CHAPTER 674: 【668】QUEEN OF THE APOCALYPSE 4 (3 MORE UPDATES)

In the dead of night, the piercing scream of a woman mixed with the cries of a child was especially harsh in the quiet villa neighborhood. Zhu Li suddenly sprang up from her bed, drew back the curtains, and looked out, only to see numerous dark figures moving toward the house next door.

Zhu Li furrowed her brows, and from her observation, she felt that not everyone had awakened yet; she and Rong Hua were probably among the first after the thawing.

Thus, the simultaneous cries of the woman and the baby indicated that they were certainly suffering an attack from family members.

By the time she had dressed and rushed downstairs, Rong Hua had already stood up and grabbed a golf club. In the dark night, his eyes shone pitch-black and bright.

"It’s the voice of Zhao Yun’s sister-in-law. Her baby is only seven months old, currently breastfeeding. If I’m not mistaken, her family members might have turned into monsters. Should we go rescue them?"

Without another word, Zhu Li headed to the shoe cabinet, put on a mask, gloves, goggles, and casually threw him a set: "Of course we should rescue them. Let’s go!"

Regardless of whether Aunt Zhao had awakened her superpowers, Zhu Li could not ignore the situation since the cries of the child were like a target in the night drawing zombies, and the neighbors being surrounded by zombies was definitely not good for them either.

To avoid being bitten by zombies, she wore a thin down jacket, which was a bit hot but could protect her entire body within the coat.

The two of them walked out of their yard, one after the other, with Rong Hua’s golf club now exchanged for a baseball bat, while she, even more exaggerated, came out wielding an ax.

Having a background as a Special Forces operative, she was decidedly capable of killing, especially such monsters; after all, to survive in the apocalypse, one must be ruthless, or else a moment’s carelessness could mean your own death.

As for Rong Hua, having his own relatives to practice on, she believed he would quickly adapt.

"You kill the ones outside, I’ll go inside and kill."

Since the child’s cries still rang out, the zombies were attracted by the sound, though their movements were currently slow, which allowed them some room to maneuver.

While there were more zombies outside and more spread out, allowing him to act more freely, the situation inside the house was unclear. Her choice to go in was because she had ’space’ to dodge, especially given the dim lighting, which provided extremely convenient conditions.

"Be careful then, I’ll come to find you as soon as possible," Rong Hua said through gritted teeth as he charged toward the nearby zombies.

Zhu Li was even more thorough, directly smashing the window with her ax; because the villa neighborhood had excellent security, there were no burglar bars installed, making this the quickest way in.

Additionally, she was quite lucky, having chosen the baby’s room. The sound of the glass breaking startled the mother and child hiding in the corner, causing the child to cry out even louder in fright, and the mother to cry out in despair: "Who, who’s there?"

"Sister, don’t be scared, I’m a normal person. How many people are out there?"

Although she couldn’t see Zhao Yun’s outline, her voice was very pleasant, "Three — my in-laws, and... my husband. Young sister, what, what do you want to do?"

"Sister, you know, they are no longer human. Brother Rong Hua is just outside. You grab the child and jump out of the window first, go to the Zhu’s house next door to hide. I’ll handle things here,"

Zhao Yun’s voice suddenly trembled, "Are you, are you going to kill them?"

Zhu Li turned back coldly and looked at her, "What else then, do you want to wait for them to bite you and turn you and your child into monsters?"

Zhao Yun cried, and Zhu Li sternly stopped her, "Sister, you have to know, your crying and the child’s have already attracted many monsters in this direction, so we don’t have time to hesitate here. Quickly gather the child’s clothes, formula, and move quickly."

As the noise from the baby’s room grew louder, Zhu Li’s urging grew more intense, and Zhao Yun finally realized this was not a dream but a grim reality.

She looked down at her child, strapped her tightly to her chest with a carrier, then swiftly began to pack.

As she was ready to jump out the window, the door was suddenly smashed open by the monsters outside; Zhu Li swung her axe, chopping down the man at the forefront. Zhao Yun screamed and jumped down.

Because the axe was deeply embedded in the bone and hard to pull out, when the elderly couple rushed towards her, she dashed into the "space." When they missed the tackle and turned back, she had already picked out and pulled out the axe, cleanly and decisively slicing through their necks with a forceful swing, causing both heads to simultaneously roll to the ground.

In that instant, the unique ’heh ha’ and ’aah’ sounds of the zombies disappeared. Zhu Li looked around, pulled out a suitcase, and packed it with essential baby items like clothes, diapers, formula, milk bottles, water bottles, and supplemental food. Just then, Rong Hua called from outside.

"Are you ready? Hurry up, more monsters are coming."

A chill ran through Zhu Li as she grabbed the suitcase and went out the door under Rong Hua’s cover, retreating to the Zhu family’s home.

Zhao Yun’s child seemed to have calmed down, but her crying was about to restart due to their noisy entrance. Mom swiftly put her mouth and managed to stop her from crying out again.

"I, I don’t have any breast milk, and we’ve run out of water at home. How are we going to feed the baby?"

Zhu Li remembered the formula stashed at Zhao Yun’s house, "You mix feed?"

Zhao Yun looked at her in surprise, "Yes, little sister, but I came here in such a hurry I even forgot the bottle."

"I brought it for you; we have water at my house. I boiled a kettle of water during the day; wait, I’ll make some formula for the child."

There were only water dispensers in the Zhu family’s home, not a single warming bottle. She found one in a storeroom and another in the maid’s room, cleaned them, and boiled two kettles of hot water in the "space." Because Chinese people like to drink hot water, this is deemed a necessity, naturally prepared and it had unexpectedly come in handy to save the child’s life.

Under Zhao Yun’s guidance, she successfully made a bottle of formula, 120 milliliters, which the child gulped down in five minutes. The recent scare and crying must have drained her essence; barely a moment later, she fell asleep in Mom’s arms.

With the child asleep, all three exhaled in relief. Since Zhao Yun was breastfeeding, Rong Hua stayed by the window until the child fell asleep, then he approached.

"The horde of zombies outside has dispersed. Sister-in-law, did you just wake up?"

Zhao Yun, with tears in her eyes, nodded, "How could this happen? Everything was fine before. Then it got terrifyingly hot, and afterward, terrifyingly cold. I don’t even know when I passed out. When I woke up, they were awake too, but they looked like the monsters from the TV. So, I quickly hid in that room. If I hadn’t reacted quickly, neither I nor the child would have escaped by now..."