Free Web NovelChapter 224: Come Out Alive
With what happened, Theodore did not stop the car, and for the next hour, they had to struggle with all the discomfort in the car. Fortunately, they made it to the border of the city.
Not only that, but because Theodore kept driving his car at high speed, they were able to leave the zombies far enough away, which made them unable to catch up with the vehicle. That way, Theodore and the others also managed to get out of the city of H safely. frёeωebɳovel.com
"We finally got out of that damn city!" Roxanne stroked her chest with relief. The anxiety that had filled her gradually disappeared.
"This way we’ll enter city K, right?" Geoffrey immediately asked Theodore about this.
"Yes. In a few hours we will enter the K City area." Theodore nodded his head, finally able to return to his hometown.
Given that Theodore was indeed from K City, he didn’t need Geoffrey’s help to find his way. Theodore had already memorized the streets of K City in his head.
But since they were all exhausted after what happened in H City, Theodore decided to rest first and continue their journey in the afternoon.
"You guys don’t mind if we rest first?" Theodore glanced at the others briefly, still wanting to ask their opinions on this decision.
"No problem. We’re also very tired, I can’t replace you driving at the moment anyway," Roxanne replied, not disputing Theodore’s proposal.
Geoffrey and Celia, who were in the back, also didn’t mind because they also needed a break after non-stop throwing grenades and arrows. So, after everyone agreed, Theodore decided to find a safe place to rest.
Theodore had been to the border area; at that time, he had bought firewood at this place. So Theodore chose to drive his car to a tranquil farming area because there weren’t many people living in that area.
"Wow! This place still looks better maintained than the ones in other cities," Geoffrey said, not expecting to still be able to see the green expanse of land.
"I also don’t know why this place is still maintained. It seems like there are still humans who survive here," replied Theodore, also feeling quite surprised at this time.
Seeing this, Theodore planned to look for the bamboo hut belonging to the old man from whom he had bought firewood.
Theodore drove his car on a small road flanked by green farmland until he finally saw a bamboo hut that was just a little big. Theodore quickly turned the car into the yard of the bamboo hut.
"Shall we rest here?" Roxanne looked around and felt that Theodore had chosen a good place for them to rest today.
"Yes. It’s just that I want to check out the bamboo hut first," Theodore replied and then decided to get out of his car.
The others also decided to get out of the car, except that they did not follow Theodore, who walked towards the bamboo hut. Roxanne and Celia chose to breathe in the fresh air there; it felt like it had been a long time since they had felt this atmosphere.
While Geoffrey himself chose to monitor the surroundings, honestly, he didn’t want a zombie to suddenly infiltrate this area. However, Geoffrey finally followed Theodore because he couldn’t let him go alone.
"Stay behind me, we don’t know if there are zombies in there," Theodore said when he realized Geoffrey was following behind him.
"Alright." Geoffrey nodded his head obediently. He just wanted to accompany Theodore anyway.
Once in front of the bamboo hut, Theodore removed the thick curtain that served as the door. What was surprising was that Theodore felt the hand that he used to uncover the curtain was hit by someone from inside the bamboo hut.
Realizing this, Theodore quickly used both hands to pull back the thick curtain to see who was inside the bamboo hut.
"Go away! Go away you damn zombie!" There was a hoarse voice of an old man who kept shouting while hitting whoever was in front of his bamboo hut door with a piece of wood.
"Hey, old man! I’m not a zombie," Theodore said while holding back the wood that swung back at him.
The old man opened his eyes wide and blinked a few times as he stared at Theodore, wanting to make sure that this young man who had broken into his hut was a human.
"You’re right, you are human. Then, what business did you have coming into my hut?!" However, the old grandfather didn’t look happy to learn that Theodore was a human either.
Given that the world had been destroyed for almost a year, the old grandfather understood that, in a way, humans could be more terrifying than zombies. Therefore, the old man was not too happy when he saw Theodore and the others arrive.
Geoffrey appeared from behind Theodore’s body, "We just wanted to come over for a rest."
However, the old grandfather still looked at them with a suspicious gaze. However, now the old man was no longer pointing the wood at Theodore and Geoffrey.
Theodore secretly smiled when he realized that the old grandfather had survived and was able to face this ruined world.
"You seem to have forgotten me, which is only natural since time has passed quickly. I bought firewood from you at the end of the year, last year." Theodore was finally able to say something to the old man.
"I don’t remember you. You guys go out, if you want to stay overnight just do it out there." The old man waved his hand, telling Theodore and Geoffrey to get out of his bamboo hut.
"That’s great! Tonight we can spend the night here," Geoffrey replied brightly, hurriedly turning around to tell Roxanne and Celia.
"Thank you for letting us stay here." Theodore simply nodded his head, then turned to walk out of the old man’s bamboo hut.
Seeing that the two young men who came to him left immediately and did not do anything malicious to him, the old grandfather began to think that they had no malicious intentions towards him.
Theodore and the others quickly set up a tent in the courtyard around the bamboo hut. It was easy for them to set up the tent because Theodore had everything they needed.
Not only were they tired, they were also very hungry. Theodore immediately took out all the food he had prepared in the sacred dimension. Theodore was even happy to bring out freshly harvested fruits.
At the same time, the old grandfather looked at it all from behind his bamboo hut, and he could feel his stomach churn. Because the old man could only rely on his rice to eat so far.
Realizing that the old man was watching them, Theodore immediately called him to join them.
"Old grandpa, come and eat with us. I wouldn’t mind if we added one more person," Theodore said as he glanced at the thick curtain blocking the bamboo hut.
