Chapter 49

"Swish!"

Song Zhao executed a stylish drift, bringing the vehicle to a halt right in front of the building's entrance. As the rear of the car whipped around, it sent several zombies flying.

She quickly secured the car, opened the door, and stepped out. With a flick of her hand, a dense web of lightning crackled across the entrance, electrocuting the zombies with a barrage of popping sounds.

"Get out," Song Zhao said, leaning against the car door and looking at the four wide-eyed, deeply shocked college students inside.

Luo Keqing pushed open her door, only to be greeted by the corpse of a zombie that had been electrocuted to the ground right in front of her.

She tightened her grip on her heavy saber and stepped lightly over the zombie's body.

Guan Jiaqing, following right behind her, took a deep breath. "We can do this! We can do this!"

The graphics card, here I come!

Once everyone had alighted, Song Zhao spoke up. "I'll wait right here. When the time is up, I'll call you down."

"Hurry up, go!"

Yu Qian clutched his bow and arrow. "Are we going in by ourselves?"

Wan Shan brandished a kitchen knife. "What's there to be afraid of? We've got weapons and golden invincibility buffs. Are we scared of a mere few zombies? Charge!"

"Come, come, come! Sis, you take the vanguard! We'll form a four-corner breakout formation. Yu Qian, you're our ranged DPS, take the rear!"

The group nodded. Luo Keqing gripped her heavy saber and looked at the already shattered doors of the building. The entrance was littered with broken glass, and she could faintly see numerous zombie corpses scattered inside.

They, too, had been charred to a crisp by Song Zhao just moments before.

She cautiously carried her heavy saber; after all, this was clearly an office building, and heaven knew how many zombies might be lurking inside.

Guan Jiaqing and Wan Shan flanked her closely, one on the left and one on the right, continuously waving their kitchen knives and daggers.

Yu Qian, holding his bow and arrow, kept his sights locked ahead, ready to take down any zombie that dared to show its face.

"Let's head upstairs. Generally speaking, everything on the ground floor has already been scavenged. The higher we go, the more loot there will be."

At that moment, the streaming orb floated over quietly.

[What are they doing?]

[Is this a dungeon raid?! I love playing this kind of game.]

[Why aren't they using firearms?]

[Looks like that two-hundred-an-hour team dungeon experience package.]

[Dungeon raid, my foot! This is a zombie-slaying, treasure-hunting adventure!]

[Bow, heavy saber, kitchen knife, dagger... By the way, why aren't the three guys using heavy sabers?]

[This young lady is so brave, taking the vanguard directly!]

Yu Jingshan was currently sitting intently in front of his computer, watching the livestream. Someone had tagged him and brought him here.

At first, he was a bit puzzled about what this was—doomsday travel?

After searching carefully for a long time and confirming that people could genuinely go to the apocalypse, Yu Jingshan figured this was right up his alley!

He was a travel blogger, after all!

Sipping from a cup of coffee, he watched the live broadcast as the four of them headed toward the stairwell without encountering any zombies along the way.

However, right around the corner of the stairs, a zombie suddenly lunged out with a guttural howl.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Guan Jiaqing shrieked as he saw the ferocious-looking zombie pouncing toward him, frantically flailing his arms with his eyes tightly shut, hacking wildly in every direction.

Golden light burst forth everywhere in an instant.

Wan Shan, armed with his kitchen knife, did the exact same thing. The entire stairwell echoed with their screams.

Yu Qian, bringing up the rear, calmly nocked an arrow and took aim. He aimed for ages, but the zombie kept swaying back and forth, and Guan Jiaqing and Wan Shan were also swaying back and forth.

In the end, he chose the simplest and most brutal method: he pulled the arrows off the bowstring and forcefully stabbed them into the zombie's arm.

"Roar!" The zombie let out an angry growl, but before it could react, a blade slashed into its other arm.

Luo Keqing kicked out hard against the zombie and yanked her blade free. All four of them had their own flashes of golden light.

The situation was intensely fierce.

Luo Keqing panted heavily. "Don't panic! Taste my blade!"

She swung her blade down once more, this time striking the zombie squarely in the neck.

"Hiiii-rrrrr!"

"Stop landing friendly fire! Hit the monster!" Luo Keqing shouted at the top of her lungs.

Guan Jiaqing and Wan Shan shrieked "Ahhhhh!" at the top of their lungs while cracking their eyes open.

After taking a single glance, the two of them slammed their eyes shut again, frantically brandishing their daggers and kitchen knives without stopping.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Clang!" Wan Shan's kitchen knife slipped from his grip and clattered to the ground, though he seemed completely oblivious to it.

Yu Qian, behind them, quickly scooped up the kitchen knife and brought it down hard on the zombie's head.

Luo Keqing mustered all her strength to yank her heavy saber free, wondering why this zombie was as hard as concrete. Deciding on a different tactic, she gripped the hilt with both hands, gathered her strength, and planted both feet squarely into the zombie's chest, kicking it flying.

The zombie slammed violently against the stairs under the force of her kick and went still.

This time, the zombie seemed truly done for. Luo Keqing took huge, gasping breaths, the golden light flashing intermittently around her.

She looked down to find Guan Jiaqing and Wan Shan squatting on the floor with their eyes closed, stabbing wildly at her.

Luo Keqing: ......

[Bravo! What a hearty and thorough battle!]

[With a wave of their little hands, a flurry of golden light rose, unable to distinguish friend from foe beyond ten centimeters!]

[Hahahahahahahaha, help, I'm actually going to die laughing at them.]

[I originally thought the zombies were terrifying and the situation was tense, but with these two clowns, I yield, hahaha.]

[You guys are really... Three grown men, and you make a girl do all the damage output! Sis, I'm different from them, I'm a girl, carry me!]

[I give up, can you guys have a shred of courage?!]

"Alright, alright, it's over," Yu Qian said, panting.

Guan Jiaqing cautiously opened one eye. Seeing the zombie corpse lying in the distance, he stood up tall and proud. "As expected of me!"

"My damage output is definitely no less than thirty!"

"Damn, Wan Shan, you're a beast! You even embedded your knife in the zombie's head!"

Wan Shan opened his eyes in a daze. "Huh?"

He stared at his own hands. "Am I really this strong?!"

Luo Keqing leaned on her saber for support. "Your output is definitely no less than 70, considering every single strike landed on me."

Guan Jiaqing: ......

What?!

Yu Qian couldn't help but chuckle softly. "Alright, alright, let's move. You guys were shouting too loud, don't attract more zombies."

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Just as his voice trailed off, a chorus of zombie growls and the sound of dense, scurrying footsteps echoed from below.

"Quick, grab your weapons, zombies are coming!" Luo Keqing commanded.

Wan Shan mustered his courage and crept over to the zombie corpse, reaching out for his kitchen knife with his eyes closed and pulling hard.

It wouldn't budge!

He tried pressing his foot against the zombie for leverage, but lost his footing and fell flat on his rear.

Luo Keqing sighed, wrenched the kitchen knife free with a mighty heave, and tossed it to Wan Shan. "Hold onto it tightly."

"Let's hurry to the second floor. Waiting here will only bring an endless stream of zombies!"

The three of them nodded.

The four of them rushed like a swarm toward the second floor with the zombies in hot pursuit. Luo Keqing led them to a door, yanked it open, herded them inside, and slammed it shut behind them.

However, the moment Guan Jiaqing let out a sigh of relief, he noticed three zombies inside the room staring straight at them.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Guan Jiaqing's eyes widened in horror. Seeing the three zombies charge forward, he instinctively brandished his dagger.

This time! He absolutely would not commit friendly fire!

He charged forward at the forefront, plunging his dagger straight into a zombie's stomach.

"Haha! I hit it! I hit it!"

Guan Jiaqing flicked his wrist, trying to pull the dagger out, but it remained completely stuck.

The smile on his face slowly faded. "Help meeeeee!"

Luo Keqing watched Guan Jiaqing curl up into a ball on the floor, then raised her heavy saber and swung it at a zombie.

With a whoosh, the heavy saber slipped right out of her grip and embedded itself deeply into the body of a zombie standing five meters away from Guan Jiaqing.

Yu Qian: "Splendid flying dagger, martial arts hero!"

Luo Keqing: ......

Damn it, she had instinctively treated her saber like a shot put.

Wan Shan saw Luo Keqing take down a zombie with a single strike, while his good friend was currently grappling with another.

Brandishing his kitchen knife, he charged at the last remaining zombie. "Ahhhhhh... Oh!"

The viewers in the livestream watched in disbelief as, before he even reached the zombie, his foot caught on a stool, tripping him forward.

The kitchen knife flew out of his hand and clattered heavily against his own head.

Instantly, golden light burst forth.

[......]

[Silence is the evening's bridge.]

[The zombies probably never expected this development.]

[Zombie: Blah blah.]

[Hahahaha, let them all go star in sketch comedy, I'd love to watch.]

[Damn it, if I watch this now, what am I supposed to watch for the New Year's Gala?!]

[Recommendation: Screen record this and watch it on repeat, hilarious to death.]

Yu Qian nocked an arrow, taking aim at the zombie currently all over Wan Shan.

With a swish, the arrow flew true—and planted itself firmly in Wan Shan's backside.

Luo Keqing's lips trembled slightly. Before her eyes were teammates glowing with golden light; in her ears were the piercing screams of her comrades.

She sprinted over to the zombie and desperately tugged at her heavy saber. "Wait for me!"

Guan Jiaqing remained crouched on the ground, one hand still bound to the hilt of the dagger, while the zombie bent over, trying to take a bite out of him. Man and zombie wrestled in an absurdly contorted posture.

On the other side, Wan Shan curled up under a desk with his head in his hands, not daring to look up at all. A zombie took a bite out of the top of his head, shattering several of its own teeth in the process.

The zombie lashed out with another claw swipe, which promptly knocked its own fingernails clean off.

Yu Qian was still struggling to take aim. He let fly another arrow, which landed with absolute precision right under Guan Jiaqing's armpit.

By this point, a four-way standoff had formed, and the zombies outside the door were frantically trying to batter their way in.

For a moment, the long-abandoned second floor was exceptionally lively.

Atop the base's city walls,

Wen Xue was standing happily beside an ability user.

This particular ability user had been carefully selected by her—he was a fire-type.

"Hit that one!" Wen Xue pointed a finger.

The ability user beside her unleashed a fireball, instantly sending a zombie crashing to the ground.

"Good, good, good!" Wen Xue clenched her fists. "That one, that one!"