Chapter 9: New Zombie Encountered!

Chapter 9: New Zombie Encountered!

They were off, they left the building and unfortunately for them, there was no car in working condition around so they could not use it to run.

Jason walked behind Rachel, he admired the work of God which was her ass and this was the silver lining to such a harsh reality.

He noticed Rachel was going in a specific direction like she knew where she was going, and Lillian followed with full determination. Jason didn't have a choice and decided to follow them even though he could split right now with no consequences.

The bag was a bit heavy, Jason strapped it on both his shoulders to support the weight evenly but he was a bit worried that he was the only one left without a weapon.

"Where are we going?" Jason asked but he got no response from Rachel, Lillian instead took it upon herself to explain. The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

"You must have been living under a boulder not to know... We have refugee centres designated in case of emergencies and that is where we're headed," Lillian said.

Jason found this a bit absurd because that would be the worse place to be as if the virus breaks out there, then fatality rate would increase by a whopping 70%.

That was a risk that Jason wasn't ready to take because he had too much to lose and that was his life. He hoped his parents had bitten the dust, he hated them with a resolve that would make even the devil smile.

"H-Help me!" A girl called out, she had tattered clothes and blood smeared on her body.

Jason looked horrified because it looked like she just escaped an attack but Lilian and Rachel didn't share this worry.

Jason watched Rachel give her younger sister a knowing look as Lillian placed her hand at her back in preparation, Jason kept quiet because he didn't know what was happening.

He wanted to see what kind of girls he was escorting and Rachel whispered to Jason.

"Be on guard, she is not alone!" This warning put him on edge.

He recalled that Lillian used a similar tactic on him.

Jason waited for Chronos to say something but nothing came, the system was quiet and this told Jason he could make this decision himself without Chronos interfering.

He wanted answers and Chronos was about to give him those answers.

[Ding!]

[Please View The Below Stats Range For Clarification!]

[1-3: Comfortable Reaction At All Distances.]

[4: At Close Range: You Can Only Block. Mid Range- Comfortable Reaction.]

[5: At Close-Mid Range: You Can Only Block. Long Range- Comfortable Reaction.]

[6: Close Range: Impossible To React. Mid-Long Range: Block Only.]

[7: Short-Mid Range: Impossible To React. Long Range: Partial Block.]

[8+: Impossible To React At All Distances.]

Jason now understood why he could not dodge the zombie when it was close but could somehow hold his own in terms of strength despite losing that battle due to his wrist tensing up.

It had nothing to do with his strength but rather his stiff body but Jason wanted to know one more thing and that was how the ranges were determined.

[Ding!]

[Close-Range: 1-5 Meters. Mid-Range: 6-10 Meters. Long-Range: 11-15 Meter.]

"Don't move!" Jason whispered to the girls because this dog was not one that could see or it would have charged at them the moment it was within proximity and the fact that the girl that had backed away from them served as a barricade between them and the zombies was somewhat refreshing because it would have to go through her to get to them.

And their saving grace happened, the leaves rustled as the man with the axe was nowhere to be seen. He ran and the dog gave chase. Jason was surprised that it was that fast despite not running at full speed but the moment it faded into the bushes.

They ran in the opposite direction with the much slower zombies giving chase but they weren't a threat in terms of movement so it was easy to outrun them.

Whatever it was, they had managed to escape but Jason knew that the zombies that they would face in the future would be far more difficult than he thought.