Ye Fan's rental building is located on the outskirts of H City.
H City is also called Ice City.
The city is quite large, and the most convenient road Ye Fan can take to get home is the highway.
From his rental building to the highway entrance, it's still a journey of tens of kilometers.
The vehicle exited the quiet street and moved onto the main road ahead.
The moment it reached the main road, Ye Fan couldn't help but inhale sharply.
Right now, he is using Xu Haoran's perspective, looking down at the situation on the road.
The main road is densely packed with abandoned vehicles, stretching from one end to another, with no end in sight.
The crashed flowerbeds have collapsed, trees are broken, and a fire hydrant is spraying water outside.
Some shop signboards have fallen off, and waste paper and plastic fly all over.
Some vehicles have rushed onto the sidewalks, and some have even crashed into roadside shops.
There aren't many zombies nearby, but a few hundred meters ahead, a large number of wandering zombie figures can already be seen.
Within the dilapidated traffic flow, zombies can be seen everywhere, wandering aimlessly.
Seeing this scene, Ye Fan's heart is gripped with tension.
Based on his earlier judgment, the initial zombie mutations occurred in over seventy percent of the human population.
Following the first wave of disasters, survivors suffered huge losses, and he estimates that zombies now outnumber humans by over eighty percent.
But seeing the current situation, there isn't a single human in sight, saying zombies occupy over ninety percent seems accurate.
On the enormous Blue Sea Star with billions of people, if a miracle doesn't happen, extinction is a real possibility.
The density of vehicles on the street exceeds imagination; breaking through is quite a challenge.
The mining truck might be relatively safe, but can the fierce tiger escape in such an environment?
Ye Fan has no certainty in his heart, but at this point, he has no way back.
"Xu Haoran, charge!"
Xu Haoran executed Ye Fan's command precisely, stepped on the gas, the mining truck roared, and the huge metal shovel was lowered, crashing heavily into the traffic.
An SUV and a minibus were directly knocked over, pushing several cars behind them to the side.
This metal shovel can crush ores in the mines, pushing these non-heavy trucks is very easy.
Rumbling forward, like an icebreaker on the sea, pushing layers of hard ice aside.
The fierce tiger follows behind the mining truck, keeping a distance of about twenty meters.
The loud noise attracted the zombies ahead.
After all, zombies are transformed from humans, with sight and sound, they chase after the scent of flesh.
Although they can't smell now, seeing the mining truck approaching, they instinctively gathered around.
"Sir, should we shoot?"
Over by the mining truck, Army Soldier Luo Fei asked Ye Fan.
"You can shoot, but try to maintain accuracy."
"Understood!"
Luo Fei opened a hatch on top of the mining truck, didn't push out the machine gun, grabbed his semi-automatic rifle and exposed his head.
The zombies' sense of smell is very keen, they immediately noticed Luo Fei on the mining truck, the whole zombie group became agitated.
Roars continually echoed from all directions, as zombies gathered like tidal waves towards them.
Luo Fei aimed and started shooting.
Don't be fooled by the dense zombies, but in such density, their heads are constantly swaying, trying to quickly headshot is really not easy.
About fifty percent headshot rate, Luo Fei killed them slowly.
Due to the number of cars blocking the road, the mining truck couldn't speed up, the zombies finally got close, waving their claws trying to attack and climb.
But their actions were futile, the thick armor of the mining truck was beyond their ability to shake.
Thud thud thud~~~!
The metal shovel slightly lifted, a row of zombies in front were knocked over, crushed by the tracks.
Xu Haoran revved the engine hard, the mining truck pushed the traffic ahead to either side, forcefully moving forward.
Zombies shrieked and lunged forward, gathering more and more.
At this moment, Ye Fan truly felt that Qin Han's people were way too many.
Ice City is in the north and not considered populous compared to some southern cities with billions of people, and it's the suburbs, these zombies are simply uncountable.
In the buildings lining the street, some zombies howled as they climbed out of windows from the second, third, and even higher floors, trying to attack the mining vehicle. The ones from higher floors shattered upon landing, while those from lower floors broke their arms or legs but still struggled to crawl forward for an attack.
Although there were many zombies, they didn't pose too much of a threat to the mining vehicle.
At that moment, there was a sudden loud crash against the body of the vehicle, Tiger.
A zombie was knocked down by the mining vehicle, got back up just as Tiger approached, and lunged forward swinging its claws.
It was right near the window where Ye Fan was, the zombie's terrifying face mere inches away.
Ye Fan felt a tingling on his scalp. Fortunately, Tiger's glass had a slight bulletproof effect, making it sturdy enough; otherwise, the zombie might have reached him.
While a single zombie isn't much, more and more zombies began to close in on Tiger.
The mining vehicle couldn't pick up speed in the front, and Tiger was also slowing down, with more than a dozen zombies now clinging to the vehicle.
The vehicle was moving even slower.
"Sir, protect yourself!"
Li Biao suddenly opened the sunroof, raised his gun, and started shooting at the surrounding zombies.
All the zombies clinging to the vehicle were taken out with single shots.
Accuracy wasn't the main goal now, the priority was to shoot the zombies down.
The thirty rounds of bullets ran out quickly, but the number of zombies didn't seem to decrease; they kept surging up like a tide.
He swiftly changed the magazine, and the second round of shooting commenced.
The gunfire echoed through the neighborhood like popcorn popping.
With five rounds left in the third magazine, Li Biao ducked back into the vehicle: "Next one take over!"
Qian Xiaobing, also a Senior Private, equipped with 90 rounds of ammo, immediately took over from Li Biao and began shooting.
Zombies that climbed up were shot down, one wave after another.
Qian Xiaobing nearly exhausted his ammunition before swapping with the third Senior Private.
The mining vehicle in front accelerated with all its might, and through the soldiers' constant rotations, the vehicle managed to charge forward about five kilometers.
The zombies behind began to halt, devouring the flesh on the ground, but new zombies kept appearing in the front, meaning the overall number didn't visibly decrease.
Inside the vehicle, aside from the driver Wang Hu and Ye Fan, everyone else was nearly out of bullets.
However, this charge had its benefits, as they were now nearing the overpass by the freeway.
Once they got onto the overpass and descended, they would see the freeway toll station.
The freeway was definitely less congested than the city streets, where they could finally make their escape.
Just as Tiger followed the mining vehicle onto the overpass, Xu Haoran's voice came through from the front.
"Report, sir, too many cars are piled up on the overpass, causing it to collapse!"
Ye Fan quickly switched to Xu Haoran's perspective and indeed saw that a section of the overpass ahead had collapsed. Even on the parts that hadn't collapsed, the cars filled the overpass completely with no gaps in sight.
"Sir, what should we do?"
The way forward was blocked, and now Tiger had reached the head of the overpass. Zombies surged like a tide from behind, and reversing would mean driving straight into the horde, likely never to emerge again.
In desperation, Ye Fan glanced around and suddenly spotted the side road below the overpass!
If he remembered correctly, this road led toward his hometown via a dirt road.
Since the freeway had opened, fewer people had used this road, but Ye Fan distinctly remembered one time when the freeway was closed, they had taken this very route.
Midway on this route home, they would pass a place known for its fish dishes.
Ye Fan remembered a sister duo's fish restaurant, where the two pretty owners cooked delectable meals, and he had enjoyed it immensely that time.
Now, at the overpass head, they were nearly two meters above the ground; charging down this height would certainly cause Tiger to flip over.
Seeing the rear of the mining vehicle ahead, a flash of inspiration struck Ye Fan.
"Xu Haoran, lower the tailgate of the storage box!"
The mining vehicle had a tailgate that, when lowered, could be used for unloading ores.
Xu Haoran immediately pressed a button to lower the tailgate, forming a slope with the ground.
Ye Fan patted Wang Biao on the shoulder: "Charge up it!"
Wang Hu executed the order without hesitation, flooring the accelerator. Tiger's six wheels spun, pressing down on the tailgate and shooting up the steep slope over fifty degrees!
With a loud bang, the vehicle smashed into a pile of grain and flour.
"Xu Haoran, charge down it!"
Xu Haoran demonstrated his excellent driving skills. The mining vehicle's tracks rotated, the Metal Shovel smashing through the railing of the overpass, probing forward to form a pivot point, allowing the mining vehicle to charge straight off the overpass!
Landing on the ground, several zombies even fell off with a clatter into the vehicle bed.
Xu Haoran, ignoring everything else, sped up on the dirt road, which had far fewer vehicles, and the mining vehicle finally accelerated, rumbling towards the distant horizon!