After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 423

Chapter 423: Chapter 423: Veridian Bridge

Nina Jacobs also saw the Veridian Bridge on her system map.

However, contrary to what Cecily Wells had said, the bridge was marked as impassable on the system map.

"When was the last time you all crossed the Veridian Bridge?"

Nina asked.

"Three days ago. Good thing I was on my period and didn’t go out,

but the incident didn’t happen on the Veridian Bridge anyway. It was when they were about to reach their destination."

Cecily Wells replied.

’Three days ago?’

’That means the Veridian Bridge was still passable three days ago.’

"So, about this Mr. Warner who’s with you... what exactly is your relationship?"

Cecily couldn’t help but ask.

Wayne Warner hadn’t said a single word the entire trip.

Yet he never left Nina’s side.

He was more loyal than any watchdog.

"We’re family."

Nina replied.

"Family? You don’t look alike."

After Cecily said that, she noticed Nina was no longer paying attention to her, instead staring intently out the window.

She pouted and went back to driving.

By the time it was past noon, after Nina had led the team out of the vehicles to eliminate several small groups of zombies, the Veridian Bridge was finally in sight.

The entire Veridian Bridge was over three kilometers long, with long stone pillars supporting the main span.

Upon closer inspection, some of the pillars were even encased in metal.

Not only that, but the bridge’s surface also reflected a metallic sheen from time to time. According to Cecily, all that metal had been laid down by General Hughes himself.

"Stop the car."

Nina said.

"Stop the car? Why? There aren’t many zombies around. Can’t we just charge across?"

Cecily asked, confused.

"I’m the captain now. When I tell you to stop, you stop."

As she spoke, Nina had already used the walkie-talkie to notify all the vehicles behind them.

"What’s going on?"

Drake Shaw got out of his car and rushed over, demanding to know.

"Yeah, if we don’t get a move on, we won’t make it before dark!"

The others also got out of their cars, grumbling in dissatisfaction.

The journey today had been anything but smooth.

They had been attacked by several small zombie hordes along the way.

Although there had been no major incidents with Nina and Wayne Warner leading the way, and the zombies were quickly eliminated, the trip had taken much longer than expected.

"Nina Jacobs, you’d better explain yourself."

Anselm Hughes had also walked over.

There had indeed been a few zombies near the bridge just now, but not enough to warrant stopping the entire convoy.

"There’s something strange about this bridge. We can’t cross it."

Nina said.

She had no intention of walking into a death trap.

"Why?"

Anselm asked.

"There are no zombies on the bridge."

Nina pointed at the bridge deck.

No zombies?

For a moment, no one understood what that meant.

"There are zombies at the far end of the bridge and over here, but none on the bridge itself."

After Nina finished, Anselm Hughes took a careful look and saw that she was right.

There were burnt-out car frames, sun-dried corpses, and even zombie carcasses on the bridge, but not a single moving zombie.

"It’s also possible they all ran over here from the bridge because we showed up."

Drake Shaw said, pointing to the dozen or so zombies that Nina and Wayne had just killed.

Nina shook her head. "I’ve been watching the bridge the whole time. I’m certain they didn’t come from there."

Anselm Hughes narrowed his eyes, gazing into the distance.

’This really is strange.’

He said coldly, "There’s one way to find out if there’s a problem. We’ll have someone test it."

With that, he waved his hand, and immediately, someone brought two people from the last vehicle, their hands and feet bound.

They had iron chains shackled to their ankles. Nina had heard from Wyatt Holden that the chains were to keep them from running too fast.

That way, when they were needed to lure zombies away, they would be more effective and the zombies wouldn’t lose them.

"You two, go take a walk up ahead."

Drake Shaw said, pointing at the Veridian Bridge.

The two were a man and a woman. They seemed to have been confined in the vehicle for so long that they could barely walk steadily.

Looking at the long expanse of the Veridian Bridge, fear filled their eyes.

"Hurry up!"

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