Apocalypse: I can control zombies

Chapter 100 Professional Soldiers

Next, the team split into two.

Lu Chen started rescuing people from the first apartment building, while Shen Qingci did it backwards, starting from the twelfth apartment building.

As usual, the elite zombies followed Shen Qingci, making up for the lack of zombies on her side.

He led the zombie cat and nine Iron Pillar-level monsters, starting from the first floor of Building 1 and pushing upwards.

Although this place has more floors, five more than the Green Bamboo Garden, the speed wasn't much slower because everyone worked together more seamlessly.

Cheng Qihang and several newcomers have become very familiar with the process of knocking on doors and communicating, and they can do it perfectly. Knocking on the door, introducing themselves, and helping with luggage are all done in a clean and efficient manner.

Half an hour later, all the survivors in the entire building were evacuated.

Lu Chen led the survivors of Building 1 to the pavilion and handed them over to Wei Dong for resettlement.

Almost simultaneously, Shen Qingci arrived with the survivors from Building 12.

Forty people quickly gathered under the pavilion. Some sat on the stone benches drinking water, some leaned against the pillars catching their breath, and some were being registered by Wei Dong according to their numbers.

This immediately set a precedent.

Those survivors still upstairs could see through their windows that the area below the pavilion was already filled with rescued people, drinking water and chatting.

No one panicked, no one was hurt, and everyone was fine.

Such firsthand observations are far more convincing than any broadcast or announcement.

Later on, the survivors in the other buildings became much more cooperative.

Lu Chen and the others knocked on the door. When the door opened, the people inside had already packed all their luggage and piled it in the entryway. Without saying a word, they picked up their luggage and followed them.

Several young people even volunteered to help move the luggage of the elderly and children on the same floor out, so that the field staff didn't have to help anymore.

Later, when someone knocked on the door, the survivors simply carried their luggage out on their own and followed the instructions of the field staff to go downstairs and walk along the fire escape toward the pavilion.

Lu Chen only needed to ensure that the zombies in every corridor and fire escape were cleared away, and that no zombies escaped and could threaten the survivors.

The rescue operation is progressing faster and faster, with the time allotted for each building decreasing from half an hour to less than 25 minutes per building.

More and more people gathered under the pavilion, and the list in Weidong's notebook grew longer and longer.

The number of survivors in Sunshine Garden far exceeded that in Bamboo Garden.

The number of people rescued from just four apartment buildings exceeded 80.

Time passed quickly, and it soon came to 2:30 pm.

Meanwhile, Shen Qingci is conducting rescue operations on Building 9.

The group went up the fire escape stairs. The iron pillar-level zombie in front of them walked up and pushed the fire door as usual, but found that it wouldn't open. They pushed it again, but it still wouldn't open.

"Huh? Is it locked?" Zhao Yongqiang, who was standing to the side, said with some confusion when he saw this.

He walked to the fire door, reached out and tried to turn the handle. The handle could turn, but the door wouldn't open. Through the crack in the door, he could vaguely see something wrapped around the inside of the handle, like a chain or something similar.

Shen Qingci frowned and immediately released her supernatural ability, sensing the fluctuations spreading behind the fire door. The next moment, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yongqiang couldn't help but ask.

"There are people inside," Shen Qingci said.

As she finished speaking, it seemed that the person behind the door heard the commotion.

A rattling sound of chains scraping against a doorknob came from the crack in the door. The fire door was pulled open a crack from the inside, and a pair of wary eyes peered out through the gap.

Shen Qingci also peeked through the crack in the door. From this angle, she could see two people inside, both holding weapons. One was holding a kitchen knife, and the other was carrying a metal water pipe.

Their wrists and forearms, areas vulnerable to zombie bites, were wrapped layer upon layer with strips of cloth and tape, showing that it was done...

They did their homework.

After the person behind the door confirmed that the person standing outside was not a zombie, the fire door was immediately pulled open.

Only then did everyone see the situation inside. Four men were standing on the platform of the fire escape, each holding a weapon and wearing homemade protective strips wrapped around their bodies.

The man standing at the front was tall and straight, with broad shoulders, a buzz cut, a resolute face, and high brow bones. Although his eyes were calm, they carried an undisguised sense of oppression when he swept over.

This kind of aura is something ordinary people could never possess.

Standing next to Shen Qingci, Zhao Yongqiang looked at the man and a word flashed through his mind: professional soldier.

Sure enough, the next moment, the man gave everyone a standard military salute.

"I am Sergeant Zhao Lei, belonging to the Reconnaissance Battalion of the 5th Brigade of the Southern Theater Command Army. During my leave, I was stranded in Wanshun City due to the outbreak of the apocalypse. I am currently organizing survivors to defend themselves on the spot."

He spoke concisely and professionally. After announcing his affiliation, he scanned the crowd and asked in a calm tone, "I wonder which Captain Lu Chen mentioned on the broadcast is?"

Upon hearing the question, Shen Qingci was about to answer that Lu Chen himself was not on her team.

Just as she was about to speak, the walkie-talkie on her shoulder rang.

"This is Lu Chen. Sergeant Zhao Lei, could you please tell me about the situation on your end?"

Lu Chen was always multitasking, leading one team on one side while also possessing the body of an elite zombie to command the zombies on Shen Qingci's side.

Therefore, he could see everything that was happening here clearly.

He spoke directly through the walkie-talkie, thus avoiding unnecessary explanations.

Zhao Lei glanced at the walkie-talkie on Shen Qingci's shoulder, and without hesitation, explained the situation directly.

It turned out that he had just taken leave to visit his wife and children in Wanshun City, and the whole family was at home when the apocalypse broke out.

He and his family did not turn into zombies. After discovering the situation outside, he observed the activity patterns of the zombies in the corridor and began to rescue them.

On the first day, he dealt with all the zombies on the 8th floor and cleaned each room thoroughly. Including his family, a total of 8 people were rescued from this entire floor.

But as he tried to continue downstairs, he encountered an exceptionally strong zombie in the fire escape.

The opponent was a whole size larger than a normal zombie, and its strength and speed were beyond his ability to confront head-on.

He was nearly injured during his fight with the zombie—its claws grazed his forearm, tearing off the strips of cloth and tape wrapped around it and almost breaking his skin.

Left with no other choice, he had to retreat to the 8th floor, lock the fire door from the inside with an iron chain, and temporarily hold out there with 8 people.

Lu Chen naturally knew about the exceptionally strong zombie he had mentioned.

The zombie was now bound with nylon rope and being dragged at the back of the group—it was an Iron Pillar-level zombie, being carried by an elite zombie.

I personally held it down and tied it back in the fire escape.