Chapter 9：The Farmer's House

Chen Dao quickly regained his composure, and immediately looked towards the group of zombies. He noticed they had started to slowly move towards the north side of the lake. The only exception was the man in the suit with a manure fork stuck in him; he was running and had almost reached the other side of the lake.

Jet fighters and transport planes flew overhead, the noise was enormous, much stronger than the minor noise of a helicopter's rotor blades.

Chen Dao suddenly realized that such intense noise could possibly alert all the zombies in Knox County to move northward. This was indiscriminate; no matter where you were, you could definitely hear the roaring sound of the jet engines tearing through the air.

He nervously looked behind him, there was only the highway and sparse jungle, no zombies. After all, this was the most open area in the entire Knox County, and the zombies were hiding in the buildings of the town, avoiding the scorching sun and heavy rain.

This behavior was quite interesting. These zombies were clearly dead, but they still knew how to protect themselves. Chen Dao twisted his head to look behind him for a long time, confirming that indeed there was not a single zombie in all the places he could see.

So, now those farmer zombies by the lake have also moved towards the north side, the area near the car was already safe, so it was time to work, tidy up the things on the car, and by the way, see if the car could be repaired.

Demnia and Payton also came back to their senses after seeing the plane. They both looked at Chen Dao as if they had a question.

Chen Dao of course knew what they wanted to ask, it was nothing more than what was going on with these planes.

"Don't look at me, I'm just an ordinary person, not a state councilor." Chen Dao helplessly waved his hand. This kind of large-scale fighter formation, and also in low-altitude penetration mode, was either to drop bombs to eliminate dangers, or to protect important things crossing the border.

Who knows why they would do this within the borders of the United States.

If there was still order outside, it would be good if the military and police around Knox stopped blocking signals, at least they could hear some useful broadcasts, and the TV might also start receiving signals again.

Chen Dao found that the zombie crisis in this world was clearly not as intense as in the game. It had been almost a month, and the U.S. government was still able to organize such a large-scale fighter formation.

According to the progress in the game, there would generally be a power outage after 15 days, and that power outage event would mean that the power grid of the entire United States was damaged, and the zombie crisis had threatened the entire United States.

Now it seems, it appears to be an internal power outage only in the Knox area.

Chen Dao's received information was still too little. If only he had a high-power amateur radio station, he might be able to contact other survivors or people outside and find out what exactly happened.

In the game, according to the progress of the destruction of the United States in a week, I'm afraid all the zombies in the game are the kind that can sprint, climb stairs, hurdle and even open doors, that is, 100% running zombies.

But now, the proportion of running zombies that Chen Dao has seen is not high, probably only about 1/10 to 1/4, but even so, the threat level and oppressive feeling are already super terrifying.

Chen Dao's electrical skills level is now 7, basically all electronic devices can be repaired and manufactured, at least after disassembling a TV, he has the ability to completely reassemble it.

"Let's go, a plane formation of that level has nothing to do with us, they won't come to save us, but the things on that car are related to our lives." Chen Dao pointed to the Ranger's pickup truck.

"As for whether the rescue will come or not... to be honest, after seeing these planes, I'm not sure, I hope they can really control the epidemic, at least they have to figure out why these dead people are coming back to life." Chen Dao picked up his backpack, walked towards the car while talking to the two.

Payton didn't show any reaction, he directly followed Chen Dao's steps, crossed those bushes, and walked towards the lake.

Demnia, however, stayed in place for a while, looking at the sky in the west where those already invisible aircraft groups were, her beautiful sapphire eyes showed doubt, but soon, she also sorted out her items, stuffed the unthrown can into her small backpack, and caught up with Payton and Chen Dao.

The three of them walked to the vicinity of the zombie in the water, just like the previous zombies, they gathered on the shore, looking at the struggling zombie in the water.

Only then did they find out that this zombie obviously had no clothes on, was male, should have been keeping a short stubble, but now half of his head had rotted away, only half of his scalp was left, and half of his right hand was bare and exposed to the bone. In the struggle of this zombie, that half of the right hand was like a corn stalk in the wind, swaying unsteadily.

The fishing net completely wrapped him up, extending all the way to the water bottom beneath him, with heavy objects hanging on the net, making it impossible for the zombie to return to the shore no matter how hard it struggled.

With the zombie's struggles, the nearby waters had turned brown, and the surface was covered with human body fat and rotten soup-like sticky substances, which looked too disgusting.

Payton looked a few times and almost couldn't help but vomit again, but thinking of Chen Dao's warning, he held it back. Demnia, however, took a closer look and said to Payton, "It seems that we've seen this person before?"

"What? You can recognize him?" Payton replied in surprise, looking at the decaying zombie a few more times, "Who is he?"

"Do you remember when we were in the guest house before, there was a Mexican gangster."

Demnia pointed to the tattoo on the chest of the zombie, which was a snake wrapped around an apple. Although the flesh had been soaked and blurred, the rough outline and some small details of the tattoo could still be made out.

"Seems like... is that the gambler?" Payton said uncertainly, "He wanted to sell those drugs to Uncle Lawrence, God, it really is him!"

"It seems that the villagers in this small village are not as simple as we thought...", Demnia accepted what Payton said, confirmed that they had indeed seen this guy, but that was before the zombies appeared. This guy wanted to sell illegal drugs to Lawrence, Demnia and Payton in exchange for gambling money.

But he was scolded by Uncle Lawrence, and they never saw this guy again after that.

Demnia took the notebook from Payton, planning to tell Chen Dao about this.

This zombie should have turned into a zombie after death.

Chen Dao looked at the zombie in the water a few times and then lost interest, just a bald zombie, he had seen a lot, he had even seen a Lewd Party scene.

It's better to hurry up and see if the things on the car are still usable.

But Demnia behind him caught up and handed him a notebook.

"We know him."

"?"

"Is he one of your relatives?" Chen Dao looked at Demnia in shock, but what he got was a white eye from Demnia's beautiful blue eyes.

"No, he should have been murdered, we saw him in the village before the disaster, he was a jerk." Demnia quickly wrote a sentence on the notebook.

"So what?" Chen Dao asked subconsciously, his mind was still on the car, at this time he had already opened the door of the driver's seat, and a strong stench of blood greeted him. The inside was covered in blood, and Chen Dao almost fainted at the smell.

He comforted himself, it's all his own blood, it's not disgusting, it's not disgusting.

Demnia saw that Chen Dao had already started working, so she didn't bother with this matter anymore. Chen Dao had already started searching in the glove compartment among the patches of bloodstains, making a rustling noise as he rummaged through the items.

He remembered that he had put some emergency medical supplies and some medicines here. Demnia and Payton only took away most of the durable food and ready-to-eat food. None of the larger items were taken, and the cab was full of blood, making it unbearable to look at, so they didn't search it.

Chen Dao found the adrenaline injection needle he had used on the ground, and there was still more than half left in it.

There was an M9 pistol in the glove box, and his Zibber, which he had thrown in the gap of the passenger seat, was also in the gap. The short-barreled S&W factory 9mm revolver, which was identical to the one in Demnia's hand, was also in this gap, along with some small things that had fallen from his backpack to the footrest when he was in the passenger seat. The bullets were also there, covered by a few pieces of blood-stained clothes.

However, the clothes bag on the back of the seat was taken away by Demnia and Payton, and the clothes he was wearing now were from that bag. They not only saved him, but also took care of him, they were really two good kids.

"Demnia! Over there, there are houses...uh, uh...and zombies?!"

Payton, who had been looking at the Mexican drug-dealing zombie in the water for a while, saw that Demnia and Chen Dao were both working near the car, so he ran around nearby. His courage had clearly grown, daring to go alone in the direction of the zombies.

As a result, he ran back in panic, and then whispered hurriedly to Demnia.

Demnia panicked and quickly jumped down from the back of the car, She ran to the driver's seat just in time to meet Chen Dao, who was holding a Zibber and climbing out from inside. Chen Dao saw Demnia, and handed the Zibber to her. Demnia was taken aback, took the gun, and then hurriedly patted Chen Dao's shoulder, indicating that something had happened.

Chen Dao, not understanding, climbed out of the driver's seat, his hand holding a backpack full of stuff.

Being deaf was really too troublesome, he really hoped it would get better soon.

Demnia hurriedly wrote on the paper: "Payton found zombies and … and …."

Eh, did Payton mean houses?

Demnia then felt something was wrong and turned to look at Payton.

"Oh, I mean, those zombies ran to the north, there are a few houses there."

Payton felt like he might have overreacted, causing a misjudgment for his teammates.

Chen Dao watched the two of them talk, and then Payton shrunk back behind the car as if he had done something wrong.

Demnia helplessly explained to Chen Dao.

It turned out that Payton was wandering in the woods, and inadvertently passed through the woods, discovering some houses on the north side of the woods, and those zombies were passing through those bungalows.

Payton was scared when he saw this, so he ran back to notify the two.

Houses? So, there are farmer settlements nearby?

Farmer's houses usually come with a tool room, and you can find various farm tools, fertilizers, and seeds, and if you're lucky, you can find books and instructional videotapes.

Maybe they should go and take a look? It's worth trying their luck.

Chen Dao gave the Zibber magazine and .22 aluminum-shell bullets in his backpack to Demnia all at once, letting her give her S&W to Payton.

He also took back the gun belt that Demnia was wearing, and inserted his own M9 into it, as if he had returned to the previous uninjured combat state. It's just that there was a long suture line on his neck, which looked quite scary.