Khuong Nhi said: "That's great! Thank you so much for saving us. If it weren't for you, we might have died. We've been fleeing everywhere to avoid zombies during this period, but there are really too many zombies. No matter where we go, we always encounter them."
Although the country was vast and rich in resources, the population was truly too large.
Officer Hoang took out a satellite phone from his waist and held it in front of the other party's face.
Khuong Nhi saw the mysterious police officer hand over a satellite phone.
His head was full of question marks.
He didn't quite understand what the other party meant, but facing this situation, he still took the satellite phone.
"What does this mean? Do you want me to keep the phone inside? But phones are useless now; there's no way to make contact," Khuong Nhi said.
Officer Hoang still stood motionless.
He just looked at the other party like that.
Khuong Nhi didn't understand the other party's meaning, but he still opened the satellite phone, really wanting to store the previous number. However, when he saw a dialed number in the satellite phone, he looked very strange. There was even a call duration, and the date was also recent. Didn't this mean this phone could contact others?
"Do you mean for me to call this number?" Khuong Nhi asked cautiously.
If he knew that Officer Hoang standing before them was a zombie.
He probably wouldn't be able to appear so calm.
He might even doubt life.
Feeling that this world was truly magical, truly interesting.
"Call."
If Officer Hoang could speak fluently, he would probably have angrily shouted, "Where do you get so much nonsense? The purpose of giving you the satellite phone is to let you use it to make calls. What else could it be used for, eating?"
Don't look at the fact that Officer Hoang can speak now.
However, he didn't like talking much and preferred to happily emit "meow meow" sounds.
Having received a definite answer, Khuong Nhi opened the number and tried to call.
He didn't know if it would go through. It was the apocalypse now; any signal network was already useless. But when the satellite phone rang, his expression quietly changed.
Then.
It actually connected.
A voice came through.
Lam Pham, as usual, left the Sunshine Shelter to patrol the city.
Although the zombies on the surface of Hoang City had already been cleaned up by him, he still wanted to look around, in case some little cutie was hiding in some secret place, peeking stealthily.
Just as he was patrolling casually.
The satellite phone rang.
Hearing the sound, he hurriedly picked up the satellite phone. The number displayed was Officer Hoang's. He connected impatiently.
"Hello, this is Lam Pham. Officer Hoang asked you to call, right? May I ask where you are, what's the specific location..."
Lam Pham knew that if they could call, it must be with Officer Hoang's consent and approval. Otherwise, it would be impossible to touch the phone. After many such situations.
He was very familiar with the routine of picking people up.
Asking clearly about the specific situation was very necessary.
"A few hundred meters east of the Vi Nam expressway toll station..."
Lam Pham, carrying a map, spread it out, his fingers moving on the map, extending from Hoang City all the way to the destination.
"Officer Hoang can run quite well, huh? He's already run so far?"
He muttered to himself. Being able to know Officer Hoang's situation, his mood was really good. Since Officer Hoang left Hoang City, Hoang City had lost a public order maintenance officer. From Lam Pham's perspective, he had to bear it, taking on Officer Hoang's heavy burden.
Having confirmed the location.
Lam Pham put away the map, and with great speed, disappeared on the spot, heading towards the destination.
"Big Head Brother, what's wrong? What exactly is wrong?"
The survivors beside him asked impatiently.
They all wanted to know how that call went just now.
Khuong Nhi handed the satellite phone to Officer Hoang, his expression looking very strange, somewhat puzzled. What he heard on the phone made him a bit dazed.
The other party claimed to be Lam Pham, babbled a lot, asked where they were, how many people there were, whether they had transportation. Facing such questions, he answered truthfully.
Hearing his companions' inquiries.
Khuong Nhi said: "He said he wants to pick us up, said he's coming from Hoang City."
"Ah? Hoang City?"
"This distance isn't close; the journey is a bit long. How many zombies will we encounter on the way? Are we going to wait here?"
The group discussed animatedly.
Puzzled about such a matter.
Khuong Nhi, from the conversation just now, learned that this mysterious police officer wearing battle armor was called Officer Hoang by the other party. However, he had always disliked talking. Until now, he had truly been a man of few words.
From meeting until now, the other party had only said two words.
"Officer, can you tell me who exactly is the Lam Pham who claimed to be on the phone? Is he your companion? He's coming here saying he wants to pick us up. Does he want to take us to your shelter?"
Khuong Nhi knew Officer Hoang didn't like to talk.
But he was really very dazed now, always feeling his head was muddled.
Officer Hoang maintained his composure from beginning to end, just standing there calmly. Facing the other party's inquiry, he was like a statue, motionless.
Khuong Nhi and the others were very grateful for Officer Hoang's life-saving grace, but they always thought in their hearts that this Officer Hoang gave people a really, really cold feeling.
They really wanted to see what Officer Hoang looked like under the visor.
No other meaning.
Just wanted to remember the appearance of their benefactor in their hearts.
Just then.
The sound of an explosion came.
Startled, everyone looked up, wanting to know where the sound came from.
Then.
They saw a figure actually descend from the sky, landing steadily on the ground.
In an instant, everyone who saw this scene was completely dumbfounded.
Heads buzzing.
The group first looked at Lam Pham, who had landed with a smile, then looked up at the sky, as if gesturing something, even sketching out an image in their minds.
Descending from the sky, landing on the ground.
"Officer Hoang, long time no see."
Lam Pham walked to Officer Hoang's side with a smiling face and said happily.
"Oh oh…"
Officer Hoang let out a low sound, as if coughing.
Towards unfamiliar ordinary survivors, he didn't let out a zombie roar, to prevent causing misunderstandings and scaring them away.
"I knew that after you left Hoang City, you were thinking of saving more survivors. It seems my choice to leave a satellite phone on you was correct."
Lam Pham smiled. Although Officer Hoang was a zombie, in his heart, from beginning to end, Officer Hoang was just a person who had turned into a zombie.
"Hello everyone, my name is Lam Pham. I was the one talking to you just now."
His gaze fell on Khuong Nhi. From the other party, he saw a sense of responsibility and figured he might be the leader of this group of survivors.
Khuong Nhi regained his senses and hurriedly said: "I was the one talking to you just now. But you clearly said you were in Hoang City. How did you arrive so quickly?"
This was beyond comprehension.
Honestly, it was a very incredible thing.
The group had the same thoughts as Khuong Nhi.
All nodded frantically, indicating they couldn't understand this matter.
Lam Pham smiled and said: "Yes, I was indeed in Hoang City. After receiving the call, I took out a map to confirm the direction, then leaped all the way here. The journey is a bit far, but my speed is not slow."
Khuong Nhi: ...?
Everyone was already dumbfounded, some rubbing their ears, in case they had misheard.
What did the other party say?
The journey is far, but his speed is not slow?
If it were really as true as it seemed, looking at the time, it seemed only a few minutes had passed.
Lam Pham saw their disbelief and smiled, "I know you feel it's very incredible, but reality is just like that. I'm very powerful. On your way fleeing, did you pick up the 'Zombie Illustrated Guide'?"
He knew the other party definitely hadn't picked it up.
If they had picked up the "Zombie Illustrated Guide," they wouldn't have any unfamiliar feelings towards him.
"No, no..." Khuong Nhi replied.
Lam Pham said: "It's alright. If you didn't pick it up, then you didn't pick it up. These are no longer important. You just need to believe that when I appear before you, there will be no danger. Now, all the zombies in Hoang City have been cleaned up by us, thoroughly becoming a safe apocalyptic city."
"There, you can do what you want to do, make more friends, just like before."
He directly told them the general situation of Hoang City.
Khuong Nhi and the others were somewhat dazed by Lam Pham's words.
Is this real?
Honestly, for them, when they heard the other party say they had cleaned up all the zombies in Hoang City.
The first thought that appeared in their minds was "impossible."
After all, the number of zombies in a city was definitely not just a few tens of thousands, but millions, even tens of millions. Even with stronger firepower, it sounded impossible.
However, they saw Lam Pham's sincere expression, and it didn't look like he was joking.
Thinking in their hearts, could it be true?
Officer Hoang couldn't wait here any longer. As Lam Pham arrived, Officer Hoang directly headed into the distance. For Officer Hoang, his journey was long, patrolling without a destination.
He might travel to every corner of the country.
As long as there were still zombies in the world, he would continue to walk on.
"Officer Hoang, where are you going..."
Lam Pham, who was talking with the survivors, saw Officer Hoang about to leave and hurriedly asked.
"Oh oh."