Chapter 117 : Zombie Empire 31 (2/2)

“Though she didn’t decide to exterminate humans,” Song Shi’s expression was serious, “Now that they’ve gone to provoke her, I’m afraid that won’t hold up.”

Song Shi analysed the situation for them and in the end, everyone agreed to Song Shi’s decision. From the current situation, it seemed like their only chance for survival laid with Gu Nan.

……

Only when Qi Mingxue entered the borders of the Empire did she know how naïve they had been. The zombies here had evolved quickly. Fifth stage and above were a common sight. Although fifth stage zombies might be easy for humans to deal with now, what if you met an entire pack of them?

“I’m afraid we’ll all join the ranks of the zombies before we actually find Gu Nan! I think we should head back!” Someone was already thinking of retreating. They had only entered the Empire for two days and had already lost close to half their number.

Qi Mingxue sat at the side, feeling frustrated at having estimated wrongly.

She had read the whole book so she knew that at this point in time, the highest level zombie should only be at the eighth stage while normal zombies only averaged at around fourth stage.

Yet now it turned out that fifth level zombies were practically everywhere…

Qi Mingxue thought for a bit before taking out some spirit spring water and handing it out to the group.

“Since we’ve already come and lost so many men in the process, if we head back now, wouldn’t their sacrifice be in vain? This spirit spring water can help you improve your abilities. We’ll definitely be able to get there!”

Once they heard ‘spirit spring water’, the originally disheartened group had their eyes light up. Some people revealed greedy looks. The water was deliciously sweet; much better than some beverages from before the apocalypse. And drinking it could allow one to quickly recover spent power and re-energise them. Some people directly advanced to the next stage upon drinking it.

Qi Mingxue pretended like she hadn’t seen the greed in their eyes. ‘When I finally kill Gu Nan, these people…’

“Qi Mingxue, come over.” Boss Lu shouted for Qi Mingxue.

Qi Mingxue frowned slightly before reluctantly walking over. “Boss Lu.”

“Come, sit! Qi Mingxue, you haven’t eaten yet right? I especially left this portion for you! Eat up!” There was lust in Boss Lu’s eyes as he examined her. He had designs on this woman for a long while. A pity that she had never taken the bait and her strength was nothing to scoff at so he could only take advantage of her with his eyes.

“Thanks for the concern, Boss Lu. But I’m not hungry yet. Boss Lu’s going to have to kill zombies in a while, so I’ll leave it for Boss Lu.” Although Qi Mingxue was utterly disgusted inside, she still replied with a coquettish smile. The two of them continued this way for a bit, with both trying to get the other to eat. In the end, Boss Lu didn’t manage to take advantage of her. After talking for a while, Qi Mingxue walked away, towards the other side of the camp.

“Pei! Who knows how many people that whore’s seduced! She still dares to give me airs!”

“Boss, don’t be angry. She has a lot of stuff on her so we still need her.” The people beside him hurriedly soothed Boss Lu.

“Boss, this is quite simple actually. When we get the chance… wouldn’t her stuff belong to Boss?” The speaker gave Boss Lu a ‘you understand’ look. Boss Lu immediately understood and patted him on the shoulder in praise.

The group continued on their journey in an erratic manner. Though they had Qi Mingxue’s space to support them, by the time they got to the main base, only around a hundred were left.

Every time they showed signs of wanting to retreat, Qi Mingxue would brainwash them to continue on with the reason they had already come this far, retreating would only cause everything to be in vain. So this group of people were fooled into continuing on.

When they saw the base, everyone was a little stunned. ‘Is this still the apocalypse? We couldn’t have transmigrated, could we?!’

The city walls in front of them were majestically grand. They didn’t look like they belonged in the modern world at all, instead looking more like ancient city walls. Zombies wearing uniforms stood atop the walls. From afar, they looked like humans.

The city walls were quiet, no one was entering or leaving it.