After determining the route, the four headed towards the city of Fremantle in southwestern Australia. They dared not enter the forest, fearing they might encounter a forest fire again. Who knew when and where Xiao Yuan would start a fire? To avoid being burned to death, they had to proceed with caution.
They walked along the coastline for two days and saw a town with a population of tens of thousands. However, it was now overrun with zombies, including many mutated ones. There were three tank-type zombies, all of which were third-tier.
"Zombies, that's good news! It means there are likely still supplies in this city!" Shen Feng's eyes lit up when he saw the city. If there were residents in the town, supplies would have been looted long ago. The presence of zombies now indicated that they could find plenty of supplies.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go! Li Gui, Sloth, you two go collect supplies. Feng Ge, we'll kill zombies!" Yue Hengyi was immediately excited. As long as they could find supplies, the journey to Fremantle would be much easier.
"Let's go. It's been a while since we've truly fought. It's time to show the true combat power of us ability users!" Shen Feng also smiled.
After their battle with the sea beasts at sea, Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi were stranded at sea and had few opportunities to fight. Although they had previously eliminated villains in an evil organization, that couldn't be considered a real battle. Their strength was a complete crushing force against ordinary people. Now, with tens of thousands of zombies in the town, this was a real challenge, as tens of thousands of zombies gathered together constituted a small-scale zombie tide.
The two charged out recklessly, leaving Li Gui and Sloth to follow slowly. Sloth had never seen the true strength of Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi, and he was very curious now. Were ability users really as powerful as the legends said?
While he was wondering, Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi immediately displayed their abilities, opening the old man's eyes.
After Shen Feng rushed out, he made no movements, but with a thought, hundreds or thousands of wind blades shot towards the zombies. Blood splattered from the zombies, like blood-red flowers blooming continuously. The zombies, charging towards Shen Feng, didn't even have the qualification to reach him.
No matter how many zombies charged at Shen Feng, they all fell at his feet. Shen Feng charged into the zombie horde, carving a bloody path with his wind blades.
When the zombies formed a encirclement, Shen Feng immediately used "Hurricane Eye," repelling all zombies within a dozen meters. Not a single zombie could get close.
On the other side, Yue Hengyi was no less impressive. Compared to Shen Feng's lightning-fast charge into the enemy ranks, his attack method was much more straightforward. As he walked, he suppressed them with five times gravity. No matter how many zombies charged, they would instantly kneel, their internal organs rupturing under the immense pressure, leading to a tragic death.
Witnessing these scenes, Sloth's eyes widened. Was this the power of ability users? Were all ability users this powerful? Each ability user could kill at least ten thousand zombies, which was terrifying.
"If only I could become an ability user, I'd want to possess such great power," Sloth murmured.
Li Gui looked at the old man beside him and thought, "Just keep dreaming. Even I will be abandoned. You old man will also be ruthlessly kicked aside sooner or later. You still want to become an ability user? Maybe in your next life!"
However, in the end, Li Gui did not voice his thoughts. Instead, he patiently said, "Let's hurry and collect supplies. It's best to find a local map, as well as a car and gasoline. It seems there are quite a lot of supplies in the town."
Li Gui also knew where to find supplies. It was impossible to find supplies in the places where survivors lived, unless it was through trade. They could obtain a certain amount of supplies from others, but not much. The places with the most supplies were towns full of zombies.
Although towns often had zombies, it also meant that no one could take supplies from the zombies. Even if they stole them, they couldn't take too much. Therefore, places with zombies were actually full of opportunities and challenges. If they defeated the zombies, they would naturally have everything. If they couldn't defeat the zombies, it was best not to approach them.
Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi displayed their might, clearing the entire town. Eighty percent of the zombies were killed. The remaining twenty percent did not wait to be slaughtered. They did not give Shen Feng any openings or weaknesses and turned to flee, leaving the town they had lived in for a long time. Zombies also had basic intelligence. Compared to two years ago when they knew nothing, these zombies had learned the ways of survival and fled without hesitation when facing danger.
In fact, the fastest fleeing zombies were the mutated ones. Speed-type zombies fled the fastest, followed closely by strength-type zombies. In the eyes of the mutated zombies, Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi were complete demons. As soon as they appeared, they began slaughtering zombies, and no zombie could last two rounds against them. Usually, after meeting them, they were killed immediately.
"Phew, boring. They ran away so quickly. This reminds me of the battle a year ago in Yanjing. Seeing zombies along hundreds of miles of city walls made my legs go weak with excitement," Yue Hengyi said, wiping the sweat from his face.
Hearing this, Shen Feng also recalled the Battle of Yanjing, where endless zombies surged towards the city walls like a tide. Fortunately, millions of troops were gathered, and the city walls constantly spewed flames. Otherwise, Yanjing might have been conquered.
"Come on, countries abroad are generally sparsely populated. It's too difficult to encounter a scene as grand as Yanjing. Even if we did, we wouldn't be able to fight!" Shen Feng shook his head.
Yue Hengyi thought for a moment and said, "Did you forget India? Their population is even larger than ours, and they have many plains. It's not impossible for foreign countries to encounter such large-scale situations as ours."
"Don't mention it. If we were in India now, it would be simple to get home. From Bengal to northern Myanmar, then to Yunnan Province, we could take a boat back to Chongqing. Now we are separated by a vast ocean. To get home, we first need to go out to sea!" Shen Feng shrugged.
Yue Hengyi nodded. If they were stranded on the Eurasian continent, going home wouldn't be difficult. In two months, they could have run back. But they happened to be in this isolated Australia, the most desolate continent. To get home, they had to cross a vast ocean and countless islands.
Li Gui was lucky enough to find a car dealership in the town. The cars were all brand new, almost never driven. There was also a gas station nearby. Thanks to the zombies guarding it, there was still plenty of gasoline in the gas station. After pumping it out, it could be used. They added it to the cars and started them on the spot.
"Mr. Shen, we can drive now. Our speed towards Fremantle will increase," Li Gui immediately reported the good news.
On the other side, the old man also found something good: a route map of Australia. This was a map drawn two years ago, and all the routes in Australia could be found on it. The location of the town was also marked. The map showed that they were only three hundred kilometers away from their destination.
"There's also a lot of flour here, we can make bread!" Li Gui found a supermarket. Most of the food in the supermarket had been eaten by zombies, but there were still warehouses. Upon opening the warehouse, they found instant noodles, flour, and a lot of cooking oil. With these items, they could last for half a year.
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said, "Let's move all the food from the warehouse. We'll drive the pickup trucks, covered with waterproof tarps. This grain is hard currency."
Li Gui's eyes darted, and he said to Shen Feng, "Mr. Shen, I think there's too much food here. Why don't we use two cars to transport it? If a car breaks down on the road, we can switch."
Shen Feng nodded in agreement and said, "So be it. I'll go smoke a cigarette while you guys slowly move it."
Shen Feng had no psychological burden in directing his two evolutionary follower subordinates. Moving grain was a task for those below.
Shen Feng found a pack of cigarettes and walked aside. Yue Hengyi quickly followed and said, "Is it proper for you to smoke alone? I'll join you for a cigarette."
"I've only heard of accompanying someone for drinks, never for smoking," Shen Feng smiled and went to the side with Yue Hengyi to smoke, relaxing his mind.
"I just hope this journey will be smoother. We were supposed to go to Melbourne ten days ago, but there was heavy rain and forest fires. It's like heaven is targeting us. Now, going to Fremantle, I hope nothing goes wrong!" Yue Hengyi exhaled a smoke ring.
Yue Hengyi did not smoke originally, but after spending time with Shen Feng, he found that smoking could relieve fatigue. Whether it was an illusion or psychological comfort, he learned to smoke. He stood with Shen Feng, watching Li Gui and Sloth work, like evil overseers.
All the food from the supermarket was loaded onto two pickup trucks. Shen Feng decided to set off at this time. The sooner they reached their destination, the sooner they could contact China.
Shen Feng drove one car with Yue Hengyi beside him. The other car was driven by Li Gui, with Sloth beside him. The two cars found the road and set off. Tall grass grew on both sides of the road. For Australia, it was a time of prosperity, and there were many rabbits and kangaroos on the grassland.
While driving, Li Gui suddenly stretched his head out of the window and shouted, "Mr. Shen, you go ahead. I need to relieve myself and will catch up with you immediately!"
Shen Feng did not suspect anything. He extended his hand out of the car window and waved, signaling Li Gui to do as he pleased.
Then, Shen Feng continued to drive forward, but slowed down, preparing to wait for Li Gui to catch up. However, Shen Feng waited for a full twenty minutes but still did not see Li Gui's pickup truck in the rearview mirror.
"Feng Ge, Li Gui still hasn't caught up. Could he be in trouble?" Yue Hengyi asked casually.
Shen Feng thought about it and felt it was very possible. He said, "It's not impossible. When you squat down to relieve yourself, a cobra might suddenly pop out of the grass. Seeing a large white thing in front of it, I don't know what it is, maybe it would bite it."
"Then hurry up and turn back to check! If we don't have a translator by our side, how can we communicate?" Yue Hengyi was also amused by Shen Feng's teasing and began to worry about Li Gui's safety. The translator and meteorologist could not be in trouble.
Shen Feng quickly returned to the original road but found Sloth tied up by the roadside. When the old man saw Shen Feng, he struggled, but his mouth was gagged, and he couldn't call for help.
"Sloth, what's wrong? Why are you tied up?" Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi quickly got out of the car. Li Gui's car was nowhere to be seen around them, and they didn't know what had happened.
The rag in Sloth's mouth was removed, and he could finally speak, but he couldn't speak Chinese. He kept repeating, "Li Gui, Li Gui!"
Shen Feng looked at the tire tracks in the grass beside them. The pickup truck's tracks extended into the distance. If they had been robbed, Li Gui wouldn't have been the only one taken. Moreover, there was only one set of tracks. This made things simple: Li Gui had betrayed them!
"This traitor, when I catch up to him, I'll tear him to pieces!" Shen Feng gritted his teeth. He hated betrayal the most. If Li Gui had simply stated his intention to leave, Shen Feng would have been merely displeased. But this was outright betrayal, and those who betrayed him absolutely could not live in this world.