The sound was somewhat like zombies, but when Chen Wan and the others went to look through the front windshield, they were horrified to see that these zombies were not like the ones they usually encountered.
These zombies were all bizarrely shaped, with some even having three or four deformed heads.
Chen Wan, shocked, quickly asked Yi Yi beside her, "What are these things?"
"Their mutated zombies were exposed to nuclear radiation, probably coming from Linqi City. I need to shut down all the ventilation systems in the RV now. These zombies carry a lot of radioactive particles, and their flesh has already mutated. Direct contact could lead to radiation exposure, so it's best not to have any contact with them," Yi Yi said seriously, frowning as she looked at the group of nuclear-mutated zombies outside.
The zombies wandered in the parking lot, and due to the angle, Chen Wan and the others couldn't see the street outside.
Yi Yi took off her high heels and put on a pair of sneakers from the compressed space, then looked at Chen Wan and said, "We need to leave here quickly. I have a map in my optical brain, I'll drive."
Chen Wan nodded, "Okay, I'll sit in the passenger seat and help you." Jiang Yanxin had already set up the pots and pans and sat on the sofa against the bathroom door.
Opposite her, Qin Ke had already strapped Yang Yang in, and Jiang Yanxin also fastened her seatbelt, her gaze falling on Chen Wan and Yi Yi, but she didn't say anything.
Yi Yi started the RV, and her driving skills were clearly not inferior to Chen Wan's.
With a press of the accelerator, they were already at the parking lot entrance.
During this time, Chen Wan was constantly operating the front mechanical arm, grabbing the nuclear-mutated zombies rushing towards the RV and throwing them far away, but she couldn't control the rear mechanical arm as well.
Chen Wan voiced her concern, "I can't see the rear mechanical arm."
"Don't worry, I'm already controlling it," Yi Yi replied while driving.
At this moment, Chen Wan finally saw the scene on the street.
Although there weren't many zombies, there were still a hundred or two nuclear-mutated zombies roaming the street, and Chen Wan gradually became worried.
"How long can the air in our RV last?" Chen Wan asked.
"It can last a while longer. We'll find a place without these things to change the air later," Yi Yi said as she stepped on the accelerator, turning onto the main road heading south towards Yuezhou City.
Yi Yi barely slowed down along the way, and the nuclear-mutated zombies they encountered were blocked by Chen Wan with the mechanical arm in front, while Yi Yi controlled the ones behind.
As they sped along, there were quite a few nuclear-mutated zombies on every road, and Chen Wan couldn't help but feel puzzled, "These things should be in Linqi City; how did they get to the nearby cities so quickly?"
"Zombies don't eat, drink, or rest. While you sleep and eat, they're tirelessly on the move, and these things love to gather where there are people. Linqi must have become a dead city by now, and those who could escape have already fled."
"These zombies must have scattered with the fleeing people to the surrounding cities. The more people there are, the more zombies are attracted. The situation at the Yuezhou City survivor base is probably not optimistic," Yi Yi calmly analyzed while driving.
Chen Wan agreed with Yi Yi's analysis.
Because there was a military presence at the base in the south of Yuezhou City, the surrounding zombies had been cleared by the military, and there were still quite a few ordinary people living in the south.
Along the way, Chen Wan and the others saw several groups of people being chased by nuclear-mutated zombies.
A man, just a few dozen meters away, was sprayed with blood by a nuclear-mutated zombie, and the arm that was sprayed began to corrode in moments.
The zombie hadn't even had a chance to bite the man, but blood was already gushing uncontrollably from his nostrils.
Seeing such scenes made Chen Wan feel a bit horrified.
After all, when they went out to scavenge before, they always came back covered in blood.
If they encountered nuclear-mutated zombies, Chen Wan didn't even dare to think about it.
As the RV continued to run, the air inside gradually became a bit thin.
Yi Yi didn't need air, but as the system was closely connected to the RV, she had already sensed that everyone's breathing was becoming labored.
"Hang in there, I'll park the RV in an open area to change the air."
"Got it." Chen Wan quickly responded.
Yi Yi shook off two nuclear-mutated zombies tailing the RV and turned into an open, old residential area.
Fortunately, the courtyard of this residential area wasn't large, and there were no nuclear-mutated zombies inside at the moment.
Yi Yi quickly opened the RV's ventilation system, and the stuffiness inside was immediately cleared away.
After staying in the residential area for about ten minutes, the RV hit the road again.
They took the municipal road heading south, planning to get on the highway to Pingze City from there.
However, as the RV got closer to the southern base of Yuezhou City, there were more and more ordinary people being chased by nuclear-mutated zombies on the road.
Many people, after just brief contact with those things carrying excessive radioactive particles, began to bleed uncontrollably, their bodily organs rapidly failing, collapsing on the spot; others' bodies became deformed, growing an extra deformed head on the side of their necks like those monsters, writhing in pain on the ground; compared to that, those bitten to death by zombies died more easily.
A middle-aged man in his forties even tried to come over for help, but Chen Wan and the others just continued driving silently.
In such a situation, they couldn't save anyone, and going out recklessly would be suicide.
Quickly, with Yi Yi's skilled driving and her familiarity with Yuezhou City's roads, Chen Wan and the others soon reached the street where the southern base was located.
They didn't enter the main road of this street but kept moving forward without stopping.
Even so, Chen Wan could still hear the military's bombing and the constant sound of machine gun fire.
But clearly, this would only lead to a higher death rate.
The skin, blood, and flesh of these things all carried excessive radioactive particles.
Once a person comes into contact, if they're lucky, their organs will fail slowly; if not, they'll die on the spot, or develop cancer with only a few days to live, or grow deformed bodies.
In any case, it won't end well.
But this was the only way.
If the military didn't use weapons for large-scale extermination, these things would roam everywhere, killing more people.
It was only at this point that Chen Wan truly realized the harshness of the post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Linqi City was probably going to become a wasteland where no one dared to set foot.
It wasn't until they were about to get on the highway that the nuclear-mutated zombies disappeared from the road.
Yi Yi then opened all the RV's ventilation systems and performed a special cleaning on the RV's exterior.
"Don't worry, I've done special treatment on the RV's exterior, and those radioactive particles have been completely eliminated."
"Yi Yi, I didn't expect you to be so reliable," Chen Wan said.
She had always thought the system was much more talkative than she imagined, with the image of a bright-eyed, glamorous older sister, completely different from the dignified, big steel robot she imagined.
But now it seemed that this system was quite reliable.
"Of course, you don't know, among these systems, I'm both good-looking and highly skilled. It's just that the previous tasks assigned to me had unreliable hosts, and I hadn't even materialized before the host was already gone."
"Luckily, you're reliable; otherwise, I wouldn't know when I'd get to come out and stretch my legs," Yi Yi said, clearly satisfied with Chen Wan's ability to let her out in a short time.
After all, without comparison, there's no harm.
Having encountered so many unreliable hosts, suddenly meeting such a reliable one almost made her cry.
She had to make up for all the things she couldn't say in the previous worlds in this one.
Who could blame her for feeling stifled! Chen Wan was very satisfied with the system's evaluation of her and chuckled as she spoke, "With two reliable people like us working together, we must see this through to the end this time."
"That's for sure. There's nothing I can't handle. Let me tell you about my last bizarre host. He was juggling eight relationships, thinking he was a master of time management, but he almost got killed by the eight ladies of that world who teamed up against him. Two of the ladies even ended up together. I would rather not come out than help that scumbag…" Yiyi, seeing the road conditions were excellent, immediately started chatting with Chen Wan about past events, from the bizarre hosts she had encountered to how stingy their system management bureau was, not even giving bonuses or annual leave for completing a world task.
She finally found someone willing to listen to her, so she just kept talking.
Listening to her vivid storytelling, Chen Wan was amused several times, especially looking at Yiyi's bright and mature appearance paired with her nonstop talking, which made Chen Wan find it even funnier.
When the atmosphere was tense earlier, Jiang Yanxin didn't think much of it.
Now that things had relaxed, with the two in front chatting and laughing, Chen Wan was often amused to the point of laughter.
Jiang Yanxin just felt stuffy in the RV, glaring at Chen Wan in the passenger seat and muttering, "Is it really that funny?" Yang Yang glanced at Mom, not understanding what she was saying, and continued watching her cartoon.
However, Qin Ke, sitting with Yang Yang, seemed to notice something, coughed lightly, pretended not to know, and continued watching the cartoon with Yang Yang.
Jiang Yanxin was in a bad mood, not even flipping through a few pages of her usual favorite "Campus Scumbag A." Seeing the two in front still chatting, she let out a frustrated huff, looked at Yang Yang in Qin Ke's arms, and asked, "Yang Yang, do you want to sleep with me for a while?"
Yang Yang was watching cartoons and had Qin Ke accompanying her.
The little one was always happy as long as someone played with her, so she shook her head and snuggled up to Qin Ke, "No, I want to watch Peppa Pig with Auntie."
"Alright then, you play with Auntie. Mom's going to the room to sleep for a bit." Jiang Yanxin instructed Yang Yang.
Yang Yang nodded her head and continued watching her Peppa Pig.