Just as Joanna smiled at the incoherent Iger, Andy's head popped up from the floor.
"Sorry to interrupt," Andy said, "We have had a two-hour break and it's time to continue working."
Iger glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost three o'clock.
But it doesn't matter much, there aren't many infected people left. Now that Iger is completely sleepless and energetic, he is sure to clear out the remaining infected people before five o'clock.
After everyone climbed down the billboard, got into the pickup truck and returned to the hunting point again.
Now the rest are basically the wandering infected who ran to the mountains. It's fine to ignore them, but Egger's philosophy is to kill every infected person he encounters. As long as he kills one, there will be one less one.
Joanna parked the pickup truck on the road, held down the car horn and honked wildly. After hearing the sound of the horn, the infected people who were scattered in all directions ended their standby and gathered towards the car.
Egger did not wait for them to gather, he opened fire as soon as the infected entered his "effective" range.
Iger feels very tired when using the .22 AR-7 to hit high targets. The muzzle needs to be raised very high. There is no way to hold it up and shoot. It can only be held with both hands. After shooting, the bullet will move in an upward parabola.
Hitting the target, the effective lethality range is greatly shortened.
Finally, the last infected person fell to the ground and called it a day.
The four people got out of the car and cleaned the road again. After all, there were too many dead bodies lying on the road, and the car could not pass.
After finishing the chores, Iger looked at his watch, 16:44.
Today's work has been completed ahead of schedule, and everyone can return to the villa to rest. However, it is still a little early, so Aige decided to go around the outside of Jixi Town first.
The four of them jumped into the pickup truck and drove towards the Jixi Town Bridge.
Jixi Town Bridge is a 200-meter-long, 100-meter-span, two-way, single-lane bridge. There is a long line of cars on the bridge's lane entering the town, but the lane leaving the town on the left is unobstructed.
It seems that the traffic jam was not caused by a traffic accident caused by the blood epidemic, but because the car was blocked here for other reasons and then the blood epidemic broke out.
Thinking of this, Iger became happy, which showed that there was a high probability that there were car keys on these cars.
Egger hammered the roof of the pickup truck hard, and Joanna stopped the car on the side of the road.
"Let's go and check those cars. I think we will get a big harvest this time." Egg said to the other three people.
Since the car is to be received, try not to cause damage to the car. The old rule is, if there is an infected person in the car, pull it out first and then kill it.
The staffing is still the same as before, Erica holds a gun and acts as a security guard, Andy opens the door, Aigora comes, and Joanna cuts.
Along the way, cars were inspected and slashed, and there were a total of 22 cars blocked on and near the bridge.
There were infected people in 5 of the cars. Except for one car where there were 5 infected people, the other cars were all single or double people.
In the car with 5 people, the infected person was directly killed by Egg through the glass point with an AR-7. It didn't matter if we didn't want the car, safety came first.
Of the remaining 21 cars, 16 are equipped with keys.
What made Egger particularly happy was that a luxury bus actually had a car key. After the four people boarded the car, they started the car smoothly.
This bus is the most important trophy gained this time. With it, the gospel team can modify it into a mobile fortress and no longer have to worry about attacks from infected groups.
The bus was very long and there was no way to turn around on the bridge, and Andy was not sure he could drive the bus all the way back from the bridge.
After the four people discussed it, Andy and Erica drove the bus into Jixi Town, took advantage of the intersection to turn around, and turned around without stopping along the way.
Joanna and Iger squatted in the pickup truck and were responsible for covering fire before the bus crossed the bridge.
After the tasks were assigned, the four exchanged weapons.
Joanna parked the pickup truck on the higher grass outside the bridge road. Egger lay on the roof of the pickup truck with his AR-15, and Erica followed Andy onto the bus with the shotgun in her arms.
Andy drove the bus into Jixi Town. He knew which road in Jixi Town he could take to get out in a circle with the smallest radius.
The bus made a sharp turn to the right and disappeared into the buildings. Iger and Joanna were waiting anxiously.
Egg hopes that there won’t be too many infected people following the bus this time, or at least they won’t block the bridge.
A few minutes later, the bus came around from the other side of the building complex. It could be seen that it was driving very fast, and the car body tilted when it turned.
Egg held the gun nervously, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds...
Until the bus successfully drove onto the bridge, the infected person behind it did not catch up.
"squeak."
The bus braked and stopped at the end of the bridge. Then there was the sound of the air brake deflating, and the door opened.
"What's going on?" Iger shouted to Erica.
Erica jumped off the bus. After closing the door, the bus slowly drove towards the grass beside the road. Erica climbed into the bed of the pickup truck.
"Eger, you should go to the city and take a look." Erica said seriously to Iger. When Iger saw Erica's expression, he knew that something strange must have happened.
In short, it is a blessing rather than a curse. It is a curse that cannot be avoided and must be eliminated.
Iger took a deep breath and asked Erica: "What's wrong?"
"The town is empty," Erica said. "We drove around and didn't see a single infected person. The entire town of Jixi is empty!"
"Ah!" Egger thought of several possibilities, but never thought of this one.
There are hundreds of infected people in Jixi Town. How could it be a ghost town?
For no reason, Egg suddenly shuddered. He thought of an extremely terrifying story. Could this be an "empty city plan" prepared by the infected for them?
Put out the bait first, wait for the mice to enter the cage, and then suddenly surround them.
Thinking of this, Egger's heart beat a few times, and then a layer of cold sweat broke out from his body.
After Andy parked the bus, he also ran over to the pickup truck. He said to Iger: "Iger, I don't know what happened. Jixi Town is empty!"
Egg nodded and began to think deeply.
"Don't scare yourself. No matter what weird thing it is, it must be based on facts that can be explained."
Egg calmed down, rubbed his lips back and forth with his fingers, and thought quickly.
Joanna got down from the cab, and now the three of them were looking at Iger, nervously and reassuringly waiting for him to think about the result.
Iger remembered what Andy had introduced. Although Jixi Town is not big, it is a transportation hub. It is connected in all directions. Counting the four highways and expressways in the front, back, left, and right, it has a total of 5 roads.
If, if the infected people did not disappear, but all walked out, this matter could be explained.
Suppose, suppose that more than one Screamer appears in Jixi Town, then there will be multiple large groups of infected people.
The guess that fits the current situation is that after all the survivors were eaten in Jixi Town, the infected mutated into more than one Screamer after wandering around for a month.
Each Screamer leads the maximum number of infected people he can "control", forming a large group of infected people.
Then, under the leadership of the commander, the infected group abandoned the deserted Jixi Town and moved to other places along the road.
Thinking of this, Egg decided to take a risk. He raised his head and said to his three teammates: "Everyone, load the bullets into the chamber. Let's go for a lively walk around the town."