144: Dilapidated temple

Fortunately, the huge commotion caused by the Giant Eel and the rat swarms attracted most of the nearby Infected.

Lin Fei and his group left the villa area without incident, moving towards Dayang Lake.

This villa area was built on the outskirts of the city, precisely in the direction of Dayang Lake.

Because it was the outskirts, after leaving the villa area, the surroundings were sparsely populated.

The torrential rain poured down, blurring vision, making it difficult to detect an attack if one occurred at that moment.

However, with so many Awakened Ones in the group, they quickly sensed something was wrong.

Some wild dogs and wild cats emerged from the distance, their bodies tattered, eyes bloodshot, and some even had missing limbs.

Needless to say, these animals had also been Infected by Parasite.

"Not many, only six! Break their knees!"

Gu Xiong glanced at them and said.

The four field agents raised their firearms, almost all firing single shots, instantly breaking their knees and significantly reducing their movement speed.

At the same time, Gu Xiong's body had already charged forward, his military knife brandishing, and in a moment, he had severed the heads of all the Infected.

Lin Fei and the others were already accustomed to this, but the six young men and women were astonished.

Such skill usually only appeared in movies.

"Go!"

Old Man Zhang shouted, leading the way.

The six young men and women, only then, belatedly realized the special nature of these people before them.

"Little Senior, how are you all so powerful?"

A beautiful woman, her eyes darting, asked Gu Xiong, who was running behind.

"National secret!"

Gu Xiong said indifferently.

"National secret? What about them? Didn't they say they were ordinary people?"

"Could it be that you have some unspeakable dealings?!"

A man in designer clothes pointed at Lin Fei and Chen Xu, saying, it was the same man Chen Xu had pushed away earlier.

"They are your Dads!"

Brother Niu sneered.

"Are you looking for death?! Do you believe I can find someone to make sure you don't live for more than a few days! Do you really think a little strength can get you out of being a lower-class person?"

The man's face was incredibly sinister, and his words carried murderous intent.

"How dare you talk to Brother Niu like that?!"

Before Brother Niu could speak, his eight fellow villagers had already walked over with cold expressions, weapons in hand.

"Alright, say less, getting on the road is more important!"

Gu Xiong quickly advised.

"Little brats, if you talk any more, watch out, I'll break your legs!"

But at this moment, Old Man Zhang, who was leading the way, walked over aggressively, his booming voice making several people cower, daring not to speak their anger.

"Old man, as a public servant, how dare you threaten us?"

"Many high-ranking officials in Shangqing City are friends with my parents, do you believe I can have you fired tomorrow!"

But the most beautiful woman's eyes flashed with venom, and she said sharply.

"Have me fired? I'd be more than happy to!"

Old Man Zhang showed no indulgence towards her, directly slapping her, making the woman's once beautiful face swell up.

"Ah! You old geezer, how dare you hit me! You're dead! When I go back, I'll definitely have my dad kill you! And wipe out your whole family!"

After a moment of shock, Zhang Liying's face became incredibly distorted, the venom in her eyes alarming.

"Uncle Zhang, you..."

Gu Xiong sighed softly, he had no control over Old Man Zhang. These days, he had also learned of Old Man Zhang's background; he was his true Senior, and both came from the same team.

Old Man Zhang didn't take Zhang Liying's threat seriously at all, turning around to continue leading the way.

Zhang Liying's face was incredibly venomous, she pulled a sister next to her, and the two exchanged glances, communicating something.

"Senior, amazing! Such a harsh hand on a beauty!"

Lin Fei and Chen Xu's eyes lit up, and they ran over, praising him profusely.

The entire team gave Old Man Zhang a thumbs up.

The series of behaviors from these rich second-generation individuals had long since disgusted everyone.

However, they at most only pushed and pulled the men; facing women, they still couldn't bring themselves to act.

The torrential rain poured down, and the large raindrops hitting people's bodies caused a slight stinging sensation.

Fortunately, it was summer, and even in the heavy rain, the temperature remained quite hot, which allowed the ordinary people to endure.

However, prolonged exposure was clearly not feasible, as body temperature would be lost.

"There's a dilapidated temple ahead, let's go in and rest for a bit!"

Just then, Old Man Zhang, who was leading the way, said.

Lin Fei looked up and indeed saw an abandoned temple ahead.

It was a derelict temple, with most of its courtyard walls collapsed, but fortunately, the main structure of the temple was still intact and didn't leak rain.

However, the inside was very dilapidated, with cobwebs everywhere, and even the worshipped idol was gone.

"My goodness, someone even stole the idol!"

Lin Fei noticed this as soon as he entered and said, speechless.

Although he wasn't religious, he had always been wary of these supernatural things, preferring to believe in them rather than not.

"Alright, everyone rest. We'll continue when the weather clears up or the rain lessens. You all, take off your clothes and let me check you."

Old Man Zhang said to the six rich second-generation individuals.

He had initially expected these people to argue again, but to his surprise, they readily agreed this time.

Old Man Zhang didn't think much of it; since they agreed, he had everyone checked one by one.

Of course, the two women were handed over to Lin Meng for inspection.

After the check, the six rich second-generation individuals had no bite marks on them.

Although so far, the onset of symptoms after a bite had occurred within a very short time, for safety's sake, everyone still established this rule of checking for wounds.

"According to the map, we only need to walk another sixty kilometers to reach Dayang Lake."

Gu Xiong opened his phone at this moment, displaying a map of Shangqing City.

"In such heavy rain, at our walking speed, it should take a full day to reach."

"Adding our rest time, an optimistic estimate is that we'll arrive tomorrow afternoon."

Liu Ye looked at the distance and said.

The people from their Wildlife and Plant Administration Bureau had relatively rich experience in wilderness trekking.

"The current torrential rain is really too heavy, and we don't know when it will stop."

"We don't have much food, so we can't wait long. At the latest, we must depart tomorrow."

Lin Fei said.

"Tomorrow, at the very latest, is tomorrow. Otherwise, the shortage of food will affect our strength, and then it will be almost impossible to leave. We are currently in the suburbs, with no food source."

Old Man Zhang also said at the same time.

If there were no infectious diseases, he would be a wilderness survival expert, but now, no one could guarantee whether the things in the wild contained Parasite.

During their discussion, they decided that they must leave by tomorrow at the latest.

After the discussion, everyone began to rest. The events of this short while today had already consumed a great deal of energy from the ordinary people.

Lin Meng, the two doctors, Brother Niu's eight fellow villagers, were all already exhausted and had been enduring.

Soon, Lin Meng and the other ordinary people fell into slumber, while Gu Xiong and the field agents were on alert.

Lin Fei and Chen Xu were also resting; the previous battle had taken a considerable toll.

Suddenly, Gu Xiong, who was on alert in the corner, made a warning gesture.

"What's wrong?"

Old Man Zhang darted over.

He looked outside and quickly frowned, seeing many rats, and even quite a few bats in the sky were rushing towards them.

Looking at the movements and postures of these rats and bats, he guessed that they were most likely Infected!

"What's going on? They're still so far away, how did they know we were here?"

Old Man Zhang frowned; nothing like this had happened before.

The perception of the Infected was still mainly dependent on the Host; if the Host died, only larger commotions could attract the Parasite' attention.

Other than that, there was only blood.

The Parasite' perception of blood was extremely keen.

In such rainy weather, if someone bled and it flowed on the ground, it could indeed attract the Infected.

But none of them had any injuries, nor had they made any slightly larger movements.

"Everyone, pay attention, Infected are attacking, and there are quite a few. To be safe, we are evacuating now."

Old Man Zhang immediately shouted, his booming voice instantly waking up those who were asleep.

The rich second-generation individuals secretly exchanged glances, their eyes revealing cold smiles and satisfaction.

"Team Gu, there are Infected here too!"

"Team Gu, Infected have appeared on my side too!"

But just then, the field agents on alert in the other two directions shouted with anxious faces.

"We're surrounded! How could this happen?"

Everyone's faces turned grim.

"No time to hesitate, we must break through quickly!"

Old Man Zhang made a decisive decision, gathered everyone, chose the direction of Dayang Lake, and ran out of the temple.