Chapter 78: Nightly Investigation of the Wutong Tree Garden!

The meeting of the group of five had just concluded.

At this point, the gate of the residential area opened.

A man in a security guard uniform, speaking in hushed tones, urged, "Hurry up."

Three cars outside the gate successively drove into the residential area.

Once the three cars were in, the gate of the residential area closed again.

These three cars had just returned from the street. They passed by the property office and finally parked at the community activity center.

Li Shengnan and the others all stood up to take a look.

Li Nana remarked, "Why is one of Old Ma's cars missing?"

Old Ma was the leader of the team staying downstairs. They originally had four cars and fifteen people.

They had just arrived at the Wutong Tree Garden yesterday.

Everyone were survivors of the biochemical crisis.

It was only right for them to look after one another.

Li Shengnan greeted Old Ma and his people, even voluntarily giving them some food and water.

Old Ma and his group, while not without failings, did not take advantage of their numbers to strong-arm the girls for their food. After expressing their gratitude, they sought advice from Zhou Jian on where to search for food.

Since there were more students like Li Shengnan, they kindly shared the locations and methods they knew.

However, since the arrival of the rescue helicopters, more and more survival teams have been coming to the Wutong Tree Garden.

Including Li Shengnan's group, three teams now resided in the Wutong Tree Garden.

They each lived in the property office, the community activity center, and the parking lot.

Everyone lived separately and only borrowed supplies from each other when they could not find food.

Now that they saw Old Ma's team was down one car.

Li Shengnan knew there was a significant chance that something had happened.

After all, Old Ma's team wasn't the first to have such an incident. Old Liao's team also experienced a similar situation earlier in the day.

Old Liao, whose full name was Liao Yuanshun, was a vegetable seller before the apocalypse.

After the outbreak of the biochemical crisis, he led his family and some survivors they met on the road to escape to the Wutong Tree Garden, knowing that the housing handover hadn't yet taken place.

This afternoon, he was responsible for driving the three-wheel motorcycle but had to abandon his companions and return alone.

Zhou Jian cautioned Liu Yumei and the other girls, "Be careful when collecting food in the future. Your actions must be swift. It's better to grab less than to risk entering the warehouse."

Within a single day, two teams had encountered accidents.

They simply reminded everyone to be more cautious and stay on guard against zombies.

If Zhang Cheng had been there, he might have laughed.

No matter how careful you are in a dangerous environment, the risk remains. The best solution is to flee to a safe place.

That was also what Li Shengnan thought.

In the afternoon, when she noticed one person was missing from Old Liao's team, she had an ominous feeling.

Now, her feeling of unease only intensified.

She had the impression... that something was bound to go wrong!

...

Zhang Cheng decided not to ride his Harley.

Instead, he found an electric bike parked by the roadside.

Riding the electric bike, he arrived at the Wutong Tree Garden.

A group of zombies was already making its way towards the Wutong Tree Garden at this point.

However, the zombies certainly couldn't move as fast as an electric bike.

Their numbers weren't large.

He estimated there were just a few thousand of them.

They were attracted by the three cars.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng parked the electric bike by the roadside.

The electric bike didn't cause much noise, and those inside were unaware of Zhang Cheng's presence.

Zhang Cheng eyed the fence.

Nearly three meters high, it was a formidable obstacle for the zombies.

But for Zhang Cheng, it posed no difficulty.

He effortlessly climbed over the fence and entered the residential area.

Tonight, his mission was to find out exactly how many survivors were in this residential area, for a complete sweep.