"Let's go, follow me down!"
For some reason, after drinking half a bottle of spoiled milk, Lin Qi felt as if he were filled with strength. The two of them walked one after the other, and just as they stepped out of the door, they encountered a young man.
This guy was named Shang Dong, a very shrewd young man. He had always called Lin Qi "Brother Lin" before, but he was actually the one who had struck the hardest when they attacked him earlier.
Abandoning the weak group to join the strong group—a very wise choice!
"Lin, Lin Qi! Aren't you already...?"
Seeing Lin Qi walk out of the room, Shang Dong's face showed a trace of panic. After all, Lin Qi's actions over the past two days had been very Special among the Ordinary people; daring to kill a Zombie was something an average person simply could not do.
They had struck too hard earlier and accidentally killed Lin Qi; the fatal blow to the back of his head had been delivered by him.
He had intended to sneak back while everyone else was outside holding off the Zombies, hoping that if the opportunity arose, he might be the first to get ahead and take Zhao Tuantuan's virginity.
A few minutes would be enough for him to zip up his pants.
A young man full of vigor, he simply couldn't find relief with just his left and right hands for three months.
"I have something to discuss with you."
Lin Qi beckoned, patted Shang Dong on the shoulder, and then naturally draped his arm around him.
Shang Dong looked panicked and confused, not knowing why Lin Qi had suddenly changed so much.
But the next second, the arm on his shoulder suddenly tightened, locking around his neck, and he twisted it violently!
With a crisp snap, Shang Dong only felt that sharp sound echo in his mind, and his body went limp, beyond his control.
Lin Qi's body trembled slightly. He slowly laid Shang Dong's body down, took a deep breath, turned around, and covered Zhao Tuantuan's mouth.
"He's just sleeping, understand?"
Tuan Tuan's eyes were filled with terror. A warm sensation transferred onto Lin Qi's palm, and her chest heaved violently several times before slowly calming down.
Only after seeing Zhao Tuantuan nod silently did Lin Qi let go.
He dragged Shang Dong into a nearby room and searched him, finding a dagger on his person. The two of them followed the stairs down and stopped at the corner.
At this moment, there were quite a few people in the lobby, but facing the Zombies outside, no one dared to go out.
After killing someone, Lin Qi felt some ripples in his heart. After all, in this body's memories, he had already killed many Zombies, and combined with the special feeling of two lives overlapping, it made him feel as if he were an outsider.
"Go back!"
Lin Qi whispered a reminder and slowly waved his hand to signal Zhao Tuantuan to retreat. His original plan was to see how many people were in the lobby; if they had all gone to the Street, he would have had an opportunity to lock these people outside.
After all, when they were quarantined earlier, a Steel fence had been reinforced outside the Hotel's glass door, leaving only a small door.
But now, the plan had changed.
Returning to the third floor, Lin Qi glanced at Shang Dong, whom he had dragged into the room; his body had already stopped twitching.
There were several rooms in the Hotel that had been completely sealed off because the people inside had turned into Zombies. Although the Corpse had been cleared out, they hadn't been disposed of properly.
Lin Qi's first thought was to turn Shang Dong into a Zombie and then throw him into the first-floor lobby to create chaos from within.
Although this method was very inhumane, facing such a predicament, he had no other choice.
Pushing open that door, a stench of rot hit his face. Lin Qi endured the foul smell and searched the room, finding a blood-stained towel.
Although the Bloodstains on it had dried and turned black, the power of the virus could not be underestimated.
Picking up a clothes hanger from the floor, he hooked the towel out and signaled for Zhao Tuantuan to guard the stairwell.
After prying Shang Dong's mouth open with the dagger, Lin Qi stuffed the brown towel into it.
After being scratched or bitten by a Zombie, the speed of the Mutation varies. Injuries to the lower body are the slowest, but if injured above the neck, it only takes a few minutes for the virus to invade the brain and completely transform into a Zombie, and a particularly powerful one at that.
Lin Qi dragged Shang Dong's Corpse to the stairwell. In less than two minutes, black veins had already spread across Shang Dong's face, and his Skin turned white at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He placed the Corpse in the corner of the stairwell. Fortunately, this movement hadn't been noticed by the people in the lobby, but Lin Qi still felt it wasn't safe enough.
So he returned to the second floor and, with Tuan Tuan's help, moved a table from the guest room to block the stairwell.
Five minutes later, Shang Dong's body, lying at the corner of the stairs, twitched and slowly stood up. Seemingly sensing the scent of prey, he opened his bloody maw, and the brown towel fell to the ground.
Survivors infected by Zombies, without having undergone decay, possess extremely high Combat Power immediately upon Mutation. He stumbled down the stairs, and before the Survivors in the lobby could react, he had already grabbed one person by the neck and began to bite wildly.
"Zombie! There's a Zombie!"
The lobby fell into a Panic. Because the Zombie was right at the stairwell, the remaining people swarmed toward the Hotel entrance, begging the men with Combat Power outside for help.
In just a moment, except for the unlucky one being bitten, everyone else ran out.
"Don't panic! It's just one Zombie, everyone attack together and kill him!"
Director Wang's shouting voice rang out from outside. At this moment, he couldn't care about whether he would alarm nearby Zombies; after all, a Zombie had appeared in their safe Shelter, and anyone would be panicked.
But although he was shouting loudly, his body was retreating rapidly, not daring to step forward.
Although Shang Dong's neck had been twisted by Lin Qi, after turning into a Zombie, he became even more eerie.
His head tilted to the side, and his mouth, which had been cut open by Lin Qi, was wider and more ferocious than an average Zombie's, roaring as he lunged toward the door!
Lin Qi had been hiding at the stairwell observing. Seeing the Zombie chase them out, he quickly went downstairs, rushed to the Iron Gate, closed it, engaged the Bolt, and hung the lock—all in one fluid motion!
In an instant, everyone was driven out onto the Street. Once the Iron Gate was closed, these people became even more frantic!
"Damn it! He locked the door!"
The person closest finally screamed. No longer caring about facing the Zombies, he was the first to run to the door and push it with all his might.
But with the locked Bolt and the Sofa blocking it, with his strength, he couldn't budge it at all!
At this moment, the people outside all surged over. In an instant, only the security guard was left, facing a group of Zombies, which immediately put him in danger.
"Open the door! Lin Qi! You actually dare to lock us outside? This is murder! You are committing a crime!"
Director Wang shouted sternly, the fat on his face trembling, as he reached through the gap in the Iron Gate, preparing to pull the Bolt open.
The moment that fat claw reached in, Lin Qi kicked it!
Three fingers bent at an unnatural angle, and a piece of flesh was torn away along with them.
"Ah! My hand!"
Director Wang let out a miserable scream. When he pulled his hand back, one finger fell to the ground.
"Damn it! Don't step on my finger!"
At this moment, he was still thinking about retrieving his finger and finding a way to reattach it.
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