"Brother Hai, can't we go any faster?"
The roadblock set up by Chang Kaitong had already been breached by the zombie horde.
A large wave of zombies was approaching!
More than three thousand zombies surged towards them, and the numbers kept growing.
Chang Kaitong threw the speaker far away. The audio attracted the zombies, allowing An Nuan to wipe out one wave after another.
"Damn it! How can there be so many!"
"It's a pre-school carnival, with many parents and students here. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of zombies."
These creatures driven by primal desires, throwing themselves at you relentlessly, who could stand this!
Luoluo also didn't expect the zombies to charge at them so suddenly.
It was all because of that big parrot earlier. It risked its own life and dragged them down with it.
Who said parrots are smart? There are big idiots too!
"Xiao Nuan, up ahead is the Huanyuan Greenway, connected by a two-kilometer-long bridge. Below is Donghu Lake. If we can blow up the bridge deck, those things will sink to the bottom."
"Brother, block the bridge!"
They reached the bridge deck. Chang Kaitong immediately used his magnetic ability to pull nearby metal objects, forming a barrier at the bridge entrance.
Chang Kaitong's vision went black, and two balls of light entered his body from behind.
Chang Kaitong smiled, "Thank you, Brother Hai."
"There's too little usable metal deep in the zoo. Your abilities are at a disadvantage here, and you're using too much. Be careful!"
"I'm fine, I can still hold on!"
An Nuan didn't have explosives, but she had plenty of gas tanks, sulfur, and gasoline.
There was no place to stand beneath the arch bridge. Blowing up the bridge deck was the only way.
An Nuan threw out three hundred gas tanks from her spatial storage. Everyone paired them up and placed them at intervals of one thousand meters.
An Nuan opened a few valves and poured gasoline over them.
"Drive!"
The zombies had already broken through the blockade and were running onto the bridge deck.
An Nuan and Chen Wenjing poured gasoline together, pulling a fuse line across the bridge deck.
She flicked open her Zippo. The blue-green flame looked reliable.
*Fwip*
The moment the lighter hit the ground, a string of blue, green, red, and orange flames, like a ghost, quickly detonated the gas tanks.
Soaring flames accompanied by deafening explosions blew a six-hundred-meter gap in the bridge deck.
Countless zombies, burned into fireballs, plunged into the lake. Even more zombies, unafraid of death, continued to rush forward.
They fell into the lake one after another.
They couldn't help but stop to watch this spectacular scene.
Hai Changfeng shook his head, "God, I don't think I'll want to eat grilled meat again anytime soon."
It wasn't just Hai Changfeng; everyone temporarily lost their appetite for grilled meat.
Zombies were once humans. Even after turning into zombies, they still had flesh and bones, still contained human components.
The smell of them burning was similar to grilled meat, with an added burnt, acrid odor.
The towering flames illuminated the entire area.
Several large bubbles rose from the water.
An Nuan frowned. There was something in the water!
"Let's go, don't linger!"
Hai Changfeng and Mi Shuangshuang quickly drove away from the area.
Five or six minutes later, they seemed to have reached deeper into the park. It was colder inside, the fog was thicker, and visibility dropped rapidly.
Luoluo huddled into a ball. An Nuan worried, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, but I feel a very heavy chill around us. Look, my Huahua is trembling."
Many of the little yellow flowers Luoluo had scattered for surveillance had closed their petals.
Juǎnzi and Dāidāi also changed their usual demeanor, looking in two directions one moment and spinning around the next, scratching at the car with their paws as if trying to bury themselves.
An Nuan also found it strange.
The place they were attacked by zombies earlier was the outer perimeter of the park. The tourist assembly center was further out.
It was natural for there to be zombies there.
But after crossing the bridge, there were more tourists and many rest stops. By all accounts, there should have been many zombies too.
An Nuan could only think of one explanation.
Something made even the zombies afraid!
"Drive faster, everyone get your flamethrowers ready. Most creatures are afraid of fire."
Everyone strapped flamethrowers to their backs and switched them on.
The fog thickened, visibility dropped to less than three hundred meters, and the density was still increasing.
An Nuan knew she was being targeted. Strike first, strike hard!
"Lan Mi, shoot!"
Lan Mi raised its gun and fired lasers in all directions. Chirping sounds echoed in the air, like chickens or birds.
Lan Mi aimed at the direction of the sound, lowered its body, and pulled the trigger.
The laser gun fired five beams of light simultaneously.
Good heavens, they had unlocked the third usage of the laser gun so quickly, amazing!
"Xiao Nuan, it's coming out!"
Luoluo retracted her little yellow flowers, and thorny vines surged forward rapidly, piercing ahead.
That thing also spread its roots, entangling with Luoluo's thorns, their strength evenly matched.
"Ji ji, ji ji ji!"
"Sister Nuan, above, in the sky!"
Several small birds, about the size of golden retrievers, with yellowish-white plumage, stared at them with their round eyes.
The plant's roots were wrapped around many corpses and zombies, and those small birds were pecking out their brains.
Hai Changfeng slapped his thigh and cursed, "Damn it, what kind of creatures does the zoo keep?"
"Brother Hai, what is that thing?" Chang Kaitong asked.
"Zombie birds, also known as White-cheeked Long-tailed Tits. Normally, they are tiny, and their tail feathers are very sharp. They use those tail feathers to crack open the skulls of other tits and bats. They are typically cute in appearance but terrifying in reality. Some scientists say they are direct descendants of dinosaurs. If they are this large, they must need to eat human brains."
An Nuan wasn't worried about these zombie birds. She could deal with them in one round.
The difficult part was the flower in the middle.
The fog was exhaled by it. The zombies and humans were also its stored food. The zombie birds were merely attached to the big flower.
Simply put, they were subordinates, muscle, helping the big flower find food.
*Whoosh*
The roots suddenly exerted force, breaking through the thorns. Luoluo quickly followed.
The thorns and roots began to wrestle.
The zombie birds flapped their wings and attacked them with their erect tails.
Lan Mi shot down two, while Chen Wenjing teleported above and slit the throat of one zombie bird.
Mi Shuangshuang cheered, "Well done!"
She took a few running steps, leaped into the air, grabbed the bird's head, and spun it forcefully, flipping her body and slamming the bird down hard.
Several roots swept towards her. Mi Shuangshuang nimbly twisted her body through the gaps.
Chen Wenjing teleported to her side and brought her back into the car.
The eight zombie birds were killed in one move. This seemed to enrage the big red flower.
It sprayed out a pungent gas.
An Nuan cried out, "Not good!"
"Don't inhale it, it's corpse poison! This guy ate too many zombies, it can secrete corpse poison!"
The big red flower closed its petals, preparing to unleash a big move.
An Nuan controlled Starry Sky Devour, preparing to finish it off quickly, but the poisonous gas was more potent than she imagined.
It had entered her body through her skin!
Damn it! If it sprays another wave of poisonous gas, it'll be over!
An Nuan endured the pain and activated her ability. The big red flower also sensed the danger, so its roots attacked An Nuan.
"Xiao Nuan! Danger!"
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The male protagonist will appear in the next chapter!
Today is the last day of the Mid-Autumn Festival long holiday. I'm adding an extra chapter for you all. I'm quite diligent too, writing twelve to fourteen thousand words a day, but the historical novel next door will take some readers away. Are there any of you who like reading historical novels?