Shocked, I'm the Favorites in the Survival Game - chapter 9

Bang-!

The impact of the zombies outside the car made the vehicle start to shake.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyuan grabbed the collar at the back of Chu Yian’s shirt and lifted her whole body out of her seat. Chu Yian only felt the world spin, and their positions were swapped in an instant.

Is he really a researcher? How can he be so strong!

While Chu Yian was still in shock, Lu Qingyuan had already restarted the car and drove straight out of the small shop.

The number of zombies around them was increasing, and one even jumped onto the windshield. It slammed its body against the glass frantically, quickly covering it with spiderweb-like cracks and bloodstains.

Chu Yian pulled out her handgun and aimed at the zombie in front.

“Wait.”

Lu Qingyuan had already driven onto the road. First, he charged forward, then suddenly reversed. The zombie on the windshield was thrown onto the road by inertia, and Lu Qingyuan drove right over it.

Through the rearview mirror, the zombies chasing the car were getting more and more numerous, but they were also being left farther and farther behind.

Chu Yian turned to look at the back seat of the van. It was completely empty, nothing inside. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and slump back against the seat.

After resting for a few minutes,

She put away her handgun and opened her backpack.

She had found it in the pharmacy that morning.

All the food Chu Yian originally brought was stored in the treasure chest given by the game, but that chest was so eye-catching and could change size at will. If she took it out, it would be hard to explain. So she simply took some food out while Lu Qingyuan was sleeping and put it in her backpack, pretending she had found it in the pharmacy.

She took out two pieces of bread and tossed one to Lu Qingyuan.

From noon yesterday until now, she had been running for her life and hadn’t eaten a thing.

She was starving-bread had never tasted so good.

Chu Yian devoured her bread with no regard for her image, while Lu Qingyuan ate slowly and gracefully, much more refined than her.

Chu Yian seemed to realize the difference in their eating styles, paused, glanced at the bread in his hand, then at her own…

Refined? At this rate, he could finish one while she finished two.

Chu Yian buried her head again and quickly finished the first, then opened another piece of bread.

After finishing two pieces, she instantly felt much better.

She looked at both sides of the road, where cars were often parked on the roadside. Some had their doors open and the people inside were gone, while others had turned into zombies, now surrounding the vehicles. Whenever they heard a car approaching, these zombies would swarm toward them.

Bang-!

The van knocked the leading zombie flying.

Chu Yian watched the zombies howling and chasing after them, but in reality, they were being left far behind, and she gradually felt tired and sleepy.

There’s no doubt that a moving vehicle gives a strong sense of security.

She dozed off for a while, until Lu Qingyuan stopped the car and woke her up.

Chu Yian glanced at the time: 12:00 noon on the third day.

She had slept for about twenty minutes.

At this moment, Lu Qingyuan had parked the car by the roadside. She first saw a highway sign nearby, and starting a few dozen meters ahead, the road was packed with vehicles.

Many zombies stood among the cars, waiting for a sound to activate them.

Chu Yian instantly sobered up. “What’s up ahead?”

“The toll station for the highway.”

Lu Qingyuan brushed his hair off his forehead, leaning his head back slightly, looking a bit tired.
His lips were still pale, but the curve between his jaw and neck was exquisitely graceful. His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down, then he exhaled a heavy breath. “When the zombie outbreak happened, some people hid at home, while others drove out of the city, heading for places they thought were safe.”

“Because the virus spread so fast, the people at the toll stations didn’t react in time. More and more cars got stuck on the road, and some of those cars might have had zombies inside, so that’s how things ended up like this?”

Chu Yian followed his train of thought, analyzing, then frowned tightly. “It can’t be like this on every road, right?”

How were they supposed to get to City X?

She couldn’t help but start worrying.

“There should be some kind of village paths nearby.”

Lu Qingyuan reoriented himself and headed back the way they came.

But halfway through, Lu Qingyuan stopped the car in a safe, open spot and switched places with her.

Akina Mountain Electric Tricycle God-Chu Yian, fresh from passing her driving test: “What are you doing?”

“Shift gears, step on the gas, drive for a bit.”

The researcher who could lift heavy weights instantly turned into a cold driving instructor. “It’s pretty much like pressing the clutch, just drive…”

Before Coach Lu could finish, Chu Yian had already stepped on the pedal. The little van somehow managed to deliver a push-back sensation worth hundreds of thousands.

Lu Qingyuan sat back in the passenger seat with a blank face and reached for his seatbelt.

Under the guidance of the person next to her, Chu Yian’s half-baked driving skills improved rapidly. Now the only problem was which way to go.

The country roads branched out in all directions, and it was easy to take a wrong turn.

As two outsiders, trying to find a route that circled back to the highway felt like running around like headless flies.

They really needed a map.

“Teacher Lu, did you see the government when you were in town earlier?”

“Yes, I remember where that building is.”

Lu Qingyuan answered immediately.

Government offices usually have detailed maps of the town and surrounding areas. Chu Yian’s quick thinking was impressive.

The two hit it off instantly and turned the car around, heading back to the town.

There were plenty of zombies in the town.

But Lu Qingyuan not only remembered the location of the government building, he also recalled the distribution of awakened zombies, and even calculated their approximate positions after they moved. He managed to point out a route with the fewest zombies, sprinting all the way to the government building.

That brain! Chu Yian finally understood why he was a researcher.

Once the car stopped, two zombies heard the noise and lunged at their vehicle.

Lu Qingyuan grabbed the Iron Wrench, climbed out from the roof, used the car as cover, and with Chu Yian as bait inside, managed to kill both zombies.

Then he opened the car door and signaled for Chu Yian to get out. “Grab the map and go. Try not to use the gun.”

“I think… we already have the map.” Chu Yian pointed to the outer wall of the government building.

The exterior wall was covered with announcements, and the background was a map of the town!

A rare smile appeared on her face, and she felt as if the goddess of luck was watching over them. “Teacher Lu, we’re unbelievably lucky!”

Teacher Lu was already pulling down the announcements that covered the map.

The map was painted on the wall, so they couldn’t take it with them. One memorized it, the other took photos with a phone-they worked together seamlessly.

In just two minutes, they got the map and left.

Chu Yian got back in the driver’s seat, ready to drive away, when she saw smoke rising from the balcony of a three-story villa.