Life-or-Death Crisis
"Shit! This goddamn piece-of-junk car! That bitch!! Always screwing up at the worst possible moment! Damn you, you bitch!"
Tom Cruise, in a fit of rage, kicked the off-road vehicle hard once more. It was only when he rushed to the back of the car that he suddenly realized he'd forgotten where he'd put the keys!
The locked trunk left him completely helpless!
He was so close to getting the stuff inside the car, only to fail at the last second because of his own carelessness!
The pent-up frustration and anger exploded within him, unleashing his violent temper!
His emotions collapsed in an instant, turning him hysterical!
"Hey! Tom! What the hell are you doing?!! Figure out how to shut off that goddamn horn!!" Xiao Yi shouted at Tom Cruise after piercing another zombie's skull.
At a time like this, whether Xiao Yi shouted or not didn't matter anymore!
The blaring, piercing car horn was sure to draw every zombie within a thousand meters!
Tom Cruise was still fuming. Seeing his off-road vehicle start honking wildly only enraged him further. He grabbed the fire axe and smashed it down heavily on the trunk!
Clang!
Clang!
...
"What the fuck! Damn it! That idiot! What the hell are you trying to do?"
Xiao Yi wanted nothing more than to spear this moron Tom Cruise right through. The gate was already smashed by the car, and the fence outside was practically useless now.
Zombies could swarm into the yard through the broken iron gate at any moment!
Tom Cruise's actions were nothing short of suicide!
If the horn kept blaring, it would attract hordes of zombies from all around the villa!
Then this once-peaceful little town would turn into a death trap, packed with zombies crowding the yard. Once they finished off their food, escaping to scavenge more would be a pipe dream!
It was practically digging their own graves!
Seeing him play Ethan Hunt in the movies, Xiao Yi had assumed Tom Cruise was a cool-headed, witty, highly skilled agent.
But this guy was nothing like his roles! Not only was he hot-tempered, he was clumsy, and he acted without thinking of the consequences!
He was just a spoiled brat!
"Shut off that goddamn horn!!" Xiao Yi roared, abandoning the four remaining weak zombies tangled with him and charging straight for the off-road vehicle!
No matter what, he had to silence the car horn before the zombie horde arrived!
"Fuck!!" Tom Cruise suddenly let out a terrified scream, dropped the axe stuck in the trunk, and bolted toward Xiao Yi like a madman.
Xiao Yi tried to block him but was shoved hard by Tom Cruise's sturdy frame, stumbling back. Before he could steady himself, the sight before him drenched him in cold sweat!
In the nearby woods, a dense mass of zombies was surging toward them. As far as the eye could see, it was like a dark storm cloud pressing down!
Xiao Yi swallowed his fear and roughly calculated the distance.
At the zombies' speed, they'd reach the villa in about a minute!
If he turned and fled back to the villa like Tom Cruise, he'd make it in time!
But that shrill, incessant horn wouldn't stop until the car battery died!
In that span, it would draw thousands upon thousands of zombies to surround the entire villa!
Then he, Tom Cruise, and Nicole Kidman would be trapped inside, unable to move a muscle!
Once the food and water ran out, if the zombies hadn't dispersed, all three of them were dead!
The decision flashed through his mind in an instant. Xiao Yi paused only briefly before accelerating toward the off-road vehicle!
Bang!
Clang!
As Xiao Yi smashed the car window, Tom Cruise retreated into the villa with Nicole Kidman's help.
No time to think. Xiao Yi reached through the broken glass, quickly unlocked the door, and yanked the hood release.
Thud!
The hood popped open.
Xiao Yi glanced back at the zombie horde.
Half a minute had already passed!
Hundreds, maybe thousands of zombies were now less than a hundred meters away!
He had at most thirty seconds left!
"1... 2... 3... 4..." Xiao Yi counted silently in his head, vaulting over the side of the vehicle with practiced ease. He popped the hood fully and started hunting for the alarm horn's wiring.
"18... 19... 20..."
The zombies drew closer!
50 meters...
40 meters...
30 meters...
Xiao Yi stayed calm, counting steadily, using the horn's sound to pinpoint its location!
He was certain—he wouldn't be wrong. The alarm horn had to be in some hidden spot under the hood!!
Beads of sweat poured from his forehead, stinging his eyes and blurring his vision.
"24... 25..."
Xiao Yi could now clearly hear the zombies' rasping breaths and the thud of their footsteps!
"Grrrh~~~ Grrrh~~~"
"Urrgh~~~ Urrgh~~~"
The zombies were right on top of him!!
But this old off-road vehicle's engine bay was built tough—Xiao Yi couldn't spot the horn right away!
Once he hit 30, no matter what, he couldn't stay. Even if it meant certain death, he'd have to retreat to the villa and figure something else out!