Chapter 101 : Zombie Empire 15 (1/2)

The Hurricane mercenary band used an entire fortnight to become famous, after which they dominated the top spot on the ranking board. Yet this chuunibyou mercenary group 《Fight Us!!!》 appeared on the ranking board the moment they became famous. No one had even heard about them before they did so.

This could only mean that just one mercenary team had been sent out to finish the mission, as they hadn’t interacted much with others. But the rewards for these kinds of missions weren’t too plentiful so few mercenary bands would accept them. Only those ability users who didn’t have an organisation—who got together temporarily to do the mission, or do it on their own—would accept them.

Being able to survive on such missions alone proved that their mercenary band had some ability. If there was anything these few months had taught them, it was that women and children mustn’t be underestimated.

Chang Xin took a deep breath. “Captain Gu, this mission requires absolute confidentiality so I hope you can give me a definitive answer. If you refuse to do so, we can only kill you right here and now.”

He signaled to the people beside him, who immediately surrounded Shi Sheng’s team. Everyone else retreated to the side. Their expressions were as if they were getting ready to watch a play; they completely kept themselves out of the matter.

“Captain Chang!” Qing Yu hurriedly stood out. He didn’t manage to finish saying what he wanted to before Shi Sheng pulled him back.

“Boss, there are too many of them. Let’s just submit for now.” Qing Yu knew his Boss was currently feeling testy but with so many ability users here, they were at a disadvantage.

“Submit?” Shi Sheng humphed coldly, arrogance written all over her face. “Only other people submit to me, when did it become my turn?”

Qing Yu was speechless. ‘Boss, even if you want to go all chuuni, can you please pick a better time?!’

Shi Sheng’s volume wasn’t low so Chang Xin heard her words. Even the people further away did.

Some of the onlookers whistled, clearly amused by Shi Sheng’s fearless attitude. They had seen a lot of these kinds of girls who thought the world was the same as it was pre-apocalypse. ‘What? Did you think just because you had a bit of money you could do whatever you want? Strength is the most important now! It seems like this is all the mysterious FU has to offer!’

But even more people were thinking that these youths must have someone backing them. The atmosphere turned tense.

“Ah! Run! Zombies got in!” A sudden shout broke the stalemate. The voice had come from the second floor.

Chang Xin gave up arguing with Gu Nan and lifted his head to look towards the second floor. A few human silhouettes sprinted down from upstairs, Qi Mingxue and Song Shi among them.

‘As expected, wherever the main character goes, trouble is soon to follow!’

A fire-breathing zombie was chasing after them. Shi Sheng frowned slightly. ‘That zombie wasn’t the one from before…

Fuck! There’s more than one of them?!’

“Head for the basement!”

“Hurry, go!”

They weren’t able to deal with fourth stage zombies yet so they could only run. Chang Xin was the one who yelled for them to head for the basement. His people hurriedly opened the door, with Shi Sheng being forced to follow along.

“Shut the door!”

“But there are still people out there…”

“To hell with that! Wait any more and we’re toast! Hurry up and shut the door!” The soldier in charge of holding the door open looked at Chang Xin. Chang Xin looked at the people still outside before nodding his head with some difficulty.

The heavy metal door thudded shut, blocking out the sounds from outside. This place was more like an underground laboratory than a basement.

The emergency lights were still functioning, so although there wasn’t much light here, everyone could still see clearly.