freenovelworld Chapter 845: The zombie tide is coming
Chapter 845: The zombie tide is coming
Early the next morning, before dawn, Lu Cheng drove a modified pickup truck out of Xinghuo City and headed northwest.
This road had been cleared when Lu Cheng brought his men to Spark City, and the obstacles along the way had long been removed, so the road could be cleared all the way to Hershel's farm.
Lu Cheng stopped the car when he arrived at the location where Daryl encountered the helicopter. He carefully looked at the map of Georgia and, based on the direction the helicopter flew in, he roughly guessed where the helicopter might be staying.
Later, when Lu Cheng was about to continue searching in the northwest direction, he suddenly realized something was wrong and turned his car around to the east. Not long after the car drove out, Lu Cheng saw a huge group of zombies coming towards this side from the direction of Atlanta in the east.
The entire city was in a state of chaos. The roads and the woods on both sides of the roads were densely packed with zombies. A rough estimate was that there were at least 50,000 or 60,000 zombies.
Judging from the direction of the entire zombie horde's movement, Hershel's farm is definitely the only way for the zombies to pass.
The zombies move at a speed of about three kilometers per hour, and it is expected that they will arrive at Hershel's farm in more than an hour.
Thinking of this, Lu Cheng immediately turned around and drove towards Herschel's farm. He took out the walkie-talkie and contacted Maggie on the farm.
However, at this time, everyone on the farm had just got up and was busy preparing for the new day, and had no idea that danger was approaching.
"Maggie, your intercom is ringing. Is it your Chinese friend who is looking for you?"
It has been more than a month since Maggie first met Lu Cheng. Although they only met once and Lu Cheng left in a hurry, he left a deep impression on Maggie.
Maggie had even thought about secretly going to the West Georgia Prison to see if Lu Cheng and his team had arrived there and whether they had set up a shelter there.
But there are always groups of zombies wandering along the way, which makes Maggie dare not leave the farm easily.
As for walkie-talkies, they are not very useful beyond a certain range.
Now that the intercom is ringing, it proves that Lu Cheng is very likely nearby.
Maggie immediately picked up the intercom and heard Lu Cheng's voice from the other end: "Is Maggie there? Please reply as soon as possible."
"I'm here, Lu, I'm Maggie."
"There is a large group of zombies migrating southwest along the highway. There are more than 50,000 zombies and they are expected to pass by your farm in about an hour. I suggest you evacuate the farm as soon as possible to avoid this wave of zombies."
Maggie was also stunned when she heard this. After she reacted, she quickly confirmed again: "What? Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, I'm on this road and will be at your farm soon."
Maggie immediately put down the intercom and shouted, "Dad, something's happening! Lu said a large number of zombies are about to pass by our farm!"
When Hershel heard this, he also remembered the Chinese man who came to inquire about the news. He was still a little skeptical about Lu Cheng's words, so he immediately ordered: "Otis, drive to the highway immediately to check the situation. If there are really a large number of zombies, come back and inform us immediately."
Otis immediately took the keys to the yard, started a pickup truck, and drove towards the road.
Otis had just set off when Lu Cheng had already driven to the farm.
Maggie heard the noise outside and ran out immediately, followed by Hershel and others.
"Maggie, Mr. Hershel, you must pack up and leave the farm as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to leave."
Before Maggie could say anything, Hershel spoke first: "Mr. Lu, thank you very much for coming to inform us. But this farm has been passed down in our family for more than a hundred years, and I will never give up easily. Otis has already gone to confirm. If a large number of... really come, I will do my best to protect my farm."
Maggie couldn't help but say, "Dad, those zombies are scarier than you think. I've seen a lot of them. I think we should leave first..."
"Maggie, don't call them zombies. Don't forget your..." Hershel stopped immediately at this point.
On the other side, after Otis arrived at the highway, he immediately observed the situation in the distance through a telescope and found that there were indeed a large number of zombies rushing towards this side. He hurried back to the farm to inform: "Herschel, there are really zombies, too many to count!"
Hearing this, Hershel immediately turned around and ordered, "Matthew, Beth, Patricia, go get all our weapons and load the bullets. We have to protect our farm!"
Obviously, this stubborn old man has not seen the horror of zombies and has no idea what tens of thousands of zombies mean.
In the original series, Hershel was still trying his best to protect his farm until it was completely surrounded.
Seeing that her father didn't listen to her advice, Maggie quickly turned around and apologized to Lu Cheng: "Lu, my father is quite stubborn... Please don't mind it. You have more experience in dealing with zombies. With so many zombies, is there really no way to lead them away?"
"Now these zombies are less than five kilometers away from the farm, and there are so many of them that it is difficult to lead them all away. Even if there are only a few hundred left, it will be enough to destroy your farm. The only way to survive is to drive away before you are surrounded."
Maggie nodded, "I see, thank you, Lu."
Maggie did not ask Lu Cheng for help. After all, they had only met once. How could she let him take risks for his family? Moreover, he had already done his utmost to come and inform her.
"You're welcome. Although I don't think you can hold on to the farm, I can help you."
The reason why Lu Cheng did not leave was not only for Hershel's family, but also to keep an eye on this huge group of zombies and make sure they would not turn towards Spark City.
At the same time, Lu Cheng also had to kill a large number of zombies to increase his storage space as much as possible. If all these zombies gathered at Hershel's farm and reached a sufficient density, it would be much easier to kill them.
Seeing that Lu Cheng was willing to stay and help under such circumstances, Maggie was deeply moved, and the way she looked at Lu Cheng was a little different.
At this time, Hershel also came up with a solution. He asked his sons Matthew and Otis to drive separately and try to lead the zombies in other directions.
Lu Cheng called to Maggie: "Let's go, drive my car. I have heavy weapons in my car."
Maggie did not hesitate and immediately followed Lu Cheng to the modified pickup truck and sat in the driver's seat.
Lu Cheng jumped into the rear carriage, loaded the ammunition belt into the M2HB heavy machine gun in the carriage, and prepared for battle.
This classic heavy machine gun, which has been in service in the United States for hundreds of years, has great power, long range, and strong penetration. Even many light tanks cannot withstand its continuous shooting. When dealing with densely packed zombies, it can definitely penetrate several at a time.
As Maggie drove the pickup truck onto the road, Lu Cheng also aimed at the zombies in the distance and started firing accurately...
With Lu Cheng's marksmanship, he can make the heavy machine gun shoot with an accuracy comparable to that of a sniper rifle.
"Bang bang bang", the 12.7mm bullets easily smashed the heads of one zombie after another. The number of zombies killed on Lu Cheng's panel was also increasing rapidly.
After one belt of ammunition was used up, Lu Cheng immediately and quickly replaced it with another one. There was a pile of golden bullet shells under his feet, and the gun barrel quickly became hot.
After firing two ammunition belts in succession, Lu Cheng picked up an M249 light machine gun from the carriage, held it in his hand, half-crouched and continued shooting at the group of zombies in the distance.
A large number of zombies were attracted by Lu Cheng and continued to move westward. There were still many zombies approaching Hershel's farm from the other side...