At this moment, Sheng Ge’s group was on the way back to the temporary stronghold. Seeing that it was getting dark and they were still one or two kilometers away, everyone sped up.
“Little Brother A’Bao, what exactly is that beauty to you? Why do you call that beautiful lady ‘Grandma Grandmaster’? Is that some new trendy slang?” Yun Yanwu asked curiously while grabbing A’Bao’s head with one hand.
A’Bao impatiently ducked away from his hand. “If I call her Grandma Grandmaster, of course it’s because she’s my Grandma Grandmaster. Uncle, are you an idiot?”
“Idiot” Uncle Yun Yanwu: …I’m not doubting that I’m an idiot, but I do suspect you’re treating me like one.
“Little Brother A’Bao, lying isn’t something good kids do. That beauty looks at most a little over twenty, and you’re calling her your Grandma Grandmaster?”
A’Bao threw him a disdainful look that clearly said, You mortals wouldn’t understand.
Yun Yanwu: ……
At that moment, Sheng Ge suddenly stopped walking.
“Grandma Grandmaster, what’s wrong?” A’Bao asked strangely.
Sheng Ge stared ahead without speaking.
“What is it?” Song Siyu looked at Sheng Ge, impatience flashing in her eyes. Still, considering this woman she’d assumed would cause trouble had behaved herself the entire journey, she forcefully suppressed the annoyance in her heart.
“There are zombies ahead. A lot of them,” Sheng Ge said calmly.
Everyone’s expressions immediately changed as they instinctively became alert. One of them quickly pulled out binoculars and looked ahead.
“Captain, there really are a lot of zombies, and they seem to be gathering in one direction. That direction is… not good, it’s the temporary stronghold!”
Song Siyu and the others’ faces changed at the same time. Without wasting another thought, they immediately sprinted forward.
After running for a while, they discovered more and more zombies gathering ahead. They could only run while hiding themselves, until finally they stopped on a small hillside near the stronghold to observe below.
“What do we do, Captain? There are too many zombies. A direct attack would be extremely dangerous, and we don’t even know how Vice Captain Yu and the others are doing.” Yun Yanwu looked worriedly toward the building where Yu Sheng and the others were.
At this moment, the area around the residential building was packed densely with zombies. Conservatively estimated, there were nearly a thousand of them. Nobody knew what had happened for them all to gather there.
“First think of a way to create some noise and contact Yu Sheng—”
“Captain, no need. I see Vice Captain. They’re climbing from the second floor to the rooftop…” the teammate holding the binoculars suddenly exclaimed, his tone changing sharply. “Not good! Someone’s about to fall!”
Song Siyu’s expression changed.
“Who’s about to fall?” Suddenly, a cool voice came from behind them.
Song Siyu’s group jumped in fright and turned around, only to see Sheng Ge and A’Bao staring at them curiously.
“How are you two here? You actually kept up with us?” Yun Yanwu said in surprise. They had thought the pair had long since been left behind. After all, when they ran at full speed, they weren’t slow.
Sheng Ge didn’t answer. Instead, she directly held out her hand toward the man with the binoculars. “Let this Venerable One see.”
Meng Jieshu had no idea what was wrong with his brain. He subconsciously handed over the binoculars. Only after doing so did he react and slap himself in annoyance.
“Uh, miss, you…” Meng Jieshu wanted to take the binoculars back, but the next second, a sword suddenly appeared floating in front of Sheng Ge.
That sword…
Everyone’s expressions became uncertain with shock. Then, in the next instant, the sword shot rapidly toward the temporary stronghold.
……
Meanwhile, the people who had already climbed onto the rooftop were still rejoicing over surviving the danger…
But clearly, they celebrated too early.
At the very moment Yu Sheng barely managed to grab Aunt Lin, the already fragile second-floor door finally gave way under the zombies’ assault.
The zombies surged forward instantly, immediately lunging toward Aunt Lin hanging in midair.
Yu Sheng’s face changed. He could only throw Aunt Lin forcefully toward Gu Xiaoxue so she could catch her, while he himself pulled out a gun to block the zombies charging onto the balcony.
Gunshots rang out, making the zombies even more frenzied. They recklessly charged onto the balcony, then fell to the first floor, only to recklessly pile themselves layer upon layer as they lunged toward the three people hanging from the wall.
Several times, zombie claws barely brushed past the trio.
“Quick, pull them up!” Zhuo Dahong shouted anxiously.
The people on the rooftop didn’t hesitate and immediately pulled hard on the ropes.
“Ah! That hurts so much!” Feng Shuang’er suddenly shouted angrily with a frown, because she happened to be pulling Gu Xiaoxue’s rope.
Earlier, everything with Aunt Lin had happened too quickly. When Gu Xiaoxue caught Aunt Lin, the sudden increase in weight caused Feng Shuang’er and another person to slam hard against the wall, making her hands ache terribly.
Even after the apocalypse, Feng Shuang’er had always been pampered and never suffered hardship. How could she endure this? Especially when she realized the people she was pulling up were the two she disliked most, she immediately let go without caring about the consequences.
“Dahong!” The other person, who had also been slammed into the wall, had not even recovered before Feng Shuang’er’s sudden release caught him off guard. The rope uncontrollably slid downward from his hands, making him instinctively shout for Zhuo Dahong.
Zhuo Dahong had been helping Yu Sheng fight off zombies with his powers. Hearing someone call him, he turned around and only saw the rapidly falling rope and Gu Xiaoxue and Aunt Lin dropping after losing support.
“Xiaoxue!”
Everything happened too fast. Nobody could react in time. Even though they rushed to grab the rope immediately, they still couldn’t stop the two from falling toward the zombie horde below.
At the critical moment, the clear ringing of a sword suddenly sounded through the air.
Everyone looked over and saw a white streak glowing faintly blue flying rapidly toward them. With a sharp clang, it stabbed directly into the wall, causing tiles to shatter and fall.
Gu Xiaoxue had thought she was doomed this time. For a brief moment, regret flashed through her heart.
I still haven’t found Grandpa…
But just as she waited to fall, she suddenly realized something had appeared beneath her feet. Looking down, she saw it was actually a glowing sword.
What is this?
“Xiaoxue, be careful!”
While Gu Xiaoxue was still confused about where the sword had come from, she suddenly felt someone shove her backward as another person blocked in front of her.
The zombies had lunged at them.
Although this mysterious sword had prevented them from falling directly to the ground, they still weren’t very high up. The stacked zombies could easily reach them.
With prey right before their eyes, the zombies excitedly lunged forward one after another, while the two of them had nowhere left to dodge!
“Hehhh!”
Aunt Lin stood in front of Gu Xiaoxue without hesitation. Gu Xiaoxue’s face changed, but she could only helplessly watch the zombies rush before them and then…
Then fly backward.
?!
The sorrowful expression on Gu Xiaoxue’s face froze. For a split second, it felt like her facial muscles had cramped.
Aunt Lin, who had already prepared herself for death, opened her eyes in confusion and froze as well.
How was this possible?
The zombies before them continued lunging forward one after another. Their hideous faces were practically right in front of them, but every time they were about to reach their prey, it was as though they smashed into something invisible and were violently sent flying backward.
The zombies: …Damn it, you’re bullying zombies here!
The people on the rooftop stared blankly in amazement. Around the sword seemed to be an invisible wall protecting the two women.
“Someone’s coming!”
At that moment, someone suddenly pointed ahead and shouted.
Not far away, frost, golden light, and earthen walls continuously flashed among the densely packed zombie horde, mixed with the crisp ringing of a sword.
“It’s Captain Song and the others! They’re back!”