Chapter 4 : Chaos in the City

The cold bullet penetrated the head of the infected person, and blood mixed with brain matter spurted out from the blood hole, splashing all over Brian's body and face. 

The infected person whose brain was damaged seemed to have lost power and lay weakly on the ground, motionless. Blood continued to flow from the wound, forming a pool of blood in an instant and exuding a strong smell of blood. 

Seeing the infected person die, Brian's whole body seemed to have been drained of strength, and he immediately collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily. 

Sarah behind him was also completely stunned by the scene, standing there in a daze, her whole body trembling.

On the other side, after Joel shot Jimmy, he turned around and saw two children, one paralyzed and one stunned. He didn't know what to say, but he knew he couldn't stay here anymore and had to leave immediately. 

"Get up; let's get out of here quickly." 

Joel picked up Brian, who was on the ground, and Sarah, who was standing stupidly, and without any explanation, he pulled the two of them toward the door. 

Just after leaving the house, Joel saw his brother Tommy's car parked outside. When the other party saw them, a hint of joy flashed on his face, and he asked, "Where were you? You didn't even answer your call. Do you know what the chaos is like outside?" 

"I already know; stop talking nonsense and drive quickly." 

Joel didn't say much. He opened the back door and stuffed the two children, who had not yet recovered from their shock. He knew the situation of Brian's family very well and knew that his mother was out of town, so he didn't ask any more questions. Regarding the situation at his home, he closed the door, opened the front door, and got in. 

"Damn it, why are you covered in blood? Are you injured?" 

As soon as he got in the car, Joel heard Tommy's concerned inquiry, but he really didn't want to waste time, so he continued, "It's not my blood; let's leave quickly." 

Tommy didn't say anything after hearing this; he started the engine and reversed, driving quickly towards the highway. 

In the back seat, Brian didn't pay attention to what Tommy and Joel said in the front row. He just looked at his hands and kept thinking about the scenes that just happened. 

I...killed someone? 

Although this feeling is very bad, he is still a person with a soul in his 20s. After taking a deep breath, he gradually recovered from the discomfort, and after shooting and killing, he could feel himself. It was as if a certain barrier had been broken through in his heart. 

In his previous life, he had read a report about a murderer. After the murder, as long as he got through the initial period of tension and panic, his whole mentality would change drastically. He would feel that he was completely different from other people, and he could see that high-level people who easily control the lives and deaths of others no longer view others as similar people but as prey. When encountering something slightly unpleasant, the first thing they think of is to kill the other person. 

If a person is used to using killing to solve problems, then he will also be controlled by killing. Thinking of this, Brian secretly warned himself to stay rational at all times. 

"Brian, Sarah, how are you doing?" 

After the car drove a short distance, Joel turned his head and looked at the two of them with concern. Although he didn't like Brian very much at first and thought he was too close to his daughter, the other party stood up for him in times of crisis. He went out to protect Sarah, which made his impression of this boy slightly different. 

"I'm fine." 

In response to Joel's concern, Brian glanced at Sarah next to him. Seeing that she also said she was fine, he said "My mother just called me. They said that the epidemic is completely out of control. What is the situation outside now?" 

Joel also wanted to know Brian's question, so he looked at Tommy, who was driving the car, hoping to get an answer. 

"I'm not very clear now. They all say that people in the city have lost their minds. They seem to be affected by some kind of parasite or something." 

While driving the car intently, Tommy shared the information he got from the news and passersby. 

"Moreover, mobile phones and radios are no longer available, so it is impossible to accurately understand information." 

Hearing Tommy's answer, everyone in the car fell silent for a while. By now, no one understood that the situation was extremely serious. 

When the car reached a fork in the road, Tommy seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head, and said to his brother Joel, When I came here, I read the latest news. It said that the army had set up roadblocks on the highway, and no one was allowed to enter the county. Where are we going now?" 

"... Since the expressway cannot be used, then Route 71 can be used." 

As a police car roared past, the car turned right. Along the way, everyone saw many families packing their luggage and wanting to leave with their wives, children, and grandchildren. 

He even saw a vehicle crash into a big tree on the roadside. The driver's seat door was open, and there was no one inside. A long trail of blood extended outward and disappeared in the distance. 

"Damn, what on earth are these monsters?" 

 Seeing this scene, Joel frowned slightly, which reminded him of the infected people he met in the house. 

"I don't know; the police have no clue right now." 

Tommy naturally knew what Joel was talking about. He met several infected patients when he came here and continued, "It's not just our towns that are experiencing this now; those reporters are saying that the contagion started in the south but is now spreading rapidly to the east and west..."

After driving for about ten minutes, they finally arrived at Route 71. During this period, they passed the fire-burned Lewis farm and encountered a family of three fleeing on foot on the roadside. 

Originally, Tommy planned to stop the car to help the other party, but Joel, who was sitting in the passenger seat, refused the request to help the other party because there were too many people and there were children with him. 

When he came to the intersection and looked at the long queue of traffic ahead, Tommy said helplessly, "It seems like everyone has the same Idea." 

The traffic seemed to have been stuck here for a long time. All the vehicles were honking their horns. Brian even saw a helicopter flying over their heads. 

The owner of the blue car in front of them was obviously impatient to wait. He roughly pushed the door open and yelled at the traffic ahead: "Asshole, what's going on ahead? Tell me now!" 

But just as he finished speaking, two infected people wearing hospital gowns suddenly jumped out of the darkness beside the driveway. One of them rushed forward, threw the man next to the car to the ground, and bit him desperately. 

Another infected got in through the open door and bit the woman sitting in the passenger seat. 

"This..." 

The sudden arrival of the infected person shocked everyone in the car, and they were all stunned for a moment. At this moment, the infected person who threw down the man bit off the prey's neck, noticed the four people in the car in front of him, and roared. He stood up and rushed over. 

"Tommy, reverse the car and get out of here!" 

Joel's push made Tommy suddenly come to his senses. He quickly put his right hand into reverse gear, stepped on the accelerator, and drove into the nearby town. 

Driving quickly, the car turned left onto a main road, but what came face to face was a group of fleeing people with frightened faces. 

The crowd hindered the movement of vehicles. There was even a car crossing the road in the middle of the road, not far ahead. There was only an intersection that was big enough for one car. Tommy had no choice but to slow down and drive forward slowly. He wanted to wait until the crowd had passed. 

But the crowd was too big. With Joel's constant urging, Tommy stepped on the accelerator and passed the narrow intersection quickly and with difficulty. 

"drop--!" 

But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, just as the car passed an intersection, dazzling lights appeared on the left side of the vehicle, and an out-of-control truck hit them head-on. 

"Bang!" 

Before anyone could react, the truck slammed into the side of the car. The huge impact overturned the entire car. After rolling several times on the road, it overturned on the side of the road. Next to the store. 

"Fuck me!" 

Don't know how long it took, but Brian gradually woke up from his coma. He only felt a dull pain in his head, like needles, but fortunately, his body was not seriously injured. 

Immediately afterward, he found that the vehicle had rolled over, Sarah and Joel were unconscious, Tommy's position in the driver's seat was missing, and he didn't know if he had been thrown out. 

Pulling hard on the car door, Brian found that the door had deformed and could not be pushed open at all. However, there was a sunroof on the roof of the car, and he got out without even thinking about opening the sunroof. 

Outside the car, people were running around in panic on the street. The firelight illuminated the surroundings like daylight, and several infected people could even be seen not far away. 

"Sarah, Joel, wake up!" 

Quickly squatting down and facing the sunroof, shouting their names into the car, Brian pushed Joel hard into the front seat. Due to his size, he didn't care whether the other person was awake or not, and he then pulled up Sarah in the back seat. Pull and drag her out of the window. 

Joel, who was in the front seat, gradually woke up after being pushed by Brian. He quickly turned around and looked back. Seeing that Sarah had been rescued by Brian, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he raised his left foot and kicked a few times to block the situation. He hit the windshield and kicked it out. 

Sarah, who was dragged out of the car, also slowly woke up from her coma. When she opened her eyes, she saw Brian asking her if she was injured with a concerned look on her face. 

But just when she was about to answer, she suddenly saw an infected person with a ferocious face running towards him from a dark corner behind Brian!

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