The train ahead tumbled across the vast parking lot until it collided with two other trains and finally came to a stop. The train Shao Ming and his group were on managed to brake in time and didn't move forward any further.
Shao Ming heaved a sigh of relief. He opened the door of the driver's cab to let the air circulate. They couldn't stay here for long. Not to mention whether there were any surviving mutants in the front train, the noise of the derailment was probably as loud as artillery fire.
What Shao Ming didn't know was that the French exit of the submarine tunnel was a large railway station. There were not only trains parked here but also many cars waiting to be transported to the UK. Of course, besides that, there were a large number of people.
Not long after the door was opened, just as the two unconscious people began to wake up, a large number of mutants appeared in front of the train. Without thinking much, Shao Ming slapped Lambert hard across the face. The pain was effective. Lambert opened his eyes groggily.
"Drive!"
As soon as Lambert opened his eyes, he saw Shao Ming slapping him. He reached up dazedly to cover his face and asked, "What happened?"
"Get up and drive. We're in France."
Shao Ming climbed onto the machine gun on the roof and started firing at the charging mutants. The 12.7 - mm caliber bullets could pierce through several mutants piled together at once. Unfortunately, these creatures could still keep moving even with their intestines hanging out.
"Ugh..." Lambert covered his head and got up, only to be greeted by a hellish scene. Trains knocked over, mutants charging over the derailed trains...
"What's going on..." Lambert was still dazed. His memory was still stuck in the tunnel. A spent cartridge fell from the roof and landed on Lambert's head, scalding him. This fully woke him up.
Lambert shook Feng Yusheng, who had just opened his eyes. The latter climbed up from the floor, holding his head. Fortunately, the train had been running extremely fast in the middle of the tunnel. The few of them had only been completely out of oxygen for a short while and hadn't inhaled much toxic gas.
Shao Ming was still firing at the approaching zombie horde. Soon, the machine gun made a "click" sound - the ammunition belt was empty. Lambert realized that they couldn't stay on the train any longer. He grabbed the shotgun on the ground and pulled Shao Ming down.
Shao Ming glanced at Lambert and then stumbled towards the machine gun on the right door and started shooting again. Lambert realized that Shao Ming had completely misunderstood him. He meant for them to run, not to tell him there was another machine gun below.
The zombie horde was approaching the front of the train. The crashing and the noise not only alerted the mutants in the train yard but also attracted mutants from the surrounding towns. Suddenly, a rocket - propelled grenade flew out from a small hill behind the train and exploded in the zombie horde.
The sudden explosion startled Shao Ming. Before he could react, a girl's voice came from outside the train.
"Still fighting here? Don't you care about your life?"
Shao Ming turned around. An Asian - looking girl was standing beside the train. However, she was speaking French with a Japanese accent, and Shao Ming couldn't understand a word she was saying. Seeing the approaching mutants, the girl was clearly getting anxious. She then spoke in English, "Go, go, hurry go!"
Although it was Japanese - accented English, Shao Ming understood a bit this time. Feng Yusheng was also fully awake by now. The two people inside the train were clearly surprised by the sudden appearance of the girl outside.
"Let's go." Shao Ming continued to cover the two in the train with the machine gun. "Hurry up!"
Feng Yusheng picked up Gordon, who was still unconscious, and carried the dog on his back. Lambert quickly stepped forward to help hold Gordon's hindquarters. The two followed the suddenly - appeared girl and ran towards the back of the train.
Shao Ming looked back. Why was he the only one shooting among the four of them? He pulled the pin on a grenade, threw it at the zombie horde, and turned to catch up with the others.
The grenade didn't explode as spectacularly as in the movies. There was barely any visible fire, but a shower of shrapnel burst out, knocking down a group of nearby mutants. An SUV rushed down the slope. The strange girl jumped into the vehicle first.
A burly man in military uniform emerged from the driver's seat of the SUV. There was a barely - visible French flag on his armband. The burly man raised an HK416 and fired towards the mutants chasing Shao Ming.
Since Feng Yusheng was carrying the 60 - jin Gordon, even with Lambert's help, his steps gradually slowed down. Shao Ming turned around, crouched down, and raised his L85A1 to shoot at the approaching mutants. As expected, after firing only two rounds, the gun jammed. This gun, taken from a mutant, had hardly been maintained.
Shao Ming pulled the bolt to eject a bullet and finally managed to fire again. The Japanese girl seemed to feel a bit uncomfortable sitting in the car. She quickly jumped out to help the two carry Gordon into the vehicle.
"Kid, it's time to go!" The burly man shouted.
Shao Ming put away his rifle, turned around, and jumped into the passenger seat of the SUV. The burly man retracted into the vehicle, floored the gas pedal, and drove away from the parking lot.
"You guys are amazing," the burly man said, holding the steering wheel. "You're the first group of people I've seen in days who managed to leave the Isle of England alive."
"Only us after all these days?" Shao Ming asked.
"Ordinary people would probably suffocate in the submarine tunnel," the burly man said to Shao Ming. "I'm Asgi Cosman, a warrant officer of the 13th Dragoon Parachute Regiment of the French Army."
Asgi continued, "The girl in the back seat is Ryō Yamada, a Japanese student at the National Conservatory of Music in Calais - her English isn't very good."
"Ryō Yamada?" Lambert asked. "The one from 'Bocchi the Rock!'?"
Delighted to find a fellow fan, Ryō Yamada said excitedly, "Yes, yes, that's the one."
Well, Shao Ming thought. Chinese, French, British, Japanese.
The SUV left the zombie horde behind and drove forward along a country road.
"You guys were really lucky today," Asgi said. "We went out to look for supplies. When we heard all the noise down there, we came to check it out. Otherwise, you would have been in big trouble."
Shao Ming nodded and said, "Thank you."
He turned around to look at Feng Yusheng, who was sitting there, holding the unconscious Gordon and staring blankly.
"The dog will be okay," Shao Ming comforted. "It's so tough. Besides, we actually passed through the tunnel pretty quickly."
Feng Yusheng nodded, patted Gordon on the head, and said, "I believe in him. He still has a heartbeat and is breathing. He's just tired, I guess."
The SUV turned into a forest and stopped in front of a small cottage.
"Here we are," Asgi opened the car door. "Make yourself at home. Don't be shy."
Shao Ming nodded and looked around. This cottage in the forest was far from towns and main roads. Through the gaps in the trees, the coastline could be seen. He took in deep breaths of the hard - won fresh air.