Everyone simultaneously cursed with the same national expletive, "Holy shit! This is inhumane!"
Bai Ye waved his hand, and countless streaks of golden light appeared, shooting towards the zombies like lightning. Then, as the golden light penetrated the zombies’ skulls, in the next moment, those struck by the golden light had their heads explode in a metallic burst. Bai Ye reached out again, and numerous Crystal Cores flew toward his hand.
At the same time, defense wasn’t idle either. Since she had declared herself as having Fire Ability, she cast Fireballs. The spell she used was still a simplified version of "Starfire", but as she continued to cast the spell, she had become much more proficient, significantly reducing the casting time.
Following the burst of golden light from Bai Ye, her spell was completed and baby-fist-sized Fireballs shot out, exploding the heads of any zombies they hit. Fang Yuxin’s collection of Crystal Cores was quite similar to Bai Ye’s.
What kind of Skill was this? It was terrifying!
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn’t help but ponder the question. Those who were discussing earlier now felt sympathy for the Glory Mercenary Corps—of all the people to offend, they had to cross paths with such a killing god! No wonder Guan Rong was so respectful towards them—it was out of sheer necessity!
If those golden lights and Fireballs were aimed at them...
Just contemplating this possibility made everyone shiver, their backs drenched with cold sweat. They weren’t even confident they could dodge them!
As Bai Ye and Fang Yuxin continued to cast their spells, swathes of zombies fell. Li Qingyun drove the car straight through without stopping, followed by Qian Lang and Zhao Yan, who clenched their teeth and kept up.
They all understood that there were too many zombies here; if they couldn’t keep up, they risked being surrounded by the Zombie Group—a point of no return!
Seeing them follow suit, the others were astonished and couldn’t help but want to join in. However, their mission was to hunt zombies, not to break out of a zombie encirclement. Thus, these people quickly came to their senses, stopped watching Bai Ye and Fang Yuxin’s impressive Big Moves, and each picked a direction to charge towards the Zombie Group.
Initially intimidated by the sheer number of zombies, their fears gradually dissipated upon watching Bai Ye and Fang Yuxin effortlessly slay large numbers of zombies, giving rise to a strange sense of "These zombies are nothing to be afraid of after all!"
The team leaders, knowing this was a rare form of morale, didn’t want to miss such a great opportunity and began shouting encouragements at their people. One of them yelled, "Everyone, watch and learn! Zombies are nothing to be afraid of! Let’s annihilate them!"
At his words, the others burst into raucous laughter, "Right! Annihilate them!"
Crude though the words were, they strangely suited the current atmosphere.
Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye had already charged forward; they did not look back. They had already reaped a great reward and saw no need to waste time fighting over Crystal Cores with these people.
Because the two of them were so fierce, Qian Lang, Zhao Yan, and the others closely following them managed to pass through the Zombie Group without incident, encountering no attacks. However, they also didn’t get any Crystal Cores.
After getting past this group of zombies, they encountered several more groups of zombies. Luckily, the strongest zombies they met were only Level 2, and a Third-level Zombie never appeared. It was unclear whether there were none or if they were hiding somewhere, unwilling to show themselves.
The duo didn’t give it much thought. After all, a Level 3 zombie was very cunning, naturally not as foolish as the Low-level Zombies charging forward. It would typically hide in the shadows, controlling the Zombie Group to attack.
With the power demonstrated by Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye, even if there were Third-level Zombies around, after witnessing their prowess, they would not foolishly emerge to court death but hide even more stealthily!
Having battled through several waves of zombies, they finally broke out of the zombie encirclement. By this time, they were almost at the edge of Lin City.
Just as they were about to leave, Li Qingyun couldn’t help but look back in the direction of the Safe Zone, but alas, the distance was too great, and she could no longer see the Safe Zone where she had lived. She pondered what her family might be doing at the moment and let out a self-mocking laugh before secretly wiping away the tear stains at the corners of her eyes.
Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye saw everything but said nothing. Li Qingyun had made her choice, and she had to face the consequences of that decision.
Although Bai Ye was very filial to his parents, thinking of Li Qingyun’s family, he didn’t think she was wrong at all.
Fang Yuxin was even less likely to say anything; at times like these, speaking was useless. Li Qingyun was an adult, and she believed she could figure things out.
True enough, Li Qingyun quickly composed herself, and Bai Ye took over the driving again, with her sitting in the back seat. After leaving Lin City, they soon reached the highway, with Qian Lang and Zhao Yan naturally following closely behind in their cars, fearing they’d be left behind.
Occasionally, zombies would run out onto the road, but there weren’t many. More zombies gathered around the outer perimeters of the various safe bases; otherwise, they tended to be relatively scattered unless led by High-level zombies.
Driving on the highway, when it was almost noon, the road ahead was blocked by a fallen tree and large boulders.
The tree trunk was thick, and the boulders were massive. They lay in the middle of the road, and there was no way for the cars to pass!
At first glance, there seemed to be no one around, but as soon as Fang Yuxin released her Spiritual Sense, she detected people hiding nearby!
She gave Bai Ye a look and whispered to Li Qingyun, "It’s an ambush, be careful!"
Li Qingyun nodded in understanding and, after thinking for a moment, said, "I’ll be careful, and you guys should be too. Don’t worry about me!"
Bai Ye had just stopped the car when the ambushers surged out, one of them shouting viciously, "Everyone in the car, get out now!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to give your recommendation votes and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)