Chapter 39: Beginning Evolution?
A pleasant voice carried a hint of helplessness. Shen Shaojie watched the girl fighting bravely in the distance, his phoenix eyes overflowing with tenderness as he shook his head and chuckled softly: “Being mischievous again.”
The girl was dressed in tight-fitting combat gear. Seeing the zombies increasing in number over there, her entire aura was filled with killing intent, like the grim reaper herself. Wherever her scythe passed, corpses littered the ground.
Pressing his lips together, Lu Chen stood to one side. His eyes watched the fighting girl in shock, his mind slowly overlapping with memories from the past. When had the girl in his memories transformed from someone weak and easily bullied?
Suddenly, a delicate voice reached his ears: “A Chen…”
Hearing this, Lu Chen turned around to see Qian Li standing not far behind him. For some reason, his heart suddenly filled with displeasure as he frowned and said: “Why aren’t you leaving? What are you standing here for?”
Clearly sensing the irritation in his tone, Qian Li’s eyes looked past his body, staring directly at Su Mo who was desperately fighting in the zombie horde.
She was dressed in black, her long hair flowing, surrounded by purple lightning, her entire aura filled with killing intent like a noble war goddess. Wherever she passed, corpses were strewn everywhere.
Her fingertips dug viciously into her palms, and jealousy and hatred couldn’t help but rise in her eyes, disappearing in just an instant.
Turning to look at Lu Chen, her charming face quickly put on a pitiful expression as she said in a voice filled with grievance: “I’m waiting for you.”
The gentle voice rang in his ears. Lu Chen’s face darkened as he frowned, looking at the girl across from him – her cautious appearance, pitiful eyes, and delicate, fragile figure all inspired an overwhelming desire to protect her.
Yet, even though they stood so close, his mind slowly filled with the image of the girl behind him, leaving him somewhat dazed for a moment.
The rotting stench in the air grew thicker, blood-soaked scenes everywhere, with severed limbs and chunks of flesh scattered all over the ground.
A flash of jealousy passed through her eyes as Qian Li bit down hard on her silver teeth. Seeing the zombies around them increasing in number, panic began to show on her face. She stepped forward and grabbed Lu Chen’s sleeve: “Let’s go quickly. If we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late. The road below is about to be blocked, and A Liang has the car keys.”
The sounds of battle behind them grew more intense. Lu Chen’s face looked grim as he remained silent, turning to look at the girl in the zombie horde, hesitation flashing in his eyes.
Just then, several zombies that had been evolving suddenly threw back their heads and roared proudly. Their entire bodies rapidly grew taller, and the muscles on their bodies began to swell rapidly.
High-pitched sounds accompanied by crazed roars. After slashing through a zombie in front of her, Su Mo suddenly spun around to look.
She saw three zombies standing in a circle, their auras surging wildly. Their pupils rapidly deepened, and their bright red eyes glowed like jewels, yet emanated a bloody, eerie light.
Her face instantly changed color as Su Mo became almost furious: “Shit…”
She kicked viciously at a zombie in front of her. Su Mo tried several times to break through the pile of low-level zombies in front of her to rush over, but never succeeded. Her face burning with rage, she turned and shouted at the remaining people: “What the hell are you all standing there for? Go kill them! Are you waiting for them to finish evolving so they can slaughter you?”
Her angry shout carried urgency. Seeing the situation becoming more and more critical, Qian Li’s heart began beating rapidly, and she became extremely excited, her pupils flashing with intense jealousy and hatred.
She turned to see Lu Chen in front of her beginning to waver, his hesitant steps seeming to show intention of going forward to help.
She rushed forward and grabbed his arm. Qian Li’s face showed fear as her clear eyes slowly filled with moisture. She stared at Lu Chen, her voice pleading and sobbing: “A Chen, let’s go quickly. A Liang and the others won’t wait for us. If we don’t leave now, when that one from upstairs comes down, it’ll be too late.”
The crazed roaring in his ears, the soft touch of her hand – Lu Chen’s eyes flashed with struggle. Seeing the several zombies over there in the process of evolving, their wounds rapidly healing, his pupils filled with trembling. Thinking of that powerful supernatural zombie upstairs, instantly, his wavering heart slowly settled.
He looked toward Su Mo, who looked like an asura over there, his pupils flashing with something deep. After a long moment, seeming to have made a decision, his eyes flickered as he said: “Momo, I’ll go clear a path for you first and wait for you downstairs.”
Without waiting for her response, the two of them turned and quickly disappeared from the spot.
Watching those two figures fleeing and disappearing instantly, Su Mo was almost jumping with rage: “Clear a path my ass!”
She slashed through a zombie in front of her with one stroke. Her face red with anger, she turned to see Shen Shaojie looking leisurely and relaxed like he was watching a show, lazily leaning against something without moving.
Fury burning in her heart, she suddenly kicked a zombie in front of her straight at his head. Blood sprayed through the air, creating a beautiful arc.
Shen Shaojie simply sidestepped to dodge, and the zombie crashed to the ground with a “bang,” rolling a few times. His arm seemed to break with a “crack.”
Standing to the side, Shen Shaojie shook his head and clicked his tongue: “Really… too tragic!”
The zombie writhed around, and just as he finished speaking, after twisting its head around a few times, it climbed back up within a few breaths. Swaying its body and waving its broken arm, it charged toward Su Mo. The sight was quite comical.
“Hmm, is this what they call the legendary cockroach that can’t be killed?” Touching his chin, Shen Shaojie looked thoughtful.
Just as he saw the zombie charging forward, it was knocked down again by another zombie beside it. Instantly, there was another “crack,” and the zombie got up, its arm falling to the ground. It looked puzzledly at the severed arm on the ground, then, seeing its companions rushing toward Su Mo, it immediately didn’t care about anything else and cheerfully charged forward with both broken arms.
His eyes somewhat dazed, after a long moment, Shen Shaojie shook his head and sighed leisurely: “Indeed, the real experts are among the common folk!”
The butterfly knife flashed with lightning as she fought her way through. Turning around, Su Mo saw that zombie charging at her again. Puzzled, she lifted her foot and kicked it backward toward Shen Shaojie.
The object flashing through the air, the rotting smell, everything filled with bloody slaughter. His lips curved in a smile as Shen Shaojie lightly stepped aside, dodging it.
The violent sound stirred up light dust as the zombie rolled several times before settling, then got up again and swayed toward Su Mo.
Just when Su Mo thought it would first attack Shen Shaojie who was standing in front, the next second, her face went blank with stupefaction.
She saw the zombie, when passing by Shen Shaojie’s body, quickly make a turn to go around him, then charge toward her without any pause.
Make a turn?
Her brain short-circuited for a moment. Instinctively, she kicked another zombie toward him again, staring at it intently.
Very good…
Not dead…!
Getting up…
Going to charge over…
Getting close to Shen Shaojie…
Getting closer! Even closer now, only three steps left…
Two steps…
One step…
It can attack now!
Hmm?
Very good, it got half a step closer. The success rate increased, it can pounce…
Huh?
What’s going on?
The movement in her hands slowed by half a beat. Her delicate face looked stunned, her eyes widening.
Looking at that zombie charging over cheerfully, Su Mo’s face was full of question marks. Brushing past? Completely ignoring? Cheerfully charging toward her?
“Holy shit!” Almost jumping with rage, Su Mo kicked the zombie in front of her, her voice roaring with anger: “Are you damn blind? There’s a living person over there, a living person!”
The angry voice echoed in his ears. Shen Shaojie’s demonic face was full of pleasure: “Hehe.”
She kicked out one more, then two more, three more. Watching zombie after zombie perfectly ignore Shen Shaojie, brushing past him to charge at her, Su Mo’s face became extremely twisted. She turned to look at Shen Shaojie with resentment: “Why don’t they attack you?”
Her palm-sized face had a hint of red, looking quite adorable. The corner of his mouth curved in an evil smile. Shen Shaojie seemed to think for a moment, then said seriously: “Hmm, probably because you’re easier to bully.”
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