Chapter 52: The Helicopter

Before leaving the villa, Zhang Cheng first cleared up the zombies outside the gate. Later, he planned to bring Tang Ying over; it was better to be cautious. After clearing up the zombies, Zhang Cheng headed directly towards Xinchengwan.

In theory, the sound of the Harley's engine was more significant and should have attracted more zombies from Xinchengwan. However, Xinchengwan seemed to have fewer zombies after several days of being left alone.

Zhang Cheng frowned slightly. Living in the apocalypse, any detail should not be taken lightly. When dealing with the rioters, if they had been slightly aware and suspicious of the alcohol, they would not have been taken advantage of by Zhang Cheng. Furthermore, Wang Lele did not take her monitoring job seriously yesterday. Otherwise, Zhang Cheng would have been discovered when he was climbing the fence.

If those rich second generation kids had escaped into the house and used a walkie-talkie to notify Xu Chao, allowing Xu Chao to be on guard, then it would have been much more difficult for Zhang Cheng to kill them. And it would have undoubtedly resulted in a fierce battle.

Getting off the motorcycle, Zhang Cheng waited for a while and confirmed his thoughts. Although it was almost noon now, the engine of the Harley had only attracted a dozen or so zombies, which was entirely unreasonable. Zhang Cheng, frowning, quickly went upstairs. Could something unusual have happened in the few days he was away?

In the hallway, there was only one zombie with a broken leg. The other zombies seemed to have disappeared. Zhang Cheng arrived at the 14th floor and opened the door. With a click, the door lock was opened.

"I'm back," Zhang Cheng announced.

The bedroom door was quickly opened. Tang Ying rushed out and immediately hugged Zhang Cheng. Burying her head in Zhang Cheng's shoulder, she complained, "Why did you leave for so many days again?" Zhang Cheng gently patted Tang Ying's back and said, "I underestimated them, but I was still successful."

Tang Ying nodded. Seeing Zhang Cheng back, she felt at ease. If Zhang Cheng did not return, she would always be anxious. Zhang Cheng asked, "How come there are so many fewer zombies in the community?" Tang Ying answered, "A helicopter flew by yesterday and broadcasted a message saying it was to pick up Dr. Liu's family. The zombies followed the helicopter."

Zhang Cheng's eyebrows furrowed, "A helicopter? Did the military send people?" Tang Ying said, "It's not a military helicopter; it's a civilian one." "A civilian one?" Zhang Cheng frowned. Now it was the apocalypse. If there was a helicopter, it could surely be moved to a safe place. "What does Dr. Liu do?" Could it be that he was engaged in vaccine research? That should be the only possibility.

Zhang Cheng pondered for a while. Then, he stopped thinking about it. Regardless of whether the doctor was doing vaccine research, it had nothing to do with Zhang Cheng now. Having found out the reason for the fewer number of zombies, he said to Tang Ying, "Pack up, I'm taking you to live in a villa."

"Are we leaving here?" Tang Ying hesitated a bit. She had no particular thoughts about living in a villa. She felt that her home was quite good. Zhang Cheng said, "There's electricity there. You can listen to music, sing songs, play games, and there are fewer zombies than here."

Tang Ying was moved, but she was worried about the zombies downstairs: "But the zombies downstairs..." Zhang Cheng said, "With me here, what are you afraid of?" Tang nodded. Indeed, Zhang Cheng was very capable. Thanks to Zhang Cheng, she had not starved to death or died of thirst over these many days, and she didn't have to worry about running out of food.