Chapter 16: Finding Uncle
As time passed,
The two of them gradually grew up,
For some unknown reason, their relationship became more and more distant.
Later, when they went to university, they each headed to different cities.
Contact became even less frequent.
Li Yu sighed wistfully as he looked at Lai Xiyue, who was teaching the younger generation.
Her oval face, high ponytail, and youthful aura drifted in the air.
Her long legs filled out her jeans, and as she held a book,
Her whole being exuded an air of intelligence.
As if sensing Li Yu's gaze, Lai Xiyue looked up, meeting Li Yu's eyes.
They nodded to each other, without saying much.
During this time living together, no incidents reflecting the baseness of human nature had occurred yet.
Hunger tests human nature, but the ample food in the base allowed moral standards to persist.
Plus, most were relatives, so the atmosphere was harmonious.
The rain kept falling. Li Yu took this time to teach everyone indoors how to deal with zombies.
Everyone basically learned to use bows, crossbows, and swords.
Even 4-year-old Li Suxin was learning to use a dagger.
In the apocalyptic era, protecting children doesn't mean letting them live in false innocence.
It means giving them as much happiness as possible while adapting to the apocalypse.
The heavy rain had been falling continuously for 10 days.
On this day, the rain gradually became lighter and lighter.
From pouring rain, it turned into a drizzle.
After the rain, the sky cleared, and a rainbow hung in the sky above the mountain pond.
It seemed to connect two mountains.
Li Yu looked at the sky where it was barely raining anymore and prepared to go out.
During this time, aunt and mother had been worrying about uncle.
Actually, there were still family members outside the base: second uncle, aunt, and third uncle's family.
But they were too far away, and it was too dangerous to go find them now that everything was unstable.
To put it bluntly, in this perilous apocalyptic world, after experiencing such heavy rain.
It's uncertain now.
But uncle's police dispatch location was in a town below the county city, not far from where they were.
So, Li Yu planned to go out and search.
On the other hand, he also planned to go to the county police station to see if he could get some firearms.
This time going out, Li Yu decided to bring more people.
Originally, Li Yu's father Li Hongyuan also wanted to go, but was persuaded by Li Yu to stay behind.
The old father looked at his son, his heart full of sighs, and even more pride.
Li Yu, Li Hang, Fourth Uncle, Uncle Lai, and Little Lue.
Originally Li Yu didn't plan to bring Little Lue, fearing he couldn't bear it if something happened to his uncle.
But unable to resist Little Lue's pleas,
Seeing Little Lue's beseeching eyes, Li Yu finally agreed.
Uncle Lai was basically brought along every time they went out, and he had no complaints.
The others were all Li Yu's relatives, only their family had no blood relation.
Although they got along well, Uncle Lai felt he couldn't just eat and live for free.
Otherwise he'd feel uneasy, so he was always the first to volunteer whenever they went out.
Li Yu saw this and understood Uncle Lai's thoughts, but didn't say much.
After all, Uncle Lai was a fierce fighter, honest and sincere, and willing to follow orders.
Bringing Uncle Lai made Li Yu feel more confident.
They took two cars, a group of five people.
Before leaving, Li Yu instructed his father and second uncle not to open the door no matter what situation or who they encountered.
The main gate opened. About ten meters from the base, those few corpses had become bloated and smelly from the water.
Flies swarmed densely over the bodies.
To prevent an epidemic, Li Yu wore gloves to move the bodies to the woods and quickly dug a hole to bury them.
Driving along the way, everything was in disarray.
Some poorly constructed old houses had half a wall collapsed.
A scene of desolation.
"Little Lue, your father went to Laowu Village, right?" Li Yu asked, looking at Liu Jinglue sitting in the back.
"Yes! That's what he said when he called."
After hearing this, Li Yu had Uncle Lai give directions.
Li Yu had always been away before his rebirth and was only familiar with the area around home and the county city.
Uncle Lai had always stayed at home, following his father to deliver pipes all over the county, so he was familiar with various places in the county.
Uncle Lai looked at the paper map repeatedly, nodded in confirmation, this was the place.
"First go straight, then..."
Li Yu drove according to Uncle Lai's directions.
After about ten minutes, they arrived at Laowu Village.
However, the car couldn't enter as soon as it reached the village entrance.
Looking at the flooded village before them, the group fell silent.
Laomu Village was originally in a low-lying area of the county, and also where the zombies first broke out.
Probably everyone inside had already died.
Looking at the expanse of water before them, only the roofs of a few houses on higher ground were barely visible.
Little Lue instantly broke down, shouting towards the front: "Dad! It's Little Lue, where are you?"
The shout echoed in this low-lying area.
It kept resonating throughout the valley:
Where are you? Where are you? Where are you?
Hearing this, Li Yu quickly said: "Little Lue, stop shouting! You'll attract the zombies!"
Because he was anxious, there was some emotion in his words.
Just as Li Yu finished speaking, several zombie howls came from a hundred meters away.
Hearing this, Little Lue suddenly calmed down, looking at everyone apologetically.
"I'm sorry, I, I..." Before he could finish, Li Yu patted his shoulder,
saying: "It's okay, I understand, but don't do that again next time."
Hearing the zombie sounds getting closer and closer,
Li Yu called everyone to quickly get in the cars and flee this place.
If all the surrounding zombies surrounded them, it would be trouble.
The five of them wouldn't be enough to feed them all!
Everyone quickly got in the cars. The roar of the SUVs starting up once again stimulated the surrounding zombies.
Dozens of zombies could be seen chasing from the right of the village entrance, with even more vaguely visible behind!
And in the water right in front, several zombies actually surfaced!
The SUVs instantly accelerated, leaving this place.
The zombies that came chasing behind still followed for a while,
but after running for a stretch and realizing they couldn't keep up, they stood in place howling.
The cars drove over a thousand meters before everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Their hearts still pounding.
The SUVs drove on the road, with scattered zombies wandering aimlessly beside the highway.
When they heard the sound of these two car engines, the zombies chased like mad.
Along the way, some broken-down cars were randomly stopped on the road.
There was some messy debris blocking the path,
Li Yu and Uncle Lai got out to clear it, while the other three kept watch around.
In some cars stopped on the highway, there were even zombies howling inside.
When Li Yu and the others saw this, they killed them with one strike.
This road was truly difficult to travel. The heavy rain had washed a lot of mud onto the ground,
making it muddy and difficult.
Stopping and starting, they finally made it into the county city.
(End of chapter)
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