Free Web NovelChapter 81: Can We Survive Tonight?
At first, Theodore could sleep comfortably, not thinking about the hard bedding; he could sleep soundly because he was too tired. However, his deep sleep was immediately broken when Theodore felt the truck he was riding in stopped suddenly.
Theodore’s face almost hit the truck’s wall. Fortunately, he could immediately wake up and hold himself. Theodore wanted to be angry, but he knew that there was no way the soldier driving the truck would be that careless.
Theodore reluctantly decided to wake up to ask what had happened to the others; the others were already excited before he woke up.
"What’s going on?" Theodore held one side of his head and asked his friends, who were also behind this truck.
"It looks like it’s going to be hard for us to get back to base. There are a lot of zombies on the streets!" one of the soldiers guarding the truck said in a trembling voice. freewebnσvel.cøm
Theodore realized it was already nighttime and knew how dangerous life outside the base was at this time of night. Theodore quickly climbed onto the tailgate to see what was blocking their way.
Theodore’s eyes widened in shock when he saw the horde of zombies filling the streets. It would be hazardous for them to penetrate the zombie horde, especially in the absence of light like now, when the light from their truck lights would attract the zombies’ attention.
Not only that, but the sound of their truck engines would also attract the zombies’ attention because the atmosphere at night like this would be very quiet. Even the sound of your breathing would be heard because of the absence of sound.
"We can’t go back to base," Theodore said absentmindedly when he realized their current situation.
"Then, what should we do?" Cassian, who was also there, was worried. Suddenly, he didn’t know what to do in a situation like this.
"It’s not safe here either. We better find a place to spend the night today." After racking his brain, Theodore decided that the best they could do at the moment was find shelter for the night.
"That’s true. But under these circumstances, how can we be sure of a safe place to spend the night?" Several people said anxiously.
"I think we should discuss this with Roderick," Theodore said then. After all, Roderick was the leader of this expedition, so they had to discuss it with him.
Theodore climbed up the tailgate and crawled forward to reach the truck’s side window, where Roderick was at the moment.
Theodore tapped on the window several times until Roderick finally opened the window and saw Theodore in the truck’s rear view mirror.
"We won’t be able to get back to base tonight, right?" Theodore immediately asked Roderick about this, wanting to know what he was thinking about a situation like this.
Sighing tiredly, Roderick said, "You’re right again. I didn’t expect there to be so many zombies on the streets. We’ll have to detour to get back to base."
"It’s too late if we want to return to the base. Do you know a safe place for us to spend the night?" Theodore knew their journey back to the base would be perilous tonight.
For a while, Roderick was silent and did not say anything. Theodore realized that he felt anxious for a moment, too; the problem was that he didn’t know about the layout of City A.
As a newcomer, Theodore had only been in City A briefly before the zombie outbreak finally happened.
Fortunately, Roderick quickly asked Theodore to return the map. "Give me the map I gave you earlier. If I’m not mistaken, the captain has marked several safe places to hide!"
Actually, Roderick had been silent earlier to recall Victor’s lecture before he and his team left today. He remembered that Victor had thought something like this could happen, so he had marked some safe places for them.
Theodore, realizing that, quickly got down from his position and rummaged through his backpack to find the map Roderick was referring to.
After getting the map, Theodore climbed back on the tailgate and gave it to Roderic. For some reason, he was pretty relieved at the moment; at least they knew there was a place they could go tonight.
All Theodore could do was wait for Roderick’s decision on where they would go tonight.
It took a while before Roderick finally decided on their destination. Roderick turned back to talk to Theodore when he confirmed they could get to where they were going.
"We’re going to South Lake High School. You go back to the back. It’s not safe if you keep going like that," Roderick explained while frowning when he realized Theodore’s position climbing on top of their tailgate. frёeωebɳovel.com
Theodore didn’t say anything. He simply climbed down from the top of the truck and went downstairs to gather with the others.
"Roderick’s already found a place we can hide, so you guys take it easy," Theodore said to calm his anxious friends.
"Thank goodness! I thought we were going to die in that sea of zombies."
"At least we didn’t have to die after getting out of that mall.
"It’s a good thing we came with the soldiers."
The others exclaimed with relief, and Theodore secretly also felt relieved. Because his body was completely exhausted at the moment, it would be very difficult for him to fight with so many zombies again.
For tonight alone, Theodore wanted to rest his body after he had been forced to do many strenuous things today.
"But, the journey there will definitely be dangerous. Help me put up a screen to cover the exposed part of the tub." Theodore clapped his hands a few times to get the attention of the others.
"You’re right. It will be dangerous if the zombies see us." Neville vigorously nodded his head.
Theodore returned to rummaging through his backpack for the veil he would take from the sacred dimension. Of course, Theodore had prepared many in his sacred dimension.
The others gave Theodore a thumbs-up as he removed two large enough veils, enough to cover the top of the tub, which was indeed open.
"Since we can’t attach it perfectly, just tie it to the head of the truck," Theodore said later.
After that, the truck’s people quickly carried out Theodore’s instructions. It took them a little while to finish installing the screen.
To monitor the situation, Theodore decided not to close the back. After all, they needed to keep an eye on the situation around them later. After all, there were a lot of people inside the tailgate, and they needed to breathe air; it would be stuffy if they covered the entire tailgate.
