Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 122 Don't Let Your Sister See
As the armored vehicle advanced, Li Chenzhou stood outside the sunroof, exposing his upper body. With a gun in each hand, he fired continuously, taking down one zombie after another. Attracted by the gunfire, more and more zombies gathered from other locations.
But Li Chenzhou wasn't worried. One reason was that they still had a way out. If things really looked bad, they could retreat the way they came. The other reason was that his mental strength had almost recovered, and he could use War Fog at any time. Even if a strengthened zombie appeared, he was confident he could take it down.
From his encounter with Leopard, Li Chenzhou had discovered a weakness of War Fog: it could only control the size of the range, but not the center point. In other words, War Fog was always centered on him.
This was why he hadn't used War Fog when Leopard fired his gun, but instead used Death Howl.
Although Leopard was a zombie, he hadn't lost his human consciousness, and his location couldn't be covered by War Fog. So, even if he had released War Fog at that time, Leopard, seeing the regular circular mist, would definitely have fired at the very center. Releasing it would have been useless!
This was the opposite of Gray Bear's Gale Step; one was weakened against zombies, the other against humans. It seemed that the skills had a certain bias.
Fortunately, no mutated zombies appeared in the furniture mall, nor were there any mutated beasts. All that emerged were ordinary zombies. Although it seemed imposing with a dozen or twenty charging from all directions, they couldn't break through Li Chenzhou's twin-gun fire net at all.
After driving the car to the entrance of the furniture mall, Duan Lei stopped the car, then got out with his gun, helping Li Chenzhou clear the surrounding zombies. Gray Bear also joined the battle.
Furniture malls weren't shopping malls. Generally, there were more sellers than buyers. Therefore, it only took more than ten minutes for the surrounding area to be cleared of zombies.
While they were clearing the zombies, the three men's gunshots rang out continuously, like firecrackers. The baby had already woken up and was held in Xiaoya's arms. Hearing the continuous gunfire, the little guy wasn't scared at all, but waved his arms happily, making "woo woo" sounds.
Seeing the zombies cleared, Li Chenzhou went directly back through the sunroof, then opened the back door of the armored vehicle. Because the back half of the carriage was for transporting soldiers, the seats weren't horizontal like ordinary cars, but vertical against the carriage, like a subway.
Li Chenzhou and the others didn't have that many people. The two rows of seats in the front half of the carriage were enough, so Li Chenzhou took out the tool bag from the car and removed the two rows of seats in the back.
"What are you trying to do?"
Gray Bear ran over and asked, looking confused.
"There's a kid, so I'm modifying the back. I'll remove the chairs and put down mats so it'll be more comfortable! Also, looking at the height next to it, I can put a small crib in here!"
Li Chenzhou continued his work, answering:
"Anyway, there aren't many of us, so we don't need that much space!"
Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Gray Bear was stunned. He looked at the baby in Xiaoya's arms, then looked at Li Chenzhou, his eyes becoming strange.
He found that he couldn't understand Li Chenzhou. If you said he was a good person... he could watch others die, and even shoot those who provoked him.
But if you said he was cruel... he insisted on bringing Xiaoya and the baby. In the apocalypse, these two were completely burdens. Of course, Xiaoya probably wasn't anymore, but when he first brought her, she hadn't changed at all!
In Gray Bear's opinion, if it were someone else, they would probably rather bring someone like Luo Hong, who could at least help with something, and wouldn't want to bring this baby, who couldn't help at all and might cry at any time. In this world, the little guy was undoubtedly a big problem.
"Boss doesn't not want to save people, he just doesn't want to reduce his chances of survival by saving people!"
Duan Lei saw Gray Bear's doubts and came over, looking at Xiaoya in the car, who was playing with the baby.
"Boss believes in his own strength, so he's willing to bring Xiaoya and this little guy. At least, they won't stab Boss in the back, and others might, so he doesn't even want to accept Luo Hong's base!"
"Then... he's not worried about me?"
Gray Bear looked at Duan Lei and asked.
"Worried!"
Duan Lei looked at Gray Bear and nodded seriously:
"But at least, that will be after you kill Leopard!"
"..."
Leopard was speechless.
"Alright! Stop talking so much nonsense. Go inside and clean up the zombies in the furniture mall, then get some mats to fix up the car!"
Li Chenzhou had finished his work at this time, jumped out of the car, clapped his hands, and said. Then he turned to Xiaoya:
"Girl! Give Xiaoyu'er to Sister Xue. Brother will take you in to pick a mat to put in the back, and then get a crib for Xiaoyu'er. You can play with him in the car later, okay?"
"Okay!"
Xiaoya cheered and immediately handed the little guy to Duan Xue, then jumped out of the back door, calling out:
"I want to buy him toys, buy a wind chime!"
"Okay! Xiaoya will pick toys for Xiaoyu'er!"
Li Chenzhou agreed with a smile, then closed the back door, went around to the front of the car, and said to Duan Xue:
"We're going in to clear the zombies. You stay here with the little guy and wait for us. Remember, this car is our escape route. If anything happens, we need this car to take us away. So, lock all the doors, don't let anyone get in the car, anyone!!!"
"I understand!"
Looking at Li Chenzhou's serious expression, Duan Xue nodded vigorously, then tapped a few times on the center console, closing all the windows, including the sunroof, and locking all the doors.
"Let's go!"
Seeing Duan Xue complete all this, Li Chenzhou nodded, took Xiaoya's hand and walked towards the furniture mall. Gray Bear took out the car key, locked his car, and followed, turning to look at Li Chenzhou and asking curiously:
"Xiaoyu'er?"
"Yes! That little guy, from now on, he's called Xiaoyu'er!"
Li Chenzhou nodded:
"Because he's a little fish that slipped through the net!"
"Has anyone ever told you that you don't have a talent for naming things?"
Gray Bear curled his lips.
"Someone said that when I first entered the apocalypse, but I killed him!"
Li Chenzhou said calmly.
Gray Bear: "..."
"Wow! I want to go there!"
As soon as they entered the furniture mall, Xiaoya excitedly pointed to a store and shouted. Everyone looked in the direction of her voice, and it was a store specializing in selling baby beds and other infant products.
With Xiaoya's voice, the zombies in the furniture mall immediately received the signal, turned their heads, and then rushed towards them together.
"Duan Lei! Go to the second floor, find a shop by the window, and keep an eye on our car, but... remember, unless there's real danger, don't make a sound, and don't interfere! Also, don't let your sister see you!"
Looking at the surrounding zombies, Li Chenzhou drew his gun, turned to look at Duan Lei, who was about to fight, and said...