Chapter 40: So-Called Violence?
The leisurely voice carried a hint of teasing. Su Mo’s eyes blazed with fire as her aura went berserk.
Her eyes sharpened, and her dark pupils scanned the zombies surrounding her, a cold gleam flashing through them.
Suddenly struck by inspiration, she spotted the iron railing nearby. With a push of her foot, she supported her body with one hand, moving like a startled rabbit, and quickly stood on it.
Seeing the zombies behind her surging forward with claws extended, her body spun, her movements agile. As her feet slid down along the railing, her hands moved quickly. With a thought, she retrieved a thin hook from her space and wound it around the iron railing with several twists.
The bloody carnage of pursuit behind her, the bloodthirsty dampness of the dark stairwell ahead. Her lips curved with satisfaction as she felt the uneven iron railing beneath her feet and worked to maintain her balance. She quickly reached the turn, and without any pause, her lithe body spun rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she was standing on the next section of railing.
Winding and turning, left and right, her graceful form created whirlwinds as she slid down several floors in just a few breaths.
Steadying herself, she looked up to see the dense mass of zombies filling the entire stairwell, extending to the end and disappearing at the fifth floor. Watching their increasingly rapid speed, the distance from the fifth floor growing ever greater, they would soon be beside her.
Su Mo’s eyes flashed with a sharp light. The sounds of hoarse roaring filled her ears. Just as the foremost zombie was about to pounce, her eyes sharpened: Now!
She quickly pulled the thin rope wound around her hand, gave it a light tug, borrowed force from her feet with a light touch, and the next second stepped onto the iron railing above.
Turning around, she saw the zombies below following her figure about to catch up, but behind them was a crowd of zombies, all stuck in the narrow stairwell for a moment, making roaring sounds.
Her lips curved slightly as her hands kept moving. Everywhere around her feet were dirty, foul-smelling zombies, their dark blue arms constantly waving.
Finding her footing, Su Mo pulled herself toward the fifth floor. Each step seemed light, but the distance between steps spanned an entire floor, and her movements were so swift, bringing thunderous winds as she passed, making her particularly conspicuous among the zombies.
Her lithe body floated gracefully, and with several leaps, she quickly jumped behind the rear of the zombie horde.
Her eyes flashed with fierceness. From her space armory, she took out a small grenade. Her eyes were ice-cold as she looked at the surging mass of zombies in the stairwell, her lips curling in a cold smile: “If I live, you die. Already dead and still want to fight with me? Today let’s see for whom the gates of hell open.”
As she spoke, almost as her words fell, she quickly bit down and pulled the pin, hurling it forcefully toward the stairwell behind her. With a powerful push of her toes, her entire body leaped to the fifth floor at lightning speed, immediately throwing herself forward without pause.
“Boom…”
Almost the instant she hit the ground, the stairwell behind her exploded violently, causing intense tremors.
Fire blazed in the stairwell with violent sounds, and the scorching air temperature sent burning limbs flying everywhere.
Accompanied by the zombies’ miserable roars, the entire stairwell made rumbling collapse sounds. Even the whole shopping center began to shake, dropping layers of debris. Some places, having gone long without repairs, collapsed directly, creating pits and holes in the ground.
Her head covered with layer upon layer of debris, the shaking lasted for half a minute before stopping. Su Mo raised her head and spat “ptui ptui” a couple times.
Before she could get up, she heard a gleeful clicking sound nearby.
Not far away, Shen Shaojie stood with his arms crossed, his lips curved, his demonic face full of pity as he clicked his tongue: “Really… tragic!”
Clean hair, clean clothes, clean shoes – amid the devastation throughout the shopping center, only this clean presence remained.
Su Mo’s face twisted. Her heart told her: endure, must endure, absolutely must endure. However, thinking of all those zombies just now, with this demon standing aside watching the show, and now this stark contrast, she couldn’t bear it anymore and jumped up: “Tragic my ass!”
She swept out a bolt of lightning with one hand, striking directly at him, then shot another energy ball at a section of ceiling above his head. Instantly, that section of beam and building began to fall, dropping layers of debris.
However, Shen Shaojie wasn’t so easily hit. Just as he dodged the lightning attack, the moment the energy ball hit the ceiling, his lips curved in a smile and he suddenly disappeared from where he stood.
Disappeared?
Her eyes widened. Sensing movement behind her, she spun around violently. Her pupils reflected Shen Shaojie’s image as she opened her mouth in surprise: “Speed ability user?”
Seeing him smile without speaking, Su Mo frowned. No, how could a speed ability user disappear instantly?
Her pupils suddenly dilated. As if thinking of something, Su Mo exclaimed: “You can teleport?”
With a soft chuckle, Shen Shaojie’s face was full of pleasure: “Not too stupid after all.”
Opening and closing her mouth, Su Mo’s face flushed with frustration. Heaven truly was unfair – this was the ultimate escape tool!
“Hmm, originally I thought this ability was pretty useless, but now it seems it has some utility.” His demonic face curved in a smile as Shen Shaojie’s voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction.
Her mouth twitched as Su Mo found herself speechless, almost wanting to cry out to the heavens: God, please take your son away!
He was already a thousand-year disaster, and now with teleportation, do you want him to leave a stench for ten thousand years?
As the two were talking, suddenly, a earth-shaking roar reached their ears. The hoarse sound carried high-pitched madness, and the surrounding atmosphere surged, filled with the scent of slaughter.
This is…
“Hmm, they’ve evolved.” Turning his eyes leisurely, Shen Shaojie raised an eyebrow.
Seeing several zombies suddenly turn around, their blood-red eyes staring ominously at the two of them, roaring from their mouths.
“Tsk, how come this evolution didn’t evolve their faces? They really look…” Shaking his head, Shen Shaojie’s phoenix eyes casually swept over them, continuing with some disgust: “Too sorry for the audience.”
Several black lines flashed across her forehead. Su Mo looked at the several successfully evolved zombies across from them, their body parts now perfectly restored, muscles strong and healthy. Seeing them glaring at them menacingly, she couldn’t help but become fully alert.
Pressing her lips together, just as she was thinking about how to deal with them, she suddenly heard the sound of clothes being removed.
Turning her head, Su Mo frowned with some confusion: “What are you doing?”
Without answering, she saw Shen Shaojie elegantly remove his outer coat, then throw it onto her, straightening his cuffs as he said: “Take good care of my clothes.”
Her face instantly turned completely black. Su Mo opened her mouth, about to explode in rage, when she heard his voice continue.
Shen Shaojie stepped forward, paused, and looked seriously at the several zombies across from them. After a long moment, he said solemnly: “Really… too ugly.”
“…”
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