Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Before Lu Xun could think of a countermeasure, ice needles shot towards him from all directions.
Gritting his teeth, the whip in his hand vanished, Lu Xun closed his eyes, his entire body gleaming with a cold metallic light.
The ice needles struck the metal, making clanging sounds, but Lu Xun dared not open his eyes. The fifth-tier zombie seemed to have discovered Lu Xun’s weakness, its eyes flashing red.
Just then, a dense mass of lightning gathered in the sky, several bolts converging into a powerful attack. The fifth-tier zombie sensed something was wrong and quickly dodged.
However, the lightning seemed to have eyes, striking directly at the fifth-tier zombie’s neck.
The enormous sound shook the entire ground.
Lu Xun opened his eyes and saw that the fifth-tier zombie’s head and body had been separated. The severed area was charred black, emitting a burnt smell.
Fu Ke? No, even Fu Ke couldn’t have arrived this quickly. Then who was it?
A figure emerged from the darkness: “Hurry, the noise here is so loud, zombies will gather soon.”
Lu Xun opened his mouth: “Qin Long?”
Qin Long glanced at Lu Xun silently, walked over, dug out the crystal core of the fifth-tier zombie, and turned to leave.
He ignored Lu Xun; if he didn’t know Qin Long possessed lightning-type abilities, and he should be the one who saved him, Lu Xun wouldn’t even want to talk to Qin Long, but why was Qin Long here?
“You’re following me?” Lu Xun suddenly asked.
Qin Long paused slightly, turning back to look at Lu Xun: “If you don’t leave now, I can’t save you a second time.”
“Fu Ke is still in D City, in the suburbs. Do you want to come with me?” Lu Xun didn’t believe that Qin Long’s presence here in the middle of the night was a coincidence.
But Qin Long’s willingness to save him meant that Qin Long had no ill intentions, knowing he was going to find Fu Ke.
Therefore, it was very likely that Qin Long was following him. He wanted to know where Fu Ke was, or rather, he wanted to find Fu Ke.
However, Qin Long strode away, the distant roars of zombies faintly echoing in the distance. Lu Xun gritted his teeth, turned, and ran towards the suburbs.
Qin Long breathed a sigh of relief after Lu Xun left.
He stopped, staring blankly at the sky. Lately, he’d been dreaming every night of a girl who looked exactly like Fu Ke, her every smile and gesture.
But even so, he couldn’t remember anything.
Qin Long clutched his head. What had he forgotten? What was the disappointment in the eyes of the skinny man and Fu Ke? Was it because he didn’t believe Fu Ke, or because he couldn’t accept that Fu Ke was a zombie?
After Fu Ke left, Qin Long felt as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart, especially since the dreams he had every night, making the stone even heavier. It felt so heavy he could hardly breathe, so heavy he dared not close his eyes at night.
The moment he heard the broadcast, Qin Long rushed out. He genuinely wanted to know where Fu Ke was and whether she was doing well.
But when Lu Xun exposed him, Qin Long’s heart refused to accept it.
Fu Ke was a zombie, in this world filled with malice towards humans. How could Fu Ke not be doing well? “Isn’t this a joke?”
Yet Qin Long couldn’t laugh at all.
He walked step by step towards the base, and the number of zombies gathering from all directions was undoubtedly considerable.
However, they seemed hesitant, gathering very slowly.
Along the way, Qin Long dealt with several zombies that tried to attack him, but as he approached the base, no more zombies appeared.
Previously, the base’s safe zone was quite large, and they had always thought that the absence of zombies around the base was due to their frequent cleanup efforts.
But when he went out with Lu Xun, Qin Long discovered that many zombies were becoming restless.
And no one had noticed them during the day…
Qin Long’s expression turned serious. He quickly returned to the base and knocked on Liu Guo’an’s door.
The knocking woke Liu Guo’an. He opened the door and was surprised to see Qin Long: “What’s up?”
“If there’s something, let’s talk about it tomorrow morning. I’m too tired…” Liu Guo’an waved his hand, about to close the door.
Previously, Liu Guo’an shared a dormitory with others, but later they were separated because sometimes important matters needed to be handled at the base, which would disturb others’ rest.
Qin Long blocked his way, forcefully entering the room and closing the door.
Liu Guo’an was stunned, his still-sleepy mind instantly clearing up. He then frowned at Qin Long: “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
“When Lu Xun left, I followed them.” Qin Long sat on a bench in the dormitory.
“Qin Long, we’ve essentially broken ties with Fu Ke now. If you do this and anger Fu Ke, we’ll be in big trouble.” Hearing that he had followed Lu Xun, Liu Guo’an immediately had a bad feeling.
From Fu Ke’s ruthless suppression last time, Liu Guo’an understood that from that moment on, Fu Ke and they truly had no connection.
Her words when she left meant that she would never treat them with the same leniency again.
“That’s not what I meant.” Qin Long looked at Liu Guo’an. “There weren’t any zombies around the base before, but now a lot of them are stirring and trying to come this way.”
“What!” Liu Guo’an looked at Qin Long in shock. “Are you sure you didn’t see wrong? We’ve been clearing it every day, how could there be zombies around?”
“Why not?” Qin Long countered, looking at Liu Guo’an. “Zombies have an exceptionally keen sense of smell and hearing. The smell of the surrounding zombie corpses has long since faded. It’s normal for them to sense that there are humans here and come this way.”
Liu Guo’an shook his head, suddenly feeling anxious about the internal and external troubles. “How could this be? This has never happened before… Do you think it’s possible that we drove Fu Ke away, and she’s holding a grudge, so…”
“Impossible!” Qin Long retorted without thinking, then froze after his rebuttal.
“Why not? Fu Ke helped the base so much before, but we treated her like that. It’s not impossible that she’s angry and resentful.” Liu Guo’an suspected that Fu Ke was behind it all.
“If Fu Ke truly harbored resentment and wanted to destroy the base, she could have easily killed us that day when everyone from the base gathered in the square. Don’t you understand?” Qin Long said, his voice choked with emotion.
For a moment, Liu Guo’an fell silent.
After a long while, he smiled bitterly and said, “I was overthinking it… What do we do now? How many zombies have gathered? Fewer and fewer people in the base listen to me now. Several factions have already gathered and are growing stronger every day. I think even if I say something, they might not believe me.”
During this time, Qin Long hadn’t paid attention to the base’s affairs, but he vaguely knew that several factions had emerged within the base, all eyeing Liu Guo’an’s position.
Even if Qin Long wanted to help Liu Guo’an now, Liu Guo’an might not be able to remain calm.
“If only the squad leader were here,” Liu Guo’an said, exhausted.
“At this rate, the number of zombies coming this way will only increase, not decrease.” Qin Long looked at Liu Guo’an: “You’d better prepare the defenses.”
The superhumans weren’t listening to him; everyone in the base was acting independently. Even if Liu Guo’an knew what to do, he wouldn’t be able to do anything without someone.
“What do you think we should do now?” Liu Guo’an asked Qin Long, then said with a wry smile, “If the squad leader knew that the base was almost destroyed as soon as he left, he’d definitely beat me to death.”
Qin Long thought for a moment: “Tomorrow morning, notify everyone that Zhang Zhongmin is coming back. Then announce the defenses…”
“But we don’t even know when the squad leader will be back. What if he doesn’t return by then…” Liu Guo’an never expected Qin Long to tell him to lie to the people in the base.
However, Qin Long looked at Liu Guo’an: “This is the best way. Although this news won’t extinguish their ambitions, it will at least keep them in line and prevent them from disobeying. Otherwise, do you think you can even get them to obey?”
Liu Guo’an’s breath caught in his throat.
“Okay, even if we announce the squad leader’s return, what about defense? Most of the people in the base are ordinary people. What if there are too many zombies…” Liu Guo’an sighed.
“There’s another bad news, and I think I should tell you now.” Qin Long, seeing Liu Guo’an’s hesitant and fearful demeanor, couldn’t help but feel irritated.
Ever since he started dreaming about that girl who looked like Fu Ke, his temper had been getting worse and worse, though he could usually control it.
“What news?” Liu Guo’an looked at Qin Long seriously.
“When I was with Lu Xun, we encountered a zombie with superpowers.” As soon as he finished speaking, the dormitory fell eerily quiet and fear flashed in Liu Guo’an’s eyes.
“A zombie with superpowers?” Liu Guo’an felt dizzy. He didn’t want to stay in this position for even a day longer, but he couldn’t quit.
If he said he was going to quit, the base would become even more chaotic.
Something flashed through Qin Long’s mind, then he looked at Liu Guo’an and said, “I’ve thought of a method. For defense, let’s do it this way…”
Lan Sheng drove to Fu Ke’s door, slammed on the brakes, and the ear-piercing screeching sound shattered the sky.
The zombies in the villa were startled by the sound and began to howl. Several howls made the people in the van uneasy.
They looked at each other.
“I’ll go down and take a look.” Seeing their expressions, Lan Sheng made up his mind, opened the car door, and got out.
But as soon as he stepped out, a person came out of the villa. She was holding a lamp and wearing a snow-white dress, the hem of which fluttered in the night wind.
It was Fu Ke.
Immediately, Lan Sheng excitedly shouted, “Fu Ke!”
Fu Ke smiled slightly, opened the gate to the yard, and at this moment, everyone in the van jumped out of the car.
“Fu Ke, quick, hurry and save Lu Xun! We encountered a zombie with superpowers on the way! Lu Xun went down alone and told us to go ahead and come find you.” Qiu Yingying ran over from the crowd, seemingly forgetting that Fu Ke was a zombie, and anxiously grabbed Fu Ke’s hand, saying urgently.
Fu Ke had sensed someone outside and came down, but she didn’t know Qiu Yingying was there too.
Chen Meijia and Feng Han also pleaded, “Fu Ke, please save Lu Xun!”
Fu Ke smiled, “Don’t worry.” Then she used her mental power to check and found that Lu Xun was safe, but he couldn’t find a car and was walking this way.
“Who can drive back to pick up Lu Xun? He’s alright now and is on his way here,” Fu Ke said.
Qiu Yingying was stunned, “Lu Xun is alright? Is he injured?”
“Don’t worry, he’s fine.” Fu Ke felt that Qiu Yingying seemed very concerned about Lu Xun; seeing her anxious expression, even her hand holding Fu Ke’s hand trembled uncontrollably.
“That’s good, that’s good…” Suddenly, Qiu Yingying felt something was wrong. How did Fu Ke know Lu Xun was alright? He hadn’t returned yet. But when she looked up at Fu Ke’s bloodshot eyes, she was speechless.
“I’ll go pick him up.” Song Jing looked at Fu Ke with some fear, handed Shu Ming to Song Fei, and then got into the driver’s seat.
“Sister Jing, I’ll go with you.” Lin Lizhong quickly said.
“You will see Lu Xun if you go back the way you came.” Fu Ke told them the approximate location of Lu Xun after seeing them go back to pick him up.
Fu Ke really didn’t expect that Lan Sheng would come, and even bring all his teammates.
Looking in the direction of the small villa, Lan Zhi inside was hiding timidly and dared not come out. Otherwise, Fu Ke wouldn’t have come out herself.
After they left, Fu Ke looked at Qiu Yingying and the others. These people were all unexpected. But since they were here, she could only settle them down.
She remembered that Qiu Yingying and the others had spoken up for her before.
“Come on, let’s go inside and sit down. It’s cold outside.” Fu Ke led a large group of people inside.
The skinny guy yawned and sat down on the sofa, watching the group of people rush in. He glanced at them lazily and said, “Tsk tsk.”
“Skinny, weren’t you sleeping?” Fu Ke asked, surprised to see the skinny guy sitting on the living room sofa, looking the group up and down with a wary look in his eyes.
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