In the county town, over thirty kilometers from the base, the number of zombies was even more terrifying; the entire county town was densely packed with them.
During a zombie horde, a characteristic emerged: the more living people there were in a place, the larger the zombie horde it attracted.
And in the City Center, 80 kilometers from the base, the zombie horde was even more terrifying, with the number of zombies it swept along from north to south growing larger and larger.
Zombies in rural areas also gradually converged into cities with more people; the larger the city, the more living people, the more zombies there were.
In the county town, due to the darkness and heavy rain, the zombies' sense of smell and hearing were enhanced, making it even harder for many people struggling to survive in various small corners.
Some people might have been lucky, or perhaps lived in higher places, and were not discovered by the zombies. But more survivors were discovered and devoured by the zombies!
Heavy rain! It was because of the heavy rain again!
According to Li Yu's experience from his rebirth, when the sun was strong and there was ample light, the zombies' various abilities would decrease. Zombies hated sunlight, especially at 12 PM, when zombies generally rarely appeared. However, they loved the night, and even more so, rainy nights.
Similarly, rainwater had a strong stimulating effect on zombies; as long as there was heavy rain, especially thunderstorms, the zombies' mobility and various other aspects would be comprehensively enhanced.
Therefore!
As long as there was a prolonged period of heavy rain, there would definitely be a zombie horde!
When the apocalypse first broke out, there was a ten-day heavy rain, and many people died in that rain. Originally, when the zombies broke out, the spread speed was not that fast, and official agencies around the world could control the overall situation.
However, that sudden heavy rain caused the zombies to erupt; all the zombies went mad, frantically tearing and biting humans.
And it was at that time that the zombies continuously spread, eventually spiraling out of control, and humanity fell.
At this moment, Song Min and others in the county town...
Facing the densely packed zombie horde, although the iron gate downstairs had been tightly shut, it still couldn't stop the rampaging zombies.
The zombies frantically charged the iron gate on the first floor, and some even started gnawing on the iron gate with their teeth, making a grating sound that set teeth on edge.
What was even more terrifying was that some zombies climbed onto adjacent floors and jumped down from above.
The building Song Min and her group were in was not considered tall among its surroundings, with only six floors. There were two buildings nearby: one was six stories, and the other was eight stories.
However, the biggest reason Song Min and her group chose this building was the super sturdy-looking large iron gate downstairs.
However, although there was a certain distance between the two buildings next to Song Min and her group, approximately 5 meters, this distance was neither too long nor too short. This allowed many zombies to walk to the top of the adjacent eight-story building and jump down from there.
Then they fell to the ground; a very small portion of the zombies climbed higher and died directly from the fall, but more zombies, whose head injuries were not very serious, still stumbled unwearily up the building, jumped down, and fell to the ground.
And among them, a few robust zombies directly jumped over to the building where Song Min and her group were located.
The building they were in had a floor full of zombies below, tirelessly hitting and gnawing at the iron gate; above, many zombies were jumping down heedlessly.
Although Song Min and her group were all women, after experiencing some terrifying events, they had become much stronger. But this zombie horde was simply too violent, leaving them struggling to cope.
"Song Jie, another zombie from the building next door just jumped over. Why don't we close the door on the top floor? It's not a solution for us to keep watching like this." One of the slightly chubby women said.
Song Min held a spear in her right hand and a flashlight in her left, with some protective gear wrapped around her body with tape. She looked at the tall building next to them and said, "No, the door on our roof is made of wood. It's not like the door downstairs. If we don't continuously clear these zombies and close the door, what if the zombies tear open the door on the roof? What will we do?"
"But, but there are just too many of these zombies. Although very few zombies can jump from the opposite building to our roof, there are always two that jump over every ten minutes. We, we really can't take it anymore these past two days."
Although there weren't many zombies, they seemed tireless, continuously jumping towards them, making it very difficult for Song Min and her group to sustain themselves physically.
Song Min lifted her face, her dark circles were exceptionally obvious, and her eyes showed some wavering, but soon a resolute look flashed through them. She said, "Xiao Pang, you go down and get some sleep first. I'll hold out here for a while, and then you come up and relieve me."
Seeming to remember something, Song Min frowned and continued, "How much food do we still have? How long will it last us?"
Xiao Pang said, "It can last us for about ten more days. Luckily, that group of people last time gave us a lot of food, otherwise we would have run out by now."
Song Min nodded upon hearing this. Suddenly, her eyes narrowed, and she pushed the nearby Xiao Pang inwards, then thrust her spear forward with her right hand.
A zombie in front, after jumping down from the opposite building, actually jumped directly into the middle of this building!
All the previous zombies that had jumped over had barely made it to the edge of this building and then slowly approached Song Min and her group.
The position Song Min and her group were in was the furthest from the opposite building. But the zombie just now was able to jump directly to the middle area of this building's roof.
The two women next to her also broke out in a cold sweat.
"Song Jie, how, how can this zombie jump so far!"
"Song Jie, I was so scared just now." The speaker was the youngest girl in the team. At this moment, she was patting her surging chest as she spoke.
Song Min focused her gaze on the building in front; zombies were still jumping over heedlessly, and the zombies downstairs were still roaring and continuously charging the iron gate.
Everyone had been very tired lately.
The endless zombies put a lot of pressure on them, especially in this situation where zombies from next door could directly jump to their building. Both from above and below, it brought them immense pressure.
Originally, there were only ten of them, and now they were working two shifts, but their bodies still couldn't take it.
Song Min looked at the frightened Xiao Pang next to her and said, "You hurry down and rest, and by the way, check the situation at the big iron gate, inspect it."
Xiao Pang, having survived a close call, looked gratefully at Song Min and said, "Okay, Song Jie, I'm going down now. You, all of you must be careful!"
The night was still pitch black,
The heavy rain continued to fall.