Suddenly hearing a sound similar to beads colliding with the ground, everyone’s nerves, which had relaxed with great difficulty, immediately twisted into a ball again.
Su Wenwen’s five senses were strong. After judging the specific location of the sound, she moved a few steps toward the escalator. The sound became clearer and clearer, making her so nervous that she began to sweat even in the cold weather.
One bead, two beads…
Approximately a dozen marbles rolled down from the escalator, falling from the edge to the next flight of stairs, bouncing continuously.
Su Wenwen raised her head to look. There was a section of a white thing lying on the dirty glass by the side of the corridor, moving little by little. It was not until the thing crawled onto a clean piece of glass that Su Wenwen recognized this faceless zombie as one she had encountered before while on a mission at the sea base.
Its whole body was smooth and its skin was intact, with only a large mouth and two nostrils. Its characteristic was extremely fast speed.
Back then, when Su Wenwen was dealing with this faceless zombie in the village, she could not keep up with its speed. If she had not been accidentally dragged into the water by someone later, she really might not have been able to kill it.
Looking at her current system equipment, Su Wenwen did not know if she could keep up with the faceless zombie’s speed anymore.
Thinking this, she had already tightly gripped the iron awl in her hand. The shining red gleam of the steel appeared exceptionally dazzling in the pitch-black surroundings, also making the people around her alert. They hurriedly picked up the weapons in their hands and turned on their flashlights to shine toward the escalator.
One, two…
Thirteen faceless zombies emerged one after another. They were either standing, lying prone, or hanging their heads, seemingly looking at the living people in the main hall.
Lin Wan tightly hugged Sisi and said to everyone in a small voice: “The underground garage… everyone run toward the underground garage later. If we exit from there, we should be able to avoid the zombie bats guarding the door outside.”
The underground garage?
But Luo Xi had not returned yet. Su Wenwen hesitated for a moment, then bit her teeth and said: “This kind of zombie’s speed is extremely fast. In a moment, don’t get entangled in fighting. Run if you can run. Remember, you must guarantee Miss Lin’s safety.”
Everyone had witnessed Su Wenwen’s special ability, so they naturally believed her words without a doubt. Although no one replied, they had already silently moved closer to Lin Wan.
Just as everyone was holding their breath, the abrupt sound of a child crying caused the faceless zombies to let out a low roar, scaring Father Lin and Mother Lin into screaming: “What are you still waiting for, run quickly!”
The moment the voice fell, two faceless zombies arrived at Su Wenwen’s side in the blink of an eye. Cold sweat streamed down her back. Her own attribute points were all added to strength; it seemed her agility was a bit insufficient. To deal with the faceless zombies’ surprise attack, she could only barely roll over to avoid it. After the scalding hot iron awl in her hand swung out, those two faceless zombies jumped to another place and bit through someone else’s throat in one bite.
She powerlessly shouted: “Run quickly.”
Everyone was terrified. Biting their teeth, they protected Lin Wan and retreated toward the underground garage. The scene was a bit chaotic; in the darkness, countless flashlight beams swayed about like the lights in a disco bar, making people dizzy.
Father Lin and Mother Lin ran the fastest and had already disappeared around the corner. The Adjutant had just taken two steps toward Su Wenwen when he was blocked by Doctor Liu, who said: “Thinking of going to help Su Wenwen?”
“No. Don’t you want to get rid of her?” The Adjutant had a cold face, looking more and more unfeeling and disloyal. “Now is the best opportunity.”
“No need. You have your mission. Just leave Su Wenwen to me.”
The Adjutant glanced at the hastily retreating Lin Wan: “She is very weak. We can make a move anytime we want. It would be better if you and I first jointly solve Su Wenwen.”
Doctor Liu smiled: “You want to use the pretext of getting rid of her to protect her, don’t you?”
“If not, then just do what you are supposed to do.”
The Adjutant gave Doctor Liu a deep look, said no more, and turned to retreat toward the underground garage with the team.
Su Wenwen was dealing with more than ten faceless zombies by herself and it was extremely strenuous. But when she saw a faceless zombie bypass her to intercept and kill the teammates behind her, she immediately flew and leaped, striking a zombie that was not convenient1 with one stick. The powerful force directly sent it flying.
After hitting the wall, it let out an angry roar and stopped attacking other people, instead staring at Su Wenwen as it pounced.
Although Su Wenwen was having a strenuous time dealing with it, she had at least added several hundred points to agility, so she was not so easily pounced on and knocked down.
Her flexible body was softer than a fish’s. Her waist twisted left and right, and the steps under her feet were as nimble as a dancer’s as she avoided the pounces and bites time and time again.
By the time the people in the team had almost all retreated, the sore pain of a muscle strain appeared in her body, which was temporarily healed by a system item.
This won’t work. If this drags on for a long time, the one who suffers will be me. While dodging, Su Wenwen observed her surroundings, and finally, her tiptoes touched the ground as she easily leaped onto the glass railing on the edge of the second floor.
The faceless zombies below also foolishly jumped up after her. Su Wenwen took advantage of the fact that it is difficult to change trajectory in mid-air, and leaped down again, the iron awl in her hand piercing into a faceless zombie’s head without any obstruction.
A plume of pungent, burnt smoke slowly rose, which seemed to stimulate the other faceless zombies, and they all pounced toward Su Wenwen as if they had gone mad.
They came from almost all four sides and eight directions, blocking all of Su Wenwen’s escape routes. Seeing this, Doctor Liu, who was standing in the corner, unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.
No matter how powerful Su Wenwen’s special ability was, what could she do? Once bitten by a zombie, with no medicine available, death was certain.
Doctor Liu saw with his own eyes as the faceless zombies pressed down on Su Wenwen’s body one by one. The zombies emitted a panting sound, as if they were enjoying a delicious meal.
He shone the beam of his flashlight over, then glanced at the zombie by his side. The zombie that looked like a human brain seemed to understand his meaning. The lips in the center of its brain part vibrated, and the faceless zombies, as if they had received some kind of command, all pushed to one side.
The beam of the flashlight shone on Su Wenwen. Her strands of hair were messy and scattered randomly, and her cold-proof suit was covered in bloodstains. She looked like she was on the verge of death.
Doctor Liu walked closer to look. There were still marks of being torn and bitten on Su Wenwen’s face, already revealing grim white bone. Seeing this scene, he then smiled smugly and said: “Dealing with you is really too difficult. To be honest, I really don’t want to kill you, because I don’t have the habit of laying a hand on women either.”
Su Wenwen seemed to want to say something. Her mouth moved, and blood continuously gushed out from the wound on her face. The fishy-sweet smell blocked her throat, and she could only place her gaze on the human-brain zombie next to Doctor Liu.
Doctor Liu understood her meaning: “Oh, this zombie was also one the Adjutant and I unintentionally discovered on the road. It led the Adjutant and me to the hospital. I discovered it is extremely intelligent and can understand the meaning I want to express, so I tried to cooperate with it.”
“As for why you all couldn’t discover it, that is because I used my special ability to shield your perception of it. So I’m also not worried about falling into some mother nest, because in the eyes of zombies, it is like air.” Doctor Liu gave a hehe laugh. “You can rest assured, I still have a bit of a conscience. After you die, I won’t let your bones not even remain or let you die alone. I will let you zombify and personally take away your lover.”
The smile on Doctor Liu’s face bloomed as gorgeously as a flower; he was clearly truly happy. But in the next instant, his smile froze on his face.
Su Wenwen’s cheeks, visibly to the naked eye, recovered to their original state. Her skin was fair, as if it would break from a puff of air2. Where was there any appearance of being on the verge of death, ready to go to hell at any moment?
He was stunned and did not react at all. He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, so he reached out and rubbed them. When he opened them again, he saw Su Wenwen stand up, pat the bloodstains on her cold-proof suit, and say rather helplessly: “In the middle of a big winter, changing clothes is also very troublesome.”
“You, how are you…” Doctor Liu discovered he was not having a delusion, and his mind went completely blank.
Su Wenwen was clearly a fire-type ability user. How could she have such a perverted recovery ability?
A dual-type ability user?
How is that possible? The apocalypse has been going on for several months, and he had never seen a dual-type ability user or zombie.
“It was also not very easy to trick you into talking,” Su Wenwen’s iron awl in her hand poked the ground, creating a crisp sound as it collided with the ceramic tile.
After Doctor Liu reacted and realized he had been tricked, he hurriedly waved his hand to cover himself with his ability. Su Wenwen had long been prepared. In the instant that Doctor Liu moved, she closed the distance with extremely fast speed and fiercely kicked his knee.
How could Doctor Liu have such agile skill? He simply could not dodge this kick. Only a crack was heard, as if a crisp cracker had been snapped and split in half. The heart-piercing pain made him emit a tone he could normally never produce, one that was even louder than speaking through a megaphone.
The faceless zombies immediately launched an attack toward her. Su Wenwen completely ignored them, and taking advantage of the moment before Doctor Liu could react, she threw the half iron awl in her hand straight toward the human-brain-shaped zombie.
With a squish, a zombie bit her shoulder. At the same time, the iron awl pierced the human-brain zombie.
Without the human-brain zombie’s control, one of the faceless zombies targeted Doctor Liu, and the bat zombies guarding outside also spread their wings and flew away.
Luo Xi and Shen Ming also followed the sound and rushed back at this time. Seeing Su Wenwen being attacked by a group of faceless zombies, they hurriedly released their mental power to slow them down, allowing Su Wenwen to finish them off one by one with headshots.
Only after the last faceless zombie died did Su Wenwen discover that Doctor Liu’s other, intact leg had already been gnawed to the bone. The entire floor was covered in fresh blood. He was painfully moaning, begging Su Wenwen to give him a quick death.
“Want to die? How could it be so easy.”
Luo Xi, with cold eyes, walked to Doctor Liu’s side and stepped on his broken leg. Doctor Liu hurt so much he was howling: “Even if you don’t kill me, I will turn into a zombie sooner or later. Can’t you give me a quick death?”
“No. You caused Wenwen to be bitten by zombies. How can I let you die comfortably, hmm?” Luo Xi’s voice was completely devoid of any emotion, colder than the cold wind blowing outside.
From the moment she rushed back, she had discovered the human-brain zombie lying on the ground and that the cold-proof suit on Su Wenwen’s body was covered in torn openings from bites and bloodstains. Being clever, she immediately understood the course of events.
Her heart ached, and she also blamed herself.
Torturing Doctor Liu was actually a way of venting her own incompetence and carelessness, for having to let the person she loves use such a clumsy method to draw out Doctor Liu’s ability.
Luo Xi bit her lip, stepping firmly on Doctor Liu’s leg. The look in her eyes was terrifyingly dark, as if there was no longer any light, only darkness.
It was not until Su Wenwen gently pulled her hand and revealed a bright and lively smile that Luo Xi’s tense face gradually relaxed.
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