, it seems like a virus infection has turned them into zombies."

"But they're human, aren't they?!"

"Do they look human to you?" Li Yu responded.

The aunt on the side chimed in, "Brother-in-law, these people have been infected and turned into monsters, just like what Xiao Yu said. They've become zombies. They bite people on sight, and just now we..."

While she was speaking, the empty silence was broken, and other relatives of Li Yu from inside the house also came out upon hearing the commotion.

Li Yu had originally not wanted his family members to see this, especially his grandparents and grandparents-in-law, given their old age. He was afraid of alarming them.

But on second thought, considering the apocalypse had already arrived, he wouldn't be able to protect them 24 hours a day.

It was better for them to know what was happening.

In case something happens in the future, everyone wouldn't be caught completely off guard.

Contrary to Li Yu's expectation, the grandparents weren't shocked.

These elders, having lived through the hardships of the mid-20th century, were well-experienced, having faced hunger, hardship, and fatigue.

What hadn't they gone through!

As long as they weren't starving to death, it wasn't considered terrifying.

However, the younger ones couldn't stand the sight and hid behind their parents after seeing it.

After Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle took a closer look at the zombies, their expressions became grave.

Grandpa and Grandpa asked Li Hongyuan for more details and after knowing what was happening outside, they lamented deeply:

These are hard times we're living in!

And who knows how the faraway third son Li Hongqian is doing now...

Upon saying this,

Grandma and the other grandmas also began to worry about Second Uncle and the aunt's family in Beijing.

Ah! They should have insisted more adamantly that they come back!

Now, unsure of what to do and with such a distance apart.

And with such chaos outside!

Li Yu's mother and grandma both broke down crying, sobbing and worrying at the same time.

The atmosphere on the scene immediately turned somber.

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