The jewelry store was now in sight, and there were almost no zombies on the street, but Xiao Fan still felt something was wrong.
He looked left and right at the street corner, and his gaze fell on an overturned Hummer.
"Let's go take a look," said Xiao Fan, leading his squad of guards towards the Hummer.
When they reached the vehicle, Xue Ninger raised her hand and wiped the body, then turned to Xiao Fan and said: "Commander, there is very little dust on this vehicle, it couldn't have been here for more than five days."
Xiao Fan thought for a moment: "It took us four days to get here from the base, so this vehicle must have flipped over shortly before we arrived."
"That's right."
"Then this is very likely the tire tracks we saw outside the city."
Glancing at the dark red blood stains inside the car, Xiao Fan determined that the occupants had already perished.
No matter why they had come, they would not be going back now.
The jewelry store was just ahead. Although the street was eerily quiet, Xiao Fan still felt they should keep moving forward.
The troops slowly advanced, gradually approaching the jewelry store.
Everyone was fully alert, weapons ready. The buildings lining both sides of the street were dilapidated, with debris everywhere. Many of the windows in the high-rises were also shattered, perhaps from people jumping or zombies crashing through.
As they drew nearer to the jewelry store, Xiao Fan could also see the river in the distance.
There was a bridge over the river, but it had been blown up. On the opposite bank, a sea of zombies wandered endlessly, the sheer number of them making one's scalp tingle.
Xiao Fan roughly estimated there were at least 200,000 zombies on the other shore, and this was just one area.
He looked away, not wanting to take in the sight any longer, lest it overwhelm him. Thank goodness for this river, otherwise they would not have had a chance to make it here for months.
The group arrived at the entrance to the jewelry store. The signage was damaged here too, with only the characters for “Golden” on the sign indicating it had been a jewelry shop.
The storefront was not very big, just a county-level jewelry store, nothing large.
Xiao Fan did not rush inside, instead first pulling up the radar map. When he did, his eyes widened in surprise.
There was a zombie inside the jewelry store!
Ordinarily a single zombie would not have attracted Xiao Fan's notice, but this one was a deep red color!
Common zombies were only a pale red, with variant zombies being a darker red.
Agile zombies and armored zombies were a bright crimson.
And this zombie before them was an even deeper red!
Xiao Fan knew the higher the red level, the more dangerous the zombie.
Without a doubt, there was a zombie inside more highly evolved than both agile and armored variants.
No wonder there were so few zombies on the street, likely scared off by this dangerous creature within.
"Everyone be careful and fall back a bit. There is a dangerous zombie inside," Xiao Fan warned.
The Red Guards retreated, forming a semicircular cordon around the jewelry store entrance.
Observing again, Xiao Fan determined the mutated zombie was on the jewelry store's second floor.
He immediately ordered: "Xue Ninger, toss a grenade through one of the second floor windows. Let's flush out whatever is hiding in there."
"Yes sir!"
Xue Ninger nodded, firing her pistol to shatter the glass upstairs, then lobbing a grenade inside.
Boom!
An explosion rocked the building, the shockwave bursting back out the windows along with shards of glass.
ARooo!
Accompanying the blast was an angry howl as a crimson figure came hurtling out from the second floor!
Ratatat!
Reacting swiftly to contain the threat, Xiao Fan's squad opened fire.
Their dense volley created an impenetrable wall of lead barring the red figure's approach. Dripping with blood, it continued to take bullets as it skittered swiftly along the building exterior, managing to dodge most shots.
Seizing the opportunity, Xiao Fan examined the creature.
It was over three meters long, entirely scarlet, ran on four limbs, and even had a long tail.
Though ferocious, its head still bore traces that it had once been human.
ARooo!
Hiss hiss!
The monster paused, stretching out a red tongue over a meter long, flicking it rapidly in and out.
Xiao Fan was astonished. Was this not one of those Lickers from zombie films?
Their feet were webbed, allowing them to crawl along walls like suckers. Their movements were extremely agile, effortlessly avoiding the barrage of nearly a dozen soldiers.
Beside Xiao Fan, Xue Ninger said: "Commander, that is an agile-type zombie, more advanced than a level three agile zombie. Yet oddly, it seems as if it only recently evolved."
Eyeing tattered remnants of clothing on the Licker, Xiao Fan solemnly replied: "Not recently - just days ago."
As he spoke, something suddenly fell from the wall creature.
Glancing down, Xiao Fan saw it was a set of car keys.
Turning to the Red Guard officers behind him, he deduced: "Unless I'm mistaken, those belong to that Hummer we passed. Which means this Licker...is that Hummer's former driver, mutated after death."
Shen Ruihui exclaimed in surprise: "But the driver only died days ago! How could it evolve so quickly?"
Xiao Fan was silent a moment. "Excellent question. But let our engineers worry about solving that mystery later. Right now - kill this thing!"
"Open fire! Get it off that wall!"
"Xiao Tian - stop playing with mommy dearest over there and sic my K9 unit on that monster! Let's see how many three-star military dogs this Licker can handle solo!"
On Xiao Fan's command, the squad fired again.
This time dozens of rifles unleashed a torrential downpour of bullets engulfing the Licker.
Though its fine scales provided some protection, they were no match for a couple dozen assault rifles and submachine guns.
Riddled through with over a dozen shots, it lost its grip and tumbled from the wall.
The moment the Licker hit the ground, the soldiers ceased firing.
Then Xiao Tian - a hulking three-star military mastiff - was the first to bound toward the wounded creature!
Already gravely injured from the grenade and barrage of gunfire, the Licker was in bad shape.
Yet at the sight of this drinking fountain on legs daring to attack, it still roared defiantly and leaped up to grapple the charging canine.
Even while clearly losing, the wounded Licker could still somewhat fend off a three-star combat dog!
Seeing Xiao Tian at a disadvantage, his mate Zhen Tian immediately pounced with bared fangs, biting down hard on the Licker's neck!
One zombie versus two dogs - a vicious melee exploded outside the jewelry shop entrance!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
