Chapter 22 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Sure!”

The three of them felt especially confident after all that strength training. As soon as they saw the zombies, they leapt up from the ground with an explosive burst of energy and raised their fire axes with both hands. They were practically pouncing on the zombies.

The zombies who didn’t manage to evade their blows in time slumped to the ground with a loud “poof,” viscous dark red blood and cerebral fluid oozing out of them.

Zhao Ze and Li Qi could hardly believe their eyes. How did these average Joes become so powerful overnight?

But these guys got better and better at what they were doing. It only took them a few minutes to wipe out the seven or eight zombies in the lobby. Shen Chen didn’t even have the chance to help.

“Boss! Boss! Boss!” the three of them shouted in unison as they stood in front of Shen Chen like middle schoolers waiting for their teacher to finish grading their papers.

“Not bad…” Shen Chen nodded with a smile. “Although Zhao Zhen had the least strength, he was very precise in application. Guo Yuan, you were more of an all-rounder. And as for Pan Di, you had the most strength, but you were also the least accurate. Look at the last zombie. It took you three blows to kill it, so you need to work harder!”

“Got it!” the three of them roared. Shen Chen gave them a brief smile.

In the control room, on the CCTV footage, they could see that a dozen zombies were scattered on the second and third floors. At least they were all spread out and not coming in waves. The hotel was huge, so there were many passageways. Just the evacuation routes alone amounted to six.

What was weird, though, was that there were only two passageways leading to the fourth floor, and the CCTV only had the view of a long, long hallway, so the situation was unclear. What was even more bizarre was that no traces of the zombies could be seen from the CCTV. Had they managed to lure out all the zombies from the fourth floor two days ago?

Seeing that there weren’t many zombies, Zhao Zhen said, “Boss, there aren’t that many zombies. I think having all six of us move around in such a small area at the same time would slow down our operation.”

“Bro, are you suggesting that we split up?” Guo Yuan asked.

From the CCTV footage, it did appear that there wasn’t any imminent danger, so after pondering for a while, Shen Chen said, “Let’s split into two teams. Guo Yuan, Pan Di, Li Qi, the three of you go up via the east passageway. Me, Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Ze will head up from the west.”

He was still a little worried, so he reminded them again, “Remember, let’s meet at the third floor. You’re not to go up to the fourth floor on your own!”

“Got it, boss!”

“Don’t worry, boss!”

Shen Chen nodded. “Let’s go!”

Under Shen Chen’s command, the six of them immediately split into teams and went upstairs separately. Shen Chen led his team to the west side. Zhao Zhen was last, and the panicky Zhao Ze was in the middle.

There weren’t many zombies on the second floor; those wandering around on their own posed no threat to Shen Chen. They didn’t even have the opportunity to attack, as Shen Chen took them out with no difficulty. This made Zhao Ze even more fearful.

An hour later, the six of them reunited on the second floor. The second floor was now clear of zombies!