Chapter 20: Trapped in a Cage, Uncertain Future Ahead!

  The strange cries echoed from the zombie tide, at this moment, the zombie tide was like a fierce beast in the wild, advancing rapidly. Wherever it passed, not a blade of grass grew, and even the earth's skin was gnawed into pits and ditches. As for the houses, they collapsed one after another, and for a time, the strange cries, the dull thud of collapsing houses, and the miserable bleats of livestock rose and fell in succession, the scene was terrifying and shocking!

  At this time, Zhao Shu who was running beside me couldn't help but turn his head to take a look. When he saw the corpse tide behind him, he suddenly froze, his legs softened and he fell to the ground in fright.

  "Uncle Zhao!" I hurried over to support him, but he seemed to be so frightened that he went mad, and all of a sudden let out a loud "ah", then pushed me away and ran forward frantically.

  His speed was very fast, and he suddenly threw all of us off, rushing into the rolling fog in an instant.

  "Quickly catch up with him!" Xia Yu Xin shouted loudly, and immediately, everyone rushed forward to chase after Uncle Zhao.

  But what surprised me was that Xiao He ran the fastest, at the moment when Uncle Zhao rushed out, Xiao He was the first to react, without saying a word, he followed up with an arrow step.

  I was secretly amazed, this little He had changed into a completely different person after his inexplicable disappearance, and the image of him who had been scared to pee in his pants before was no longer consistent.

  Just as I was lost in thought, a miserable cry suddenly came from the front. My heart skipped a beat at the sound, which seemed to be Uncle Zhao's voice. Black Rock Temple is our greatest support, thank you!

  The crowd rushed forward in a hurry and ran for a while before seeing Little He squatting on the ground, with someone in his arms. That person was Uncle Zhao.

  However, when we walked over and saw Zhao Shu's miserable state clearly, everyone's scalp felt numb.

  His chest had a huge hole, with blood gushing out like a fountain, and I even saw his shattered heart still beating weakly.

  Xiao He was pressing down on Zhao Shu's chest with his hands, trying to stop the bleeding, but the wound was too big and the blood wouldn't stop flowing. It got all over Xiao He's body, and his hands were covered in fresh blood, a gruesome sight.

  I saw the situation and lowered my head in silence, knowing that Uncle Zhao was beyond saving.

  I looked at Xiao He and asked urgently, "What's going on?"

  Xiao He shook his head and said: "I don't know, it was like this when I caught up with him!"

  But I was puzzled in my heart, what the hell is going on, how did Uncle Zhao become like this in just a blink of an eye?

  "Old Zhao, Old Zhao what's wrong with you? What have you done?" Li Uncle and Zhao Uncle were on good terms. Seeing the situation, he rushed over in a hurry, grabbed Zhao Uncle's hand and said: "What's going on, tell me!"

  Uncle Zhao's mouth moved, seemingly wanting to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, blood spurted out, and after two choking sounds, he stared wide-eyed and motionless.

  "Old Zhao!" Li Shu burst into tears, and I didn't feel good either, but I knew that now was not the time to be sentimental. If we didn't escape, the next ones to die would be us.

  I pulled Li Shu up and said, "Uncle Li, Uncle Zhao has already left, we can't delay any longer!"

  Although Li Shu was sentimental, he still understood reason and nodded, then we continued on our way.

  I turned back to look at Zhao Shu's corpse, and in just a few breaths, Zhao Shu was eaten away by the first batch of corpse turtles that arrived, leaving nothing but a mess.

  Those corpses were disgusting, some drilled into Zhao Shu's nostrils, and some drilled into his eyeballs. Then the corpse tide arrived, and Zhao Shu's body was instantly submerged by the corpse tide.

  I shuddered all over and couldn't bear to look anymore, so I fled with the crowd.

  All the way, everyone didn't say a word, just running with their heads down. After running for several minutes, Uncle Li suddenly fell to the ground. Uncle Li was old and couldn't withstand such high-intensity running. If it weren't for the will to survive supporting him, I think he would have given up long ago.

  "Run, nephew! Don't stay here, go quickly!" Uncle Li waved his hand at me and said: "I've lived for over 50 years, it's worth dying for, but you're still young, hurry up and leave, leave a seed for our village!"

  Leave some for our village!

  After hearing these few words, I only felt a tremble in my heart, and then my eyes stung, tears couldn't help but flow out.

  "Hurry up! What are you still dawdling for?" Uncle Li suddenly gave me a push, and it was so forceful that I was pushed to the ground.

  "Uncle, but it's you..."

  Mr. Li waved his hand and interrupted me, then slowly lit a pipe of tobacco, ignited it, and took a deep drag.

  "Whoa! Relieved!" As soon as the words fell, a wave of corpses rushed in like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, Li was submerged. The scene was left with only one human-shaped pile of corpses, but that rifle was exposed outside, vaguely, I seemed to see a spark on the rifle's fire, and then a mouthful of smoke burst out from the corpse heap!

  I was stunned, Li Shu's calmness in the face of death is something I couldn't achieve.

  "Come on, hurry up!" Xia Yu Xin said anxiously beside me. I took a deep breath and got up to continue running forward.

  But running like this isn't a solution either. Human strength is limited, and when we're exhausted, won't that be the time when our lives are lost to the insects?

  I gritted my teeth and thought to myself, "Damn it, I'm not running away. I'll take a gamble!"

  "Hurry, run to my home, my home has a cellar for storing vegetables, we'll hide in there!" After I finished speaking, I ran towards my home, and everyone followed me silently.

  The door of the house was wide open, I rushed in and shouted "Follow me!" After that, I rushed to the back room.

  My home has a back door which leads directly to the vegetable garden behind it. The cellar for storing vegetables is located in the garden.

  As I passed by the kitchen, I picked up a tray of buns and shouted: "Fetch a bucket of water, quickly!"

  As I shouted, Xiao Hei didn't say a word, picked up the bucket, scooped some water from the vat, and followed me in a hurry to the vegetable garden.

  I lifted the lid of the cellar and shouted: "Quickly get in!"

  Crowds of people poured in, and at this time, the tide of dead turtles had already reached my home. A large piece had surged into the vegetable garden, and seeing this, I didn't dare to delay, and quickly jumped down too.

  I tightly covered the lid of our cellar, which is made of iron, and I hope it can withstand the pressure!

  As soon as the lid of the cellar was closed, the inside immediately fell into darkness, with only the sound of people's heavy breathing echoing, I also panted heavily, wiping the sweat from my forehead, and couldn't help but feel a sudden weakness in my legs, and sat down on the ground with a thud.

  At this time, someone fumbled to turn on the light, but as soon as it was turned on, it suddenly flickered and then plunged into darkness again.

  The dead turtle sees what gnaws what, I suppose even the electric wire has been gnawed off!

  At this moment, the cellar was pitch black, everyone was silent with their heads down, sitting on the ground, with gloomy faces.

  At this time, someone suddenly burst into tears, because it was too dark, I couldn't see who it was, but from the sound, I could tell that it was one of our villagers.

  His crying was like a contagious disease. The next moment, I heard several choking sounds coming from around me, and I too started shedding tears.

  They were ordinary villagers, living a peaceful life from dawn till dusk. Who would have thought that in just a few days, strange things happened one after another in the village? Now it's even more devastating, with some people forever separated from their loved ones by the boundary between life and death!

  At this time, Xia Yu Xin beside him took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight function. The light instantly illuminated the cellar.

  I hastily wiped away two tears and immediately looked up at everyone, wanting to say a few words of encouragement.

  But when I saw their expressions, I fell silent once again.

  What expressions they had on their faces!

  There is panic, there is fear, there is unwillingness...

  Regret for kinship, longing for a good life, despair for the unknown road ahead, and fear of the unknown!

  At this time, Xia Yuxin used her mobile phone to scan the crowd and immediately said with a trembling voice: "Six people, in the village, only six of us are left!"

  Everyone was silent, except for the sound of 'squeak' made by the turtle crawling over the iron lid.

  The flashlight was turned off, and the cave fell into darkness again, just like our future, a complete blackness without any light!