Chapter 12 Helplessness

He walked down the stairs and reached the second floor.

The entire second floor was severely damaged, with several broken doors leaning haphazardly.

Su Mo searched each room, but found nothing of use.

It wasn't until the last room that Su Mo discovered it was filled with pink dolls; it must have been a little girl's room.

Then, on a cabinet, he found an old photograph of an elderly man in a white coat, bent over, and a lively, cheerful young girl.

For a moment, Su Mo was touched by the scene and picked up the photo frame to examine it closely.

After a while, Su Mo slowly turned the frame over, and on the back, he found a string of numbers and a sentence.

20521208.

Grandpa, I miss you so much! Forever loving you, Dan Dan!

Su Mo's eyes could not help but moisten at that moment.

He stood there for a long time before putting the photo frame back exactly where it was. Then he left the room, straightening and closing the skewed door behind him.

With a melancholy heart, Su Mo headed towards the first floor.

However, as he reached the first floor, his face involuntarily twitched slightly.

In the hallway, a group of crooked-headed, vacant-faced Zombies faced Su Mo.

Su Mo turned without saying a word and sprinted back the way he had come.

Soon, the swarming Zombies chased after Su Mo furiously.

Even if Su Mo was confident in his skills, he was not foolish enough to think he could take on a swarm alone. The situation was quite akin to stirring up a hornet's nest.

Su Mo dashed up to the rooftop at high speed, then slammed the metal door shut and braced it with his body.

Bang Bang~~~

The following Zombies stretched out their bloody hands and scratched at the door furiously, showing no signs of giving up.

Su Mo's expression changed frequently; this place was no longer safe. He decisively headed towards the opposite commercial building. But just as he broke free, Bang! The metal door collapsed, and a horde of Zombies rushed out. Fortunately, the rope he had tied earlier was still there.

Su Mo grabbed the rope and quickly climbed up.

"Whew~~"

Su Mo let out a long breath.

Just then, he heard panting from the other side.

"Heh heh~~"

Su Mo instinctively looked up and saw Lan Xi running back, looking even more disheveled than him, her jacket torn in several places.

"Don't look at me; you think I wanted to come back? I had no choice, and you were forced back here just the same."

Lan Xi blocked Su Mo's reply by speaking first.

"What's the situation on your side?"

Su Mo asked directly.

"Why should I tell you?"

Lan Xi responded, still panting.

"If you don't tell me, how can I make decisions? Our food is limited, and staying here, we'll run out soon enough without those Zombies having to do anything."

Su Mo explained succinctly to her.

"Oh, I got it; you got nothing, so you're trying to get something out of me."

"As if you got anything,"

Su Mo retorted helplessly. In fact, he didn't want to bicker with Lan Xi, but he was fed up and shot back.

Unexpectedly, Lan Xi pulled out a small drone from her backpack and said proudly.

"Who says I got nothing? Take a look at this!"

"A drone, give it to me."

Su Mo was also surprised; this girl had such good luck.

"No way, I found it. You're not on my team, I'll use it myself."

Lan Xi said as she took out a remote control with a display screen from her backpack.

Su Mo was speechless; he didn't try to snatch it, but watched as Lan Xi set it up.

Soon, the drone slowly lifted off, then descended, or swayed from side to side.

This girl clearly doesn't know how to use it, and Su Mo couldn't watch any longer, so he spoke up.

"Stop messing with it, this drone is obviously a civilian model, not a very advanced one. The battery won't last long, you're just wasting power."

Lan Xi quickly handed the controller over to him after Su Mo said this.

Su Mo took the controller and operated the drone to patrol around very skillfully.

"How do you know how to do everything?"

Lan Xi was also a bit surprised. Was there anything this guy couldn't do?

Su Mo did not respond to Lan Xi's question; he was focused on the screen on the controller. The drone's battery was less than twenty percent, it couldn't fly for much longer, there was no time to waste.

Seeing Su Mo so serious, Lan Xi decisively shut her mouth and didn't disturb him.

After about fifteen minutes, Su Mo brought the drone back and handed it to Lan Xi.

"Keep it safe, and look for an emergency power source later so you can charge it."

"How did it go? Did you find anything?"

Lan Xi, having taken the drone, asked anxiously.

"Got any paper and pen?"

Su Mo asked simply and directly.

"Yes!"

Lan Xi took out a notebook and a pen from her backpack. She had a lot of items in her backpack, which were relatively complete.

Su Mo opened the notebook and quickly drew a simple map.

Lan Xi's mouth gaped open; Su Mo's map was incredibly detailed.

"Are you sure you drew it correctly? How did you remember all this?"

"I used my brain."

Su Mo answered very casually.

Lan Xi couldn't speak for a moment, truly, comparing people could be infuriating. With a sense of helplessness, she asked, "What should we do next?"

"We need to leave this place. About a kilometer to our west, there are two important buildings, one is a security company, and the other is a police station. I think we can find some suitable weapons there, as what we have now is only good enough against a few zombies. If we encounter a larger group, it won't be sufficient."

"Over one kilometer? How are we going to get there!"

Lan Xi felt her scalp tingle hearing this.

"I found a route; there should be fewer zombies along it. If we aren't too unlucky, we shouldn't encounter too many problems."

Su Mo used the pen to mark a squiggly route on the map, which would first reach the security company and then lead to the police station.

"But how do we get out of here now? It seems like all the roads are blocked. Although we didn't go back to the shopping mall, I can assure you that there are probably more zombies inside it, and all the exits are tightly surrounded by zombies."

Lan Xi asked worriedly. No matter how good the plan was, they needed to be able to execute it.

Su Mo frowned slightly; Lan Xi indeed had a point there.

He too found it challenging, but suddenly Su Mo seemed to think of something, and he walked towards the building Lan Xi had escaped from.

Lan Xi followed, confused.

"No need to check, it's impassable; there are too many monsters."

But when Su Mo reached the end and looked down, he took a deep breath. He saw four zombies wandering on the rooftop of that building.

"Just four?"

"Ah, isn't four a lot already!"

Lan Xi instinctively responded.

"You go look at the side I came from."

Su Mo was too lazy to argue, knowing there were only four, he wouldn't have needed to fuss so much; he could have just gone down and finished them.

Curiously, Lan Xi went to look at the building Su Mo had escaped from and was completely dumbfounded.

The zombies were densely packed, at least twenty of them, making Lan Xi's scalp tingle.

"Let's go my way."

"I'll speak frankly, I used your drone, and you can follow me. But if you can't keep up and get killed, don't blame me; I won't specifically go back to save you."

Su Mo warned bluntly.

"Mmhmm, don't worry. I'll follow closely behind you, God. I definitely won't fall behind. If I do, it's my own fault."

Lan Xi promised earnestly.