The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

In a flash, the skeleton knocked down several people next to the van, chopping down with a kitchen knife, making a pile of meat paste amid screams and howls.

Now, only the woman previously dragged out to take the blame was left at the scene.

She hugged her head with both arms without screaming or shouting, her body trembling non-stop.

Weak and helpless.

The conditions of these two people were entirely different from those of the men.

Basically, they didn’t seem to belong together.

Without uttering another word, Wu Heng used the “Communicate with the Dead” spell on a corpse.

The corpse sat up, its gaze fixated on Wu Heng.

Wu Heng asked, “What’s your relationship with this woman?”

The corpse replied, “One came to stay in the farmhouse inn, and because she looked passable, we kept her.”

Wu Heng nodded, dispelling the magic.

The corpse fell back on the ground again.

Looking at the trembling woman on the ground, he said, “I know you were not with her. Now you can leave on your own, or you can follow us.”

The woman, looking bewildered, glanced at the corpse on the ground.

She then looked up at Li Yahong and asked, “Do I have to make use of my body to survive?”

Li Yahong understood her implication.

With a glance at Wu Heng, she said, “We are from an official refuge. If you want, you can follow us. No one will force you to do anything, but you will need to contribute labor when you can.”

“Then, then I’d like to come with you.”

In this environment, going it alone meant death.

If she still wanted to live, she had no option but to follow them back.

“Let her sit in the back row?” Li Yahong asked.

In the truck, Li Yahong was driving, and Wu Heng was the passenger.

Basen, Bawudong, and Big Head’s skeleton were in the back seat.

One could squeeze into the back, but with the woman’s current state, sitting between skeletons could literally scare her to death.

“Let her sit in the truck bed, there’s a canvas canopy anyway,” Wu Heng suggested.

“Alright.” Li Yahong nodded, gestured for the woman to take off her coat, checked her from a distance for any weapons, and then arranged her in the back of the pickup truck.

Curled up in a corner, she sat in silence.

Wu Heng glanced at the van’s interior, which was filled with living supplies.

He ordered the skeleton to load everything into the truck bed and removed a gold necklace from a man named Chen before getting back into the truck.

The truck started and continued toward its destination.

Li Yahong gripped the steering wheel, brushing a hand over the puncture mark on her body, “I’m lucky I wore the stab-proof vest, or I would have died there.”

In this situation, even a wound could be fatal.

Otherwise, one could easily become infected with the virus.

Moreover, the place and force of the attack just now?if it weren’t for Basen’s swift action which changed the direction of the stabbing, or if she hadn’t been wearing stab-proof clothing?she would’ve died outright.

Just as Wu Heng had said about Qiangzi and the others before.

Not dying by the hands of the undead, but by something as trivial as this, would be extremely resentful.

“After we get back, we should install a loudspeaker on the car, so we don’t have to go down next time.” Wu Heng said.

The situation just now had indeed startled Wu Heng.

Who could’ve thought that these people were sick in the head.

They resorted to outright murder.

“If we use the loudspeaker, it might attract the undead.”

“We’re not afraid of the average undead. Get one installed when we get back. I remember the city patrol cars had them, we can dismantle one from there.”

“Alright, we’ll install one when we get back.”

The truck continued to move ahead, with a large group of skeletons still escorting on either side, ready to march forward again.

…

Meanwhile, in another location.

In Changying Area.

Inside a semi-underground garage.

There were more than thirty people, both men and women, feverishly loading stuff onto several vans.

Every one of them was skinny, their faces filled with an eerie and tense look.

Hiss hiss hiss~!

The walkie-talkie hanging from their belts suddenly sprang to life.

A low and urgent voice came through, “The horde of undead is approaching this place, there are far too many of them, we won’t have time if we don’t leave now.”

Before anyone could respond, the walkie-talkie urged again.

“We really don’t have time. If we don’t leave now, we’ll all die here.”

In the crowd, a man in his thirties, grimy and unkempt, pressed the walkie-talkie saying, “Get down, we’re preparing to set off.”

Disconnecting the walkie-talkie, he continued to tell the others, “Everyone get in the car, leave the rest, get in the car straight away, don’t delay everyone’s time, hurry up.”

People hurried to get in the car amidst the rush, their faces filled with worry and unease for the unknown future.

“Boss, everyone’s in the car,” someone from the convoy shouted.

The middle-aged man checked the time and continued, “Send a signal to Wang Dong’s side.”

“Alright!”

Following the command, a thick plume of smoke billowed straight into the sky from outside the garage.

Before long.

Boom~!

An ear-shattering rumble sounded from a distant direction.

Then came a cascade of collapsing structures and the various sounds of items shattering.

A voice once again came through the walkie-talkie.

“The zombies have been lured away.”

“You come down.”

Soon a man disappeared from above, diving directly into one of the parked vehicles.

“Move! Go!”

Roar~!

The caravan revved into action and lined up to drive out of the garage, entering a previously cleared path and moving towards the distance.

Behind them, the dense crowd of zombies hurried towards the site of the explosion and the thick smoke.

Even so, the noise of the caravan still drew the attention of a mass of zombies.

Zombies from all around charged towards the vehicles.

From the top of the apartment buildings, zombies smashed through glasses, and like dumplings in boiling water, they plunged onto the roof of the vehicles.

Thump, thump.

Screech~!

With the increasing horde of zombies, some vehicles began losing control and crashed into the sides of the road.

Dense smoke rose and the overturned vehicles were immediately engulfed by the swarm of zombies.

The faces of the people still in the rest of the vehicles turned ghastly.

Children and women quietly sobbed.

A man’s voice could still be heard from the walkie-talkie, “Maintain the caravan. The uncontrollable and damaged cars are not to block the path. Make way for others to have a chance.”

Whoo, whoo, whoo~!

The remaining vehicles continued to charge forward, their drivers took a deep breath and held down the gas pedal even more forcefully.

Whether they could break through or not depends entirely on this moment.

Behind them, even more zombies realized they had been tricked and began to retreat from the explosion site, chasing in the direction the caravan had departed.

The multitude filled the entire street.

A vast, dark wave.

A bellowing roar.

…

On the other side.

Wu Heng and Li Yahong slowly approached in their car.

They must have had some scares.

Li Yahong remained silent while her complexion grew grim.

“How are you doing?” asked Wu Heng.

“I’m fine,” Li Yahong smiled, continuing, “Just a bit shaken still. If Basen wasn’t there, I fear I would have ended up dead.”

It’s no exaggeration. A scratch from a weapon that had killed zombies would lead to infection.

Therefore, they were terrified at that time, and still shaking now.

The more she thought about it, the more she’s scared.

“Don’t worry, if it really happened, I would turn you into a skeleton.”

Li Yahong’s eyes widened, looking at him incredulously, “I actually have to thank you for not giving up on me.”

“I’m just joking, be careful next time.”

“Okay!”

The two spoke briefly before driving further forward.

Boom~!

Suddenly, a thunderous explosion resounded.

The ground beneath them seemed to tremble slightly.

Li Yahong immediately slammed on the brakes.

Both of them opened the car doors, poking their heads out to look into the distance.

From a distant building, thick black smoke billowed into the sky.

And a dense mass of shadows was heading towards the source of the explosion.

“Was it the army bombing?” asked Li Yahong.

“No, it was a residential building explosion.” Wu Heng answered, quickly analysing the situation in his mind continuing, “It may have been intentional, to draw the zombies away.”

As he finished.

A caravan could be seen speeding away in the distance.

Along their path, vehicles were continuously engulfed by the zombie swarm.

They collided with the sides of the road, and in the next second, were overwhelmed by the zombies.

Hiss~!

Meanwhile, an irritating electrical noise began to disrupt the walkie-talkie inside the car.

What followed was the intermittent sounds of commands urging the caravan to continue moving forward, for the damaged vehicles to clear the road and to attract the zombies.

Their frequency had been intercepted.

Li Yahong looked up at him.

Wu Heng said, “See if you can get in contact with them. We’ll clear a path for them to pass safely.”