“Roar… roar…”
The snarling cries of zombies sounded again.
Cheng Yi sat in the front passenger seat and spat out a mouthful of saliva. He cursed viciously, “Damn it! Why do we keep running into zombie hordes? We can’t finish killing them!”
“Bang!”
Before he had even finished speaking, he loaded the gun in his hand and fired a shot at the zombies outside the window.
“How much longer until we arrive?” Yan Jin asked from the back seat.
They had set out early yesterday morning, and now it was already the afternoon of the second day. Along the way, they had continuously encountered small zombie tides.
Fortunately, their objective was very clear and they did not linger in battle. Whenever they found an opportunity, they quickly escaped.
Yan Jin looked at Ji Yanting sitting beside her. For some reason, she felt a sense of stability in her heart.
Originally, they had firmly refused to let him come. Later, she did not know what he said to Qi Hua, but after that Qi Hua finally agreed. Meanwhile, the Wolf King stayed behind at the inn with Bai Ruozhu to guard the place.
“There are still five kilometers left,” Qi Hua said as he drove.
Before they had set out, Cheng Yi had shamelessly insisted on riding in the same car as them, separating Yu Chen from the group.
Before Yan Jin could relax, a huge dark shadow slammed onto the roof of the car.
Clang!
“Roar… roar…”
Yan Jin’s heart tightened.
“Hold steady!” As soon as Qi Hua finished speaking, he sharply turned the steering wheel, trying to shake the zombie off the roof.
“Bang bang bang…”
The zombie on the roof not only refused to fall off, it stood firmly on top of the car.
Judging from the noise, it was trying to lift the roof off.
“What’s going on?” Cheng Yi asked.
“Hurry and get down…” Before Qi Hua could finish speaking, the roof had already been ripped off and thrown away.
“Bang!”
It smashed a large hole.
Zombies were extremely sensitive to sound. Immediately, chaos erupted as they bared their hideous faces and let out bursts of roars.
“That’s… a Leaping Ghoul!” Everyone felt a surge of fear.
They had not expected to encounter a Level One mutated zombie here as well.
The most troublesome thing about this type of zombie was its extremely strong jumping ability. It also had suction pads that allowed it to cling to various surfaces.
“How… how could this appear here?”
Everyone found it difficult to believe. After all, Level One mutated zombies were rarely seen. They usually only appeared in major cities, and even then only when someone had extremely bad luck.
“Run quickly! The warehouse is just ahead! I’ll cover the rear!”
“Roar… roar…”
It was unknown whether Qi Hua’s voice had been too loud, but zombies in the distance slowly began gathering. There were at least ten of them.
A nauseating stench drifted into Yan Jin’s nose.
Yan Jin secretly crushed a Heavenly Thunder Talisman. Lightning surged into the air and struck toward the nearest zombie.
“Boom.”
With a loud explosion, the zombie was instantly blasted black.
Yan Jin was overjoyed. She had not expected the Heavenly Thunder Talisman to be so effective against zombies. The only drawback was that its duration was too short.
When the Leaping Ghoul heard the commotion here, it abandoned its fierce battle with Cheng Yi and pounced toward Yan Jin. At that critical moment, Ji Yanting fired a shot at it.
“Roar!”
The Leaping Ghoul was enraged by Ji Yanting. Its furious roars attracted even more zombies.
Then they saw a gigantic zombie approaching from the distance. It was three meters tall, and its muscles were terrifyingly developed. The ordinary zombies beneath its feet could not even avoid it and were crushed into pulp.
“What is that?”
Yan Jin complained inwardly. What kind of apocalypse was this? How could such a monster even exist?
Everyone desperately unleashed their abilities, attacking the two mutated zombies in order to buy time for the others behind them to escape.
“Get inside quickly!”
They no longer had time to waste. They rushed directly into the medical processing factory and shut the massive iron gate behind them.
“Bang!”
The zombies outside roared furiously. Fortunately, these were low level mutated zombies and possessed little intelligence. They could only rely on their most primitive strength. When they could no longer see their prey, they reluctantly dispersed.
This medical processing factory covered an area of ten thousand square meters. It was the largest medical factory in Hua City. Before the apocalypse, they had been preparing a large order for a certain company. Unfortunately, the apocalypse arrived before the goods could be delivered.
At that time, it had been the weekend, so the factory was closed and only a small number of employees had been working overtime. Otherwise, the place would have been filled with a vast mass of zombies.
The group entered the guardroom and took a brief rest. A few scattered ordinary zombies wandered over, but they were quickly dealt with by the team.
Outside the factory was a scene of devastation. The ground was covered with shattered glass. Only a huge banyan tree outside the wall caught Yan Jin’s attention. She had not expected that in such a dead city, there would still be such a vibrant tree.
A sense of unease suddenly arose in her heart.
“The warehouse is just ahead. Let’s hurry over!”
Qi Hua’s voice pulled Yan Jin back to reality.
“What’s wrong? Stay close to me.” Ji Yanting stopped and looked toward the direction of Yan Jin’s gaze with confusion.
“It’s nothing. Let’s go.”
The sun was gradually setting in the west. Night belonged to the zombies and was the graveyard of humanity. They had to retrieve the supplies before sunset and return overnight. Otherwise, if they stayed here, no one knew what accidents might occur.
Outside the warehouse were dark red bloodstains left from a fierce battle. It was impossible to tell whether they belonged to humans or zombies. A chilly wind seeped through the cracks in the door.
A dull sound of the door opening echoed.
Before the group could relax, shadows began swaying inside the warehouse.
“Roar… roar…”
Two zombie cries echoed out.
Suddenly, a hideous and bloody face appeared before them. Its eyeballs bulged with bloodshot veins, its mouth was smeared with blood, and its hands were twisted. Its body had already rotted beyond recognition. A large mass of dark red blood clung to its stomach, creating a horrifying sight.
Ji Yanting, standing nearby, looked at the two zombies with a strange expression.
“Brother Ji? What’s wrong?” Yan Jin asked.
Only then did Ji Yanting realize that he had been momentarily stunned. Fortunately, Yan Jin had called out to him.
He immediately fired his gun toward the two zombies. Blood splattered everywhere.
“It’s nothing.” Ji Yanting shook his head.
The warehouse of this processing factory had been a key area for scavengers. How could there still be supplies left behind? These zombies were most likely people who had come here searching for materials.
At that moment, the two zombies were not completely dead. Dragging their half shattered heads, they opened their bloody mouths and whimpered, “Roar… roar…” as they tried to grab Yan Jin.
“They’re still not dead…” Yan Jin suppressed her nausea and swung her large chopping knife at their heads.
“Bang!”
Black blood splattered across the ground.
When everyone went inside, they discovered that the warehouse contained only two broken wooden boxes. They were completely empty.
“How could this happen? Why is there nothing here?” Cheng Yi could not believe it.
“I told you already. There is nothing here!”
At that moment.
Thud!
…
One sound, then another.
A bone chilling sense of danger crept up from behind. Yan Jin had no time to think. Clutching her rapidly beating heart, she hurriedly led everyone into a small room inside the warehouse.
A massive shadow flashed past their eyes.
“What was that just now?” Everyone looked terrified.
Now they could only pray that the thick iron door would help block that enormous monstrous zombie.
They had stumbled into the room by accident, but to their surprise, the small room contained something entirely unexpected.