Chapter 1048 - 1033: Do You Have the Guts? (11)

Chapter 1048: Chapter 1033: Do You Have the Guts? (11)

Retreat! What an exciting word! You know this is something that the gang of thugs has been longing for.

But Hu Chao saying it now is really quite...

"Boss, boss, the zombies are right behind us. Going down now is just asking for a fight with them, right?"

Hu Chao was infuriated by his subordinate’s words. He knows the current situation well, but what can he do?

"Damn it! You think you know everything, huh? I don’t know the zombies are down there, huh? If you think going down is bad, then tell me where to go!!"

He spoke while slapping, and if it weren’t for the need for manpower right now, Hu Chao would have definitely shot his subordinate.

"Let’s go! Those who don’t want to die, damn it, follow me down!"

Old Xu and Lei Tong outside heard everything clearly; they undoubtedly wished for Hu Chao and his gang to leave.

After all, given their current weapons, they might not actually match the opponent if a fight breaks out.

As they went down, Hu Chao led the gang to the 8th floor.

As soon as they reached there, they ran into 2 "Pacers" climbing up the stairs.

Don’t be fooled by the "Pacers" not being fast, but their menacing posture was nothing less fierce.

Logically, given Hu Chao’s gang’s numbers, dealing with two "Pacers" should be no problem.

But the trouble was, the thugs were already scared stiff by the current predicament.

The saying goes, before your body moves, your energy is already down half; the thugs disheartened by the fight at this point didn’t even have the courage to step forward with raised knives.

They clustered together, looking like they were armed to the teeth, but upon closer inspection, each was subconsciously stepping back.

Seeing his subordinates so afraid to fight, Hu Chao was so furious he wanted to kill.

But can he kill? No!

Not just because killing subordinates at this time might cause betrayal. Given this situation alone, he had to keep these guys around as cannon fodder.

But zombies were coming, someone had to kill them, otherwise, they’ll accumulate and eventually it’ll be too late to kill.

"Bang!" With a gunshot, Hu Chao pulled the trigger.

Believe it or not, maybe due to the situation, Hu Chao, always bad at aiming, this time got lucky and directly exploded the "Pacer’s" head.

The "Pacer" fell dead on cue, and Hu Chao yelled at the top of his voice: "Are you all standing here waiting to die? If you want to live, go finish off that guy!"

The thugs were already at sixes and sevens, Hu Chao’s shout was like a death talisman, urging them to move subconsciously.

But as the thugs moved, Hu Chao didn’t, he stayed put, eyes darting around, his tense mind constantly calculating the next step.

Knowing all he had were those few tagalongs up front as resources. Though those guys started attacking zombies driven by his sternness.

Hu Chao knew, counting on these few to carve out a bloody path was unrealistic.

No surprise, as soon as all the zombies below come up, a charging attack from them would immediately make his side "go up in smoke."

Damn it! All because those two bastards upstairs pissed me off! If we didn’t enter this building earlier and escaped by car! How could this happen now...

Frustrated! Extremely frustrated! But what good is frustration now?

In front of Hu Chao lay only two paths, either charge down! Or retreat upstairs!

But zombies blocked the way forward, escaping alive was almost impossible.

And intending to retreat, would Old Xu and Lei Tong upstairs allow Hu Chao to reach the top? The answer was obviously no.

Then, just when Hu Chao was in a dilemma, choosing neither, a scream suddenly arose ahead.

"Ah!"

"Oh my God! Climbers!"

"Climbers are coming up!"

The thugs were in chaos, among them a newly arrived "Climber" was riding on their companion’s body, "showing off."

The pinned thug couldn’t care about his aching back, scared eyes screaming for help: "Kill it! Get it off me!"

Sadly, his cries for help did not bring rescue from nearby companions, the thugs just watched wide-eyed as the "Climber" bent down and bit off their brother’s throat.

"Splash!" Blood sprayed like a sword into the sky, the downed thug’s lips slightly quivered, seemingly wanting to protest something, but his torn-out throat made no sound.

No sympathy, no pity, the remaining thugs felt no sadness at their companion’s brutal death, they lacked even the expected anger.

On the contrary, the sight of violence deepened the fear in their hearts, not one dared to move and kill while the "Climber" dined.

Watching the tragedy in front, Hu Chao swallowed hard, the hand holding the gun subtly trembled.

These are the guys who usually enjoy bullying others, who delight in being above everyone’s heads, yet when faced with life-and-death struggles, they all surrender, losing even the basic consciousness to resist.

No way! I damn well can’t die here!

His head darting around again, strong survival instincts drove Hu Chao to quickly search for any place to hide and escape.

No vent above, running through the ceiling was clearly hopeless.

All the apartments around were tightly shut, killing hope of Hu Chao getting inside.

With the road ahead blocked and retreat sealed, Hu Chao truly was at a dead end, trapped in a corner.

"Damn it! I still just don’t believe it! Who can stop me!!"

With a shout, Hu Chao stepped up to a nearby apartment, aiming at the security lock of the door, "Bang Bang Bang" went four shots, only stopping once the firing pin hit nothing.

Then he pulled hard on the doorknob, unexpectedly, he did manage to open it.

As they say, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Hu Chao’s mind brought up the saying, though he didn’t know many like it.

And his "violent act" caught the attention of the thugs.

"The door, the door’s open! Bro Chao opened the door!"

"Run away, hurry and run!"

"Yeah, yeah, get inside, quick inside!"

Hu Chao probably never imagined that right after he broke the door, before he had a chance to get inside, a bunch of subordinates rushed ahead of him.

Driven by circumstances, given that many zombies were killing up, Hu Chao suppressed his impulse to rage, swiftly darting inside the house, and then immediately pulling the door shut.

"Are you all stupidly standing there for what?! Waiting to die? Quickly find something inside to block the door!"

Luckily, the security door opened inward, and the zombies didn’t have the ability to open it, so even with the lock broken, Hu Chao only needed to shut the door without worrying the zombies might open it.

Right now, he only needed to do two things: find something to fix the broken security door.

Secondly, use available materials inside to reinforce the security door.

Hu Chao was busily engaged "joyfully," while Old Xu and Lei Tong on the rooftop maintained their alert status.