When people are crazy, they can do anything. In desperation, Zhang Zhicai had no other choice but to raise his knife to block the attack.
Immediately, the two knives collided with a "cang" sound. Compared with the blades, there were gaps that were an inch longer, which clearly shows the force of Li Zhong's slashing.
As soon as the blow missed, Li Zhong raised the knife and started to chop harder. This time Zhang Zhicai was not going to give him a chance to take action.
Seeing the opportunity, he raised his palm to grab Li Zhong's wrist, and then shouted loudly: "Li Zhong! You are crazy! Look clearly! It's me!"
The wide-open eyes gradually became softer, and Li Zhong gasped for air, and his ups and downs chest made a whirring sound like a blower.
"See clearly! I'm not a zombie!"
Zhang Zhicai nodded in despair. Seeing the latter's arms loosen, Zhang Zhicai let out a sigh of relief.
Just now, the fierce fight and shouting between him and Li Zhong also attracted the attention of Xu Renjie and others outside the store. However, it was very anxious outside, and even though Lao Xu wanted to come in to investigate, he was unable to get out.
In desperation, he could only ask: "Xiao Zhang! What's going on inside? Is there any problem?"
"No!" Zhang Zhicai replied with unusual certainty.
"Then hurry up! We have to evacuate in one minute!"
"Did you hear that? Li Zhong, there's still one minute! We don't have time to waste! From now on, I will collect the medicines and you will be on guard. I have given you my back. Can I trust you?"
Li Zhong nodded indifferently. Li Zhong's expression was still a little shocked and at a loss, but he still raised the knife and made the proper gesture.
The medicines on the counter were obviously no longer usable because they were stained with zombie blood.
In order to save time, Zhang Zhicai couldn't care about anything else and could only walk towards the shelves in the store.
No matter what it was, he just raised his arms and piled it into the plastic bag. Such progress was extremely fast.
At the same time, outside the store door, there were already corpses all over the ground and rivers of black blood.
Using the cover of the car body, Lao Xu and others cooperated with each other and killed at least three zombie attacks.
The number of enemies killed was at least 15, and this did not include the beasts that were disabled by Hu Xiaodong from a long distance and moved forward slowly.
But even so, the seriousness of the war situation is still not optimistic.
Time passed quickly, even though it was already the beginning of late autumn and early winter, the survivors' backs and foreheads were still sweating from the difficult situation.
One minute soon came and Xu Renjie immediately issued the order to retreat without any hesitation.
Zhang Zhicai, who was in the store, decisively led Li Zhong out of the pharmacy, and then boarded the car with Wei Dazhuang and Wang Qiang who were escorting him outside.
The two cars immediately roared with their engines and rushed towards the road they came from.
"How's it going? Xiaozhang, how's the harvest?" Tang Xiaoquan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked immediately after getting out of the blockade and setting foot on a safer road.
Hearing this, Zhang Zhicai quickly looked through the medicines in the bag, and then sighed: "Let's work together!"
Yes! Zhang Zhicai really couldn't find other words to describe the results of this battle. To be fair, compared with what he paid and what he got, he obviously suffered a loss.
The root cause of this is undoubtedly Li Zhong next to him.
If it weren't for the latter's "instability" during the war, the gains from this operation would have been at least several times greater.
"Then what~ Xiaozhang, what happened in the pharmacy just now?" Xu Renjie suddenly interrupted and asked.
Zhang Zhicai hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head with a smile: "It's nothing, just a few zombies."
"Really?" Xu Renjie is not stupid. He knows his subordinates very well. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at the rearview mirror, and then asked meaningfully: "Li Zhong, what's wrong with you? You feel like you have lost your soul. Is nothing wrong?"
"Ah?" Li Zhong was indeed a little lost, because the incident in the store just now really scared him.
Now that he was safe, the feeling of fear was rolling in his mind like a nightmare.
But compared to these, Xu Renjie's deep questioning made him even more timid.
He seemed very at a loss and wanted to tell lies to excuse him, but Zhang Zhicai was beside him and believed that as long as he lied, he would be exposed by the latter in public.
But if he tells the truth, there is no guarantee that Xu Renjie will not blame himself for the "three chapters of the agreement" he made before.
So for a moment, Li Zhong opened his mouth half-open, not knowing how to answer.
Zhang Zhicai saw Li Zhong's embarrassment. To be honest, he had some complaints about Li Zhong's cowardly expression today. After all, if it weren't for him, his side's harvest from this operation would never be so shabby.
But considering the subsequent change in contrast, he still kindly spoke up to help Qi: "Company Commander, Li Zhong's performance is not bad. He was responsible for the escort mission today. If it weren't for him, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly." .”
He never expected Zhang Zhicai to say such words. Li Zhong looked at Zhang Zhicai in surprise, who smiled and winked at him.
Xu Renjie completely saw the interaction between the two, and he immediately understood the true manifestation of Li Zhong's actions today.
However, he did not continue to tangle with this question, but changed the subject and said: "Xiao Li! Do you know why you are brought to the task this time?"
Li Zhong was naturally confused and shook his head.
"Actually, the purpose is very simple. I want you to integrate into our team as soon as possible. At the same time, I want to test your character and see if you have team awareness! How about it? It's your first time to participate in such a mission. You may feel a little uncomfortable. ?”
Li Zhong didn't dare to make the price, so he nodded truthfully.
"Well, this is normal. We will not adapt to it for the first time! But in order to survive, we have to overcome this discomfort! At the same time, you must remember that you are no longer the homeless wanderer in the past. You You are our companion, and we will risk our lives to protect you, so I hope you can grow up as soon as possible and use your actions to defend our family, do you understand?"
It was a heart-to-heart conversation. If Li Zhong had some rejection and wariness towards Xu Renjie and the veterans before him, now, after hearing Xu Renjie's words, Li Zhong already felt a little bit like home.
Although it was not as strong as Lao Xu and others, his heart was warm, and for the first time he felt accepted.
He also secretly made up his mind to use his performance to prove his worth no matter what.
Considering the unsatisfactory results of this battle, the survivor convoy continued to wander the streets of the county.
They raided three more pharmacies along the way, but these three stores were far inferior to the previous one in terms of size and scale.
But even so, the survivors still went there in despair.
The final result is also quite satisfying.
At this point, the first wave of search tasks for survivors has been completed, and then the next step is to find a place to spend the night. (To be continued.)
