Brother Long thought Liu Tingting had given in, so he motioned for his men to let go.
"See? Be a good girl and nothing will happen to you."
"Come on, come on, let Brother Long take you to a nice air-conditioned room."
He didn't think too much of it.
What could a frail little nurse possibly do?
Just then—
Liu Tingting pretended to stumble and fall to the ground.
While Brother Long and his thugs were distracted, she grabbed two handfuls of sand and flung them into their faces.
"Damn it!"
"My eyes!"
Taking advantage of the moment, Liu Tingting bolted toward the lake and dove in.
She had extra-large airbags,
which meant excellent buoyancy.
She swam surprisingly fast and quickly climbed aboard a small boat.
By the time Brother Long rubbed the sand from his eyes,
he saw Liu Tingting already on the boat—
and his rage exploded.
Unfortunately, he couldn't swim.
"Go get her for me, now!"
Two of his men could swim,
so they jumped into the lake and swam after her.
But no matter how fast they were,
humans couldn't outpace a boat—
Liu Tingting quickly left them far behind.
Alone in the middle of the lake,
Liu Tingting was filled with fear and sorrow.
"What should I do?"
"Those thugs are after me. I can't go back to the island. My only chance is to ask the soldiers by the bridge for help."
She rowed ashore
and ran straight to the soldiers stationed at Jinhu Bridge.
"Bro solder, someone's trying to hurt me. Please, I'm begging you, help me!"
But before they could respond—
"Ah—! Aaaah—!"
One of the soldiers suddenly convulsed,
as if a million ants were tearing through his body.
He dropped his rifle,
and began clawing frantically at his skin.
"Quick—kill me! I'm about to turn!"
After all these days of fighting,
every soldier knew the signs of turning.
With the last shred of reason,
the soldier begged his comrade to end his life.
But the other soldier couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Captain, I... I can't... I just can't..."
Civilians could never understand the deep brotherhood shared among soldiers—
especially when it was the Captain who had always looked after him.
"Captain, maybe you can fight it off!"
"I'll tie you up for now."
The soldier grabbed a rope,
but as he approached,
the Captain—now fully lost to madness—bit him hard.
"Ah—!"
The soldier kicked him away.
Ratatatatatat...
Gunfire erupted.
The Captain's head was blown open.
The soldier stared at the corpse in a daze,
then touched his neck.
Hiss—
a burning pain.
His collar was stained with blood,
which trickled down his chest.
The soldier gave a bitter smile and shook his head.
"Miss, you need to leave—now.
This place isn't safe anymore.
Go back to the lake and hide."
With that, he picked up his radio.
"This is Jinhu Hotel checkpoint.
Captain has turned—I've put him down."
"I've also been bitten.
I'll become a Zombie soon."
"Request immediate reinforcement to this location."
He took a deep breath,
then raised the gun to his own head.
Bang—
He took his own life...
Liu Tingting was stunned.
In the blink of an eye, two lives were gone right before her eyes.
She was overwhelmed with fear and helplessness like never before.
She looked toward Jinhu Hotel—
no longer safe.
Then she looked around.
Gunfire echoed everywhere.
A corpse truck had just passed by,
leaving behind pools of red that turned the roads black and crimson.
The despair and confusion made her feel like there was no place left in the world for her.
"I still have a car."
Liu Tingting sprinted toward the Blast-Proof Armored Vehicle,
opened the door, and slammed it shut behind her.
Inside the cramped space,
she finally felt a sliver of safety.
She quickly started the engine—
desperate to escape to somewhere hidden,
anywhere she wouldn't be found out for stealing a military vehicle.
The Blast-Proof Armored Vehicle roared down the road.
On both sides, mobs were smashing up shops.
Every few dozen meters, she saw a Zombie.
At one point, she passed a woman being pinned to the ground and torn apart by a Zombie.
The woman weakly waved for help,
but Liu Tingting didn't even ease off the gas.
She sped away.
She had once been a nurse,
dedicated to saving lives.
Now, she had become the kind of person who turned a blind eye to suffering.
Driving forward,
Liu Tingting was consumed by fear, helplessness, and guilt—
all mixing into a storm inside her heart.
And just then—
she realized the car was out of fuel.
The vehicle died in the middle of the road.
And worst of all—
two Zombies immediately charged at her,
slamming and pounding on the car doors.
Liu Tingting realized—
she was trapped inside...
Meanwhile,
back at Tairun Mall,
Anna scrolled through her phone in boredom—
and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"Hey... the armored vehicle just moved..."
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