Chapter 1478: Chapter 853-2
They shone their headlamps around, illuminating the space.
"There are four openings, should we go across?" Ant looked at the space surrounded by four cave entrances and asked the people behind him.
Li Yu looked at the center of the space, where there was a table with items inside separated by glass.
Instead of answering Ant immediately, he first went over to inspect the items on the table.
Li Yu felt disappointed; though the interior was slightly different from a display window, the glass cabinet was filled with souvenirs and introductions.
Third Uncle glanced at Li Yu and said softly, "I just have a feeling of unease. Maybe we shouldn’t go in?"
Li Yu noticed a signboard next to the table, which had a map indicating the entire layout and information of the underground cave.
According to the map, they had only completed half the route, with a long way still ahead.
However, he felt that there were likely no weapons here; this was merely an old base site.
So he said to Third Uncle, "Alright, let’s retreat. It’s not safe here."
Hearing this, everyone began to retrace their steps back the way they came.
The path they had taken was a straight path, with two fork junctions in the middle, but to be safe, they had walked straight to this point without taking any detours.
This was to avoid difficulty in finding the exit when leaving.
They walked carefully.
From the cave entrance to here, they took less than eight minutes.
The base inside the cave was silent, only the slight sound of their footsteps accompanied them.
Quickly, they reached the halfway point, with less than four minutes left to get out.
Clang!
Suddenly, a cabinet on the right wall fell down, its glass shattering loudly on the ground.
The group immediately stopped, warily observing the front and back, unsure of what was happening.
Third Uncle shone his flashlight on the fallen cabinet, quickly inspected it, and said to everyone, "It’s probably accidental; the nails loosened over time."
Just as he finished speaking.
Roar!
A zombie’s angry howl echoed.
Followed by more zombie shrieks.
The zombies’ cries linked together, resonating back and forth in the cave.
It gave the feeling of being surrounded by a massive army.
Yang Tianlong felt as if the sound was shouting right next to his ear.
He instantly felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet.
His scalp tingled.
Thud thud thud!
A dense yet extremely subtle sound of footsteps approached from behind.
Li Yu’s keen ears picked up the sound, his expression changing.
He quickly shouted to the group, "Run!"
With that, he sprinted towards the exit.
The others followed closely without saying a word.
Thud thud thud!
The footsteps from behind grew louder.
Amidst the footsteps were the zombies’ shrieks, which reverberated off the cave walls, making it hard to discern where the zombie cries were coming from.
They expended all their energy, desperately running toward the exit.
Third Uncle ran, saying to Old Qin, "There are zombies inside. We’ll be out in four minutes, get the helicopter ready for takeoff."
Upon hearing this, Old Qin immediately dashed to the helicopter, preparing to board.
He turned his head to see several parked motorcycles nearby.
Without hesitation, he grabbed and tossed them onto the helicopter, swiftly securing them.
Meanwhile.
Li Yu and the others were racing for their lives, their speed very fast.
Suddenly.
Li Yu, charging at the front, abruptly stopped.
His eyes showed apprehension.
Before the others could ask, they saw a swarm of zombies emerging from the junction ahead.
The zombies poured out of the junction, blocking their path.
"Damn!" Yang Tianlong cursed loudly.
Third Uncle deftly disabled the safety of his automatic rifle, his expression steady.
Bang bang bang!
Li Yu was the first to shoot, and then the others followed suit.
Under a barrage of gunfire, they took down the zombies ahead one by one.
Yet, because the cave’s width was considerable, over ten zombies could stand side by side.
They could see beyond the zombies that the cave was packed, entirely surrounded by zombies.
Amidst gunfire, they instinctively formed ranks, moving toward the exit.
They were less than 200 meters away from the cave exit, but this distance seemed like an insurmountable ravine obstructing their path.
The cave seemed to hide countless zombies, appearing endless.
"The zombies behind are catching up," Jackals, covering the rear, suddenly shouted to the group.
Ant quickly changed direction, joining Jackals to fend off the zombies behind.
At that moment, a particularly fast zombie sprinted ahead of many others.
Without panic, Jackals aimed at the zombie’s head and fired.
Bam!
The zombie was shot dead in one hit, soon swallowed by the following horde.
None of the group were ordinary; their shooting speeds and precise aims were exemplary.
Li Yu and Third Uncle, Yang Tianlong, leading the way, swiftly cleared a path.
They seemed to tread on zombie corpses as they moved forward.
The relentless gunfire made Old Qin outside extremely anxious.
Inside the cave.
The zombies’ obstruction slowed their progress considerably, but with Third Uncle and others’ shooting, they steadily advanced toward the exit.
