Chapter 108 (1/2)

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

”What happened?” Bai Jing was vigilant as he quickly activated his spiritual power. Unlike psychic ability users, he needed to consciously use his spiritual power in order to explore their surroundings.

”I don't know. It just feels wrong.” Xiao Sa frowned tightly. His intuition was telling him that danger was approaching. Ever since he became a third-level ability user, his intuition had grown more sensitive.

A sense of dread swept through them and made everyone's hair stand on end. The entire area seemed to freeze, leaving only endless darkness that seemed to flash with sharp teeth and claws, wanting to swallow everything in the vicinity.

”Ah--!” A sad scream pierced through the night sky!

”F*ck! Run--!” The noises came from behind them. Because it was the middle of the night, everyone could hear it clearly even though it wasn't close by. The place where the scream had come from was precisely the place they had just left. It had only been a few minutes since then, and they were only a few hundred meters away. If they had been one step slower…

Everyone's heart was frozen. If they had been one step behind, they would probably be zombie food right now!

Li Ran was wide-eyed as he stared at what was taking place in horror, forcing himself to keep his composure and suppressing his scream, ”Zom… Zombies… A lot of zombies, quick, drive faster--!”

At the end of the day, Bai Jing wasn't a psychic ability user and couldn't see things as clearly as Li Ran. He wrinkled his brow slightly, and he quickly calmed himself down, ”Speak clearly and tell us the details!”

Perhaps his expression was too calm or his voice was too cold; Li Ran suddenly felt clearheaded, and he calmed down instantly. He carefully observed the situation in the distance, then opened his mouth to report clearly, ”Huang Xiong was trying to catch up with us and had just boarded their coach when they were all surrounded by zombies. There are a lot of them, and I couldn't keep count. There isn't enough light to see any further away, but there are at least two thousand zombies behind us.”

”Two thousand…” w.a.n.g Fan swallowed and felt an encroaching sense that life was dark and there was no light on the road ahead. “We're gonna die. Will we also encounter a zombie tide?”

“Get lost. Stop using your crow's mouth.” Yang Lin retorted immediately, his eyes sparking with a raging fire as he cautiously took in the movements around him.

Only Xiao Sa was expressionless as he calmly switched on the walkie-talkie, “Everyone be on guard. Don't move about randomly. We're speeding up!” His voice was calm and steady, carrying with it a soothing force that calmed everyone down.

“Roger--” There was a tense reply on the walkie-talkie, and they could hear how nervous the speaker was just from their tone of voice.

Li Guoqing stomped on the throttle under his foot and charged forward. He really wished that the car would sprout a pair of wings.

The scent of blood wafted over on the night breeze, and they could see multicolored flashes as ability users used their powers in the distance from the rear-view mirror. It was clearly a very beautiful scene, but it was also a cruel one as one ray of light after another was snuffed out. Unwillingness, resentment, and despair spread through the air, and they could feel it even from their position so far away.

Huang Xiong's eyes were red as he fought to get into the bus first. Only one out of the four coaches was still intact; the one that hadn't had time to open its doors before the attack began. Others saw the situation and also scrambled to get in.

“d.a.m.nit, hurry the h.e.l.l up for Lao Tzu.” Huang Xiong shouted hoa.r.s.ely. At this time, he was no longer the self-satisfied character from before. Fear plagued his mind, and the bitterness in his heart seemed to have taken root and sprouted. He hadn't believed that the zombies would attack so suddenly, nor had he believed that Bai Jing and his group would have left in such a timely manner. When faced with the threat of death, he didn't even know if he would live on or not, but even if there was no hope for survival, even if it meant death, he would make sure to drag the people in front of him down with him.

More and more zombies swarmed together, and the ground was dyed bright red with blood. Pieces of corpses were scattered everywhere, and the zombies' mouths gaped open wide like starving beasts as they gnawed frantically at the fresh food in front of them.

A stomach churning odor spread through the air. Clearly only a few minutes had pa.s.sed, but for Huang Xiong and the others, it seemed like it had been a century. Out of a team of more than a hundred people, there were only a few dozen people left. At this very moment, it was such an easy matter to give up on their teammates and betray those around them.

“Close the door--We're leaving--!”

After his roar, the people in the bus didn't hesitate to shut out their teammates who were still fighting the zombies outside. There were angry shouts full of despair, but what was the use of that? The bus charged forward and ran over the zombies up ahead, breaking out of the encirclement. It didn't dare delay for a single moment as it quickly sped away.

Seeing that the prey they had almost grabbed hold of was fleeing, the zombies' attacks grew even more vicious. The remaining ability users who were still alive fought like trapped beasts, killing until their eyes were red. In order to survive, they didn't hesitate to throw their teammates to the zombies. The flashes of light from the ability users came less and less often, and soon after, the night was once again restored to its original darkness, so quiet that not even the smallest ripple could be seen.

Li Ran had turned pale while watching the fierce battle taking place in the distance. ”Huang Xiong is catching up. He's being followed by a large number of zombies. A total of about thirty people managed to escape.”

Bai Jing raised his eyebrows and looked back, gazing coldly at the car lights that were following at a distance. ”They were lucky.”

Li Ran looked like he was having a little difficulty dealing with the sights he'd just seen. He looked at Xiao Sa and asked, “Brother Sa, did you know early on that the zombies would launch an attack tonight?”

Hearing his question, the people in the car all p.r.i.c.ked up their ears. They were also curious about this, but Bai Jing was a little unwilling as he asked in a displeased tone, ”Do you think we're that cruel?”

Li Ran hurriedly shook his head, “No, Huang Xiong didn't have good intentions, and I don't feel any sympathy for him. Only, it's a bit hard watching the zombies eat people.”

w.a.n.g Fan sighed and patted Li Ran on the shoulder. He spoke with great solemnity, ”Child, if it hadn't been a zombie raid tonight, perhaps we'd still have been attacked. Huang Xiong is not a simple character. He is very calculating and was definitely planning out how to take advantage of us and reap some profit. Don't think too much. Those people deserved what they got.”

Li Ran was astonished. How could this be?